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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-07

TO st. Louis and return FOR 1920. No
extra charge going via Chicago For
further information cell or address WIS.,
consin Central Railway. Ticket office,
371 Robert street.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-07

NEW YORK, June 6.-Fire late tonight
burned out the upper floors OF two build
ings on West Twenty-third street. one
occupied by the Hoefer Wallpaper mills.
causing a loss of s125. 000
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-07

Sons cf Herman excursion to New rim
via M st. L. Train leaves union
depot Sunday, June 10 at 8 a. m Tickets
can be secured from the committee
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-07
hist and third TuesdaY Of Each Nor

The Chicago Great Western Railway viii
sell Homeseekers' tickets at one fare plus
$500 to points I'll Ala bama. Arkansas, Cola
Grade. Florida. Georgia. Kansas Ken
lucky. louisiana. Mexico. Mississippi
M'ssoEri Nebraskas New Mexico. North
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-07

Carolina Oklahoma, Tennessee. Texas.
Utah, Virginia and wyoming. For fur
Gen1 Agt. Cor. 9Th and Robert Sts., st.
Paul
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
HAIRY ANUS OF JAPAN.
Aboriginal Race Low in the Scale Of
Mankind.

Aboriginal Race Low in the Scale Of
Mankind.
In the northern island Of the Japan
eye group live the Ainu, the hairy alb
origines Of Japan. The men are Of
low stature, thick set, fuIl-bearded.
with bushy black hair, muscular in
frame and limbs and with large hands
and feet. They have no alphabet, no
writings Of any kind. Their dwellings
are made Of poles covered over with
thick straw mats, with matched roofs.
the windows and doors being holes
covered with the same materials. The
earth beaten down hard forms the
floor. The fireplace with its pot-hooks
occupies the center; there being no
chimney, the interior walls become
thickly vanished with creosote, dense
ly packed with fakes of carbon OF fes-
TONED with masses of SCOT. The Ainu
dress consists OF an upper and a lower
garment, having tight sleeves and
reaching to the knees; they also wear
straw leggins and straw shoes. Their
hair, which is astonishingly thick, is
clipped short in front and falls in
masses down the back and sides of the
shoulders. The beard and mustaches
are allowed to grow to their full
length, sometimes reaching eighteen
inches. The women are of about the
same stature and build. and most of
them Rre very ugly-looking. This
arises from the fact that they tattoo
wide band Of dirty blue around their
lips, tapering upward on each side
to a point, and they also tattoo geo
metrical figures on their hands and
forearms.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
The Most Common disease.

Yorktown, Ark, Feb. 29th.-Le l<s. d
Williamson. NJ. D., a successful and
clever local physician. says:
There is scarcely another form of
disease a physician is called upon 30
often to treat as Kidney Disease. l
invariably prescribe Dodd's Kidney
Pills and am not disappointed In their
effect for they are always reliable.
could mention many cases in which
l have used this medicine with splen.
did success, for example, might re-
fer to the case of Mr.. A. H. Cole.
Age 81, greatly emaciated, some
fever, great pain and pressure over
region OF Kidneys. urine filled with
pus or corruption and very foul smell
Ing and passed some blood. Directed
TO drink a great deal of water. gave
brisk purgatiye and Dodd's Kidney
Pills. The pills were continued regu-
larry for three weeks and then a few
doses every week, especially. il patient
felt any pain in region Of Kidneys.
Cured completely and patient per-
formed his duties as farm laborer in
tour weeks"
"Dr. Williamson has been a regular
practitioner for over twenty years and
his unqualified Endorsement of Dodd's
Kidney Pills is certainly a wonderful
tribute to this remedy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
Mainsprinas Of Pronress.

