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The Rice belt journal., 1904-11-11
Bow Breaks Leo.

II Welsh, La: The little 12-year-old
son of Mrs. Kate Robinson. of the Eu-
reka Hotel, whilep laying on the
school grounds, had leg broken above
the knee.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-11-11
Brazos County Vital Statistics

Bryan, Texas: The county clerks
report of the vital statistics of Brazos
county shows a total of 26 births and
IL deaths for the month of October.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-11-11

The action of the weather has en-.
tirely washed away the ash-bult
slopes of an ancient volcano in Wyom-
ing, leaving only the core showing ba.
salt in cOlumnar forms.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-11-11
Death of a Hermit.

Refugio, Texas: Friday night Sam
Smith, an old hermit who has been
living near here on the river, died and
was buried by the county.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-11-11

The Russian state scepter is of solid
gold, three feet long, and contains
among its ornaments 260 rubies and
fifteen emeralds.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-11-11
Dearth of News.

Che Foo: No news regarding the
operations at Port Arthur reached Che
Foo Monday.
The Rice belt journal., 1904-11-11
QUICK RESULTS.

"DOan's Kidney
Pills proved a
very efficient
remedy in my
case. | used
them for disor-
dered kidneys
and backache,
from which |
had experienced
Ia great deal Of
b e and
pain. The kid
The Rice belt journal., 1904-11-11

The learning and playing loot
ball are compulsory in the Al lima
army.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Boys Who Make Great Men.

A Swedish boy fell out of a window
and was badly hurt, but with clinched
lips he kept back the cry of pain. The
King Gustavus Adolphus, who saw the
boy fall, prophesied that the boy
would make man for an emergency.
He did, for he became the famous
Gen. Bauer.
A boy used to crush the flowers to
get their color, and painted the white
side of his fathers cottage in the Ty-
rol with all sorts of pictures. which
the mountaineers gazed at as wonder
full He was the great artist, Titan
An old painter watched little fell
low who amused himself making draw
ings of his pot and brushes, easel and
stool, and said, THAT boy will beat
me one day" He did, for he was Mi
chaei Angelo.
A German boy was reading a blood
and-thunder novel. Right in the midst
of it he said to himself: Now, this
will never do. l get too much excited
over it. can't study so well after it.
So here it goesi" And he flung the
book into the river. He was Fichte,
the great philosopher-Morning Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

and thin enough to be nearly trans
parent. Thin unruled linen writing
paper. or what is called bond paper,
answers the purpose very well.
Tie a simple knot in the strip of
paper, as you would in a string. and
press the knot fat. You will then
have a fve-sided figure with the ends
OF the paper projecting from two of
the sides. By folding both of these
ends over you obtain a perfect five
sided figure, or pentagon, but if Won
fold one end over on the other. and
holding the figure by the united ends
look through it toward the window or
the lamp, you viii see, inside Of the
pentagon, pretty fve-pointed star
formed by the overlapping of different
thicknesses of paper.
The figure must be pressed mite
Nat and creased at the edges. If there
are little gaps at the corners the knot
has not been pulled tight enough.
This is one of the prettiest little
paper folding tricks know. and II is
sure to surprise everybody who has
not seen it before. With tracing ma
per or waxed paper the effect is still
prettier.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

