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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
For Evening Wear.

A pretty gown intended for evening
or reception wear is made of white ST.
cilienne, deeply hand tucked and eff
fectively decorated with heavy gold
cords. The corsage yoke is made of
tucked and shirred maline with a
bertha of chiffon, which is knotted at
intervals. The entire upper portion
of the skirt is tucked to below the
knee and shirred flounce is applied
beneath the heavy cord. The sleeves
are in elbow length and finished with
a chiffon drapery, while the same gold
cord does duty for a girdle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
SOUS Bodice GirdleS,
20, "a, 20 waist.

figure and is used for all, and the full
portion of each.
Number one is shaped and shirred
on indicated lines, then arranged over
the foundation which is boned in order
to retain its shape.
Number two is cut in sections which
are arranged over the foundation and
held by lacings, the whole being boned
at back, sides and front.
Number three consists of three por-
tons, which are laid in folds, the cen
ter parts being arranged over the cen
tire of the foundation at front and back
and the outer portion shaped to give a
pointed effect at the front who're it
terminates and one end is passed
through an ornamental ring or buckle.
Number four is similar to number
one but is narrower and shows fewer
shirrings, so being better adapted to
the waists of larger size.
The quantity of material 21 inches
wide required for the medium size is
l yard for number one, n yards for
number two, rs yards for number
three and 70 yards for number four.
The pattern 4603 is cut in three
sizes, small or 20 inch waist measure,
medium or "a inch waist measure and
large or 2S inch waist measure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
elvEs neon
Food That Carries One Along.

It's nice to know of food that not
only tastes delicious but that puts the
snap and go into one and supplies
staying power for the day.
woman says: Il have taken
enough medicine in my time to fur.
nish drug store, but in later and
wiser years have taken none but
have depended, for the health | now
enjoy, on suitable and sustaining
food of which keep on hand tested
variety, plain but nourishing.
"Of these my main dependence is
Grape-Nuts, especially if l have be-
fore me day of unusual effort eth
err mental or physical. In this case
! fortify myself the first thing in the
morning with about A teaspoonfuls
of Grape-Nuts moistened with cream
and not much else for breakfast and
the amount of work can then carry
through successfully without fatigue
or exhaustion is wonder to those
about me and even to myself
"Grape-Nuts food is certainly a
wonderful strengthener and is not a
stimulant, for there is no reaction aft
erwards, but It is sustaining and
strengthening, as have proved by
long experience" Name given by
Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a reason four teaspoonfuls
Of Grape-Nuts and cream viii add
more strength and carry one further
than a plateful of coarse heavy food
that is nearly all waste Grape-Nuts
food is condensed, pre-digested and
delicious. 1t contains the parts of
the Wheat and Barley grains that
supply the rebuilding parts for Brain
and Nerve Centers.
Look in each package for copy
of the famous little book, "The Read
to MELVILLE"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
A PhysIolan,s Statement.

Yorktown, Ark, Jan. 11.-LeIand
Williamson, M. D., one of our cleverest
physicians, has made statement, en-
dorsing Dodds Kidney Pills and say.
ing that he uses them in his daily prac-
tice in preference to any other Kidney
medicine. His statement has created
a profound sensation, as it is some
what unusual for a physician to pub
licly endorse anything in the shape of
a patent medicine. DR.. Williamson
says:
After twenty years practice in a
sickly and malarious country | have
come to the conclusion that it is al
ways best to use the remedy that will
relieve and cure my patents, whether
ethical or not
Il have used Dodd's Kidney Pills
with uniform success in the various
forms of Kidney Disease, Pain in the
Back, Gout, Rheumatism, Inflamma-
ton and Congestion of the Kidneys
and all kindred diseases; / always pre-
scribe Dodd's Kidney Pills in such
cases and can testify that they in
variably restore the Kidneys to their
normal state and thereby relieve the
blood of accumulated poisons. produc-
ing prompt and effective cures"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
Heat From Acetvllne

