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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
Wasted seIf-sacrIfice.

Surgeon General S~ternberg a a
peculiar experience at the battle of
Bull Run. Just before going in he
was approached by an Irish sergeant
major OF his regiment, who handed
him a bag of gold weighing three
pounds. Doctor said the Irishman
4 know I'm to be kilt entirely. an 7
want you to take care of this money
an see that 1t gets to the ould folks
az home In ould Ireland" The doctor
mad no time to demonstrate or make
any other arrangement, for the Irish.
man dropped the bag into the sur.
geon's lap and hurried away to his
place at the head of the column. All
through two bloody days DR.. stern.
Derg carried that bay of gold with his
surgical instruments, and 1t was a bur.
den and an embarrassment to him
he tried to get rid of it. but couldn't
n anyone willing to accept or even
TO the responsibility, and he
couldn't throw it away, for the sake of
"ould folks at home"
Toward the close of the second dav
the surgeon was taken prisoner Ha
lost his surgical instruments and his
medicine chest case, but chung to the
gold, and, making a belt of his neck
tie n handkerchief, tied it around
MS waist next to his skin to prevent
It's co%niscation by his captors. Dur.
ing the long, hot and weary march
that followed the gold pieces chafed
his flesh, and his waist became so
sore and blistered as to cause him in
tense suffering, but he was bound that
the "ould folks at home should have
benefit Of that money, and by the
exercise of great caution and patience
managed to keep 1t until he was ex-
changed with other prisoners and got
back to Washington. Here he found
his regiment in camp, and one OF he
nrst men to welcome him was The
irish sergeant, who was SO delighted
10 learn that the doctor had saved hia
money that he got drunk and gambled
{ all way the first night.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
FAR WEST" WIPED OUT.
Culture No Longer a Monopoly of the
Older Regions.

culture No Longer a Monopoly of the
Older Regions.
A publishing house in this city. saws
the Chicago Chronicle, has received
an order from the Yukon region for
books expressive of what is now he
Tar" Northwest. The order includes
Gibbons Rome, Macaulay's England.
the writings of John Stuart Mill, of
tlammarion and other engaging scien-
lists, graphic novels, humorous stories.
but none of Bret Harte's. The Far
West of Bret Harte is at the vanish
ing point. A hurry postscript OBJ
served that only letter mail is carried
over the ice.
In truth, there is no longer any
far" West or "far" Northwest. The
rugged and often illiterate humanity
that cleft the mountains and swan
the rivers, opening up a new empire
for all the world, is also of the past.
The universal free school sends a diff
ferent multitude now to the advanc-
ing frontier. Sturdy but not il~literate.
the new pioneers want books wherever
they go, and science and the organized
forces of civilization enable them to
crafty their taste. Culture is no
longer a monopoly of the older por-
tons of the country.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
FAMILIES OF bad" MEN.
Remarkable Attachment to Homo TIes
Shown by Crooks.

remarkable Attachment to Home Tles
Shown by Crooks.
One of the peculiar phases of life "a
seer in the love that bad" men have
for their wives and children. b,
bad" men we generally mean those
laWbreakers who thrive in communt
tie by the purchase of protection
from law upholders. If you please
let Tom Gould be mentioned as .
type, OF THE" Allen. though | do moi
know anything about their families.
Men OF that stamp, with their hands
ever against their fellow men. liyina
only to do" them, usually have happy
homes. The family ties are sacred
me gamblers daughter is the light
OF his soul. and his only holy ambi,
ton is to shield her from knowledss
OF his moral obliquity. I could nams
a dozen such men in this city whose
names are as well known as District
attorney Jerome's. No matter how
Diack the record against them on the
outside, within the threshold of their
homes they become loyal husbands
n indulgent fathers.-New York
Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
Did Not Have The pic.

