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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-11-27

=, NJ. Galley, founder Of the town -
Armoret, died at that town. after a
short illness, For many years he was q
stakeholder and director of the Farm.
crs' bank at Butler.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
l1 Id IL q llllKa0

and there will seem to be only two
waters on each side; take off another
wafer, turn the knife as before. and it
Will appear as If only one wafer was
on each side; take the third wafer
off, and again turn the knife dexter
ously twice or thrice. and it will APP
pear IS If all the waters had disap-
peared from each side. Next turn the
knife once or twice more, and three
waters will appear on each side, as
at the first. In performing the trick
use waters all of one size and color.
and always have one side Of Ehe knife
uppermost, so that the waters may
be taken one by one from that side;
three waters will thus be left un-
touched on the other side. and after
you have made it appear that there
are no waters on either side, you may,
to all appearance, show three on each.
When turning the knife you must,
as you lift 1t up, turn it completely
round with your finger and thumb, so
as always to bring the same side up
permost.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
Filipino Bows Kites.


Just now as we came in off the
street we saw a Filipino boy, about
8 years old, flying a feather for
kite, writes tourist in the Manila
Justicia. The feather was not more
than two inches long, and an inch
wide at the fiaring end. He had
thread tied to 1t in two places. OF
course the feather did not fly much,
but the boy amused himself with 1t
for more than FIVE minutes that we
watched him. There were no other
children about, and he never said a
word. Never complained when 1t did
not fly, or expressed any EXPLANATIONS
of joy when it did.
These Filipino boys will fly most
anything. A leaf out Of book, a
leaf of tree, piece OF newspaper,
beetle or bee-a locust or a bird.
For making and flying graceful, artis-
tic and bird-like kites our home boys
are simply not in It with the Filipinos
boys. Their best flying kites reach a
great height. and the way they sail
about in the air, one would have to
observe closely to not mistake them
for a large bird. II is not unusual
to see several Of these kites in the
same locality. and they resemble soar
Ing hawks looking for prey.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
Don't Be a saoond.olass Man.

You can hardly imagine boy say
ing: 81 am going to be a second
class man. don't want to be first
class and get the good jobs, the high
pay. Second-class jobs are good
enough for me-" Such a boy would
be regarded as lacking in good sense,
if not in sanity. You can get to be a
second-class man, however, by not
trying to be a first-class one. Thou
sands do that all the time, so THAI
second-class men are a drug on the
market, remarks Success.
Second-class things are only wanted
when first-class can't be had. You
wear first-class clothes if you can pay
for them, eat first-class butter, first.
class meat and first-class bread; or
If you don't, you wish you could Sec.
ond-class men are no more wanted
than any other second-class commod.
ity. They are taken and used when
the better article is scarce or is too
high-priced for the occasion. For
work that really amounts to anything
first-class men are wanted.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
PROCLAMATION is A WONDER.
Language of President Castro Is Rich
in FIowery Metaphor.


President Castro of Venezuela, July
5, the independence day of that repub-
lie, issued a proclamation which GER
tainly is a wonder. Revolutions in
South America should cause little sur
prise if this document, which reached
Washington to-day is fair sample OF
the literary products of the rulers.
The proclamation was published on
the eve of President Castro's depar-
ture from the yellow House" at Car
acas TO lead his army in the field, and
it is a stirring appeal to his country
men to support him in bis purpose to
crush the anti-Castro force, which has
grown so formidable recently. The
Venezuelan executive describes in
flowery metaphor his own personality
and intentions, and declares:
Anarchy has struck deep it's
claws into the bowels of our country,
but will strangl, that anarchy in the
coils of my energy"
Announcing his purpose to revolu-
tionize the methods of government in
Venezuela, he writes:
From this moment l consecrate to
the realization of that design all the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
THOUGHTS FOR EVERY DAY.

