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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

around the corner and with a puff the
huge machine drew up alongside of
the curb.
In another second Dolly had jumped
Into Il. and with a derisive "honk" of
the horn the powerful car raced off,
leaving Miss Lydia GREATNESS and the
major inarticulately profane.
He must have arranged this with
her. splnttered the major, when at
last words came to his relief. Blu
\ Miss Lydia was positive In her assur.
-anee that there had been no eommuni.
cation, The major had to. content
himself With telephonfng the notice
that his daughter had been abducted.
This had only the result of bringing
two plain clothes men and a dozen re.
porters to the house II was to these
latter that Frank and Dolly owed their
immediate forgiveness.
Bet they 'Se~gone across the river"
volunteered the-youngest@of the scrib.
blers. ''They don't need licenses
across the state line, Ind I'll bet the.
have been married, by now. Maze a
great headline" he continued. ha to
himself; Automobile Lochinyar.
Young Couple OGtwit stern Parent I"
He made d note on his pad, and the
major burst iforth3 ~ Gi7o li5tif IL !
~ Gosh hang it, you young cubss he
shouted, Sim no ding gasted stern mar
emit you hat.headed iiackassl VI i, knew
they iweresgoing teJ be, married. It's
inst because / bet Fem a house sthat
they ran of, told 'emrl,, thew clonnIdp,t
elope without my going along. and
6arstairs won the house. Nov Van
go and put that in your paper al and eff
you dare cali meia stern parent / sbsli
sue you for libel 1his gad1o afIJ IN
The f'honkH of thegauto horn s60,nd.
ed outside, and the major rushed down
the stoop and across I, the road to
Where Frank was, helping 'Dorotbaa
Carstairs out of the tonneau. 9 =
It's all right, 70 pufed the naior .
the newspaper men came strea,nnlna
after him. TDon't let EN- know boas
you outwitted me and I'll forgive Won
but how did you do it, > sf' .r-,1
And as the newsgatherers racad ~,
TO- participate in the sensation tbss
round Frank and Dolly explaining ~
the major the. usefulness Of Morss
transmission by flag and fash avs
tems'-AM q II. Kerner in. Boston Globs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

Among the most common sights in
the streams and lakes Of the Cana
dian lumber country are alligators.
/. One cannot go up river in the woods
without seeing anywhere from two to
half q dozen of them lying on the
banks or floating in the water. ~ pl
Z Nobody hunts these alligators, and
b there is no instance known of their
attacking anybody Indeed, the lum-
bermen swim around right alongside
of them, and generally there are from
zone to three mmDermen sitting on the
back of one alligator.
The fact is that the Canadian ALI.
lgator'is not a reptile, but boat-and
q boat as queer In the world of boats
as the. real alligator is queer in the
world Of reptiles.
<" The Canadian alligator boat is an
oval, fat thing, with a small boiler
and engine bolted to the deck, without
any deck house or other structure
over 1t. Two spidery iron paddle
wheels on the sides do the propelling.
They look funny enough plunging
along. with the skeleton wheels pad
ding like mad, and a great raft be-
hind them; but the funniest part of
the alligator Is not seen till the craft
happens to get to shallow place, or
I'LL It becomes desirable for some rea-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
Drainage for Good Roads

1t Is instructive z to observe how
steadily the feeling ia, growing that
drainage and not thickness OF metal
tng ID the main essential In road!mak-
ting. However much we may respect
the memories OF Macadam. Telford
and other great road builders who
nrst led public authorities toward a
sensible method of construction for
country highways, the fact remains
that many of their recommendation
are now known to be misleading
Their advice was important at the
time when 1t was given, but 1t is not
liz keeping with the broader knowl.
edge of the present time, gained by
careful examination of roads built In
strict conformity with well Known.
specifications. Years ago the theory
Of thin roads, with v-shaped drain
along the center received favor.
This V-shaped drain Is as effective
both for removing the water and SUB.
sorting the netaling as side drains
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
TOO Truthful lYounos..I

4 In a city public school, Miss H2
who is somewhat beyond her teens
was exercising a class of small hox.
IN spelling and defining. The ywora
.Tpedlamsten was correctly spelled hns
one after another, failed to give it,
meaning Miss Hrr, becoming i'm.
patent and Wishing TO help them nv
suggestion, asked in a vexed tome.
What am Lnewa' z ygsII ~ ~
A youngster instantly repliea.
Please, ma'am. an old maidi"
Perhaps 1t Is needless to ada sh.s
Miss H gave still more drama ~
illustrator OF thA required asar,.,sH
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
/Z.!,,AG
HER1N2

