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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-10-13
Michigan Central Stock Yards, Detroi

hlicnisan Sentral Stock faroS, Oetroit
Cattle were Iactive at Detroit Live Stocf
Market, Thursday. Oct. s, 1905; quality com
prime steers and heifers. $3.50 a $500;
handy butchers. H.00 a $40: common. e2.55 {,
1873: Gamers COWS. $3.50 Qt2. 25; stockers and
feeders. active At 81 so a Si.25.
Mich cows. steady at t25 90 Q1S45 90; calves
loweriat $3.50 90 IT'S.
Sheep ana lambs lower; quality cons prime
lambs. $6 rs a 500. mixed, &.45 a $3.50,
culls $3.50 "a $3.50
Hogs steady; quality. com: prime mediums,
$3.50 $3.50; Workers., s5 40 a S5.46; pigs. %. 80
@S5 35; roughs "a 600 500; stays one-third on
cripples, d. 90 per cwt. OF.
Receipts-Csttlel loco, calves, 600, sheep. 250e
hogs 0,500.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
In the sprina.

Lowndes, Mo-, April 10th.-Mrs. H.
G. Harry of this place, says
For years was in very bad health.
Every spring l would get so low that
| was unable to do my own work. |
seemed to be worse in the spring than
any other time of the year | was
very weak and miserable and had
much pain in my back and head. I
saw Dodd's Kidney Pills advertised
last spring and began treatment Of
them and they have certainly done me
more good than anything have ever
used.
81 was all right last spring and felt
better than | have for over ten years.
am fifty years of age and am strong
er to-day than l have been for many
years and give Dodd's Kidney Pills
credit for the wonderful improve
ment."
The statement of Mrs. Harry is only
enc of great many where Dodd's
Kidney Pills have proven themselves
to be the very best spring medicine.
They are unsurpassed as a tonic and
are the only medicine used in thou
sands of families.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
WHO OWNS THE RAILROADS.

H. T. Newcomb of the District of
columbia Bar, has compiled statistics
showing that STATS depositors in
savings banks of six eastern states
are directly interested in the joint
ownership Of $442,S54,OS6 of steam
railroad securities, that insurance
companies doing business in Massa-
chusetts hold $S45, ,O3S of steam
railroad stocks and bonds and "a edu-
cational institutions depend on SAT-
aoS,S27 invested in similar securities
Tor portion of their income. Other
nduciary institutions own enough
railroad securities to bring such hold
ing up to more than a billion and
mar dollars, about one. -lxth of the
entire capital invested in railroad
property. These investments repre-
sent the savings of the masses, there
pelng twenty million holders of life in
surance policies in the country, as
many more of fire insurance policies,
and an even greater number OF de-
positors in banking and trust institu-
uons, where investments are largely
IN railroad securities.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
low 70 Chance the eIoom.

the lower one green. Try the streaked
carnation and you will see it turn to
brown and green.
Yellow flowers are not changed by
this process, but white ones usually
turn to a yellow or a deep orange
tone.
The action of the fluid is almost in
Simultaneous, and you may vary the
experiment by sprinkling some flow
ers, instead of dipping them, which
will give a spotted effect.
Somewhat similar results may be
produced by using ammonia only, but
the process is a longer one.
You are all familiar with the aster,
the handsome fall flower that heralds
the coming of the larger chrysanthe
mum. and know that it has no odor
To give it one pleasantly aromatic
pour ammonia into a plate or fiat dish
and cover it with an inverted dish con-
tanning asters. When you take the
blossoms out you will find that they
have distinct odor. The fumes OF
the ammonia effect the change.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
Tn. Game Of concelt.

This play is commenced by the com
many selecting a conductor. The play
ers then seat themselves in a semi
circle and to each is assigned an i'm
aginary musical instrument, with in
structions how to play on it. The con,
dpctor next orders them to tune, and
then. making believe to wave a baton
he huns a lively air, in which all JOIN
initiating by voice and gesture the
instrument on which they are sup
nosed TO play. such as the violin the
horn the big drum. the trombone, the
e,ta the yioloncello, the double bass
tha cvmbsIs. etc. After that he waves
bic nbantom baton, when all cease
nlaving and he calls solos All are
now attention. and he makes oeiieVe
20 nIsv on a particular instrument
ir,;toting its sound and motion, Here
mon tbe player who is supposed 70
Ma that instrument is hound TO IN
rtort,v ioin him in the tune and ges-
tn-es, failing to do so forfeit is the
resuIt A forfeit is also incurred wheh
n I'm instrument comes in at the wrong
time, t. 20 maize
nc much noise as possible.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
Swimming Needles.


