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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Anent Froos, Ears.

Some time ago Beatrice Nathans Of
Philadelphia, wrote to st. Nicholas
asking, Have toads and frogs ears?"
The answer to her question includ-
ed the hearing equipment OF turtles
and snakes as well, and was very in
teresting.
The ears of a frog are the thin, fiat
spots back of the eyes. Scientists
call the vibrating tissue over each
spot a tympanic membrane. This vi
brates after the manner of the head
of a drum-only, of course, on a very
small scale.
There is no opening as in the ears
OF higher animals.
Turtles have similar membranes a
little back of the jaws. but they are
smaller than in the frog and do not
show conspicuously, Indeed, unless
you know just where to look, you
Will fail to find them, because they
are below thick skin. You can usually
feel this membrane by pressing with
thumb and finger on both sides of the
head, as an elastic spot surrounded
by a hard, circular wall.
In most fishes the internal ear does
not have the tympanic membrane. and
the ear" Is probably not for hearing,
but an organ Of equilibrium Chat is.
Of keeping right side up only. Some
salamanders do not have this mem
brane, but others, and all the higher
amphibians, like frogs andq turtles,
have the membrane.
Snakes have no membrane, and the
hearing is right through the bone Of
the skull, which we can somewhat
understand by comparing it to our
hearing noises or other sounds
through the partition between two
rooms of a house. Snakes are not
charmed by music.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Prophecy of Legally Murdered
Woman That Came True
Bucksport Has Monument to
Prove Truth of the Story.

Close by the road on the outskirts
of the seaport town of Bucksport, on
the Penobscot river, in Maine, is a
small family cemetery. In its inclos-
ure sleep the Bucks, the family which
founded the town and gave it the
name and a legend,
The largest and most conspicuous
monument in the cemetery is a tall
granite shaft, which is in plain sight
of the highway. On one side IS the
inscription "Col. John Buck, the
founder of Bucksport, A. D. 1852.
Born in Haverhill, Mass, IT'S. Died
March IL, 1895"
On the other side is the single
word Buck and a curious outline
which, with the help of the im%agina.
ton, might be the print of a foot of
normal size.
The legend as told is that Col. iona
than Buck was a very harsh man and
the leading spirit of his day and gem
Grafton. He was the highest in civil
authority and his word was law in the
community in which he resided. When
a certain woman was accused of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Flow to Make a Cotopuft

Have you ever made a catapult?
You know what that is, do you not?
The word mi from the Greek Ian
guage (kata, meaning down com
bined with peltas, meaning "hurl.' ,
When you have made one you will
find that by holding the force. or lever
DOWN, and placing the missile on it
and then letting go Of your lever. it
will HURL the missile with great
force a considerable distance.
Ask your father or some n else
for an empty cigar box. Saw or cut
a diagonal section out of it. as indi-
Gated in figure I.
Then bore a hole through each side
(A-B), take strong rubber bands and
fasten 1t securely in place by means
Of these holes and large knots. draw
ing 1t fairly taut Figure p.
Now take a small stick or paper
cutter with one end broad, and place
the narrow end between the two parts
of the rubber band, twist the band In
the direction shown by the arrow in
figure 3, until you feel that it would
be wise to stop.
Leave only a strip Of the cigar box
to cover the rear end, Carefully work
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Little Known Facts About Cut Glass

nd ring and TO make II soft enough
ami without breaking. Then each
&c. Is handled as carefully as II 1t
,gere of tissue paper thickness and
nr,trle as a pipestem, because in cut
Inc tho slightest mistake is apt TO
ros7lt n running the entire piece. No.
10 these numerous combinations OF
d~esigns Each design there must be
a,ortad ont on its own separate emery
Wheel. and TO make these s~ixteen-inch
se,,,t baskets. with handles, takes a
dov If hard work. That is, it takes a
,goeR to make six Of them. This little
fonr.inch groove that looks so easy
cannot be cut in less than an hour.
We have 800 men who do nothing else
Int cut glass, and they are necessarily
ali experts in their line. When you
consider tha. we carry 6,00O different
nieces each calling for some special
ingenuity. you can see that the cutting
Of glass isn't a matter Of day labor.
Novelties in cut glass depend al
most entirely upon the changes of de.
zion. The fruit basket, with .arched
and triangle handle, is a novelty-just
ont this year, and deliberately cut.
This fat rose jar, that has little ring
because there is so much body, is
another new thing. There are hun,
dreds of new designs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Babies Put in Holes.