Dolly was busting Cupid In the win
dow, and to Carstairs anything Dolly
did was of interest, especially now
that Major Ruthven had declared that
there should begno communication be
tween these two. young people,
Such an edict is difficult of enforce.
ment when the young people lived just
opposite each other, but the major
found most efficient ally in his sis
ter Lydia.
She had been disappointed In her
first and only love affair, and was out
Tof patience with lovers generally and
with Frank Carstairs in particular, for
the elder Carstairs' lack of apprecia-
ton of Lydia's charms had sent him
elsewhere to look for life-mate and
so had confirmed Lydia'si spinster-
hood. -,
The majors objection, to Franks
suit took more practical ground.
Frank, as campaign manager for his
best friend and partner, had defeated
the majors candidate for the state
legislature and incidentally had won
control of the party In his district. an
advantage not to be despised by a
rising young lawyer even though he
be possessed of independent fortune
and the love of Dolly Ruthven.
Just now Frank watched Dolly
gloomily. He had tried in, every way
to get word to her since on the night
of the primaries the major had
slammed the door In his face.
He was certain she did not share
her fathers wrath, but to gain her
side, with Miss Lydia as dragon, was
q matter beyond his shrewdness. Z
He watched her idly as she futtered
the dainty buster about the plaster
cast, and wondered IL he might have
been mistaken in his belief that sh
still loved him, for she had been at
great pains apparently to call atten-
ton to the cast, and Cupid's back was
turned to him. New
Suddenly he found that the signifi-
canoe lay In the busting rather thar
the white figure. First the buster
Lifted down one shoulder of the Cupid,
then the other. Next there was an
other dab down the first side, followed
by two more and then one. II he had
been out with the militia signal corps.
this would have been his call, "F.-.C
Just for fun, he would water the
plants in the window-and reply.
With the tiny watering can + he
sprinkled one side of geranium, and
then twice swung the sprinkler on the
other side; that was 3D." The ~
was three more dots eon-the same side
and one on the other. Like a flash
came fresh flourishes of the buster.
and he had ,Dollg,s K."t ~-gf
Twenty minutes. later, Frank went
downtown with head erect, and when
he met Major Ruthven he added sfurs
Their to his offences by passing that
doughty veteran with a broad grin. 81
The majors frown was smootheI
away only when Miss Lydia assured
himithat Dolly had, BEEN tn her own
room all the morning.
OThat evening, Franks. big red auto
mobile stood painting in front Of the
house across the way, while Dolly,
carefully chaperoned BY her father
and aunt. took the air on the brown
stone steps. &c 519qscIq slif RIA
THE darkness had ALREADY, faIrsn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
COST OF LOUIS BUTTONS.
Grand Monarque Said to Have squan-
dered $5,ooo,ooO In This Way,

Grand Monarque Said to Have Squan-
dered 100000 In This Way, y
Twenty thousand dollars for drop
shaped pearlr'scarfpin. $4,000 for a
pearl stud, s$4,940 for aycoat fastener
formed of a white bouton pearl with
geld bar, $3.50 for seven buttons en-
suite and S775 for pair of brilliant
sleeve links-thoEe are a few Of the
prices realized at the recent sale in
London of noble marquis jewelry.
But, after all, everything is compar'
alive. and the marquis gems, rare and
costly though they are, would have
been quite eclipsed by Louis XIY's
personal jewelry. The grand mon,
argue" had many crazes, but for but.
tons he had positive mania. In
single year. 1855, he squandered 5000.
COO on them, and some of his pur
cEases are well worth glancing at.
On Aug. 1, 1855, he bought two dia.
mono buttons for 67966 francs and
seventy-fve diamond buttons for 586.
S03 francs. The buttons for a single
vest cost Louis 100000. or the 25A
~boutonnieres" used 1862 contained five
diamonds each, while the remainder
were single diamonds. In all, the
great monarque" is said to have
spent 100000 on buttons alone.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
For to Admire 2


