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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
DISASTERS DURING THE YEAR.
Earthquake in Italy the Worst caIam-
ity Recorded in 1905.


ity Recorded in 1905.
Disasters were numerous during
1905, though there Was no calamity
involving such great loss of life or
such horrors as accompanied the burn
ing of the Iroquois theater at Chicago
In 1903, or of the steamer General Slo-
cum at New York in 1904. Leaving
out of consideration the Russo-Japa-
nese war, the greatest disaster of the
year occurred in Calabria, Italy, where
400 lives were lost through an earth
were recorded as due to the collapse
of partially constructed reservoir
near Madrid, Spain, April 8.
The most serious disaster in the
United States was the tornado in
Texas, April 20. At Laredo 100 lives
were lost. tornado in Oklahoma,
May II, caused nearly as many deaths
in the town of Sidney. A fire in a
shoe factory at Brocton, Mass, re-
sulting from an explosion, March 20,
also resulted in 100 deaths.
Railroad accidents probably have
not caused so many deaths as in 1904,
but several serious ones occurred dur
ing the past year. In collision on
the Western Maryland railroad, TWEEN
ty-eight miles from Baltimore, June
1, twenty-three persons were killed.
In each of three other wrecks twenty
lives were (. lost, and two wrecks
caused twelve deaths each.
By an explosion in the Rush Run
and Red Ash coal mines, near Thur
mond. w. Va, March 10, twenty-four
lives were lost. A gas explosion in a
mine at ziegler, ILL.,, April 13, en-
tombed fifty miners. July IL more
than 100 miners were killed by an
explosion in the pits at Wattstown,
Wales.
OF disasters on the water the most
serious was the wreck of the South
ampton Railway company's steamer
Hilda, off st. Malo, English channel,
in which 100 lives we're lost The
explosion of the boiler of the United
States gunboat Bennington in San
Diego harbor. July 81. caused the
death of sixty of'the crew.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
unknown TO MEN OF SCIENCE.
Many Mysteries Of Life Vet to Bs
Unveiled.


In what posture. asks a recent pop
uiar science contributor In Golfers,
does bear sleep? We know not.
Nay. as To the fish. the monkey and
the elephant our ignorance Is equally
complete. Can any of you answer
OF course, you know that most birds
sleep on one leg. but what about
mackerel and the fox. Snakes and
turtles sleep with their mouths open.
and whales on the surface of the sea
Rats roll up In a ball. The orans-
outang takes crouching maps. but at
night sleeps more earnestly on It's
back. This is an age of popular tn
formation about science, yet most of
these facts are unknown to nearly all
of ua: for ignorance about the world
1t lives In is the great predominant
fact In every creatures life. Even the
foremost man OF science knows moth
ing of the sleep OF molluslks, radiates
and worms. Also. the nature of sleep
Is connected with some of the most
wonderful vistas that have opened
lately to the human mind. as in hypno-
tism, multiform personality and the
relation of consciousness TO memory
and suggestion. Knowledge never
made mystery less, and never will, for
nothing could be more mysterious
than the fact of life itself
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
INclplgNr CONSUMPTION.
How Food Headed or the malicious
Disease.

The happy wife of good old fash
toned Michigan farmer says:
In the spring of 1902 / was taken
sick--a general breaking down. as IL
Were. | was excessively nervous.
could not sleep well at night. my food
seemed to do me no good, and was
so weak could scarcely walk across
the room.
The doctor said my condition was
due to overwork and close confne-
ment and that he very much feared
that consumption would set in. For
several months took one kind OF
medicine after another, but with no
good effect--in fact. seemed to grow
worse.
Then determined to quit all nedi-
cines, give up coffee and see what
Grape-Nuts food would do for me. I
began to eat Grape-Nuts with sugar
and cream and bread and butter three
times day
1.-THE effect was surprisingi I be-
gan to gain flesh and strength forth.
With my nerves quieted down and
grew normally steady and sound,
sweet sleep came back to me. In six
weeks time / discharged the hired
girl and commenced to do my own
homework for family OF six. This
was two years ago, and l am doing II
still and enjoy It," Name given by
Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich:
There's reason. Read the little
book, The Road to Wellville." ir
Dkgs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
FRIEND OF THE AealcuLruarsr.
Psewlt Of Great AID In Keeping Down
Grubs and Insects.


