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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-05-12

Happiness seldom comes to those
who seek it on the run.
Many man who is offered the
chance of a lifetime for a mere
song can't sing.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-05-12

A woman without jealousy is
like kite without string.
A man doesn't need pass in
order to enable him to pass by an
opportunity.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-05-12
I4e-P CNE-I46.
Henry & Charlie
WARD
We Are in a Hurry:

You can't appreciate our
line of cutlery unless you
see it. We have pocket
knives ranging in price
from 5 cents to SIPS all
new, come in and get one.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
In a Russian Village

with kind of white porcelain, though
In some houses they are papeBed like
the rest of the wall, so that the pres.
ence Of the stove is known n summer
only by two or three apertures like
port holes, which have been made for.
tine purpose Of admitting tho hot air.
Sometimes, especially in country
houses, the stove, or peitchka as it Is
called, is not only wall, but a wall
which, toward the bottom. projects so
as to form kind Of dresser or sofa,
and which the lazier of the inmates
use not infrequently in the latter
capacity.
When stove is being heated the
portfolios are kept carefully shut, to
prevent the egress of earbonie-acid
gas. But after the wood has become
thoroughly charred and every vestige
of flame has disappeared the ehlm-ey
is closed on level with the garnet
floor, the covers are removed from
the apertures in the side of the stove
and the hot air is allowed to penetrate
freely into the room; which, il enough
wood has been put nto the peitchka,
and the lid OF the chimney closes her
metically, win, by this one fire, be
kept warm for twelve or fourteen
hours"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18

A traveller in Russia writes: ''The
outward aspect of Russian village
.is not attractive, and there is little
choice In the surrounding country be-
tween a wide gray plain with dis
lance of scrubby pine forest, or the
scrubby pine forest with distant gray
plains. The peasants houses are scat
tered up and down without any order
or arrangement. and with no roads
between, built of trunks OF trees, UNI
squared ana mortised into each other
at the corners, the interstices filled
with moss and mud, mode OF build
ing warmer than 1t sounds. In the in
terror there is always an enormous
brick stove. FIVE or six feet high. on
which and on the floor the whole fam
fly sleep in their rags. The heat and
the stencil are frightful. No one un-
dresses, washing is unknown and
sheepskin pelisses with the wool In
side are not conducive to cleanliness.
Russian stoves are, in fact. thick,
hollow party walls. built of brick. and
sometimes separating or connecting
as many as three or four rooms, and
heating them all from one common
center. The outer sides of these lofty
intramural furnaces are usually faced
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
TIMBER LANDS OF MEXICO.
Immensely Valuable Tracts SIN
Standing In That Country.

Immensely Valuable Tracts san
Standing In That Country.
The depletion of forests In the
United States Is the cause for the re-
cent attention which has been given
10 timber lands in Mexico. This
country has vast tracts OF valuable
timber which only await the advent
of the railroads to make them OF
enormous commercial value. In the
southern part of the republic the hard
woods, such as mahogany, ebony and
cedar, have long been exploited and
the supply is growing very limited
within the access Of transportation
facilities. Large forests of such tim
Der still exist, however, In the more
remote sections. In the central and
northern parts of the republic there
are large tracts Of soft pine, oak and
miscellaneous varieties, especially on
the western slope of the central
mountain range, where there are as
yet almost no transportation facili-
ties, and along wide strip Of land
extenaing westward from the gulf
coast.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
Too Hot for TenderfOOt

A traveller tells an amusing tale of
how he visited Japanese friend on
at home day and accepted the offer of
a bath on the lawn. He go in when
the water was tepid and enjoyed ii
immensely up to ninety something.
Just aB he was thinking of getting out
his friends wife and daughter put in
an appearance and began to wash rice
at well near by. Now the regula-
ton bathing dress of Japan is like a
footless stocking without leg, or a
bunghole without barrel around it,
and our traveller hadn't ii with him at
the time. He endured another five
degrees and then, with death by boil
ing staring him in the face, he was
forced out with an involuntary yell
that attracted much attention..
The fact is that IN japan everybody
Dathes in puris naturalibus. II is their
way, and 1t is not till European has
lived among them for years that he or
she realizes that, after all, there is
nothing very terrible about itt--Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18

