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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

especially because he hopes by this
sacrifice to obtain the blessing of
heaven on his marriage and to be re-
warded by the birth of a son and
heir
But he wished to make things very
pleasant for Mathilda, She was to
have some compensation for the loss
of her imperial lover, and the foreign
ministries of St. Petersburg and vi.
emma were for some time busily en-
gagged on the woman's future. She is
to become a member for life of the
Vienna Opera and to share the title
of prima ballerina assoluta with Mrs.
Sironi, the star of the Vienna ballet.
Matilda Kschesinska came to vi
emma week ago with train of TWEEN
ty-two servants She engaged the so
called royal apartments of the Imper-
ial hotel-eight large rooms on the
first floor. The best carriages were
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
LOVES THE PRAIRlEs.
Miss Anna Gray is Delighted With
Her Western Canada Home.


Anna c, Gray is a young lady form.
erly of Michigan. She is now resi-
dent of Western Canada, and the fol
lowing, published in tho Brown City
(Mich) Banner are extracts from a
friendship letter written about March
15 to one of her lady friends in that
vicinity. In this letter is given some
idea of the climate, social, educa-
tional and religious conditions of AL.
berta, the beautiful land of sunshine
and happy homes. Over one hundred
thousand Americans have made West
ern Canada their home within the
past five years, and in this year up.
wards of 10000 will take up homes
there.
Miss Gray took her leave for Dds
bury, Alberta, the home of her sister
and other relatives and friends on Jan.
10 last, and after a two months so
journ in her western prairie home,
she writes of it as follows: II know
l shall grow to love the prairies. We
have beautiful view of the noun.
tains and it seems wonderful to me to
see home after home for miles, and IL
is becoming thickly settled all around
us. With the exception of the last
few days which have been cold and
stormy, we have had beautiful spring
weather ever since / came. The days
are beautiful. call this the "land OF
the SUM-" as it seems to be always
shining; the nights are cold and
frosty. On arriving here, | was so
greatly surprised in every way. Dds
bury is quite a business little town
All the people | meet are so pleasant
and hospitable They have four
churches in Dldsbury--the Baptist,
Presbyterian, Evangelical and Men
MONTE. The Evangelicals have just
completed a handsome church, very
large and finely furnished, costing
$1,000. They have a nice literary
society here, meets every two weeks.
They have fine musical talent here.
Your friend. Anna c. Gray.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
THE "eLEssED LETTER 3D."
Rhapsody of Writer with Much Time
on His Hands.

Rhapsody of a Writer with Much Time
on His Hands.
writer in the Garden has discov-
cred that many of the worst foes of
the horticulturist begin with Wv" and
he instances worms, weevils, wind, and
other workers of wickedness This
(writes a correspondent suggests a
question as to whether there is any
natural grouping of good or evil things
under particular letters. Take 3D."
for example, and consider how many
boons and blessings to man begin
with it. The baker, butcher and
brewer bring him bread, beef and beer.
For additional foods he has bacon,
beans, brovil, bloaters, broccoli,
broth, biValves, bahamas, berries, bis
cults, buns and butter. After a ban
quet of bonnes-bouches he may bring
out his briar and blow his baccy while
ne bestrides his bicycle. Finally, with
his "boko" on the bolster he may find
bliss in bed between the blankets.
These are but few of the beneficent
things included under that blessed let
ter "b." Now, as contrast, take 3D."
and among the first words we think of
are damp, dark, dreary, dismal, dirty,
depressed despairing, dead dl unk, and
so on, the very sound of which is
enough to drive one into doleful
dumps.-London Chronicle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
ANTHONY NOW LITTLE USED.
Medical Science Has Almost Entirely
Discarded 1t.

