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The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25
FSDEAVoRERS WILL MEET
NEXT YEAR IN BERKELEY
Church Workers Select College Town
for Convention and Then Elect
State Officers.

SANTA BARBARA, June 24.-Berkeley
Was unanimously chosen for the next
Christian Endeavor convention, San Jose
being the other only claimant before the
committee. State officers were elected as
follows:
President, DR.. A S. Kelley, Oakland;
rrst vice president, o. L. Graeber, Chico:
second vice presl-ent, Frank Abernathy
Saratoga: third vice president, Harvey
T. Hall, Redlands; general secretary,
Paul C. Brown. Los Angeles; statistical
secretary. Ernest Dawson, Los Angeles
treasurer. Guernsey s. Brown, Santa Bar
bara: Junior superintendent, Mrs. F. Z.
Hughson- Fresno; intermediate superin-
tendent. J. Fred mcMinn, Santa Rosa.
Retiring President Leon V. Shaw of
Les Angeles was selected a delegate-at-
large TO the Baltimore convention.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25
SANTA FEE GIVES OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHANGES
General Superintendent Fox, Now sta
toned mt La Juntns II to Take
Charge OF Eastern Division.

TOPEKA. KaEs.. June 23.-The fol-
lowing changes. effective July 1. were
announced to-day at the Santa Fe Rail-
way Offices IN this city: T.. C. Fox. gem
eral superintendent of the Western
grand division at La Junta. is made su-
pcrintendent of the Eastern division.
with headquarters at Topeka: IL. j..
Parker. superintendent of the Missouri
division. with headquarters at Marce-
line, Mo. is appointed to succeed Fox.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25
RAILWAY PLANS THE SALE
OF A VAST TRACT OF LAND
Intends to Dispose Of More Than
100000 Acres in the Northwest
si- ern PaPt of Texas.

HOUSTON, Tex, June 24.-The Hous-
ton and Texas Central Railway is per-
fectings plans for the sale of a vast
tract of land in Northwestern Texas.
south of the Oklahoma line and tribu-
tary to the Rock Islands Ell Paso line.
The Houston and Texas Central oh
tanned the grant years before the con-
structions of the Rock Island and the
title is direct from the Government.
There are more than. 900, 900 acres in
the tract. the land being located is
some distance from the lines OF the
Houston and Texas Central as finally
built. The company has determined to
establish Offices at Guymon, Okla; Dali
hart and Stratford, Tex.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25
MAKES APPEAL FOR MONEY
FOR AID OF THE JAPANESE
Treasurer of Relief Fund Says Many
Families Are Destitute ms Re-
suIt Of the War.

money for the Japan orphan relief
fund has been issued by the Rev War
rem E. Clavlx. treasurer of the organiza-
tion- Clark says in his appeal that
Bishop NJ. c. Harris of the Methodist
church writes from Kioto that 500 fami-
lies are destitute in Kobe as a result of
the war and the same conditions pre-
vail elsewhere in Japan.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25
DEATH ON GALLows
FATE OF DIR. STAPLES
Court PASSES Sentence ON Amador Ply
elm Who Poisoned HIS

JACKSON. June 24--Attorney MCGEE
moved for a new trial in the StapIes
murder case to-day. The court denied
the motion and passed the sentence of
death on the man who killed his wife.
The date of execution was not fixed.
An appeal VIII be taken. Mrs. Maud
L. Hoxie was released from custody and
departed for her home
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25
EAGLES SECURE AN OPTION
UPON PROPERTY IN MONTANA
May Purchase the -Brondwater Hot
Springs and Hotel for
National Home.

HELENA, Mont. June 24-A com
mittee of the State ,Aerie of the order
of Eagles. including Senator T. H Car
ter, to-day secured an option upon the
Broadwate- Hot Springs and Hotel here
with view of purchasing the PROPERTY
for a national home for the Eagles.
The committee will urge the Grand
Aerie at Denver In August to make the
purchase.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25