From time immemoria1 the bath tub
has been an honorable institution in
Japan, Instead of a cold dip in the
morning, the Japs take their baths
hot in the afternoon, at about o.
clock, and, beginning at 100 degrees,
the tendency is to raise the tempera-
ture as one becomes acclimatized, SO
to speak. One traveller tells Of the
Kawarayu bathers, who stay in the
tub for several weeks at time with
stone in their laps to keep their bodies
from floating while they are asleep.
The usual thing is to have the tub
on the lawn with a charcoal fire be-
meath 1t, SO that one can get into the
water at 80 degrees and sit in 1t until
1t reaches 100 degrees. At this point
a griffin" which is to say newchum.
a greenhorn, or a tendeTfOOt, usually
has to get out, for 1t becomes literally
too hot for him. But, after a year or
two of practice, he can manage 115 or
40 degrees. The Japs themselves
can enjoy bath even at 1893 degrees.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18

Edwin Forrest. The tragedian, was
wen acquainted with German lion
tanner. Herr Driesbach, and one even
ing the two were sitting together in
restaurant, conversing upon the
subject of fear OF course any one
would be willing to admit that man
who could go alone into a cage OF
wild beasts was not a person who
would be likely to be frightened by
anything, but the tragedlan insisted
that there were people in the more
peaceful walks of life who had as
little fear In their composition as any
lion-tamer.
AS a proof of this, Mr. Forrest as
serted that never In his life had he
known what 1t was to be afraid of
anything.
No doubt of the truth of this state
ment was expressed by Herr Dries
bach, and after some further CONVEX
sation he proposed that the tragedian
should accompany him to his home.
When they entered the house a gas
Jet was burning low in the hall, and
having closed the front door, Herr
Driesbach put up his hand to turn
on more light; but, apparently by ac-
cident, he put 1t out, so that the two
men were left standing in absolute
darkness.
Enchanting at his stupidity, the
master of the house declared that he
had no matches about him, and asked
Mr. Forrest if he could give him one
But the tragedian never carried
matches. as his companion probably
knew, and Driesbach asked him to
wait where he was for few moments
while he made bis way to the back
of the house to procure some.
Left to himself, Forrest stood per-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
Privileged Guest.

or prominent lecturer of London
an acquaintance says: ION one occa.
son he was the guest OF friend of
mine; a busy Liverpool merchant and
when the popular lecturer returned
from the hall he asked for all sorts
OF impossible dishes and LIQUID con.
coctions peculiar to abstainers-a de.
mand which somewhat upset the ron.
.ine OF the household. When in bed
!, ms nervous temperament was tried:
no ~ could not bear the ticking of the
ciocks, SO he paraded the house in the
small hours of the morning ana
stopped them all. In consequence ~
tnis the servants had to be roused
oy violent bell-ringing; but the guest
was not to be distressed, so he arose
again and ordered the servants bacl,
70 their rooms and locked them in and
tnen went back to bed"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
shoutlna TheIr Praises.

Friarpoint, Miss, August % (Spe.
cial) Cured of Bladder and Kidney
Trouble after 26 years of suffering,
Rev. H. H. Hatch, of this place, is
telling the public the good news and
shouting the praises of the remedy
that cured him-Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Rev. Mr.. Hatch says
81 have been suffering from Bad.
der and Kidney Trouble for rs years
and have tried everything that peo-
pie said would do me good. But
nothing did me any good except
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
81 haven't felt pain since took
Dodd's Kidney Pills. They gave me
health and | feel like a new man al
together. Dodd's Kidney Pills are
the best / ever had"
All Urinary and Bladder Troubles
are caused by diseased Kidneys. The
natural way to cure them is to cure
the kidneys. Dodd's Kidney Pills
never fail to cure diseased kidneys
in any stage or place. They always
cure Backache and they are the only
remedy that ever cured Bright's Dis
ease.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
New Story of Forrest

