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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
Red Spot on Jupiter.

In 1873 something happened on
Jupiter which caused red blotch to
appear in his southern hemisphere,
near one of the great belts that cross
his disk like huge bands of colored
clouds. 1t was thirty thousand miles
long and eight thousand miles broad.
yet, after all, only a little patch on
the mighty disk. 1t has remained
ever since. sometimes frightening to
almost the crimson hue of fire, and
sometimes fading nearly to invisibili-
ty, yet always, even when faintest,
certifying it's presence and its power
by keeping the area originally COW
cred by it clear Of all other subjects.
Success,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
SHOWS INFLUENCE OF MIND.
Evidence Antagonistie to PhysioIoaI.
cal Theory of the Emotions,

Evidence Antagonistie to PhysIolouI.
cal Theory of the Emotions.
In the Journal de Psychologist, M.
Mayer treats of the influence of the
mind on bodily secretions. We know
that a tempting morsel of food makes
the mouth water" and that stories
or memories can bring tears to the
eyes. Observations on dogs have
shown that the nature of the saliva
secreted at the sight of food depends
on the nature OF the food. The stom-
achal secretions of the dog are also
excited by the sight of food. Some
dogs, however, Of a cold, positive
temperament" not illusioned by Chi
meras or what Is out Of reach, patient
~ walt until the food comes to their
gullet before their mouths water or
their gastric juices are provoked. II
is assumed that what holds for dogs
probably holds for men. The obser-
vations appear to show the import
ance Of eating food that pleases and
avoiding what displeases or disgusts.
They also run counter to the physio-
logical theory of the emotions, accord
ing TO which the physiological phe-
nomena are caused by organic
changes. This may be the case with
some emotions" for example the
feeling of hunger, but for emotions
properly so-called II is rather the
other way about ondon Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
Maiden on the BRIDGE.

A pretty young woman, not over 10.
came into town last week from Jer-
sey to spend a week with some
friends. Shortly after her retura
home her father received q polite nees
from the head of the house at which
she had been guest requesting n
check for 800. the amount the gira
had lost at bridge! Truly a Bridge sg
Signs! An old friend of mine, on
hearing this. remarked: II am moe
father. but had received such a
letter would at once have consign.
ed 1t to its proper place and the place
1t came from-the gutter. Gambling
will always exist. but to rope In q
poor, innocent girl who had never
stood on the bridge at mignight-or
any other hour, before-is the limit.
or caps the climax."-New York
Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
Left and Right Hands.

You boys and girls have already
learned that your eye sees objects up
side down, the head being downward.
as 1t were, and the impression being
reversed In the brain. This appears
strange to you, doesn't It? But 1t is
not more so than that about which /
am going to tell you.
Take a soft pencil In your right
hand and write word upon your fore
head; then look in mirror to see
what your have produced. You know
that when writing is reflected in a
mirror the characters read backward
in the reflection.
II you wonder why your playmates
laugh when they see what you have
written, look at yourself in the mirror.
You will find the word reflected SO that
the letters are produced toward
the right, when they should read to
the left, so 1t will be backwards upon
your forehead.
Now write upon a piece of paper and
place this on your forehead; this time
the writing, when reflected, will appear
to be produced from right to left.
Another amusing experiment con-
sists in taking pencil in each hari
and in trying to write or draw a de-
sign with both at the same time. The
movements of the two hands must he
simultaneous.
The left hard will make exactly the
same movements as the right, but in
the opposite directions. You will
then have two words or designs. but
one will be just the reverse of the
other.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

his cat against the door; then, If he
has not landed In the hole or The cir.
Gle, he is "out," and the other player
takes his turn. A player scores as
many runs" as the five or ten count
ed by the circle or hole exceed the
number of drives he has made In that
inning. When he has scored b. land
ing his cat in the circle he is "out,
and the other player is ''in;" but If
he scores by landing in the hole he
has another Inning" in addition to
the points he scores.
One of the very best things about
the game is that boy can play 1t
alone. and. as in real golf, get lot
~ fun cut of trying to beat his own
best previous score
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

While few OF our boys are golfers,
q great many Of them are very expert
at the game of "cat," or "two-old-cat,"
as it is sometimes called. 1t takes at
least two boys to play "cat" with any
sort Of fun, but a player can have
lot of sport going around the golf links
by himself, for he can always try to
beat his own acore.
There is a aplendid combination of
these two games which one fellow can
play all alone, and enjoy 1t a lot, al
though two players make 1t even
more fun.
All you need for the game is your
"cat" and your bat and barn door or
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

DOING WITHOUT THE SUN.
What One Scientist Thinks OF Our
independence of Old Sol.

