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Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01
Thought Celebration in Order.

Daniel Mason, the former law part
ner of District Attorney Jerome, has
as his managing clerk a young lawyer
named John Comfort. Recently cli-
ent called at Nason's Office and, find
ing both out, was handed by the office
boy in explanation this written te:e-
phone message:
Have been presented with sni.
and heir. Will not be down for day
or two; send up Comfort"
The client. not knowing the name
of Nason's associate, and thinking the
son and heir to be Nason's, went i'm
mediately and acted upon the sugges-
tion by purchasing a couple of bottles
of choice old Glenlivet, which he dis
patched to Nason's house with the
message: Congratulations and
compliments as we'll as comfort
New York Times.
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01
youR MISSION.
Lincoln's Favorite sonxo

II you cannot on the ocean
Sail among the swiftest fleet.
Rocking on the highest billows,
Laughing at the storms you meet;
You. can stand among the sailors.
Anchored yet within the bay,
You can lend a hand to help them
AS they dash their boats away.
II you are too weak to journey
Upon the mountain steep and high,
You can stand within the valley
While the multitudes go by;
You can chant in happy measures,
AS they slowly pass along;
Ihough they may forget the singer
They will not forget the song.
+ you have not gold or sQver
Ever ready to command.
II you cannot toward the. Aeedy
Reach an ever-Open hand;
You can visit the afflicted.
Ger the erring you can weep
lou can be a true disciple
Sitting at the Savior's feet.
II you cannot in the conflict
Hrove yourself soldier true,
II where tire and smoke are thickest.
There's no work for you to do,
When the battlefield is silent,
YOU can go with careful tread.
You can bear away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead.
Do not then stand idly waiting
Eor some greater work to do.
Eortune is lazy goddess.
She will never come to you:
Go and toll in any vineyard.
Do not fear to do and dare:
II you want a field of labor.
on can find 1t anywhere.
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01
MIR. AND MRS. ]. o. ATKl

TNDER date of January 10. 1897, DR.,
~ Hartman received the following
letter:
My wife had been suffering from a
complication of diseases for the past IS
years.
Her case had bafled the skill of some
of the most noted physicians One of her
worst troubles was chronic constipation of
several years standing.
She also was passing through that most
critical period in the life of woman
change of life. In June, 1895. wrote to
you about her case. You advised a course
of Peruna and Manalin. which we at once
commenced. and have to say it completely
cured her. She firmly believes that she
would have been dead only for these
wonderful remedies.
About the same time / wrote you about
my own case of catarrh. which had been of
IS years standing. At times was almost
past going. l commenced to use Peruna
according to your instructions and continued
its use for about year, and it has COM
pletely cured me.
Your remedies do all that you claim
for them, and even more. Cafarrh
cannot exist where Peruna Is taken
according to directions. Success to
you and your remedies.
John o. Atkinson.
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01
cameIs Trained to Race.

The ordinary camel, which will nev-
er hurry under any circumstances, has
been transformed in southern Algeria
into an animal SO different in size,
temper and appearance that it may al
most be looked upon as a different
race. This is the racing camel, priced
for its speed. The result of many gen
erations of careful breeding, which
has been encouraged by valuable
prizes, it can be depended upon for
nine or ten miles an hour, which it
can keep up for sixteen or seventeen
hours, almost without a stop.
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01
A PRAYER.

Teach me. Father. how 10 go
Softly as the grasses grow;
Hush my soul to meet the shock
OF the wild world as n rock:
But my spirit. prompt with power,
Make as simple AS flower,
Let the dry heart fill its cup.
I.Mc IA poppy looking up;
Let life lightly wear her crown,
Like IA poppy looking down.
When its heart is filed with dew,
And it's life begins anew.
Teach me. Father. how to bo
Kind and patient as a tree.
Joyfully the crickets Groom
Under shady oak at noon;
Beetle on his mission bent
Tarries In that cooling tent:
Let me, also. cheer spot,
Hidden field or garden grot-
Place where passing soul can rest
on the way ana be their best.
Edwin MARKHAM
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

to many women old enough to know
better.
1t was during the last week of Miss
Penrhyn's stay that the professor pro-
posed in form. He had invited her
into the small, stuffy parlor in which
no one ever sat and there he went
down upon his thin knees. She did
not ask him to rise, or offer to assist
him. He went gallantly through a
lengthy statement Of affection and
when he ran out of words at last she
smiled and said:
81 shall never marry, Professor. l
admire your gifts and think you are
good man, but can so no further.
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

