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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01

gun, when through the open window
steps were heard on the opposite,
bank. then a creahng. as il someone
had stepped upon the log, and then a
splash, accompanied by muffled cpl
thets of rage and vexation.
Ben smiled and winked contem-
Dlatively at his brand new lavender
trousers, while the young lady looked
surprised, but said nothing.
1lme passed, and no one came.
Presently there was the sound of an
other approach, and the previous
process. was repeated, saving this
time the "blankety-blanks" were of
more vigorous character and longer
continued.
Ben winked tae other eye, and
gazed complacently az the gay white
vest which completed his careful
"getup.o
AS to what followed in the parlor
we are not definitely informed, but
suffice to say at late hour Ben
issued forth happy and elated at his
success, bearing the promise of his
fair ones hand
So happy was he that all recollec-
ton of the logs slippery condition
had escaped his mind. and, oblivious
to sll else save his good fortune, he
salliel out upon the log.
But, alas, pride goeth before des-
truction, and a naughty spirit before
fall" Into the river he went, new
trousers, vest ard all, and tradition
tells us that the atmosphere, alreauy
murky, on Ben's issue from the rlv-
er's depths was of such a character
as to rival Dante's Inferno. "-Bos-
ton Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01
VITALITY OF DURNs' FAME.
1t Is One of the Great Facts of Our
Literature.

1t Is One of the Great Facts of Our
Literature.
1.-THE inquest" on Robert Purns was
concluded long ago. but from time 20
time the findings are reviewed by crit
ical writers, as in recent symposium.
says Golfers. A curious result thus
chances. From every such inquisition
the poet energies the more radiant and
triumphal-the critics are lost in the
splendor they have evoked II is one
thing to make literature; it is another
and quite different thing to write about
literature and the makers thereof. This
is truism, and yet the distinction is
often confused, especially by the writ
ers of criticism. Burns has survived
several generations of critics, many
of whom made a vain bid for remem.
brance by their praise or dispraise OF
him. The vitality of his fame is one
of the great facts of our literature.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01
THE REAL CRANK
Is Plainly Marked.


A crank is one who stays in beaten
paths when common sense tells him
to leave.
The real crank is one who persists
In using coffee because accustomed to
and yet knows il hurts him. 1t is this
one who always pays the penalty,
while the sensible person who gives
up coffee and takes on Postum Food
Coffee in its place enjoys all the bene-
fits of returning health.
A well-known manufacturers agent
of New York City visited the grocery
department of one of the big New
York stores not long ago and there he
tasted a sample cup of Postum made
the right way He said afterwards:
"Just through the energy of that young
woman who was serving Postum there
l became a convert to the food drink
and gave up the drug drink coffee and
got we'll
Il had used coffee to excess and was
gradually becoming a complete wreck
getting weaker and more nervous
every day. paid the penalty for US
ing coffee and when | tasted the deli.
cious Postum was glad indeed to
make the change.
$50 I gave up tho coffee altogether
and have used Postum instead ever
since. My family at first called me a
crank. but seeing how Postum bene-
flied me the first month they all got
in line and as a result Of Postum's re-
markable benefits. to me we all drink
it now entirely in place of coffee and
we are we'll" Name given by Postum
Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01
piet of de MosIems-

All true Moslems when eating must
begin with salt and finish with vine
gar If they begin with salt they win
escape the contagion of seventy dis
eases. If they finish with vinegar
their worldly prosperity win continue
to increase. The host is in etiquette
bound to be the first to start eating
and the last TO leave on The priests
recite certain passages OF the Koran
before and after lunch and dinner and
also before drinking water at any
hours of TIE cav.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01
This Win Interest Mothers.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Child
rem, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in
Children's Home, New York. Cure Fever
ishness, Bad Stomach. Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the bowels and destroy
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Sample
EREE Address A. S. Olmsted. Leroy. NY
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01
valuahIe Rook soIri

The Gaelic version of Knux's Lit
urgy, which was sold in London for
$500. belonged to the Duke of Ar
CYL. 1t was printed in Edinburgh by
Robert Lepreyik, April, 1867. duodeci-
mo. and appears to be the copy re
ferred to by Lowndes as being in
the possession of the Duke of Ar
gyll." 1t wants the signature. but it
Is otherwise perfect.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01

Leopold de Rothschfld has spoiled
the tradition that his grandfather got
news of the victory of Waterloo in a
highly romantic manner. He received
the news from sea captain in his
employ, who brought a newspaper to
him from Brussels.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01
For Ascent of HlmaIaxas.

