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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-10-29
WAS URGED TO COME.

barred from kentucky by the Dem
ocratic State Campaign Commit
lee Committee, Judge 5. w. Ha-
ger, chairman Of the committee,
made public the correspondence
betSeen himself and Mr.. Bryan.
The facts of the case are that the
Kentucky Democrats did all in
their power TO induce Mr.. Bryan
to speak here, and that he was
only released from his promise
after it was shown that the time
he could give TO Kentucky was
not suitable, and at the urgent re-
quest OF the Ohio Democrats, who
wanted Bryan to remain another
day in their state. The failure TO
arrange for Mr. Bryan's appear
ance at Louisville and at Coving-
ton was big disappointment to
Judge Hagsr aud all the Demo
Gratis in charge Of the campaign.
Tie invitation 10 Mr.. Bryan to
speak in Kentucky came volun-
tarily from Judge Hsger and his
associates On the committee. and
it was only after repeated urging
that he agreed to come at all 10
reply to the letter Of invitation
Mr.. Bryan wrote:
Sept. Is, 1903 Mr.. 5. w. Hs.
ger, Louisville. Ky My Dear Sir;
Your favor at hand. am afraid
that it will be impossible for me
to come TO Louisville this fall, and
yet feel so interested in the sue
cess Of Gov. Beckham and the en-.
tire State ticket that shall come
il | find it possible to do so. Will
correspond with you when | find
that | cen speak definitely.
Very truly yours,
w. J. Bryan.
Late on the night of October 10
Judge Hager heard again from M
Bryan in the following telegram /:
Lincoln, Neb. Oct. IL. 1903
Chairman Democratic State Com
mittee. Louisville, Ky. Can speak
1t Louisville next Monday at noon,
Covlngtou at 8 o'clock Must leave
Cincinnati for the East at s O'Clock
Monday evening Answer imme-
diately whether satisfactory. You
can substitute other places, pro-
vidied leaving time is not chan
ged. w. J. Bryan.
DATE UNSUITABLE
As IL was impossible to proper.
Iy prepare for meeting at moon
in Louisville, and As il would also
be impossible for Mr. Bryan to
reach Covington in time to catch
train at 5 O'Clock for the East.
Judge Hsger sent the following
reply to Mr. Bryan:
Louisville, Ky Oct. Is, 1903
Hon. W, J. Bryan, Lincoln. Neb
Times don't suit for pl ices named
Points suitable wouldn't permit
you to leave Cincinnati at time de-
signated. Am writing.
). w. Hager. Chmn.
In response to the last telegram
Mr.. Bryan wired again as follows:
Lincoln. Neb. Oct. Ii, 1903.
S. w. Hsger, Chairman, Louis.
Vile, Ky, Please wire Mayor
johnson, Cleveland, releasing me
for next Monday, 50 that Ohio
meeting can be arranged Tor that
day Will come to Kentucky later
il possible, aud will send letter this
week for publication.
w. j. Bryan.
The whole affair" said Judge
Hager. lis the result Of partisan
efforts to misconstrue the action
OF this committee. We we're the
ones who asked Mr.. Bryan to
come, and be was the one who
asked that the engagement be can.
celed How, under the oiroum
stances. anyone would have the
lemerity 10 say that We barred
him from Kentucky is past my
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
MEN WHO DO AND DON'T.
The Kind Who Accomplish some
thing in Life and How They
q Set About 1t.

Men, after all, are, and always will
be, of two kinds-the men who ac-
complish and the men who don't. The
other day there was an important
conference at the office of one of the
biggest men in American finance. 1t
began early in the morning, and at
noon it was not concluded. Promptly
at half past ~ the clerks went out
to lunch. The financier apologized to
one of his stenographers for keeping
him ten minutes after the regular
hour-indeed, if it had occurred often
the stenographer would have indig-
nantly sought another position. He
did not, however, apologize to the
other seven or eight millionaires who
sat about his desk until well after
seven o'clock, with no thought of
luncheon or dinner. These men were
willing to make the sacrifice which
success demands, says the Cosmopoli-
tan. There is no dearth of openings
for the man who will fit himself to
accomplish. The fact is that the de-
velopment of business has been more
rapid than the development of men,
and to-day there is greater need of
men of the right sort than ever, and
every great business is looking for
them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
ABOUT THE RED-HEADED GIRL
She Possesses Qualities of Whieh
Her Darker Sisters Cannot
Claim Possession.