No; the subject matter is quite hope
less. believe me. Please consider the
subject closed
There was no getting around that.
The Professor in an unusual burst of
confidence told Graham about it. The
lawyer chuckled and said: "You
ought to have come to me first, old
man; could have told you better"
He was next. 1t happened down
by the edge of the lake, where great
hemlock had fallen and made con-
venient seat. He went through glibly
enough. then, not waiting for an ac-
quiescence of which he had no doubt,
slipped an arm about her waist. She
wrenched herself free. leaped to her
feet and turned on him face of hot
Indignation. Not trusting herself to
speak, she walked toward the house.
He ran after her and asked shame
facedly: Am l not to have an an
swer?" She glanced at him icily and
replied: you are not worth an an
swer!" Graham did not tell the Pro-
fessor about this, but paid his bill
and went back to the city thai even
ing.
1t is not believed that George Tre-
vanion would have asked her to marry
him if his misery had not forced him
to speak. He told her that he was not
good enough for her; that it was not
meant for such as he to win and wear
so bright a jewel; that he would not
have spoken at all but that he wanted
her to know that he loved her very
dearly and would always love her,
no matter whether she became an
others wife or not
Il am only plain man." said poor
George. 'and l have never expected
that you could care for me, but such
as am. l love you with my whole
heart and SOUL"
She was tender and compassionate
with him. She gave him her hand
and told him that she esteemed him
truly and any woman ought to be
proud to be his wife. You will find
some one better suited to you and
who will care for you." she added.
Il know that you will; | shall pray
that you Will" There were tears in
her gray eyes.
Claude Mayne Delay debated long
within himself He had little doubt
OF the result. but wanted to do the
thing properly and in keeping with
his character as poet and rising man
of letters. Should he WOO her finally
by moonlight. when the softcning
rays OF Cynthia fell about her-she
had praised his "Moon-S5ng," 20,
ooldly calm dead sister of the night"
Or should he pop in that shady
cloister of balsam pines and maple
wherein he had read to her nearly all
Of his book OF society verse. Satan
and Satin"-she had rather fancied
his "Lilith" lines: "Her hair OF ser.
pent gold that writhed. and the swart
diamonds OF her eyes"
As 1t happened he did not do either.
He proposed In verse aud left the
pink paper in its envelope under her
napkin at breakfast. He never got
an answer and he understood why be.
fore he was day older.
He wandered by moonlight that
night-wandered and wondered what
form her acceptance would take. An
hour later. his face pale and the
clammy dew of agony ON his brow.
he hunted up the Professor and Tre-
vanion and told them what he had
seen. This was It In BRIEF:
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01
& * &C. q
THE CASE OF TIE CUB.
Copyright. 1909, by Daily Story Pub. Co,
By Fl. S. cANFIELD.

