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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-03

It seems to us that more noise IS
being made about the use Of request
books than is necessary. If that is
all that is wrong with the dispensary
it is in good shape. =:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-03

We. publish in full Senator Till
mans broadside on the dispensary.
There is no use to make charges and
talk about rings. If the dispensary
system is to remain at all it must re-
main not as state institution but
under county control. .. ........ .-"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
raunton's MIsmated ROBBERS

The Hon. Carlton Sanford and Will
liam Dawson, two prominent lawyers
of Taunton and members of the
school board. were one day visiting
in school room where the pupils
had collected old rubbers, which were
sold and the proceeds used for the
purpose OF school room decoration.
Standing side by side, Mr.. Sanford,
considerably over six feet in height,
Mr.. Dawson considerably less than
average height, the difference was
very noticeable. Just before leaving,
Mr.. Sanford spoke of beautiful silk
flag draped near the front of the
room.
THAT is q fine flag" said he.
Eyes," replied the teacher; "old rub
bers."
THAT is what we are" said Mr..
Dawson.
"But a mismated pair" answered
Miss @.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09

A Scotch minister instructed his
clerk. who sat among the congrega-
tion during the service. to give low
whistle II anything In his sermon APP
reared to be exaggerated. On hearing
the minister say, "In those days there
were snakes fifty feet long" the clerk
gave subdued whistle.
Il should have said thirty feet" add
ed the minister.
Another whistle from the clerk.
con consulting Thompson's Con
cordance." said the minister, in con-
fusion, II see the length Is twenty
feet"
Still another whistle; wherein the
preacher leaned over and said In a
stage whisper: "Ye can whistle as
much as We like. MACPHERSON. but I'll
no take anither foot off for anybody"
-Harper's Weekly
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
READ AND YOU WILL LEARN

That the leading medical writer's and
teachers of all the several schools of
practice endorse and recommend, In the
strongest terms possible, each and every
ingredient entering into the composition
of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
for the cure of weak stomach, dyspepsia,
catarrh of stomach, silver complaint
torpid liver, or biliousness, chronic bowel
affections, and all catarrhal diseases of
whatever region, name or nature. 1t is
also a specific remedy for all such chronic
or long standing cases OF catarrhal affec-
tions and their resultants, as bronchial,
throat and lung diseases Except consump-
tion) accompanied with severe coughs. 1t
Is not so good for acute colds and coughs,
but for lingering, or chronic cases 1t Is
especially efficacious In producing per-
feet cures. 1t contains Black Cherry bark,
Golden Seal root, Bloodroot, Stone root,
Mandrake root and Queens root-all of
which are highly praised as remedies for
all the above mentioned affections by such
Prof. Bartholow, of jefferson Med. Col
lege; Prof. Hare, of the Univ. of Pa;
Prof. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., of Ben
nett Med. College, Chicago; Prof. John
John M. Scudder, M: D., late of Cincin..
natl; Prof. Edwin M. Hale, M. D., of
Hahnemann Med. College, Chicago, and
scores of Others equally eminent In their
several schools OF practice.
The uGolden Medical Discovery is the
only medicine put up for sale through
druggists for like purposes, that has any
such professional endorsement worth
more than any number of ordinary testi-
monials. Open publicity of It's formula
on the bottle wrapper is the best possible
guaranty of its merits. A glance at this
published formula will show that Golden
Medical Discovery" contains no poison
GUS or harmful agents and no alcohol
chemically pure, triple-refned glycerine
being used instead. Glycerine is entirely
unobjectionable and besides Is a most
useful ingredient In the cure of all stom-
ach as well as bronchial, throat and lung
affections. There is the highest medical
authority for it's use in all such cases.
The discovery " is a concentrated glyc-
eric extract of native, medicinal roots
and is safe and reliable
A booklet of extracts from eminent,
medical authorities, endorsing it's ingre-
dents mailed free on request. Address
DIR. r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09

