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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-25
shackles Of Fashion.

DR.. e. C. Wheeler In Dress Review.
In an age which has made certain steps
to freedom It IL strange that so few have
asserted the principle Of freedom In clothes.
freedom from the moral shacikles OF fash
lon, and from the shackies Of corsets. tight
boots. stove pipe hats and other ornaments
OF civilized dress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-25
SEEING EUROPE AT HOME.
At Bath Beach a Disappointed Family
Are Learning ALI They Can.

ETY. 1SSs$1@*]-<6 ~@1~ nv Ses11s
From the New York SUM-
Just how it is possible to stay at home
and yet have some of the advantages of a
European trip is being shown by family
who expected to go abroad this summer in
the flesh as well as in the spirit. The
young father and mother and the two chill
dren expected to sail on July and return
here after Labor day. That plan proved
impossible, however. after the passage had
peen taken and arrangements made for the
two months Of travel None of the party
had ever been In Europe, so the object,
especially in reference to the children, was
largely educational.
IT found my thoughts constantly return
ing to the abandoned trip" the father Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-25
A Question of Pull.
From the Philadelphia Ledger

From the Philadelphia Ledger
law. pull down yer vest
II would be glad to oblige," replied the
individual addressed, but owing to the ext
gencies of temperature have left that use
full article or temporarily. However. as q
reasonable compromise am willing to pull
your nose
Just then policeman, seeming trouble.
ordered them both to pull for home.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
NO MAN is STRONGER THAN
HIS STOMACH.

Lct the greatest athlete have dyspepsia
and his muscles would soon fail. Physi-
cal strength is derived from food. II a
man has insufficient food he loses strength.
II he has no food he dies Food Is CON
verted into nutrition through the stom-
ach and bowels. 1t depends on the
strength OF the stomach TO what extent
food eaten is digested and assimilated.
People can die Of starvation who have
abundant food to eat. when the stomach
and its associate organs of digestion and
nutrition do not perform their duty.
Thus the stomach Is really the vital or
gan of the body. II the stomach Is rweak1
the body will be weak also. because it is
upon the stomach the body relies for its
strength And as the body, considered as
a whole, is made up Of It's several mem
bers and organs, so the weakness of the
body as consequence Of weak stom-
ach will be distributed among the or
gans which compose the body. If the
body is weak because 1t is ill-nourished
that physical weakness will be found in
all the organs-heart, liver kidneys, etc.
| The liver Will be torpid and inactive
| giving rise to biliousness loss of appetite,
weak nerves, feeble or irregular action of
heart, palpitation, dizziness, headache,
backache and kindred disturbances and
| weaknesses.
years after my health began TO fail. my head
| grew dizzy. eyes panied me. and my stomach
| was sore all the time. while everything /
| would eat would seem to lie heavy like lead
| on my stomach. The doctors claimed that
1 IL was sympathetic trouble due TO dyspepsia.
and prescribed for me. and although took
| their powders regularly yet felt no better.
| My wife advised me TO try DR.. Pierce's Golden
| Medical Discovery and stop taking the doc
tors medicine. She bought me a bottle and
| we soon found that l began 10 improve. 50 |
kept up the treatment. ] took on flesh. my
| stomach became normal, the digestive organs
| worked perfectly and l soon began to look
| like different person. ] can never cease to
be grateful for what your medicine has done
for me and certainly give 1t highest praise
Don't be wheedled by a penny-grabbing
dealer into taking inferior substitutes for
DIR. Pierce's medicines, recommended to
be Just as good"
To gain knowledge Of your own body
in sickness and health-send for the Peo-
pies Common Sense Medical Adviser.
book of zoos pages Send 81 one cent
stamps for paper-covered, or 81 stamp.
for cloth-bound copy. Address DR.. r. V
Pierce. 663 Main Street. Buffalo, n. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
The Usual WAY.