A champion of the red-headed girl
has come to the front. Not that the
girl in question is greatly in need of a
champion. In nine cases out of ten she
IS abundantly able to care for herself
without assistance from any source,
says the Chicago Chronicle. But this
advice of ''the girl with the auburn
hair" deties the world to dispute the
truth of these five propositions:
The red-headed girl can
!. Detect the odor of previous high
ball further, quicker and with more
unerring instinct than any other being
on earth.
?. Nail lie and bore deeper holes
with her penetrating eye in so doing
than any other thing that has eyes.
3, Make any he ass of liar look like
30 cents quicker and with less effort
than any other living thing.
4. Break mans morning nap and
hustle him to build the fire in the range
quicker, surer and with less back talk
than any other style of womankind.
5. She is the only known species who
can throw missile with accurate aim
and who does not endanger the lives of
innocent bystanders.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
PEACE FORT MONUMENT.
Marks the spot on Rock Island
Where Treaty Was Made with
Sac and Fox Indians.

At the lower end of Rock Island,
in the Mississippi, was built, in 1916,
a fort which was named after Gen.
Armstrong, then secretary of war.
The encroachments of the Indians,
and the need for a rallying place for
the white settlers on the banks of the
Mississippi, made the fort a neces-
sity. 1t was built of hewn logs, and
was strong enough to resist any at
tempt of the Indians to capture it.
Happily, there never arose an occa-
sion to use the fort for warlike pur-
poses, and it became but trading
post, says George II. Daniels Four
Track News.
There was signed here, in 1881, the
treaty by which the Sac and Fox In
dams agreed to remove to the Iowa
side of the river, and leave the vii
lBge on the banks of Rock river,
which they had occupied so long. The
fort was 400 feet square, and having
access to water, and carrying a large
supply of food, was equipped for
long siege.
There now remains nothing of it.
Two cannon. pointing down the river
have been the only things to mark
the spot where it stood till two
years ago, when the Daughters of
the American Revolution erected
monument there.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
A SILENT MoURNER.
Dog In n Scotland Town TVhat Makes
a Practice of Attending
Ntai Funerals. On

There is to be seen in Campbelltown,
Argyllshire, at almost every funeral
which passes on its way to the Gene
terry silent mourner in the form of
a retriever dog, which takes up it's
place alongside the front row of
mourners Immediately behind the
hearse and accompanies the funeral
party to the churchyard, only taking
its departure when the last rites have
been performed. 1t seems to know by
instinct when and where a funeral is
ia take place, and it has become such
a regular attender that its presence is
looked for as matter of course at
each of these solemn professions in
the burgh, says the Scottish American.
1t was formerly chased away from
the open grave time and again, to no
purpose; it found its way within the
walls Notwithstanding the most vigil
ant oversight, and has now overcome
all opposition. Only once has it been
known to turn back before reaching
the cemetery, and that was when the
mourners were all travelling in close
carriages. But the strangest incident
in its career occurred quite recently.
A special steamer arrived in the har-
Dor with funeral party on board, and
was met by the retriever, which took
its accustomed place and accompanied
it to the graveyard with the members
of the public who joined it,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
CHILDREN AT WORK.
Nearly Two Millions, - Large Per
Cent of which Are Under the
Statutory Age.

The factories, the mines, the work.
shops and the great mercantile es-
adjustments of our country teen
with the labor of children, says w. S.
Waudby, in an article on "Child La
bor," in Leslie's. Some of them are
Of the age required by the laws of the
state, but innumerable thousands are
much below the limit these statutory
laws provide for, and far, far below
the limit which the laws of nature de-
mand. There are few branches of our
great industrial life which are not
overcrowded with child labor. have
been informed by Mr., William C. Hunt
chief statistician for population, that
the report of the census office for the
year 1900 when issued will show that
for the mainland of the United States,
excluding Alaska and Hawaii, there
were approximately, 1,75o,0O0 persons
from 10 to IS years of age, inclusive,
reported. as engaged in gainful occu-
pations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
EXHAUSTED BRAIN CELLS.
Loss of sleep and Need of Outdoor
Exercise Responsible for
Many Suicides.

