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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
Europe,s Largest EIa Tree.

The largest fig tree in Western Eu-
rope is the one at Roscvoff, Brittany.
1t is in the garden of a Capuchin con-
vent, and it's spreading branches, sup
ported by scaffolding, are said to be
capable of sheltering over 200 per-
sons.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

trict of New York,
also trustee of the
Soldiers Home at
Bath, N. Y. writes;
Gentlemen: AS
many of my friends
have used Doan's
Kidney Pills and
have been cured OF
kidney and bladder
troubles, | feel II
my duty TO recon-
mend the medicine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
PANIC caused bx EcIIpse.

In Egypt, in the eclipse of 1882.
soldiers had to guard the British camp
from the excited Egyptians who would
have invaded it, AS it was, their wild
shrieks as the sun became overcast
were sufficiently disturbing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

From personal experience know
Doan's Kidney Pills win cure iniiam-
nation OF the bladder. having expert
enced relief the second day OF using
the medicine.
(Signed) ]. A. GOULDEN.
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foeter-Milburn Co. Buffalo. N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
European countrIea rax salt..

Salt Is in many European countries
a heavily taxed government monopoly.
Italy patrols Its beaches to prevent
poor people from evaporating sea wa.
ter for low grade salt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

Forty-seven per cent of the Japan.
ese dead are cremated. 10000 being
incinerated yearly at Toxic, which
has six crematories.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
DO II Now.

II you are about to make trip any.
where, let me know. Pleased to giva
you full information as to low rates
plenty Of 'em this summer-train ser
vice, etc. THE Santa Fe" trade mark
is the sign Of safety. speed and ease.
c. f. WARREN,
Genl Agt., A. T. & S. F. Ry., Salt Lake
City. Utah.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
The Curative Power of PE-RU-NA
in Kidney Disease the Talk
of the Continent.

Nicholas j. Hertz, Member of Ancient
Order of Workmen, Capitol Lodge,
No. 140, Pearl Street Hotel, Albany,
N. Y. writes:
"A few months ago contracted a
heavy cold which settled in my kidneys,
and each time / was exposed to inclem-
emit weather the trouble was aggravated
until finally was unable to work.
"After trying many of the adver-
tised remedies for kidney trouble, l
finally took Peruna.
"In a week the intense pains in
nv back were much relieved and in
four weeks was able to take up
my work again.
II still continued to use Peruna for
another month and at the end of that
time was perfectly well.
II now take a dose or two when l
have been exposed and find that it is
splendid to keep me we'll
Hundreds of Cures.
DIR. Hartman is constantly in receipt
of testimonials from people who have
been cured of chronic and complicated
kidney disease by Peruna. For free
medical advice, address DIR. Hartman,
President of The Hartman Sanitarium,
Columbus, Ohio.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
TEA
How many letters are
there in tear
One, two or three, as you
like: t or tie or tee or tea.

The pope's slippers are legion, each
pair being made of the finest velvet;
the right slipper, which is kissed by
pilgrims and ether pious visitors
bears a cross of gold
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
TEA
1t rouses new life and al
most satisfies hunger.
The Arctic Realon.

The arctic region consists of deep
polar ocean nearly surrounded by
land, with flow of Atlantic water in
wards on the Siberian side, and out
wards down the east coast of Green
land.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever usec
for all affections OF the throat and lungs.-WM
0. ENDsLRY. Vanburen. Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

TEA
Is there a better way TO
6eep the family longer at
table. to keep it together3

When one of the great generals of
ancient Greece died the soldiers of the
whole army shaved their heads and
the names of their horses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng so2tens the gums, reduces tn
hamination aiass pain, cures wind colo. 2sc bottle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

The ice industry began in Boston in
1906. when man by the name of Tu
dor shipped It to Martinique
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

During the last fifteen years France
has expended more, both in time and
money, in the investigation of subma
rine navigation than any other coun,
fy.u
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
Ehect nf Wall Paner

When papering room remember
that large patterns and dark colors
will make it appear smaller, while a
plain or striped paper, If light hue,
will give an impression of increased
size
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

How much money do we
return to dissatisfied peoples
All that our grocers get
asked for.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

iflHf1nS9 FNpNV GoHdiHs
The public domain" is still nearly
one-third of the whole country. 1t has
been surveyed In squares six miles on
q side called townships, then into
squares OF one mile. called sections,
and these again into quarter sections.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
CONGRESSMAN eouLpgN
Finds Quick Relief from Bladder Trou-
bIes Through Doan's Kidney Pills.

