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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
RoWRoN-RoDEN.

MT. and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Roden announces the engagement of their daughter, Lillian, to Mir Alfred John Bowron, the wedding to take place on the evening of October 26.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18

we have met many interesting peo- pie. German, English and French and have seen only two Americans walking The English and Germans are the great est walkers. You see them everywhere.
 T found Spain a little disappointing, writes Mrs. Stevens in her delightful let ter of her summer wanderings. "The country is deeaded one. Se- vile is beautiful city, and there we fsaw the far-famed Spanish wo- men with their mantillas and flowers In their hair. I had a glimpse of love making scene with the lover outside and the girl smiling through her easement window. I witnessed an awful bull fight with its 150OO spectators yelling and ap- plauding this brutal spectacle
 T found GID as the English call it, an interesting place with it's mixtures of Moors. Spanish, English and all other countries. And then on we went to sunny Italy. The street life there cannot be seen anywhere else In the world. Then Capri; the pearl of the Met iterranean will never be happy until I go back to that beautiful spot and spend the summer. From Rome we joined friends in Nice who whisked us orr in an automobile and we did that whole Riveria from San Reno to Cannes in a motor car What did we care il the miles of hotels were closed if the wealth and fashion of the world that visit there in the season were absent? With good company and spinning along at forty miles an hour we could still enjoy the beautiful scenery and drive. Then Monte Carloi A visit to the famous casino even in the dull season is inter esting enough with the types that you always see at a place like that. But Monte Carlo is a jem; built out or the sea on a rock, It's setting is perfect.
 From there we hurried on to Suisse where we remained a month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18

Miss May Thompson's school will open September % at 1922 Twelfth avenue. South. Miss Emily Koenig will have charge of the kindergarten department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18

Mrs. Bertha schaefer Trower and Miss schaefer have sailed for Capai. Italy.
  turned from Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18

Mir. and Mrs. James E. Webb. Miss Riddle Dezampert and Miss Alice Arm strong have returned home after de- lightful visit on the coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18

The wedding of Miss Clara Gotten to MT. Edward T. Douglass will take place on Wednesday evening, the 2lst, at o'clock at the brides home on Eleventh avenue, South They will be at home af- ter October 1 at 7O9 South Twentieth street.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30

tience, perhaps, could have proved
equal to the task Of producing the
delicately worked and almost micro
scopic objects that speedily became
POPULAR last judgment, for instance,
represented on a background Of few
square inches-but according to some
critics it is in these things that Rus
sian art is seen at its best. Small
icons are sometimes found on soldiers
killed in war.
Icons may represent anything from
the figure Of saint to historical
scene, such as martyrdom. Often
they take the form Of a diptych, or a
triptych, or a polyptych crowded with
angular or diminutive figures Of saints
or miniature scenes from the life Of
the Virgin or some other biblical per
sonage. From the number of scenes
contained in these objects the peas.
ants came to call them churches" fol-
there were not more pictorial repre-
sensations within the church itself;
such icons may be of brass or OF
served lockwood, being sometimes or
! namented with enamels.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
Work for Every Hour

know a prominent New York cor
poration lawyer who is out of bed at
5 o'clock in the morning and after
taking exercise is ready for breakfast
at o'clock. His secretary and his
stenographer await him. Dictation be-
gins at once Of the rough outline of a
brief to be prepared. He follows this
with debating memoranda for his
clerks, specifying certain questions Of
law and of fact which he desires
looked into during the day.
At 9 o'clock he reads and answers
important letters which his secretary
has sorted out for his attention. At
$3.50 O'Clock he is ready for consulta-
lions with clients. From that time
until 4 or 5 O'Clock in the afternoon he
is in continuous attendance either be-
fore courts Generally Of appellate
jurisdiction), at meetings Of boards of
directors or in consultation.
At perhaps 4:30 o'clock the lawyer
is ready to receive reports from his
clerks. They are required to report
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30

