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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29

two teams soIlided. felt a Jerk and
crash I heard a scream Ny horses
stopped I jumped 70 the ground and
enabled the driver or the buggy to stop
her startled horse, for the driver was
a young lady.
-Oh. SIR she cried tearfully. what
have I dOnes7
helped her TO the ground unlocked
her wheel from mine. and saw that the
tire and three Of the feIl0es OF her
wheel were broken
How did it happensr asked I.
4 didn't see Jon. said she
didn't see 2 hayraek and two
horses exclaimed I.
NO sobbed she; I am 50 near
sighted
Just then the faint light shone on her
face. and I recognized Nab.
MAY I inquire where yOu we're 90
ings+ said I. grayeIy.
Il was going home answered she,
full Of engaging distress I was drfE-
ing fast because I thought my aunt
would be anxious about NE. 1 never
thought Of meeting any one On this
lonely road
@WeII. yOu viii have to 20 to Irving
and stay all night / VIII take ron to
my mothers house. and send word to
your aunt tonight Of what has hap
pened- Do you think you can ride half
a mile on a hayracks
Il unhftehed her horse and tied him
behind ny team. pulled the broken
/ buggy to one side Of the rOzd- and then
lifted Nab into the hayraek was
obliged to put one arm around her 10
keep her steady. when / started the
I horses. while she chung 10 my wrist
with one little hand and thus re went
very happily to Irving
Need say that did not lose 50 good
an opportunity OF making love 10 the
Z owner Of those beautiful eyes that had
II cost ne 50 much anxiety
We had a long evening before rs,
Il too. after my mother had welcomed
I Nab. and I HID sent a messenger. on
horseback 10 Hiss Flint The moon
shone. the nichtfngaIes sang the TOW
ers shed their fragrance Just for rs as
we sat IN the little porch wasn't
the sort Of fellow TO half do things
either. and before Nab left Irving shl
had promised to be ny wife
and to-day Hrs Nab viii agree viii
II in the statement that her eyes did
il aIl--NeW YOrk Weekly
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
ArtlficlaI Mlne for studY.

The new School OF Mines at the Bir-
mingham (England) University is to
have novel piece of scientific apps-
ratus in the shape OF q model mine at
BournbrOok. about ten feet below the
surface. extending over about three
quarters of an acre. The passages viii
be constructed of brick arching, and
will be lined. paved and finished so as
to resemble an actual mine in detail,
The mine will be laid out to illustrate
the best ways Of working coal and
methods Of timbering and viii also
demonstrate the various systems OF
underground haulage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29

work Of maple is constructed, and over
this is stretched some finely woven
cloth. This is the filter It stops the
entrance Of rain and drafts and catches
the cinders and numerous impurities
Of the atmosphere Of a manufacturing
district.
Once in bed and with curtain closed
and slide open, there is an unrestricted
passage way for the filtered air to the
lungs Of the person in bed, but not
satified with this, DR.. Parker erected a
ventilator pipe on the top Of the box.
This extends clear to the ceiling Of
the room and at its lower end. about
two inches from the top of the box, a
gas Jet is inserted Before retiring the
patient lights this jet. The heated
air rises naturally. passes out Of the
top Of the ventilator pipe and forms a
vacuum in the pipe which is Immediate
ly filed by the fresh air from out Of
doors. This keeps up a continual cir
culatiOn, and the sleeper's lungs can
never take in the same air twice.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29

tree not given to whims; it has been
described by Van Dyke as having "a
tall stalk, rising like a shaft from a
bowl and capped at the top by nod
ding creamy flowers" But the strange
arching yucca is famous for its curious
form. Nobody watched it grow; all
that is known about it is that it has
two roots, its great stalk or trunk de
scribing a graceful arch, rotted firmly
into the ground at each end
At the top of the arch a great
branch. like an extended arm, shoots
forth as if pointing out the way. The
arch is so high that a tally-ho coach
could easily pass under it
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
HOLSTERS shed Their Shells.

Several times a year the Holsters
shed their shells, and each time the
shell is shed the lobster increases in
size. During the shedding season they
go into the coves with soft muddy bot
tom and conceal themselves in the
mud. A new shell of sufficient thick
ness to protect their bodies is grown
in about a month or six weeks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
slaby's Wireless Experiments.