What One Scientist Thinks OF Our
independence OF Old Sol.
human race which makes It's car
wheels and napkins out of paper, says
Gerald Stanley Lee, in the MetropoIi-
tan Magazine, its street pavements out
OF glass, its railway ties out of old
shoes. which draws food out OF air,
which winds up operas on spools.
which has its way with oceans, and
plays chess with the empty ether that
Is over the sea-which makes clouds
speak with tongues, which lights rail-
way trains with pin wheels and which
makes Its cars go by stopping them
and heats its furnaces with smoke
1t would be very strange If a race like
this could not find some way OF at
least managing its own planet-and
(heaped with snowdrifts it BEL
some way of warming it-of melting
on place to live on. A corporation
was formed down in New Jersey the
other day to light city by the toss.
ing OF the waves. We are always get
ting some new grasp-giving some
new sudden almost humorous stretch
to matter. We keep nature fairly
smiling at herself. One can hardly
tell when one hears of half the new
Things now-a-days-actual facts
whether to laugh or cry, or form
stock company or break out into sing.
Ing. No one would quite dare to say
that thousand years from now we
will not have found some other use
for moonlight than for love affairs
and to haul tides with. We will be
manufacturing moon yet, out of com.
pressed starlight, and heating houses
with 1t. 1t will be peddled about the
streets like milk. from door to door.
in cases and bottles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
THE GAME OF 3 Arm DOOR GOLF.

cat falls within the circle or lands in
the hole.
If the "cat" falls in the hole you
score ten; if only in the circle you
score FIVE, but you subtract from these
sums the number of drives you had to
make before you succeeded. For in.
stance, if your cat should land in the
circle the first drive you make you
score FIVE. but If you should make
three drives before the one which
lands the cat in the circle, then you
subtract three from the five and score
only two points.
When two are playing, each one has
an inning. just as in baseball. A
player may have Ave tries at driving
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

land" while the girl behind did the
gesturing, which. Of course, locked as
II 1t were all done by the arms of the
funny little woman. Hands, feet and
mead were kept constantly In motion,
the hand Of the second girl going to
the ear OF the girl in front as though
listening, and performing other appro.
pirate and graceful gestures all the
time. AS an encore the funny little
woman" danced skirt dance to the
music of the piano. This, of course,
was more difficult and took lot of
practice beforehand, but the surprise
and delight occasioned by this unique
entertainment were we'll worth the
time spent in bringing It to perfec-
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
Draft peseetor.

many times in the week do you
hour parents say, II believe
\ draft?" Doubtless a great
] and then there is always an ar
II as to where the draft comes
h there not? And sometimes II
! . draft at all, brit just magma.
Still, 1t is a very simple mat
make little instrument which
d. the draft II there is one and
show you pretty nearly where
~ from.
/ a knitting needle. three large
Isnd four small ones, eight hair
Hcur bits Of cardboard. and an
" button. The diagram SHOWS
i plainly how to put them to-
that there is no use describing
\ Is done. The top cork is the
Ding which is not perfectly sim
II hole all the way through
u cork from top to bottom. A
y will answer to drill this hole
/ Now make two or three more
beside this first one and very
u Run your hairpin brisklv
these holes until their sides
8Orn away and they form one
Nov run a small tube of maca-
a quill toothpick through the
This is so that the knitting
which pierces the top cork and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

unable to walk at all, and every make
shift tried and all the medicine took
mao not the slightest effect. My back
continued to grow weaker until be-
gan taking Doan's Kidney Pills. and
l must say was more than surprised
and gratified to notice the back ache
disappearing gradually until it finally
stopped"
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by ala
dealers or mailed on receipt of price.
80 cents per box. Foster-MiIburn CO.
Buffalo, NJ. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
ReeltIna the Jabbernoek.

