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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

LIN f'Hf
lad standing inside, and leaps over
a tub of water, touching his feet to
the water so lightly that the soles are
scarcely wet.
The most nerve-racking stunt that
be does, and probably the most diff
dcult, is to jump over a table in his
bare feet and touch the sharp blades
of razors fastened in the top of the
table without even so much as
scratching the skin on his feet. He
does the same thing with o basket
Of eggs. jumping apparently on the
eggs, without cracking n Of them.
He also puts several lighted can
dies in a row and in one jump snuffs
out every one with his feet. The
candles are arranged about a foot
apart and there are half a dozen or
them. He also puts a barrel at one
end of a fairly high table and then,
placing his boy on the table, jumps
over him into the barrel.
The most difficult thing about his
tricks is, of course, the moving of his
feet during the jump without being
thrown OFF his balance. For an or
| binary jumper the moving Of his feet
during the leap binders progress, but
when the knack of handling the feet
in the proper a is once obtained, il
assists, If anything. in covering the
| ground.
Neuberg is only about 5 feet 6 inch
| es tall. He weighs 1856 pounds and
has a fine muscular development. He
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
FOR WOMEN
Much That Every Woman
Desires TO Know
About SanatiVe Antisep-
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And about the Care of the Skin,
Scalp, Hair and Hands.

Too much stress cannot be placed on
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affording pure, sweet and economical
local and constitutional treatment for
weakening alterations, infiammations,
itchings, irritations, relaxations, dis
placements, pains and Irregularities
peculiar to females. Hence the Cuti-
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ence in restoring health, strength and
beauty to weary women, who have
been prematnyely aged and invalided
by these distressing ailments, as well as
such sympathetic Affections as anRmia,
c~hlorosis, hysteria, and
debility.
Women from the very first have fully
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the power to afford immediate relief.
the certainty of speedy and permanent
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Millions of the women use Cuticura
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
What the Marriage Was worth.

A little group was discussing mar
riage fees, when n of them related
the following story: "a young couple
called on a minister l knew" said he,
"and were married. When it was
over the new-made husband said: y
am sorry, but l have only 81 with me
and we need that to get home with?
That's all right said the minister
You come around in one year and
give me whatever the job seems
worth to YOU The groom said he
would do it, and they went away"
did he ever show .up?" Eyes, he
came back in a year and insisted that
the minister pay him S."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
a QUESTION Of PluraIs.


Though many grammars give lists
of words having irregular formation
of plurals, the many knos of fish or
fishes, with arbitrarily formed plur-
ais, are omitted. The need for such a
list is shown by quoting a few exam
pies. For instance, people speak OF
herrings, but eve of Writings.
Every one writes soles, sprats, am
phreys, anchovies, the singular form
rarely, If ever, doing for the plural
but no one would write mackerels
Gods, salmons or trouts. On the othei
hand considerable uncertainty exists
concerning the form Of the plural o.
other kinds. Who shall decide which
is correct, turbot or turbots, sturgeon
or surgeons, carp or carps?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
FEATs OF TRIck JuMPER.

Gus Neubere Leaps on Eggs and Ra-
zors With %lmpunity.
Few athletic feats show the stun
a man is made of so thoroughly as
jumping, particularly trick jumping
Almost every muscle in the body is
called into play in this sort of exer
else. !.
It is interesting, therefore, to find at
Elizabeth, N. j., a young man who
has recently been doing some re
markable feats in trick jumping. He
is Gus Neuberg.
In our illustration with his little
four-year-old boy on the chair, he
jumps up on the lads legs just where
they hang over the top Of the chair
and then off. At least, that is what
he appears to do, but. as a matter
of fact, he does not put any weight
at all on the boys legs.
His jump is one continuous nov
that he is able, in making the leap,
to bring his feet down lightly on
the child's body without losing his
balance, thus making 1t seem as
though two jumps were actually In
volved in the feat.
Our illustration shows him in the
act Of jumping over a table three feet
high, lighting, apparently, in the
course of his leap on the small Of
the little boys back.
Among other things, he jumps in
and out of an ordinary barrel with the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
A Queer Fish.

