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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
FIND FOREST OF BURIED OAKS
Trees in England Have Been Under
around 1000 Years.

9rounO ZyOOU years.
A wonderful relic Of the past has
been brought to light at Yaxley, Pc
terborough, in the discovery Of what
is most probably a buried forest. At
a depth of seven feet have been found
a number of oak trees which have
lain buried for some 1000 years.
Most of the trees are almost perfect
in condition, and are being sold to
furniture manufacturers and others.
Altogether about eighty trees have
been raised, and hundreds more are
left in the ground untouched at a
depth of five or six feet. In nearly
all the cases the roots are found at
tached. The trees are in clusters OF
three or four, pointing in different di-
rections, and in some instances they
lie across each other.
The wood is extremely hard, and
can only be worked by machinery;
it turns the edge of an axe. Some Of
the trees are being cut up for use il
the mysterious mansion which is be
ing built for Mr.. Astor.-Londor
Chronicle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
NOT A SINGLE SNORE
NIGHT OF QUIET IN BOARDING
HOUSE BEDcHAMBER.
Mixture Recommended Was Effective,
but for Some Strange Reason
Roommate Was in an Extremely
Bad Temper in the Morning.

When the landlady asked the book
keeper in the third story front room
if he would object to a roommate he
said che didn't think he'd mind it,
just so the other fellow didn't snore."
The landlady promised to be very
careful and question all callers close
1y on that point. 1t was two weeks
before she found any m whom she
thought nice enough to share the
room with the bookkeeper. The new
conner was a dapper little fellow who
has his trousers creased every other
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Miqhty Good North caroIiniars.

M. C. Austin, who served on the
grand jury last week, said after the
grand jury had finished its weeks
work: you can say that not a mem
Der of that jury drinks or smokes,
not a word of profanity or vulgarity
was uttered during our stay together
by any member, and nothing was said
or done that we wouldn't have been
willing for u families to hear or see
and no man spit on the ioor."-Mon
roe Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
How Long Have You Been Gomez

How Long Have You Been Gone?
fish and had considerable trouble
landing him.
While he was struggling to make
sure of the fish, his son rushed to
the same side of the boat to assist,
causing the father to be tipped into
the lake. He went down ten or ff-
teen feet, and came up all right. As
he arrived at the surface his son
caught him and pulled him back into
the boat.
After the father had got seated he
pulled out his watch, thinking it
might not have waterproof cases, but
the son, who was in a jolly frame OF
mind, asked: How long have you
been gone, father?"-Boston Herald
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
IL Was Not an Infant Shore, but a
Fully Developed, Mighty Shore.

Fully Developed, Mighty Snore.
day and who was in all respects the
quintessence of cleanliness.
The two young men got pretty well
acquainted the first evening and the
bookkeeper thought he should like
his companion immensely. Before
morning he changed his mind. He
knew he should hate him. The room
mate snored. 1t was not al infant
snore, but a fully developed, mighty
snore, such as he had lever heard in
all his varied experience. He spoke
about it while they were dressing.
"Snored, did II" said the room
mate. That's funny. Nobody ever
told me about it before"
Maybe you have never slept in
the same room with anybody"
"Oh, yes, l have; lots of times. |
tell you, l don't think it is natural
for me to do that. I think l did it
last night because I've got a bad
cold"
The bookkeeper accepted that ex-
PLANTATION and both men set to work
to cure the cold. At the end of a
week there wasn't a trace of it left,
but the snoring continued at a more
lively rate than ever. The bookkeep-
er complained again. The roommate
was very nice about it. He said he
deeply regretted his affection, and if
anybody could recommend anything
that was good for snoring he'd be
willing to take it, and ask no ques-
tions, no matter what it was. That
night the bookkeeper brought home a
newspaper clipping which he had run
across in the course of the day.
IF people who snore would take a
tablespoonful of cayenne pepper and
a tablespoonful of olive oil before re-
firing they will find the mixture a
positive cure for snoring"
That was the gist of the paragraph.
After dinner the bookkeeper went to
the drug store n bought a plentiful
supply of both ingredients.
81 tell o what it is" he said
when he came back. IF a little OF
anything is good, a whole lot of il
ought to be still better. Instead Of
taking two tablespoonful of this mix
ture you ought to double the dose"
Notwithstanding his promised do
cility the roommate demurred a lit
tie, but the other persisted, and after
much gasping and weeping the fer
lose was swallowed. The roommate
had taken to the sofa several nights
before that. He sought the couch
again that evening and the bookkeep
er, being left in sole possession o.
the bed, slept peacefully the whole
night through, u~ndisturbed by a sin
gle snore. The next morning he sa.
up and looked at the silent form OF
the couch.
Hello, old man." he said, "tha'
stuff worked like a top, didn't it
Nary a snore, eh?"
There was no answer from the mo
tionless figure.
Say" he vent on, are you still
asleep?"
The figure sat up then. Its fac
was flushed, its eyes bloodshot, it
hair rumpled.
Asleep" it beloved. Asleep
Don't speak to me. l hate you. In
burning up. If Mount Pelee were il
my stomach 1 couldn't be any hottie
than l am now. No. l am not ASLEEP
/ haven't been asleep all night.
never expect to sleep again. No won
der l didn't snore."-New York Press
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
eov FOLLOWS Relatives in Death

