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The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20
K. C. S. Almanac for 1904.

The Kansas City Southern Railway
Company's Annual Almanac is now ready
for distribution. 1t contains the usual
monthly calendars, many useful household
hints and information concerning the
Country in Missouri, Arkansas, The Indian
Territory, Texas and Louisiana. Write
for a copy to, S. G. Warner, Gen. Pass.
&. Tiki. Agt. X. G. S. Ry., Kansas City,
Mo
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20
A Negro's Retort,

Among the. employees of the bureau Of
engraving and printing is a negro who
and who is noted for good humor and a
certain degree of wit A few days ago an
freshman, also employed in the bureau,
after having encountered the negro in
debate, remarked: Jim, you must be an
oh, go long" replied Jim. ct is bad
Ledger
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20
Time Is Up.

A Russian newspaper announces that
the Chinese will astonish the world when
the world least expects it. TO meet these
requirements, there is no need for delay
ing.-Manchester Union.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20
How to Clean Laces.

To clean delicate laees, take large glass
jar; cover with old cotton and spread the
lace carefully on it. Set the bottle in warm
Ivory soap suds and leave for an hour.
If stains are difficult to remove, place in
the sun and they will disappear. Rinse by
dipping the bottle in clear water.
ELEANOR +. PARKER.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20
Unlucky.

Publisher-Your book is fine up to the
seventeenth chapter. After that it IS
mere drivel.
Author-Sir, it is my misfortune, not
my fault. just as | was beginning the
seventeenth chapter, l discovered, quite
accidentally, what | was driving at.-Puck.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20
It Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is certain cure for
hot, sweating, callus, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. y.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20
Delicate Work.

Ted-Is Sawyer a clever doctor?
Ned-Nery He can tell woman pa
tient she needs to take beauty exercises
without offending her-Puek.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

Benevolent Old Lady toutsde of candy
shopl-"Don't cry, little boy; come in here,
and III buy you a stick of candy Small
Urchin-''T Tanks; dat S wet me mudder made
me cry for. She keeps de store. Harvard
Lampoon.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

"Why do men never gossip" asked the
woman who regards her husband as a
great and good man Because" answered
Miss Cayenne, they are too incident
They insist on sending their wives out to
get the news for them Washington
Star
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20
Leap Year.

Tom-Did she propose to you?
Diek-Yes, but it took me about three
years to persuade her to come to the point
Detroit Free Press
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

King Edwards wife thinks that the
fourpenee halfpenny meals served to the
workmen in a London factory are fit for
a queen. She ate one recently, and said
that she was delighted with it. The pie
containing four and twenty blackbirds, of
which famous poet once sang, was not a
part of the banquet, but all the walters
said, as they filled her plate There is a
dainty dish to set before the queen."-
Youths Companion.
When man begins asking il life II
worth living it isn't.-Houston Post.
A man must leave many things behind
to win the things to eome.-Ram's Horn.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

The growing popularity of American
quick lunch" in England should shoot a
CLEAN of joy over old Kruger's declining
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

Prof Brooks, of Hobart college, has dis
covered in all % comets. From an astro-
nomeal point of view this is regarded as
success, but the average business man
would probably ask sneeringly: How
Globe
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

A New York man proposes to use tame
snakes to clear houses of rats and mice.
He will probably also clear them of women
by this Washington Post.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

The slow approach of spring is particu-
larly regretted by the man who is looking
for good excuse for that persistent tired
feeling.-Boston Globe.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

An optimist is a person who, if he were
falling off a ten-story building, would be
happy because it wasn't 20.-N. Y. Press.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

We hate some persons because W. do
not know them; and we will not know
them because we hate them.-Colton.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
Ave, n, Minneapolis, MINI o. jan jan G. 6 1900.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

The importunate lover had just pro-
posed. Let your answer be vowel, with
a consonant on either side of it, he gent
ly begged her. The charming girl smiled
Very well, she said. "Gitl"-Clevelan1
Plain Dealer
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

Selt-made men generally act as though
they were proud of their John. Y.
Times.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

People who withhold gratitude are apt
TO do wholesale grumbling -Chicago Trib-
une.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

In answer to Japan's challenge Russia
sends two more of the royal family to the
front Put up your dukes!-lndianapolis
Journal.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20
FREE MEDICAL ADVICE
TO WOMEN

Women would save time and
much sickness If they would
write to Mrs. Pinkham for advice
as soon as any distressing symp-
toms appear. 1t is free, and has
put thousands of women ON the
right road to recovery.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-20