Fanny Bullock Workman, Ameri.
can geographer, lecturer and mountain
climber. has engaged Lorenz and Sa-
voye, who accompanied the Duke OF
Abruzzi polar expedition, to assist her
in the ascent of the Himalayas.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01
AdvertisIno SLAMS Must Go.

All advertising signs along the hanks
Of the Rhine, Moselle. Maize ar Abr
must be removed. according to the
decree Of the police president of Co
blenz. The work Of removing the bill
boards and other devices which have
SO long disfgured the landscape has
already been begun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01
NOTHING POETIC ABOUT MAN.
How the Fond Dream Of Devoted
Wife Was Rudely Dispelled.

How the roma Dream OF OeNotco
Wife Was Rudely Dispelled.
Some men are never poetic; others
lose their poetic sense with the en-.
croachment of years. At least that
is the opinion of matron now past
middle life. THE, only trouble with a
man is that he loses the poetic side
of his nature as the years roll by"
she remarked. Now, only yesterday
my husband took on the far-away
look. / must confess it recalled the
delightful days when he put all his
talents into telling me how charming
| was and how all his life was wrap
ped up in me. saying it as constantly
and with as many enchanting varia-
lions as even a woman could desire.
F1r a long time | watched him in
silence. Then at last. unable longer
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01

to bear the suspense, softly asked:
What are you thinking about dear?'
I was wondering, he answered, if
shouldn't be quite safe In leaving
off my winter underwear. Now,
wasn't that poeticl Yet that same
iconoclastic man is brave enough to
complain at times that have
changed"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01
Halls catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price. 75c.
Gun Had Been worn ont.

NNI Tau bICH WITT OUT.
The bursting of a twelve-inch gun
on the Iowa is still under investigation,
but it is known that with the quarterly
target practice for six years the bonn
bombarding of San Juan and the bat
tie with Cervera it had been fired
more than 200 times The average
fife of the large-bore, built-up gun is
estimated as ranging from $50 to 200
rounds, so the gun has had its day.
Look for this trade mark: 50 The Klean. KooI
Kitchen Kind" The stoves without smoke.
ashes or heat Make comfortable cooking.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01

Do Your Feet Ache and Burn7
Shake into your shoes. Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet. Corns
and Bunions. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01
He Doesn't Worry.

Duffy-Meeker's a philosophical
sort of chap, isn't he?
Guffy-ln what respect2
Duffy Why, he is the husband Ct
famous woman, you know. but his OBJ
security doesn't seem to trouble him in
the least.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds IN. W. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. IL. 1900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01
Medical Fact Cited.

A London medical journal reports q
case of expectoration of tooth thir>
teen months after inhalation into the
lung.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01

American Dentists in Demand.
Nearly all the royal families of Eu-
rope employ American dentists
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-01

W. N. u. Salt Lake-No. 81 Iooa
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03
ReDfiIes Tint Walk Erect.

Lizards of several sorts can walk
and run easily on their hind legs. The
Australian water lizard, which is three
or four feet in length, keeps quite erect
when traversing long distances on
land. 1t is found in the neighborhOod
of river banks, and passes much of its
time in shallow water.
The frilled lizard of Queensland also
travels on it's hind legs on level ground,
keeping the frill folded when running.
When attacked it expands this fold of
skin, which stands out like q ruff at
right angles round the neck, giving it
q most formidable aspect, so that dogs
that attack and kill larger lizards will
often retreat before a frilled lizard at
bay.
There IS also tree lizard in Austria
liza that moves in q similar way. All
these species walk on all tours when
merely moving about or going short
distances
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03
uranl ssicaI wolves.

