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and amusement of the delegates ana thf
many lady visitors 70 thef international
Typographical Union convention was thu
subject of the most favorable comment
Like Miss Gordon and Miss Wilson. the lat.
Ter OF whom has Just been honored by being
elected by Columbia Union as delegate
to ST. Louis typographical convention. She
has the respect and esteem of her male
printer associates.
Chairman Mrs. Thomas.
Mrs e. H, Thomas, wife of a prom nent
member of Columbia Union. is at present
chairman of the entertainment committee
of the auxiliary. She has had a large ex-
perience in women's organizations and has
done much to promote the success of this
adjunct of the typograp hical union. In the
past three months she has, with the active
assistance of an efficient COMMITTEES. turned
into the treasury of the organization over
$780, the proceeds of series of entertain
ments She has been valued worker IN
the organization since its formation, and 10
well remembered by the older members of
Columbia Union for her activity and good
work in connection with both of the fairs
given by the union in its temple on @
street.
She was one of the promoters of the Wo-
mans Veteran Relief Union. John A. Lo.
gan Command. No. 2. and president curing
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the first two years of its existence, being
chosen later as q delegate TO the national
encampment at Lima, Ohio. She was also
an active participant in the work of the
Woman's Relief Corps of the Grand Army
of the Republic. In more recent years she
has been devoting considerable time and ats
tention to the Order of the Eastern Star. be-
ing past matron of Bethlehem Chapter,
No. Z, and is held in high esteem by I'd
membership She is also connected WITH
the Lady Maccabees of the World, holding
membership In National Hive No. l. of thH
city. =
The auxiliary has been well supported by
Columbia Typographical Union In all itg
undertakings, as 1t should be, for from It'd
membership the auxiliary draws a consids
cradle portion of it's membership, the re.
manning members being connected with tbs
union by relationship as wives, mothers,
unmarried daughters and sisters. The in.
itfation fee is but 80 cents. while the dues
are only 81 per annum. Columbia Union
as well as typographical unions in general
are beginning to appreciate the great valuA
of the auxiliary as a cooperating society
and the members are doing all in theit
power to encourage the ladies in their
splendid work.
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Sit Closer, Friends.
BY ARTHUR MACY


Sit closer, friends, around the board!
Death grants US yet a little time.
Now let the cheering cup be poured.
And welcome song and jest and rhyme:
Enjoy the gifts that fortune sends.
Sit closer, friends.
And yet we pause With trembling lip
We strive the fitting phrase to make;
Remembering our fellowship,
Lamenting Destiny's mistake,
We marvel much when Fate ohends
And claims our friends.
Companion of our nights Of mirth,
When all were merry who were wise.
Does Death quite understand your worth,
And know the value of his prizef
I doubt me IL he comprehends-
He knows no friends.
And in that realm is there no joy
OF comrades and the joeund sensef
Can Death SO utterly destroy
For gladness grant no recompensef
And can ii be that laughter ends
With absent friends?
o scholars! Whom we wisest call
Who solve great questions at your ease.
We ask the simplest of them all,
And yet you cannot answer these.
And 10 1t thus your knowledge ends.
To comfort friends3
Dear Omar should you chance to meet
Our brother somewhere In the gloom.
Pray. give to him message sweet
From brothers In the tavern room.
He win not ask who tits that sends,
For we were friends.
Again q parting sail we see;
Another boat has left the shore:
A kinder soul on board has she
Than egey left the land before;
And az her outward course she bends,
Sit closer. frfends.
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Slaughter by the Trolley.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Forty deaths month from the operation
of street railway lines and of railroads en-
tering the city is heavy toll upon human
life. Virtually 500 persons a year find
death under the wheels in Chicago. Such
an aggregate killed in day would startle
the world, even were the other 1854 days to
be immune. This sacrifice of life, year In
and year out, should be appalling. But it
goes on seemingly as one of the Inevitable
consequences of life In great city,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28

Ibid you say that man in the kitchen with
YOU last night is a relative, Norah?
Yes, num-
.sHe didn't look like very close one.
Norah-"
ooh, well, mum, you should have seen him
before you opened the door!'-Yonkeds
Statesman.
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He Wondered.
Ernm Puck

