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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
poa Was Wealthy in own Rlaht.

The richest dog, in his own right,
that ever lived died at West Chester,
Pa, in 1883. He had been the pet of
Mrs. Elizabeth Shee, who died two or
three years before him, and left in her
will the sum of $1,000 for his support
as long as he should live. At his
death the money was to go to St.
Peters Episcopal Church of Tredyf-
fryn township, but before the church
could get the money it was stipulated
the dog was to be decently buried,
wrapped in sheet for shroud and
placed in coffin made specially for
the reception of his body. Unlike
most famous dogs, this one was
neither good looking nor we'll bred,
being a mongrel of the lowest type,
sulky and stupid withal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
crazed by Reckoning Dead Hand.

Gerdarme No. $40, of Mexico City,
was taken to the insane asylum re-
Gently after telling the following story
of the finding of human hand in Las
Vizcainas alley:
The gendarme was walking along
the alley when he saw a package on
the sidewalk. On STOPPING to pick up
the package he saw that it contained
the forearm and hand of a woman.
The flesh was still warm and the hand
moved as if reckoning to the gen.
darme, The skin was white, one fin
ger carried diamond ring and on the
wrist was bracelet, showing that the
member had been part of the body of
woman of the better class. The
sottness of the skin and the blue
veins indicated that the hand belong
ed to some one beyond the ordinary.
" The gendarme put the arm back
where he had found it and ran fright
ened to the fourth comisaria. from
which an ambulance was sent to nick
up the arm. The gendarme would not
return to the scene and later had to
be taken to the hospital.-Mexican
Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

| pies. In the courts Of the house Of
Buddha holiday-attired children
swarm like hiving bees, as gorgeous
as Red Admiral butterflies in their
rich brocades and crimson obs. 1t
Is there that you see the best toy
shops, both for girls and boys, and it
is there, under the shade of the sa-
cred temple trees, that their little pa
rents seem TO have. left their small
cares and responsibilities of life be-
hind them in their paper homes and
are children again, not only in heart,
but in deeds. But these endless tenn
ple-fairs and festivals, where the
Western world for many years learns
strange lessons in the simple pleas
ures of life apd' in the peace which
flows from gentle hearts, are, alas!
gradually growing fewer and fewer,
for board schools will not permit al
most as many holidays in the year as
there are saints days in the Roman
Catholic calendar. In the real ia
pan children never went to school.
They were taught at home. But it
would be wrong. to give the impress
sion that, though they live in their
streets where they are protected from
all dangers by dozens of strange lit
tie charms, they receive no proper
home training. Perhaps no other
children in the world ever did re-
ceive such strict home training or
were educated so carefully as the
children of vanishing Japan. For al
though the majority of girls know
only few of the Chinese characters
of their alphabet, every boy and girl
knew the ancient as we'll as modern
history of their nation, and all it's
rich folklore. Children often accom-
panied their parents to the theater,
and there they had very wildly i'm
printed on their minds all the CLASH
cal dramas and historical tragedies
OF their literature. History before
the days of school was also taught by
card-playing, and the Famous One
Hundred Poems of the classics,
known as the Hiyaki-nin, which is
the household bible of Japan, was
learnt by games of proverbs. The
courage of children, especially boys,
was tested by the telling of thrilling
ghost stories in eerie places or in the
half-light round the hibachi on winter
nights. Little girls had famous exam
pies recorded to them of filial piety
and obedience by the story of some
yirtuous daughter, who sold, herself
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