A hybrid fowl, the offspring of
wild English pheasant cock and
guinea hen, recently died on farm
near Palatine, N. ]. a hybrid Of this
kind, while not unknown among scien-
tifc men, is quite rare, and very few
persons have ever seen one. The cir
cumstances Of it's birth and life are
interesting.
Mr.. William Harris, living near FL
mer had a flock of guineas in the
spring of 1900. These guineas had the
range of the farm, on which was a
fringe of timber. Mr.. Harris and his
men noticed an English pheasant at
times in this strip of woods, and on a
few occasions, when the guineas
ranged near the woods, the pheasant
mingled with them. but he never came
near the house.
After this flock. of guineas had laid
a number of eggs a neighbor, Jacob
Dubois, bought of Mr.. Harris setting
Of eggs, which were duly placed in a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
Icons Works of Art

Members of tho Greek church of Rus
STA, where images are Forbidden, have
resorted to what an unfriendly critic
has described as an ingenious evasion
of an ecclesiastical prohibition. They
do not carve a figure out Of marble
or shape it in bronze, but they paint
the face, hands and perhaps the feet
of saint on wood and form the robes
by means of metal work in relief. The
nimbus Of the saint is not infrequently
enameled and in some cases the drap-
cry is studded with precious stones,
but bejeweled icons Of any real value
are not, as rule, to be found in
churches, though sometimes images
are covered with glass to protect them
from the kisses of those who come to
pray before them.
In the seventeenth century there
was a great demand in Russia for port
able icons, especially from members
of sect known as the old believers
who, as they were under the ban of a
prosecuting government, wished for
icons that they could carry about and
conceal with ease. Only Russian pa
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30

solely upon the point intrusted to
them. Little or nothing is left to
their judgment or discretion. It is
merely desired to know what the law
and the cases are upon some particu
lar point, They are expected to report
accurately, conciseIy and quickly. This
miscellaneous work continues until
perhaps $3.50 o'clock, when the days
labor downtown is at an end.
Some lawyers even make use Of the
time consumed in going home. Dur
ing the summer months William Mel.
son Cromwell spends his nights on the
New Jersey coast. He goes down by
boat each afternoon. but large state
room on that vessel is equipped with
desk and typewriter and stenographer
that full use may be made of the
precious hour devoted to the trip. Dur
ing the winter he will probably BIZ
ready for dinner at 1880 O'Clock. Al
Office boy has gone ahead of him car
rying a green bag full of books anC
/ papers which are to be considered
] during the evening.-World's Work.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30

Eugene Field was book collector
and one of his favorite jokes. accord
ing to the Philadelphia Post, was to
enter a bookshop where he was not
known and ask in the solemnest man
ner for an expurgated edition of Mrs.
Hemans' poems. One day in Milwau-
kee he was walking along the street
with his friend, George Yenowine,
when the latter halted in front of a
book shop and said: "Gene, the pro-
prietor of this place is the most seri-
GUS man ever knew. He never saw
a joke in his life. Wouldn't it be a
good chance to try again for that ex-
purgated Mrs Hemans?" Without a
word Field entered, asked for the pro-
prietor and then made the usual re-
quest. THAT is a rather scarce book,
came the reply. Are you prepared
to pay fair price for it?" For just
q second Field was taken aback;
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
IN THE FAR NORTH.
Horses Find sustenanee Under Many
Feet of Snow.

Horses Find sustenance Under Many
Feet Of Snow.
Al recent book on the Klondike coun-
try says: In November, 1898. horses
were left to die on the trails and in
Dawson. There was neither work nor
feed for them. Horses were offered
70 me for their keep, but / refused.
These same horses wandered up In
khe hills. where the snow was five
Feet deep. They brushed the snow
away with feet and nose. finding lus-
sious whortleberries, blackberries and
raspberries in great quantities. The
lowest authentic record at the bar
racks was 81 degrees below zero. Yet
an the spring the horses were re-
claimed by their owners and looked
infinitely better than when turned out
to die at the beginning Of the winter.
This was a lesson as we'll as revela-
tion- During the summer Of 1899
horses were imported into the Klon-
dixie In numbers and 1000 Of them
passed the next winter in transport
Ing men and supplies from Dawson to
the mines. The dogs were almost en-
eirely superseded and their value
formerly $150-became merely nomi-
nal; for a good horse, after all. could
pull a ton over the smooth icy trails
"a labor that would require three
mIeighs and twenty dogs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
Joke on Eugene Field

