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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23
THE MEN AND WOMEN
Who Enjoy the Choicest Products
of the Worlds Commerce.
Knowledge of What Is Rest More linz
pOrtant Than Wealth With
out It,

1t must be apparent to every one that
qualities of the highest order are neces-
sary to enable the best of the products of
modern commerce to attain permanently
to universal acceptance However loudly
heralded, they may not hope for world wide
prominence unless they meet with The
general approval, not of individuals only,
but of the many who have the happy
faculty of selecting, enjoying and learn
ing the real worth of the choicest prod
ucts. Their commentator, consequently,
becomes important to others, since to
meet the requirements of the we'll in
formed of all countries the method of
manufacture must be of the most per-
feet order and the combination the most
excellent of its kind. The above is true
not Of food products only, but is espe-
cially applicable to medicinal agents and
after nearly a quarter of century of
growth and general use the excellent
remedy. Syrup of Figs. is everywhere
accepted, throughout the world as the
best OF family laxatives. Its quality is
due not only to the excellence of the
combination of the laxative and carmin-
alive principles of plants known to act
most benefcially on the system and pre-
scented in the form of pleasant and re-
freshing liquid, but also to the method
of manufacture of the California Fig
ty and purity essential in remedy in
tended for family use. Ask any physi-
clan who is well informed and he will
answer at once that it is an excellent
laxative. If at ali eminent in his pro-
fession and has made a special study of
taxatives and their effectn upon the sys-
tenn he will tell you that it is the best
of family laxatives, because it is sim
pie and wholesome and cleanses and
sweetens the system effeetually, when
laxative is needed, without any I'M
pleasant after-effects. Every well-in-
formed druggist of reputable standing
knows that Syrup of Figs is an excel
lent laxative and is glad to sell it, at
the regular price of fifty cents per bot
tie, because it gives general satisfac-
tion, but one should remember that in
order to get the beneficial effects of
Syrup of Figs 1t Is necessary to buy the
genuine, which is sold in original pack
ages only; the name of the remedy
Syrup of Figs and also the full name of
the Company California Fig Syrup Co.
printed on the front of every package.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23

equal somethin' else' and before yer
know 1t he can tell how long his old
boat will hold together il the tide
amt more'n so high 8 times a winter
and there amt more'n rats a-gnawin
of the hull
THE capn's got a fiddle, too, and
he plays for the parties we have Wis.
itin' round to one another's decks in
the summer l guess if none of the
rest of us didn't know enough to write
our own name, which amt so, Capn
Holly's got enough learnin' for big.
ger fleet of scows than this.
Were honest, too and don't steal
coal If the Erie does back their trains
full of it right down here before our.
face and eyes on a cold night. We
don't touch it. We just chop away at
our own bows and get all the fuel we
need"
Then the mistress of the laker, to
point her speech in the morals of the
colony, busted off one of those big
family Bibles, which, placed on top of
a coil of tarred rope, make a con
yenient and comfortable stool.
The family Bible not only contained
the family record, but the more inn
portant dates of launching, profitable
voyages and final stranding on the
fats of the houseboat
But we've got to get out" groaned
caller from boat beached along
side, as she unfolded her dispossess
notice and compared it once more
with that of her hostess. THAT Erie
Hasn't every one of us paid 81 month
for years for the privilege of being
aground here?
And now he comes round and calls
us fool things like the party of the
second part; he's the first part, and he
thinks the whole thing. An, as If 1t
wasn't enough to turn us out of house
and home, he charges us all for court
that we amt never been to and on
top of that chucks 80 cents more for
what he calls mileage to Jersey City.
You can go to Jersey City for nickel.
But that amt the worst of it.
We've all got to turn to and live in
houses and pay rent and buy coal,
cause you can't chop up a piece of
your house for kindling."
Eyes, interrupted the hostess, with
sigh, land there's them janitors. l
called on a cousin of mine once that
lived in house and she was having
such row with man that thought
he must be her husband, and UP and
told her that she ought to get di-
vorce. She just laughed and says:
Lor, me, that's the janitor.'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23

