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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-20
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
six Doctors Failed.

South Bend, Ind, Oct. "a Especially
After suffering from Kidney Disease
for three years; after taking treat
ment from six different doctors with
out getting relief, Mr.. ]. 0. Laudeman
of this place found not only relief but
a speedy and complete cure In Dodd's
Kidney pills. Speaking of his cure
Mr. Laudeman says:
yes. suffered from Kidney
Trouble for three years and tried six
doctors to no good. T!.en ! took just
two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and
they not only cured my Kidneys, but
gave mi better health IN general. OF
course recommended Dodd's Kidney
Pills to others and | know a number
nov who are using them with good re-
suits"
Mr.. L-audeman's ease is not an ex-
ception. Thousands give similar ex-
periences. For there never yet was a
case of Kidney Trouble from Backache
TO Bright's Dinease that Dodd's Kid
ney Pills could not cure. They are
the only remedy that ever cured
Bright's disease.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

That Henry Ward Beecher was
spared much embarrassment by his
quickness at repartee is illustrated by
the following story:
One evening, as he was in the
midst of an impassioned speech, some
one interrupted him by suddenly
growing like a rooster. 1t was done
to perfection; a number of people
laughed in spite of themselves, and
the speakers friends felt that in a
moment the whole effect of the meet
ing, and of Mr.. Beecher's thrilling ap-
peals, might be lost. The orator, how
ever, was equal to the occasion. He
stopped, listened till the Growing
ceased, and then, with a look of sur
prise, pulled out his watch.
Morning already" he said; my
watch is only at 10. But there can
be no mistake about it. The instincts
of the lower animals are infallible."
There was a roar of laughter. The
Clover animal" in the gallery col
lapsed, and Mr.. Beecher was able to
resume as if nothing had occurred
Success.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
Generous Deed of EIks.

Through the generosity OF the
Bridgeport lodge of Elks, Peter Mar
koon of Wallingford, Conn, will pront
by the unfortunate accident which no
met with while witnessing the ElKS
banner raising. A runaway horse ran
him down and dislocated his collar
bone.
The bone was not fractured as az
first reported. Markoon was here
looking for work. and when the ElKs
heard that he had a wife and FANNY
dependent upon him for support tne'
sent a committee out to investigate
Markoon, as a result, was sent back
to Wallingford to-day, afterthe Bridge
port lodge of Elks had paid his medicai
expenses, secured his ticket, given hlh
money for incidental expenses, anu
told him to calculate upon So per weeA
for the next four weeks.
The Elks went further. They nou'
fed the Wallingford lodge to take care
of Markoon and help him to get em.
ployment. Markoon is not a mempe'
of the order, never was, and the EMS
YER not in any way liable for the ~
cident.-Boston Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
DIZZY BRIDGE IN THE ANDES.

Swaying Suspension Devices of For
mer Days Gradually Disappearing.
With the building of railways and
wagon roads into the heart of the
South American Andes there is gradu-
ally disappearing a type of suspension
bridge peculiar to that region of
which travellers used to speak with
horror.
These bridges are on the mountain
trails. Long ropes of twisted vines
IRE stretched from one side Of a deep
gorge to the other and made fast TO
trees on each side. Then a rude floor
ing Is laid and other ropes of twisted
vines form handrails on either side of
the footway. The bridge is so loosely
hung that 1t sways frightfully under
foot, and roaring torrents dash over
rocks a thousand feet or more below.
Yet the Indians cross them without
fear or dizziness, carrying heavy
loads on their backs and minding the
passage no more than II they were
walking across TIE Brooklyn bridge.
To others, however, they are dam
gerous places, tor If a man loses his
nerve or becomes dizzy the chances
are that he win fall off and be dashed
to pieces, because the side ropes are
so loose that they offer little or no
protection, and the roaring of the tor
rent, the swaying Of the frail struc-
ture, which hardly allows the traveller
to keep his feet, and the sense of
being suspended in midair above Inn
mense depths is enough to try the
hardest and most level-headed per-
son
When the Spaniards conquered
Peru these were the only sort of
bridges there, but the Inca kings had
them built on such a grand scale that
the invaders were able to ride across
them on their horses clothed in full
mail, though they took the precau-
ton to blindfold their chargers before
they urged them on the swaying struc-
lures.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

