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ping In the path and facing his COM
panlon. III you don't lend me this
money. by - III shoot myself"
~Surreymore turned pale and then
said:
Il think l car manage 1t. Come with
me to my rooms"
AT dinner that evening Ma and the
high spirits. Neither Ia much appe-
lite but both drank freely.
1T Will be all or nothing with mo
tonight" said the Pole. his wistful eyes
aglow. Il feel as if 1 might do some-
thing great, break the bank. perhaps:
who knows" n he told stories of
men who had made vast fortunes In
few hours at the tables.
So eNhllarated did Max feel that he
almost danced on his way from the
hotel to the casino. where, without loss
of time, he began TO play, winning and
losing alternately, while his pulse beat
high, his heart leaped. II the glare
OF light, the sea of faces. and sounds
of voices confused and maddened him.
When he had lost the asst franc he
had possessed he rose n staggered
through the throngs. away from the
pittless. curious eyes. from the laughter
of this he'll, and went out into the cool
gardens, smelling of orange trees and
violets. and musical with the splashing
of fountains. He could hardly realize
that he was penniless. But on suddenly
turning down an alley he came upon a
procession whose sight froze his blood,
and fascinated him so that he could not
move until 1t had passed. AS 1t did,
the light of a lantern carried by ono
Who bore a ~lifeless figure showed him
the face of the Pole, White as marble,
save where one temple was splashed by
blood.
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AS he spoke a cold sweat had gath
cred on his forehead. his pathetic eyes
expressed a haunting fear. and his ex-
element made his hands tremble.
My dear father. you need have no
fear for me when l play l always know
when to stop"
You nay not always be able to con-
troll yourself"
II nave never beer carried away like
that; as you know. 1 have a cool head"
said Max self-confidently. ut is true,
That night when I played with Goffe-'
He hesitated as some sudden thought
flashed on him, then turned abruptly
away.
For Gods sake" the count i'm
plored. remember my words and take
my warning. Don't gamble, whatever
you do. don't gamble"
Max was staring from the window.
his brows contracted over eyes that
looke out or the terrace with its vines
creeping round marble balustrades, and
on the park With its undulating sward.
Its patches of golden gorse. its clumps
of majestic trees, of all of which he was
unconscious; for he saw only the dark
and tragic picture that rose in his mind
and held his panied attention to it's de-
tails.
1t was only after seconds that seemed
hours that he vas able to release him
self from the spell that held him. when
with a gasp of h breath, like one suf-
locating, he rushed towards his father.
held him in a farewell embrace, and
hurriedly quilted the room on his way
to the trap which was to carry him on
he first stage Of his eventful journey.
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Putting on Style in Arizona.

tombstone Pfospector: Every symp-
TOM points to a tendency to- spread on
style IN tombstone. Among other ms
tincts in this direction, the bows bouph,
a pair of beautiful barber pole suspend
ers and presented them to the amiable
dispenser who shoves the amber ex-
tract OF cheerfulness over the mahog-
any Of the parlor saloon. He promptly
aohhed the innovation, but claimed that
he felt like he had a rail fence on each
shoulder. Then, when they became
oVerhurdensome he would %unbutto
them and permit them to bangle in
front, but he finally got them down
me enough 10 go to church In. Several
old timers. c~onspicuously court at
country, have fallen into the habit NJ
wearing boiled shirts, and it looks as II
sky-blue oNeralls might be discarded
as a full-diess costume. Getting DOW.
e.iul tony in town nowadays,
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the doctors prescriptions. The incrvase
IN nervou troubles has brought about
an Increase In the use OF ssrychnine
for there Is nothing which viii stima-
late the heart as it will and it will save
a dying person where other drugs
would fail. One sixteenth of a grain 10
close to the maximum dose of this
drug.
Next In the list of most commonly
used poisons comes morphine, which IL
used in case of accidents TO deaden
pain, and In surgical operations. Il
Is almost always used hypodermically
and Very seldom as a medicine. With
the conscientious physician 1t is usually
the last resort as a medicine. Bella
dona extract Is used as an antidote to
morphine poisoning and vice versa
Not moro than on~e-twentieth Of a grain
OF morphine is usually given while
half a grain Is considered a large dose.
Some OF the fiends are said to be able
to take thirty grains without danger.
Carbolic acid. well known and used
for many purposes, Is n OF the most
deadly potsons. When taken internally
It causes the most painful death, burn
ing and scalding the mouth and throat
like SO much molten metal. It is ire
Quently used by suicides because it Is
easy to get, but they do not realize its
awful effects before taking 1t. Recent
ly laws have been enacted hedging Its
sale. One peculiar attribute OF this
acid is that one-third of its quantity
mixed with the same amount of alcohol
will end it harmless.
Down in stricken Florida and other
southern states quinine is the great
staple drug. Druggists buy it by the
carload and everybody Uses 1t. 1t Is
the great antidote for chills.
In the well regulated drug stores Of
Sioux City as in other cities is a poison
case in which all the deadly p%oisons are
kept in colored or specially marked bot
carelessness in prescriptions for when
ever a pharmacist goes to hat case ne
realizes thai he is dealing with life and
death. Scales of great sensitiveness
are used, responding TO the weight Of
siXty-fourth of a grain.
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Your hotel proprietor will cash a
check for you; it's not SO much. +
might win 1t In fifteen minutes. sur
reymore." he burst u suddenly, stop
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One gray and gloomy afternoon, late
in october, Dunstan nurbage was
seated in a great chair beside a wood
fire in one of the smaller rooms of Had
lay Aiapor
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
A Club Woman's Adventure.

