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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

A girl in New York state faints
whenever the band of her village be-
gins to play Is this the press agents
way of advertising "the most extreme
limit" In conducting?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

The Houston (Tex.) council has Of
ficially declared that 'goo-goo7 eyes
II made by men are a misdemeanor
Girls are not mentioned They make
their own law
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

A woman cashier in Chicago res
taurant put two holdup men TO fight
recently by throwing cigar boxes at
them The name of the brand is not
given. but the cigars must have been
fierce.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

It Is only fair to Mr.. Morgan to ex-
plain that the portion OF the earth
now known as the moon got away
before the title to this planet had
passed into his possession.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

Newport's millionaires are naturally
aggrieved at having TO pay taxes
They need the money for monkey din.
ners.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

The telescope reveals the fact that
the landscapes on Mars are subject &c
sudden and frequent changes of the
most extensive character. Map max
ing must be the most profitable em.
ployment on that planet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

When manufacturers get to selling
automobiles for $500 apiece next year,
as they are now planning to do. the
millionaires will give theirs away and
go in for airships.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

Capt Sir Ernest Cochrane OF Dub
lin and Belfast promptly denies that
he has any design whatever on the
America cup. He must have been
reading the papers since Sir Thomas
Upton started out to 'lift'' it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

Now that the experimenters have
sent a kite up more than two and
bali miles in the air, II is obvious that
anything that is knocked higher than
kite must go up pretty high
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

Charles r. Flint. just back from
Russia, says that the car is man OF
high intelligence and strength OF
character and that the grand dukes
are all right. Mr. Flint must have got
his contract
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

A Brooklyn justice has sentenced a
man to talk to his wife two hours
every Sunday. That means that the
wife must keep quiet two hours. Evil
deptly somebody Is about TO suffer a
cruel and unusual punishment con.
trary to the constitution. Guess who.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

Men are not good judges of millin
cry or they would know that the feat
ure of alluring beauty in a $3.50 nat is
its price tag.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

It is as natural for girl to make
herself pretty as 1t is for bee &c
gather honey. Who would stop either
in so sweet an occupation?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

The family of our northern sister is
growing. This time it's twins, and
Saskatchewan and Alberta are lusty
youngsters Of which Canada is proud
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

In order to convince the world that
there is no truth in the story that bis
feet had been amputated, Mark Twain
has got the govt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

AS they are Philadelphia men, there
is no mystery about how that girl
married twelve of them. She caught
them mapping.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

Is Judge steinert's sentence that a
woman be exiled from New York city
to be regarded in the light of a pun.
ishment?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

It is hardly possible that there is a
shortage of chorus girls. There are
chorus girls In plenty. There is only
shortage of girls who can sing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

Gold is reported to have been found
in Ireland. And, sure. why not? Don't
we always see an emerald in a gold
setting?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

Now that the war is over, we may
admit that II has taught many of us
good deal of geography-American
as well as Asiatic.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21
Suspicious.

Lawson-"What kind of coffee do
you drink, Brazilian or Mocha?"
Dawson-"You will have to ask the
importer. The grocer calls II Mocha"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21
Was Great MEETING.

The annual encampment al Depvo,
was one OF the greatest meetings of
the G, A, R. About forty special trains
were used to transport those attend.
Ing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

Marshall Field justly says that It is
hard to stand prosperity But every
one is willing to try to stand 1t.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

Get-rich-quick schemes ensnare
their thousands; getmarried-quick
their tens of thousands
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

A New York girl had her brain cut
out, and nobody noticed any differ
once-in New York.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

Lord Curzon, no doubt, hesitated
long before condemning India to bar
barism by resigning as its viceroy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21

An American has duped some Brit
fsh girls. He was trying to get even
with a few dukes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21
A Bitter End.

The tiger-skin rug-Well. hang it!
To think that after my noble career
| should be trampled upon bya thing
like this Jester
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-21
Holding His own.

How are you getting on With your
writing for the magazines?p
Just holding my own. They send
me hack as much as l send them"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
They Came From Missouri.

