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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
TOY AUTO WORTH THOUSANDS
Novelty in JeweIry Got Up for NIL
Iionsires


'Here'sc a novelty In expensive gee
gaws." said the jeweler friend, that
is very popular this season among
that class which has more money than
it knows how to spend"
He took from little satin-plush box
a miniature automobile, about an inch
and half long, and sent it spinning
across the showcase. 1t struck two or
three other articles of jewelry. and, in
true auto style, bowled them over.
The little automobile was perfection
in manufacture. The frame, made Of
platinum, had not a part missing. The
hubs of the little wheels 1.-THE wheels
being not much larger in diameter
than a peicil), were diamonds; dia-
monds ran along the sides of the
seats, and the seats themselves were
made of several rubies forming a radi-
ant, though hard, cushion. The lamps
were a ruby and an emerald on either
side. and diamond in the center Of
the dashboard.
On the back Of the auto was a pin
by which to attach it to the neck OF
the dress.
The price on the tag was $1,000. A
real auto could be bought for the same
money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11

A limestone pebble, bearing a strik-
ing image of the face of Christ, which
was picked up at Oberammergau in
September, 1880, the day after the de
cennial performance of the Passion
Play. is the remarkable possession of
Mrs. Eugenia Jones Bacon of Atlanta.
Georgia.
The likeness can only be seen when
the light falls upon the stone from a
certain direction. The countenance
is perfect in every detail as portrayed
by the great masters. and the closed
eyes with the pallid color of the stone
give the face a sad expression. The
nostrils are thin and across the brow
are the deep burrows of worry and
anguish.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11

used in their religious ceremonies, and
the custom even extends to the far
islands of the South seas. From these
tropical waters to the white wastes
Of the frozen north is a far cry, yet
there is a similarity between the
masks of the Malay tribes and those
of the Eskimos which seems to link
these faraway peoples. Herewith is
given the picture of an Eskimo mask.
front and rear. 1t is fairly Indicative
of the artistic feeling in these odd
people, and, while primitive. has in it
something of a higher promise.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
Soldiers Learn to Dance in Alaska

Soldiers Learn to Dance in Alaska.
At the last dance of the Fort Nc
Henry Athletic Association at Fort
McHenry it was noticed that the men
of Company d, Eighth Infantry, great
ly excelled in dancing.
This company recently came to
Fort McHenry from Fort Slocum.
New York, and previously had served
in Alaska forty miles from ciyiliza-
ton. Scarcity of amusement prompt
ed the formation of a dancing class,
with one of the sergeants. a graceful
and finished dancer, as teacher.
There being no women in that coun-
try, the men were forced to use each
other as partners. At first the sight
of two big husky men capering
around a floor clutching each other
in a fierce embrace was decidedly lu-
dicrous. but finally the steps were
r stored, and when the company re-
turned to civilization the men were
ready to take part in any social af-
fairs.-Baltimore Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
Miss Hate cDOnoIdl

More than likely you speak the same
words yourself, and no doubt you feel
far from well. The cause may be easily
traced to some arrangement of the fe-
male organs which manifests itself in
depression of spirits reluctance to go
anywhere or do anything. baekache,
bearing-down pains, fiatulency, nerv-
BUSINESS, sieeplessness. leucorrhGa-
These symptoms are but warnings
that there is danger ahead, and unless
needed life of suffering or serious
operation is the inevitable result.
The never-failing remedy for all these
symptoms is Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Miss Kate Mcdonald, of Woodbridge,
N j.. writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:
" | think that woman naturally dislikes to
make her troubles known to the public, but
restored health has meant so much to me that
cannot help from telling mine for the sake
Of other suffering women.
" For long time / suffered untold agony
with a uterine trouble and irregularities,
which made me physical wreck, and DO one
thought would recover, but Lydia z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has entirely
cured me, and made me well and strcng, and
feel it my duty to tell other suffering women
what splendid medicine it Is"
If you are i'll, don't hesitate TO get as
bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound at once. and write to
Mrs Pinkham, Lynn. Mass, for special
advice lit is free and always helpful
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
GIANTS OF OTHER DAYS.
Fossil Of New Animal and One Of
the lchthyosaurus Found.

