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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

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Ira 10 MHOUSEWINTS

To clean nickel silver ornaments,
dip a piece of flannel in ammonia and
with this rub the article, which will
soon be beautifully clean and bright.
Copper pans, ETC., should be cleaned
by securing with a cut lemon dipped
in salt. Then rinse thoroughly in
pure water, dry and polish with a soft
cloth.
An old refrigerator which has a lin
ing of tin may be made to look cleaner
by applying two coats of white paint
and then two coats of white enamel.
Dirty marks on wall papers may be
removed by rubbing them with stale
bread. Cut a thick slice of bread and
rub the paper downward as evenly as
possible.
After washing and drying black cot
ton stockings, smooth them out well
with the hands. for the frequent use of
a hot iron makes them fade and be-
come brown in color.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

ed melon crown and mauve ribbon
tied in a stiff little bow at one side
The plume, of plum color, starts a
little to the left of the center and
under the brim. From there it fol-
lows along the under side of the hat,
with the edge of the brim concealed,
as the feather curls i've it and falls
on to the hair at the back. The hat
is bound with silver. The boa worn
with this hat is of plum color ostrich
feathers, and very short, reaching only
TO the middle of the front, and ending
with two loops and ends of velvet. It
is only possible to wear this properly
by fastening it on with pins, and al
lowing it to rest on the shoulders
and back from the throat, in place of
being drawn up tightly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23
Flat White Cloth Hat.

A fiat white cloth hat, made in a
series of discs-that is, round, plate
like pieces, each a triAe larger than
the next. and with the smallest form
ing the center, instead of a crown.
The raw edge is left on the cloth, and
the hat Is faced with green velvet.
Curling around the brim, and starting
rear the front, is a long feather which
is added to by a shorter one and still
n third. All three rest along the up
per edge of the hat, and two fat, short
tips fill In the space against the hair.
II you have any feather boas have
them cut off and made into a short,
Tick one. just to reach around your
shoulders, and put on loops of velvet
ribbon. If o do this you will have
the smartest neck arrangement to be
gotten anywhere. This is a pretty
way to have a white liberty satin
waist made, with a double box plat
Gown the center Of the front and a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23
1ooudoir
Gonfidences

Yellow is the most modish color to
put with white.
Thers is a new Dresden blue of gray
ish hue and most smart.
A turban built in peacock tints is a
good fall choice.
The vogue for leather trimmings ex-
tends even to blouses, a little bit APP
pearing in collar, cuffs or straps.
A feature of fall coats is the square
blocked shoulder. attained by slight
padding.
Wonderfully elaborate is a so-called
lace" consisting of Chinese embroid-
cry worked upon cloth of gold.
The thr~ee-quarter basque, close-ft-
ting, sinuous and perfectly curved, has
come to stay awhile.
Very inviting are the new eiderdown
house gowns trimmed with embroid-
cred rufies of silk.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23
The Golden Girl.

She's the girl of the hour.
There's a bit of gold braid in her
hat.
Her waist is encircled by a gold
band.
The flower in her hair is sprinkled
with gold dust.
Gold spangles the gauzy scarf she
wears on her shoulders.
There's a CLINT Of gold thread In
the embroidery on her gown.
The little purse she carries is OF
gold.
Her slippers are beaded with 1t.
Her stockings r embroidered with
gold thread.
The fluffy white ruche at her neck is
edged with a faint gold line.
The combs in her hair are gold.
So is the buckle at her belt and the
pin at her neck.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23
New Design in Waists.

A new, waist has been devised in
which there is no opening except at
the neck. 1t is adapted to soft silk
and cloths and to wash material. The
waist may be made in any model, but
always has a deep inverted plat on
the shoulders. A double line of tiny
buttons fastens the edges of the plaits
and when these are unbuttoned the
atra cloth is released, the opening is
.arge enough for the head and shout
ders to slip through. For children's
.resses the model is to be especially
commended. 1t is also well adapted
20 ~collarless blouses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

dainty undergarment the ribbon rep
resents quite an expenditure. The
sensible woman, or the woman with
a competent maid, does not have
fresh ribbon run in after each launder-
lag. The mussed ribbons, when taken
out of the soiled garments, are wound
tightly and smoothly over pieces of
cardboard or over one of the long
spools provided for the purpose, and
Il badly crumpled are pressed with en-
hon before the winding, though an
iron is likely to take the c~rispness out
of ribbon.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

The costume at the left Is of wine
colored chiffon velvet. The bolero Is
shirred on large cords and trimmed
with silk braid and fringe to match,
With straps of gold soutache and
enamel buttons. The chemisette and
frills are OF lace, ornamented with
straps of blue soutache. The sleeves,
pulled and draped, are trimmed with
straps of the material and with the
braid, and are finished just below the
elbows with lace cuffs. The skirt is
gathered at the top, except in front,
where 1t Is made with an inverted
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