then he said. Certainly. certainly;
IL know it's rare" The man step
ped to a case, took out a eheaply
bound volume and handed it to Field
saying: "The price is S." Field took
it nervously, opened to the title page
and read in correct print: The
Poems Of Mrs. Felicia Hemans. Sc
lected and Arranged With All obiec-
tionable Passages Excised by George
Yenowine, Editor of Isaac Watts for
the Home The Fireside Hannah
More, etc." with the usual publish
er's name and date at the bottom.
Field glanced up at the bookseller. He
stood there the very picture OF
sad solemnity. "I'll take it." said
Field, family, producing the money.
Outside Yenowine was missing. At
his office the boy said that he had
just left, saying that he was going to
Standing Rock. Oak, to keep an ap-
pointment with Sitting Bull.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
TWO STEPS
The LAST one HeIps the FIrst.

The Last One Helps the First.
A sick coffee drinker must take two
steps to be rid of his troubles and get
strong and well again.
The first step is to cut of coffee abb
solutely.
That removes the destroying ele-
ment. The next step is to take liquid
food (and that is Postom Food Cot
1se) that has in it the elements ma
ture requires to change the blood
corpuscles from pale pink or white
% rich red. and good red blood builds
good strong and healthy cells in place
OF the broken down cells destroyed by
coffee With well boiled Postum Food
Coffee TO shift to, both these steps
are easy and pleasant. The expert
ance of Georgian proves how Inn
portant both are.
From 1872 to the year 1900 my
wife and / had both been afflicted
with sick or nervous headache and at
Mines we suffered untold agony. We
we're coffee drinkers and did not know
bow to get away from it for the habit
IN hard to quit
"But in 1900 l read of a case SINH
lar to ours where Postum Coffee was
used In place of the old coffee and a
complete cure resulted, so l concluded
10 get some and try it.
THE result was, after three days
use of Postum in place of the coffee
never had a symptom of the old
trouble and in five months had
gained from 145 pounds to 1913 pounds.
MY friends asked me almost daily
what wrought the change. My an
swer always is, leaving OFF coffee and
drinking Postum in its place.
1--WE have many friends who have
been benefited by Postum.
"As to whether or not have stated
the facts truthfully | refer you to
the Bank of Carrollton or any husi-
ness firm in that city where have
lived forS many years and am well
known" Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason"
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book. THE Road to Wellvills.~
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
snail Months-No a.

The season Of the snail in France
is that of the oyster in this country,
for 1t is In favor with connoisseurs
only when the month contains the let
ter "r"that is to say, from September
to April. And it is especially In the
cold months Of winter that this
greasy, garlicly tit-bit is appreciated
and consumed by the natives of
France. But there is no absolute close
season, for the snail is made a peren-
NAL by being preserved alive IN its
shell, and SO it can be bought and
eaten during the hottest months Of
summer
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
Fowl Was a Hybrid

nest under a brooding hen. Now, IN
all well regulated guinea families the
period of incubation is four weeks, but
to the establishment Of Mr.. Harris, one
of the eggs Matched in three weeks.
The little chick was presented te
Mrs. Lizzie Smith. It early exhibited
its wild parentage, and its instinc'
taught it self-preservation. Whel
quite young it showed surprising alert.
ness. Some. of the family would try
to catch it, carefully placing the hand
over it until its back was almost
touched; then, quick as fash, it was
away.
The fowl fed and ranged with the
other farm fowls, and when fully ma
tured weighed seven pounds. Its ap-
pearance was not unlike that of a
chicken, except that its legs resembled
those of turkey. 1t had remarkable
strength, and in few minutes could
scratch a hole deep enough to bury it
self in. 1t never met a snake withoui
giving and winning battle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
suceesa Of Inaenlons ThIef.