From PUCK.
William Jennin's Bryan" slowly said
the Old Codger in the midst of the Sit
and Argue Club. William Jennin's Bry-
an
We'll what about him p asked Hi Spry.
"Oh. was Just sorter wonderin'," re-
piled the veteran, when he was gofn' to
begin sum the democratic party for nom
support"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28

The Flower insects. ;" the butterflies have
been aptly termed. are so common In this
part of the country that few save the scien-
lists interested In that specially ever care
particularly to Investigate their habits and
their wonderful coIoHngsif This book gives
the unscientifc reader 81 direct acquaint-
ance with a large snurnber of species, in
such simple terms that classification is not
difficult, and with the, aid, Of profuse colored
illustrations that excite the admiration Of
those who have eonfsntef themselves here
tofore with viewing these beautiful crea-
lures on the wing. Butterfly catching is re-
there are ways of captuiing these ephem-
erals which may rightly be regarded as
humane and decents and tthe authors, nlied
with an Astounding Ioye fof nature. recon-
their beliefs. Notes Of the habitat of each
species and the facts OF butterfly life are
given abundantiy, and with the pictures
form an unusually important book, which
is certain to widen the circle OF those who
know the joys Of butterfly collection.
ADDRESSES, LECTURES AND OTHER
PAPERS. By James Clarke yelling. LID.
late President Of the Columbian University.
Washington. d. c. Privately printed Cam
bridge, Mass: The Riverside Press
The late DR.. yelling was a voluminous
writer. having disclosed In his early coll
legiate days at Princeton marked abiI-
ity with the pen. which won high praise
from his Instructors, and FIVE years after
his graduation secured for him the post
ton of literary editor of the National In
telligencer, then a power in the journal
istfc field. His writings in the Inte1ii-
gencer enhanced his reputation as a mas
ter Of style and demonstrated q thorough
ness OF research which gave his public<-
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door, cannot be relied upon, but if even
they could be they would not prevent Rus
STA from shutting out American commerce
by discriminating rates upon her railways.
THE SINGULAR MISS SMITH. BY Florence
Morse Kingsley, author of 1.-The Needles Eye"
&c. illustrated by VIII CRETE New York: The
Macmillan Company. Washington: Brentano's.
Mrs. Kingsley has faculty for compell-
ing sympathetic interest in all of her fem
in.ne characters. They are human and
real. Miss Anne Smith, whom all her social
acquaintance regarded as being unusual
and singular is so presented by the author
that she is by no means a freak, being
conspicuous chiefly by reason of the fact
that she is immensely rich and an orphan
and serious minded. She takes deep In
terest in sociological affairs, but CLEANS
little knowledge from her attendance upon
the Ontological Club. where she hears
much of the "aeonian darkness and "indi-
vidualiaed centers Of power and such sub
liminal conceptions. She wants to gain tho
viewpoint OF the workers themselves, the
servant girls, and. being wearied OF her
social surroundings. she ventures forth and
offers herself as a domestic help. She takes
three positions and has some interesting
and both pleasant and unpleasant expert
erces. The housekeepers who hire her are
offered as types. the lazy tyrant who drives
the domestic slave. the ignorant young
bride who thinks she is economdzing when
she buys q afty-dollar hat that might have
cost SIXTY, and the good-natured wiss,
motherly clearinghouse keeper who advises
the masquerading Miss Smith and steers
her through the shoals of social relation
ship ia the lower middle-class circles. A
love story develops in the course Of Miss
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
kEPr TIE RAces APART.
Stringent Laws Prevented Mixing Of
Scotch and English.

Stringent Laws Prevented Mlxinu Of
Scotch and English
In the time OF James II. Of Scotland
the relations between the Scotch and
English were bid indeed The king
objected TO any business dealings be-
tween the Scotch and their southern
neighbors To his subjects he thought
nothing could result therefrom but
evil. To preserve them. therefore,
from any approach to amity and inter
course with the hated southron. he
actually decreed "outlawry" against
those who should desire. even In that
time OF peace, TO smooth down the DIFF
ferences which divided the two PEG
Plies Against Englishmen visiting
Scotland without leave the law was
especially severe. nor was any Scots.
man to be allowed to become security
or guaranty for an Englishman under
any circumstances whatever, unless
he wished TO be accused Of high trea'
son. Even legitimate trade was for
hidden. No Scotsman was to supply
the English garrisons In BERWICK or
Roxburgh with "ony victual, fewal or
uther supportation" under the pain OF
treason. while no intermarrIage was
to be allowed between the Scottis
and English. that mems affection be
ma led away fro their air kinrik."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
How EIx walks on oeIIIna.