IA PioHniiiSht ]iuU WUlIdus
Mrs. Danf0rth, of St. Joseph,
Mich, tells how she was cured
OF falling of the womb and its
accompanying pains and misery
byLydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-Life looks
dark indeed when woman feels that
her strength is fading away and she has
no hopes of ever being restored. Such
was my feeling a few months ago when
was advised that my poor health was
caused by prolapsus or falling of the
womb. The words sounded like
knell to me, / felt that my sun had set
but Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound came to me as an
elixir of life it restored the lost forces
and built me up until my good health
returned to me. For four months l
took the medicine daily, and each dose
added health and strength. l am so
thankful for thehelp / obtainedt through
its use. - MRS. FLORENCE DANFoRTH,
1907 Miles Ave-, st. Joseph, Mich. -
5000 forfeit II original Of above letter proving
gen1neness cannot be produced
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
First Use of Alphabet

The two nations credited with the
invention of the alphabet are the
Phoenicians and the Persians. But
it is not usually conceded that the
two are entitled to anything like equal
credit. The Persians, probably in the
time of Cyrus the Great, used certain
characters of the Babylonian script
for the construction of an alphabet;
but at this time the Phoenician alpha
bet had undoubtedly been in use for
some centuries, and it is more than
probable that the Persian borrowed
his idea of an alphabet from a Phoe-
nician source. And that, of course,
makes all the difference.
Granted the idea of an alphabet, it
requires no great reach of construct
i've genius to supply a set of alphabet
ical characters; though even here, it
may be added parenthetically, study
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
Seemed Like a Sermon

Now and then e. II. Sothern admits
visitors to his dressing room. He did
so in Cincinnati, where he entertained
a somewhat nervous and excitable
gentleman during his moments of
the stage"
In the midst of one of their argu-
ments during which the visitor expos
tulated volubly, there entered the
room a dignified and Cecorous colored
man, who advanced to the center, say
ing in an earnest monotone:
Have you no fear of God?" and
mysteriously departed as he came.
Mr.. Sother1,S guest was greatly
dumfounded, buL was too well bred to
ask questions Resuming his argu-
ment he again grew heated in his re
marks, and agaSu the colored man
quietly and mysteriously entered, and
clearing his voice, declared:
IF you were the devil himself, dc
you think you could make me like
your"
To the guests surprise, the actor
took the interruption as matter o.
course, so Sothern's visitor in dazeC
manner continued his argument, onl!
to be interrupted again and again b!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
In the snrinn.

Lowndes, Mo-, April 4th.-Mrs. H.
G. Harry Of this place, says:
For years was in very bad health.
Every spring l would get so low that
was unable to do my own work. /
seemed to be worse in the spring than
any other time Of the year. l was
very weak and miserable and had
much pain in my back and head.
saw Dodd's Kidney Pills advertised
last spring and began treatment Of
them and they have certainly done me
more good than anything l have ever
used.
81 was all right last spring and felt
better than have for over ten years.
| am fifty years of age and am strong
er to-day than l have been for many
years and give Dodd's Kidney Pills
credit for the wonderful improve.
ment."
The statement of Mrs. Harry is only
one of a great many where Dodd's
Kidney Pills have proven themselves
to be the very best spring medicine.
They are unsurpassed as a tonic and
are the only medicine used in thou
sands of families.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
Long Name, Small Fish

The smallest backboned animal in
the world is a fish. 1t was discovered
in Buhi mountain lake in the island
Of Luzon, in the Philippines. The tiny
creature has two names out of all pro-
portion to its size. Tho one given it
by the natives is sinarapan, and doubt
less has some significance in the Ian
guage of the Bicols, the natives living
in the lake region. The scientific
name is mystichthys Luzonensis, and
means the smallest fish inhabiting Luz
zon.
The largest of the species measures
but half an inch in length, and the
smallest not more than one-fifth of an
inch. It would take about 5000 of
them to weigh pound. Fortunately
for the fishmonger of Luzon, the
sinarapan is not sold by the dozen, or
even by the hundred. They are meas
ured by the quart
Small as the fish is, it forms an i'm
portant food staple, even in a country
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
Poison in Daily Foods

BILE facts, determined by analysis and
experience-first, that the preserva-
tives employed are used in far larger
quantities than the users admit and,
secondly, that the continued consump-
ton of alimentary substances con-
tanning these antiseptic materials,
even in very small proportions, be.
comes gravely detrimental to the hui,
man organism. amounting in the long
run to slow poisoning Mans consti
tuition has not been made for the daily
elimination of minute doses of poison
In this insidious form of mischief may
lie some of the blame for our phys
ical degeneracy. Apparently the evil
is of such sort than international
measures may be necessary to check
it. Treatment of food in this manner
should not be called adulteration, but
poisoning pure and simple.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17

