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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-16
For Breakfast
Luncheon
or Tea

A few small biscuits easily made with
Royal Baking Powder. Make them
small as small round as a napkin ring.
Mix and bake just before the meal.
Serve hot
Nothing better for light dessert
than these little hot biscuits with butter
and honey, marmaladc or jam.
You must use Royal Baking Powder
to get them right.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-16

When life's autumn comes w omen worn
out by the burdens of motherhood, yet
shrink from that second "change OF life"
which will Danish these burdens forever.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

the ships side with the powerful fluke
of its TAIL
This was observed by the boatswain
and some of the men who were watch
ing the affair through the side ports
Immediately over the tail of the fish.
The marks enabled the commander af-
terward to make fairly accurate meas
urements. From mark to stem it was
forty-five feet. In girth 1t was appar-
emily about the volume of one of the
ships lifeboats at the broadcast part,
say eight feet in diameter, very grace
fully tapering away toward the tail
The body appeared to be of a green
ish-brown color with large dark spots
all over the back and sides, the lower
parts being of dull white.
1t was first observed by one of. the
seamen, who heard knocking against
the ships side. When the news was
passed along the decks all the pas
sengers, young and old, performed a
mad stampede into the forecastle to
look at the unhappy prisoner. The
engines were stopped as soon as DOS.
sible and reversed, but fully a quar-
ter of an hour elapsed between the
first discovery and the final clearance,
by which time the creature was either
dead or completely exhausted, for it
sank slowly, tail first.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
UnarammaticaI. but Uroent.

There is trouble in the sandhills Of
the Sunset District. A COW with a
bell sleeps during the day and takes a
nightly promenade, to the great dis.
comfort Of the people and OF the
neighborhood. One disturbed resi-
dent who has heard OF the public
pound has written the following ap-
peal for aid to Secretary Holbrook of
the Humane Society:
Dear Sir-Beg to excuse us for to
notify you, because it is Cow in our
neighborhood, q ave, & L str. south
OF Golden Gate Park, which runs
around all night, from about 6 In the
evening, to Pa o'clock in the night.
whit a bell and makes nois, that no
one has rest at night, after we come
home from work. We have compliant
to the police but did not, do any good.
SO we whish that, you would come
and catch 1t. That might would help.
tours respectful F. N. A. F."
Los Angeles Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
Report Real Sea Serpent

Rudyard Kipling has seen his Sec
ond sea serpent, according to story
which comes with some seriousness
from Cape Town. People who read
Kipling's first. sea-serpent story
thought it was merely brilliant piece
OF fiction. This second sea serpent
story is not told by Kipling, but by
the skipper of the steamship Arma-
dale Castle. The sea serpent was
seen-in fact, it was struck by the
ship and probably killed-while the
Armadale Castle was on her last voy-
age to Cape Town, in latitude 8 de-
grees south. Mr.. Kipling was aboard
the ship.
Commander Robinson is not sure
whether the creature struck was
real sea serpent, queer whale or
greatly overgrown shark. Whatever
1t was, the thing was hit by the bow
OF the ship where, in all properly
regulated fishes, the pectoral fin ex-
lists. The head was doubled across
the port bow and the tail trailed away
along the starboard side. The VIC
lent struggles Of the creature to free
itself from its painful and embarrass-
ing position led to it's striking the soft
brown paint of the ''boot-topping' on
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

7 OLD PORTAGE RAILROAD LINE !
E~Jt~s~s~~~'jt-o~-sas~-.s.N

For some time prior to 1900 travel
across Pennsylvania had been in
canoes and in river barges propelled
by poles or along the shores of riv-
ers by horse and foot and by inter.
yening portages on Indian trails. con-
Meeting points on the different rivers.
The adelphia-Pittsburg national
pike was built upon such a substantial
basis that wherever undisturbed one
still finds the gracefully modelled
arches of solid masonry almost intact.
after more than a century hiss passed.
The completion of the Old Portage
railroad by the state of Pennsylvania
in 1884 put an end to the time-hon-
ored coach and SIX" with the MANY
picturesque and commodious inns and
taverns along the line of this broad
macadamized toll road, which with
its substantial construction was. in
point OF endurance, second only to
the Roman military roads of Great
Britain.
This Old Portage road was con-
structed from material brought from
England. The British government
sent over experienced engineers to in
struct the Americans in the running
or the stationary steam engines used
upon the inclined planes of the road
in the Allegheny mountains. The rail-
roads highest point was about 200
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
Senate Pages Lose Tips