The milan Ocean sets an smiles
SO soft. 10 bright. so bloomin' blue;
There amt a wave for miles an rniies
Excep' the jiggle from the screw
The ship 10 sweep the day is DONE y
The bugle's gone for smoke an play;
An back again the settin' sun
The Lascar sings, "Ium deokty hair
FOR TO admire an for to see,
For to be'old this world so wide
IL never done no good to me,
But can't drop 1t II / triedt
see the sergeants pitchin. quoits, !
Tear the women laugh an talk,
4 spy upon the quarter deck
The orficers an lydies walk
II thinks about the. things that was, Il
An leans an looks aerost the sea,
Till, spite OF all the crowded ship,
There's no one lef' alive but me.
THE things that was which I ave seen.
In harrick, camp, an action, too. ~, i
tells them over by myself,
an sometimes wonders IL they're true.
For they was odd-most awful odd
But all the same now they are o'er.3N
There must be caps o. plenty such,
Z An'iif wait Ial see some more. H.. X
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
Snakes, Eyes Never clo..4

Snakes may almost be said 4 /
glass eyes. inasmuch as their
never close. They are without
and each is covered with a trans
ent scale, much resembling h
When the reptile sheds its outer
the eye scales come off with The
of the transparent envelope or
which the snake slips. This i,
eye scale is so tough that Il 4
tually protects the true eye frouI
twigs, sharp grass and other oA.s
tions which the snake encounteu
its travels. yet 1t is transps
enough to allow the most ps
vision. Thus. If the snake has Il
glass eye. 1t may. at any rate, BEL
to wear glasses,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

Oh. ave come upon the books.
An often broke q barrick rule,
AL stoou besll.e an Matened myself
Be.avin' like a bloomin' fool.
paid my price for findin' out.
: Nor never grutched the price I maid
But sat In Cllnk without my boots, y
5 Admirin' ow the world was made.
Be'old a cloud upon the beam.
An Jumped above the sea appears
Old Alden, like q barrlck-stove 80
That no ones lit for years am vearsl
! passed by that when began,
An, go 'onne the road / came.
time-expired soldier-man, fe't
with six years service to is name.
NY girl she said, "oh, stay with 'me!''
NY mother ED me to 'er breast,
They've never written none, am SO
They must ave gone with ali the rest.
with all the rest which / ave seen
An found an known an met along.
cannot say the things feel, J
But stu | sing my evenin' song;
For to admire an for to see.
= For to behold this world SO, wideA.- g.
1t never done no good to me.
But 4 can't drop 1t If i tried !gNs
-Rudyard KiplIng.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
Tale of a Mystery

I.H ri OH D.
Gov. Pennypacker Of Pennsylvania
was reviewing the State militia at
Gettysburg. A young staff officer de.
scribed to him In low voice some
untmportant error that had been
made. But as to the cause of the err
ror. sir" he said. that is a mystery"
Gov Pennypacker smiled.
"f 1t is mystery" he said, ut 10
like the picked pork disaster that be-
tell two Pennsylvania Dutchmen,
Hans and Fritz As
) "These two men bought lot OF
picked pork In partnership. They
put II In barrel, and stored 1t away
I'm the cellar OF Hans home. Now.
Hans, though Pennsylvania Dutch
man. was dishonest, The combination
In rare.
swell, the morning after the deal in
picked pork. Fritz met Hans on the
road.
Good morning, Hans he said. rs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

there any news about our picked
pork?' tt# t 4I HEB <
Fritz, Hans answered gravely,
there Is news, and bad news. A
strange thing has happened. It is a
mystery to me- 41ala {
"'Well. Hans, tell me all about IT,
said Fritz. glW
Fritz, my friend, 1t was like this
said Hans. This morning / went
down cellar to get piece of pork for
my breakfast, and put my hand down
In the barrel, and felt around In the
brine, and there was no pork there.
It was all gone-all gone completely.
SO then turned up the barrel, and,
as true as you are alive, the rats had
eaten a hole clean through the bot
tom and dragged the pork all out
Fritz was amazed and stunned.
why didn't the brine run out of
the hole?' he asked
'Ah, Fritz said the other, that's
the mystery. That's the mystery"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

