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Arizona republican., 1902-02-13

 stomach The whole body and brain are dependent for health and life upon the orderliness and completeness of the pro cesses which go on in the stomach and allied organs of digestion and nutrition.
 People who have been treated for dis ease of head, heart, lungs, liver, nerves or blooi have often been treated in vain, until they began the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. When this medicine had healed the stomach and cleansed the blood, the other diseases disappeared.
 -Six years ago last August attacked with IIlalarial fever" writes MT. Daniel A. Carter. of Yost. Rowan Co, N. C. My spleen become eu Iarged, and I in bed of and for four years. went to the doctors and some of them said had dyspepsia others said had liver trouble. The last doctor had called it chronic liver and stomach disease. So paid out money and nothing did me any good Two years ago l commenced taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery, and used ten bottles. and now can do as big a days work any man"
 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are boon to bilious people. They cure
Arizona republican., 1902-02-13
 'SoUp 2 hfAkts
 THE SelDIER.'' ''

The great Elm peror understood that primarily the soldier is a stom- ach. PIin ariIy
Arizona republican., 1902-02-13
CONSTIPATION

When your food does not digest prop erly, the bowels become clogged and the liver inactivesr The poison and inn purities that should be carried off are thus allowed to accumulate, causing nausea. sick headache. indigestion. dys- pepsia and biliousness. The best medi- cine to cure constipation and prevent these diseases is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Try a bottle and be convinced.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
The Ireland of Today.

The Ri. Hon. James Bryce, careful
observer, and Mr.. Seumas MacManus,
the Irish writer, agree that Ireland to-
day is enjoying comparative prosper
ity. The people are living better, their
food is of higher grade, the bank de-
posits have decreased, the farm rents
are lower, and the returns from work
are larger. The main reason why it
does not take its place as one Of the
rich countries of the world Is its lack
of manufacturing. 1t exists mainly on
it's agriculture and its fisheries. Ire
land contains 32,337 square miles, not
including the 1856 little islands which
add GAG square miles to the total. 1t
is not quite so large as Indiana and is
little larger than South Carolina.
The Philippine islands are four times
the size of all Ireland. Less than five
years ago a commission appointed by
parliament reported that there had
been placed upon Ireland a taxation
burden which 1t was unable to bear
and that something should be done.
Thus came the new land act, which
was a mitigation, but not reform, of
the evils. = Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
WOOD GETS SCARCER.
Disappearing Before the Worlds In
creasing Consumption.

Disappearing Before the Worlds In
oreasing Consumption.
DR.. w. Schlich, the well-known for
est expert, in a recent address before
the London Society of Arts, predicted
positive timber famine in the near
future unless systematic measures for
increasing the worlds supply be speed
lily adopted. He pointed out that the
use of wood, in spite of it's replacement
by coal as fuel and by steel in con-
struction, was steadily increasing.
The per capita consumption in the
four chief countries of Europe is now
fourteen cubic feet each year, and in a
few years will probably reach twenty
cubic feet. For this increase the use
of wood in paper making seems chief
ly responsible. The steady rise in
prices, especially of coniferous woods,
in spite of much cheaper transporta-
ton, shows that the worlds supplies
are rapidly diminishing. Only five out
of eighteen European countries export
more timber than they import. Sean
dinavia and Russia are the principal
exporters. The limit of production in
the former seems to have been
reached. Russia still has large for
ests, but domestic demands are rapidly
increasing, and an exportable surplus
cannot long be depended upon.
The North American supplies are
visibly declining. China has no tim
Der to spare, and that country, when
developed on modern lines, will be
an importer rather than an exporter.
There remain the rest of Asia, South
America and Africa as sources of sup
ply. But these do not furnish any con-
siderable amount of coniferous woods.
which are most in demand. DR.. SchlicE
therefore concluded that the danger
of deficient supply of coniferous
wood was practically at hand, and
that deficiency of all would soon oc-
cur unless remedial measures were
adopted. The remedy is easy, although
time is required for its application. 1t
is, as DR.. Schlich pointed out, to Gull
tivate timber upon waste land, just as
other crops are cultivated upon more
fertile soil. In Great Britain alone
there are 25,OOO,OOO acres of such
lands. One quarter of this area, DR..
Schlich asserted, would make the
country Independent of foreign sup
plies Of timber. The same remedy
would restore the declining timber in
dustry of the United States.-The For
ester.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
MAINE WITCHCRAFT A
TROUBLESOME THING

