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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
PRAYERS FOR A STIPEND.
French Able Who Has Made a Town
Prosperous by a Novel
Tramc.

There is a small village in the de-
partment of the Sarthe, in France.
that has arisen from poverty to af-
huence by means of prayer furnished
on demand for a consideration. The
cure of the village, a certain Able
Buguet, was as poor as his flock. But
he was not content to stay hat way
and, being a man of imagination, he
looked around for some means bv
which he could better the condition
of his people and incidentally his own.
He finally hit upon an idea, says a Lon
don exchange. He learned to set type,
bought a secondhand hand press and
set up, printed and published a leafet
In which he discoursed upon the eff
cacy of prayer. Then he made a bust
ness proposition to his flock. He would
pray for them, for their children and
for their dead for an annual subscrip-
ton of one sou. In other words, he
would take charge of all their prayers
for one sou a year. The idea appealed
to his parishioners and all Of them
subscribed. With the little sums thus
acquired he printed more leaflets and
distributed them throughout the
neighboring country and every leafet
seemed to bring in a new subscriber.
To-day he has many thousands of
subscribers who live in all parts of the
world, and Montligeon, which was once
little more than a collection of novels.
is a prosperous town. 1t has a church
that is a cathedral. It has wide streets
lighted by electric lights, a post Of
flee, waterworks and cab service. And
in the center of the town is a large
white building where Able Buguet,
with eight %almoners, IS interpreters,
20 secretaries and a crowd of clerks,
proceeds with his work of supplying
prayers. More than 1900 letters come
each day, each of them containing at
least the required sou, and most of
them having a much larger sum. A
part of these letters ask for ave
and these are divided among various
needy priests in the neighborhood,
who thus are able to add considerable
to their meager incomes. All the vol
untary offerings go into the general
treasury and are used for the benefit
of the town and the valley in which
it is situated. The mayor of the town
is the cashier and the principal coun-
cilorS are the secretaries or chief ac-
countants and Able Buguet is man
ager of all. 1t is the most profitable
prayer factory in the world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
LAND OF EARTHQUAKES.
Fierce seismic Disturbances
Since the Year 1880.

At six o'clock p. IN. on June 6, 1900,
an earthquake of uncommon violence
shook the towns of Cumana, Carlaco
and Cumanacoa. In the last named
the effects were specially disastrous.
A large number of public edifices have
been destroyed, including the teIe-
graph office, which was completely
ruined and the employee seriously
wounded. Many injuries to persons of
a more or less slight nature have been
reported.
1t is said that after the first shock,
which was one of the most violent, the
earth trembled during the space of 81
minutes.
As a subject of information we re-
produce below a compilation from the
pen of Landaeta Rosales, in the Vene-
zuela Herald, which will give our read
ers an idea of the numerous earth
quakes which have taken place in
Venezuela:
1530-September 1. Great earth
quake in Cumana, when the sea rose
20 feet above its ordinary level.
1543-February 3. Earthquake at
Cubagua.
161O-Earthquake at La Grita and
other towns of Merida.
l641-July 10 and II. Earthquake in
Caracas.
1644-Earthquake in Merida.
l766-67-Earthquake in Cumana.
when there were shocks almost every
day during IA months, but with spe-
cial force on October 81, 1866.
1794-Earthquake in cumana.
1797-December il. Earthquake in
Cumana.
1812-March &c. Earthquake in Cara
cas-. when 10000 lost their lives.
1s34-Earthquake in Merida and
other districts of Cordilleras.
1S39-April 10. Earthquake at Gu
mana.
1s49-February 20. Earthquake at
Lobatera.
1S53-uly Is. Earthquake at Gu
mana.
1s65-strong shocks in Caracas from
September to December.
1S7o-June 20. Earthquake at To-
cuyo.
l875-May is. Earthquake at Cucuta
and other parts of the country.
1s7s-April IS. Earthquake at Qua
and other districts of the Tuy, when
over 400 persons lost their lives.
1SS6-October s. Earthquake in Tru-
jillo.
1sss-November II. Earthquake
causing much damage in Guanare.
1s94-April "a. Terrible ca -thquake,
causing loss of many lives and great
damage in the sections of Trujillo.
Tachira, Barquisimeto, Portuguese
and Zamora.
1s94-December 4. Earthquake in
Caracas.
1s95-November 16. Strong shocks
in Caracas and other parts.
1809DJuly /. In Barquisimeto,
throwing down many buildings.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

