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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20
SNUG Quarters For New Girl.

Mrs. Blank of Gloucester was re-
duced by the scarcity of good help to
accept Finn girl just arrived and
understanding very little English.
Coming to the house while the mis-
tress was engaged with visitors, she
was directed to proceed to the second
floor above and enter the first small
room, when she could at once retire
as the hour was late.
When the family was about retiring
the mistress found her new servant
fast asleep in the bathtub, with her
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20
A Cautious Answer.

AT bend in the river opposite a
likely pool a portly gentleman in new
fishing "togs" stopped native in
order to get some necessary informa-
ton about the surrounding country.
do you suppose" asked the man
with rod and reel, sit would be worth
my while to try fishing round here?"
Well said the native, thrusting
his hands into his pockets and settling
back on his heels, the fshin' ain't
good, but course I don't know how We
value your time
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20
TeacIoth Autographs.
e es...~ 81 Ia

A new department has been made in
the collection of autographs, which
opens out an interesting field flor
ladies who desire novelty in after
noon teacloths. We reproduce part
of a unique cloth, which is almost
covered with autographs of music-hall
artists, living and dead. The sigma
lures were originally made in pencil,
and have been marked over in silken
thread. There are some hundreds of
signatures in all, and the cloth is
finished with handsome border of
laces.--Liverpool (Eng) Mercury.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20
elder eoodwIn's Large Hands.

A story comes from Milton, N. H.,
of an old clergyman named Goodwin.
He was tall, broad-shouldered man,
and was said to have the largest hands
of any man for miles around.
One noon a young man named Allen
was taking dinner at the elders house.
1t was the elders custom to ask a
blessing at the table. and Allen had
evidently not been used to this sort
of thing, for. instead Of waiting, he
began to eat. The elder raised his
hand with restraining gesture and
said:
Pause, young man"
Paws" was the reply. II should
think to the Lord they was paws"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

WhAAS ~ - w AAAAhNcAS NutJ
An hcws the ducks an pigs, Biddy,
'Tis them / think of, sure,
That looked so inercint and swate
Upon the parlor floor
For not only ducks and pigs, but
goats galore, share the "parlor floor"
with the family in peasants cabin.
These animals with their tenders
form enc of the picturesque parts
of the landscape, as they are driv-
en- in their nomadic wanderings
through the beautiful lanes and by
ways. AS peasants generally are too
poor to have or hire pasture lands,
they Craze their fiocks on the grass
that borders the roads, and one CON
stantly comes upon groups of goat
girls sitting with their knitting along
the hedges while they keep watchful
eyes upon the browsing fiocks. At
sunset they start them homeward,
and then begins the fun in getting
the animals belonging to each to fol-
low their proper leaders. For the
most part 1t is old women who tend
the goats, for young girls can earn
more In working the skins and later
in dressing them or making the gloves
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20
Especial Correspondence

that are sent, when done, to be.
stamped by some noted mandatory.
Gloves at Cheap Prices.
Gloves can be bought in Potion at
very low prices, one fifty or
sixty centimes-being asked for
glove that sells in New York for three
of four times that sum. 1t isn't sing
ular therefore, that the peasants wear
gloves of very good quality when
they are in fete dress. On such &C.
casions the women appear in the cos
tunes belonging to the town or ar
rondissement of which they are ma
tives. Almost every place has a diff
ferent costume. if in nothing more
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

A professor at the University of
California has just declared to his
class In ethics that animals are Inn
mortal, and certainly experience with
some cats goes to show that he is
right.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

Somebody signing himself Con
slant Reader" wants us to say that a
man with hay fever should be an Gin
fuenzial member of a community, .
but we decline to be dragged into
any discussions.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

Another reason why everybody
should be thankful is that the meat
trust has no control over the air we
breathe or the beams that radiate
from the sun. They are just as cheap
as ever.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

A war department item says that
the army signal officers will conduct
some experiments with device In
vented by Massachusetts, militiaman
which converts the ploughshare into
an implement of warfare. Alas, what
per- ~~iou OF scriptures!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

A denizen of dry town went to a
wet town for a little diversion. and
taking ON too much of It, he was ar
rested. and the magistrate as pun
ishment, sent him back home.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

