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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30
New Use for RaffIa.

Women who enjoy embroidering
have found new use for raffia. The
baskets and hats are as popular as
ever, but its possibilities as material
for the needle of the artistic worker
are just being discovered. 1t lends
itself to great variety of the coarser
stitches and produces sketchy eff
feet very desirable on burlaps and
coarse linens.
An inviting pillow for the summer
porch is shown of olive green and red
burlap made square and boxed. On
the green side a great bunch of
wheat, tied with red ribbon, is en-
brcidered in raffia. Around the edge
Of the pillow is braid plated or raf-
fila, in yellow, red and green tones.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30
A smolssiess paramn Err.

An ingenious process has lately been
devised which, by the use OF parafin.
furnishes convenient smokeless fire.
The arrangement, which is very simple
and readily applicable to an ordinary
domestic stove, consists of a metal tray
for receiving an incombustible absorb
ent soaked in paraffin especially pre-
pared for the purpose. The advantage
OF the process is that the paraffin in
its preparation is freed of its explosive
properties, so that no danger is at
tached to its use. The oil can even
be poured directly onto the flame with
out the contents of the feeding can
catching fire. The use of the oil does
not produce any trace of evil odor. The
absorbent used is prepared by secret
process Scientific American.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

Frocks for young girls in their
first season are of lace, chiffon, crepe
de chine or of any thin fabric.
They are made with a simple hem
at the bottom and the lining Of soft
taffeta or satin finished in the same
way. Over the lining there must be
an interlining. This is a necessity
and some of the prettiest gowns have
two. This interlining is either of
chiffon or mousseline de sole.
Very pretty color effects are pro-
duced In this way. Light green is
often used over pale blue lining, or
pale rose interlining goes between
cream satin and dove gray.
Collared Head.
"Collared Head" is the unusual
name given to preparation of meat
Equal parts Of cold cooked ham and
tongue are put through the meat
chopper, and afterward pounded to a
paste, little dry mustard added, and
the whole heated. When warm press
down in bowl, put on a weight, and
let stand to get cold, and pack into
form. Slice thin and serve at lunch.
con or supper.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30
To Cure Stiff Joints.

To keep the joints of the hands
from getting stiff, after holding the
hands in water as hot as can be
borne massage them both the backs
and palms, with sweet oil. This
should be thoroughly rubbed in. Then
dip the hands in hot water again,
using soap; rinse with clear water
and rub on lotion of glycerin and
rose water. Do this at night and
wear gloves.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

The declaration of New York
physician that golf causes cardiac
hypertrophy, will be especially dis
quieting to golf players who do not
know what cardiac hypertrophy is.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

They are making collections of the
Pennell love letters. The consensus
OF expert opinion seems to be that the
one about the lady's gloves found in
the Tuxedo coat pocket is the sweet
est one of the lot.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

The agricultural authorities had to
work with themselves a long time
before they felt entirely safe in de-
Gliding that there is no such thing as
corn wheat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

According to Said Pasha there is
no doubt that Turkey is trying to live
mp to modern notions regarding the
moral responsibilities of nations. At
least that is what Said said.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

President Schwab, who said that he
went abroad to study nature, must
have acquired the habit, for he is now
reported looking at some steel plants
near Pittsburg.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

According to the reports Miss Thaw
exhibited all the signs of a severe
frost when the earl of Yarmouth be-
gan TO quote himself at figures rising
above $4,000 a year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

The shirt waist girls have gone into
executive session on the question Of
abolishing themselves, and from the
reports that reach the waiting world
outside the discussion must be some
thing fierce.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

A criminal sentenced in England to
imprisonment for life is released at
the end of fifteen years, but any one
married for life there has to stay clean
through.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

Two enthusiastic London aeronauts
are building 24-horse power airship,
but the cautious passenger will wait
until he sees 1t develop one-bird
power.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