The tipping evil has been abolished
in the United States senate, says the
Brooklyn Eagle An edict has gone
forth that none of the little pages
who run about ministering to the
wants of the members of this body
shall accept gratuities of any kind
from the hands of senators.
The new order will put big crimp
IN the pocket money of the young
sters. The side earnings of the pages
have averaged $40 or SIS month,
and occasionally they would run up to
twice those figures. Senator Spooner
has the reputation of being the most
liberal Upper in the senate. His fee
was always 25 cents, whether the err
rand involved a trip to his home, up
at Arlington, or merely down to the
restaurant for cigar.
Senator Aldrich is another man who
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
Truth and the Freeman

He is the freeman whom the truth makes
free,
And all are slaves beside. There's not a
chain
That hellish foes confederate for his harm
Can wind around him, but he casts 1t off
With as much ease as Samson his green
withes.
He looks abroad into the varied field
OF nature; and though poor, perhaps,
compared
With these whose mansions glitter in his
Sight,
Calls the delightful scenery all his own.
His are the mountains, and the valley
his.
And the respondent rivers. His to enjoy
With pr ipriety that none can feel,
But who, with filial confidence inspired,
Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous
eye,
Snd smiling, say: my father made them
all!'
Are they not by a peculiar right,
And by an emphasis of interest his,
Whose eyes they fill with tears of holy
joy,
Whose heart with praise. and whose ex-
allied mind
With worthy thoughts of that unwearied
love
That planned and built. and still upholds.
a world
So clothed with beauty for rebellious
man?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

Yes, We may fill your gamers, We that
reap
The loaded soil; and We may waste much
good
In senseless rot; but yet will not find
In feast, or in the chase, in song or
a liberty like his, who, unimpeached
OF usurpation, and to no mans wrong.
Appropriates nature as his Fathers
work
And has richer use of yours than Won.
he is indeed a freeman. Free by birth
Of no mean city, planned or e'er the hills
were built. the fountains opened, or the
sea
With all his roaring multitude of waves
His freedom is the same in every state;
And no condition of this changeful life.
so manifold in cares, whose every day
Brings its own evil with it, makes it less
For he has wings that neither sickness,
pain,
Nor perjury can cripple or confine;
NO nook so narrow but he spreads them
there
With ease, and is at large. The oppres-
sor holds
His body bound; but knows not what a
range
His spirit takes, unconscious of a chain:
And that to bind him is a vain attempt
Whom God delights in, and in whom He
dwells.
William Cowper
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
WAR OVER OLD CHINA ENDS.
Claimants of Rare Set Found Buried
Come to Terms.

Claimants of Rare Set Found Buried
Come to Terms.
Through a settlement between the
contending parties, the beautiful set
of eighty rare china dishes which was
plowed up on the Burdick farm, near
West Edmeston, Otsego county, in
1908, has gone into the hands of the
Burdick heirs.
Marion Cheeseborough, the tenant
Of the farm, who discovered the pre-
revolutionary relics, laid claim to
them and the title was in contest in
the courts. The case has never been
tried on questions of fact, so the set
tlement out of court leaves the legal
point still unsttled.
The two grandsons and two grand
daughters of the late Henry F. Bur-
dick, who long owned the farm upon
which the dishes were buried by Per-
offer Carr, the agent of Lord Edmes-
ton, become the sole owners of the
china over which collectors have been
excited for two years and which is
said to be worth from $4,000 to $40, 900.
New York World,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

