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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
An Honest onlnlon.

Mineral, Idaho. Oct. 16th.-(Spe-
cial. THAT a sure cure has been dis
covered for those sciatic pains that
make so many lives miserable is the
firm opinion of Mr.. d. S. Colson. a
well-known resident of this place, and
he does not hesitate to say that cure
is Dodd's Kidney Pills. The reason
Mr.. Colson is so firm in his opinion
Is that he had those terrible pains and
is cured. Speaking of the matter he
says:
Il am only too happy to say Dodd's
Kidney Pills have done me lots Of
good. had awful pains in my hip so
l could hardly walk Dodd's Kidney
Pills stopped it entirely. l think they
are a grand medicine"
All Sciatic and Rheumatic pains are
caused by Uric Acid in the blood.
Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy kid
neys and healthy kidneys strain all
the Uric Acid out of the blood. With
the cause removed there can be no
Rheumatism or Sciatica.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

taken. My future happiness depended
on my regaining Metals confidence,
half of her love depended on the blind
trust she had placed in me. was on
my knees before her in minute and
was saying in tones tried to make
stern and commanding:
See here, Meta. don't be a fool
Do you think | would have come If /
had not recognized your handwriting.
Poor little girl, you did try to disguise
it, but such things don't work with
eyes sharpened by love. / knew that
you had written the note but the idea
struck me as novel, this mysterious
meeting in a down town cafe with my
own wife So I let you come"
Well, if sometimes Metals childish,
trusting mediocrity of intellect has
fatigued me, / blessed it that night
since thanks to It, she credited my
words and saved me from a very
awkward position.
Only I can assure you that I have
sworn of answering pink notes or vic
let scented ones.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

resolution came to naught l must
know the author of that letter
l bowed to my wife passionate pro
testations of love, l soothed her half
hysterical emotion, then getting into
my overcoat, l made my escape.
Instead of taking the car, decided
to walk down town. 1t was yet two
hours to the appointed time and
wanted to collect my thoughts. l did
ing wrong, yet l felt powerless to re
sist, and l walked and bit discomfort
eddy at my cigar.
When l reached the business part
of the city it was still too early so
amused myself by walking past the
lighted stores and watching the
crowd which passed and repassed in
never ceasing flow.
So keen was my preoccupation that
l forgot myself in the maze of my
thoughts and only returned to reality
when my eyes encountered the white
dial of street clock, and | saw that
this indicated twenty-eight minutes
past ten. | reached the Bon Ton cafe
just as the clock struck the half hour.
AS the turnkey showed me up to
room 16 he winked in a knowing way
and said:
"Deuced pretty woman, but so ner-
vous and timid Hasn't been a round
er long"
More anxious than ever l followed
my guide. Before No. 16 he paused,
saying:
"She's in there, waiting for you"
HAS supper been ordered?" asked.
mo, sir. Shall we send up some
thing, 'sauterne and oysters, fo- in
stance, followed by"
Eyes, perhaps" l interrupted, hast
lily. But wait until l order. will
ring if we want anything"
He bowed and left me. All this was
so familiar and yet so strange, that
my head was in a whirl. Time to
retreat" kept saying the still. small
voice of duty, but had gone too far.
must know all. l knocked.
A sweet voice called to enter.
opened the door and stepped in. At
the farther end of the room, a wom-
an sat, huddled in a chair, dainty
white and pink opera wrap covered
her shoulders, the hood of which con-
cealed both her hair and face. hesi-
tated. my heart thumped disorderly
against my bosom. At last, oppressed
by the mysterious silence, walked
resolutely toward the woman who had
not stirred since I had entered.
We'll, I'm here" said in tones
tried to make stern. "Will you
kindly tell me the meaning of your
note. Who are you, anyway"
With quick movement | pulled
back the hood, then started back with
cry, the mysterious woman was
my wife!
A peal of hysterical laughter greet
ed my discontinue. then Metta's
voice said:
$50 this is the business, this is the
way you love your wife, this-oh, my
| heart Is brokenl"
And before l had time to recover
from my establishment, she had drop
ped back on her chair, her bosom con
vulsed with wild. passionate sobbing.
! In an instant my resolution was
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
VANITY WENT WITH GREATNESS.
PecuIisrIties of Famous Men In Self
Adjournment

