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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24
NEW FOOD LAW

earning critic may say this is simply
an advertisement for Postum and
Grane-Nuts. 1t is true that these ar
ticles are spoken of here In a public
manner. but they are used as tllustra'
tions Of a manufacturer seeking by
example, printing on each pkg. a truth
full. exact statement of ingredients, TO
shame other makers into doing the
fair thing by the common people, and
establishing an era of pure food, but
that procedure has not yet forced those
who adulterate and deceive to change
their methods, hence this effort to
arouse public sentiment and show a
way out of the present condition OF
fraud, deceit and harm.
The undersigned is paying to the
publishers of America about $2O,OOO.OO
to print this announcement in practt
cally all of the great papers and maya
zines, in the conduct OF what he
chooses to term IAN educational cam
paign," esteemed to be of greater dt-
rect value to the people than the estab-
lishment of many libraries. That Ia
held to be a worthy method of using
money for the public good. Tell the
people facts, show them a way to help
themselves and rely upon them to act
intelligently and effectively.
The reader will be freely forgiven IL
he entirely forgets the reference to
Postum and Grape-Nuts, if he will but
join the pure food movement and
do things.
- n w POST
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24

derstand this trouble. 1t was just as
II all the strength had gone from my
back. After suffering for some time
| began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
The remedy acted at once Upon the
kidneys and when normal action was
restored the trouble with my back
disappeared. l have not had any re
turn Of it,
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24
Takes Annual Pedestrian Tour.

s1rDast Bepecke, a farmer who has
been a resident of Waukesha county,
Wisconsin, since 1874, has made his
annual pedestrian tour of one week.
His trip took him to Milwaukee, Ced-
arburg, West Bend, Waucousta, Eden,
Fond du Lac, Oakfeld, South Byron,
Mayville and Iron Ridge. Mr.. Ben
ecke on his trip follows a trail made
by him In 1ss5.-Chisago Chronicle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24
For a Weak Heart.

A warm footbath is very helpful
for a weak heart. Pain In the heart
from organic heart disease will fire.
quently be very much relieved by sim
ply placing the feet for a short time IN
a moderately warm footbath. 1t does
not need to be so hot that the pa
tient can scarcely bear 1t.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24
Ad on Tombstone.

This Is from a tombstone in an
English church yard. 1t robs death Of
Its sting and the grave of It's victory:
Sacred to the memory of Nathaniel
Godbold, esq, Inventor and Proprietor
of that excellent medicine The Vege-
table Balsam, for the Cure of Con-
sumptions and Asthmas."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24

People now demand the right to
know exactly what they eat.
To be told Ivy maker or retailer that
tho food is pure" is not satisfactory.
Candy may contain pure" white
clay or pure dyes and yet be very
harmful. Syrups may contain pure
glucose and yet be quite ~digestible and
even beneficial. Tomato catsup may
contain a small amount of salicylic or
boracic acid as a necessary preserva-
tive, which may agree with n and
be harmful to another.
Wheat -four may contain a portion
Of corn flour and really be improved.
Olive oil may be made of cotton seed
oil. Butter may contain beef suet and
yet be nutritious.
The person who buys and eats must
protect himself and family, and he has
a right to, and now demands, a law
under which he can make intelligent
selection of food.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24
sabera For the savaaes.

II appears that the discarded milt
tary sabers of Europe find their way
to Germany. Thence they are dis.
tributed all over the world-to the
savage tribes of Africa, to Arabian
rebels in Yemen, even to Russian
revolutionists One German firm
bought In one lot 10000 condemned
French sabers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24
Travelling In india.

Notwithstanding the great distances
covered the railways of India carry no
sleeping cars. The seats can be con-
verified into berths, but travellers have
to provide their own bedding. Nor are
there any dining cars.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24
a~snlnnInn to poubt

Sometimes" said Uncle Jerry Pee
bles, when / see these stories about
graftin' in high places begin to think.
by gun, that there amt any such thing
as honor, even among thieves"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24
Ernnnalve RlrthdaY.

at is a lucky thing for Methuseiah's
relatives" remarked the Observer of
Events and Things, that his last
birthday occurred before candles were
introduced ."-Yonkers Statesman.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24

that ! could hardly
walk. There was
an unaccountable
weakness Of the
back, and constant
pain and aching. |
could find no rest
and was very un-
comfortable at night.
As my health was
good In every other
way | could not un-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24
his CHE WEAK o

Prominent Minnesota Merchant Cured
to Stay Cured by Doan's Kidney
Pills.
o. G. Hayden, of o. c. Hayden 6
Co. dry goods merchants, of Albert
Lea. Mimi, says: Il was SO lame
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24
Text Of Pure Food Bill.