Among the other women in the
woodland hotel, far in that massive
forest which parallels the southern
shore of Lake Superior, Constance
l'enrhyn stood alone by reason of her
beauty and her wealth. She was %
years old, of large graceful figure,
dark gray eyes, black eyebrows,
raven lnir and complexion of pure
white and red. Her splendid face
wore sweetly serious look and she
seemed self-contained woman of
mind and heart. In her ten seasons
of society she had seen no man whom
she could love. She had been wooed
ardently. but had remained ice. 1t
had been her fate to arouse the desire
of possession in many men. Wherever
she went there were lovers signing
IN her train. They could not say
taat she treated them unfairly, or
that one was more esteemed than an
other. One and all they were cour-
,teously received and, when their times
came. as courteously though firmly
dismissed. She often told herself that
she could not understand love; that
she had no inherent incapacity to love
and that she would die an old maid.
She believed this.
1t must be understood that she had
no Hremovable prejudice against
matrimony or insensate desire to pre-
serve her freedom at any cost. She
was convinced that woman is incom-
plete without marriage and she would
dnfi Of
wifehood if she could have found
man to win her heart. This man had
never come. and now, although she
did not look to be older than %, she
viewed the near approach of the thir-
ties with disQuietude and the prospect
of a loveless, childless age had no
charms for her.
These were the men at this hotel
who loved her and wanted her:
Erasmus Moody, professor of politi-
cal economy in a state university;
a slight, nervous man with eyeglasses
and tendency to dyspepsia, who re-
1oiced in a flow of language and had
belief that wisdom must appeal to
q woman of Miss Penryhn's intellect
ual brow. She discussed coinage with
him. consumption. production and
kindred topics and seemed to enjoy
him nightly. He was afraid of the
water and as she spent much of her
time on, or in, the lake he was handi-
capped.
Herbert Graham. So years old; law
yer in excellent practice; good look
ing, but not SO good-looking as he
thought himself; rather a cocksure
man and bold wooer. He valued the
other lightly and had felt certain of
success since she had told him that
to put jury in tears or sway the
multitude from the hustings seemed
to her the greatest and most desir-
able achievement possible to man.
George Trevanion, physician. clean
and modest fellow enough, somewhat
bashful, who never had thought of
gaining the prize and effaced himself
greatly. worshiping from afar and
gloomily.
Claude Mayne Delay. poet and writ
er for the magazines, in long hair,
Vnncyke beard and bob-tailed coat
with a velvet collar. who spoiled much
good paper inditing verses and made
Constance" rhyme with Chance"
glance" lance" and pants" A yell
low visage had Claude Mayne Delay,
and calf-eyes which rolled in ecstasy
on slight provocation, strong aver
sion to bodily exercise, but a pen
chant for moonlight strolls and quiet
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01
Doctors Scarce In Russia.

The shortage of doctors in Russia
is the subject Of an article in St.
Petersburg journal. which publishes
statistics of the proportion of doctors
in other European countries per 10O.-
900 inhabitants. Great Britain heads
the list with 1870, Switzerland has B2,
Germany 30, and Russia 8. In order
to bring the percentage to the same
level as Great Britain. Russia will
have to have 10000 doctors. At
present there are only about 17.000
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

Don't you know that Defiance Starch
besides being absolutely superior to
any other. is put up 16 ounces in pack
age and sells at same prices as 12-ounce
packages of other kinds?
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

How did you like the sermon this
morning?' "Oh. it was beautiful dis
course, / don't believe Satan himself
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

Jim-What did Tom mean when he said
that his matrimonial hopes all depended
upon the widows mite? Dick-He merely
meant that she might marry him or she
might not
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

First Official-I wonder why Simkins il
always at his desk on holidays? Secon,
Ohlcial-The loating habit has such ;
hold on him he isn't satisfied anywher,
else,
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

II women were logical there would
be no use having them around to o.
plain to little children the things that
men can't explain because os tAs6
logic.
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

Fullback (after the last tackle)-Where
am 1? Where am l? Quarterback-Most
of you is here on the ten-yard line but
think your nose and right ear are in the
center of the field.
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

Bullhead scent cigar II you hav,
smoked one you know how good they
are. If you have not. try one.
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

Pisos Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections Of the throat and lungs.-WM.
O. ENpsLEY. Vanburen. Ind, Feb. 10. 1900
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

Teacher-Years ago the kingdom of
Spain ran clear around the world. Tom
my-Who chased it?
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

Mrs. Winslow'J Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens gums reduces in
da;umation allays pain cures wind cotic Csc bottle
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

Every Jack is said to have his JILL but
some would doubtless prefer to have a
pint
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

John Hammond, unanimously
dubbed the Cub and mortally offensive
20 three of the older rivals. This was
l. big, loosely built youth of %. fresh
from college, with the football hair
Iof the past season cut close. q tan
ION his clear cheeks. = merry. healthy
laugh and an alteration In his blue
eyes which he did not try to hide.
These eyes had in them the light of
cnvonsscenee. . light that proves fatal
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

"Afild?' Well. 1 should say so-Bax-
ter's Bullhead &c cigar. Smoke as many
as you like; they won't hurt you.
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

To Cure a Cold in One day.
Take Laxative Bromc Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money! if it fails to cure. 25c
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

rs he alwell-informed mani" I should
say SO. Why. his wife tells him every
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01
SON, INDEPENDENCE, MO.

