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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
Much the Same Thing.

81 want to see the parade" walled the
boy.
MY son." replied the father. who had
experienced the usual vicissitudes Of
civic celebrations, 'l|l put you in the
cider press and you'll have all the SEN
sations without going SO far for them.
Chicago Post.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
Mole. piner from mountains.

Girl with the Gibson Neck-Did you
go to that faith healer to have your
lame shoulder cured, as l suggested?
Girl with the Julia Marlowe Dimple-
Yes; but as soon as l saw her l came
away. She had mole on her nose, and
knew she wouldn't have let that stay
there If faith could have removed it,.
Chicago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
No Glasses.

And what do you think of the boy
who has moved in next door," in
CURED the visitor.
Really" replied the Boston child.
adjusting his spectacles. ''he appears
to be a non-intellectual parsonage. He
actually goes about with bare eyes,
Philadelphia Ledger.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
His idea OF It

Caller-So your papa and mamma are
going to take you to Europe with themi
Willie-Yes'
Caller-Aren't you afraid to go on the
ocean?
Willie-No'm, amt afraid o. nothing
I'm been vaccinated.-Philade
Ledger.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19

Hs-You haven't a mind above a new
hat.
She-And you haven't any mind undea
yours-Tit-Bits
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19

Entered In the Post Office at Richmond, Va
n second class matter.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
Wednesday, December IS.

Two men were found dead and q
third dying, in New York, from drink
ing wood alcohol.
The Pennsylvania rolling mills, at
Lancaster, Pa. employing 400 hands,
have shut down indefinitely.
The Virginia legislature has passed
a bill appropriating $4,000 for state
building at the st. Louis fair.
William J. Buchanan, the first Unit
ed States minister to the Republic of
Panama, sailed from New York for
Panama to take up his new duties.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19

Want Panama to Assume $4,000, ooc
London, Dec. 15.-The correspondent
OF the Morning Leader at The Hagu
says it is reported there that both Hol
land and Great Britain insist that tn
Republic of Panama shall assume liza
bility for $15,000,0o0 of the Colombian
debt.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19

Ia Communications intended for publication
skoubd be sent as to reach as by Wednesday
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19

ana prove mute witnesses to the skill
of the black man in this department of
the army of the Confoderacy. The
Negro was at home in the kitchen
too, and as one of the greatest English
Generals has declared that an army
travels upon its stomach, the Negro with
the skillet was most important ad-
junct to the Confederate Army. His
knowledge of lifting somebody else's
chicken or confiscaring somebody else's
hog, or travelling with some body else's
sheep served him a good turn and many
Confederate officer sat down and
waxed fat over the stolen provisions
furnished his table by the sable cook of
the Southland.
Talk about Negro messengers, why,
SIT, there is nothing that will give a
southern bred ex-slave.owner more
satisfaction. He likes Negroes and
dogs with the same affection that the
first named individual feels for his pets
of the sunny cline.
In Readjuster times it was the mix
ture Of the poor whites" and Negroes
so you said that swept the state from It's
feet, emphasized the Ri6dleberger Bill
and permanently settled one of the
greatest questions of modern times
The principle was never saved, but the
offices were recovered and this wa.
what the white politicians were after
Certainly the editor of the News
LEADER is not so poorly informed upor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01

to Russia, and in the Kola peninsula.
1t is certain that the Lapp lived
much farther south than he is found
at present, for traces of the language
are found in the dialect of the Swedes.
Some Lapps are still found about the
63d parallel, where their domain is
clearly limited by the lichens supply
ing the sustenance of their reindeer
herds.
Universally known by their Swedish
appellation, "Lapps," they speak a
Finnish language which still preserves
archaic roots and forms which have
disappeared from modern Finnish, but
though officially designed as "Finn"
in Norwegian Finmark, they are clear
ly distinguished from the Firms prop
er, not only by the contrast produced
by clothing and different customs, but
also by their physical features and
the form of their crania.
Until recently the Lapps were also
supposed to differ from the rest of
mankind by an absolute ignorance of
song. Although apparently incapable
of uttering notes pleasing to the Eng
lish ear, it is a fact that they are
quite capable of musical intonation
much resembling a Russian dirge.
Although most of the men are great
brandy drinkers, one seldom sees
them drunk. With families coffee is
the chief beverage, which those who
can afford the expense drink many
times a day, mixing it with sugar,
milk, salt, cheese, bread, blood and
even dripping.
Thanks to the salubrity of the eli
mate, in spite of foul air and the filth
of their novels, they are remarkably
healthy. Those few who live to be
seventy or more generally have red
and sore eyes, caused by the smoke
of their tents and novels, and their
long journeys across the sunlit SHOWS.
1t is no unusual sight to see the
women squatted on a grass plot sew
ing on skin clothing and smoking
their pipes. Their huts are composed
of simple comic frame, made of light
birch branches covered with canvas
or something wooden, leaving the
smoke to escape through hole in the
top.
1t is not strange that the aged wom-
en- are ugly when it is remembered
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01
The KnelI Of the irish Joke.