already retired from going and com
Ing on the rivers and canals and for
those, still in commission, who are
looking forward to long years of rest
with the boat bottoms hard and fast
on the flats. The available mud spots
are getting scarce and one colony of
wreck dwellers after another is being
ousted to make room for improvement.
Less than two years ago there was a
happy settlement of fifty or more fam
lilies living on rotting lakers. scows
and bull heads at the foot of Fifteenth
street, Hoboken, but the improver
came along with dredge to convert
part of their mud fiat into good solid
ground for warehouses and to dig
out the rest of 1t for a ship BASIN
And the colonists had to flee before
the digging and the dredging.
And only the other day the Erie
man picked his way along the crum-
bling plank of an old wharf at the foot
of Seventeenth, Hoboken, with nine
dispossess notices in his pocket, one
for each family in the last colony OF
canal boat families on the west shore
of the North River
The last colony to fall under the ban
Of Improvement and be ordered out to
make room for some more spur tracks
and new pier was established twenty
years ago, when Capt Wade retired
from active boating. He's now 70.
Capt. Wade has read his dispossess
notice every hour or so since he got it,
hoping to discover that he was mis-
taken when he read 1t first and got the
impression that he must move.
I've been a-boatin sixty years." he
said, land this is the worst thing I've
run afoul of. It's worst than the in
surance company's Dustin and the
wreck of my two lakers. That all hap
pened about the same time.
Il had two as good grain boats as
ever went through the canal and they
were both insured But steamship
cut into the tow one day and both my
boats went down. And when | went
ashore to get the insurance | found
that the company had busted just the
day before.
Il got little somethin' out of the
steamship and bought an old boat with
1t, but it got SO leaky that couldn't
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23

their shoulders and at the same time
look down to avoid the holes.
The rotting pier is the board walk
OF the colony. 1t is also the common
source of fuel supply. There are spur
plank walks leading from it to the
deck of each wreck.
or course, horses and hearse could
never get down there, so when the end
comes for any member of the colony
the neighbors volunteer to board up
enough holes to make a reasonably
safe path and then a guide walks
ahead of the bearers to the waiting
hearse a quarter of mile away on
solid ground
THAT rotten old wharf amt so bad
as you might think" said one of the
women members of the colony. You
see, it's so full of holes that thieves
don't dare come down here at night,
and the missionaries and folks like
that botherin people with fool notions
are too squeamish to come down herr
days.
The last missioner that came down
here fell half way through hole, and
IL she hadn't weighed nigh onto $50
pounds she'd gone way through into
the mud. There's some of her tracts
now stuffed in that crack over the
window.
But you mustn't think that we are
sinful folks just because we don't like
to have busybodies poBin' around
aboard the boats and actin as If they
thought we were heather. We amt
sinful in particular, and we amt so
all powerful ignorant as you might
think, an we amt what you'd call
slums.
There's old Cap'n Holly on the bull
head boat over there with the green
and blue cabin, that's probably got
more book learnin than half the folks
on shore. We call him the hermit
cause he's lived alone over there for
fifteen years and don't do nothin' but
do sums and read the Bible and old
sermons.
'Tain't all figgers that he does
sums in either, but he has letters. He
says, Let equal somethin and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23
HOW HE SHOWED JUDGMENT.
Successful Man Realized Inability TO
Make Accurate Forecast.

Successful Man Realized Inability to
Make Accurate Forecast.
This from man Of success: "My
business requires as much decision as
picking winners on a racetrack or
buying stocks in Wall street. l mean
that judgment is CURED l have to
figure out in my own mind in my own
way what to do in order to accom-.
plish a certain purpose. Long ago l
recognized fully that only per cent
OF the human race is successful in
following its own judgment. Just
think: Out of 100 good men, of aver
age brains, SO go wrong in following
their judgment and z go right. Well,
| agreed with myself that should be
one of the SO, so, after diligently
working out plan of action and cast
ing my vote one way, | always did
the opposite. If l figure out to-day
that steel is going down buy some
OF 1t, coppering my judgment. In that
way | have achieved success that to
some may seem marvellous. | am com.
2limented on my judgment, whereas
IN truth | am coppering myself every
moment of my life" That's where he
shows judgment.-New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23
rhe Mother,a Modest REQUEST.

