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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

ATHEoRY SUPPORTED b. FRESH,
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.
a Recent instance Proves That a
Woman's Happiness Is Largely De-
pendent on the State Of Her Blood.

When the blood is d~isordered every
organ of the body is affected %unfayor-
ably and fails I discharge its func-
lions properly. In the case of every
woman nature has made special pro-
vision for a periodical publication of
the blood. and so long as this occurs
her health and spirits unfailingly re
veal the beneficial results. So slight
a cause as a cold or a neryous shock
may produce a suppression of this
vital function, and until 1t is restored
she is doomed to misery. The remedy
that has proved most prompt and
effective in all disorders peculiar to
the female sex is that which brought
such great relief to Miss Matte
Griggs, of No. 807 Indiana street. Law
renee, Kansas, concerning which she
speaks as follows:
I'm the winter of 1902, from some
unknown cause, there was a cessation
of functions peculiar to my sex for a
period of four months. l became very
weak and could not get up stairs
without help. / had nausea and pain
anu a CONSTANT uSdudCAe. 1 was uu-
der the care of a physician for three
months, but he did not succeed in cur
ing me. Then a lady friend told me
about the merits of DIR. Williams Pink
Pills which she had used in her fam.
lily, and she induced me to try them
1t was in May when | first began
to use them, and in June / had fully
recovered my health, and have since
remained perfectly we'll"
In all cases of delayed development
of young girls; in anemia or weakness
due to impoverished blood and show
ing itself in pallor, lack of ambition
dependency and nervousness; also il
the great constitutional disturbance;
attending the period known as the
change of life, DR.. Williams Pink Pill
are invaluable for women, whose
health is always closely dependent OF
the state of the blood. They are solt
by all druggists. A booklet of valuable
information relating to the care of
woman's health at all important peri
DDS, and entitled plain Talks to VIC
men," will be sent free in a sealed en-
velope to any one who chooses t
write for it to the DR.. Williams Med.
cine Company. Schenectady, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

The Newspaper and Its Virtues.
The newspaper is, in short, firmly
establishing its right to the three
cardinal virtues it has claimed for its
own-good faith, discretion and ind
pendence.-Augusta (Ga.) Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
Elsh Have a SIKH sense.

There are some indications that
fishes possess a sixth sense. the or
gans of which are the pores of the
head and of the lateral band. This
band is a row of little canals con-
nected with the external world by
holes through the scales. In these
cavities, under which runs a large
nerve, are found nerve heads or ter
limitations like those of other sense
organs. The use of this apparatus is
unknown.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
GREAT FgATs OF MEMORY.
London Youth of Long Ago Remem-
bered All He Had Read.

The London Times recently pub
lished an extract from its columns Of
a century ago in which were related
the remarkable feats Of memory per-
formed by T. p. Oldfeld, who died at
Grotto house. Margate, in the six
teenth year Of his age. The extract
reads;
eat the age of five and one-half
years he mad scarlet -evec, which
brought on him paralysis Of the lower
extremities and debilitated his body
for the rest of his life, but his mind
presented the finest display of human
perfection.
Whatever he read he instantly had
by heart; his favorite' pursuits were
the mathematics. philosophy, astron-
omy, geography, history and painting,
in all of Which he made a great pro-
fciency. His fayorite authors we're
Locke and Newton. and his ~retentive
faculties were so strong that he never
forgot a single incident with whiNh he
had been once acquainted.
He could relate every circumstance
oil Grecian, Roman and English his
tory; was master Ct astronomy and
had pursued it up to all its recent
discoveries; had the finest taste for
drawing and painting and would fire.
q~uentIy take admirable likenesses OF
persons who struck him from memory.
He wrote a hand Ike copper plate and
a. a very early period in life hal made
himself master of arithmetic.
He was never known to be out OF
temper, and though he suffered an
illness of ten years, which terminated
in a dropsy and bursting of a blood
vessel upon the lungs, he was never
once known TO repine OF be impa
tient. His wit was brilliant and re
fined and his loss will ever be regret
ted by those who had the happiness t.
know him."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
To Mary.


