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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-19
The Growler.

THEY are telling
the story OF an eld-
erly colored woman
who entered tho
Union station, ap-
preached the in
formation bureau
and addressed the
clerk as follows:
Deed kin yo' tell
me de fare from
Providence TO Bir-
mingham, Ala ba-
ma, an come
back"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-19

Tenchcr Walt moment JOHNNY what
do YOU understand by that word deficit 90
lchnny-iir What you've got phen you
haven got as much ~ II you jus, hsdn Z
roihln' Chicago Tribune
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-19

There must he money IN private life
Russell SAGE has announced his intention
% retiring 70 private lifc.-Atlanta Jour
nal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-19

"A youngster can give away family
secrets, sometimes, quicker than one can
say Jack Robinson said n friend Of
mine the other day "A certain woman
living In a certain locality took a bundle
of her calling cards s-and her husba nds
(not the kind he uses az the club hut his
real calling cards and hicd herself out
for calling bee on her acquaintances
She went TO Mrs. So-and Sos house and
rang the bell. which was answered by
the young son.
Is your mamma and papa at home
Freddie? asked tho caller.
Nope-don't think So replied Fred
die.
" Neither one Of them? questioned the
caller
Well. come to think Of H. one Of
them may be in-Ill look. but they never
are both home at the same time replied
Freddie as he walked away.
1t did turn out that Mrs. So-and- So
was at home-thc man OF the house was
not.
Freddie was right. But he let the cat
out Of 'he bag. just the same
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-19

The clerk looked at her a moment, then
turned and responds. II will cost a
trihe over $50"
"Yes sah--yes sah-powful large price,
sab. Well. whats re cost to take a corpse
down TO Birmingham, Alabama, an come
back?'' was the next question.
"A corpse-a dead person you mean"
asked the clerk.
Yes saba dead pusson."
why that will cost YOU the same
price. but what on earth do YOU want 10
take a corpse down there and bring Il
back for?" interestingly asked the polite
information man.
We'll, sab I'll tell you! Yo' see my ole
man jus dun died and | was sorter fig
urin' out whether IL wouldn't be heap
sight cheaper for me TO take de ole man
down there an lst his relative look az him
an bring him back than To have them all
come up here an live on me all summer"
The clerk could hardly restrain himself.
but when he turned again the old colored
woman had gone
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
Reads Like a Miracle.

Moravia, N. ", July Especially
Bordering on the miraculous is the
case of Mrs. Benz. Wilson. of this
place. Suffering from Sugar Diabetes.
she wasted away till from weighing
200 lbs. she barely tipped the scales at
1870 lbs. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured
her. Speaking of her cure her hus-
band, says:
MY wife suffered everything from
Sugar Diabetes. She was sick four
years and doctored with two doctors.
but received no benefit. She had so
much pain all over her that she could
not rest day or night The doctors
said that she could not live.
Then an advertisement led me to
try Dodd's Kidney Pills and they
helped her right from the first. Five
boxes of them cured her. Dodd's Kid
ney Pills were a God-sent remedy to
us and we recommend them to all suf-
ferfng from Kidney Disease"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney
Diseases. including Bright's disease,
and all Kidney aches, including Rheu-
matigm.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

down beiow nave paid MS ancestors
to desist from meddling in their af-
fairs.
And down in the streets what throb-
bling life
Every art and craft is there being
piled by men whose object is to do
all things better than they have been
done before. 1t disturbs them little
that, outside in the world kingdoms
are rising and falling-princes SQUAD
bling with one another, huge armies
the map of Europe
They are too busy spinning the great
cords of commerce which bind all ma
lions to them-too busy building and
inventing, thinking and feeling paint
ing and chiseling. Their power and
ingenuity has become byword in the
proverb, 'Nurembergs hand goes
through every land" and wealth in
full measure streams into the city
through a thousand channels.
They love their city, these men of
active brain and skillful hand, love her
as a man loves his bride, and spend
lavishly of the highest and best that
is in them, that she may be beautiful
not for to-day or tomorrow, but as
long as brick and stone may last.
Gothic churches cast long, thought
full shadows into the open market
places and across the lives of the peo-
pie passing and repassing every day.
Round about these spreading spaces
the merchant princes have built their
homes, making them delight to the
eye with carving in wood and stone on
balconies and doorways. Fountains
appear in every available place-foun-
tains into which the sculptor has
wrought sometimes his fairest dreams,
sometimes his vagrant fancies. or
again some legend of the people.
Hans Sachs and Durer.
And in the center of the market
square, looking calmly over the heads
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
HIS JUDGMENT AT FAULT.
One Instance Where Balzac Failed a:
Granholoulst