Professor Slaby has demonstrated.
after exhaustive experiments, that the
surface Of the earth plays an import
ant part as 4 conductor Of the Hertz
ian waves, for which many have here
tofore regarded the air as the only
conductor. He constructed an artl-
fetal earth, which was rendered i'm
mune from external influence by COW
ering the floor of his laboratory with
zinc. He then experimental with the
waves on the floor until his theory was
proved.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
sIesplnu Berth Attachment.

A berth is a berth, whether in the
sleeping car or steamer. and about the
only good advice which can be given
the traveller is to get the lower one if
he can. But If his wife is along she
may object TO his following this advice
though probably the objection would
not always Standard claim that she
should have the lower berth and he
should take the upper one Well.
which ever way they settle it, the one
who has the upper berth would have
a troublesome time getting into it but
for the little step ladders which the
transportation company provides. It is
10 Go away with this ladder, and at the
same time provide a rail which shah
serve the double purpose of assisting
the traveller into his bunk and pre-
venting his falling out after going to
sleep that this berth attachment has
been designed. As a glance at the
drawing viii show. there is a pivoted
bar. which has a stirrup at the end, in
which the foot can be inserted for
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
To the Pioneers.

Ye men who broke the way to lIfe's new
birth,
IT'S. not, your find. through self-renounc-
ing love
That is your crown, but what you
sought above
And far beyond-of so much greater
worth,
II was the aim. the good to mother earth
And all her children. that, we hold, did
move
Your patriotic hearts to cut the grove
And groove the barren soil You wrested
mirth
And beauty, wealth untold for future
good,
BY patient struggle and a spirit bold,
From the unknown. You toiled in faith
for gold
That lives in tower and stone, in drought
and flood:
You carved for selt a fortune, but Sc
cured
Far. more for others, by what you en-
dured.
Rev L. c. Litten. Rushviue. III.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
eroom Meistenina 80.

The scientific hOusekeeper nowadays
cannot WELD her broom without frst
assuring herself that the micrObe killer
e attached 20 the dustpan and that the
disinfecbng apparatus is in place on the
room itself This latter device which
has just been patented. takes the form
Of small, fat reservoir. cIamped OF
strapped TO one side Of the broom. In
order to distribute the liquid thorough
~ through the straws. numerous small
tubes project from the tank into the
broom from which the disintectant per
colates slowly downward. Should the
housewife not be so particular about
the microbe danger she may see fl 70
use this same 1yention to hold com
MOI water. in which no disinfectant
is to be found, for the purpose Of mOis-
tening the carpet OF floor, 10 lay the
dust during the sweeping process; or.
the inventor mentions. there is still
another use 70 which it can be 1ut
that Of distributing kerosene oil to a
carpet to brighten the colOrs and des-
troy the moths which Cften Turk in
the edges or corners. About the only
objection to the invention seems to be
TIE weight which it viii necessarily
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29

in Prince Albert coat and q high
silk hat. He is popularly known about
town as Mike" He has had many
offers to go on the stage and exhibit
himself, but has always refused. He
is twenty years old and the Oldest of
twelve children. A younger brother
acts as coachman for him and he
drives about the streets with a team
of goats. There are ten girls in the
family of Henry Hemmelrath, the
father.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
The Tale Of ! Squash.

Roy f. Fifeld, of Stonington, Me-,
sent to a Bangor paper the following
squash story; Il took seed from q
squash raised this year. scratched my
name upon it, and planted it. The re-
suit was a healthy vine, bearing a
81 pound squash, upon the surface
Of which my name appeared, clearly
outlined, 1t was a southern SQUASH.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29

Stroll through some Of orr. New Eng
and villages and make a study Of their
ioorWays. Possibly yOu may be disaD-
POINTED az first and. unless yOu have
already studied The subject somewhat
md are, therefore. pFejudiced IN rs
.avOr. you may see doorways only Is
joOrways- necessary parts Of Z
Fhole But pIod along. and keep your
eyes open. and you viii soon be lost
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
The RoIometer Perfeoted.

The bolometer, invented twenty
years ago by DR.. Langley, has been
perfected in its adjuncts, especially
the galvanometor, at the hands of Alb
bot, so that it will measure one hun
dred-millionth of a degree of tempera-
ture with readiness and precision.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
Thlef cIaimed sanotuarY.

