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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
Halls catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price. 7sc.
- IA ON HIs TRAvELa
Officials Make Unusual Efforts to Re
store IL to Owner.

Officials Make Unusual Efforts to Re
store 1t to Owner.
A felt hat blew OF a tourists head
last year as he was leaning out Of 8
railway train window in Sweden. OF
the man himself nothing further is
known, but the felt hat has become
famous all " the north Of Europe.
An employe of the line picked up the
hat where it lay and, being an honest
man, he tried high and low to find its
owner. Finally all local efforts failing,
he ticketed it and sent it to the next
station, to be claimed by the owner.
No such person appeared and the hat
was sent on from station to station
an additional ticket being stuck ON
each time 1t set out. Thus it has run
through the whole Of Sweden and Nor.
way, has been at Upsala and Trondh.
jem, at Christiania and Goteborg and
Malmo, has been sent on to Zealand
and Finland and is now being sent
through the north of Germany, GOV.
cred with labels inside and out. And
If 1t is no longer a At headgear 1t is
at all events a remarkable monument
Of northern honesty and perseverance.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
The Fisher

A splash of yellow light fell from
the doorway of the cafe Of s. Maurin
into the still, blue darkness of the lit
tie quay, where a couple OF Pickering
lamps only served to make the gloom
more profound. The moon had not
risen and the pale radiance of the
stars showed the long, slow swell Of
an oily e Against the wall Of the
quay lay a tiny sailing yacht. Farther
out. midway between the horns Of the
harboT, a fishing boat with widespread
sails that seemed hardly to catch the
faint evening air drifted like a
shadow through the night
In the cafe half a dozen men, fishers
Of this little port, lounged idly over
their glasses. Old Antoine, the inn
keeper, drowsed as usual in his o
ner chair. Jean Modesto, his grand
son, sat with a torn net across his
knee and his black head bent. The
rest slipped their coarse wine and
talked to each other spasmodically of
the weather or the prospects Of a
good catch.
Suddenly Jean Modesto, looking up
from the ear in the net, made with
his hand the sign of the cross. The
others looked at him with curious, half
frightened eyes. He was staring
through the open doorway at the sea.
There was an instant Of heavy silence,
The glasses ceased to clink and only
old Antoine snored softly in his cor
ner.
Jean Modeste's eyes fell again to
his net
The FisherI" he said, in a low tone
Of explanation
Every one. except the sleeping inn
keeper, turned at once to the door.
Between the horns of the bay the one
wide sail was driving lazily nearer.
Again there was silence in the cafe,
an odd, unwholesome stillBess, heavy
with i'll omen and expectation of evil
to come.
Presently big Jules Bontemps took
a draught of his wine and set the
glass down noisily on the table at
which he sat.
For my part" he said, Il don't
believe in this Fisher-thereI Every
sail you see near S. Maurin it's the
same thing with you all-the Fisher.
I'm a stranger-I-thank the good
God there's no Fisher in the port OF
Nice-noi Now, will any of you tell
me, my friends, who this Fisher of
yours is, and what he seeks?"
The question was addressed gener-
ally, to the whole company present,
but nobody answered. Instead they
ai looked at Jean Modesto as he bent
over his net.
Who he is" he spoke medita-
lively. "Ah, for that-no one can tell
you. What he seeks-that's another
matter. They do say
He broke of and glanced again
through the open door. The black
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
BABY WEATHER.
Little Fellows Don't Like the Hot
Days.

Mothers should know exactly what
food to give babies in hot weather.
With the broiling hot days in July
and August the mother of a baby is
always anxious for the health of her
little n and is then particularly care
full in feeding. Milk sours quickly and
other food is uncertain. Even in spite
Of caution, sickness sometimes creeps
in and then the right food is more nee
essary than ever.
"Our baby boy two years old began
in August to have attacks OF terrible
stomach and bowel trouble. The phys
ician said his digestion was very bad
and that If it had been earlier in the
summer and hotter weather we would
surely have lost him.
Finally we gave baby Grape-Nuts
food, feeding it several times the first
day and the next morning he seemed
better and brighter than he had been
for many days. There was a great
change in the condition of his bowels
and in three days they were entirely
normal. He is now well and getting
very strong and heshy and We know
that Grape-Nuts saved his life. for he
was a very, very i'll baby. Grape-Nuts
food must have wonderful properties
to effect such cures as this.
I'VE grown-ups in our family all use
Grape,Nuts and also Postum in place
of coffee with the result that we never
any of us have any coffee ills, but are
we'll and strong" Name given by Pos
tum Co, Battle Greek, Mich.
The reason Grape-Nuts food relieves
bowel trouble in babies or adults is
because the starch of the grain is pre-
digested and does not a the bowels,
nor ferment like white bread, potatoes
and other forms of starchy food.
Send for particulars by mail of ex.
tension of time on the $ $4,000 cooks
contest for 7S5 money prizes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
Horace ereeIey,s oplnIon.

