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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
THE ONE SPOT TO HER.
Girls Natural Regard for Home of Her
Adored One.

Girls NATURAL Regard for Home Of Her
Adored One.
The originality of American girls
has often been known to puzzle for
eigners to no small degree, and the
following is but an illustration of
what they run up against:
A group of intelligent people were
gathered in the drawing room of a
fashionable hotel on the continent, all
chatting in a friendly manner, when
an American girl suddenly held the
floor
yes" she said, Speaking of com
PARSONS, l guess l have been every
where I've been to Paris and done it
to death; I've visited London until it is
old to me; I've been to Constantine
pie, Egypt, India-I guess I've been
everywhere on this earth. but of all,
nothing to me can compare with
Blanks hotel of Denver"
The foreigners laughed, for they
thought it must be some kind of
joke, yet they did not know what
Blanks hotel was and had never heard
of it.
A few days later, as the American
girl was taken ill., one of the women
went to call upon her. In smoothing
the pillows and arranging the coverlid
the lady noticed photograph fall to
the floor.
Picking it up, she said: II suppose
this has something to do with Blanks
hotel?"
Yes" said the girl with sigh, "hes
the cashier there"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
September.


The memory of sunlit summer fingers
Upon the mouldring mansion, quaint
and gray.
Time touches tenderly with wearied fin
gers
The clinsing ivy which it kissed in
May.
hear the frightened whispering of fow-
ers:
A robin flies across the sullen sky.
And oh, the leaves are falling in the
bowers
Where We forgot that sunlit days must
blinded.
The world should brush the giAmor
fain would dream. and never be re-
minded
That youth must vanish--happinss bs
spent.
1t Is, you know, the oft repeated story.
we dream our dream, and wake Ia
find life real;
Some to despair; some to short-lived
glory ~
How few. alasl to find a hoped ideal
Felix N. Gerson in Some Verses"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

right and has dragged velvet and silk.
muslin and lace. through dust and
mire with a right royal disregard for
the consequences.
1t is difficult to tell from the illum-
mated manuscripts (Which with the
efiigies were almost the only source of
information as to early costume)
whether up to 1887 the skirts were
raised from the ground at all or not,
but at that date the rage for length
ening every part of the dress passed
all bounds with both men and women.
The women's sleeves and wells were
so long that they had TO be tied in
knots, and the skirts of the robes lay
IN great rolls on the ground
The cynical illuminator made a pic
ture of the devil in female garments
with the skirts as well as the sleeves
knotted up.
The authors of the Roman de la
Rose" describe the dress of the late
thirteenth and early fourteenth cen
turtles, and are particularly severe on
the length of the train Of the surcoat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

believer and renounced all ties when
she became one of us. The infidel
husband shall never know. Verify out.
siders know naught of what happens
in Elysium"
Then raising his voice until there
was suggestion of menace in 1t he
continued: Il have been faithful
disciple, and If the rewards are not
for the elect who are to have them :?
| do not question the stewardship Of
the funds and the properties. 1t is
due that I should have some of the
joys of the world"
The two men looked into each
others eyes moment. Then the
Prophet said:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

so long as to be gathered up and car.
ried over the arm, and tract was
written by a divine at that time on
titled Contra Caudas Dominarup"
A Norman knight some hundred
years later made great many unkInd
remarks about the prevailing fashions
for the benefit of his daughters. He
was particularly harsh on the custom
OF putting fur on the bottom of their
skirts which fell about their heels and
are daubed with the mire."
But these satirical illusions seem to
have had their usual effect when flung
at lovely woman She continued to
trail her long robes wherever she
willed and to look charming in them
until fashion decreed that there should
be no more trains to drag, which ap
pears to have been in the early part
of the sixteenth century. The wheel
fardingle introduced with Queen Eliza
beth and the hoop of various sizes and
shapes in the eighteenth century made
holding up the skirts unnecessary or
impossible
In Charles lis time the court ladies'
allowed their voluminous skirts to
drag except in the dance, when they
were frankly raised above the garter.
The merchants tidy and thrifty wives
OF the same period pinned or gathered
up their gowns from the muddy
streets with the pleasant effect of
showing their lace petticoats and
smart shoes and stockings.
In the eighteenth century hoopskirt
days the Powered skirts were some
times drawn up all around through the
pocket holes and with a red capuchin
above and gay petticoat and pair of
slim feet in black buckled shoes be-
low made very bewitching picture.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

