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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
svAsE THAT IS WORTH $500
IL 10 the Portland Vase I'M Now In
British Museum.


Another family treasure of great
value which has since passed into the
keeping of the nation is the Portland
vase, now exhibited In the British mu.
scum, says the Westminster Gazette
This vase comes from Italy, and what
its age is no man knows, though 1t has
been proved that in 235 A. d. it was
deposited in a sepulcher under the
Monte del Grano, three miles from
Rome, and is believed to have con-
tanned the ashes of the Emperor Sew.
erus. But, whether or no, Pope Urban
VIII. had 1t dug up; and for more than
two centuries it reposed in the Bar
berini palace at Rome. In 1856 the
duke of Portland purchased it from Sir
William Hamilton for 100 g~uineas
and deposited 1t in the British muse
UNI fifteen years later. In 1916 a man
named Lloyd, employed at the mu-
scum, picked up a stone and hurled it,
in a fit of frenzy, at the case which
contained the precious relic. The vase
was smashed into hundreds of pieces,
but with great ingenuity they were all
put together again, and as it now
stands Is said to be worth at the very
least ELS, 900 pounds.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
TRACTS tN MANY LANGUAGES
Feats of Printing Done Here for Me,
sionary Work Abroad.

s~lonary Work Abroad.
One OF the most difficult OF all pub
fishing tasks is accomplished by the
American Tract society, which prints
not only tracts, but also books In ma
tive African languages such as
'Mpongwe, Bulu, Umbundu, Benga
and Fang. Inasmuch as these
tongues, though spoken by millions of
Blacks, were not written-or, at all
events, we're not written until recent
ly-the problem of rendering such
works as the Pilgrims Progress" in
to their v%ernacular in printed form Is
beset by many obstacles.
For the copy dependence must be
had upon the missionaries, who write
II out in typescript. 1t has to be sent
all the way to New York to be set up
III type, and, as a matter of course.
care must be taken that it shall be
as close to perfect accuracy as posi-
BILE.
The languages are not understood
either by the men who set the type
or by the proofreaders, and so the ed
itors, who are equally ignorant on the
subject, must follow copy slavishly
AS far as possible the typewriter
words represent Theoretically the
spoken words as uttered by the ma
tives.
Having thus translated their vocal
speech into print the missionaries
have taught the blacks to read their
W languages, an accomplishment
which has helped greatly in their
mental and moral elevation. They
have not only simple dictionaries, but
also primers illustrated with excellent
woodcuts.-New York Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Vitality.

Keep up your vitality and you will
never know disease of any kind. No
disease can exist where there is an
abundance of pure blood. To get the
necessary amount. eat nutritious food;
TO circulate 1t perfectly, take proper
exercise; to purify it, get fresh air and
sunshine. If a perfectly healthy con
dition of the skin exists and an even
temperature Of the surface of the body
Ia maintained, 1t is impossible to catch
cold. Cold water baths taken every
day will do much towards producing
the former; proper food and exercise
the iatter.-London Tit-Bits.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
ThlevIna coolies, Marrow Escape,

Retribution almost overlook a mum
Der of thieving coolies in Hankow,
Central China, last month. They had
entered an old barge belonging to a
British oil firm and were engaged In
u~nsoldering the cans, stealing the oil,
and then ~resoldering the cans. The
barge was anchored in the river.
While they were hard at this task one
of them upset a can of oil over their
charcoal fire. The coolies tried to put
out the flame, but failed, and their
neighbors turned them adrift. The oil
was spread over the surface of the
river and caught fire. The junks near
at hand were burned, as were 500
houses on shore. Many lives were lost
by fire and drowning. The thieves
had a lively time, but escaped.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
MEMORY PLAYS uNklND TRICK
Caused Educators inability to Place
Rather Prominent Man.

Caused Educators inability TO Place
Rather Prominent Man.
AT a recent dinner of the Geodetic
club Prof, Shaler of Harvard told the
Following story on himself: ~ still
remember a mental slip | made nearly
thirty years ago when In Washington
attending a large educational confer
ence. | was alone In the hotel parlor
waiting for two of my friends when a
Tather short, bearded man entered
and. seeing me, advanced to shake
lands with a cordial. Glad to see you.
Prof. ShAler.' AT the moment | was
unable to place him and had to con-
fess my lapse of memory. / explained
that was meeting so many people
that | could not remember the name
OF each. though the face might be very
familiar. He smiled and said he quite
understood and drew out his card. On
&c was engraved Gen. Ulysses s.
Grant and then | understood why his
face was so very familiar"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
sATcHEL AS BABY CARRIAGE
Gypsy Mother Astonishes Patrons Of
a Chicago Restaurant.