Here we figure a queer fish Of a
sort forming a connecting link be-
tween the sharks and the rays. The
first and larger pair of outstanding
parts are the pectoral fms, and the
smaller pair the yentral fins, CORE
spending, in a way, respectively to
the human arms and legs. The former
has been fancied to bear a rude re-
semblance to wings, a circumstance
that gave rise to n of the curious
names of this not very handsome
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

It's the people who
doubt and become cured
while thoy doubt who
praise Doan's Pills the
highest.
Aching backs are eased.
Hip, back, and loin pains
overcome. Swelling OF the
limbs and dropsy signs
vanish.
They correct urine with
brick dust sediment, high
colored, pain in passing,
dribbling, frequency, bed
wetting. Doan's Kidney Pills
remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation,
sleeplessness, headache,
nervousness, dizziness.
TAYLoRsvfLLE, MISS. -"
tried everything for a weak
back and got no relief until |
used Doan's Pills"
j. N. LEWIS.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
Graves Of Famous scotsmen.

The Dean cemetery, where Sir Hec
tor Macdonald was inferred a short
time ago, lies to the west of Edin-
burgh, a little to the south of Queens
ferry road. In it are the remains of
many Scotsmen famous in different
spheres-Goodsir, the great anatomist;
Sir William Allan, the historical paint
err; Lord Jeffrey, Lord Cockburn,
christopher North Playfair, and
others.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
Dscratch Match"

For a year the use of phosphorus
matches has been prohibited in Swe-
den. The new law has resulted IN the
invention of a match by the engineers
Landin and fernandez, which has been
named the 'repsticken," or scratch
match. 1t will light against a wet sur
face. 1t is said to be less poisonous
than q safety match.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
THE FAD FOR AUTOGRAPHS.
Feminine Collector the Most Enter.
prIslna Of the Tribe.

The feminine autograph iend now
turns her attention to special collec-
tons. The matinee girl cherishes a
taste for the signatures of dramatic
stars only, while the book club girl
patiently stalks the autographs Of
none but authors, and the golf girl
gathers up the precious pen strokes OF
the long shot, putting and tournament
champions. The daughter of mi OF
our ambassadors has all but completed
a unique and valuable collection OF
autographs of the crowned heads OF
the world. The signatures Of seven
African kings, the Gar of Russia and
even the Sultan of Sulu are counted
among her authentic autographs OF
living sovereigns.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
Cause of Dyspepsia.

Food eaten without appetite always
causes gastric disturbances, because
unless the secretory glands of the
stomach are stimulated by a desire
for food. no digestive juices are exuded
into the stomach.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

creature-the Angel fish. Some peo-
pie have traced in the rounded head a
likeness to a cowl or mitre; hence to
other names have come into use
Monk fish and Bishop fish. It is called
fiddle fish, Shark ray and Kongston.
The home of these fish is on sandy
bottoms, where they prey upon fiat
fish. Large specimens attain a length
of from seven to eight feet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
With Pride and Alarm.

Kentucky Points with pride to,
while Florida views with alarm, the
following from the Atlanta Journal:
IF Florida citizens keep on killing
each other, who will be left next win
ter to rake in the money of the north
ern tourist?" The feelings of the north
ern tourist have not as yet been de-
clared.-Cincinnati Commercial Tri-
bune. q,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
Things Quaint and Curious
Gathered Here and There

makes it a point in training never
to ride on a trolley a unless he has
to go farther than twenty-five blocks
He thinks that walking is about the
best exercise that he takes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
Flour VS.. CABBAGE.

Ten cents worth of wheat -four o n
tains almost seven times as much pro-
tein and over ten times as much en-
ergy as ten cents worth Of cabbage.
Thus a low-priced article is not
sarily a cheap source of nutrients.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
Halls catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price. 75c.
Knew Something About Eaos.