Where the welfare of her child is
concerned, a mothers nerve is as
great as her love. A lady called up
the telephone exchange yesterday
morning, says an exchange, and made
this remarkable request: Say, Cen
trail, want to go over to Mrs. Smiths
for a while and have no one to leave
the baby with. So l have put her crib
right in front Of the telephone and
will leave the receiver down. If you
hear her crying please call me up at
Mrs. Smiths" The shock of this re-
quest was so great that Central
dropped her gun and said, Busy" to
the next eleven people who called up.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23
THE POINT OF RESEMBLANCE
Wherein Modern Craftsman Was Like
Unto Daniel Webster.

Wherein Modern Craftsman Was LIks
Unto Daniel Webster.
There was in Washington a few
years ago an old negro who was noted
for his recollections of all the famous
statesmen of antebellum days. To him
one day came rather pompous mem.
Der of comparatively recent Con-
gress, who resembled some of the IA
nous forensic giants of old only in his
capacity for ardent spirits. He had
his customary cargo aboard and was
inclined to be colloquial So he adj
dressed the old negro patronizingly:
Uncle Daniel, / understand that you
used to know Webster, Clay, Calhoun
and all the celebrated statesmen of
before-the-war times" ooh, vas, sub;
members dem all" responded the
old negro. swell, Daniel, l have been
told that | look like Daniel Webster.
Can you see any resemblance" well
yes, sub; yo' does mind me pow'ful
o. Mars Webstah in some respecks. :"
indeed! In what particulars do 1 re
mind you of Daniel Webster?" in
quired the now thoroughly flattered
statesman. "Mosly in de BRET, sub, ]"
responded Daniel; "mos'ly in de BRET"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23
LIVE ON CANAL BOATS.
Colony of Contentej People Which the March Of
ment Has Forced From Their Homes-Intcrvew
With One of the Women Members

For real contentment there Is only
one thing that beats living on a canal
boat afloat and that is living in a
canal boat that will never float again,
that has gone out of commission and
become houseboat on a mudflat, says
writer in the New York Sun.
There is an abode that is neither
taxed at real estate nor levied on for
tonnage dues. 1t is Just a wreck, but
a wreck with lace curtains at the
windows, canary birds singing in the
cabin, and the old cook stove still
blazing in the galley
But there is cause for worry on the
part of the boatmen and their families
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23
OUT OF THE RACE.
One Page of the House is Thoroughly
Up to Date.

One Page of the House is Thoroughly
UP to Date.
A certain member of the house, who
was defeated for reelection, had for
four years as favorite one of the
little pages of the house. The mem.
Der was constantly doing little things
to please the boy. of whom he was
very fond.
When the member returned this
winter the page seemed to be un.
aware of his existence. He never Wis.
tied him, and failed to take luncheon
with him, as he had often done. The
member, mystified, called him one
day and inquired the reason for the
breaking off of the friendship.
well, it's this way" replied the
page, "You have been defeated, and
am only playing favorites, so, you
see, I can't be bothered with you any
more"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23
Dogs as Beasts Of Burden.

Rev. Jacob Kurtz recently caused a
sensation In Pennsylvania by driving
from Chambersburg to York, fifty
three miles in small cart, which was
drawn by two large dogs. The dogs
did not seem to mind it, and the par
son evidently enjoyed it, for he made
Almost as good time as he could have
made with horse
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23

get cargo, so gave towboat man
IS to shove me in here on this mud fiat
and I've lived here ever since. | was
the founder OF this colony. All hands
came over on my boat three years ago
to my wife's funeral"
From his cabin Capt Wade has a
good view OF the open river and the
neighbors say that since his wife died
he hasn't done anything but sit on
deck with a spyglass looking at the
long strings of canal boats and barges
towing up and down stream.
Funerals in the colony are frequent,
and they always mean lot of work
for the men folk. They have to go
out before the day of the service and
make patches on the old wharf, be-
cause four men can't carry coffin on
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23
A Possible catastronhe-

my dear!" said frightened hus.
hand in the middle of the night, shak-
ing his wife. where did you put that
bottle Of strychnine?" "On the shelf
next to the peppermint" ooh, Lord!"
he groaned, "Ive swallowed it'll"
"Well, for goodness sake" whispered
his wife. keep quiet or you'll wake
the baby"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23
Recastlnn Ideas.

