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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Walk on the Water.

After several years of patient labor
and experiment, Tenby, Pembroke
shire, seaman, named William Lew
eliyn, has invented an apparatus by
means Of which he is able to walk on
the sea even in the toughest weather.
Llewellyn gave a successful demon.
stration off the pier-head before a
crowd of several thousands people
The apparatus consists of a pair of
large wooden boots, connected in
front with steering gear. With
these boots, which are shaped like
the two parts of catamaran, Lew
ellyn walked about the sea for nearly
half an hour. The water was rather
rough at the time, but the inventor
seemed to have no difficulty in keep
ing his balance.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
a Modern french aPled Plner.u

AT a country fair at Rosenthalles-
Choux, a little village near Dunkirk,
France, rat charmer named Ray
surprised the natives by shutting him
self ap in barrel with hundred
rats.
Several minutes afterward when the
spectators expected to see him half
deyoured by the rodents, the man
opened the lid of the barrel and
showed himself unframed, with the
rats clustering about his breast. He
said that the modulatlons of his voice
acted as charm upon the animals.
and prevented them from deyouring
him.-London Mail.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
An Optomist.

She -"Charlie Halfback is an opti-
mist for fair"
He-"Why SOP"
She-"Why, he lost a toe, two fin
gers and part of an ear in Saturdays
football game, and he says he's all
right as long as he's got his hair"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Llttle Iatli.,de.

II suppose a man has t. be pretty
careful in order to hold his job" said
the talkative passenger.
Eyes," assented the conductor, sad.
ly. IF knock fare down the COM
pany kicks, and if knock passen.
ger down he reports me-"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Clay Butter.
Wax from Trees.

The wax palm of the Andes is q
vegetable wonder. 1t grows to a
height of nearly 200 feet and thrives
not only on the plains but the noun
tains. The wood is tough and durable
and is employed in carpentry. The
wax comes from the pits between the
trunk and fronds. 1t is yellow or
grayish white, is as pure as beeswax,
and is used for making candles. A
"peon" climbing the tree can gather
from 20 pounds to 30 pounds from
each.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Came Down AGAIN.

Remember" said the Sabbath
school teacher, chat no man ever left
this earth and returned"
"There was one" spoke up the
small boy in the red cap"
"Who was he?"
Santos-Dumont."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

John 1. sullisan has passed through
the bankruptcs court and is now at
liberty to exp y his opinion of cred
itors in style that is more remark.
able for its o. inality and force than
for its purity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
A PossibIe ExnIanatlon.

"oh, George" she gurgled happily,
as she cuddled closer. 81 wonder how
any one could say absence makes the
heart grow fonder?"
II think" replied George, chat
must refer TO the absence of a third
party"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
1f$z2 ) 4tjp3aEIzIR

storm. If it keeps out of the water
for several days look out for a thun-
derstorm.
The indications for frosty weather
are the same as for fine, and for snow
the same as for rain. In fact, a leech
is almost as good forecaster as the
weather man himself
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
After information.

Suitor-"So you will give your
daughter $4,000; that is a small
sum-"
Rich Papa-"Yes, but she will in
herit the whole property at my
DEATH"
Suitor Cabsently)-"About what
time will that be?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Like a Boy.

Aunt Frances said to her nephew
one day, What will you do when you
are a MANI"
IN grow beard" was the unex.
pected reply.
"Why?" she asked.
Because, then won't have nearly
so much face to wash" said Tommy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Theory and Practice.

"Ah!" he sighed, 81 was happier
when was poor"
We'll" they answered coldly, at is
always possible for man to become
poor again."
But somehow the idea did not seem
to impress him favorably.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

AS long as men novelists are
privileged to wear ball gowns when
they have their ictures taken for
reproduction by the half-tone process,
what chance of vii ming public atten.
uon has the mere nan novelist?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Sentiment and Sense.

"You see, sir" said the smiling
proprietor, these rooms command a
charming view of the landscape,
and"
Bother the landscape What l want
is room that commands view of
the fire escape"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Lewis Nixon believes in giving his
men more wages and shorter hours in
stead of libraries, etc Such policy,
IL generally followed, would enable
workmen to furn sh their own librar
les, and a few cl1er things.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Save what you can spare of your in
come, instead Of spending it foolishly,
and some deJ when other people are
eating prunes you may be in a position
to eat Strawberries.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
So He Mixes EN-.

Mike-And why the divil do yez
take beer an whisky mixed?
Pat-Sure, If Dim dhrink beer OF
git full before Ohm dhrunk, and If Oh
drink whisky OF git dhrunk before
Ohm full, so i. shutes me better to
mix 'em.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Equitable Division.