Two clever sisters at a recent party
gave an entertainment that was well
worth the labor and pains 1t took to
prepare for 1t. One of the girls dressed
In full blue cheese cloth gown that
came down just to her wrists. On
her hands were shoes and stockings
and on her head was a very wide far.
ing hat. She then stood behind
table, which had a cloth over it ex.
tending to the floor, and so concealed
the lower part of her body. Standing
thus she was a funny little woman.
with big head ard little feet, which
rested on the table, but with no arms
The sister, however, supplied the
arms. This sister stood just behind
entirely covered with dark cloak the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
soat with Cyclone sail.

It has long been known that a boat
sail shaped something like a Japanese
umbrella would practically do away
with all danger of boats capsizing
as the force of the wind on 1t would
have no tendency to incline the boat.
But no such sail had been found until
an English inventor made what he
terms Cyclone sail" It resembles
a huge, fiat sunshade pierced with
holes and tilted slightly to one side of
its handle, which represents the mast
OF the boat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
saeIns Drops of Water.

saelna Drops of Water.
same can be readily made in
uutes by any boy or girl. As
auown, If a drop of water he
- piece of paper it will DC
H. sOs J by the paper, but it
H.. 7 oiled the drop of wafer
Il ~ intact and slide gracefully
| H. a.. thing necessary is to get
i, ,e books, one smaller tran
fable. on eheir eoses
| O y, a sheet of strong paper
.sr lamp till it is thoronch
IN ~ oy the SCOT from the
n, ny, ,Sen oil 1t. This done, you
] i aug tops of the book covers.
b,,s uOwn with a plate or other
6afa,' = sne end. Take a spoon
H. NV ~, drops of water drip IN
man Suq they will slide alone
/ tss living things until taey
beb S,l pate. The game is to
] c,D urop of water gets there
.apd W ~ played by any number
\ EsD,s lrls' but a careful watch
Is tbsv VI u, the various drops of
\ the r silde very quickly. by
#sn ! S S,.. and having each
II BE- Inherently, IN colored drop.
I sso :. readily kept track Of.
\ ii t se's the greater number
\ ' plate first wins TIE
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

Some Words That Do Not Rhyme.
Bulb has no rhyme. Culm, cusp.
recumb, gulf, month. doth, amongst
are other rhymeless words having the
sound of as in but Few patriciam
words In the language have this VOW
Ell sound. so commonplace and with
out dignity; hence poets turn to 10
only for blood, flood and few sixn-
liar turbulent monosyllables. They
use 1t often. however, In forcing the
accent from the antepenultimate syl-
liable to the final, where it's unpleas-
ant sound is concealed by the soft
ened stress. Thus has many rhymes.
such as felicitous, mysterious. inglo
rious. etc.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

Can you buy anything bad
on the terms of Schilling's
Best?
What a Lump Of Coal Can %.

A single pound of coal Is capable
of producing 236 horsepower. and
could do the work of an express loco
motive for one-fifth of a minute In
other words. it is enough to haul
train of eight cars. including the Pull
man sleeping-cars and dining-cars, at
the rate of fifty miles an hour one
sixth of mile.
In saving wood a man may work
at the rate of about sixty strokes q
minutes. and his saw-blade may have
progressed FIVE feet a minutes, but a
circular saw, driven by machinery.
will cut seventy times as much wood
in the same time. And yet this one
little pound of coal contains power
enough for $50 such saws.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
snow.proof Ponies.

b C. Ewart, in discussing tho
h of the origin of horses. de-
| as one of the most distinct
now living the Celtic ponies,
are found In the most northern
n Ireland. They reach a height
1 four feet, and are so abundant
sIshed with hair that la winter
they are practically snow
DR.. Rwart observed the con-
\ one of these ponies during a
IOrm. AS soon as the storm be-
Ia turned her hind quarters to
in a short time the snow had
a kind of shield or disk upon
hg hair growing about the root
tall. Thus protected, the pony
n shift her position while the
lasted, except to turn with a
! Of the wind.-Boston Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
Zoo Bic for comprehenslon.