An incident just reported from Sivas,
Turkey, seems to prove that the feel
ing which music awakens in wolves is
fright. Two musicians-a drummer
and Understanding to their village
from wedding party were overtaken
by a snoWstorm and sought refuge in
a deserted mill. They lit i fire with
some wood they found in the place
and were warming themselves when
they saw wolf emerge from a dark
corner of the building. They jumped
up on a shelf and, to their dismay,
saw several more wolves join the first.
The animals rushed III their direction,
and the drummer, at a loss for 4 mode
of defense, set to beating his drum,
whereupon his companion instinctively
played his pipe. The effect was mar
velOus. The music SO terrified the
wolves that they attempted to run
away, and as the door was closed, they
began fighting, and several Of them
were torn to pieces, the survivors
eventually escaping through hole in
the wall. This incident is vouched for
by the Government Gazette of Sivas.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03

ga strange way of testing the limo
cence of an accused person is employed
in India" said a Philadelphia mer-
chant who lately returned from Mad
ras. 'They haul the man up and give
him a mouthful of dry rice to chew. |
don't suppose you ever cheWed dry
rice? Well, it is hard work. 1t takes. a
deal of chewing to get it masticated
into glutinous mass like gum, and
that is the condition that the accused is
required to get it into within ten min
utes. If YOU are calm and not afraid
you succeed, but if you are nervous and
scared you fail, for it seems that fear
has a strong effect upon the salivary
glands. 1t prevents them from secret
ing saliva. The mouth of badly fright
ened person is always dry as bone.
1t requires a tremendous flow of saliva
to chew dry rice, and therefore the
scared prisoner inevitably fails in this
test 1t isn't of course test employed
in the courts Of the big towns. 1t be-
longs to the interior, less enlightened
villages
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03
Consul King David.

This amusing anecdote of Lamartine
is related by the Baroness Bonde in
her volume of letters: Shortly after
the revolution of February he wrote
on the blank leaves of his pocketbook
the names of his protegees and sent
the list to be provided with places inn
mediately. Previously, however, it
seems, he had scrubbed David" on
the page. and the head Of the cabinet
appointed the said David consul at
Bremen; the postulant, however, never
came forward, and, though the poet did
not like being disturbed, NJ. Hetzel
was obliged to ask who was the David
on his list.
"He who danced before the ark"
was the answer.
''Oh, dear! I have gazetted him to
Bremen
How very Singular! l meant him
for a subject for meditation, not for
nomination. 1T you can cancel it."
The moniteur registered the change,
but few knew that the LIST consul APP
pointed to Bremen was King David!
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03
A Picked Traveller.

A traveller in Tartary tells the follow
ing story of a corpulent Greek servant
who accompanied him: eat the end of
the third day the we'll seasoned kavass
in attendance, whose whole life had
been passed in the saddle, came, with
a smile, to report that Gurgis was I'M
able to proceed from abrasion, as the
doctors called it, of the epidermis. He
can't be left behind, sir, in the desert
added the old beirakdar, so, with your
leave, we will give him the Tartar
bath A tub of the strongest brine was
accordingly prepared, in which the I'M
fortunate Gurgis was forthwith i'm
mersed, uttering the most appalling
bowls at the first plunge, but subsiding
shortly afterward and eventually after
half an hours tanning coming out so
effectively case hardened that he rode
a farther thousand miles to the Black
sea in the course of the next week
without showing a symptom Of dis
treSs''
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03
CORRESPONDENCE.
Evansville