New York World: One of the dele
gates from the far south to the Cen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs at
tended the reception at the Texas state
building at the fair recently, and a
heavy thunderstorm came UP. She was
impatient to be off. but ayerse to facing.
d deluge. one of the commissioners
gave q guard a dollar to summon a We
tlicle TOR her. After three-quarters of
an hour the guard returned with a.
demurred. but the guard assured her
mat she only had to pretend to be a
little sick" and the thing was done.
Entering into the Joke, she descend
ed the stair leaning on the arm of a
~inpathe friend. AS the guard care
cushions he managed to whisper that
she would be obliged to go to the hos
pltal CD the exposition round for a
lew moments, as the ambulance was
opllged TO report every passenger there
l,rst. All sorts Of horrible possibilities
t iasned through her mind. Suppose
they should imagine she had something
terrible the matter with her and insist
upon an operation? Such mistakes had
been made before. 'N
by the time she was half way to the
hosEital she was as thoroughly sick as
even the guard could have desired. She
alighted white n shaking. ONLY fear
that she would involve everybody in
serious kept her from shrIekinp
aloud as she was conducted into the
presence OF doctors and two trained
nurses. Her pulse was felt and her
se.hperatufe was taken, she madly in
slsting the while that there was moth
nothing"
The doctor shook his head gravelv.
~reaten with nervous prostation."
to bed at once NC put
Her p~rotestations became almost
fearful and her prayers to be sent back
to her hotel We're finally granted, Sba
was escorted to the car by an attene
i've urgeo and carefully lifted
aboard, ~whereupon she pro,nntlv s,h
sided into her handkerchief. SUP
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CHAPTER XIV.
A CONVERSATIONS

n,.o r.,x- .,.-l -. -.
i, oot9nha. IN $3.50 a..sstioo''' ".e
sa,toS Ssg ~ naiIse5sn nurease was
ti,.a nso,,a ~ ~ s.snnn. $3.50 49,"
lay Nia nnr .'s LOOMS vi law
( = Ni''ilof.
,a, 800 y '''ue ms ili1less. WINE ms
ayasts of ~ ri, MI .is
,,nns,., - pSat ION M .i,l'uhoou
sistenca on M ,a,a W pa
- 80 ."e tat .iaseas' ne hao
yenato at,d Nc Sa.casa wv .ehoeo 10y
se1Vso anu MS servant Matteo. AS ne
meaicina end ndieaaass,.a,l vs. skl,ieu ia
[ ease. and 70 bis Iaou.1 ams pa,ie.ls .
,rnLnow,, y y nc ~ tsuss ot leIps,
medical facnl.r t go ns, sl1 ahslis.l
nrobahiy 49, hts II ,if sSef-seficAeA man
AZ 10. -. w. W.,
-, y oii'S uIu Y eneto ran 20 sum-
- & NV ne iiheWise heglecteu
u,,,a ~ ae Dui,stai 5 lilhess 10 the
4tisa1.'ees OK haoWlesWofth Han,
49, ~ y"Nit.s IL IA turns ny hlght ana
Has rs.ee, rna ms cohlldentiai ser
~. hulseo i'ul'slal. II they alone
800 .He iaVi,lgs OF a mlhd
NJ rpIatts ~ ps .He IeGoliections OF a ter
80 uHssus, ana nN the horrors OF n
PRISON cell; 1t was only when reason
s, - sstoi.saieo i,seil ana ne lay IAN
i I ' ~ nai.luil 'llal coma vas al
, has 10 enter ms room N sit by his
80
So 80. sue lelt some sa~tlsfaetlon.
h ~. ousie. Tor hef tenderness toward
sina, Ia slLti9s "atchtully by while he
s,els, m bringing MIN the food she had
piepa'ea' OF IN talking or reading to
~ 1,ho. ~,
vhas aiau oi'en TAXED OF her country,
aad pe"pie ne had learned 10 know
l u,a Nv auilhs me year or so he had
- ailoHS lhet', White studying
chemistry IN the laboratory of an
r n.ar,a chemist famous In the scientific
-,
-, t lil nao one DAY, When he was well
eba iis Wy 70 suggested that
~, 81 s'touiu give nun pflei lessons. and
&c. sllouid read together the
w. vi ,lsll iaNoFlte poet, Dante.
D.nta e ~, lila put away her copy OF
for so,.a mas slIshce between them
sb. o ol u eoohas. IRON "neTe she sat
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What He Wanted