Few people, probably know what 1t
is that enables flies to walk on the
selling. rs. 1t has been supposed that
their ability to do SO was due to the
fact that each of their feet is a
miniature air pump. This theory was
found to be unsound, and 1t was then
explained that the feat was made pos
sible. my means of a viscous sub
stance which exuded from the hairs
on their feet, ,e.a,,rs, ,ss
This theory also was abandoned as
being only partly accountable for the
facts; and the preferred explanation
is that flies are enabled to walk up
side down on smooth substances by
the help of capillary adhesion. An in
vestigator has found by series of
nice calculations-suc as the weigh
ing and, measuring of hairs-that al
fly would be upheld by capillary at
traction were it four-ninths as heavy
again as 1t is. Each fly IS sup
posed to be furnished witha from TO-
900 to 10000 minute foot-hairs these
exude an oily fluid, and it is because
of the repulsion between a watery
surface and this oily liquid that a fly
finds 1t difficult to mount a dampened
glass. -Harper's Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20

The old Romans used to say that
Gaul was divided into three parts;
30 is the Canadian North West. Gaul's
divisions were political; those Of the
Western Canada prairies are created
by the nnerring hand Of nature,
The First Division.
Chiefly because of the elevation of
the country, the absence of large
lakes and rivers. and the operations
of the Chinook" or Pacific ocean
winds. which readily cross the Rocky
mountains in Southern Alberta
through gaps and passes, the south
western portion Of the Canadian prov.
inces Is regarded as somewhat arid.
and less fertile than other portions of
the country
Although this has been a prevailing
idea In the past, II has been left for
Anericc settlers. who have invaded
this district within the past two or
three years. to prove that splendid
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
PROVED THE EARTH IS ROUND.
Simple Demonstration Showed truth
Of Ancient Belief.

Of Ancient Belief
Although il was demonstrateu more
than 1000 years ago that the eartn
Is globular in form, there are certain
persons who maintain that II is nat.
About thirty years ago controversy
on the subject waxed so hot that II
was determined TO put the mater 70
direct experiment in order to settle
the question once for all.
The place chosen. was near BED
ford, England, where there is a
straight six-mile stretch of water. AL
both ends and in the middle OF this
water posts were erected. each OF the
same definite height above the water
level. Upon looking with a telescope
along the tops Of these three posts II
was clearly seen that the center one
oyertopped the others by about six
feet. owing to the curvature OF the
surface of the earth
sThese experiments were recently
repeated in a more scientific manner
by II. Yule Oldham, who read a paper
on the subject before the Glasgow
meeting of the British Association.
The, same results were obtained with
the important difference that by the
employment OF a tele-photogr;phic
lens and camera the six foot promi-
hence OF the middle post was record
ed in an unmistakable manner.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
Not what They Seem.

81 knew they used empty tin to-
bacco cans for advertising in cigar
store windows" said the Harlemite.
"and empty champagne bottles in sa-
loon windows, empty cracker boxes
in groceries, empty patent medicine
receptables in drugstores and fake
hams in meat markets, but my wife
ran into new one on me the other
day. She went to a creamery to buy
quart of milk. The clerk said they
We're all out. She saw at least a
dozen bottles in sight all filled up and
with about two inches of nice yellow
cream on top. The clerk caught her
glance. 3
"oh," said he, "those bottles are
filled with flour with a layer of corn
meal on top. New York Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
still More Evidence.

