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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
A Woman of 90

When n knows the age of q wom.
an n knows the woman. The very
fact that she permits you to know her
age exposes her character. She no
longer masquerades. She has lost q
certain uncertainty, an eyanescent
delicacy, that was an irresistihIa
charm. Women, like philosopbv. are
divided into two classes, the know.
aole and the unknowable. Also. like
philosophy, it is the unknowable wom-
an who is the speculable. Therefore
10 get her at her highest capacity.
she must be unmarried and about 20
says the indianapolis News.
The married m presents Ger.
ain unacceptable tell-tale data. She
mas children, and those children have
apparent ages, two facts which go far
IN determining her annals. If She 10
unmarried-and is not "about 30.o she
Is under 3O-again a definite fact Re-
ing about 80" is indefinite. She nav
De more or less. No one hazards q
guess. There is a delightful vague.
ness IN being about 80" It has moth.
ing to do with dates; and MANY NJ nc
VINO from our youth up have felt M
fer dates can forgive tho
unattached tneir confessed indisar.
ence.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
The TIoer.
poses.

Now listen to a tiger tale,
The tiger is a beast
Who would consider a wee boy
Or girl or horse a feast.
He's just a cat grown awful big,
He ear a striped skin.
A cat is not a tiger skin,
But it's a tigers kin.
There are so man. tiger skins
Made up in rugs, l vow
l think the jungle must be full
OF skinless tigers now.
The tiger has two feet behind
And also two before,
Most all the rest is tooth and lungs
You ought to hear him roar!
He's a nocturnal marauder
With black bars on his hide
And yellow bars. He hunts by night
INC woe, ah, woe betide
Poor luckless man! He goes to sleep
Beneath the twinkling stars.
The tiger carries him away;
He wakes behind the bars.
Houston Post,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
TOO MANY RED BELLS
Theatrical Managers Great Idea
Killed Business.

Theatrical Managers Great loea
Killed Business.
"Cleyer ideas are sometimes expen'
sive things to have" said Seth "
Bennett. who was formerly IN the
comic opera business, being the orig
inator of the Bernett and Moulton
Opera company of Juvenile "Pinatore
fame. at was a clever idea that once
cost me $4,000 at ;rhst. How much
more | don't like TO think. This is
how it happened. We had been keep
ing out the juvenile 'Pinafore' com
pany for several years with great sue
cess. l then decide1 to put Inc
Chimes of Normandy on the road
with the same juvenile company. On
account of the copyright we called the
opera The Bells Of Bonneville.
Searle. who was then the big theatri'
cal printer in Boston, was getting out
the paper for us.
ITO Searle l said, Give us nothing
but paper with red bells on it, and in
white letters on the bells the name
of the opera 1t was all done on hall
sheets, so that on a t%wenty-four sheet
stand there would be forty-eight red
bells that you could see two blocks
away. He agreed with me that it was
a great idea, a stroke of genius.
$50 the paper was put up-and 1t
killed our business. Two weeks be-
fore we went to town those red bells
were plastered all ove it, but no
body came to see u show.
"Why? Because they thought we
were one Of those families of bell
ringers"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

ing his hands and feet placed him in
one of the f%orecastle hunks. Then a
conference of all hands save the man
at the wheel was held in the fore
castle.
When we've got the money" said
Ben, a murderous looking villain,
well make the mate put the brig
ashore on the coast and skip. TIN be
thought a wreck. and that'll be the
bend of It,"
And the skipper and passengers?'
asked Mike. another mutineer.
"Ho." sneered Ben. the fish be
'ungry in these latitoods, Him think
in"
The mate shuddered as he lay in
his bunk.
"WelI"-
But the words died on Mikes Inns
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
AT THE TOMB OF cRoru,
First Burial at Rostook b..

