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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Bear Den in Tree

aorses could move log twelve feet
long were it possible to cut it in such
lengths.
Immense cavities are found in the
upper trunk and large limbs, where
many generations of bears have hiber-
mated throughout the winters. This
is evident from the fact that the body
of the tree is Slightly inclined from a
perpendicular, and what is termed or
known as the upper side" is SCARED
and raked from the ground to the first
limbs by the claws Of many bears as
cending and descending for ages.
Early trappers and hunters were
familiar with the tree and knew it to
be bear den. but none were found
with the necessary industry and nerve
10 chop down the tree and secure the
.-Fairmount Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

awake now, and / went on to give him
what apparently was his first lesson
in astronomy, telling him how Jupiter
was 1900 times as large as the earth
and how Mars showed changes Of sea-
sons-how it had bays and canals and
so forth, and was supposed TO be in
habited.
THE next evening I returned to the
village where l had hired the hack
and noticed that sundry persons
seemed to have a certain humorous in
terest in me. 1t was so evident that
was the object of some curiosity or
joke that made inquiries and finally
found a man who could tell me.
Why, said my informant, you've
made a great reputation for yourself
around here
In what way?' asked.
".Oh, the kid that drove you over
to - last night was telling all the
settlers around here this morning that
of all the liars he ever heard you were
the slickest. New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

On the right-hand branch and the
left-hand bank of Skytes Greek. some
two miles from it's junction with Big
Birch River, Webster county, there
stands a poplar tree that surpasses
in size any tree of any kind in Web
ster County.
This monarch of the forest meas
ures twenty-seven feet in circumfer-
ence, three feet from the ground. and
as it's annual growth shows an inch in
twenty years, we find that it has with
stood the storms of LOO years. Like
all things earthly, however. death and
decay mark its present condition, and
while at one time it contained many
feet of valuable lumber. yet early log
gers and mill men viewed it, sighed
and passed on. No cross-cut saw
'Eould reach its girth. and no team of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Why Senator Is Sad

The fact that ones opportunity for
spreading wisdom may occasionally
fall on stony ground, was forcibly i'm
pressed upon me-" said Senator Nc
Carren, when recently went to visit
an upstate friend. To reach his home
from the station had night drive
of four miles to make in hack driven
by boy of 16. The horse was old, the
ride slow and tedious, and the youth
full driver inclined to fall asleep.
Thinking to interest him in something,
l remarked:
"T see we are going due west
How do you know? he asked.
why, there is the north STAR I
replied, pointing to it.
How do you know it's the north
starr
"'By the pointers l said
what pointers?
well, l told the boy how to find
the north star. Then pointed out two
of the planets. The boy seemed wide
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
In the Haunted House

The oriel panes between the oaks
Shine out with sandle-light,
And strains of ghostly music blend
With breezes of the night
For then a troop Of shadowy danes
Before his portrait dim
Tread all the reels and mlnuets
They used to dance with him.
The broidered muslin of their gowns
Is sweet with faint perfume
OF rose-leaves gathered in the dew
In gardens full of bloom
He leaves-tis thus the legend goes
The furnished frame once more
To softly sigh the broken vows
So lightly made Of yore.
He bags rose, and steals kiss,
And breathes a promise low,
As when he loved and rode away
In summers long ago.
Leave undisturbed the empty house
To silence and to dreams.
Wrapped in the gloom OF ancient boughi
Beneath the pale moonbeams-
Strange stories Of the midnight hour
Its echoing rooms might tell.
But yelled in ivy. darkly green,
1t keeps the secret well
-Woman's Home Companion
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

With MOSES thick upon its roof,
And gables old and gray,
It stands among historic oaks
A haunted house, they say.
A dashing Britisher governor
First reared its stately walls.
And filed with guests and gaiety
Its wide and lofty halls.
Above the ballroom mantle still
His portrait hangs; but Time
Has blurred il with a smoky hand
And hidden it with CRIME.
So nothing of his olden grace
Nor handsome face Is there
But patches of his scarlet coat
And CLEANS of powdered hair
Deep is the dust upon the floors,
The rust on lock and hinge;
Where shreds Of tattered curtains wave
The moths have made fringe;
The spiders year by year have toiled.
And every vacant space
of ceiling wall or window-ledge
Is draped with filmy lace.
But in the roses or the snow,
When Ger the chimney's red
The new moon In the evening sky
Displays a silver thread,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Last 10 Surrender

