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

What animal has death no effect
on? A pig; when killed he can be
cured
When are you not yourself? When
you are little pale (paiD.
Why is baker like beggar? Be
cause he kneads bread.
What is the difference between the
north and south pole? All the differ
ence in the world.
Why should soldiers be tired on
April IL Because they have Just had
March of 81 days.
Why should no man starve on the
deserts Of Arabia? Because of the
sandwich is there.
Why is a kiss like a scandal? 1t
goes from mouth to mouth.
What did the spider do when he
came out of the ark? Took a fly and
went home.
What contains more feet in winter
than summer? A skating rink.
What is the difference between a
good and bad governess? One teaches
miss and the other teaches amiss.
Why is twice 10 like twice IL?
Twice 10 is 20 and twice II is %.
What is most like a hen stealing?
A cock robin (robbing) to be sure.
Why is pair of skates like an ap-
pie? Because they both are likely to
be the fall of man.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

stem. In the case of plant that dies
down to the ground in autumn it is
not the roots that send up a new stem
In the spring, for a part of the true
stem remains under ground on the root
crown, and from it grow up the bud.
bearing stems in the spring. When
seed terminates it sends the light
loving stem upward and the dark-lov-
ing root downward.
Saw off part of the tree trunk and
you will find a series of rings from
the center to the bark, each ring
marking year of growth. But these
sons through which the tree has lived
were dry and which had plenty OF
rain. The rings are always of un.
equal width; the narrow ones repre-
sent dry seasons and the wide ones
seasons when the conditions of growth
were better by reason of plentiful
rain.
Every rose has its thorn, and the
same may be said of such fruits as
blackberries, raspberries, etc., only
they are not real thorns, but prickles,
which strip off with the outer bark,
while thorns will not strip off, being
hardened, undeveloped branches.
But why do bushes and vines have
prickles? Many people wonder at it,
for they see no good reason for such
a growth. But there is a reason, as
there is in everything in nature. The
prickles are given to them as a pro.
lection against plant-eating animals.
The stems have a pleasant, aromatic
taste, and cows and sheep would be
sure to eat them in winter, when they
crave something fresh, if it were not
for the prickles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

stakes and women are drinking cock
tails, lemonade or tea, and pretty
girls in white dresses are playing
pingpong; back again to Peacock
Alley; and round again and again.
And the women at the Waldorf.
They are the most beautiful in the
world Perhaps not half of them are
New Workers. Like yourself, they are
strangers from out of town-wearing
their best frocks and best faces.
Down Peacock Alley" they promen.
ade. Here comes a woman whose
face you recognize; it is a fair face,
and you have seen it in a hundred
newspapers. She wears a gown of
Irish point lace that sweeps behind
her for several yards. 1t is decollete,
caught over one shoulder with a
string of priceless pearls. Her hair,
of a beautiful peroxide red, is dress
ed in a shining wavy mass above her
forehead A diamond star glistens in
it's midst. Who is she? She is the
woman who last week was divorced
by one of the richest men in Wall
street.
But you haven't time to gaze at her
long; for here comes another superb
creature in a dazzling gown of black
spangled net. Did you ever see such
perfect figure? Why, it curves
but where have you seen that face
before? Oh, yes-suddenly the mem
DRY bursts upon you with a shock.
She was the young woman who sold
you a frock in Smith G. Co.'S, only
day before yesterday. And the man
with her is Wall street banker.
And who is that tired-looking little
creature burdened down with jewels,
following in her wake, looking anx-
iously about for some one? Oh, that
Is Lady NJ" your neighbor sitting
in a high leather chair smoking a
cigar remarks. "Shes looking for
his lordship-but his lordship is din.
ing with a couple of chorus girls in
the cafe. Look through these two
palms and you will see them; no, not
there; over yonder-the painted
young women in the very decollete
frocks and the ripping skirts and
picture hats. No. his lordship is not
expecting her ladyship to-day"
Here comes portly dame in a pink
feather hat and a violet frock. Sure.
ly she is a titled parsonage. No?
Only fashionable dressmaker. She
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
The MesmerIzed RIno.