Last week there was at Nogales a
man from Missouri, with family con
sisting of wife and six small chill
dren, who surely belle the well known
idea that Missouri have to be shown. =
He had sold everything in his native
state and started for Sinaloa without
having ever seen or known anything
of the country, save that he had read
about cheap land and fertility of the
soil. he didn't know where it was, or
where he was going. or what TO do
when he got somewhere; and, more
over, could not speak a word of Span
ish. Here they We're dissuaded from
going and went to California instead
Before launching out with family
into foreign land one would think IL
the part of wisdom to send someone
ahead to view the country and report.
--Nogales tArizona) Oasis.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
Girl Champion Corn tiusker.

Miss Alice Iseminger of Webster
City has won the corn-husking cham
pionship of Iowa by husking 1870 bush
els of corn in nine hours. She has also
won a new piano and the promise of
an opportunity to go TO Chicago and
obtain the complete education she has
SO long coveted. She is eighteen years
old.
She recently told her father she be-
lieved she could husk more corn than
her brothers. He said If she could he
would buy her a new piano. She soon
beat her brothers. then told her father
she intended to win the Hawkeye
corn-husking championship. He said if
she We're successful she might go to
school. She succeeded
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
Tennessee Praise.

Dayton, Tenn, Dec. l1th Especially
Among many prominent residents
to praise Dodd's Kidney Pills is Mr..
N. r. Roberts of this place. He tells
of what they have done for him. and
his words will go deep into the hearts
of all who are suffering in the same
way. He says:
II was a martyr to Kidney Trouble,
but Dodd's Kidney Pills completely
cured me. shall always keep them
on hand in case there should be any
return of the cd trouble, but 1 am
thankful to say they did their work
SO well there has not been the slight
est sign OF my old complaint coming
back, The pain in my back used to
be terrible. If | got down had a
hard job to get straight again. But
my back is like new one now and !
can stoop as much as please. don't
believe there ever was any medicine
half so good as Dodd's Kidney Pills."
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

low lie .he great and teeming cities.
The dining room has an especially
fine outlook, and facing the river Is
great window composed of one
enormous sheet of plate glass, through
which the panorama of the day can
be seen as II one were out of doors.
and through which when at night the
family sit at dinner the myriad lights
of New York appear floating. as it
were, on the tide. with the lights OF
passing vessels weaving a changing
pattern on the rivers breast
The island-an island no longer
which Col. John Stevens of Revolu.
tionary days bought, is now built over
solidly with houses-all except the
castle park, and this park makes the
Stevens home a yeritable rus in urbe.
The park was originally larger, but
Edwin A. Stevens, father of the pres
ent colonel of the same name, when
he founded the Stevens Institute OF
Technology, gave a large slice of his
grounds 10 that institution. and some
portions of it have since been sold
off. There used to be great graperies
on the place, but the land where they
IorInerly Stoou Is now owned Dy the
institute. Also the great greenhouses,
which were formerly in the park for
the raising of flowers, were torn down
not long ago, having become decrepit
from age.
The Stevens Institute of Technology
is one of the many benefactors of the
family. The late Edwin A. Stevens
stah1ished II in 1897 eivino n hlot.lx
of land, a building fund and an en-
dowment of half million dollars to-
set it going. In the days of the civil
war Commodore John C. Stevens built
an ingenious floating fertilization
known as the Stevens battery. 1t
was never used. and though he spent
great sums on it the family received
little or no return.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
HOW TO pRoLone LIFE.
Testimony Of Healthy oetosensrisn
Vegetarian.