A Woodworking and active young
farmer who lives few miles out of
the village of Limestone, in Aroostook
county, Me-, is firm believer in
witches. A short time ago the man
came into the village of Fort Fairfield
and consulted lawyer in regard to a
certain old woman in Limestone. The
farmer declared that she had be-
witched his cows. He said that the
old woman was also doing other things
to bother him. He told how a few
days before he was driving a yoke of
oxen which drew a two-wheeled cart.
He said that when they were passing
along a piece of road that skirted a
lake, the witch, making herself in
visible, pulled the linch-pin out of one
Of the axels and away went the wheel.
Il rolled down through pasture, so
the farmer declared, the witch steering
1t and keeping it upright, until splash!
into the lake 1t went.
He was greatly offended when the
attorney informed him that witchcraft
The farmer went home declaring that
he would take the law in his own
hands. Out of this determination has
come a rather singular case in court.
II seems that this Aunt" Collins,
whom the farmer accused of witch
craft, owns some troublesome live
stock. The farmer believes that each
animal that the good wife owns is in
spired by the devil. One day "Goody"
Collins old SOW and her family of lit
tie rooters slid under the division
fence and began shouting in potato
field owned by the young farmer. The
old porker had been there several times
before, and this time the farmer was
ready for her. He had nodded some
bullets, into the center of each of
which he had put little square Of
sumach wood. For years this wood
had been known as witch wood" and
II ia said by those who believe in such
things that It is sure charm to over
come "black art" When the neighbor
spied the mother pig and her family
feasting on his potato seed he took
down his gun, put in one Of the SUI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
senator Chandler's Spartan Mother.

1t was always noticed of William 2.
Chandler. while in the senate, says
the Washington Post, that he never
allowed the present moment to pass
when he had anything to do. Phe
word 'procrastination" was not in his
lexicon. This lesson he had had drilled
into him early by his mother, a New
England woman Of sturdy conscience
and character. Once, when he came
home for a holiday from an academy
six miles distant, she discovered that
he had left his umbrella at school
William" said she, "you need not
take off your hat Go right back and
fetch that umbrella" "But mother"
pleaded the lad, that's six miles. and
the teams are all moving this way.
now, so l shan't get a lift" Then
walk" was all the comfort he got. He
trudged off, recovered his umbrella.
and made a philosophical application
of this and other experiences in the
same line to the business which filed
his life at later stage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

mach bullets, and drew bead on the
sow. He dropper her at the first shot,
and the motherless litter fled home
squealing. Aunt" Collins collected
them and brought them up on warm
milk as best she could.
A few days after the tragedy of the
potato field another of "Goody" Col
Inns barnyard families, a busting,
clucking hen, with brood of fluffy
chicks, made her way through a hole
in the old fence and got into the newly
sown wheat field. When the young
farmer spied her she was shutting out
a regular sand Jig and the dirt and
seeds were flying above her head Be
hind her were the chicks, busily COB
bling every grain that showed itself.
Once more the farmer loaded his gun
and he stalked the old hen, who was
absorbed in her hustle for her family.
Bang! and the hen was a draggled
bunch of feathers and the brood was
motherless.
When "Goody" Collins heard the
sound of the gun she guessed what
was going on, and, despite her 80 years
she rushed out of her little house and
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climbed the fence, carrying broom.
The farmer saw her coming and fed
incontinently. He had no mind to
face that octogenarian wrath, and,
moreover, he had heard of witch
brides" and witch brooms." He
believed that if one of these brides
were once thrown over a mans head
he would ever afterward belong to the
witch that captured him.
Aunt" Collins, however, did not
pursue him. She collected in her cali
co apron the chickens that were scut-
Ting about in the grass. She decided
that the old hen was too badly shat
tered even for a fricassee, and so she
left her on the field.
Now this was too much for the old
woman to bear, and she brought suit
against the farmer. The case came
before local justice at Fort Fairfield
1t attracted much attention for the
farmer asserted that he would be per-
fectly justified in shooting even
"Goody" Collins herself He Law at
her door all his long list of mishaps
petty and large.
Mrs. Collins went on the stand and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