4 bird that is of inestimable benefit
TO the agriculturist is. says Nature
Notes, the peewit There is absolute
ny nothing that can be said against
him. and as a friend of the farmer 1t
would be hard to find his equal. He
has no taste for corn or any other of
the farmers crops. spending his time
In the search for grubs and insects
upon the fallows. and when the frost
drives him from his usual haunts he
betakes himself 10 the water meadows
and ekes out bare existence seach-
Ing for food In the mud alongside the
running streams. He Is a wary bird.
and well able to protect himself from
the gunner. and from this cause his
numbers suffer but little diminution.
But II is a thousand pities that the
craze for plovers' eggs is still as prev
alent as ever. and II is to be regretted
that the taking of them is not severely
prohibited. Many observers have
given 1t as their opinion that peewits
are less common in many parts than
formerly. and 1t cannot be doubted
that the annual collection OF their
eggs for eating purposes has brought
about this state of things. II would
be a bad day for the farmer IL the
peewit were to become extinct.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06

at KEEL University, for researches into
cathode rays.
Chemistry-Adolph Won Boerger,
professor of the University of Muen-
chen for researches leading to the
evolution of organic chemistry and
the development of the chemical in
dustry
Medicine-Prof. Robert Koch of
Berlin, for researches looking to the
prevention of tuberculosis.
Henry Sienkiewicz, the
Polish novelist.
This was the fifth distribution of
Nobel prizes. No American has yet
had the distinction of securing one of
the awards.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
strInaens Australian Laws.

groom recently took some horses
from England to Australia for a resi-
dent OF that commonwealth. AS he
went TO Australia under an agreement
as to wages IL was necessary for him
TO obtain special certificate of ex-
emption to enable him to land, and at
the end of six months. the period for
which the certificate is valid. he would
be compelled to return TO England.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
YEAR AS SEEN BY HRADsrREET.
Period of Heavily Increased Purchas-
ina Power.

Period of Heavily Increased Purchas-
ing Power.
The year just ending has been one
of almost boundless activity, accord
ing to Bradstreet's. 1t was a period
of rich rewards to agriculture, though
not of uniformly record yields; of
abundance of employment for labor
and of few serious strikes; of build
ing and constructive activity in all
lines; of enormously enlarged bank
clearings totals, and of striking small
failure damage, considering the inn
mense business done and the unpre-
cedented number engaged therein.
That it was, on the whole, year
of heavily increased public purchas-
ing power seems certain, in view of
the fact that commodity prices were
maintained at record high levels.
Continuing the report states
"The multitude of records broken
shows that new guideposts have, in
deed been set up. The revival which
began in the last half of 1904, far
from spending it's force, as was pre-
dicted in the early part of 1905, grew
as the year advanced. The CONNER
cial, financial and Industrial move
ment surged forward, weather draw
backs and disclosures of financial rot
tenness in high places failing to stem
the upward trend. Disregard of pre-
cedents was, perhaps, best illustrated
in the persistent advance of securi-
ties despite high money prices, and
the tendency to discount prosperity
was irresistible"
Speaking of conditions in the lat
ter part of the year 1t is stated:
"In September car shortages began
to affect traffic and collections, clear
ings reached new high figures, while
failures and liabilities for nine months
were below 1904. Lifting of southern
guarantees gave zest to southern
trade. which was further helped by
high cotton quotations when the
movement was heaviest. In the last
quarter open weather favored out
| door activity, but retarded retail
trade, which was also hampered by
farmers holding grain and cotton and
the car congestion, which likewise de-
layed collections. Stock speculation,
though lacking marked public partici-
patton and displaying manipulative in
fiuences, was of large volume at rec
ord prices, despite high money, in
fluenced by active trade and dis
turbed foreign markets. Iron and
steel outputs advanced; ore sales,
clearings and staple prices all scored
high levels in December"
OF the outlook for the new year the
report says:
"If satisfaction with the past and
confidence in the future are at all re.
liable guides. 1906 is likely to equal
IL indeed it does not surpass, the year
drawing to a close. The volume oil
orders booked ahead exceeds any pre-
vious year In the country's history
and high prices as yet seem to exer
else no effect upon consumptive de
mand. Iron and steel of all kinds are
heavily sold ahead, as are also shoes
cotton and wooden goods, lumber
hardware and a myriad OF other prod
ucts. Wheat enters the winter in ex
cellent condition and with an EN-
larged area. Predictions as to 1906
building are even more sanguine thar
year ago."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
nEv..erlohtD of Medicinal Value.

