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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
Seeing Faults Of Others

fact, you may confess to yourself that
you are unable to vote with real dis
elimination for county sheriff, but
you do think you know all about run
ming the national government and
settling all international differences.
You may be loudly preaching for
worldwide peace, when you can't get
along amicably with your own wife.
You may not be able successfully to
run a little corner grocery, but you
think you know all about regulating
the big trusts. You don't know what
are the elements of failure in your
WI business affairs, but you think
you know just exactly what are the
faults of the great railroads.
The trouble with you is easily dag
nosed. 1t is one of the most common
disorders under the sun. You are
"far-sighted" in your mental vision.
You e only the things that are be-
yond the reach of your hands and are
blind to those that lie about you. You
see the faults of the other fellow, but
not YOUR own.-Atlanta Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

asked the old msn if he had recover.
ed his watch and if so to produce it
in court. The darby shifted uneasily
and then, diving down in his Jeans,
produced a watch, wrapped in several
layers of tissue paper.
Bring the watch here" said Mr..
Patterson, 81 would like to see it,"
The old man shambled up to the
judges bench and leaning over said,
in a perfectly audible voice: Judge,
is that man one of them lawyer fell
lers from Memphis?" The Judge an
swered in the affirmative. Then the
darby squared around and faced the
honorable member of Congress.
Now, you jest locke heres sah,"
he said, 81 amt a-goin' fur to let you
hab my watch; no, sab, not chen for
a minute. l think a sight OBJ dat
watch, and my ole massy done give
it to me befo' l was done set free. If
de jedge wants to sc it, I'll done give
it to him, but there amt no lawyer
mar from Memphis goin' to git he's
hans on dat watch. No, sab; | done
reckon I'd ebber git it back ergain."
Brooklyn Eagle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
THE REAL THING IN HORNETS.
Take Possession of an Ohio Saloon and
Make Things Lively.

FF
Hornets, real, live ones with sting
ers, took possession of the barroom in
the Empire hotel to-day, says a dis
patch from Akron, Ohio, although
snow covered the ground on the out
side.
A few days ago the proprietor pur.
chased a hornets nest from a farmer
and hung it over the bar. The en-
trance hole in the nest was closed by
a piece of paper being pasted over it.
IT was much admired, and everything
went well until to-day.
The heat in the room brought the
nest to life. The hornets thought it
was summer again, and, being hun
cry, began to get busy. They burst
the paper closing the exit and in a
few minutes the room was full of hor.
nets.
The bartender ran out, covered with
the insects. and a number of other
persons followed suit, yelling like In
dians. The hornets held possession
until a big policeman, covered with
netting and heavily gloved, carried OUT
the nest. The bartender was taken to
the hospital with both eyes closed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
KILLED BEAR WITH A ROCK
TWO Nevada Indians Had an I'm
pleasant Experience.

TWO Nevada Indians Had an I'm
pleasant Experience.
Two Indians were attacked by a
large black bear on Berry creek in
Whlte Pine county, Nevada, yesterday.
ana after a desperate fight they sue
ceeded in killing the enraged animal
with a rock. The fight was UNEQUAL
ana the Indians were torn and cut in
q terrible manner by the claws of the
huge beast.
me pear was sleeping in the will
lows along the bank of the stream
When the Indians, who were fishing,
came upon it. The animal rushed at
tnem with an angry growl and sue
ceeoed In knocking one of the Indians
senseless with a blow of it's paw.
Inc beast then closed with the 9TH
or redskin and endeavored to draw
MIN within reach of its open laws.
me indian fought with great bravery,
out was about to surrender to the
'esst when his companion regained
consciousness ard rushed to his aid
with a large rock.
he struck the bear at the base of
the skull and stunned it. and before
u could recover crushed it's skull with
me rock.-San Francisco Call.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
COUPLES BROUGHT TO ALTAR
Entieing Premiums Caused "Epi.
demic'' of Marriages.