Chauncey NJ. Depew has told OF find.
ing a visitor in Horace Greeley's edi-
tOrial room when he made a call there.
The editors patience had evidently
been almost exhausted, and as he
wrote on steadily he would give an
occasional kick toward the caller, who
every now and then put in a word.
Finally turning around, Greeley said:
Tell me what you want. Tell me
quick, and in one sentence" The man
said: Il want a subscription, Mr.,
Greeley, for a cause which will pre-
vent a thousand of our fellow beings
from going to hell" Greeley shouted:
81 viii not give you a cent. There
don't half enough go there now" AS
Greeley was a Universalist, this reply
vas not so severe as it sounded.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25

THE fisher!" he said, In a low tone.
sail was drifting very slowly toward
the land.
"Wer, what do they say?" Bontemps
asked, impatiently.
The young man turned again to his
net.
"They say" he answered, in the
same low, unwilling tone, that he
fishes for the souls of men,"
Bontemps stared for a second. Then
he flung back his rought black head
with a great laugh.
The souls of men! All. my faith,
that's goodi Are you Christians.
then. in this harbor of S. Maurin?"
"As good as any in the port of Nice"
Jean Modesto replied. with a touch
OF heat.
Bontemps laughed again.
a"No o~fense. my friend. But come,
It's absurd, you know. It's moonshine
that's what it is. This Fisher of
yours"
Jean Modesto cut through his speech
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
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Its "Iustsnt relief for skin-tortured
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
Cure for Headache.

A "never-fsiling remedy" for nerT-
GUS headache is described by a scien-
tihc authority thus: II consists simply
of the act o. walking backward, but
the method of walking is an important
factor in the cure The pace should
be very slow. letting the ball OF the
foot touch the floor first, then the
heel A hall or narrow room serves
the purpose best The theory under
lying the eure is that the reflex action
of the body brings about a reflex &C
ton of the brain; thus the pcin In
duced by nervousness. which is said
to be the result of o much going for.
ward. is driven away by a simple
process Of reversal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25

The Baron George Augustus do
Focke, seeking a bride In New York,
has chosen a d~ressmakers daughter.
This is the first time. so far as can be
determined. that Lexington avenue has
contributed a mistress to a European
baronial hall The baron. with a spirit
Of originality that does him credit,
Jared aheld beyond the confines OF
Fifth avenue and the restricted patri
clan purlieus of Newport for a bride,
and from all accounts he is not likely
to have occasion to regret his choice
Unlike o international matches. in
this I the wealth is on the bride
groom's side; the brides dover is her
beauty and her rare voice-New York
WorlI.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
What We AZ comIno 70

Drink water and get typhoid. Drink
milk and get tuberculosis. Drink
whisky and get the iimjams. Eat
soup and get Bright's disease. Eat
neat and encourage apopIexy. Eat
oysters and acquire taxemia- Eat
vegetables and weaken the system.
Eat dessert and take 10 paresis. Smoke
cigarettes and die early. Smoke
cigars and get catarrh. Drink coffee
and obtain neryou prostration. Drink
wine and get the govt. In order to be
entirely healthy one must eat moth
ing. and ven before breathing one
should see that the air is properly
sterilized-Southwestern World.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
Eaos as J iced.