Bay City, ILL.,, August Especially. -
Mr.. X, F. Henley of this city adds his
evidence to that published almost
daily that sure cure for Rheuma,
tism is now before the American peo
pie and that that cure is Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills. Mr.. Henley had Acute
Rheumatism. He has used Dodd's
Kidney Pills. He says of the result:
After suffering for sixteen years
with Rheumatism and using numer.
GUS medicines for Rheumatism and
more medicines prescribed by doc,
tors, at last tried Dodds Kidney
Pills with the result that / got more
bentfit from them than all the others
put together. 4e--Y4+
"Dodd's Kidney Pills we're the only
thing to give me relief, and l recon.
mend them to all suffering from
Acute Rheumatism" s-s~~,a
Rheumatism is caused by Uric Acid
in the blood. Healthy Kidneys take
all the Uric Acid out Of the blood.
Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy kid
neyS,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20

69,667 acres produced 1,741 20g bnsh.
els Of barley-2465 to the acre
and S2,qSl acres produced 2s2 s5s
bushels OF fax seed, 9.0S to the acre.
As but 1888. 434 acres. or a little hot.
Ter than one per cent of the entire
wheat growing area OF the territories
was under crop. little figuring shows
that IL per cent OF the entire country
1lder wheat win raise the POO 600 0Oo
that Great Britain annually REQUIRES
from the outside countries. II is n
fairly safe statement to make mar n
twelve or fifteen years the Canad,sn
prairies win be supplying the entira
demands Of the mother country.
Throughout this entire belt there e.
an enormous length OF railway mile.
age, branches are radiating in. every
direction from the trunks until they
scarcely leaveia grain field mora than
six or seven miles from road ana
they are all required. for in the fail
and early winter the sight Of the
trains passing TO and from the eIeva.
tors at the railway depots makes the
entire country hook like one hive or
industry. In 1880 there were but few
white settlers in the entire country.
outside of those connected with the
Hudson Bay company's posts, and
scarcely dollars worth of anything
outside of buffalo hides exported I'M
1888, twenty years ago, and now the
country has white population of over
half million, the immigration OF 1903
being 12S,S64, 40 per cent of the mum
Der being Americans brought over by
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
First White Man to See okapi

First White Man to See Okapi.
Major James Harrison has Just
returned to England after a. prolong-
ed journey through the dense forests
of central Africa, during the course OF
which he saw the okapf in its natural
habitat. This is particularly dense
forest, the trees being thickly inter.
woven with creepers and tangled un-
dergrowth. On the sixth day his
party encountered the spoor of the
okapi. This was followed for sew
eral hours, when suddenly the party
came upon the animal fifteen feet in.
front of them. Before the major
could obtain his rifle from one of the
natives accompanying him the okapi.
had escaped in, the thick under
growth. 1t stood between ten and
eleven feet in height, was of g gen.
eral tawny color about its body and
was striped over the leins. +. The ma
tiyes say Major Harrison is the first
white man who has seen the animal
in its native wilds. ~ gAss as
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
WHERE EAGLES BUILD nEsra.
Inaccessible Spots Always Selected
for the Home. @

Inaccessible Spots Always Selected
for the Home. r
A writer who has studied the habits
Of eagles among the Scottish hills says
that the birds construct their eyries
toward the end of March and the eggs,
which number two or three, are laid
In April. Eagles seem to prefer for a
nesting site some ancient pine with a
southern position and wide outlook or
a ledge on a cliff, but this writer no
ticed that they. sometimes build their
eyries on quite small rocks, where
they can be got at without much din.
Guilty, while. all around are immense
precipices where mans foot has nev.
er trod. 1t has been said that the
eagles will fearlessly attack any one
attempting to rob its eggs and young.
but this is probably much less often
the case than is generally supposed.
When one of pair of eagles is trap
ped or shot the remaining bird has
often great difficulty in finding mate
and may haunt its nesting site for
several years by itself While soaring
round and round their eyrie the eagles
utter musical note somewhat similar
to the cry of wild goose.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
Grain.EatIno sorc.+.r.

Fine voices, 1t is said are seldom
found in a country where dsh or meat
diet prevails. Those Italians who eat
the most fish Chose Of Naples and
Genoa) have few fine singers among
them The sweet voices are found in
the Irish women Of the country. and
not OF the towns. Norway is not a
country of singers, because they eat
too much fish; but Sweden is coun.
try OF, grain and song. Carnivorous
birds croak; grain-eating birds sing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
OLD FASHIONED.
But still In IN. Ea.hr0.