Three-year-old Tommy was given
some scrambled eggs for the first
time. He was told what it was, but
he never had seen it before. The next
day he startled his mother by de-
handing some doodle -doo-hash."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
Cheap Passenger Rates Via "santa
Sc Route"

To Boston, Baltimore, Minneapolis,
Detroit, Atlanta and other points. For
particulars, address G. F. Warren,
General Agent, A. T. & S. F. Ry., All
Dooly Block, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
SONG BROUGHT THE CASH.
Constant Reminder Too Much for I'M
pecunlous Young Man.

pCCUWTUU6 TOUH8 WdTs
The clever feminine manager OF a
laundry on Greenwich avenue is tell
ing with great glee of the methods
she pursued In order to induce an Inn
pecunious customer to pay up" a
long-standing account. She trained
her employees to chant in unison. every
time the young nan hove in sight. q
little ditty, commencing we are
washing and waiting for thee!" The
third time they raised their voices In
the song he planked down SO and said,
feverishly, For heavens sake, tell
EN- 10 shut upl"-New York Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
BRITISH FoRAeERs IN ACTION

How They Supply Food for the Army
in SomaliIand.
The British are having troubles or
their own in Somaliland, although
they are said to be gradually bringing
the recalcitrants to terms. One of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

length may be obtained by comparison
with the accompanying figure of a man
of average height. Our picture is
from a photograph taken at Zanzibar,
wnence the tusks have been exported
to America.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

Do Your Feet Ache and Burn2
Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet. Corns
and Bunions. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
rnsks of Size.

Here we show a sketch of the big
gest tusks ever imported at Zanzibar.
These gigantic osseous products
weighed respectively 225 pounds and
24O pounds, and a good idea of their
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as
q cough cure.-J. W. o'BRIEN, S22 Third Ave,
N, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. Q, 1900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing syrup
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces In
nammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18
THE FREE KIDNEY DOCTOR,

Tho reason you can get
this trial FREQ Is because
they cure Kidney Ills and
will prove IL TO you.
WEST BRANCH, MICH
Doan's Kidney Pills hit the
case, which was an unusual
desire to urinate had TO get
up i've or six times Of a night
l think diabetes was we'll un-
der way, the feet and ankles
swelled. There was an in
tense pain in the back, the
heat Of which would feel like
putting ones hand up TO q
lamp chimney. nave used
the free trial. and two full
boxes of Doan's Pills with the
satisfaction of feeling that l
am cured. They are the rem
edy par excellence"
B, f BALLARD.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

TIC Cure a Gold in One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-18

kElit
hes
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exquisite favored Junior painted
his memory that be effaced 1t
gallery Of pictures Of in all her moods in joy
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RESPECT>GROLDC
Knotty CordWood Demands
Consideration. !,
wiz

The old oaken wood sticks,
The ironwood wood sticks, -,
The knOt-cOvered wood sticks
That lay in the pile.
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in melancholy, in anger; by
night and by day, and at every
season Of the year.
And, generally speaking, the
work was we'll done. 1t is not
the easiest thing in the world to
describe a scene like this so
that readers will see what the
writer's did. Except in favored
cases where the right words
come easily, it is we'll nigh i'm
possible to find means of ex-
preston. But the gallant way
in which the subject was at
tackled, the evident joy the Wri-
ters had in their favored
scenes, the do or die" atmos-
phere made the editors part of
the task a more or less enjoy
able one.
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BUT 1T SURPRISES JOHN BULL.