A bucolic constituent received In
his mail the other day a COPY of a
consular report, the wrapper of
which bore the announcement, ION.
cial business. Penalty for use. sso0"
w~hereupon the recipient wrote to the
department of state. saying: what
in thunder made you think that 7
would pay $500 for the darned old re-
port you sent me? American engines
in South Africa, shoes In Germany
and the trust movement In Austria.
Hungary have nothing whatever tn
do with the raising OF corr and nota.
toes, and ST have no interest for me
Send return postage and will mail
the paper back to you, and You can
send 1t to some dude reporter In New
York who has got the price In his
clothes, | haven't"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
Warm Praise for seIsrIdcs

The passing of Rear Admiral
Thomas 0. selfridge will cause a feel.
Ing OF sadness in the hearts of all bis
old shipmates, for he was an Idol
among us. His was a positive
(strenuous. as we call 1t NOWADAYS,
character. Without such the great re-
bsIifon would never have been put
down. Born and reared, as IL were
in the United States navy, he was
emtfrely at home on board ship. and
woe to a delinquent officer who had
10 pass his scrutiny, We were always
hearing something fresh and racy that
6sIfridge had said OF done.
One instance which happened in
Illinois offered us a great deal OF
amusement. In 1864, while In com.
mand of the United States ram Win.
.aicator. which was being fitted out at
City, ILL.,, his paymaster, who
fresh from the capital. where be
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
CAREFUL WHAT you DRINK.
Fat Persons Should Not Imbsse Too
Much Water.

rat Persons Should Not Imbssu Too
Much Water.
The idea is that water fattens and
thai all mineral waters tend to this
also. Tea, coffee and every kind of
liquid sour or sweet, feeds the hungry
tissues and the weight increases.
Women who practice in a gymna-
stun a hour and then rush off to drink
a glass of cold water will never grow
thin. Water is necessary and the
stomach should have a pint, at least a
day OF 1t, or of some other LIQUID that
answers the purpose. But the woman
who is too fat is in the habit of drink
ing two glasses of water everv few
minutes in the day. And when she
goes out into the street she gets an
ice cream soda and winds up her
shopping tour with a phosphate or
two, says the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
These things are supposed to be
bad for the stomach, but experience
will prove that they are not really
harmful. There is nothing about ice
cream soda that injuries the digestive
organs. The only objection to II for
the woman who is reducing is that il
makes her fat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
(o16IllP ftre5 &c d!iles

had been serving as Gov. Yates prf.
vffe secretary. came to the captain
IN great distress, claiming that the
men had stolen a lot of the ships
stores. 1t transpired that said st)res
had been left standing out on the
deck yer night.
What did you leave them out there
for?' asked the captain.
Il thought | would trust to the
honor of the men," answered the pay
master. . . = And the CAPTAIN
concluded with the remark that
when you have been in the navy as
long as have you will know better
h to trust to the honor of old sail
ors where anything to eat or drink is
at stake"
Capt. S%elfrldge speeded the vindi-
Gator around for a while, and had the
misfortune to run her aground and
tear the copper off her bottom. Com.
mander j. p. Foster of Indiana said
to him: See here, Tom, you have
got down to the VS., so you will have
to be a little careful or you will run
OUT. When a vessel grounds in the
Mississippi river the swift current will
tear a great hole in the sand under
her bows and pile ii up astern, caus.
ing the vessel to break in two. AS
the captain was bringing the ironclad
". s. S. Ozark up the river the pilot
u her aground at Helena, Ark.
The captain astonished the admiral
by reporting the accident. WAY. you
haven't got the Ozark aground, have
you" asked the admiral. ooh. yes.
she's aground and broke in two by
THIS time guess. l want another ves-
sci. She will have to lie there all
summer, high and dry on a sane bar.
You had better get some soldiers to
guard her or the ~confederates win
destroy her" He got another vessel
while the more timid officers said. ut
is the audaeity of the man that carries
him through
May our glorious navy always have
ner D~ecaturs, Farraguts, Porters and
Selfridges.-T. f. Leech, M. d.. Late
Surgeon United States Navy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