An Italian authority finds that when
hens are fed on food containing q
large percentage Of iron the eggs also
reveal the presence of iron in the
very digestibie form of the album
nate Such eggs exert a tonic effect
on persons who al them. The case
illustrates the fact that all eggs are
rot alike by any means. and that, &C.
oording to the food fed. they ms
AIRY greatly in dietic value and ef-
.ect.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25

and lifted a finger from his net tc
point through the door.
There" he said, lis the Fisher.
Laugh-if you please"
Bontemps was silent. The shadowy
sail had drifted very near. Again
stiffness fell upon the little group,
broken only by the old mans heavy
breathing.
~Laugh-if you pleased" Jean No
deste said again. None Of US here
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
Let this Coupon be your Messenger of Deliver
ance from Kidney, Bladder, and Urinary Troubles.

It's the people who
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Aching backs are eassd
Hip, back, and LON pains
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
New Idea for ArtIe Researoh.

German scientific circles are paying
much attention to the Amundsen ex.
petition to the magnetic north pole
The vessel in which Prof. Amundser
will sail, is the Gjoea. of only forty-siz
tons. The idea is that her SINAI,
dimensions will be of the utmost ad
vantage when the icebergs and cur
rents near the magnetic pole are en-.
countered.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
Not a DANGEROUS MaIadu.

Il hope that Jenkins will pull
through his siege of Sickness" re
marked one friend, "for he was always
such a jolly fellow" He must be in
pretty good condition and still very
volatile" answered the other friend.
This morning l overheard his maid
tell my wife that Mr.. Jenkins was sui
fering from ammonia"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
e Bromo Quinine Tablets Price2S
A Town ooubIy Incorporated.

A~1h 0~A1Ay INV PS
A peculiar complication has arisen
in Oregon over the question whether
q town incorporated two times over
is legally incorporated at all. A
senate bill and q house bill incor-
porating The town Of Adams in Una
dlla county were passed by both
houses and reached the governor.
who signed them both. They were
supposed to be exactly alike. but
an examination it was found that the
boundaries T slightly differently de
fined. In the bill which last became
law and thus superseded the first bill
the boundary lines do not go com
pletely around the town.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25

n fsher a not hshed in vain.
viii laugh with you. What if we can
not tell you who the Fisher is? We
know his work well enough. Did henot
follow my brothers boat the Marie
Blanche. the last voyage ever she
took? Never a man came back to
tell the tale-but the Fisher sailed
behind them out OF S. Maurin Bay.
That l saw-with these eyes-yes,"
Bontemps did not answer. A kind
OF breathlessness had fallen upon the
rest Jean Modesto shifted the net
across his knee and spoke once more.
You ask what the Fisher seeks"
he said. "Well-in the port of Nice
be may have other business for what
| know. But here, when he sails in
the bay, he seeks a mans soul"
Again there was silence. Through
the doorway the could see the black
shadow of the sail almost touching
the quay. The strange fishing boat
was very near. The tall mast seemed
to touch the stars. the sails were like
the wings of an immense bat stretched
between them and the luminous blue
Oh the clear night sky.
In the cafe no one moved or
breathed. Jean Modeste's hands lay
idle on his feet Bontemps sat mo-
tionless, with his fingers stretched
out to take up his unfinished glass of
wine. For some reason he did not
take it. His eyes, too. were fixed upon
the shadwy SAIL hanging above the
quay.
Then. silently as it had come, the
boat heeled over and tackled seward.
A light wind caught the huge sail and
swept 1t before it out into the bay.
The still, dark. floating thing became
in a moment alive, buoyant, incredibly
light and swift, a white flicker of
foam tore at her bows as she headed
for the sea.
The men in the cafe watched with a
deep. unacknowledged sense Of relief.
Still, for a while no one spoke. The
little grimy, i'll smelling place was ex-
traordinarily silent; it seemed as
though something within its walls had
ceased-it held the emptiness of a
room in which a piece of machinery
mad Just run down.
Bontemps was the fist to speak.
"WeI-there," he said, drawing a
quick breath, your Fishers gone. He
knows how to sail his ship-In say
that for him. whoever he is. But what
did he seek. Ell? What fish was he
after, your Fisher of souls?"
No one answered and Bontemps
chuckled a little. quietly. Jean Mo
deste gathered his net upon his arm
and rose to all his height as he turned
from the open door.
Then suddenly he stood rigid and
the nets slipped and fell at his feet
in a brown tangle. The others. ner-
vous with the reaction after the ten
sion of that moment when the shad-
ow of the black sail lay across the
quay. followed the direction of his
startled look. There was a quick
movement of horror. Of surprise, and
with the shutting of rough sea boots
upon the bare floor the lean, blue
shirted seamen rose to their feet
For old A~ntoine's gray head had
fallen forward on his breast-his
hoarse breathing was still. He sat
dead in his corner chair. with an un-
touched wine beside him.,
Without. in the clear blue right, a
dark-sailed beat went racing to the
sea. The Fisher mad not hshed in
vain.-Black and White.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25