eoiored
Musician-Yes.
Johnny-Write me a blue one. please.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Kentucky Mans Duty.

Jamboree, KY, August 20 Especially /.
After suffering for years with pain
in the back Mr.. J. M. Coleman, a well
known citizen of this place, has found
a complete cure in Dodd's Kidney
Pills. Knowing how general this dis
ease is all over the country, Mr.. Cole.
man feels 1t is his duty to make his
experience public for the benefit of
other sufferers.
Il want to recommend Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills to everybody who has pain
in the back" Mr.. Coleman says. II
suffered for years with my back.
used Dodd's Kidney Pills and l have
not felt pain since. My little girl
too complained of her back and she
used about half box OF Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and she is sound and we'll"
Backache is Kidney Ache. Dodd's
Kidney Pills are sure cure for all
Kidney Aches, including Rheuma.
fiapn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04


Guiana there lies a territory known
as Counani, after the principal town
there, The frontiers here had never
been definitely deliminated, but, as
the country was comparatively bare
and savage and of little commercial
value, the question was left in abey-
ance, and the district became known
as the Contested Territory" and for
a long while, indeed, was the happy
hiding ground of the convicts escap.
ing from the penal settlement OF
French Guiana.
In 1895, however, gold was discov
cred and rush took place, bringing
the country into prominence, and il
was under these circumstances that
the French and Brazilian govern
ments signed protocol to refer the
question of frontier to the arbitration
OF Switzerland. A decision rendered
at Berne in December, 1900, gave the
country to Brazil, and Immediately
the government of Rio de Janeiro an.
nexed 1t to the district of Para and
put its administration into due force.
Since that time law and order have
been definitely established there, and
the country enjoys participation in
the constitution of the Republic of
Brazil.
las for the person who styles him
self president of the Free State of
Counani' Qt is still the Brazilian le-
cation secretary who is speaking), "he
is simply an adventurer. He certainly
has been to the place, coming from
no one knows where, and but for his
timely withdrawal would have been
arrested, not for anything so grandilo-
Guent as high treason or the like, but
on a police court charge of theft.
"He escaped to Paris, where he has
got together band of men like him
self, gems sans aveu,' of no avow-
able profession, and is now simply
trying to get money from the foolish
or worse.
"Oh, no, he does not trouble us; we
take no notice of him; all we have
done is to beg the Paris police, in the
interest of common honesty. to keen
an eye upon him and his gang"
Another illusion gone, another cas-.
tie in Spain crumbled to dust and
ashes in Counani. Nothing remains,
not even Port Tarascon of the immor
tai Tartarin.-Paris correspondence
New York Press.
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bacco fog, an odor of smoke many
days stale, with an auxiliary force OF
ill-digested garlic, and through all
this, now looking up at you in inquiry
land yes, suspicion-the president.
An insignificant, unnoticeable sort
of man. Of middle height, you Will
nudge of him sitting. A sallow, mea-
ger face, with shifty eyes; a scanty
mustache, tortured half upward, and
chin, uninspiring, unconvincing, that
gives evidence only of desire to grow
goatee. or else of several days for
getfulness of the barber. The only
impression of him that remains is of
rosette in a buttonhole; a rosette
that you take to be of the Legion of
Honor until you look again; and even
that has to be taken off and laid aside
when the wearer ventures into the
street.
You look round and take in the
room and its occupants again, and
your usher, with his bright torpedo
Leard, is the only relieving sign in a
depressing picture.
From the official Red Book we
learn, with a good deal of head
scratching that the Counani constltu-
ton provides for a chief of govern
ment, with very extended powers, who
is assisted by a state council of ten
members and chancellor, who is
the second head of the administration.
The house of representatives consists
Of an upper chamber and grand
council.
Public security Is assured by a per-
inanent force of police and gendarmes,
and the republic is represented abroad
Ly body of diplomatic and CONNER
cial agents in every land"
We are then given the constitution
IN series of annexes, with the de-
cree of Uayana Assn (M. Adolphe
when he is at home), proclaiming it
in force. Everything is thought of,
even to the flag, which is red with a
white star In the middle. The old
motto Of Justice and Liberty" Is re-
tanned, while supplementary trade
mark is now added, "Je maintiendrai
par la Raison GU par la Force" which
sounds dreadful
A good many people are said to be
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Forgot Name Of His Intended.


