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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13
DOOM OF GREAT SALT LAKE.
Scientists Say IT viii Dry Up Within
Half a Century.

Half Century.
Statistics indicate that Great Salt
lake, the Dead sea of America, is
doomed-that it is gradually drying
up. The opinion now almost universal
ly prevails among scientists that this
mysterious body of water, located at
an altitude of 4,210 feet above the sea
level and 1000 miles inland, and
which has but single rival, the Dead
sea of Palestine, is certain within the
course Of a half century to disappear
from the map. Some scientists, who
have made careful study of the fiuc-
tuations of the lake for the past sever
al years, even declare that it will be
dried up within quarter of cen
fury.
Sixteen years ago, in 1886, the area
of the lakes surface was estimated at
about 200 square miles. Taking
twenty feet as the average depth at
that time, one may estimate 1906
43S,600,000 cubic feet as the contents
Of the lake. To-day, according to re.
cent surveys, the lake has an area of
about 2,125 square miles. Multiplying
this number by 1115, the number OF
feet in depth of the water that has dis.
appeared and not been replaced, gives
669, 100000 cubic feet as the guam.
THY Of water less than what the lake
had sixteen years ago.
Observers Of the lake have assigned
three causes for the shrinkage of its
water. They are evaporation, irriga-
ton and subterranean outlet that
some suppose to exist. There are ar
dent advocates of each of these theor-
| les.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13
GETTING A GOOD DINNER.
Husband Dined Very Much Better
Than He Deserved.


Than He Deserved.
A gentleman played off rich joke
on his better half. Being somewhat
of an epicure, he took it into his head
that morning that he should like to
have frst-rate dinner in the evening.
So he addressed her note from the
city, politely informing her that a gen
tleman of her acquaintance, an old
and true friend, would dine with her
that day.
AS soon as she had received it all
hands went to work to get everything
in order. Precisely on time she was
prepared to receive her guest. A sump-
tuous dinner was on the table and she
was arrayed in her best attire.
A gentle knock was heard, and when
the drawing room door opened she saw
her husband with smiling counte-
nance.
why, my dear" said she, in an
anxious tone, where is the gentleman
of whom you spoke in your note?"
why" replied the husband, COM
placently, here he is"
"You said a gentleman of my &C
quaintance, an old and true friend"
WELL" said he, good-humoredly.
Jam I not a gentleman of your ac-
quaintance and an old and true
friend?"
"oh," she cried, disappointedly,
this is too bad"
The husband laughed immoderately,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13
Mater EXervwhere.
eYeN.

water exists in nearly evey-
thing" said a temperance lecturer.
"The doomed sailor, dying of thirst
on his raft, contains a pound of
water to every pound of flesh. Thus,
If he should weigh 140 pounds, the
poor fellow would yield, under n.y.
draulic pressure, no less than seventy
five pounds, or five pals, of pure
water.
"In the air this sailor breathes
there is water-five grains of water
to every cubic foot. There is water
in the ring upon his hand. 1t is an
opal ring, and opals are composed of
water and flint"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13
Eternal.

Since the star Sirius crossed the Milky
Way
IT'S but a single point In space and
time
The sixty thousand years but yesterday
That seems to us so vast and so SUBJ
lime.
There is no measure for the infinite,
The Past, the Now, the Future are as
one;
Through sixty million of our years the
Light
Has flown through space from that
great central sun.
There never was time there was no
Or When Creations work was first be-
gun;
No time when Thought. the act of Mind.
Did not outstrip the swiftest light OF
j, T. DaRgett
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13
Why EnqIishmen Like "Punch."

Sidney Brooks, writing in Harper's
Weekly of May %, gives some of the
reasons why Punch has so strong a
hold on the affections of the. British
public, and why it fails to appeal to
Americans. The great virtue of
Punch, he says, is its seriousness, in
which opinion there will be many on
this side of the water to agree with
him. The great fault of the Amer
lean comic papers, it appears, is that
they are not serious enough. They
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13
WILLIAMS AS A JOKER.
Democratic Leader Had Fun With Un-
I SOPHISTICATED Reporter.