err end of it into water to a depth OF
10 or II inches, that end will seem to
be bent upward from the point where
it enters the water, so that the part
under the water forms an obtuse angle
with the part above the water. This
IS due to what the scientists call the
refraction, or bending, of the rays of
light that come from the submerged
end of the stick as they pass from
the water into the air.
A pretty and puzzling experiment
based on the same principle. may be
made with an urn, or similar vessel,
and three pieces of money. say three
silver quarters. The urn must be of
some material that is not transparent;
a glass vessel, therefore, would not an
swer the purpose.
In preparing for the experiment,
which you may call a bit of amateur
magic, you privately place the three
quarters in the bottom of the vessel,
as shown in the picture, at A, B and
G, respectively, and arrange so that
no one shall then look into the vessel.
Then say to the spectators that if
one of them will sit so that his eye
shall be at d, you will, by pouring
water into the vessel. cause three sill
yer quarters to come into his view,
one after another, whereas at the
time you tell him this they are not
visible. Let him see thar you do not
put them into the vessel after you
speak.
Having cautioned him to sit still
and keep his eye at the place directed,
d, you begin pouring in the water very
gently, for if you pour it in suddenly
or violently it viii be likely to make
the quarters move out of their places.
When the water rises to the point
marked F. the quarter at A will come
into view, and the quarters at b and C
when the water rises to G and II, re.
spectively.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Whenever a boy or girl sits down to
draw things" on paper or slate for
pure amusement, the five-pointed star
is almost sure to be one of the fig
ures attempted first and oftenest. This
general love for the star is probably
due to the fact that it is found on the
American flag, but it is a pretty fig
ure in itself and very difficult one
to make, as you must have learned
from experience. Any straight line
figure like this IS difficult to draw sat
isfactorily because the eye is more
exact than the fingers, and at once de-
tects the smallest error in the figure,
the beauty of which is spoiled if it is
not correctly drawn. There are rules
for making stars. but they are hard to
learn and harder to remember, and
they call for the use of rulers and
other drawing instruments.
Now / am going to show you curl
Gus way Of making star without us
ing even a pencil, simply by tying
knot in strip of paper. The strip
should be at least 10 times as long as
it is wide, and the paper must be
tough so that it will not tear easily,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09


house into which Beethoven's parents
removed after his birth also bears an
inscription
The greater part of Beethovens life
was spent in Vienna, where he died in
his 57th year. A monument of him,
sitting on a lofty granite pedestal,
stands in the Beethoven Platz; and
outside the city is a shady path called
after the composer, because it was
his favorite walk
The one great composer native to
Vienna was Franz Schubert. His
grandfather was a Moravian peasant,
his father parish schoolmaster, and
his mother a cook Franz was the
youngest of fourteen children and was
born on Jan. 81, 1897, in the district
called Lichtenthal, at the house which
is now numbered "a of the Nussdor-
fer-Strasse, on the right going out
from the city.
Schubert's life was spent principally
in his native city in a house not far
distant from that of Beethoven. OF
worldly prosperity as a result of his
genius, Franz Schubert knew little 1t
is stated that the highest price he
ever received for one of his songs was
SIS, and for some of his best only 25
cents. Moreover, after his death, at
the early age of 81, all his possessions
were valued at the sum of 5000. He
died less than two years after Bee
thoven, for whom he had a great ad-
mlration; and the graves of the two
musicians lie within a few yards of
each other.
The birthplace of Richard Wagner,
the great dramatic composer, was an
old house called the Red and White
Lion" in the north part of the town Of
Leipsic. His parents were not at all
well off, and his father. who was a
police magistrate, died shortly after
the birth of their ninth child, Richard.
which took place on May %, 1918. In
spite of the struggle against poverty
which the boy had to face, his perse-
verance and ambition led him to take
his place eventually in the ranks of
the great masters.
The immense success and popular.
ity of Wagner's operas in the present
day is a striking contrast to the oppo-
sition experienced by the composer
when they first appeared before the
public; indeed, he had considerable
difficulty in finding a conductor who
would undertake the risk of the per.
Torrance of his works.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Jack straws, to dislodge one at time
without disturbing the rest. Each one
thus stealthily removed, means five
points; if a single other one trembles
it is five points for the rest Of the
company and the turn passes on to
the next player. 1t sounds very sim
pie, but there is lots of fun in it. and
ii can be played with equal fervor by
both young and old.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

and both parents are reported to have
been very good-looking, which ac-
counted for their sons beauty. Wolf.
gang was their youngest child, and
was born on Jan. q, 1856, in the third
story of a house in the Getfeide Case,
which is now most interesting Mo
Fart museum, containing the piano,
portraits and manuscripts of the must
clan.
The next celebrated composer was
Beethoven. His parents, who were
very poor, lived at Bonn, and Ludwig
was born on Dec, 16, 1870 in garnet
in the back part of a house in the
Bonn Case, No 20. His father held
some insignificant musical post in the
town, but, being man of dissipated
habits, the family income was very
small and the early life of the com
poser was a rough one.
The house has been bought by sew
eral of his admirers. and is now fitted
up as a Beethoven museum. It con-
tains numerous portraits of the must
can. his family and contemporaries.
his piano, quartet instruments, ear
trumpets, scores. letters. etc. The
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