Swimming needles that will remain
on the water, approach each other and
float side by side. seem bewitched to
those who know from experience how
quickly needle will sink to the bot
tom of a glass of water under ordi-
nary conditions.
There are several ways of making
a needle float on the surface of the
water. The simplest way is to place
a piece of tissue paper on the water
and lay the needle on it, The paper
soon becomes soaked with water and
sinks to the bottom. while the needle
is left floating on the top. Another
way is to hang the needle in two
sings made of threads. when must
be carefully drawn away as soon as
the needle floats. The needle can
also be made to float by simply hold
ing it in the fingers and laying it on
the water, but this requires a very
steady hand.
After two or three needles have been
made to float in bowl of water, mag
netize a sewing reedle by rubbing it
on a fairly strong magnet. and when
it is fioated on the water it will make
an extremely sensitive compass that
will attract the other needles. They
will slowly approach each other until
they float side by side. Do not have
the sewing needle too strongly mag
netized. or the needles may strike to-
gether so heavily as to cause them to
sink
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
Inexhaustible Bottle.

Brin forward an empty bottle,
which wash before the company and
drain to show that it is clean and
empty; but after being wetted It
wants wiping. So your confederate
brings a napkin with which you wipe
the bottle, as much after the fashion
of waiter as you can, but, of course,
not being used to this work, rather
clumsily; in the napkin is concealed
a weak preparation of spirits of wine.
sugar and water in a bladder, and
thus in the face of the audeence you
fill the bottle without their knowing
it. The different liquors part of the
illusion is thus managed. The glasses
are arranged on the tray in a definite
manner known to the magician; into
each glass one drop of various flavor
ing essences is placed such as es-
sence of noyau, essence of brandy,
essence of port or sherry. lemonade,
peppermint, cloves, pineapple, pears,
etc; these being filled up with the
spirits of wine, according to what is
called for by the audience. completes
the illusion of the inexhaustible bot
tie
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
Calendar Months and DAYS.

The names of the months in the
present calendar are entirely derived
from Roman sources. About 700 B. C.
the Roman calendar consisted of ten
months, as follows: Martius, named
after the god Mars; Aprilia, from the
word Ito spring up" Maius, after the
goddess MATS; June, after Juno; Quin-
tilis, fifth; Sextilis, sixth; September.
seventh; October, eighth; November,
ninth; December, tenth. In this early
period, Numa, a King of Rome. is
credited with adding two months to
the calendar Januarius, after the god
Janus, at the beginning before Mar
thus, and Februarius, after the god Fa-
brus, at the end, after December. In
$50 B. c. the decemvirs placed Jan
uarius and Februarius at the begin
ming of the year before Martius. Quin-
tilis was changed to Julius, in his
honor, in the reign of his successor.
Augustus Caesar, Sextilis was changed
to Augustus, now August, placing the
calendar in its present general form.
Sunday, suns" day; Monday.
moons" day; Tuesday. Tiw's (Anglo-
Saxon god of war; day; Wednesday,
Woden's (Anglo-Saxonl day; Thurs
day, Thor's (Danish) day; Friday,
Freya's (Saxon) day; Saturday, Sat
urn's Uatin) day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02

events" if prizes be offered to the
successful contestants. The prizes
should be neatly wrapped in tissue
paper and some appropriate inscrip-
tion should be on a card attached to
the package.
some Of the prizes may be of a use
Iul Kind, but most of them should be
ridiculous or ludicrous. They are all
70 De placed together on a table. or in
Q basket, and each winner makes his
own selection just after winning. and
opens the package Immediately, SO
lhat everybody will see what he gets.
he should also read aloud the in.
scription on the card.
Any number may take part in the
spree" but more than ten might
make it confusing. A leader should
be chosen, whose duty it is to select
the contestants, to decide all ques-
lions in dispute, if any, keep the rec
ords of the contestants, and award the
prizes.
Here are suggestions for the
events of the spree:
Fill a dish with peanuts, and let
each one guess how many are con.
tanned in it; the one who guesses
nearest wins.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
"Pious" Parrots.