First Burial at Rostock h,.
Finally Laid in Delft, HoI 4 Y
The first burial place Of c ,,r'0'
at Rostock near the Germs oaps 7
and there, before the high alta, ~ J,
great church today, is sacrsa,. u
served, as an honor to German, \
tomb in which his body was tsn,a
arily enshrined. %
But his wish had been to roc, !.
native soil, says Andrew n wh.. I.
the Atlantic, and, after a time Il, ]
mains were conveyed to tbe MA
lands. 1t is hard to believe a., ]
1t is recorded, that as his cosr \
borne through the city Of Rotts,a,1
stones were thrown at it by the MI
ed mob; finally it was laid in ! -
beneath the church of Delft. bia ma
place.
Few monuments are more suy,.I
I've 10 the thinking traveller than M
ancient cathedral. There lie N
bones of men who took the Load
saving the Dutch republic and "A
liberty from the bigotry Of SuI
Above all, in the apse. towers n
canopied tomb of William the S5
-sculptured marble and udj
bronze showing forth the majesr
his purpose and the gratitude d l
people. Hard by, in a quiet side id
is the modest tomb of Grotius, HH I
~soription simple and touching.
Each of these two great men vas
leader in the service of liberty a
Justice; each died a martyr TO 4
reason. Both are risen from the I'd
and live forevermore in modern i
erty, civil and religious, in mold
law fatal to tyranny, in modem
situations destructive to %intolesH
and, above all, in the heart and ii
of every man who worthily una
takes to serve the nobler purpose;
his country or the larger Interests
his race.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
SIGN OF MooNsHINE WHISKY

Simple Symbol Tells Everything 70
the Initiated.
You don't know the sign of a
moonshine still, do your" asked H. A.
Wilson, for many years a United
States commissioner. We'll, / will
explain, anyway. Some years ago
some of my relatives were riding
through the country in Chiffon county
and at a lonesome spot on the road
they observed a large gate post. On
top of the post was an ear of corn
with a wire tied around it. This was
reported to me and | very promptly
told them that it was a sign of moon
shine whisky for sale.
The moonshine custom" continued
Mr.. Wilson, lis to put an ear of corn
on top of a post as an advertisement.
the person who knows the system
comes along and if thirsty, will nut
20 on the post and come back
IN about two hours. On his return he
VIII md a pint of genuine mountain
dew whisky. To catch these Illicit
dlstlllers is a problem. l have studied
u Tor years and have tried to give
the government a good service. l
nave been successful to a certain ex-
tent.
These moonshiners," continued Mr..
Wilson, do not consider it a moral
wrong to make whisky, but merely
look on it as a violation of the e
enue law. They do not think this a
Just law and violate it whenever thew
oeiieVe their chances are not good for
being caught"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

wheel and who vas securely bound II
The cabin was released n SEM
ashore, a new crew was shipped anu
The brig again started on her voyage
of discovery. did
"A well devised plan, doctor. sal
the professor. well carried out
"Your fields the stage" retortea the
doctor. you acted a pirate to per,
lection. Don't you think a man Oh
nv stock Of ideas would make MISS
Annie a good husband"
Hum, wen see about that saio
the professor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
EniomatlcaI But True

Visitors to the old cenie% y !
New England often meet WIZ ~
epitaphs as they pass amUn u,dsto
cayed and crumbling nsaa h
Here is one to be seen on ~ ss
cemetery or "burying mn p,vro
guides call the spot
Mass: r..d
Here's to the memory OF m snn but
Who married many a M
Not to be said OF the WoA
the next n q hvpi
The grave is only ABOUT rusi
feet from the Charlotte IN
memorial, where her paren'' nI,s
led, although her interme
in the Mount Auburn. cenle.s,'S
ton. Around Mary TreA'O Srsbs
are those of her three bl
whose deaths preceded he,', %
next grave lies the body =
whom the guide declared 18th D.
ster, hence the force oil
epitaph noted.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

This story that Hetty Green has a
doughnut for her lunch every day
should be d~iscredited. Probably some
enemy is trying to spread the notion
that she is leading a life of reckless
self-indulgence.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

There is a man in Brooklyn who
has a gold brick worth real money.
There are such gold bricks, but they
are about as rare as the conscience
that will not let its owner dodge his
taxes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

According to census bureau statistics
telephone users in the United States
shouted Hello, Central!" 5,070,554,55s
times last year The census bureau
has failed to gather statistics showing
how many times central replied: 1.-THE
line is busy!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

This "epidiascope" that makes a
ladybug look as big as a bat may make
the feminine bathing suit look as big
as a handkerchief. But the machine
looks like a cook stove.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
Women's Clubs in Buenos Avr..

