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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Has Too Many Visitors.

Luther Burbank, the California nat
u%ralist, has been overrun with Wis
itors during the past year, taking
much valuable time from his expert
ments and scientific work, and has
had to call a halt. A circular has
just been issued by his relatives and
friends, calling attention to the an
noyance to which he is subjected al
most daily and requesting the dis
continuance of visits by the public.
In the year 1905 over 5000 visitors
were received on the Burbank grounds
at Santa Rosa and Mr.. Burbank was
given absolutely no opportunity to
rest. A warning sign has been placed
on each gate at the residence declar-
ing that any n entering or ~trespass-
ing on the grounds will be prosecuted.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Smythe, who discovered him in the
conservatory.
Come, come, this will never do"
she cried, tapping him with her fan.
when the hermit ome to Rome he
must do as the Romans do. Come and
have your hand read"
Unresisting he followed her to the
library, where the entertainer was
reading the palms of all corners.
Il have found a splendid subject"
said Mrs. Smythe, triumphantly.
Here is the enigma of the town. We
want to know why so fascinating a
man should be a recluse and a m
hater. We want also to know his fate
his love affairs, past and present"
Sherry gazed upon the woman of his
dreams, and she looked up straight in
to his eyes, grave and u~nresponsive.
She was not a guest and knew her
place. He also knew his. But he was
startled at her Interchangeable beauty.
The years seemed not to have told at
all upon her. Indeed in the short
gypsy skirt and with her hair down
her back she seemed younger than he
had eve seer her. And yet there was
an ~indehnable something in her eyes
which made her seem more mature
and Notwithstanding as though a
great sorrow had chastened her.
He placed his hands in hers. She
followed the lines intently, looked at
the fingers and general shape of the
hands.
you will live to a very old age"
she said. 81 do not see much sick.
ness, past or future. Your head is ex-
ceptionally strong. No mental trou-
BILE win overcome you, You are in.
%tellectual, fairly artistic and a money
maker"
and his hearth" put in Mrs.
Smythe.
His heart is well under control, but
he is capable of a great and abiding
love for a woman"
"Is his passion passed or to conner"
relentlessly pursued Mrs. Smythe.
Il see a strong line about the age
of 80" said the girl slowly and very
low. ut seems to be cut and barred.
1t looks like some obstacle"
And the future?" insisted Mrs.
Smythe.
The girl looked long and earnestly.
She was breathing a trife faster and
the color had come into her face.
81 cannot see the future she said.
and then dropped his hand with a GEES
ture of exhaustion. 81 am very tired
Mrs. Smythe, and really must beg to
be excused from any more work to-
night"
The crowd drifts back into the
drawing and the palmist slips
into the conservatory. Sherry follows
her unobserved. After a time they re
appear in the drawing room, where
Mrs. Smythe is receiving the congratu
lations of her last departing guests.
Mrs. Smythe," said Sherry, 81 viii
finish the reading of my own palm
The barrier has been removed and tn,
enc great passion of my life for tn,
one woman in the world is to be re
allied. Mrs. Smythe. permit me Il
present the future Mrs. Sherry, and t
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

his love, but she had felt it her duty
to remain with her father in his mis-
fortune and had resolutely refused to
permit an engagement or even an un-
derstanding. remarking that it would
be unfair to spoil his life by holding
out a hope which probably never
would be fulfilled n would further
keep her mind in a state of distrac-
ton. Sherry had taken 1t hard and
abandoned society for business and
books. The shock he received at Mrs.
Smythe's disclosure that Florence was
to be there and in such a role was Sc
we're and brought back a flood of men,
cries.
His reverie was cut short by Mrs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Gov. paIe,s Small Potatoes.

