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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22
10 Remove lea Stains.

Linens that have been stained by
tea or coffee may be cleansed by
mOistening the spots with water and
holding them over the fumes Of a
small piece Of burning sulphur. or a
diately with water in which a little
ammonia Of soda has been distilled
Stains that nothing else will remove
are often taken out by the vapor arts
ing from burning sulphur. but the
material must be washed thoroughly
at once.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22

The corset cover is made with
fronts and hack and circular basque
portions. The back is tucked. but the
fronts are plain and gathered at the
waist line where they are finished
with circular basque portions over
each are arranged three circular frills
that give becoming fitness and that
meet at the center where the closing
is made. Neck and arms-eye edges
are finished with beading threaded
with ribbon
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is IL yards S6
inches wide with 21z yards of beading
and 81 yards Of lace to trim as illus
trated.
The pattern 1886 is cut in sizes for
a 30. "a, SO. IS and 40 inch bust meas
ure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22
BRIDGING AN INLAND SEA.
of the Most Stupendous Difficult Feats of Railroad
Engineering Successfully Accomplished.

We have in times past been told
mich Of wonderful feats in railroad
building. and much has been written
N the engineering skill and daring that
directed the course of the iron horse
across the plains and mountains that
I,e between the Missouri river and
the Pacific ocean. ''In the grandeur
and magnitude OF the undertaking,
the Union Pacific-Central Pacific has
never been equaled The energy ana
perseverance with which the work was
urged forward and the rapidity with
which it was executed. are without a
narallel In history" were the state
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22


med with frills of the material and
bands of wash ribbon and IS exceed
fngly dainty.
The jacket is made with fronts,
backs and side-backs- The fronts are
loose and hang in straight lines from
the shoulders, but the back is slightly
fitted, so giving graceful curved lines.
At the neck is a big sailor collar that
is slightly open al the front and the
sleeves are in bell style.
The quantity OF material required
Tor the medium size is AZ yards 81
inches wide, 31a yards 90 inches wide
and ~ yards A inches wide. with 8
yards of ribbon to trim as illustrated
The pattern 4e37 is cut in sizes for
a 80. "a. SO, SO, 40. 40 and "A inch bust
measure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22
2SgSEG &I055RJ'

the vegetables win keep them in fresh
color
Wood alcohol rubbed on a polished
table stained or marred by hot dish
will restore the finish If followed by a
polishing with linseed oil The odor
OF wood alcohol is not pleasing, but
* IL cheaper than the medicinal alco-
hol
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22

The work involved in this plan has
been supervised by Messrs. Hartman
and Kruttschnitt Of the Southern Pa
cifc, and Messrs. Burt and Berry Of
the Union Pacific, and these two rail-
roads have spent in the last three
years somewhere near 10000 900 in
repairs and improvements aside from
the expenses Of operation or mainten-
ance."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22
70 clean Ratha-

When a scum forms on the inside OF
baths or on the marble laYatory
basins. rub the sides with dry salt
and IT will easily be removed. Baths
should always be wiped out otter be
ing used. and the cold wate- allowed
70 run in before the hot water tap is
turned on This prevents the enamel
from cracking.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22

necessary 10 style.
The model is made
of nainsOOk. with
trimming Of Valen-
ciennes lace and
beading. threaded
with ribbon, but
all materials and
all trimmings used
for garments Of
the sort are equal
II r---u-@
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22

ders gives the following curious sta
tistics: IF all the people of England
and Wales had to pass through Lon
don in procession, four abreast. and
every facility were afforded for their
free and uninterrupted passage. dur
ing twelve hours daily, Sundays ex-
cepted, it would take nearly four
months and half for the population
TO file through at quick march. four
deep. The length of this vast col
umn would be 3.7Ss miles. To count
them singly at the rate of one a sec
ond would take nearly two years and
a half, assuming that the same num-
per of hours daily were occupied. and
that Sundays also were excepted"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22

many reasons and
is adapted both to
the pretty new cot
ton and linen fab
RIGS Of the coming
season and TO ehal-
III g ;, cashmers.
Fren h fanneIs
and tie like As
shown. however, it
is made Of fow-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22

ncult feats of railroad engineering
ever undertaken has just been COM
pleted-the building of a bridge across
the Great Salt Lake between Ogden.
Utah, and Lucin, Nevada.
The work being practically com
pieted, the new track was formally
opened last Thanksgiving day when
Mr.. E. H. Hartman. head of the Har-
riman lines, and big party of railroad
magnates partook of Thanksgiving
day dinner in the middle of Great Salt
Lake.
The ogden-Lucin "Cut-Of" is 1O2
miles in length. 70 miles on land and
30 miles of trestle work and "fll-ins"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22
Laundry Of SIX Hos