white beds are women ana girls who
are awaiting or recovering from opera
tions made necessary by neglect.
Everv one of these patients had
n1entv of warming in that bearing down
feeling. pain at the left or right of the
womb. nervous exhaustion, pain In the
small of the back, leucorrhoea, dizzi-
ness, flatulency. disbursements OF the
svmptoms are indications of an un-
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb and if not needed the trouble
will make Roadway until the penalty
has to be paid by a dangerous opera
4ion. and a lifetime of impaired useful
ness at best, while in many cases the
results are fatal.
The following letter should bring
hope to suffering women MISS Luella
Adams, of the Colonnade Hotel, Seattle,
Wash, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"About two years ago l was great sur,
headaches. The doctor prescribed for me and
finally told me that had tumor on the
womb and must undergo an operation if L
wanted to get we'll / felt that this was my
death warrant, but L spent hundreds of dol
lars for medical help, but the tumor kept
rerowing Fortunately j correspondent with
an aunt in the New England States, and she
advised me to take Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, as it was said to cure tu-
mors. / did SO and Immediately began to
improve in health, and was entirely cured,
the tumor disappearing entirely, without
operation. | wish every suffering woman
would try this great preparation"
just as surely as Miss Adams was
cured of the troubles enumerated in
her letter, just so surely will Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure
every woman in the land who suffers
from womb troubles. Inflammation of
the ovarieS, kidney trou bles, nervous
excitability and nervous prostration.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all young
women who are ill to write her for free
advice. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
EIK|;iiRmIAS13S|SH{71|
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Measures UnseeabIe Lengths.

The 250th part of an inch is a milli-
meter. The 2,000,000th part of
millimeter is what DR.. p. e. Shaw OF
England is measuring. The unaided
eye cannot perceive much less than
one-tenth of a millimeter. With the
help of microscope the eye can see
as little as $4,000 millimeter. The
measuring medium used for engineer
Ing gauges will detpct differences of
$4,000 millimeter. ry ~sing interior
snce bands of light we can perceive
movements of 100000 miIlimeter. In
The optical lever beam of light falls
On a pivoted mirror; IL a body push
he mirror at point near the axis of
The pivot the beam is detected by a
arge angle. BY this means a move
ment of the body by 1-400, 900 milli-
meter may be detected. The most
modern and sensitive method is by
the electric micrometer. DR.. Shaw's
invention was first produced so that It
can measure less than 100000. 1t
is not controlled by the hand, but
worked with a pulley cord of rubber,
which passes from a band around a
pulley to the screw. This is done to
avoid the comparatively rough touch
and the tremor of the hand. Many
precautions regarding size, shape.
cleanliness must be observed to in
sure Its operation.-John A. Rowland.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
Convincing Evidence.

Winthrop CAL, Nov goth Especially
"A plain and straightforward story
Is always the most convincing. And
that is what has impressed us most
In reading the testimonials in regard
TO Dodd's Kidney Pills. The expert
ence told by Davis Lewis of this place
bears the ring and stamp of truth
upon It, He says:-
II was troubled for six months
with dull heavy pains in the small
of my back, sometimes 1t passed into
my stomach, at other times up be-
tween my shoulders. When 1t was
In my stomach I was doubled up, and
hardly knew what to do for the pain.
/ was advised to take all kinds of
remedies, and did so but without get
ting any relief. Then some one told
me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. I got
a box and began taking them. The
first few doses gave me relief, by the
time had finished them all the pain
was gone and have been we'll ever
since"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
PASSING OF PoRRlpeE
Makes Way for the Better Food of a
Better Day.

"Porridge is no longer used for
breakfast in my home" writes loyal
Britain from Huntsville, Ont. This
was an admission of no small signifi-
canoe to one brought up" on the time
honored standby.
"One month ago." she continues, Il
bought package OF Grape-Nuts food
for my husband, who had been an in
valid for over year. He had passed
through a severe attack of pneumonia
and la grippe combined, and was LEFT
tn very bad condition when they
passed away
II tried everything for his benefit,
but nothing seemed to do him any
good. Month followed month and he
still remained as weak as ever. l was
almost discouraged about him when
got the Grape-Nuts, but the result
has compensated me for my anxiety.
I'm the one month that he has eat
en- Grape-Nuts he has gained 10
pounds in weight, his strength is rap
idly returning to him. and he feels
like new man. Now we all eat
Grape-Nuts food. and are the better
for 1t. Our little 5 year old boy. who
used to suffer from pains in the stom-
ach after eating the old-fashioned por-
ridge, has no more trouble since he
began to use Grape-Nuts, and have
no more doctors bills to pay for him.
We use Grape-Nuts with only sweet
cream, and find it the most tasty dish
In our bill of fare.
Last Monday l ate teaspoonfuls
OF Grape-Nuts and cream for break
fast, nothing else, then set to work
and got my mornings work done by 8
o'clock, and felt less tired, much
stronger, than If had made my break
fast on meat, potatoes, etc, as 1 used
to. | wouldn't be without Grape-Nuts
In the house for any money" Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek,
Mich There's a reason
Read the little book, THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
Heats the Irons QUICKLY.