Women's clubs are fo~urisbina -
Buenos Ayres. There are t~wenty.seven
organizations, many of which acted 90
powers IN the arbitration treaty he,
tween Chile and Argentina. The unit-
ed association publish a Review Of
the National Council of Women ov
tracts OF which have been trar slated
by an Arger 20 ~, for NJ. Leu
RE Chapnoo oa'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

A girl in Tampa was wooed and won
by mail. but she backed out when the
would-be bridegroom called. It is a
sad fact that a good many men make
their best appearance through the
postoffice.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04
SALT is A NECESSITY,
Animals Need It and System Of y
Demands Mineral.

Demands Mineral.
Animals will travel long distan1
and brave great dangers to get at
inc earths, called salt ticks; hcj
and sows are most healthy when
vided with Jumps Of rock salt IN "
hangers or pastures and even
will sip a solution of salt with ava
Men will barter gold for it in coull
where it is scarce, says the III
Magazine, and for it Husbands
sell their wives and parents'tnef
dren. In some districts Of Africa
is far more expensive than the pa1
white sugar in Europe and GNU
will suck a lump of it in prelerelT
sweetmeats. But the existence u
greater or less appetite for SAT- u
individuals shows that this suu'A
serves more important functions
that of merely gratifying the psll'
Salt being a large constituent !
human body and forming aOou'
the total weight of the saline NAV
of the blood, the constant lOss
by the secretions, the bile anq N
tears, requires to be made up y
employment as a condiment' In'
acid found in the stomach ana
forms an essential constituent =
gastric juice, is obviously us
from the salt taken with our iOOa,
the soda of our blood and IN sO.s
the secretions is doubtless Oyr
from the decomposition IN 'ne
of common salt, which is the Gr4 !,
eral food of man and the ou'
condiment essential to heailn'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

A Cleveland editor advertises the
loss of a diamond scarfpin n dia-
mond watch charm. AS editors are
supposed to live the simple life, the
question is, Where did he get those
trinkets?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

A good deal of fun is made OF the fe-
male bargain hunters, but it is Just
this class which many a man
from misery by making the ends meet
and a little Observation-Disclosures Mirror.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

A Chicago la is supporting his
nineteen children and their mother ON
an income of SO a week. When it
comes to expert financeering there is
something worthy of study.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

A California professor has invented
n logic machine. which on being fed
with major and minor premises gives
the correct conclusion. Congress
would have no use for 1t.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

Thousands of children in New York
have no breakfast at home before
leaving for school. 1t was a wise mis-
sionary who said he could not convert
a hungry man, and we listen to hear
a teacher apply his words to another
field.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

When a woman falls in love you
can't make her believe all men are
alike, and when she has been married
ten years o can't make her believe
that they are not.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

A Pittsburg teacher notes that col
lege professors are paid less than
many cooks. Well. perhaps the cooks
are really experts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

Il is fortunate for the Oberlin stu
dents, perhaps, that Mrs. Chadwick
didn't sign Russell Sage's name to
those notes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

The fact that a silver dollar of the
vintage of 1904 recently brought $1,100
in Chicago will bring tears to the eyes
of the man who last blew it in at its
face value.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

P%ennypaclzer of Pennsylvania says
he believes the devil is an editor. THIS
shows that a very small reason may
sometimes totter on it's throne.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

]. Pierpont Morgan has bought
King Leopold's interest in a Chinese
railroad. 1t is pretty safe to say that
leopold didn't soak anybody on the
deal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

New York's gilded youths have call
ing cards for their dogs. Thus a host
less knows at once which to address
when they are ushered in.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

New York dealers in automobiles
report the sale of over $40, 900
worth of their machines in the last
two weeks. The gasoline age is upon
us.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

Watches are now made only an
eighth of an inch thick. Your pocket
book looks thin, too. after you have
paid for one of them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

Sir Henry Irving's son is to play in
Hamlet" May he never be troubled
by the apparition of his fathers
ghost!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

A leading critic says: Few of the
poets are now working at their trade"
How does he know, since the real
poets are always dead?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

It's an i'll wind that blows good to
nobody. The "gl~ass-put-in" man win
have plenty to do for a while in Rus
STA.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

An English clergyman say that
meat makes man immoral. This may
explain why he trust is boosting the
price.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

1t is found that Mrs. Chadwick's as
sets amount to about 800, 900. Fool
ish woman. Think of the fun she
might have had with that much
money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

There is popular distrust of the
proposition to monkey with the prune
crop.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-04

President Stillman said any banker
As likely to make an error. Aunt Gas.
sic Chadwick agrees.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-26
REOTOR'S RORSE KILLED.