Nerve specialists say that a great
of exhausted brain cells. When you
find yourself becoming morose and
Respondent, when you are conscious
that the zest of life is eyaporating,
that you are losing the edge of your
former keen interest in things general
ly, and that your life is becoming a
bore, you may be pretty sure that you
need more sleep, that you need country
or outdoor exercise. If you get these,
youwill find that all the old enthusiasm
will return. A few days of exercise in
the country rambling over the hills and
meadows, will erase the dark pictures
which haunt you, and will restore
buoyancy to your animal spirits, says
Success.
No man is in an absolutely normal
condition until he enjoys bare living,
and feels that existence itself is a
precious boon. No one is normal who
does not feel thankful, every day, that
he is alive, and that he can think and
act with vigor and effectiveness.
oh, to be strong; to feel the thrill of
life in every nerve and fiber in middle
life and old age as in youth; to enjoy
existence as do the young lambs and
calves which chase one another over
the fields and meadows and pastures;
to exult in mere living as boys do when
they glide over the fields of ice in the
crisp air of winter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
WHAT THE POPE SPENDS.
Head OF the Catholic Church Ia IA
Model Administrators of
Large Funds.

As pope, Leo's expenditures are
vast-without counting what he
spends on Catholic missions, on the in
ferior clergy, on churches and on ed
ucation, and upon the support of the
5000 people who populate the vatican.
he maintains within the palace walls.
the first factory of mosaics in the
world, while for works of art. saws an
article in Leshe's Monthly, he prob
ably spends more than any other gov
ernment-and though it is true the
vatican receives subscriptions of mon
ey from all parts of the world, of
which it does not distribute the half,
and that its treasures are continually
increasing, still it must be remem-
bered that after ten centuries Leo
XIII. is the first pope who assembled the
throne without temporal power. The
budget of the vatican at Christmas is
100000 francs. which are all the Of
ferings of the faithful, but it may be
imagined that an exceptional admin
istration is needed to obtain this sum
yearly, and the pope is a model admin
istrator.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
A PRAYER FULLY ANSWERED.
An Aged Negroes Account of the
Lords Goodness 10 Patrick
Henry.

Some Philadelphians visited Rich
mond, Va, and, asking as to the use of
this and that large building, were told
in every case that it was tobacco
factory. An aged negro gave them
the Information; and they, firing OF
the monotony of the reply, pointed to
white frame building on a hill, and
asked whose tobacco factory that was
says the Detroit News-Tribune. The
old fellow replied:
dat, sab, am no fatt'ry. Dat am
S'n Johns Episcopal church, where
Marse Patrick Henry done get up an
ak de Lawd glib him liberty or glib
him deaf"
"Well, uncle" asked one of the trio
(which did the Lord give himY
"'Pears to me yo' must be strangers
hereabouts," he answered; "else yo'd
all know dat, in due time, de Lawd
gabe Marse Henry bofe."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
CHANCE FOR YOUNGER SONS.
The Very --latest Idea Is Tint They
May Take Up the Occupation
of Chauffeur.