An elevator that will lift ships over
a hill, just as the elevators in any
great department store carry custom
ers from one floor to another, is an
engineering wonder which has just
been completed at Peterborough, Ont,
and which, it is believed by many,
will give a new impetus to the pro-
jected plan of running a canal from
Georgia Bay straight through the
heart of most productive canada to
Lake Ontario, thus making a short
cut which saves $50 miles and which
will incidentally rob Detroit of a large
percentage of shipping.
The complete success of this gigan-
tic lift lock, which is practically a
hugh elevator for lifting and lowering
heavily laden ships at a small expense
from one waterway to another, adds a
new Importance to the Trent valley
waterway. BY means of this new lock
a barge or steamer can be lifted or
lowered a distance of s~ixty-six feet
in n and a half minutes, while with
the old style of lock. like those at
Sault Ste. Marie, several hours are
consumed In doing the same work.
The elevators, or pans, into which
the ship runs, are two great steel
boxes. each one capable of holding a
vessel $50 feet long and 3S feet wide.
Each of these pans is supported by
a huge steel arm, os piston, five feet
in diameter.
Now, imagining both pans filed
with water, they would absolutely bal
ance between the massive cement
towers which act as the framework of
the scales. But they are not wanted
TO balance, so a little hydraulic pres
sure forces up n of the piston arms,
ana one of the tanks is held at the
upper canal, while the other is at the
lower canal, Sc feet below.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
How Far Away Are the stars7

Speaking roughly, we have reason,
from data so far available, to believe
that the stars of the Milky Way are
situated at a distance between 100,-
900, 900 and 200, O0O, 900 times the dis
lance from the sun. AT distances less
than this 1t seems likely that the
stars are distributed through space
with some approach to uniformity.
We may state as a general conclu.
sion, indicated by several methods
OF making the estimate, that nearly
all the stars which we can see with
our telescopes are contained within a
sphere not likely to be much more
than 200.000,00O times the distance of
the sun.
The inquiring reader may here ask
another question. Granting that all
the stars we can see are contained
within this limit, may there not be
any number of stars without the limit
which are invisible only because they
are too far away to be seen?-Simon
NawcomE ~ Harper's Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

mortar torpedoes, 1877 pounds of a
Unite, This is intended to cause the
bursting of a large amount of high
explosive in the midst of the enemy.
When it falls upon a hostile ship it
does great injury to the personnel,
and brushes the deck by its explosion
and not by direct impact.
In disappearing and rapid-fire guns
either shell or shrapnel is ordinarily
used, the former being directed
against the Notifications or ships, or
to assist in obtaining ranges, while
the latter Is meant more particularly
for the personnel.
Smokeless powder, which is twice
as powerful as the old brown-prismatic
or black powder, is now employed for
the "propelling charge" in all cases;
and also for the bursting charge"
contained in the projectile), except
where a volume of smoke is for some
reason particularly desired. For ex-
ample, in the case of the shell used
in coast defense, it is a great advan-
tage to be able to locate distinctly the
place struck. AS smokeless powder
is difficult to ignite, those projectiles
in which it is used have at each end
an igniting charge, composed of black
powder.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
JOKE ON THE JOKER.
Illustration Of Henry Ward 6eeeher's
Excellence at Repartee.