In letter dated January /. 1900, Mr..
Atkinson says, after five years experience
with Peruna:
~ will ever continue to speak . good
word for Peruna. In my rounds rs .
travelling man am q walking adver.
fisemenf for Peruns and haye Induced
many people during the past year to
use Peruna with the most satisfactory
results. lam still cured of CT ksrrf,.
John o. Atkinson,
Box 2Z2, Independence, Mo.
When old age comes on. catarrhal dis
eases come also. Systemic catarrh is almost
universal in old people.
This explains why Peruna has become
so indispensable to old people PeEuna is
their Safeguard Peruna is the only
remedy yet devised that meets these cases
exactly.
Such cases cannot be treated locally;
nothing but an effective systemic remedy
could cure them This is exactly what
Peruna is.
II you do not receive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Pesuna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he Will be
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis
Address DIR Hartman. President of Tho
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. Ohio.
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01
DEFIANCE srARCH

should be in eve-v household, none so
good. besides OF. more for 10 cents than
any other brand of cold water starch.
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01
LITTLE THINGS.

a goodbye kiss is little thing,
With your hand on the door to go.
But 1t takes the venom out of the sting
OF a thoughtless word cruel fling
That you made an hour ago.
A kiss of greeting is sweet and rare
After the toll of the day,
But 1t smooths the burrows out of the
care.
And lines on the forehead you once
called fair
In the years that have flown away.
Gilpin observer., 1903-01-01

'Tis little thing to say. you are kind
love you, my dear" each night:
But 1t sends a thrill through the heart
I find.
For love is tender, as love is blind.
AS we climb life's rugged height.
We starve each other for loves caress
We take but do not give:
1t seems so easy some soul to bless,
But we dole love grudgingly. less an6
less,
p Till tits bitter and hard to live.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
THE OLD TUNE.


I'm mighty weak at singin' and there's
nothin' 1 can play,
And, II I've an ear fer music, it's def one
anyway,
I'd know "Old Hundred" from a Jig, I
reckon, but guess
The tunes that could name amt more'n
a dozen, maybe less,
But there Is one among 'em thatll make my
pulses chime,
You start up Yankee Doodle" and I'm
with yer every time.
There's somethin' in its snappy dash that
seems ter be part
or what there is a-beatin' in Yankee fell
ler's heart,
There's somethin' in its life and go that
thrills yer through and through
And seems ter fit the colors of the old
Red White and Blue"
Until yer want ter tell the flag a-wavin'
there sublime:
1--WE harked to Yankee Doodle and I'm
with yer every time"
It's what they played at Yorktown when
CORVALLIS met his check,
It's what they sung in triumph on the
CONSTITUTIONS" deck,
1t timed the feet a-marchin' from Atlanta
to the Sea,
And rung at Appomattox round the famous
apple-tree;
And when a soldier heard it. in the battles
smoky CRIME,
His sword beat Yankee Doodle" on the
foeman every time.
And now they say they need us once ag' In
to take a stand
And make a Twin breastwork round the
shores of Yankeeland,
To drive the "children's butcher" from the
island in the sea
And sponge the bloody, olotches of the
skirts of liberty;
And. If the country wants my help to make
the Spaniard climb,
Jest play old Yankee Doodle and she'll
git it every time.
Joe Lincoln. in L. A w. Bulletin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

Sweetest Love story I'm Literature.
Wherever Mrs. Browning trod, what
ever she touched, became endowed with
the sacredness of her presence. When
Mr.. Browning returned with her on
visit to England, after an absence of
several years, he repaired to the little
church in which they had been married,
and there, at the entrance, he reverently
kneeled and kissed the paving stones
upon which she, the light of his being,
had stepped. And in after years, when
the light had gone from his life, he
sought this sacred spot on the twelfth
of each September, and in the dusk of
the evening shadows passers-by might
have seen white-haired man kneeling
for a moment as if in prayer before the
doorway of the dark and silent church.
Yet little would they have thought to
recognize in this man the poet Brown
ing; he whose mystical writings had
led the world to regard him as man of
austere nature.-Clifford Howard, in
Ladies' Home Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
CHURCH MEETINGS.

