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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
COLOMBIA SENDS
men And ARMS
Admiral Coghlan Reports Meeting
Transport at Sea-Destruction
in Colombian Territory.
Conditions of Canal Plant and Poll
tical Situation in Panama Re-
garded as Satisfactory.

/ Washington, Dee.Ss22 THE follows
ing aaBleeraal was TeceiRed ~a t. the
navy department to-day from Rear
admiral Coghlan, dated Colon:
Ei.1.@.Mayhower reports met with Pinzon
carrying 500 men and munitions
bound for base at Titumati."
Official maps of the navy department
do not show any place by the name of
Titumati but the supposition is that
the point referred to it. Tumute. a
group Of three islands lying q half a
mile from the. Colombian coast in the
Gulf Of DarienGa and about thirty miles
southeast of Cape Tiburon. 49,.
The Tumute islands being part of
Colombian territory the department. is
without any power to act beyond OBJ
serving the movements of this detach-
ment Of Colombian troops. The sit
uation as the Island Of Pines, however,
is quite different, as that island is
within Pana1nan territory. ,15s,.
Admiral Walker Reports.
Rear. Admiral John G. Walker, re-
tired, called upon Acting Secretary of
State Loomis to-day and explained
conditions onathe Isthfnus Of Panama
when he left. there g. week ago, his
conclusions being that they were very
satisfactory.
The admiral had a double mission,
first to look into the condition of the
plant and properties of the Panama
Canal company and the exact amount
Of work so far accomplished by the
engineers who are operating under the
agreement made last spring between
the United States government and the
Panama Canal company.
The second purpose of the admiral S
visit to the isthmus was to serve as
the representative of the president
from a political point of view and
while on the isthmus he has kept the
chief executive fully advised as to de-
velopments. Consequently there was
little for the admiral to add to his pre-
ceding reports beyond mere details.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
SUES ASYLUM AUTHORITIES.

ST. Louis, Dec. 23.-Mrs. Clara Taylor, wife
of Edward NJ. Taylor. filed suit in the st. Louis
against the st. Vincent insane asylum. Mrs.
Taylor alleges that tho sane she was confined
in the asylum by the request of her husband
against her wishes and was compelled to asso
crate with idiots and jmbeeiles.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23

Loadon-Rowland Hunt. liberal uniqnist and \
supporter of Joseph Chamberlains g fiscal policy,
has been elected to represent the Ludlow division
of Shropshire in the house of commons, to sue
ceed Robert j. More liberal unfOntst, deceased
BIZ majority Of 9I0 votes.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
.IINgoLN,s PARrNER DUES.

Chicago. Dec. 23.-Hram w. Beckwith. a law
PARTNER of Abraham Lincoln from 1856 TO 1861. is
dead at s.. Luke's hospital here, at the age of
70 From 1897 to 1902 Mr.. Beckwith was presi-
dent of the State Historical society Of Illinois.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
SHIPMENT TO DULUTH.
American farmer pays to Great Northern

The Canadian Pacific railroad haulS
wheat from Roddick, LOOP miles to
Fort William, for 25 cents, the rate
which Mr.. Hills Great NorthernScom-
pany eXacts for the $40 miles haul
from Williston to Duluth. Here you
see clearly one of the minor reasons
why Dakota and Minnesota farmers
migrate to Canada. 1t is true that
the Canadian Pacific railroad was
more largely subsidized by the public
than Mr.. Hills road. But neither
company is compelled by law to be
liberal. Canadian railway men think
it no wonder that Mr.. Hill is fond of
his farmers, cant bear to part with
them, is wounded in his tenderest af-
fections when they move north to get
out of his jurisdiction.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23

Senator J,.W. Bailey Of Texas has a
stock farm in Kentucky, and up to a
recent period owned one of the finest
places in Texasa combined farm and
ranch in the fertile prairies Of Dallas
county.
Lieutenant Governor Guild of Mas
sachusetts has added a full set of
Filipino diggers of quaint design to
his collection of weapons.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23

During the last three years twenty-five mil
lionaires have died In England. Their average
age was IS years.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
Index to Polse.