IN telling of the various means of
self-advertisement adopted by certain
authors, a critic says that Alexander
Dumas, the elder, delighted to appear
In the uniform Of the national guard
OF France, with medals pinned to his
breast, though it is doubtful whether
his motive was anything deeper than
a vain, childish delight in gauds. He
was the sort of man." one of his en-
emies once remarked, who was ca
pable of riding behind his own car
rage in order to prove that he kept
a negro in his service" A certain
literary person once appeared ia the
stalls of a London theater wearing a
jeweled brooch in his long hair; but
he was anticipated in this respect by
Theophfle Gautier, whose many-color-
ed waistcoat was always the most
conspicuous object in any theater
which he entered, and even by Dis
raeli, with his rings outside his gloves,
and his green trousers. 1t is said that
M. Paul Bourget also wore green
trousers when he was a denizen Of the
Latin quarter; but that was in the
days of poverty and early struggles,
and perhapse he had no others.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
STRIKING FACTS ABOUT SLEEP
One Of the Most Mysterious of the
Ways of Nature.

One Of the Most Mysterious of the
Ways of Nature.
Shakespeare" said a scientist,
"called sleep the ape of death. That
is striking name for striking thing.
Sleep is a wonderland. Let us ex-
plore it.
"Self-hypnotism is a mysterious
force that we can exercise on our
selves in sleep alone. We are all
self-hypnotists We all, on certain
nights, tell ourselves firmly that we
must not oversleep. that the next
morning-at 4, at or precise
ly we must wake up. Our sleep
ing selves respond to the hyp-
motto suggestion made the night be-
fore by our waking selves. That is
mysterious and striking, isn't it? Still
more mysterious and striking, though,
is the fact of our keeping track of
the time somehow in our slumber.
How on earth do we do that?
1T is impossible to do without
sleep. Men have slept standing, even
running. They have slept in battle,
under fire, with guns roaring on all
sides. They have slept in unendur-
able and deadly pain.
There is no torture equal to that
which the deprivation of sleep entails.
The Chinese are the cruelest folks on
earth. and the most ingenious of tor
turers. Well, the Chinese place the
deprivation of sleep at the head of
their torture list.
'Sleep is a state of rest. The heart
rests in sleep. The heart is a rhythmic
muscle, not one that never reposes,
but one that works at short shifts,
like a puddler, moment on, mo
ment off. Well, when we sleep, the
hearts shifts of rest are redoubled.
1t works then, one on. two off, getting,
indeed, pretty nearly as much repose
as we do.
"The brain in sleep becomes pale
and sinks below the level of the skull.
When we are awake the brain is high
and full and ruddy.
Not only the brain and heart, but
even the ear glands rest in sleep.
That is why when we awake we al
ways rub our eyes. The rubbing is
an instructive action that stimulates
the stagnant tear glands and causes
them to moisten properly our eyes all
| dried from their inaction."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
Musings at Night.

Late. late. so late
We learn the way to live;
Late. late, so late
We find what life may give;
We spend our years with lavish hand
Their worth we do not understand.
Till, late. late, so late.
Late, late, so late
We learn what living means;
Late, late, so late
We prize the dew-hung scenes;
We fling away the coin of youth
And do not learn to prize the truth,
Till late, late, so late.
Late. late so late
We learn how sweet is love;
Late, late. so late
We find tits from above;
We loiter in forbidden ways
And do not learn to hoard our days.
Till, late. late, so late.
Late. late, so late
We learn the gold from dross;
Late. late. so late
We learn to kiss the cross;
We prize our youth when it takes flight
We do not read life's book Alright
Till. late late. so late.
Chicago Chronicle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
THIN BLOOD-WEAK NERVES
One Follows the Other. but DR.. Will
lIams' Pink Pills Quickly
Cure Both.