That terrible poison, anthony,
known most Familiarity in the com
pound called tartar emetic, has a very
interesting history. 1t was introduced
into medicine some centuries ago by
Paracelsus. Its name signifies that II
Is against monks" as some on whom
1t was tried displayed the now familiar
symptoms. It's use in modern medi
cine has been reduced to the vanishing
point, with other depressing measures,
such as bleeding. In the table which
arranges the elements In series and
shows their connections-so that all
are probably notifications of one uni
versal substance-there is a sequence.
nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, anti
mony, bismuth. Sir Lauder Brunton
has shown that these possess many
common properties in their action
upon man and that these properties
vary in relation to the place of each
in the scale. In the days before
chloroform anthony and tobacco were
used to produce the partial uncon.
seriousness which attends their action.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
Proud OF lila ANCESTRY.

Col. Henry G. Branch, who died. re.
Gently near Lexington, Mo-. was
proud OF his ancestry He boasted
that on one side he was connected
with the Harrison family, which has
given two Presidents to the United
States, and on the other was descend
ed from the Indian girl, Pocahontas.
He was born in Virginia in 1927. and
had lived in Missouri almost continu-
ously for sixty years.-Kansas City,
Mo. Journal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
Portusaps King as Bull Fighter.

Prominent among the king OF Portu-
gals varied tastes is passion for
sport of all kinds and it is known that
once even, when duke of Braganza, he
entered the ring to face bull with
points unbated'-that is to say, not
padded, as is generally the case in
Portugal as distinguished from Spain.
One of the ladies of the court had
dared the duke to face a bull with its
horns unguarded and so he entered
the arena in the Spanish manner
incognito-thougn every one knew
who the bold banderillo was. Unfor-
tunately the duke slipped and fell,
but starting up before the bull could
charge again he ran for the barricade
and cleared it at bound, just a mo-
ment or two before the Infatuated ami
NAL splintered the woodwork with it's
horns
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
AM mmportedn Diamond.

The finest diamond ever imported
paid no duty to the customs officers,
having struggled itself in from some
other planet in a meteorite. Packed
in a thick envelope Of meteoric iron,
it fell to earth in Diablo canyon, at
the foot of Crater mountain, Arizona.
its coating being broken into numer-
Gus particles by contact with the
rock formation of the ground. Some
six weeks ago party of biologists,
discovering these fragments, at first
thought them indications of re.
markably pure vein of iron ore, bat
their true character was soon discern
ed, and in one of the pieces picked
up by Prof. G. A. Koenig, the dia-
mond was found imbedded. 1t is now
on exhibition at the American Mu-
scum of Natural History.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
Museums Collection Of Rats.

The national museum at Washington
has a remarkable collection of rats,
which was presented by Maj Edgar
A. Mearns of the medical department
of the army. In this collection are
specimens of water rats, mountain
rats, field rats, tree rats, ship rats, fac
tory rats, cave rats and plain every
day rats. There are tropical rats, arctic
rats, rats from Sumatra, rats from the
Philippines, edible rats from China,
rats from the East Indies and musk
rats; also skunks, chipmunks, SPUR
rels, mink, raccoons, opossums and
hundreds of varieties of mice, includ-
ing field mice and wood mice.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

taken for her and stand at the door all
day.
This afternoon she gave o'clock
tea at the Imperial, to which she sent
out 100 invitations. Her own servants
did the serving, she having brought
her own silver and china from st. Pc
tersburg.
Miss Kschesinska has the finest dia.
monds ever seen on a ballet dancer.
She showed them off last Tuesday at
the Concordia ball of the journalists.
Her necklace is shaped like the links
of heavy chain and a superb plastron
of enormous diamonds and emeralds
covered the front of her dress. A
tiara was made of the same fine stones
and her earrings consisted of large sin
gle diamonds Brooches. combs, brace
let's and waistband all glared with
the pure light of Ural diamonds.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
The Fan in Eurons.

The fan made an almost simultane-
GUS appearance throughout Italy and
France, in England and Spain. It's
most artistic flights have been
achieved in France; but not even to
France will Spain yield in its use of
the fan as IAN important weapon in
the mimic warfare of coquetry and
Irritation" Whether the Spanish lady
is in church or place of amusement.
whether visiting or walking, it is al.
ways IN her hands, frequently portray
ing the horrors of the bull-fght. Cor.
responding with these. certain French
revolution fans represent Charlotte
Corday carrying dagger in one hand
and fan in the otherl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
A LAST RESORT.
pure Food should a. \.