The sun is a million times larger
than our earth, but if we increase the
suns size ten thousand times. we only
reach the volume of such mammoth
suns as Arcturas, Campus, Antares
and Beta Centauri. 1t is estimated
that motor car travelling at the rate
of 100 miles an hour would take 5000
years TO go once round Beta Centauri.
and far longer than this to so round
either Arcturus or Campus.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING.

A young farmer proposed to contri-
butte 81 toward buying new hymn
books for his church as soon as ne
had sold one of his calves. A couple
OF Sundays later he walked into
church as the choir was singing The
Half Has Never Yet Been Told" He
thought the choir was saying. The
calf has never yet been sold.' aud
started to fght.-Parsons (Kas.) Pal
ladfum
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

The commonest practical use of as
tronomy is in navigation, for all the
paths of the trackless sea nave been
mapped with the sun and stars as
guideposts by night and day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
Telephone eIrif

Another Atchison girl who thought
she had a voice" will take a lob
downtown instead of startling the op-
cratic world with her singing.-Atch.
ison Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

n Tha Joy Of Living.
Il hsnny in the morning when the
IN Y. Os gssIden colors shoot up in the
SN' ptle birds are singing that
8he NJ thankful for their sleep,
WY 10y 4 telling how they'll breakfast
n and BY.
. banpy at the noontime when
~ sln 5 getting hot,
Nv ~ noplar leaves are rusthnR In
M II do neS Is getting lazy and the din
s rs IL longing as and the stretching's
&giul sweet.
4 nanny In the evening when the
H. hspgs red and low,
nonise for the mornings bright
~ su Si, bell is ringing In a way
I'M mighty slow,
sl I'm awful glad that bedtime's
fla""e -LeslIe's Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

An association in Manchester, Eng.
land, known as the Minnehaha Anna
teur Minstrels, has made a business
for the last twenty-five years OF giving
performances for charity. In that
time it has raised $97.130.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

/ pivot for 1t to turn upon vii.
loose socket and will permit
II to move easily.
any one says draft" Fet out
~ araft finder and put near
H. the draft is supposed to
Om, The slightest breath Of
ri. see the sails In motion and
'uOa In which they move will
pretty clearly where the cur
air comes from.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
Always cne Woman.

No matter how stupid. uninteresting
and tiresome man may be there is
always some sentimental woman
ready to make a hero of him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

says. "A s9
we're cold set
tied in my
kidneys and
developed so
quickly that
l was Obliged
to lay on
work ON ae
count OF the
aching in my
back an q
sides. For ID
time / was
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

En-e color, almost, as the wall paper.
~ 'nat she was not at all noticeable.
ana thrust her arms from behind
through the sleeves Of the first girls
gown the sleeves being made open
behind for that purpose.
The first girl then recited "The lab.
oerWock," from Alice In Wonder.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

What do we mean when
we say we like coffee better
than tea?
Your grocer returns your money If you dOHs
ike schillIng's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

The least of our advan-
tages is: we are nearest the
bush it grows on.
Write for Knowledge Book, A. schIliInw A
Company, San Francisco.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31

What is this newspaper
for?
To tell what you want to
know; here it is.
Your grocer returns your money If you dOns
Ike SchIIifnQSa Reae
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
EVERY WALK IN LIFE

A A Boyce. farmer. living three
and a half miles from Trenton, No..
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
TIE
There is no bond between
you and us but our tea and
our moneyback money.
MlnstreIsY for CharItv.

Your grocer returns your money II you dou,s
IKE Schilling's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-31
TEA
Moneyback makes our adj
vertisements true. Schil-
ling's Best IS best.
some words rhat % Net Rhyms.