Arnold Van Ven, Is years old, upon
whom rested the responsibility of car
.ng for six brothers and sisters, Killed
himself with a revolver yesterday af-
ernoon at his home. Carondelet. He
and his sister recently had a quarrel
over a trifing personal expense the
boy had incurred.
He makes the ninth member of the
family to commit suicide. His father
killed himself while in Denver, his
grandmother also killed herself. as
did six of his aunts and uncles. His
mother died a few months ago from an
overdose of morphine.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
LITTLE JOKE ON HIS FATHER.

Son Implied Sire Was Timing De-
ration of Bath.
S. s.. Beadle, the well-known mu-
stefan and piano dealer of this city,
and his son Karl, a 'celloist, now in
Boston, went fishing ear Gresham,
N. H., in Silver lake. They procured
a boat, went out a considerable dis
lance, anchored, and began to fish in
about twenty-five feet of water. The
fish bit well, and father and son got
excited.
The father got hold of a good-sized
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
EVERYDAY FORM OF GREETING.
There Are Many Kinds Of Hands and
Many Ways Of Shaking Hands.


There Are Many Kinds of Hands and
Many Ways of Shaking Hands.
Did you ever notice the difference
In hands and handshakes? Well,
there is a difference, and it's mighty
Interesting. too.
One person will offer you a big,
brawuy hand that gives a good.
hearty shake, while another hand that
Is just as big and brawny will feel
like a log.
Some one else will offer you a
hand that you could reach around
with your little finger. and yet the
grasp is warm and sympathetic, while
the same hand worn by another will
feel like a slender icicle, and the
quicker you let go the better.
Then, there are the fat hands, the
long hands, tie short hands mot
geographically speaking) and many
other kinds of hands, but it all de
ponds on how the wearer uses them
as to whether or not you care tt
shake again.
The manner of shaking is wortf
noticing also. Some folks come t.
you with a straight arm jab, others
u.s. q cherry picking movement ant
make you reach up to a level will
your forehead, others grab your han'
as low down as possible, while Their
are others who bend their arms 81
that you not only shake again, but yol
rub arms from the elbow to the
fingers.
And then there are those whit
shake hands naturally and gracefully
Abilene Chronicle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
srArn OF ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO. S..

LUCAS equity.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he fs senior
partner of the nrm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing
business in the City Of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid. and that said firm will pay the sum ~
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case Of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use OF
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRAME J. HENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence,
49, a. W. GLEASON,
srAI NorAnY Pubrro.
f~
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, T5c-
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Ever Hear of "Scotty" and His Record
Breaking Rider

The story, briefly told. is this: Wal
ter Scott, the Death Valley gold miner,
made the trip from Los Angeles to
Chicago last summer on a special
train over the Santa Fe" in less than
AS hours. That whirlwind train cost
him more than $4,000. 1t was the
fastest long distance run over noun
tains and plains yer made on any
American railway. 1t demonstrated
beyond dispute hat the Santa Fe
track, equipment and employees r of
the dependable kind. Probably you
wouldn't care to ride so fast You pre-
fer the luxury of our three trains from
Utah and Colorado to Everywhere
East and Southwest.
Ask me for ticket rates and litera'
ture.
C. F. WARREN.
@. A. A. t. & S. F. Ry.
All noo1v Block Salt Lake CITY. Utah
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Nam Has neen Ken. Rusu.

Not every community can boast of
an industry like that of White Bros,
of East Jaffrey, N. H, For twenty.
eight years it has run continuously
and never has shut down for hard
times. In all these years the mill
has been idle but eight days, and her
V-r ~reaaIrs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
JUDGES KEEN SENSE OF SMELL
Had Suspicion He Could Locate the
Missing Pig.

Missing Pig.
In a recent ease before Judge Fee
ly of the twelfth judicial court OF
Rhode Island, at Woonsocket, a great
dea. OF fun was created by the diff
ferent descriptions of a pig that the
defendant was charged with stealing,
but which he claimed to have bought
and placed in a pen with other pigs
There were such varied descrip-
tons of the pig that finally the coun-
sci for the defendant announced that
the pig in question was within reach
and could readily be produced in
court. The air in the court room,
which was pretty well crowded. had
become rather foul by this time. AS
the lawyer made this announcement,
Judge Feely leaned forward and whis-
pered to the clerk: Say, Charlie. |
taink / smell that pig"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Get a Friend to Try This.