Hon. Joseph A. Goulden. Member
pf Congress representing the 18th Dis
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
Gazing ar Her Picture

Longing for news OF my sweetheart,
Awaiting the sign of her hand,
Hoping for word for token.
With hope that she might understand.
Thinking OF her In the daytime.
The rush Of the world all about.
Dreaming OF her In the startme.
When dreams put my troubles TO rout.
Scanning her face In its framing
OF cool craven silver and white,
Seeing her form l saw II
OF yore on a moonlh night,
Speaking aloud to her picture.
As though II might answer my call,
Hoping and fearing and waiting.
Yet dreadins the end Of 1t all.
Chicago Chronicle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

Long ago poverty-stricken English
parents sold their offspring to the
Irish. who made slaves of them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

Your grocer has also our
coffee baking-powder ex-
tracts spices and soda.
All alike as to trueness
and goodness.
wour grocer with.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

yoar grocer returns your money IL you don't llks
schililng' Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

Tea is coarse or fine, tea
or weed, harsh or smooth,
keen or soft, heavy or bright;
but words are empty.
write FOR Knowledge BOOK. A. schirsng
Company, San Francisco.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
Up to the Gar.

The murder of Grand Duke Sergius
was an act that could not be con-
doned. His killing was murder. Yet,
it was the logical climax to a series
OF events. There was one way to
avoid it and this was in changing
the trend of circumstances by the
only possible nlethod-that Of chang
ing the circumstances themselves.
Sergfus WIS an insult to the Rus
sian populace. The man could hardly
be called tyrant, owing TO the linli-
tation of his power, but he wss a
bully. He was the most sinister figure
of the bureaucracy, cold, heartless,
brutal; insistent upon the right of
royalty to rule and that of the masses
TO submit. If the Car ever had an
impulse toward clemeney, if ever he
was touched by the outcry of suffer-
ing subjects, Sergius was the evil
genius ready to smother the impulse
The Car, a weak and all but witless
creature, was plaster in the hands of
this pitiless scoundre1. There is no
sense in mineing words. Sergius was
in the way. and his removal, illegal,
violent, threatening the very stability
of the throne, was as inevitable as
the dawning of the day. 1t had to
be done. There is regret that the
necessity existed. The throwing of
the fatal bomb is deplored Yet, Ser
gus numbered the earth He was a
fool, and his folly was his undoing.
For this tragedy the Gar is to
blame The people appealed to him,
and the answer, inspired by Sergius
and the other dukes, was the roar
OF guns and the clashing of sabers.
II he had but listened TO reason all
might have been well, but he listened
TO the poisonous counsel of this ducal
beFy, headed by Sergius. The people
have made their rejoinder.
The Gar may save himself and his
kingdom by learning a lesson now.
He cannot set over his people reign
OF injustice and violence, for it's in
justice viii be not only resented but
its violence emphasized. The frag-
mentary Sergius, gathered from the
highways, may be OF more value thar
the living Sergius, incarnation OF
greed, brutality, and lust for power
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
Friends in the House.

The District bill, restored TO rea-
sonable form, has been passed by the
Senate. All the opposition to it came
from only two Senators, and was
overwhelmingly beaten. Otherwise,
the upper branch of the Legislature
was unanimous in its purpose to cor
rect the mistakes of the House and
administer the funds Of the District
of Columbia according to a scheme OF
economy adopted by the National
Government without reference to any
other interest.
All this has been expected. The
Times thinks it was expected even by
the House. The conference between
the two bodies, which is now to fol-
low, has also been expected What
happens to the bill ultimately now
depends upon the friends of the Dis
trict in the House. And when the
District bill was under discussion in
the cave of winds" the Committee
on Appropriations found that the Dis
triet had friends strong, earnest, and
numerous.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
Mark Twain and the Rector.