EnticInB premiums caused "Epl-
demic'' Of Marriages.
In certain quarters of the world en-
ticing premiums are put upon early
marriages. Some years ago the mayor
Of a southern town in France offered a
reward of $40 to every couple under
the age of "a who sought the matri-
monial altar during his term of office.
The mayor expended many thousands
of francs in the manne described.
Many years ago. when the number of
marriages in a certain Alsatian town
was far below the average, the NUM-
cipal authorities publicly announced
that all persons who married within
a certain period should be exempt
from local taxes for the space of five
years. An epidemic of marriages set
in at once. A well-known Austrian
nobleman was anxious to encourage
matrimony among the peasants on his
estate. He undertook to provide each
bride with four pairs of gloves yearly.
The offer acted like a charm.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

eSula pc swept away, what then >.
sroh Anarchy and chaos | said hut
I oCn a ming could never happen, Thu
uon make Bruises nowadays
NO no, he replied. oTbaY a.,
and abruptly left me uont'
This conversation made no
o!on on my mind. That night Will
oh my way to the Offices of tha Nv
ronaI ln~teiligencer, l heard of the as.
9~a'sination' Already there was q m
ao ol a letter having been given NV
nooth TO some one, who was Instruct.
Gu 10 deliver it to me-. The faot 80
u my having been seen with him thai
,norning was generally known and
commented upon. 1t rendered me nm.
pleasantly and dangerously c~onsn;cu.
Gus during the reign of terror
II was generally believed hat I
nau received the letter. But that re-
NAMED a mystery until the winter 90
1863 when John Matthews. . wel,.
hnown actor and my friend, told me
mat Booth mad given him a sealed
package and requested him if he did
MOI lear from him to the contrary to
denver 1t to me on the following day
Alter h assassination Matthews
opened the letter and read it. unon
consideration he burned it. Matthews
ala o remember the entire text, but
ne told me that the concluding lines
were these: l know l shall be con-
demned for my act at the present
time, but am willing to trust to his.
tory and posterity for the ~vindication
OF my name and motives
This is the whole story of my meet
ing with Wilkes Booth and all the
knowledge I have of the letter he
wrote"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
IT'S THE TERROR OF ALL WOMEN.

Backache Quickly Cured by Dodd's
Kidney Pills. Mrs. w. II. Ambrose
tells how her pains vanished never
to return when she used the Great
American Kidney Remedy.
Dover, KY, FEB. 13th.-(Special)-
So long has Backache been the terror
Of the women of America that the
reports OF the complete and
permanent cures Of this ailment now
being made by Dodd's Kidney Pills
are causing wide satisfaction and not
the least remarkable of these cures
is that of Mrs. W. H. Ambrose Of this
place. Mrs. Ambrose says:
81 had such pains in my back at
times l could hardly move and other
symptoms showed that my kidneys
were affected. One box Of Dodd's
Kidney Pills drove away all the pains
and l have never been troubled since"
Backache is the kidneys first notice
that they are out of order and need
help. If they get that help in the
form of Dodd's Kidney Pills all will be
well. If they are neglected the dis
ease may develop into Diabetes,
Bright's Disease or Rheumatism.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

Recalls LincoIn's Death J
]