Here's a good story said the wife,
hooking up from her paper. Here's
story of man who Dragged that he
could make as good hat as anybody
could want by selecting the materials
and then combining them as they are
in the, latest models. And when he
had done so, he found that the raw
materials cost him 81 more than the
finished hat would have cost"
ell don't believe it." asserted the hus-
band. Now, here's another story in
ny paper. It's about a man who took
the household management out of his
wife's hands, and at the end of a
month, after doing all the marketing
and arranging the meals himself, he
had lowered the expenses of the house
40 per cent"
Il don't believe it," declared the
wife. "You can't believe thing you
read about the way men can manage
better than women
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
CUSTOMS OF THE cANNIsALs
Tribes of savages Observe Traditions
Among Themselves.


Even among the savages of French
Africa, who eat human flesh. there
are differences" said Paul Pucci, a
young Italian traveller, at the Ra-
leigh. Some while ago. when ex-
ploring that country, learned a good
bit about the ways of the various
tribes. In a majority of them can
nibalism is INDUCED only when the
bodies are those of prisoners taken in
battle. 1t is all right to eat persons
who belong to hostile clans, but it
would be a gross violation of tradition
and the custom of the land to feast
upon friends or even upon members
of the same tribe. This delicacy of
sentiment, however, is not universal,
and in one tribe in particular, where
noted the absence of any old per
sons, learned that it was the proper
thing to add the aged inhabitants
to the local food supply. This con
fined the population to the young and
hardy, for at the first signs of decrepi
tude the boiling pot was called into
reauisition. WASHINGTON Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
BROUGHT DOWN swELLED HEAD
New Englander's seIf-lmportance Civ
en- Severe Shock.

New Englander's Self-lmportance Civ
en- Severe Shock.
The discussion had turned upon the
subject of "swelled heads" and former
State Senator John Ford told the
following:
"In a little town in New England
there was once a man who had great
idea of his own Importance. He had
the worst sort of a swelled head, and
thought the town could not exist with
out him. He had held town Offices and
sincerely believed that no one dis
-harged the duties of those Offices as
he had He had also helped the town
materially by giving it money for
various purposes. But he was not
content with the thanks of the towns
people for his services. He believed
that there should be some distinct rec
ignition of his worth to the commun
lty. Sofone day at town meeting he
asked permission to be buried in the
town plot in the center Of which the
town hall stood.
"The Town Councillors laughed ant
the petition was tabled. The follow
ing year he petitioned for the same
thing, and again it was tabled. The
third year the same thing occurred
'The fourth year the chairman o
the Petition Committee arose anC
said: 4 have here petition from th'
| Hon. Mr. B, asking that he ma!
be buried in the town plot. ! move
gentlemen. that we grant this petition
provided the petitioner is buried Their
next week. The motion went through
amid shouts of laughter and the pet
ton was never again presented. =
New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
An Absent-Minded Adventist.

There are none among the attend
ants of the Second Advent church in
Marblehead who are more steadfast
in the faith than Mrs. Nancy Jameson,
whose remarks sometimes. however,
belle her expectations.
One day a friend. who was in the
antique furniture business. called on
her, and she thought it good time tc
warn him to prepare for the day Of
judgment.
You ought to be prepared" said
she, for all signs point to next weel
as the appointed time"
well, Nancy" said the dealer, ii
that's the case. don't you want to sci
me your old chairs?"
"Oh, no, she said; Johns going t
fix them up next week. EXCHANGE.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
pAENoMgNA OF DREAMLANO.
Scientists Explanation of the Visions
of Sleep.

Scientists Explanation Of the Visions
of Sleep.
scientist explains some of the
strange phenomena of dreams by say
ing that they are due to what he calls
hereditary memory" He takes the
falling through space" dream and
points out that after suffering the
mental agony of falling the sleeper
escapes the shock of the actual stop
ping. The explanation is that the fall
ing sensations have been transmitted
from remote ancestors who we're for
tunate enough to save themselves,
after falling from great heights in
tree tops, by clutching the branches
The molecular changes in the cere-
bral cells due to the shock of stop
ping could not be transmitted, be-
cause victims falling to the bottom
would be killed In a similar manner
by reverting to the habits of animals
which existed centuries ago, the
same investigator finds an explanation
for the mental state experienced by
individuals in various dreams-the
pursuing monster dream, the rep
tile and vermin" dream. color dreams
suffocation dreams. flying dreams ant
the like.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