The steady use of a particular set of
muscles tends to chronic fatigue, which
produces faulty or difficult motion
trembling, cramps and even paralysis
Writers, telegraphers, tailors and seam
stresses are among the classes mos
threatened in this way with the loss o.
their power to earn a living. The fol
lowing instance shows that nerve power
may be recovered after it seems entirely
lost, if the right means are taken. Mrs.
D. S. Blacksten, of No. bS4 North Bow.
man street, Mansfield, Ohio, says:
For years my hands would become
so numb at times that / would drop
anything l attempted to lift. Later
they became so bad that could not sew
any longer, and at last l could scarcely
do anything at all with my hands. At
night the pricbing sensations would
come on worse than ever, and my hands
and arms would pain so that i dreaded
to go to bed My family doctor gave me
some nerve tablets They helped me a
little, but only for short time after
had taken them and if happened to be
without them for a day or two l would
be as bad as ever or even worse. Finally
l got box of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
and began to take them.
1.-THE result was surprising. BY the
time had taken the last pill in my first
box could see gain. Thanks to DIR.
Williams Pink Pills, am now all right.
can sleep undisturbed by pain, and for
two years have been as well as ever. "
DR.. Williams Pink Pills feed the
nerves by making new, rich blood and
in this way have cured nervous diseases
of every description from simple rest
lessness to paralysis. They have ban
ished the fortunes of neuralgia, the
weakness of nervous prostration, the
disability and awful pain of locomotor
ataxia They are sold by all druggists
or direct by the DIR. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, n. Z.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
SHOCK FOR GREAT cHuRcHMArl.
Bishop Unaccustomed to Such FamIL
lar MODE of Address.

bishop OndCSuSlOfnSO TO 0uCn r ami
lar MODE of Address.
The county of Lunenburg, in Nova
Scotia, was settled by Germans, and
the children of these settlers are still
German, says an eastern writer. At
one Of the little hotels in the town of
the same name party Of drummers
were waiting for the boat They were
well primed, and ready for any lark,
when in strolled a well known char
acter, Neil Hyson, also a little
sprung"
In the parlor stood solitary indi-
vidual dressed in the garb of a min
lister. Neil spied this man, and asked
the leader Of the jokers if he thought
the stranger would drink with him.
Sure" said the leader, but he is
the bishop of Nova Scotia, and you
must call him my lord
Hyson marched up to the stranger.
and giving him familiar slap on the
back, shouted: Mine Colt. bishop,
you drinks mitt mel"
What the fiery bishop said Che was
none other than Bishop Courtney,
former preacher at ST. Paul's, BOSTON,
l did not learn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
COFFEE NEURALGIA.
Leaves When You Quit and Use Pos
tum.

Leaves When You Quit and Use Pos
tum.
A lady who unconsciously drifted
INTO nervous prostration brought on by
coffee, says:
81 have been coffee drinker all
my life, and used 1t regularly, three
times a day.
"a year or two ago | became sub
ject to nervous neuralgia, attacks Of
nervous headache and general ner-
vous prostration which not only in
capacitated me for doing my house
work, but frequently made it neces-
sary for me to remain In dark room
for two or three days at a time.
Il employed several good doctors,
one after the other, but none of them
was able to give me permanent relief
Eight months ago a friend sug-
gested that perhaps coffee was the
cause of my troubles and that | try
Postum Food Coffee and give up the
old kind l am glad took her advice,
for my health has been entirely re-
stored l have no more neuralgia, nor
have had one solitary headache in
all these eight months. No more of
my days are wasted in solitary con-
finement in a dark room. | do all my
own work with ease. The flesh that
lost during the years of my nervous
prostration has come back to me
during these months, and l am once
more a happy. healthy woman. en-
close list of names of friends who
can vouch for the truth of the state
ment" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Ten days trial leaving of coffee
and using Postum is sufficient. All
grocers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
Plenty of Bait.