Ihe blood is life. We derive from
the blood life, power, beauty and rea.
son, as the doctors have been saving
nom time immemorial. A healthy
Dody' a fresh appearance, and gener.
aay all b abilities we possess de-
pend on that source Of life. II ia
therefore the duty of every sensible
man 10 Keep the blood as pure and
normal as possible Nature. in its
innnite wisdom, has given us a thar.
mometer Indicating the state of ths
oiood' which appeals to our reason nv
SWING notice of its impurity. Small
eruptlons OF the skin, to which wa
scarceiy pay any attention. headache
ringing noises In the ears. lassituaa
nleeplessness, are generally a sisr
MAJ tne blood is not in its normal
S.ate, out is filed with noxious sub.
stances, These symptoms deserve
u ful attention. If more attention
were paid to those symptoms. and
steps taken TO remove them. Shau
many illnesses from which we suffer
would become unknown and the nm.
man body would become stronger and
healthier. Attention therefore should
De paid to those warning GINS. and
the blood can be purified and poison.
substances removed from 1t by the
use or Dr.. August Koenig's Hamburg
drops discovered more than 60 years
ago. ~
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

bok part in the siege of Vlcksburg,
Aave accepted the design submitted by
Mrs. Theo. A. Ruggles-Kitson. The
monument Is to stand upon a bowlder
suarried at ~Annisquam, and will be
srected In the National park near
Vicksburg.
Mrs. Kitson submitted the figure Of
a typical private soldier Of the union
army to represent the men of Massa-
c~husetts. who we're in the Vicksburg
campaign. Old soldiers who have
seen the design were impressed with
the veracity Of the bronze figure. as
the sculptor has reproduced. with
faithful detail the union soldier In
rough campaign ~carelessness.
Veterans have commented upon the
realism of the clothing. They have
pointed to the socks. pulled up over
the legs Of the trousers, as an evi-
dence OF the value of this work Of
art as an example OF the real soldier
OF the Civil war.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
CHARITY BEGGING A BUSINESS.
Two Young Men Fare Well Raising
Funds for Institutions.

FunuS TOT INSTITUTIONS
Two of the most energetic and sue
cessful young men of Philadelphia fol-
low the odd business of petitioning
money for charities.
You, for instance, are interested in
an orphan asylum that has a deficit
this year of $4,000. You go to the
young men and tell them you want
money.
Leave u.s." they make answer, "all
your literature your catalogues, re-
ports, announcements-everything you
have ever published"
And they master that literature and
then they visit the asylum and inspect
1t thoroughly. BY this mean they &C
quaint themselves with the character
of the institution in question, learn
ing whether or not the benevolent
rich would be likely to help 1t If its
case were laid before them. Accord
ing to that likelihood they set their
price, saying they will beg" for the
place If they are given 10, 20 or 30
per cent of all the money they elicit.
They make, it is estimated, a y the
Philadelphia Record, $500 q year
apiece.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

Mrs. Frances Stafford, of 243 E.
Hath ST., NY. City, adds her tes-
timOny to the hundreds of thou
sands on Mrs. Pinkham's files.
When Lydia E. Pinkham's Rene
dies were first introduced skeptics
all over the country frowned upon
their curative claims, but as year
after year has rolled by and the
little group of women who had been
cured by the new discovery has
since grown into a vast army of
hundreds of thousands, doubts and
skepticisms have been swept away
as by a mighty flood, until to-day
the great good that Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and her other medicines are doing
among the women of America is
attracting the attention of many of
our leading scientists, physicians
and thinking people.
Merit alone could win such fame;
wise, therefore, is the woman who
for a cure relies upon Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
A STRANGE Calculation

