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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
Would BE the Villain

When the weathers cold and nasty and
my bones begin to ache,
When my offspring write for dough"
In accents blue,
Which l have to hustle to them, though
l know it's all a fake
When | can't collect a single cent
that's due
When the cook is on the rampage and
declines to fix a meal
When the boss jumps on me forty
times a day
IT'S then. must admit it, those are the
times / feel
That I'd like to be the villain in the
play
I'd like to be the villain and I'd like to
cuss and shoot,
And I'd like at every turn to set a
snare
And lay a line of trouble out for every
blamed galoot
That has ever crossed my pathway
anywhere.
When 1 find misfortune's bound to keen
me ground beneath her heel
When my ma-in-law has come a
month to stay
tbs then, 1 must admit it, those are the
times 1 feel
That I'd like to be the villain in the
play.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
A FELLOW FEELING.
Why She Felt Lenlent Towards the
Drunkard.

Why She Felt Lenlent Towards the
Drunkard.
A great deal depends on the point OF
view. A good temperance woman was
led, in very peculiar way, to revise
her somewhat harsh judgment of the
poor devil who cannot resist his cups
and she is now the more charitable.
She writes:
For many years was great suf-
ferer from asthma. Finally my health
got so poor that found could not lie
down, but walked the floor whilst 9TH
ers slept. got so nervous could not
rest anywhere.
Specialists told me l must give up
the use of coffee-the main thing that
l always thought gave me some relief.
| consulted our family physician, and
he, being coffee fend himself, told
me to pay no attention to their ad.
vice. Coffee had such charm for me
that in passing a restaurant and get
ting whiff of the fragrance l could
not resist a cup. l felt very lenient
towards the drunkard who could not
pass the saloon. Friends often urged
me to try Postum, but | turned a deaf
ear, saying, That may do for people to
whom coffee is harmful, but not for
me-coffee and l will never part
AT last, however, l bought pack
age of Postum, although l was sure l
could not drink it. prepared it as
directed, and served it for breakfast.
Well, bitter as was against it, l
must say that never before had |
tasted a more delicious cup of coffee!
From that day to this (more than two
years. l have never had desire for
the old coffee. My health soon re-
turned; the asthma disappeared, be-
gan to sleep well and in a short time
| gained 20 pounds in weight.
"One day l handed my physician
the tablets he had prescribed for me,
telling him had no use for them. He
stayed for dinner. When | passed him
his coffee cup he remarked: 4 am glad
TO see you were sensible enough not
to let yourself be persuaded that coffee
was harmful. This is the best cup OF
coffee | ever drank he continued:
the trouble is so few people know
how to make good coffee When he
got his second cup l told him he was
drinking Postum. He was incredu-
lous, but convinced him, and now he
uses nothing but Postum in his home
and has greatly improved in health. "
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Look in each package for the ia.
nous little book. 1.-THE Road to Well.
ville."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
A New orleans Wine cellar.

A lady newly arrived in Washing
ton, of great wealth, was at dinner
few nights ago and amazed everybody
by telling the brand and vintage of a
rare wine without seeing the bottle or
label.
How can you do ft2' she was
asked.
"Oh," she replied, Il was born in
New Orleans, you know, and was
raised there. When was slip of q
girl my father used to take me down
into his great wine cellar under the
house and show me the dusty bottles
He taught me all about wines down In
those gloomy caves"
After the dinner the hostess said to
her husband Wasn't it interesting
to hear Mrs. So-and-So tell about her
fathers wine cellars?"
Great" replied the brutal husband.
Absolutely great! 1t was simply fine.
You know there isn't cellar in New
Orleans" - Washington Correspond
ence New York World.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
HER BLOOD TOO THIN
GENERAL DEBILITY RESULTS FROM
IMPOVERISHED BLOOD.
Tn. Remedy That Makes New Blood
Ranishes weakness, Headaches I'M
alteration and Nervous Troables.