At Cologne recently a thief chased
by the police took refuge in a church.
and, kneeling before the altar, claimed
sanctuary after the medieval fashion.
The police arrested him all the same.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
Is smalI - BrainY.

Michael Hemmelrath of Little Rock,
Ark, is probably the smallest man in
business life in the United States. He
is thirty-four inches in height and
weighs a little more than forty pounds.
He is advertising manager for a
business house in Little Rock, and al
ways appears at his place Of business
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
DEVICE ENSURES FRESH AIR.
Michigan Man Has Invented contrlV.
ance of Nalue

snce Of Value.
Joel G. Parker, a well-known dentist
OF Grand Rapids, Mich, has a unique
scheme for securing pure air in his
sleeping-room and thus improving his
health. It is the very simplicity Of DR..
Parker's invention that strikes the OBJ
server most forcibly. His room is sit
uated on the ground floor, and a win
dow Of unusual size opens to the west.
Outside OF this window, a light frame
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
WHEN THE SHIP CONES IN.

Sailing into c1pid's lznds ~
Customs he collects, ~
At the dock BE- takes his stand, =
Baggage be inspects. q
Some one tries to hide his heart,
keeps y in his boots;
Others stII wOu.d dodge with art
Heavy tax On sgits-
Irarelers exhibit Tear
cmgzzlsrs az behind.
I'LL at last they gather cheer,
For they hnd him-blindl
Md andburgh Wilson, IN the New York
Herald
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29

add 10 the broom, and which may thus
increase somewhat the burden Of the
housewives duties.
Isaac P. Kilgore Of Westpoint, IL,
is the inventor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
SOME OLD DOORWAYS
ALL CHARACTERISTICS or TIME
AND CUSTOMS.

II New England Towns and Villages
These Relics Of the Past Abound
Antique Treasures Found Behind
the Closed Portals.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
Canadian Pig Iron

Canada produced over $4,000, 900
worth OF pig iron last year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-12-29
Automobile Boat.

This is the automobile boat that won
the prize at the tournament in France.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-22

To The Hon. George Anderson. Judge o.
the 9Th Judicial District of Mississippi
Your grand jury. empauelled at the
January term. 1908, having finished 1t.
laborss beg leave to submit our final re.
port and be discharged.
We have diligently inquired Inlo aIl
matters given as Ia charge by your hon.
or. Have summoned I7s witnesses and
examined 90. Ignored 9 cases. conIin
ned one and returned IS indictments.
Examined the Jail and premises and
6nd il Ia kept cleaH and in good sani
tary condition. lhe prisoners are well
fed and humauelY treated.
We have visited the poor house and
6ud il properly KEEP, and the comfort Of
the inmates suitably provided for.
We have examined the books OF the
various county officials as required and
find them all neatly and in our judg-
ment properly kept.
Your grand jury Il highly graiifed 10
note decrease In the unlawful sale OF
Intoxicating liquors. After close search
aud diIigent inquiry we are pleased to
report there Is not one "Bliud Tiger"
conducted in Claiborne county In open
defiance Of the Law. aud so great is The
terror this court has inspired In this
class Of wouId-be violators Of Law and so
wholesome The inHue.ce of the position
taken by this court 10 puuishirg Blind
Tigers, they no longer defy the law, but
are suspicious OF their very closest
friends.
We especially recommend that some
suitable accommodations be provided BY
this county for the grand iuries. Stu
atsd on the ground floor, where caves
droppers can have access to doors and
windows. 'tis impossible to keep secret
our proceedings. and INSCRIPTIONS per
sons can keep as we'll informed as 10
what transpirss in this grand jury room
as though seated smong as.
We regret TO report the practice Of car
ryiug concealed weapons Il becoming
dangerously prevalent. aud deplore the
evident reluctance Of even good men to
give information sufficient on which to
return an Indictment.
Thanking Your Honor, The District
Attorney and the various officers of the
court, We beg 10 submit this, our final
report, and be finally discharged.
JOS. A. REGAN, Foreman.
Ordered that court adjourn until g
o'clock Monday morning.
MONDAY.
State vs Bred Harris defendant
pleads guilty 10 assault and vas hued
ea.5o.
State vs. Fred Harris: dismissed.
State vs. Robert Ford verdict of gull
ty of charge of grand larceny.
State vs John SIeed: continued.
Ex Paris J Will Foster: reward for
capture Of Abe Deal, murderer, was not
allowed.
state vs. Jonas Banks: convicted on
charge Of burglary.
Court then adjourned until 9 o'clock
Tuesday.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-22