One Instance Where Balzac Failed as
Graphologlst.
If there was one thing upon which
BalZac battered himself more than
another it was his skill in. reading
character from handwriting.
But he made sad mistake on one
occasion. A lady brought him an ex-
tract from the exercise book of ~
yearold schoolboy, and asked him for
an opinion as to the youngsters char
acter and prospects. Balzac inquired
whether the child was her own. An
swered in the negative, he examined
the exercise carefully and delivered
his judgmnt.
Madame" he said, this child is
thick-headed and frivolous. He will
never come to any good. If he were
my child would take him from school
and put him to the plow"
Then it was explained to the novel
list that the specimen on which he had
pronounced so severely was one Of
his own which had been discovered
hidden away between the leaves Of an
old lesson book.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
FROM SAME BOX
Where the Foods Come From.

Where the Foods Come From.
Look here, waiter, honest now,
don't you dip every one of these faxed
breakfast foods out of the same box"
well, yes, boss, we duz, all 'cept
Grape-Nuts, cause that don't look like
the others and people know 'zackly
what Grape-Nuts looks like. But
there's bout a dozen different ones
named on the bill of fare and they are
all thin rolled flakes so 1t don't make
any difference which one a man calls
for, we just take out the order from
one box"
This talk led to an investigation.
Dozens of factories sprung up about
three years ago, making various kinds
Of breakfast foods, seeking to take the
business of the original prepared
breakfast food-Grape-Nuts. These
concerns after precarious existence,
nearly all failed, leaving thousands of
boxes of their foods in mills and ware
houses. These were in several in
stances bought up for song by spec
ulators and sold out to grocers and
hotels for little or nothing. The proc
ess of working OFF this old stock has
been slow. One will see the names
on menus of faxed foods that went
out of business year and half or
two years ago. In few cases where
the abandoned factories have been
citate the defunct, and by copying the
style of advertising of Grape-Nuts,
seek to influence people to purchase.
But the public has been educated to
the fact that all these thin faxed
foods are simply soaked wheat or oats
rolled thin and dried out and packed.
They are not prepared like Grape
Nuts, in which the thorough baking
and other operations which turn the
starch part of the wheat and barley
into sugar. occupy many hours and re-
suit in food so digestible that small
infants thrive on it, while it also con-
tains the selected elements Of Phos-
phate Of Potash and Albumen that
unite In the body to produce the soft
gray substance in brain and nerve
centers. There's a reason for Grape
Nuts, and there have been many imi-
tations, few Of the article itself, but
! many more of the kind and character
of the advertising. Imitators are al
ways counterfeiters and their printed
and written statements cannot be ex
pected to be different than their
goods.
This article is published by the
Postum Co. at Battle Creek. Additions
al evidence of the truth can be sup
piled In quantities
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

for some time; head has ached and
back also; has slept poorly, been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy, and heart-beats very
fast; then that bearing-down feeling,
and during her menstrual period she is
exceedingly respondent Nothing
pleases her. Her doctor says: Cheer
up: you have dyspepsia; you will be
all right soon"
But she doesn't get all right" and
hope vanishes; then come the brood
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don't wait until your sufferings have
driven you to despair. with your nerves
all shattered and your courage gone,
but take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. See what it did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams, of $40 18th Street,
Louisville, KY, niece of the late Gem
eral Roger Hanson, C.S.A. She writes;
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
al cannot tell you with pen and ink what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done for me. l suffered with female
troubles, extreme lassitude, the blues
nervousness and that all-gone feeling. / was
advised to try Lydia e. Pinkhem's Vegetable
Compound, and it not only cured my female
arrangement, but it has restored meto perfect
health and strength The buoyancy Of my
younger days has returned, and do not suf-
fer any longer with dependency, as did be-
fore. consider Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound boon to sick and suffering
women
II you have some arrangement Of
the female organism write mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
1~ss~s
: Visit to Nuremberg
Especial Correspondence

II was in the eleventh century that
Conrad II, Emperor of the Germans,
conceived the idea Of building a cas-
tie on the summit of a huge rock,
which rose abruptly from the level
plain near the bank of quiet little
river and one can imagine the infant
Nuremberg springing UP like a mush,
room in the protecting shadow of the
rugged pile. We close our eyes upon
this picture and let five hundred years
slip past. then opening them again are
dazzled by the vision OF a powerful
city. The castle still stands on its
lofty rock, but IL looks down upon a
sea of red gables hemmed in by a
strong wall which sweeps from the
castle rock and back again in an I'M
broken circle, and is guarded by 300
beetllng towers. The lord of the castle
has his eminent position and his title
of Burggraf Won Nuremberg, but little
power in connection with either, for
the patrician rulers of the free city
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
INDIAN TREATMENT OF SICK.
superstItloue Ceremony That Is Otter
Last Resort.