Our great-grandmothers distilled a
plant known as "eye-bright" and used
the liquid as an eye wash. Another
way of treating the plant was by boil
ing it in water and straining. Prepar-
ations of this wayside growth are stiH
quite popular in many parts of the
country for treating "cold in the
head" bronchitis, measles and hay
fever. The most convenient prepRr
alton for internal use is the tincture.
Of which from ten to fifteen drops
may be given in water three OF foRs
times daily.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
THOSE WINNING NOBEL PRIZES.

No Americans Vet Among the Roll of
Honor.
The Nobel prizes, awarded each
year to the foremost person in each
of FIVE departments of human endeav-
or we're distributed for the year 1905
on Dec. 10, the peace prize at Chris
tiania, Norway, and the others at
Stockholm Sweden, as follows:
Peace-Baroness Won Suttner of
Austria, for many years worker in
world peace movements and dele
gate to the international peace con
gress at Boston a year ago.
Physics-Philip Lenard, professor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06

The lynchings in the various states
and territories were as follows: Ala
bama, 8; Arkansas. 3; Florida, /;
Georgia. IL; Kentucky. 4 Louisiana,
4: Mississippi II; Missouri, 1; Ne
vada, 1: North Carolina. 1; South Car
olina. 3; Tennessee, 8; Texas, IL;
Virginia, /.
OF these lynchings 65 occurred in
the south and in the north. OF the
total number Gil were negroes and 8
whites. The crimes alleged were as
follows: Murder, 81; rape, is; muir
derous assault, 4; attempted rape. A;
robbery, ?; race prejudice, /; kid
naping, 1; elopement, 1; informing,
/. Two lynchings were for unknown
reasons, and one innocent victim was
hanged.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
a Perpetual NInhtmar.

quito the capital of Ecuador, is
punt Immediately beneath the terrible
volcano OF Pinchincha, and within ave
uiies OF the actual crater; while all
slouno tower similar smoking giants.
some day cycle of seismic activity
WI recur In this region OF the globe,
snI ene tragedy of St. Pierre and Mont
relee VIII be repeated. but on far
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
TRAVELLERS KILLED AND HURT

Railroad Disasters Have Been Re-
sponsibIe for Many Deaths.
The years record of railway dis
asters shows a total of 3,142 killed
and 1904 injured. In addition to
those killed and injured on the steam
roads, AGA have been killed and 1922
injured on the electric and elevated
roads.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
Three Wives Nee.

AN Arkansas City man who had
lw.ce been divorced took his third
wire to the theater recently. His two
sariier wives have become good
. - and when the couple took
enelr seats the man looked around.
ana, 70 his CONSERVATION, saw he had
three wives in row beside him
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
STATE OF ONO, Cry OF Torrno
IuuAs Corrv-,v NHOi "a

LUCAS equity IS.
partner 81 tSs asSET makes oath that he is senior
h nssnes ~ tue nrn OF +. j. CHENEY a Co doing
sSness In the City Of Toledo County and stats
ONE afIN 13s tna1 said hIm viii pay the sum Of
case Of CATARRH that cannot he cnrsd An no every
HALLS CArARRH CURE 0ufeo ny tns use OF
Sworn % ha,o.. FRANK J. CHENEY.
s"is otn DAY OF December, A. D. 1856. '' P'0'0"'e'
sKALl A. W. GLEASON,
1-l NOTARY PUBLIC
dree.,s Ostarrh Cure IL taken internally and acts
system. Send for testimonials, free ufiA0eS Vi 'ne
Soid by all Druggists 75c " W. Aoiooo' VI
A@Ae Han Instantly Pills for consultation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
Course IN Socialism.