Mrs. Johanna Soderholm. OF Fergus,
FaIls, Mimi. fell and dislocated her
shoulder, she bad 3 surgeon get II back
10 place as soon aa possible, but It was
quite sore and pslnsd hsr very much.
Her son mentioned that be had seen
chHmbefIain's Pain Balm advertised for
spralns and soreness, aud she asked
hfm TO buy Der bottle Of Il, which be
did. II quickly relieved her and en-
zbied hsr to slsep, which shs lad not
done for several days. The sou was 90
nueis pleased with the relief Il gave his
naoGher thai be has since rsconnenasd
II 10 mauy others. FOR sale by Pope
Dnuk CO /. Port Gibson aud =. D. Barron
Martini Miss.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-22
STATE BANKS.
Big increase In Number. Excellent
Showing Made During the
Past Year.

Big Increase In Number. Excellent
Showing Made During the
Past Year.
A dispatch from Jackson to the vicks-
bHrg Post ssys:
"a report Issued BY stste Auditor Cole
shows that the number of state banks
has increased from TzT to I4o during the
past year. . total OF I2S. Quite a mum.
Der OF new banks organized during the
6rst lwo weeks OF the present year have
applied for charters TO the Governor and
wiIl be launched during the present
month.
"The year In banking Ia Mississippi
has been one OF unusual prosperity.
The capital stock employed BY the state
banks is Ss.S8s. .4SS a. an increase Of
$685.. 727 II over that ol The previous
year, and the surplus held Is sI.oI7.,
sac ~. an increase Of about 100000 for
the year. The total resources OF the
banks Is sI6.6os,336 10, an increase OF
nearly one million dollars for the year,
and the deposits subject to check are
Sar.7Io.7s6. % agAinst sI3,eS6.s3s.4o. an
increase of s7.8I4,zSo % for the annual
period.
"Ths State banks paid dividends on
Ahe reoa business ranging from eight to
City per cent. the latter figure having
been reached By the Capital Street Bank
OF Jackson. The business has been gen
orally condnced along conservative lines
and very few banks have suffered loss
es."
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-22
Confined on Fourth Page.


Henry d. Baldwin, Supt. City Water
Works, ShulIsburg. Wis, writes: 81 have
tried many kinds Of liniment, but have new
er received much benefit until l used Bal
lard's Snow Liniment tor rheumatism and
pains. I think il the beat liniment on
earth" asc.. soc. and 81 90 at Pope Drug
Company.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-22
LOOK OUT
For CoIds-La Grippe |

Protect yourself, and don't trust TO
Providence. Considering the harm
done, neglect" before and after taking
a cold Is a physical crime. You may
prevent . cold, or, If too late, you can
insure yourself against the "after ef-
ects," for there is the greatest danger,
by using DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic. Few
die from Colds, or La Grippe, or Ca
tarrh. They die Of the after effects.
These diseases ali weaken, and to
weakened body come focking host Of
diseases that fasten on weak lungs,
heart, stomach, kidneys, and other
weak parts that we seldom think of.
The easiest and best thing to do is to
fortify the system 80 that you will not
catch cold, but if too late to do that,
then you must see that no lasting in
jury Is done. Medical authorities all
agree that iron is the fighting elementof
the blood enabling the system noto only
to ward of disease, but to fight it after
n1. IL has obtained a foot
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-22

State W. ehas Wade and Geo Sherkey:
affidavit qushed.
State vs I'd Smith and Richard Smith;
verdict OF guiIty 10 chsrge OF robbery.
State vs. Geo Young: verdict OF guilty
10 The charge OF burglary.
State We Jim Nusom : ordered that the
forfeiture Of bond taken al the June
term. agaiast c L Young and c B Till.
man. be sa aside.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-01-22
FRIDAY.

Lomax Anderson vs Y g. MvR r.
verdict ioi plaintiff In The sum Of Sroo.
The folbwing cases we're conlinued /:
I w Barber vs Y 6 NV r r; Sidney
Krauss vpY & ID vR r; Zadsk vs
Doug Bolpu; State w. Tom Egglsssou
and ClaraCowan.
Court slsu adjourned uutIl . o'clock
to-morrov,
SATURDAY.
Jas d Allen We sV&M vR a: both
parties agreeing. II was ordered that
.plaiuslg Fecoxsr fFom dsiandanss $500
damaaes.
State v Hampton Smiih eenssnued.
The Rssnd Insy presented iss 6nml re-
port whish wms ordered Sled aua tie
jury discharged. Said sepegs wAs -
follows:
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-22
JEWS BLAME RUSSIA.
Charge Tshnt Officials Aided in /,
Hatchery of Men and Women
at kishincF.