II seems great pity that many of
the things that are the tuttI-frutti of
gilt-edged perfection in theory often
turn out to be the cold pancakes of
stern reality when the attempt is
made to put them into practice
Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

No doubt many people in this coun-
try will be stunned with amazement
90 read that Missouri court has de-
cided the public has some rights in
the streets along with the trolley car.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

Another advance of 5 per cent in
the price of diamonds. This makes
an advance Of 15 per cent in six
months. Meanwhile. black ones are
quoted lower.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

Mr.. t. McGovern staggers to the
ropes to remark that he was robbed.
He's wise man who knows when he
fs all In.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

Why shouldn't Admiral Sir Henry
Keppel follow Admiral Dewey's ex-
ample and seek the highest happiness
there is in life. even though he is 90
and In the Ordinary course of things
can hardly have more than eight or
ten years to live?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

Feathered millinery is a bar be-
tween woman and heaven, according
10 Boston preacher. She who sighs
for ''the wings of dove" should not
desire them on her Sunday hat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

The dynamite cruiser vesuvius is
TO be sold as junk. What predictions
there were that she would make the
navies of the world look like 80 centsl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

II took fifty-seven congresses to en-
act law prohibiting the sale of liquor
in the capitol. 1t will take fifty-seven
more to enforce 1t.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30
A New YORK confeotlon.

The above dinner gown, seen at
Delmonico's, was of black velvet com.
bined with lace, and the white lace
toque, with its white aigrette, had
trail of white lace in the back
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

Whistler the artist is to be made an
IL. d. by Glasgow university. 1t is
evident that there is at least one uni
versity which can take joke.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

The south polar continent is be.
hcyed to cover an area nearly as large
as Europe. And land there is free to
anybody for the asking.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

Even after the north pole is at last
discovered, there will remain the
south pole. And, after that, the rest
OF the universe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

The Chicago News innocently asks;
How does the dressmaker know what
the ladies are going to wear before
she has asked them?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

The British taxpayer is paying q
good deal of freight nowadays.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30
strIkIna sprIna tlat.

The spring hat shown is OF satin
Finished red straw, and is trimmed
with clusters of ripe strawberries
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

steps are being taken to wind up
Big Ben,' the great clock in the Brit
ish House of Parliament, by electrical
power instead Of by hand.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

Sir Thomas Upton is habitually as
fall OF hope as Lord Dunraven habit
ually was of prunes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

The hand that is loving and con-
siderate" would not be so persuasive
without the smile
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

The wife of England's chief pawn
broker has just been received at court.
You can't keep money down.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

It is a great deal easier to get out
OF a job than 1t is 10 get into one
again.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30
Kimono and its innovations.

The kimono is responsible for a
number of innovations. The latest is
heavy but very fine and smooth fab
ric, mixture of silk and wool, which
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

Gates says he is going to quit
specializing. The water may yet turn
and run uphill.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

The threat of cigar famine turns
out to be nothing but clouds of smoke.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30
Bandits Have a Natural Fort

Famous "HOle-in-the Iall" In
Northern Wyoming, the Rendez-
yOuS Of the Most Dangerous DeS-
peradOeS in the West, Could Not
Be Captured by an Army. =:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

always resort to this cure. Onions
should be extensively used as a mat
ter of diet. They are excellent for
nerves and are very useful when one
Is laid up with influenza or a cold.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30

is known as kimono cloth and mad.
expressly for its use. The cloth is
ifty-six inches wide and costs 1925
yard
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
Ancient NeedIework.