fectly still. for II he attempted TO
move he might stumble over some
thing: and while thus quietly waiting
for his host to appear with match,
he heard curious smiling at different
points around him, and then some
thing cold, like the nose OF dog,
touched him on one hand. after which
he was brushed by what seemed to be
a long and heavy mass of hair. On
the bare floor he heard the munied
taps of heavy paws.
He perceived the odor of the breath
of beasts. He knew that he was
standing there in the dark surroun&'
ed by lions, moving freely about him,
and shifting and smelling at him TO
find out whether they knew him OF
not.
The blood ran cold in the veins OF
the tragedian, but he did not move,
he did not call out. AS If he had been
a statue of man he remained
motionless, feeling that If he showed
the slightest sign of fear the beasts
would be upon him.
Presently-it seemed many, many
minutes to Forrest-Driesbach APP
peared with match. The gas was
lighted, and the pale tragedian saw
near him three or four large perform
ing lions who had been quietly liber'
ated from an adjoining room.
"You are brave mani" exclaimed
the lion-tamer. you have proved
you have no fear"
The reply of Forrest cannot be set
down here, but he speedily left that
house and never entered it again. The
friendship between the two men was
at an end, Such an unwarrantable
test of courage could not be forgot
ten.-Montreal Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
Monument to a Lie

vanced races, still from the earliest
ages the Dyaks seem to have agreed
In considering lie a most disgrace
full crime, and liar a man who de-
serves the curses not only of his own
generation, but also of people yet I'M
born.
"A few small branches, few dry
twigs and leaves-that Is what the
tugong bula is at first. But day by
day 1t increases in size. Every passer-
by adds something to 1t, and In a few
years time 1t becomes a large and
imposing monument raised to the
memory of one who was a liar.
ut has often been remarked by
Dyaks that any other punishment
would, If a man had his choice, be
much preferred to having tugong
bula put up in his memory. Other pun
ishments are soon forgotten, but
tugong remains as testimony to a
mans untruthfulness for succeeding
generations to witness, and is a
standing disgrace to his children's
children.
Believing. as the Dyaks do, In the
efficacy of curses-a curse among
them being Unable offense-it Is
easy to understand how Dyak would
dread the accumulation of curses
which would necessarily accompany
the formation Of tugong bula."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
Edible Birds Nests.

Coron, little island of the Philip.
pines, is one Of the chief sources from
which come edible birds nests. 1t has
Sheer walls Of rock fronting the sea,
In which are deep holes where a Ger.
tain sea swallow builds its nest The
wild aborigines, Tagbanounas, collect
the nests from the cliffs by means of
long vine ropes, selling them to Chi.
nese traders, who export them to their
own country. where they are consid.
cred a great deifcacy. The nests are
three'ihches long and bring s12 (Mexi.
CAM for lunches of ten or twelve, ac.
cording to- size. The gum of which
they are largely composed is score.
lion from the salivary glands OF the
swallows.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
Call of the City

Why was 1t,
When; as a boy, you assailed the nestled
thrush
And stole her young.
You glorieG In such prowess7
Why was It,
While yet your Day was dawninx;
You paused beside the brook
That drove the mill a
As one entraHced by sound and scene
Hearing naught. seeing naught, save but
q dfstHnt vision,
Filled with vain spires
Earring the clamorous noon
With bells that stirred the yearningr in
your steps7
The City called you then.
The City called, and you
Desiring in one quick draught
LIES measure OF Joy and Pain,
Turned to the City,
And. fired by Ambition. sped
over the meadows, scorning the ravished
nest,
And past the ivied tower. where old owls.
still
Wonder why Youths a Fool.
And when the spires and deep-throated'
clamored again and LII, was all around,
Vain was Regret. The City called.
The old mill once again
Ana You the same VI seeing unhearing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
GeniuSeS in the Home

Should geniuses marry For surel
Especially warblers who sing
In metrical measures-get onto the pleas
ures
or something like this in the spring
~Adelbert Montressor McSwat.
The stair carpets out on the grass;
OF why do you falter? For what
Did l marry a poet, alas?
(Adelbert Montressor, poor bard
He raises the dust in the yard.
As he swipes the ingram to the musical
strain ft
..B'geel but this grilllng is hardy
should geniuses marry? You betl
Especially sculptures who "slSulp,"
For what can be better than marital fet-
ter
To smash all his dreams into pulp7
Augustus De Lancy Soapine,
Please give that Apollo the so:
I think you are awfully mean
The stovepipe has tumbled you know"
Augustus dc Lancy poor wight!
lie pounds the stovepipe with delight,
As he lilts soft lay In cadence so gay
'Grent Scott! but these Joints are
tight."D
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
AS EASY
Needs Only a Little Thlds'