If 1 had thought thor, couldst have died.
7 might not weep for thee;
Rnt / forgot, when by thy side,
THAT thou couldst mortal be;
II never through my mind had passed
The time would e'er be DER,
And 7 on thee should look my last,
And thou shouldst smile no more!
And stil upon that face l look,
And think twill smile again;
And still the thought | Will not brook
THAT | must look in vain!
pn4 when 1 speak. thou dost not say
What thou ne'er left isaac
Ard now | feel as well may,
Sweet Mary! thou art dead!
70 tbou wouldst stay, cen as thou art.
All cold and all serene
Sim might press thy silent .heart,
Nd where thy smiles have been!
while cen thy chill. bleak corpse l nave
"Thou seemest still mine own
p,t they lay thee in thy grave
And I am now alone.
7 40 not think where'er thou art
Thou hast forgotten me;
~ 7 nerhaps. may soothe this heart,
In thinking too of thee;
w there was round thee such a dawn,
or light ne'er seen before,
AS fancy never could nave ura"h'
And never can restore,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
Is BUILT OF FOSSILS.
PECULIAR CONSTRUCTION OF
NEW YORK CHURCH.
Walls a Mass Of Petrifed Twigs and
LeaVes-Material Taken from the
Bed Of a Prehistoric Lake-Hard as
Granite.

There is a church building in Mum
ford, N. Y, which is built of fossils.
INTELLECTUALLY it is of modern type,
with long, slim windows and a ground
plan like that Of Trinity in Boston.
At first glance the walls appear to
be constructed of rough sandstone
smeared with an uneven coating of
gritty, coarse plaster; but a closer
view reveals the error of this first
conclusion. Instead of plaster the
eyes behold ~traceries of delicate
leaves, lacework of interviewer twigs,
bits of broken branches, fragments of
messy bark, sp%linters of wood, all
preserved against the wasting of time
and decay by being turned into the
hardest of fiinty limestone.
AS a matter of fact, every block of
stone in the four walls is a closely ce-
mented las of dainty fossils. There
is no basic rock at all, but only fossil
hbers, which give the rock cohesion
and strength. The blocks were hewn
from the petrifed depths of a nearby
cedar swamp.
Mumford is situated in the heart of
the great area of rock once in the bed
Of an ocean, known to biologists as
the Niagara limestone.
Northeast of the village is a dense
grove of cedars. AS n approaches
it the clean lime rocks dip suddenly
and give way to a wide and long level
of dark, b~lueish-gray muck, once be-
yond doubt the bottom of a prehistoric
lake.
The whole grove and undoubtedly
the muck land are on a bed of thick
white rock, which looks, more than
anything else, like immense slices of
Roquefort cheese. It's coloration is
much the same, and it has a similar
tendency to crumble when taken fresh
from the quarry depths into the upper
air.
A close examination shows why this
is so. Every particle of the rocks
mass is made up of the petriied cedar
leaves, branches, twigs, broken bark
and even whole stumps and knots,
welded and knit together into one
dense tangle.
AS these parts of the trees fell, one
layer upon another, they were saturat-
ed with the dampness of the swamp
and with the lime held in solution.
AS the vegetable matter decayed and
the water e%yaporated, every line, fiber
and grain was preserved by the lime
sediment.
When this rock was first quarried
some doubt existed as to its avail
ability, for it came to the surface soft
and crumbling. A few short hours
in the sun and wind proved the error
of any such fears, for the rock rap
idly hardened to a fintlike consist
ency not ~excelled by the toughest
granite.
The rock was sawed in blocks suit
able for the masons' use, with one
surface rough and broken as it came
from the quarry. This rough surface
was laid outside by the builders, 81
that the walls of the church exhibit
this ancient vegetation in rough anC
bold relief.
In many places whole stumps Sc
out, all of them perfectly preserved
in their minutest details. One, in par
%ticular, on the south wall, is attached
to the rest of the block by it's tw,
ends, and between it and the unde
surface there is an inch of daylight
New York Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
PAID TO GET PROTECTION.
Origin OF "5lackmai" Was in the
Sixteenth Century.