None but the most indolent can re-
strain a deep sense of admiration for
such sturdy and energetic characters
as the vigorous old lady mentioned in
the following anecdote:
Il recall an amusing incident in
Brooklyn" says DR.. Dixon of Boston,
who has a class in New Testament
Greek in his Sunday school. IAN old
lady of 20 presented herself one day as
a member Of the class, and to my in
quiry if she intended 20 rub up her
Greek she replied, Rub up nothing. /
don't know the alphabet. But you
said the other day that Cato learned
Greek at so, and what a man can do at
80, a woman certainly can do at TO-
And she did"
That spirit of determination which
never fails to win SUCCESS shows forth
in every word of her brief reply, and
one hardly reeds the added statement
that she accomplished her purpose.
Such people are the mainsprings of
progress.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
Evil Spirit at Work

China has just degraded Chang VI.
one of its officials, for transferring the
Kaiping coal mines to British control.
The unfortunate man has also been in
formed that he will be further pun
ished unless he brings the Kaiping
mines under Chinese control again
within two months
This calls to mind the time when
tie Pekin government was in a state
of panic over the Kaiping mines, fear
ing that they might involve the reign
ing dynasty Of the empire in terrible
evil
1t was in the SOS and China was
very suspicious of everything foreign.
The government had become con-
WINGED that some kind Of machinery
used in European coal mining was
worth importing for the Kaiping
mines.
The machinery was introduced.
Europeans were hired to run it. and
the coal output was greatly increased.
Five thousand tons had been raised
for shipment when suddenly an order
came from the Peizin authorities to
close the mines at once.
This precipitate action was taken to
nip an evil influence which had devel-
oped in the emperor's palace, whose
inmates were in great dismay. The
public censor had brought about this
unpleasant situation by a memorial
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
Silver as an AntiSeptic

To properly dress a wound is not
an easy thing. and the process is com
plicated and may be costly when the
dressing has to be renewed every
day. There are none of these objec-
tons, however, in the method Of DR..
Reboul. for whether the dressing is to
be applied to a recent cut or to an
liberated tumor. a sheet Of silver or
silver leaf is all that is necessary. The
silver is simply placed on the wound
or ulcer, and as it sticks closely to the
surface little Gotten soaked in colo
dion is sufficient to keep it in place.
The effects of this sheet of silver are
very remarkable. Where the wound is
a recent one and not contaminated
with microbes. the wound quickly
heals under the influence of the silver,
without Inflammation or suppuration
and without presenting the slightest
bad symptom. Conditions are Just as
favorable in cases of ulcer, chronic Ill
Ger of the leg, for example, in which
case the suppuration decreases little
by little, while the ulcerared surface
gradually becomes covered with
healthy skin which coon produces a
good cicatrice in place Of the ulcer.
This perfect cicatrization has been OBJ
tanned in many cases of liberated can
Ger of the skin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
Grow Less in Depth

One of the most remarkable phys
ical features of the globe is the deep
and wide depression in the hollow of
which stands the Caspian sea, and
near to it the Sea of Aral. The Cas-
plan is nearly as large as France. and
it's surface is eighty-four feet below
the level of the Black sea. The Sea
of Aral is nearly as large as Ireland,
ard is very little over the sea level.
Within recent geological times the
vast expanse in which these lakes are
found was sea. Its floor has been
gradually raised. and the waters fill
ing the depressions are all that is left
of an ancient Mediterranean. A
strange feature of both bodies Of
water is that, although they receive
large rivers, especially the Caspian,
into which the yolga. the ural river
and scores of streams from the eau
casus flow, both have for many years
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03

which he had presented to the throne.
He said it was his melancholy duty
to report that the galleries which had
been opened in the Kafping mines by
the foreigners, and the smoke and
noise Of the foreign machinery, had
disturbed the repose Of the earth dra-
gon. In venting his dispIeasure the
dragon. in turn. had vexed the spirit OF
the empress. who had died some
months earlier and had been buried
about 100 miles away from the mines
The spirit Of the departed princess
was justifably angry and had taken
prompt vengeance by affecting several
members Of the imperial household
with the measles. There was no doubt
that this calamity was distinctly trace
able to the wicked proceedings at the
coal mines.
Coal mining was. therefore, sus-
pended and it was not until the
measles disappeared from the impe-
rial household that ealmness again
prevailed and the reopening Of the
mines was authorized. But years
elapsed before machinery was again
employed
Only half generation has passed.
but things have been moving. though
slowly, in China. The government
that once closed the mines is now de-
sirous to keep them, machinery and
all, under its controL-New York SuA-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
j AP AN IN EA|