Our vegetarian friends are getting
fat, healthy and saucy. They eat no
meat and wax strong. and in athletics
they win prizes. The other night the
London vegetarians met at Memorial
hall. ana the bills announcing the
meeting bore the legend: Not too old
at Forty. Still Young at Eightyl'
The chairman was Mr.. c. P. New
combe, aged eighty, and around him
were gathered seven other octogen-
arians, "biooning with health and
wearing buttonholes of carnations"
Mr.. Newcombe was wise and chipper.
He drew vivid contrast between veg
etarians and flesh eaters. The latter.
he said, were screwed up with gout
and bent down by rheumatism, while
their excited hearts gave them fiorid
compilations which an exaspcrated
liver turned yellow and green.
DIR. Mayor, professor of Latin at
Cambridge University, a sprightly lad
of eighty. said he never sat down at
the 'groaning board" laden with meat
dishes but that he felt as II in a pill
lory. He had not touched tobacco for
seyenty-two years, some cigars which
he essayed at the tender age of eight
years effected a permanent cure of the
tobacco habit for him. Then arose Mr..
T. A. Hanson, aged eighty-seven. a
younger looking man. and related that
when seyenty-two years he broke
a leg. 1t was the opinion of the doc
tors that his advanced age" would
prevent the bone from knitting. But 1t
did, and the injured leg is now the bet
ter of the two. When eighty-two he
broke two ribs. but they We're right in
two weeks. He was sure his vege-
tartan life was to be credited with his
vitality.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
A BRAIN WORKER.
Must Have the Kind of Food That
Nourishes Brain.

Must Have the Kind of Food That
Nourishes Brain.
Il am literary man whose nervous
energy is a great part of my stock in
trade. and ordinarily l have little pa
tience with breakfast foods and the
extravagant claims made of them.
Butt cannot withhold my acknowledge
ment of the debt that owe to Grape
Nuts food.
Il discovered long ago that the very
, bulkiness of the ordinary diet was not
calculated to give one a clear head, the
power of sustained. accurate thinking.
always felt heavy and sluggish in
mind as well as body after eating the
ordinary meal, which diverted the
blood from the brain to the digestive
apparatus.
II tried foods easy of digestion, but
found them usually deficient in nutri-
ment. experimental with many
breakfast foods and they. too, proved
unsatisfactory. till | reached Grape
Nuts. And then the problem was
solved.
"Grape-Nuts agreed with me per-
fectly from the beginning, satisfying
my hunger and supplying the nutri-
ment that so many other prepared
foods lack.
Il had not been using It very long
before found that wes turning out
an unusual quantity and quality OF
work Continued use has demonstrate
ed to my entire satisfaction that
Grape-Nuts food contains all the ele-
ments needed by the brain and perv-
GUS system of the hard working public
writer" Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Creek. Mich.
There's reason Read the little
book. "Tha Road to wellyille." in pkxs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
Like a Feudal Castle
The Home Of the Stevens Family, at
Hoboken, N J, Has Stood for Century

For two or three generations the
Stevens family has heen Interested in
shipbuilding and steam engineering.
and preserved in the library are mod
els and other souvenirs OF early ex-
periments in those lines. Naturally
there are yachting memorials for
John C. Stevens, known as "the Old
commodore to distinguish him from
commodore Edwin A. Stevens, father
'of the present lord OF the castle. 1.-The
Old Commodore" was one Of the
founders of the New York Yacht club
and Its first commodore. Edwin A.
was the clubs third commodore. THE
Old Commodore" was one of The own
ers of the yacht America and went
over to England when she sailed her
celebrated race against the fleet of
the Royal Yacht Squadron.
IN the drawing rooms and in the
rotunda are some handsome cabinets
IN which are mementoes of the Wash
lnston and Stockton families. with
whom the Steveneses have intermar-
ried- The Washington relics came
through the marriage of the present
Col. 'Stevenss half-sister with Col.
Washington's step-daughter, Nellie
custis. Among these Washington rel.
les are dolls and trinkets given by
George and Martha Washington to
Nellie Custis and one of Lady"
Washing.on's visiting cards. said to
be written by the hand of the immor-
tai George himself. In the sleeping
rooms arc great four-post bedsteads.
many of them richly carved One of
them once belonged TO an ancestress,
Susan Stockton, sister of the Singer"
On the walls of some of the rooms are
old pictures and tapestries of interest
and value. The amount of really old
and ancestral furniture in the castle
shows that when the second building
was burned the family succeeded in
saving the greater part of its price
less heirlooms.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
Especial Correspondence.) J