MINNEAPOLIS PRIZE WINNERS
Vivian Wise, B 9Th Grade, Douglas School, 250S
Girard Avenue S. <~,<
Alice Ingraham, 9Th Grade, Holland School,
1923 Adams Street Me-
- 49, HONORABLE MENTION.
Karl Eckstrand 7th Grade, Monroe School,
1888 Twenty-second Avenue. S.
Olive Buch, 7th Grade Sheridan School, 3O1
Fifth Avenue Me- +.
willabeIe Pearson, A 9Th Grade, Whittier School,
40S w Lake Street liz .~&@.# q
Henry Delaria, 9Th Grade Sheridan School, 713 .
washington Street NE.
-. NORTHWESTERN PRIZE WINNERS.
Hel1ner B. Bjorge Sth Grade, Lake Park Mimi.
Amy washington, 9Th Grade, Appleton, MINI.
~ HONORABLE MENTION.
Stella E. Painter, Sth Grade, Jackson, Mimi
Milton Meyer, B 7th Grade, Red Wing, Mimi
Clarence Sample, 5th Grade, Spring Valley, MINI.
Bruce Deyarmond, 9Th Grade, Central School,
Grand Forks N. D.
Jessie Warning, 9Th Grade, Hi1o School, Boards
ley, MINI.
HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT.
Henrietta J. Lund 3 10th Grade South Side
High School, COS Seventeenth Avenue S.
Adelaide Quinn, 18th Grade Waverly MINI.
Susie Small, 9th Grade, Devils Lake, N. D.
Bert McIlhinney, 10th Grade, Lowell School,
Princeton Ind.
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roo MANY KETTLES AND Pans
e Hubbub and General Misun Outstanding at
Dishw oshinq Time

.(Fifth and Sixth Grade Prze.)
I HAVE not any task, think dish
washing might be made more agreeable than it is
There too many kettles and pans in house. If
have my hands in water long they disagree
able altho little vinegar rubbed them will make
them well again. they tell always
want to wipe the dishes, but of somebody
wash them first. I do wish could buy machine to
no that Papa his sisters used to dispute to who
should do the most disagreeable task Each
to do the hardest Now, don't they were
remarkably good girls? It is not that house
When each Of us calls DRY! dry" says "The
pumpEis in the yard" Give those girls drink
water It would not be so hard if could.
china dishes and nice glass day. lets
silver Knives and We
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vicinity Rapturousy I watch thru the realms of
the CLEAN of lonely it, by
power is set amid the worlds bright diadem And
those misty clouds What wondrous sight to see
them gliding, sailing, into my already radiant scene
How artistcay and consistently does their soft
blend with the deep blue of the starry roof Then
finishing touch, behold the ethereal queen Of the
night slowly wind up up, thru the darkened waste
til with majestic mien tremendously takes her seat
n o.
This spell is charming that often wish might
bid to fellow creatures and fit away,
the Clouds from petty trials of the day, and then
twinkle happily with the mysterious
-Eenriettal J.
Tenth Grade, COS Seventeenth Avenue S.
South Side High School,
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TREE PICTURES
Natures Giowing Exhibition
slsze. - Days fire Here.
Z
Ss,iN 500. (PriHeo
(Prize.)

A S I look out of our dining
n room window, my eyes rest
upon a most beautiful scene.
It is a deep rayine filled with
weeds and wild flowers and sur
rounded by trees. A light
mist clings about the land
scape, the great trees hang out
bright pictures in yellow and
red and the sky is a dream.
Above the tree tops a light
smoke rises here and there
from neighboring houses. A
bright yellow carpet of ripe
leaves covers the ground under
each tree and nothing can be
more beautiful than to look.
upon this scene about six
o'clock in the morning when
the sun is beginning to tint the
east with red and gold and
there are veins: of silver and
purple clouds in the west.
At the bottom Of this ravine
is small lake which looks like
a mirror and in summer it re-
fleets the glory Of the foliage
surrounding it.
1t also presents an animated
picture in winter with the chill
-dren sliding down the steep en-
bankments on their tobogj
3 Eighth Grade,
Douglas School.
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FOR OPEN EYES
Minneapolis Juniors Find Many
Scenes of Beauty. Humble and
Otherwise, Near Their Homes. Y y
TOPIC-A SCENE NEAR HOME.

