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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
A BRIEF SKETCH OF HER LIFE
How the Vegetable Compound Had It's Birth and
How the ''Panic of '73" Caused it to be Offered
for Public Sale in Drug Stores.
THE STORY READS LIKE A ROMANCE

had SO often made from roots and
herbs for such of her women neigh
bors and friends who were sick and
ailing. Its success in those cases had
been wonderful-its fame had spread,
and calls we're coming from miles
around for this eficacious vegetable
compound.
They had no money, and little
credit. Their first laboratory was the
kitchen, where roots and herbs were
stepped on the stove, gradually filling
a gross of bottles. Then came the
question Of selling it, for always be-
fore they had given it away free.
They hired a job printer to run off
some pamphlets setting forth the mer'
it's Of the medicine, now called Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and these pamphlets were distributed
by the Pinkham sons in Boston, New
York and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were, to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used 1t
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts, the
family had saved enough money to
commence newspaper advertising on a
small scale, and from that time the
growth and success Of the enterprise
was assured. until to-day Lydia E.
Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound
have become household words every
where, and thousands of pounds of
roots and herbs are used annually in
making this great remedy for woman's
ills.
Although Lydia E. Pinkham passed
to her reward some years ago, the per-
petuation of her great work was
guarded by her foresight.
During her long and eventful expert.
ence she was ever methodical in her
work and was careful to preserve a
record of every case that came to her
attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-received
careful study, and the details, includ
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference
and to-day these records, together with
thousands made since, are available t.
sick women the world over, and repre-
sent a vast collaboration of informa
ton regarding the treatment of won
ans ills which, for authenticity AM
accuracy, can hardly be eQualed in an.
library in the world,
Another act of foresight on the par
of Lydia E. Pinkham was to see tina
some n of her family was trained t
carry on her work, and with that en-
in view, for years before her deatf
had as her chief assistant her daugl
ter-inlaw, the present Mrs. Pinkhan
Therefore, under the guidance an
careful training Of Lydia E.. Pinkhan
and a vast experience of her Owl
covering twenty-five years, the preser
!. Mrs. Pinkham is exceptionally we
/, equipped tt advise sick women, whic
! she is always glad to do free {
> charge.
The record of Lydia E. Pinkham
Vegetable Compound, made of simp
herbs and roots, is a proud n pee
less one. 1t is a record of constal
conquest over the obstinate ills
women, greater than that of any 9TH
one medicine of it's kind in the worl
and will ever stand as a monument
that noble woman whose name
a bears.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
A BottomIess Pit.

A bottomless pit has been found in
the mountains of Hualilai, back Of
Kailua, Honolulu. It is about -four feet
in diameter. The pit is peculiar from
the fact that it sucks in the air with
remarkable force. Pieces of paper
placed over the mouth do not f1oas
gently down, but are suddenly drawn
in and disappear with startling ra'
pidity. The air rushing into the pit
can be distinctly felt by people stand
ing on the edge. There has been nc
attempt made thus far to reach the
bottom of the pit or to determine its
character. Strange sounds are heard
in Honaunau. Every night the inhab-
itants of that section distinctly hear a
note similar to the blowing of a deep
steamship whistle. Nobody has been
able to discover any cause for it, and
considerable anxiety is felt by the SUI
perstitious. The noise is heard for
about FIVE seconds, and then subsidies
for a space of about ten minutes and
then resumes for another five seconds.
Montreal Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
ri. !. +he Method.

This Is the Approved Method.
She runs to the gate as he comes, there
The Joy that she feels in her smile is
expressed.
With wifely embraces she lovingiy greets
She knows he is weary and needs a
good rest.
But first. it is certain he ought to have
Hen feel a deal better, she's sure, after
The lady is what we would all call a
She knows what to do when she wants
a new hat.
She wears his pet gown and she's mighty
good looking; -
She has. which is lucky his favorlte
The coffee is worthy the rest of the
He seems to nave all a mere mortal
She talks to him gayly, her silvery laugh
Rings out at his joking SO ready and
He has his suspicious of what h is
But then it is cheap at the price of a
hat.
She brings his old jacket when dinner Is
His Slippers ard pipe. not forgetting
And when on the lounge he is fairly ex-
She gets out her basket to darn and to
oh. synics may sneer at the marriage
But what half so sweet as that nice
coy chat?
And what does it matter II coon CONVEX
Tnsensibiy turns to a new winter hat
Chicago News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
IInhthouae IS bird Trap.


