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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

Hayti is chiefly remarkable by rea-
son of its being a military republic,
with an army of 1000 generals and
1000 privates-a general to each
Tommy. The generals are extraor-
binary men in more than one sense
of the word. There is one who COM
mands a large province in the re-
public. who is of the lowest of the
people, who can neither read nor
write, and who is nevertheless a great
revolutionary power. This man-Gen.
Johannis Merisier-is obliged to ask
one man to read to him what another
man has written for him, and yet in
his hands are the lives and deaths of
the people over whom he rules.
Every third man you meet in Hayti
ia general, but it is only every
tenth general who gets paid it has
to be conceded that each general does
hts best to pay himself The author
lied rate of pay is e140 annually for
general of division and e105 for a
hfigadier. A captain is passing rich
on Ell year; private thinks him
Telf fortunate if he receives e2 los.
during the same period.
The Haytian soldiers uniform is a
fearful and wonderful thing. Let us
review regiment on parade. Some
of them are shod in dried grass slip.
pers. They wear little blue cap
with a red band One man, perhaps
is wearing shabby pair of old tweed
trousers, and slung by a hemp rope
over his shoulders is an old-fashioned
fiint-lock gun. The officer who com
mands the regiment is brandishing a
rusty sword
The army, it goes without saying
is miserably housed. In Port-au
Prince, the capital of Hayti, you will
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
HIS NEW ANGLING TACKLE

A prominent physician of Baltimore
has been busy of late trying to regu-
late his practice so that he may enjoy
an extended fishing trip. His early
arrangements have not been propi-
tious, though he has boosted of the
great catches which he anticipates
making in Canadian waters. He has
purchased fishing outfit at a cost of
about 800, bought railroad tickets,
figured up hotel bills and other ex-
penses, and set aside an amount of
money sufficient to pay all bills for
himself and his wife for the trip. The
fishing tackle was cent to his home
late at night, and he and his wife,
after duly admiring it, retired.
Then came trouble which nearly re
suited in a divorce suit. Thoughts of
the coming fishing trip so filled the
doctors mind that he could not sleep,
as he arose, assembled his split-bam-
boo rod, and put the reel and line on.
Not having space in the room to test
it, he carefully opened a window and
began to make casts into the open
area of the street but he made one
too many. In attempting to wind the
reel there was a stop.
Thinking it kink in the new line,
he wound harder. Then there was a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
USE FOR A MILLION

Seated with some congenial cronies
in a cool corner of a roof garden the
other night was James Conner Roach,
actor, playwright wit and raconteur.
They had been discussing wealth and
what it meant to be a man of millions,
when Roach said:
Now, how many of us here tonight
know what "a million dollars really
means? How many people in general
know?
Some think of million as a check
for that amount signed by George
Gould and Endorsed by Russell Sage.
Others picture great heaps of gold
When | hear poor chaps like us
speaking of millions / think of the
story of three of my countrymen who
were digging a sewer up in Harlem.
''They had shovels with very short
handles and the dirt had to be thrown
higher the deeper they dug, so the
longer they worked the more energy
had to be expended.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

suppressed scream from the sidewalk.
The reel worked, however, and to the
prospective fisherman's surprise
woman's picture hat came to the end
of the pole. He knew what had hap
pened. The scream from below had
awakened his wife, and she, seeing
the hat, demanded an explanation. The
doctor had hurry job on the street.
Securing his rod between the legs of
a chair, he unlocked the hat and
rushed to the front door. The owners
husband was fighting mad, as was the
lady. The doctor made apologies and
humbly got on his knees and found
the hat pins.
After an explanation, which the aF-
grieved lady and her husband accept
ed, the doctor went to his room, only
to find his wife in a state of temper,
accusing him of fishing for other kind
of fish than he had SAID he was going
after. More explanations were in or
der, and there will be no damage suit
for the hat or divorce by the wife. A
tuD of water is now in the doctors
back yard and the gate is locked. If
he wants to practice casting between
now and the time set for the real fish
ing trip he can safely cast out of a
back window.-Baltimore sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