What an amazing world is this mod
ern world of ours! l have been read
ing again the letters of Horace Wal
pole, in which it is easy to see that the
only professions possible for a young
man of family were politics, the army
and the navy, says writer in Country
Life.
How we have changed all that in
little over a century. What is
there, nowadays that our golden youth
think derogatory? Certainly not turn
ing actor, going on the stock exchange,
taking photographs, running hotel.
Now that the war is over, the very
latest idea for useless younger sons is
that they shall take up the occupation
of chauffeur At the first blush this
seems an excellent idea. Charming for
miladi, for instance, to have an agree
able young man of good family at her
elbow every day driving her motor
car, instead of John, silent and obse-
quious, on the box of a carriage.
Indeed, know one gentleman chauf-
feur who has a remarkable good time
He has a little cottage all to himself
on the estate, and when the family are
short of an amusing man they ask him
up to the hall to dinner.
But at present this new profession
for younger sons is certainly more
dangerous than the army. Very rarely,
in any recent accident, has the driver
escaped being killed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

Enemies of civil service re-
form are pointing to the fact
that almost every man in the
Postoffice Department who has
been found guilty of wrong doing
held his place under the civil
service regulations. The hypo-
critics fail to say, however, that
not one of them came into the
service through the civil service
examinations but were appointed
before the civil service regula-
tions were put in force and as a
result of political influence.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
THE NEW TOMATO TREE.
Singular Specimen That Has Been
PFOpaSated from the Vines
al bears Fruit.

If one would be considered quite
sane one should not discuss the tree
tomato even yet. Otherwise one is
likely to be reasoned with gently,
and informed that tomatoes grow on
vines instead of trees, says the Phil
adelphia Record.
All this to the contrary notwith-
standing, there really is tree toma-
to. Such tree is grown by Mrs. Shep-
herd, at Ventura, Cal. She has
grown it several years, and feels that
it has a great future as a fruit for
shipping. 1t comes into bearing along
during the holidays, when fruits are
scarce, and ships long distances per-
fectly. Some say it is practically
hardy in California, This tree, how
ever, grows under glass.
As to the fruit, there seems to be
no understanding. Some call this rich,
tomato-tinted production fruit; 9TH
ers tomato, which is equivalent to a
vegetable. AS to flavors, it is said
to be cross between the tomato and
the plum, and is equally delicious as
a salad or dessert. Experts think
the day is. not far off when it will be
extensively grown. One good speci-
men, and about the easiest to get at
here in the east, is the one in the
Bronx botanical collection in New
York. For some time past this tree
has hung full of these rosy, plum
shaped fruits, or vegetables, which
hang singly or in clusters of two or
three or four.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
Up. spaIdlnw viii Buyn Back.

You assume no risk when you
buy Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrh9a Remedy. j. p.
Spalding will refund your money
if you are not satisfied after us.
ing it, 1t is everywhere admit
ted to be the most successful
remedy in use for bowel com
plants and the only one that
never fails. 1t is pleasant, safe
and reliable.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
JOINING THE FRENCH LEGION.
No QuestIons Asked or Proofs of
IdentIty Required of Stranger
al Applicants.

It is well-known that no questions
are asked of persons wishing to join
the French Foreign Legion, and that
no proofs of identity are required.
AS a matter of fact, there have been
cases of Frenchmen volunteering for
service in the legion, which is re-
served for foreign subjects, under a
false name and nationality, says a
London paper. A certain delay, never
theless, occurs between the applica-
ton and its acceptance, and there
appears to be a belief current among
the working classes that in order to
hasten the necessary formalities it is
sufficient to get locked up, it being
supposed that the police authorities
take the matter in hand and push it
forward. A bricklayer named AL
phonse Pade has found out to his
cost that this belief has no serious
foundation. September IS he called
at one of the Paris police stations
and requested the inspector on duty
to arrest him for vagrancy. The re-
quest being refused, Pade smashed a
"ihNON anu IhiS hdu Ihe ueSlISI ca
feet. In the police court he said that
he had acted in this way in order to
be admitted into the foreign legion
more rapidly, as he could get no
work in Paris. The judge asked how
long an interval was required to con-
clude the formalities, and on being
informed that the average was one
month, sent Pade to prison for that
time
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
Cholera Inrantunl.

This has long been regarded
as one of the most dangerous and
fatal diseases to which infants
are subject. 1t can be cured,
however, when properly treated.
All that is necessary is to give
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil,
as directed with each bottle. and
a cure is certain. For sale by j.
p. Spalding.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
sine of Grent Rrltnin.