A comparison between the heating
properties of acetyline and coal gas
shows that the heat units developed
per cubic foot are 1850 and $50, re-
spectively, the temperature of the
acetyline flame being about 1000 de-
grees Fahrenheit. With an acetyline
burner consuming two cubic feet OF
gas an hour a quart of water was
brought from temperature of about
80 degrees to the boiling point in about
S1s minutes. Under similar conditions
it required 1OA minutes for the il.
Eliminating gas to accomplish the
same results. though the burner used
sixteen cubic feet Of gas per hour.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01

dotted white net and trimming Of
cream Venetian lace, the effect of
color being most satisfactory, but va
rious combinations can be made. To
make the gown will be required, for
waist Az yards 81. 31a yards q or 21s
yards A inches wide, with IA yards
of all-over lace and % yard of net;
for skirt 10 yards 81, 1O% yards q or
6% yards A inches wide. A May
Manton pattern of waist, No. 4592,
sizes 80 to ~, or of skirt No. 4375,
sizes % to 80, will be mailed to any
address on receipt of ten cents for
each.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01

the collar of white, edged with a pref
ty fancy braid, but any soft and pliable
fabric is appropriate and the collar
can be of the material, of contrasting
color, or of silk on wool as may be
liked.
The negligee consists of a shallow
yoke to which the fronts and back
are joined, the full sleeves and the
wide collar. The sleeves are fuller
below the elbows and snugger above
and are gathered into straight cuffs.
When accordion plating is preferred
both the fronts and back are cut of
sufficient width and are finely plated
before being joined to the yoke The
collar is arranged over the shoulders
and scanned to the neck, it's stole fin
ishing the front.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is 55s yards 81
inches wide. SIS yards 81 inches wide
or 31s yards A inches wide, when
negligee is gathered; 7s yard 81, 6M
q or 9R yards Al inches wide, when
it is accordion plated, with u yard
of contrasting material for collar and
3 yards of fancy braid to trim as illus
trated.
The pattern 1901 is cut in sizes for
a 80, a. SO, 3S and 40-inch bust meas
ure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
Velvet in ereat varletv.

Velvet, which is being much used
for visiting and reception gowns, is
of new and wonderful softness and
comes in many varieties. Besides the
many stamped and printed designs
there are some inlaid with satin spots
and stripes and others of changeable
colors, which shade from brown to
deep orange or from petunia to pale
heliotrope. The trimming of velvet
gowns is, of necessity, simple, and
lace-Irish or renaissance-is much
used for this purpose.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
Insect Foes Of Mankind.

When it comes to actual facts and
dgures of the financial losses caused
by insect pests the published papers
and reports Of expert Investigators
connected with our agricultural de-
partment at Washington and our agri-
cultural stations elsewhere furnish the
shief and largest resource. The fig.
ures given here are truly staggering
In their immensely Thus we have it
On the authority of Or. Howard that
the actual money loss occasioned by
insect pests in this country every year
Is not less than $35,00O0OO. Accord
ing to DR.. Howard the grasshopper
pest which visited large areas of the
West in 1S74-76 destroyed farm crops
to the value of $1OO,oOO,OOO in a single
season
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
DEeTTI AHlHdS
GalG lEO'WIhR
SR'S114fsAAr ~ N-z1f0 7le -
mai neck effects prevail.
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Flat neck effects prevail.
Lace bands, in some modish in
stances, are inlaid.
Some exquisite floral brooches are
used for Innings.
Collars are so deep as to amount to
full-fedged coats.
Widely flowing sleeves seem to
come first in favor.
Round capes seem to be preferred
to pointed hood effects.
Some immense balloon-like sleeves
are caught into ornate fiaring cuffs.
The hat that flares up at the left
and away off the face is oftenest seen.
Hand-embroidered robe gowns of
velveteen are among the beautiful
novelties.
Squirrel fur is not seen at all in
Paris this winter and moleskin is
promised as brief a reign.
Beads, buckles, chains and straps
it's enough to make the fashionable
woman feel as if she were in har-
ness.
We are still wearing cream and
champagne colored cloth and etamine
coats trimmed with silk incrusted lace
of the same color.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01

The brilliant crimson cloth Of which
the cardinals robes at the Vatican
are made has been supplied for gen
srations past by the same family of
cloth merchants at Burtscheid. near
Aix-la-Chapelle, the secret process by
which the dye is distilled having been
handed down from father to son. The
family, curiously enough, is of EIugue-
not descent, and its members are to
this day stanch Protestants.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
JINE112Ilary7Qq7
"a ;K2GAMS