/
1T snail be as you wish. will
speak to her this evening""
The door opened and there enter.
ed thin, lanky man with lanky
Jaw and scrawny growth of beard
His eye was furtive and he seemed
| to glide rather than walk.
Well, Benjamin." said the Prophet
interrogatively.
1T is about the girl, Rose" replied
the newcomer deprecatingly. ut
pleased your holiness to give her to
me to wife, and she will have none of
me, nor does her mother urge her as
she might. She has goodly inherit.
ance' 1t should be kept in the fold
Summon the girl and her mother"
commanded the Prophet to Jonathan
Presently they came, thin-faced.
shifty-eyed woman and a girl of rare
beauty just budding into young
womanhood.
hear that the girl is obstinate
and refuses to obey the will of the
Prophet" remarked Dowfurth sternly.
addressing the elder woman. Listen,
unless you make her see the error of
her way all your sacrifices shall be
as nothing and you will be cast out
of the fold"
The woman trembled, and replied:
i have told her she must. What
more can l do?"
She is your daughter. You must
make her obey. Tonight at nine
O'Clock Elder Lanson will come to
your room for his bride. He will have
with him enough of the elders to as.
sure her obedience if you show the
proper authority. See that she is
arrayed for the bridegroom"
The girl wrung her hands In des.
pair. During the months she had
resided in Elysium she had seen
enough to know how helpless she
was.
On, mamma, mamma; not to that
crawling thing. Let us leave this
terrible place, Or you stay and let
me go. can make my own way.
know can. Let them have my in.
heritance, but let me CO."
Just at this moment the door open.
ed, and an illy-dressed, foolish-looking
boy shuffled in with pail of water
in one hand and some cloths in the
other
Who is that, and what does he In
here?" exclaimed the Prophet, frown.
ing.
1T is a new boy to do the mental
work. ! took him In because he said
he was a believer in the faith. What
do you in here boy"
Il was sent in to wash the win.
dows."
You have made a mistake-not at
this hour. Get out"
Jonathan strobe toward him to |
eject him and the Prophet turned |
toward the woman.
1t shall be as you say" she replied.
''The girl will be ready"
The girl threw herself on her knees |
in a paroxysm of grief. "Oh, Harry.
Harry" she shrieked, save me; save
me now or it will be too late"
And then new kind of miracle
happened in Elysium. Jonathan
had just reached the boy and reach.
ed out his hand to eject him when |
the lad lost his shufiing gate and
fooaaSh looks, Strengthened up into an
athletic young man, and gave the
Elde~ q punch in the pit of his stom.
ach that doubled him up like a
jachuifss and followed it with a blow
under the chin that sent him rolling
to the floor in contortions. Quick
as flash he let Elder Lanson have
one in the chest that caused him to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Iceberg. 100 Milss Inna

The French mariners record for
big icebergs of Cape Horn was brok.
en- recently, says San Francisco dis.
patch In the Chicago Inter Ocean
when the British ship Anglesey, Cant
Thompson, arrived from Newcastle
England, and reported that on Sent
20, on Cape Horn, she sailed into a
great iceheld, in the midst of which
was gigantic iceberg, approximately
100 miles long and over 100 feet high
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

lay It up over the belt, drawing 1t a
little toward the back, by which means
1t is quite raised from the ground at
the left side and back and only needs
to be held up bit at the right This
is by far the easier way for the arm,
also
Woman, as a necessary adjunct to
each quickly changing fashion in
skirts, has had to discover for her
self and learn to practice the smartest
or most convenient way of keeping her
garment from contact with the ground.
Once in a while she has reb elled out
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
One for Each Of IN. w,,,.

A member of the suite of King lie.
vanilla the Black King, gives an
amusing account Of those liberty
dresses which the king bought in Lon.
oon Just before his departure. Tbs
Snlel, It seems, occupied two solid
hours In the show room of the great
ssiA merchant and during the whols
ol tnat time two young ladies wers
Aepl busy trying on the gorgeous
costumes as fast as they could he
brought up, displaying their beauty n
tne unusual visitor. In the end Ia
wanika bought twelve dresses. one 10,
sacn Oh MS wives. at a cost Of $500.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
THE vANDERBlLrs OF TO-DAY.
various Traits Exhibited by This
Notable Family.