England is running a serious risk
in defying the tobacco trust. The
trust may take notion to buy an
island and set up an opposition to
England.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

From France comes the dreadful
warning that next season motor cars
that travel two miles a minute will
be seen In America. Let us begin
right now to get out of the way.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

A python in Cincinnati squeezed its
keeper nearly to death. If the keep
err concludes to resign, there are
plenty of young ladies who will be
glad OF the job.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

Reports sent out from New York
say the birth rate in the Fifth avenue
district is steadily declining. Isn't it
rather surprising that there is any
birth rate at all in the district re.
ferred to?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

A dancer in one of the musical com
edies has had her feet heavily In
sured. What's the matter with her
But she probably has reasons for be
lieving they are all right.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

The London Times says the liberal
premier has no reserve of enthusiasm
TO draw upon. 1t forgets the Office
seekers. Till the places are filled
their enthusiasm will be unbounded.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

Troubles strengthen our hearts as
exercise strengthens our muscles.
The easy life is drifting one that
takes us no place in particular.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

Before 1889 Poitou was that depart
ment of France that borders the Atlah-
tic between Guyenne and Brittany just
west of Berry and Touraine IL hau
held its own individuality since the
middle ages, and during the struggles
of the Huguenots was the scene OF
some of the most thrilling OF the per-
secutions of that time. After tne
Revolution, when France was reulVlu-
ed, Poitou was cut up into four ue-
partments, in which there are, alto-
gether eighteen ACCOMPLISHMENTS or
townships In each ACCOMPLISHMENT III
each department, the industries OF the
people differ and make them now RI
walls where they we're once co-workers'
The departments are Charente-lnleI-
ieure and Vendee, on the coast; DeuX-
Sevres and Vienne, inland. The great
er part of those departments that are
still, by the country people, called Pol
tou. is along the upper end of the val
ley of the Garrone and on the table
land before the hills slope to the val
ley of the Loire, most fertile ana
beautiful district and filled also with
splendid monuments of past glory But
that which impresses a foreigner, es-
pecially an American, first, is the no
madic manner of following the chief
industry which supports the peasants
and the apparent ease with which II
is carried on while there seems so III
tie appreciation of the loneliness OF
climate, scene or setting. This last Is,
perhaps, not strange the undevelop-
ed mind, particularly the thrifty
French mind, bent on accommodating
is not apt to give attention to what
appeals to thought rather than to cir
cumstances of monetary occupation.
These peasants are not stolid, dull
looking creatures, such as Millais
painted; they are extremely bright in
feature and movement, can drive a
good bargain and express an opinion
on a few other subjects than their i'm
mediate interests. The question OF
church and state separation wins less
attention, though, than does the news
of stirring events of the day. Because
every man must render military ser
vice, every one knows something OF
military affairs, while educational re
forms are matters of Indifference to
most of the people, for if a peasant
reads and writes a little it is as much
as is expected of him. How their chill
dren are to be instructed, is, therefore
of no concern to the majority.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

The minister in Cleveland who has
aroused storm by his public declar-
alton that beer is better for the man
than yspepsia-breeding apple dump
lings says he doesn't drink beer him
self. Neither does he eat apple dump
llings.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

A stranger in Chicago had his poe
ket picked while at prayer in church.
In Chicago, evidently, it is necessary
to watch as well as pray.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

A new novel is entitled "The Heart
of Lady Anne" 1t will be followed In
due time, presumably, by "The Lungs
of Lady Lucille"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

The whisky trust has been sued by
the sugar trust, and the only thing
needed to make the legal cocktail
complete is to have the lemon trust
intervene.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

China thinks the reasonableness OF
its views on certain questions win be
clearer to the powers when 1t has an
army of 100000 men fully established
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

That assay officer out in Seattle
who swindled the government by
mixing black sand with the gold dust
took mighty long chances. But he
had plenty of sand.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20
Marriages Arranged.