II the individual attacked has per-
feet nerve, and will stand perfectly
still and hold his hand out, a dog,
however savage, may take the hand
into his mouth but will not bite it,
If 1t remains entirely immovable.-
Exchange.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Mosquitoes thick in AIaska.

The mosquito is most common
within and about the Arctic circle. On
coasting trips to the North cape YES
sells are sometimes invaded by mad
dening swarm at every stopping
place. In Alaska they are said to
form clouds so dense that it is inn
possible for sportsmen to aim at OBJ
jects beyond, while native dogs are
sometimes killed by them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Harry Allen of Reading, Vt, found a
bobcat in his henyard the other day.
While he was in the house after a gun
the animal made its escape. Allen
took the trail with a dog. The trail OF
the original animal was lost, but an
other was taken up and Allen returned
from the hupt with a behcat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

The island of Capri possesses a
unique. cave of the blues, wherein the
air is like a twilight of blue fire. and
waves, and grotto walls, and boats.
and people-everything and every
cne-look blue.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Water a Drug.

Is distilled water a drug? Mr..
Plowden has decided that it is with
in the meaning of the act which
makes it an offense to sell drugs in
an impure condition to the prejudice
of the purchaser.-London Chronicle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Tree Culture in Paris.

Paris spends 500, 900 a year to keep
her trees in order and to plant new
ones. Every street of a certain width
is entitled to a row of trees on either
side; while every street of a certain
greater width has a double row.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Not to Mention Erittsrs.

The banana has many uses. 1t can
be converted into -four, sausages.
beer, ink and vinegar, and the skin
can be made into cloth.-Troy North
ern Budget.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
A Snring supgestionI

Take Garfield Tea in the morning or be
fore retiring its use insures pure blood and
a natural action of the liver, kidneys,
stomach and bowels. 1t has a beneficial
effect on the entire system. 1t is made
II IInnAn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Thief LAUGHS at Robhies.

Although more than twenty police
men tried to capture a thief in the
West End of London, he did some dar-
ing climbing over roofs. and eventual.
ly escaped.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Wine Cups.
WSSZSlllgNI

Wine cups in ancient days
made of precious metals. One form
was like a broad and shallow bowl,
with a handle at the side.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Japan's Monopoly.

Japan has the monopoly of cam
phor production, for it is only in that
country and Formosa that the cam
phor tree fourishes commercially.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

If you go to Conference be sure and
use the Salt Lake Route.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
cerebeIlum.

A fat section of the cerebellum, or
little brain, which presides- over the
coordination of voluntary movements,
looks like this.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces In
haBmation, GIlays pain, cures wind colo. 25ca bottle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
swiss Eoreion Trade.

Everybody get ready for Spring
Conference.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

With a population of only S.315, 343
Switzerland has a foreign trade of
more than $500. 100000 a year..
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Pal MS
AMERICAN WOMEN FIND RELIEF
The Case of Miss Irene Crosby lie One
of Thousands of Cures made by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

How many women realize that
tits not the plan of nature that women
should suffer SO severely.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
!. F. WARREN
Cigars Few Can Afford.

@. A. A. T. & S. F. Ry.
all Dooly Block, Salt Lake City. Utal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-16
BURGLAR CAPTURED
BUT NOT BY POLICE

That All Chin. a Chinaman, arrested
burglary instead of murder is not his
fault, for when captured he was busy
throttling Tugi Mekitchi and had his
victim almost at the point of death
when dubbed off. Mekitchi is the pro-
prietor of an ice cream stand adjoin-
ing the. Greater New York saloon. on
Liliha street, and detected All Chin at
tempting to effect an entrance into his
place yesterday morning shortly before
o'clock. He grappled the burglar and
in the fight that followed was getting
decidedly the worst of it, the China
man getting his fingers locked on his
throat
Just at this time Manuel Spencer, a
prison guard, and E. A. Mikelami. at
tracted by the noise of the scuffle,
came up and dragged All Chin away,
keeping him until the arrival of the
police Mekitchis throat was badly
torn by the Chinaman and it was some
little time before he was brought to
and able to give an account of the
affair.
When searched at the police station
complete burglars outfit was found
upon All Chin: including a steel jim
my, a screwdriver, two pairs of scis-
sors and a pair of wire plyers.
The prisoner was brought up for a
preliminary hearing yesterday morning
before Judge Whitney, and. having
waived trial, was committed for the
Circuit Court.
All Chin was the Chinaman arrested
some short time ago on suspicion of
having robbed one of the customers at
the fishmarket of $3.50, taking the bag
containing the money off the counter
of one of the stalls during the tenn
porary absence of the owner. AT that
time he was discharged, no available
evidence against him being procurable.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-16
AN ANTISEPTIC L.INIMENT.