Great Britain is only half as big
as Sumatra and double the size of
Newfoundland. 1t stands fifth in
point of size in the list of the worlds
islands. England, without Wales, is
almost identical in point of size with
Roumania. 1t is less than one-quar-
ter as big as France or Germany.
The whole British isles only occupy
the one-sixteenth hundredth part of
the surface of the globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

The following warrants against
Custer county will be paid with
interest TO date if presented
within sixty days from date of
this notice
CURRENT EXPENSE FUND.
Jan. Issue 1909.
No. 1.
Interest at .07 per cent. from
date OF registry to ten days after
date of advertisement.
ALICE FELKNFR,
County Treasurer
Challis, Ida, Jaly IA, 1908.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

Secretary Moody has discover
ed that it adds $50 tons to the
weight of battleship to make it
flagship. Every battleship
carries a weight of $50 tons made
up of Injuries and the extra lux
uries provided for the admiral
weigh $50 tons more. Mr.. Moody
will try and scale down this un-
necessary burden.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

Tortillas, the Mexican substitute
for wheat bread, are made from Sc
lected corn. The kernels are boiled
soft in lime water, and after being
thoroughly washed are rubbed be.
tween the hands to remove the outer
husk. They are then ground, while
wet, to a soft mass with stones or q
peanut butter mill, patted into thin
cakes, baked on a dry griddle and
eaten while still hot.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

my dear heroic Army" is the
way in which King Peter of Ser
via addresses the troops that had
the courage to advance, armed
with swords, rifles and pistols,
on an unarmed man and woman
and murder them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

There is no excuse for the
preacher who advocated lynch
ing in his sermon at Wilmington
but there is no denying that the
laws delays are responsible for
of the lynchings and similar out
RACES.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
Coal In France.

1t is only within the last 60 years
that coal has been mined on large
scale in France. In 1760 the output
was only 100000 tons. In 1913 it was
barely 100000 tons. Last year it
was 32,OO0.oO0.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
wnsteful Irrigation.

Attention has lately been directed
to the wasteful methods of irrigation
in use in our southwest. Measure
ments have shown that only AZ per
cent. of the water in the canals
reaches the fields, the rest being lost
in transit through seepage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

For lazy liver try Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's. They invigorate the liver,
aid the digestion, regulate the
bowels and prevent bilious at
tacks. For sale by j. p. Spald-
ing, druggist.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

Admiral Cotton has had to hold
his own against eight German
admirals and a punch bowl 16 by
26 inches across, at Kiel and from
all accounts he did it nobly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
wanhinRton,. Letter writ.r,.

Our national capital holds what is
probably a worlds record in letter
writing. Eachinhabitant spends about
1925 yearly in the purchase OF post
'ge stamps. ----
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

The Treasury officials have
discovered syndicate organized
TO defeat the immigration laws.
immigration makes such docile
voters that it has long flourished
undisturbed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

In Berlin restaurants oysters cost
from so to rs cents per dozen. They
are small and of inferior quality.
Cooked oysters are never seen on
German tables.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

Mr.. Roosevelt is attempting
the impossible task of cleaning
out the public corn-crib without
disturbing the old rats and their
antecedents.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

Americans bought in Paris last year
$4,000 worth of goose liver pie, $685.
COO of human hair, and $4,000 worth
OF mushrooms
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

There are many reasons for
believing that turn the rascals
out" will be the winning slogan
for the democrats in 1904.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

1t is to be hoped that Russia
will send a petition to the Presi-
dent against the burning of Grim
inals at the stake with legal trial.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-12
Cold Weather in Texas.

A Texas exchange publishes the fol
lowing, which indicates that they ar,
havlng-a hard winter down there:
1.-THE man with a capital equal tc
the value Of Texas cattle that dice
last night would be comfortably fxet
for the rest of his days"
"a traveller In the smoking car thi'
morning said; when we left ANA
rillo eighteen inches OF snow had
fallen and 1t was stlll showing. The
trains are blockaded at Amarillo OF
account of the snow north, and Supt
Scott, of the Denver, Is reported
showed in at Matlock, a switch ia
Hartley county. Cattle are dying al
over the plains, and things are look
ing tough out there.n