Bran water, made by adding four
tablespoonfuls Of bran to a quart of
water, is the best thing in which to
wash fine silk stockings Soap is
thought by somehousewives TO make
the silk tender and rotten.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22

the settling of fill-ins and trestle work.
This was caused by the salt of the
flow of the Bear river having collected
for centuries over the bottom of the
lake and having formed salt wall of
100 feet. 1t took 1000 tons of rock
in piles which appear to have reached
the bottom of the lake proper and
which has resulted in a firm and
splendid road bed.
In speech which he made at the
Alta Club. Salt Lake City, on the eve
Of the opening Of the "CutOf," Mr..
Hartman said:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22

/ Ing the last week of October. This
great work has cost over $4,000, 900.
Inc cuton runs IRON Ogden west
fifteen miles over level country be-
fore reaching the lake proper. then
across the east arm of the lake nine
miles to Promotory. Then FIVE miles
of solid road bed and then nineteen
miles west over the west arm of the
lake toward Lucin and thence across
the Great Salt Lake desert to Lucin.
Nevada. Across the east arm of the
lake, it will be almost a continuous
/ fill-in supported by trestle Near the
middle of this will be a gap of 600 feet
of open trestle work left for the Bear
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22
a MedeI Afternoon eou.n-

Light coIored cloths are much liked
for afternoon gowns and always are
charming The costume shown b. of
champagne colored broadcIoth with
trimming Of velvet ornaments sur
runded with heavy lace, beneath
which the cloth is cut away, and mar
row silk braid. The waist is both new
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22

and stylish and includes a cape or
yoke collar that falls well over the
sleeves, giving the dropping effect OF
fashion The skirt is five gored and
for woman Of medium size viii be
required, for waist AZ yards q. AZ
yards q or rs yards A inches wide:
for skirt IL yards p, yards A or
31z yards % inches vide.
A Nay Manton pattern of the waist.
No 4557, sizes % to 40. or of the skirt
1924. sizes p to SO. viii be mailed to
any address on receipt of ten cents
for each.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22

over the waters of Great Salt Lake. 1t
presents practically level track ex-
eept Tor a short distance on the west
enu near Lucin, Nevada. where a
Silght grade is encountered.
me use of this cutoff will throw
OUT the trans.continental traffic over
Sne cid line from Ogden to Lucin,
nevada, around the lake. This strip
VI track is one of the most expensive
OF the Hartman system. the maximum
sraae over the long Promotory hill is
wa leet to the mile and helper engines
ure always necessary. The elimina-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22
House jacket.

House jackets that are comfortable
at the same time that they are inyit-
Ing and attractive are accounted as
essentials by women Of taste and dis
erection. This one IS admirable for
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22
Natures Model for the Decorator.

a good idea for the decorator of a
room is TO follow out the color scheme
of an autumn leaf. The faded green
and the touches of yellow. green and
crimson are charming Any leaf or
wild flower viii prove an infaIlible
guide as to color values and relations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22
Corset Cover With Ru4Hed Front.

Every woman EnCws the advantage
Of a corset cover such as the one Illus
trated under the fashionable blouse
waists It is smooth and absolutely
without fulness at the back but is sup
piled with frills at the front that serve
to give the waist just the appearance
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22
curtaiIs Work.

In an insurance office where it was
formerly necessary for a force of
clerks to copy names on reference
cards to be filed in various places.
one clerk now writes the name on a
single card with metallic ink. clamps
it in holder with a number of blank
cards and flashes an X-ray through
the pack,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22
Colossal Crowds.