A man went to the city clerk Of
Horton to get a license for his dog
When asked for the name Of the dos
he said it was Blacksmith" How
did you come to pick u such a curl
GUS name?" asked the clerk. We'll
you see," responded the man, "every
time | give him ? kick. he makes {
bolt for the door."-Horton (Kan.l
Headlight
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25

In bygone times 1t was the practice
Of the Newfoundland coast folk 10 an.
propriate everything they secured
from shipwrecks. but this lawlessness
had TO be sternly r%epressed. Now
the unwritten rule is that they get
half their hand" or so per cent as
salvage. In portable ard valuable
articles, such as silyerware, there is
still a strong temptation to keep the
whole, but the punishment is severe.
Champagne. liquors, cabin stores and
the like have also a trick Of disappear.
ing, and In the poorest fishers cot.
a g you will come upon rare china,
dainty napery, s%ilverware Of price and
wines to tempt an epicure.-McClure's
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
Pipe Cob Corn.

Some of the farmers in Lafayette
county. Missouri. are making a spe-
cialty OF growing pipe cob corn They
say it yields them as much Of the
grain as any other. kind and the eobs
bring them in revenue besides.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25

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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25

Great Yarmouth, England, has the
narrowest street in the world. 1t is
Kitty Witches, which is only fifty
five inches wide. You a lean ous
of your window and shake hands with
your neighbor across the street
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
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and now they say pigskin is better
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there is also a certain fitness in its
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
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kept by Charles Lever, the novelist.
when a student in Germany, has besn
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the Royal Irish Academy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25

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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25
Has RIsen . HIah statIon.

Sir Frederick Holder, first speaker
of the Australian commonwealth house
Of representatives. started life as a
schoolmsster in South Australia
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25

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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25

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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-25

Without. in the clear blue right. {
dark-sailed beat went racing to tbs
sea. The Fisher mad not hshed ii
vain.-Black and White.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-06
TOO MANY LITTLE ROBBINS.
Several in One Postoffioe Nest-Glory
 Without Salary.

Washington Correspondence New York
 Sun.
 First Assistant Postmas :s- General Wynne recently decided that the receipts of the postoffice at Rocky Mountain, N. C., had increased sufficiently to warrant its advance into the second class. Con sequently, the postmaster, George Wash ington Robbin, was notified that ne would be continued in the service at s2100 year, and was asked to send into the department the names of four per sons to o<appointed to the newly crea.sd es,.sS subordinatt places under him. "aA his letter bf recommendation sas re- cetved it read in part, as fc.9ws; =.
 [, George Washington Robbin. post master at Rocky Mountain, N. C., rec ornmend the following persons for ap- -ppintment under me: As assistant post master, Stella Lincoln Robbin as stamp ed, Alexander Achilles Robbin; as assist aht stamper George Washington Robbin, Jt and as clerk, John A. Logan Robbin. Mhen Superintendent Waters of the salary and allowance division had recoV- cred from his astonishment over the sug- gestions with regard to the future or the Robbin family, he wrote across the lace of the letter:
 "When the Robbins nest again. Birds or hogs?" and sent the papers in the case to First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne
 The first assistant read the letter from George Washington Robbin, with It's cheerful remarks concerning the Robbin family, looked out of the window for a while, and then wrote the following be- low MT. Waters indorsement;
 We will call halt on Robbin, of this
 place in old N C.,
 As we have already elsewhere in the
 festive P. O. D.
 This Robbin has the right, no doubt, to
 fix his family,
 But to fix them all in the same old nest
 is too much H. O. G.
 N. B.-See section O. civil service regu- lations. J. WINNIE The papers in the case were then filed away for reference, and George Washing ton Robbin, the head of the family, was notified that only two of his children could scratch for the government in the same place at the same time.