If it meets approval cut it out, sign nam and address and send to your
representative in congress. Buy two or more publications from which You cut
this. Keep n for reference and send the other to one of the U. S Senators
from your State. Ask one or two friends to do the same and the chances for
Pure Food will be good.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24

day as when they were erected. For
these old houses were built by men
who built as the Romans built, think
ing that the gods watched their labors
and that it would fare hard with
them If labor and material were not
Of the greatest excellence.
They were built, these Van Pelt
houses, to be lived in by their build
ers and long lines of descendants
after them. And so they have been
up to comparatively recent years.
There are two of the Van Pelts still
living at the Manor. One is Townsend
Cortelyou Van Pelt, now well along
In years, and the present head of the
family, and his bachelor brother ia
cob. Townsend Cortelyou Van Pelt's
wife, who is still living. was of the
Rapelje family, and is eighth in de-
scent from Sarah Rapelje, the first
white child born in that section of
Long island. The Van Pelts, though
OF Holland Dutch extraction, received
their grant of land from the Duke Of
York in the year 1864. 1t was in that
year that a British fleet captured
Long Island, and it was given by
Charles II. to his brother, the duke.
Afterward, with the rest of New York,
1t went back for a time to the Dutch,
only to revert again to the English.
Dart Van Pelt's House.
II was in that eventful year of 1864
that Dart Van Pelt built the house in
which his descendant, Townsend Cor
telyou, now lives. The grant was for
fifty acres, and the manor house was
built on what was once the Kings
Highway. The neighbors Of the Van
Pelts were the Van Brunts, and away
toward the west, around where Fort
Hamilton now stands, lived in great
colonial style the Cortelyous. With
the Van Brunts and the Cortelyous
and other Long Island families living
still further away the Van Pelts be-
gan to intermarry, and before long
there was a small family village in
existence in which every one was re-
lated. The old Van Brunt house-a
Van Brunt married a daughter Of the
van Pelts-was built only a year or
two after the manor house, and is
still standing, hale and hearty as 1t
gets along into its third century.
An interesting house which was
torn down some fifty years ago was
the Cortelyou house which stood on
Main street, nearly opposite the grave
yard. This vas probably the finest
house On the manor, and old Dutch
tiles taken from It. old furniture and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24
F%laapoIe Has History.

The great and towering lagpolS
which stands at the head of Main
street, has it's history. 1t is success
o to a pole erected on the same spo,
by the loyal citizens of the village al
the outbreak of the Revolutionary
war, and is surmounted by the SAINT
great eagle and the same arrow, con
ceived as a weathervane, which top
ped the first pole. At the foot of the
pole used to be held, until within a
few years, Fourth of July celebrations
with speeches and a flag raising"
But the old customs are going out as
the new houses come in, with their
new occupants, and modern Van Pelt
Manor rather ignores the fagpole
However, in a few years those who
to-day are settling in the place will
begin to take a deep and abiding in.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24
Van Nostrand Mansion.

Van Nostrand Mansion.
Directly opposite the burying
ground stands a curious looking house
partly built Of wood and partly of
stone. The wooden part, though evil
IDENTIFY of great age, does not look as
old as the stone part, but 1t is all old
enough and is called the Van Nos.
trand mansion. Some Van Nostrand
came there from Jamaica and built
1t about It's years ago. The old-fash.
Toned gardens about this house are
particularly interesting and Old
World looking. Further to the west
on the same side of the street, i:
the Voorhls house, of about the same
age as the Van Nostrand mansion
Here Washington was once a que
and the old ireplaces roared a wei
come to him. This Voorhis house
has a curious projecting roof, such as
Is sometimes met with in old Dutch
houses, and a carved door piece, with
fanlights to delight the antiquarian.
The faded colors of the paint, which
once covered it's sides and its solid.
window shutters, are now h~armonized
by time into effects" which delight
the artists eye.
In Eighteenth emu stands an in.
teresting, rather "squatty." house
painted yellow, which was at one time
used as a school, and next to it o
sample OF the first change in architec
ture which came to Van Pelt Manor
a house built apparently about fifty
years ago in a pseudo-colonial style
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24