Taking the length of the permanent
railways on the surface of the globe
et nearly sixty thousand geographical
miles with a daily average of ten
trains, 1t is estimated that the total
loss suffered by wear and tear each
Jay oy the metallic rails of the earth
is about six hundred tons. The sig
nunured tons are lost in the form OF
me powder, and are carried back to
the earth in the shape of soluble iron
salts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
REMARKABLE STROKE AT GOLF.
wonderful Feat Reported From the
North of Scotland,

cat nCPOTLCQ from En6
North of Scotland.
Talking of unique happenings in
golf, here is a miracle" from unpre-
tentious Clunny, in the north of Scot
I'M The tale runs:
A most remarkable, not to a
miraculous, stroke at golf was made
at Cluny castle on Monday on the
nlne-hole course recently made by
Sir Reginald Cathcaft just outside the
castle walls. MI. Matthew Best, an
employe at the castle, and a fellow
servan were playing from the fourth
hole when the former drove the ball
into the fifth hole.
1t being a rough sort of @ course.
with abundance of long grass, a boy
was stationed to watch the balls. He
called out that the ball had gone into
the hole, but Mr.. Best thought at first
that the lad had meant a rabbits bur-
row. The boy was we'll within sight
OF the players and never nearer to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
Iron and Dust.


~@e mighty ones who wrenched th
ssorid with pain,
WaE In the past,
Aatila raging DER the bloody plain,
The sosurge Of Heaven. and bold Tam
eriN le-
s2sere are they nowg
dust e. centuries old Time has cast
r@ove each brow.
Asslere roams the spirit of the Normans
Where
The untamed soul
That from the sea. a lion from its lair.
Arose 'gainst England? Where the ban
ner fair
The world saw wave2
Der Harold, resting in mans commoe
goal
A narrow grave?
What profits Alexander now. that he
Across the world
Bore ruin. sorrow. death, and miseryY
The grim phalanx which irresistibly
Moved DER the field
Dust-all is DUST The war-fiags all arp
furled;
Gene every shield
Man lifts his voice and fills the universe
for one short hour
With blatant vauntings of his sword or
purse;
For God a sheer; for Destiny q curse,
Tins stroke is slow;
But when 1t falls, man withers at its
power
And bows him low.
Mans arm is strong; his footstep AXE
the land;
Hts iron grasp
May hold a mighty nation; but his hana
Wi'hers and falls when stops the rum
ming sand
In Old Times glass;
Deaths finger touch-a shudder-cry-a
gasp,
The strong ones passl
Where is the glory of the sword and
shield?
The bright spears rust;
FoRd lovers stray where once the legions
wheeled:
The stolid plowman turns the battle
field;
The olive tree,
Green badge of peace. may from a Gaze
sar's dust
Spring TRANQUILITY.
on, you who would immortalize your
name,
Ne'er s~oulless cast
Your brothers blood upon the pyre of
shame
And call the dread black smoke MINOR
tai famel
Though reared unseen.
last,
And still be green.
o. Reese in San Francisco Bulle-
sin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
LARGEST SCHOONER AFLoAT

Inc steel seven-masted schooner
Thomas Lawson, has just had her
trial trip off Boston, Maine, recently.
and it will be interesting to the mari,
time world to hear that this vessel.
the first OF her kind ever known, prov
ed speedy and easy to handle. 1t took
five tugb9sats to move the big schooner
out to sea, and the old Quincy Point
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

inches in diameter throughout, with
pine topmasts fifty-eight feet long.
Her overall length is 4OS feet, her
beam fifty feet, her depth thirty-four
feet five inches, and her cargo capac.
ity about 800 tons. Her displace-
ment when loaded is 1000 tons, the
load draught being twenty-six and a
half feet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

the green than thirty or forty yards
until Joined by them.
The ball was duly taken out of fifth
hole in the presence of all three. The
distance of the drive was afterward
paced and found to be about ninety
two yards. Mr.. Best, it may be men
TONED, has been forty-ive years in
service at Cluny castle.-Golfng.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
Remarkable Family Record.