Too much religion wrecks our faith
In the Divine.
Poverty is the nest where crime and
vice are twin broods.
Don't be afraid of hard knocks, for
fate often foozles at the finish
A second marriage is often a case of
IF at first you don't succeed" etc.
The world owes every man a living,
but he's got to hustle to collect the
debt.
Don't exalt any one on pedestal.
The crash will jar you when he tum-
bles off.
There isn't such an awful difference
between your determination and your
neighbor's bullheade dness.
Women will back race horse for no
other reason than because he is the
color of chocolate ice cream.
People who cut off their noses to
spite their faces mutilate themselves
without hurting the other fellow.
When a man dimes on toast and
butter in cheap cafe, he would rath-
er libel his liver than have any one
suspect slump in his assets.
When a girl goes to the altar
She will smile and never falter;
But the sad-eyed, trembling groom
Nerves himself to meet his doom.
The coward puts up big bluff. The
courageous man talks last.
Kiss and make up and then forget,
The heart may break thro' tears Of re-
Qrqt
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
Two Bows who win Prosper.

Arthur w. Barker, Marysville, Kas.,
has completed his eleventh winter
term of school. Last year he paid his
tuition in the Modern Normal College,
which is eight dollars for term of
ten weeks, by sweeping and building
fires. He did the same this year.
Arthur is right tackle in the Modern
Normal College Football team.
Fred c. Boston, and boy friend of
Wheeling. w. Va, have a shop. They
call themselves the Junior Roycrof-
ters, after the Roycrofters of East
Aurora, N. Y. The boys make odd
furniture, employing scroll saving
and typography. They have eight
dollars in their treasury, and have an
order for six dollars worth of furni-
ture They got nine dollars for a
table they recently made.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10

energies of my soul, the resources of
the government, the humble prestige
of my sword, my unconquerable faith
in the success of well doing, and this
life which has been spared by tor
rent of bullets in 100 duels with
death.
81 find myself in the condition to full
fill the mission with which l have
been invested by Providence, and it is
my desire to render myself worthy OF
that mission. Bracing myself with the
conflicts of peace, and raising my
stature if need be beyond the limita-
tions of nature, l shall chain events
and harness them to the car of vic
tory in the very camp of the rebellion.
l declare myself in campaign. l am
going to transfuse into the operations
of the war the enthusiasm of my faith,
my nervous activity, and the efficacy
Of my personal direction. Washing
ton Correspondence Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
undIsputed for Half a Century.

1t is a remarkable fact, which for
half century has not once been dis.
puted, that st. Jacobs Oil never fails
to cure shooting pains in the arms.
legs, sides, back or breast, or soreness
in any part of the body.
1t has for fifty years been guaran
teed by the proprietors. St Jacobs Ok
Ltd, Baltimore, Md, to promptly cure
lameness, sciatica, rheumatism, lum.
bago, stiff and swollen joints, stiff
back, and all pains in the hips and
loins, strains, bruises, burns, scalds,
toothache, chiIblains, and all aches
and pains.
st. Jacobs Oil costs 25 cts and Sc
cts. sold wherever a druggist is found
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
Waits.

with faces lined too soon with care
They glide along the street,
A scared look in the eyes that stare
Into the eyes they meet
AS II they would apologize
For bringing to the earth
The discord of their sohs and signs
That chill the soul OF mlrth.
Those little faces lined with carei
Those little shoeless feet
That SILVER In the frosty air;
Those wistful eyes | meet
They haunt me through the busy day
And come to me at night
When home | watch my own at play
So glad of heart and bright.
Thou, Father of the fatherless,
Watch DER them all the way.
Through all lifes perils guide and bless
The little ones. we pray,
Who early face the orphans woe
And want while others waste.
The world is kind at heart-but OH
So thoughtless In its haste.
My needs are small: ask not wealth,
And less care | for fame.
The one rich boon l crave Is health
And strength of mind and frame,
That / with deeds OF love may gem
The childhood OF my own,
And stand between the world and them
TIL they can stand alone.
Nv. l.. Sanford In Dallas News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
InterestIna Experlments.