Parrots are such close observers and
keen mimics that it would be surpris-
ing If birds in the households of cler-
gymen and ministers did not repeat
special phrases at proper times. In
deed, 1t would be as well not to hold
family worship with a speaking parrot
in the room. There was no harm in
the bird that sang in good time and
tune, There Is a Happy Land" But
other feats of imitativeness might
easily offend. Parrots, uttering re-
sponses, or bits of the creed, or scraps
OF prayer-as several have been
known to do-especially at unseason-
able moments. are apt to vex rather
than amuse, though, of course, the
birds do not mean to be irreverent.
A bishops parrot used to calculate
Let us pray" sometimes in devout
tones, at other times mockingly, and
the bishop could hardly have liked it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
Cigarettes.

Tobacco Injuries men and kills chii-
dren. The Chicago school board has
been having a medical examination OF
certain pupils before allowing them to
take part in certain athletic sports.
Boys and girls we're subjected to the
same examination. Not one girl was
found unable to pass, while a large
number of the boys. in almost every
case smokers, were found to be in
physical condition which made violent
exercise of any kind very dangerous
Twenty-one out of hundred were
found unfit, and all but three suffered
from some form of heart trouble. Al
most without exception the unfit once
were cigarette smokers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
How 10 Fam sound sIeeD.

All doctors are not so careful Of
the welfare of their patients as they
might be- Here is story of one who
went to the limit. He is the proprie-
tor of a famous health resort not far
from -. When he receives a pa
tient for treatment he says:
Now, / want it understood that un-
less you do exactly as | say, there is
no use of your staying"
This rule sometimes requires him to
be very harsh, but he never hesitates.
He acts on the theory that he can bet
ter afford to offend a single patient
and lose him that to have that pa
tient go back home and tell his friends
Dr. So-and-So had done him no good,
relates the Washington Star
Not long ago well-known clergy
man went to this resort for treatment.
The doctor looked him over upon his
arrival and said:
While you are here you must take
long walks every day"
But l can't take walks replied
the parson- Il haven't done any walk
ing for years. My heart won't stand
IT"
They argued the question quite
warmly. AS the clergyman and doc
tor were good friends, the latter was
more lenient than usual However.
he bided his time. The next after
noon the physician said to the clergy
man:
ITS nice day would like you
to go horseback riding with me"
Riding they went. When they were
about eight miles from the sanitarium
the physician said: "Oh, doctor, won't
you get me that flower by the road
side? don't like to leave this
horse"
AS soon as the clergyman was on
the ground the doctor galIoped OF
with both horses. and the clergyman
was compelled to walk back to the
sanitarium. Upon his arrived he was
very angry, and was for packing up
and leaving at once. There was no
train that night, so he was forced to
stay few hours longer. The next
morning he came down radiant and
| good natured.
Doctor" said he. Il was pretty
sore at you last night, but forgive
everything. / have had the first good
sleep have enjoyed in months. Here
after I'll obey your order implicitly"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
TIMELY VEGETARIAN RECIPES.