Wherever the breezes carry
The language that Shakespeare spoke
The chambers of progress echo
The Enell of the Irish joke.
Wherever the sun is vying
With the warmth of the Celtic soul.
From the belfries of truth, the dirges
For scorn and for falsehood roll.
In land that is strange in it's humor,
Ever comic itself in its mirth,
The jibe at the conquered and frfendless.
And the rough burlesque had their
birth,
Like the plague that journeys in vessels.
This tasteless derision spread,
And the scorn of a realm then building
Was heaped on the builders head.
But the shackles on Celtic effort,
The walls by the tyrant laid,
After ages, at length lie shattered
On the highways a new age made.
In the regions whose name should be
Future"
The dawn of a new day broke,
As a mist from our race 1t is rolling
The curse of the Irish joke
Thomas ]. Regain in The Pilot.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01
WHY SHE LIKED VENUS.
Housemaid's Preference Had Very
Practical Basis.

Housemaid's Preference Had Very
Practical Basis.
"a practical point of view will in
fuence even an artistic judgment"
said the lady with the Burne-Jones
chignon, ''as I discovered the other
day when my new servant seemed to
take such interest in the objects of
art in my parlor as no maid of the
many who have preceded her in the
house ever showed. Pleased with her
really intelligent interest in my pic
lures and bric-a-brac, l took pains to
show her the best points of each OBJ
ject, and really l found the task a
pleasant and unique experience. But
wish now that had not asked her,
as / did at the end of the impromptu
exhibition, which of the objects she
liked best.
This is the one like best,
ma'am,' said Mary, pointing with her
feather buster to the armless Venus
of Milo.
Well, thought I, this is getting
more and more interesting. Here is
Mary showing high artistic Judgment
And why do you like the Venus
best, Mary?' l asked, anxious to hear
her estimate of the famous statue.
Why sure, maam, it's the aisiest
to doost!' replied Mary, and l hastily
closed the private view"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01

OF crashing glass / lost consciousness.
Weeks and weeks. | am told. |
lowered at deaths door with brain
fever. from which | finally emerged
alive, due to the skill of my nurse,
the lady you see sitting across the ta-
BILE there-my wife.
There was scarcely bottle or pane
of slass in the laboratory that was not
broken to fragments, and thousands
OF dollars worth of fine instruments
were rendered useless.
NAgathos was blown completely to
atoms, and | am told it was with d,fi.
Guilty that enough of his remains could
be found to give decent burial
When l recovered completely was
placed in the sweat box by the facul.
ty to ascertain the cause of the explo-
sion; but as you may surmise. they
never learned the exact formula of
that dangerous composition.
MY once black hair turned to
snowy white, and for long time af-
terward | would wake with a sort of
nightmare to experience the sensa-
ton of cold steel penetrating my vi
tails.
"The immortality of the soul, or its
very existence may remain in doubt,
but | still have the fifth century parch-
ment that came near sacrificing me to
the cause of science, and | never re-
gard its uncial text without shud-
der"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01
A binding flash, a lar that must have