Some Of the oldest needlework extant
was found In Egyptian and Egypto-
Roman tombs-a rough sort Of fiaxen
cloth, like the bath toweling of our
own day. 1t has loops of wool worked
with some kind of needle, raised on
one side Of the stuff only, and kind
of tapestry partly woven and partly
outlined In needlework. The mummies
which an Unsuitable modern curiosity
has disturbed are wrapped in linen. as
less liable than woolen cloth to the
ravages of moth, and the art of weav-
ing the fax that grew SO plentifully on
the banks of the Nile was probably
learned by the Israelites during their
sojourn in Egypt.
Ezekiel speaks of "f1ne linen with
broidered work from Egypt" Linen
seems the natural ground and founda-
ton Of all embroidery. 1t often lasts
longer than the work itself, can be
cleaned and will not fray or wear out,
as do more costly silks and satins.-
London Spectator.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
SUDDEN DEATH.
II is Usually the Result of Long Nes
Aect to Exercise.

II Ii usually the Result of Long NeE.
lect to Exercise.
In almost every daily paper are to be
seen several announcements that some.
body has died suddenly. These sudden
deaths are more liable to be men than
women. Mr.. So-and-so fell dead on the
street or in his office while writing let
ters or preparing a sermon or doing
something or other. "Found Dead In
His Room" is becoming q very COM
mon headline. These deaths are hard
~ ever accounted for. Generally some
thing Is said about the heart - some
vague insinuation that the heart was
not acting in proper manner-but as
a rule, no explanation which is really
rational is furnished.
1t is well known fact that the heart
Is muscle. If the muscles of the body
are allowed to become f1abby, the heart
also becomes fiabby. A flabby heart
may be trusted to pump the blood
through the system ordinarily, but q
sudden fright or emergency, d sudden
expenditure of energy, as IN running
up steps or any other unusual exercise,
is liable to overpower the heart 1t
suddenly stops, and the man falls dead.
Tobacco tends to produce flabby
heart; whisky tends to produce en-
largement of the heart; lazy, indolent
habits weaken the heart and thin the
ventricles. That man who indites edi-
torials, dictates letters, but takes no
muscular exercise, is in danger Of fall
ing dead. The life insurance man bet
ter steer clear Of him. 1t Is of vastly
more Importance to know what his hab-
its are with reference to physical exer-
else than to know whether his grand
mother died Of heart disease or his
grandfather had rheumatism. The doc
tor might great deal better interview
his wife and discover how the man be-
haves himself than to examine the
blood for microbes or the urine for
urate crystals.
If man must be strenuous, let him
be strenuous all round. He should take
q little strenuous physical exercise ev-
cry day as we'll as strenuous mental
work. 1t is even dangerous to neglect
to take daily physical exercise. Fatty
degeneration is killing more men today
than is mallpox.-Medical Talk.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
settling a Hotel Bill I'm PORTUGAL.

Settling a Hotel Bill In Portugal,
In Portugal when the traveller asks
for his bill the landlord pleasantly rubs
his hands together and answers,
Whatever your exceliency pleases to
give"
This will not do, for the traveller Is
sure to offer too little or too much and
to be thought either spendthrift or
niggard, so he has to make a speech,
thank the landlord for his confidence
and beg for detailed statement
Then the landlord, politely deprecat-
ing anything of the kind, is slowly per
suaded to check off the various items
upon the fingers Of his hand, with a
long argument before each successive
finger Is done with and doubled down.
what does it come toT' asks the
traveller, taking out his purse at last,
when the hand and the account are
closed.
what, did his .excellency not add
upT'
His excellency having been incapable
Of this act Of mental arithmetic, the
addition is gone over again, from the
little finger backward, with finger or
two perhaps representing forgotten
items brought into account from the
other hand.
The sum total is gladly paid, and host
and guest are mutually content, the
guest knowing that he has not been
overcharged more than perhaps
thumb and two fingers.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
IN The STOKEhOLp.
Feeding tho Many Ravenous Fur
naces In an Ocean Liner.