Literally, Matchmaking means black
rent. In ancient days, rent that was
paid in money was known as white
rent, and rent that was paid in kind
was known as black rent. and some
times as black mail. In the sixteenth
century the borderland between Scot
land and England vas in a perpetual
state of disorder. and the farmers OF
the neighborhood used to pay such
rent, or blackmail, to the powerful
chieftains, to preserve them and their
property from molestation. AS pub
lie opinion began to view border dis
cord with d%isapproval. the term black
mail acquired a meaning akin to that
which it now suggests-viza paE-
ments extorted by illegal threats.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
How,s This i?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & co, Toledo o
We, the undersigned, have known + } Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his nrm
WALDING, KINNA d MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free Price IS cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pits for constipatlon.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
TEA

A tired woman; a fresh
pot Of tea; there is Joy all
over her face.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

Fires Shell Six Miles.
A 4.7-inch gun will send a As pound
shell a distance of owe six miles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

Written by a Misguided 7acheIorT
The exacting requirements OF the
unnecessary are what make life a bur
den.-Puck.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

Can a very bad person
like tea very much, do you
think?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
Vacations Empty Purses.

A Partisan journalist estimates that
Europeans on their vacations spend
about $3.50, 600, 900 a year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
TEA

Best tea port: San Fran
cisco; nearest; least expos
ure. Tea is sensitive.
Your grocer returns your money If you don't Eks
Sehinins's Best
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07

There are several Greek churches in
New York now, and their congregations
are partly Greek fruit sellers and mer-
chants, partly Russians, partly Ar
menians of the Russian communion,
partly mixed elements. A curious thing
is noted. The immigration is unusually
heavy just now. Those who know the
people and their language say that
among the newcomers are consider
able number who have sneaked across
the Swedish and German borders to take
ship. without having performed their
military service.
Meanwhile every train that starts for
the far west carries Japanese men going
home voluntarily to fight for emperor
and country. The Russian Jews do not
love Russia. The Russians themselves
such, at least, as we get as immigrants.
are Indifferent to her needs.
There is not in all the list OF European
immigrants q strain SO passionately
loyal to the home land, even after years
Of separation, as the little Japs. Or IL
It merely that they love q light on gen.
eral principles?
ets5 OWEN LANGDON.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
NEW MILLINERY TRIMMINGS
Feathers and Ornaments Will Be
Much in Vogue on Fashion
able Headgeer.

Feathers and flowers are worn all the
year around. But it must be acknowl-
edged that feathers have a wonderful
vogue. There are beautiful feathers of
the shaded variety and these, upon hat
Of straw, afford a very pretty sight
One of these feather trimmed hats is of
brown Of very lovely shade of straw
At one side the brim takes an upward
curve, and just here the feather is fas-
tened. It is deep brown. But it shades
gradually lighter, and upon the tip it is
a bright yellow. It is secured to the
hat with great dull gold ornament.
Gold ornaments will be worn a grea:
deal upon the hats of spring, as will sill
yer and gun metal. Indeed, gold and sill
yer seem to be taking the place of the
rhinestone pin, which held it's favor so
long. The rhinestone pin is, of course,
used. But there are many times when
the gold slide or the gold buckle or the
great round gold ornament is the best
thing that could be used.
Roses which have always been worn
will continue to be worn, and little gar
den Of rosebuds is seen upon many of the
handsomest French hats. Roses never
come in amiss, and one can get them in
all colors, even to blue and black. II
one wants to be perfectly safe stick to
roses. They come this year in the tint
est sizes, and are particularly chic COM
bined with black. There are floral hats
Of tiny roses and black panne velvet, and
there are small toques OF irregular shape,
that pin well back upon the couture.
These are as becoming as anything that
can be imagined.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
HEALTH AND BEAUTY HINTS
Suggestions Concerning Treatment
Of the Skin and Proper
Footwear.