feet above sea level; being only 200
feet lower. than the neighboring hill,
which is the highest point of the Allie
gheny mountains in Pennsylvania.
The road consisted of ten planes, five
OF which were on either side of the
mountain, and intervening levels. In
1886 the canalboats were so construct
ed that they could be taken in sections
and hauled over the mountain on fiat
cars, without disturbing their cargoes.
The rails were secured to stone sleep
ers twenty inches square, which were
sunk in the ground.
On the Old Portage road the best
time for the forty miles between Hol-
lidaysburg and Johnstown was twelve
hours. Express trains on the Penn
sylvania railroad now run closely
parallel distance over the Allegheny
mountains in a trifle over one hour.
The passenger traffic on the road in
those days was usually limited to one
car each way day, with capacity
of thirty passengers.
In 1854 the Pennsylvania Railroad
company bought the Portage road
from the state of Pennsylvania Com
mon rumor says that at this time the
state legislature was creased" and
that not a cent of the $47,000,000
which was to have been paid for the
road was ever received into the treas
ury of Pennsylvania.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
kspt His Father in spIrIts.

There is a man in Auvergne, France.
who has preserved the dead body OF
his father in spirits for the past fif-
teen years. This person, according to
a leading newspaper of Paris, is M.
Hector Granet, former notary, and
an Archaeological, who lives at Viye-
rolls. in Puy-de-Dome, NJ. Granet
placed the corpse of his father in a
sort of bath-shaped zinc coffin. Into
this the alcohol was poured, and the
whole receptacle was coated with ce-
ment and carefully closed, a small
aperture being made in the lid. This
hole was covered with thick glass,
through which the body of the num-
my can be seen. The hair and beard
of the deceased are said to have
sprouted to a marvellous extent, and
the skin of the face is described as
having the cooked" tint peculiar to
persons who absorb large quantities
of ardent spirits.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

used to remember the boys The rich
est man in the senate, Clark of Mon
tana, is noted for the way he clings
tc the dimes and nickels.
Another source of revenue has been
cut off by the, new order. Hereafter
there will be no more collection of
speeches, to be sold to senators at
fancy prices. In the old days a col.
lection of all the tariff speeches de-
livered during a session when this
subject was under discussion was
worth $40. When senator offers a
page SIS at the end of the session for
having kept his Record, bills and re-
ports in order, the boy must refuse 1t.
The ban has also been placed on the
old custom of soliciting orders for
fountain pens, knives and little trink-
cts that are kept on tap for the use
of senators.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
Union of Religious Bodies

A remarkable union of churches has
just been effected in India, where for
the first time religious bodies of both
America and Europe have united in
the organization of national church.
In the union Just accomplished the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America, which through its
board of foreign missions has had i'm
pcrtant work in India for seventy
years, takes prominent place. 9th
er American churches in the union
are the Reformed (Dutch) Church
and the Presbyterian Church Of Can
ada. European churches included are
the Church of Scotland, the United
Free Church of Scotland, the Presby-
terrain Church of England and the
Presbyterian Church of ireland.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

In all there are eleven different
bodies of Presbyterians working in
India, and they have SO presbyteries,
with 332 churches and nearly $4,000
communicates. There has for some
time been a Presbyterian Alliance of
India, and at the meeting recently
held in Allahab there was formed a
provisional general assembly. A con.
fession of faith, constitution and can.
ons were adopted, and the new church
definitely launched. Missionaries of
the various countries have found
great advantages from their associa.
ton with each other in the alliance.
and they confidently look for even
larger benefits from the fuller union
now accomplished.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
An Ex.sherln r,ll.

Scott City, Kan, March 2Otb-i
cial)-Almost every newspaDs,
of cures of the most deadly !, Il.
diseases by Dodd's Kidney /
Bright's Disease, Diabetes phs,
tism and Bladder troubles. IN i,rf
disease that is of the kidneys Or F.,
ed by disordered kidneys Il r,
cured by this great American Nm,
But 1t is in curing the earlier N
of kidney complaint that Dodt,
ney Pills are doing their md
work. They are preventing tbou,s
of cases Of Brights disease and \
deadly ailments by curing Kldrsy
ease when it first shows its usj
In the body.
Speaking of this work hSl
James Scott Of Scott County, All
Il have used eight boxes Of ID
Kidney Pills and must say that l
are just the thing for Kidney Did
We have tried many kidney me1t
but Dodd's Kidney Pills are Tie T
of all"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
Bushes Grew under samdus4