Attach a massive gold ring to a
silk thread about twelve inches long
and fasten the other end around the
joint nearest the nail of your right
forefnger. Allow the ring to hang
about half an inch above the surface
OF the table, on which you rest your
elbow to steady your hand. Hold your
finger horizontally, with the thumb
thrown back as far as possible from
the rest of the hand. If there be moth
ing on the table, the ring will soon
become stationary. Place some sill
yer coin, three half dollars will do,
Immediately below the ring and it will
begin to oscillate to and from you.
Bring your thumb in contact with your
forefinger and the oscillations will be-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
Bread Pill rrIok.

Make two bread pills, and say to
the spectators that you are going to
throw one of them away, and put the
other in your left hand while the lat
ter is closed. Then the thrown-away
nil will come into the left hand while
the latter is closed
Here is the way to do the trick:
Hold one of the pills between the
thumb and first finger of your right
hand fer everyone. to see. Then make
motion as If throwing it away. but
by deft, unseen motion of your
thumb YOU must slip it between the
first and second fingers, where you
can keep it concealed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Now take up the second pill and
place 1t in your left hand, skiIfully
placing the other pill there at the
same time by letting 1t slip from be-
tween your fingers. Close your left
hand quickly, and then, after a few
words, open your hand and show both
pills in it.
1t will require only little practice
TO make your performance of this trick
so deceptive that no one can catch"
you.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

is taking notes-on Waldorf-Astoria
paper
At 10 o'clock the crowd begins to
thin out. All these people, with their
comedies and tragedies, their millions
or their makeshifts settle down.
Some of them are long since at the
theater and others are amusing them
selves in the billiard room. Quiet
put interesting quiet, with a sort of
undertone of excitement. reigns. You
feel the tragedy creeping I'D through
the comedy. You see through tbe
glitter of it all, the thin ice on which
SO many of these birds of prey and
passage are skimming. You note a
haggard look in the brokers' face as
ne sits YEARLY talking to another
haggard broker. The society woman
is beginning to look weary and
tousled beneath her jewels-iewels
that may go tomorrow morning to
settle husbands indebtedness. The
girl in borrowed plumage looks cbaar
IN the steady glare of the light. The
little woman from the country. whose
Rubenesque husband has brought her
IN here Ito see the sights" signs
Lets go home, paw. I'd like to have
a glass of cider and a good slice Of
apple pie"
the hollowness of it all begins to
be apparent and through the bollows
the seamy side of the Waldorf loun.
ger comes hideously to view. Won
pick up your hat YEARLY, glance of
the French gilt clock, whose hands
like the Waldorf loungers, go cease,
lessly round and round, and let your
self out through one of the swinging
glass doors. TITS good to get ont
of the artificial heat into the fresh
air" you remark.
And yet the next night, when the
curtain is high and the lights are nm
and the orchestra is playing, you 20
again. For, once you have spent an
evening amid the glitter and music
you have caught the Waldorf fever
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
'Been to the waldorf yet?o

been to the Waldorf YETI"
That is the first question you are
asked after you have unpacked your
grips for the first time in New York.
You may hail from Windsor Castle,
London, or you may have come
straight from Podunk, with yellow
paper suit case and new checked
suit, but the first friend you meet on
Broadway will invariably salute you
with this ancient pleasantly.
mo. Why?"
ooh, come along with me, and you
will see."
"See what?
ooh, anything and everything.
Come along"
"But what shall wear?"
ooh, anything and everything. A
frock coat is always proper after
early morning hours and a dinner
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
MesmerlzInq the Rinq.

come transverse to their former swing.
This may also be effected by letting a
girl take hold of your disengaged hand.
When the transverse motion is fairly
established, let boy take hold of the
girls disengaged hand and the ring
will change back to its former course.
Instead of silver you can suspend the
ring over your left forefnger with
similar results.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

And now the battleship Alabama has
made record for effectiveness of gun
fire. We guess that before the next
war comes our boys will be able to
shoot as well as any of the blarsted
foreigners.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