Mark Twain as a f1umorist Is no re-
specter of persons, and a story is told
Of him and Bishop Doane which is worth
repeating 1t occurred when Mark
Twain.was living in Hartford, where DR.,
Doane was then rector of an Episcopal
church.
Twain had listened to one of the good
doctors best sermons one Sunday morn
ing, when he approached him and said
politely:
II have enjoyed your sermon this
morning / welcomed it as 1 would wei
come an old friend. / have a book in
my library that contains every word oil
it,
Impossible. SIR replied the rector
Indignantly.
Met at all. I assure you it is true,
ssid Twain.
Then l shall trouble you to send ms
that book. reioined the rector with dig
nifty.
The next morning DR.. Doane received
with Mark Twain's compliments, a die,
tiona fy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
Time for Peace.

It must be that all classes in Rus
STA are getting into mood at least
for the discussion of peace. Every
circumstance goes to show the futility
Of war. 1t does not appear that Rus
STA could win. At one time there
was a thought that the vast resources
of the empire could wear out the Jap
anese. This thought was based upon
a united Russia It did not take into
consideration navy destroyed, an
army disorganized, and a government
torn by the threat of revolution.
When the Japanese worsted the
Russians by sea there were high hopes
Of what the troops of the Gar would
do when there came a test on land
Disaster was repeated. At present
the Russian army hates the Russian
navy, and jealousy among army Of
ficers robs the troops of possible ef-
ficiency. Kuropatkin may be great
soldier, but those over whom he has
authority deny that he is. Stoessel
may be a hero, but a thousand
tongues clatter of his cowardice
To add to the weight of Russia s
burden is the seething tumult of the
people, now finding expression in an
attempt to petition, and getting can
non shot for answer; now showing
its hateful fervor in the throwing OF
a bomb
Russia well may talk peace and try
| to secure 1t. The circumstances form
ed by its conduct tend to the undoins
of the Car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
More Scare.

According to q Southern authority,
at least 200 lepers are walking the
streets OF New York, and the disease
is contagious. Aside from being un-
true. the statement may possess in
terest. If there is a fact established
in relation TO leprosy 1t is that the
maiady is not contagious.
There is not the slightest proba-
bflity that 200, or any other number
OF lepers, are walking the streets of
New York. but they might be walking
there without endangerIng anybody.
This hideous visitation does not
spread like smallpox or a virulent
fever 1t is due III each instance to
a cause SO specific that there is no
trouble in tracing It.
San Francisco has habituaI expert
ence with leprosy, and is not alarmed.
Ii leper is found IN the Chinese col
ony there the patient is taken to an
isolated retreat provided. There is
not the slightest excitement. The
case is barely worth reporting in the
police routine. There never yet has
been in that city an instance in which
the disease has been impaired by asso-
citation or contact. 1t has found its
victims among those who have lived
on insufficient diet and in filthy sur
roundings.
Various specialists devote them
selves to the study of one particular
ailment. Scanning their theses about
1t, any reader can without difficulty
assure himself that he has the all
ment with few extras thrown in
Thus the leprosy sharps can convince
New Workers that they are in danger
from leprosy, whereas they are ir
about as much peril of being hit by E
stone playfully east by a Marian.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
BIRTHDAY PARTY
FOR MISS CROSS

The home of Mrs. L. V. Cross, Us
Eighth street southeast, was the scene
of merry gathering on the occasion
of a surprise party to Miss Ellie Cross,
in honor of her birthday, During the
evening all present were entertained by
the excellent singing of Miss BERTHE
Bateman, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Bategnan. Master Percy
Soper. The eleven-yeaT-oid son of BIr.
and Mrs. Soper, and Mr. Palmer req
dered some fine selections on the violin
and piano.
Dancing being the feature of the
evening it was INDUCED IN until & late
hour, after which refreshments were
served.
Among those present were Mrs. L. V.
Cross, Mrs. Ada Cochran, Miss Annie
Cross, Miss Ellie Cross, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Cross. Mr. and Mrs. Charles 6.
Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs William C.
Belts, Mr. and Mrs. William Wheatley,
Mr.. and Mrs. William P. Flood. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Riley, Mar. and Mrs James
o. Marceron. Mrs. e. Viola Thompson.
Mrs Ida Kerper. Mrs. Lena G. Hoskin-
son, Mrs. Della Dreamer, Miss Mertie
Foley, Miss Annie SpreckelEleyer, Miss
Annie Hantzman, Miss Lottie Davis,
Miss Lizzie Van FIeck, Miss Bette
Miller, Miss Ruth HoskinsoT. Richard
Doyle, Mr. Palmer, William Adams, J.
N Kerper, Warren Steiner, Mr. Soth-
ern, Clarence Cross, Harry Cross, and
Enrol p. Flood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
Innocent ffT. Patrick.