Cream of Celery soup-lngredients
Celery tops, quart cream OF rich
milk.
Method-Put tops in saucepan. cover
with water, simmer one hour. Drain,
return water to pan, add milk and
stalks, simmer one-half hour longer,
season to taste, remove celery, thick
en- to consistency of cream. Serve
hot
Chill sauce-Ingredients One
quart strained tomato, tablespoon
fuls minced celery. tablespoonful
minced onion, sugar
Method-Put all together in sauce
pan. let come to boil, set on back of
range and simmer two hours. A
small piece of lemon peel and a cup
of chopped tart apples viii greatly
improve the flavor Cook till apples
are done, remove lemon peel. cool.
serve.
candied Sweet Potatoes-Boil pota-
toes till tender, remove jackets. ar
range in oiled baking pan. sprinkle
with powdered sugar. brown in slow
oven.
Sweet Potato cutlets-Pare pota-
toes, cover with boiling water, boil
twenty minutes, drain of half the
water. and cook till soft They should
be almost dry when done. Mash or
put through ricer. Form in shape of
chops. sprinkle with powdered sugar,
and brown in medium oven. Serve
with sugar peas.
Porkless Baked Beans-Wash beans.
place in heavy pot and boil five min
utes. Salt to taste. Bake twenty
four hours in slow oven, keeping bare
" covered with water. When done,
the beans should be of a uniform
dark brown. Longer cooking viii i'm
prove.
Potatoes Lyonnaise-Chop cold boil
ed OF baked potatoes. Season with
salt while chopping. Stir in onions
and parsley minced. If too stiff. thin
with nut cream to consistency desir-
ed. Turn into oiled baking pan,
smooth, brush with cream. brown.
Serve in squares.
Turnips stewed in cream-Pare
young turnips. cut in dice. Simmer
till nearly done Drain of nearly all
the water. Add enough cream to
barely cover. Salt to taste. Simmer
till tender (don't bold. Thicker
slightly Serve.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
An Extra Good AppetIte.

A good appetite is a symptom of
good health. An extra good appetite
is sometimes a symptom of constitu-
pie letter sent to the Questions and
Answers" column of a prominent
health Journal was something like
this:
Il am troubled with pimples, not TO
a great extent. but still very annoying.
They appear principally on the fore
head, but occasionally on other places.
often feel languid. and tire easily,
and cannot gain flesh. although have
an extra good appetite. Still l am
not sick, and have not been in bed for
a day in my life. Age. nineteen years.
VIII you kindly advise me what you
think would remove these pimples?"
There is little doubt but that the
extra good appetite" alluded to al
fords the key to the situation. The d.
gestive organs have more than they
can take care of. and consequently do
not properly take care of anything fur
nished. There will be frequent head
aches, skin disorders and alternate con
stipation and diarrhea with such per-
sons. Pimples are natural result of
such depraved blood conditions.
With many people the habit OF
hearty eating is continued when the
warm spring days come. Food which
was appropriate when the thermomet-
er was at zero is continued in the
same quality and quantity when the
thermometer rises to ninety degrees
in the sun, and averages above SIKH
all day and night The person who
Iosss his appetite under such a condi-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
NO TONGUE CAN TELL
How | Suffered with Itching and
Bleeding Eczema Until Cured
by Cutlcura.

mo tongue can tell how l suffered
for five years with terribly painful,
itching, and bleeding eczema, my
body and face being covered with
sores. Never in my life did l expert
ence such awful suffering, and
longed for death. which l felt was
near. had tried doctors and medi-
cines without success. but my mother
insisted that l try Cuticura l felt
better after the first bath with Cuti-
cura Soap and one application of CUT.
cura Ointment, and was soon entirely
well. (Signed) Mrs. A, Etson, Belle
vue, Mich"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
FEARED BURIAL IN TRANCE.
,,..,Opy Existence Led by Victim a,
Peculiar Disease.

Peculiar Disease.
4, one Of my voyages from Can,
I'm 10 England" writes a traveller
y .bared my cabin with a peculiar
whose name was Lazarus. He
sae me promise that If he should die
ping the voyage | would prevent
~ burial at sea. He said that ON q
D'ovious voyage he had fallen sisl,
Snd was taken for dead and put into
sack for burial. A quartermaster
I'D been put on to watch the BODY
IN It was time for the funeral
wben the burial party arrived. fbe
,rortermaster informed the captain
Kat he thought the body had moved
T. the sack. The sack was opened and
lazarus eventually came to life again
Such was the story Lazarus told me
lazarus was thin man, with a sal.
law face. He had an enormous appe.
NE and appeared at every meal IN
rbich he devoted his whole energies
The good feeling only seemed to add
n his corpselike appearance. One
svening, sure enough, when we were
about half way to our voyages end
he apparently died again. The doctors
took him in charge this time, however.
and he came out of his trance without
any shotted-sack episode. He was met
al the London docks by number OF
relatives and friends. all Of whom
looked as If they might be suffering
from the same complaint"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
orIainaI star.spanaIed Banner.