Gypsy Mother Astonishes Patrons of
a Chicago Restaurant.
Into a little Chicago restaurant
strolled a gypsy woman one morning
recently. She was dressed in garments
of many colors and she carried a
small satchel that seemed to contain a
heavy burden. Walking up to the
woman who keeps the eating house,
she besought her to have her fortune
told. Her plea did not avail and she
tried each of the late breakfasters in.
turn. Failing to drum up any bust
ness, she produced an infants milk
bottle from a capacious pocket and
desired to have 1t filled. When 1t
was handed back to her full of milk
she paid for 1t and turned to go out.
The occupants of the little dining
room were astonished at this point TO.
hear a smothered wailing. 1t seemed
to proceed from the satchel and the
young gypsy woman, hearing 1t, he's
itated and looked around. Then, step
ping to a table near at hand, she
placed the satchel on a chair beside it
and opened 1t.
Impelled by curiosity they could not
resist, those at the tables, the wait
resses and the matronly proprietor
crowded around. There, stuffed into
the satchel was a baby. 1t was clean,
but the tears were streaming down
its face and 1t was bawling Justify.
The mother thrust the milk bottle into
its little hands, 1t stopped crying at
once and opening its large brown
eyes, started to feed itself. The mother
then closed the satchel carefully, with
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
STRANGE MaIaccan Festival.

A queer festival is celebrated in
Malacca every ten or twelve years
The opening of the festival is signal
lied by a grand procession, in which
huge piles of eatables take a large
share. At the end of the third day
the viands are burned. On this occa.
sion the piles of food are placed in a
specially constructed boat, which Is
to be towed out to sea and there con.
sumed by fire, together with all the
contents. A large sum of money,
amounting to several thousands of dol,
lars, is subscribed, largely in Singa.
pore, for the proper observance of the
festival,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

What is the color 'chatain'?" a
certain young man asked a venerable
Creole lady, whose hair was white as
snow.
She rummaged through her mind
for terms of explanation, being a lit
tie liable to forget English words at
times.
Finally, however, she replied:
"'Chatain,' dat is the color of INV
hair, you understand, when I was
young!"
And then she smiled with satisfac.
ton at the exact manner in which
she had explained the term, while
the questioner still wondered what
color 'chatain" was.-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
AN AWFUL SKIN HUMoR.
Covered Head, Neck and Shoulders
Suffered Agony for Twenty-Five
Years Until Cured by
Cuticura.

For twenty-five years l suffered ag-
ony from a terrible humor, complete
ly covering my head, neck and shout
ders, discharging matter Of such of
fensiveness to sight and smell hat
became an object of dread. 1 con
suited the most able doctors far and
near, to no avail. Then / got Cuti,
cura, and in a surprisingly short time
l was completely cured. For this
thank Cuticura, and advise all those
suffering from skin humors to get it
and end their misery at once. s.. P.
Keyes, 149 Congress Street, Boston
Mass"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
kovel Restaurant.

A novel restaurant has recently
been opened in New York by a stu
dent of dietetics. This man believes
that there is more harm done by in
temperance in eating than by indulg;
ing in alcoholic drinks. His motto is
Fresh air, pure water and simple
food" and this rule he expects to
carry out in his new venture. He
serves but one dish each day, and a
different one each day for two weeks.
The bill Of fare is of the simplest. He
believes that in this way he can help
his customers to live to a good old
age, probably a hundred years or
more.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
A BRAIN WORKER.
Must Have the Kind of Food That
Nourlshes Brain.

Must Have the Kind of Food That
Nourlshes Brain.
II am a literary man whose nervous
eaergy is a great part of my stock in
trade, and ordinarily | have little pa.
uence with breakfast foods and the
e~xtravagant claims made of them.
But | cannot withhold my acknowledge
snent of the debt that | owe to Grape.
Nuts food.
Il discovered long ago that the very
bslkiness of the ordinary diet was not
calculated to give one a clear head, the
power of sustained. accurate thinking.
always felt heavy and sluggish in
mind as we'll as body after eating the
ordinary meal. which diverted the
blood from the brain to the digestive
apparatus.
Il tried foods easy of digestion, but
found them usually deficient in nutri-
ment. experimental with many
breakfast foods and they, too, proved
unsatisfactory, till reached Grape
Nuts. And then the problem was
solved.
"Grape-Nuts agreed with me per
fectly from the beginning, satisfying
my hunger and supplying the nutri.
ment that so many other prepared
foods lack.
Il had not been using 1t very long
before / found that | was turning out
an unusual quantity and quality Of
work. Continued use has demonstrat.
ed to my entire satisfaction that
Grape-Nuts food contains all the .ele-
ments needed by the brain and nerv-
u system of the hard working public
writer" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book. "The Road to Wellyille," in pkgs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Use the Means =, hann.

II Is not money so much as brains
mat the small merchant wants for adj
we~rtising-the handicap of deficient
nspital is as nothing compared with
M handicap OF defective thinking.
Whatever excuse may be given for
failing In business. the lamest of all
10 Tack of e to advertise" be
cause the business does not exist that
cannot be exploited prohtably with the
means at hand.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
A Great Monarch.

Weather than any brother sover.
eign; master of legions, which mum
Der over a million; lord of more than
one-sixth of the surface of the globe,
with subjects of many colors and
races, amounting to over one hundred
and twenty million souls, the Gear OF
all the Russias will not be invincible
until he adopts Pillsbury's Vitos as
his regular breakfast diet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
sxArn or ouro. orrr or roLnno.