A simple experiment that many
boys have tried is the following: Fill
tumbler with water, and on it place
a sheet of paper. Place one hand
or the paper and then invert the
glass. Remove the hand from the
paper and the water will not fall
out.
Another interesting experiment is
thus described: Heat piece of thick
brown paper before the fire. Place
1t on the table and rub it with a
clothes brush for half minute. Then
sail the piece of brown paper over
some small, light body, such as a
little sheet of blotting paper, and the
light body will jump in the most
excited manner. If the brown paper
is held over somebody's head the
hairs will Immediately stand straight
up.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
Spiders That Box the Compass.


If you discover you are lost during
the holidays on some lonely country
road. first stop and pull yourself to-
gether. The next step is to fix the
points of the compass. When that
is done you will be able to go In the
general direction you wish.
Find a mature tree which stands
apart from its fellows; even if 1t is
only slightly separated 1t will do The
drier, and lighter in color on the
south side. On the north 1t will be
darker, and often at the roots 1t will
have clump of mould or moss.
On the south side of all evergreen
trees gum which oozes from wounds
or knotholes will be hard and amber
colored; on the north this gum is
softer, gets covered with dust. and
is of dirty grey
: Hardwood trees-the oak, ash,
elms, hickories, and so forth-have
moss and mould on the north. Leaves
are smaller. tougher, lighter in color,
and with darker veins on the south !;
on the north they are longersof darker
green, and with lighter veins. Spiders
build on the south side. Cedars bend
their tips to the south. Any sawed
or cut stump will give you the south
side. The heart of the stump is thus
nearer to the north side.
Stones are bare on the south side,
and, If they have moss at all. 1t will
be on the north side.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
Run.a-Mile.

In run-a-mile the boys count out
and "it' hides his eyes. He is then
touched by one boy, who Immediately
conceals himself with the others.
When "it" has counted 100 or SO he
starts out to find the TOUGHER"
Each player, when discovered, steps
from his hiding place, but offers no
information as to the whereabouts
of the "toucher"-unless, indeed, he
be that same, in which case the ex.
citing race to home occurs, and II
it gets there first he may set any
task he pleases for the TOUGHER" to
perform, even to the running Of a
mile. But 1t is safe to assume thar
this penalty is seldom exacted-or
paid
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
WHY NIIfy Won.

In the game of willy nilly wolf,
ut" is the wolf" and reverses the
usual method by hiding himself The
others then try to find him, and the
successful boy sets up a shout of Il
spy!" The wolf cries "Standl" and
the boy must not move until he shouts
Il spy willy nilly wolff" At this the
wolf makes after him, and when the
boy is caught he becomes himself "a
wolf" and must help to capture still
another, until all are wolves" An
interesting technically of this game
is that, should the boy cry 81 spy
willy nilly dog" or HORSE" OF any
other name except wolf" the wolf"
may not stir from his position.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
WON Hla NAN to Fortune.


Once there was a boy of the name
of Hugh MCGOWAN, who went to Kan
sas City in search of work. He found
this at the stables of the street car
company, and the work consisted
largely in currying mules. The curry
ing of mules is not an attractive vo-
cation, but Hugh never grumbled, and
he sent them out to work looking
more fit than they ever had in all
the history of rapid transit in Kansas
City He curried those mules so
faithfully that now he does not have
to curry mules any more MCGOWAN
is now a rich man, with millions of
dollars under his control. He had
reached the age of 40 before he had
earned so much as 500 a month.
No man can rise to fame by the
mere process of currying mules, but
il this duty fall to his lot he can do
1t so well as to show what is in him.
Thus did MCGOWAN; he attracted the
attention of his superiors and was
promoted to the driving of a car.
Then he got on the police force; all
stations humble enough. After
while the agent of a big concern
visited Kansas City and while there
sought to find suitable man to rep
resent his concern. MCGOWAN was
chosen, not merely because he had
curried mules well, but that he had
gone into every field inspired always
by the motive to do the best he could.
II t.
citizen, with long bank account,
and reputation that is of far greater
value than any great sum of money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
one of kitchener,a RepIles.