Lutheran church stands now by the
side of the graveyard, and, though the
structure is modern, the congregation
may have a greater antiquity. In
this graveyard can be found chiseled
on the stones such names as Wander
bilt, Van Brunt, Rapelje, C%owenhoven,
Denyse and Wycoff.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-04-24

The undersigned respectfully requests the Representative 49, a. :.
u%t and Senators from his State to support this measure.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-24
Fully Armed.


A good story is told of young re-
cruit who enlisted in regiment sta
toned at Aldershot. One day he was
on guard duty and was slowly stepping
up and down when an officer approach
ed. After the usual salute the officer
said:
"Let me see your rifle
The raw recruit handed over his rifle,
and pleased expression stole over his
face. AS the officer received the weap-
on he said in a tone of deepest disgust:
You're a fine soldier! You've given
up your rifle, and now what are you
going to do?"
The young fellow turned pale and
putting his hand in his pocket drew
out big knife and, preparing for bust
ness, said in a voice that could not be
misunderstood:
"Gi' me that rifle or I'll bore hole
through you in a minute"
The officer instantly decided not to
play any further with the raw recruit,
and the rifle was promptly surrender
ed.-Pearson's Weekly.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-24
Audubon Township.

Miss Lizzie Porter is helping with
the homework at her brother, WHIPS.
Henry Baker is the owner of
bran new cream separator.
Miss Nora Schwenneker is working
at the Robert Huston home near
North Branch.
Mrs. Douglas, of Adair, has been
visiting relatives in Extra and this
township the past week.
Mr.. Soren Nielsen was fixing up
political fences in this locality last
week.
Grace Hocamp has organized quite
a music class and is giving good sat-
isfaction as teacher.
Milton Spangler is confined to the
house with rheumatism and is una BILE
to do his farm work.
G. E. Kellogg, of Audubon, was
attending to political affairs in this
township Friday.
John Porter aud wife visited at
the pleasant home of William Tibben
Sunday.
A. F. Prohaska has been on the
sick list but is considerable better at
present.
Ed Gustin is adding to the con-
venience of his residence by the adj
dition of a kitchen.
William Porter and wife enter
tanned large number of friends and
relatives Sunday.
Mr.. Thomas Stephenson, formerly
of this township, is quite i'll at his
home in Anita.
Mr.. Harlan Kennels of the Jour-
nal force has been attending to bus
mess affairs in this township the
past week.
j. H. McCrearv shelled corn for
Jacob Carstens and Amos Tibben
Tuesday.
Vic Anciaux and Claude Jayne
of Greeley. are busy building a large
barn for Chris Farrell.
The Aid Society was we'll attend
ed and pleasant time was had by
all present at the home of Mrs. Amos
Tibben last Thursday. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. John
Schlater.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-24

The party at the Max Ehlert home
Friday eve was largely attended and
all report fine time.
Guy Sampson, of Lewis, spent
Thursday night at the Imam Sher-
man home.
Amos Moreland and wife spent
Sunday at her parental home, Mrs.
Stetzell's.
Rev. David Shenton, who was
here preaching for the M. E. people
last summer during vacation, is back
and has the same charge again.
Mrs. Fred Ruhs left Friday morn
ing for Basco, Illinois, where they
will make their future home. Fred
started to drive there Monday morn.
Mrs. Frederick, who fell and broke
her limb last week, is improving as
rapidly as can be expected as she is
quite an old lady and it is also par
alyzed limb.
Mr.. Jay Shingledecker, who has
hardware and implement store here
had $55 in money and $1,000 worth
of notes stolen from his safe Satur-
day night. Sheriff Northup and
Deputy Rutherford were looking
tor the burglar all of the next day
but found no trace of him.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-24
The Tiger and the Goat.

