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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
In Death as in Life.

They tell a good story of a we'll
known contractor in Chicago, named
Coleseed. who had always been very
active with all sort of schemes. Al
though his means were not large. ne
had managed to keep his head above
water through the aid of pretty near
ly all the banks.
His wife was discussing with him
the sudden death of Herman Butler
and said:
Mrs. Butler told me that her hus-
band selected his pail bearers before
he died. l think it was so nice Of
him, my dear; if you were taken be-
fore me, who would you like to have
act as pail bearers?"
Coleseed thought a moment and
then said: well, dear. ask the press-
dents of the eight leading banks Of
Chicago. They have carried me "A
my life" New York Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
The Greatest Treasure.

Recently a gentleman entered
prominent bank in Berlin and said 20
the cashier:
81 understand that you take charge
of title deeds. jewelry and other treas
ures, and, as l am about to start for
America and will be absent for some
time, l wish to place in your hands
something very valuable and which,
if lost, could not be replaced"
All right, sir" was the reply.
Bring it here whenever you please"
"And will you take the greatest
possible care of it?" asked the gem
tleman.
'In our hands it will be perfectly
SAFE" answered the cashier, for X
will be placed in a box in our vault,
which no burglar can enter"
"Oh, that wouldn't do at ALL" ex-
claimed the gentleman, for it would
die without fresh air"
Fresh air?' cried the astonished
cashier, then, recovering his usual
self-possession, he asked: What rs
the treasure which you intend TO
place in our charger"
MY wife," replied the gentleman.
with a smile.-New York Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Protection for x.Ray Generators.


Mrs. E Observation-Disclosures OF
San Francisco is said to be the first
photographer to use a glass screen in
X-ray practice. She says a double
plate glass screen is the most serv.
iceable device for preventing injury
to the operator and that it can be ap-
piled equally to radiotherapy and radi-
ography. After some experimenting
she ordered the construction after her
own plans of vertical plate glass
screen, feet in width and reaching
to height of five and one-half feet
from the floor. During the last four
months the screen has been in con-
slant use in her laboratory. While
operating she keeps it between her
body and the tube whenever it is pos
sible, her exposed hand being pro-
tected by the usual rubber glove. She
has found that the heavy plate glass
screen possesses all of the advantages
of lead plates in preventing the pass
age of the rays, with the important
addition of permitting an unobstructed
view of the subject and of the X-ray
tube in order to judge of the intensity
of the ray. Glass is opaque to the
X-rays in greater or less degree &C
cording to its thickness. Lead, alum
inium, iron and copper resist the rays
to a great extent. Even the clothing
has slight protective effect.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Measurement of Dew.

The measurement of dew has always
been difficult because Of the fact that
no method heretofore has given exact
results. In Das Wetter, NJ. Ferb de-
scribes a new sort of drosometer,
which has given satisfactory results,
and which is composed of a piece of
paper which has been put through a
special preparation and dipped in a
chemical solution. This paper is ex-
posed in box placed during the night
on the ground, the quantity of dew be-
ing indicated by the discoloration of
the paper. A scale of tints is deter.
mined experimentally, which is used
for the purpose of comparison, there
being further used three sorts of pa
per, the first for small quantities of
dew, the second for large quantities,
and the third for very heavy dews.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
plaaram of the Pump.

When plunger box B is down as shown
in the Illustration, the water enters as
indicated by the arrows. AS the plunger
box ascends. the lever pushes the
plunger valve in closing the same and
preventing the escape of the water,
valve into the pipe d. As the pipe de-
scends, a vacuum is created in the sue
ton valve above. thus causing a contin-
uous flow of water upward whether the
pipe and plunger box are going up or
down. The movable section of the pipe
above the suction valve is operated in a
ball and socket joint, thus giving free
movement at all times when the pipe
approaches or recedes from the central
upright standard. The main pipe e can
be extended to any height desired.
to all uses to which any force pump
can be put, such as raising water from
wells, mines. ponds or lakes, with any
kind of power that is used in operat-
ing other pumps.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
woAD GROWN IN BOSTON.
Dye 6oadicea Used Still Raised in
Some Parts of England.