In removing a pile of ice covered
sawdust left last December by mort.
able saw mill, which was operated AZ
East Hampton, Conn, the workmen
found the interior so warm that tbev
perspired as freely as in July. The
surprise came, however, when thew
found at the bottom of the pile hnc.
kleberry bushes of the high bush 70
riety budded full and some of them in
full bloom. ~
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16


Every day when the sun is out the sill
houette is presented on the north wall
of the open quadrangular well in the
interior of the building. 1t first ap-
pears on the left side of the wall at II
a. m. and passes across the face of the
wall until the sun is at it's zenith.
Then almost on the exact hour OF II
it disappears in the shadow Of the
east wall, which runs at right angles
Those who have observed the sill
houette have been impressed with its
resemblance to the physiognomy Of
Uncle Sam or Yankee Doodle-the
lines of the forehead, nose, mouth and
chin, even to the chin whisker, being
perfectly elineated.-Boston Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
PIekannlny In puneA 80

In the midst of dinner ~ az
n n gathering Of the Century clnb a.
providence, R. l., a sunrise y,o a.
sprung on the diners. The punch WAS Was
brought on in huge bowl and las as
the cover was lifted little pickantn n
ny jumped up and from the recaana n.
OF the dish served the ices. 'es
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
/ nunnY cave HER a suRPRlsE
Mrs. Edqell Found cottontail Rabbit
SITTING Up Behind Stove.


When Mrs. Nellie Edgell stepped
irto the sitting room Of her home in
TEoroughfare Neck. she was aston
ished to see cottontail rabbit sitting
ND behind the stove, says a Leipsic,
Del, dispatch.
She held our her hand and called
persuasively to Bunny, but he dashed
around the room in a panic. she
opened the door and the rabbit ma
under the farmhouse.
How bunny got into the sitting room
was a mystery until Mr.. Edgell picked
M log to put in the big stove. The
log was hollow Bunny had crept into
the log and had been carried into the
house.
The winter here has been so severe
that hundreds of rabbits and squirrels
and cartridges have been found dead
from exposure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
Keeps Customers In In.

A Watervile barber has a Vi
contrivance in his shop. ItkIl
erunciator about two and asI
feet in diameter and works on thsa
principle as the date indicator d
face of a clock. The number
from one to forty. The idea b
when a man goes in he takes |
from a spindle on a stand by asl
and every time a chair Is emVJ|
barber presses the electric buti'il
the indicator moves up rH1
When a mans number rings
takes his turn.-Lewiston (ael
nal,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
FACE LIKE RAW BEEF.
Burning Up With a Terrible
Eczema-speedlly Cured Hy
cuticura.

"Cuticura cured me Of q
eczema from which ! had "
agony and pain for eight years
unable to obtain any help no7
best doctors. My scalp was
with scabs and my face was
piece of raw beef, my eyebrow
lashes were falling out, and
IL burning up from the terrible
and pain. Cuticura gave me rsl
very first day, and made q CO.
cure in a short time. My nsS
face are now clear and well
Miss Mary NJ. Fay, rs west -
Westboro, Mass"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

1t was a makeup man with
highly developed sense of humor who
placed close to the item touching Mil
lionaire Arbuckle's 50-centa-day hotel
for wo tlng Esople the four-liner in
which SHhn -. Rockefeller declares
that we i've tn fast and eat too much.
Is the C1i msgnate interested in the
coffee kings scheme?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
NAPOLEON AT ST. arle.;
Areat Conqusror Bitter,
eanlshmen, - ny Rs,ml.,