Jan Kubelik, the v~iolinist, is going
to make a tour of the United States,
and will bring with him Mrs. Kubelik
and the twins. This ought to keep
emotional young women from going
crazy as they used to do when Pade.
Tewski played
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

A telegraph line is soon to be ex-
tended to Timbuctoo. but the office
there win probably never achieve such
Importance as has at times been at
tributed to the ones at Mole st. Nicho
las and Che Eco.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

A fire in New York was started by
the burning of a pile of letters ignited
by the heat from a radiator. Unless
they were love letters one janitor,
must be doing all that can reasonably
be expected of him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

A Chicago wife wants a divorce be-
cause her husband spent all his
money. That is a crime, as all wives
win agree. Husbands should bring all
their money home and leave it on the
bureau.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

The king of Spain is a skilfull and
fearless rider, a keen motorist, a dead
ly shot with either rifle or revolver, a
splendid fencer and an exceptionally
clever boxer. The people hope that
he will also be a good king.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23
LInoerIe Rrbbon.

The, effective ribbon is one of the
distinct features of the up-to-date lin
gerie, and n OF the extravagant
features as well; for by the time one
has bought ribbon for several widths
OF beading, and for the knots and
bows that are Lawfully used upon a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

Prof. Jim Jefries' remark that he
wouldn't play football for $1,000 a
minute" shows clearly how the princely
income OF a successful prize fighter
makes him arrogant when discussing
a question of wages.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

Being an optimist, Mr.. Stead pro
phesies the loss of 100000 lives In
Russia. If he were a pessimist. he
adds, he would say two millions. But
Mr.. Stead always was emotional.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

The Detroit man who has erected a
statue of Satan in his front yard and
has to guard 1t from the good little
boys may be sure Of the earnest sym
pathy of Miss Mary MacLane.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

Prince Louis cabled from New York
to the London Times: we find TWEEN
ty-four hours In the day a wholly in
sufficient allowance for the daily fare
of American hospitality" Royalty
W did care much about an eight.
hour day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

Russian prisoners at Kishinev re
volted In a body and set fire to the
jail, The simple life did not appeal to
them when SO much was going ON out.
side.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

1t is gratifying to observe hat the
descendants of Pocahontas have been
thoughtful enough at last to arrange
for a suitable monument to the mem
DRY of their illustrious ancestress.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

These articles telling people how
to be as tall as they should be, dc
not meet the popular demand. What
people really want to know is how
not to be SO short as they mostly
are.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

That 100000 package of securities
has been found intact in the street in
Philadelphia. Now somebody will
probably hat it was hidden in
the grass.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

This is a lovely hat, which depends
entirely for its chic look upon the
angle at which 1t is placed on the
head. 1t is a white felt, with a round
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

Russia is going to have a douma
and China is going to have a parlia.
ment. Why is it none of these for
eign nations ever wants a congressi
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

Spanish students are rioting now.
Possibly football is a good thing after
all for the purpose of working off the
students surplus energy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

Why Is 1t that a wise suggestion
from a foolish man never gets the at
tention given to a foolish proposition
by a wise man?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23
Almost Needs crlnoIlne.

The skirts of some handsome gowns
are SO wide that crinoline seems al
most a necessity to keep their ample
fields from retarding the steps Of the
wearers.l
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

A st. Louis woman's club decides
that women can not love man and art
at the same time. Then let art be
passed up.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

II John Kendrick Bangs carries u
his intention to become a New Eng
land farmer. he will find that farming
In New England is no joke.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

1t is u%ngrateful of Russia not to
use w. T. stead's remedies for a dis.
,tressed nation, considering the fact
that he has not patented them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23
6HALLfB.

No matter who wins the New York
election contest the lawyers a not
lose.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

The state of New Jersey is u OF
debt and has So. 100000 In the treasury
or course, everybody knows it's faint
ed money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

crisp little bow of white or some
color at the center of the v-shaped
yoke, which is of lace. The sleeves
are fairly small, with a box plat set
into the shoulder seam of each.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

Ill luck is still pursuing the Russian
prisoners in Japan. They are to be
sent home.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

The university presidents can
tackle football, but they don't seem to
be able TO score.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

Artist Gibson has LETT the country.
but the girls will continue the effort
to live up to his pictures.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

Two French generals are about to
fight a duel. AAcareful inspection of
the moon discloses no blood,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

The recent revolution In Brazil last
ed only a few hours. Some saloon.
keeper must have capitulated early.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

One vote for Mark Twain was cast
at the election in New York. What
joke there was was on the voter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-23

plat. 1t is finished at the bottom witt
g founce of the material, of which
the girdle is also made. The other 10
an empire costume. The short cor
sage is Of prune velvet, to which is
shirreG the skirt of cloth of the same
shade. The revers and cuffs are of
cloth like the skirt, faced with red
cloth in a h~armonizing shade. The
w~aistcoat Is of the red cloth, fastened
with gold buttons. The girdle and
knot are OF velvet, and the skirt is
trimmed with q Grecian border of
velvet.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-02-20
is TT ExPLICABLE?
Portland Oregonian.