Thrift, the particular French trait,
causes the arrangement of marriages
to be as strictly observed among the
peasants as it is in the higher classes,
the small savings a girl can bring or
the portion furnished by her family
being the chief reason for the choice
OF a wife, while what a young man
can show Of similar provision weighs
with the selection of bridegroom
Once married and set up, the two are
equally eager to save and have ready
marriage portions for their. children.
The horror of being unprovided for in
old age is another influence that com
pels thrift, and if the saving habit of
ten makes them avaricious certain it
is that there seems to be less poverty
in Poitou than in any district of the
size have ever seen elsewhere.
The chief industry is glove making,
and to carry this on great attention is
paid to the raising of goats Not a
family but has a flock, larger or small
er, and so cherished that one is con-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

-Four workmen in the car shops at
Pullman make from $40 to $50 day,
but the chances are they live only a
few days.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

Among the best books of thti
month" the pocket book always hold }
q leading place.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

Everything is possible II you have
one person to believe in you" says
Ian Maclaren. Especially If the one
person is publisher.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

Three Korean statesmen committed
suicide, having discovered that they
were statesmen out of jobs since Ja-
pan moved In.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

Honest Poverty says Uncle An
drew Carnegie, Should never be abol-
ished." 1t seldom is. except by death.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

The average Russian begins to
class manifestoes and ukases with
gold-brick circulars.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

Jan Kubelik, the violinist, wears
costly muff. The ladies viii be kiss
ing him If he doesn't watch out.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

Chicago clubwomen have 8 $40
children apiece. On the average, OF
course; on the average
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

To Mark Twain, whose own life is
his greatest work: The longer 1t
lasts the better 1t becomes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-20

Picturesque Dwellers In Perhaps The
Most Beautiful Part Of Sunny France
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-02-07
Corner Creek Comments,

One month Of the new year has naas. .
ed by, and it seems a very short time
since the holidays Of 1905. Jannarv
was O rainy month around here. al
though q very mild one. Some devs
seemed like. springtime. Our people
nave not made much progress toward
far9l'ng, bus 10 the course of @ few
more weeks, Il The weather permits,
sometnlnf VIII be doing. 1t is our
not exceed that of last year. We
trust 1t won't. The present pricss
shouid not increase the acreage.
Rev. D. w. Hiott delivered an OK
cellent sermon Sunday, to a good An
dience at Barker's Creek. Ho is
expended speaker and seems to be
hl!ed with the spirit.
wheat and oats are doing we'll these
DAYS, owing to the warm weather dar-
ing the month OF January. There ia
not much wheat sown around here. aa
iG seems 1t don't pay very much to COW
here of late. ''"
Our farmers are still holding on to
their cotton. and will doubtless cling
70 II Tor awhile yet, as the price don't
seem to advance enough for them.
Ihis Is election year, and, as usual,
q lot OF the dear fellows. We some-
times wish there were offices enough
created to give them ali office. bIt.
however, they get used to defeat. and
dear people. WV
WIstar Bigby, one Of our enerRetic
farmers, hae recently presented him.
SELF With lovely piano. Yes, and he
ia q bachelor!
. The members of the Barker's Creek
fna fGnurch Will soon have their. graveyard
o commendable act. Other chnrcbea
ehould do likewise. There are no via.
ttors In this section and we have no
sickness OF O serious nature. The
weather 10 fine aud every one ia busy.
Tyro.
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Local News
WEDNESDAY,, FEB. 7, l9UG.
At Hymen's Altar.

The Americus GA. } Times Recorder
OF wednesday, 3lst ult. contained the
following marriage notice, which will
be read with interest by the friends Of
the groom, who il II native of Ander-
son and who has many frierds and
relatives living here:
Eat high noon yesterday, at the rpai-
dence of the brides mother, Mrs. En-.
ma ParranOrc, 23i Jackson street, Mias
Lena Parran0rc and MIR. Guy Duuiels
were united in marriage. The inter
ceting ceremony was performed bv
H'v. .. l.. Gilbert, pastor of First
baptist church,. and witnessed only by
rriatlves "f the bride aud groom.
lhe announcement of the nuD.ialy was
received with pleasurable surprise and
the happy couple have Fince been the
recipients OF sincerest coDgratuIu-
tiOns.
Mr.. Daniels, a wcll-known ieweler
or NewDerry, $. G., came to Americus
recently upon visit to his brother,
MIR. s. a. Daniels, and thus met the
beautiful young woman who on yester-
day he claimed as his bride. Miss
farramore was one of the most admir-
ed young ladies of the city, her beauty
anc grace having long siL ce made her
tavorite in the social re aim, and her
marriage Is an occasion of much inter-
est here. After q few d..ys Mr., and
MrS. Daniels will 20 to Thomasville
upon visit to his brother, going
thence to their home in Nowberry to
reside.
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Suicide 10 VaIdosaa, Ga.