conclusion the court Iaid that although
It was evident the pigs and hen Oh
Aunt" Collins were committing tres
pass, yet he should hold that the farm
er must pay damages because he shot
before asking her to pen them up at
home.
81 want to estimate the damage"
said the judge. did any of these lit
tie pigs die?" he asked Mrs. Collins
mo, sir" she replied.
"I'll tell you how it was, Judge"
broke in the farmer. "She jest burned
medicine in the pen and said 'Wally-
bahoo the right number OF times, and
every one Of them little pigs had teeth
grow and went to eating corn right
off"
A smoker of establishment went
around the courtroom. The judge
checked the demonstration, rebuked
the farmer and asked
Aunt Collins, did any Of the
chickens die as a result of losing the
old hen?"
mo, sir" said Aunt Collins.
NO wonder they didn't die" cried
the irrepressible farmer Her old
cat had nest in the ash hole and a
litter OF young kittens. 1 tell you,
that old woman is a witch She just
dumped them chickens right in with
the kittens, and she made cluck and
put it on the old cat, and them chick
ems never noticed the difference"
This original explanation provoked
such howl in the court room that the
justice fined the farmer for contempt
of court and made him pay Mrs. Col
Inns the value Of the property he had
killed. Now the farmer, more than
ever, believes that the old woman is a
witch He even insists that she be-
witched the Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
THE POLAR BEAR.
A RANK Coward when Brought Faoe TO
Face with Men,

The character of the polar bear is a
curious mixture of cowardice and OAR
ing, for it will fly at the sight OF man.
but will often come close up to the
huts and sometimes even try TO enter
them. says London Field. When met
with in the water bears are killed with
harpoons. On receiving the FIRST
wound the animal utters loud roars,
SEXES the weapon with It's teeth, pulls
it out of the injured part and hurls 1t
far away Sometimes, but by no means
invariably, 1t will turn upon its assail-
ant, Quickly it receives another spear,
or bird arrow, from a second kayak
man, against whom it turns after
treating his weapon In the same man
ner and sometimes breaking 1t, and
in this way the struggle is continued
until the bear is overcome. The most
important precautionary rule which
the hunters have to observe Is, when
during the fight the animal b. DO, d.
to keep a sharp lookout down into the
water in order that it may not come
up unawaTes right under a kayak. It's
white CLEAN can always be seen when
1t approaches the surface. and there IS
time to get away if it be coming too
near. When a bear is encountered in
the water or amid somewhat scat
tered ice it's capture is considered a
certainty, for, although an excellent
swimmer, it cannot get away from a
kayak. In the northern colonies,
where they are seldom seen, the
Greenlanders appear to be afraid Of
them, but such is far from being the
case in the Julianshaab district, where,
in the water, at any rate, they are con-
sidered as much less dangerous than
the walrus or the hooded seal. The
food of bears consists mainly of seals,
which, however, they cannot seize in
the water, but only when lying on the
shore or on ice, but as the seal, when
in such positions, is extremely watch
full and wary, the stalk is often fruit
less and the bear is obliged more fire.
quently than suits it to depart with an
empty stomach. Carrion they take at
any time. In summer they rob birds
nests of eggs and young ones, and ap-
pear to be partial also to berries.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
VINEYARDS OF PALESTINE.
jewish Colonists Are Revlving Valuable
IndustrK of AntiauItK.

