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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Many WAYS to Lake. Tea.

"Pickled tea is a Burmese d~elicaey,'
said the sailor. "a Burmah girl once
gave me some. It wasn't bad, Sweet
ish and spiced. A cross between pick
les and preserves.
"Tea amt only drunk. Down Siam
way they chew it. 1t is stuck together
with melted sugar into little cakes
and every Siamese carries n 0 f,them
cakes in his pocket. A plug o. tea
you might say--a plug O. chewin' tea.
Some folks smoke 1t. An English
girl once gave me a tea cigarette. l
finished it, but such a headache.
-"Stewed tea is the national dish of
the Tibetans Tea, fat. salt, flour and
milk are cooked up together t the
thickness of oatmeal and eaten cold"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Dawes Could Thin Them OFT.

The Hon. H. L. Dawes in his young
manhood was an Indifferent speaker.
Participating in a law case, soon after
his admission to the bar, before a
North Adams justice of the peace,
Dawes was opposed by an older at
torney whose eloquence attracted a
large crowd hat packed the court
room.
The justice was freely perspiring,
and, drawing off his GOA in the midst
of the lawyers eloquent address, he
said:
Mr.. Attorney, supposing you sit
down and let Dawes begin to speak. |
want to thin out this crowd."-Boston
Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
EXCELLENT SPORT IN MOROCCO.
Every Kind Of Amusement the Hunt
err Can Desire.

W. ~ ~
err Can Desire.
No visitor to Morocco has ever
asked himself what he was to do for
entertainment declares William G.
FITZGERALD in Four-Track News
There is sport Of every kind, from
wild-boar hunting down to quail-shoot'
ing; and further south Il may even
shoot panthers and hyenas. The lion
does not begin until the Atlas noun
tains are reached. Horses may be
hired in Tangier for about a dollar
and a half a day, including an Ameri-
can saddle; and for the ladies there
are always comfortable mules pro.
vided, with any number of Arab and
slave servants. The slave market, by
the way, is no longer one of the
sights" Of Tangier, since Christian
influence long ago abolished It. This
does not mean, however. that the
slave trade is not carried on. Indeed
the traveller "in the know" may fire.
quently see an old Arab merchant
leading round a negro boy and girl by
the ear from door to door. and he
will learn that these are all that re-
main of an enormous slave caravan,
obtained by Arab raiders as far south
as the Niger n mysterious Timbuc-
too, in central Africa.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
MEASURES THAT ARE STANDARD
Much Care Taken to Preserve Them
Correctly. e.

A gallon is exactly ten pounds OF
distilled water; SO when housewives
say "a pint's a pound the world
around" they are mistaken. The i'm
perial standard yard, which is the
same as our own, is the distance be-
tween two fine lines on a bar of
bronze, measured at 62 degrees Fab
renheit. The bar is kept mounted on
eight rollers in a special steel safe in
London. The standard pound is kept
in a silver-gilt box contained in a
bronze box, the top of which is secure
ly screwed down and the whole placed
in a special compartment of the same
safe. The German metric system
took the place of more than twenty
local measures. The Hesse-Darmstadt
foot was less than ten inches, the
Observation-Disclosures foot more
than fifteen.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

a safety deposit vault which he cannot
get at for two years.
Doesn't Mind Work
I'm a waiter, and | expect to be a
waiter for two years yet said Nc
Nal!y, and I'm used to the work and
don't mind II any more. i don't think
at all Of the times when | used to sit
at tables and order champagne and
wear fine clothes and roll around in
carriages. I've got a little home up In
Yonkers. and my two chifiTcn are
there, and all want to do is to earn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
UP LIGHTNING ROD IN sLses
Queer Freak Of Tennessee Clergyman
Somnambulist.

oomnanbultSt.
One night while passing along the
main street in a own IN Tennessee.
a physician was surprised to saa a
clergyman whom he knew pass lin
clad only in a nightshlrt and a VIDE
brimmed straw hat. AS the minister
went by the doctor noticed that ais
eyes were closed, and, seeing that ne
was a somnabulist, followed. The
clergyman walked to the county curt
house, opened the gate, waved
around to one side of the buildnig.
seized hold of n lightning rod and be
a to climb up 1t.
Grabbing the man by the shirt, the
physician tried to pull him down, but
the cloth gave way and the minister
continued his climb to the cornice,
and then crawled up the steep incline
of the roof to the ridge pole. Seating
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
UNIQUE scarecrow.