The candles will burn slowly and
steadily through the evening if they
are kept on ice all day.
For marks made on painted wood
work by matches, try rubbing first
with a slice of lemon, then with whit
ing, and in a few moments wash with
warm soapsuds.
Pickle bottles and jars that smell
Of onions will be quite sweet and odor-
less after being left out of doors for
three or four days filed with sand or
garden mold.
Coffee Grounds Disinfectant-
Coffee grounds are generally thrown
away, although they make capital
disinfectant and deodorizer if they
are burned on hot fire shovel and
borne through the apartment.
Frequent washing with soap will
dim the surface of mirror The &C.
casional use of alcohol is recommend
ed, but for frequent washing damp
newspaper with a polishing with cha
mois skin will keep mirrors and table
glassware in good condition
The cloths used in waxing floors
or polishing furniture should be kept
in a covered crock as long as clean,
then, instead of letting them accumu-
late in closet or storeroom, burn them
Immediately, since vegetable oils are
so liable to spontaneous combustion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
Riqht Temperature Tor Work

DR. Benjamin Ward Richardson
found. after long experiments and
practice, that GA deg. Fair. is the best
temperature in which to conduct men
tai labor II the temperature falls
below this the mind becomes drowsy
and inactive; and If 1t rises much
above there is relaxed state Of the
body and mind which soon leads to
fatigue and exhaustion 1t is impor-
tant that the temperature be the same
in all parts of the room, and that 1t is
steadily maintained
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
Funny Old Sims

One of the most notable of old Lon.
don signs, THE Dogs Head in the
Iron Pot" had its beginning in the
early years of the reign of that same
bluff King Hal, says st. Nicholas. It
stands out, lonely figure on Black
friars road at the corner of Charlotte
street, the sign of a wholesale iron
monger's establishment. The dog ia
in the act of eating out of three
legged iron pot which it has over
turned. There were also "The Black
Dog and The Dog and Duck" "Tbe
White Greyhound" was the sign of
John Harrison in St. PauPs church.
yard, a bookseller who published some
of Shakespeare's early works.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
BRIGHT SCHEME THAT FAILED
Young Physician Who Tried to Fool
Neiqhbors a Wiser Man.

Bristling with ambition, a young
physician who has limited practice
recently thought of a scheme which
he felt would be money maker for
him. His idea was to fool his neigh
bors into the belief that he was over.
run with business. This he attempt
ed to do by inducing all the charity
patients he treated at the dispensary
with which he is connected to come
to his office, telling them it would be
a convenience for him and that it
would cost them nothing. But the re-
suit was not all he anticipated While
his Office was always crowded, the
number of his paying patients did not
increase, and at the end of the month
he had made visible impression on
but one person. His landlady raised
his rent because she was sure he had
acquired an extensive and prosperous
practice.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
Valuable Cosmetic.

The cashew nut serves a unique pur.
pose as a cosmetic in the West In
dies, where women, desiring to remove
the excessive tan. anoint the skin
with an oil from the outer surface of
the raw nut For two weeks the pa.
tient must retire from society. for the
face and hands so treated turn black.
At the end OF fo-tnight's seclusion.
however. the woman who has under,
gone the cashew treatment energies,
observes state, with skin and com.
plexion as fair "a babes"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
EnrlIest Green onlnns.

The John A. salzer Seed Co, La
Crosse, Wis, always have something
new, something valuable This year
they offer among their new money
making vegetables, an Earliest Green
Eating Onion 1t is a winner, Mr..
Farmer and Gardeners
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND Ice,
and they will send you their big plant
and seed catalog, together with enough
seed to grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages.
1000 delicious Carrots.
1000 blanching, nutty Celery.
1000 rich, buttery Lettuce.
1000 splendid Onions.
1000 rare, luscious Radishes.
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
In all over 10000 plants-this great
offer Is made TO get you to test their
warranted vegetable seeds and
ALL FOR BUT Ice POSTAGE,
providing you viii return this notice.
and II you will send them zoe in post
age, they viii add to the above a pack
age of the famous Berliner Caulihower.
CIV. N. W
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
WHERE WOMEN SAVED THE DAY.
TWO Cases in Which Their Services
Were of Importance.