No human creature can thrive and
come near perfection without giving
equal heed to the instinct for doing
right. And it is only as these three
great instructive forces come into
something like fair accord that we
begin to know contentment- Content
ment is the index of poise in char
acter, while discomfort is an indica-
ttion-nay, is the very essence-of dis
traction. And to be distraught, to do
one thing when we perceive we ought
to do another, to see the truth clearly
and not have heroism enough to fol-
low it, to lead an inner life of turmoil
this is the beginning of death, the
gradual dissolution of character we
nearly all undergo, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. 1t may be habit or con-
science or slavery to conventionality
that enslaves us and undoes us at the
last; it may be a faltering will anu .
tickle heart; it may be dull and
sleepy mind; the disaster is the same;
we feel the diversity of purposes OF
the warning intuitions within us, and
the goblin of discomfort perches Oh
our doorstep.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
A SURPRISED pHxslclAM.

A dying patient RECEIVERS through
the interposition OF a humble German.
Chicago, Nov. 10.
Some weeks ago DR.. C., a very
reputable and widely-known physi-
clan, living on c. Street, was call
ed to attend very complicated case
of Rheumatism Upon arriving at the
house he found a man about forty
years Of age, lying in a Frustrated
and serious condition, with his whole
frame dangerously affected with the
painful disease. He prescribed for
the patient, but the man continued to
grow worse, and on Sunday evening
ne was found to be in a very alarm
ing condition. The knees and elbows
and larger joints were greatly infiam-
ed, and could not be moved. 1t was
only with extreme difficulty that the
patient could be turned in bed, with
the aid of three or four persons. The
weight of the clothing was so painful
that means had to be adopted to keep
1t from the patients body.
The doctor saw that his assistance
would be of no avail, and left the
house, the members of the family
following him to the door, weeping.
Almost Immediately the grief stricken
ones were addressed by an humble
German. He had heard of the despair
Of the family, and now asked them to
try his remedy, and accordingly
brought forth bottle of st. Jacobs
OIL. The poor wife applied this rem
edy. The first application eased the
patient very much; after few hours
they used 1t again, and, wonder of
wonders, the pain vanished entirely!
Every subsequent application improv-
cd the patient, and in two days he
was well and out. When the doctor
called few days after, he was In
deed surprised.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03

with the facts of the case. There is
no useless waiting all day for a mar
riage in the evening and no crowding
out of bed on cold morning, at an
unheard-of hour to participate in a
morning wedding. You choose a SEN
sible hour and like a sensible man
after consuming nine minutes you re
turn to your Office married man, at
tend to your days duties, and then in
the evening you hunt up Polly at her
new mothers, or her own mothers,
and you are now in a position to pay
board bill for two instead of one,
as a result of nine-minutes lost from
the Office that morning.
After you have made several kinds
of a fool of yourself at the marriage
license office by tripping over your
age, nationality and so on yor move
on to Mr. Brown in the parliamentary
office, who was at one time a preach
er. If there is anything that Mr..
Brown does love it is weddings. He
is so fond of then that he is always
armed. In his pocket he always car
ries the little book so indispensable
to functions of this kind. Through
some wireless telegraphy the same
Mr.. Brown hears murmurings of your
applying for license. He stands up,
brushes down several imaginary
flecks of dust from his violating
coat and grasps the little book tighter
than ever. He has the assistance of
the urbane usher who is posted at
the door to guide the trembling foot
steps of strangers. Poets have said
that all the world loves a lover, but
the poets are wrong. They should
have said that all the world ridicules
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
Than Ever.

industrious in putting the house to
rights before she met you, and mas
much as she expects to go back to her
work, just as you have gone back to
yours, she thinks it waste of valua-
BILE time to go to the trouble of taking
down her bangs" and changing her
wrapper.
A good, sensible, matter-of-fact
wedding it is. You want no fiummery.
There are no decorations in the apart
ment where the marriage ceremony is
performed with great eclat, unless it
be lacy cobweb in a corner and the
wedding music is supplied by the
musical click of all the makes of
typewriters under the skillful fingers
of various employees and making vari-
Gus sorts of noises.
1t may be that you will spare a min
ute to take drink of matted milk or
other refreshing beverage after going
through the ordeal. You have gone
and got married in nine minutes, and
If that isn't a herculean task then no
man ever deserved a drink.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
The Marriage a Ia Mode
How Loving Couples Are Quickly Made
Happy in PhtsbUre - Nine Minutes All
the Time Required for Ceremony