A tiger once invited goat to dinner
The goat was tickled to death at the
notice of the noble beast and wore his
spike tailed coat and link sleeve but
tons in token of his appreciation. Can
help you to some of this venison
steak?" the tiger asked the goat very
cordially. The goat did not eat venson
steak, but he dissembled very cleverly
and preserved smiling exterior. my
physician" he protested, positively
forbids venison steak" There was
nothing else on the table, and the poor
goat was compelled to sit idly by while
the tiger devoured hearty repast.
But the goat was not disposed to de-
prive himself of the sweets of revenge.
He accordingly pressed the tiger to
dine with him the following evening.
Can help you," sweetly inquired the
host, "to some of this stewed tomato
cans, with brown paper sauce?" mo,
thank you," rejoined the tiger my
doctor forbids." $50 sorry" murmured
the goat in secret glee 81 fear you
| will have only an unsatisfactory meal"
| ooh, 1 shall do very WE'LL" protested
the tiger. Whereat he fell upon and de
! voured the goat himself "Alas," ex-
claimed the latter with his dying
breath, 81 was too funny This fable
teaches that it is perfectly proper to
take an insult from some people with
out resenting it. 1t is all a matter of
judgment
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-24

Plenty of coal at the Green Bay
Lumber Yard, in Brayton. m3l
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-24
Ross News

Miss hattie Ehlert spent SuDd sy
at her parental home.
Mrs. Albert Fest is helping to
care for her mother at present.
Coonie Lowe and wife spent Fri
day at the Bid Smith home.
Mrs Bid Smith and Jane Stewart
were Audubon visitors Saturday.
Nels Olson accompanied stock to
Omaha Monday eve.
Miss Nellie Turner spent Tuesday
visiting her friend, Phoebe Olsen.
Fred Bonnet and family spent
Sunday at Rob Wiley's in Lincoln.
Harry Bates and family spent
Sunday at Dave Harris.
Lou Beers has built an addition
on Jay Shing ledeck er's house.
Chris Iuess spent Sunday at his
parental home.
James Rutherford is working for
Max Ehlert at present.
Fred Horning and wife spent Sum
day at the John Makes home.
Miss Elwool, of Audubon, attend
ed the party at Max Ehlert's Friday
evening.
James Rutherford spent Saturday
End Sunday with friends in Craw-
ford county.
Allie Quinby and family also
Grandma Smith, spent Sunday at
the John Quinby home.
Charles Ruhs and Dave Hart at
tended the ball game at Audubon
last week.
Harry Ruhs and family and Jake
RI b. and wife were visiting at the
Charles Ruhs home Sunday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-24
Beautiful Spirit Lake.


A magnificent new hotel is being
built at Orleans station on Spirit
Lake, Iowa, and will be open for bus
mess about June first In addition
to the regular season rates in effect to
this popular resort, the Rock Island
lines have arranged, commencing
May 10th for one fare rate on Satur-
days and Sundays, good returning on
Monday following, and also for fare
aud one-third rate for tickets limited
to thirty days. A beautiful booklet
has just come off the press, giving full
information in regard to the above
Spirit and Okoboji Lakes, and will be
sent, together with full information,
upon application to John &. Farmer
Division Passenger Agent, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. il
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-24
Cameron Township.

Grandma Posshen is on the sick
list these days.
Joseph Johnston is laid up with a
lame back at this writing.
Amos Fancher is hauling tile and
John King and Fred Bunnel will
commence work.
John Reuschling was assisting
Louis Gray with his farm work,
Friday.
Mrs. VIM. Parrot went down to
Audubon, Wednesday to have some
dental work done.
Fred McRistal and wife went down
to visit the latter's sister, Mrs. Watt
Fry, Saturday evening and Sunday.
Mrs Charlie Beers has been in
Ross helping to care for Charlie 5
mother who fell off the sidewalk,
fracturing her thigh.
VIM. Krauel, wife and family
visited at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Johansen, Sunday, who now occupies
the farm vacated by Mr.. Phelps.
Wallace Bolton, wife and little son
Ruby attended services at Eden
Valley, Sunday and visited with the
family of VIM. PARROTS.
Harry Northup's mother was
visiting them last week; after her
visit there she went to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Norton.
Amos Possehn, VIM. Krauel and
Robert Rutherford, Jr., all took
their colts over to Guthrie Co. to
have them pastured for the coming
season.
Charlie Neitzel is assisting his
uncle, Amos Posshen, with his corn
planting, during the illness of the
latter's wife.
Johnnie Stuart finished up thing
for Joe Johnston Wednesday and
then took his tiling tools down to
Levi Kopps and is now laying tile
for him.
Mrs. Harry Northup is running
two incubators 30 we suppose when
they hatch, Cora will have more
chickens than ever was known for
one person to own in this neighbour
hood.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-24
RUIN IN PATH OF FIRE
THREE THOUSAND PERSONS ARE
HOMELESS IN MICHIGAN.