The fifteenth anniversary of the cleo
ton Of Bishop William Ford Nichols to
the head OF the Episcopal Diocese of
San Francisco was celebrated yester-
day morning at the Cathedral Mission
with all the pomp and splendor that
accompanies a church fete. About
thirty clergymen from the various
Episcopal churches. together with a
large crowd of the faithful, were pres
ent to take part in the festivities.
The simple little chapel in the Sec
ond street Mission was tastefully dec
GRATED for the occasion and promptly
at 1890 o'clock the Bishop accompa-
MED by several members of the clergy,
filed into the chapel to the music of a
sacred hymn. The services commenced
with the celebration of the holy COM
munion by Bishop Nichols, assisted by
Archdeacon Emery.
After the communion services, Arch
deacon Emery took the pulpit and de-
livered q simple but stirring address
to the Bishop, in which he thanked the
latter in the name of the Episcopal
people of San Francisco for the faith
full manner in which he had conducted
the affairs of the diocese during his
KIP FUND GROWS.
The standing committee in charge of
the Kip fund then made its report
From the figures it developed that the
fund has reached the large sum of
$500, all of which has been collected
during the last three years as a
memorial to the late Bishop Kip. The
committee was thanked by Bishop
Nichols for the zeal it showed in carry
ing on the good work.
Bishop Nichols then addressed the
clergy and the congregation. His
speech was a brief one, but full of feel
ing and earnestness. He briefly re-
viewed the work accomplished in the
diocese of this city during the last
fifteen years, and told of the growth
of the church and the progress of the
faith while he has been connected with
the diocese.
EPISCOPAL RESIDENCE.
After the address by Bishop Nichols,
the ministers present renewed their
ordination vows in the chapel. At the
conclusion of this ceremony the wor-
shippers knelt and renewed their bap-
tismal vows. The music for the occa-
sion was furnished by the Cathedral
Mission choir. under the direction OF
William H. Holt, organist Of Grace
Cnurcn.
The report of the committee in
charge of the proposed Episcopal resi-
dence was presented by Rev. NJ. B. W.
Gallwey. The fund is about complete
at the present time. and the Rev, Mr..
Gallwey expressed himself as gratifed
with the work of the committee in it's
efforts to accomplish the good work.
The address of the church synod was
presented by Rev. Edward L. Parsons,
pastor Of the Cathedral Mission.
Just before the conclusion of the
services, Bishop Nichols was presented
with a handsome desk and chair by
the members of the clergy of the
diocese. Bishop Nichols then thanked
the ministers for their thoughtfulness,
and the services came to an end with
the usual devotions.
The. laymen of the diocese gave bap-
quet last night in the conservatory Of
the Palace Hotel to Bishop Nichols in
honor of the fifteenth anniversary of his
conservation.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25
LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
WILL PERFORM IN A COMEDY
GIee Club and Others VIII Take Part In
Presentation of Sheridan's Mas
terpfece, aThe Rfyalx-v

Students OF the Lowell High School
will present the popular comedy. The
Rivals" June 81. 2s and 20 IN the hall
of the Lowell High SCHOOL, The students
prepared the presentation without the
aid of outside talent. but have been as
sisted by Miss Cora r. Brant '05 and
the instructor of the English depart
ment. c. c-sYoun's-. -
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25

It is comparatively easy to boycott an
inferior article. but the reputation OF
Rainier Beer Is so firmly established
that simply calling 1t unfair" makes
little difference
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25
THIEF STEALS A PACKAGE
OF MONEY FROM MAIL POUCH
Cuts Bottom Out of Sack Left
Hanging ON a Crane for
Trn3u

SANTA FE, N. NJ. June 24.-At Belen.
Valencia County, to-day a robber cut
the bottom of a mail pouch hanging on
a crane for the passing eastbound train
and distracted a package contained
$4,000, mailed to the First National
Bank at Albuquerque from the bank at
Noien The robber escaped
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS CITED
FOR ALLEGED CONTEMPT.


punished
of the strike boycott picket and that the
OF of the
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25

II you need printing order before the strike
Edward Knowles Co.. "a Second street.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

Cream, Ark, Oct 9th Especial -
After eighteen months suffering from
Epilepsy, Backache and Kidney Com
plant. Mr.. W. H. Smith Of this place
is a well man again and those who
have watched his return to health un-
hesitatingly give all the credit to
Dodd's Kidney Pills. In an interview
regarding his cure, Mr.. Smith says:
Il had been low for eighteen months
with my back and kidneys and also
Epilepsy. I had taken everything /
knew of and nothing seemed to do me
any good till a friend Of mine got me
to send for Dodd's Kidney Pills. find
that they are the greatest medicine
In the world, for now l am able to
work and am in fact as stout and
strong as before I took sick"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kid
neys. Cured Kidneys cleanse the
blood Of all impurities. Pure blood
means good health
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