Dye Boadicea Used Still Raised in
Some Parts of England.
1t is not generally known that woad,
which impressed our earliest years
with envy when we learn that the
ancient Britons stained themselves
bright blue with it at a moments no
tice. is still grown in Lincolnshire
as dye.
The neighborhood Of Boston and Of
Wisbech in Lincolnshire are the
places where the industry survives.
The seed is sown early in April, on
little entertainments, and the plants
grow from three feet to four feet.
high. The cultivation is laborious, as
the ground has to be weeded con-
stantly, and to do this men and wom-
en- work on their hands and knees.
The harvest goes on from August
till November, the plants being pull
ed in a green state as they come to
their full hight. To insure their com
ing on in relays the sowings are very
intermittent
The juice is crushed out by heavy
wheels working in a trough, and is
peculiarly poisonous to other plant
life. The finest and most lasting blue
dye for cloth is obtained in this way.
Country Life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

~ IN9NT1ON-
AUTOMATIC Pump Of ereat Power.

Automatic Pump of Great Power.
c. A. Arnsberger, an engineer of
Rudy, Idaho. has just received pat
ent letters for an invention that be
has been working on for years, and
which promises to revolutionize GER
tain features of mining and irrigating
operations. 1t consists OF an auto
matte quadruple action force pump
that increases the outflow of water
by four times that of the ordinary
force pump requiring the same motive
power.
Some of the great advantages
claimed for this pump are that it can
be operated at any speed; that 1t can
be made up in any size; that it works
on central pivot and Is at all times
on an even balance regardless Of the
depth of the well or the volume of
water being raised. There is no lost
motion. 1t throws just as much water
when the lever is going up as it does
when it Is going down. 1t is able to
raise water at great height without
much additional power, for the reason
that It both pushes and pulls at the
column of water. 1t can be adapted
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Lies Lover.

with those who kneel to her for gifts
He came to where Lies affairs rise:
And some she crowned for royal state
And some she crowned for sacrifice
Gariands she had of palm and bay,
Laurel and thorn: the lily white
For those whose lives are prayers; the
rose
For those who follow loves delight.
Then he. her lover, climbed at last
The steps of Hope wherein she stanSAs
And smiling. asked her, What for me -
And reached to her his empty hands
''Ev'n as the gods" she said, so /,
NY best for you. BeloVd. / keep
And round about his brows she set
The poppy garland bringing sleep.
Chicago Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

Here" said the youth, just gradu.
ated from the college, THE Book OF
Nature is opened wide; here the VIC,
lets send message to God, and the tall
pines reveal the mysteries of the for
est; here"
But the old man interrupted him;
John" he said, I'm glad you ike
EN-. Eff the Lord spares life III put
YOU to haulin' logs tomorrow!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Pretense of knowledge.

81 hate to see a man pretend to know
more than he actually does" said the
habitually severe man.
80 do l." said the unassuming
friend; 80 do l. But when your wife
insists on having you read the war
news aloud and the children are set
ting around listening, what are you
going to do when you come to all these
Japanese and Russian names"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
9 Price for Orchid

- rrlce for Orchid.
and the Olenld' an Odontoglcssum
thicker 0Oksoniae, SS,S6o was re-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
lust Once.

The two hypochrondriacs were ex-
changing condolences.
Were you ever bedridden?" inquir-
ed one.
yes" replied the other.
"When?"
Three years ago, during a cyclone
out in Kansas. The wind blew my
bed, with me on it, a distance Of sew
en- miles, before it let up!"-New Or
leans Times Democrat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
HER CAUSE FoR ANeER.
FIance's Proposition Reflection ehs
Would Not Endure.