A correspondent sends the following
characteristic anecdote of Lord Kit
chener: "The Governor OF Natal
wired to the commander-in-cnief, My
Ministers and myself consider we
should be vouchsafed further news
The Man of Iron wired back, I do not
agree with either you or your Minis
ters.'"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10

Sir Archibald Geikie, in recent
address in London, said that figuring
from the stratified rocks of the earth $
crust may range from minimum Of
73000,000 years up to a maximum of
6SOO0O,OOO years. Dana on the same
basis figures that the earth's crust
is 100000 years while Alfred Rus
sci Wallace figures that the esrth's
crust has been forming for 20 J000, 900
years.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10

Jol. William H. Knauss of Columbus,
and he was assisted financially in the
work by William P. Harrison of the
same city.
The monument consists of a solid
granite arch, standing twelve feet
high, built over the huge boulder
which marks the resting place of the
dead Confederates. On it is chiseled
in bold letters the word Americans"
AT the top of the arch is the statue
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
Wealth. of the CeciIs.

Five acres of land round Charing
Cross, London, are held by the mar
quis of Salisbury. These acres were
obtained by his ancestors rs years
ago for grazing land at the modest
rate Of $2.50 an acre for 500 years.
What that little bargain has been
worth to the Cecils it would be rather
difficult to accurately compute.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
Flaeler Popular with Indians.

Henry NJ. Flagler, an original Stand.
ard Oil man, is Immensely popular
with the Seminole Indians of Florida,
all of whom ride free on his Florida
East Coast railroad. Mr. Flagler
owns vast deal of property in that
state, including numerous splendid no.
tells, His fortune is estimated at some
s5o.00O.O00.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10

held by the United States government
during the war under lease. April
%, 1879, 1t was bought by the United
States government and described as
THE Confederate Cemetery, former.
ly occupied by the Camp Chase Rebel
Prison"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10

who wanted clerkship in the treas
ury department was asked, among
other things:
What is the distance of saturn
from the earth?"
In reply, he said that, as the posi-
tion he sought pertained to the earth
and not to the entire solar system, he
had neglected to post himself on
astronomy, and that, while he was
unable to tell the exact number of
billions of miles, he felt sure the said
planet was sufficiently far away not to
interfere with his duties as a clerk,
or to involve him in any of it's rings,
should he get the position. And
Gen. Bingham says, he got it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
Mysterious Waters.

In the presence or your company
place on each side of table knife
three waters Take the knife by the
handle and turn 1t over several times
to show that the waters are all on.
Request one of the party to take a
wafer from ore side of the blade, turn
the knife over two or three times,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10

of Confederate soldier in full uni
form. The memorial stands in the
center of the cemetery. Immediately
in the rear is the tall flagpost upon
which Old Glory floats.
Col. Knauss, through his efforts of
other years, has become well known
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10

To the memory Of the Confederate
soldiers buried in Camp Chase Con-
tederate cemetery, near Columbus,
Ohio a monument has just been UNI
yelled which was created through the
Efforts of man who fought against
them on the Union side. This man is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
II Wouldn't Interfere.

Congressman Bingham, chatting
with some friends regarding the eff
fectiveness of the civil service exam
ination, confessed that some absurd
things often crept into the questions
asked applicants One young man
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
The Revival of Gaelic

The Rev. Peter c. Yorke of San
Francisco, an eminent Gaelic scholar
says that the Gaelic revival will ba
the greatest aid to the English Ian.
guage since the passing of the French
influences.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
MEMORIAL ARCH AND STATUE.

among the Confederate camps in the
south, and this year, for the unwilling
of the monument, he invited them to
send flowers. Boxes of blossoms and
plants were received from nearly ev-
cry state in the south, and there were
many contributors from both northern
ers and southerners who live in the
north.
The cemetery plot contains about
two and one-half acres. The land was
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
A Cure for Hiccouahs.