the stove forms heat-retaining
means particularly useful in heating
irons. A kettle or other cooking uten-
sill can also be placed upon the top,
the irons and the kettle being heated
at the same time. To permit the ready
opening or closing of either of the Sec
tons cleats are attached to each sec.
ton and operated by means of an inn
plement similar to a poker. In this
way there is no danger of burning the
hands. 1t will be evident that such
device would retain a vast amount of
heat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
Graduated Costs.

The chauffeur had been hauled up
In the rural court for violating the
speed limit
How much. your honor?" asked
the prisoner.
Ten dollars" drawled the long
whiskered judge. with look of Inn
portance.
"Rut the bailiff needs a new pair
OF gum boots for this winter"
Twenty dollars fine"
"And the constable needs an over
coat and fur cap"
Thirty dollars fine"
"And the old horse that draws the
lookup wagon needs a blanket
Forty dollars fine. And, young
man. you better run while you have
the chance, for IL the court finds 1t
is III need Of anything else we are
liable to attach your machine"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
Not quite So BAD.

When he came up the hallway she
plucked something from his manly
shoulder.
"See." she cried, "a strange hair!
You are a base deceiver."
He shuddered and turned pale.
yes" she continued In cold
voice. 'you have allowed some boot
black to brush you down instead of
waiting for my loving hands to ma
nipulate the brush. oh, George, you
do not love me any more! can tell
1t is strange bristie,"
With a great feeling of relief he
told her that she might brush off his
coat forever.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
pure Water Helps Enalnes.

People may be willing to drink i'm
pure water. but they are not willing
to offer 1t to their locomotives. Puri-
fed water results in sure economy
and excellent business returns from
the viewpoint of the locomotive OPP
erations, and also relieves the shops
and roundhouses of a vast amount of
work, which increases with the
weight of locomotives and the In
creased demand upon them. Although
the first cost is large, returns are so
prompt and so liberal that to do with
out water publication is pronounced
folly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
A heating contrluanoe

Naturally the average man doesn't
know much about the duties of the
kitchen, which accounts for the fact
that the majority of useful kitchen ar
ticles invented are the ideas of wo.
men. A Nebraska woman has added
another one to the list in the heating
contrivance shown here, which is
adapted to be placed upon a stove for
heating irons or for other purposes
where a heat-retaining device could
be used. 1t consists of two similar
semicylindrical sections hinged in the
center, the tops being provided with
openings or perforations, and the low
er edge being formed with a support
ing rim or fiange. From this construc-
ton 1t will be observed that the de-
vice when closed and placed upon
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
Lay Ills to Electric Etlorescenee.

The luxuriant effiorescence of cleo
tricity is not without it's thorn in a
new disease that has appeared among
workers in electric power houses.
These houses are located at Niagara
Falls, and have betrayed nineteen
cases. It seems that with people
whose employment brings them into
the immediate presence of high volt
age alternating current generating or
Transforming machines there uniform
ly results grave disturbance of the
digestive organs. loss of appetite, dis
tress after eating and whitening of the
complexion almost to the color of
chalk. The cause is attributed to the
chemical influences of either electric
rays or some ray as yet unknown.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
HISTORIC RELIC OF INTEREST
Chair Said TO Have Been Used by
Fugitive Regicide Judges.