A game or trick, played by any mum.
Der of persons. Those who know the
game retire to an adjoining room and
are supposed to personate the Hutch.
inson family. to whom the others are
brought in one by one to be introduc-
ed. The family" who all stand in a
row, initiate. as exactly as possible,
whatever the guest says or does, until
he sits down, when he joins the family
and another person is brought in.
Sometimes when the guest under
stands the joke, he can turn it on
the members Of the family" by do
ing something difficult to initiate.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
aTiddlums," the Pet Antelope.

cannot show when he is glad as easily
as a dog can.
But why, do you suppose, he cannot
wag his tail? Simply because he has
not got any to wag.
Tiddlums runs along after his mas
ter in the street, not seeming to mind
the crowds at all. If you saw him,
with his beautiful reddish brown coat
nicely brushed and his little black
nose shifting the air, you would never
think that only year or two ago he
was running wild in the African for
est. But that is where he came from,
and that is where his brothers and
sisters are now.
Tiddlums is not much bigger than a
large Belgian hare, with large brown
eyes, that get larger still at the sight
of cake, and two tiny horns on the TOP
of his head, which look very cute He
is very gentle, and will sit cuddled W
in an armchair with his master for
hours.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Intoxioants in Old DAVIS

Before intoxicating liquor was made
dear by taxes and its sale was regu.
lated by licenses the use of it in Eng.
land was astonishingly common. Not
only were there in London six or
seven thousand regular dram shops,
but cheap gin was given by masters to
their work people instead of wages,
sold by BARRIERS and tobacconists,
hGwked about the streets on barrows
by men and women. openly exposed
for sale on every market stall, forced
on the maid servants and other pur.
chasers at the chambers shop, until,
as one contemporary writer puts it.
"one-half of the town seems set up
to furnish poison to the other half"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Clever Ants.

DR.. Flagg tells an interesting story
of some ants he had observed: "A
pie was placed on a shelf in a cup.
board, with wide ring of molasses
encircling the plate. The ants discov-
cred it and, wanting pie for breakfast,
they set out to get it. They first
marched about the ring. leaving an
ant here and there at places which
were seen to be less wide than the
rest of the ring. Then they carefully
selected the narrowest place: and,
going to an old nail-hole in the wall,
they formed an endless stream of
porters, each bringing a grain of plas-
ter. They built a causeway through
the molasses of these bits of lime,
and in three hours from the time of
discovery, they were eating the pie"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

DID you ever feel the sunshine singing
through your soul
when some blessed boost of fortune sent
you spinning toward your goal?
Dlo you ever have some sorrow-saving
sinner sigh and say:
DO not be too sure. my laddie. too self
confident. too gay.
For another day is coming when things
may be changed. you know
Ihus he wreathes your joyous spirits in
winding sheet Of woe.
Spurn these gloom-pursuing mortals.
shun the worry-seeking man:
Know no trouble till it strikes you-sing
of sunshine when you can.
When the troubles come and smite US.
then tits hard enough to bear
lie who seeks for clouds is foolish when
his sky is blue and fair:
Keep the bitter from your jesting. keep
the sting from out your chaff.
And the weariest weight of worry can be
hghtened by your laugh
Sing while-no doleful ditty with tear
in every line;
Sing while-no soulful sonnet with sue
cessive sob and whine
Sing song that sends the sunshine to
the soul of striving man;
Laughter let's love linger longer-so be
jolly while you can.
S. w. Gillian.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Lanauaae Of Blower.