III. Remsdy That Makes new BLOOD
p.,t.bes weakness, Headaches, I'M
dI~.stion and Nervous TrOables.
Hundreds of women suffer from head
.cbes dizziness, restlessuess, languor
and timidity. Few realize that their
misery all comes from the bad state OF
their blood. They take one thing for
their head. another for their stomach,
a third for their nerves, and yet all the
while it is simply their poor blood that
is the cause of their discomfort.
II one sure remedy for making good.
rich blood were used every one of their
distressing ailments would disappear, as
thew did in the case Of Mrs. Ella #.
stone. who had been ailing for years and
was completely run down before she re-
allied the nature of her trouble.
"For several years." said Mrs. Stone,
az suffered from general debility. 1t
began about 1895 with indigestion, ner-
vousness and steady headaches. Up to
1900 hadn't been able to find any relief
from this condition. was then very
thin and bloodless. An enthusiastic
friend. who had used DIR. Williams Pink
Pills, urged me to give them a trial and
1 finally bought a box.
az did not notice any marked change
from the use of the first box, but de-
termined to give them fair trial and /
kent on. When / had finished the
second box l could see very decided signs
of improvement in my condition. be-
gan to feel better all over and to have
hopes of complete cure.
81 used in all eight or ten boxes, and
when stopped had got back my regu-
lar weight and good healthy color and
the gain has lasted. can eat what ]
please without discomfort. My nervous
ness is entirely gone, and, while l had
constant headaches before, l very rarely
have one now. / cheerfully recommend
DR.. Williams Pink Pills to women who
suffer as l did,"
Mrs. Stone was seen at her pretty
home in Lakewood, r. l., where, as the
result of her experience, DIR. Williams
Pink Pills are very popular. These ia
nous pills are sold by all druggists. A
book that every woman needs is pub
hshed by the DIR. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y. 1t is Ell.
titled "Plain Talks to Women, aud will
be sent free ON request.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
Rich African Diamond MR..

Prof. Henry Miers is lecturing to a
London audience recently said that
there is no knowledge of the depths n,
which the South African diamond
mines can be worked. The deeper tbav
go the richer they become. Work can
be carried on now to a depth of 25oo
feet and 1t is thought that IL might
be continued to depth of 5000 feet
or even 10000 feet if engineering dif.
ficnlties could be overcome.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
Indian Chief a Preacher.

Quanah Parker, head of the Co.
manche tribe and the biggest chief
at the Anadarko Indian agency, in his
old age has taken preaching. His
mother was white woman who as a
child was captured by a band of
Comanches on a DEMONSTRATING raid
in Texas. After she had become a
chiefs wife she was rescued by con-
federate soldiers and restored to her
people, but separation from her hus.
band and child broke her heart and
she soon died. Quanah is about so
years old and has made good deal of
money. Like most of his race, he
spent 1t freely and now has little left.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
GUESSING CONTEST is NEW
Novel Entertainment the Scheme OF .
Clever Woman.

Novel Entertainment the Scheme OF .
Clever Woman.
Here Is a novel entertainment tna'
was strictly original with the hostess.
Dainty score cards all decorated "
an exouisitely done woman's heau
were passed to the guests upon
which the following lines were VIII
ten 1.-THE key Is given below each onel'
the hostess explaining that the hiS,
letter of each word was the Initial
letter in some well-known Wonian .
name.
HAS Helped Justice.
Helen Hunt Jackson.)
2-Kindergarten's Dearest WINTER
(Kate Douglas Wiggins.J
3-Mystic Characterizer.
Marie Corelll)
4-Even Betters Browning.
elizabeth Barrett Browning
5-Reproduces Beasts.
(Rosa Bonheur)
6-Ever Spiritually Pondering.
elizabeth Stuart Phelps)
Little Mems Advocate.
louise M. Alcott.)
8-Has Blessed Slaves.
Harriet Beecher Stowe)
9-Faithful Enthusiastic Worker
(Francis E. WillardD
10-Lessens Every Pain.
lydia E. Pinkham.)
11-Courageous Benefactor.
(Clara Barton.)
12-Energetically Champions Suffrage
elizabeth Cady Stanton.)
13-Famed for Courtesy.
Frances Folsom CleVeland.l
14-Always Parting.
(Adelina Patti)
15-Modest Actress.
MARY Anderson.)
16-Loquaciously Belligerent.
Gillian Bell.)
17-Charming Nightingale.
christine Neilson.)
18-Cheerfully Destroyed Many.
(Catharine D. Medici)
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
Comforts Of Travel.