H. FL. Rogers. the Standard oil
magnate. who is worth 10000 900 or
$5o.Ooo,000. is suffering fearful agon-
les because his digestive apparatus
refuses To go. The Standard Oil for.
tune seems 10 be its own punish
ment.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

II a confirmed liar can be cured of
his falling by hypnotic suggestion, as a
German scientific authority asserts, a
truthful man may be made CON
flrmed liar by the same means. There
are frightful possibilities in hypno.
tism
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Over $4,000 immigrants arrived at
New York during the first ten days OF
April. We would advise them to order
coal for next winter at their earliest
convenience
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

The Rothschilds are buying homes
for the poor of England with recip-
rocatory arrangement by which the
poor can return the favor in install.
ments at the usual rates of interest.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

A $1,000 bin was lost on New York
ferryboat, and now so many are claim
ing it that it is difficult to find the real
owner In these prosperous times
dropping $1,000 bank notes is an ordl-
nary occurrence.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Admiral Walker estimates that 3d..
600 men win be employed in digging
the Panama canal Negroes, Chinese
and Japanese laborers will do the most
OF 1t. and nobody will envy them the
Job.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

The editor of our esteemed contem-
porary, the New York Mail and Elk.
press. declares that "the coroners must
60" What's the matter. brother; been
sitting on you?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Heligoland is washing away. When
1t has disappeared entirely Germany
would seem to have a right to rule
that part of the ocean where 1t former
ly stood.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Mr.. Funk now says he has talked
with the spirit of Henry Ward Beech
er face to face. If Mr.. Beecher was in
his usual form Mr.. Funk couldn't have
had much of chance to talk.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Baron Won Biedenfeld says that
Americans are unclean, llliterate and
drunken. AS the baron when he was
here associated with his kind, natur-
ally he jumped at this conclusion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Hydrophobia may be an imaginary
ailment, but rather than have scien-
tific controversy with dog supposed
TO be mad 1t is better to give the anil
NAL the entire street.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

An authority recommends cheerful
ness and hilarity for the cure of indi-
gestion, observes an exchange. Isn't
this something like recommending
plenty of hair for badness?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

The esteemed Portland Oregonian
says the people of Portland are work
ing in earnest for the identifying OF
their city. Another triumph for Ore
gonized labor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

corridor to the reading room, where
great open fires (gas logs, but mest
deceptive ones) send out comfort
ing glow over other divans, where
more sentimental couples Toll and
flrt; through the billiard room.
where men are playing for high
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Terry McGovern's trainer says:
''Terry is not out of the game by a
joyful" John l. Sullivan is-by a
good many jugfuls.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

A Washington man has discovered
that Strawberries lead to suicide. But
disappointed love has led thousands
OF people to self-destruction.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

For man who wasn't going to live
a year King Edward is one of the
hveliest corpses that ever went to
Lisbon to be showered with rose
leaves.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
LOOKING Glass Puzzle

Put this diagram up where you can
see it well. Then at the top of a
sheet of blank paper lying on your
desk put a looking glass. standing It
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

This is hard, hard world. One is
hardly done shoveling snow before it
is time to sharpen up the lawn
mower.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

John d. Rockefeller must have felt
that he had more money than he
wanted, for he stopped over few
hours in Chicago.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

An English countess has found out
that the lord she married is bogus,
This looks like pretty strong vindi-
cation of lot of American girls.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Last year the American people con.
sumed over $70,0O0,O0O of coffee-to
say nothing of the peas and chicory.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Gen. Baldwin should edit his inter-
views before they are printed instead
of after they have been given to the
public.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

'Letter-writing is lost art" says
somebody. And this right after the
publication of the letters in the Bur
dick case.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
What rhorns Are Enr

Most persons think that the stem of
plant grows from the roots; ON the
contrary, the roots grow from the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
The Water In the Glass.