| have gone into a field in Uganda
and there found one of our women at
work with a hoe, writes a missionary
sister in Donahoe's. | asked her
where her baby, Maria" was, and
she pointed to a spot at some distance
where the banana trees were thick. l
walked under the shade, and in vain
l sought the infant. The mother was
greatly amused, and urged me to
search further, assuring me that the
little one was not far away and was
fast asleep. had to give up" so the
mother took me by the hand and led
me to a bit of bark cloth on the
ground. Under this rag was the crown
of the baby's head, while the body
was in a hole deep enough to rest on
the ground. To my surprise and ex-
postulations she said in her own Ian
guage: This is a good customl
When a Uganda woman goes to hoe
it is not good for her baby to lie
asleep on the ground, as it might in
jure itself by rolling-or, if it awoke,
1t might crawl away. Therefore, we
make a hole like this and line it with
soft, clean leaves and put our baby
safely into it so that it can neither
crawl out nor roll away, and we know
exactly where to find it when we
come from the fields" She said it
was perfectly safe from wild beasts,
because it was midday.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Sf0FAN ~
they drive home the COWS from the pas
ture.
Up through the long shady lane,
Where the quail whistles loud In the
wheat fields,
That are yellow with ripening grain.
They find. IN the thick waving grasses,
Where the scarlet-lipped strawberry
grows,
rhey gather the earliest snowdrops.
And the first crimson buds Of the rose.
they toss the new hay in the meadow;
They gather the elder-bloom white;
In the soft-tinted October light.
They know where the apples hang ripest,
And are sweeter than 1taly's. vines
They know where the fruit hangs the
thickest
on the long. thorny blackberry vines.
They gather the delicate sea-weeds,
And build tiny castles of sand,
They pick up the beautiful sea-shells--
They wave from the tall, rocking tree
Where the orioles hammock-nest
And at night time are folded in slumber
BY a song that a fond mother sings.
Those who toll bravely are strongest;
The humble and poor become great;
And so from these brown-handed chill
dren
Shall grow mighty rulers of state.
The pen of the author and statesman
The noble and wise of the land
The sword, and the ehisel. and palette,
Shall be held In the little brown hand.
Mary III. krout.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Dictionary Detective.

A crime with a strange name has
been committed in Dictionary Land.
II o feel At and keen you may be
able to do a piece of brilliant detec-
tive work. You must find the man
who committed the crime and bring
him to punishment.
First, of course, you must find the
crime. 1t was committed in BARR
street in Dictionary Land. Just look
sharply along there and you will
find it.
From Barr street go to CAPT street
and you will discover the kind of a
man who did it. You will not find
him, but you will find that he has de-
parted, il you will look in VOY street.
However, you can reach people who
can catch him for you, if you hurry
and use a great invention that you
can find in CARL street.
With this you send something that
you can obtain in MESA street. and
the first thing you know you will get
something in REPL street that will
tell you hat the man you want has
been caught and lodged in a place
that is PRI street.
Now, which of you will succeed in
this little piece of detective work?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Lead in the Composition Is Wha'
Makes Ii Ring-Why the FIN
ished Product Is So FIX
tremelv Costly.