The porter on the California Limited
this winter will be prepared to press a
gentleman's trousers while be waits
This Is new wrinkle, introduced for
the benefit of tastidious dressers. II
isn't absolutely necessary to carry
along an extra pair of trousers, either;
the porter works while you sleep.
On this luxurious train daily market
reports are received by wire; there
are the latest morning and evening
newspapers issued en- route, fine sta
tionery, library of western books and
current magazines. A Whitley exer-
ciser for those who wish to keep up
their athletics, and electric curling
irons for the ladies' are other travel
comforts.
The Santa Fe intends to keep it's
fast flyer at the front
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
HORSE WAS ON THE RANGE.
Pastors Jaws Not the Equal OF Those
Of His Equine Friend.

Pastors Jaws Not the Equal OF Those
OF His Equine Friend.
GAS | was coming by one of the
churches in Bisbee," said Judge Dick
SON Of Nogales, Ariz., my range find
er apprehended the odor of fried cot
ton-tail, and then / noticed smoke
pouring from the church chimney,
which led me to believe that church
supper was under way. Being hungry
and inclined to benevolence when an
opportunity like that \ to favor the
church runs against me. pushed in
the side door. and found that | was
right in a kitchen where | supposed
the pastor had his study. Standing
over four-hole stove was the Rev.
Mr.. Banks. smothering cotton-tail in
skillet of hot lard. and he was much
warmer than he expects to be here
after-when he has his salary raised
and he isn't compelled to keep house
In church"
How do you like camping out in
church," l asked. taking in the stu
alton. Better let me share that rab-
bit with you. Queer place to live,
amt It? Where's your horse? Stable
him here"
No, sir, | don't I'm sorry to say
answered the parsop although there's
nice stall for him in the organ, but
can't afford to do it, so l turn him
out on the range near by and run
chances
you'll lose him, sure
We'll, all right He's bad mans
horse, anyway, for l can't move my
jaws preaching the Lords word as
fast as he can on alfalfa at $40 a
ton"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
BETTER THAN STRAIGHT TALK.

Where circumlocution Saved Servant
from Reprimand.
The late Bishop Elder of Cincin-
natl, was born in Baltimore, and
Baltimorean said of him recently:
From his childhood Bishop Elder
had the gift of direct and forcible
speech. once congratulated him on
the possession of this gift, praising
direct diction and condemning circum-
locution, whereupon he said:
'Circumlocution, though you con-
denim 1t, has its use. 1t is a fine in
strument wherewith to soften harsh,
unpleasant facts. There are many
cases where circumlocution is valu-
able
For instance, once had young
man for a servant who was inclined
to take too many liberties.
"'On a certain evening, for the en-
tertainment of guest of distinction,
l procured a very excellent game
pate. All of it was not eaten; quite
half, should say, was left when the
servant removed it from the table.
For luncheon the next day, /
thought l would have up the game
pate again. | told my man to fetch it.
He, with confused air, said he didn't
know where it was. l told him to go,
then, and ask the cook.
He departed and in a little while
returned without the pate.
'Well?' said l. We'll? where is
the pate, John?
His reply was circumlocutionary
enough to save him a reprimand
Please, sir he said, the cook told
me to tell you she told me to eat it."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18

Going through the hospitals in our
large cities one is surprised To And auch
large proportion of the patients living
on those snow-white beds women
and girls, who are either awsitin,
tions. oPof~
Why should this be the caseq Sim
ply because they have neglected them
selves ovarian and womb troubles
are certainly on the increase among
ene women OF this country-they creep
upon them unswares, but every one of
NOSE patients in the hospital beds had
plenty OF warning in that bearing
down feeling, pain at left or right OF
.ne womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in
tne small OF the back, leucorrhoea. diz-
zlness, hatulency, displacements of the
womb or irregularities All of these
symptoms are indications of an nm
healthy condition of the ovaries or
WOMB, and If not needed the penalty
mas 70 De paid by a dangerous operation.
When these symptoms manifest them
selves DO not drag along until Won are
ooIged TO go to the hospital and nub.
mt 10 an operation but rememher
mat Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable
compound has saved thousands az
women from surgical operations
When women are troubled with Ir.
regular, suppressed or painful menst,.,,.
ACon, weakness, leucorrhoaa di.nIaoa
ment or liberation of the womb tha,
Dearing-down feeling, infiammnt;on ~
tne ovaries, backache. bloatino To-, 40 =,
uIencyl' general debility, indigestion.
viii rvous prostration, or are beset
trSa SUN symptoms as dizziness, lassi.
sus: excitability, irritability, nervous.
LYDIA {. Plnkham's yesstshl. e.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
government Aid For charl.,.