The account of the trade of Palestine
during last year, given in the consular
report just issued, says London let
ter, is a fairly hopeful, though neither
the exports nor the imports reach the
level attained in 1899. The prosperity
of the country depends still, as it al
ways has done, and most probably al
ways will do, upon the fruits of the
earth. Centuries before the present
era, corn and wine and oil were
among the chief boons of the Prom
ised Land, and though we hear little
now Of the first, the other two are re-
gaining their ancient reputation. To
melons, which also were valued in an
cient days, new fruit has been added
the orange. This and the grape are
now the most important products of
Palestine, though the exports of the
former have declined considerably in
value during the last few years. Jaffa
oranges, however, maintain their rep
utation, so that it may be hoped that
the depression is only temporary.
Southern Palestine has always been
noted for it's vineyards. OF the prin-
cipal Jewish colonies in the Jaffa dis
trict, Richon-le-Sion, Petach- Tikvah,
and Ekron, on the supposed site Of
the Philistine city which last received
the fatal trophy of the ark, the first
is the chief one for grape growing. A
fourth colony, Sarona, also near Jaffa,
is German. In all these agriculture,
and especially everything connected
with wine-making, is conducted on
scientific principles, and the first and
last have become really important
centers in the trade. Richon-le-S
has excellent works and machinery for
the manufacture of wine, and great
underground cellars for its storage.
These last year contained about 1.100,-
900 gallons, in addition to a consider
able quantity which is always kept in
depot at Hamburg.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
Harriet spofrord's. Home,

Harriet Prescott Spofford lives on a
beautiful little island in the middle of
the Merrimac river near Newburyport.
forty miles from Boston. A part OF
each winter, however, she spends in
Boston and in Washington.
A new trolley line between New
York and Connecticut promises reg
ular run of sixty miles an hour out
side of city limits.
Said an Irishmanr 'Tf n Yankee
was cast away on y desolate island
he'd get up early the next morning
and sell every inhab'tant a map of the
place."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
Oetuple Telsgraphx.

Experiments with octuple telegra-
ply were recently made between Ber-
lin and Hamburg. Simultaneous du-
pick telegraphy, working both ways
on the same wire, has already been
in use for some time between Berlin
and Paris by means of the Boudot APP
paratus, by which two kilograms can
be dispatched in both directions at the
same time. The American physicist,
Henry Rowland who died a short
while ago, invented an apparatus for
dispatching eight kilograms simultan-
eously-four in each direction on a
single wire. This was exhibited at the
Paris exhibition last year. The Ger
man imperial telegraph administration
has allowed a wire between Berlin and
Hamburg to be used for such expert
ments.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

to play on 1t. Their movements were
so peculiar that he watched them care
fully. They had found a steep, snow
covered incline, to the upper end of
which they went in body, just like a
party of boys intent on coasting. And
that IS precisely what the chamois in
tended, for two or three OF them at q
time would crouch down at the begin
ming OF the descent, work all four legs
to get a start. and slide over the sur
face Of the snow to the bottom. When
they reached the bottom they would
rise, shake themselves, and climb up
the incline again, only to repeat their
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

trip down. This they did time and
again, their comrades at the upper end
watching them with great interest until
1t came their turn to coast. The coast
ing ground was about $50 yards from
top to bottom, and the channels would
shoot down 1t with the speed OF sleds,
the snow rising about them in pow
derry cloud. There could be no doubt
whatever that they did 1t for sport, and
they seemed to enjoy 1t as much as
boys enjoy coasting down a we'll
packed hill.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
How q Battleship Looks When She
Slides Into the Water.

The new battleship launched at
Philadelphia the other day is expected
to be ready for service about Oct. l,
1907.
While the Maine is in most respects
an improved Alabama, there are
many points OF difference between the
two, notably the use of water tube boil
ers of the Niolausse type. In her con-
struotion the omission of wood has
been carried to a greater extent than
an the older ships.
The principal dimensions OF the
Maine are: Length between perpen-
diculars, SSS feet; length over all, 1898
feet, 101s inches; extreme breadth, 70
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

explained that she
was merely a poor
old widow, with a
little plot ofground
and a few live
creatures. She de-
clared with much
indignation that
she knew no more
a b o u t witchcraft
than she did about
astronomy. S h e
said that any man
who made such
talk about her
ought to be sent to
a lunatic asylum.
She asked that this
man who had per-
secuted her b 9
made to pay for the
animals he killed.
The farmer told
his story, but the
] u d & 9 informed
him that he must
prove that Mrs.
Collins has some
direct connection
with the alleged
happenings. In
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
eolanR in ireland.