In answer to inquiries as to the
meaning of the word it was explained
that a pachofsha is a feast and part
of the incarnation and superstitious
ceremony conducted over the sick by
the lower class of ignorant Indians.
When man is thought to be sick
enough to require the services OF a
doctor he is put into a hut, and sor
three days no one except the doctor
sees him. The doctor goes into the
woods and gathers herbs, from which
he prepares potion for the sick man
and then keeps a lonely vigil with him.
At the end Of the third day, if the pa.
tient Is not improved, the order is CIV
en- to prepare pachofsha. Corn and
meat. either beef, pork or game, are
put In large kettle and stewed until
the corn is soft.
All the relatives of the sick man are
entitled to attend. and they gather
around the kettle for the feast. The
sick man is brought out and served
first. He is fed as much as his stom-
ach can hold, and the Others then turn
In and devour the remainder of the
stew. When this is concluded bon
IRE is built and lighted, and the crowd
circles around and dances to the tune
of weird chant. After this, II the
sick man does not show signs OF get
ting better. nothing more is done for
him, and he dies or gets we'll by act of
observation-disclosures Times Jour
nal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

Twenty men would excavate about
200 feet of trench 10 feet deep each
day, three men would lay the pipe,
and ten others would fill it in. At
81 rs per day the wages for laying 200
feet would be about 100000, which
would be about 80 cents per foot.
Valves and hydrants would cost about
$1.00 each to put in. These estimates
are for doing the work in soil that is
easily handled.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

Are you going to the Pacific? There
is a new railroad reaching that favor
lite region, the San Pedro, Los Angeles
& Salt Lake Railroad, popularity known
as the salt Lake Route" 1t is oper
ating palatial vestibuled Pullman
train out Of Salt Lake City for Los
Angeles every evening at $3.50 o'clock.
Your ticket agent has coupons read
ing via this new line and be sure to
insist upon this routing when buying
tickets to the Pacific Coast.
Ask for the Salt Lake Route, or the
San Pedro Line, and take no other, be-
cause it is the best road to the best
part of the Pacific Coast. Write for
illustrated booklet to ]. l.. Moore.
d. p. A., Salt Lake City.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
Upper Floor Plan.

joist; 1900 feet of ship lap and 1,4SO
feet Of siding. For the kitchen there
would be required the following:
Forty-four pieces of 2x4-inch Ks feet
for studding; IS pieces of 2x4-inch 416
feet for rafters; 10 pieces of 2x4-inch
x12 feet for stills and plate; 420 feet of
sheeting; $50 feet of ship lap; 700 feet
of siding; Is joists 2xS-inch x14 feet;
Is pieces of 2x4-inch x14 feet for cell
ing joists; $40 feet of flooring and 1-S
squares of shingles. The accompany
ing plans show how the house may be
laid out for convenience and comfort.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
DIsFIeURINe ULCER
People Looked at Her in Amazemen'
Pronounced lncurable-Face
Now Clear as Ever-Thanks
God for cuticura.

Mrs. p. Hackett. of 400 Van Buren,
st., Brooklyn, N. Y, says: Il wish
to give thanks for the marvellous cure
of my mother by Cuticura. She had
a severe ulcer which physicians had
pronounced incurabTe. 1t was a ter
rlble Disagreement, and people would
stand In amazement and look after
her. After there was no hope from
doctors she began using Cuticura
Soap, Ointment, and Pills, and now,
thank God. she is completely cured,
and her face is as smooth and clear
as ever"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
Ground Floor Plan.

follows: Ninety-five pieces of 2x4 inch
x14 feet for outside studding, plates
and stills; 40 pieces of 2x4-inch x14
feet for rafters; 20 pieces of 2x4-inch
x10 feet for collar ties rs pieces Of
2x4-inch Ks feet for studding for parti-
tons; 7S4 feet of 1-inch sheeting; 8
squares of shingles; 936 feet of floor
ing; 40 pieces 2x8-inch x18 feet for
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

To raise the roof of a small build.
ing, place stringers or needle beams
across under plate near to each end,
then put jack screws under these;
take a strain and loosen the plate
from studding; now raise the roof as
high as the jack will go, shove up the
roof, take out the jacks, block them
up and raise again, following the roof
up with shores until the proper height
Is reached. Stay the roof from blow
ing over sideways, then splice on old
studding and nail the top of studs to
the plate. You can use two jacks, one
at each end, or four, one at each cor
ner, which is safer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
How to Preserve Eggs.

New-laid eggs can be preserved for
months by smearing the shells of
them with pure glycerine on the same
day that the eggs are laid. 1t is best
to place them in a position with the
smaller end up. Pure glycerine is
much better than butter or grease, as
it never turns rancid and thus avoids
the chance of spelling the flavor Of
the eggs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
Jlmson Weed.