CHURCH MEETINGS.
Regular meetings at the Congrega-
tionsl Church in Challis
Morning services each Sunday at IL
O'Clock. Evening services at 1880
O'clock each Sunday.
Sabbath School each Sunday at 2
o'clock p. M.
Christian Endeavor meeting every
Thursday evening at T:30 o'clock.
REV. r. s. MCPHERSON, Pastor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

CUSTER ENCAMPMENT NO. 10.
Custer Encampment No. 10, I.O.O.F.
holds its regular meetings in the Odd
Fellows hall in Challis, on the LIST and
srd Wednesday nights of each month
at o'clock. Visiting Patriarchs in
good standing welcome.
THOMAS JOSE, c. P.
]. G. Finnell, Scribe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

Frog Has Eighty Teeth.
The common English frog possesses
30 teeth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

SUPREME COURT.
James F. Ailshie,
l. N, Sullivan,
Charles Stockslager.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

JUDGE OF 4th DISTRICT.
Lyttleton Price.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-05-08
A Sure Thing.

1t is said that nothing is sure except
death and taxes, but that is not alto
gether true. DR.. Kings new Discov-
cry for Consumption is a sure cure for
all lung and throat troubles. Thous-
ands can testify to that. Mrs. c. B.
VanMetre Of Shepherdtown, w. Va.
says: 81 had a severe case Of bronchi-
It's and for a year tried everything |
heard Of, but got no relief. One bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery then
cured me absolutely" 1t is invaluable
for Cro1p. Whooping Cough. Grip.
Pneumonia and Consumption. Try It.
It's guaranteed by all druggists. Trial
bottles free. Reg. sizes SOC, 500.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-05-08
THE STAGES.

AT IL she said: II want a man who
is ardent In all Of loves ways and
whose passionate devotion may never
flag. He must be tall and broad
shouldered and handsome, with dark,
flashing, soulful eyes, and. If need be,
go to the end OF world for my sake"
At 20 she said Il want a mar who
unites the tender sympathy of a
woman with the bavery Of a lion.
don't mind his being a little dissipated,
because that always adds a charm.
He must be. however. accomplished to
the last degree and capable Of any sac
rificd for my sake"
At rs she said: Il want a mar
who unites with an engaging personal
lily a complete knowledge OF the Worlo.
and If. of necessity. he happens to
have a past, he must also have a
future; a mar whom | can look up to-.
and with whom a trust myself at
all times without the slightest embar-
assment."
AT 80 she said: II want a mar
with money. He can have any other
attributes that a mar ought to possess.
but he must have money. and the more
he has the better will like it,"
At IS she said: al want a man.
Life.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-05-08
EASTERN YARN.

Governor Sparks Of Nevada would
be known as "Silent John" If he had
lived In the East. Last Fall he cleo
tioneered in the Desert State from a
stage coach. He "made" Car
son Virginia and Tonopah. After q
splennid reception at that great min
ing csmp. where his speech consisted
Of thirty-nine words his election was
conceded by his fellow-travelors or
the coach. At daybreak while ye'
200 miles from Reno. the candidate
remarked:
live got ST. 100000 invested ir
this State, and began life just aftel
the civil war splitting rails in Texas fol
SIS a month ano my board"
A companion on the journey askec
the Cattle King" for some pointer t.
young men on the best way to attain
success. Governor Sparks ponderet
for a few moments and then said.
BE a little cutter than the other fel
low!'-New York Times.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-05-08

Len RACER, teamster for the White
Horse ranch, was Accidentally killed on
the road between McDermit and the
ranch last Monday. The accident
occurred on a hill where It was neces-
sary to take the wagons up n at a
time. This had been done and RACER
went between the wagons to couple
them together. In some manner the
tongue Of the trail wagon missed the
coupling horn Of the one in front and
the two crashed together. RACER.
who was in a STOPPING postum. was
caught between the wagon beds and
his head was crushed. killing him
instantlv.-Humboldt Standard.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-05-08
T TO

NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN EHAT
In The undersigned has been duly appoint
ed and qualified by the Second Judicial District
Court OF Nevada, in and for the County of Wa
shoe, as administrator OF the Estate OF Charles
Sommer, deceased. That said estate does not
exceed in value Ave hundred dollars, and,
therefore, the Judge OF said Court has deemed
1t advisable TO make and has made al order
for O summary administration Of said estate,
dispensing with all regular proceedings except
the notice OF appointment OF said ~administrator
and to creditors of said estate TO present their
claims within forty days after the first publ
catios OF this notice. All persons having
claims against said estate are required to file
the same, with proper vouchers attached, with
the Clerk of said Court within forty (40, days
after the first publication OF this notice.
Dated, Reno, February ID, 1908.
WILLIAM. H. SOMMER,
Administrators.
FRANK d. KING. Atty for Administrator,