Pure Food Should Be the Eirs+
When the human machine -.
wrong it's ten to one that the trouble
began with the stomach and can
therefore be removed by the use Of
proper food. A lady well known A.
Bristol, Ontario County. N V +ens
OF the experience she had curing her.
only child by the use of scien+ieo
tood; MY little daughter. the onlv
child and for that reason doublv dear
lhnerlted nervous dyspepsia we
tried all kinds of remedies ord sc.
FOODS. AT last, when patience was
about exhausted and the cbi,d,s CO.
d1tion had grown so had tba -.
family was aroused, we tried c."
Nuts. 1rape-
"A friend recommended the food os
one which her own delicate chi1dro -
had grown strong upon So 7 nr,oto-
Cd box-as a last resort. In 49,.
snort time marked change in hotS
health and disposition was 800 o.n
what made our case easy was that
she liked it at once and IFS cri n%'
nutty flavor has made it an ir,r a1sp'
ate favorite with the most fastidio :,
in our family. 'iAious
lts use seems to be thoroupb,v
established in western Nou, x Snly
where many friends use it resr,ao, ~ n
| nave noticed its fine effects ~non
the lntellects as well as the hodtoa
OF those who use it. We owo -
n much. Name given by Postum Co
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
Tribute TO Birds.

A number of Parisians who were in
the siege have decided to erect
monument to the memory Of the pig
cons that carried the dispatches
which kept up communication with
the outside world. 1t will consist of
a pedestal surmounted by a bronze
vase, on which will be cast group of
the birds that proved of such utility
to the French. The committee in
eludes the names of many well-known
literary and scientific people. The
gratitude comes somewhat late, for
after the war the pigeons in cues
ton were sold by auction and com.
meocrated in pigeon pies.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
Has Lived His Liz.

Amos Martin of Princeton, Pa, has
just passed his one hundred and sixth
birthday. He was Highland miner
at the battle of Waterloo. When he
married his first wife, who was a soin.
ster and owned farm, he drove to
her place with blind horse, found her
IN a shed milking a COW, held an nm
brella over her while he proposed in a
manner most unconventional-for it
was raining-and welded her next day
She died when he was 90 years old
five years ago he welded a widow
who was 60 years old.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

over summer gowns, end, if one
might say such a thing in regard to a
fur, does not look at all furry" even
upon a comparatively warm day.
Light colored cloths remain in favor
particularly for the races, in the safe
tones such as chalk, mouse and lin
den colors Nearly all the club
gowns, however, are so incrusted
with filet lace as to reduce the cloth
about them almost to a minimum.
&a
No more comprehensive accusation
has been made against the corset
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
OF Minor Importance.

A New England man found himself,
on his arrival at Southern city, so
besieged and set upon by negro por-
tiers from the hotels, that he was fain
to plead for gentler treatment.
Look out for my bagl" he cried
Indignantly. as it was at last torn from
him to become the bone of contention
between three stalwart darlSies. tits
old and it won't stand such pullingl"
Il ain fetch yo' bag, sah," said a
husky but determined voice, which
came from big negro who had OBJ
tanned firm hold on his elbow. II
don care who gets. de bag, sab, long
as l gets de man."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
New Idea in nentlatru.

Suppuration at the roots of teeth is
treated by electric rays by DIR. Stebel
of Munich. A powerful electric light
is focused upon the bony cavities of
the jaw, setting up irritation, increas-
ing to violent Inflammation, and a
layer of tissue comes away The sup.
puration ceases, the looseness of the
tooth disappearing. The operation is
difficult, but is reported to have been
successful in fourteen cases.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES cost
but 10 cents per package.
VANITY OF GUINEA FOWLS
Stand for Hours Admitting Them.
selves In Mirror.