Rev Sewell went to Whitewater Thurs
day to attend the graduation of his
granddaughter, Emily Sewell.
Mrs VIM Ell Antes of DesMoines, Iowa
arrived here with her son, Herbert, last
Thursday and is the guest of her broth
err, Geo L Pullen, and family.
News was received that Julius Savage,
near Cooksville, took an overdose or
laudanum Tuesday night that came very
near proving serious 1t appears tnat
he is not enjoying very good health this
spring and has worked quite hard on
the farm, not being able to sleep we'll ne
had frequently before taken this drug 70
induce sleep, and on this night IN cues
ton too much was taken. Physicians
were summoned and he is out of danger.
The marriage of M Alice Stevens to
S Murray Garlick of Beloit was solemn
lied at st Johns Episcopal church by
the Rev Clarke A Wilson, Thursday,
June %, 1903, at o'clock. The guests
then went to the Stevens home, where,
after congratulations, they were again
favored with music, The Wedding
Song" Tables were spread for one nun
dred guests and delicious collation. was
served. So perfectly had everything
been planned that nothing happened to
mar the occasion in any way, the day
itself being ideal. The bridal couple left
at 625 N, for short trip, after which
they will reside in Beloit.
The marriage of Henry E Austin to
Alvina l. Holmes took place June "a,
1903, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs n
Shreve, Rev James Churm, assisted by
Henry Sewell, officiating. At exactly 1
o'clock the wedding march was played
by May Holmes, and the bridal couple,
preceded by the officiating ministers, de,
scended the front stairway and advanced
the parlor where the impressive cere-
mony that made them one was per
formed. The bride and groom are both
we'll and favorably known in this com
munity and the best wishes of all go
with them. They left on the go p N
train for Chicago and southern Michi-
gan where they will spend their honey
moon.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03
Political Burg1arieS.

It was through a stolen document
openly seized by the British ambas'
sador i'm Berlin, that the British gov.
eminent first learned of the recogni
ton of the independence of America
by France. The British minister was
Hugh Elliot, and he had the desk OF
the French minister forced open tc
obtain the copy of the treaty he want.
ed. In 1866 a sensation was created
by the discovery of plan by which
secret documents were Systematically
distracted from the Russian embassy
in Berlin, being copied at night in the
interests of another nation and re-
placed in the drawer at the embassy
in the morning. The burglaries had
been taking place for two years before
they were discovered.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03
SIoughrOIl.

At least two hundred from this city
and immediate vicinity attended the
Lutheran Synod semi-centennial at De-
corah, by far the greater number, of
course, going on the excursion which left
here last Saturday night.
Prof K A Krsberg, formerly principal
of the Stoughton Academy and Business
Institute, and now at the head of Grand
Forks College, of Grand Forks, S Oak,
has been Stoughton visitor since Mon
day.
Mrs Olivia johnson returned last Fri
day from Canal Dover, Ohio, where she
has been for number of weeks at the
home of her son, Chas T johnson. She
was accompanied home by her little
granddaughter, Elsie johnson, who will
spend the summer months here.
The Mandt Wagon Co. has initiated a
system at the works seeking the coop
GRAFTON and help of employees by offering
prizes for suggestions by which the cost
of manufacturing can be diminished,
either by cheapening the present meth
DDS. increasing the capacity, the saving
of mrterial, or which will bring about
better results, either in the quality or
the quantity of the products of the plant.
Prof Lorenzo D Atkinson, son of Mr.
and Mrs w B Atkinson, and manager of
the Madison Business College, was mar
ried Wednesday evening at s o'clock to
Miss Bessie Pennewell, of Dunn, daught-
er of Mr. and Mrs Enos Pennewell. The
ceremony took place at the home of the
bride, in the presence of large circle of
relatives and friends, Rev FL G Logan of
the M E church officiating. The newly
married couple will reside in Madison.
N P Strauso of Madison Wisconsin
agent for the American Cigar Co, of
New York, was here Thursday forenoon
looking into the prospects for the estab-
lishment of branch warehouse in this
city. More than one-half of the sum
necessary for the purchase of site for
the plant has been secured. The com
mittee soliciting the subscriptions has
secured thirty days option on a strip,
200 feet wide across the southern END of
Turner's park, the purchase price to be
sum can be raised.
At meeting of the board of directors
of the First National Bank of this city,
held last week, Mr. Leander Choate, of
Oshkosh, was elected president of the
bank to supply the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Mr. L D Moses, who
contemplates removing from the state
and has retired from active business life,
having sold his holdings in the nine
banks of which he was either president
or vice-president. His interest in the
First National, consisting of 62115 shares,
was purchased by F Melaas, cashier of
the bank, at s115 per share, Mr. Melaas
considering the stock good investment
at that price.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03
The Latin Quarter of Today.