"Lemme see" reflected George San
ders, colored, as he stood before Dep
uty Walter Ratcliffe's desk In the
county clerks Office at the court house
yesterday, a perfect picture of per-
plexity. Let me see, what is de
name Of dat gal I'm goin' ter marry ?"
AS the bystanders laughed and
made suggestions, Sanders, who had
come to the court house for a mar
riage license and forgotten the name
OF his fiancee, scratched his head and
made an explanation:
Il am plumb excited. | amt usad
to all this TODD of gettin' married. and
I've just forgot that gals first name
as clean as whistle"
The witness that Sanders had
brought with him was not acquainted
with the girls first name. having
known her only as Miss johnson, /"
and could not help out. Finally. San
ders got his bride-elect over the tele-
phone, and this is what he said:
Say, honey what is yo' front
manner"
What the reply was cannot be
stated, but Sanders fastened to ex-
plain: You see, honey, I'm so plumb
excited that I've done forgot it, and
can't get de license"
She told him and he turned awav
from the instrument exclaiming. al
course | oughter have remembered II
Matte Johnson, boss."-Louisyille
Herald. --e
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

1.-THE Free State of Counani." "The
President Of Counani, M. Adolph Bre-
get" "The Members of the Govern
ment of Counani."
These phrases, not without their
impressiyeness, especially to citizens
Of a republic, have been much in evil
dence during the last fortnight or so
in the columns of the Paris news
papers. Surrounding them, however,
there has been romantic mystery.
Counani? Where is Counani? Some
where in Brazil" comes the vague
reply. And Monsieur Adolph Brezet,
the Chef du Government de Cou-
nani?" This illustrious person, the
commander of his army, Baron Jette
de Ryckel; his financial secretary, Jo-
seph Marie Brezet, Due de Beaufort;
his secretary Of state for foreign af-
fairs, M. Isidore Lopez Lapuya, and
goodness knows how many more, are
now in Paris. But for whatY
"Ah!" replies Rumor, "this indomit-
able Brezet, tne Garibaldi of Cou-
mani, having just extricated his coun-
try from the yoke of the tyrant, is
here to seek the French nations aid
in setting his infant republic on it's
feetl"
Evidently Brazil was "the tyrant,"
but one does not seem to remember
the epoch-making struggle by which
the "Counanese," under Brezet's in
trepid lead, seem to have forced her
to relinquish her sovereignty over
their land. But the fact remains that
the president and his cabinet are
here, and that several rather mystify-
Ing interviews with this savior of his
country have made their appearance.
Curiosity led me to investigate M.
Brezet, his government and Counani
affairs generally, and the result is so
striking as to need no comment Be
II said In parentheses that the address
furnished by the "Chief of Government
OF Counani" had come as rather a
shock, for 1t was in no savory quar-
ter Of the capital. The presidents Of
fetal letter was more reassuring, for
II was written upon a formidable look
ing sheet headed "Etat Libre du Cou-
mani" and stamped with the great
zeal Of the new nation. However, here
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/AOc17zhluSM xe31uA170W nrC0wuqW