Passengers from the White Noun
tains are remarking on the ingenuity
displayed by a New Hampshire far
mer who has a cornheld near the
tracks up In the middle of the state.
Instead of an upright searecrow, this
man has placed his,'on its knees, in a
position which Indicates that the
man" is busy wedding corn. The
deception Is said to be the most per
feet yet Observation-Disclosures Trans
-.cript-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Of that back. But. after all, there
was a big lump OF cash in the safety
deposit box, and that was what | was
depending on when l got out of prison.
49, Threw Away Key.
But when | was arrested l was
afraid they would try to confscate this
cash, so | threw away the key to the
box. And then | put in my three years
In Joliet,
: And then had been a heavy drink.
err and | had used opium. These
things were suddenly stopped short in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

A young woman st~enographer,
whose business experience has not
Ioooed her of her domestic inclina-
uons' makes a good use Of the spools
on which her typewriter ribbons are
Mound She washes them wen to re-
move any suspicion of ink. and uses
.nem to wind baby ribbons. pieces. of
lace and other odds and ends on. The
spools are very we'll made. and fill
enelr extra role very well. indeed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

The callow youth thinks to poke
fun at the young woman who has
Just obtained her degree of M. d.
"Aw, Miss Heller. he says. Il won.
der L you a tell me anything about
my case"
Possibly" g. =
all the time"
Where are they shooting?'e
Through my head. nv
wouldn't worry II | were, You.
THEY'LL not hit anything"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
An Expert Opinion.

Mr.. Andrew Lang says nothing is
drearier than talk about patent put
tiers, patent clubs and patent cleeks.
A good player car play with any vari.
ETY., a bad player (and the bores are
always bad players) cannot play well
with anything.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Could Most Catch the Train.

There is a man in Enfield, Ct. who
drives a carriage to and from the STA.
tior for the accommodation az of the
public. He is exceedingly slow. nearly
always being a little behind time.
One day he was engaged to carry y
lady TO a train which ii was very inn.
portant she should catch. she watched
and waited. with hat and Goa on. nm.
III u was nearly train time. Al last
Mr.. {. drove up. h%urrying not an atom.
The lady's husband few to the door
and impatiently shouted; whats
the use Of coming now2 It's nearly
train time"
Wall drawled the immovable
hackman, IF your wife has her things
az on, n is ready to start, l reckon
| can git her most there"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Antarctic Are.

The Antarctic area consists of two
continental l%and-masses Of unequal
size-Queen Victoria Land and King
Edward VII Land-separated by a
marvellous barrier Of h~at-topped ice
bergs, and of two seas extending far
to the south-the Ross sea n the
Weddell sea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Peter Was LOOKING for His sally.

Peter Was Looking for His Sally.
Peter Fogg. a welIknown character
of Harrison, Me-, is noted for his wit
ticisms and his exploits keep Harrison
In an uproar.
A few years ago he and his Intended
made a visit to a n%eighboring village.
He had occasion to "dickerp with
some horse traders, and, not wishing
his Sally TO witness his presentations
In that Yankee game babe her TO
take a walk around the village and
meet him that evening at the church.
After a successful days business he
hurled TO the village proper. and.
guided by the sound of loud "amens"
and the hymns, looked into the church.
"Ahl my brother. Are you looking
for salvation?' cried out the deacon.
mo, gol ding it, cried Pete. I'm
looking for Sal Skinner"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
WV Bishop Brooks Caught No Fish

Sigourney Butler, the noted Boston
lawyer and society man, who died a
few years ago., told the following story
at a dinner party;
II met a friend the other day who
had been on a fishing trip with Bish-
op Brooks. | asked him II the bishop
caught any fish, and he said, No; he
swears too much,
why | said, Bishop Brooks never
swears.'
"'Oh, yes he does said my friend.
Il caught a large fish, and. said, "Bish-
OBJ, that's a DID good fish" and he
said, Yes, 1t is" in response"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
New Stamp Soon to be Issued.

The issue is about to take place OF
a special series of stamps by the
South African Chartered Company.
The stamps will be of six different
colors-buck red, blue, crimson lake
green, black and purple-and will
have a denomination OF Id, lad, sd.
Is, Is Cd, and IS respectively.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Advantage Of Knowing Greek.

According TO a western college boy
who is on his vacation, the college
youth OF this country have put heavy
demands upon the simple tattooer. No
longer Will hearts and serpents and
laurel wreaths do to decorate the arms
Of the learned young. The western
college boys say they must have the
m OF their college fraternities in
Greek letters done into the skin OF
their arms. II is a fortunate thing
that some use has been found for
Greek. SO long as the alleged fad en-
dures, some one will have TO study his
Homer In order to do tattooing in the
true classic spirit.-New York Trib-
une.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

McNally is now back to his old job,
the one at which he earned an honest
living twenty-five years ago, before
he discovered how easy It was to ex-
change sawdust with credulous coun-
trymen for their real gold.
No longer young, his great fortune
gone, the mark Of the prison In his
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