II you are in hurry to get married
this schedule ought to prove helpful.
There are always plenty of hints on
how to live on 81 a week; how to
catch a husband; how to procure a
wife; how to make beef stew and
clean ivory-handled knives, In the
newspapers, but, sad to state, there
has been no one to get up an official
schedule or guide for the use of young
people who want to get married. Most
men think it taxes all day to tie the
knot. 1t might take all day or all
year to unite it, but it takes just nine
minutes, by the watch. to tie it.
You might be standing on the cor
ner of Fifth avenue and Smithfield
street at say 10 o'clock in the morn
ing, heart whole and fancy free, and
you might return to the same corner
In exactly nine minutes with all the
cares and responsibilities on your
shoulders as a married man. OF
course you must needs have provided
yourself with the girl, but If what men
say is anything to Judge by, you can
get the girl in less time than it takes
to go from the corner and get mar
ried. Be that as it may, for the fell
low who wants the whole thing over
In very short space of time there is
plenty Of opportunity.
The hurry Of Americans is proven
bal. They are always up and doing
and never waste more time than is
absolutely necessary on any one err
rand. Thus you see with the aid Of
this schedule the busy man of Pitts
burg makes an appointment with his
future wife. They whisk off to the
marriage license window, thence to
the apartment of the fellow who ties
the knot, and in nine minutes he will
be seen shaking hands with her and
on his way to his Office, while she
boards a trolley car and makes a call
on her new mother to acquaint ner
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
A FAMILY POISON BOOK.
Recommended for Persons Not Too
Excited to Use IL.

GN(iACd ~ OSC IL
at would be an excellent idea for
every family to have a little book Civ
ing briefly prompt antidotes for vari-
GUS poisoAs.' said prominent New
York doctor. Physicians know that
there are scores of cases of acciden-
tai poisoning never heard of outside
of the family concerned. I've had sew
eral cases of poisoning by an acciden-
tai dose of the chloroform and aconite
liniment that almost every one keeps.
and one woman gave her child muri-
attic acid that was kept for cleaning
the marbles.
Prompt action is the great thing in
cases of poisoning. By the time one
can get help from doctor or druggist
it is often too late to save the patient
A few antidotes for the common pois-
ons would be easy to learn. Still, if
there was such book suppose most
persons would be too much excited
to use it in time of emergency"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
A GOOD CAMPAIGN ARGUMENT.
Ottawa Mayor Elevated Through Ills
Musical and PoeticaI Powers.


Ottawa Mayor Elevated Through Ills
Musical and PoeticaI Powers.
Tennessee once had a governor who
fiddled himself into the executive
chair. Bob Taylor attributed to his
skill on the violin all the political dis
tinction he ever attained. Now the
capital Of the Dominion of Canada
(Ottawa) has a mayor whose vocal
powers elevated him to that high posi-
ton. His name is Fred Cook, and it
is said he makes good official as
well as being a great singer.
For many years Mr.. Cook has been
the Canadian correspondent of the
London (England) Times. In 1901
he entered the race for mayor OF OF
tawa and was defeated for the nomi-
nation. The successful candidate was
in Office but short time when he
offended against the laws of the Do
minion by buying a drink after the
legal closing hour and the common
council of Ottawa elected an alderman
to fill the balance of the term.
Again this year, says the Philadel-
phia Record, Mr.. Cook entered the field
and tried poetry as campaign
argument. The experience proved a
great success. He sent to each voter
in the city a handsomely decorated
card, having on one side his picture.
a picture of the mayors office, the
British flag and Canadian emblems.
and on the reverse side his little
poem, printed in both French and
Eglish. He was elected by surpris-
ig majority.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
Plague of caterpIIIars.