The queen Of Korea was a clever
and ambitious woman, who stood be-
hind the throne and directed the pol
Icy Of the country. Being a cousin of
the old imperial family Of China. her
tendencies were entirely anti-Japa-
nese. says the Nineteenth Century
and After. Accordingly a conspiracy
was set afoot for her destruction.
Popular Iumor suggested her diplo-
matte enemies as bearing a hand.
In any case, during October, 1895.
the palace was attacked, the king
impounded and the queen murdered
In circumstances Of brutality unpar.
alleled even in the history of japan. so
prolific in instances Of calIous cruelty.
Some of the rival nations were said to
have been seen among the murderers
one even was pointed out as having
struck the first blow. Suspicion was
supposed to hint at the names of some
in high places.
Meanwhile the king was virtually a
close prisoner in the hands of the Ia.
panese, who. however, attempted to
appease popular rumor by recalling
their minister and opening an inquiry
into the manner of the queens death.
This was finally decided to have been
accidental, and the minister is said
to have been reprimanded. With the
king fast in their hands. the influence
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
Where Lord Nelson Reallx ni.d.

Visitors to the Victory at Port
mouth. England, who have gazed upon
a spot In the cockpit and believed II
TO be the place where Nelson breathed
his last, were quite mistaken. accord.
ing to discoveries Just made during
the overhauling of the ship. The au.
thentic place where the hero died
was close against one of the hugs ribs
OF the ship a little further forward
This place is now to be rallied around.
and it will be lighted with electric
light. for which a store battery is to
be placed on board. The old ship is
undergoing a thorough reft. which will
uot be completed for several weeks
London st. James Gazette.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03

OF the Japanese became paramount
But at last one Of the ladies of the
royal harem contriyed to smuggle out
the king in her own sedan to the Rus
sian legation. where he proceeded to a
prompt reversal of his forced policy.
From that day dates the destruction
OF Japanese influence in Korea. II
they ever hold the country it win be
in the chains Of conquest, not in the
bands Of loyalty. The scanty relics OF
the queen had been since translat ed
from tomb to tomb of increasing hoIi-
ness, according to the Korean rite, by
which the place OF sepulture depends
upon the verdict of the aug1rs as to
its auspiciousness, and is liable to be
changed as often as the priestly opin-
ion alters, OF It is set aside by a
fresh conclaVe Of clerics, replacing
the former, disgraced and executed.
Now she is on the eve of removal to
yet third mausoleum of peculiar
and inviolable sanctity, where her
poor skull and finger bone viii be
laid to their last rest, among the treas
ures of porcelain which the Koreans
bury with the remains Of their kings
and queens.
AS for the lady who rescued the
king-the emperor, as he is now
styled-the next step in her career win
be her elevation to the rank OF en-
press consort of Korea
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03

What is this property that silver
possesses? It is due to the great anti
septic power of this metal, which ia
proved by the following experiment
Several years ago a physician Of
Lyons DR.. Rollin, decided to cultivate
microbes in a bouillon which he had
placed in a silver vessel. To his great
surprise he found that In place OF mul-
tiplying in the nutritive liquid the
microbes persisted and at the end OF
a few hours completely disappeared,
which fact was all the more remarka-
bic as the same microbes multiplied
ad ininitum when placed in another
vessel. Pursuing his investigations.
DR.. Rollin analysed the bouillon which
was contained in the silver vessel, and
found therein a very small trace Of sill
yer, which infinitely small quantity
had rendered antiseptic a liter OF
bouillon.
Not less curious is the statement OF
physician who counted the number
Of microbes found on pieces of money.
do not recall exactly the figures
given, but the calculation showed that
on silver money there were found only
one-ffth as many microbes as on a
gold piece, and a hundred times less
than on a copper piece.-Public
Opinion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
Sanctuary for Homeless cats.

To the Church of San Lorenzo, the
Oldest in Florence, belongs a unique
distinction among Christian places OF
worship, in that the cloisters attached
to it are an asylum for homeless cats.
A kitten left in early life without Wis.
ible means of support may find in the
church and orphan asylum, while
many an old Thomas, weary Of disas-
trous chances, moving accidents. and
hairbreadth escapes, has sought its
retirement as home for the aged,
where he might live out the residue of
his nine lives in peace and quietude.
How the strange custom, now genera
tions old, originated is not known, but
it appears to have become fixed. for
the cats of San Lorenzo are hardly less
well known than the pigeons of St.
Mark.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
And He Did