Ex-Gov. George N. Dale of Island
Pond, VT, had an account against a
Frenchman named Felix, for whom he
had rendered some legal service. The
account had u a long time. Felix,
meeting the governor one day on the
street, dunned himself in the follow
ing manner "Meester Gunner, l owes
you beeg bill. When I dig mar per-.
taters mex fall, bar gar, l pay you"
Late in the fall the governor was
riding in the neighborhood of Felix
home. and again met him. Stopping
his horse, the governor said, "Fe.4&.
how about the potaties?"
bar gar, Gunner, those. p~ertaters
dond turn out so beeg's you 'spected,
bar darn sight"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

The cathedral church of Notre
Dame is almost as closely connected
with the history of the French people
as is the Abbey of Westminster with
that of the English. The gray-white
building with it's feet nearly washed
by the waters of the Seine, has seen
grand pageants and lurid tragedies
such as even Victor Hugo could not
write.
But no one who had read this au-
thor's graphic story, "Notre Dame de
Paris" can ever forget the Archdea-
con clinging to its roof and at last
falling to a terrible death on the
pavement far below.
1t is strange that where so much
has been changed, this building has
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

thank you for the happiest evening
in my life"
And Mrs. Smythe catching the d.
vine light in both their eyes remarks
tactfully:
81 think l may call this party my
greatest social triumph"
1t certainly was much talked about.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

completed till the thirteenth century,
the western entrance was finished in
1928 and the towers under st. Louis.
The history of Notre Dame is in a
great Measure the history of France.
Among the s%culptured figures of this
cathedral is M collection unique tc
this structure, it is called "The Dew.
lis of Notre Dame" These weird
beasts scowl from the high parapets
on the people below. They are unlike
the %gargoyles on other buildings in
this, while they have the faces of
beasts or monsters, they are positive
ly diabolical in their expressions of
f%erocity and cunning. They have
nothing in common with the crude
figures usually seen, for they are pos
sible creatures, you car imagine that
they live and breathe. They fasci-
mated the great etcher, Meryon, and
Joseph Pencil in his recent series of
drawings has made them of even
more immediate interest. There they
sit above the open air flower market
that is so charming a part of the
Paris of to-day, and grin and scowl on
the people below.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
sprInatIme,s come AaaIn.

O catfish in de eddy,
When de moon is in de full
o watermillion ready
'Mongs' yo' dewy leaves, to pull!
O choofies, rooted!
Us women en- us men
Is all lone back ~bar'footed,
Case de springtime's come again.
De bullbat gins to heller
Across de shimmery hill.
'Taint long befo' a Teller
Kin hyuh de whuppoorwill.
De hawk sets roun' en- watches
De biddies wild de hen.
Tn de doodle-dus' ~a-scratchin',
Case re springtime's come again.
Dirt daubers soon be s%quealin'.
Shapin' up DER mud,
En- a sort er sleepy feelin'
Ill git gwine along yo' blood,
Till you lose yo' holt. en- dozes,
En- Jerks, en- wakes up-den
De fus' thing dat you knows 10
Dat de springtime's come again.
Charlotte Observer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

One of the Vanderbilt ladies recent
ly paid a big price for a thimble that
once belonged to Queen Elizabeth.
Owing to its value as a relic, however,
the owner of the thimble will not use
ii when she makes her shirt waists
>his spring.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Facade of Notre Dame.


remained almost unaltered in outline
and general effect. The storm of shot
and shell that has beat upon it has
seemingly destroyed only the detail,
and the revolutions hat have surged
around it have receded leaving it
like a mountain in the midst of the
sea.
Notre Dame cathedral is no less
written about than others because it
is less picturesque, it does not so.
much excite the imagination. The in
tricacy of Rouen, the richness of
Reims, the f~ortress-like grandeur of
Bourges, and the elegant variety of
the Charities, these are wanting. Most
casual observers know it only as rath-
er a squatty looking building with
two unfinished towers, and it is in it's
sculptures and classic architecture
that its greatest charm is found. The
interior is unique because of it's dou-
BILE aisles, a feature which is not seen
in English churches, even on so vast
a scale as Ely or Canterbury.
The stained glass was originally the
glory of the church, n the long
shafts of color that streamed in from
every window must, in the early days,
have been almost a marvel, if we are
to believe the writer's of those times.
These were destroyed, not by an in
furiated mob, but by those in au-
thority, who removed this priceless
material and replaced it by sheets of
dull color ornamented with the ieur
de lis. q
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Mr.. Labouchere is out of parlia-
ment, but he isn't above giving advice
to his successor. Above all things,
says Labby. eschew eloquence, and
never be guilty of a p%eroration.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Fashion has decreed the floating,
fiimsy auto veil must go. A veil on a
pretty girl Is a nuisance, anyhow, and
this recent edict must meet the hearty
approval of every man, whether or not
he owns an auto.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Swing Low. Sweet Chariot is the
song suggested by the news from
Washington that the Austrian ambas-
sadress is running an auto which
leaves in its wake the odors of Araby
the best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Chinese officials are naturally slow
to act upon the report that the Dow
ager Empress is dead. Persons who
have acted upon previous reports of a
similar nature have met the fate of
the Observation-Disclosures expert
menter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Whistllng. according to some doc
tors. viii do much toward the devel-
opment of a robust physical frame. 1t
win also do much toward developing
a tendency toward homicide.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