tolttt8i LII CO R1nututG.I
Towering on its hill above the
broad and busy waters OF the North
River and surrounded by ten-acre
park in the midst of city-the most
densely populated for its size of any
In this country If not in the world
Stevens Castle at HoboISen, New Jer-
sey, is a veritable ancestral castle rls-
ing from a sea of modern dwellings. a
landmark OF stability amid change.
The farms of the old New York
families have been changed into city
blocks and their dwellings either torn
down or become tenement houses. But
through all the changes of more than
century the "Stevenses of Custle
Point have kept their ancestral
home and. to large extent, their
wealth.
Hoboken was an island lying under
the Jersey heights when Col John
Stevens bought 1t at the close Of the
Revolutionary war 1t had formerly
belonged to the New York Bayards.
from whom Bayard street is named.
but the Bayards being Tories, their
estates were confiscated. and John
stevens DouSnL tie iloDohSh piopci y
from the state. On the only hill on
his new possessions. the present
Castle Point, he built his house in
the form Of a stone castle. construct
cd of bluestone and plastered on the
outside. He laid out large park
around 1t and lived in almost feudal
style, while the settlement which is
now Ho5oken grew up below his
castle walls. The John Stevens of
those days was a relative of the Bay
ards who had previously owned the
property, and he built his new castle
on the site of one which the previous
owners had erected and which had
been burned down by party of
Wings from Haclensack in the lrou
blous days of the Revolution.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

burned down and the present struc-
ture erected about fifty years ago.
So. though there has been castle"
on Castle Point for nearly 200 years.
including the Bayard building. yet
the present structure is third in the
line of descent
At the present the park surrounding
the castle consists of triangular
piece of ground containing about ten
acres. 1t is inclosed by wall and
the entrance to the grounds Is through
a picturesque lodge gate, really castel-
lated In character. A broad and we'll
kept drive sweeps in a curve up the
hill to the front of the house. One
enters the spacious building through
vestibuie from which high arched
door, guarded on either side by two
great bronze statues of knights in ar
NOR. opens into the central rotunda
of the castle. This rotunda, or en-
trance hall, is filled with many fine
old pieces of heavy furniture, and on
the walls are family portraits of the
Stevenses and their allied families.
There are eight rooms on the ground
floor besides the great entrance hall.
Three great drawing rooms, one fur
nished in yellow, one in red and one
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
Booth Survived.

Thirty years ago physician told
William Booth. founder and generals
siino of the Salvation Army. that his
(Booth's) life work was about done.
and he had better retire TO a quiet
country place. where, If possible. there
was good shooting and fishing. ~
have had plenty of fishing since-for
men," says the general, and have had
good shooting-at the devil
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
Identification for warshlps.

The German admiralty has resolv-
ed upon furnishing ships of war with
means for recognizing each others
identity at distances too great for
reading the name of the vessel. This
is to be effected by the use of rings or
bands on the chimneystack. differing
in number and color. The colors used
will be black. white, red and yellow.
According to several Liberal German
journals. the ships of the opposing
squadrons frequently mistook friend
for an enemy during the recent ma
neuvers. owing to the absence os any
means for recognizing each others
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

STATE or OHIO. c,rr or IoIrDo.
Lucxr CourrI-
partner OF the nrIn OF r. J. CHENEY Co., Doing
husincss in the City Of Toledo County and State
sforessid. nd that said frrn viii pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case Of CATAEnH that cannot be cured y the use of
HALLs CATAxRH CurK- xr<-r
Sworn to before and subscribed in ny pres
eace. this 9Th day Of December A. d. 1855
SEAL Sor.Er PrrLrc
HaiPs catsrrh Cure 4. taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system Send for testimonials. free
=. j. CHENEY CO, Toledo O.
Take Hair FAMILY Pills for constipation
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
secretary Taft,a travels.