James Lester, born to John and vida
Brennan, in Harwinton, Conn. reesnt.
~ makes the fourth generation now
living together in the same house I'm
which they were born.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

AS q rule, a five-barred gate is con-
sidered a good leap for a hunter, and
a few horses have been trained to
clear six and even seven feet. AT
Chicago last year Heatherbloom, the
property of Mr.. Howard Willets of
Mamarsneck. New York, established
a record with a jump of 7ft. 4hin. 1t
has now improved upon this perform
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
He ExnIalned

Brother. what kind of a thing is a
maggot?" by goodness, Dolly. what
an ignorantness! Why. that's how
papa made all his money-by being
a coal maggot!"-Brooklyn Life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

Bridge had to be torn down before she
could get out Of the river. 1t was then
seen that her sails, which weigh eight
cen tons, were hoisted by engines on
her decks.
She spreads $4,000 square feet Of
canvas, and her complete outfit, in
Guiding awnings, contains $4,000
square feet. Each of the seven steel
masts is 135 feet high, and thirty-two
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

The Massachusetts, women who
played golf in a rainstorm are conxrat.
ulating themselves on having found
a way to add excitement to ~ game
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

Ten thousand demons Rnaying AWAY aA
ones vitals couldn't be much worse than
che fortunes of itching piles. Yet there's
cure. Doan's Ointment never fails.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

ance and has made a new record OF
Sft. lin. Our picture represents
Heatherbloom clearing the fence at
this height; also Heatherbloom
against the bars, showing the proper
tionate height of the record jump.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
New Word for LEGAL Profession.

New Word for Legal Profession.
In the future the New York lawyers
viii be able to make themselves
understood when they say a case is
being Lamberted instead of using the
old word expedited.-Washington Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

II we could see ourselves as others
see us mirrors would be a drug ON the
market.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

Premonition Is what people tAink
they have when they say. II told you
So"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

81 suffered for months from sore throat
Eclectric Oil cured me in twenty-four
hours."-M. s. Gist, Hawesville, KY.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

Sixteen men form the entire crew,
as six engines do the heavy work. One
of forty horsepower will hoist the two
hVe-ton anchors. The others, of TWEEN
ty-five horsepower each, will handle
the sails and do stevedore work. The
schooner has cost $250,00
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

Many a man who wins his bride In
a canter loses her In a decanter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

Packing-Houses In Texas.
The great cattle firms are putting
up large packing-houses in Texas.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03

Hay fever is not to be sneezed at
u it's messy thing to catch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-03
The Soldier "a He Was.

me Soldier as He Was.
The commissioners appointed to Sc
lsct o memorial for tho Goth, S5th and
sc'S Massachusetts regiments, which
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-13

The Vogue Social Club will hold a
reception in Y. M. Catholic Association
Hall, on Tuesday evening, Feb. II.
Irving E. Salmon and Llyod B. Tired
way will move their offices from the top
floor of the Babbitt Building to the
second floor
The Sunday evening o'clock service
of the church of the Redeemer will here
after be changed to evening prayer and
sermon at 7.3O.
The Chronicle is indebted to Assem-
blyman Hillery for copy of the Legis-
lative Manual for 1908 and acknowledges
its receipt with thanks.
DR.. Hurlbut's Bible Glass will be held
next week on Saturday evening instead
of Tuesday evening. The lessen will be
on christian Love-" Cor. IS
M B. and l.. c. Browne. who have
been in Morristown for 10 years, and al
ways carried first class goods are selling
out their stock at a reduction. See ad-
v-rtisement.
Employees of the Telephone Company
ant icipat, jolly straw ride to Basking
ridge tonight. They will have dance
in the Basklngridge Hall after which a
supper will be prepared for them.
at meeting of the Trinity Bap ist
Church the following officers have been
elected: Clerk, Miss Maud Strow bridge:
treasure. Ms. Harry Fairchild; trustees
John Taylor, Harry Fairchild, William
Steen, Irving Peer and David StilweIl.
MIR. f. J. Kalt, late superintendent OF
the Rockaway Valley railroad has
about completed negotiations for th+.
purchase of the Spring Lake Ice Com.
psny from Mr. Kilby the present owner
He expects to take charge the first OF
next week.
For the promotion of personal temper
ance, a union meeting will be held on
Friday evening, February "a, under the
auspices of the Baptist, Methodist and
Presby terrain CHI riches, in the Firs
church. The address will be- given b,
the Rev, Geo p. Eekman, ID D., oi
New York, formerly Of this city.