''You allow no beer in the house?"
NO; my wife and never drink
anything but wine and water"
I'm what proportion do you take
it?"
Il drink the wine and my wife
drinks the water"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Managing Editor-"How a,s
nnow mat the new man was an er
CITY Editor-"Because he wrote ,ou
ilnes about suicide yesterday snS
never spoke of it as a rash act"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Reckless Expense
Mrs. Tellem Wright-Have W

90, mad heard that young spenditt
yes. The doctor said the poor fell.
lew mad swallowed enough mornbina
to kill fifty people,"
Mercy! Extravagant to the las,,.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
No Necessity.

but don't you see" persisted the
disputatious person, you are merely
begging the question when you"
Il never beg anything, sir" haught-
lily interrupted Mr.. Gaswell. IL am
able to pay for everything l want"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
in the Smart Set.

"That first wife of mine never could
take a joke"
''But she took you once"
Don't get personal. When she got
her divorce from Belmoblit last week
l sent her a message wishing her
many happy returns of the day, and
now she refuses to even nod when we
meet"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Hard on the Vegetables.

mo-" said the housekeeper, angrily,
II don't want any more of your vege-
tables. They're just about as worth
less as I've come to believe you to
be-"
"Oh don't say that about 'em,
ma'am," rS~otested the huskster. Don't
say that about EN-"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Now that Paris chemist has made
with the blowpipo artificial rubies that
are said to BE equal to the real ar
ticle, the expression more precious
than rubies" will lose something OF
its old-time force.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

The next Vanderbilt wedding will
take place during the coming winter,
the exact da.e to be announced as
soon as Mrs Nation shall have left
the country.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Thoroughly Eauipped.

He's thinking of launching out as
a theatrical manager this winter
Il didn't suppose he was fitted for
that sort of thing"
20, yes! A relative of his who
died recently left him fur-lined over
coat"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

A man ha defined happiness as be-
ing known / everybody and knowing
everybody, I'D being invited every
where and ORG nowhere. But he
never found q woman to agree with
him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Two Frenchmen who were going to
fight duel have decided to settle
their affair by arbitration. Perhaps
they think that will be more danger
GUS.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Now that ae sultan Of Morocco has
nailed the eads of twenty rebellious
subjects to the gates of Fee 1t is
probable z all his surviving sub
1ects love 81 very much.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
More Accurate.

rs your house heated by a fur
nace?" asked Van Major.
"Well," replied Won Miner, eau
tiously, Il wouldn't be quite SO reck-
less as to assert that. There is a
furnace in the cellar. however"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Judge Gaynor OF New York has an,
nounced the legal proposition that
every mans dog is entitled to one bite
and every mans horse to one kick.
The mule, of course, cannot be limited
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

The Indianapolis ghouls are hardly
an 1t with the Massachusetts, under
taker who ried man without
coffin, and ten charged the widow
for one.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Oil has been discovered in Africa.
That continent may now prepare to
get itself connected with us by pipe
line.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Frenchman Fond of His romb.

An eccentric old gentleman named
Chapelain has just died at Monhoudou.
in the Department of the Sarthe,
France. He was very rich, and had
caused monumental tomb to be built
on piece of land adjoining the GENE.
terry.
In this tomb he has for twenty years
past spent several hours day, often
sleeping there, in order, as he said,
to get used to his future dwelling.
place.
AT this house he kept the coffin In
which he was to be buried, and used
1t as bed, while he invariably had
his winding sheet or shroud laid on
the table in the dining room in lieu
OF tablecloth.-London Express.
Clay Butter.
1t is not generally known that in
many parts of the world clay Is eaten
on bread as a substitute for butter.
This is termed "stone butter" and is
used in many parts of Germany. In
northern parts of Sweden earth is
often baked in bread and is sold In
the public markets on the Italian
peninsula as well as on the island of
Sardinia, Persia, Nubia and other trop-
ical countries. Health" says this
practice probably had its origin in the
knowledge that all earths have some
kind OF flavor and take the place of
salt, a necessary ingredient In all
kinds of food.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
just Like the Reat Of ,En-

"Ef Satan wuz once in heaven, how
come he ever got out err it?"
well, like many another po' devil.
he couldn't stan prosperity"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
loo Much.

she-But mama says you refuse TO
listen to reason.
He-Great guns! Does she call
herself reason?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

In Dom Paul Kruger's oath of allie
glance to Great Britain there may be
interpolated few Africander swear
words.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

A distinguished German physician
has discovered that there are 10000
microbes in one pound of dried fruit"
is that all?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Sitting Bulls son is working as a
section hand on a western railroad.
Can it be doubted any longer that re-
publics are ungrateful to their princesT
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

A Western paper grumbles ever
the shortage Of women in the far
West" Well, is there a superfuity of
them anywhere?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
In Kentucky,

A-Does the colonel take whisky
for a cold?
B-No, he takes cold for the
whisky.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