Il there are brown spots on the hands
make a paste of lemon juice and pow
dered sulphur and apply it whenever
possible, allowing it to dry in the sun.
Let it remain on as long as you can after
each application. This paste, says the
Chicago Daily News, will take effect
more readily If the hands are soaked in
warm water some time before it is ap-
piled.
Girls should heed the repeated warn
ings of physicians against the present
fashion of wearing low shoes in winter.
Medical men trace far more subtle dis
eases than mere colds and bronchitis
directly to the chilling of the extremities.
If low shoes are preferred as more COM
Portable and lighter, by all means pro-
tect the ankles with cloth CATERS.
An excellent tooth powder that is in
expensive. pure and efficient may be
easily made by any one. Mix two ounces
of pulverized borax with four ounces Of
precipitated chalk; add one ounce each
Of powdered myrrh and pulverized orris.
Sift through fine boiling cloth and 1t is
ready for use. Tooth powder bottles
with adjustable covers, such as shop
powder is put up in, may be saved and
filled with this homemade product.
To be suddenly awakened from sound
sleep sends great rush of blood to the
heart, thus overtaxing and straining it.
People whose business necessitates their
being awakened early have long sus-
pected the practice of being an evil one,
and have tried to rid themselves of it.
But heretofore they have had 40 better
reason for wishing to continue to lie in
bed than that they found it inconvenient
or unpleasant to rise early. Evidently
they have right On their side. 1t is an
unhygienic practice, this being walked
up at unearthly hours in the dusk of the
early morning. 1t is bad for the heart.
An inexpensive and useful accessory
to the daily bath may be made by plac-
ing cupful of odd bits of good soap in
large knitted or cheesecloth bag, with a
quart of bran, an ounce of powdered Or
ris root and half an ounce of almond
meal. This makes the best skin beauti-
fer ever invented, and after using it free
ly in the bath perceptible improvement
in the complexion will be noticed at
once. Constant use will make the i'm
provement permanent and there will
be also a luxurious feeling of perfect
cleanliness as well as fowerlike odor
about the person, the effect of the orris
root. s~
Always rinse your hands in cold water
after having had them in water which is
more than blood warm. During cold
or windy weather it is best always to
have some preparation handy, that it
may be applied whenever the hands have
been wet Powdered starch is very heal
ing to most skins; It is easily applied,
not at all expensive, and does not prevent
one from going about ones homework,
even the cooking, II the hands are per-
fectly free from everything. Tie little
In thin rag, and keep box near the
wash basin. When the hands begin to
get sore, rub the starch well in while
they are still moist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
Value Of Learning to Knit.

Fifty years ago every woman and girl
was taught to knit as part of her educa-
ton. Now, however. comparatively few
are taking up knitting needAs with any
seriousness of intention. Young women
should become expert knitters, not be-
cause they cannot buy many things as
cheaply as they can produce them. but
with view of that faroff day which is
certain to come in time-the day of old
age. To the brightest girl there may 50
years hence arrive the day of deafness.
when the voices of music shall be brought
low, or the day of blindness, when this
fair world shall be dim and darkening
to twilight or night. To the gayest of
us all may come in the faroff time of the
future period Of great loneliness, for
friend after friend departs" When
one cannot see or hear well, when ac-
quaintances are few and hours drag.
there is great satisfaction in being able
to employ the fingers. A good knit
ter uses hers with the swiftness of an au-
tomaton. She sits in the freight and
knits, an embodiment of contentment.
He Won Her.
Hungry Hawkins-Doy yer mean ter say
yer got square meal out o. dat sour wo-
man?
Diplomatic Mike-Sure!
well, yer wonder! Eow'd yer
do it,"
when she opened de door SEE: is
yer mother at home, miss?' '-Philadel-
phfa Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
coNFIDANTs or PATIENTS.
Physician Acts as 4 Sort Of Medical
Father Confessor-Hears Many
az 81 as Family Secrets. ~ A.