ILLUSTRATION OF Henry WARD Seecners
Excellence at Repartee.
That Henry Ward Beecher was
spared much embarrassment by his
quickness at repartee Is illustrated
by the following story:
One evening, as he was in the midst
of an impassioned speech, someone
attempted to interrupt him by sud
denly growing like a rooster. 1t was
done to perfection; a number of peo-
pie laughed In spite of themselves,
and the speakers friends felt that in
a moment the whole effect of the meet
ing, and OF Mr.. Beecher's thrilling APP
peals. might be lost. The orator, how
ever. vas equal to the occasion. He
stopped, listened till the growing
ceased, and then. with a look of sur
prise, pulled out his watch.
Morning already" he said; my
watch is only at ten. But there car
be no mistake about it. The instincts
OF the lower animals are infallible."
There was a roar of laughter. The
flower animal in the gallery col
iapsed, and Mr.. Beecher was able to
resume as II nothing had occurred
Success.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

The visitor to the Worlds Fair is
afforded an excellent opportunity of
studying every feature of the art of
war. Besides extensive exhibits of the
arms, ammunition and military equip
ment of every nation, scattered
through almost all of the great exhi-
bition places, there are to be seen
on Government hill a series of model
Notifications illustrating the most typ
zeal and up-to-date features of the
coast defenses of the United States.
The most important types of pro-
jectiles are shot, shell, t%orpedoes and
shrapnel. A shot consists principally
of metal, containing a comparatively
small amount of explosive. The deck
piercing shot used in coast defense
mortars are hardened at the point to
increase their power of penetration.
A shell has a thinner crust, and
contains a larger quantity Of explo-
sives. With the mortar a deck-pierc-
ing shell is used, which is likewise
hardened at the point so as to pene-
trate the deck armor of the invading
ship and explode below it. A torpedo
shell has IN exceedingly light crust
with a very large quantity of some
high explosive, usually, in the ase of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

From the lower canal the ship
glides into the big tank, and the gates
are closed behind it.
Then the lockmaster rings to the
elevator boy" This assistant, nearly
one hundred feet below, touches a
lever.
Hydraulic pressure is brought to
bear against the piston of the shin
laden tank-a force pushing up. as it
were-while the water-flled tank
above acts as a weight coming down.
In just about n and a half min
utes the vessel is on a level with the
upper canal. when the water.tiebt
gates OF both canal and lock are
opened.
AS the big steel cup which has
brought up the ship is already filled
with water, there is no rushing Of a
torrent into it when the gates are
opened, and the vessel glides QUIETLY
out and on her way.
II all has gone well no more than
twelve minutes have passed during
the change of waterways.
When a vessel is lowered, practi-
cally the same work is done over
again. only in this instance the NV.
draulic pressure is added to the side
that is coming down, so that the shin
will not fall too rapidly.
The entire working CT the gigantic
mechanism is absolutely n~oiseless.
and the sight of a large ship being
raised or lowered a distance of mora
than sixty feet, without jar, tremor or
grating, is almost awesome.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
MEDAL SHOWS PEACE COMPACT
Struck In Honor of First Treaty BE-
tween Indian and Saxon.

Struck In Honor of First Treaty Be-
tween Indian and Saxon.
A silver medal commemoratlns d
treaty between the Creek tribe anu
Great Britain during the reign OF
George III is in the possession ol q
citizen Of Muskogee. The medal
weighs three and a half ounces meas
ures three inches in diameter, Il 10
in an excellent state of preservation
having been treasured in a buckskln
pouch and exhibited only on occasions
when national festivities were Cd
served.
Upon the face of the medal appears
in bold relief a picture or hlng
George and an inscription, as follows:
"Georgius III, D. G. M. bri fra hlb rex
F. d." Upon the reverse / d appears
a picture OF an Indian and a white man
sitting under a tree smoking the pipe
of peace. with three ships resting at
anchor in the distance, and a rude
settlers home nestled among the trees
by the seashore. Above this picture
is the legend: Happy While United.
Surrounding the medal is an eagles
wing and a pipe of peace.
This treaty medal is regarded as
being the Oldest in existence, n
probably commentaries the first com
pact established between the Indian
and the Saxon. 1t was handed down
from chief to chief until about hall a
century ago, when it was intrusted to
the head men OF the Tokepache town,
the most powerful of all the Creek
towns.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
a Celestial Office Seeker.