sreat conqueror Rl,,.
w., enlistment to I.i.,t H''"'
,.1 What Napoleon thought ' !, :.
lshm 1 to st. Helena ma, u aA;
cred ed, from the following pro,. q q
The idea of it is a Ds,,.s'
tome to me To be placed for Sc'' r.. A'A
island within the tropics ,,' %
mense distance from any, ~ an
from all communication aug ~,.s gu
world and everything that ,1 VIM
m .rf eeS' P PI. que lie cage DC fer r' a. =
erlan; Ut is worse than T,n.',
eage) l would prefer h saneFla'
cred up to the Bourbons. s
er insults" said he-"bn, u
mere bagatelle, very secor 'us'
sideration-they style ma
They can have no right II s .su
general; they may as we'll S 10y
archbishop, for | was besa 'a'
church as well as the armv
DO not acknowledge me a. ~.
they ought as first consul, tt '~psl
sent am bassadors to me as srss.
your king, in his letters, stvl.,
brother. Had they confined INV y. !
Tower of London, or one ~ ~.
resses in England Though not
| had hoped from the gens,0.,.'
the English people, | sbouId ~.
30 much cause for complaint. ~
Danish me to an island vith,.
tropics! They might as wall
signed my death warrant AZ or,.
1t is impossible a man Of nv MN
body can live long in such > cIn,.
The Surrender" by Admirsl
land.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

Miss Jennie Croker of San Fran
cisco has just reached the age of Is
end come into possession Of $4,000 900
Titled foreigners will please file pho
tographs of themselves with their APP
plications,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

The Santo Domingo revolution is
said to have been suppressed. One
half of the revolutionary army has
fed to the mountains and the other
fellow has secured job on the police
force.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

The examiners found 500 in cash in
q Chicago bank which was capitalized
for $1,00O,0OO. No explanation is Of
iered as to how the officials of the
bank happened to overlook It.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

Search the scriptures! A pious citi-
zen persistently refused to pay his
taxes until the collector referred him
10 the concluding portion of the sew.
enteenth chapter of the gospel accord
ing to st. Matthew. Then he paid
up.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

1t appears that when Max Lebaudy
set up in business as emperor Of
Africa he hired poet laureate. We
are sorry to have to add that he did it
merely because he could get one
cheap.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

A Los Angeles florist has developed
the green carnation at last, but prob
ably it will never appeal to so large
a percentage of the public as the
green apple does.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

modates the scolding wife's nose and
the file surface is fitted under the
chin. The instrument was fitted to
the victims neck and fastened with a
paddock. The unruly one was thus
prevented from uttering another word
until she showed signs of contrition
which she would undoubtedly do
speedily.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
SHOWS FACE OF uncLE SAM.

Remarkable Resemblance Cast ny SN"
on Boston Buildings
The accompanying picture is Pho
tograph of what may be termed a ST.,
houette, which on every clear day 10
reflected on one of the interior walls
of the big postoffice building on Dew
onshire street.
II was discovered by an observing
elevator boy and has attracted the at
tention of hundreds in the building
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

Bachelors and club men are the
bandits, guerrillas and outcasts of so
ciety," says DR.. BENJAMIN lde Wheel
er. The doctor seems to be almost as
elephantine joker as Prof. Osler.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

They are naming race horses, cheap
cigars and corn cures after Kuroki.
But we refuse to pity him. He was
warned before he started out to be-
come famous.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

When the shoe manufacturers, in
convention in New York, announce
have bigger feet, they mean, of course,
only that they will wear bigger shoes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

Not few people will sympathize
with the boy who. when he was asked
what he would like to be when he grew
up to be man, replied; "a centena-
rian."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

sWonder that nobody has yet sug-
gested the advisability of employing
Digger Indians to dig the Panama
canal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
Whale Broke cah,.

u mas been ascertained that the
oreak IN the cable between Seattle
ana Alaska was caused by a huge
whale whose Jaws, when the cable
was raised, were still entangled in the
wires and rubber insulation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

An eastern paper refers to her as
"old Mrs. Chadwick" She undoubted-
ly deserves punishment, but ought it
to be as severe as this?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

Authoress of one of the brochures
on How to Manage Your Own Hus-
band" has had her better half arrested
on the charge of wife beating.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

William Dean Howells is 68, but it
would take two or three strong men
to hold him for the chloroforming
process.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

A New York dentist accepted com
mission to repair the molars of
prize bull dog. Notice of funeral here
after.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

The woman who sold one of her
fingers for $500 had already given her
whole hand away to man for the
mere asking.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

Mr. Edison's doctor has ordered
HIM to quit thinking for the next few
months. Let him butt into the Four
Hundred and he'll give up the per
nicious habit forever.