childrsn's Fairgrounds. Besides, un
til quite recently, Japan was a ma
ton at play, nation where you
could see grown-ups as well as chill
dren taking part in what we choose
| to call childish games. During this
| great Eastern war l wonder if Jap
anese men and women have put
away their long-tailed kites and sew.
en-taiJed gold fishes and historical
dolls, and have ceased to hunt lost
souls in flreflies. l doubt it, for it
has been the lifelong prayer and ad-
vice of every Japanese parent for
endless generations that their chill
dren, when they have reached the
estate of men and women, should re-
tain their child's hearts.
When you meet grown-up person
who has kept his or her child's
heart, you cannot help loving them.
That is why you cannot help loving
Japan, for the whole nation has kept
its child's heart.
Childhood certainly is the Golden
Age, in Japan, more than in any 9TH
er country in the world, for that gen.
tie land seems to have been created
on purpose to amuse and spoil chill.
dren. Not that child is ever spoilt
in that land of gentle mothers, for a
child's moral training and almost SUI
pernatural power of self.control be.
gan hundreds of years before it was
born.
When l first drove through a ma.
tive city in Japan, thought that
every other shop was a toy shop, and
| never could have believed that the
world contained so many children
for nothing is too young to play on
the Mikado's highway in Japan. DOLL
like girls of few years old, dressed
exactly like their little mothers. ex.
cept for their gayer clothes and fan
tastically shaven heads, carry vel
low-faced babies of few months old
tied on their backs, while they NAV
ingenious games with gorgeous balls
made of scarlet and gold silk. or
dart about on their high wooden
clogs after the falling shuttlecock
which they send bounding up again
over the tops of their paper homes
with a wooden battledore decorated
on one side with the gaudily painted
head OF a woman of the Yoshiwara.
But soon learned that the streets
We're full of babies because the
houses were all empty. No one in
the real Japan ever saw baby sleep-
ing in cot while its mother was
working. or being driven in a go-cart
they sleep with their little heads
wobbling about on their mothers or
older sisters backs, and learn to sit
ON their feet with their bent knees
under them before they can stand
and | soon began to distinguish the |
real toy shops, which are more mn.
merous than in any other country in
the world, from the shops which
sold the toy-like furniture and mini. |
ature household utensil used for the !
srown-up dolls houses.
Inc shops of the Household Gods.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
The Modern cirl,s weanor.

The present-day girl carries about
her person at least two concealed
weapons in the form of the newest hat
pins. The breadth of the crown NJ
the up-to-date hat has made it neces.
sary to add two inches to the length
OF the already sufficiently dangerous
nd pm, and the result is astonishing.
Inc old-fashioned gold or silver Din
Oh seven or eight inches in length is
Oh no use whatever in securing this
summers hats. The new pin meas.
ures ten inches from tip to handle
and is made of an inlexible metal 70
pierce the heavy straws. Plain gold
heads' either round or oval in form
are seen on many of the new pins al
tnough some of the more expensive
designs are set with jewels.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
At Play in Temple Garden.

TO life OF misery to save her parents
from starvation. But the most i'm
portant part of a childs education
was its lessons in etiquette. Eli
quette was so far-reaching that a lit
tie child had to begin its education
before it could walk; very early did
girls learn the special teachings for
women, called Washhoka- M baI-
Bunko, which by their nature were
qualified to rob a mother of her
childs heart.
In Japan there is very hard and
fast line drawn between the moral
training and the education of bows
and girls. You seldom see bows and
girls playing in the streets together
IL you do, you will notice that when
boy loses in a game his face re-
cetyes dab of paint. When a little
girl loses she sticks a straw in her
hair.
At the different festivals for bovs
and girls the mark of sex is easily
distinguishable. On the days of the
Boys Festival the whole CITY lies
under a heaven of floating earns
made OF hollow gaily-painted paper
Every street is lined with bamboo
poles, from which carp fly out into
the breeze like flags to testify the
fact that the Japanese man.cbild is
capable of fighting its way upstream
against all the adverse currents Of
life. On the day of the Girls Festi.
val every stall and shop groans nm.
der Its burden of solemn-faced dolls
II you ask little boy in Janan
what his highest ambition in life was
ne would tell you to die for his EN-.
peror. A little girl would say: To
observe the teachings Of the Seven
Sages' so that she might be a sub.
mlssive daughter to her father a
submissive wife to her husband a |
submissive daughter.in-law to her
husbands parents, and last of all a
submissive mother to her eldest son |
= she was left a widow-Douplas |
Sladen In Montreal Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