"Yes." said the Billville citizen, che
was a nat'ral born runner fer Office
Jest run In his blood. so to speak-an'
its my Arm belief that when he land.
ed in paradise the very fust thing he
did wuz to sit u a opposition ticket
to St Peter for gatekeeper Atlantis
Constitution.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

IL IS a companion in pleas
ure or misery, one or the
other; and some of US don't
know one from the other.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

Two little maids OF four and six
years respectively were seated on a
stool. Presently the elder of the two
said renectiyely; Don't YOU think
that IL n of us was to get up there
would be more room for me?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

Note-The following article mas
been widely published and is n Oh
the most remarkable illustrations Oh
tbe value of careful marshallins u
ANALYSIS OF facts in presenting a SUD
iect to the public.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

Never tried SchilIing's
Best, and been buying tea
FOR the past ten years9
You've lost a good deal of
what you drink tea for.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
And bad with bad.
Fortified Monasterles.

Russia has o number of m~onasteries
In Palestine. A recent traveller was
surprised to find them strongly forti-
ned and having lnophol~~ for gunA.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
Microbes Cause Death.

Prot. Tito Carbone, a noted Ital.
ian bac~teriologist, has died in Milan
from a fever accidentally caused Inv
microbes with which he was expert.
menting.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
TEA
Anti nervous prostration.
A little more tea; take a
little more time with your
tea.
city Named for Queen Victoria.

Queenstown, the famous Irish port,
OF call for American liners, was origin.
ally the Cove OF Cork and changed its
name when Queen Victoria landed
there on her first visit to Ireland.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
AIaska,s Gold Output.

Alaska, during the year ended June
80, 1904, produced gold of the value
of s6,32S,524. That does not include
Canadian gold shipped through Alas
ka.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
sailors, aannv Trousers.

Sailors do not baggy trousers
for customs sake. They are built
wide so that Jack a turn them up
above the knees when necessity de
mands. which is often.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
The Eternal Feminine.

He-Wml you-O, will you be mine
forever?
She-Mercy, MOI / just acceps0S
Cholly Saphedds last night.
He-Whatl Has all your encous
agement to me meant nothing oil al
lection?
She-Oh, / assure you it has mean.
a good deal. In fact, 1 don't kno"
how I'd have managed without you,
You see, until you came along anu .
began to be so nice to you, Chon'
didn't seem to have any serious -
tentions at all.-Baltimore Americas
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

FuFEU9 q FaW Is WeanI TOO
We take some credit for having &C
qulred wisdom with years, because
we no longer drop a caterpillar down
a girls back just to hear her scream
-Atchison Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
Jewelers..
The Mission of Whisky, Tobacco and
Coffee.

The Mission of Whisky, Tobacco ana
Coffee.
The Creator made all things, we De-
lieve.
If so. He must have made these
We know what He made food and
water for, and air and sunshine, put
why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee!
They are here sure enough ana
each performing its work.
There must be some great plan pc
hind it all; the thoughtful man seeks
to understand something of that pan
and thereby to judge these articles
for their true worth.
Let us not say bad or good
without taking testimony.
There are times and conditions
when it certainly seems to the casual
observer that these stimulant narcot-
les are real blessings.
Right there is the ambush that con-
ceals a killing" enemy.
One can slip into the habit of either
whisky. tobacco or coffee easy enough
but to ~"untangle' is often a fearful
struggle.
It seems plain that there are cir
cumstances when the narcotic erect
of these poisons is for the moment
beneficial, but the fearful argument
against them is that seldom ever does
n find a steady user of either whis-
ky. coffee or tobacco free from disease
of some kind.
Certainly powerful elements in their
effect on the human race.
1t is a matter of daily history. testi-
fed to by literally millions of people,
that Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling, promising, beguiling friends
on the start, but always false as hell
itself in the end. Once they get firm
hold enough to show their strength,
they insist upon governing and drive
the victim steadily towards i'll health
in some form; if permitted to continue
to rule, they will not let up until phys
ical and mental ruin sets in.
A man under that spell (and under
the SPELL is correct) of any one of
these drugs frequently assures himself
ard his friends, why, l can leave off
any time I want to. I did quit for a
week just to show / could" 1t is a
sure mark of the slave when one gets
to that stage. He wiggled through a
week, fighting every day to break the
spell, was finally whipped, and began
his slavery all over again.
The slave Coffee slave as well as
Tobacco and Whisky daily reviews his
condition, sees perfectly plain the
steady Entertainments of disease, how
the nerves get weaker day by day and
demand the drug that seems to smile
and offer relief for a few minutes and
then leave the diseased condition
palmer to view than ever and grow
ing worse. Many times the Coffee slave
realizes that he is between two fires
He feels bad if he leaves off and q
little worse if he drinks and allows
the effect to wear off.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
This One OF the Years.