Fossil Of New Animal and One Of
the lchthyosaurus Found.
Important discoveries in Western
fossil beds are announced by Prof.
John c. Merriam, head of the paleon-
tological department Of the University
Of California A remarkable specimen
Of the very early ichthyosaurus was
unearthed in the middle triassic lime
stones in Nevada. The specimen
showed the greater part of the an
terror half of the body, including the
skull, vertebrate and front limb or
paddle, the upper arm and forearm of
the latter being perfect and distinct
Another important find was that
made in the Samuel Cave in Shasta
county. 1t consisted of the greater
part Of the skeleton of an animal as
large as an elk, but with distinctly
sheep and goat afinities. The most
noticeable feature of the fossil is the
horns. which are so large and magnif-
Gently formed that they make the ami
NAL distinctive among bovines, at least
Of any type known here.
The skeleton will soon be set up in
the archaeological museum at Berke-
ley.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
Puzzled BY FREIGHT charqes.

A New Hampshire man is trying to
solve a problem which he says is the
least promising proposition that he
has ever undertaken He sent a large
sugar barrel full of apples to his son
in Florida, paying ninety-eight cents,
the full freight charge. A few days
later he received a box of oranges
from his son, on which he desired to
pay the freight, and was obliged tc
pay $3.50, the freight charges.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
White Bear Killed in West Virgins

White Bear Killed in West Virginia.
Two hunters. who were driven by
rain to take shelter in a cave in the
mountains of Nicholas county, reused
a perfectly white bear, with pink
eyes, which had quarters in the cave
When reused from it's slumber the
bear attacked the men with ferocity
and severely injured one of them.
Mr.. Wilson Graves. who fired the
shot that killed the animal, has the
skin, and will have the same prop
erly prepared and mounted. The hide
has the texture and the head the ap-
pearance of the common black bear,
except that, the skin is snow white
and the eyes pink.-Montgomery Cor
respondence Cincinnati Enquirer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
SKATE SAILING LIVELY SPORT.
'S"Or May Travel a Mile a Minute
with No Power Save the Wind

NO rover save the Wind,
10 be ones self the mast and the
inner and the boat-sailing and skat.
,pe blended at the speed Of a high.
CLASS locomotive-this is the snort Of
a9hate-sailing. says writer in Country
LIE In America. In an automobile
IN racing keel, on a blooded horse
the man that guides by clutch or till.
- OF bride is a piece Of dead freight
oeing to the extent Of his weight a
uIag on the speed; but skate-sailing
alone OF sports that attack time
makes use of the guidance itself as
part Of the propulsive force.
Inc man himself is both sail area
ana live ballast. With a forty.mile
breeze behind him, and clean. green
zee ahead, the skate-sailer comes the
nearest we shall ever get to the wing.
rooted god that slid down a rainbow.
wings on his feet, and his arms tetb-
cred to great white wings. he is the
'yre OF the west wind in a kind of
rhapsody Of motion. He is as sensi.
1--WE TO the situation as a photograph.
&c plate. Every tremor of the sail &C.
ZION passes through him, and he
aaapts himself momently to the vari.
atoms OF an off-shore breeze.
The old world dream was of a cen.
laur-man-horse-two natures in one
body In this notwithstanding sport
we nave realized a man-boat. The
EFFORT to pro~e that a man may cover
a mile minute. unaided by steam
OF gasoline, by the propulsive power
oil wind alone, will be made this ad-
Vancing season by some skate-sailers
at least
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
The Man in the SUN.

This remarkable object is a photo
graph of group of sun spots taken
Nov. 10 by French astronomer. Of
course, the photograph is not of the
entire sun, but of very limited part
of its surface. just enough to include
the group.
Some idea of the size of the sun
spots is given by the astronomer. The
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
HONOR FRENCH LIFE SAVERS.
Statue Erected by Government Of
France at Calais.