Valdosta, Co., February 5.-Aftes
R:sssh:as 20 large congregation pes
teEday morning, the Rev. j. G. Nor
ton, g leading Baptist minister ia thss
section OF Georgia, went home, ate
dinner and shortly afterwards con-
mteted e9icide by leaping into an un-
Gsed Veil abort distscee from BONE:
Before leaning i1to the we'll Mr.. Nor.
ton tied about his neck O piece Of iron
weighing 100 pounds. -. ~>S,' =
Ehe body was not discovered unsif
today. By chance his son looked into
ene Old we'll and anw the object. The
a9n was lowered there and found that
ehe object vaa the body Of his father.
In his sermon on Sunday Mr. Nor
son dwelt much on the uncertainty Of
nfes and urged tho congregation to, be
ready for the final enmmonn. Z Hik
closi9g sentence was: Prepare to meet
tux 00l.. = - - lI.s'..t,: s /; ~ =: &
Mr. Norton had accumulated q mod.
ssaa sss aostnas; ,;t and u is supposed That he
ton OF mind. ~. : -
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-02-07
An Old Confederate Passes Over TIE
River.

Mr; David Lewis died suddenly On
the piantatIpn of Mr.. James A. H1iIev
90 Tuesday night, January 80, 1000.
He was perhaps seventy years old
re served through the var hatwaan
the States from early in '62 until tha
surrender, as member of the Seconi
south Carolina Rifles. Lave LAWS
mac had his fau Its and his virtues as welI'
Inc writer knew him well on field and
In camp, and can truthfuiiy saw he
was a prompt and efficient soldier.
brave to reckless daring. He VIVA one
soldier that actually "toted his own
skillet" throu gh the war, and brought
it nome with him. And that skillet
has since 1.-The cruel war wa ove1n
done duty IL his kitchen. Up1oa faw
years ago, Mr.. Lewis wore u blue yam.
kee overcoat in cold weather that he
captured on battlefield. His enyir-
onments were not OF the best, nor was
,cn 5,s life, bnt in the bloody days Of the
'o9s he viii llingly risked it against any
odds in defense of his country. Soft
be the bed and sweet thy sIumber. old
comrade, till Gabriers bugle blast
shall wake tho echoes of the resurrac.
tlon morn--Hartwell ga Sun.
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!. -, ! ..t ~ :.
A Great .fer,'siee.;!.

i elsewhere we Irinf sbS advertise.
naent OF the =. s.. - ter .Guano Co.
and d,eal fhe 'asts - OF orr readers
TO- the 1ahssee. 1.n1 Hoyetar feSt3fisaf
people Rfe the largest 81 tho 5niiepena;
dGnt mannfartnrera reltsinins . q Theaa
people have had most ysSse.sserfnl sue.
oeas tn thssr sales. ..Eafmeksa Bonen
fei their leading brand N0f I cotton Ter
ttlisar. and we ere told that tts eala
eros q thas of; any other single brand
Of fersliixef soid Id the HDnth. 8 GIVING
70 the tact that they use .dsh S0rE am
everywhere they are cold S; They SisIm
theirs 70 be- fhAt original fish ruanO:
They have large GNGfks rs Norfolk.
y o.. Tafb0!Q. M C;a,,, two factories iR
Ga, and their goods aro on aaIe ia;
neArly every ftWn ip the South 3WhAre
fertilizers are used. s, Our: reaiefa will
] 5koyatsr, ,fssti ilizer before making their
chASeB. ~
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70. The 1fEa,sss OF salan chursh.