Johnny-Pa. when was tile year Oh
the big wind?
Father-Any year when there was
an election.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
TEA

Good dealing goes with
good tea good tea with good
dealit-g.
And bad with bad.
yoar grocer returns ysas msasy Il yss dsa's Tins
4cAiliux's Bsss.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06

Nv ~ 5OSo VA hoJ " TO- .
Every night the struggling victim
promises himself that he will break
the habit and next day when he feels
a little bad las he is quite sure to-,
breaks, not the habit, but his own res
olution. 1t is nearly always a tough
fight, with disaster ahead sure if the
habit wins.
There have been hundreds of thou
sands of people driven to their graves
through disease brought on by coffee
drinking alone, and it is quite certain
that more human misery is caused by
coffee and tobacco than by whisky, for
the two first are more widely used,
and more hidden and insidious in the
effect on nerves, heart and other vital
organs, and are thus unsupported I'M
til much of the dangerous work is
done.
Now. Reader, what is your opinion
as to the real use the Creator has for
these things? Take a look at the
question from this point of view.
There is a law of Nature and of
Natures God that things slowly evolve
from lower planes to higher, a sturdy,
steady and dignifed advance toward
more perfect things in both the Physi-
cal and Spiritual world. The ponder.
tread of evolutionary development
is fixed by the Infinite and will not be
quickened out of natural law by any
of mans methods.
Therefore we see many Illustrations
showing how nature checks too rapid
advance. Illinois raises phenomena
crops of corn for two or three years
Ii she continued to do so every yea1
her farmers would advance in wealth
far beyond those of other sections O,
countries. So Nature ~interposes a ba,
every three or four years and brings
on a dad year."
Here we see the leveling influence
at work.
A man is prosperous in his business,
for a number of years and grows rich
Then Nature sets the ~"leveling inau
ence" at work on him. Some of hi,
investments lose, he becomes luxuri
Gus and lazy. Perhaps it is whisky
tobacco, coffee, women, gambling o,
some other form. The intent and pur
pose is to level him-keep him from
evolving too far ahead of the MASSES
A nation becomes prosperous an,
great Ill ancient Rome. If no level
ing influence set in she would domi
nate the world perhaps for all time
But Dame Nature sets her army q
jewelers." at work-luxury, oyereat
ing and drinking, Righteousness. vast,
and extravaganza, indulgences Of Al
kinds-then comes the wreck. Sure
Sure, Sure. 49,
me law OF the unit is the law q
tne mass. Mar goes through the sam,
process. Weakness Tin Childhood,
gradual growth of strength. enerp,
.nriIt' probity, prosperity, wealth. con-
Tort, ease, relaxation. self-induIgerce
luxury, ~idleness. waste, debaueher,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
A vouno phlIosonher.

ysa, aross. rs.urn. your nsn.y lfyou dont IIL.Is.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-31
MARINE RECRUITS
ARE BEING ENLISTED.

A number Of recruits are being re-
ceived by the local recruiting office of
the United States Marine Corps. The
physical examination for entrance in
the Marine Corps is very strict and
fully so per cent. of the men who ap-
ply are turned down. Sergt. Abbey
in charge of the recruiting office, says
the majority of the men accepted are
from the farms.
The new recruits are sent to Port
Royal. After a few weeks training
Capt. McKelvy sends them to Wash
ington, and they are placed in detach-
rnents for China, the Philippine Is
lands or Panama. Another detachment
will shortly be sent to st. Louis. where
it will be stationed during the Worlds
Fair.