Strip Ninety-four Miles Long and
Thirty Miles Wide in Upper PENN.
sula Burned over-ViIlages and
Farm Houses in Ashes.
Milwaukee, May PA staff CORE.
spondent of the Sentinel, who made
a tour of the district in the upper pen
insula of Michigan covered by the for.
est fires in special train, the first
train to go through the district since
the catastrophe, telegraphs that the
fire appears to be practically out in
all the district. The fire ragged for a
distance of siXty-four miles along the
lines of the Rscanaba and Lake SUI
perior railroad and for thirty miles
beyond Charming, the western ter.
minus of the road. 1t seems certain
now that 1000 persons are homeless
in that district and that 1000 are left
desolate at Quinneseo. The Quin.
neseo fire, however, was of a different
origin from the Escanaba fire, having
started in field where men were
pulling stumps and burning debris.
This fire spread into the city, wiped
out all the buildings except three
residences and the paper mills.
Then the fire spread into the timber
and running north for forty miles
finally joined the flames sweeping
east on the Escanaba. 1t was also
learned that Woodlawn and Kingsley
on the Escanaba and Lake Superio,
line, and Perkins, on the Northwest.
ern road, were destroyed. The strip
burned along the Escanaba and Lake
Superior road appears to be thirty
miles wide and the alarming nature
of the earlier reports of the fire seem
to be thoroughly verified. Stories OF
heroic battles against the flames are
numerous. Dozens of towns were
saved only by the most desperate bat
tie with the flames. Northland, a
town of 1000 Inhabitants, was three
times threatened. The fire was
checked each time at a distance OF
only ten yards from the houses on the
outskirts One man who carried the
NoAAiAA VAIN shS Sol poO vi LIS uSdu UdUS
thirty miles to Escanaba in his escape
from the fire, went back on the spe
cial train and found his home gone
but the picket fence surrounding the
house untouched. The ashes of his
home had been blown away by the
gale and the fence was the only evi
dence of human habitation. The resi-
of the town had been swept away.
The town of Soperton suffered 8
heavy loss. For time Soperton ant
Wabeno people were cut off. All thai
saved the towns and people from com
plete humiliation was shifting o.
the wind.
A remarkable feature of the fire i:
the fact that nearly all the refugees
are not disheartened, but are deter
mined to return and begin over. The,
have only the clothes they wear, bu
say this is the fortune of the frontiers
man, and that if their homes are lost
at least the fire has cleared the lant
for them and this much labor i:
saved.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-24
Rain Extinquishes Forest Fires

Escanaba, Mich, May 22.-Out of
the chaos resulting from the wide.
spread forest fires order is gradually
being restored in the towns and isolated
settlers are all appearing to repair the
damage done and all danger is now
over because rain has extinguished
the last smoldering fires. Governor
Warner wired that if help was needed
he could furnish it. While there are
many who would welcome assistance,
those who lost their homes are spread
over such0 wide territory that their
friends and neighbors can take care
OF them and the people at large will
not have to be called upon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-24
Annual neeting, Grand Lodge,
A. F. & A. M, Des Moines,
iowa. June J-z. 1000

For the above occasion, the Rock
Island Lines have arranged open rate
of one fare plus 80 cents, except where
fare and one-third makes less, from
all points in Iowa. Tickets on sale
May 81, June LIST, 4th and 9Th with
final return limit of June s.
This is the lowest rate ever granted
the Masons Of Iowa for their state
meeting, and it is expected that
there will be the largest attendance
in the history of the order. q
For full information call on the
nearest ticket agent, or address John
G. Farmer, Division Passenger Agent,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. il