The death of John f. Coyle, once a
.nrnown newspaper man In New
a. at the age of "a years, recalls a
.,noble chapter in history which he
ID NOT relate until twenty-five years
sor the assassination of President
incoln.
/ rovle was editor Of the famous Ma
Il anal Intelligencer at Washington dur
10 the civil war. He and Ford, who
sned the theater where Lincoln was
.sot were fast friends. Coyle was
rested three times and badgered
Tnerellessly in an effort to make him
In about the plot, of which he knew
ching except that Booth was his
Nrood friend. His innocence of knowl-
IT, before the fact was clearly es-
Il ,blished, and he was finally allowed
10 go free.
Coyle told this story, as he stated, to
ston the falsehoods which were circu-
oted about his meeting with Wilkes
Booth on the morning of the assassina.
Elm and about a letter which Booth
wrote to him before he fired the fatal
bullet,
ION the morning of April IA, 1866, I
lEas ~conversing with Major Thomas
|DOnoho, when Wilkes Booth joined us.
Tater Booth and | went into a near
IN restaurant and there he said to
me:
"Suppose Lincoln should be killed
.or die, what would be the result?'
aJohnson would succeed him:
there would be no change | replied.
EThen Gov. Seward would come next
Il believe. All that is provided for by
law
"As | remembered it afterward.
Booth grew excited and said: But if
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
Eioht.Inch Hat Pin in Pet Cat.

A pet cat belonging to the family of
Mrs. F. A. Hurlbert of .Oberlin, Ohio,
had been sick for several weeks, and
a veterinary surgeon was called. On
examination he discovered a sharp
point protruding from its neck. He
made a slight i~ncision, and pulled out
a hat pin eight inches in length, the
head of the pin having been imbedded
in the cats stomach. After the opera
ton the cat began to purr, which
showed that it was perfectly satisfied
with the treatment, and it has once
more taken its position with the choir
IN the back fence.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

The only thing that can easily be
found where it does not exist is fault.
That is, yea a easily find it in
others. But in yourself, though you
be blackened with it, you can't see it
50 easily.
II the other fellow has a fault
and sometimes if he hasn't-you are
quick to perceive it.
You ~incessantly find fault with the
Weather. 1t Is either too warm or too
cold, too weI or too dry, too sunny or
TOO cloudy, and you have a good deal
to say about it.
And the times never suit you. It's
either hard times, or else some other
people are making too much money
Oy the methods you don't know any
thing about and so don't approve.
Deep in your subconsciousness you
are quite sure that money-making
which you can't comprehend and can't
initiate can't be honest.
And the government is all wrong,
100 In your opinion. AS a matter OF
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
lie Knew Memphis Lawyers

Honorable Malcolm Rice Patterson,
who represents the Tenth District of
Tennessee in the lower house of Con-
Eess, and who describes himself in
the Congressional Directory as a
Democrat by faith and a lawyer by
profession, tells a good joke on him
self.
During the past summer, Mr.. Pat
sterson wandered into the interior of
Ibis native state. and one morning he
drifted into a small township where
friend was holding court. The star
performer at the session was a ven
cradle darkey, who had caused the
arrest of an equally ancient crony
on charge of having attempted to pill
fer his watch.
The old man described dramati-
Ecally how the two had a few drinks
Of gin; that his companion had en-
gagged him in earnest conversation
and then had attempted to extract
bis watch and fob. Everything went
against the defendant, and he was
about to be sent down when Mr.. Pat
terson, with the judges permission,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
RAW TcHINe ECZEMA
6lotches on Hands, Ears, and Ankles
For Three Years-lnstant Relief
and Speedy Cure by Cuticura.

Thanks to Cuticura 1 am now rid
of that fearful pest, weeping eczema,
for the first time in three years. 1t
first appeared on my hand, a little
pimple, growing into several blotches,
and then on my ears and ankles.
They were exceedingly painful, itch
ing, and always raw. After the first
days treatment with Cuticura Soap,
Ointment, and Pills, there was very
little of the burning and itching, and
the cure nov seems to be complete.
(signed) s. B. Hege, Passenger Agent
B. & o. R. R., Washington. D. c."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
costs Much to Remove Snow.