Would Not Endure.
A young West Philadelphia man.
who was engaged to be married last
fall, but whose wedding appears to
have been indefinitely postponed, has
confded to one OF two intimate
friends all that he knows OF the
cause of the wreck of mis- hopes and
is asking them to explain, If they can,
what 1t means. says an exchange. He
went to the Adirondacks last year
with hunting party, and along with
the tender and even fearful adieus of
his fiancee he took a commission to
bring back to her some deer skin.
suitable for making a pair of mecca
sins to be worn in her boudoir. He,
was lucky enough to get deer soon
after his arrival at the hunting
grounds and in a burst of love and
enthusiasm he sat down and wrote
to the girl of his heart.
Il told her." he says, that / had
killed a deer all right and had not
forgotten her order and that just as
soon as | got another | would have
the moccasins made myself and bring
them to her. She never answered
the letter, though she had plenty OF
time, and when l got home and call
ed on her. she told me without com
ing beyond the threshold of the par
Tor and in the most icy tones that our
engagement was at an end. No ex-
plantations were offered, nor could
get any. Now, what do you make out
of that?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Nothina to Do.

WELL" said the old doctor, you've
got your diploma now"
yes" replied the young one i
worked very hard for it and now Ia
like to go away for a vacation, put
have to start right in and practice
"WeT, that will give you long
and much.needed rest
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Rather lnsinuatinn-

Eva-Did Jack kiss you last night?
Ernestine-No, the chaperon was in
the parlor.
Eva-But she was playing the piano
all evening
Ernestine-Yes, but she persisted
in playing, 1--WE Got My Eyes on
You"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Then They ouarreled.

He-When we get to the hotei We
must do something to give the I'M
preston that we are not bridal eou'
Pile. H.
she-I1l scold you all the time.
ooh that won't do. They might
think YOU were my mother
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
An international Union.

at is very strange, madam" said
the count, that l failed to discover
how very tart you were before our
marriage"
ooh, there's nothing so very strange
about it." replied the countess. You
had no taste for anything but papas
sugar"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
claims q Perfeot vaeuum.

Prof. Elmer Gates of Chevy Chase,
Md. claims to have produced a per
feet vacuum by introducing molten
glass of hard glass and then heat
ing the tube for thirty hours with a
suction piston in the mouth of the
tube. When this piston is withdrawn
the molten-glass automatically rises
and seals the tube. The space thus
left is claimed to be perfect vacuum.
Such. tube has been used in X-ray
governments with remarkable results
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

According to this paper" said Mr..
Walker Ties, 'the egg product of the
United States is SOO,OO0,OOO dozens an
nually."
Il don't doubt it," rejoined Mr..
Stormington Barns. "At times have
thought it was even more than that "
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Sitting in Sorrow.

Who's that unhappy-looking fellow
over there?"
That's Scribbles. He writes for
the funny papers"
HE doesn't look as though he had
any sense of humor"
Who said he had?"-Cleyeland
Plain Dealer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

eek. Then
nd greater
1t, for that
ak the bot
Is sent n.y.
just as il
tea kettle
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
An Economical Rule.

Ascum-"I noticed spongely drink
ing with you to-day"
Markley-"Yes. he said he's made a.
rule not to drink in public, but he
wouldn't count this time"
Asoum-"Yes, his rule is not to
drink in public unless somebody else
pays for it."-Atlanta Constitution.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
NOT Even the soIaee of sllence.

You're forever trying to give tne
impression that you're a martyr
snapped Mrs. Henpeck. Il suppose
you want everybody to think that you
suffer in silence?'
mo" replied Mr.. Henpeck, 81 SUI,
fer in the perpetual absence Oh
silence. A little silence would be a
positive pleasure to me.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Where the Conflict RACES

"You weren't always such an carry
riser" .prt
"No." answered Mr. Bliggins' nu.
mt where live now you've got to get
up early to wake other peopie " Az,
the lawn mower instead of being as
turbed yourself"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Real Thing.

Are the members of your dramatic
club very enthusiastic?'
Are they? Why. when we pre-,
scented Hamlet in the next village last
week half the company walked all the
wav home on the railroad track Just
to give it a professional flavor -
puck
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Not Reassurlno.