-PPY the mortal whose eyes see beauty in
humble things. Happy the one who sees
the beauty in a frost crusted weed, we'll
as in a beautiful stretch of hill and vale,
a gorgeous sunset or the glow of the au
tumn woods. The small things of life
always with US, the great things mere
ly episodes. Fruit trees were tenderly
cherished and their round of changes ap
preciated they came; they who had
scoffed at the rhapsodies of poets over a
dying were given sight and convinced
that the half had not been told; moonlight,
sunlight land and sea all had offered some
w to a favored Junior and painted picture
a1nnru that can never affaced It WAS q
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-G@-O
ting these proud tyrants a frosty day. Thanks to
science and fathers generosity shall not have to
any longer the s'buzz saw will hereafter do the
business for To find for dslikng this
task requires more mental find what
dislike. First it is SO monoonous& so up down.
up and down. all day with variation; second
lively game Of block-in-the-hole Shiny may be
going behind barn while I must saw. I long to
join in heSsport and this
ing doubly dstasteful. -Helmer B. Bjorge
Eighth Grade. Lake Park Mimi
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felt like shouting when one Jun
ior said that he especially OBJ
jected to that kind of work in
which there was no work to do
like watching house, for in
stance; and when another came
to the front with the distasteful
task of remembering, she felt
as if the world was full of spice,
after all. If strawberries grew
in winter, if perfection could
come without practice, if pota-
toes grew on trees, if milk came
like maple sap, if-but why go
on? If several things were not
just what they are, Juniors
would be willing to do the tasks
that seem so distasteful now.
The best way. to treat them is
that employed by a certain sun
ny Junior girl who wrote: II
had to roam about my memory
a little before T found my
most distasteful task, as L enjoy
most of my duties. If there
happens to be a disagreeabIe
one among them I do not dwell
=longupon itafter it is once ac-
complished." (
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THE POET ENUMERATED.
(Honorable Mention.)


When reads poem about glorious sunset, or
scene in which the poet empties out his
heart all the long and mysterious words he
think Of is inclined to be a little sarcastic
thinking, perhaps, that
a sunset glorious ALL and that the moldy
rusty phrases he may have been stored in
notebook for long time awaiting suitable chance
Continued n Page Sky
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RLL THE YEAR ROUND
Sing the Praises of the ripple Tree LDhich Is
Euer.
Beautiful EUer.

(Ffth and Sixth Grade Prize
n UT in yard stands large apple tree and when
~ I look out of the window, whether it is
chamber window or the bay window always see that
apple tree In the spring the little buds coming
forth and sparroWs building their nests and later
beautiful big blossoms the tree. By the time
fall there large red apples swinging the
branches apples that look too good to eat And them
winter comes and the leaves and apples
been picked or blown off, there is, perhaps last years
birds nest SO all the year round apple tree is
pretty sight to behold Whenever look at this apple
tree reminds of Dryden A
charming of nature is displayed" ~ .
ss# A Sixth Grade Alice Ingraham,
q. Holland School, 1923 Adams Street NE.
FADsEST ALL
(Igh School Credit)
Fair is the sunshine, =
+. Faier moonlight, ST. ..-.
.ray.t% And the sparkling
II OW often catch myself chanting the this
IL beautiful hymn, I seat myself upon the
step home, evening scene,
to me- thru instinct, to be the most beautiful one in
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The knot-covered wood sticks .:.
That lay in the pile. - =.
I T does not require much men,
tai effort on my part to find
the task I dislike more than any
other. I have as much dread
of it as Weary Willie" is sup
posed to have. This task of
tasks is saving wood. Some
sage has said, Familiarity
breeds contempt" but the more
familiar I become with the
fallen and knotty. giants Of the
forest, the less contempt feel
for them. My. heart grows
heavy within me as I survey the
piles of naughty maple, sturdy
oakland hard-hearted ironwood
waiting for me, with saw in
hand. I have one thing to sus-
tain me and that is the thought
0f f1,o f,,,, c1, L,o1,o o-1;&