Removing snow in New York city
is a large item in the city's annual
expense bill. 1t costs about $35, 900
for every inch of recorded snowfall.
Last year it cost the city $755,000 to
remove the snow from the streets.
The average fall in New York is 30
inches. but though the snow season
hardly has begun, % inches have fall
en- this winter, and the cost this sea-
son promises to reach considerably
over 81, 000, 900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
One of Lies Tragedies

Then came the dawn of womanhooo'
And life was rare and sweet,
The pathway reaching down the years.
Seemed Powered at her feet;
A curtain hid this awful scene,
This moment Of defeat.
So came at last the bitter end
And on a bitter night
Grim death stalked in unheraldeu'
In majesty of might.
Ann5 smSte the prison house of clay,
To give her spirit flight
And what of all her wasted years.
With hone once highly fraughI!
And was she born into TINS Worlo
re suffer and for naught,
A blinded thing that blindly gropeu
And in a web was caught?
They found her stark and cold ana oeao'
In that dark prison CELL
Neglected and forsaken, old ~
NeAnd marred past tongue to tel,
Surrounded by grim spectral sfnnnpes
Tbot Knocked her where she tell'
chicago Chronicle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

a few weeks ago. just before l
wv ior Denver, we had venison for
suaer which III cook killed with his
Game is so plentiful that all
sue mas to do is to stand on his back
SVrch and use a revolver to obtain
uost anything in the way Of meat
"a. n could wish for"
a w. Lang, vice president of the
snVer-Honduras Banana company,
Ms telling of the attractions of his
honduras home.
The manner in which our cook
famed the venison was this" ON
,D Mr.. Lang. I'VE had been nav
nigh wate~ IN tro Irlua river.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
Blow Killed Deer

which flows through our plantation,
and one morning our cook noticed a
herd of half a dozen deer swimming
across it. He jumped in a canoe
Killed one with a blow Of his nst
However, deer are not the only game
n,bicb we have a chance to try a shot
at. hooutifuI
tropical birds of every description,
snakes of wonderful hues' are an
numerous. Wild ducks can be seeur-
cd in plenty-a few hours shoonns
o,nht me fifty the other day. ana
aurots which make excellent eating
p"n,Ug mich the flavor OF SQUADS
are also plentful,'-DerVe' Post
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
Hanniness.

IF you wait for happiness to come
to you," said a shrewd observer. you
will wait till the last train has gone,
and so you'll miss your chance to
reach it." The way to happiness is
not travelled by sitting still. Happi-
ness is not a passive state, but the
joyous activity of the best and highest
powers of the soul.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

I9ey found her stark, and cold and dead,
IN that daJk prison cell,
neglected and forsaken, Did
AND marred past tongue to tell,
~ogIounded by. grim spectral shapes
mat Knocked her where she fell.
now Jared she to this dismal place?
how came she here to die?
from what sweet, Powered way of youth
ana girlhopd, long gone by,
zane she to this barred room of hell
upon these stones to lie?
rom what white skies to these of gloom,
from what bright world and fair,
tSSmI VIVA dear arms of love TO this
upim silence and despair?
W IKE q withered Leaf she lies,
ana who is there to care?
~ pack in some white cradle, she
Hazed In a mothers eyes,
III smiled and lifted dimpled hands
Aama wondering surprise,
SS IN her eyes there was a hint
VI ypnder azure skies.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
ROCKING STONE OF AUSTRALIA.
Natural Freak to Be Seen at Chill.
lagoe, Queensland.

Rocking stone are not unfamiliar
curiosities in the United States and
other countries have them, with more
or less interesting features. In far
away Tibet a small temple is erected
on a big stone apparently so delicate
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
Small oxen.

One of the : greatest curiosities
among the domesticated animals OF
Ceylon is a breed of cattle known to
the zoologist as the sacred running
oxen" They are the dwarfs of the
whole OK family, the largest speci-
mems of the species eve exceeding
20 inches in height.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
How,s This ?