Colossal Crowds.
In an introduction to his Digest OF
the Results of the Census of England
and Wales in 1901" Mr. William San,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22
EntIcinn sIumher 49,

Enticing. indeed, are the slumber
robes of raw Italian silk. which come
about quarter of an inch think in
The most beautiful shades and in all
sorts of patterns. Geometrieal fig-
ures, stripes, plaids and floral designs
are popular, but the latter take the
lead.
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Readers Of this psper can secure any May
Msnton pattern illustrated above b. fIlng ous
AL blanks in coupon, and malliEg. with 10 esars.
to E. e Harrison S Co, IS Plymouth PIsee. Chi
esgo Pattern VIII be mailed promptly
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-22

write plainly. FIJI out al blanks Enclose
loS Nan to E E Harrison Co. g Plymouth
FiAae, Chicago
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Recognised Department.

After being installed in his new po-
sition Secretary Taft's first official act
was to summon the War Department
carpenter and tell him to make a new
desk and chair. and be quick about 1t.
Secretary Taft is feet tall and
weights 320 pounds. He found he could
barely squeeze into the chair used by
Mr. Root. He could not sit comfort
ably in it, and there was great danger
that the chair would go to pieces un-
der him if he moved quickly.
When he tried to get up to the desk
he discovered that the opening was
neither wide enough nor high enough
to admit his legs. The best he could do
was to pull out one of the small leaves
of the desk and try to write on that.
The desk and the chair that will be
built for TIE new Secretary will be of
mammoth proportions. The chair will
be very strong and will be braced. with
iron at every joint.
1t is probable that a special chair will
have to be provided for Secretary Taft
in the Cabinet room at the White
House The Cabinet chairs are very
large, as ordinary sizes go, but they
are tight fit for Mr.. Taft.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
The "Beefsteak CMb."

The recent untimely death Of John
Refs brings to mind a harmless but
amusing trick that he and two of his
friends in the Bohemian Club played
upon some of their fellow club mem
bers. The three organized the Beef
steak Club and then began opera
tions. Their plan was to approach a
new and wealthy member, tell him Of
the exclusive organization to which
they belonged and invite him to be-
come a member upon payment of the
initiation fee. which was a beefsteak
dinner at the Bohemian Club for all
the "Beefsteakers, followed by an
evening in a box at one OF the thea
ters. The wealthy man usually ac-
cepted the invitation and enjoyed the
affair so thoroughly that he assisted
in getting the next member of the
"Beefsteak Club" who would pay the
same sort of initiation. Then the three
original members would call a meet
ing, expel the new members and be-
gin operations anew.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
PULL TOGETHER.

@ He city officers and citizens of Oakland have en-
joyed an excursion to Southern California and all
come back crying Pull together" That is good
and it is good too for every pull his best separ
atey for his and locality for in the end that means
that all are pulling to the same purpose.
Los Angeles and Southern California have been sneu
arly fortunate and sillfu in advertising catch the
Eastern eye Go where you will in the East. you arc
confronted by the results of this advertising genius 1t
is done by individuals by firms, by organizations and by
municipal governments. AS winter resort Southern
scene in Southern California" is the legend over photo
graphs of all Sizes colored and uncoered and in every
the palm and bamboo appear with banks of rose
vines and fuchsias to impress the svering Eastern vic
tim of wintry blasts with the clemency of climate
It goes without saying that if winter month picture
of Southern California had in it but the
leafess elm, sycamore and other deciduous trees +
would attract attention at all AS start at pulling
together We advise Oakland and all cities in this section
Of the State pull up their deciduous trees on the
streets and put in date and fan palms These grow So
quickly that Oakland may show winter scenes
equal any in the SOUTH and SO do good stroke of
business for herself and help all Northern California
The degree of individuality that has seemed to antao
onze community of action parts Of the State has
origin in the excessive independence of Calforians
admirable trait in ITSELF but needul of some disc
pine when the interests of community life are consid
cred. If all OF that individual independence can he
transformed into common public spirit. there .wi be
presented ideal conditions OF progress That is what has
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
CONFERENCE OF CHARITIES.