! Childhood in Japan :
Ey~sl~~s~Sl~ss%Hb-ssNr~~ssS

Surely no child in Japan ever
wished to be grown up, and no lit
tie girl, in a moment of discomfort,
ever heard from her mothers lips
the catch phrase, your good times
coming. my child" For no grown-up
woman in Japan ever does have a
good time until she is too old to en-
Joy II. | think it was Sir Rutherford
Alcock who first made the remark
that Japan was the paradise of ba-
bies, and from the day you set foot
on The original of the famous willow
pattern plate to the day you sigh
your Sayonara to sacred Full as you
leave Yokohama bay, you will real
ize the truth of his remark
In Japan all the worlds nursery,
and the streets and temples are the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Wapello, Iowa, Oct. N N
One of the most remarg,,
ever recorded in Louisa N
that of Mrs. Minnie Hart ~
Mrs. Hart was in bed for sIs.I
and when she was able n 4
was all drawn up on oDs .
could not walk across 4
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured h
ing of her cure Mrs. Hart ~
Yes, Dodd's Kidney Pils
after l was in bed for ejrh
and | know the cure va,
for that was three years !,
have not been down since
weeks from the time | stan.
them | was able to make m,
Nobody can know how than
to be cured or how much /,
to Dodd's Kidney Pills"
This case again points
much the general health de-
the Kidneys. Cure the KID,
Dodd's Kidney Pills and nine
the suffering the human FAM
to, will disappear.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
Conversion by the La.

When Livingstone went an,
Bechuanas, in South Africa
missionary travels, he used eI
to them as best he could 10 d
tive tongue. He was thus Old
pied when Sechele, the chic, i
the meeting. The chief consa
ingstone's way of carrying /
mission. do you think
you will ever get the peupA
lieve simply by talking to b
can't make them do anything
the lash. If you like, will
head man, and with our Vi
will soon make them all belieV
ingstone would, of course, hsV
ing to do with such whOlesss
of conversion as that. As thl
showed. he got on better with
use of force.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
IRON TURNED INTO COPPER.
Simple Explanation Of What at First
Appears Remarkable.

curious find was recently made
in one of the copper mines at lei
Cobre, Cuba. These mines, once
among the richest in the world, nave
been abandoned for over thirty years,
because during the Cuban insurrec-
ton of 1868 the coal supply was cut
off by the insurgents, and consequent
ly pumping became impossible. so, that
the mines filled with water. After the
Spanish war an American company
bought the mines and proceeded to
pump out the water. In one OF the
shafts thus made accessible was
found what once represented an iron
pickaxe as well as some crowbars.
The metal in these implements had,
however turned to copper.
Wonderful as this may appear, there
is a simple scientific explanation. The
water filtering through the rocks and
the copper ore veins dissolved some
of the copper, the solution containing
sulphate of copper. AS the sulphuric
acid has a greater affinity for iron 1t
at once dissolved that metal and de-
posted copper in its place, for sui
phuric acid has a greater affinity for
iron than for copper. In the process
certain impurities which had existed
in the iron were left behind undis-
turbed. The wooden handle of the axe
was in good condition. The metal
was porous and irregular in shape,
but in the general outlines preserved
the form of the axe somewhat en-
laTged in size.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
Hiqh Tower Mil, Great Yarmouth.


molition. 1t cost $4,000 to build in
1912. 1t served as a landmark far
and wide, its cap being 100 feet from
the ground. Circular in form, the
mill contained no fewer than twelve
floors, Its walls are several feet
thick, and are estimated to contain
hundreds of thousands of bricks. 1t
was sold for $500 under the hammer.
These mills have done plenty of work
in their day, and many of them have
made fortunes for their owners, but
steam and roller milling have made
them an anachronism, and to-day they
are no more than a quaint reminder
of the days of our grandfathers and
days before that.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
oId-Tlme Postal servr,.