Some people question the statements
that coffee hurts the delicate nerves
of the body. Personal experience with
thousands proves the general state
ment true and physicians have records
Of great numbers of cases that add to
the testimony.
The following is from the Rockford,
H., Register-Gazette:
DR.. William Langhorst of Aurora
has been treating one of the queerest
cases of lost eyesight ever in history.
The ratient is o. A. Leach of Beach
county, and in the last four months he
had doctored with all of the specialists
about the country and has at last re
turned home with the fact impressed
on his mind that his case is incurable
A portion of the optic nerve has
been ruined, rendering his sight sc
limited that he is unable to see any
thing before him, but he can see plain
ly anything at the side of him. There
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
How to BEST PACK Trunk.

In packing a trunk use heaps OF
paper with tailor-made garments and
pack them as much like a mans suit
as possible Never forget that wrin-
kle. and many other wrinkles win be
avoided. And of materials. remember
serge and most voiles pack Hagnih-
Gently, alpaca always creases, faced
cloth wants care, cashmere does
crumble, but soon shakes out. Vel
vet. of course. must never be creased
at all; crepe de chine travels vers
well on the whole; silks vary. and
anyhow, should be treated with discre
tion.-Household Companion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
Retaining the Sahara Desert.

AS a result of recent scientific in.
vestigations it may be possible to re-
wise our ideas of the barrenness Of the
Sahara desert, since 1t has been found
by boring that there are numerous
springs which rise to the surface and
make possible system of irrigation.
In the territory to the south of Algeria
a government irrigation survey has
been at work making a series Of deep
test borings, some of which are as
deep as 1000 feet. In this way con
siderable water has been encountered
and in certain GASES already twice the
usual amount of water has been made
available for the palm groves.-Har
per's Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
Russia's New Minister Of Finance

Russla's New Minister OF Finance.
Admiral Birileff brings robust dis
position to his new task. He is a roll
licking salt, with a Homeric stammer.
practical joker like Lord Charles
Beresford. Stories about him are
numberless. Here is one: When Ad-
miral Shestakoff was in power he
passed a rigorous rule that his young
officers must not bankrupt themselves
in buying boquets for visiting royal
ties. The empress was to visit ship
on which Birileff served. AS her ma
jesty descended to the cabin a huge
bouquet of flowers mysteriously ap-
peared on the table. and delighted
royalty at once took possession of it,
Admiral Shestakoff saw the mass OF
fragrant blossoms in the imperial
hands and turned furiously to his of
fcer.
did not give orders that no one
must present flowers?'
"N-nobody did" stammered Biri
left; "s-she t-took it hers-self!"-Har
per's Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

have been but few cases of its kind
before, and they have been caused by
whisky or tobacco. Leach has never
used either, but has been a great cof-
fee drinker, and the specialists have
decided that the case has been caused
by this. Leach stated himself that
for several years he had drank three
cups Of coffee for breakfast, two at
noon and one at night. According to
the records of the specialists of this
country this is the first case ever
caused by the use of coffee.
The nerve is ruined beyond aid and
his case is incurable. The fact that
makes the case queer one is that the
sight forward has been lost and the
side sight has been retained. Accord
ing to the doctors statement, the
young man will have to give up cof-
fee or the rest of his sight will fol-
low and the entire nerve be ruined
Register GaSefte
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
A widow Of ExperIenoe.

Many years ago, at the funeral Of
one of the prominent men of Oxford
Mass, the minister forgot to mention
in his prayer the widow, who was the
second wife of the deceased. His
brother, noticing the fact, sent his lit
tie daughter, after the service, to re
mind the aged clergyman Of his omis
sion. The minister apologized to the
widow, saying: 81 trust the Lord will
be with you in this great trial, Mrs
b."
81 have no reason to doubt him, fol
he has been with me twice before,
she replied.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
OLD PLACE WAS GOOD ENOUGH.
Comprehensive Reason Why Citizen
Came Home.