the historians authority for the re-
markable observation. He declares
that a gentleman now (1s26) in this
city New York;. who resided twelve
years in Colombia and who has tray-
eled over every part of the route
from sea to sea-" was the source Of
information He further states:
'sThe utmost confidence may be re-
posed In his statements; he has, more
over, constructed map in which the
entire tract of the county is accurate
ly laid down. In 1921 this gentleman
applied to the government of Colon
bia for permission to open this CON-
munication at his own expense. with
exclusive privilege for 100 years. Con
gress passed vote in favor of the
application, but it was objected to
by Bolivar on the ground that it might
afford facilities to the enemy.
"The applicant, however. was re
quested to renew his proposal for a
term less than 144 years. which he is
now about to do. and nothing, we be
lieve. will defeat his object but the
fact of the government undertaking
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
BIG PUBLISHER SUED.

Chicago, Oct. 1G.-The Peruna Drug
Manufacturing Company, manufactur-
-ers of widely known proprietary med
icine, has brought suit in the Superior
Court of the City of Chicago against
the Curtis Publishing Company of Phil.
adelphia, alleging that it has been
damaged TO the extent of $250000 by a
recent article in the Ladies Home
Journal.
The suit is based on a statement re-
Gently made in that journal that a
testimonial as to the merit of the rem
edy manufactured by the plaintiff. al
les>I to have been given by Congress
man George H. White of South Caro-
lima, was fraudulent. denial from Mr.
White that he ever gave such testi-
monial also being printed.
The PeTuna company declares that
Congressman White did give the testi-
monial in good faith. and that it has
two original letters from Mr.. White. It
declares that Mr.. White was led to
repudiate the testimonial through a
misunderstanding.
This is the second large damage suit
that has been filed against the Curtis
Publishing company since 1t inaugur-
iated its attacks on Patent Medicines.
Our statute mile, 1000 PAGES, used
also in England, was fixed in, the tins
of Queen Elizabeth and has not since
been changed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

IS degrees. 10000; to 81 degrees,
$4,000; to 8s degrees. $4,000, and TO
SO degrees, $4,000. This act is still
among the laws of England, but not a
cents reward has ever been claimed.
for the farthest north by any British
ship up to this time is 81 degrees rs
minutes and the highest north By any
ship is the Fram's record Of 50 de-
grees 81 minutes
Not long after these rewards we're
offered polar travellers reached a
weighty decision, and that was that
it was useless to attempt to reach the
pole by boat alone. They had never
found an open sea and were at last
convinced that was futile to think
of forcing a sailing vessel through
that terrible ice. To reach the pole,
they said, they must go by ship as far
as possible and then take to sledges.
This opened new era of polar en-
deavor. and Parry, in 1927, was the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

of the United States" and the para
graph was:
Nature seemed to have designed
this place for the passage Preferred
to the ravine de la Raspadura). The
Andes are here for the moment and
lost and seem to have defiled that
commerce may march from the old
world to the new"
The reader pricked up his ears and
read on:
1T is fact no less curious than
true that a canal did formerly exist
in this spot About the year 1745 a
priest of Citira, with the assistance
of the Indians, opened this same COM
munication known as the Raspadura
canal, through which loaded canoes
passed"
Here was certainly a bit of some
thing new out of something old. The
book in the readers hand was pub
lished in New York in 1926. and the
facts it recounted were those of a
century and a half ago.
What had become OF this canal2
What was its history? Why did not
the world know of it? These are some
of the questions which the paragraph
pointed.
A careful perusal of preceding pages
of the volume disclosed much which
only added interest to interest.
The anonymous chronicler was de-
scribing that portion of New Spain
known as New Granada His words
were:
The next most considerable river
to the left is the Atrato, which falls
into the gulf of Darien. This stream,
together with the San Juan, is said to
afford the best route for canal to
unite the two oceans. A communica-
ton can be effected by making a canal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
TOO FAR FROM THE soweRy.
New Yorker Would Not Build House
In Canadian Woods

He was such a typical New Yorker
hat he seemed strangely out OF place
n the queer little lumber village way
up in the Canadian woods where his
duties as a lumber inspector called
him. And his talk. which was ever of
'the ponies and the race track.
seemed even more homogeneous in a
place where the white men talked of
~'shorts" and outs, two by twelves@
and ''silos" and all the rest OF the
jargon of a lumber mill One day the
superintendent OF the plant, who had
taken great fancy to the young New
Yorker, and who apparently loved to
listen to the inspectors stories of how
he won three hundred on Roseben"
and other profitable operations against
the ring. told him he ought to invest
some of his winnings in a piece OF
land near the mill. build a cottage and
bring his family up there for the sum
mer. The New Yorker looked at him
in silence for a minute. Then he eject
ed long stream of tobacco juice and
calculated slowly, What, build a
house here. Say. when l build a cot
tage it'll be at Coney. and it won't be
far from the track. That's as straight
a tip as you'll oct"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
VALUE o SALT IN FOOD.