A binding flash, Jar that must have
shaken the building to its founda.
ton.
the entire chest of everything but the
intervening thin membrane, so the ac.
ton of the various organs could be OBJ.
served while the patient was yet alive.
1t was thus that Agathos expected to
pry into the secrets of the Almighty
and observe the transit of the human
soul.
1t was clear the Greek was crazy.
and it is fact that insane persons
always select their dearest friends for
victims.
"At last heard his footballs swift
ly coming along the empty aisles,
tianked on either hand with racks of
phials, retorts and glassware of all
kinds, and | could well see my finish.
Il could discern the subtle odor of
ether, and as he stopped over me, his
eyes burned almost with the fury of
lion!
His next act was to deftly remove
all covering from my chest and for an
instant he listened attentively to the
beating of my heart. Next he began
to sharpen those murderous looking
surgical knives, of which he had a
goodly supply. and having completed
this task to his satisfaction, he I'M
corked a large bottle of ether. the
only known anesthetic of that time
and began saturating a sponge with
1t, when strange suffering sound
from the direction of the rack where
had been conducting my experiment
caused him to desist.
Already I saw salvation in sight,
for, as the student of even elementary
chemistry knows, concentrated acids
heat violently when they combine
with other substances; even with wat
er, and | knew the mixture of nitro
carbon Il was using the light hydro
carbon, turpentine, instead of glycer-
incl with powerful nitric acid, had
gone too long without attention. An
explosion was likely to occur at any
moment.
Anyhow, reflected, l had much
rather be blown to atoms than to be
cut up piece-meal while yet alive.
While the sputtering continued Aga
thos regarded it with an air of uncer.
tainty, as IL undecided what to do
with the mess
"The insidious drug with which /
was charged-it must have been Co
caine-was beginning to leave me, so
that | was able to partly turn, and l
am since thankful l turned my back in
the right direction, else l would have
been blinded.
"Agathos was bending over my APP
paratus, which contained full quart
of substance more powerful and even
more unstable than nitro-glycerine,
when, the cooling bath not being re-
newed, it exploded by reason of the
excess of heat.
There was a binding flash, Jar
that must have shaken the building to
l its foundations. and amid the sound
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01
THE STUDENTS STORY.
BY VIM. w. REEVES.
Copyrighted 1908 oy The authors Publishing oompaa

ut makes me nervous to think Of
It., said the old druggist as we gath
cred around the cheerful fire one win
ter evening. YES, it was close call.
II was ambitious those days, and |
determined before leaving the univer-
sity to make a mark for myself in the
field of chemistry, and you may be
sure | was working hard.
''In those early days, liquifed car
bonic acid agas was merely labora-
tory experiment, and high explosives.
outside of gun cotton. were compare
lively unknown.
ut was in this field that was work
ing, and it was due to the premature
explosion of a mixture akin to nitro
glycerine that | think owe my life.
Attending the university at the
time was student by the name of
Agathos, a Greek he certainly was,
and his stupendous intellect made him
always a welcome companion, in fact,
he and / were quite chummy, and
when was not busy with chemistry,
we were solving knotty problems con-
corning the construction of the uni
verse.
"On the night that my hair turned
gray continued the doctor--glancing
at the still raven locks of his wife
who sat opposite, 81 had kept the ma
ture of my secret well, and not even
my student friends knew the danger
GUS composition in the huge beakers
which I WAS manfnuIatinp
Il think the hour was IL p. M, or
thereabouts, and was alone in the
recesses of the main laboratory, busy
with combination of nitrates and car
bon, when hearing a step, l turned
and saw the face of my friend Aga
thos.
For some moments he watched me
rs observed the thermometer in the
nitric bath, and then we engaged in
conversation.
Brown he murmured, I have to-
day separated a new alkaloid, from
the plant coca-erythroxylon, and its
effects on the human system are truly
remarkable-here, try a dose; taste
less as water, assure you; and, fool
1h0t was lOOh lH5 pTOH0r6u glass
of water, into which he dissolved a
fine white powder, and have always
regretted that did So
THE subtle drug paralyzed every
muscle of my body and bereft me of
the power of speech; was like one
in trance; my intellect, howveer,
was unimpaired-nay even stimulat-
ed, and my eyesight was good, for all
l could not turn my eyes in their sock
cts.
''It was at this iuncture l learned
that was alone with mailman!
Deity he removed the parapher-
MALTA from an operating table, and lift
ing me bodily | was soon lying on the
marble slab, as If a subject for the
clinic
Now | could hear him mutter. 4
shall soon test the material qualities
of the human soul-but must have
those dissecting instruments;' and
while he was gone was engaged in
the most agonizing reflections.
II remembered that in all our pre-
vlous discourse on life and immortal
ity he had argued that the human
soul, If there was one, was as materi-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01
Texas Finds a Remedy.