Salemina, wishing to know what
was considered a good score by local
players on the Ballycastle links, asked
our young friend: what they got
round in here?" and was answered:
"They tries to go round in as few as
possible, ma'am, but they mostly takes
more!'-From "Penelope's Irish Ex-
periences."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

21a inches thick, while aft, where
there is no armor belt, it is four inches
on the slope and three inches on the
fiat.
The Maine is designed to make IS
knots. She will have twin screws, and
her two main engines will be triple
expansion, of the inverted vertical
type. The high-pressure cylinder will
be 3S1s inches in diameter, the inter-
mediate pressure cylinder SO inches
and the low pressure 80 inches The
length of stroke will be AZ inches. The
engines will be of about 1900 horse
power.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

The municipality of Berlin will re-
ceive 100000 marks for benevolent
purposes under the will of Dr. George
Vierling, the composer, who died in
Wiesbaden recently.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

12-inch breech-loadng rifles, mounted
in pairs in elliptical balanced turrets
on the middle line 16 six-lnch rapid
fire guns. mounted in broadside; eight
14-pounders, eight three-pounders and
eight one-pounders and machine guns.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
coAsEINo BY cHAMoIs.
AnfnasIs Mssm to Enjoy sport as MuoI
as Boys DO.

Boys DO.
Nearly all animals are fond Of play,
and sometimes their play is almost
systematic game. II you should come
across lot of goats playing football,
with chosen sides, captains, and all that
sort of thing, you would be speechless
with amazement, and yet tourist saw
something on the Alps that Is scarcely
less astonishing. It was in summer. and
q flock of chamois had climbed up TO
where the snow never melts. evidently
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

The inhabitants Of the province of
Ontario write more letters than those
of all the rest OF Canada.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
LAUNCHING A BIG BATTLESHIP.

tubes, the Maine class being the first
of the battleships in which the tubes
have been placed below the water line.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

The six-inch guns will be placed in re-
cessed ports, the wings of which will
be elongated to protect the muzzles
when the guns are not firing.
There are two submerged torpedo
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

THE LAUNCHING OF
het. 21k inches; mean draught, %
eet. inches; displacement, 1890
hons; full load displacement (estima-
ted. 1880 tons.
Her armament will consist of four
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

Isn't the whisky firms delivery
wagon pony" cart?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

Onyx (milky green) -Dlscord.
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bIIAhINU The But TIE.
Defensively, the Maine will be very
powerful. Krupp armor will be used
throughout. The belt armor will ex-
tend 31a feet below the water line and
four feet above. 1t win be IL inches
thick at the top and ~ inches at bot
tom, and will extend to the bow and
to within 60 feet of the stern. The
casemate armor is to be six inches
thick, that on the barbetter ~ inches
thick In front and eight inches at the
back and that on the turrets ~ inches
thick.
Forward the protective deck will be
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-03

is now hauled out at Robbins yard in the
Erie Basin.
Captain Robert wringe. who sailed the
Shamrock /. II Is said, is TO have charge
Of the new yacht.
While IL has been known for some time
that a challenge may be expected at any
time for cup race next season from the
Royal Ulster Yacht club. almost nothing
has been done yet by the members Of the
New York Yacht club In preparations
for the defence Of the trophy. The Colum-
bia will be ready TO compete for the honor
of defending the cup for the third time
and the Constitution will be fitted out and
every one Is sanguine that when In prop
er shape she will be able to defeat the
Columbia by some minutes over 30
mile course. There are some yachtsmen
who think that II will not be necessary
to build a new boat, but some members
OF the club are In favor OF having another
defender built. and having the Columbia.
Constitution and the new yacht tried out
together