Democratic Leader Had Fun With I'm
I sophisticated Reporter.
1t was in February last that John
Sharp Williams leadership of the min
,risy in the House of Representatives
had SO spread his fame that he was
widely talked about as of Presidential
saliber An enterprising but unso-
,histicated young newspaper man
sought the Mississippian for Informal
ion as to any movement in his favor.
ur. Williams, with well dissembled
Tavity, assured the reporter that
everything was suspicious for his
boom. Recent reports from Mississippi
especially, were highly encouraging.
"Toomsuba, Ofanoma, Noxopater,
Sanachehaw, Toccopola, Tabbyille and
srubbs Springs, 1 am told" he said,
ARE already for me, while 1 have
every reason to believe that shall
AVE the undivided support of such
,laces as Nittayuma, Wahalak, Bola-
usha, Hushpukena, Pelahatchie, Nit
ayuma, Estabutchee, Ittabena, Scutch,
lJinQupin, Pawtickfaw, Octoc, Lego,
FELLOW Rabbit, Chunkey Station, Ham
bone, Deovolente, and Whynot."
\ When the reporter had sufficiently
recovered to scrutinize the counter
lnce Of the Mississippi statesman, he
\ hen asked:
How do you spell those"
/ Mr.. Williams patiently and with dig
lifted elaboration spelled the words.
The reporter took it all down, and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13


torily with the landlord-the wide,
roomy porch, with the wobbly. creaky,
comfortable, splint-bottomed rocking
chairs, of the old tavern, not the 'pi-
azza" of the garish new hotel, which
the younger generation point to pride
fully as stamping with an -outward and
visible sign the villages evolution into
a city, happened to mention-lve
forgotten exactly how it came into my
mind-having seen Gen. Grants fun
eral.
"Humph!" observed the landlord,
CONTEMPORARY. "You oughter've seen
Nose Johnson's funeral if you wanter
say you've seen a funeral. Ell, fell
lers?"
An appreciative chuckle circulated
among the rest of the loungers, and
spurred me into asking, Why"
"Cause it was worth seein'," ex-
planned the landlord, scraping vigor-
ously with his jack-knife at the turnip
with which he>was refreshing himself.
whenever any of you out-of-town
! fellers comes round here braggin
about your gorgeous mortuary page
ants, like them Gen. Grants obsequies
you jest mentioned" he added, after
/ thoughtfully selecting a new point Of
attack upon the turnip, cit don't Tease
us any. We jest nudge each other in
an unassumin' way, an say He
oughter've seen Nose Johnson's fun
eral.' 1t was plenty of panoramer for
simply country folks like us"
what was it? How was it remark
able?" l asked, curiously.
"Oh, 1 dunno as it was anyways re-
markable, except out here in the
country. Mebbe you fellers that live
in big cities are used to them," replied
the landlord, cautiously.
well, let me hear about it, and l
can tell better" l urged.
"Then, to begin at the beginnin',"
began the landlord, clearing, reluctant
ly apparently, for action by depositing
| the turnip, with his knife stuck up
right in it, on the porch railing, lit
was all on account of an ordnance
we've got here providin' that there
sha'n't be any parades unless the may
or gives a permit for it. Last year
when the circus struck town we had a
cross-grained, Grabbed old Teller for
mayor, an when the circus man went
to get a permit for his parade he got
turned down.
"T want a permit to parade says
the circus man.
".You can't have it. says the mayor,
"Td like to know why l can't says
the circus man.
""Cause circuses are demoralizin'
an indecent inventions of the devil for
to lead the young an unwary onter de
struction, an consequently l don't ap
prove of Them says the mayor,
! "'Nothin' of the kind, says the cir
Gus man. I'll have you know that
mine is a great moral and instructin
show that'll benefit an uplift any com
munity, an especial any old moth-eat
en- fossil like you
$50 the two of them had It back an
forth, hot an heavy. The circus man
begin, an the mayor refusin'; the
circus man threatenin', an the mayor
| defyin' him; the circus man pleadin'
an the mayor sittin' Obstinate; the
circus man gettin' madden an madden,
an the mayor not budgin' an inch; the
circus man cussin', and the mayor
f1nin' him seventy-five cents per cuss
until the upshot of it all was that
the circus man had to leave without
the permit, but swearin' he'd parade in
spite Of all the mayors an permits in
creation, while the mayor was vowin'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13
Washington Wheat OUTPUT.