REASON why IttizcH
Came Home.
Squire" Lord. Of local fame in IF
fingham. n. H., fifty years ago. had
accumulated. by all sorts OF methods
a fortune for the times and place
Keeping the country store. being prac
tically the bank OF those parts and
increasing wealth beyond expenditures
had nourished an ambition to live in
a place larger and with moro social
opportunities than the little village af-
forded. So he packed up enc autumn.
took a house in Portland. which was
the town O. the world to country peo-
pie then, and with his family started
in to cut dash.
To his chagrin, he found he was one
Of many in that place, and not a
scrape or bow was coming his way.
Christmas saw him back. bag and
baggage, in Efingham, and that even
ing in his store. to the inquiry of one
of the village loafers, Why'd We come
hack. squire, fore you'd calculated"
he replied:
I've had enough Of that place Yer
see, I'd rather be a king among hogs
than a hog among kings"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
odd Reourrence Of pIults.

"The most remarkable arrangement
Of numbers that | know of, said a
local business college man who takes
a delight in solving curious problems
and digging up mathematical oddities
''is the combination of the six figures
of 142,S57. Multiply this number BY
2 and the answer is liza, by 3 and
the answer is 42s,571, by and the an
swer is 81, 42S, by and the answer
is 714.2S5, by and the answer is
S57,142. Each answer contains ex
actly the same digits as the original
sum. and, to cap the climax, multi
ply the number by and up comes the
answer 99s. 999."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
LOST EYESICHT
Through Coffee Drinking

Let it be remembered that the eyes
may be attacked in one case and the
stomach in another, while in others 1t
may be kidneys, heart, bowels or gen.
eral nervous prostration. The remedy
is obvious and should be adopted be-
fore too late.
Quit coffee, If you show incipient
disease.
1t is easy if one can have we'll
boiled Postum Food Coffee to serve for
the hot morning beverage. The
withdrawal of the old kind OF coffee
that is doing the harm and the sup
ply of the elements in the Postum
which Nature uses to rebuild the
broken down nerve cells, insures a
quick return to the old JOY of strength
and health, and it's well worth while
to be able again to do things and
feel well. There's reason for
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
The Irish Sentry.

An Irish soldier on sentry duty had
orders to allow no one to smoke near
his post. An officer with lighted eli
gar approached, whereupon Pat bold
ly challenged him, and ordered him to
nut it out at once. The officer with
an air of disgust threw away his CT
gar. but no sooner was his back turned
than Pat picked it up and quietly re-
tired to the sentry box.
The officer happening to look
around observed a beautiful cloud OF
smoke issuing from the box, He al
once challenged Pat for smoking on
duty.
Smoking, is it, sur? Bedad, and
I'm only keeping it lit to show to the
corporal when he comes as evidence
agin' you"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
WAY PIPE SHOULD BE LIGHTED.
Subject Of Vastly More Importance
Than Appears.

There has been little newspaper
discussion recently on the subject Of
How to Light Pipe" This may seem
to the feminine mind, a trivial matter,
and quite beneath the notice of any
dignified journal
How wrong For a pipe ill-lit is a
pipe ill-smoked, and a pipe ill-sInoked
is a man made testy, and man made
testy is a man looking out for trouble.
and a man looking out for trouble is a
man finding trouble, and a man find
ing trouble is a woman in tears, and a
woman in tears is the last word In hui
man dreariness. Never let us be
ashamed to inquire. then, how pipe
may be lit with the utmost satisfac
tion to the smoker.
One paper, 1 see, recommends spills
That is good. but the spills, of course
must be wooden ones.
Another paper retorts that spills are
Of no sort of use to the man in the
train. This is the kind of frightfully
true thing that causes a hush in the
noisiest assembly. What. then, should
the man in the train do2
| will tell him. He should carry {
box of wooden matches. and he should
use exactly two matches to light hi
pipe. The first one will dry the to
bacco on the surface, and the secont
one will produce the vivid, even GLOW
beloved of smokers.
The man. by the way, who lights hi
pipe with a wax match is a bad mai
right from the start. Never trust him
dear friend.-Sketch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
Portrait Of Arthur HaIIam.