Two Cases in Which Their Services
Were of Importance.
In 1897 Col Tate, with the Legion
Noire, landed near Fishguard, intend
ing to march on and burn Bristol.
When the expedition appeared off the
coast there was only a handful of VOL
unteers available to oppose them and
Lord Cawdor who was in command.
mustered all the Welshwomen he
could gather together. Each of these
wore long red cloak, descending
petticoat fashion almost to her heels,
and thus attired they were made to
march and countermarch among the
hills, presenting themselves at differ
ent points to the view of the enemy
in such way as to give the impress
sion of red-uniformed troops taking
up position. The French were so
puzzled by their appearance that, al
though they landeds they could not
make up their minds to advance until
sufficient time had elapsed to raise
the country and bring forward a real
force strong enough to beat them
back. Another case in point was fur
nished by the milkmaids of bort. in
Holland who gave timely warning of
the approach of band of invading
Spaniards and thus saved their city.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
Floating Exposition.

According to the leading paper OF
Vienna, Austrian exporting circles are
contemplating the fitting out of a
steamship for floating Industrial ex-
hibition to visit the ports of the East
Indies and eastern Asia. A similar
enterprise undertaken in 1901, had
given profitable results to Austrian
manufacturers and exporting houses
which participated therein.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
Nerves and the piano.

An eminent Berlin nerve specialist,
who had his attention attracted to the
chronic nervousness of many pianists,
has been studying the piano from the
pathological point of view. Out of
1000 young girls whom he examined,
each of whom had begun to study the
piano under IA years of age. no less
than 500 had some nervous maIady
while out of 1000 who had never stud
led the instrument only 100 were af
flicted. The specialist. therefore, has
promulgated the theory that no child
should be allowed to learn the piano
before the age of 16.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
The Trans.slberlan Road.

In 1857 an American named Collins
first proposed a railway from the
Amur to the village of Tchita. Later.
several plans were formulated, but it
was not until March II, 1891, that the
Trans-Siberian railway was definitely
determined on and projected by an
imperial order. On May 10, 1891, the
first stone was laid. The line covers
1862 miles in Russian territory and l.
6O4 miles in Chinese territory. In ten
and one-half years 5,166 miles of rails
were laid. In the Canadian Pacific,
constructed under similar conditions.
it took ten years to lay 1921 miles of
rails
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
Wanted No Cheap Gamblers.

It happened in a San Francisco OPT
um den, and may fairly be termed
contest of imagination. Three dope
nends who had attended the races at
Oakland during the afternoon lay
stretched out under the influence of
the dreamy narcotic. Presently one
OF them exclaimed: Il bettee 10000
on the black horse" After while
subject No broke the silence with:
Il bettee $1,O0O.OO0,O0O Kitty q.
catchee money" Then sport No.
was heard from. Rolling over. he re-
marked disgustedly Flow dem
pikers out"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
How to Win At Poker.

A gentleman giving the name of Nc
Clellan has at last solved the Fostering
problem Of how to win at poker En-.
tering a CLUB" at Chicago, he in.
sisted upon taking a hand in each
game that was in progress. He was
the only man to draw. and all the
Other players passed All he held was
a pistol. He raked in. all the pots and
cashed in, emitting $he ceremony of
feeding the kitty. This was irregular
to some extent, but almost any inno-
varion is irregular if IL makes good.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
Snot Emhroiderv.

Many of the very best French mod
els in gowns, separate waists and
short coats are embroidered with
wafer spots in silk or wool to match
the fabric. The fashion is suggestive
to the girl who has a plain gown she
wants frightened up, for these wafer
spots are easily embroidered, and
worked upon bodice and skirtyoke OF
a cloth dress will make it an altogeth
er new garment.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
S~w9


To make your tumblers look bright,
add little ammonia to the water in
which they are washed and rinse In
clean, cold water
When Making Cakes-In greasing
tins for cakes, instead Of butter use
lard, as the salt in the butter makes
the cake stick to the tin.
A Use for Stale Bread and Butter
Spread half the slice with jam, cover
with the other half. Cut into neat
squares, dip in batter and fry in boil
ing fat.
If Your Feathers Get Uncurled-
Through being out in damp weather,
shake them for s Few minutes over
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
How's This /?