The French seafaring folk are q
hardy lot, as are all men who go
down to the sea in ships, and the
sturdy courage of those who live by
the great waters has not only been
chanted in song and woven in story,
but the government, which is deeply
appreciative of all efforts of human
benefit or safeguard, has given these
brave men lasting token of honor
that those at home and from afar may
see. and, seeing, appreciate the quail
ty Of the heroes. This picture shows
the statue of the life savers at Calais,
and the sculptor who shaped it
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11

Iro,e those who have received the highest
.,SsTd-fhe Grand Prize-st st. Louis Worids r slrI
~ ina AZ J. Tower Co, the makers OF tne loh
SSASn sIICKERS. Many OF our readers who went
- ~ F,air wifi recall their hue exhibit In which
stsrproof garments shown adapted 20 SO many
80 thst almost every department Of the worlds
49, ' rss snc-,-ested The Grand Prize was de
ssyyea tribute 10 one of the oldest manufacturing
cnneerus IN the county.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
Eun Of auslness . tns End.

Commercial Traveller wrecked on
desert island) to cannibals: We'll.
since you're determined to eat me.
kindly do me one last favor: Use our
brand Of mustard for the sauce II
improves the flavor Of all meat; it
never molds or absorbs moisture
You'll find a sample box in my right
hand coat pocket"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
slnauIar MeddInu prssan,-

Miss Masters and Mr.. Booth of Con
gleton, Eng received a novel wedding
present recently. The sisters of the
bride presented them with a silver
casket containing eight hundred three
penny bits.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
: sENp 1Oo AND rms NorIcg
Provided for Plain LIVING.

A Newark IN. j. man left his son
500 in his will. but was evidently
afraid that the youth would use it all
at once for riotous living. so he fixed
it so that he would get 81 a week.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
Here's a Real Funny Bear.

An oddity in bears was killed in
Miffiin township, Pa, where William
Sellinger and Charles Babcock shot
one that had red hair and small pink
eyes.
Hunters declare it is not a CHINA
mon bear, and that nothing like it
ever has been seen in that part of the
state.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
Jamaican Tea eecomlnu PonuIar.

Tea has been grown at Jamaica with
a good deal of success recently. 1t
has found ready market In this coun-
try, and while not as good as that
grown in the far east. 1t is palatable
enough to be popular.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
so Bu. Macaroni wheat Per Acre,
-NG7IWQNNl

introduced by the U. S. Dept. of Ayr.
1t is tremendous cropper, yielding in
good land in Wis, H., Ia, Mich, Ind :,
D., Pa, n. Y, so bu. per acre, and on dry,
arid lands, such as are found in Mont,
Idaho, the Dakotas, Colo, etc, it will
yield from 40 to 90 bu. This Wheat and
Speltz and Hanna Barley and Bromus
Inermis and Billion Dollar Grass, makes
it possible to grow and fatten hogs, sheep
and cattle Wherever soil is found.
JUsr sKND 10C AND THIS NorIcE
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis. and they will send you free a sample
Of this Wheat and other farm seeds, to-
vether with their great catalog,. alone
worth $4,000 TO any wide-awake farmer.
NV. n. u
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
Ir+a,nstionaI Stamp Planned,

One of the latest ideas to be pro-
nounded. and which will be brought
forward at future international pos
tai congress. is a suggestion for an
stamp.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
RealWcrry.

When a woman can't find anything
else to worry about she can do it
about whether the baby is going to
wear side burn whiskers when he
grows up.-New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
Hoe Long Out of Date.

John N. Cole of Portsmouth, N. H..
has secured an old-fashioned hoe. such
as was in use sixty years or more ago.
which is in an excellent state OF
preservation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
RIaoes, roboaaan slide.

st. Moritz, in Switzerland. has the
biggest toboggan slide in the world
It is three-quarters of mile long, and
has been descended in a whiz Of only
seventy-one seconds.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative BrOmo Quinine Tablets. All drug
gists refund the money II II fails to cure E W.
Groves signature is on each box sc.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
WoMEN's NEGLECT.
sUFFERINGTHEsUREPENALTyi
Health Thus Lost Is Restored by Lydia
r. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

How many women do you know who
are perfectly well and strong? We
hear every day the same story over and
over again. 81 do not feel well; ann
SO tired all the time ~
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infaiiiole
medicine for coughs and eolds'-N' W. SAMUEL
Ccesa Grove. n. J.. Feb. II. 1900
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces b.
Examination, SAys pain czrea wind collie. sc botta.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
FIELD OR BARRACKS
PE-RU-NA IS EFFICACl0US,

Me constant exposure TO the ele-
lis experienced in an outdoor life is
50 apt to cause coughs and colds as
sntary habits.
those who are brought face to face
h the weather every day in active
are much less liable to catarrhal
|eases than those who are housed UP
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
ESKIMO Masks.