New York detective asserts that
If one wants anything it can be OBJ
tanned by asking for it. AS an in
stance he cites a happening at the
Casino theater. The ticket seller was
resting during lull in business, when
a roughlooking fellow stuck his head
in at the window. 1--WE come for the
clock" he said. well" snapped the
ticket man, you don't expect me to
come out and take it down for you,
do your" Fresh, amt yer?" respond
ed the fellow, and turned away. He
put up a ladder and took down the
clock, a valuable timepiece, and
walked away with it. He hasn't re
turned.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
ExampIe Of Russian Honesty.

A few years ago a Russian warship
was on special duty in Behring sea,
guarding the seal fisheries, prevent
ing the slaughter of the seals during
the closed season. The admiral Of the
station, in the course of an inspection
of the vessel, invited any of the sail
ors who had any complaint to make
to step forward. One Of the men, as
spokesman for the whole crew, COM
planned that the seal money" prom
ised them had not been paid. On the
astonished admiral inquiring what he
meant, it came out that the ships
commander had been doing lucra-
tive trade by killing the seals placed
under his protection and sending the
skins to Lo-don and had taken the
crew into partnership. He was duly
transferred to Siberia and probably is
there still.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
WAYS OF WILD CREATURES.
Easy Victim Preferred by Those Who
Prey on Their Fellows.

Easy Victim Preferred by Those Who
Prey on Their Fellows.
In a recently published book on
fishing. w. S. Hodgson, an English
sportsman, argues that when fish
OF the salmon kind, or pike, takes a
real minnow impaled on a flight of
hooks or a manufactured thing re-
sembling a minnow the fish is moved
less by a desire to eat than by a de-
sire to kill. He derives this impress
sion from the fact that "a salmon or a
trout, like a pike, will leave a whole
ghoal of minnows undisturbed. and
rush 1T an impaled minnow, or phan-
tom" critic of the book says:
Surely this is very far-fetched. Fish
and birds of prey, like human beings,
are averse to unnecessary trouble, and
as it is easier to catch a wounded
creature than fresh one. a peregrine
will take an injured grouse or pike
tethered or spinning bait when it
comes in his way, not because of the
instinct which leads wild animals to
kill the weaker brethren, but from
the natural tendency to take the
goods the gods provide you in the
shape of a cheaply earned and easy
meal" 1t may be added that old
guides of northern Wisconsin hold
with Mr.. Hodgson that the muskel-
Eunge strikes the bait ordinarily only
when he feels savage and desires to
kill something.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
II PAYS to Read Newspapers.

Cox, Wis, July 4.-Frank M. Rus
seli of this place, had Kidney Disease
40 bad that he could not walk. He
tried Doctors treatment and many diff
ferent remedies, but was getting
worse. He was very low.
He read in newspaper how Dodd's
Kidney Pills were curing cases Of
Kidney Trouble, Bright's Disease, and
Rheumatism, and thought he would
try them. He took two boxes, and now
he Is quite well. He says:
Il can now work all day, and not
feel tired. Before using Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, couldn't wax across the
door"
MIR. Russell's is the most wonderful
case ever known in Chippewa Coun-
fy. This new remedy-Dodd's Kidney
Pills-is making some miraculous
eures in Wisconsin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
rrinlets - Eonr.score.

Triplets so years old celebrated
their birthday recently in Hillsdale,
parish of Upham, near Moncton, n.
B. The three have lived in the same
place all their lives. They are Rich
ard, James and Deborah De Bow, the
children of William De Bow. A num-
Ser of relatives and friends waited
apon the triplets and presented TO
them a purse of mo-ey. The triplets
are all in good health and appear to
have a good chance OF reaching the
century mark.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
Excellent Opportunity to Arrange for
Your Reception at ST. Louis, During
the Fair, Free,

If you intend going to the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, st. Louis. Mis-
souri,, opened by President Roosevelt
April Goth, 1904, it win be very much
to your advantage to correspond with
Mr.. F. H. WorsIey, No. All Dooley
block, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mr. Worsley has arranged to have all
his parties met at the st. Louis depot
and escorted to their lodgings, which
will be reserved in advance.
Information relative to passenger
rates, stop-oVers, ticket limits. hotel
rates and all other necessary informa
ton asked for will be cheeTfully given
free of charge. This will especially
be of benefit 70 these desiring to traye
with Utah parties or in parties OF foul
or five. School teachers viii also
hear something to their interests By
writing above party.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
About 10000 elephants are kii3cd in
Africa annually by ivory hunters.