given me almost complete relief, and 1
am sure that continuation of them
will effect a permanent cure. Peruna
is surely a wonderful remedy for ca
tarrhal affections j. ID. Botkin.
This is case of catarrh of the stom-
ach which had run for twenty-five
years, according to his statement, and
Peruna has at once come to his relief,
promptly accomplishing for him more
benefit than he had been able to find
in all other remedies during quarter
of a century.
1t stands to reason that a man of
wealth and influence, like a Congress-
man of the great United States, has left
no ordinary means untried and no stone
unturned to find cure.
If such cures as these do not verify
theclaim not only that dyspepsia is due
to catarrh of the stomach. but also that
Perunawill cure catarrh of the stomach,
it is impossible to imagine how any
evidence could do So
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President Oh
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
SOME NEW CYCLONE STORIES.
What the Wind Recently Accom-
plished in Michigan.

What the Wind Recently Accom-.
piished in Michigan.
A Wheatland farmer says that upon
entering his pigpen. Immediately af.
ter the passage of the cyclone last
Wednesday, he was surprised to find
what he at first supposed was a new
species of swine. His porkers had
been driven so full of splinters as to
be scarcely recognizable.
A man sitting in the back window
of his residence. just out of the path
of the twister, saw his cows, which
were grazing in a neighboring field,
go sailing skyward. They landed on
an adjoining farm and began grazing
again. He has not yet recovered from
his establishment.
do you know the reason they
couldn't find that piano?" asked a
man in the barber shop. Il was stand
ing in front of the hotel at Manitou
Beach when l heard something that
sounded like music directly overhead.
| looked up and saw a piano going
northward over the lake at an eleva-
ton of about 200 feet. The wind was
agitating the keys, and / could dis
tinguish the strains of "Ain't 1t a
Shame?' l have told a lot OF people
about this, but they don't seem to
believe it,"
The foregoing stories were gathered
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
Famous Family of Phvslolans.

Lord Lister. the eminent physician
who is in attendance on King Ed
ward, comes of a long line of dis
tinguished medical men. Edward
Lister was physician to Elizabeth
and James l., and his younger brother
Sir Matthew. filled the same ofice tc
Anne of Denmark, James l.. Charles l
Martin Lister, son of Sir Martin ant
nephew of Sir Matthew, was a famous
BIOLOGIST and also second physician
to Queen Anne. Lord Lister is now
rs. His discovery in 1867, known a.
the antiseptic treatment, rendered
possible the operation on the king
Lord Lister has the distinction of be
ing the first medical peer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
Not Impressed hx ritIe.

Back in the summer of 1871 Benja.
min Harrison. with a party of four
teen made up OF members of his family
and some friends, started from Rye
Beach. N. H., for Center Harbor. The
neighborhood was then very popular
with tourists, and he thought it well
to telegraph ahead for rooms AS he
was about to sign the telegram, he
said to friend:
Il never make use or my title
don't believe in that sort of thing;
but-well, do you think we'd fare bet
ter if | wrote General before my
name? Do you think they'd take care
that we got nice rooms?"
Certainly" was the friends reply.
The wire was sent. When the party
of fourteen arrived. the ladies were
told at the hotel that he could give
them pallets on the parlor floor, while
the men could get nothing better than
side-by-slde chairs in the reception
room. Gen. Harrison never again tried
to make an impression by using his
title.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
FuIhIIment Of a Dream.