4 1t never seems to bother Mr.. Gates
when he loses a million or so. Per
haps he would fret more If he had
earned the money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

May Yohe and Putty" Strong
reached home IN time to flavor up
the holiday season.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

A mile minute is pretty fast, but
some of the flying machine inventors
have beaten even that--on the way
down.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

So many statesmen are carrying
challenges back and forth in Paris
that the French Chamber of Deputies
cannot secure working quorum.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

If the fool-dller ever arrives for
business the life insurance companies
will go broke in day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

A New York man was killed by the
scratch Of kitten. Don't fool with
the cat
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

When woman has had nine chill.
dren she begins to have suspicious
about some of the beautiful passages
in love stories.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

New ways of prolonging life are
discovered and announced almost
every day, but Death hasn't found it
out yet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Observe the promotion of WI Ting
fang and never make fun of the man
who asks questions
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Andrew Carnegie is in New York.
Now, Mr.. Frick, get ready for the
semi-wind-up.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
-cD0E5GaInaa1l T0IIEEIF=lz7G4 4
Method of Reflnina.

Don't you think Mrs. de Swim ha,
marvelously refined face?"
"Well, she ought to have! it's been
through processes enough"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
An InseotIvorous IlIumlnant.

Here is an insect that carries a Ian
tern at night 1t is called the lantern
fly, and is found in South America.
Its huge head is hollow, made of thin
and papery tissue, and painted red
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Haunted.


There came a whisper In the night
A little cry across the years.
And / who heard. in deep alright.
Awakened with unnumhered fears.
IT is some deed that / have done,
Some sin / wrought long long ago;
But hush! am / the only one2
Then wherefore am l troubled so?
For all men do some evil deed.
And all men falter-some men fall;
DO ghosts OF Selhshness and Greed
Come back, o God TO haunt them all?
'Mayhap some waywardness was mine
In vanished days. mayhap | fell
Must | now drink the bitter brine
Must ] see eyes that CLEAN from help"
Then came whisper through the night,
A little cry across the years
And l who heard, in deep alright
Listened with wild, unnumbered fears.
Il am the ghost of that pure deed
You might have done. but did not do;
I am the ghost OF that good seed
You might have sown when Life was
new.
And this 1t is that haunts you now
ahat deed undone, that seed unsown;
Too late, too late, to take the pillow,
Inc Spring is gone. the May is fownl"
And this I heard amid the night
This voice that called across the years;
And when the dawn came, silver white.
was companioned with my tears.
-Charles H. Towne, in Sunday-School
Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

especially If the Lady Is Stout.
g. Yes, sir" said the elib salesman
:! contend that I can tell the disposi.
we a op a woman by the corset she
o1,u "ei said the thoughtful man,
II admit there's a good deal in that"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
spltrack.

Before the invention of ovens meat
was roasted on spits as here shown
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Going Into par.la..,-

Evo,4 TITO Particulars.
wan 4'Ileu Lady Cat the telephone)-I
Wo,d my husband, please, at once.
Der please? ~ ~"
the fonS.l Lady (snappish1y) Only
-e FOURTH you impudent thing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

(agd expect
Claus.
Mamma-Why not
Wilie-Cos pop swipe stamp of envelope
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

The empty coal bed makes the
whole world kin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

There came a whisper in the night,
A little cry across the years,
And who heard. in deep alright,
Awakened with unnumbered fears.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

II Is some deed that I have done,
Some sin / wrought long. long ago;
But hush am ! the only one?
Then wherefore am l troubled so?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

TOT al mon DO some eyll deed,
AND all men falter-some men fall;
DO ghosts OF Sehshness and Greed
Come back, o God TO haunt them all
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-17

over which the flag of the free waves,
where the American army is stationed,
are governed by system of laws In
the enactment of which they had no
voice and in the enforcement of which
they have no part.
The congress of our country is
creature of the constitution and if the
constitution does not govern, congress
is without power to enact legislation
fer any people.
On the first day of June, 1902. the
supreme court of the United States
announced decision that should
bring home to every American citizen
a realizing sense of the trend of events
at the present hour. The announce
ment is made by vote of five to four
of the supreme judges of the United
States that congress may pass laws
for the government of human beings
where the constitution of my country
does not go and is not the basis upon
which such legislation is had. If that
instrument intended by our fathers for
the protection of all the people over
which it holds sway is thus to be con-
strued when the rights of the Fill
plno are involved, what may we expect
when questions of our own internal
goversment come before the highest
tribunal of our country.
say to you without fear of contra
diction that the men who are today
controlling affairs in our land are not
the patriots of one hundred years ago,
government come before the highest
existed for the American people.
Congress cannot legislate where the
constitution does not apply If it can,
then, sir, it is upon the same basis as
the English government, a nation with
out constitution, the very thing that
in the Madisonian debates our fathers
said should not exist in the great
American Republic of the western
hemisphere.
Democracy the Leader of Freedom.
1 The American Republic must live.
hut it lives for the American people to
protect American institutions and for
the growth and development of Amer
lean civilization American civillza-
ton does not mean that one man can
govern another without his consent.
American civilization does not mean
that the flag of the free will wave over
slave. American civilization does
not mean that the trust power of the
/ United States is to find lodgment ten
thousand miles from it's national cap.
itol.
American civilization means more
than this. 1t means honor. upright
ness, patriotism. 1t means love OF
humanity, equality of all men before
have voice il the selection of his
lawmakers; less than this is tyranny;
more than this is not asked.
Go forth, Democracy, as the guiding
star of a great people. Thy wand OF
Independence and good government
has almost encircled the globe. Per-
nit not one dark spot on thy fa1E
escutcheon, at home or abroad. but
ever live as the hope of a free people.
When thy banner is torn and tattered,
humanity trembles and oppression has
touched the foundation of liberty. it
remains for the children of Jefferson,
Jackson and Lincoln to be ever true
to the eternal principles thou hast
taught, that this land may be of the
people, for the people, and by the
people,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-17