The wheat farmers of eastern Wash
ington expect to harvest a crop of 3d.
100000 bushels this season. They
planted larger area than ever before,
and have a favorable season. Much
of the harvesting is performed by mod
ern machines, which head the grain
and thresh it at the same time. Five
men and thirty horses harvest twenty
acres day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13

81 found it in a lot of musty papers"
explained Mr.. Roche. Further than
this know nothing" John must have
been a pretty robust sort of negro to
bring the price at which he was sold,
for in the early '30s slaves were not
quoted at as high figures as just prior
to the declaration of emancipation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13

negro man slave" and that, as per
the Endorsement on the back of the
instrument, he hailed from "Matthews
county" presumably Virginia, is not
known. The bit Of paper, in a marvel
ously well preserved state, is the
property of John Roche of Chicago.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13

landlord, resuming hiE knife ana tur-
nip, we're claimin' that the last sad
rites paid to Nose Johnsons ashes
were somethin' new an unique in the
way of obsequies. at least in this here
neighborhood."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13

are always making jokes. Punch, on
the other hand, evades these mis-
takes, because it is really not hum
orous, but a critical journal.
The American comic paper is like
the professional funny man at a
party. You listen and laugh for a
while and then you want to murder
him."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-13

This curious bit of parchment was
igned and executed over seventy-one
ears ago, when the traffic in human
Ieings was as common as the transfer
IL pedigreed thoroughbreds now is
and just as legal. Just who John"
was, beyond the fact that he was a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-02-04
ReIIef In one Mlnute.

one Minute Cough Cure gives relief
m one minute, because II kills the
mtcrobe which tickles the mucous
membrane. causing the cough, and at
the same time clears the phlegm.
draws out the Inflammation and heals
and soothes the affected parts. One
Minute Cough Cure strengthens the
lungs, wards OF pneumonia and is
harmless and never failing cure in
an durable cases of coughs. colds and
Group one Minute Cough Cure is
pleasant to take harmless and good
alike for young and old. Sold by all
druggists,
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Have You lndlne stion.

II you have indigestion, Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure will cure you. 1t has
cured thousands It is curing people
every day-every hour. You owe 1t to
yourself to give it a trial You will
continue to suffer until you do try it.
There is no other combination of di-
gestants that digest and rebuild at
the same time. KodOl does both Ko-
dol cures, strengthens and rebuilds
Sold by all druggists
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EOLEYSKOEEYAmTAR
SANTA FE EXCURSIONS.
fer eaI!drenI safe. sure. No osiatss

Mardi Gras, Feb 10 TO ID, 1904,
New Orleans. la On sale Feb. 9
TO "A Rate $l9.65.
See ticket agent for summer tour
lat rate.
Oklahoma and indian Territory Live
stock Association oklahoma Feb
22, % aud "a Rate $3.50.
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Ala, Feb 9
to a. Rate $2295
National Educational Association
Atlanta, Ga, Feb 20 and 2l Rate
S2795.
W A. DASHlELL, Ticket Agent
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NEBo
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence,
Nebo r.. Feb. 3 We have hai
a fine rain and snow and If the wealth
or would get warm our farmers could
plow.
There is some sickness in the couu
try and our doctors say mostly AN
pneumonia cases.
The Wyatt camp No. PSI of W. O.
W's is progressing nicely and are
getting some Of the best men in this
country as their members They are
going To have an entertainment soon
our merchants are getting ready
for the spring and summer trade. w,
need a first class mill and GIN Thi.
H thc best place FOR a good min and
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You get more FOR your money In
heating and cook stoves at sprsgins'
than any other place He sells the
Leader and the Garland. Can you
think OF better stovesf
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When bilious try dose OF Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and
realize for once how quickly a first
class up to date medicine will correct
the disorder, For sale by +. j. Ram
sey, ANimore Drug Co, w. b. Frame
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Eor Sale

Two fine jacks, Star Light Chief
and Hancock" age respectively 6
and Z. Sired in Tennessee. Made
two seasons in Territory. Show nne
record. For particulars address G.
+ Dickinson, Davis l. T. 17.1m
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Retail CLERKS, unlon-

Local No. G35, II. c. I. p. A. meets
second and fourth Monday nights In
each month.
l.. b. HORN, President
10. q. MURPHY, Secretary.
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Many woman depends upon her
husbands club 10 keep her supplied
with gossip
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CHURCH SOCIETIES.