For fhirty-fye months certain
Mr.. Patrick has been under sentence
OF death III New York This, it will
be conceded. is a considerable period.
Now comes a jury of scientists, and
on hypothetical case identical in
all respects with that of Patrick de-
clares that by no human possibility
could the prisoner be guilty. De-
cedent. it afIirms, came to his end
by natural causes, and no ground ex-
lists for the presumption Of any other
cause. MIR. Patrick is still in prison.
but IN all likelihood life has taken
on different aspect for him.
There will be more legal formalities
and then the prospects are that the
prisoner will be freed. But how Is
he TO get back the wasted years
What recompense to him for the tor
ture OF resting season after season al
most IN the presence of the electric
chair7 The man is lawyer and his
efforts to clear himself have been
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
BILL TO REORGANIZE
CONSULAR SERVICE

a bill creating the office Of commits
sioner of consuis and providing for a
general reorganization of the consular
service, has been introduced in the
House by Representative Douglas. The
commissioner Of consuIs is to be at
taehed to the Department of State and
be under the direction OF the Secretary.
The bill provides also for a classical
ton of the service. the paragraph on this
subject being as follows:
That the places where eonsulates
general, consuIates and commercial
agencies now exist. with such additions
thereto as the commissioner may make.
or emitting places or places no longer
considered necessary, snail be Classifed
into seven divisions as nearly equal in
number as possible, based on the import
aDce of the post, and specially. consider
ing the volume and value of trade hs-
tween the United States and said place.
The yearly salary 6f incumbeeuts IN
each class shall be as follows: First
class, consuls general, 5000; second
class, consuIs general. s. coo; third class,
eonsuls general, S7,00G; fourth class, con-
sixth class. consuls, $1,000: seventh
becoming operative, future appointments
shall be made TO class seven, as proyid-
ed hereafter, and all vacancies IN higher
grades shall be filled from the next low
er grade.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18

herculean, but at no stage had they
created an impression of his in
nocence. The revelation that has
come was totally unexpected.
Sometimes there is reproaeh that
the processes of courts are so slow
but doubtless this, tardy action has
been the means occasionally Of saving
the innocent. There is no denial that
it is better to let an assassin cheat
the law than to surrender to it sin
gle victim of false charge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
NO MINGLING OF RACES.

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
am sure you viii allow space in your
most excellent paper for me to thank
Representative Small for those memoir
able words relative to the solution OF
the great negro problem" in America.
AS / am member of that so-called
inferior race, I am interested in every
thing that Is said about It,
1t means something TO have a Repre-
sentative from North Carolina consider
this matter in such q broad way. Many
methods, by which to solve the prob
Ieia. have been produced, but they all
seem to nave failed. and the problem
is still unsolved.
Now. tho above mentioned Represen-
tative says the integrity OF the eau
casian race demands that there shall be
no social iutermiDgiing of the two races,
and If this is well understood there will
be little trouble. No doubt this is true.
and / think ii would play its port in
the solution of the problem If 1t was
possible to stamp this fact upon the
Esinds OF the members of each race who
indulge in so doing.
r.. NJ. DUKE. Jr.
Washington. d. c.. Feb. 16.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
.swon His Bets"

DR.. Louis Livingston Seaman will have
almost as many cases Of champagne at
his disposal at the Savage cub in Lon
don any time he chooses to drop IN there
as there are newspaper correspondents
in Tokyo.
Four months ago, when DR.. Seaman
was in the Japanese capital, he made
four attempts to enter Port Arthur.
Then he returned to Tokyo and wagered
i case of champagne with all corners
that the redoubtaEle fortress would not
fail before the first OF the year. There
We're many takers. and confident were
some of the correctness of their views
that they even advanced the date. Sons
bets had it that the fortress was TO fall
before the end Of September.
Dr- Seaman has won every bet. as Port
Arthur did not surrender until the 1st
of January. 1865. This is one of the
minor incidents that Or. Seaman failed
70 mention in his book From Tokyo
through Manchuria With the Japa-
nese which has just been published
by the AppIetons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
How Errse Haeckel Appears.