you view it, The Democracy ever has
been and ever will he in favor of a
stable and sound currency. 1t is as
much opposed to a trust in money as
it is to trust in The PRODUCTS Of labor
OF what alue would your land be ii
it were iot fer tho medium of ex-
change? Prices viii be enhanced
business viii be developed, progress
made in all lines ii the medium of eX-
change keeps pace with the growth
-and development of industry and
trade. This has ever been the policy
OF the Democratic party, and ever will
be.
The platform enunoiated at Des
Moines said that. we The general rep
resentatives oil the Democratic party
in delegate convention assembled
hereby declare anew our faith in the
Fundamental principle of the Demo
cratic party and renew our allegiance
thereto"
1t is the fundamental principle OF
the Democratic ty hat the money
OF our colntry Guild be under the
control of ia general government
and a qua afficlant for all prac-
tical purpt IS To-day we have a
larger per ea8ita circulation than ever
before. " aAYe Oyer a Thousand
million dol ar Oh gold as money and
yet it is ar iafted TACT that scarce
IL one half 4 Aast sim is in actual
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
GentIeness and silence

1t is good to prepare the thoughts in
gentleness and silence for consideration
of duty. Silence as we'll as gentleness
would seem beloved of God. For to the
human sense, and like the mighty mani
festation of serene lesson, the skies
and the great spaces between the stars
are silent. Silent, too, for the most
vary the quiet of the country and the
fluctuating solitudes of the waters Folly
and passion are rebuked before it.; peace
loves it, and hearts are drawn together
by it, conscious of one service and of one
duty of sympathy. Violence is partial,
and transitory; gentleness alone is uni
versal and ever sure. 1t was said of old,
under partial law and with limited in
tention, but with spirit beyond the IL
tention, which emanated from the Cod
given wisdom in the heart, that there
came wind that rent the mountains and
broke the rocks in pieces, before the
Lord; "but the Lord was not in the wind:
and after the wind was an earthquake.
but the Lord was not In the earthquake:
and after the earthquake fire, but the
Lord was not in the fire; and after the
fire, a still small voice." Such is the Cod
given voice of conscience in the heart:
most potent when most gentle. breaking
before it the difficulties Of worldly trou-
BILE and inspiring us with calm deter
mination-Leigh Hunt.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
STRAIGHT TO THE SPOT

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back,
and loin pains overcome. Swelling of
the limbs, rheumatism, and dropsy signs
vanish.
They correct urine with brick-dust
sediment, high colored, excessive, pain
in passing, dribbling, frequency. Doan's
Kidney Pills dissolve and remove calculi
and gravel. Relieve heart palpita-
ton, sleeplessness, headache, nervous
ness.
TELL CRY, ND received the free
trial of Doan's Kidney Pills. They arc
splendid. had an awful pain in my
back ; on taking the pills the pain left
me. right away and l feel like new
man. Stephen Schaefer.
Mrs. ADDIE ANDREWS, r. F. D. No. I.
BRoDuEAD, WIS, writes: l received
the free trial of Doan's Kidney Pills with
much benefit. My little nephew was
suffering terribly with kidney trouble
from scarlet fever Two doctors failed
to help him and he finally went into
spasms His father gave him Doan's
Kidney Pills and from the second dose
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Prize for WfndOw-Break king.

An enterprising Newchurch grocer
whose shop is near the local cricket
ground, says London Tit-Bits, recently
offered Dutch cheese as a prize to the
batsman who could drive ball through
his shop window. The cheese has been
won by Lieut. Dunno, of the milestone
c. c., whose winning hit" splintered the
glass into tiny fragments, knocked over
half a dozen bottles of sweets and
smashed few treacle-jars