The following letter from the last
noted Southern general to surrender
at the close of the civil war, will be
found mighty interesting reading. /"
to quote from Horace Greeley. Gen.
Smith was one of the comparatiyely
few confederate leaders who attained
the full rank of general, Longstreet
and several others of NOTE having
teen lieutenant generals.
"Sewanee, Tenn, Feb. ia; 1893
My Dear Sir-Your letter has long
been laid aside unanswered. Thank.
ing you for its kindly tone and inter.
est, l owe you an apology for appar.
ent neglect, For over two months 1
have been pulled down and weakened
and incapacitated for work by chronic
bowel trouble. | belong to an old and
honored Yankee stock, which have in
herited, amongst other English and
Puritan characteristics, that of great
pertinacity, it may be obstinacy. and
Of never knowing when we are
whipped. FsssAi
Il was opposed to secession and
the war. at its incipiency, but sacri-
need everything in its advocacy,
through a sense Of duty. after it came.
never would have given up, and pre-
terred death to surrender My trans
Mississippi army, after the capture of
Mr.. Davis and the surrender of the
armies east of the Mississippi. dis
banded and went to their homes, and
there was no alternative but accept
ing conclusion already established.
My surrender was made with the full
understanding that had no army and
no means of resistance, and was done
more fer the benefit OF the men who
had disbanded and scattered than for
myself. r k
81 have great regard for your peo-
pie; they are my people and l know
their great and good Qualities. /
know their bad ones, also have my
full share, l expect, by inheritance,
for every drop of blood in my veins
is New England and Anglo-Saxon. The
first governor of Connecticut was a
grandfather. My own grandfather was
a distinguished Connecticut man and
general In the revolution. Both Gov.
Seymour Of Connecticut and Gov. Sey-
mour Of New York were cousins.
9'g hope my physical disability will
be an apology for my long silence and
apparent neglect. a
Very truly yours.
&c. Kirby Smith.
ITO Col. d. C. Pavey, Boston. Msss."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
The Man Who Feels.

ease nan who feels is a happier wight
from n the man who is callOus and colo'
49,. he weeps in the gloom OF nlBhI'
Aaq laughs ~ the sunbeam's aid;
The n the tide of his life runs low
ON. caches the SUBMITS of cheer,
VusA tnows the lights, as the depths De-
Doc,s oW
!, ~ he smiles through a plying tear.
+ OelNffter 1t all, when all is done
On n world has most Of the gladdehins
Tie the twilight fingers when day is
In lone,
y ail the SUMS benediction is dear.
ested
giy II again and again
rs en-, ever can be or ever are,
pitiiess sons Of men,
he signs for his own gray woes
sail. sigha for another's, too;
!, plant OF pain In his bosom grows
1ne hs covered by sympathy's dew
xiv v.after IL ail, when all is said,
hpify and love forever are wed;
% ene the heart unfeeling is chill and
1s'a' true. ana Forever is true.
IA, man who feels is a dear Gods gift
sorrowful. Travelling world:
|of yahe. hands that the burdens Of life
NE flag Of our peace unfurled.
Il cuS9eed not the souls that are callous
Bona, as Fate.
spsal selfish and welded to greed,
oh sthe plying tear for our fallen es-
Nas'V need-and we ever shall need.
lass after 1t all. when all is past,
E On the deed of love that alone may
here tbe rest IS chan in the winnowing
'Hs the garden of life, a weed.
Owl Alfred Warehouse in Success.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

London is a mass of humanity pitch
torked together by a careless fate. To
speak unpalatable truth, there is no
city in the world that possesses less
of a corporate entity. What percent
age of it's people record their vote in
county council election? 1t is alb
sLrdly small. There are thousands on
thousands who do not know what
parish they live in. nor do thev trouble
to inquire
AS competition grows leener so do
working hours lengthen and leisure
professional and commercial men has
come new disease-brain flag. So
ciety, apparently inspired by the Gus
tom of the times, endeavors to emu
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