The Latin quarter of today is as full
of individual character as the same
ground in the middle ages. One writer
says Paris only possesses two really
marked individualities, the student
and the grisette. Not but that student
life is always changing its outward
semblance, just as the university
structures themselves are changing
theirs.
Since the days of Abelard Paris has
grown from a town of 10000 inhab-
itants clustering around a little island
to one of 100000, covering almost
whole province, but the students are
still the soul Of the city. When Paris
makes merry or mourns, the students
lead the way. 1t is the Latin quarter
which sets the fashion in ideas, as the
Champs -Elysees in dress.-Scribners
MAGAZINE
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03

Do children lie? Yes; constantly,
persistently and universally, says the
Kindergarten Magazine. A child does
not tell the truth because he could not.
He does not know the truth, and his
approximation to tile truth is very
much wagner than ours. And there are
certain qualities of his mind which
make it inevitable that he should per-
vert the truth. In the first place, truth
is synonymous with knowledge. He
does not know what truth is. In the
second place (and it is the same with
u.s., children gradually approximate
the truth They have their ideas of
truth. In the third place, the child's
imagination drives him often to tell
what is not true.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03
Dangerous Symptoms.

The story is told of a Scotch preacher
who gave his people long, strong ser
mons and delivered them in q remark
ably deliberate manner. One Sunday
he asked friend who was visiting
him to occupy his pulpit in the morning.
AN were you satisfied wi my
preaching?" asked his friend as they
walked home from the kirk
"Weel,' said his host slowly, lit was
a fair discoorse, Within; fair dis
coorse, but it panied me at the last to
see the folk looking SO fresh and wide
awake. I mistrust 'twasna sac long
nor sac sound as it should haze been"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03
Cambridge.

Leo and Venice Thompson are up from
Edgerton to spend few days with their
relatives.
Twins were born to Mr. and Mrs Will
Krouse last Sunday morning and on
Monday one of them died.
Marteneas Peterson was taken before
Judge Morton last Monday morning on
the charge of furnishing liquor to par.
ties on the black list and was convicted
thereof and sentenced to pay fine OF
$50 and costs or six months in the coun-
ty Jail. Being without funds or friends
he was of necessity obliged to choose the
latter.
A telegram from Rock Springs hos
pital, Wyoming, last Tuesday announced
that Harry Baker was there in a very
critical condition with slight chances OF
recovery, having been in railroad acct
dent. The many friends here IN Harry
old home hope that he may pull through
Later: Received a telegram saying he
died Wednesday morning; will be buried
here.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03
Cooling a. Hot Iron.

The small girl had been told not to
put her toy fatiron on the stove; as ii
would become too hot. She insisted
that she must have a hot iron, how
ever; for how else could she make her
dolls clothes look nice? But when the
iron was given to her she found its
warmth more than she bargained for.
She said nothing to her mother, but
quietly taking up the iron she toddled
out to the refrigerator and deposited it
there, and when her mother asked for
an explanation she said:
II fought I'd cool it off,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-03
Wonderful Sense of Smell In Dogs.

1t has often been proved that dogs
are able to track their masters through
crowded streets, where it would be
impossible to attribute their accuracy
to anything except the sense Of smell
alone. Mr.. Romanes, the naturalist,
once made some interesting expert
ments as to this wonderful power as
exhibited in his own dog. In these tests
the naturalist found that his dumb
friend could easily follow in the tracks
Of his master, though he was far out
of sight, and that, too, after no less
than eleven persons had followed, step
ping exactly in the tracks made by Mr..
Romanes, it being the deliberate inten-
ton to confuse the senses of the poor
dog if possible. Further experiment
proved that the animal tracked the
boots instead of the man, for when Mr..
Romanes put on new footgear the dog
failed entirely