Lead in the composition IS "hal
makes cut glass ring, and if 1t doesn :
ring. It isn't cut glass. Also, Il II
rings, it's perfect; if It is cut glass ana
doesn't ring, then it's cracked. o. y.
Irwin of Newark kicked $40 worth Oh
broken pieces aside as he led the way
to his sample tables, says the Kansas
City Journal.
Broke them in travel" he said.
"This one piece here was worth Wv
alone. Found them in pieces when !
opened my trunks. Now, they'll 90 TO
the ash pile
"How much ought a complete out
fit Of cut glass cost?'
Counting whisky, brandy, wine
medicine and other glasses, water gop-
let's, etc, about $1,000" said Mr.. IT.
win. "Tlle water goblets alone are
worth So each, wholesale, and some 81
the pieces run up into the high three
figures. That's because of the amount
of work necessary to turn out cut
glass. la the first place, all cut glass
contains lead to give it weight, body
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Esklmo Glrra RaLI Dress.

When an Eskimo young lady goes
to a ball she is a gorgeous sight to
gaze upon. You did not know that
they had dances in her country? Well,
they do. and a traveller reports just
how a belle was dressed on such an
occasion.
Her dress was made of the intes-
tines of a seal, split and sewed to-
gether. This makes a transparent gar
ment, and the girl trimmed it with
elaborate embroidery of colored wor-
steds and fringed it with strings Of
beads. Her trousers were white and
made of Siberian reindeer skin en-
b~roidered with strips OF wolf skin.
Her hair was braided on each side
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Maine Legend Of the "Witch's Foot

~wltchcraft, at the first cIamorings Of
the %populace, Col. Buck ordered that
she be imprisoned, and later she was
sentenced as a witch.
The execution day came and the
m went to the gallows cursing
her Judge. The hangman was about
to perform his duty when the woman
turned to Col. Buck and said:
Jonathan Buck, listen to these
words, the last my tongue shall utter
1t is the spirit of the living God which
bids me to speak to you. You viii
soon die and over your grave they
will erect a stone that all may know
the spot where your bones lay and
crumble to dust. Upon that stone the
imprint of my foot shall appear, and
for all time. after your accursed race
has vanished from the face of The
earth, will the people from far and
near know that you murdered a WON
an"
The imprint of the foot, the story
goes, appeared on. the stone a month
after it was erected. Certainly it is
there to-day as plain as ever. Anna.
teur photographers have taken pic
lures of it, and a visit to the Buck
cemetery to see the "witch's foot" is
one of the pastimes of summer visit.
ors.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

OF the Use OF steam
in Navigation to Be Appropri-
atelS Celebrated in the Year
1907
Plans are being made in New York
to celebrate two years hence the CEN
tenary OF the use of steam in naviga-
ton by the holding of what would
to be a sort of maritime worlds
fair, sayA the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
On Aug. Z, 1907, Robert Fulton's "Cler-
mont" made her epoch-making voyage
IN the hudson, which revolutionized
sea commerce and sea warfare. The
"Clermollt" was not the first steam
boat, for attention is now being called
to an interesting coincidence which
should give the proposed celebration
a double significance. In 1907 it will
be just 200 years since the Frenchman,
Papin, drove a crude steamboat on the
river Fulda. But though the "Cler-
mont was not the first steamship. she
marked at all events the beginning of
steam navigation, and it will not de-
tract from her inventors fame to re-
call that the centennial celebration in
his honor will be also a bicentenary in
marine annals.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

him a little lesson in good
Jimmie he said kindly, that isn't
the way to ask a favor. Now, you
come v here and sit down and Ill
show you how to do IT. The boy
took the office chair and his employer
picked up his cap and stepped outside.
He then opened the door softly and,
holding the cap in his hand, said quiet
ly to the small boy in the big chair:
Please, sir, there Is a ball game at
the park to-day. If you can spare me
| would like to get away for the after
noon" In a flash the boy responded:
why. certainly, Jimmie, and here is
80 cents to pay your way in
There are no more lessons in man
ners in that office.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

with strips Of wolf skin and strips of
beads. Heavy necklaces and pendants
of beads and teeth Of animals hung
around her neck and over her shout
ders. Snow white gloves made of fawn
skin were on her hands. These fit
ted perfectly and were ornamente6
with strips of skin from some animal
perhaps the seal. To complete this
elaborate outfit this Eskimo belle a
ried in her hand-not a bouquet-bui
a long eagle feather. In fact, she car
ried two, n in each hand, which sht
waved as she danced. No doubt thi,
young lady made a charming picture
At least the young gallants of her Sc
thought she did.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Incident That Seems to Prove Her
Nature Has Not Changed Since
the Days of Adam. and Is Not
Likely To