London, May 15.-The victims in e
kishineff massacre number 10000
cording to the latest i~nformatione-
celVed by the Jewish Chronicle of II
don. Of these at least IS were kid
and more than 300 manned or cripfd
for life. The damage 10 p%ropertis
estimated at about $40. 900.
The Jewish Chronicle saws: "e
charge the Russian government VIII
the responsibility for the Kishirf
massacre. If Europe does not on e
present occasion d~issociate itself fin
the leprous faint of this barbarn
power it writes its humanity dowls
a sham and it's civilization as oral-
lied hypocrisy.
The massacre was organized d
abetted by Russian authorities. ,e
killing, and p~illaging were done unr
cover of the troops and the pole.
during the two days the massae
lasted the governor did not leaveis
house. T~elegraphic communicate
with st, Petersburg was stopped"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-22
BURNED TO DEATH.
Many More Are Seriously Hurt
in a Fire In Chicago.

Chicago, May 16.-Three persons
met death, two were probably fatally
injured and many more less seriously
hurt in a fire which destroyed the
Westchester apartment building, 5017
to 2025 Cottage Grove avenue, at five
O'Clock Friday morning. Twenty-sev-
en- families were rendered homeless.
The bodies of Louisa Rhasea, aged 10,
and Harry Strubley, aged so, were re-
covered, and the third is supposed to
lie beneath the water and the wreck
age which fill the basement.
Mrs. G. d. Hoffman and Louis Her
bert were fatally injured and many
persons We're hurt in escaping from
the burning building, but their in
juries were cared for by physicians in
the neighborhood and they did not
seek the aid of the police. The blaze
is believed to have started in the
laundry in the basement of the build
ing.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-22
BIG FIGHT BEGUN.
movement started by Retail Grocs
to oycott Goods Sold in De-
partment Stores.

Milwaukee, May ia commend
war which, it is said, Will exttd
throughout the country, has bun
started by the grocers of this cy
against manufacturers who allv
their goods to be sold or demonstrad
IN department stores. The Retail CD
GERS association of Milwaukee. a me-
Der of the national association, Is
passed resolutions not to handle prl-
ucts of manufacturers that are PLAID
in department stores.
Henry w. Schwab, president of te
Milwaukee Retail Grocers' associate,
says the action is the beginning ofn
open warfare against departmet
stores of the country that enter iro
competition with the retail grocersy
conducting grocery departments. c,
predicts that the action of MilwauEe
grocers will be followed by every oe
OF the Al states in which the natioll
association has branches.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-22
BODY ExHUMED.
dered Near Lorain. O.. Take
from Grave and Examined.

Lorain, O., May 1.-THE remainbf
Agatha Reichlin were exhumed at he
Catholic cemetery yesterday. one nile
north of Elyria, in order to settle be
question raised as to whether he
young woman had been choked as ell
as struck with a stone on the hid.
Discolorations We're found on the riht
wrist and upon the neck, a dark he
tinge beneath the right eye. At be
conclusforfvaf- the Gffo-
ner French said that the marks fo Ind
We're the same he had seen at the pst-
mortem, but that at this time itlas
impossible to say how they had ben
caused.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-05-22
A SCORE KILLED.
Labor Riots In Valparaiso Cause Los
Of Life and Prppcrty-City
Under Martial Law.

Santiago de Chile, May 14.-Riotha|
at Valparaiso continued Wednesday,
Owing, however, to the strong reprss1
siSe measures taken by the govelni
ment, the outbreaks were less i~nteIse
than on Tuesday. Martial law still
prevails. Revised reports place The
number of rioters killed at 20. The
property damage is great. Several
buildings We're burned and the Esplan-
.ade was destroyed.
A detachment of 5000 troops has
neen dispatched to Nalparalsurto qne1l
the disorder. The government has f.
fused all offers to compromise the df-
ficulties. and is determined to adot
the sternest measures to restore a.
der.