The Danish government has lent tie
aid to a novel scheme for rais,ro
money for a hospital for consumn'
tive children. 1t issued a snecia,
stamp, worth half cent, which tba
public was requested to buy and nasto
on letters and parcels. Within a sbor.
time more than $4,000 worth of tbese
charity stamps were sold.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18

When the EmpressA Gathers
founded the Moscow Foun.iing bad
tai an anonymous donor seat aA
rubles to its first president with y
letter: "He who takes the llberu
offer this to NJ. de Betski viii ~
completely obtained his eud
means of this gift Russia shall
some future day have one more =
sonable subject, virtuous citizen
happy man"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
profitahla InuentIona

No one class of inventions has been
so profitable to both the manufacture
er and the inventor as musical in
struments and appliances for same.
Numerous improvements to the piano
have been a source of large fortunes,
and various devices are at present
being continuously applied. Radically
new instruments possessing real
merit are the inventions needed in
this line. The public is always ready
to adopt almost anything new in both
wind and stringed nstruments.-In-
ventor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18

Sugar may be produced at fraction
less than two cents pound in Cuba.
The profit in ordinary years lies in the
size Of the fraction left by the most
economical methods of production.
Germany, the largest sugar producing
country in the world. regulates the
selling price of the commodity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
CHARM OF THE BUTTERFLY
Beautiful, They Represent an Abso-
Iutely Silent World.

Beautiful, They Represent an Abso.
Iutely Silent World.
After all, says a student of Nature,
the chief charm of the race of butter
flies does not lie in their varied and
brilliant beauty, nor yet in their won
derful series of transformations, in
their long and sordid caterpillar life,
their long slumber in the chrysalis.
Nor does it lie in the fact that we
do not yet certainly know whether
they have in the caterpillar shape the
faculty of sight or not, and do not
even know the precise use of their
most conspicuous organ in maturity,
the antennae. Nor does it consist in
this-that they, of all created things,
have furnished man with the symbol
of his own immortality. 1t rather lies
in the fact that, with all their varied
life and activity, they represent an alb
solutely silent world.-London An
swers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18

Rejected lovers need never dessi
There are four and twenty hours i
day, and not a moment in the tysi
four in which a woman NAV !
change her mind.-De FinOd.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
lnuratitude of RepubIles.

The American hen lays enough eggs
in one month to pay the interest on
the national debt in that time. And
yet an old eagle which has seen more
than a century Of service and was
never known to lay an egg is retained
as our national bird. 1t is simply I'M
just.-Denver Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
In Winter Use Aliens Foo,.r,.

A powder. Your feet feel uncoua1
able, nervous and often cold and al
If you have sweating, sore feet or q
shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease. Sold III
druggists and shoe stores, IS cents. San
sent free. Address Allen S. 0nss
lie Row, n. Y
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
ArboreaI Aristocracy.

The evergreens are the aristocracy
of the tree world, writes Anna Bots
ford Comstock in the Chautauquan.
They represent the oldest families; for
their ancient relatives appeared as
early as the Silurian age; the ever
greens were probably at their height
in number of species and magnifi-
cence of development during the Tri-
assic period. The pines were contem-
poraries Of all those plants which
were put to bed in the Devonian age,
and which forms our coal beds of to-
day. The evergreens are a dignified
remnant of an older tree race, which
is being pushed to the wall by the
upstairs, the oaks and naples and 9TH
er deciduous trees. They still cling
to the sandy shores where there is lit
tie to protect other trees and to the
mountains and northern regions where
other trees have not the strength to
endure. Perhaps it is because they
belong essentially to another geologic
age when the climate was far different
from our climate of to-day, that they
do not shed their leaves in winter like
the adaptable deciduous trees.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
Fond of Eresh Ar.

All the Danish beauties get out and
skate and enjoy the air. They think
nothing at all of being out in the
open for hours and hours at time.
1t is their existence. 1t is a severe
case of illness which keeps them in
the house at all
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
Artificial Sea Wavaa.