The night watch of the Cape May
lighthouse was chatting with a Wis
itor when something struck hard
against the netting around the light
The watch went out upon the tiny
circular balcony and returned with a
dead bird in his hand. "A mud hen"
said he. Sometimes we get five OF
six in a night. Often we find robins
and ducks dead on the balcony"
tits a fine life you lead here" re
marked the visitor.
Eyes; if it wasn't for the oil-the
six gallons of oil that the light burns
nightly. The government won't give
us n machinery to hoist it up with
Consequently every day | must carry
the whole six gallons up these 217
steps. That's hard on the heart"
1T must be-" agreed the visitor
cit would be so easy to rig up a rope
and pulley. too, and draw the oil W
that way"
ut amt allowed" said the watch
I'm every oil-burning lighthouse th'
attendants must carry up the oil b.
hand. 1t does seem"
Plop!
He slipped out to get another mu'
hen.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
SHOOT FROM fHE rIssuRY Yew


Interesting Relic Secured by a Boston
Clergyman.
When DR.. Charles e. Banks was In
England six years ago and visited
Tisbury he saw in the old churchyard
of that parish the famous yew tree
which is said to have been planted by
one of the Arundel family seven hun
bred or more years ago. 1t is about
thirty-six feet in circumference, hol-
lowed at the trunk and capable OF
holding about ten persons in the cav
ity.
The vicar promised the doctor a
shoot from the tree as soon as n
| could be procured. Recently the doc
tor received by expresq a young tree
from the old giant, and it Is now pot
ted and ready for transportation at
the proper time. When it becomes ac-
chmated this memorial of the old It's
bury will find a home in the new town
On the lawn of DR.. Banks summer
home at Vineyard Haven. The yeW
Is a large and beautiful evergreen
tree, with a trunk often OF great
thickness, branching a few feet above
the ground and forming a large and
dense head. Fine specimens Of it are
frequently found in English church
yards, and, for this reason, it has been
often mentioned in the elegiac poems
Of English authors.
The yew tree obtained by DIR. Banks
will have a deep significance and in
terest for the Vineyard people mo-
only because it came from old tbs
bury, but also for the reason that un
der the spreading branches OF thu
parent tree Thomas Mayhem, known
to fame as Gov. Mayhem, must have
been carried to his baptism over thre'
hundred a ago. Boston Tran
script.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, com
ing from a good old Quaker family.
For many years she taught school, and
during her career as a teacher she be-
came known as a woman of an alert
and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above all,
she was possessed with a wonderfully
sympathetic nature.
In 1843 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a daugh-
ter.
In those good old-fashioned days few
drugs were used in medicines; people
relied upon natures remedies, root
and herbs, which are to-day recognized
as more potent and eficacious in con-
trolling diseases than any combination
Of drugs.
Mrs. Pinkham from her youth took a
deep interest in medicine, In botany
the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics, and power over dis
ease; she believed that as nature
so beautifully provides food for the
body so she also provides medicine for
the ills and weaknesses of the body,
in the roots and herbs Of the field,
and as a wife, mother and sympathetic
friend, she often made use OF her
knowledge of roots and herbs in pre-
pairing medicines for her family and
friends.
Knowing of so much suffering among
her sex, after much study and re
search, Mrs. Pinkham believed that
the diseases of women have a com
non cause, and she set to work tc
find a common remedy-not at thai
time as a source of profit, but simply
that she might aid the suffering.
How her efforts have been rewarded
the women of the world know to-day
In 1873 the financial crisis strucl
Lynn. It's length and severity was too
much for the large real estate inter
ests of the Pinkham family, as thi
class of business suffered most from
this fearful depression, so when tn
Centennial year dawned it found thei
property swept away.
At this point the history of Lydia Z
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound con
mences:
The three sons and daughter, wit
their mother, combined forces to n
store the family fortune. They n
solved to give to the world the veg'
table compound that Mrs. PinkhaI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
SEWING SCREEN AN ORNAMENT.
Pretty and Useful Article That Is
Easy TO Make.