Doctor-No better, Ell? Well, you
must not worry or get nervous, you
know. Four years ago had the same
complaint as yours, and you see I'm
perfectly we'll now.
Patient-Yes. but you didn't have
the same doctor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Something Just as ennd.

Justice of the Peace-Now, little
girl you are about to take oath. Do
you know what an oath is?
Little Susie Slumm-Yes, yer on
ner; but nav says them amt for
wimmin-folks. But | kin say what
nav said tn time she scalded 'er
foot, if yer wants me to.-Baltimore
American.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Drowned Out.

I'm sure my husband doesn't care
for me any more"
What makes you think so?"
every time start to scold him he
commences whistling-and he's got
the shrillest whistle you ever heard"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
world,s Fair Visitors.

M attending the great Exposition
Inns should secure room close to
ia and in a safe brick building. Ho-
s4prth has all the conveniences OF a
liz modern hotel within -FOUR min
I'M Of Convention and Administra-
ssirsnca, Rates 500 per day and up
FXfng Meals at reasonable prices.
sFnion Station. go to Olive street.
Fnlmar Garden car going west to
R0sr boys meet all cars.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
usr Eootism.

Sc, dearly love the good, the oeau.r
ful and the true" remarked tue p0
well" rejolned the practical mad .c
"ts that's the case, it's up 10 you p"
interview paper.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Perfectly Satisfied.

"Everv man I've told that hau
rheumatism has offered me 'O'e'
Except Jepson.' :,
"What did Jepson say? .,, no
81 told him | had it and ne saiu no
was glad to hear II.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Both Wise.

$50 their engagement is broken?"
Eyes; they were both too shy to get
married"
"What?''
We'll, you see, he was shy of mon
ey, and she was shy of him when she
found it out"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
AS Compared.

Mifkins-Is your new clerk a work
er?
Bifkins-I never saw his equal; he
works just like charm.
Mifl1ins-That's queer. | was under
the impression that charms seldom
work.
Bifkins-Well. you heard what 1
said.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Little Johnny Anain

Papa-Your mother tells me you
haven't been very good boy to-day,
Johnny
Johnny-Between us, pa, l think
she's a little prejudiced against me.
It was only the other day she told
Aunt Kate | was just like you.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
suns in United Kingdom.

'le the Belfast Natural History
Mr. j. Brown gave reasons for
.ang that there are 100000
h the United Kingdom, and that
The herring season each bird
'yed 200 fry day. or 10000 dur.
II two months of the season.
I they had come to maturity,
IAaye been worth e24,U0O.0O0.-
NJ FeatheTed Life
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Reason for Il.

"Skorcher must be getting weak
minded" said the first automobilist.
81 haven't noticed it," replied the
ether
why, he told me he stopped his
auto once yesterday because there
was pedestrian in his road"
But believe the pedestrian had a
gun"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Not va at the IimIt

Il don't want to sell you any more
liquor" said the barkeeper.
You don't mean that have had too
much?" challenged the jag.
mo, no." replied the barkeeper for
the sake of peace.
We'll, II | haven't had too much
then | haven't had enough. Gimme
highball. Kansas City Independent.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
The Woman of IL.

Husband-"What! You don't mean
70 saw YOU are going shopping In all
this, rain. ~, ovaa
nm "a for rainy day, and this is thS
srst onportunity I've had to spend IT.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
All Bones.

9tranger-And did the old farmer
over there really starve his summer
boarders? N'iiier
Fostmaster-Did he? Why. by the
end OF the season they were So thin
.ne mosquitoes broke their bills try.
ing to bite them. ''' u
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
His Explanation.

why didn't you answer when 1
called you up over the telephone the
other day." said the angry Billville
matron.
MY dear" replied the "old man"
apologetically, there is standing no
tice under the telephone not to use it
when you hear thunderl"-Atlanta
Constitution.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

lda-"Belle was fiattered yesterday.
Ihree young men insisted upon her
taking the only seat in the car"
May-"She must have been fat
tered"
lda-"But not long. She found there
was tar on it,"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
n.finltlon of coauette.

hive YOU nothing, and to make
everything; to dawdle on
sSeshold of love while the doors
'osed-this is all the science Of
uette.-T. Bernard.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Provoking.