Nature Has Not Changed Since
the Days of Adam. and Is Not
Likely To.
There are those who believe that
love was stronger and truer in the
prehistoric days when young Romeo
clad only in sunlight, batted his Juliet
over the head with the thigh bone of
a dinosalr and carried her 10 his
cave, where they lived happily ever
after. So far as is known. there a
no divorces in those days.
Strength, aggressiyeness, daring,
brute force count with women today
A Rome dispatch tells of a young
Italian who loved a flower girl in.
tensely. She wouldn't have him. She
laughed at him publicly and he stab.
bed her in the neck.
He ore a bali and chain sly
months Tor that.
In his second attempt at matrimonv
he used a stiletto and had the lady
pretty veil carved when the poliee
came lie served, a year for assault
and again came to the front with up-
protestat,ons of undying love. The
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Ironclads in Nature.

"The primitive whale was a print
tive ironclad," asserts an expert on
monsters prehistoric. 1T is a fact
that the earliest known ancestor of
the modern whale bore heavy armor
on its back, in the form of strong
bony plates. It was thought at one
time that these plates were the prop.
erty of gigantic turtles. Not so. 1t
has been found that they once cover
ed enormou whales. Probably at the
time when they carried armor whales
were amphibious creatures, living on
the coasts and neding special protec-
ton from breakers and from sharks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

A w%ell-known lawyer is telling a
good story about himself and his ef-
forts 10 correct the manners of his
Office boy. One morning. not long ago,
relates the Brooklyn Citizen, the young
autocrat Of the Office blew into the
office and, tossing his cap at a hook.
exclaimed Say, Mr.. Blank. there's a
ball game down at the park to-day and
! am going down"
Now the attorney is not a hard
hearted man, and was willing the boy
should 90, but thought he would teach
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Woman's Love for the Aggressive Man

lady said no and he blew up her house
with dynamite. The kitchen flew over
the barn and the parlor disappeared
into the cellar, while the girl was
taken to the hospital and her lover
sent to Jail.
Now, o would naturally think
that the young m would have
eheerfully seen her assailant boiled
IN oil or drawn and quartered, all Of
which shows how little you know Of
a woman's heart.
On her knees she went before the
Judge and begged the law to excuse
ne man who loved her SO well. The
Judge couldn't quite excuse the dyua.
hitting but he made the sentence as
lght as possible. and later the couple
were married and are said to be liv
ing happily,
OF course it wouldn't be wise to.
ADVISE lovers to go a-woolng with
Calling guns or dynamite, but certain
e Is that the strong man, the fellow
VINO does things, can command re-
spect and love. 1t has been that way
since the time Of Adam and # prob
apiy always viii be.-Atlanta Journal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
This Frog Flies.

A species of frog found in Borneo
has very long toes, webbed to the tip.
This creature can leap from a high
tree, and, by spreading its toes. be
supplied with four little paraehutes,
which enable it to easily descend.
Hence it is called the flying frog"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

the broad end Of your stick (Which
is now a lever) under this strip at
the rear, and, behold, your catagult is
madel
Now, all you have to do is to press
the lever down as far as it win so
rest a paper wad or marble on It. then
suddenly release the lever. Up ii
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Mr. James Edward Britt, represent
Ing the United States. and Mr.. Mat
thew Oscar Nelson, representing Den.
mark, settled another international
dispute in a method somewhat out OF
the recent order Of things.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Young man. when your father says
When was you age / never had
half as easy a time as YOU have.' he
IS usually repeating what he heard
when be was your age.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Despite the fact that peace has been
declared. Godzyadani. Manchuria, is
dying hard. ~Godzyadani looks SO
tough. despite familiarity. that we
shall feel lucky if II is finally killed
at all.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