Pretty and Useful Article That Is
Easy TO Make.
A pretty and very useful article is
the sewing screen. This may range in
height from three to four feet, and in
width from two to two and a half feet.
The screen consists of two upright
pieces of narrow wood connected by
three short pieces of the same WIDTH
--one at the top, one at the bottom.
ane one in the middle Of each panel
Over the back of each panel is
stretched a plain piece of denim or 3
Powered piece of cretonne. Suppose
the screen to be painted white and the
back pieces blue In color. Get ere
tonne Powered in blue peoples. OF
some such dainty design, and make a
large pocket for the top and bottom OF
one side of the screen by cutting a
strip a foot or more longer than the
width of the screen and gathering IT
to a tape an inch below the top
Gather the bottom edge and sew it tc
the foundation of the screen, lacking
the sides to the wood with little brass
lacks. Long, almost h~eadless, brass
nails are driven in a row into the
wooden bar across N panel OF the
screen, and a few small hooks are
screwed into the top of the opposite
side. Spools of various sizes are slid
over the nails, and the hooks are used
to hang up emeries, scissors and little
things of that sort during the process
of sewing. Smaller bags attached tC
the scheen are for buttons, tapes and
the host of small things one requires
while sewing, while a small pir
cushion hangs on a hook at the top o.
one corner and a n~eedlehook is con
veniently attached to the other. Th'
big pocket on the screen is for tbs
work itself and patterns.
If a carpenter makes the screen /
might be curved at the top, and thu
little shelf attached to one side nigh
also be curved. This little shelf i
covered with plain blue, having tn
edges of the cloth tackled down witt
little brass tacks. Two little hinge
fasten it to the wooden cross bar, an,
a strap on one side, with a loop at tn
end, is hung upon a hook to supper
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Where the Lady Was Going.

An official of tie Boston. Revere
Beach & Lynn railroad tells the fol-
lowing:
THE ticket agents in the Boston
office of our railroad are greatly trou
bled by patrons who, when wishing to
purchase tickets, lay down a coin
and neither tell where they T going
nor how many tickets they want. This
necessitates n or more questions on
the part of the patient agent.
Zone day a little elderly lady APP
preached the window Of the office,
placed a large family umbrella on the
slab, and, after fumbling nervously
in her pocketbook, pulled out a quar-
ter and laid it down, without a word
to the ticket seller.
Where are you going, madam
asked the ticket agent.
ooh, I'm going to the doctor's,'
was the tremulous reply"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Inconsistent Science.

did you like that scientific paper
on germs and baleful bacilli that l
read at the club?" said Ethel to her
companion as they entered a Lexing
ton avenue car.
Indeed I did, dear. l was shocked
to know that almost every article is
covered with disease germs"
WELL" said the amateur scientist,
every word I spoke about the danger
of infection is absolutely true She
fumbled in her pocketbook as she
spoke. mo, dear" she added hastily;
its my turn to pay the fares" She
spoke rather in~distinctly because she
held a greasy, battered dime between
her teeth as she used her hands TO
close Ler chatelaine bag.-New York
Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Texas Railways.

Texas is building or planning so
many new railroads that it is next
to impossible to keep track of them
all. When they are all completed
Texas will not fall far short of hav.
ing so per cent more main track
than Illinois, which was the state
of greatest mileage until recently,
when the iron horse took a fresh squirt
over the ~boundless areas of the Lone
star State.-St. Louis Republic.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
rhe sawlnu screen.

it When the shelf is in use. Such a
screen may have bows Of ribbon on
the pockets and be made as lovely as
it is useful. Its two sides are fastened
with hinges, and fold up when not il
use; while, if hinges are not accessi
BILE. straps of cretonne are tackled at
the top and bottom of the woodwork,
in contrary directions on the outer and
inner side, and serve the purposes OF
hinges admirably.-New York Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
TWO breaks from Party Lines.

William Travers Jerome of New
York is moi the only man who won at
the recent election without having any
marty nomination. In Massachusetts,
John B. Moran, who RAJ for district
attorney of Suffolk county (Boston) on
the Endorsement of the requisite num-
Der of voters, was elected over the
fusion nominee of the Republicans and
Democrats.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Chance for Inventors.

Nature knows how to economic. In
ventors still have room for increasing
the economy Of lighting. Sir James
Dewar lately pointed out that of the
energy of the candle, oil and coal gas
only 2 per cent. is transformed into
light; of the incandescent lamp, 8 pei
cont; arc lamp, 10 per cent, and mag
nesium lamp, is per cent. But SO per
cent. of the energy of the Cuban fire.
fly appears as light, only | per cent
being wasted.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
ReaI ReaInnIna d Education.