Feeding tho Many Ravenous Fuz.
naces In an Ocean Liner.
The work of eternally pushing the
old ship on past the meridians-the
race against time and the sun and the
interest on the money-begins in the
gloomy stokehold. You have heard
that the stOkehold is hot, and when
you have clambered into it over dis
orderly piles of still smoking ashes,
steadying yourself by taking incau-
tious hold Of burning hand rails, and
stand for the first time face to face
with the furnaces you feel assured of
the fact
But, besides being hot, 1t is the most
active, interesting part Of the ship. It
is her whole life. You must spend
years studying it before you can stand
there in command of your watch with
your hand on the feed check valves,
your eyes on everything in general. and
keep the steam up where 1t belongs In
spite of the ravenous engines sucking
it away from youI years before you
can tell, In one swift glance, whether
a fireman Is burning the greatest possi-
BILE amount Of coal per hour In his fires
with the least amount Of waste.
The problem is this: Under certain
large quantity Of water, which is con-
tinually changing. build thirty fires,
and by means Of them, notwithstand-
ing they must all be continually replen-
ished with fresh coal and freed from
ashes, keep 1t at perfectly even tenn
perature (within very few degreesl
day and night for an indefinite period.
The game is the more interesting be-
cause ship can never afford to spare
more than just barely enough space
for her propelling machinery; conse-
quently everything engines, boilers,
furnaces-must be worked to the very
limit of its capacity.
The game goes as regularly by turns
and in cycles as progressive whist.
Starting with few fires first In order,
the doors are opened to admit few
shovelfuls of coal thrown quickly into
the front of the furnaces, then closed
again as soon as possible lest too much
cold air should enter. AS soon as they
are closed the fires next in order are
served the same way and then third
group. Next the "green" coal in the
first fires is raked back through the
furnaces to complete its combustion.
After another short interval 1t is nee
essary to 'slice' them-that is, probe
them with long pointed bars to lift the
clinkers from the CRATES and make air
passages. Finally it is time to stoke
again.-Benjamin Brooks in Scribners.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
How Chinese Hatch Fish.

The Chinese have a method of hatch
ing the spawn Of fish and thus protect
ing it from those accidents which gen.
orally destroy large portion Of 1t. The
fishermen collect with care from the
margin and surface of water all those
gelatinous masses which contain the
spawn Of fish, and after they have
found a sufficient quantity they fill
with it the shell of fresh hens egg,
which they have previously emptied,
stop up the hole and put it under a sit
ting fowl. At the expiration Of a GER
tain number Of days they break the
shell in water warmed by the sun. The
young fry are presently hatched and
are kept in pure, fresh water till they
are large enough to be thrown into the
pond with the old fish. The sale of
spawn for this purpose forms an i'm
portant branch of trade in China.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
A md Country For Hat..

Hats have hard time in China. The
climate, alternating from intense dry
ness to u horrible humidity. twists and
distorts silk, beaver, cloth and felt in
no time. Mold and fungus are uni
versal and convert sweatband and
brim into green velvet in single
night. Every hat must be put out in
the sunlight three times week or 1t is
ruined. Besides these foes are ants
which go everywhere and cockroaches
which fly like birds. The ant enjoys a
good hat for playground and a Sleep
ing establishment; the cockroach de-
sires merely to eat every particle Of
leather. paper and pasteboard It con-
tains. The only way to keep the pests
off is to sprinkle the interior OCCASION
ally with carbohc acid, creosote or
crude cressol.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
SOnlnannhuIfarsi.

Somnambulism? What is It? Did you
ever walk in your sleep? If so, you
know just about as much about this
strange use Of the faculties and senses
of the mind and the body as does the
average physician. Somnambulism has
been a mystery and matter Of discus.
sion to the medical profession since the
days Of the ancients. They knew as
well as we all now know that there is
such thing as somnambulism or walk
ing in the sleep. They attempted to ex-
plain it just as modern medical science
has been endeavoring to explain it ever
since. But as 1t was then so 1t is now.
There are so many explanations that
even the physician is puzzled to decide
which to accept
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
Finnish Grammar.