We o1er One Hundred Dollars Reward for nny
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure
i. J. CHENEY d CO., Toledo o
we, the undersigned. have known r } Cheney
Tor the last 10 years and believe him perfectly hon
0rable In all business transactions and financially
able 70 carry out any obligations made by his firm
WALDlHd. KiNNAE a. MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Tesumonlals sent free Price IS cents per
bottle Sold by All Druggiats.
Take Halls Family pills Tor constipation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01

fire on which you have thrown q
handful of salt.
To Prevent Doors Banging-A cork
neatly covered with some dark ma
terial and nailed to the floor about
three inches out from the wall will
prevent the door banging back and
spelling the wall.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
rhe MnndorfnI Crenm Samaritan.

Does it's work in thirty minutes and
leaves less than l per cent butter fat.
The price is ridiculously low, accord
ing to size, $2.75 to $500 each, and
when you have one you would not part
Herewith for fifty times it's cost.
Just SEND THIS NOTICE
with sc stamps for postage to the John
A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse. Wis,
and get their big catalogue, fully de-
scribing this remarkable Cream Sepa-
rator, and hundreds of other tools and
farm seeds used by the farmer. wv N. VI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
Powdered Borax.

Powdered borax is a harmless and
exceedingly useful article to keep in
the house. A tablespoonful added to
hard water successfully softens it. II
is an agreeable addition to the dish
water and helps to keep the hands
soft instead of irritating them, as does
soda.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
NeaIiaee With Stole Collar.

Simple negligees are always attrac-
tive and fill so evident a need as to
be counted among the necessities of
the wardrobe. This one can be gath
cred or accordion plated as preferred
and includes the fashionable wide col
lar with stole ends. The model is
made of pale pink crepe albatross with
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
shirrod Waist and Three Piece Skirt

Shirred gowns of soft materials
continue to hold the fancy of woman
kind and are first favorites of the
hour. This one is eminently graceful
and shows the dropping shoulder line
with shirrings below that give the
desired breadth to the figure, and
graduated hounce finished with wide
tucks. The model is made of almond
green voile with unlined yoke of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
'reosInto and Bnllon DOLLAR er,,.

The two greatest fodder nlants ~, 80.
one good for IA tons hav and ~ ~ ea1rlCn,
eO tons green fodder per acre. G JSues
everywhere, so do Victoria Rape vieIds
ing $4,000 lbs, sheep and swine food T ner
JUST SEND lOc IN STAMPS TO THE
oo Jon a, Saizer Seed Co., La Crosse. wis
anu anu receive in return their big catalog a,ns3
ioVs OIL farm seed samples. wv. N. my
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
chanaeg In FASHION of Sleeves.

Sleeves are certainly growing small
er and the puR at the elbow seems
doomed to extinction. The rufHed
sleeve reaching to the elbow with a
tight-ftting undersleeve is at once
becoming and satisfactory. A gray
velvet is made with a sleeve of this
description, the undersleeve being
tucked gray mousseline de sole. An
other velvet gown, this in champagne
color, has even more abbreviated
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01

A man may look at life as through
field glasses. He gives himself wide
horizon, and does not always heed the
things which lie nearest him. A wom-
an has more of the microscopic in
stinct. She sees the Importance Of
little things, and that is how so many
have genius enough to make $40, or
even less, provide the necessities of a
household.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01

II has been calculated that the en-
ergy stored up in fifteen grains Of
radium is sufficient TO raise 500 tons
weight a mile high An ounce would.
therefore, suffice to drive flfty-horse
power motor car at the rate of thirty
miles an hour around the world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-01
Cost of eravltatio,

IN an address before the British Az.
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Sci.
ence' Mr.. Charles Hawkins remarl,
that water obtained by prayitatia la !, \
almost II not quite, as expensive as
wafer obtained by pumping. may be
son OF a surprise to a lawman
~ ls easily explained by the greater
cost OF gravitation works.