The Parsonage and Home Mission
Society Of the Broadway VI z. church
meets the first and third Tuesdays Of
each month ~ the parsonage,
MRS. HESTER WuLNERTON.
President.
The l.. T. Us meets every Sunday
afternoon from to : a, The First Pres
byterlan church
MISS MAUD TENNERY. Pres.
The Ladies' Aid Society " The First
Baptist cuhrch weet. with the mem.
bcrs each week
MRS. HEATH Pres.
The Foreign Missionary Society OF
the Broadway N. e church meets the
first Thursday OF each month.
MRS. r. X. KEARNEY, Pres
The Aid Society Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church meets every Tues.
day with one OF the members.
MRS II T.. POTTERF. Pres
The Aid Society OF The Christian
church meets every Tuesday with one
Of the members
MRS. MAUD DOUGLAS, Pres.
MRS. ED sANDLIN, See.
The Christian Endeavor OF the Chris.
tian Church meets every Sunday az.
ternoon at o'clock.
ERRET DUNLAP. Pres.
The Aid Society OF the Central Bap.
tist church meets every Tuesday at 3
O'Clock with one OF its members.
MRS. BRUCE, Pres
The b. Y p. T. OF the First Baptist
church meets every Sunday afternoon
at the church.
MISS DAISY NICHOLS, Pres.
Tie Benevolent Society meets every
Thursday from 20 with on. Of the
members
The PIer.an Club VIII meet every
Wednesday from 3 70 o o'clock with
different members They viii study
the Bay View course Their object
viii Doe TO- beaui'y the public school
building
MRS JOHN WHITEMAN, Pres.
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The Epworth Senior League Of the
Broadway NJ. r. church meets every
Sunday afternoon at o'clock at the
Broadway Methodist church.
w. @. DITZLER, Pres.
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DENTISTS.

DR.. J. W. SMITH,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office in German Building
Office phone 6-3 rings.
Residence phone IA.
Office hours 10 to ~ a. m, 2 TO D.
IN
Special attention given to Diseases
OF Women and Children.
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LITERARY SOCIETIES.

The Ladies of the Leaf meet every
Monday from to o'clock with a
Il mber OF the society. They are
studying American history and have
for their special work this year "The
Found Of the Library in the Public
Schools"
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Subscribe FOR the Ardmorsite.
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MRS. Il. c. PoTTERF. Pre-,

The Orios meet every Friday from
3 to o'clock with members Of the so.
ciety They are studying Shakes.
poare, With other authors, and have
'"r their special work the founding Of
a Young Mems Reading Room in Ard.
more MRS. MARTHA FOX, Pres.
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Mrs. a. WI. DUNHAM. Pres.

The Home and Foreign Missionary
Society OF the First Presbyterian
church meets the first and third Tues,
days Of each month with some member
OF he society.
MRS. JOSE CARR. Pres.
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The b. Y. p. U. OF the First Baptist
church meets every Sunday afternoon
at the church
MISS DAISY NICHOLS, Pres.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
LAWYERS.