Salt is perhaps the commonest cons
diment OF all and yet man practically
stands alone among animals as q
regular consumer of 1t in the more or
less pure state and as a definite ad-
junct to his food. Salt is present In
most foods. but the amount in the
majority OF cases would not appear
to satisfy mans needs or he would
not instinctively add more. Moreover.
salt may not necessarily exist In the
free state of foods of natural origin,
but may be loosely combined with or
ganic constituents. There can be lit
tie doubt that salt plays a greater part
than that Of mere condiment in the
body, for 1t possesses solvent powers
which, besides drawing out" the fla
vor of food, facilitate the absorption
more particularly of proteids and thus
increase tnsue metaIbolism. The
pleasures Of feeding would be very
decidedly diminished IL salt and ccndi-
ments were banished from our tables
1t is noteworthy. moreover. that
among condiments, most of them,
while fiavoring the digestive process
es, are antiseptfc. so that their action
tends to countsract any disposition
TO undesirable fermentation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
Learn science Of smiling.

To the woman who wishes to make
her path through life an easy and
agreeable one. the science Of smiling
is a most necessary study. Like act
ing, or art, or engineering, it is a
thing in which only practice can make
one perfect A little theory may go a
long way. but it is enough to remem-
Der these two rules: First, the honey
of smile catches more hearts than
the vinegar Of frown or the pepper
of a sheer; second. it is not the me-
chanical beauty but the significance OF
the smile that is attractive.-Ex-
change.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
4eoLp eoLp..
Good" He says, ~But Comfort Bet
teri

Good" He Says, "5ut Comfort Bet
teri
Food that fits is better than a gold
mine" says grateful man.
Before commenced to use Grape
Nuts food no man on earth ever had
worse infiiction from catarrh of the
stomach than l had for years.
Il could eat nothing but the very
lightest food and even that gave me
great distress.
Il went through the catalogue OF
prepared foods but found them all
(except Grape-Nuts) more or less in.
digestible, generating gas in the stom-
ach (which in turn produced head
ache and various other pains and
aches) and otherwise unavailable for
my use.
"Grape-Nuts food have found
easily digested and assimilated, and
it has renewed my health and vigor
and made me a well man again. The
catarrh of the stomach has disap'
peared entirely with all its attendant
ills, thanks to Grape-Nuts, which now
is my almost sole food. I want no
other" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Greek, Mich
Ten days trial tells the story.
There's reason.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

Greenland in Distance)
first to try the new plan North of
Spitzbergen he landed on the pack
ice. loaded his heavy, clumsy sledges
with supplies. and twenty-eight men
Juggling at the ropes, toiled painfully
northward. He got as far as 80 de-
grees As minutes when he made a dis
covery that ended his hopes. He was
losing every day more than half the
distance travelled because the ice un-
der him was drifting southwark His
supplies would not hold out against
such odds, and so he drifted back to
the open sea and went home. but he
had recorded the highest north and
his record was not broken for half
century.
Then came Kane in 1853. with a
most romantic and thrilling journey
up the Smith sound channels, since
known as the American route to the
high north, and he brought home a
new theory that for a while gave a
great impetus to attempts to reach the
pole.
William Morton. one of his men,
scaling cliff, saw Kennedy channel
stretching away. perfectly ice free, and
he thought he saw beyond it the wat
ers widening out into an open sea-
An open polar sea beyond this zone
of ice was Kane's theory. What Nor
ton saw was only a strip of temper
arily open water, but the fine idea
evolved from it could not help but
stimulate further efforts in this direc-
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
Mentioned by Humboldt.