The idea of a prepaid envelope
originated in France, early in the
reign Of Louis XIV, with NJ. de Val
flyer, who, in 1853. established. under
royal consent, a private penny post.
placing boxes at the corners Of the
streets for the reception of letters
wrapped in envelopes bought at Offices
established for that purpose. NJ. de
Valfyer also had printed certain forms
of "billets" or notes. applicable TO the
ordinary business among habitants OF
great towns, with blanks which were
to be filed out with such special mat.
ter as might be desired.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
drilled Lion Steaks.

An explorer who has often by com
pulsion eaten the flesh of animals not
generally used as human food says
that grilled lion steaks are delicious,
and much superior to those of the
tiger; that the flesh Of the rhinoceros
properly prepared. has all the good
qualities Of pork; that the trunk and
feet Of Young elephants resemble veal;
and that stewed boaconstrictor is z
splendid substitute for rabbit.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
neafness Cannot Re Cnred

BY local applications as they cannot reach the dis
eased porti0n Of the ear. There is only way 70
cure deafness and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness Is caused by an infamed condition II the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube When tins
tube IS indamed you have runbling sound OF I'M
perfect hearing and when Is entirely closed Deaf
ness Is the result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken and this tube restored to it, normal eond-
ton, hearing viii be destroyed forever nine cases
out Of ten are cansed by aUarrh which 70 nothing
but an inharned condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case q
Deafness Caused by catarrhD that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Q.
Sold By Druggists, T5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
English Parliamentary Debaters.

Old members of the House of Com
mons are usually of opinion that the
debates, compared with twenty or
thirty years ago, are now more BUSH
nesslike and less oratorieal than they
were. Some welcome the change, and.
rejoicing in the greater efficiency of
the House as a governing assembly,
praise the conversational style of
speaking now so much in vogue as
less stilted than the old. Others, re-
GREETING the loss in the picturesque,
distressed that the House should be
less attractive as a show, condemn
the new manner as more slipshod.
There is agreement that the average
member takes less trouble wi, the
form and phrasing of his speeches.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30

ia give the world nor count the cost
For you-for you
And feel the world were all we'll lost,
For you-for you
The world to me hath eyes of brown,
And when on me those eyes look down.
Were a queen. I'd give my crown
For you-for you
Thou art my king. and I'd give all
For you-for you
And deem Il Loves most gracious thrau
For you-for you
Life holds for me no boon so sweet,
That I'd not gladly at thy feet,
Make love thy slave in all complete,
For you-for you!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
MADE HIS MEANING PLAIN.
NO Doubt as to Form Of Sinner Minis
ter Was Preaching TO.

NCF was TfCaNHHi9 ~
Beginning his sermon enc Sunday
muscular Scotch minister said that in
every congregation there were gener-
ally three kinds Of people. Some were
very worthy men and women. Others
were just middling and might be bet
ter than they were, but others were
actual deeYila He did not intend in
this discourse to speak to the first
kind, who were already good Chris
tians and not greatly requiring either
/ advice or censure. The second class
would be all the better for some plain
speaking, but their case was not so
urgent as that Of the third class.
whom he had spoken Of as positive
devils. "To them" he said, Il mean
to speak" Then, rolling up the right
sleeve of his coat, and stretching out
his clinched fist in front Of him, be
said: Now. you deevils!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
For You! For You!

NV eyes are straining in their gaze,
For you-for you
I count the dreary passing days,
For you-for you
NV heart Is yearning for the sight,
The one and only beacon bright
That foods my soul with love ana hgnI
For you-for you!
There is no prayer l might not pray.
For you-for you
There is no blight I would NOT stay
For you-for you
No matter how my life were toss q.
No matter what might be the cost,
For you, my king. 'twere an Wen lost
For you--for you!
Kate Thyson MARI.