During next term at the Washing.
ton state university a special course
In socialism will be given. It will in.
clude anarchism, communism, social.
ism In its three CHARACTERISTICS, agra
rian and single tax--and religious or
altruistic, as taught by Washington
GLADDEN..
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
Mother cray's Sweet Powders for chlIdre

Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
in the Children's Home in New York, cure
Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 80, 900 tes-
timonials. At all Druggists, 25c- Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
DEVICE FOR WATERING PLANTS

Automatically Regulates the Supply OF
Moisture.
Two Ingenious methods of watering
plants automatically are Shown in the
accompanying illustrations. The es-
sential part of the first device is
long UNFINISHED wick such as is used
by lamplighters. These wicks are
about FIVE feet long and the threads
of which they are composed are easily
separated. The wick is protected by
a glass tube about three feet long
and about one-quarter inch bore
which is bent in fame into siphon
or U-shape with one leg very much
longer than the other The wick is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06

Mankind-and especially woman
kind-travei on the railroad of life.
They are equally human. though they
pay different prices for their tickets
and are thrown out at different sta
ffnn4
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
prunkards In London.

About 5000 drunkards are admitted
to Pentonville prison, London, every
year, says the medical officer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
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 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 ever made on any
American railway. 1t demonstrated
beyond dispute that the Santa Re
track. equipment and employees are 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.
G. A, A. T. & S. F. Ry.
all Dooly Block Salt I.alra Ci+r TTtoh
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06

Gratitude is the thing you feel when
you nope that some more of the same
agreeable kind is coming?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
Important 70 Mothers.
All Meat for, Parlslans.

A street sign that amazes American
visitors in Paris reads: "Butchery of
Horse, ASS and Mule Specially"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
LYNCH LAW LESS IN EVIDENCE
Fewer Victims of Mobs Than in Any
Year Since 1885.

The lynchings reported for 1905
are but sc. the smallest number since
1885. The following table showing the
number of lynchings since 1885 will
be of use to those studying this par
ticular feature OF criminology:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06

TAKE = A x ~ NJ COLD IN ONE DAY
S SRov 1sluna money II 1t fails to cure r. Nj
SHoFEs signature is on each box 2sc - W.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-06
=. f. WARREN


G. A., A. T. & S. F. Ry.
I'll Dooly Block, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-22
Notice.

Sealed proposals for the pur-
chase of the Market Revenue" of
the city of Brownsville, Texas,
for the year 1907 commencing
January 1, 1907 and ending De
cember 81, 1907, will be received
at nv Office in this city, until
Monday, December "a, 1906, at
A O'Clock D. m. A copy of the
Ordinance regulating the collec-
ton of Market dues as passed by
the Hon. City Council May 18th,
1908 and under which these pro-
posals are asked, may be seen at
my Office. The city reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Proposals should be addressed to
the Hon. Mayor and Board of Al
dermen of the city of Brownsville,
Texas, and marked, Proposals
for the purchase of Market Rev
enue. For further information
apply to the undersigned.
By order of the City Council,
FRANK CHAMPION,
Secretary City of Brownsville, Tex
as. St.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-22
A SenseIess Habit.

A very senseless and filthy habit
is that of wetting the lead of a
pencil in the mouth before proceed
ing to write, yet majority of the
people do it. Wetting the lead
hardens and finally ruins il, and a
moments thought will show how
unsanitary the practice is. An
energetic clerk in the Office of an
eastern newspaper says that by
actual count 46 out of so people
that come into his Office to write
advertisements for his paper would
wet the pencil before using it. Not
wanting his pencil ruined III that
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-22
Rio Grande Railroad.

Rrownsville. Texas, to Point Isabel,
Teras. To take Effect Saturday
October d, 1906 at 12:O1 A. ID.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-22
low a BritOn Views Il.