John Merrill of Milford Nv -
while examining an old trunk cam ~,
across a letter dated from some nIane
In Maine 17O4. 1t had no envai laee
and was originally fastened with op )
piece OF sticking plaster. II -
marks OF three postmen, the e sals
was So miles from any postof3ca n ans
II cost 1Sh cents to deliver it to Ma
than Merrill in Milford IVA
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

design OF the instrument is shown in
the accompanying illustration. The
framework is made entirely of birch
logs, put together with as much re-
gard for roughness as circumstances
would permit. 1t is said that the tone
OF the piano is excellent. The wood
was thoroughly seasoned by a special
process before being made up into
its present shape.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
Fine Hidino Place for Jewels.

A woman who has fad for collect
ing lamps utilizes one as a safe. 1t
is a large stationary lamp of heavy
bronze work An electric bulb shines
at night through its shade of richly
colored glass, but no oil ever deffles
the bowl of generous dimensions. BY
touching a spring the top of the lamp
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
To Kill Hogs Humanely.
Fig Tree Grown in Main.

The fig is rarely a product Of M.,no
> put Mrs. A. Q. Goud of Topsham
IS the possessor of a fig tree which
i nas tnis year borne about a dozen
large luscious figs. The tree which
stands about four feet high and =
elght years old, has been bearing Srris
lot the past three or four years
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
Unique Piano Made of Birch Loos.

An eastern millionaire, who owns a
log cabin, characterized more by its
elaborate appointments than its sim
plicity, in the heart of the Adiron-
dacks, has purchased specially con-
structed piano to match the interior
of the main room of the cabin. Tie
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
Few ION Roots Worn.

The old-time top boot is fast
pearing from the face of the
Even the miners of the West =
whom an ordinary pair Of snoe, N
to be as rare as sombreros Oh =
way, are abandoning them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Nurse-Good-bye, Freddy; l am 90.
ing to church. 81
FREDDY (aged three and a half
years)-Tell God | was good boy.
Nurse-Bpt | cannot; you were NOT
a good boy. Ho'
Freddy latter meditation)-wen
fool him,-Chicago Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

It is said that tobacco hidden in hav
Is being struggled into the United
states from Canada. We have long
suspected that most of the campaign
cigars we have been smoking were
largely composed of hay.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

The eminent psychologists germ
killing bees convince all gentleme,
with copper-lined stomachs that they
may drink any kind of water with
perfect safety. But the trouble is thew
don't want to pay such a price for
safety.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Gen. Corbin is opposed to army Off.
GERS marrying without the consent of
the war department. This may be all
right, but what does Gen. Ma say on
the subject?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
TEA
The modestest thingii
world is tea. 1t is only
Ibex With Gold.coatsd Ts

Ibex With Gold-Coated TsaS
Particulars were given in I
London papers recently of SHEEP
killed, being found with golts
teeth owing to their having q
short grass in gold bearing ~
OF Australia. The story was nd 4
but 1t has called forth the foIi1
information from Alexandra, Al
ish army officer in Cairo, CAPT
ms, states that when be wa
shooting in the Sinai peninsril
May and June last year. he baggal
fine old rams, and one Of tA'l
things that he noticed when SKI
the heads was that all the sides 2
back teeth were coated with z
metallic substance of the color o.
tralian gold. Capt. Trims asSs
"shakarri" the reason Of THIS
was told that it was due to us
feeding on a certain shrub.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
AdulteratIon of Liquors.

A New York physician says
greater part of the whisky, brap s',
beer sold in New York 'oO, 4.
chemically prepared and is apsO
unit for the human stomach
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
ONLY SEEMING I,
Young Lieutenant.
Led to Hls n

Young Lieutenant. r.. l
Led to HI. Dew |
Senator Vest used +
OF good luck and ha, y
a counterpart. He az
while | was a member ~, !, \
crate Congress | LOST .a]
somewhere on the 49,.
mond. Just as the W.
ture who lost a piece o y n
together her friends ~
and sought diligently n aas
IT, | called my friends I ~.
them on what seemed
search through the s,.'
dimly lighted streets !,
The chances were a ,k
against success. lug
I'VE hadn't been ow :.
utes when a young IIeu,s''
party stopped down sns
my lost roll. | was in NJ
wanted to treat. We vs' =
a cafe which, pending !.
had a ladder of abopt . y !
instead of stairs. We Al, !.
considering it "a great l..
while talking about vs.,
fellow the young lieuten,.
predicting great things !,
we climbed down again
lieutenant fell from the !,
broke his neck."- satp,a.
Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Utah preacher having sued a
widow for $3.50 for preaching her hus-
Oanas funeral sermon obtained judg-
ment. Perhaps her disinclination to
pay was due to a too strenuous assur-
ance that the dead man had entered a
happier state.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