It is an ever new and interesting
story to hear how one can be entirely
made over by change of food.
For two years was troubled with
what my physician said was the old
fashioned dyspepsia.
There was nothing l could eat but
20 or 30Nminutes later / would he sniff.
ting my food up in quantities until I
would be very faint and weak. This
went out from day to day until I was
terribly wasted away and without any
prospect of being helped.
One day / was advised by an old
lady to try Grape-Nuts and cream
leaving off all fatty food. had no
coincidence that Grape-Nuts would do
all she. said for me as had tried 60
many things without any HELM. Rut
II was SO simple 1 thought / would
slVe.lt a trial she insisted so.
Well ate some for breakfast ana
pretty soon the lady called to see her
patient as she called me and asked
II had tried her advice,
Glad you did child, do YOU feel
some better?'s1
No ]. said, I do not know as I
40 the only difference can see is I
nave no sour stomach and come 10
think OF it haven't spit up your four
teaspoons of Grape.Nuts YETI
NOT did | ever have any trouble
with Grape-Nuts then or any otbar
Tune Tor this food always stavs 49,,
soon got strong and well apajn anS
bless that old lady every time 7 see
her. see
Once an invalid of SO pounds now
weigh l25 pounds aud feel strong and
wen and 1t is due entirely and only r.
having found the proper food IN
Srape-Nuts." Name given my Postum
Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Get the little book. "The Road -
MELVILLE" in each pkg
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
Dog Travels 70 Miles 10 Old u -,

Dog Travels 70 Miles to Old Home.
A remarkable instance Of a dogs
love of home is reported from Crom-
leigh Dunblane. Perthshire. A collie
dog was given to Mr. Hunter of Her
riotshall Berwickshire, by his broth.
er-in-law, Mr.. Gilholm Of Cromlegh.
and was sent by train to the border.
land. The animal worked among the
sheep for two days and then suddenly
disappeared. 1t afterward turned up
at its old home, having done the sew
enty mile journey in forty hours
London Telegraph. '''s ss''
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
Think ouaqaa Is Extinct.


An interesting pondence on
the disappearance of the quagga from
South Africa has been proceeding for
some time in the Cape Times. Mr.,
Sclater, director of the South African
museum, confirms the statement that
this Interesting species is now ex-
tinct. Though frequently confused
with it by hunters and sportsmen. it
cans he recognized at a glance from
Burcnells or the mountain zebra, by
the fact that only the front half OF
the barrel and the head are marked
with the cha. acteristic zebra stripes.
The legs and the hind half of the bar
rel"are very light brown or almost
white This animal formerly ranged
over the plains of the Orange River
Colony and the northern and central
parts of Cape Colony; apparently it
never, extended north Of the Wall or
east of the Kei 1t was very numer
Gus in the days of Harris and Gordon
Cummings and apparently soon after
that became scarce in the colony,
where it probably was finally exter
minated about 1860. 1t survived a
good many years later in the Orange
River Colony, probably until 1878 at
least.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
LOOPING rAe oousLE LOOP.
Daredevil Eeat pertormed sy vince.

Daredevil Feat Performed by Whees.
man Of Berlin sssae
B The Htest novelty I'm the class OF
sensational performances known as
irlooping~thet loop is the invention
of an ingenious wheelman OF Berlin;
Bother by name, who has construct
ed double loop and performed the
feat Of passing through II on his
wheel. 1t is most certainly the PIN
nacle of mad daring. and will not
very soon witness a rival
In this new loop. as shown In the
cut. the performer, after he has pass
ed through half of-the large loop and
with his head still down, must guide
the wheel into the smaller loop and
out of it again, his head being again
turned toward the. earth. upon the
!. " Z o. E. ! u
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20
Peculiar Maine Names

Maine has a few persons whose
names entitle them to place in the
hall of fame for such celebrities. They
are Miss Fern Park of Pressure Isle
Miss Daisy Peach of Bar Harbor Miss
June Delight Edwards Of Portland A.
Bird Cough of Bar Harbor and North
West of Biddeford.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-20

doubtedly the most curious instance
of oyster Judgment is that showing a
bivalve reposing on a set of false
teeth. This particular set of teeth.
which was dredged up from the bot
tom of Chesapeake bay, has had sew
eral claimants since it was put on ex-
hibition. IN Montreal Herald