S'S q aHlilys
foung Cornelius Vanderbilt is to-
Gay by far the most notable member
OF the multi-millionaire family -
which he belongs. Helped bv his
clever wife, he has won the reputation
OF being many-sided man. In turn
ne mas earned distinction as success.
Iui inventor railroad engineer. uoliti.
clan' national guardsman, four-in-hand
whip and yachtsman, and now he "a
ABOUT to make his debut as a lecturer
at Columbia University, where he win
speak on railroad engineering. Fred
vanderbilt has become a recluse
George vanderbilt, a man of cultured
leisure while w. X. Vanderbilt ST..
ms son and 'namesake, w. K. Wander
Elit IT. and Alfred and Reggie Van.
derbllt have apparently no otbe, aim
IN NE than pleasure and the pleasing
OF their tastes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Winter lows

Now is the season when the young
man rolls up his trousers at the bot
tom and seeks the house of a maid
where there is a fireplace. Summer
In hammock is bliss, but winter
by the side Of pink and white girl
with kind eyes seems to be more at
tractiVe. There is always the fire
to poke up when the conversation
grows DINNER than the light-ore-
gonian.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

form to the imagination. but as II
that little were too much the fashion
In holding them up was to draw them
as tightly as possible around the figure
and raise them as high as the knee.
In the nineteenth century there was
an interesting procession OF clinging
skirts, short skirts, with small hoops,
hoops. which brought back the good
old medieval fashion of raising the
skirts bit in front while they swept
the ground at the back; those hoops.
bustles with long trains, which nobody
made the Least pretense at raising:
bustles with short skirts, slim trained
skirts, which were sometimes raised
and sometimes not skirts SO volum-
inous that they had to be carried in
both hands and tight skirts which
were raised in most ungainly fash.
ion at the back.-New York Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
No Time for New Books.

In answer to the academy's annual
question to eminent Englishmen as to
the new books they have read with
the most pleasure the past year Her
bert Spencer writes that he has not
read any new books, while Prof. Skeat
OF Cambridge university says that he
has read none, having quite enough
to do to read the old ones"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
STORY OF tom" ocHILTREE.
Se'iant Colonel Had Science OF
Shooting Down Fine.

CoIonel Had Science OF
Shooting Down Fine.
Col Tom" ochiltree was once in.
vited to spend a week at the deer
hunting lodge in the Maine woods OF
one OF his friends, and tramped the
wilds for a week without bringing
down anything. On the last dav ~
ms visit he was approaching the
iodge in company with his entertainer
just as dusk, and seeing something
IN the thicket, fired at 1t. It turned
out 10 be calf, but the Honorable
Tom missed it as CALAMITY as If It had
Deen buck of many antlers. What's
tnls shouted his host, you pretend.
~" W oe a hunter and can't hit calff"
wen, rom replied, II wasn't just
: SuIo wnat 1t was, so shot to hit 1t il
1t was deer and miss 1t If It was a
calf"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
An Atom of Hydroo.n

An article in the Electrical Review
discusses the size OF an atom of hvdro
gen, and arrives at the conclusion tbs,
these particles of matter are 80 sna,,
that 1t would take 115,OOO,OOO of them
laid in line to extend a distance .;
one centimetef.- that is an atom 4.
about one-third of a billionth Of an
inch in size. AN
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
DR.. COFFEE
Discovers Remedies That Restore
Sight to Blind People.

DR.. W. o. Coffee, a noted oculist $50 Good
Block, Des Moines, Iowa, has discovered med
icines for the eyes that people can use at home
and cure Cataracts, Scums Granulated I,ids
Ulcers or Blindness and restore sight.
DR.. Gomez has published an S0-page book On
EYE Diseases which he will send Free to everV
reader of this paper. This book tells how to
prevent old sight and make weak eyes strong
Write DE-. Coffee today for his book
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Puttlnn "a stIeLp Ii I.