At Munich a large swimming bath
has been fitted with motor, con-
nected with. contrivance which
creates eighteen perfectly natural
looking sea waves" a minute.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18

ness, sleeplessness, melancnoty hi.
gone land "want-to- be-leit Az Il one |
ings, they should remember 'n'
tried and true remedy ha hI
The following letters csnnO.
bring hope to despairing WOMB S,..,t
Mrs. Fred Seydel, 41s n. o4.n
West Philadelphia, Pa, wri'0
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-. .,d,t,ou vbS
AZ was in a very serious c0hu lu-Son, vODAl
wrote 10 Won for advice. had ser ~ csrry d
and ovarian trouble and could nos XII XII 81
child to maturity, and was % % ,,acoysry, !!
operation was nv only hope OF reOV IL bcsh
c6uId NOT bear to think Of going y !. ~ yOu b
tai 90 wrote Won for advice. did o. - Ssni
strnoted me and took Lydia \, ~ only !
Vegetable Compound; and | am ,,at IN bshl
well woman today, but have a pes ~ III sd
Girl six months old. / advise an 0Syc 4
Suffering women to write you ior w.
Won have done so much for me-
Miss Ruby Mushrush' u
Chicago, Ind, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkh@n:- 18th irreggus,
al have been a great sufferer Nv and Sbodl
menstruation and ovarian trou1fs ear using 7.
three months ago the doctor, aaaScess 90 "
X-Ray on me, said had an on 4 opersl0ss
ovaries and would have TO nav ,,Jia & pr
NV mother wanted me to try ny iast rsslfA
hams Vegetable COMPOUND a. an opsrsV''
and il not only saved me from an "
but made me entirely well nOn.
Lydia e. p nkham's Negyhtr Oubss.
pound at once removes suom ,d;eine 10
Refuse to buy any other m'N
you need the best. :, s;cl, wcrs1,
Mrs. Pinkham invites az Az s, advice 80
to write her for advice hs l,onsands
medicine have restored . US
health. Address, lynn Ms.. fsa
pound Succeeds Where O'n'''
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
Benefit of Warm Baths

Warm baths are the most effectuaI
means Of keeping the skin clean and
healthy. The temperature should be
90 to SO degrees Fahrenheit. Avoid
prolonged immersion and rub the skin
well
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18

" EHNN
and often | could hardly straighten
my back. The aching was bad in the
daytime, but just as bad at night, and
was always lame In the morning.
was bothered with rheumatic pains
and dropsical swelling OF the feet. The
urinary passages were painful. and the
secretions were discolored and so free
that often had to rise at night.
felt tired all day. Half a box served
TO relieve me, and three boxes effected
q permanent cure"
A TRIAL FREE.-Address Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price so cents.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
Odd Collection Mani,

In the course of law case IN /,
don the judge asked a witness u.
er it was a fact that people bad i.
TO collect old weather cocks. Thu
ness said II was.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
Berlin Homes for Pa. =.

Berlin has ten homes FOR ~
where the charge for lodyis.
light is $3.50 to $3.50 a mon,s
for board and lodging $40 a no,,''
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
TEA

Millions Of Homeless Persons.
In the course of thirty-six years
5,000,OO0 persons have been cared for
in the ssylums for the homeless in
Berlin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18

ney trouble. OF
eight or ten
years standing.
| suffered the
most s e v r Q
backache and
other pains in
the region Of
the XII d n e y $.
These were es-
pecially severe
when STOPPING
IN nee ouxrAhtn-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18

10 the last report concerning the
number of animals examined by the
official meat inspectors in Germany,
S62 dogs are included. Whether this
means that dogs are eaten In that
country is not explained.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18

Piso's Cure is the best medicine V.
for all affections Of the throat and lunr
o. ESDsLEY. yanburen. Ind, Feb "a ID /
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
EA

Good tea costs no more
than poor, as a rule.
1t is strange.
Your grocer returns your money II you don't
lfke schiling's Best
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
Gibraltar Docks

The new docks in Gibraltar are
large enough to hold the biggest YES.
sci in the British navy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18

Even II you do s ,%'' s'n
conflict there is NO ss' Norra
greet. Just draw a dss S''sl0 d
a good look at the s,,. n.y. o'aa
and at it again. Thu 'sel'' ID
gained by the little r., ,'S''s
you eventual success '', !! val
achievements Away, ne ne %
Tribune. usht-Na
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18
AN OLD MANS TRIBUTE.

An Ohio Fruit Raiser, "a Years old,
Cured Of Terrible Case After Ten
Years Of Suffering.
Sidney Justus, fruit dealer, of Men
tor. Ohio, says: Il was cured by Doan's
Kidney Pills of a severe case OF kid
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-18

a GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
ltohing, Blind Bleeding Protruding Piles. Your
druggist will refund money II PAZ0 OINTMENT
faiis 70 cure you In 10 Ia days, SOC.