the same colored intruder, this time
with the remark:
81 know you now, and God knows
pity you"
Mr. Sothern's guest was now too
surprised to talk. He sat in a col.
lapsed condition until the same man
had entered three separate times, and
in an expressionIess voice had said:
II am as changeless as the sun. l
will carry my soul pure to heaven.
You are the strange woman.
you shall be as beautiful as l am
and as happy"
This last remark was too much for
the mans nerves. He was barely
able to gasp:
"Sothern, what the does this
mean? Is this a joke or an insane
asylum? Who is this fellow"
That" said the actor, that is sim
ply my dresser, Lewis His duty is
to notify me of the progress of the
play by lines. In that manner
know when my cue comes"
ooh said Mr.. Sotlern's guest, wip
ing great beads of perspiration from
his face, Il was beginning to believe
had EN-"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17

matter of practical science to
which legislation must be directed
much more seriously than has yet
been done was brought before the
congress OF medicine recently held at
Madrid Dr. Brouardel, of Paris,
spoke strongly of the dangers arising
from the addition Of antiseptics to
wine, beer, cider milk, syrups, butter,
fish, preserved fruits and other COM
modities which are in daily use as
food. 1t is well known that salicylic
acid, salicylate of soda, sulphites,
borax, boric acid, formalin and va
riety of other chemicals are employed
to make the substance in question
keep" the pretence being that they
are used in such small quantities as
to be innocuous. To this allegation
DIR. Brouardel opposed two indisputa-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17

so rich in these products. The ap-
pearance of the native fish dealer with
his basket of sinarapan is hailed with
delight by the soldiers as well as the
Filipinos. No net is fine enough, no
hook is small enough to catch these
fish. The natives have solved the
problem by using a finely woven cloth
as a net, and in this way gather in
thousands at one swoop. When pre-
pairing them to eat they are first
drained in a basket. Next they are
mixed with pepper and other spices,
made into cakes, and laid upon leaves
in the sun, where they soon dry. Then
they are ready to be eaten.
The natives count them great deli.
cacy, and say that they possess a
flavor quite their own and very dis,
tinctive. They are never cooked. as
this seems to dry up all the goodness
in them, and deprives them of their
flavor, leaving them tasteless and un
! alatable.-London Mail.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17

of the development of alphabets will
show that mankind has all along had
a characteristic propensity to copy
rather than to invent.
Regarding the Persian alphabet
maker, then, as a copyist rather than
a true inventor, it remains to turn at
tention to the Phoenician source
whence, as is commonly believed, the
original alphabet which became 'the
mother of all existing alphabets'
came into being. 1t must be admit
ted at the outset that evidence for the
Phoenician origin of this alphabet is
traditional rather than demonstrative
The Phoenicians were the great trad
ers of antiquity; undoubtedly they
we're largely responsible for the
transmission of the alphabet from one
part of the world to another, once il
had been invented.-Henry Smith VIII
liams in Harper's Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
Brokers of Wall Street

AT $4,000 each year these brokers
clean up net about 100000. There
are some 500 Stock Exchange firms
which pay sS,OOO,OOO annually for the
rent of their offices. These firms en-
ploy 1000 clerks and assistants. book
keepers, runners, etc, at an average
wage of 1880, which makes $40 $780,
900. Thus we have in three items
alone $42,5OO,OoO that must come out
of the pockets of customers to keep
the great machine well oiled. That is
to say, the public pays the sum of
$42.55O,O00 annually for the privilege
OF supporting in splendid style S452
people in order that they may have
their hands at telling which way the
stock will go.-New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17

Wall street brokers hold themselves
a million times higher in caste than
bookmakers. And they are right
They are the creme de la creme of
finance. Boollies are the scum. Yet
there are many bookmakers in the
street. and not a few of them are
hackers of brokers. Some are big
operators supporting brokers by their
commissions. There are LOO mem
beers of the Stock Exchange, and these
represent brokerage and commission
firms whose partnerships aggregate
no less than 1,452 ablebodied men. 1t
is safe to venture the assertion that
each member of the exchange and his
partners would turn up the nose at
an income of less than $4,000 year.
Hence:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17

Pa. says: For two years / had kid
new trouble and there was such a
severe pain through my loins and
limbs that i could not stoop OF
straighten up without great pain, had
difficulty in getting about and was
unable to rest at night, arising In
the morning tired and worn out. The
kidney secretions were irregular and
deposited a heavy sediment. Doct -
treated me for rheumatism, but failed
to help me. lost all confidence in
medicine and began to feel as If life
were not worth living. Doans Kidney
Pills, however, relieved me so quickly
and so thoroughly that l gladly made
a statement to that effect for publica-
ton. This was in 1898, and during the
six years which have elapsed | have
never known Doan's Kidney Pills to
fail. They cured my wife Of a severe
case of backache in the same thor
ough manner"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr. Bier
bach will be mailed on application to
any part of the United States. Adj
dress Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
z. For sale by all druggists, price so
tents per box
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
TiREThN NEW rEa1,o GAY.
characteristic Ceremonies That Mark
Its Celebration.