Lawyer examining accused pick
pocket, testifying in his own behalf)
You deny this special charge, and
yet admit that you have committed
similar offenses. Perhaps you'll be
good enough to tell the court Just
how long you've been in this bust
ness?
Pickpocket (nonchalantly)-oh, not
more than two or three months.
Lawyer-Only two or three months,
Ell? How do you expect the court to
believe that statement in view of the
fact that it has had police testimony
to the effect hat you are an expert?
PickPocket (smilingly)-0h. well,
you must remember that had the
benefit of a three years previous
practice in your professionalism
mond Dispatch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The New Zealand government is
raising the wages Of it's railway en-
ployes to the extent of 100000.
What is said to be the first factory
for the manufacture of oxalic acid is
being built near Cheboygan, Mich.
In the year $50 the mulberry tree
was first cultivated in Greece and the
Levant for the benefit of the silk
worms.
The nest of the wasp shows a de-
gree of engineering skill and adapta-
tion of means to end which rival the
same talents of the bee.
Exports Of steel rails for the first
eight months of 1901. though less by
6,995 ton than in 1900, was 9o,244 tons
greater than for the period in 1899.
Irrigation has converted the South
American desert valleys near the city
OF Mendoza into some of the most
productive vineyards in the world.
The broom must gol A French
hygienic journal states that in Tunis
the mortality from tuberculosis is 11.3
per 1000 among the Arabs, and only
O.75 per 1000 among the Jews. who
lead pretty much the same life as the
Arabs, except that they daily clean
all their furniture with moist cloths,
and never stir up the germinfected
dust with brooms.
The skunk first appears in history
in h year 1886, when he was de-
scribed in Theodat's History of Can
ada. He had been a long time on the
earth before that time, however, for
there. are species of fossil skunks.
The skunks of the genus Chinca range
over the greater part Of North Amer
lea and as far south as Mexico. 9th
er skunks are found in Central and
South America.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
PUNGENT

Unconscious.-"But he doesn't real
ize that he boasts" "Oh, mol I've
heard him boasting that he doesn't
boast."-Puck.
There doesn't seem to be so many
bicycles as formerly" mo; it's rid
ing, instead of riders, that is falling
off now."-Indianapolis News.
Doctor-'Above all things, you
must dismiss every source of trouble
and anxiety" Patient-"But, doctor,
that's impossible. I've just got a new
automobile."-Town Topics.
The man who praises what he I'm
tends to purchase and enumerates
the faults of what he means to sell
is honest enough to feel lonesome in
this dizzy old world.-Chicago Daily
News.
YES" said the superstitious man,
II believe it's lucky to pick up a pin.
don't your" Not if you pick it up by
sitting down upon it," promptly re-
Piled the Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Purchasing Limit.-Mr. Stein
sen tour latest millionaire, after his
third fruitless stalk)-"Now, look
here. you rascal! If you can't have
the brutes tanner. I'm hanged if 1
don't sack youl"-Punch.
The Two Champions.-It is said
that the roar of a lion can be heard
farther than the sound made by any
other living creature. Next to that
comes the note of a woman who has
found a mouse in her DECENTRALIZATION
Transcript.
The Administers. Gossippe-"How
does it come Mrs. swagger invited
you to her party? thought you were,
enemies" Mrs. Snappem-"We are;
but she thought had nothing fit to
wear, and wanted to make me feel
bad."-Columbus State Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
DIRECTORIES.

SUPREME COURT.
Ralph p. Quarles,
1. n. sullivan,
Charles Stockslager.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
WHAT IT COSTS TO MARRY.
Only n Five Dollar Bill Is Necessary
TO DefrAy the Expenses Ln
Most Places.

Marriage Is one of the cheapest of
lu1urIes if one eckon only The outlay
required for the aymento OF hepreach-
er or magistrate who performs the
ceremony aud the cost oI the license in
such states as require LICENSES. Any
minister, priest or preacher of the
Gospel in the United States may SOL
emAize marriages, and in many states
Judges for Ii or more Classes of
courts may otficiate. In all save half
a dozen states, too, justices of the
peace have the privilege of officiating
at the highly important function, says
the Chicago Chronicle.
In some parts Of the United States
the person performing a marriage GER
emony must nave personal knowledge
OF the identity, naInes INT residence of
the parties, and inasmuch as such laws
are enforced in some of the western
states where young people frequently
drive long distances to be married, the
stipulation has on occasion caused
more or less Inconvenience. In most
of the states two witnesses are re-
,uired to be present at the solemniza-
ton of a marriage, although in some
states a single witness is sufficient.
There is still in force in Pennsylvania
an Old law which preseribes that IL
witnesses shall be present, but this ex-
action is seldom if ever enforced. Per-
haps the s%trangest stipulation of all
is that which appears in the laws of
Tennessee. and is 10 the effect that the
validity of a marriage shall be in no
wise affected by he omission of the
baptismal name of either party in the
license and the use of a nickname in-
stead, provided the parties can be iden-
titled. Any person corversant with
the conditions prevailing in the noun
tain districts of Tennessee will. appre-
ciate the wisdom of this unique pro-
viso.
Common superstition is to the effect
hat the fee for performing the mar
riage ceremony is dependent entirely
upon the generosity of the bridegroom,
and it will, doubtless, therefore. sur
prise many persons to learn that in
several states the law has a hand in
the matter. In the Old Dominion. for
instance, there is a statute which pro-
vides that the person solemnizing a
marriage is entitled to a fee of one
dollar, and that "any person exacting
a greater fee shall forfeit to the party
aggrieved $50" In West Virginia it is
stipulated that the fee be "at least
one dollar" and the Idaho law says
hat "the fee shall be five dollars. or
any other or greater sum voluntarily
given by the parties to such marriage"
In 16 tates of the union a welded
couple may obtain a more or less elab-
crate certificate of their marriage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
pui1dlns IN stoekhelm. sweden