The following description of Ernst
Haeckel, whose new volume, .The Won
1eis az Life, has just been published
by the Harpers. presents this remark
able man as he was seen at the Uni
versity of Jena by a fellow-seientist,
DR.. Henry Smith Williams:
LAS you enter the room, a big, robust
man steps quickly forward to grasp
your hand. Six feet or more in height,
compactly built without corpulence.
erect, vigorous, even athletic; with
fforid complexion and clear, laughing
light blue ewes that belle the white hair
ana whitening beard, the ensemble per-
sonifying at once kindness and yiriiity.
Simplicity. and depth, above all, frank,
fearless honesty. without trace of
pose or affectation-such is Ernst
Haecke1 -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
q Literaw Luncheon.

EIizabeth Jordan, editor Of Harper s
Bazar, gave a luncheon OF fourteen
courses at DelTnonieo's Saturday. Febru-
airy II. In honor Of Mfrs. Margaret De-
land, the author. Among those present
were Mrs. Charles Freeman MARY e.
wilkins). Mrs George Riggs (Kate
Douglas Wiggin1, Mrs. George Harvey.
Mrs. Adrian JoIine, Mrs. Selden Bacon
Josephine Daskau1). Mrs. John Elicit
MAUD Howe, Mrs John Larkin, Miss
Lille Hamilton French the Misses Mary
and Jane Findfater of Scotland, and
Miss Elizabeth Cutting. The table and
dining room were decorated with jon
auiIs. Mrs. Deland's fayorite flower.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
Mr.. Howells Writes From San Reno.

Mr.. HowelIs. whose 1.-THE Son of Roy
al Langbrith'' is selling steadily as one
of the past seasons best novels. is still
at San Reno Even in Italy the winter
weather may cause an American some
discomfort, though blizzards are un-
known Mr.. HowelIs wrote to q friend
on the 23d OF last month concerning the
temperature at San Reno.
1.-THE weather has SO far moderated
here that we were able to decide this
morning that the whiteness on the root
of neighboring hen-coop was not frost
but only an effect of the tropical sun
rise -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
What Sailors Like to Read.

A schedule just issued by the bureau
of equipment, Navy Department. Wash
ington, D. c., calls for bids upon certain
articles TO be supplied to the various
ships in the United States navy. and
among these is considerable number
of books which will be placed in the
libraries in the nlen-of-war. OF course
the larger proportion of such books re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
MRS. LAMAR GIVES
A LUNCHEON TODAY
Mrs. Hay Goes to New York
on a Visit.
Personal Gossip and Important Events
of the Day on the Social
Program.

Mrs. Lamar, wife of Representative
Lamar of Florida. was hostess at a
beautiful luncheon at the Shoreham to-
day, when she entertained Nine. Calvo,
Nine. Quesada. Mrs. White, Mrs. Shep-
herd, Mrs. Taliaferro, Mrs. John Sharp
Williams. Mrs. j, L. Sladen. Mrs. John
f. Rixey, Mrs Claude Swanson Mrs.
John W. Foster Mrs. Hannis Taylor,
Mrs. Talmage. Mrs st. George Tucker.
Mrs. Chatard, Mrs. Robert /. Fleming,
Mrs. Samuel Spencer. Mrs. George w.
Brown. Mrs. William P. Duvall, Mrs.
George f. Becker, Mrs. Benjamin
Micou, and Mrs. Francis f. Nash.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-18
QUIET WEDDING
IN BRIDES HOME

A quiet wedding at which only the re-
latives of the contracting parties attend
ed, occurred Thursday night at the
residence of the brides parents,
Brentwood, Md, when the Rev. Claude
G. Jones, pastor Of the Thirty-fourth
street Christian Church. at Mt. Rainier
united IN marriage Clarence e. Sheck-
ellis, Of Washington, and Miss S. Blanche
Markward, Of Brentwood. The eounIe
will reside at 17i2 Lincoln avenue north
east.