The Americans fear the Japan
csc as their most dangerous COM
mercial competitors in the COM
merce of the far East, and see in
the extension of the political power
of Japan the destruction of a pre-
sent profitable trade of vast future
possibilities. This fear is not
local, but national. It is no greater
on the Pacific Coast. in the city of
San Francisco, the natural entrepot
of transpacifc commerce, than it
is in the cotton manufacturing sec
tions of the South or in New
York, where California as well as
the South is financed. Americans
were vitality interested in the
preservation of the integrity of
China and the maintenance of the
open door, not because they had
the slightest concern in the politics
of the far East, but because they
wanted to enjoy profitable
market. There are cotton mills
in the South whose entire output
&c marketed to China: there are
concerns in San Francisco and
New York which have for years
carried on heavy trade with
China; there are American steam
ship lines running between Ameri-
can and Chinese ports. Since the
conclusion of the war Americans
complain that they have been placed
at disadvantage; that Japan has
given preferences to her own
traders and has Disseminated
against American merchants; that
the political power exercised by
Japan over China foreshadows the
time not far distant when Japan
will have so completely monopoliz-
ed the trade of the far East that
it will be useless for Americans to
try to compete.-A. Maurice Low
in National Review, London.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-22
Notice.

Any one having claims against
me or any sub-contractor who had
work on American Rio Grande
Land and Irrigation Co.'S canal at
Lonsboro, Texas, for labor per-
formed or supplies furnished, will
please file said claims for labor or
material furnished with my book
keeper at Bessie, Texas. and also
with w. M. Price, auditor of
American Rio Grande Land and
Irrigation Co. at Lonsboro, Hi
dalgo county, Texas.
SAM ROBERTSON,
|12-17-22 Contractor.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-22

12-17-22
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-22
Notice.

The regular annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Merchants
National Bank of Brownsville,
Texas, will be held at its Office at
8. P. NJ. Oh the second Tuesday
in January, 1907, for the purpose
of electing directors and the
transaction of such other business
IS may properly come before It.
J. G. FERNANDEZ. Cashier.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-12-22

way, he purchased some cheap
ones for the office, and when the
driver of beer wagon, with the
scent of beer, onions, cheese, ETC..
on his breath, came in to put in an
ad for a bulldog, and proceeded to
wet the pencil, and a few minutes
later a pretty girl stepped in to
write an ad for a lost bracelet, and
proceed to lick the same pencil,
then the idea occurred to him to
count those who would wet the
pencil before writing during the
balance of the day, with the result
that 46 out of so licked the same
pencil during the day. Just why
people wet a pencil before writing
no one seems to know, but they
do it.-Liberty Vindicator.
The fact that Japanese are emf
grating to the Sandwich Islands
has been noticed by Fighting
Bob" Evans.
The Indians have been holding
grand pow-wow, but nothing
like the one that will be pulled off
at Austin next month.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-20

Diamond Trophy Won by John l.
sullivan in a Chicago Loan
Office Now.

chicago, Oct. 19.-Tom Donnelly, a
loan office man at 11S Dearborn street,
has the diamond-studded championship
belt of John L. Sullivan in his possess
siOn-nOt the Richard X. Fox belt.
which John used to call a dog collar,
but the great worlds champion belt
given John so long ago by the sporting
men of more than twenty cities. The
belt, which is estimated to be worth
anywhere from $4,000 to So. 1000. has
Johns name on a great center plate.
and an immense amount of chasing and
etching. while it fairly sparkles with
diamonds, s3pphires, eneralds and rub
DleS.
The Donnelly people will not reveal
at present, where or how they got pos
session Of the historic belt. I'm a few
days we can tell" they explained. nut
for the time being we cannot state
how or from whom the belt came into
our hands" Did some one pawn the
mighty belt? And if so, how did tnat
some one originally get it? Into whose
hands did the belt pass from the huge
paws of the great John L.? The mys-
terry of John LIS belt and its where
abOuts has hewildered sporting men
for many years.