Chair Said TO Have Been Used by
Fugitive Regicide Judges.
In the, possession of the Rev. A. N.
Somers of Sharon, Mass, is an old
chair, said to have been used by the
regicide judges, Goffe and Whaley,
after their escape to America and
while they were in hiding here from
the kings troops. Whaley was
brother-in-law of Oliver Cromwell,
and William Goffe was the formers
son-in-law and one of the strongest
men in Cromwell's government
The chair was used by them while
they were in hiding in the house OF
the Rev. John Russell in Hadley, after
leaving the hiding place in the cave
in Connecticut. 1t formerly had rock
ers on it, which it is said were worn
off during the fourteen years of con-
slant use by one or the other of the
two exiles as they sat in the attic
room of Mr.. Russell's house.
Tradition says that Judge Goffe was
sitting in this chair when the Indians
attacked the village, and that he rose
from 1t to take command of the citi-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
Volcanoes and Earthauakes.

A remarkable example of the close
connection of volcanoes and earth
quakes was observed by the early
Spanish settlers in San Salvador.
When the water in the crater lake
of Ilopango rose above a certain level
earthquake shocks always followed.
So they cut a channel to allow of the
escape of the water and prevent its
rising in the crater. And for a hun
bred years there was no earthquake
shook the country. AT the same time
the lake was blown out by a volcanic
eruption.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
GOOD WILL AND GOOD Hope
Lesson of Life That Most Impressed
the late Senator Hoar.

the late Senator Hoar.
In his autobiography that good old
man. Senator Hoar. who went to his
rest few months ago, said:
"The lesson which l have learned
In life, which is impressed on me
daily. and more deeply as / grow old,
is the lesson of Good VIII and Good
Hope. | believe that to-day is better
than yesterday, and that tomorrow
will be better than to-day. | believe
that, in spite of so many errors and
wrongs, and even crimes. my country
men, of all classes, desire what is
good and not what is evil"
These are golden words and they
ought to be preserved by every man
and woman who wants to keep on the
bright side Of life and to get the most
out of the work.
Pessimism is a drain on vitality. 1t
increases toll, makes harder all eff.
fort. Be cheerful Be an optimist,
Baltimore Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
inheritance of Proper Rest.

Rest is absolutely necessary to ev-
cry one. There must be periods of
relaxation. Moments when the mind
and soul and body gather force for
continued activity.
The thing one should guard against
is taking rest at the wrong moment
Herein lies most of the success of life
resting at the right time. Too many
make the mistake of undertaking to
do more than they can shoulder.
They begin a task that does not be-
long to them. They are overambi-
tious, and 'by that sin fell the angels. Z"
In trying to do more than they can do
they fail utterly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
DISABLED BY BLOW FROM DEER.
BOYS Disastrous Attempt TO Capture,
Usually Timid Animal.

6oJ'8 0tS&SNEOAS ~'T-
Usually TimId Animal.
Frank Miner, young man living
on the River road, had an exciting ex-
perience with a deer on recent
Sunday afternoon and is convinced
that they are not the timid animals
he has always thought they were.
Miner was rowing in skin when
he saw a deer start to swim the river,
heading toward the North Lyme
shore. Miner bent to his oars, over
took the animal and running his boat
up alongside reached over and selzeo
the deer by the head. He lifted the
head of the creature upon the gun
vale of the boat and was trying to
decide what to do with his prize
when the deer settled the question
for him.
Suddenly 1t shot one of its forefeet
up out of the water and the hoor
struck him a blow on the forehead
knocking the boy backward into the
boat and compelling him to release
his hold of the deer's head.
When young Miner recovered him.
self the animal was several rods away
and he hadn't any further desire to
capture it-Deep River correspond
ence Hartford Courant.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
SMALL BEGINNINGS OF FIRES.
uneonsIdered TrifIes Frequently Cause
Heavy Loss.