1t is claimed that sure cure fol-
hiccoughs is to inhale as much air a,
the lungs will hold and retain it al
long as possible. If one inhalation i.
not sufficient, repeat the process.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10
Only Fifty Years AGO.

1t is fifty years since the John
Bowes, the first iron-screw steamer
ever built, was launched at Jarrow.
on-Tyne by Messrs. Palmer Brothers.
The vessel was 465 tons register, and
was calculated to carry thirty keels
of coal and to make thirty trips per
annum between Newcastle and Lon.
don.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10

''Now good digestion waits on appetite
and health on both -
If it dosen't. try Burdock Blood Bitters
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10

Lettuce has soothing, quieting eff
feet upon the nerves and is a remedy
fer insomnia.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10

Mr.. Henry A. Salzer, the well known
La Crosse, Wis, scotsman, accompanied
by his family left for Europe last week
and will return in November. During
his absence Mr.. Salzer will look up
some new seed novelties in Russia.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10

Diphtheria, sore throat. Group. Instant
relief, permanent cure Or. Thomas Elee
trio OIL. At any drug store.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-10

In the Enclosure are buried $3.50
Confederate soldiers. From Virginia,
337; from Kentucky, 1853; Tennessee,
239; Alabama, 431; Texas, %; Geor-
gia, 265; South Carolina, IS; Arkan-
sas, So; Mississippi, 202; Florida, g.;
Maryland, 8; Missouri, 8; Louisiana,
81, and unknown about $50. OF these
1875 were buried at City cemetery,
southeast of Columbus, and after
wards removed to this Enclosure.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-30

price of the commodity in which it
deals is fixed arbitrarily and cannot be-
raised TO correspond with the cost of
production, as in :other lines of manu-
facture.
ST. Paul Gas Company Objects.
Jared s. How of this city, repre-.
sent1ng the st. Paul Gas Light COM.
pany, said that he would be glad to
borrow from the statement of Mr.
Wheelwright so far as to say that ali
Of the facts stated as to the increased
cost of operation. of the works of the
Minneapolis Gas Light company would
apply with equal force and in equal
measure to the st. Paul company. In
fhat respect he said the companies were
in the same pleasant situation;s but in
other respects his company must labor
against peculiar embarrassments and
peculiar conditions.
Mr.. How said that his hands were
tied to great extent, for he could not
consistently come before this board to-
day to represent the property of the
company at Its least value and go be-
fore the city council tomorrow night and
represent the same property at it's
greatest value. He called attention to
the fact that the corporation attorney
OF the city of st. Paul had declared
that the company had nothing beyond
the pipes 1t owned in the streets. and
Its machinery.
In the present situation, he said, the
bonds OF the company, backed as they
are by good business management and
successful business career, have no
market value and nobody would dare
offer them on the market. The prop
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-30
TENDERS BANQUET
TO C. NJ. SPRAGUE
Chairman of Equalization Board Dined
at Minnesota Club.

c. NJ. Sprague, the chairman of the
state board of equalization, was the
guest of honor at a dinner given at
the Minnesota club last evening by
Joseph McKibbin, the member of the
board for Ramsey county. Covers were
laid for twenty one, the entire member
ship of the board.
Impromptu speeches were made by
several members of the board eulogiz-
ing Mr.. Sprague for his courtesy and
fairness during all the sessions of the
board and for his adherence to the
principle that as the wealth of the
state increased so should the property
available for assessment in the taxa
ton.
Gov. Van SAINT, who was present for
a part of the time, thanked the board
for the work accomplished. There was
a good deal of work yet to be done,
he said, but the present board had made
a long step in the right direction, and
would serve as an example to future
boards.
After the speeches had been finished
the company adjourned to the Metro
politan opera house.