The war department has rightly de-
cided that the bow-legged man Is nc
much out of place in military service
as he would be as a shortston-
though not exactly in those words
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

An African potentate, the alake of
Abeakuta, Is on his way to this coun-
try. Our native smart alakes will. OF
course, receive him with due honor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Mr.. Chesty Gullett is running for
once In one of the southern states
: If he doesn't get 1t in the neck II viii
be safe to assume that there is abso.
lutely nothing in a name.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

So New York crowds stare at viii.
liam Waldorf Aston" No wonder. They
want to see the eccentric person for
whom little old N'York" is not good
enough.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

The scientists say thereIl be no
Niagara falls $500 years hence. We're
very glad now we didn't miss orr
chance to see the falls on our last
vacation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15
Dog Had Lucky Esnan.

a setter dog which ran under an
electric car at Exeter, N. H.. escanad
with the loss of two teeth dosni. sap es
, that the motors hang within four
inches of the ground. " 'our
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Lamp Serving as Jewel Hiding Place.
is swung around and reveals a key
hole in the top of a metal box. The
lid being unlocked, the interior of the
box is seen to be fitted up as a re-
ceptacle for valuable gems.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Before accepting Prof. Metchnikoff,s
theory that sour milk is the elixir OF
life, will some one kindly ascertain
whether the professor is interested IN
any dairy enterprise.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

The Guatemalan ants have not done
much so far beyond providing the de-
ltectiyes with another mysterious dis
appearance case.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Chicago reports a growing tendency
toward yegetarianism. That is not
surprising, Corn and rye products
have always had wide vogue in Chi
cago.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

At the last battle of Bull Run 10000
militiamen got blistered feet. AS Gen.
Sherman might have said, but didn't,
sham war is blistering shame.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

The news that alcohol is made
from honey may lead some gentlemen
lof leisure to revise their adverse
opinion of the little busy bee.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

They haven't got through wonder
ling out In the Cream City yet why
the battleship Milwaukee was Christ
ened" with champagne.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

An Indiana man has invented fold.
Ing chair that viii go into the hip
pocket. Wonder what he thinks a hip
pocket is made for, anyhow?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Tobacco is smuggled across the
Canadian border in bales of hay.
Some antidote win have to be discov-
cred for that tobacco habit.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Japan is all ready to dictate terms
OF peace to Russia, but, like the
typewriter with the toothache, Russia
Isn't taking dictation just at present.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

ior instance. with quaint white plas.
ter foxes and strange goblin.like
gods and images, seemed to me de.
hghtful toy shops, but when grew
more intimate with the domestic life
OF the country | recognized the famil.
lar faces of the Goddess of Rice ana
tne seven Fat Gods of Wealth. I
also learnt that the tiny teapots and
diminutive trays and dishes which 7
saw in the pottery shops were nsed
In the real human houses. ana
were not toys for children.
But to see child-life in its perfec.
ton in Japan you must 90 to nc 80 ~
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Game is reported plenty In the
woods. A pinch of salt sprinkled on
the birds tail adds to its edible quail
ity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

DR.. Wiley says that Scotch whisky
Is an imitation. Hoot, mon You will
next be telling us that the Scotch bag
pipe is full of hot air
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Editor Box says every woman
should wear beauty spot. The wom-
en-. no doubt, will accept the advice on
the spot
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

~The wages Of sin is DEATH" And
sooner or later every man collects his
pay.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Chefu does not guarantee the quail
ity of its war news, but it makes good
on quantity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

How queer it must look to a Span
lard to read in the American news
papers about a flood on "the Rio
Grande river"i
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-15

Commander Peary feels that he has
a few more toes to sacrifice in the
great cause of arctic exploration.