Stand for Hours Admitting Them.
selves In Mirror.
A pair CT guinea fowls were intro.
duced as pets into the garden of a
young man up town the other week,
says the Philadelphia Record. The
wings of the birds were clipped, so
that they might not fly away, and
they were CHARTERED in an outhouso
that happened to contain a mirror.
The effect of the mirror on the guineas
seems hardly credible. They post
themselves before it, and there,
studying their reflections intently.
they stand perfectly motionless and
silent for hours at time. II is i'm.
possible to drive them away with
shouts or hand-clappings They must
be carried forth bodily, and then. as
soon as they can, they return. No
matter how fine the weather may be.
the guineas remain in the clubhouse,
gazing at themselves In the mirror.
TO get them to take exercise it is
necessary to carry them forth, and
then to shut up the clubhouse tight.
The owner of the fowls thinks that
perhaps the mirror hypnotizes them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
Mathilda has fortune Of s., 600, 600,

Mathilda has fortune of 50 900 900,
with which she is at liberty to 90
what she likes. She does not have to
think of her boys, who have been
taken from her and are to be brought
up under the special care of the Cars
mother.
Mathilda is of diminutive size, very
thin, but very graceful. She is some.
thing over thirty years old and no
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

such an intricate combination of
hairdressing, pulled bandeaux, fluffy
undulations over the face, the low
chignon and the endless loops of hair
over the back of the neck. To create
such couture milady needs all the
aid her mirrors can possibly give her.
The selection of a proper corner in
which to place this bijou of table
is a matter of deep concern to the
Partisan woman, who needs just the
right light reflected upon her locks.
In default of the antique dressing
tables the modern woman can make
one of her own by cleverly covering a
plain wooden table with silk or Gre
tonne, over which incrusted muslin
or entire lace trimmings are drawn.
The convenient many sided glasses
can be adjusted upon such tables and
one has quite as effective a piece of
fancy furniture as if it came from
Paris.
Quite a new color, raw. indigo
blue, has sprung into fashion, and in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

demand for a
new kind of toilet
table, which, odd
as it may seem,
is but a reconsti-
tuition of the an
t i q ue dressing
table, with all it's
glasses, it's frills,
and laces. The.
double reflection
of these antique
tables is particu-
larly appreciated
by the modern
woman, who has
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

WONSu materials,
the threads of
which are allowed
to knot indfscrim-
inately here and
there like blue
flakes of snow.
These stuffs, usu-
ally of silk and
wool threads, are
in neutral tints,
but are made up
over bright color
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

OIL ndVlnS IuSlr
pets tattooed, as
so many have
heretofore stray
ed or been stolen.
The all around
s p o r t S W oman
breeds her own
dogs. One woman
who has done
this till her Bos-
ton terriers are
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
Montana,s Woman pIoneer,

Mrs. Jane Dukes, the pioneer white
woman of Montana, died at He'll Gate
last week She settled in the terri
tory in 1859 and was married three
times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
Laundering the saby's clothes.

Many mothers are ignorant OF the seri-
Gus injury that may result from washing
the clothing of an infant with strong
washing powders and impure soap. For
TINS reason II should be Numbered at
nome under the mothers directions and
only Ivory soap used. To throw the
little garments into the ordinary wash
shows great carelessness-E. r. Parker
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

OA WIZ lSdu Ill
styles have adopt
ed a short, smart
kind of a collar,
in lace, chiffon,
feathers, or vel
vet, that crosses
at the neck in.
front with two,
short tabs, as
short as possible,
so as NOT tn look
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
ADDED to kaIser,s Wealth.

Stuttgart journals announce that
Emperor Williams revenues have been
increased by about 100000 marks
through his being made the chief heir
of Duke Nicolaus, who had large pos
sessions in Silesia.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

the finest in the country is building
a stable which will be benched
around the sides, so that her dogs
may be shown at private exhibits
The cages will be of gold and silver.
and all the appointments most ele
CANT.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

decorate a dinner
table or a sitting
room with artifi-
cIal flowers. Now,
howeVer-and it
is said that the
f a S h ion comes
from the Russian
court artificial
flowers, especially
roses, are con-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

stubby. These cravats are meant to
replace the stoles which exclusive
women found, despite their attrac-
tiveness, were becoming little too
common. Some women have even
ermine cravats, which they expect
to find comfortable upon chilly days.
The fur, as it is white, nestles prettily
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