Dear me-" pouted the young wife,
who was welded to disciple, of Izaak
Walton, Il don't see why a man can't
go fishing without carrying horrid
bottle"
MY husband never carries a bot.
tie" confided the matron next door.
How nice of him.
mo. he carries a demijohn But
my grandfather was a great fisher
man. He never carried either a bot
tie or a demijohn."
Noble man. He must have been
splendid"
"Yes, he always carried key"
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neck. and sealing my lips with kiss,
cried in a nervous, half-sobbing, half
laughing voice:
"Oh, know that all women of our
set envy me, have everything l
want but, oh Tony what care for
the most. what would kill me to lose
or share with another, is your love
| could not live if l thought that you
could even think of another"
That old nuisance of a conscience
again raised a reproaching voice and
| was about to say that business
could wait and that would not re-
turn to the Office. when vision of
that pink, violet-scented note passed
before my minds eye and my good
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
ANALYSIS Of Medlcines Oxen to AN

Analysis of Medicines open to All.
There is no public demand and
there is not the slightest public nee
essity for a law compelling the publ
cation of the formula of proprietary
medicines" says the Committee on
Legislation of the Proprietary Asso-
citation. Every Health Commissioner
and every Pure Food Commissioner
in the country, as well as every pri.
vate physician or chemist, if he
pIeases. has the right to make an
analysis of any proprietary medicine
and to publish the result and to tell
the public what he thinks, and there
is nothing in the world to prevent
such action. But that is not what the
agitators for such legislation want.
Their object is to destroy the sale or
such remedies entirely"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

For a long time | held the dainty,
violet-scented envelope unopened in
my hand. What train of memories
this pink envelope and that subtle
fragrancy of violet brought to my
blase heart! How it recalled the hot
years of my youth during which | had
sown rather profuse crop Of wild
oats. At that time those scented
notes, some pink, some blue, some
lavender, had formed the bulk of my
correspondence and had carried with
them the delightful touch of intrigue
which a wild youth would naturally
crave But to-day, why should re-
ceive one-I, a married man?
| turned the letter over three or
four times, then tore it open and read
the following words written in a
crumpted handwriting l had never
seen before:
Dear Old Tony-Though it may
be folly to make such invitation to a
married man, risk it any way. l will
be this evening at 1920 in room No.
16 of the Bon Ton Cafe and will wait
for you. zone who loves you.
~"
was astounded. What could this
mean? Who was this mysterious
~" who could be so bold as to make
such rendezvous at the Bon Ton, one
of the gsyest restaurants of the cityl
In my younger days | wouldn't have
hesitated a second-but now l had a
wife, a weak, babyish, clinging crea-
ture, whose childish ways were some
what tiresome, that's true, but whom
deeply loved. l crushed the note
with an impatient gesture, then lit
match and watched it burn, right
eous frown upon my brow Such fol
lies were not for me. l would not go.
By six o'clock l had changed my
mind and had persuaded myself that
my very life depended upon my going
to that rendezvous. For the first time
since my marriage l was embarrassed
before my wife during the dinner,
which barely tasted could only
reply in monosyllables to her gay,
childish prattle.
When dinner was over, and as the
maid removed the dishes, she came
and sat on the arm of my chair and
with her fingers tried to erase the
frown which my conflicting thoughts
had caused to gather on my brow.
rs my darling worried about some
thing?" she asked, as her blonde head
nestled on my shoulder
Yes, sweetheart" l replied, thank
full that her eyes were lower and she
could not see my face. 81 am more
than worried, for l am deeply disap
pointed l had planned to spend the
evening with you. as usual, but q
business appointment with a mar
from out of town will call me bach
to the office this evening. and it may
be midnight-maybe later-before
can get home.
With her eyes still averted from
mine, but with little CULVER of the
body, like a child about to sob, she
said in disappointed tones:
you surely are not going out again
tonight. Can't that horrid business
wait until tomorrow A married mar
should stay home with his wife"
That last sentence sounded as a re
proach to my already alarmed con
science. but I again forced it to sill
ence by assuring myself that my sole
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
ar0ther,s HIah Sense Of DUTY.