once press the cup down on the flesh
OF the patient, which rises in little
mound inside the cup, because the out
side pressure of the air is greater than
that inside.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Even Homer nodded, and why
should not Russell Sage lose 100000
by mistake?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

up SO that when you put your pencil
ON the paper you can get good view
OF 1t in the glass. Now look in the
glass at the paper and pencil and draw
a diagram like the one you have put
up for copy. 1t sound awfully easy
to do this; but try 1t.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Oh. gripl What sins are concealed
in thy name
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

The automobile is fast becoming the
automatic fool killer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
WHIRL OF SOCIETY AS
SEEN AT THE WALDORF

Subtle Fascination Exercised by New Yorks Swell Hotel
Where Human Nature Is Be Stud ed at Its Best and
Worst-Weath and Fashion Of the City on Exhibition
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

A good delivery will be useful in the
pulpit work of William A. Sunday.
formerly baseball player.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15

Lentulus, the soothsayer. had a for.
tune of e3,3O0,O0O. '
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
A Puzzle Cross.

Get thirteen pennies and arrange
them in the form of cross, as shown
The Tupelo journal., 1903-08-14
SUCH A MISUNDERSTANDING
The Man who "Rubbered" Was Not
Familiar with Talk of the
Railway.


when l saw that she was almost beyond
my control" said the railway engineer, Il
threw her over"
"Brute!" CALCULATED a gentleman wearing
eye glasses and grassy whiskers, who was un-
Intentionally straining his ears to overhear
the conversation, relates Judge.
1T didn't do any good" continued the
engineer, 80 | shut her off; but still she was
jumping pretty hard and sliding around
Infamous said the grassy-whiskered
man.
sliding around; so I give her air"
"Ah, then you have some little instinct OF
kindness" growled the incensed listener.
But it wasn't any use, and so | jumped
and got away just when she began to smash
things" .
And l don't blame her one Bit" asserted
the man with the eye glasses and the grassy
beard. cts a pity she didn't smash you,
so you couldn't come here and boast of your
cruelty. l am not surprised at the number
OF divorces nowadays"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-08-14

custard cottage, pudding, ETC., can be
made particularly palatable at this sea-
son of the year by the addition OF straw
berry sauce. Even cake with is not quite
fresh enough to serve alone makes an
agreeable addition to the luncheon or
tea menu by the addition of strawberry
sauce. The sauce is nothing but fresh.
sound berries mashed with a wooden
masher, sweetened to taste and chilled
before using. A steamed cup custard
served cold with strawberry sauce usu-
ally suits the fancy Of the invalid, and
for more robust appetites a plain rice OF
tapioca or even bread pudding served in
this way is delicious Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-08-14
PEOPLE WITH TEMpERS.
s0Re:ames Make the Lives Of Thelp
Associates Extremely
Unpleasant.