GoNtlemHns-- 81 &. E!.. -. i "a ~ &. So -
:. We want 10 donate some L.. d M; Paint
70 your church Whsnever they psint. Ss +
i: :Xha largest Methodist church in G0Ur.
RiA" expected % rsa 100 anlIona 90 :tl5a
nsuaA Kind OF paint they only ssasd 39
g9llosas L:& FL. y. mixed y, With % ksliuEHs=
81 Il eosss issu to paint 81 hduss wsth I..$ $6
d. thar With clhsr paint, bscauea EaloxSf
nixea LinsaS1 OIL fsah froun the 9 HoI
% CO. eeAts ~ Eslion with Is.$ III u 3. aSSf
doesnss nay 4l,60 per gallon AEr: Elnafsgd
oilj ss d9na y fead ms paint s. inaei.
,ths L.Ss & HI White Lsad atii ifnaE ~ iRa
Paint MfHx ltts@ iron. g
/, Ls&s ls tosta about $i .xd par Sasss & d
Said by Fs III Cray ytonaI IAndefson.S.G G..
E R. Horton; Inwnd xsyills, 81, NsT az
ss ssSct assi ssisas. snaaa q. sl-
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ihere 10 not q reader Of the Irtelligen-
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hsa not been cured Of some of the above
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There is absolutely no schems or catch
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This offer will expire Thursday, Febru.
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In Memoriam.

Mrs. Jane Stewart Calhoun, the
e!dest child Of Christopher and Martha
McCann Orr. born at Craytonville An
derson District, South Carolina, On
sister Of Governor Orr and Mrs Gen.
J: W. Miller, Of South Carolina, and
Of Dr. II. .. Orr and Judge Orr, of
Mississippi. and widow Of Or. w. H.
Calhoun with whom she jntermarried
on the 18th Of July, 1887, died at the
family home in Lee County. Miss,
where she has resided sixty years, on
Friday at $3.50 p. m. the 10Th day of
January, 1905, in the eighty sixth year
OF her age.
She was taken with pneumonia on
Monday, the 10Th. On Tuesday, the
16th the symptoms were not alarming.
On "Wednesday danger was apparent
and the irritation Of the lungs caused
her to pass restless night. On Thurs
day, the 18th, it was quite perceptibie
that, che was nearing the end. Her
brother, Judge Orr, the only relation
or acquain intance Of her childhood now
living, sat on the bedside holding and
tenderly caressing her hand; her son,
daughter, grand daughter and other
frlende looking with fearful solicitude,
seemed to brace her for the ordeal
shE2ugh which she was to pass.
Tankerely; who Cad been her daily
companion through the last ten years
OF her declining life and one of her
greatest soiace and comforts, stood By
wien streaming eyes and quivering lip
asked her: ''Grandma, tell me once
more you love me, and if ever srie7.
ed yon. wont you forgive me-" She
aKeotion replied: "You know have
slwaya loved you 90 my o@n eh!la.
could not love you more than do.
You have been the darling OF nv
heart. .You have always been so faith
ful that your Lille has been a blessing
70 me-. There Is nothing to forget OF
fSrgive. y want yon to ber a good
ehsis bs tho Arst to welcome you there.
DO your duty as you have always done,
aud .tTy to aid in guiding the other
%s~Sere@ men = r OF the family In the right
. she then TUNED her eyes heaven.
yard and prayed feryently. "Oh, my
Fnther, bless my dear children, Cor.
neiis and John. and my grand child,
children, and Father 6less each 1ne In
this room, and oil uf my. neigh b ira.
Give them grace, pardon their .ine.
enu save fhs lreciuus eun Ia Of each
one. thank Thee Holy Fn, hur for
thy great mereies to me: Thou hast
oSfo kng0 10 mo all alOnR these years
of my iifo. Thon has heard my prayer
and Thou wilt hear me now She
tnen repeated liEes from different
touching spiritual hymns, 90 many of
~ htch sh0 was familiar with. cloeiuR
with tho verso from Amazing Grace:
And when this f1eah and haart a,n,f
fail. y. =. ''.'1>' .s'.' ''IHE sAstA.
And mortal life shall ceaaa 2. .;;,,.:3
LnhalI possess within the vait , t".
Allie af ioy and peaca1n -:
%s,hns Cslns,n., ia. r,..s.
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