Finnish grammar is Of difficulty
absolutely repulsfve. None Of the 9TH
er languages of the same group is half
SO hard. Hungarian-nay, even Turk
ish, despite the vexatious initial I'm
pediment Of the Arabic alphabet
easy in comparison. The syntax is at
once provokingly elaborate and per
plexingly obscure. It possesses fifteen
distinct cases and four and twenty
differentiated infnitive forms; but, on
the other hand, there is no real dis
tinction between nouns, adtectives, ad-
verbs, propositions, inf1nittves and par
ticiples. so that the student must not
be startled by finding infnitives regu-
larly declined like nouns, and nouns
taking upon them degrees of compari.
son like adJectives.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
MUSINGS.

Wit that wounds is the cruel surgery
of speech.
Heaven help the man whose friends
are all enemies.
If you must refuse a favor, learn the
art Of being polite about 1t.
The money that makes one mare go
often makes the other mare stop.
You have not lost your fortune as
long as you have not lost your life.
Make chums Of your wife and chill
dren and know the whole charm of
home.
There is no such thing as ease within
the belief of men and women whose
hearts are unselfish.
Men Of small minds are slow to see
In any man more than they are capable
Of seeing in themselves.
You can bet your boots, my boy, your
boss knows what you are about. You
don't fool him; you fool yourself.
To be important is one thing; to look
important is another thing. but to feel
important, there you have the fellow
who really enjoys his own society,"
Schoolmaster.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
Ostrich Plunes,

In each wing of an ostrich twenty
six long white plumes grow to maturi-
ty In eight months. In the male these
are pure white. while those Of the fe-
male shade to ecru or gray. The short
feathers are plucked for tips, and each
wing furnishes seventy-fve of these.
The tail feathers are Of a deep old
ivory color. and sixty-flve of these
have commercial value. In a pluck
ing at the Coronado ostrich farm 300
feathers were obtained from one bird.
The female ostrich lays seventy eggs a
year,
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
Spanie1s,

Spaniels, Of which there are many
breeds. arc supposed to have first come
from Spain, from which circumstance
is derived their distinctive name.
Charles I. was an ardent admirer of O
small variety Of this animal. and from
that arose the designation Of his pets,
known the world over as King Charles.
Blenheim or Marlborough spanieis,
which greatly resemble the latter In
form and general appearance, get their
English name from Blenheim palace
In Oxfordshtre. where the breed has
been preserved since the beginning Of
the eighteenth century.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
A HOmeIy Man,

John James Heidegger, manager Of
the opera house in the Haymarket, in
London, in the times when George was
king, one day laid wager with the
Earl Of Chesterfield that he would not
find in all London an uglier face than
his. After long search the earl pro-
duced woman Of st. Giles who at first
seemed to outvie the manager, but
when the latter put on the woman's
cap he was allowed to retain the palm
Of ugliness.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
The Peacock ON a Rainy Day.

The Peacock on q Rainy Day.
The peacock, glittering with jewel
like eyes, has voice by no means suit
ed to it's beauty. Its cry is harsh and
disagreeable. When the rain falls, 1t
sits on some high perch uttering its
doleful sounds, with its beautiful tail
feathers drawn into the smallest possi
bic space. Like vain creature as it
is, it never spreads its fan unless the
sun shines.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
Unconscious Sarcasm

Charley, DEAR" said young Mrs.
Torkins very seriously, IT have bought
you little book as present"
"Very kind Of you"
II hope you won't be offended, but
1t Is something that I feel you ought
to read. 1t is about betting"
Il don't know that care for any ser
mons, even If do lose occasionally"
1T isn't sermon, Charley, dear. 1t
Is little book entitled Poker and How
to Play It. t.'"-Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1903-05-08
Small Bits of Gold.

Gold is so very tenacious that piece
Of 1t drawn into wire one-twentieth of
an inch in diameter will sustain a
weight Of 500 pounds without break
ing. Its malleability is so great that
a single grain may be divided into
100000 parts and cubic inch into
9,523, ,S09,52 parts, each of which may
be distinctly seen by the naked eye.