Its Celebration.
February IS is New Years day in
Tibet, and for the succeeding three
weeks Lassa is the scene of strange
proceedings. Its government passes
from the lama to a monk Of the De.
Dang monastery, who buys the right
d rule by auction. He is called the
talno and, receiving the homage of all,
exercises his authority by imposing
heaVy lines for his own profit. His
men visit every home in Lassa to col.
lect heavy taxes and fines, so that all
the poorer people leave the city at the
New Year. From the country round
priests flock in for numerous religious
ceremonies, which eliminate in the
selection of human scapegoat for
the sins of Lassa. The face of the
victim is painted half black and half
white and after he has been beaten
by the populace as a symbol of the
transference to him of the sins of
the people he is hooted and mobbed
out OF Lassa, whittier he may not
return for a year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17

In the famous battle of Sedan, when
the French were overpowered by the
Prussians, the opposing armies were
not quite on an equality as regards
numbers. The French had $4,000
men in the field, and their enemy
had 10000. Yet the losses were re-
spectively $4,000 and 5000, yielding
percentages of 81 and 5. In the bat
tie of Leipsic between the Germans
and allies against the French and al
lies, the strength of the former was
100000 and that of the other 171,0OO.
The losses of the stronger side were
16 per cent, and that of the weaker
&c
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
MAoPIE PROTECTS IRIS NEST.

Odd Construction May Be Result OF
Working of Conscience.
Why does the magpie construct a
dome Of twigs over its nest? Most
readers will say as a shelter; but it
does not in the least answer to such
a description. The twigs are only a
network through which rain may pour
and cold winds penetrate. May it not
be the case that the magpie is con-
scious Of its own sins, and a guilty
mind, apprehensive of reprisals,
causes the bird to build this covering
over it's nest? The maybe is an egg
stealer, and makes use Of knowledge,
gained while carrying out its depreda.
tons on the contents of other nests,
to protect those of its own.-Country
Gentleman.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
p schouIi Perfume.

Patchouli known for its penetrating
odor, is derived from the leaves of
the tropical herb, pogostemon patchou-
Ii. The plant in its wild state is
found in East India. but is now also
cultivated. The supply of leaves for
the perfume industry comes mainly
from Java and different sections of the
Malacca peninsula; also from Cukol
island, near Singapore.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
NOVEL WAY TO CATCH PUMAs.
Dummy Leaves Cause Downfall Of
Providing Beast of Prey.

Dummy Leaves Cause Downfall OF
Providing Beast of Prey.
About 200 miles up the Amazon
there is a tribe of Indians who are
expert hunters of big game. They
have a remarkable way of capturing
puma.
A young pig or goat is tied to a
tree before night. For yards around
this tree the Indians scatter leaves
covered with preparation made
from the sap of the gum tree.
When night comes. the puma crawls
up to the bait and devours it. Hav-
irg finished he discovers that his paws
are covered with leaves. He tries to
rub them off with his nose and they
stick all over his face. Then, in des-
peration, he rolls about and becomes
literally caked in the gummy leaves.
About this time the natives charge
with torches and ropes, and the puma
is so helpless and blind that he can
make no serious resistance Then he
is carried alive to the village.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17

Two prizes of $125 each have been
offered by an agricultural society in
Germany for new pigment for tat
tooing black-eared pigs. The tattoo
ing of white-eared pigs is well known
and successful, but dark color is
useless for dark ears. An additional
SIS is given for every year the tattoo
lasts beyond the first year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
REACH THE SPOT.
To cure an ach.

TO cure an ach-
ing back,
The pains Of
rheumatism.
The tired out
feelings,
You must reach
the spot - get at
the cause.
In most cases 'tis
the kidneys.
d o a ms Kidney
Pills are for the
kidneys.
Chas. Bierbach,
9 o n e contractor,
livin g at 262
Chestnut Ct Erin
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
w. l.. DOUGLAS
$50 &s3 SHOES Y RRBE

w. I. Douglas
shoes have by t1e.r
excellent lyle,
easy-fitting, a n d
superior wearin Z
qualities, achieved
the largest sale OF
any shoes in the
world.
They are Just as good
rs those that cost you
81 to the only
difference is the price.
Sold EUerywheFe.
Look fer name and
price "a bottom.
nouyFna meas. Enr-e7i =
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
Partisan BUDGET.

The budget for the city of Paris for
1904 amounts in receipts and expenses
to total sum of s65, 063, ATS.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot-Eass,

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot-Ease,
A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Corns,
Bunious, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens
Foot Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. AT
all druggists and Shoe stores, Is cents. Ac-
cept no substitute. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy. NY.