GEO. t. JORDAN,
Attorney at Law and Land Agent.
WYNNEWOOD. l. T.
Special attention to Commercial aad
Land Litigation.
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Tho Epworth Junior League Of the
Broadway NJ. L. church meets every
Sunday afternoon at the parsonage at
3 O'Clock
The Aid Society OF the First Pres
byterian church meets the second and
fourth Tuesdays of each month with
some member OF the society.
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The Aid Society OF the Central Bap.
tlst church meets every Tuesday at 3
o'clock with one OF its members.
MRS. BRUCE, Pres
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The Benevolent Society meets every
Thursday from 3 70 8 with on. Of the
members.
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teal Estate or Business for ca,
er where located. Send me par-
g. N'ces, etc, and receive NV mia,
D. CHAs. POWELL.
10 wv Mohawk st.
Bgnaln, New YorI
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a.
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The l.. T. Us meets every Sunday
afternoon from Q to : az The First Pres
byterlan church.
MISS MAUD TENNERY. Pres.
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The Christian Endeavor OF the Chris.
tian Church meets every Sunday az.
ternoon at o'clock.
ERRET DUNLAP. Pres.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20

of medicine at her husbands request
without knowing what it was; that she
made no attempt to conceal the medi-
cine or to deny the placing Of the
powder in it, and that the arsenic
found in the house was in the hus-
bands private rooms, and not in those
used by the wife.
1t appeared also that Mrs. Maybrick
had asked certain lawyers to procure
divorce, and had written to one of
these in very friendly way. All the
facts as to the poison Influenced pub
lie opinion in Mrs. Maybrick's favor,
as did the prosecuting attitude of her
husbands relatives. On the other
hand, the evidence as to her desire to
be separated from her husband count
ed strongly against her, and in it the
prosecution found motive for muir
der.
AS soon as sentence was pronounced
protests came from all parts of Eng
land, and the sentence was commuted
to Imprisonment for life. After the
woman was sent to prison Americans
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20

goodbye to the governor, thanking
him for the kindness he had shown
her, and as the clock marked a quar-
ter to z, accompanied by one of the
prison matrons, she entered a closed
carriage drawn up at the prison gates.
The carriage was driven to Ayles-
bury station, where with her mother,
Mrs. Maybrick took train to London,
whence the two women went by auoth-
er train to a private home some little
distance from the metropolis, where
arrangements had been made for Mrs.
Maybrick's reception.
At this institution she will remain
for a short period for recuperation and
partly for the completion of certain
formalities which will give her a free
dom of movement not usually allowed
persons on ordinary ticket of leave.
During her few last months at
Aylesbury prison Mrs. Maybrick was
engaged in work she greatly appreciat-
ed. This was composing and printing
on small hand press of official cards
and little circulars for use in the pris-
on and relating to the prison disci-
pline.
Prior to this she was employed for
many months in the messroom look
ing d1leI lne Ioou arrangements ana
cleaning the utensils used at meals.
This post is particularly light and is
q coveted one. 1t was given as a re-
ward for good conduct, and was a well
come change from laundry work, upon
which she was previously engaged.
Lloyd's Weekly says the license on
which Mrs. Maybrick was released has
been specially granted, and differs en-
tirely from the ordinary one usually
issued to well behaved convicts on life
sentence who have served a certain
number of years
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20

She was an American girl married
to an Englishman whom she came to
dislike and from whom she desired to
be divorced. Her husband at this
juncture was brought home sick, was
cared for by his wife, and in the
course of a few days died.
A glass of medicine with arsenic in
it was found at the bedside; Mrs. May
brick was found just after her hus-
bands death in a swoon; arsenic was
found in the room occupied by Mr..
Maybrick, and at the instigation of
Mr.. Maybrick's brothers Mrs. Maybrick
was arrested, and, after a most sensa-
tional trial, was found guilty of pois-
oning her husband and was sentenced
to death.
1t appeared from the testimony sub
mitted at the trial that Mr.. Maybrick
was addicted to the use of arsenic;
that his relatives knew of this habit,
but that his wife did not; that Mrs.
Maybrick put the powder in the glass
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20

the sentence of the courts, and while
Queen Victoria lived it was understood
that Mrs. Maybrick would not be CIV
en- her freedom.
In the last few years the British
government has changed ground, and
more consideration has been given the
papers and petitions forwarded by our
state department 1t was reported six
months ago that Mrs. Maybrick had
been released, and it is now reported
that she has been removed from pris-
on, preparatory to her absolute re-
lease in July.
This is the elimination of the ro-
nance of a Southern girl who married
An Englishman of the world when she
was II years of age, and who has
spent fourteen years of her life in an
English prison.