ft'~'f>fSftSA ~ tAattAk0tAAa
An authority no less than Alexander
Won Humboldt, the famous traveller
and geographer. seems to have been
the sponsor for the statement In his
Political Essay on the Kingdom of
New Spain" published in translation
in 1871. there is this statement:
In 1902, when Spanish commerce
was harassed by the English cruisers,
a great part of the cacao was carried
across the kingdom of New Spain and
embarked at Vera Cruz for Cadiz
They preferred the passage from Quay
aquil to Acapulco and a land journey
of a hundred leagues from Acapulco
to Vera Cruz TO the danger of a long
navigation by Cape Horn and the diff
ficulty of struggling with the current
along the coasts of Peru and Chile
This example proves that if the con-
struction of a canal across the 18th
mus of Panama abounds with too
many difficulties. from the multiplied
ties of sluices, the commerce of Amer
lea would gain the most important
advantages from good causeways from
Tehuantepec to the Emoarcadero de
la Cruz. and from Panama to Porto
bello. The Introduction of camels
would be still surer means of Iii
minishing the. expense OF the carriage
These land ships, as they are called
by the Orientals. hitherto exist only
in the province of Caracas and were
brought here from the Canary Islands
by the Marquis of Toro"
Thus did Spain plan for commerce
which was destined not to be hers
and an extension of power and glory
of which she has been stripped.
A hint of the secret of why Spain
has fallen from her throne of suprem.
acy may be found in her attitude to-
ward this canal. which was offered to
her. An ancient historian tells WIN
Spain refused to permit this enterpris-
ing gentleman to complete his
project This is the statement. refer
ring to the tiny Rsspadura canal:
But the Jealous policy CT the Spanish
government caused it to be closed ana
prohibited under severe penalty any
attempt to reopen it. The remains of
the canal are visible to the present
hour" 1S1s).
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
Writes Good Verse.

The queen of Roumania. known in
the literary world as Carmen Sylvia"
is not the only poet-queen. for the
king Of ItaIy's beautiful consort writes
really charming verse Queen Elena
speaks English, French, German and
Italian, but her poems, which are
shortly to be published by German
firm. were written in Serb. her native
language. from which they have been
translated into German
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

the business itself, which is not prob
able"
The native historian who takes so
much pains to conceal everybody g
identity then tells of the organization
in New York of company of mer-
chants who proposed to take up the
matter in case the gentleman failed in
his negotiations with the Colombian
government. A surveying party was
sent out and reported favorably on the
proposed route. And there apparent
ly the matter rested. The unidentified
gentleman did not get his franchise
from the Colombian states; the asso-
citation of New York merchants did
not take up the canal; weeds. of
neglect covered the priest-built ditch,
while forgetfulness cobwebbed the
memories of those who knew.
And so it has happened that gener-
ations have passed until in this month
of the year 1905 an antiquarian, delv-
ing for knowledge in niusty books,
turns moldy page and reads what
has here been reproduced.
He asks himself: Why did not the
Colombian government permit the cut.
which, while it might divide the coun-
try, would also serve to knit it in
commercial interests?" In searching
fer an answer he found out the source
of original information concerning this
forgotten Raspadura canal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
o,,..,Iv sIohts in euanaIuato.

Guanajuato. the ruined city in Mex.
10 which was destroyed by a cloud.
,,~,rst furnishes one OF the ghastliest
curIosities OF the world. In one OF
.be vaults of the Pantheon are pre-
served many mummies which were
dug from the soil They afford a curl
aus evidence of the natural embalmlnf
properties of the earth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

Premier Balfour is not like his por-
traits. His face is not so well model
ed nor so pretty as the artists have
conspired to draw it. His face is man
lier; the cheeks have iowled; it is not
so refined Looking at the head en-
profit, there is something disconcert-
ing, froglike. about the eye. His head
is the Cecil head. long, narrow, mall
let-shaped, balanced. perky; the
crown far back
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28

To Launder coIored Embroidered Linens
To launder colored, embroidered linens
with good results, the work should be done
quickly and carefully. Wash through
warm, Ivory Soap suds, rubbing with the
hands; rinse through clear water, then
through another which is slightly blue.
Dry indoors; to iron, have the piece very
damp and place it, right side down, on .
soft blanket. Press with a hot iron.
ELEANOR II. PARKER.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-28
To improve the Grip.

A long-handed broom makes an ex.
cellent exerciser for the wrists, and.
will improve the grip. Grasp the tor
end of the handle and raise the broom
level with the shoulder keeping the
arm perfectly rigid.-Exchange