The report Of the death of the dow
ager empress of China has not been
confirmed. and 1t is, therefore, but fair
to suppose that the emperor continues
in a horizontal position under the
bed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

According to a lady of some expert
ence in the courts, the stars are
against divorce. She's wrong. Stars
get divorced almost as frequently as
chorus girls.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

changed the subject and passed him
along to the bevy of pretty girls al
ways to be found at her right hand.
He soon made his escape, however,
and passed into the conservatory,
where he could struggle alone with his
thoughts.
Remember Florence Raymond
What else, indeed. had he been doing
for the past five years. since he had
thrown himself at her feet and asked
her to be his wife. 1t had been the
one great passion of his life and he
had always felt sure that she returned
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

One of the theatrical managers wept
recently because the New York critics
made fun of his play. But he would
probably have felt worse about 1t If
they had said nothing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Britain's lawmakers are modest in
their demands for salaries. Fifteen
hundred dollars a year would not
seem excessive pay ever for Mr., Bal
four.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

According to a household journal,
N of the best appetizers is orange
marmalade. Another good one is a
days work on a woodpile.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

1t will be a long time, just the same,
before the National Educational asso-
citation succeeds in popularizing
thru" ~"bizness," and "tuf."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

C%onceding that wealth lessons hap
piness a large number of persons will
remain firm in their determination to
be unhappy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

1t is given out that King Edward is
famed for life. Surgical science is
not yet equal to the job of giving even
a king a new tendon Achilles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

The sailing lists chronicle the de-
parture of Nine. Calve for Europe.
Also of Mile. Calve. And everybody
is privileged to take his choice.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

AS there appears to be nothing do
ing in Morocco, the European war
cloud can pack up and resume its old
stand In the Balkans.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Still, 1t doesn't follow that every
man who refrains from laughing Is a
millionaire. Dyspepsia is as bad as
money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Oil is being tried in Cuba for the ex-
termination of the mosquitoes. Per-
haps MIR. Rockefeller is down there
working up trade.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

1t is said that insanity is caused by
d microbe. That is why a crazy man
is SEN to the bug house.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

London Truth remarks that so many
! actresses are becoming peeresses that
the aristocracy of the realm should
be known as the a~ctressocracy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

VIII Mr.. Carnegie kindly lend us a
million so that we can try to hold 1t
and laugh at the same time?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Samples of aduiterated whisky fur
nished by DR.. Wylie were thoroughly
enjoyed by a congressional committee.
To the pure all things are pure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Scene of Splendid Ceremonies.

1t has been the scene of many mag
nificent ceremonies. Perhaps the most
splendid was the coronation of Napo-
leon and Josephine in the winter of
1904. a century and a yea ago. 1t
was on this occasion that Napoleon
took the. crown from the hands of the
Pope and placed it haughtily on his
own head, a proceeding which must
have been rather startling to his Holt
ness.
A great service was held there in
1910 to celebrate the restoration to
French soil of the remains of this
great leader.
1t is natural that the whole French
nation has for Notre Dame a feeling
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Let yesterday be a happy memory
and tomorrow a sweet anticipation.
To-day is the middle of the sandwich,
and therefore the best part of all.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Scientists have discovered a new
way of raising ships. What we yearn
for Is a new way of raising the price.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