YOur grocer rssusns your @sasy If ysa Aomp
think 90.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-17
WILL LITIGATE FOR INSURANCE
Contest Over Policies Promises to &c
Interesting

The holders of the Allen insurance
policies have taken the necessary steps |
for the collection of the assigned pol
icies, and unless payment is made by
the several companies interested the
case wall be taken to the courts for
final adjudication.
These assignses feel confident that
their contentious are packed up with
Law and Justice and will make a deter
mined effort to secure the payment of
their several policies.
They hope for a settlement without
recourse 10 the courts, bat will go
there, it is sai5, if necessary.
The case ia one of more than usual
Interest II AmerIcus and has been
subject of general discussion since it
became known two days ago that The
Allen estate would make an effort to
collect the policies long assigned by
the deceased.
General agents of the insurance COM
panies have been Motif ID not to make
payment to the assignees.
Upon the other hand, as stated, the
assignees have made proof of death, as
required, and will await the sixty days
allowed for payment to see what the
companies will do about if, unless a
direct answer in the premises is given
in the interim.
These assignees, among them some
of Americus' beet known business men,
maintain that they have abundant law
on their side.
It is conceded that policy taken for
speculation is void. but one taken on
in good faith by the assured and sub.
sequently assigned 10 a third party, is
good and valid, they claim, regardless
of The fact that the transferee had M
insurabIe interest.
Its maintained also thst the righs o.
an aseignor Of an insura ce policy Il
recover, because of defects in the IS
signment, must be brought within fou
years from date of assignment.
Many of the policies at issue arr
more than four years old, some Of then
having been carried for eight or ter
years and longer perhaps
In fac, upon two or three of the po'
icies the amounts paid in premiums
equal very nearly the amount If tn
policy, 1t is said.
The fact that policy taken r ep 20
ulatIve purposes is void is we'll recog
nized, but is is claimed that these pol
cies were bough! in the utmost good
faith, and the assignees maln'siu tina
there is abundance of law to snppor
their contentious.
The result of the cause at issue ii
awaited with much interest IN Ameri'
Gus as throughout the state, as it vii
have an important bearing upon the
matter of assigned insurance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-17
Old AWNINGS ARE IN DlsFAvc R
Mar Beauty of the Streets Not .
Little.

In the making of a ''eity beautiful
tn, old, rickety, snte-bsilum aEuing
was never intended to form g cJmT o
nenr part. Americas, like eyssy other
Georgia town and small city, has the
old wooden awning. bat whenever they
areremoFed and replaced with mcre or
namentsl ones or .swIth canvas the i'm
pro7ement is quite noticeable. Many of
these wooden awnings here are not of
the class dsf cribed, but are made or
namentaI and substantial aud serve an
excellent purpose IN many ways. In
Valdosta the authorities ara waging q
war upon the rickety awning. Many of
the stores have awnings, portIcos and
sheds in front Of them, while sign
boards swing across the sidewalk These
are the objects the authorities ATTACH,
and an ordinance was passed ordering
all Of them, as we'll as all encrosch-
ments, to come down within the mex
ten days. II the property owners dc
not remove them the authorities vii
have the work done at their expense
The ordinance has caused guile joli
to shose property owners who have re-
csntly bu1ls handsome awnings II
front OF their places.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-17
Clothing.

We have sold clothing this sale than ever was a
house in Americas in the length of time. The any
the clothing enough show any who looked - paced
simply like finding gold dollars at the prices marked
we threw out all suits of which had only OF two m
gardless of their worth one third 70
their former price OF with the enormous trade u
we have accumulated other odd lots These will be throw
CARELESS of their worth In addition this we shall
spring and clothing carried over from last
which is as good as if just put in the house. ~
Lot men and youths odd suits formerly $500 at s5O
Lot of men and youths odds suits formerly S6 80 SOoO
Lot OF mems and youths odd suits formerly $lOOO Om
$500 and 81 80 NVa
This looks unreasonable but deem a good business "a ~
every odd suit in our house Regular clothing follows
Our $500 suits sS.95. Our ST 30 suits,at SO
Our $1,000 suits at s12S5. Our So. 80 suits at $3S5
OF course this embraces finest Fechheimer Fisbe
clothes latest styles latest cuts fabrics Blacks bu %
Overcoats for almost your price rather than carry over