This morning the horse belong
ing to Rev. R. S. Nichols was
found in its stall at Buckalew's
livery with one of its hind legs
broken. 1t is supposed that he
broke it in some way in getting up
in the stall, as the bruise on the leg
was at point where it was i'm
possible tor another horse to have
kicked him. Two veterinary sur
geons examined the limb and. pro-
nounced it past remedy There was
nothing left to do but to shoot the
animal and this was done. Mr..
Nichols has owned the horse for
number of years and it was a great
pet. He had it with him i'll the
South during the Spanish war, and
he feels keenly its death in this un-
fortunate manner.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-26
TIE HOSPITAL ASSURED.

That Bloomsbury will soon have
an institution where all persons
suffering from bodily injuries OF
afflicted with illness may be taken
for care and proper treatment, there
is no longer any doubt.
The first move for hospital here
was made four or five years ago,
since which time much effort has
been put forth to secure it. 1t is
now a certainty and all through the
philantfophy and public spirited
ness of Joseph Ratti, our esteemed
townsman and treasurer Of the
Bloomsbury silk mill. The hospi-
tai will stand as a lasting monu-
ment to the liberality of Mr.. Ratti
and will show that, although his
native land is Italy, he has pre-
ference for this particular quarter,
aud generous and most kindly
feeling for the welfare of the whole
people.
Mr.. Ratti has purchased the resi-
dence on East Fifth Street, now &C.
cupied by w. l.. Ritter, and will
have it fitted up to provide surgical
aid and nursing for patients suffer
ing from injuries, and medical aid
and nursing for sick persons who
can not be properly cared for in
their homes, and also to instruct
and train men and women i'll the
duties of nursing and attending
upon the sick and disabled.
1t is to be knswn as the Blooms
burg Hospital, and the applica-
tion for charter will be made by
the attorneys, Judge Herring and
John G. Harman, Esq, at the
February term Of court.
The board of managers for the
first year will be as follows:
Joseph Ratti, l.. N. Meyer, J. c.
Brown, F. G. Yorks, E. B. Tustin,
c. M. Creveling, A L. Schoch,
Frank keller, J G. .farman, c. c.
Peacock, Grant Herring. Geo, S.
Robbins, P. +. Writ, L. +. Waller,
DR.. J. w. Bruner, DR.. ]. J. Brown,
DR.. B. F Gardner, DR.. F. w.
Redeker, DR.. S. B. Arment, DR.. J.
R, Montgomery, DIR. J. S. John,
DR.. G. l.. Reagan, DR.. J H. Bow
man, DR.. L. B. Kline and DR.. J.
B. Follmer.
After the charter is obtained the
board of managers will meet to
organize.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-26
DIRECTORS DISAGREE.
An Old Stove the Cause OF All the Trouble.

The doors of the Tank School
house in Catawissa township are
closed because the board of direct
ors is hating between two opinions.
1t appears that the stove used to
heat the building threw out so
much sulphur that the children
couldn't stand it. Complaint was
made and the directors met to con.
slider the matter. Here is where
the hitch occurred. Three favored
the repairing of the stove with
new CRATE, while the other three
held out for an entire new stove.
1t was afterward found that a new
CRATE would not relieve the situa-
ton, but new stove has not been
purchased. Meanwhile the school
is closed and the children of that
vicinity are denied educational ad-
vantages.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-26
A Good Show.

Vance & Sullivan's excellent
company presented "Why Girls
Leave Home" a PLAY founded on
the celebrated Bechtel tragedy at
Allentown in the autumn of 1903,
at the Opera House last night.
The melodrama depends largely on
its climaxes, and they are thrilling
in the extreme. The theme is a
gloomy one at best and the story
morbid, but its artistic virtues are
many, and its presentation, to our
mind places it in the front rank OF
the inelodramas of TO day. The
acting of Guy Durrell, as Dan Sher-
wood, and Anne Stoddard, as Pearl
Sherwood, his sister, was worthy of
special note.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-26

[Continusd on 9Th page 3rd Column. ]
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-26
Registry Assessor, Harry Giger.