A New Jersey Judge has ruled that
beer Is not a necessity of life. He had
better keep way from Milwaukee.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

In Africa there is a tribe which is
still living in the stone age. Not so
different from the rest Of the world,
which is living In the age of rocks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

VIII Princess Ena continue to say
After you, Alfonso" after she is
married?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

It is to be hoped that this is the
farewell tour the yellow peril is pre-
pairing to put on In the far east.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28
Demons and Fiends.

lemon and Fiends.
The one most noted through Mer-
yon's etching is a muscular demon
with high cheek bones, his lean chin
resting on his hands, he sits licking
ms lips over the sins of Paris. Look
ing westward is q grim iend throt-
tllng a rat, the embodiment of cruelty.
one monster grins with the very hor-
ror OF a laugh, another is in a sort of
comic despair. and near him a beast
howls ~furiously at the city that is
beyond his reach, There is a dog
tearing at the bullock's throat a
monstrous bird, apes, elephants and
Shiny brutes with scales, dragons and
shapes Oh EVIL. There is. but one
m form among them, a man who
TWISTS his fingers in his beard. and
strains out over the city as though
longing for release from all these hor-
rors.
There is a legend of the ru;ne6
cnurches. / Provence which the poet
Mistral has told which gives a most
VlVld Ten picture of these strange
monsters at the hour when the last
Gay is dead n the next one has NOT
been born.
Ihen the shadows become alive
and these chimeras in response TO the
deep peal of the bells, snuff the nigbt
air, n stride, shuttle or walk each
with MS peculiar gait toward tbe
summit of the bell tower. Throneb
the thick darkness are sounds of hoI
low laughter, of grinding claws and
ciapplng wings, mingled with the wai1
OF the wind. Then the first raw If
morning blazes upon the house ond
tthe river, and the weird shapes crean
back to their own places; with
murmur OF returning life the c,+r
wakes and once more the cathedrslN
dies. ~a
Grand old unfinished pile. No ono
can overlook the stately erandavn =
the Arch of Triumph, the splendor "
the Louvre. the beauty of La Saint
Chappelle, the fascination 90 nue
Tomb OF Napoleon, but for vital his
toric episodes this church staass
alone as a symbol for the whole c,t,,
IN all its memorable experience
Los Angeles Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-28

Japanese Beer Bill,
Inc Japanese drank $500, 900 gal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-05

"a the City of St. Louis for rresrrva- tion in Forest park. t WIS exbibit- ed at the St. Louis e&posi'ion and H= tacted much attention
 AS the president hJI uo suitable place to display the frame c4oea;afu the section of wood, he int l., elrs War department whofa i: NH haga q place ia the reception roem If fGe secretary uf war.
 X descriptive book seas Wfh tae reIie shows rierues If Inc cabin as if stood on General Gfant'e fam. and accounts the history of how Grant tuilt the cabin as a shelter for his family fn 1S54 ali q time when Inc Wits considered Ii failure hy bia rct- atiNts and friends
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-05

scrutiny s,.at I knew so N,.. very familiarity of it. after all tho,, months, set me smiling in a way tlat might laV' treasured him for diuly already Givinc1 Hj> enterprise
 II Woni send you oI i'll the pilots bG,s.. BHHHFt@
 "N2t .;:t;p."
 Then yeu re:no,1t5or t'le pearl yoa wrote the
 did not wait for him to hrSh lis sentence.
 You've 2at it!." cried, ny face OH fire. for caught >.< of it that mo ment in +" ,.t:::,:. ,.....};.l .s..:.=r..3;s'.
 Rallies Sge'..Fd t;;keli aIjac!l
 Not yet" said he ."hut l mean to have it before W" get to Naples
 "ls it on hoard"'
 Yes
 Hut how W here who's got itf' "A Aulc Ge@aaatr officer, whippe-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-05