It's mighty hard to understand some
of the intellectual movements or
moods of the people of the United
States. Here we are, excoriating
trusts and monopolies, and trying to
put check upon the oppressive oper-
ations and exactions of vast. combina-
tions of capital; we have laws enact
ed to restrain them, and the courts
are full of defendants, under prosecu-
tion for violation of the laws. Some
of them have tariff advantages,
which have made them what they are
others have had advantages through
discriminatory railway rates, which
have enabled them to crush all COM
petition. We roar about all this, we
fill the air with objurgations; yet we
not only protect the causes of these
wrongs but actually proceed with the
work of granting further special privi-
leges and making more combines, "
through legislation. We are peculiar
people.
What gives the steel trust and sugar
trust their power of extortion and op-
preston? A tariff, framed and main
tanned to meet their demands. What
has given the beef trust its power?
It's secret arrangements with public
carriers. This is confessed at Chicago,
by the refusal of members of the beef
trust to answer in court, and by their
claim that they have the promise of
high official of the government that
if they would give the information be
sought they should not be prosecuted.
This farce has been in progress many
days.
There are ready remedies for these
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-02-20
SOOTHING AT DEcENCY,
East Oregonian.

A casual remark dropped by State
Treasurer Moore, to a reporter of a
Portland paper yesterday regarding
the movement of municipal decency
in Salem gives true insight into the
sentiment of many seemingly con-
scientious and capable men.
In speaking of the movement to
clean out gambling and immortality
in Salem, Mr.. Moore calls those who
are behind the movement, "the purity
people," as though it were reproach
for man to stand for cleanliness and
public honor.
Who is Moore, that he should be-
little the honest efforts of the people
of Salem or of Oregon, or Of the
United States for cleansing the gov
ernment of its parasites, both finan-
ieal and moral?
Instead of speaking slightingly of
such movements, instead of standing
aloof while conscientious citizens
are fighting for the betterment of
society, men like Moore, who have en-
ioyed the bounty of their fellow citiz-
ems, should at least lend their moral
support to any movement which prom
ises better conditions
Such sentiment from leading men,
not only of Oregon, but of other states,
is the chief cause of this widespread
public dishonesty which has shaken
the country from center to circum-
ference within the past few years
and in the eradication of which all
the available forces of the government
have been devoted with great cost.
Every man in responsible life
either in public OF private life, owes
his best effort to society. Instead
of discouraging every thinking and
law abiding man should encourage
public cleanliness, decency aud in
tegrity, as we'll as private cleanliness
and integrity.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-02-20

and kindred abuses but application or
enforcement of the remedies is hinder
ed in congress and among the people
by fatuous devotion to the system to
which the evils are mainly due The
tariff is held sacred, the senate re-
fuses to pass the railway regulation
bill. and the ship subsidy scheme, a
measure of the same quality as the
rest, has passed one Of the houses and
may pass the other. Instead of cut
ting off the partnership between the
government and these schemes of loot,
the tendency is to enlarge its scope
and continue it indefinitely.
Yet, as the Chicago Chronicle puts
it, and the Chronicle is republican
newspaper, "the way is open to the
people to put an end to this most
high handed looting, mounting up to
hundreds Of millions, by the simplest
of laws-a law merely repeating an
existing law which makes the govern
ment a partner of the robbers and
gives all the power they have to plum
der Americans while selling at COM
parative prices to foreigners.
"Wby the people do not enter upon
that way passes understanding unless
it is because protection has become a
mere superstition in their minds and
that facts and common sense no longer
have anything to do with their atti-
tude toward an action concerning it. !"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-02-20
ATHENA, FEBRUARY 20 1901
ONE IN PARTICULAR.