Il have never been anything better
than a yellow dog in my own house"
remarked a husband whose domestic
woes got into court. The only fault
with his wife, he said, was her tenn
per" The casual phrase has the pic
turesqueness and fine Appropriateness
OF vision. The man or woman who has
a thoroughly ill-natured spouse or is
into constant and intimate in
with a violent-tempered
companion. leads a dogs life-a yell
low dogs life. Other dogs may suffer
a martyrdom that is not without dig
nifty, but the yellow dog is despised as
well as prosecuted. His sufferings are
mitigated by no balm of self-respect.
In putting up with injurious words and
deeds from those who are near and
more or less dear to him q man is
cutting a sorry figure in his own eyes
as we'll as in the eyes of others. There
must be another Tanning of the
Shrew" If he would rehabilitate him.
self. says the New York Mail and Elk.
press.
The plain old English phrase, "a bad
disposition" is the f1ttest to describe
a violent temper. There is a touch of
c~ongenftal badness about it, something
akin to intermittent alcoholism or pe-
rlod1c vice. Even where 1t discharges
itself in printable and fairly d~ecorous
language, it carries within it the ugly
meanings and associations of the bar
rooms and the stews. 1t is not uncom-
mon, however, when the barriers of
restraint are broken down, for it to
have a frank occurs to their forms
OF expressing. So a man or woman
who has, as life mate or boon compan-
ion one who on minor p%rovocation rips
out with injurious violence and derog-
atory epithets. is in somewhat the
same predicament as one who is yoked
with a fellow whose past is not with
out reproach. who has to be ALLOWED
for" with ones self and silently apollo
gized for to others. 1t is a species OF
degradation.
There are those who pride them
selves ON the possession of what is
called "a fine old temper" They are
uncommonly easily pleased. I'll" ma
tured and bad temperate words ex.
list as embodiments of the deliberate
experience of mankind. They stand
as opinions of something morbid and
something vile. The institution of the
ducking stools for scolds, male and fe-
male, embodies another hearty judg-
ment, which was not abandoned when
society abdicated the task of evicting
the evil one by forcible immersion
and allowing the ducking stool to fall
into disuse. Its raison d'etre was the
belief that crossness was just a form
Of perverse egotism, a sort of childish
ness, of immaturity and exaggerated
self-love, that could be cured by q
course of sprouts. "A contentious
woman ond a rainy day are alike
and a contentious man is not far diff
ferent. One cannot avoid rainy days
but there is nothing inevitable about
contention.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-08-14
u. S. SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
Recommends Pe-ru-na
For Dyspepsia and Stomach Trouble.
Catarrh Of the Stomach Is Generally
Called Dyspepsia. Something to
Produce Artificial Digestion
Is Generally Taken.
Hence, Pepsin. Pancreatin and a Hos:
Of Other Digestive Remedies
Has Been Invented.
These Remedies Do Not Reach the Seat
Of the Difficulty, Which Is
Really Catarrh.

Tx. u. S. Senator M. C. Butler from
l. South Carolina, was Senator from
that state for two terms. In a re-
cen letter to The Peruna Medicine Co.,
from Washington, d. c., says:
"Ican recommend Peruna for dys.
pepsia and stomach trouble. I have
been using your medicine for a short
period and l feel very much relieved.
1t Is indeed q wonderful medicine be-
sides q good tonic. "---M. C. Butler.
The only rational way to cure dyspep-
STA is to remove the catarrh. Peruna
cures catarrh. Peruna does not produce
artificial digestion. Itcures catarrh and
leavesthe stomach to perform digestion
in a natural way. This is vastly better
and safer than resorting to artificial
methods.
Peruna has cured more cases Of dys-
pepsia than all other remedies COM
bined, simply because it cures catarrh
wherever located. If catarrh is located
in the head, Peruna cures it. If catarrh
has fastened itself in the throat or
bronchialtubes, Peruna cures it. When
catarrh becomes settledi in the stomach,
Peruna cures it, as well in this location
as in any other.
Peruna is not simply a remedy for
dyspepsia. Peruna is a catarrh remedy.
Peruna cures dyspepsia because it is
generally dependent upon catarrh. b
The Tupelo journal., 1903-08-14
Get What You Ask For.

When you see an article well-advertised in
the newspapers, you may be sure it's a good
article, for advertising only pays if the goods
are honest and possess merit. The people
who make a specially of one advertised ar
ticle, like Cascarets, Candy Cathartic, for ex-
ample, stake their whole business existence
on its doing what they say it will. They
ers of this paper are urged to be sure that
they get what they ask for, when they ask
for an advertised article, for it's the good
thing that is initiated and counterfeited
Don't accept substitutes! Insist on getting
the genuine!
The Tupelo journal., 1903-08-14
Prunes and Rhubarb

Prunes and rhubarb is an agreeable
combination and the blending is accom-
pl.shed by pouring prune juice over rhu-
barb that has been stewed with very little
sugar. Raisins may be combined with
rhubarb If the prune flavor is not dssir.
able.-Drcoklyn Eagla
The Tupelo journal., 1903-08-14

Ifyou do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
wise gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-08-14

was more ag-
onized cry than
that which split
the stiffness of the
night air on a
lees lake. A man
was sinking, sink
ing, sinking! The
boisterous waves
leaped up as IL
eager to claim an
other victim. They
wrapped their cold