Thibetans have the most preten-
tious and grotesque masks. which are
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11
|ML CLASSES
sRE SUBJECT TO
/ CATARRH.

Z soldier as well as the civilian finds
frequently necessary to use Peruna
account of coughs and colds.
Do one is exempt. The strong and
EAlthy are less liable than the weak
bill, but none entirely escape.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-04-11

in lily ventilated
rooms. And yet both
of these classes are
more or less subject
to C a t arrh and
catarrhal diseases
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
DR.. HADLEYS VISIT.
Arrangements Made for Reception to
YaIe's Presdent-The Committee.

About thirty members of the Yale
Alumni association of Alabama will be
in Birmingham next Thursday to meet
DR.. Arthur 7. Hadley, president of Yale.
In addition to those who will come from
points in Alabama 1t is expected that
alumnus from Chattanooga, Nashville
and other cities in the south. will be
in Birmingham at the time.
DR.. and Mrs Hadiey Will arrive in
Birmingham Thursday at noon from At
lanta. In the afternoon, between the
hours of 4 and o'clock a reception will
be rendered them at the Hotel Hillman.
The following reception committee will
assist the members of the association In
receiving: Mrs. Robert Jemison, Mrs
r. N. Rhodes, Mrs John W. Stage, Mrs.
]. II. Phillips, Mrs A. A. Coleman. Mrs.
G. H. Clarke, Mrs. r. G.. Bush, Mrs.
Walker Percy, Mrs. r. M. Jackson, Mrs.
Hugh Morrow, Mrs. w. p. G. Harding.
Miss Leedy, Miss 4Aate Smith, Miss Nabb,
Miss Cullom, Miss Bessie Jemison, Miss
Elizabeth Jemison, Miss Weatherly. Miss
Elliott, Miss Dawson and Miss Birch,
In the evening an informal dinner will
be rendered DR.. Hoadley by the members
of the association at the Country club.
On Friday at noon DR.. and Mrs. Had
ley Will leave for Memphis
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01

yesterday He arrived in the morning and
left yesterday afternoon on No. going
south. He expects to return to Blrming-
ham early next week.
Mr. Starks Is on a general tour of in
spection. He will be in Montgomery, Mo-
bile and possibly New Orleans before re-
turning to Birmingham.
The American Railway association,
which Is composed of the transporta ton
men of all the railroads in the country,
will hold its semi-annual meeting in New
York next Wednesday.
M. M. Richey, assistant general super
intendent of the Southern, and a number
of superintendent from the south, will
attend the meeting The association Is TO
be in session only one day.
A number of the transportation men of
the Southern railway will meet Tuesday
in Washington. There is no significance
in the conference. The men who attend
this meeting will proceed to New York to
attend the meeting of the Railway associ-
alton.
The Frisco will run a special train out
of Birmingham on the morning of June
10 to accommodate the delegates to the
Southern Baptist convention, which meets
in aKnsas City. Cars will be delivered
to the Frisco for this special from the
Central of Georgia and the Southern.
and It is expected that a large number
of Baptists will meet in Birmingham to
go out on this train.
John w. Wood travelling passenger
agent of the Queen and Crescent route,
with headquarters in Meridian was in
the city yesterday.
H. w. Nathan, general agent of the
Mexican National railroad, with head
quarters in New Orleans, was in the city
yesterday.
. The Alabama Great Southern has re-
ceived four more of its new engines, and
they are being broken in for service.
Three of the engines are for freight SER
vice and the other is a switch engine.
Other new engines are expected soon,
as all of the twelve ordered are about
completed When the new passenger en-
gine arrives the road will be in excellent
shape so far as locomotive power is con-
cerned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
FIRE STATISTICS
ARE INTERESTING
THE TOTAL ESTIMATED LOSS BY
FIRE DURING THE FIRST THREE
MONTHS OF 1905 Is $265,6s3.
FEBRUARY LOSS LARGE.