When a young man begins to know
how much less he knows than he
thinks he knows then he knows some
thing that is really worth knowing
st. Joseph. Mo-, Gazette.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
On an Electrical Parade.

'I don't know much bout prophesf
cation" said uncle Eben, but ! kin
say dar is three mighty reliable signs
o. rama horse race, a circus an a
camp Observation-Disclosures Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Mom.n in Flnland's University.

Twenty-Five per cent of the students
at Finland's university are women;
but only half of these pass the exami-
nations. Those that do are mostly in
the medical department.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
HAD WOMEN ABOARD
RECEIVING SHIP
Lieutenant Dunn InfringeS
Service Rules and De-
tleS Captain.

SAN FRANCISCO. IIly z1-Lieut ?.
H Dunn, OF the ne ~, is again IN
trouble over wol eE and probably Will
have TO stand couI Crarual Ffe as IT.
charge Of the receiving ship Independ-
ence at the Mare Island NaVy Yard IL
the absence OF Capt Giles E Harber.
The captain returned TO the ship unex-
peCtedly Tuesday night and trouble fol-
lowed For several days the lie Itenant
had had two women aboard the ship
and the captain discovered js3is when he
arrived
Captain Harber ordered Lieutenant
Dunn on deck. The lieutenant refused
10 obey. and had his sword taker from
him One of the launches belongin TO
the guards" was ordered aiopgside,
ana the two women were requested to
return Immediately 70 NeHelo. One
went al once 10 the launch, bTt -.ie
other refusal 10 move, and fouslt 10
remain where she was.
The masteT-at-arms as a last resort,
impressed four sailors into service and
had the woman carried bodily 10 n q
waiting launch ana transported 10 Va
leiO.
Lieutenant Dunn is likely 20 resign
from the service TO escape COurt-martial.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
BALLOON PARTIES
SOCIETY'S FAD
Aerial Trips Now Form Cur
rent Feature in London
Social Circles.

LONDON. July 21.-"BalIooning" has
Dog'in 10 appear on invitation cards. The
number OF London hostesses who can
provide aerial entertainment for their
guests IS yet limited TO under a dozen,
as the sport is yet in its infancy. Messrs.
Spencer, however. are turning out new
balloons as fast as they can at their
works in North London, and the mem
DcrShip Of the Aero Club Is growing by
leaps and bounds.
1t may safely be said that balloons are
now as common as automobiles were ten
years ago. Every Saturday and sun
DAY half a dozen balloons may be seen
sailing over London. and the FIRST aerial
race, in which seven balloons competed.
ever held in England has just been
flown.
The cost Of a balloon trip is very mod
erate-about $50 for four persons-and
the only thing that prevents society
going in for aeronautics on large scale
is the strictly limited number OF bal
looms in existence.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
The PeSky Fly.

The anti-fiy movement is growing
every year, and it is no longer sur
prising TO ind door and window
screens even in the country. In by
gone times various traps or, at most,
curious wire domes, 20 be placed
over dishes of food. were about the
only concessions to cleanliness made.
Plates of vile poisons were stationed
about kitchens and dining rooms un-
I'll the later sheets of tanglefoot
came in, with their squirming, buz-
zing masses of captives. In all this,
however, flies were treated merely
as troublesome and persistent visit
ors; that they were venomous nuis-
ances was not dreamed Of
We now know the fly for the dis
ease-spreader he is, and we fight
him with that knowledge in mind.
Only the other day il was found
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
THAT WHICH FNDuRES-