Over the soda fountain in nar.
yer drug store is sign which con.
yeys hint readily understood by
thirsty people who like a stimulant
In their soda. The sign contains these
WORDS; Just Wink at Billy. Billy
Knows"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
Some Fashions in Gowns,
Varying Styles That Have Found Favor
With Ny Lady = Artistic and Lnsrtisdo
Ways in Which to Lift the Skirt

F the two really good
styles Of holding up the
skirt at present one is
to grasp the folds with
the right hand ct the
back, but a little to the
left, and then to pull
them round to the right
hip and raise them a
so that the edge
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

N tne latter part of the eighteenth
century fashions rushed from yard
long waists and hoped petticoats to
very high waists and very long slim
sElrts' According to the Times. in
1875, the measurement of a petticoat
Tor a middling-sized woman was 5 feet
ana inch and it also says that among
prudent fathers the favorite toast was
Inc present fashion of our wives and
daughters, viz: No Wastel" These
clinging skir~ left very little of the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Bright's disease is near at hand. Read
how the danger can be averted.
Case No. 15,741.-Re". Jacob d. Van
Wis, Presbyterian clergyman, says:
"a man or woman who has never had
kidney complaint or any of the little
Ills consequent upon irritated or mac
tive kidneys knows very little about
what prolonged offering is. | had at
days at time, unable to do anything,
and to express what l suffered can
hardly be adequately done in ordinary
Anglo-Saxon. AS time passed, compli-
cations set in the particulars of which
| will be pleased to give in personal
formation. used plenty of remedies,
and, ever on the outlook for something
that might check or benefit my condi.
ton, | began taking Doan's Kidney
Pills. This l can conscientiously say,
Doan's Kidney Pills caused a general
improvement in my health. They
brought great relief by lessening the
pain and correcting the action of the
kidney secretions.
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine, which cured the Rev. Jacob
Van Doren, will be mailed on applica-
ton to any part of the United States.
Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y. For sale by all druggists. Price
so cents per box.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
THE eRAY.HAIaEp VETERAN.

roud
away;
The
ionyan
the in
- ~ ' ~" ""i Are now the
ngton Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

take her to wife. Most Holy One. She
is comedy, and am passing lonesome
since Jeanette passed to the other
shore"
The Prophet started and frowned
slightly. 1T would stir up trouble.
Jonathan. She is married according
to the law Of the land, and the out
side world do not yet understand our
divine law"
But she is married to an I'M
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
ALUsKINe DANGER.

There is a lurking
danger in the aching
back.
The aches and pains
Of a bad back tell Of
kidneys overworked.
Go to the kidneys
a S sis tan c e when
backache pains warn
you.
A kidney warning
should be needed, for
dangerous diabetes
quickly follows in the
wake of backache.
Urinary disorders
are serious and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

II you want creamery prices do az
the creameries do, use JUNE TINT
BUTTER COLOR.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

Of the skirt clears The ground all
around.
The other way, which has the ndvan-
tage of not outlining the figure quite
so much, is to fold little horizontal
pleat In the skirt at the left z's4 aqd
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21

supertunic or cyclas, advising the la
dies, If their legs are not handsome,
pr their feet small, to wear long robes
frailing on the pavement, but If they
have pretty feet to raise the robe as
AZ for air and convenience that all who
pass may see and admire them.
The exterior garment was sometimes
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

nervous tone to the entire body and to
thoroughly cleanse the blood, making it
impossible for neuralgia or rheumatism
to find a Judgment in the system. Min
listers, professional men generally,
newspaper men, public officials, and
brain workers, men whose daily outlay
of vitality, because of hard. trying,
anxious work, is excessive. find renew
ed nerve strength and vitality in Paine's
Celery Compound. Its use dispels head
aches, dyspepsia, heart trouble general
debility, and languor that are so COM
mon in springtime. Rev. James Doherty,
Everett. Pa, writes thus
Il have used Paine's Celery Compound
for neuralgia and the blood. l was
benefited beyond my expectation. Tt is
indeed the medicine for my system. 1t
keeps everything in good turn. There is
no drowsy, worn-out feeling to the user
of the medicine. Those who use it and
derive no benefit from it, simply abuse
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PERSONALS.