and Telford base. Its cost ia an.
pro4imately seyepty-seven, cents per
iineal foot Of road less than construc.
ton with a '1'elford base and two
drains, and thirty-five cents less tnan
the same base with single side
drain.
This system of construction IL al
rectly opposite to that advocated In
most OF the accepted manuals on the
subject. The old idea has been TO get
the water on the roadbed inst as
quickly as possible. To accomplish
This the, subgrade has been crowned
and rolled and the lower courses - Of
stone are coarse and often OF cons.
cradle thickness. BY the new sys.
tenn Of construction the water remains
on the roadbed' and IS collected bv
the outlet drains at fifty-foot points
the drainage not being distributed
along each side of the road. but CON.
centrated at a regular series of points
-Ensineering Record. jN + l1eI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

the front of the machine winked at
Dolly and two shorter winks followed.
Back of the majors shiny pate the
joss sticks danced like fireflies, eager
to nestle back into the soft coils of
hair from which they had just been
snatched.
''I'm going up to the corner for a
soda," announced Dolly. Want to
come, auntie?"
1 Il guess I'll have vichy;" grunt-
ed the major, distrustful of walks with
Carstairs about; and the three strolled
slowly toward the corner drug store
under the leafy arch of trees.
Halfway up, the street the two glar-
ing eyes of an automobile flashed
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
Novelist States pns,tle, !.

George Meredith has at last fallen
victim to the interviewer. and appar.
entity q willing victim. There Is some.
thing little reminiscent of the new
sew swim preface in the great novel.
lsts announcement as to his work
The English peepls know nothing
spout me- he has confessed, There
I, Eas always been something antipa.
thetic between them and me! VIM
book after book 10 Awas always fbs
same cutlery Of censureg and ,disan.
rroval. The first time Ur two i mlnd.
ed 1t. Then I determined to disre.
gard what people said altogether ana
since that have written only To
please myself"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
VOLCANO \ WEATHER PROPHET.
10 Warning Known TO the Anelents
aF Many Centuries Auo.


aF Many Centuries Ago.
AS natural weather prophet. and
lnfalliDie at that, the volcano on the
isI1nd OF Vulcano, twelve miles north
OF Sicily in the Mediterranean. is be.
lived to hold the record. The follow.
ing Us from an account of dinner
given by the Geographical Council
club of England in 1893: Capt
Wharton, the photographer to the
aomlralty, told how he had once an.
chored in very deep water on the
east side of Volcano, the southern.
most Of the Liparl isles, but that he
mad kept up stream, with the intention
OF being off Immediately IL the wind
changed, to the east. He mentioned
TINS to an Englfshman who lived on
the island and was In charge of some
'oofax works.. But said the man
there is not the remotest chance Of
the wind going round to the east
without the full warning. what
warningT asked the other, obi! was
me re1oinders the volcano always
warns US. The volcanoH said Whar.
q ions sYes5 the yoleano,4 fumaroneY
always emits whistling sound before
the east wind begins to blow, Shortly
. aIter this Wharton was looking at
straDo and, to his establishment, found
mat INA, that writer mentions the fact.
Inc Englishman had never heard OF
etiaoo In his life.7 Strabo, died as an
aoiu man about A. D. rs, so. that this
excellent ffurmarone' must have been
slVlng its warnings welEnigh 1000
years at least" ;a'a ~ eS71 lsss
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
Death was Suggested subject.

Tom Johnson of Cleveland was
spending . few weeks at a small hotel
near Lake Michigan. Accommoda
tons had been engaged in advance,
tut the service was not such as he had
expected. At each meal Mr.. Johnson
introduced the subject of death. So
persistent was he In discussing the
morbid theme that 1t had depress
ing effect on the other guests. n tuh
-Can't you speak on, anything else
Cur death?" asked the landlord In des
peration. s~'.S
Conversation La prompted by sur
roundings." explained the mayor. ass
But there are no gravestones nor
cearses here" protested the landlord,
swinging his arms toward the beau.
tiful lake. Neither Is there crepe on
The door"
! NO" said Mr.. Johnson, painfully:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
SACRED SHRINE OF =,
Where oevotees Pray for q.
Absent Ones ~

Where osvotees Pray 70, =.
Absent Ones.
A romantic custom or ~.
is described in the "Kokor,s. ''e
cadio Hearn. 1t is nara.
those who are anxious for j.
OF absent ones repair to the !.
of Dakeyama to perform |, iaea'
rite. There is a shrine a. -
NIT to commemorate a prince. ue
tiquity who daily watched S
until she pined and died Spss
body was changed into stor.
who looks with the eyes ~
still sees the princess on Nv, wy
keyama in the shape of a na 'sSa
lar rock. Before her Shirt. p
heaps Of pebbles and those WIN
to pray for the safe home.ro ~ \,
one they love take a pebble ava.
them as a talisman. And u.
last reunited with the beloved ~
pilgrimage is made to the sbr'''
Dakeyama to replace the pebhla !
a handful of others, in dsv.S
gratitude. Ns'VDa
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
STRENGTH AT VARIOUS AGE
Muscles Have Their Stages Of
velopment and Decline.