Corresponding to the Greek temple.
where the gods appeared to sleeping
visitors and gave them advice, there
Is to-day in China, near Swallow. q
place called Lily Mountain, on top OF
which is the shrine of god known as
the Common Ancestor. Here many
persons go after a three-days' fast and
pass the ninth night of the ninth
month awaiting prophetic dreams. A
scholar thus slept and had a vision OF
man bringing him a pair of boots
Since boots are worn by none but
graduates and officials, he inferred
that he should soon get his literary
degree. But years passed without
that honor, and then he was attacked
by a disease of the feet, and they
were painted with tar as a remedy. He
suddenly perceived the fulhllment OF
the dream-"my boots at last. Aims
lees Magazine
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

One noon hour they were seated
along the fence, eating dinner, when
Pat said:
""Byes, do yez know what I'd do II
had millyun dollars? I'd buy me-
silf a job as porther ON Pullman cae
and spind the rist of me days in luz
mry'
Mike removed his pipe from his
mouth, sighed as he looked at his emp
ty pail and said:
We'll, we'll now, would yez? I'd buy
me one ,of them big corner saloons
with all the lookin' glasses, and iv'1y
time l took a drink 10 see mesilf "a
times takin' it,
The whistle summoned them to
work when Jim gave his opinion.
Holding his lame old back with
one hand and reacning for his shovel,
he declared:
If had a millyun dollars I'd acd
two feet to the handles of all these
shovels.' New York fines.
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

Captaing0. Bertoletto of the Italian
Barque "Lincelles, " in a recent letter
from the chief officer of the Italian
Barque Linoelles, Pensacola, Fla,
writes:
81 have suffered for several years
with chronic CafarrEl of the stomach.
The doctors prescribed for me without
n1yreceiVing the least benefit. Through
one of your pamphlets I began the use
of Peruns, and two bottles have en-
hreIy cured me. IrecOmmend Peru1a
TO all my friends. 100. BerfOIeffO.
In catarrh of the stomach, as we'll as
catarrh of any part of the body, Peruna
is the remedy. AS has been often said
If Peruna will cure catarrh of one part,
1T will cure catarrh of any other part of
the body.
Catarrh is catarrh whever located,
and the remedy that will cure it any
where will cure it everywhere.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

Los Angeles, Cal.
a day at time how l would feel ths
next day. Five bottles of Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
changed all that, my days became days
of health, and have enjoyed every day
since-now six years.
We have used considerable of your
Vegetable Compound in our charitable
work, as we find that to restore poor
mother to health so she can support her
self and those dependent upon her, il
such there be, is truer charity than to
give other aid. You have my hearty
endorsement, for You have proven
yourself a true friend to suffering wo-
men. "-MBs. E. SAHER, 1864 Hill St,
Los Angeles, Cal-S5ooo forfeit If aboOe tss-
hmoniai Is not genuine.
No other perSo can give such
helpful advice to women who
are sick as can Mrs. Pinkham,
for no other has had such great
experience-hera address is Lynn,
Mass, and her advice free-if
you are sick write her-yOu are
foolish if you don't.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
TIE ARMY or HAITI

find a post of soldiers every fifty or
a hundred yards. They live in
wretched guard rooms, which are
merely long novels. with piazzas
raised two feet above the street. Be-
low flows an open drain. The men
themselves drink, smoke, and gam
BILE all the weary day.
You must never allow a smile to
cross your face-however, tempted
you may be to laugh-if you meet
Haytian soldier A European diplo-
matist landed once at Port-au-Prince
and on his way from the ship he fell
in with what he imagined to be a tat
tered mountebank carrying a rife. He
smiled, for the black mans pompous
solemnity was immensely funny. At
once the negro's face changed.
you laugh at me? You laugh at
me?" he cried, furiously.
He was a soldier of the republic;
his fingers flew to his cartridges, and
the visitor waited for no more, but
fed up the street
The Haytian soldier needs but the
license of a political strife to lash
him into frenzy. Given political trou-
bles and a modicum of shooting in
the streets, and a man such as we
have just described, with intense
Feasibility of temper and thousands
of companions like himself, he would
become a very perilous and terrible
element in the general anarchy.
The Haytian army in peace time
may be like that upon a comic opera
stage, but given a war, it would be-
come a hotbed of ragedy-London
Express.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
How Do You Make a circleY

The Intelligence of people may be
gagged by asking them to make a
circle on paper with a pencil and
noting in which direction the hands
moved. The good student in a
mathematical class draws circles
from left to right. The inferiority
of the softer sex as well as the male
ounces is shown by their drawing
from right to left. Asylum patients
do the same.-London Family Doctor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
POSITIONS FOR STUDENTS.