"wbv are you pouting, Ethel!
Jack said l was beautiful, ! tolu
him he must have been shortsighteu'
what did he say? .
"Why, the horid thing said p0''
haps he was"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Loves Young Dream.

Nellie calling to her sister)-I'm
going to make some lemonade, Jennie.
Where is the squeezer?
Jennie (absently)-The squeezerl
oh, he hasn't arrived yet. but I'm
expecting him any minute.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Crushed.

He (after the show)-'T guess the
curtain must have fallen too hard on
the first act"
She-"Why. what do you meanr
He-"That might account for the
play being so fiat"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Mean Of Him

IN cast my bread upon the
waters" said the young wife.
Have you no feelings for the noor
hshf chuckled the brutal husband
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Potatoes erIna tiIah PrIees.

New varieties of potatoes are bring
Eng SIS and $40 per pound in the Lon
don market.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

Moucure D. Conway has finished Afs
autobiography and has gone TO London
for long rest
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
TEA

Dur dealing a challenge
0ur dealing a challenge
Our dealing a challenge
bur dealing a challenge
J. rDOu rsluras your raoasy il you doa's Ike
Ia Beat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
SUCCESS.

Mr.. Cutter-What do you wear
when you wish to attract attention
on the beach?
Miss Flutter-Oh, nothing much
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

y English and Irish old
n lives in a garrett on
|aRd dies in a garnet on
md how did she get to
Il On tea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

yea is sound; our ad.
sound. Our advice
@und as our tea.
/ returns Your rnOnsy Il yOa dSan As
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Oese SUPERSTITION

btho, superstition.
l, wS,.t nave a plant called
nv a W.. Is considered by
Aa , v yp of the marriage
Nm ssoung couple Of be.
NJ cto ouey will take a specl.
INN iIVI "a with them. Plant
[Nat' ,s lend it and be fully
Hon. lslF eonjugal felicity
as 1t lives and -four.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Long Lives.

.,Otemporary has discovered that
srson who ever deliberately set
q live 100 years accomplished the
What of It? A great many
Iii women who have deliberate.
j ont to live honorable and use
u &c have lived ten centuries in
j N usefulness TO the world Min
IN Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

b Bulge on Dentist.

~ oui9e on Dentist.
Epnnati man recently went to
1 dental chair while the ian.
repairing his teeth. They
Rlse teeth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

1 0io's Mining Products.
Pas second place in the value
n products. Of which the prod
pal mines forms nearly one.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
Children Are slckIy.

NlS olCklys
I, b seWeet Powders for Children,
! Ss., gray, a nurse in Children's
i TTk' cure Summer Complaint,
\. o ,..iseauache, Stomach Troubles,
IN ' " and Destroy Worms. At
III, &C 3 Sample mailed FREE.
y :, olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
TEA

~
/ almost nothing;
II weight do YOU
'f'e is in the taste
\ is no measure
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

" the Misanthrope.
Il su y, their dispositions
',ss.y as they do their com.
''e would be fewer old
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

J., and the
ID thicker
ise like q
cork flies
/, FOLLOWED
m the bot
rged!
upon the
d passing
q water in
anne effect
10 paper
vapor was
ich moves
Il engines
q gathered
,ure in all
t of force
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-07-16

put IN place and If they check the former
results, large tanks will be ordered at
once. 1t is possible that it may be profit
able to ueat all of the ore by the cyanide
process. using the present machinery for
crushing, this however will be decided
by future operations when it has been
definitely determined which method will
be the most profitable. II has been care
fully estimated by the management that
the ore at present can he mined and mill
ed at a cost not to exceed one dollar a
ton. A clean up of the plates viii be
made tonight, which is expected to yield
a good sized re,ort Of the yellow metal.