We ofer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
ease Of Catsrrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o
We, the undersigned, have known F J Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions and financially
able TO carry out any obligations made by his firm
WALDING. kINNAN & MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free Price IS cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

A clock with moving figures show
ing the fagellation of Christ is on ex-
hibition at London, England. The
hour dial is at the feet of the captive,
who is bound to a post surmounted by
a rotating band, on which the quar-
ter-hours are engraved. As the hour
strikes, the scourges of the soldiers
rise and fall.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
Ants Build earder.s.

Brazilian ants make little gardens
in the treetops and SOW them with
pineapple and other seeds. The gar
dens are found of all sizes, some con-
tanning a single sprout and others a
densely grown ball as large as a
mans head.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
African Women Not Jealous.

In equatorial Africa also, according
to Mr.. Winwood Reade, the women
are the stoutest supporters of polyga-
my. "f a man marries, and his wife
thinks that he can afford another
spouse, she posters him to marry
again, and calls him "a stingy fellow
If he declines to do So"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
TEA
The way to buy tea is to
say to your grocer: Il want
Schilling's Best: l lb Japan,
or Ceylon or English Break
fast or Oolong.
Az Needed for eood AeaIth.

Eight hundred cubic feet of air
space are required for every healthy
person inhabiting a room; and one
thousand, at least. for every sick per
son. The air in both cases must be
kept sweet BY efficient ventilation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
Offers Babe for Beer.

A London mother offered to sell her
baby for a quart of beer. This fact
came out at a subsequent inquest
into the child's death.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
% % 81 00@

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE YIELDS?
40 bu. Beardless Barley per acre.
$40 Blu. SaIzer's New National Oats per A.
so bu. Salzer Speltz and Macaroni Wheat.
! 900 blu. Pedigree Potatoes per acre.
IA tons of rich Billion Dollar Grass Hay.
$4,000 lbs. Victoria Rape for sheep-per A.
l60, 1000 lbs. Teosinte, the fodder wonder.
$4,000 lbs. Salzer's Superior Fodder Corn
rich, juicy fodder, per A.
Now such yields you can have in 1906,
If you will plant my seeds.
ISL SEM THIS NOTICE AND loo
in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co, La
Crosse, Wis, and receive their great cata-
log and lots of farmseed samples. [W,N.U.J
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
Walking Lizard.

Some lizards are able to walk upon
their hind legs, of which the most
remarkable example is the frilled liz
ard of Australia, a powerful form,
which attains a length of about three
feet. Should danger threaten, it scut-
lies off on it's hind limbs with consid-
cradle speed for as far as thirty or
fcrty feet in a half crouching atti-
tuae with the fore limbs hanging
down and the remarkable frill folded
up.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
saI.er,r Homo Runaer Corn.

So named because so acres produced so
heavily, that its proceeds built a lovely
home. See Salzer's catalog. Yielded in
Ind. l57 bu., Ohio l6O bu., Tenn. 1913 bu.,
and in Mich. 220 bu. per acre. You can
beat this record in 1905.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
Industrial investments.

Russia has a per capita investment
in industrial enterprises of 81. while
the United States has $125.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
TEA

The American trade is not
very prosperous; SO much
trash.
Your grocer returns your money if you dOn't
like SchilIing's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

ly balanced hat every motion of it
seems to threaten disaster. Yet it
has been in the same position for
hundreds of years. This picture shows
n in Australia which combines the
features of a hanging rock with a
rocking stone. 1t is at Chillagoe,
Queensland, and is quite a freak, as
you may judge from the picture
New York Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
TEA
Not at the Moroue.

A New York contemporary wants to
know if Julius Caesar is dead. We
have not noticed his death notice any
where.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
cnmnnsltinn I'D Ennds-

Composition of Foods.
All foods are made up of carbon.
nitrogen. hydrogen, oxygen and min
eral salts; and when taken in a proper
quantity, keep the body in perfect
health.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

Philosophers Fling at Women.
Women are formed by nature to feel
some consolation in present troubles
by having them always in their mouth
and on their tongue.-Euripides.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
Important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle Of CASToRIA,
q safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that it
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