LF.
usfn Oh
Kidney pills 4
was 80 weak
could hardly drag
myself r o The
roo m. was
wretehed a No
nervous, and lad
b~ackache, b e ar.
ing-down pain
headache, dizzl
ness and veal
eyes. Dropsy Sc.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
THREW AWAY HALF MILLION DOLLARS:
NOW WORKS IN CHEAP RESTAURANT
Strange Career of James McNally, Once Famous Throughout America
a IS Green Goods King"

James McNally, the green goods
king" once worth 5000, 900, is earning
his living acting as a waiter in a cheap
Coney Island, N. Y. restaurant.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

'l -VFSIy Oma
Don't o know, said Miss over
seven, that am really feeling young.
er to-day than | did a few years aeo?n
Yes" replied Miss Inerteens. ave
noticed of late that you are getting
quite childish"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Most Prosperous Part q Irdi,

The richest, the most populous and
the most prosperous part of India is
to be found in the basins of the Indus.
the Gauges and the Lower Brahma.
putra.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
TEA

We serve nice tea at our
house; we have learned how
extremely nice it is.
sehlIling's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
TEA

Both wine and tea make
talk, but not both make
wisdoml
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Greenland Coast unexplored.
Greenland's asst coast remains n
be explored. Nearly 500 miles are an.
tirely unknown.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Must Wait Ten Years.

The lawyers told me that I would
have to wait seven years-from the
time of the rental of the box. The
years will be in 1907. The law.
| suppose, takes this course, because
If in seven years no other claimant to
the property comes forward, that cor.
stitutes in a way proof that my claim
to the ownership Of the money is all
right.
When get this money | will take
it and buy a quiet farm somewhere
and live there with my family, and ]
hope folks will forget all about me-"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
Placed it in Vault

"But 1t is this way: l was caught in
Chicago in 1900 charged with using the
mails for fraudulent purposes. They
had me right. had been sending
green goods circulars through the
mails. | was sentenced to three years.
Now before this time | had placed the
money in a safety deposit vault in
New York.
"At first there had been $160, 900 in
the box, but invested about half of It
in farms and other things, and while
was in prison the property was taken
form me in a lot of different ways
attachments for small debts and that
sort of a thing. ! have some hope,
but not a great deal. of getting some
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

Jail. My mind was affected. Half the
time | went around in a daze. My
memory became almost entirely a
blank, SO much so that the very things
| wanted to remember most l could
not remember at all.
These things are the number of
my box in the safety deposit vault. the
password and the fictitious name that
had given when | rented the box. /
have never been able to recall these
things.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

in and boating Of the chest cnoheo
me and threatened the heart. mad
little hope, but to my untold surprise
Doan's Kidney pills brought me relief
and saved my life. shall never ioT-
get it."
Sold by dealers. so cents a box
Foster-M ilburn Co, Bunalo, n. \.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

ImPoFtant g MOTHERS.
Examine carefully every bottle of CAsToRIA.
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children.
and see that it
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
A WOMAN

Weak. Nervous and Wretehed tro
Wasting Kidney Troubles !.
Mrs. Henry A. Reamer' Main cd
Garst sts., South Bend mu' Sess
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24
shows Flfteentn eentury custom.

SHOWS FtNeeHti S
In an old French window OF the
fifteenth century is preserved a record
of an ancient custom-the method
used by the cloth shearers. 1t shows
how the cloth was spread upon a Ia
BILE and its nap removed by great
scissors made like p%inchers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

my bread until the time comes when
can lay my hands on my $4,000.
ut is a queer story about that mon
ey. | suppose you are wondering why,
If ! have it in cash in a safety deposit
vault, | can't go right down there and
get it. | wish | could, You wouldn't
be able to see me for dust if that was
possible.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-24

In Use For Over so Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20
Insomnia and Indigestion Cured.

Last year had avery severe attack
of indigestion. could not sleep at
night and suffered most eXcruciating
pains for three hours after each meal
| was troubled this way for about three
months when used Chamberlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets, and received
immediate relief" says John DiXcn
Tullamore. Ontario, Canada, For sale
by all druggists.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20
Nothing White There.

Albert, the young man of the fam
ily, was mdeniably i'll. The doctor
was sent fer. He pronounced it a case
of jaundice, as indeed the parents had
suspected from the patients yellowish
appearance.
Albert's little sister was explaining
to a caller.
"He's got the yaller janders, she
said. "The doctor said So ."
"But how could the doctor tell, Bes-
sie?" asked the caller.
Easy enough" replied Bessie.
Anybody could tell it by jes' lookin
into the-the yelks of his eyes.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20
Miscellaneous.