@fh1 h~Skf'H~f
Careful Investigations have pre-
that the muscles. as well as q
organs of the body, have their 50
OF development and decline. Test
the strength OF several thousl-
OF people have been made by thsf
Of a dynamometer (strength meas
and the following are given as
average figures of the white y
The lifting power of a youth Of Y.
2SOlb. In his twentieth year tbs
creases to- S20lb.. and in his thfi
and thirty-first years It reaches
height, S56lbs uAt the end OF
thirty-first year the strength %
to decline. BY the fortieth ysE
has decreased Slb., and this dis
tion continues at Slightly increb
rate until the fiftieth year is reaa
whenCthe figure is 3sOlb. Attef5
period the strength fails more
more rapidly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
10 Report TubereulosIn canea.

The Birmingham (Eng.) city council
has decided to issue circular to all
medical men in the city, asking them
to report all cases of tuberculosis OF
the lungs coming under their notice,
and offering to pay rs Cd for each
notification.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

TO HeFhoVe MUG from Shoe,
A strip OF carpet glued to a
of wood will remove mud from K
quickly and without the slightss
Jury to leather. 1t is far belts,
the usual brush.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
Coolest Country Of AIl.

Siberia has the greatest known
In the world, At Yakutsk the AVA
for three winter months is 40 deg
below zero. while individual drup
70 and rs degrees below are no. /
known. But at Verjohansk the n
age for January, 1885. was essf
grees below zero. and the mercur
one time dropped to 9O.4 degrees
low, the lowest on record anyvH
In the world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

rbut iflyou wanted crepe and coulsrs
get Il, wouldn't this tablecloth make
good substitute?"- Portland Ore,
gonian. ln ntsU0I 9rD 5TSft-4.V.s oAeT
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

~Dr. David Konnedy's Favorite Rsu
cured my wife of a terrible disease. WITH risa
testify to Its marvellous efficacy" J. Sweet AhssI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
No Remove Mod from 49,.

The Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago a.,
Eye Book Tree. " rite them abuut vST, w. .1
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

aud In her hair the red tips Of burn
Ing Joss sticks gave, signs that she
was determined that, the mos uItaes
should not annoy her. y StsAA -2-l9'7
The major gave, grant ps Frank
ran down the steps. and Dolly bright.
sned up. Instead of climbing into the
seat and steering off, Frank stood in
mont OF the machine. idly swinging
his cap.
Presently one of the big lanterns ON
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

Piso's Cure fer Consumption is on inf
medicine for coughs and colds.-N W. sac
Ocean Grove. N. j.. Feb. n. 1900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
TEA

Labor Saved by electricity.
The twenty.twoton bell at the y
Occur church In Paris is tolls'
electricity. A single ohoir-boy
thus do the work which formerly
Ave men.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
TEA

How does it happen that
all good tea comes to Schil-
ling7
1t doesn't; not all not all.
YOur grocer returns your money if you eOnp
like schilling's Best
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

Mrs. Winsaow's Soothing svys.
FOR children teething, softens the gums. An.
allays pain, cures wind colo ~ =
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27
TEA

Man Cheaper Than Herss !
In the farming districts of Russ
costs 49, cents TO hire a horse fo''
day and S5 cents to- hire q msAa3
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

alternating Mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes hibernate like bear,
the winter n
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-09-27

Ing eyes Of an automobile tiashed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-07
THE BEST LAND BARGAINS
IN MINNESOTA,
Q o 0 0 0 0 .

% Q Q
CROP PAYMENTS. q
Why not buy Of me 40 or SO.acre Q
tract of land not over Is miles from Min {
neapolis and st. Paul, on the easy crop Z
payment plan and make for yourself
comfortable home? The land Is cheap and {
terms remarkably easy. Do not delay as
these lands are selling rapidly and will
particulars. {
FRANKLIN BENNER, {
OIL Bank Of Commerce Bldg.