Southern Russia is beset with cater.
pillars. Swarms of the insects have
recently taken possession of the
streets, buildings, walls, gardens and
farm lands in the neighborhood of
Kief, and all over the provinces much
destruction is beng caused. Near Kief
the other day an express train took
two hours to plough through the bar
ricade of cate-pillars that blocked the
line.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
THE EDITOR IN TROUBLE.
His New Way of Making Cake Was
Net Popular.


Net Popular.
The editor of a monthly magazine
recently started a cookery page" A
few days ago an athletic-looking wo.
man craved audience with him. She
was seen to be carefully concealing
something under her apron. Are you
the MANI" she asked, who published
that new way of making cake?" He
admitted that he was. You said, Mix
washing-soda with the -four, and stir
in little bran and sweet oil to give
1t consistency" "Ye-yes," STAN
mered the editor. "And you said, Add
syrup and a gill of vinegar, and two
ounces of gum arabic when the cake
is half baked The gum arabic, you
told us, was to give the cake rich ap-
pearance on top" 81 believe you are
right" said the trembling editor.
well, take that, then!" And the in
dignant woman foored him with a
weapon that felt like club, but which
instinct told him was a chunk of the
cake.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
tutional remedies Deafness Is caused bv an
1nh-med condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inhamed
you nave a rum bling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored 10 its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh'
which is nothing but an infiamed condition Of
tb e mucus surfaces.
We Will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
OF Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
f. J, CHENEY CO.. Toledo. O
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03

In shutting around trying to make
known his wants his feet assume the
proportions of an elephants tootsles.
That settles it. They are canal boats
pure and simple. He is positive that
a man with feet like that hasn't any
right to live, and at this he gets q
look at his face in yonder mirror.
Red isn't the color that describes it.
1t is clear purplish pink, and his
eyes are protruding. oh, yes, he is
sick. He is satisfied with that. Why.
he hasn't looked that way since he
had scarlet fever!
Yes, he is sick unto death. No well
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
VILLAGE IN The TRegroPs.
Near Paris Novel HosteIries Have
Been Established.

Near Paris Novel HosteIries Have
Been Established.
About an hours railway journey
from Paris there is a remarkable vii
lage the inhabitants of which spend
their lives in treetops. If you look
for this curious spot on the map you
will find it spelled Sceaux, though /.
is perhaps better known among the
Parisians as lie Vrai Arbre de Rob
inson."
1t appears that some fifty years ago
M. Guescenin conceived the idea OF
building restaurant in the treetops.
He owned a bit of land at Sceaux in
which stood a grand old tree. In the
branches Of this forest patriarch he
erected small dining rooms whicB
were reached by rustic staircasea
The view to be obtained from these
leafy heights is unique. To celebrate
the unconventional delights of feasts
taken perched among the branches.
M. Guescenin called his tree ROB
inson," dropping the Crusoe. The
fame Of the tree and its dining rooms
spread-all social, literary, artistic
Paris made it a point to breakfast or
dine among the rustIing leaves.
Imitators appeared on the scene,
says the Detroit News-Tribune, and
to-day there are over a score of trees
with spacious dining rooms, many
also boasting of sleeping and living
apartments, ingeniously constructed
on the stout branches of the trees.
The tallest tree may be hkened to -
three-story dwelling. 1t has three
distinct rooms, built one above the
other.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03

man ever looked like that. And the
sad part is that his poor little wife
will be left alone in the world to pad
die her own canoe. Has anyone ever
heard OF such pathetic tale. An
other look and ne sees his features
working. Why, he is actually in con-
vulsions and then the pipe goes out
and he wakes up. He has been talk
ing to himself OF course, if he is
marrying a widow he isn't half so
stupid, for former experiences have
taught her to keep her eye on the
groom and with her help he puts in
his 81 wills" to the satisfaction Of Mr..
Brown.
Here is story you'll hear in case
you happen to have five minutes to
spare when you go to get married.
John Smith came in to have the knot
tied, and being told that the charge
was 50 he almost dropped and ex-
claimed:
I've never paid over $1.50I"
There are no frills on these mar
riages while you wait. Your ducly
cannot wear liberty satin frilled up
with chiffon, neither can she float a
long white train and tulle veil that
hides her bushes. Instead if, as you
are, she is hurrying through to get
back to work. she will probably wear
a blue and white calico wrapper with
slippers down at the heel and her hair
up in curl papers. She has been too
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
Famous Roer Scout Ham.