Only two-thirds of the area of the
lot can be covered in Stockholm,
Sweden, except on street
where three-fourths is allowed. The
remainder of the lot must be reserved
for courts, for light and ventilation.
All chimney fues must be IL or is
inches and must be swept once a
month from October to April by of
fetal chimney sweepers.-Chicago In
ter Ocean,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

JUDGE OF 4th DISTRICT.
X. l. PERKY.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07

Tess-She says she can't under
stand why people call him a fatterer.
Jess-She does. eb?
Yes; ! guess it's because he never
said anything ~lattering to her"
More likely he did say something
fattering and she's trying to make
herself believe he was in earnest."-
Philadelphia Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
Lamb and wooden Leg.

A lamb with a wooden leg was re-
Gently offered for sale in the Wisbech
cattle market. The little creature
cary in life lost IN of its legs. and
the shepherd attached an artificial
limb, with which it was able to move
about.-East Anglican Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
TERMS OF COURT.

Following are the terms of Court in
the Fourth Judicial District of Idaho
for the year 1901:
Lincoln County.
ShoshOne 49,. April LIST, September End
Cassia County.
Albion. April 10Th, September 10Th
EImore County.
Mt. Home 49,. May 9th, October 18th
Custer County.
Challis. July 18th, September 3Oth
Blaine County
Haley, June 18th, November 18th
Court to V at $50 a. M, at
each time and place.
KIRKLAND l.. PERKY, Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-07
Winter Maneuver of Russian Troops

The Russians count upon their eli
mate as one means of defense, as it
was when Napoleon invaded Russia.
Their troops are accordingly trained
in winter maneuvers. including load
ing a battery, with it's war transport
and material complete, upon sleighs,
moving it for some distance over a
difficult, snow-covered country and
bringing it into action again.-N. =,
Sun.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-21
A Fortunate Postmaster.

Kirk, Ark, July 14.-Mr. WfNiam S.
brennan, Postmaster at this eRice,
counts himself very fortunate man.
Mr.. Brennan i'll addition to being
postmaster is justice of the peace a
member of the Christian Church and a
highly respected and useful citizen.
He has suffered for some TIME with
what seme people would cali ricketts,"
or 'rigers" OF the kidneys-kidRey dis
ease in a very painful form. He could
not sleep, he had a dull pain over his
left kidney, was continually restless.
could not lie still, and had to get up
through the Right several times and
was also troubled in this way during
the day.
He used few boxes of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, remedy recently Introduced
ia this State and advertised as cure
fer Kidney Disease, Rheumatism, Ma
laria, ETC., and in a short time was COM
pletely restored to vigorous, good
health. He is very grateful to Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-21

in these cases. Peruna cures catarrh
wherever located.
Mrs. Alex. johnson, 256 University
avenue, Kingston, Ontario, Cam, wrlteSs
III have been q sufferer for years
with bearing down pains and back
ache, and got no relief from Doctors
prescriptions. commences fakin@
Peruna, and after taking the first b0eS
tie felt much better and within q
R7onfh l was a well WOman, and
heartily recommend it f0 any woman
WI10 is In as poor health as was.
MRS. A. JOHNSON
Miss Mabel Meyers, Argentine, Kan,
collector for the Kansas Temperance
Unisn, writes: "PeruRa has proved a
friend to nae, fer it cured rae when | was
sick, and the least | can do in return is
to acknowledge it's value to the public.
Since / was IL years old have suffered
with headache, backache and pains in the
shoulder blades. caught Geld easily and
my lungS were weak. Catarrh Of the
lungs was what the doctors called my
trouble. | tOek their medicine for elgh-
teen months without any benefit, and
hearing about Peruna decided to try it.
[ used nine bottles and was restored to
health. This was two years age, and l
am now in perfect health"
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results frem the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your, case, and he will
be glad to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman SaRitarium, Columbus, .,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-21
$4,000 BOXES FREE.