WITH THE
VETERANS

-- Or vengeance. He referred to
tLe execution in Macon in 1862. The
guerrulas threat came up on the
wings of lightning and the town he.
came panic-stricken.
That Anderson was Thoroughly able
70 carry out his sinister. design seem
ed only too positive when the grim evil
dences of his Centralia work began
arriving.
The bodies were laid in the freight
room and on the platform of the
North Missouri depot until the hard
pressed undertakers, WHO worked
night and day on the job. could make
The collins to convey the remains Of
the federal soldiers to their homes
IN Monroe county, Missouri, and Iowa.
Great crowds of people went to the
depot to look at the dead soldiers and
then went home and buried their valu-
ables Many left town. For several
days a reign Of terror existed. Con-
slant lookouts from church towers
were maintained. Most Of the home
guards were away on an expedition
and the town was practically defense
less, save for the small garrison in the
stockade.
Just at that period the outlaw An
derson was the most dreaded man in
the state. 1t was said that he had
scalped many Of Lis victims at Cen
ITALIA and that death notches quite
covered his pistol stocks. 1t was a
habit among the glIerrillas to make a
record of each man killed by an in
dentation on their pistols.
While the excitement was on o. 6.
Bearce. a druggist decided to save, If
possible, $4,000 that he had in his
strong box. His plan was unique. He
dressed as a brakeman and boarded
a freight train for Quincy, H., where
he intended to pun his wealth in the
bank. En- route he carried it in his
boots, as twas all in bills.
At Hunnewell the train was held up
by a tyro band of bushwhackers. said
to be under the command of Bill Ste
phens. When measured with Ander.
son, Stephens was quite gentleman.
The few cattlemen on the train pass
ed up pot of $50. Bearce was on
the way car platform twisting a
brake. The leader came out and want.
ed to know what he was doing.
Stopping the train till you gentle
men in there get through" said the
druggist
The chief said he was a good fellow
and patted him on the back. Bearce's
boots were not inspected and he got
safely into Quincy with his wad Of
money.
In after years he related the Incl
dent to one of Anderson's rough rid
ers, who had hung up his six-shooters
and settled down to a life of peace
and quiet
'Humph!" said the old guerrilla,
contemptuously. that gang never
went to school. When we were out
huntin' the first thing we did was to
make 'em pull on their boots. Men
didn't carry money in their pockets
them days. If you'd met us you'd a
been $4,000 short. that's all"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

ing. But the parishioners have lost
touch with churches and chapels.
The great sea of London has swal.
lowed them up. When old ties and
Oil associations are broken, when no
one knows his next-door neighbor or
troubles TO inquire, when gold is the
supreme desire of our frank civiliza-
ton, when labor is feverish struggle
10 acquire wealth for display. it is
not strange that the steeple among
the chimneys has lost the influence of
the old tower that rose above the
apple blossoms in a cleaner, sweeter
life
When we discuss the religious as.
pect of this great question. let these
facts be also remembered
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

"To Col. D. C. Pavey, Boston. Maas,"
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-28
HOTEL oLTMrpEo : 9
SAME SJ Essy SC

a ~ sIreT~rT0a <17g aAv yTJAfg
EE major ho&si en ests cllxns.
Ks olendld2 ventiIsci6a. Perque,
iardines y Kiosco in lngIasa.
Kxeaisr;te serviclo Ia ssrrnAias;
Prsclos a1saderados. 5e haeen re-
duscioneg PEA fsm'Ilss. Alum
hRado sIscsriGo n2ofsrna
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-28

/ ciantas 8 industriaies de Ssn juan
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-10
SATURDAY..

Charles II. Thimme has been arrest
ed in st. Louis on a charge Of stealing
about $4,000 worth Of rare and valu
able stamps from the postoffice exhibit
at the Pan-American exposition held in
Buffalo in 1901.
A dispatch from Toxic to the Lon
don Daily Express says that Field Mar
shall Yamagata has been appointed
commander-in-chie of all forces in the
field. He is expected to proceed to
the Lao Tung district shortly.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has decided to make a general in.
vestigation into the private car indus
try throughout the country. with a
view to ascertaining whether the rail
roads cannot be compelled to furnish
all equipment demanded by shippers.
Superintendent Of Public Works
Boyd of Albany, N. Y, reports the
, canals are still suffering quite as much
as the railways from the labor trou.
bles on the great lakes. The total loss
to the canals since the season of navi.
cation opened, May s, up to the 30th
Of May, in comparison with the ton.
mage for the corresponding period last
year was 155,712 tons.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-10
The Figure and walking.