Secretary Taft has travelled 100000
miles, or four or five times the dis
tance around the world at the equator
since May "a, 1900, when he became
governor general of the Philippines.
In the FIVE and half years since his
call from the federal bench he has
spent $50 days on the ocean. or almost
a year.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new things
OF everyday use in the market and
who is reasonably satisfied with the
old. we would sugSest that trial of
Defiance Cold Water Starch be made
at once. Not alone because it is guar
anteed by the manufacturers to be su-
perior to any other brand. but because
each 10c package contains 16 ozs..
while all the other kinds contain but
u ozs- 1t is safe to say that the lady
who once uses Defiance Starch will use
no other. Quality and quantity must
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
Ask Your Druggist for Aliens Foot.Ease.

81 tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
ly and have just bought another supply. 1t
has cured my corns, and the hot, burning
and itching sensation in my feet which was
almost unbearable, and would not be with
out 1t now Mrs. w. j. Walker, Camden,
N. J." Sold by all Druggists, s5c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
When Your arocer Saw.

he does not have Defiance Starch. you
may be sure he is afraid to keep it un-
sold. Defiance Starch is NOT only hot.
ter than any other Cold Water starch.
but contains 16 or. to the package and
sells for same money as 12 OF. brands.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Tea is almost nothing;
how much weight do you
think there is in the taste
of it3
Weight is no measure for
tea!
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

The Chinese and Japs are
not very nervous people;
they drink a good deal of tea.

When DeCourcy Howard graduated
from college he announced that he
wouiu devote his life to the elevation
OF INC human race: He Is now running
an elevator in n Chicago skyscraper.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
y77.05-Denver TO City of Mexico md
Return.

y5s.B5-Denver 10 CITY OF MEXICO md
Return.
The City OF Mexico invites the tour
ist with a thousand different attrac-
tions. It appeals to all classes of pleas.
nre seekers. Its parks. plazas. grand
old cathedrals. theaters. clubs. art gal
leries and museums are among the fin
est and most interesting in the world.
The climate IS delightful Side trips
may be made from the city to the Ru,
other points. Mr.. f. A. Cooper. c. r.
A., Colorado & Southern, 18th and Cur
tis SITS, will furnish full data.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
A Great Monarch.

Weather than any brother sover-
eign; master of legions. which num-
Der over n million; lord of more than
one-slxth of the surface of the globe.
with subjects of many colors and
races. amounting to over one hundred
and twenty million souls. the Gear OF
all the Russias will not be invincible
until he adopts Pillsbury's vitos as
his regular breakfast diet
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Tom--What. smoking? ! thought
you were ordered to stop? Dick Yes.
by the doctor-not by my wife.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
orioinaI castle Burned Down.

For the Hoboken property John
Stevens paid the sum of 100000
-vhicb was considered an enormous
amount in those Gays. The castle re-
built by Col. John Stevens was
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

: Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF AZ
q cough cure--J. W. O'BBIEr. 322 Third Ave
n, Minneapolis. Mimi, Jan. 6. 1900
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Mrs. Windows BoorninR Syrup.
For children teethng softenh the gums reduces no
AAys pain. cures wind coii 2sc bottle
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

II is now asserted that Mark Twain.s
innocents Abroad is a fake and fhat
Ne title Of the book should read. I'm
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

When you write TO a man, read your
letter over carefully. thcn mail It: when
you write to woman. read 1t over
athree times and then burn 1t.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Friend tnumorously) Well, do you
or your wife rule in the householdg
He (seriously) )-Neither. We live un-
der n provisional government by the
cook
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
Have You Ever spent winter south. |.

Have Kou Ever spent Winter south |.
Galveston has the finest beach in the
South The climate is wonderful Low
altitude. humidity of atmosphere
soothing sea breezes and the general
re-tful effect OF shc easy southern life
all tend to slow down the irritable
ncnrt and brain and bring about per-
feet rest.
The Colorado & Southern makes n
round trip rate OF S4S.50 to Galveston
Mr.. u. A. Cooper. c. Il. A.. 18th and
curtis Sts viii tell you about this at
tractive place.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Brains and impudence is combina-
ton hard to defeat
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Geyer ask a Colorado pioneer what
MS name was In the States or n Chi
ease woman how many times she has