Unison weed, one of the most COM
mon plants, the leaves of which sell as
high as eight cents pound and the
seeds as high as seven cents pound.
grows readily in all warm countries.
The government has cultivated it to
advantage, although it has not given,
nor does it promise to give, the great
returns which some seed merchants
advertise for it. Belladonna and hen
bane may be readily grown in temper
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

of buyers and sellers. is the statue Of
Hans Sachs, the man who spent his
life in the small house across the way,
spinning good poetry and making good
shoes, with equal facility-the man
who shares with Albrecht Durer the
largest part of the Nuremberger's love.
Houses rise straight from the
waters edge, on either side--a waver-
ing vista, following the vagaries of
the rivera picture of which one
would never tire. In the opposite d.
rection, short distance above us, a
pointed island divides the stream, and
one of the arms thus formed is
spanned by covered bridge OF heavy
masonry, flanked by two towers Of
unequal sizo. Condemned criminals
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
Test for Water.

A good test for water that can
easily be tried is to I'll a pint bottle
two-thlrds with water; add nan a
tablespoonful of granulated sugar
and cover 1t with a glass stopper or
new cork and place It in the hght OF a
warm room. II the water looks cloudy
or milky within forty-eight hours 1t Is
impure, but If clear It can De used
without any fear Of its causing
dfqaage
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

The house would require IS cords
of stone, IA yards of gravel and 80
bushels of lime. The usual proper
lions of lime and sand for mortar are
6 bushels of lime to one cubic yard
Of sand. A wall two feet thick would
keep out warmth in summer and cold
in winter. The foundation should go
to the bottom of the frost line, or at
least low enough to rest on firm clay
or rock.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
Stone MIX House.

How much lime, stone and sand is
required to build a stone milk house
12x14 feet inside, having 7-foot walls,
2 feet thickY Would it be necessar,
to have walls of this thickness to en-
sure GOODNESS in summer? In what
proportions should the lime and sand
be mixed, and what depth of founda-
lion is needed?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
Layina Plpes For Water Morks.

What would be the probable cost of
laying iron water pipes in trenches
from to 10 feet deep. The main
pipes would be 10 inches, branches
from 4 to inches with lead joints
What would be the additional cost for
valves, elbows and tees?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
Autos for Fruit Growers.

The California Fruit Growers AS
ISOLATION is furnishing its fruit buyers
and travelling agents with automobiles
having received carload of the ma
chimes recently.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

Mr. Hope Spriggins Jones says of
poetry: Il don't write 1t for Twin;
Just write 1t cause the rest o. the
world seems to be tacklin' of it, an l
might as well have a whirl at It as
anybody elsei'-Atlanta Constitution
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
Cure For The Blues
ONE MEDICINE THAT HAS NEVER FAILED
Health Fully Restored and the Joy OF
Life Regalned

When a cheerful, brave, light-hearted
woman is suddenly plunged into that
perfection of misery, the BLUES, it Is
Q sad picture. 1t is usually this way
She has been feeling "out OF sorts "
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
RAISING a Roof.

wish to raise the roof of kitch-
en- IA feet square in order to build on
another story. How should this be
done and how many jack screws would
be required?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

In Doubt.
The poet laureate's latest effort is
called: Come. Let Us Go Into the
Lane"
And the average reader will not
know from the title whether It is a
sentimental tryst or the laureate's
equivalent of the pugnacious invita-
ton to come out in the alley
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

A woman may be as old as she
looks, but she isn't always as young as
shA thinks she looks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

The Fool and the Lazy Man.
The fool doesn't know good thing
when he sees It,, the lazy man doesn't
seize a good thing when he knows 1t.
philadelphia Record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
Irlsb Soil GOOD for Tobacco.

II is claimed the moisture OF the
Irish climate is good for tobacco cul
ture. and that there IS plenty Of the
right kind Of soil in the Emerald Isle
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

Girls. It is better to marry a mere
man than to cherish an ideal and re-.
main an old maid.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

You can't tell from the way a man
dresses how much he is worth. Some
of the most gorgeous flowers haven't
got scent.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26

The amount OF lumber required for
the house, the main part would be as
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
TEA

The cheapest nice drink
in the world is tea; and the
finest.
Yoar grocer returns yOur money If You don't
sks schilling's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
TEA

You will find no poor tea
in packages bearing our
name. If you find any such,
you know what to do.
Your grocer returns your money If you don't
like schilling's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
TEA

Think Of US once a day at
least. If you don't like it.
take-back your money.
Your grocer returns your money is you don't
uks Bchising's Pest