T HE meetings and discussions of the State Confer
ence OF Charities this year arc likely to attract a
great deal of attention by of the Importance
OF the issues involved Locally the work of the Assoca
ated Charities OF San Francisco covers wide field of
usefulness and is becoming thoroughly organized
The work of this society in aiding and retaining de.
pendent children. in keeping established the Juvenile
Court for youthful offenders, and. conjunction with
the Merchants Association in examining and indorsng
all deserving charitable institutions of great and mani
fest value to the whole community, we'll to SO many
of its individual members
the conference meetings Dr. Smith of ST. Paul and
Judge Lindsey of Denver, besides many of own citi-
of prominence and ability. DR.. Smith and Judge
Lindsey have acquired national regulations for the work
they have accomplished and noted as unusually
forcibe and eloquent speakers
To illustrate the Importance of the work OF reclaim
ing young offenders and criminals Judge Lindsey has
recently pointed that there from three to five
times many children proportion to population ar
rested large cities each year there arc adults
Seventeen thousand under years age were arrested
in Chicago alone the before the Juvenile Court law
went into effect and did much improve conditions
Judge Lindsey has ascertaned that most cities one
of every five mothers finds his way to jail be-
tween the tenth and sixteenth years Such figures are
appalling, and lend the greatest interest and Importance
the work OF the Juvenile Court system and the results
it has already accomplished.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
FrighH1l Heat.

Humanity, which swelters in a heat
of 80 degrees and withers and dies, If
the mercury runs up 10 or Is degrees
higher. finds it hard to realize a heat
of 5400 degrees. Yet that is the heat
developed in the combustion of ther-
nit, a heat which YIELDS together
pieces of the most ponderous ma
chinery. which makes it possible TO
mend iron castings weighing tons
which heretofore had to be renlacad
at great expense of labor and time.
which can unite iron rails so perfecttv
that the joining can scarcely be seen
or felt and a rail can be made milas
long instead of fifty or a hundred fae+
at the outside.
This thermit is compound discov-
cred by DR.. Hans Goldschmidt of r.
sen, Germany, who has been lect,,ri,,.
in this country before chemical anS
engineering associations on this cbaa,
lcal discovery of his that is SO fur os
ensineering possibilities; a discovery
nat unlike SO many scientific discov
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
The Nise Ones.

A proprietor of one OF the largest
dry goods houses in Oakland was asked
if he did much business, being situ-
ated as he was so close to San Fran
cisco. Yes. we do a large business"
said he. You examine the receipts of
this firm for day and compare them
with house of equal size in the city
and you will be surprised to find that
we do as big a business as they do.
"How do 1 account for it? Well, I'll
tell you," said the proprietor. You
see women are very sensitive about
the price of their clothes. Their main
aim is to get something that no one
can duplicate or even know the price of.
For that reason we do an extensive
business with the women of San Fran
cisco. Every day they come over by
the score to purchase their goods and
feel safe when they go to- a party or
ball that no other woman will know
how much their gown cost. They stand
less danger of seeing a duplicate of
their goods made into a social rival s.
dress. At least that's what they think,
and it is their way of figuring that is
our salvation. OF course. they never
know that the bulk of the goods we
sell them is purchased right in the
wholesale houses of San Francisco.
But what they don't know viii never
hurt them, as the old adage goes"
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Protestant CnbanS.

Cubans are dividing upon religious
lines, and it is predicted by expert
observers just returned from there that
within a few years conditions there viii
be almost precisely as they are here
1t is stated that the element that
backed the revolution and did most to
throw off Spanish rule IS reaching out
toward the Episcopal church, and vol
unteering to assist tito erect in Ha-
vana cathedral church that shall, for
the non-Roman population, take the
place of the new Christ Church Cathe-
dral recently erected for the Roman
Catholics. The latter was put UP with
money which the church obtained from
the sale of properties to the United
local gifts. and in it services precisely
like those maintained in America are
carried on, the young and popular
Bishop Broderick officiating most Of the
time. The Masonic element, which is
very strong in Cuba, is offering TO
work along Protestant lines. Presby-
terians, CongregationaIsts Baptists
and the Young Mems Christian AssO-
citation are getting firm fOOtholds and
attracting elements similar 10 those
attracted in the United States. Bit
terness has not yet developed in any
quarter, it is stated, and all religious
leaders, Protestant and Roman alike,
are said to be working in harmony TO
the end that bitterness shall not be
shown.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
THE MOUNTAIN WATER SUPPLY.