There are epochs in the history OF
the human race when the decayed
branches fall from the tree of human
ity, and when institutions, grown old
and exhausted sink and leave space
for fresh institutions, full of sap,
which renew the youth and recast the
ideas of a people.-Lamartine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23
Alive or nead2

At Seattle, Wash, an ordinance has
been introduced in the council provid-
ing for $500 reward for the delivery
of the body of any highwayman or
burglar at the city hall.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23

A Refuge In Time of Trouble.
A man never knows what con-
science he has until asked to tell a
lie to shield some one he never liked
very well, anyway.-Atchison
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23
His Repentance Was Real.

W. L. Coombs, Rock Island sec
don foreman of Liberal, Kan, shot
and killed Arthur Smith last June, but
was not convicted. He was converted
at Salvation Army meeting recently.
and as the result he has turned all his
property over to the mother of his
victim and agreed to pay her $40 a
month as long as she lives.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23

Many women and doctors do
not recognize the real symptoms
Of arrangement Of the female
organs until too late.
81 had terrible pains along my
spinal cord for two years and suffered
dreadfully. was given different
medicines, wore plasters; none of
these things helped me. Reading of
the cures that Lydia Il. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has brought
about, l somehow felt that it was
what l needed and bought bottle to
take. How glad 1 am that l did 30
two bottles brought me immense re-
lief, and after using three bottles more
felt new life and blood surging
through my veins. 1t seemed as
though there had been regular house
cleaning through Eay system, that all
the sickness and poison had been taken
out and new life given me instead.
have advised dozens of my friends to use
Lydia e. Pinkham'S Vegetable
Compound. Good health is indis-
pensable to complete happiness, and
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has secured this to me-"
Mrs. LAURA L.. BREMER, Crown
Point, Indiana, Secretary Ladies Relief
Corps. $4,000 forfeit II original of above isttsS
Proufng gsnuinsnsss cannot be produced.
Every sick woman who does not
understand her ailment should
write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass. Her advice is free and
always helpful. :
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23

Economy is the road to wealth.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYE is the
road to economy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an lnfallible
medicine for coughs and colds IN. w. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. j. Feb. IL, 1900
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-23

Gertrude Atherton to Write Plays.
Gertrude Atherton, who has returned
to New York from her visit to Den.
park is to branch out as a dramat,st
The Washington times., 1903-03-17
PRETTY GIRLS DINED
BY YOUNG CHINAMAN
Banquet Given in Honor of His Sunday
School Teacher.

PHILADELPHIA, March 17.-Eleven
pretty young women were the guests Of
honor at banquet in Chinatown last
night Chinese cooks prepared the food.
aad Chinese walters served It at a
Chinese restaurant.
Ellen S. Rehrig was the one for whom
the banquet was given. and the host was
her Sunday SCHOOL pupil. Harry Lee Yup,
a young Chinaman, who has been learn
ing how 10 make locomotives at the
Baldwin works. and attending the Zion
Episcopal Church.
In addition to the eleven young women
and Mr.. Yup. the Rev. Lee Hong and
Tong Jim. president Of the Chinese Y.
NJ. c. A, were present The menu was
in words OF one syllable, but it had to
be translated for the benefit of the
guests. who were pleased TO learn that
bow low meant pineapple.
The dish OF the evening was woe far
shook, which consisted OF broiled Chi
nese sparrows. For the most part. how
ever, American food was served under
Chinese names, and there was even ice
cream. masquerading as DIT toygo. oys-
ters we're san no; chicken croquets. 500
kou yook egg salad, san toy don. Chi
nese Hsh. tou bou pin; sponge cake. dim
sum: preserves. gum quat: bread. men
bow, and tea. ho tar
The couvenlrs were Chinese coins. one
being supplied 10 each guest II was ex-
planned that a thousand Of these were
equivalent 10 an American penny o"''
The Washington times., 1903-03-17
PAID POSTAGE IN
EXCESS OF RATES
Colonel Dudley Calls Attention to I'm
necessary Extravaganza