Mr.. d. j. Duncan left yesterday for a
visit to Beaufort.
Mr.. l.. e. Glenn, of Charlotte, is a
visitor to Raleigh.
Mr.. Henry Page, of Aberdeen, was in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. A. c. Patterson, of Asheville, is a
visitor to Raleigh.
Col. Jno. S. Cunningham, of Person, is a
visitor to the city.
Mr. w. w. Holding, of Wake Forest,
was here yesterday.
Major W. A. Guthrie, of Durham, was
in Raleigh yesterday.
Mr. f. r. Harris, of Henderson, was at
the Marlborough yesterday.
DR.. w r. Ruggles. of Niagara, N. c..
was in the city yesterday
Mr.. John w. Thompson left yesterday
for visit to Lake View.
Mr.. w H. Lyon. of Whiteville, was a
visitor to Raleigh yesterday.
Messrs. W. S. Cannon and j. d. Garner
of Charlotte, are in the city.
Mr.. W. II. Williamson left yesterday
on a business trip to Winston.
Mr. R. H. Hayes. of Pittsboro. arrived
yesterday to look after some legal at
fairs.
Mr.. G. Rosenthal returned to the city
yesterday after a business trip to Bur
lington.
Mr. Hiram B. Worth, of High Point,
arrived here yesterday from Richmond
to visit his relatives.
Mr. H. NJ. Holleman, of Lake View,
was in the city yesterday. Next sun
day he will go to Boston.
Mr. J. w. Keerans, of Charlotte, who
has been here at the Supreme court
left for his home yesterday
Mr. F. NJ. Hufham. of Hickory, who
has been here at the Supreme court,
left yesterday for Charlotte.
Senator r. B. White, of Franklinton
was here yesterday on his way home af-
ter visit to his father at Apex.
Mr.. w G. Day. of Atlanta, represent
ing the Coea-Cola Company, after spend
ing a short time in the city, left yes
terday.
Messrs. l.. L. Witherspoon and w. c,
Feimster, who have been here at the
Supreme court, left for their home at
Newton yesterday.
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IN And ABoUT gna U1Exs

Mrs. Margaret Nichols, formerly of
Washington, n. c., died at her home in
Portsmouth, Va, Monday night.
Mr.. ]. w. Bailey left yesterday for
Kinston, where he went to take part III
the State Sunday School Association.
County Superintendent Clements went
TO Method yesterday, where he held a
meeting Of eolored teachers. This is
the last of this term.
Messrs. Steadman Thompson, Hugh
Morson and Fab Briggs went to Chapel
Hill yesterday to see the University of
Carolina and the University of Virginia
play ball.
Mr.. w. p Rose has completed plans
for a residence on corner of Wilmington
and Cabarrus streets for the Rosenthal
estate, to be occupied by Mr.. d. Elias
and family.
Prof. Collier Cobb, of the State Uni
versity, while in the city, said that there
is much interest being taken in the de-
bate between Johns Hopkins and the
State University, which takes place Sat
urday night at Chapel Hill.
Saturday is the day for the Durham De-
pot hearing before the Corporation Com
mission. The question of rules and regu-
lations for demurrage and storage rates,
placing of cars, delays in shipment, ETC.,
will also be considered again.
DIR. Geo. T. Winston left yesterday for
Haw River, where last night he and
County Superintendent OF Public Instruc-
tion Long spoke at meeting held there
in the interest of the special graded
school tax soon to be voted on.
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ANTED.-PERSONS TO CALL ON
retail trade and agents for manufactur-
ing house; local territory; salary $3.50
paid weekly and expense money ad-
vanced; previous experience unneces-
sary; business successful; inclose self
addressed envelope. Standard House,
Chicago. 25-6t.
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FOR SALE-A CLEAN UP-TO-DATE
stock of staple and fancy groceries
Store room and location the best in
town. Rents cheap. Stock clean and
fresh. A fine opportunity to get a
good business with established trade
in a town that is growing rapidly
Write or call On Kelly Cash Grocery
Co., Thomasville, N. C.
est
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REV. JAMES DOHER7l
Writing ASout
Paine'S Celery
Compound
Says: 81 Was Banefltted Be-
yond My Expectation.

The claim that Paine's Celery Com
pound is the only honest medicine in the
world for the cure of terrible neuralgia,
nervous and blood disease, is fully borne
out by the strong and convincing letters
of testimony received every day of the
year by the proprietors of the popular
medicine Nothing else has ever pos
sessed anything like the power of Paine's
Celery Compound to restore healthy
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-30

WANTED-A MAN OF EXPERIENCE
to superintend a furniture factory
Must be willing to take stock in plant.
One without means or does not mean
business need not apply. Address,
Lock Box 1T, Rocky Mount, n. c.
thur. fri. sun.
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Dress Goods Specials
A. B. sTRONACH co.

Pine Wool Voils AZ in, s5c.
Blue Wool Vols =. D.. As in, $1.00 to $l.o0
Black Wool Crepe. =. A IN, $I'oo
Black Silk Warp Crepe. ...42 in, $l.2o
Japanes Silks for Waists and Suits.
81 in. Black, White. Natural, Colors soc.
SO in. Black. White, Natura. and
Colors ..75c. to s1.00