For wounds, bruises, burns and like
injuries there is nothing better than
Pain Balm. It acts as
an antiseptic. forming thin. imper-
ceptible film over the injured parts,
which excludes the air and causes the
injury to heal without matter being
formed, and in much less time than
by the usual treatment. In cases Of
burns it allays the pain almost in
stantly. Sold by Benson. Smith & Co..
Ltd, agents for Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-16
FRASER TELLS ABOUT
LIFE IN The AZORES
Everything but Roads of Primitive Nature.--
Politics Like Home ArticIe---Fine
Lot of Recruits for Hawaii.

dates back to 1924 and it acts the part.
We have breakfast az $3.50, dinner at
8: 80 and supper at $50. Our bath, call
ed bawth, because this is an English
hotel, is brought to US in round pan
at $50 in the morning, and if you
arise before that time you are little
better than a servant.
Construction is all of stone, roofs are
of red tile and all decoration is in vari-
Gus tints OF whitewash. Streets are
about twelve feet wide, well paved
with stone, and the houses front d.
rectly on them, with barred windows
and a narrow balcony above. Ali gar
den, Of whatever nature, is in the Sc
clusion of the rear. There are wider
streets, of course, and, as before said,
the roads are excellent; much better.
on the whole, than those of Hawaii.
The stone pavements too, leave little to
be desired, although drainage and sew
erage is abominable Sincerely yours,
E. A. FRASER.
49,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-16
SKIRT SALE
FOR THIS WEEK ONLY.

To close out our line of ready-towear skirts pre-
paratory to opening holiday goods will them at
str1kngly low reductions Also handsome jackets and
long coats.
A glance in our show windows will convince Won
that the prices below bedrock An examination of
the goods will make you realize the important of this
opportunity.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-16

Your grocer sells Poi Breakfast Food. +.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02

When you buy Wing Piano, you buy atwho,s-
only our wholesale profit added. When you buy
piano, as many still do-at retail-you pay tho
retail dealers store rent and other expenses.
You pay his profit and tho commission or salary
OF tho agents or statesmen he employs-all these
the manufacturer. The retail profit on q piano
IL from SIS to $780, Isn't this worth saying3
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02

new forests by the national govern
ment on the wide level prairies and
s bare. roIi IN foothills which are now
Of the land and fit only for grazing
ground for a few stray cattle and
sheep.
1t is the vast possibilities of forest
planting and timber production in this
region that make It almost a crime
against future generations to part
with the land In Its present condition
to stockmen under such a scheme as
the Kinkaid bill for the creation Of
large grazing estates in private own
ership.
The mining interests more immedi-
ately than any other ought to oppose
this 640-acre Homestead idea anywhere
in the great plains or Rocky mountain
states and help to inaugurate a great
national policy Of planting new for
ests, not only to furnish wood and
timber for the mines but to conserve
and increase the rainfall, regulate the
Aow Of the rivers, stop foods and fur-
ntsh water for irrigation. y
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02
COnldn'f Milk the Bicycle.

Some years ago. soon after bicycles
began to be freely used throughout the
United States, an agent for New York
house turned up at village in Central
New York. He expatiated to an old
farmer upon the virtues of the new ma
chine, dwelling upon what tirne-save,
it was, and withal how fashionable il
would be for the old farmer to be able
to ride down to the village on one OF
the new-fangled machines whenever he
wanted to.
why" said the salesman, whenever
you go to the postofice, bank, or store,
everybody will stop and stare at Farmer
Wilson, and pretty soon you'll be the
most-talked-of man in the whole coun.
ty."
THAT may be so," replied the farmer
"but I tell you I'm a-needin' good
new cow mon I am one O them things
you're a-talkin' about"
Nevertheless, the agent extracted a
promise that the old man would save
up his money and purchase a bicycle
when the agent came around in the fan.
According to promise, the agent was
on hand in the fall with the wheel The
farmer took him in charge and carried
him out to the lot and showed film a
fine Jersey COW.
That's what I bought with the money
I saved up for you," said the farmer.
And without waiting for the agent to
recover from his surprise he went on !:
u lowed that / needed the cow mon l
did the bicycle, an there she is. Amt
she a beaut?" ....
When the agent recovered his breath
he said: You'll look funny riding that
cow to town, won't your"
"Ya'as," drawled out the old farmer,
but I'd look a darned sight funnier
tryin' to milk a bicycle"