A story is told of high Indian Off
Ger who was in the habit Of soundly
thrashing his servants when they dis.
pleased him. One day he ordered his
khansamah to go to a summer-house
in the compound and wait for him
there, present turning up with a heavy
horsewhip. He then addressed the
oAender:
Now, you scOundrel, I've got you
in place where no one can hear, and
I'll just thrash you within an inch OF
your life"
The servant, though man of pow
erful physique, squirmed, native-like.
San, you sure no one can hear?"
Yes, you scoundrel, I've brought
you here on purpose"
Then, sab, think I thrash you;"
and he did it so thoroughly that his
master was not visible for week.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
A DOUBTFUL VICTORY
by GERTRUDE A.
copyrta'kd 1903 By The As0ors Publishing Company
BY GERTRUDE A. HOLMAl

henuall, waiting for car, wondered
somewhat anxiously if he should find
Miss Kinsolying at home. Everyone
appeared to be out enjoying the first
spring weather; the sidewalks were
thronged and bicycles and automo-
biles darted audaciously among Sc
dater vehicles. AS he boarded his car
Kendall glanced up Arapahoe street:
the spire Of st. Elizabeth's pointed to
dawless azure, but creeping up behind
the Rockies he noted a rim of gray.
Three hours later he stood again by
the Mining Exchange; lights shone
bluely through whirling snowhakes.
disgruntled chaffeurs urged wheeling
autos" over slippery streets, and
grumbling, shivering men and women
hurried to catch outgoing cars.
Kendall, aglow with happiness.
braced himself against the storm as
young god might He had found Miss
Kinsolving at home; he had found her
In her prettiest gown and most charm
ing mood. When he plead, for the
hundredth time perhaps, that she say
when she would marry him, she had
rot put him off, but had set an early
date. And now he was trying to de-
wise an excuse for calling again that
evening.
His car came, but he could not enter
till determined, storm buffeted WON.
an had superintendent the loading of
her wheel
Randall ,va- f..t;zfa... e.g.-, -
friends called him. A lady perched on
a bicycle or steering a horseless car
rage through crowded streets offend
ed his sense OF fitness. He recalled
the effort it had cost him to prevail
upon Miss Kinsolving to confine her.
self to old-fashioned means of locomo
ton and smiled contentedly.
That" he unused, was the begin.
ming of my success; until then our en-.
gagement even was a flimsy affair; If
| had never proved myself the more
determined, Marion never would have
been ready to marry me-"
The thin man sitting opposite Ken
dali looked across the Evening Trib-
une and addressed his portly wife:
Here's storyette by local writer.
Marion Kinsolving," he observed.
"The paper gives her a pun; says it is
a distinctly clever study of emotions
1t isn't true to life: the man wins the
game; his sweetheart determines to
have an automobile, and he dissuades
her.
Kendall was interested; Marion. he
knew, was mildly literary; had she
made copy of him?
He opened the Tribune hastily when
he reached home. The clever study"
was a photograph. Kendall scarcely
read; he lived again the scene. When
he reached the point where Marion.
figuring as Miriam Kingsley, advised
him in biting tones to seek q sweet.
heart with ideas as ultra as his own.
Kendall felt his jaw setting into bit.
ter, disappointed lines; but when. in
the next sentence, George Wendelrs"
jaw did likewise, he was angry enough
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
One Was waverino.

Rt. Rev. Joseph H. Johnson, whose
fund of good stories seems never to
diminish, tells an anecdote about the
young hopeful of United States sena-
tor.
1t was on the occasion of the visit
of the religious census-taker that this
seven-year-old distinguished himself.
His parents were absent and the child
presented himself saying he was per
fectly competent to answer any ques.
tons. When informed of the census
takers business, he answered thus:
"Well-my father is a Unitarian;
my mother is Episcopalian. am a
Episcopalian, but Francis. "-indicat.
ing a petticoated, five-year-old broth
er-"Francis is wavering."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
WORK FOR THE BLIND.
Massage Seems Proper Occupation for
the Afflicted.