One hundred students from the Salt
Lake Business College, Templeton, fur
nished good positions during past year.
More than combined record of all other
commercial schools in the state. Liter
allure giving details furnished free.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
UngaIIant Men.

For the first time finco women were
admitted to Wesleyan University at
Middleton, Conn, in 1872, the girls
who are members of the graduating
class did not sit on class day with the
young pen. The men voted to do
away entirely with the platform and
returned to the old custom of sitting
on the ground, crosslegged, Indian
fashion. They built the amphitheater
for the guests around the Enclosure
where they sat. The men invited the
young women to sit with the othe,
guests, as, of course, they could moi
be expected to sit on the ground
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
STATE OF ONO, CITY or TOLEDO, ..

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of f. J. Cheney & Co.,
doing business in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day of December A. ID. 1884
(SEALl n '" NosarY PnhIic
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials. free
F. j. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo. q
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
In the Childrens Home in New York. Cures
Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Dis
orders, move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over 10000 testimonials.
At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy, n. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
OF a Prominent Family

Arabella Kenealey, now writing
Syndicate" romances, is the daughter
of the famous DR.. Kenealey, once
member of parliament and attorney
for the Tichborne claimant. Her
brothers are newspaper men.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
Ladies' Can Wear shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All druggists and shoe stores,
Csc Trial package FREE by mail Adj
dress Allen S. olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
LARGEST Hennerx on Earth.

Petaluma, Cal, is the largest hen.
aery in the world. Every person 10
town is in the poultry business In
some form. Last year 100000 doz.
en- eggs and 10000 dozen of poultry
were shipped from the town, the
principal market being San Fran
cisco.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

sAN1 VI JOhA hiNN
icines-P e run a
and Manalin. 1
h ave been af-
hicted more or
less for a quarter
of a century with
catarrh of t h e
stomach and con-
stipation. A resi-
dence in Wash
ington has in-
creased tn e S e
troubles. A few
bottles of your
medicine hava
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
Kaiser plsIikes waaner Music.

The kaiser has entered a new field
as musical critic, and has offended
the Wagnerites by declaring that he
does not care for the music of their
master because lit is too loud"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
CHANGE or uFE.y
Some Sensible Advice to W0s
men by Mrs. K. Sailer.

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM: When
passed through what is known as
change of life,' l had two years suf-
fering, = sudden neat, and as quick
chills would pass over me my appetite
was variable and never could tell for
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
WIN EXPLORE Labrador.

Prof. Amos Brown of the Univer,
sity Of Pennsylvania. accompanied by
two students of the university, will
soon leave for Labrador for the pur.
pose of visiting some points that have
rarely if ever been explored by white
men. The plan is to charter a fish.
ing smack and sail northward along
the coast. AT various points the
party will land and penetrate inland
to collect botanical and geographical
specimens and to study the country
carefully.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

God has given the poet an imagina.
ton so that he can have the pleasure
of thinking of things he would do IL
he had money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAM
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY,

NOTRE DAME. INDIANA.
Zone mile west of'the University OF Notre Dame)
Thorough English and Classical Education,
including Greek. Latin. French and German. On
completing the full course OF studies students
receive the Regular Collegiate Degreea-
The Conservatory of Music is conducted on
the plan OF the best Classical Conseryatoriss OF
Europe.
The Art Department is modelled after the
best Art Schools OF Europe.
Preparatory and Minim Departments. Pu-
pills are here carefully prepared for the AGA
demtc and Advanced Courses. Gymnasium un.
der direction Of Graduate OF Boston Normal
School OF Gymnastics Bookkeeping, Phonog-
raphy and Typewrlting extra. Every variety OF
Fancy Needlework taught. For catalogue ad-
dress
DREcTRESS OF THE ACADEMY.
s. Mary's AesdemY. No,re Dame P. O.. Indsna
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething sOftens the gums reduces In
hammatiOa allays pain cures wind collie 25c bottle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

To Cure a Cold in One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. $50
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

Character is the best commercial as
set in the world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04
AN ITALIAN CAPTAIN
Cured by Pe-ru-na of Catarrh of the
Stomach After Doctors Failed.