Is the result of my representatives in.
vestigation:
An outlying Paris suburb, shabby
genteel-with the genteel left out; a
DECEASED and sordid district, skirting
the unlovely railway line; mean
street, untidy. cramped, unclean;
squalid tenement bare, cheap. Jerry;
a sloven concierge in dark and stag
nant loge; dirty, unswept stairs, five
flights to climb; then a common. nm
pretentlous blue tin label, laughable
to tears, and you have arrived at the
official residence of the president of
the republic OF Counani.
A knock-since bell is absent
and the door is opened by a fine
breezy figure of man, a conquisita.
dor fulfilling the functions of usher
Tall, broad-shouldered, upright as n
dart; fearless, evidently. but looking
most sheepishly ashamed of his pres.
ent circumstances. Yes, he will take
your name, and inquire. Muttered
question and answer may be heard In
an inner room, and then the word is
given to enter. So you shuttle through
a narrow dark passage, another door
is held open for you, and the president
and his council of state are disclosed
to your astonished gaze.
A small ordinary living room, char
acteristic of the usual cheap fiat; a
floor unexpected, newspaper cuttings
hanging from the walls for ornament;
chairs, no two alike, on each side OF
you, on them seated most extraor.
dinarily nondescript set OF men, In
everys attitude aof wasting time..
against the further wall by the sol-
tary window, studiously closed, two
common writing tables; back to back.
plenteously bestrewn with Exhausted
cigarette flags; an atmosphere of to-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

or Counani nationality, whether thew
like 1t or not, and everyone has to be
a soldier in varying degrees of intens-
ity, from is to so years Of age.
There are then published several
proclamations and protestations.
which do not seem to have met with
any reply--except in the case of an
application to join the Universal Post.
al union, which the bureau at Berne
respectfully acknowledges, but slily
adds that 1t is impossible to give the
Information requested until the mo.
ment when the recognition of the
Free State Of Counani has been oh
tanned. There is also a polite intima-
lion from Belgium that she is not in.
terested in Counani at present, thank
you.
Two very important documents arc
the DEGREES numbered 43 and 141
which, in the name Of the people of
Counani, give permission to foreign
ers to reside there, and even to oh
tain the inestimable privilege of NAT.
uralization. The main point of these
seems to be the payment of Ave
francs for a passport.
Itonly remains to add that this Red
Book is really very nicely printed. and
the. punctuation throughout is fairly
correct. The type, too. is clear and
easy to read,
1t is now time to recollect that in
spite Of all this, the republic of Bra.
I'll was still keeping its end up. and
lis legation in Paris was still In fairly
good working order at the old SIGN.
You go there, just to make sure. be.
fore allowing yourself to laugh ALI YOU
want. You have the luck to fall in,
with a most courteous secretary, who
tells you briefly this:
: Between Brazil proper and French
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
LEARNING THINGS
We Are All in the Apprsntle. c

We Are All in the Apprentice Class
When a simple change Of diet
brings back health and happiness the
story is briefly told. A lady Of
Springfield, ILL.,, says: after being
afflicted for years with nervousness
and heart trouble, I received a SHOCK
Tour years ago that left me in such
a condition that my life was despaired
o. could get no relief from doctors
nor from the numberless heart and
nerve medicines tried because 7
didn't know that the coffee was daily
putting me back more than the Drs
could put me ahead.
Finally at the request of a friend 7
LETT of coffee and began the use ~
POSTUM and against my convictions 7
gradually improved in health until for
tne past 8 or months | have been
entirely free from nervousness and
lhose terrible sinking, weakening
spells of heart trouble.
My troubles all came from the noe
Oh coffee which had drunk from
chlldhood and yet they disappeayed
when | quit coffee and took up the
use OF Postum" Name given nv
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Many people marvel at the effects
OF leaving off coffee and drinking
Pos stuum but there is nothing marvel,
GUS about ait--only common sense. 1l
0onee Is a destroyer Postum ia A
re6uilder. That's the reason.
Look in each pkg. for the lannon's
niue book, The Road to WelIyille. y
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
CLOUDS EIGHT MILES
Peeuliarlties Attending and p,
Thunderstorms Nnt.a


A great cumulous tbmi
cloud, towering up on the
like a huge flamboyant Ies,
often higher than the higbs
would be if they were piled d
the Himalayas.
1t is not unusual for these /,
measure FIVE, six and eva
miles from their fiat, dark b,
ering a mile or two above d,
to their rounded, glistening
splendid in the sunlight. And
eight miles the changes Of I
ture are as great as those Ovs
thousand miles of the earthsI
These clouds contain strait
perature. narrow belts of freet
alternating with large diszl
rainy mist and frozen snow
PARTICLES.
Hailstones, which are fornl
a snow particle that falls frOn
per strata and is frozen hsh
freezing belt and coated Wit
Ice on the wet belt, are otts
with a series of layers in thsr
ton, showing that they have
through this succession Of clC
ia more than once on their "
the upper air to the earth