Fate, Tex, Sept 21st.-Texas has
seldom, If ever, had such profound
sensation, as that caused by the intro
duction recently of a new remedy for
Kidney diseases. This remedy has
already been tried in thousands of
cases, and in almost every case the
results have been wonderful.
Henry Vaughan, of Rural Route,
No. 8, Fate, says of it:
II suffered with Kidney Trouble for
over Is months. l was very bad and
could get nothing to help me till
heard of the new remedy, Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. l began to use these pills,
and very soon found myself improv-
ing. l kept on and now can say am
absolutely cured and free from any
symptom of my old trouble.
Il am very glad heard of this
wonderful remedy and would
strongly advise anyone suffering with
Kidney trouble to try it, for know it
will cure"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01
The Rarest Bird.

There is a peculiar bird commonly
known as the "kiwi." its scientific
name being apteryx mantelli. 1t is
the lowest form of bird which exists,
but is so scarce that scientists are
happy to get specimen, in any con.
dition. 1t is absolutely without wings
or tail; its legs are short, stubby. but
very strong, and are used by this bird
for digging. The body covering is a
cross between hair and feathers-a
material which is very coarse. They
can develop great speed, and make a
desperate fight when attacked. Breed
ing them in captivity has utterly fail.
ed, and only few museums can
boast of a specimen. They are now
very rarely found in the forests and
swamps in the north Of New Zealand
New York Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01

squalid novels or tents, free, how
ever, from fleas, which do not thrive
along The coast.
Since the middle of the seventeenth
century all the Lapps, it is claimed,
have professed Christianity. They
already possess a small religious lit
erature, and follow the rites prescribed
in the several local governments in
whose territory they dwell. Thus In
Scandinavia they are all Lutherans,
in Russia orthodox Greeks, but be-
fore they became Christians the
magic Crum played a part in their
ceremonies, as did also the pine OF
birch bark on which the wizard figur-
ed instruments, animals, men or gods.
This bark, or run tree as the
Norsemen called it, was consulted on
all important occasions, and the inter
probation of the mysterious signs was
considered the greatest art and high
est wisdom. The last of the rune"
trees was said to have been DESTROYED
about the middle of the seventeenth
century. The "seitch"-curiously
SNNPSN oNChSS5 oOlhCllIuSo IuuGly cary
ed, around which the rites were cele-
brated-were thrown into the lakes
and the rivers by the Laps them
selves. A few are preserved in the
Swedish museums.
The dog, the Lapp's best friend,
without which he could not rule his
herds, is no longer buried with his
master; but certain shells, the souls
of the dogs" are thrown into the
grave. The feast of the summer sol
stice also is here, as elsewhere in
Europe, celebrated with bonfres kim
died on the hilltops. But if the fet.
ishes have disappeared, many of the
old ceremonies survive, and some
strongly SAVIOR of heathenism. There
still survive traces of old pagan Gus.
toms analogous to the Chamanism of
the Mongolians.
Travellers who have studied the peo-
pie predict that it will not be MANY
years before the Lapp as distinct
type will be no more. His domain is
being slowly encroached upon by the
Swedish and Finnish colonists, and he
is being driven to permanently settle
on the coast, where he will find more
abundant supplies of food and gradu-
ally become blended into tho surround
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01
HOW THEY READ THE PAPER.
Varying Departments Which Interest
Different People.

varying departments WnlcH interest
Different People.
"Very old persons" said an observ-
er, NEARLY always, on unfolding their
newspapers, turn to the personal col
umns. This is because, in the first
place, they are more likely to find
news of their friends there than in the
news columns or in any other part of
the paper; and, because, in the second
place, they are interested in personal
matters-they have the subject so
much in their minds.
Young girls turn first to the soci-
ETY. news and weddings, and after that
to the fashions. Young men of the
healthy, open-air sort, turn first to the
sporting news; while boys univer-
sally turn to this page, too. The actor,
of course, reads the dramatic col
umns, and the writer the book re-
views; but neither of these depart
ments, l fancy, does any part of the
disinterested public consult first of
all.
The elderly gentleman of pompous
appearance reads the leaders first:
while his corpulent, cheerful wife
reads the recipes on the household
page. Some clergymen read the wills
OF the dead, to see what charities have
been remembered with requests.
There are many people who read the
crimes, the scandals and the shocking
accidents first. Poets, as rule, will
not read the newspapers at ALL
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01
CUBS FOOD.
They Thrive on erape.Nuts.