Registry Assessor, Harry Giger.
Third Ward-Judge of Election,
George Herring; Inspector, George
B. Hunt Registry Assessor, d. F.
Weiss.
Fourth Ward-Judge of Election,
Charles B. Ent was nominated over
John Fry by vote of 29 to 2S; In
spector, Henry Knorr Registry
Assessor, Michael Flaherty was
nominated over F. X. Drake by the
vote of SO to rs.
After providing that any vacancy
which might arise before the cleo
ton should be filled by the organi-
zation of the caucus, the caucus was
adjourned.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-26
NEW STEWARD AT NORMAL.

The resignation of w. II. Housel
as steward at the Normal School
has been accepted, and at a special
meeting of the board of trustees
held on Tuesday evening, Rev. F..
V, Frisbie, of Orangeville, was
elected to fill the vacancy, to take
effect on March 27. Mr.. Frisbie
was not an applicant himself aud
was persuaded only after considera-
BILE effort. He is a graduate of
Lafayette College, and is a man of
excellent business judgment and
will no doubt fill the position with
entire satisfaction.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-26

Daniel E. Krum, formerly pro-
prietor of the East Bloom bus line,
has purchased the w. w. Crawford
store at Maiu and Leonard Street,
and will take charge the first of
next month.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-26
BLOOMSBURG, PA, THURSDAY, 1ANUARY a6 1905.
Samtftartfy Breeos saftsf faction.

Banks becoming and the custodans of the
funds of the people, of both large and small This is due
only to the better security afforded by we'll equipped and
carefully managed bank but also wider appreciation of the
value of good banking service its usefulness extended and
its methods become better known. In the of the
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-26
Bloomsburg notionol Bank

BREEDS SATISFACTON,' so we invite
those whom have not had the pleasure amarze
yourselves with methods standing and the service
give you We will be pleased to HAVE YOU GILL;
A. z. SCHoCH, President. VIM H. HDLAY Cashier.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-22
SALVATION ARMY
HAVING SUCCESS
JUBILEE BRIGADE is REAPlNG Elk
CELLENT RESULTS FROM SERV-
ICES IN THE MINING TOWNS.
OTHER PARTIES TO GO OUT.

Major Berriman, who is In charge of the
Jubilee brigade of the Salvation Army.
stated last night over the long distance
telephone, that the brigade was meet
ing with wonderful success in the mines
near Carbon Hill.
The Jubilee singers went to the Poca-
hontas and the Chickasaw mines last
week and Major Berriman reports that
sixty-seven people have come forward for
prayers and protested Christianity. He
says that this is one of the most re-
markable meetings the army has ever
held in the south, considering the condi-
lions.
The party will go to Carbon Hill after
the services today at Pocahontas, and
will come to Birmingham for week COM
mencing a week from tomorrow.
The Central Presbyterian church will
be used for the morning and night SER
vices of the army on the Sunday during
which these special services are being
conducted In Birmingham, and the Sun
day afternoon service will be held in the
pavillian at East Lake.
The success of the party in the mines
means that other parties will be sent
into the various mining camps In the Bir-
mingham district frequently in the flu
ture.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-22
HOLD STATEHOOD CONVENTION.
Indian Territory Residents Prefer Not
to Join Oklahoma.

Muskogee, |. T., August 21.-The
chieftaincy of the Five Civilized Tribes
met here in convention today to de-
clare for separate statehood for Indian
Territory, aided and abetted by white
residents of Indian Territory, who, for
both business and sentimental reasons,
are opposed to a union with Oklahoma.
This is the first time the tribal citizens
of Indian Territory ever assembled for
the purpose of notifying Congress that
they are ready for statehood.
Many leaders In this separate state
hood convention say privately that
while they would prefer separate state
hood. yet they believe that only joint
statehood will be given to the two ter
ritories. The convention was called
to adopt state constitution. It is prob
able that the work will be delegated to
committee to submit the constitution
to the people for ratification. The con-
vention will declare for prohibition.
which may be submitted as an issue
separate from the constitution, but at
the same time funds will be raised 10
ratify the constitution.