Alfred Towns, of silverton, Ore,
returned the other day from trip in,
to the hills and told his brother Rob
ert that he had shot two deer. Rob
ert is a game warden and at once ar.
rested Alfred for shooting without a
license. and Alfred served five days in
iofI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
Truth Always Victorious,

All truths are at first badly received
oy men, but they soon take root. and
often the very ones that shrugged
their shoulders and refused to listen
are the ones who became the most
fervent converts DIR. Johnson.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

A group of the Madonna holding
the dead Christ upon her knees, in St
Peters church at Rome, is said to be
the only piece of sculpture which
bears Michael Angeles signature.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
TEA
Is it tea that makes the Jap9
What makes a Russian?

Christ's thorn, supposed to be the
plant from which the crown of thorns
was made, was brought into England
about 1896, where it has since grown.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
"Acetylene Jones'"

See his advertisement in this paper
and write him to-day for free booklet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

Handkerchief wrought and edge0
with gold were at one time worn in
The hats of English gentlemen as ia
vOrs from young women.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

In Scotland the subject of a practi-
cal joke on the LIST of April is called
"gowk," while in France he is
termed poisson d'Avril," OF April
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

reason for going was to protect this
tender, clinging girl from some bru-
tai revelation of my past hayward
life.
Eyes. yes, know" l hurried to
reply, "but it is for your sake. little
one, that | must go"
For my sake?" she questioned
with pouting lips, but still without
looking up.
Eyes, for your sake, dearest Is 1t
not for you l work. to give you all
these fine clothes in which your soul
delights, this home which is the envy
of other women, this"
She threw her arms around my
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

Academy originally meant garden
Or grove in a suburb of Athens where
schools of philosophy met and con
versed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF as
a cough cure.-J. w. O'BRIEN, 800 Third Ave.
N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. g. 1900
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

After a wedding it was Teutonic
custom to drink diluted honey fol
thirty days which was a moons age
hence the familiar term honeymoon"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

st. Anthony is claimed to have
lived to the ripe old age of 105 years
on a daily diet of twelve ounces of
bread and water.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
Nice and Nasty.

Clarence, aged 4, had just taken q
bite of very large but unusually sour
apple "Graciousl" he exclaimed
What an awful nice bad apple thar
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
Ask Your Dealer for ALIENS root-Easa

A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Callous. Aching, Sweating Feet
and Ingrowing Nails. At all Druggists and
Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute
Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen 8.
Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

Black and white beans were used
as ballots by our ancestors in the
election of magistrates by the people.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
To-Day

We cannot anchor in thy bay,
There is no holding ground:
We cannot linger by the way
Our barque is outward bound:
Yet, as we skirt thy blissful shore,
We fain would with thee stay,
For we shall never see thee more,
Sweet Island Of Too day.
We know not whittier we are bound
We sail the unknown sea;
We seek a port where may be found
Our hearts desire, yet we
Know not our course. with wind and tide
We simply sail away
Yet we would fam with thee abide.
Sweet Island OF To-day.
w. Harry Stone.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

Two hundred and fifty two thou
sand six hundred miles represents
the greatest distance to the moon
from the earth's center
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
Farmer and Merehants

will be interested in announcement of
"Acetylene Jones" in this paper
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05

Which do your family
think most of, tea or coffee?
Your grocer returns your money If you don't like
s0hilling's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-12-05
DON'T FORGET

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