A woman who leads a very active
life has theory that the preservation
Of good figure depends to some extent
on the manner of walking. Many peo-
pie, she says, as they advance in years
allow themselves to walk heavily and
without elasticity, so that the whole
weight rests on the lower part OF the
limbs at every step, the only effect or
exercise being WEAKNESS OF the legs
and feet. Instead of this the body
should be held erect and poised so as
to have a perfect balance. In this way
the muscles are braced and strength
ened throughout, the lungs must or ne
cessity be well expanded, and 1t seems
quite reasonable to suppose that the
tendency to increase the weight may
be checked. At all events lighter step
and brisker and more enjoyable man
ner of walking can be kept up, and
that in itself is very great gain.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-10
THE HOME DOCTOR.

Palpitation Of the heart may be ar
rested by bending down so as to allow
the blood to run to the head.
1t is said that muslkrat skin worn
the fur side next to the lungs will
bring certain relief to asthma suffer
ers.
Poultices of hot baked onions will
not only relieve earache, but will some
times cure the deafness that results
from earache and hard colds.
Blisters which form after burns or
scalds should be pricked Immediately,
the water squeezed out and pressed
down gently with cotton wool.
The skin Of boiled egg is the most
efficacious remedy that can be applied
to a boil. Peel it carefully, wet and
apply to the part affected. 1t VIII
draw off the matter and relieve the
soreness in a few hours.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-10
FRIDAY.

Prof. Sshron, the discoverer Of life
in crystals, gave public demonstra-
tion in Naples that he had found new
Nmicrobe which causes phthisis, a
microbe quite different from that caus-
ing tuberculosis. Prof. Schroni affirms
that this discovery explains why DR..
Koch's serum not only did not cure
phthisis but aggravated 1t.
The distribution of $1,000 souvenirs
to Cleveland contributors to the Nc.
Kinley memorial at Canton began at
Cleveland Thursday. The souvenir is
a steel engraving. On its face is a
portrait of the dead president, the Nc
Kinley home at Canton, the White
House at Washington and figure of
Columbia holding palm branch over
the head of the former chief executive.
The inquiries received at railroad Of
fees in Chicago regarding the opening
of the Rosebud Indian reservation,
South Dakota, in July number nearly a
thousand day, and indicate that
about $4,000 people will go to the res
ervation in the hope of getting quar-.
ter of a section each. The registration
is to be made at Yankton, Bonesteel
and Chamberlain from July to July
23d.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-10
DUST is DANGEROUS.
he Careful How You Send 1t Flying
About the House.

ADOut INC uOubes
Whether the bacilli that cause tuber-
culosis in the human being are the
same as those which cause it in other
warm blooded animals and even fish
or whether they merely change their
appearance with their environment is
question for the meteorological ex-
pert. That we may become infected
from other animals has not the vital
interest that the undoubted fact has
that we can and do become infected by
the germs that other men carry about
and that the home, the place where we
take refuge from the ills of life, is
precisely where this dread disease at
tacks us.
Inside the four walls of our houses
is where these deadly germs are IN
planted, are nurtured and bring forth
their harvest. 1t is at home we must
begin to defend ourselves. 1t is the
part Of wisdom to do away with dust
catching draperies and carpets. Have
the rugs shaken and beaten out Of
doors. If you must have carpets,
sweep them with wet tea leaves sprin-
killed. on them. Wipe the furniture with
a moist cloth; don't flirt the dust about
with bunch Of feathers on a stick.
Dust is dangerous. Remember that.
Better to have some critic write
"Sloven'' in the dust upon the mantel-
piece than cloud the air with it and
poison your whole family. = Every
body's Magazine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-10
A Cit,.en Of owosso Pays Well
Earned Tribute.

The following public statement of a
respected citizen adds one more emphat-
endorsement of merit, to the scores
6l1At have appeared before.
w. HI. Richards, of Mulberry street,
just inside the city limits, says: II
was afflicted with kidney complaint for
some years, and had such soreness and
lameness through my loins and kidneys
that was unable to walk uprightly,
but had to crawl about at times on my
hands and knees. / suffered from a Ca
tarrhal condition of the bladder, and the
kidney secretions were irregular, dis
tressing and annoying. If / attempted
to lift anything or stoop, I was repaid
with sharp twinges of pain, through
my kidneys. was unable to ATTAIN a
remedy to relieve me until I saw Doan's
Kidney Pills highly recommended. 1
procured them at Johnson's drug store
and used them. l commenced to inn
prove rapidly and when had finished
the treatment my back and kidneys
were better in every respect"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Foster Milburn, Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Sole agents for the U. S. Remember
the name, Doan's, and take no substi-
tute.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-10
Commissioners Notice.