II Is explained that the New York
woman settlement worker who danced
in blue paiamas for the gentlemen is
so years old. She certainly acted like
sixty.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Life, according to John Oliver,
Hobbies, is becoming hard and serious,
and we need humor as a relief. Yes,
and something in the way OF comfort
to enable US to enjoy humor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

The number Of cigars manufactured
In this country last year is given as
1858, S37,207. We are glad those last
seven were included. for we think we
know where they went to.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Prof. Williston OF the university OF
Chicago IS much more pleased at find
ing the remains Of that dinosaur out in
Wyoming than he would have been II
the dinosaur had found him when Il
was alive.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

How would you like to be Mr.. c. T..
Croker only son of the late Califor-
MIA millionaire, who reached his 2lst
birthday last week. and now comes
into his inheritance of $6.OO0.O 900?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

A London cable dispatch says the
prices of sables have been nearly dou-
bled, but unless there is an upward
movement in limitation seal" most Of
us will not worry.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Blame the earthquake on the sun
spots, II it is any consolation to you,
But have you stopped to think the
s%unspots may be caused by the earth
quakes?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

We all know what kind Of a time
the sailors on the steamship Montrose
had when 200 monkeys and forty par
rots broke loose from their cages.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Some Englishman thinks there are
too many Americans in London. There
is, however, no complaint of a super
abundance of American money there.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Astronomers all agree that the moo
has become thoroughly dried since it
was scooped out of the place where
the Pacific ocean now Is.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Wait till the football hero comes on
the scene and then see how much fee
the star pitcher and the ring athlete"
will cut.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

The New York World suggests that
we be kind to burglars. If they can
find anything valuable in our house
we are willing TO share it with them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

According to Or. Carpenter. a Penn
s~yiyania surgical expert. the rush and
hurry OF living the pursuit Of the al
mighty ~doliar-is the most plainly de-
ducible cause for the existence of ap.
pendicitis. Go a little slower after
this.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

The Harvard professors discovery
puts n vexed question forever at
rest. The is not made of creen
cheese.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Professors may require measure
ments to determine who is beautiful,
but most people can do the measuring
with their eyes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

WIN pants Of the same color.r
mere is a bright flush on your
sueeN' ne whispered, "a flush as
oeautitul and red as a lobster"
ma ha, he exclaimed in span.
ne paced the floor, his hands pc
ui,iu hm' reading a newspaper
AS she was about to reply a door
opened and closed her mouth
sne a to open the por al, win.
ner dear little feet patterilg alons.
the corridor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Philadelphia may vote its dead men,
but there is ample evidence that it
does not put them on its baseball
teams.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
LION an UnpubIlshed NoveI.

A publishers reader drew forth his
notebook.
"a French masseur has written q
novel in English he said, oand sub.
mitted 1t to my house for publication
read this novel last week, copied
a few sentences from II. Let me read
you one or two of them"
The man read these sentences.
Her hand was cold, like that of a
serpent"
The artist wore a velvet jacket
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Small waists, according to the fash
ion authorities, are to be the rage
Plump sister, lace up with the fashion
authorities.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

The long skirt is the rage. II you
want to see the rage, step on the
skirt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

A New York theatrical manager has
signed a contract with a young lady
J n California, who be believes, viii
turn out to be another May Irwin. Her
picture. however. shows that at pres
n she doesn't weigh more than 12O
pounds.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

The poetry of motion is all right
but the poetry Of emotion sells better
to the magazines.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

will fly as far as the strip of wood
which arrests its upward motion ano
prevents 1t from losing power by un
twisting the rubber band Figure a
The missile will be hurled some dis.
lance away.
Try this experiment and see how
good a catapult you can construct.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

The new 500 gold certificate is said
to be extremely hard to counterfeit.
Unfortunately It is also hard to get.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

OF course M. Whites courtesy to his
Jewish visitors was not tempered by
the fact that most Of them were bank
ers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

If the Newport m%illionaires object
to the curiosity of the common herd
they shouldn't Keep a Harry Lehr.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

The sublime porte is exposing itself
to the danger Of having It's sublime
nose knocked out OF shape.