tue offI"erS' long ruafrs, III Nulrr re cllned girl in a white drill coat and skilt--a slip of q sirl with pale skin dark hair and rather remarkable eyes. So much l noted aS he rose and quick lN turned. Ther"upon could think of nothing but the swift grimaec which preceded start of well feiguel aston iShment.
 Why, Bunny" cried Rallies. "Where hay" yoH Sprlug fromf"
 stammerod something as ha pinehed my h;fnd.
 And are you coming in His ship: And to Naples too? We'll. upon my word Miss Werner, may introduce bimf"
 And he did SO without a bush. de- scrihing me as an old schoolfellow whom be had no, seen for months.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-05
with perpendicular

snapper with perpendicular mus 1 tacheS'
 Il saw him in the smoke room
 That's the chap. He's always tne"a, Herr Captain Wilhelm yon Heunann, if you look at the list Well. he's thc special envoy of the emperor. and he's taking the pearl out with him.
 You found this out in Brcmen?"
 "No, in Berlin from q newspaper man know there. I'm ashamed to tell you, Bunny, that l went there oh purpose"
 burst out laughing
 You needn't be ashamed You are doing the very thing l was rather hop ing you Were going to propose the ctber day on tue river'' You were hoping it." said Rallies, with his eyes wide open. Indeed, it was his turn to show surprise and i mine to be much more ashamed than I felt
 "Yes,' 1 answered, T was quite keen on the idea. but I wasn't going to pro- pose it"
 "Yet you would have listened to me the other day:''
 Certainly l would and l told him so without reserve; not braZenly, you un- derstand; not even now with the gusto of q man who savers such an adven- ture for its own sake, but doggedly, de- fiantly, through my teeth. as one who had tried to live honestly and failed. And while was about it told him much more Eloquently enough. I dare say, gave him chapter and verse of my hopeless struggle, my inevitable defeat-for hopeless and inevitable they were to q man With my record, even though that record was written only in ones own soul. It was the old story of the thief trying to turn honest man. The thing was against nature. and there was an end of it. Rallies entirely disagreed with me. He shook his head over my convention al view. Human nature was board of checkers. Why not reconcile oneself to alternate black and white? Why de- sire to be all one thing or all the other like our forefathers on the stage or in the old fashioned fiction? For his part he enjoyed himself on all squares of the board and liked the light the bet ter for the shade. My conclusion he considered absurd. But you err in good company. Bun ny, for all the cheap moralists who preach the same twaddle Old Virgil was the first and worst offender of you all. back myself to climb out of Avcrnus any day I like. and sooner or later I shall climb out for good. suppose can't very well turn myself into limited liability company, but could retire and settle down and live blamelessly ever after. I'm not sure that it couldn't be done on this pearl alone"
 "Then you don't still think it too re- markable to sell?"
 "We might take a fishery and haul 1t up with smaller fry. It would come after months of i'll luck. just as we were going to sell the schooner By Jovc it would be the talk of the Pa cific."
 Well. we've got to get 1t first Is this Non What's-hs-nam formidable cuss?"
 Gro Be Continued)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-05
SECTIONS OF LOG FROM
 GRANTS CABIN

 Roosevelt has presented 'o he War departments for it's historical c@fe- lion a section of q iog from the cabin which General [. $. GaMt buUt for his family near St EcDis after bs fest4nation from the feeaII HmA before the opening ot tf2A war #tsft
 The section js from q leg which was used in making flame rfe sented to Andrew Carnegie. aclnowl= edsiHS his gift of $l,ooo0o0 to th" Library association.
 The relic was sem 10 the president by C. F. Rlanke of Sr Louis. Who purchased the cabin and presented f
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-05
DWELLINGS FOR RENT.

No. 2005 West Fifth avenue, 4 rooms.
 No 1902 West Pullen street, rooms.
 No. 1904 West Pullen street, rooms.
 No. 515 Hickory street. 2 rooms. No. 517 Hickory street, rooms. No. 619 Hickory street, rooms. Apply to Chas. Haycock. real estate and loans, No 113 Pine street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-05
MOVED

On account of remodeIing our building we were forced to move so now occupy store room no. no West Barraque street where we will be glad to serve our friends and custo= mers. It will require about 90 days in which to complete Improvements in our store so until that time will be in the above building. Call and see uSo
 SEAWELL & ANCRUM
 DRUGGISTS.