In the matter OF the estate Of James Dorm,
deceased.
We, the undersigned having been appointed
by the Hon. Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate In
and for the county Of Shiawassee, state OF
Michigan commissioners to receive, examine,
and adjust all claims and demands of all per-
sons against said estate. do hereby give notice.
that wes will meet at the residence OF Lyman
N. Bennett, in the village OF Perry. in said
county on Monday, the 25th day OF July, A.
d. 1904, and on the 23d day OF September A: D.,
1904, at ten O'Clock In the forenoon Of each OF
said days, for the purpose Of receiving and
adjusting all claims against said estate, and
that four months from the 23d day OF May,
A. ID. 1904, are allowed to creditors TO present
their claims to said Commissioners for adjust
ment and allowance.
Dated, the oath day Of May, A. D.. 1904
LYMAN N. BENNETT.
ALCYONE ID. WARNER.
Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-10
WEDN ESDAY.

Twenty persons were killed by al
explosion of fire damp in a coal min,
near Oviedo, Spain.
Mrs. Christina Lang, Iowa's eldes
woman, is dead at Dubuque. Her az,
was 105 years.
Morris Finkel, an actor of New
York, shot his wife at Vailsburg, N. ].
and then shot and killed himself. Mrs
Finkel is so seriously wounded tha
she may die. The cause of the shoot
ing is not known.
Alfred Lee of Muskogee, I. T., ant
his five children were drowned while
trying to cross a small stream near the
Arkansas river Lee and the children
were in a wagon, which was turned
over in fifteen feet of water.
The entire stock of the indianapolis
Journal Newspaper Co. has been pur
chased by George p. McCulloch, pro
prietor of the Indianapolis Star, the
Muncie Star and the Terre Haute
Star. The paper will be merged witt
the Indianapolis Star as the Star and
Journal.
s. A. Baldwin of New Haven, Conn.
who on Monday passed examinations
for admission to the naval academy
was drowned Tuesday off COLCHESTER
Beach, on the eastern shore of the
Chesapeake. The drowning was due
to an attack of cramps while in swim
ming.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-10

In the geological branch of the Brit.
ish museum the visitor is shown a
wonderful specimen Of natural imita-
ton in a small ribbon jasper" This
stone, the material of which is not un-
like that of other banded agates, has
upon its surface perfect miniature
portrait of the poet Chaucer. Every
detail is startlingly correct. There are
the white face, the pouting lips, the
broad, low forehead and even the
whites Of the slightly upturned eyes.
The attendants say that it is utterly
impossible to convince even some of
the educated visitors that it is not an
artificial production.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-10
The Cnt,. Cleanliness.

The most fastidious mammals II
matters of the toilet are to be found
among the members Of the cat family
as all must have noticed In domestic
Tables. The rough tongue makes al
excellent brush, while the sharp claws
are on occasion employed by way OF
combs, all these invaluable aids tf
cleanliness and smartness possessing
the further advantage Of always being
at hand when required.
A healthy cat is not only clean, but
finical, not to say vain, about her (oI
his) personal appearance, and mora
degeneration in pussy is accompanied
by neglect Of personal grooming. THAI
the dog is as dirty as a boy must re
luctantly be confessed. He was the
first animal to be domesticated, and
long association with man has perhaps
had to do with his carelessness in the
matter. =. 10000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-10
order 81 PubIloatlon.

State q Michigan, oounty OF Shiawnssee, So
AT sess on OF tho Probate Court for said
ceunty. held at the Probate once In the city OF
Corunna, on Saiurdaythe 18th day OF May A. De-
1904
Present, Matthew Bash Judge OF Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF LucrethS
s. Turner dedessed: GA filing tbe petition %
George Turner praying that administration of
said estate may be granted TO Arthur e. Turn
err or some other suitable person.
II Is ordered. hat the 18th day OF June
next at ten O'Clock IN the forenoon. at said
Probate once, be assigned for hearing said
petition.
1t is further ordered, that copy Of this
orcer be published three successive weeks
previous to said day Of hearing In THE OwOssO
TIMES, q newspaper printed and circulating In
said county OF Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge OF Probate.