John a. Smith of Milwaukee can sym
pathize with rheumatic sufferers, because
he was himself tortured by this disease
for years. He made thorough study
of his own case and Of the causes of the
disease, following this with the expert
mental use OF remedies suggested by the
knowledge thus gained. Ultimately lie
found combination of herbs which COM
pletely rid his system OF every trace Of
rheumatism, and, though years have
elapsed, he is still perfectly free from
any symptom of the old ailment. Neigh
bors and friends to whom Mr.. Smith
gave the remedy were cured with equal
thoroughness and nermanence and clio
ria Tonic" as Mr.. Smith named the dis
covery, began to be in demand. Since
that time many thousands have by its
use been relieved of the terrible attic
ton of rheumatism. Mr.. Smith has 15,-
600 sample packages of this remedy
which he desires to distribute. free of
charge, among rheumatic sufferers. He
therefore authorizes the announcement
that any reader of this paper may OBJ
tain a free trial package of 'tGioria
Tonic" by addressing John A. Smith,
No. so Germania building, Milwaukee,
Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-21
POISONING the System.

It is through the bowels that the
body is cleansed OF impurities. Con-
stipation keeps the poisons in the sys-
tenn, causing headache, dullness and
melancholia at first, then unsightly
eruptions and finally serious illness
unless a remedy is applied. De Wits
Little Early Risers prevent this
trouble by stimulating the liver and
promote easy, healthy action Of the
bowels. These little pills do not act
violently but by Strengthening the
bowels enable them to perform their
own work. Never grippe or Distress
0. G. Zeltzer and A. A. Pardee.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-21
GOLD In INDIANA.
Lots OF 1t There, Says a Prospector,
Rubies and Diamonds Also.

Lots OF 1t There, Says a Prospector,
Rubies and Diamonds Also.
R. L. Royse, a prospector who has
been working in Brown, Johnson and
Morgan counties, Indiana, for two
years, and has secured by lease and in
some cases by direct purchase $500
acres OF land on which he found strong
traces OF gold, has determined to in
troduce improved machinery and is
confident that plenty of pay dirt vii,
reward him for his time and expe 1e".
4 He differs with the State Geologist
In respect to theories regarding the
gold found in the three counties named,
for he does not believe it is of glacial
origin, because he has found 1t in the
seams OF the bed rock, under the bed
rock, and at the bottom of a 148-fool
well, 100 feet below the bed rock. He
has also found it running $18 a ton in
the bottom of a 40-foot shaft.
Mr.. Ryse first had his attention at
tracted to the gold of Indiana while in
the mint at Philadelphia by shipments
made from this state. The assay
showed that next to the gold Of the
Snake river district, which runs % and
fraction carats fine, Indiana gold IS
the finest in the country.
1t runs over % carats, while most
western and Klondike gold runs from
IA to 20 carats fine. Indiana gold IS
worth SIPS a pennyweight and is made
up into the finest jewelry.
a IN
there is gold in Indiana, and points to
the fact that many persons in Brown
and Morgan counties, working with
crude implements, have been making
living and little something besides
for years.
"The time is ripe" said he, "for this
wealth to be opened, and when the In
diana gold fields are understood there
will be sensation that will attract
the attention of the world"
with the primitive sluice-boxes have
found nuggets. Noah Walker found
one nugget that weighed IL penny
weights and grains and the find net
Some of the men who are WORKING
ted him about Sill.
Mrs. Edward Black killed duck for
dinner one day and found a number of
bright pebbles in its craw and saved
twenty-nine of the largest. A neighbor
pronounced them gold and she took
them to jeweler at Nartinsville ana
got $3.50 for her find.
One of the most sensational Fl Ids
was made by a man named Stanley,
who picked up diamond worth $500.
Royse gave Stanley $40 for 1t and the
next day sold it for $50, and it was
brought to Indianapolis and finally sold
for $500
1t was fraction over I carats IN
weight, but there was a flaw in the
center and it had to be cut In two. The
cutters got two perfect diamonds out
Of it and they were purchased by a
man in Indianapolis and are now being
worn by him. He paid S125 for he
larger and SIS for the smaller one.
In another locality John Merriman
found what Is now believed to be a
blue diamond that weighs over a carat.
If 1t proves to be blue when cut, the
value, it is said, will be In excess of
81 900.
Merriman has also found one
amethyst which he sold for a good
price. Surford Sexton and James
Smith, two Illinois men who worked
In the hollow Of Morgan county, are
said to have found one ruby which they
sold in Chicago for $3.50 and many
smaller ones.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-21
Chairman Kalamazoo tuberculosis Remedy
Co. (Ltdl and Member of British
Tuberculosis Congress-.


Consumptives need not worry about their flu
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