Absence
Always the same-Myrtle.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Ardent Attacnment-Lar
Beauty and piety-Water star.
Blessing and forgiveness-Apple
blossom.
Bond of -Honeysuckle.
Capricious beauty-Lady's slipper.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Confidence in heayen-Flowering
reed.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Constancy-Heliotrope
Cure for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Deceitful hope-Daffodil.
Despair-Cypress.
Despondency-Ge
Devotion-Cross of Jerusalem.
Difdence-Cyclamen.
Disappointment-Ox-eye.
Egotism-N arcissus.
Estranged love-Lotus.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Fame-Laurel
Fidelity
Forever thine-Dahlia.
Forgiveness-Sandal tree.
Friendship-Ivy.
enerosity-Orange tree.
Genius-Plane tree.
Good night-Mint.
Gratitude-Pyramid bell flower.
Hatred-Basil.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
It has aIways been proverbial amor

1t has always been proverbial among
anatomists that blond nations are
greater than their darker neighbors.
This is due to the geological positions
Of the blond races. They are charac-
teristic of the north, and on account Of
the lower degree Of temperature are
induced to take more exercise, which
throws them more in the open air.
At the top of the list of the coun-
tries, arranged in order of stature, the
first seven, after the United States
white men, are Norway, Scotland
British America, Sweden, Ireland. Den
mark and Holland, all northern
nations
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
a Pet Antelope.

Most of us have seen an antelope,
but did you ever see one that was a
pet? In London there is a little ante
lope named "Tiddlums" that travels
about with his master everywhere,
and which likes above all things to
ride on the top of an omnibus And
he answers to his name just like a
dog. He is every bit as intelligent as
a dog. too, only he can't wag his tail !;
and that's unfortunate. because he
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
TaIIest on Earth

In a comparative table of stature.
arranged according to nationalities,
the United States Indian stands high
er than any other race in the world,
though the Patagonian runs him very
close. The white citizen comes next.
The United States negro ranks four
teenth in the scale, and of all the coun-
tries in the world considered the Por-
tuguese are found to be the shortest.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Too Bright.

Dat wuz mighty poor comfort dey
give Br'er Thomas on his sick bed
said Brother Dickey.
What dey tell him?"
Preacher toll him dey wuz a bright
prospect ahead of him"
En- what he say ter dat?"
''Tor EN- dat what wuz a-worryiR' er
hint wuz so bright it wuz blazin'-
Atlanta Constitution.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Nero was fiddIing in the red glare OF
burning Rome. Stop and hear our
ruler playing" said the senator: ARE
you running because you are afraid
of the fire2"
NO" responded the wise man Of
Rome. Il am afraid he win start on
'Liawatha' mex"
Dreading such calamity. the two
friends FASTENED away.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
The HorribIe ExampIe.

How is it business has so much Inn
proved in the side show?" asked the
man from the main tent.
Il started the living skeleton to
smoking cigarettes, replied the hus-
ting manager.
4 don't see why that should draw
people"
Yes; every mother takes her boy
in and points out the horrible exam
pie. philadelphia Record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Uncle Remus Rioht in Iln..

Uncle Remus was driving a white
mule hitched to an ancient gig.
That's a very old affair in these
days of progress" remarked the
stranger.
"Doan' matter wild me-" drawled the
old man. contentedly putting his pipe,
dis heah gig kin jolt es much as de
finest automobile, en- dat der mule
kin bray loudah den de biggest holm. 3"
Chicago Daily Newe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
ilJFIGz2|
|OF THE. DHY1
A Postscript.

A little St Paul girl had a very
large family connection to pray for.
and one night when she arose from
her knees her mother said
why, Edith, you forgot grandma,~
She got right down on her knees again
and said:
"Oh, God, wouldn't that give you
cold feet forgot grandmal"-C. M.
b., in Lippincott's.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

to appreciate some entertainment of a
simple but appropriate character.
Here is one that Is fun for every one:
Pile some hickory nuts or whatever
nuts are served with the dinner. into
a great heap on the table cloth. Each
guest taking a fork. proceeds as in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Asked and Answered

Where" asked the female suffrage
orator, would man be to-day we're it
not for wom-n?"
She paused for a moment and
looked around the hall 4 repeat
she said, where would man be to-day
we're it not for woman2"
And voice from the gallery an
swered: He'd be in the Garden Of
Eden, eating strawberries.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Lucille-Myra is certainly a schem-
er.
Because why?
Lucille-Because her age is 20. and
she makes the nine upside down 5. il
will read 26.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Date q His Downfall.