the Afflicted.
L Mztignon urges the adoptIon Of
massage by the blind, citing the ex.
ample OF the Japanese. among whom
II Is practlced almost entirely by per.
Sons thus afhicted. Sight is not neces.
sHry for enectual work in this line
providing the operator be familiar
with the muscular system and knows
the art OF massage thoroughly. Swed.
on, Switzerland and Belgium are fol-
lowing the examples of Japan in this
respect. and the author describes a
class meeting held in Brussels by
Professor G. Daniel for the instruc.
ton Of about dozen blind persons
Four theoretical lessons are given at
the beginning Of the course as to the
: value OF massage and it's application
The NTH lesson is devoted to the
study OF the skeleton, the sixth and
Z seventh to the muscles which move
the various portions of the body. Each
3 pupil palpates the muscles on a hu.
man subject The following lessons
concern massage itself, and are con.
tlnued until the pupils are individually
well versed in the art. They are then
admitted to practice in the clinic. and
! perfect themselves in the vocation by
means Of which they are afterward en-.
. abled to earn ~ cir living.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
VALUE OF THE HEARTY LAUGH
There Is a Tonic in Merriment That
Flows Spontaneous.


What is there in a hearty laugh
that clears the moral and mental at.
mosphere and gives a man or a woman
new physical vigor? There is moth.
ing like it for banishing miasmas and
doubts. There is something infec-
tious In It's merriment, too. If we
only had more time for spontaneous
gayety and JOY we would be Letter
physically. mentally and morally. The
man who laughs seldom is a danger
Gus one. Caesar recognized that cen.
turtles ego. Even if one thinks that
the man who does not laugh hurts no
one but himself, he is, nevertheless,
tnJuring society at large by reducing
Its sum total of mirth and jollity. And
he is sure to hurt himself. because he
denies himself the simple, innocent
joys which make men one with man,
kind. There is something tonic In a
hearty laugh. 1t frees the spirit and
anickens the blood.-Omaha World.
Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03

to thrust the paper into the fire. But
he went on. as eager as if he did not
know the end. The girl, having de-
clared her intention to comport her
self on all occasions precisely as she
chose, rose to leave the room; passing
her lover, she deigned to glance down
at him, and the Indebtedness in his
face startled her; she wavered, then
sank to a hassock.
(That hassock How often had
Kendall begged to privilege of sitting
on It, so close to Marion that he
could wateh the tempting play Of ex-
preston IN her eyes!)
The anger died in the girls face;
the mar remained unmoyed; tears
misted her eyes. Gwen yet Kendall
wondered at his obduracy.) Her pret
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03
DOCTORS COFFEE
And His Daughter Matched Him.

Coffee drinking troubled the family
OF physician of Grafton. w. va, who
describes the situation briefly:
Having suffered quite a while from
vertigo. palpitation of the heart and
many other arrangements of the ner.
vous sys IN and finding no relief
from usual methods of treatment, |
thought to see how much there was
In the Postum argument against cor
fee.
so l resorted to Postum, cutting
on the coffee and to my surprise and
satisfaction have found entire relief
from all my sufferings, proving CON
ciusively the baneful effect of coffee
and the way to be rid of It,
1 have found Postum completely
takes the place of coffee both in flavor
and in taste. It is becoming more
popular every day with many Of our
people and is having great demand
here.
My daughter. Mrs. Long. has been
sufferer for a long time from at.
lacks Of acute Indigestion BY the
dismissal of coffee and using Postum
IN its place she has obtained COM
plete relief
I have also heard from many 9TH
ers who -have used your Postum very
favorable accounts OF its good effects.
prescribe Postum in place Of cot
Zee in great many cases and l be-
heye that upon its merits Postum win
come into general use" Name given
oy Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
Look for the famous little book
The Road to Wellyine," in each pkg.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03

ty head dropped and rested on the
arm OF his chair, where the glow from
pink-shaded candles made so exquisite
a sheen upon it that Wendell melted
and touched it caressingly. (How
ala Marion know that her hair re.
hected the light? And whv, at least
could she not have colored the shades
blue or yellow?)
When his counterpart had won the
day and was rapturously happy, Ken
dali started up, crushed the paper in
to his pocket, and set out for Miss
Kinsolving's.
She greeted him delightedly. How
courageous" she cried blitheIy. TO
brave this storm. There's a roaring
fire in the library; let US sit there. |
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-03

her hair was hufred by the breeze, but
her eyes were serious. * don't care
ever to ride in an automobile again"
DO you know, Marion" returned
Kendall, irreyelantly, you never in
your life were loyelier."