Needs Only a Little Thln'1
The food of childhood ofte'
whether one is TO grow up vi
ished and healthy or weak II
ly from improper food.
It's just as easy TO be ON
other provided we get a pr0p,|
A wise physician like Ine /
Doctor who knew about 1000
complish wonders PROVIDED
tent is willing to help ana L
only proper food.
Speaking of this case tm
said her little four year olo
suffering from a peculiar DEM
OF the stomach, liver and kS'
his feet became so swollen o
take a step. I'VE called a w
said at once we must be Ve,
as to his diet as improper
the only cause of his siekneS'
especially, he forbid.
$50 the DR.. made up a dl@
principal food he presG
Grape-Nuts and the boy, who
fond of sweet things took y
Nuts readily without aoa
sugar. tDr. explained thai
in Grape-Nuts is not at oil
or beet sugar but is the na'~'
OF the grains.) u
I'VE saw big improvement
few days and now GrapeNuV
most his only food and y
more a healthy. happy, rU
youngster with every PHI
grow up into a strong hea
Name given by Postum y
Creek, Mich.
The sweet OF Grape-Nuts
ture-sweet known as Post
digested in the liver IKE
sugar, but pre-dlgested. "a
youngsters a handful Of
when Nature demands
prompts them to call for =
There's n reason.
Get the little book In'
Wellvilie" In each pkg. h
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18

A correspondent of the Straits
Budget of the Straits Settlement
says:
while other nations build monu-
ments to the memory of men who
have done great and noble deeds, the
Dyaks heap up pile Of the branches
OF trees in memory of the man who
has uttered great lie. so that future
generations may know OF his wicked
ness and take warning from It,
"The persons deceived start the
tugong bula by heaping up large
number of branches in some conspicu.
GUS spot by the side of the main road.
Every passerby contributes to IT and
at the same time curses the man in
memory of whom 1t is.
"The Dyaks consider the adding to
any tugong bula they may pass a
sacred duty, the omission Of which
will meet with supernatural punish
ment. and so, however pressed for
time q Dyak may be, he stops to
throw on the pile some branches or
.twigs.
"This custom dates from very an
Client times. 1t Is interesting to mo-
tice that though the ethics of the
Dyaks. even at the present day, do
not agree in many points with the
moral code Of other and more ad-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18

Should geniuses marry7 Why certl
Especially fellows who paint;
For what could be nicer, more fitting,
!. Than thisg Do you follow my plaintf
y. Ultramarine Angelo.
The water pipes bursted once mora.
Quit painting and hasten below
The baby's afioat on the floor.,'
u Ultramarlne plugs the hole
With his finger while fretting his soul.
AlackI the waves creep and he's soak
~ Ing knee deep
AS he sQuats there alone in the coaIl
Should seniuses marry? They musti
especially musical ones;
the violin player, the plano SLAYER
AS well as the lesser small guns
"Olle liulley Corneto Won Saueak
The butcher, the baker are here.
l wish you would go down and sneak
,t And tel them We've gone for a years
zone l3ulley Corneto he dumps
out his notes-but, alas, they're moi
trumps; "os
air. IN
And Into the next county iumps1
HORACE Seymour Keller in New Yoru
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
Down to Bed ROCK.

An English newspaper tells a story
Of noble lord when fifteen years ago
he was a rapid youth who had not yet
succeeded to the title. One day at the
races he lost 100000, all the money
he could raise by pledging his prop.
erty and borrowing from his friends.
Going up to his father. who was in
the racing Enclosure, he said. by way
Of announcing his Ill fortune: win
you give me match to light my eIga.
rette, dad? For shall not be able TO
buy enc myself"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
Rule of the IncaS

were especially chosen for the posi-
ton. The succession Of the chief Inca
did not fall upon the shoulders of his
child This was due TO the clan organ
ization, which governed the affairs OF
state man could not marry a wom-
an of his own clan, but had to select
one from another This was the main
unit for holding the tribe together.
Woman had no choice in public af-
fairs, but ruled supreme in the home.
She was admitted to esoterlc soc.e,!cn,
of which there were many. They also
practiced healing and became priest
esses. Many complicated and elabor-
ate ceremonial and religious rites
were observed and feasts and Offer
ings of some Kind were of almost daily
occurrence, and the preparation for
the observance of these occupied a
great deal of the time of the people.
Contrary to statements hitherto made,
the sun was not the chief object Of
worship, but the moon, stars, thunder,
lightning and natural objects and phe-
nomena were included in the religious
code. In Cuzco some forty different
shrines existed.
What height Inca culture might
have reached had 1t been allowed to
follow natural course of develop
ment is one Of conjecture and specula-
ton. Judging from their cyclopean
architectural remains and from the
splendid examples of their technique,
which is so strikingly displayed in
the specimens obtained, 1t seems most
likely that they would have kept
abreast Of the ancient Mexicans.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18