Some men are high livers. All 81
RATES. are.
A truly good man is never known as a
good follow"
Lots of people take offense when there
is none in sight.
There is always mystery about how
the people next door live.
It isn't what your grandfather was,
but what you are, that really counts
Avoid profanity as you would small
pox.
A good time to look pleasant all tho
time.
Smile-enjoy your work and look it
smile.
Keep on good terms with work you
hard jobs then become easy.
Slow to come is quick to 20 b
late keep youreyes off the clock quit
ting time cannot be hurried.
A "thank YOU costs nothing, yet win
much.
A gentle answer turneth away wrath
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20

Have a purpose in life and stick to
it. Be sure you're right that the
purpose is worth your effort, that to
win is just the thing, and then stick.
Live plain, be honest and work hard.
Steady work and plain food will keep a
man in rectitude when sermons fail,
and contribute but little to his success.
The brain cannot do its best work wher
sprinkled with the ashes Of dissolute
illdirected life. Be sure you're right
then stick.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20
Governors at Mining Congress.

When the American mining congress
meets in FL PasO on Nov. Ia, there
will also be Congress Of governors
present, as the arrangements are being
made to have the governors of Texas,
New Mexico, Arizona, Chihuahua and
Sonora Lanham, Otero, Kibbey, Cree
and Yzabei-present for the big event,
since each Of the states and territories
named have large mineral interests anC
will send big delegations to the con
gress. There will be number of othel
governors present, it is believed, es
pecially from the northwest.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20
All Fools Day.

Brand in his Popular Antiquities"
gives the following extract from the
Public Advertiser of April u, 1863, for
the Jewish origin of the custom of max
ing fools on the first of April:
This is said to have begun from the
mistake of Noah sending the dove out
of the ark before the water had abated,
on the first of the month which among
the Hebrews answers to our LIST of
April. and to perpetuate the memory
of his deliverance it was thought
proper, whoever forgot so remarkable
a circumstance, to punish them by
sending them upon some sleeveless err
rand similar to that Intellectual message
upon which the bird was sent by the
patriarch. Notes and Queries.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20
The Permanent Capital.

The people of both territories under
stand well enough that Albuquerque
would be the logical capital of a joint
state. Las Vegas Optic.
Yes, temporarily, but in the final adj
iustment the permanent capital will
be-well the Albuquerque papers men
toned Deming last year and of course
they were sincere in the suggestion.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20
S0ms Of the Ways Of Woman.

II the house catches on fire woman
wants to save her old love letters and
the baby's first pair of shoes.
A woman goes to an afternoon tea in
the same stage of excitement that a
man goes to horse race.
II you try to whisper to a girl she
acts as if she we're afraid she might
try to kiss you against her will.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20

Because she smiled he went away
Brave hearted to his work that day;
His petty cares were all forgot,
He hurried on with one glad thought
His task became JOY giving play,
He did not know the sky was gray;
To him the world was bright and gay
By splendid hopes his breast was
sought
A man was made from hopeless clay
Because she smiled.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20

spot for bacteria 10 enter.
To enrich the blood and increase the
red blood corpusclcs, Dr. Pierce years ago
found vegetable compound which he
called Dr pi,rcc's Golden Medical DiscoV'
cry that would quickly cure the bad syinp'
tons bv increasing the red blood corpus
Giles and thcychv feeding the nerves on rich
blood This Medical Discovery" also acts
upou the digestion and assimilation of food,
SO thai the blood gets It's proper elements
from the products Of digestion. Feed the
lung. stomach and heart on rich red blood
and YOU have surely healthy body which
will throw of the germs Of disease which
Turk everywhere. Get as near natures
wav AS Won can. A medicine made entirely
from botanical extracts and which does not
certain alcohol is the safest DR. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery contains neither
alcohol nor narcotics.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20
The New York World.
The Thrice A..WeeK Edition.
READ WHEREVER THE ENGLISH Lam
GUAGE is SPOKEN.

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The Thrice-a- Week World is fair IN
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The Thrice-a- Week World always ha
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We offer this unequalled newspapC
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$3.50.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20
A IudiciOuS Inquiry.

A well known travelling man who
visits the drug trade he has often heard
druggists inquire of customers who
ask for a cough medicine, whether
it was wanted for a child or an adult,
and if for a child they most invariably
Recommend Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. The reason for. this is that they
know there is no danger from it and
that it always cures. There is not the
least danger in giving it, and for coughs
colds and Group it is unsurpassed. Fol
sale by all druggists.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20
Plans 10 Get Rich

are often frustrated by sudden break.
down, due to dyspepsia or constipation,
Brace up and take DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. They take out the mate
rails which are clogging your ener-
gies, and give you a new start Cure
headache and dizziness too. At the
Palace Drug Store; Csc, guaranteed.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20

If YOU have a Il shot gun in good con-
dition that you wish to exchange for a
S65 Singer sewing machine, nearly n"
let rs know the fact and wen tell you
more about it.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-10-20

Sick headache is caused by a disor-
dered condition of the stomach and is
quickly cured by Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets. For sale by all
druggists.