The flags of Fort McHenry, whose
bread stripes and bright stars" in
spired Francis Scott Key to write
THE Star-Spangled Banner" still ex-
lists in a fair state of preservation.
1t is the possession of Mr.. Eben APP
pleton of Yonkers. N. Y. a grandson
Col Armistead, the gallant defender
OF Fort McHenry.
The stripes are 2 feet wide and the
stars are feet from point to- point.
The entire flag is 80 feet wide and
was originally 40 feet long. In its
present curtailed dimension it is only
go feet long.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
ReeoIorinn Elnwers


One of the popular fads Of late
years is to have flowers of peculiar
oolors different from those that ma.
ture gives them. A freak" of this
kind is considered a great curiosity
and is valued accordingly. Many
growers Of flowers have sought a
method of changing the color of the
lac, the heliotrope, or the red rose
parent stalk by treating the roots
with various chemical processes.
sometimes with surprising results.
Boys and girls would hardly care to
undertake anything so serious as the
attempts of the florists, but perhaps
they would like to know how they
may change the colors in a perfectly
simple way.
Pour a little ether into a small
glass and to it add one-tenth of its
quantity Of strong ammonia water.
With this simple and easily made
mixture you may change to a bright
green any flower that is red or violet.
All you have to do is to dip the flow
er into the mixture and the change
will at once take place.
Try, for instance, the violet, the
periwinkle, the red geranium, the Ii
These will all respond to the treat
ment, and you will have novel speci-
men of each, one to excite wonder
among those to whom you show them.
A beautiful variation of the expert
ment is to dip the violet colored sweet
pea into the mixture. when the upper
petal will become a dark blue and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
Special Hospitals for Cons

Special Hospitals for Consumptives.
A hundred years ago the city of
Naples, Italy, erected large hospital
for consumptiyes, and required the
isolation of all persons suffering from
this disease. It is only recently, how
ever, that the authorities of modern
cities have become awakened to the
importance of this sanitary measure.
Recently a number of cities have
taken steps for the establishment of
hospitals especially for the treatment
of cases of consumption by the so
called "open-air method" Excellent
results are reported from this method
of treatment
The German government has a
large central committee numbering
more than thirteen hundred persons
organized for the purpose CT erecting
hospitals for the treatment of tuber-
culosis This committee has under its
supervision seventy-four such hospi-
tails, and last year treated over thirty
thousand patients. of whom eighty per
cent were returned to their homes
practically cured after remaining in
the hospitals on an average of little
less than three months.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
Ny Cat.

Our neighbor's cat e. D,
49,. Is Maltese. 9iah' the Joness
k : eig Argora has feathers to her
NA' ie ta they look like feathers, ana
WI, tail so big and white anu
lnat Kitty meets a punp, do, 7
d.. teH you. it's a sight PUPPY uos'
OUT When | ask: What bre.a g.. -
The, nilg pussy, sleek and fat9''
iHey laugh. and pull INV curis and cav.
H.. iear-just cat 'oS
II true her eyes aren't ,,eilor,
tail Is rather small '-'"' anu Hei
' ! KNOW II she ever had a pedigree
i"at pig word means her mother. be,
Thai SIanuna. too, they say.
10y an took prizes at a show were
Wyba. niarkeu a special way)
nat 10 l care for markings. for nrizes
my Hiedy gust as precious II she is lust
one was the dearest kitten all scamnar
=, and all fur! al pei
MOI one OF all my pets could make me
o., laugh at her;
She may be very connrnor b,,. ,,,,,,,.
70, shes good and true.
fVi sne meets me when | corne from
Ana sehool with loving little new:
4iu Mhen shes round we never nee a
"a naughty mouse or rat
Ahu ileVe love her better cause she's
Just plain cat
saIected
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
The String and Vase Trick.

See who can hold the greatest num-
Der of peanuts in his left hand with
out the aid of his right in putting
them there.
Fasten a peanut to a thread and on
the floor place a vase with a mouth
just large enough for a peanut to pass
through. Let each take a turn at
holding the peanut by the thread
about a foot above the vase. and then
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-02
A Peanut Spree.

Have YOU ever taken part IN pea,
:, ti@ snree"? If you haven't, there IS
some fun in store for you anu - TO 70
have well. you'll be sure to want y
'ng Tnis amusement will almost, fill an
! nto or il may be stopped when
e1e"' win Zest is added to the