That physicians should be accorded
the confidence Of their clients-perhaps
in larger measure even than clergymen
has always been pretty generally rec
ognized, says American Medicine. This
confidence is, indeed, freely bestowed
In good many directions, sometimes in
fact, to an entirely unnecessary extent.
The physician is frequently made ac-
quainted with internal family matters
which have absolutely no bearing upon
the case for the treatment of which he
had been called in, and which are. there
fore, not of a nature to exercise the
slightest influence upon such treatment.
In this way the physician is sometimes
drawn into the position of general fam
lily father confessor. He will be made
the confident of the husband in regard to
things which should be kept a secret
from the wife; the wife reveals to him
things Of which the husband is to know
or suspect nothing; the daughter pours
the little secrets of her heart into his
more or less unwilling ear on the under
standing that he must not under any cir
substances divulge them to her parents;
and the young man appeals in the strict
est confidence to the doctor with regard
to his experience, or, rather, lack Of
experience. The picture is complete
enough without the special mention Of
the cook and the butler And as the med
ical father confessor no more than the
clerical one can betray the confidence re-
posed in him. he 10 In the unenviable
position of having something to concea.
practically from every member OF the
household with regard to every oths.
member.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07

"here the Fea: To Judge Parker
the foremost "favorite son" of New
York, there is no objection anywhere
here. He is man of magnificent pres
ence. of high ability, stainless charac-
ter. The trouble is that to so many
he is but name. This is quite to his
credit. He has not electioneered, has
made few speeches, has quietly attended
to his duties as the head ofathe states
court of highest Jurisdiction. His leis-
ure is spent upon his plain farm at
Esopus.
Against an instructed delegation Boss
Murphy, of New York city, the new lead
er of Tammany, has theoretically pro-
tested. Whether he will be found in an
attitude of protest when the convention
meets is another matter. Hill, as Judge
Parker's close political and personal
friend, will apparently control the con-
vention. and whether the delegation is
instructed or not will matter little, per-
haps. if the unit rule is enforced
What is rather gratifying to all par
ties locally concerned is the unexpected
ly high plane upon which party discus
sions are being maintained Tammany
is name of different sound in the
ears of the people of the city from what
1t was three years ago. when it was for
merly in power. And for that blessed
relief the people are even now little
puzzled whether to thank the new boss
or the young mayor, George B. McClel-
Ian.
Murphy is in appearance q typical
Tammany boss. He has never been
credited with cherishing scruples in
politics or in business where they would
interfere with success. He is of good
stature, clean shaver, with firm, strong
chin and a set jaw
You recognize that jaw after little.
McCarren, the Brooklyn boss, who
agreed with Murphy in the campaign
only to fall out with him afterward over
patronage. is lean almost to attenua-
tion-the sort of man who is apt to 20
on with galloping consumption-but he
has that chin. 1t is the Tammany fash
Ion to let the chin show. Haffen, the
boss of the Bronx, is the only conspic-
uous Tammany leader who is bearded.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
CARDINAL SENDS WARNING.
Advises Prospective Irish Emigrants
to Stay at Home and Develop
sfz8 the Green Isle.
Baltimore (Md.) Special.

Baltimore (Md.) Special :
Cardinal Gibbons has sent letter to
the Irish Emigration society, of London,
England, urging it to discourage. as far
as possible, the desertion Of the natives
of the Emerald isle to this country.
In his letter his eminence said:
81 know under what circumstances
people live in America My advice to-
the young men and young women Of
Ireland is to endeavor to find liveli-
hood in their own land. Ireland is
blessed with delightful climate, where
the extremes of heat and cold are un-
known; whereas, in the United States.
these extremes are very serious draws
backs. Any man or woman who could
exc out a livelihood at home should
take my advice and stay there Instead Of
emigrating to America to enter on the
keen struggle for existence under the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-07
NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS
Former Speaker Keifer Again Enters
Public Life After q Lapse OF
Twenty FEARS.
Springfield (O.) Special.

Springfield (o.) Special
Gen. ]. Warren Keller, after being
out of active politics for 20. years, was
nominated for congress the other day by
the republicans of the Seventh district,
to succeed Congressman Kyle. a.
Gen. Keifer served four terms IN
congress, from 1877 to 1885. From 1881
to 1888 he was speaker of the house. He
is now GO years of age, and is recognized
as one of the foremost lawyers of the
state. When the civil war broke out he
enlisted in the Third Ohio volunteer In
fantry, and was commissioned major.
In 1862, when the One Hundred and
Tenth Ohio volunteer infantry was Or
ganized, he was made that regiments