That so many wo-
men are turning
out with the guns.
The older men
base their opposi-
ton on the argu-
ment that as they
hold woman in
reverence t h e v
dislike to associ-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

A NAAe@t NCAA ltAAAA
ed in a paper by
DR.. w. Williams
of Liverpool, pub
lished in the re-
ports of the Royal
Southern hospital.
DR.. Williams at
tributes to the
OF s e the does
not mention whose
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

corset - injurious pressure on the
lower ribs and the abdominal con-
tents, interference with digestion and
assimilation, the production of dila-
tation of the stomach and gastric
liberation, with subsequent anaemia,
compression of the base of the tho
rax or chest, throwing the diaphragm
out of action, and so producing the
thoracic respiration, which is des-
cribed as both abnormal and INSULT
cient.
A distinct novelty in the parasol
line has just been shown. which is
more than usually attractive. This
consists of the rainbow parasol, made
of MORE silk in kind of pagoda
shape, smaller in circumference than
those of last season. The edges OF
the sunshade are hidden by frilled
ruffle Of many colored gauzes, SO
that the parasol looks as if it were
enriched by rainbow charming
effect, particularly in the sunlight.
Society women who own valuable
dogs have resorted to the expedient
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

stantly so used, even fair imitation
of the actual scent and fragrance of
the natural blossom being added by
a cunning process.
"a
A society woman troubled with in.
somnia orders out her carriage and
rides for hours before retiring.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Naples, offered
his hand and his
purse some weeks
ago to the lady
who knew how to
cook macaroni to
suit his palate. AS
Tasino WAS re-
put e d to be
wealthy no fewer
than 120 ladies'
entered the con-
test, with the re-
suit that two days
ago the success
full macaroni spe-
cialist was led to
the altar by Tasi-
no. who present.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

linen and serges
is made up with
white or ecru lace
incrustations set
off with gold
cording or gal
looms.
For certain occa.
sions diminutive
hats are now worn,
made of straw
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

twisted into the shape of a dove in
an attitude of repose. These are
perchN upon an undulating couture
in a remarkably effective fashion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

ed his blushing bride with e100 as a
wedding present.
@@
OF the new trimmings the most
striking are those in long ribbons of
passementeries, with fringed ends,
which fall over the front of the new
corsages, completing the wide col
lars.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Black continues to advance steadily
into favor, and notice the fashion.
able countess de NoafIles is partial to
black this season. Green with cream
trimming, particularly those of lace,
is also in vogue, but black holds the
palm. Upon one single afternoon
noticed that the Princess Murat, the
Countess de Noailles, the Countess
Lur-Saluces, the Marquise d'Harcourt
and Nine, de Brewery, bevy of the
smartest women in Paris, were all
wearing black.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
TIRED BACKS.

iumbia avenue, Glasgow, Kentucky,
wife Of C. B. Pare, prominent brick
manufacturer of that city, says: When
Doan's Kidney Pills we're first brought
70 nv attention was suffering from a
complication of kidney troubles. Be
sides the bad back which usually re-
sults from kidney complaints, had
great deal of trouble with the secre-
tons which were exceedingly vari-
able sometimes excessive and at other
times scanty. The color was high,
and passages were accompanied with
a scalding sensation. Doan's Kidney
pills soon regulated the kidney secre-
TONS making their color normal and
banished the Inflammation which
caused the sealding sensation. l can
rest well, nay back is strong and sound
and l feel much better in every way.
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Pare
will be mailed to any part of the
United States on application. Address
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price 90 cents
per box.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

The may" of the political dark
horse is seldom heard in the land.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

An eccentric old man named Tasi-
no, living in small village near
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

II may seem strange that the pres
emit mode of couture has brought in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Sportsmen are frankly expressing
their disapproval of the huntress now
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

ate her with the splitting of blood.
The younger men are not so poetic.
They say that she f1irts too much,
talks too much and fires too reck-
lessly.
Among the brand new fancies is
the smart boa cravat which the wpm-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Till lately it was considered in
Paris. as elsewhere, bad taste to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infaliible
medicine for coughs and colds IN. w. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. IA, 1900