The flowers Of earth, they are fair and
gay.
They smile in light at the dewy day:
Iheir ozreath Is sweet. and their lives
With the sDangled dew OF the by-gone
night.
Yet soon. too soon. they are folded up
The seeds of decay in each dewy cup;
Yet mortal. O mortal. do not sigh,
Place thy hopes where the flowers
never die.
The skies Of earth. they are often air.
And the sunlight streameth. Oh. bright
As The day god moves in his golden
car,
Yelling the face Of each trembling star
Yet clouds will come, and the tempest
sweep,
Like the breath of God DER the stormy
Yet mortal, o mortal. do not sigh.
No elou5s can ross Ger the home on
high
The friends Of earth may fawn on thee
In the sunlight glare Of worldly glee;
When thy heart Is glad, and thy path
They VOW their friendship shall never
But let sorrow and grief come over thy
WaV
ASK FOR thy friends. and where are
o mortal. let thv pure heart be stayed
Where the wreath OF friendship VIII
never fade.
o mortal! mortal! place thy stay
On the land where flowers ne'er fade
away.
Where cometh no tempest. or cometh
no blast.
N,-~~re darkness the sky can no more
O'erCdSt.
And friendship is true through eternity.
Where love in each heart like a gem
shall he
Where a rainbow or peace is around
His throne.
And sorrow and grief are things un.
known.
All. place thy treasure far, far on high.
Where the skies are pure, and the
flowers ne er die
NJ LOUISA CHITWOOD.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22

Naval officer .-s.-tered AZ the Bu-
reau Of Navigation during the week
we're as fouoUs:
Commander Cnauncey Thomas. light
house inspector Of the Fourth district.
Ebbitt House, for examination for pro
motion.
Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee.
temporary duty, At Metropolitan Club.
Assistant Surgeon James a Randall,
examination for promotion.
Warrant Machipist c. s. Joyce, Lou
isiana, indefinite; examination for en-
sign.
Lieut. r. u. /. Hasbrouck. training
station. Newport: Army and Navy Ciaoi
examination and promotion.
Lieut. Com. J. Hood. lighthouse IN
spector Seventh district; Dewey Hotel
ordered to consult With lighthouse
board.
Lieut. c. A. Dawson. torpedo station
the Benedict; examination for promo
ton.
Commander W A Marshall. light
house Inspector, Bos lon; examination
for promotion.
Lieut. Com. John Z. Cravra, lieutenant
commander League Island Navy Yard
examination for promotion.
Commander r. 7. Qual.rough, New
port, r l.; Dewey Hotel; exam nation
for promotion.
Commander J. II. oliver, retired, Gin
c!nnati. Ohio. the Westmoreland; ex-
animation and promotion.
Civil Engineer-L. Z. Gregory, Norfolk.
Dewey Hotel; orders from department
Lieut.. r. L. Berry. en- route san Fran
cisco, Dewey Hotel; orders from de-
partment.
Lieut.. J. r. Brady. L. s. s. Pennsyl-
VaEia. on leave.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
MASSACHUSETTS, MEN
VISIT JAMESTOWN
Making Arrangements for Erection Of
State Building for Coming
Exposition.

BOSTON. July 2l-Three members Of
the Massachusetts board Of managers Of
the jamestown Exposition sailed from
Boston this afternoon 20 visit Norfo. K.
Va. and look over the site Of the con-
ing exposition. The members were Gen.
Francis II. Appleton, OF Peabody, Hor
William II. Fairbanks. OF Warren. ard
Arthur Lord. of Plymouth. The com
missioners were also accompanied by
the boards architect. John La Vale.
who is 10 design the MassachusaT q
building.
The party will arrive in Norfolk Mon
day morning and will prOba bly return
TO Boston on the following Thursday.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22

necessary 10 close the camp kitchens
at San Francisco on account OF the
vast swarms OF the pests that the
cooking attracted. People were
urged, also. 10 use every means TO
keep flies from all restaurant and
private kitchens.
To the science of medicine is due
all the credit for this changed view
in regard To flies and other iIsects.
The public is coming to understand
the part they play in spreading in
lection, and il is willing enough TO
help in the work Of eXterminating
them
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
Cruising on Potomac.

John Chauncey PugI. OF the chief
clerks nfice. who, with a number Of
friends, has been cruising around in the
lower Potomac for several weeks. LETT
St Mans river last Tuesday for An
napOlis. nd. arriving at Annapolis the
following morning, making the trip OF
about 1l5 miles IN tWenty-one hours. Al
present they are at anchor of White
Hall Mansion, bat viii weigh anchor
ward.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
ARM BROKEN BY FALL
FROM MOVING STREET CAR

While trying 70 board a street car
at Fourteenth and @ streets northwest,
Yesterday afternoon, Patrick AcQuade
thiTty-fVe years old. OF sol Twenty
fourth street, slipped from the running
board and fell 10 the pavement Hac-
turing his right arm iust above the
wrist He walked TO the Emergency
Hospital where the physicians treated
his injury.