Birmingham has had 162 fires during
the first three months of 1905 and the
total loss for that period is estimated
at $3.50, 6S3.
were 1873 fires in Birmingham with a loss
of about $54, 656
The losses for the three months this
year were as follows: January. s46,1SS;
February, $500, 900; March. $1950O. The
figures by months for the same period
last year were as follows: January, $780,
O67 February, s12t; March SS47S. These
figures are estimates, as some of the
losses have never been adjusted but the
figures given are said to be not far from
correct.
The number of fires by months were
as follows; January, 1905, So; February,
80 March, Al. For the same months last
year, January SO; February, 80 and
March 49,
A study of these figures is interesting
!. will be seen that the fire loss for
February, 1904 was $l21, the llghtest loss
for any one month that Birmingham has
suffered in years. The firemen laid hose
to but one fire in that month and the
total loss was small
The same month this year shows the
greatest loss of any one month in the
history of the department. 1t was in this
month the disastrous fire on the corner
OF First avenue and Twenty-first street
occurred, the loss running into hundreds
o. thousands
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
RAILROAD WORLD.

It is a settled fact that the Birmingham
and Atlantic is to be built to Birming-
ham at once. Evidence of this developed in
the last few days when corps of civil
engineers commenced work near Irondale
surveying the entrance Of that road into
this city.
deep cut will have to be n.ade through
one of the cuts between two of the hills
and the engineers are figuring on the ex-
pense of this work, which will probably
be the most expensive grading to be
done on the entire system.
The road runs from Brunswick to Bir-
mingham, and is already built as far as
Montezuma, Ga. Recently party of
financiers, headed by II. nj. Atkinson OF
Atlanta, took the company in hand and
organized a stock company for the pur-
pose of completing the road.
Something over 300 miles Of the road is
already completed, and it is said that the
object OF the company recently formed
Is to build to Carrabelle, Fla, ON the gun
coast, giving another outlet.
IT now looks as IL the trouble between
the Southern and the Louisville and Nash
vile is going to result in the former road
building its own line out of Chatta-
nooga, and the latter erectingf its own
bridge across the Tennessee river at De-
catur.
Under the present arrangement the
Southern uses the Nashville. Chattanooga
and st. Louis tracks out of chattanooga
and the Louisville and Nashville uses tho
Southern's bridge across the Tennessee.
1t Is believed now that the Southern will
tunnel Lookout mountain at an expense
estimated at something like s..0eo.OO0. Ru-
mors to that effect have been current for
some time. and the following Associated
Press dispatch from Chattanooga yester-
day seems to confirm this rumor:
Chief Engineer w II. Wells of the
Southern railroad is mere today making
arrangements for letting contracts for the
new roadbed TO be built from chattanooga
to Stevenson, Ala, known as the Mem
phis and Charleston division.
The contract will include tunnel
through Lookout mountain. which /. is es-
tmated will cost 100000. and fine stee.
bridge over the Tennessee river at Oates
Island, eight miles south Of Chattanooga
Work will begin within sixty days.
B. NJ Starks, general manager of the
Louisville and Nashville, was In the city
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-01
BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Fifty-ninth Annual Meeting VIII Be
Held In Kansas City.

The ffty-ninth annual Southern Baptist
convention will be held during the four
days beginning May II. This convention
will probably be the largest Baptist con-
vention ever held in the United States.
There will be about 1000 delegates repre-
senting probably 100000 people. All of the
southern states will be represented by
delegates appointd by the membrs of the
churches.
On account of tn death of Dr. j. B.
Eagle. who was elected president of the
convention at the last meeting, the Rev.
DR.. Stephns of Little Rock will prob
ably preside over the meeting. All indica-
tons point to a busy convention. The re-
port of the commission which was APP
pointed at the last convention to look
into the work of the negro Baptlsts and
their cooperation with the whites will
make its first report, and this promises
to be one of the most interesting reports
presented. DR.. L. o. Dawson of Tusca-
loosa is the chairman of this committee
The southern Baptists have missionaries
all over the world. Boards representing
these missions will make their reports at
the convention. The home mission and
the Sunday school mission boards ar3
stationed in Atlanta.
There will be about thirty or possibly
thirty -five delegates from Birmingham to
attend the convention. These, however
have not been appointd. All of tn Bap-
fist ministers of this city will be present
at the convention.