Writing under date OF February q.
1908. Consul L. Edwin Dudley. Of Van
couver, says that he frequently receives
publications, and sometimes letters. on
which the senders have paid excessive
postage, and that many persons seem TO
be ignorant Of the fact that on matter
mailed to Canada the same postage is
required as on matter mailed to points
in the United States.
Il am" adds Mr.. Dudley. a regular
subscriber for a daily newspaper pub
lished in an Eastern city. Notwita-
standing the fact that have several
times called the publisher attention
10 the matter. often receive the daily
under a 2-cent stamp and the Sunday
edition under a 5-cent stamp.
The postage thus paid amounts TO
the price OF the paper as sold az home
by the newsboys and to considerably
more than what I pay for an annual
subscription. This paper should come
10 me at pounds rates, as II goes 10
points in the United States"
The Washington times., 1903-03-17
PLAYED At MIDNIGHT
AT FRIENDS GRAVE
Promised TO Do So on the Eve of Every
St. Patrick's Day.

READING. Pa, March 17.-Alvah o.
schaeffer. a cornetist. again went TO the
grave of Thomas Hannahoe al the Catho-
lie Cemetery at midnight and rendered
a number OF decea sed's favorite selcc-
tions. Hannshoe was a native OF ire
land and quite a conspicuous figure in
Peading until his death. half a dozen
years ago.
Schaeffer was his best friend Before
ne died Hannahoe requested of the mu-
sician that as long as he was physically
able he would visit his grave every year
at midnight on the eve of St Patrick S
Day and play some OF his favorite Irish
airs. Schaeffer has faithfully kept his
promise
Fully 200 people Witnessed the carry
ing out OF this odd deathbed compact
last night Everyone was silent as the
notes OF The Lass of Galway rang out
clear and sweet from Schaeffer's cornet.
People who had already retired arose
from their beds ard appeared at the win
dows- After few minutes intermission
Schaeffer played Nearer, My God. TO
Thee" This concluded the ceremony
Schaeffer declares that he will repeat
the performance at Hannahoe's last rest
ing place as long as he is able.
The Washington times., 1903-03-17
NO REMEDY To STOP
THIS MANS SNEEZING
Bostonian Has Been "Atcheeing" for
More Than Twelve Hours.

BOSTON. March 17.-One OF the
strangest cases that have come within
the knowledge OF the hospital attend
ants In this city is now under treatment
at the Emergency Hospital. Il Is quite
common 70 have a case OF IncontroIfa-
BILE hIccoughs. but so far as known Il
Is very rare to have one of sneeZing. but
such is the case with James Brown.
thirty-fve years old. sos East Sixth
Street. South Boston.
Brown is employed at the Standard Su-
gar Refinery. Granite Street. South Bos-
ton About noon en- Sunday he was at
tackled with sneezing. He could not
break the spell. and at last. about 2
o'clock. he went 10 the Emergency Hos
pital for relief The usual remedies were
applied. but without effect Then NOR
phine was administered. but the instant
he came out from Under its influence the
sneezing was resumed with unabated
violence. Then he was placed under the
effects OF ether. but when the influence
of this anesthetic wore of his condI-
tion was the same.
Late Sunday night the effects Of
plunges In a cold bath were tried. and
about midnight, after two or three trials
of this treatment. the patient appeared
to get slight relief the sneezing being
not quite SO frequent. but he is still in
a bad way.
The Washington times., 1903-03-17
"A PAPER REVOLUTION"
IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Major J. H. Reeve Discusses the Hon
duras InsurTection.

"A paper revolution" said Major J..
II. Reeve, chief OF the stamp divi-
sion of the Postohice Department.
this morning in speaking or affairs in
Honduras The major has recently re-
turned from the Central American re-
public. where he went TO inspect the
banana crop.
While was In san Pedro" said he
Northern papers were reporting the
town as In a state OF Siege. MercifulIv
perhaps. We were ignorant OF the fact
or We might have decided 10 decamp
IL is true that the neighborhOod was
infested by bands of robbers and Il
was dangerous, as at all times TO wan
der far into tho country without an
escort. But there was no ighting and
affairs were as peaceful as they ever
are in Honduras.
There are no newspaper correspon-
dents in San Pedro" continued the
major. and the tales OF revolution are
carried by deck hands on board the
fruit steamers 20 other ports. where
they are disseminated"