Healthy babies don't CRY and tba
well nourished baby that is fed ~
Grape-Nuts is never a CRYING babv
Many babies who cannot take any
other food relish the perfect food
Grape-Nuts and get well.
MY little baby was given nm hu
three doctors who said that the con
densed milk on which l had fed II bad
ruined the child's stomach. Ono of
the doctors told me that the onIv
thing to do would be to try Crane.
Nuts, so | got some and prepared n 40
follows: l soaked IL tablesnoonf,,1s
in one pint of cold water for hole -
hour then strained off the linuid ond
mixed IL teaspoonfuls of this stroin
ed Grape-Nuts juice with six teasnoon-
fuls of rich milk, put in a pincb 90
salt and a little sugar, warmed n and
gave it to baby every two hours
In this simple, easy way saved
baby's life and have built her nm 80
strong healthy child rosy and iawos
ing. The food must certainly ba ne
feet to have such a wonderful effaot
as this. | can truthfully saw 7 tbtnls
1t is the best food in the world 70
raise delicate babies on and is a,so
a delicious healthful food for ero S,rso
ups as we have discovered in orr fa,a
lily" Name given bv Pest lam
Battle Creek, Mich. w.
Grape-Nuts is equally valuabla 20
the strong, healthy man or woman
Grape-Nuts food stands for tbe trro
theory of health. 0 'iue
Look In each package for a conv
of the famous little book 9TH oopy
to MELVILLE" i'oau
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01
Women Brokers.

Two young women in New York
have lately made hit as stock brok-
ers. One of them was a school teach
er. Many women would rather deal
with woman broker when possible;
and the men in the same line like
her because she carries on her af-
fairs in businesslike way. The
other woman broker, who has an up
town office, is just as discreet and
systematic. They are both making
money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01
strenuous Times In Prosneot-

otto Failmetzger, a schoolmaster of
schwerin, Germany, was run down the
other day by a motor car. He was
badly bruised, but was well enough to
beat the driver into insensibility. Next
ne seized an axe and smashed the
car. The driver is now suing for dam.
ages for assault, the owner of the
motor car is suing him for damages
and the schoolmaster counterclaims
Tor the loss of suit of clothes
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01

cabinet officer Of the MiI'ado re-
,on,1v referred to the fact that there
are $50 600 trachoma patients In ia
pan, and that in Tohoku district It's II Is
impossible to obtain the requisite
number of recruits for the army il
some sufferers from this disease are
NOT admitted. adding: THE Japanesk
army will physically collapse II thlnes7
are to go on in this manner. lr.N
choma is a chronic Inflammation OF
the eyeids which contracts them In
ward until the lashes scratch the pu'
nil causing in many cases, blindness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01
THE REAL LAPLANDER


The real Laplanders are of semi
Asiatic origin. To-day they are very
few in number, but exceedingly inter-
esting by reason of their physical as
oect, origin and manner of life. Partly
nomad, they are thickly scattered over
a vast area in the northern extremity
of the Scandinavian peninsula along
the upper courses of the Swedish riv-
ers flowing to the gulf of Bothnia, in
the Finnish territory ceded by Sweden
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-01

In Germany there is society Tor
the protection of cats, and Herr Pohl.
it's president, recently drew attention
10 the fact that in the royal castle of
Nymphenbourg there is a cat winch
Las lived for forty-two years and Is
still lively and vigorous. Cats says
Herr Pohl, ARE in many respects ike
numan beings. The more quiet and
well conducted they are the longer
they are likely to live In Germany
there are many old cats, but the one
at Nymphenbourg is evidently the
Oldest of ALL" Others maintain that
this wonderful cat is the Oldest in
the world, and challenge any one to
prove that hey are mistaken.-Sci-
ence Siftings.