Save that the rumbling wheel recalled
your shame
Save that the mill brook mocked-reat-
Grated:
''You failed-you failedp'
And memories Of the earnest, hurryins
Purpose
Sank Meath the FIail-stirred new De.
sire,
And the City called again.
And yet again the mill
And the brook recalls your triumph
But with subdued tone DER Time worn
rocks.
You tried-you failed-you Wonr'
And now?
The three-seore years and ten are ali
And BRIEFS the span that ends by the
tvied tower,
Where ts,f stir the wise old owls the story
He tried-he failed-he wont"
And now.
see how he comes, dragging his three.
score years.
THINKING to spend the rest with us.
Who long have ceased to know
tering mills az
He hears It even by the ivied tower.
The City call.
New York Times,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
Provisions From Trees.

There is tree which grow. ~
sumatra, Algeria and China. which 10
wv as the vegetable tallow tree.
from It's fruit large quantities of oil
ana tailow are extracted. and the fruIt
= gathered in November or December
wnen all the leaves have fallen. Fx.
eeiient candies are made from the her.
res OF a tree which grows in some
parts OF South Africa and the Azores
Al Sierra Leone is found the cres !,
trnit tree. the fruit of which Is ys-v
agreeable in taste. In Ceylon tbers -
.ne bread fruit tree. from which \
TODD is made in the same way that wa
make bread. It is said to be eon.,,S
good and nutritious. In South Amer,'
ca we find the milk tree.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18
Alcohol From Peat.

A company has recently been or.
ganized at Rendsburg, Prussia, for the
purpose of distilling alsohol from
peat. The company is now building
a distillery which 1t hopes to be able
to put in operation some time during
this month. According to its process.
the company win be able to distill
alcohol cheaper from peat than 1t can
be obtained from other substances.
and will, therefore, be able to sell its
product for fuel purposes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18

Yes. And the other mornin' he
went out and forgot to open the safe.
You see, there's only me and him in
the office. Well, as soon as he went
out In came man to get some papers
there were in the safe. knew the
boss wanted him to get them. but
there was the safe locked, SO what
could | do? And the man said he
couldn't come back till the next day.
When the boss came in, told him
about it, and he cusseu himself for
oein' out; so says to him. WHY
don't you gimme tho combination Of
the safe, so the next time you're out
can git anything that's wanted?
Say, you oughter seen him. You'd
think he was goin' to jump down me
throat. | thought was goln' to lose
me job, an. between You an me +
wouldn't have cared much IL I did.
I'm gittln' tired of woik,n' for such a
suspicious old cuss. anyhow"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-18

The government of the Incas is said
to have been the most enlightened des-
potism that ever existed and about
the nearest approach 70 Utopia
which has yet been reached by any
people. says the Scientific American.
There was allotted to each man free of
charge a dwelling site and an extend
ed area of land for him to till and
cultivate for the maintenance of his
family. The surplus OF products from
this tract, left over from the imme.
date needs OF the owner, was given
as tribute to the Inca government,
and used for religious, charitable and
other purposes at their sovereign city
Of Cuzco. Under their wise and just
civic administration. crime and public
corruption and theft were not known
In Cuzco 1t is stated that a resident
with 100 bars of silver and gold piled
up in his house, left II wide open, only
placing a small stick across the door
as a sign that the master was out
anu hOpouy went III. ABTlCullure was
chief pursuit followed. Cotton,
beans, maize and cocoa we're raised
by the coast people On the plateau
the domestication of the llama and al
paca was the favorite occupation.
The whole tribe was divided into
numerous clans. The powers Of ad-
ministration centered In the elective
dlgnitaries, military leader and the
head of the religious system. There
was also a council Of chiefs. None of
these Offices was hereditary and could
not be occupied by sons unless they