The Press would call the atten tion
of the reader to an article in another
column, from the Portland Oregon
ian, under head of SIS 1t Explic-
able" The trust problem is there
given in "a nutshell, and it is the un-
varnished truth, flung into the teeth
of the people by two of the greatest
republican papers on the American
continent. As an illustration of what
protection will do where protection is
not needed, we have in mind case
where the tariff, favoring one par
ticular trust, goes SO far that it places
the blight of exorbitant tax on
knowledge-an instance where learn
ing is impaled and throttled that the
nav of greed may be fed dollars and
cents. We have in mind the Mergen-
thaler Linotype Co., corporation
engaged in the manufacture of type
casting machines. This corporation
has monopoly on the manufacture of
casting machines of like character
for the reason that competition is
crushed by protective tariff of 45
per cent g per cent less than one
half) and this trust is further aided
by lameness in our patent laws of
which this pa articular trust takes ad-
vantage, when it has patents on the
machine to the number of nearly 600
and uses about 80. The remaining
500 or more patents have been pur-
chased by the company from time to
time, in order to stifle competition
and then shelved. Thus in addition
to 45 per cent protective tariff the
Mergenthaler people stick the knife
of depression into inventive genius
and ambition. The As per cent tariff
protection given this trust which was
organized originally with capitaliz-
alton of $4,000, 900 but which now is
$11 1000, 900 is nothing more nor less
than tax on knowledge, for of the
$4,000 weekly newspapers now set by
hand, with machine composition could
be greatly enlarged, and their readers
would thus be served with better and
greater literary and news matter.
The present tariff is unnecessary for
the protection of this trust for the
reason that it is the only manufac.
turer of linotype machines in the
United States. No othe- country in
the world taxes the Importation Of
linotype machines except Canada
where the tariff is ten per cent.
With this 45 per cent tariff taken
away from the Mergenthaler Co.
other linotype machines could be i'm
ported and the tax on knowledge and
learning be abolished, from the very
fact that with competition restored,
the selling price of he machines
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-02-20
oDELL ON BOSSES.
New York Times.


At the recent dinner in New York
of the famous Amen Corner, ex Gov
ernor Odell spoke on political bosses,
saying:
81 was going to talk to you tonight t
about bosses, but don't know much
about bosses. / am not boss myself,
but I got a job that everybody else is
running away from. Just now boss
batting is popular and there is no boss
of high or low degree that everybody
is bound to respect. Boss batting,
like reforming, is a business that is
usually engaged in by those who have
made failure of every other enter
prise in life.
"There is always SO much good in
the worst of us that some of our great
est bosses have gone down into history
as our great statesmen. He is a
mighty poor student who doesn't heed
the signs of the times If we are to
preserve popular respect it is time
for the elimination of small BOSSES,
and there is danger that they will
incur the distrust of the people.
"a strong man, nevertheless, will
surmount every obstacle. Both of our
great parties are guilty of the desire
for victory, and it leads us often to
neglect the desires of the people.
don't claim that I am holier than
thou. but / do venture this statement
in the hope that / may remove the
beam from other eyes than mine.
"We bosses are generally credited
with having other qualities than that
of judging our own shortcomings
We ought to be able to get down tC
the human side of life and be able tC
judge the true voice of the people.
There is no excuse for failing to judge
that voice properly. A failure to dc
that would be bossism of the rank est
| kind.
"Let us hope that in the future the
people will be bosses and that we are
[ not to submit to those who are des
! potic bosses and who will be more ar
rogsnt and despotic than ever.
''This is a.time when little ones viii
find their true level and when true
worth finds its occupation in uplift-
ing mankind. Let us look forward tC
a time when graft and grafters shall
be no more"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-02-20

The platform as promulgated and
issued by the democrats in mass
meeting at Pendleton Saturday, sue
cessfully and strongly covers all issues
of material interest to county and
state. Three particularly strong dec
larations may be noted, those favoring
appropriations of public funds to be
included in separate appropriation
bills, that Of turning into the school
fund inheritance tax money, and the
election of public accountant. Once
in effect, separate appropriation bills
would entirely do away with omnibus
measures in which lie the traffic
ing of the appropriation of public
funds, and each appropriation would
then stand strictly on it's merit. With
the Inheritance tax in the public
school fund, step in the right di-
rection would to some extent be made
to mend the impoverished and depleted
resources that have been filched away
under state school land regulations of
the past. The creation of the Office of
public accountant will meet the ap-
proval of all, as it is an undisputable
fact that the cost of exporting the
books and records of both state and
county officers would be considerably
less than the method now in vogue of
having private firms do the work.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-02-20

Competition against penitentiary
made brick, instituted by Weston and
Walla Walla brick makers, has be-
come SO keen that the board of control
has recommended that the peniten-
tiary yard be closed. Hereafter con-
vict labor at the pen will not be used
in the manufacture of brick.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-02-20
THE WEAK sPor.

When a boiler
explodes carry
ing death and
destruction with
it, every body
says e Why: we
thought IL was
strong enough.
1t m u st have
had q weak spot
som g W h ere II
w hen a man
who has the out
war,l appearance
sound and strong
falls a prey to
his friends ex-
why we thought
II riphf-ha mIIet.