Kind Lady tpityinglyJ- How long.
my good man, have you been a tramp2
Madam. ever since bought
United States Steel.-Life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Gyer-"Gotrox used to make hay
and water stock on a New England
farm when he was a boy"
Myer-"W What's he doing now?"
Gyer-"The same thing in Wall
street"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Very Similar.

What in thunderation
are those Indians singing. can't
make any sense out of it"
Van Albert College songs, prob
ably"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Severe on Reqqy.

Ernie-"Why does Reggy wear his
trousers turned up high?"
Ida-'aTo show his ludicrous hose"
Ernie-'T thought probably it was to
show his ignorance"
Ida--"Well. such absurd figures are
ignorance"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Quick Chance.

Beggar-"M Mister, I'm starving"
Mr.. Close-"I never give something
for nothing"
Beggar-~Well, er-would you mind
buying twenty-eight meal tickets fer
de price OF a drink"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

used to sit as child and listen to
his parents simple songs: as well as
a monument, with a bust of himself
upon 1t, standing near the cottage
Unfortunately fire occurred in the
village on the 7th of March last and
the matched roof of the house was
destroyed; it has since been replaced
by tiles, which, although not so rustic
in appearance, will at least preserve
this most interesting place.
Mozart. like Bach, came of a must.
cal family, his father being court mu-
sician and composer at Salzburg. His
mother was the daughter of steward,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Fun with Nuts at Dinner.

When the main portion of the din
ner has beep removed and dessert
served, little folks are in the humor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09

Bits of Silver in Magic Urn.
If you hold stick at an angle OF
about As degrees, and thrust the low
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-09
Pertinent.

Helen-And why do you love me.
George?
why-because you ara
not like other. girls. for one reason
Helen-Who were the other girisf
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-08-25

r. II. Conard, OF Elkhart, iavorC d
us pleasantly on Monday. MIR. Con-
ard owns from OF $50 acres, 100 of
which he has in grass, and from
which he cut over one hundred tons
OF hay this summer. He will hold the
hay for better price.
John keirsey, an old confederate
soldier OF Butler, Mo, was in this
city this week mingling with old
friends. Mr.. Keirsey was a member
OF the Let Missouri Gates Regiment
No. l, and lost an eye in the battle
OF Pesch Tree Creek, Ga, June %,
S64.-Pleasant Hill Local.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-08-25
Greenfield. Dade county. ia tn hav

Greenfield, Dade county, is to have
a street fair, Sept. IA, 15 and 16.
Prof. H, L. Walker, OF Baird col.
lege, has leased Artesian Park hotel
at Clinton and will convert the same
into military school.
The sixteenth annual convention
OF the Bates county Sunday school
association Is being held at the Bap-
tist church, Adrian, to-day and to.
morrow.
Mrs. Nellie Catterlin Aabel, OF Los
Angeles, Cal is visiting the family
Of Jno NJ. Catterlin. She is the
daughter OF a former Bates county
citizen, Uncle John Catterlin.
Our citizens should attend the Rich
Hill Fair next week. Special attrac-
tions are offered and the Fair PROM
Uses to be the best ever held in the
county. A few days can be spent
pleasantly and proftably at the Fair.
The populist party, or what is left
OF it, has told Tom Watson that he
Is running for president. When the
heat Is run Tom won'tknow whether
he was entered for the race or not.
Ed. Childs had the misfortune to
run nail in his foot at the oil tanks
near the depot, last Saturday. The
wound is healing nicely and hopes are
entertained that no serious results
will follow.
The American DeForrest wireless
telegraph company is preparing to
compete with the Postal and Western
Union systems. Several stations
will be established, among Others one
at Sedalia, Mo.
Robert Stubblefeld, OF Summit
township, and one Of the stsunch
Republicans Of thiscounty, says il be
is able to get to the polls on election
day he will certainly vote for Mr..
Folk.
/. N. Mains, daughter Irene and
sister returned from q two weeks
outing in Colorado on Monday.
They were accompanied home by
Charley Mains, who had been at
Idaho Springs for some time.
Judge March left Wednesday even.
ing OF last week for ten days visit
to the Worlds Fair. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. March, Mrs. Tilson
and Miss Il. Tilson OF Reavely, and
Mrs.. C. C. Rogers Of Fsirview.