OF recently published portrait OF
Arthur Hallam, immortalized by Ten.
nyson's I'm Memoriam," writer
says: 1T dates from the prephoto.
graphic days, OF course, but It does
not show signs of the fiattery so com.
mon in portraits of that time. The
face that bore those azure orbits
heavenly wise those ethereal eyes
is pictured as rather gloomy, rather
lowering, that Of somewhat heavy
youth. This head was Tennysons
hostage to heaven throughout the
stress of philosophic doubt, and was
so half century later, when the aged
poet died in the faith that his boy
friend was not dead but alive"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
Eresh Mater in the Ocean.

Fresh water in the ocean, though
not unknown, is rarity. The Gull
Stream is, of course, salt current
Similar physical causes operate to pro
duce in the Pacific the Kuro Shiwo
the 'black current" of the Japanese
It's mass is only half that of the Gull
Stream. and before it reaches the
American continent it is merged il
the general Pacific drift eastward. Il
is now well established that it is with
out influence upon she climate of oul
Facific seahoard.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
poetrx in the Black HIlIs.

wall" remarked the driver of the
weekly stage, 81 see you have book
called How to Write Poetry Has it
helped you any,"
Dunno" calculated the bard of the
BLACK Hills. Il don't exactly ketch
ON to some things"
what be they?"
wall, right here It says; If yeou
don't succeed in poetry at first keep
plugging away Blamed If | know
whether 1t means to keep plugging at
the poetry or the editor"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
ask Your Druggist Tor Aliens Foot.Ease.

II tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
ly and have just bought another supply. 1t
has cured my eorns, and the hot, burning
and itching sensation in my feet which was
almost unbearable, and would not be with
out it now Mrs. w. J. Walker, Camden,
Nj" Sold by all Druggists. 25c.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
Does This EooI the Rabv2

The wife of one of our gentlemen
friends makes him wear tucks in his
night gown. trimmed with pink rib
bon, so that the baby won't know
the difference when he walks the floor
with it at night-Cayalier IN. ID Re
ni1hlican
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

In France the best breed Of hogs is
considered to be the Craonnals. which
often attain the weight of $50 pounds
in fifteen to eighteen months. A
prize pig weighed 76S pounds at the
age Of ten months and twenty five
6ays
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
The Simple Life.

One must, of course, be rich to be
able to afford to give ones guests poor
food, but with a position and bank
account beyond question the simple
life is the last cry of smartness.-Tat
Ter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
An impossible Task.

The artificial production of emer-
aids is declared to be impossible by
Prof. Yerneuill, the first creator OF
rubies
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
Champion rat Killer.

Killing eighty rats in twenty min
utes was one of the feats of Nell, q
cross-bred Leeds England terrier,
which has just died. Her record kill
was 10 in one night.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Drug.
gists refund money II it falls TO cure. E. We
GROVES signature is on each box. 25c.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
Capital of RAILROADS.

The capital stock of railroads in the
United States is more than $3.50, 000..
900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
FOR children teething sOftens the gums reduces in
aaDamAton. slsys pain wind colie. 25c bottle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

One instant. for moments space,
She stood before him where he prayed
He saw her eyes, her hair her face
The wind that touched her in the
glade.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

He laft his prayer. forgot the place
Forgot the Vision of the Grael:
He saw her eyes. her hair her face
His hilt-cross struck the alter-rall.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

Her hair was brown. but busted gold
Shown on it, by young wind blown
Il lived in light and seemed to hold
The sun or star shine for its own.
Her eyes were like Our Lady's gray;
They ransomed light for other light;
they were a daydream of the day,
The echo of a perfect night.
The beauty of her face compelled
All thought all reason, everything.
YET half withdrew. and just withheld
The crown of its imagining.
Her step was like a soft leafs fall
That wakes a sleeper in the wood,
1t came. and then it went then all
Had gone from life that seemed most
good
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

The music ceased. the shrine was rent
He never cast one glance behind,
But followed on the way she went,
A hidden way and hard to find.
"A. H., in the Spectator Uondon.)