The following letter from Congress-
man Botkin speaks for itself:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WASHINGTON, ID. G.
DR.. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, o.;
My Dear Doctor-It gives me pleasure
to certify to the excellent curative quail
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF as
acough cure.-J. w. OBRIEN, 322 Third Ava,
N. Minneapolis Mimi. Jan. e. 1904
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

from reliable sources. = Hudson
(Mich.) Post
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-04

UTAH JUNK CO. hRGsss p sSafss RFGe rd for
Der, copper, brass, etc. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-21
MINERS STRONGLY DEMAND
AN E|CHT-HOUR W0RKDAY
Grievances Of the shamoin Convention Presented il
the Form Of Set Of Resolutions
Strike Talk Has Somewhat Abated But the Danger oil
Conflict With the Operators Will Not Be Over
Until the Report of the Scale Committee Has Been
Acted Upon by the Delegates.

two the number OF laborers who may be
employed by any one contractor.
ITO request the Bureau of Mines and
Mining to print not less than $4,000
copies Of the mining laws for distribu-
ton among anthracite mine workers.
ITO condemn the operators system OF
blacklisting employees discharged by any
one company"
In many cases the demands apply only
to certain localities. The most port
ant is stand taken unqualifiedly for an
eight-hour day. No demand has been
made for recognition of the organiza-
tion, but Mitchell says that the com
mittee on resolutions has not completed
its work and that a general resolution
ON the recognition question may be
brought before the convention tomorrow.
Further than acting upon the report
of the resolutions committee, the con-
vention did little except to listen to
grievances.
A feature of the proceedings was the
visit OF delegation representing the
Order of Stationary Firemen. OF the
5000 colliery firemen In the anthracite
region third belong to this organiza-
tion, another third to the United Mine
Workers and the others are not attached
to any organization. The stationary
firemen have declared in favor of an
eight-hour day and the abolition of the
Swing shift" system. The object of
the officers visit was to secure the CO.
operation OF the mine workers.
The visitors were received by the con-
vention and Secretary Joseph Mullahy
addressed the delegates and asked the
embodiment in the scale Of the eight
hour provision for firemen. No action
has yet been taken on the matter, but
it will probably be dealt with in the
report Of the scale committee, which is
expected today.
President Mitchell said that he did
not regard the letters of the operators
refusing a joint conference as recogni-
tion of the union and that he had never
so regarded them.
The report that the operators had
made overtures to the miners was de-
MED emphatically by President Mitchell
last night.
Charles A. Gallagher, of Freeland, is
member Of tho resolution committee
and Frank Ray, of Jeddo, is on the scale
committee
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-21
BI0tz Damage Suit.

In court on Wednesday Afternoon the
last case called before Judge Ferris was
that OF Mary Blotz, OF Freeland, vs.. tho
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Mrs.
Blotz seeks to recover $1,000 damages
for the death of her son, John Blotz,
who was killed by train at Fairchilds s
crossing in Foster township two or three
years ago.
The young man was the sole support
of his mother and at the time he was
killed was working on night shift. He
was driving home from his work early in
the morning and had to cross the tracks
Of the White Haven and Freeland
branch Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad at
Fairchld's crossing. The crossing Is
located in = deep cut and when the
wagon struck the tracks it was run
down by train going to White Haven
and young Blotz was killed.
The jury has not yet rendered ver-
dict.