Capt. P. ]. Wiser, late chief of the
Boer scouts, has come to this country
to live. He is rs years old and stands
six feet eight and half inches in his
stockings. He wants to go West and
see the rough riders there, and thinks
he has seen about as much rough rid
ing as any man who ever straddled a
horse.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
cIvde Fitch Back at Work.

Clyde Fitch, the playwright, has re-
turned from five months tour of
Europe taken for the benefit of his
health. He il not strong man yet,
but will resume his work and will
bring out a new play about New
Years.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
EXISTED ONLY IN FANCY.
Hawthorne's blouse of the Seven
Gables" Myth.


Gables" a Myth.
A cousin of the late Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, who lives in Salem, says there
never was a House Of the Seven
Gables in that town. He tells the
Boston Journal that Hawthorne came
down to visit me shortly before his
death, and we rambled about the old
haunts Of his early days. was par
ticular to ask him to point out, IL he
could, the famous House Of the Seven
Gables, because at that time the con-
troversy existed in some degree.
There never was any, was his
immediate reply to me. I never had
any particular house in my mind when
l wrote the story. 1t was just fancy
of my own"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03

AS Paddy was going along the street
one day he came across a chip potato
van drawn by an ass. He stood and
looked at it for some time, when a
passer by asked him what he was
staring at. Oh" says Paddy, be
CORA, an Owe seen muny a lazy ass
in Oireland, but Owe never seen wan
that needs a stame engine to push it."
Tit Bits.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
MarbIe of the Parthenon.

Some sculptured white marble was
recently found in Colne Park, Essex.
The authorities of the British Museum
pronounce it to be a portion of the
celebrated frieze of the Parthenon
temple, Athens, erected in the year 444
b. C.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
The Best RuiIdina Stone.

Fossil coral, found in Fiji, is the
best building stone in the world. 1t
is soft when first cut, but hardens to
the consistency of friedrich after a
few months weathering.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03

'Little Colds" eglected-thousands of
lives sacrificed every year DR.. Woods
Norway Pine Syrup cures little colds-cures
big colds too down to the very verge of
consumption
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
The LARGEST saIlino Vessel,

The newest and largest sailing yes
sci is the "Preussen." of 5000 tonS
She is 437 fit. long and SO it. wide.
draws "a IT. and has $4,000 square #
of sail.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03

The rarest shell in existence is ons
called the Gone of the Holy Mary
There is a specimen in the British mu-
scum, which few years ago was val
ued at $1,000.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03

Years of suffering relieved in a night.
Itching piles yield at once to the curative
properties of Doan's Ointment. Never fails.
At any drug store, so cents.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03

"Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg
Breast Tea" writes Mr. F. Batsch, of
Horizon, Wis, enabled me to get rid
OF an obstinate cough; we feel very
grateful to the discoverer of this medi.
nfno
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03

If the wife is slave to fashion the
poor husband must of necessity be
slave to the almighty dollar.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
Each to His Own.

II tell you," said the bachelor with
the crusty way Of thinking. 81 don't
believe in this business of henpecked
husbands. l think a married man
should exercise his will" $50 do l."
agreed the lady with an alimony, so
long as he doesn't interfere with the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03

Union of Cemetery Employees.
San Francisco cemetery employees
have formed a union.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03
A Man Feels Like Ten Cents and a
Plugged Nickel.

lover. A man feels, in the vernac-
ular of the street. like 10 cents and
a plugged MCKEE" His hands seem
to have grown so that he doubts
whether at any time, either now or in
years to come, he will ever be able
to get gloves to fit them. Why in the
world has he never noticed in all these
years that his hands are in the road?
How has he ever managed to earn
LIVELIHOOD
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-03

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle, ex-
cept green and purple.