L is proper explain the position of some OF the
| members of Congress from this State in regard to
the bill granting San Francisco the right turn
the Hetch Hetchy Valley into reservoir and to Lake
Eleanor tor the The water which has its
the and glacier OF Mount Lycll drains
the valley by the channel of the Tuoumne River 1t is
the dependence of the valley people for irrigation From
the inception of the plan resort to that for
potable supply for cities the valley has looked
upon it with suspicion and aversion.
Under the irrigation district system enormous sums
have been expended divert that and apply
the support of orchards vineyards and crops in the
terror The members of Congress representing the dis
trict involved would be derect their duty their
immediate constituency if they did reflect this feeling
OF uneasness Quite naturally the valley rigators do
not wish to share their water with these cities when
sufficient supply for potable is in sight elsewhere
The question of division and diversion of always
be OF vital interest throughout this part of the
nen where industries related the soil largely
and in places entirely, depend upon irrigation
A United States Senator from Utah has introduced
bill providing that the Federal Government shall divert
the water of Snake River in Idaho above St Anthony
out of the State and discharge into Bear River
in Utah for the OF raising the level of Salt Lake
As matter of engineering the plan is feasible, but
would probably make barren the valley of the Snake
which is extensively irrigated by diversion of
the water of that river The level of Salt Lake has de-
clned because in Wyoming and Utah the water OF Bear
River and of the Weber, Ogden and Jordan rivers all
dlschargng in the lake. has been diverted for irrigation
The proposition is simply to the natural tributaries
OF the lake to rrgate their lands and keep the lake
from drying by deprivng the lands of Idaho of the
means or irrigation This project like that of the Hetch
Hechy and Lake Eleanor begins with the proposition
use only the storm waters But irrigation in both
will soon call for the of the waters in order
TO extend the arabic and make homes for the people
1t will be that in both there an acute div-
sion and conflict of interests and the parties to each side
or the issue be expected to be alert from the begin
ming and to fight the ground inch by inch
Invocation of Federal authority in each case bv no
means concludes the matter the of pre-
existing law will no doubt be tested in the courts
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

cries. is not merely interesting to the
scientist. but commercially valuable
to the industrial world This thermit
is a mixture of finely granulated or
powdered aluminium with some metal
lie oxide. most frequently oxide OF
iron. This mixture looks not unlike
gunpowder. or to a housewife would
suggest mixed tea, the light sranules
being aluminium and the dark ones
oxide of iron In burning this mixture
creates a temperature, as DR.. Gold
schmidt expressed it in paper read at
the annual meeting of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers,
about equal TO that Of the electric
arc light
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
TALK or THE TOWN ,Nv
AND aeRse o. f1ht
TIMEG ~
Pitied the Insane.

Would You please tell me, sir,
she said as she stopped the steward or
the Emergency Hospital as he was
going through the corridor in the in
sane ward, where I can find the doc
tors? ?" She was a very fine looking
woman, dressed in an up-to-date
manner and having about her evil
dences that the world had gone we'll
with her.
Certainly" said the steward. "They
will be here at 1880. It's now
about II. Just take a seat and wait
a few minutes"
The woman took the seat in the
matron's room pointed out by the
steward For several minutes she re-
manned there and then got up and
began walking about the place. THE
steward advised her to keep away
from a certain cell for fear that she
might, by peering into it, excite the
occupant, q particularly vicious spec
linen OF mental weakness. Thank
YOU" courteously said the woman.
I'll be very careful. You know
am interested in insane people. That
is what [ want to see the doctors
about Poor things, 1 pity them so.
will do so much for them when
return to Washington. L am Mrs.
Roosevelt"
When the doctors came they per-
suaded the poor woman that she
would be able to do a great deal for
the insane if she would go to an asy-
lum and make a study of them for
several months. She readily consent
ed and they sent her to Agnews.