UnconsIdered TrlfIes Frequently Cause
Heavy Loss.
Dust Is a wonderful producer of
fires. There have been instances In
postoffices where the dust of the mail
bags suspended In the rear of close
room exploded with terrific force. Dust
explosions are of frequent occurrence
In -four and drug mills. The origin
of many fires In tailor shops may be
traced to the so-called dry cleaning
of clothes. A rag dipped in naphtha
is frequently used In removing
grease spots from garments. The rag
soaked with infammable fluid Is
thrown upon the floor. When the shop
is closed up and the air is confined,
the naphtha-soaked material will of
itself generate fire. Bales of cotton
placed in the hold of ship are often
the cause of disastrous fires. Ere.
Quently spark from a cigar finds
resting place In cotton bale, where
1t shoulders for weeks. The dark
hall in tenement houses is the indirect
originator of fires. Greasy mating
or small heaps of paper lie about. A
match not extinguished or a cigarette
stub is thrown down and a blaze re.
sults.-Fire and Water.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09

The farmers life's the life fer me
without no patches on my knee.
But like the millionaire from town
That comes down here an strolls aroun
The model farm o. his an shows
His hands the way to hoe the rows.
The farmers life's the life fer me,
with blooded stock an two err three
Big horseless carriages to whirl
Me into town 10 see my girl
An stop along the route to squirt
Up through a glass with hints o. mint
TO go to bed at two or three
O'Clock, the way some farmers do,
An git up when l wanted to,
I reckon I could kind o. smile
An stand the farmers life while
Detroit Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
FLEsH-EArERs AMONG PLANTS.
Scientists Know of Many Murderous
Species.


Species.
''The leaves of this plant were curl.
ous," the botanist said. Each had a
lot of long, coarse hairs on it, and q
knob in the center covered with green
mucilage.
"A bee lighted on one of the hairs.
Then strange thing happened. The
neighboring hairs seemed to come to
life They reared up and bounced upon
the bee, they carried it over to the
knob and they pressed 1t firmly into
the mucilage. Life then left them.
They were simple hairs again.
THE bee struggled helplessly, like a
fly stuck on fiy-paper. The leaf gradu-
ally folded round 1t. enveloping 1t at
last. as in an apple dumpling the pas
try envelopes the fruit. And q few
hours later the leaf opened again, but
no sign of the bee remained. 1t had
been devoured.
This plant was the sundew, the
fiesh-eating sundew. about which Ros-
setti wrote his best poem.
There are many fiesh-eaters among
plants. The bladderwort, the tooth
wort and the butterwort attract In.
scots and animalculae, and, imprison.
ing them by means of hairs and mu-
cilage. devour them at leisure.
I'm Borneo and South America 1t is
said that there are large fesh-eating
trees. powerful enough to capture and
digest foxes, gulls. children, even men.
But we have no scientific truth that
such trees exist. They could exist, OF
course, but, till we actually see them
IL is best to regard the stories about
them as native twaddle."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
BABY CAME NEAR DYING.
From an Awful Skin Humor-
Scratched Till Blood Ran
Wasted to a Skeleton
Speedily Cured by
Cuticura.

when three months old my boy
broke out with an itching. watery
rash all over his body, and he would
scratch till the blood ran. We tried
nearly everything, but he grew worse.
wasting to a skeleton, and we feared
he would die. He slept only when
in our arms. The first application of
Cuticura soothed him so that he slept
In his cradle for the first time In many
weeks. One set of Cuticura made
complete and permanent cure.
(Signed) Mrs. M G. Maitland, Jasper.
Ontario"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to Learn
that there at FEAST one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure In all it's stages, and that IL
Catarrh- Hairs Catarrh Cure is the only positiv,
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrl
tonai treatment: Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally acting directly upon the blood and
foundaton OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building the constitution and assist
ing nature In doing its work. The propretors have
50 much faith In It's curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails TO
euro. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address +. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family pills for combination
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
Elephant Struck by Train.

Says the Shanghai Times: Ran.
COON papers record the rare event of
an elephant being run over by train.
1t happened at the 106th mile ON the
Irrawaddy section of the railway. The
elephant was straying on the line.
The front portion of the engine was.
of course, somewhat damaged, as is
only to be expected. but nothing else
occurred. There was no derailment
of carriages"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-09
Brides Remain LIldden-

AT Yezedee marriage the bride is
covered from head to foot, and when
she reaches her new home she hides
behind curtain, where she stays for
eight days, and no one can see her.
At Druse the bride is hidden with a
red veil, which is first removed In the
bridal chamber