LUCAS CoUrY. So.
.FRAHK j. CHENEY makes oath that he IA aaptot
paStnor OF the arm OF II. j. CHENEY & Co. doing
business In the City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said arm win pay the sum az
UYE for each and every
ga2s Or CATAnHH that cannot be cured by the use Of
HALLS CArARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn 20 before me and subscrlbed In nv presence.
snas sth day OF December, A. D., 1886.
1911 A. W. GLEASON,
49, NOTARY PUBLIC.
hairs Catarrh Cure 10 taken internally and acts
Directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF ana
system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY q co, Toledo, O.
sold BY all Druggists, 75c.
Take HalrsFamily PILLS for constipation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Double Role Hard 70 Maintain

Did 1t never occur to you, young
man." asked John Bright of a young
fellow who was d~iscoursing about "the
letters of matrimony." that you can
rot be a bachelor and a married man
at the same timer" Many of the men
who complain loudest of the extrava.
gance of marriage find it so costly be.
cause they are trying to maintain the
double role.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Turtle Made Itself at Homo.

Last August Hugh Brown had a,
strange arrival at his farmhouse at
Calais, Me. The house is a long dis
lance from a brook or pond, but one
hot afternoon a turtle walked into
the yard from the highway and has
since remained about the place.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

lar. Soon after | began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills | passed several gravel
stones. | got well and the trouble has
not returned. My back is good and
strong and my general health better"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

A c%oroner's jury In Cornwall, Eng.
land, which had been called to sit on
the body of a miner found drowned In
q pool In an abandoned quarry.
brought In the following verdict:
Found drowned in the White Quarry.
there being water there at the time"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
"Jabez, What a Lapeln

jump, just cleared the rail, and, land,
ing heavily OIL his head, was rendered
unconscious for a few minutes.
When he recovered he stood up
looked back at the wharf and ex'
claimed, "Jabez! what a lape."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Why His?

If, as some say, billiards is the dew
IFS game, then let us fight the devil
and take it from him. Why should he
have and keep the best indoor game
in MISUNDERSTANDING.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
"RuII from New zeaIand.n

A New Zealand publication, the Con,
tract Journal. makes this bull: "Tba
clash of party cries is o~bstructing a
clear view of the present position of
this country"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

and how to cure
them. Mrs. w. G.
Davis of Groesbeck.
Texas, says: Back
h hurt me SO |
could hardly stand
Spells of dizziness
and sick headaches
were frequent and
the action of the
kidneVs was irrapu.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

lrishman Thought His Long "Lape"
Was a Marvel.

Last summer, when excursions we're
being run from Providence to New
port, r. l., an incident occurred that
created considerable laughter. Patrick
Mcclure, a small, good-natured Irish
man, was hurrying down the street to
the wharf. when he me- a few friends,
who talked with him until the boat
was about to start. pat" ran down
the street, and as he reached the wharf
the boat was pulling out into the
stream.
Not intending to get left, he made a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Satisfied.

Cant see why you're SO smitten
with her"
why, because she's so deucediy
pretty"
"Beauty's only skin deep"
well, great Scott! I'm no canni-
bal. That's deep enough for mel"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Immense Palm Leaves.

The biggest leaves in the world are
those which grow on the Inaj palm,
found on the banks of the Amazon.
The leaves reach a length of as much
as 80 feet to so feet, and are from 10
to IL feet in breadth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
sIeep in Wicker Baskets.

The Seri Indians make an odd
shaped contrivance of plated wicker
work, with a hole at the top, through
which the occupier crawls at night to
sleep.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Lace MAKING Dylnq out.

Lace making is said to be dying
out, not only in England, but in Italy
and in France, where Alencon and
Chantilly are nc longer made. The
Spanish industry is dead. Belgium
now turns out lace of any required
style or name.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

We do some things because
we want to, and others be-
cause they belong to a plan
that is good on the whole.
Your grocer returns your money If you DOME
like schilling's Best
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
TEA

If we know anything, we
know tea. Hold us respon-
siblel
Write for our Knowledge Book, A. schning a
Company, San Francisco.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

People think spices and
extracts are always dishon-
est. No; they are not.
Your grocer returns your money If you don't
afke schilllng's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Wales Has No canltaL-

Wales wants a capital. but, though
the search has been going on for
years, no city has yet been found pre-
eminently suited for the honor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
TEA
Where tea is good, much
tea is drunk: bad too.
Clothes Washed by ELECTRICITY.

Clothes washing by electricity.
without soap, is the idea Of a Hun.
garian. The stream of electrified
water Is claimed to remove all spots
and dirt, and the 800 garments held
by the machine are washed in less
than 15 minutes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

The largest theater stage in the
world is that of the Paris grand
opera. which is 100 feet wide by near.
ly 200 feet deep and 80 feet high.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Mother Cray's Sweet Powders for Children.

Mother Cray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Successfully used BY Mother Gray, nurse
In the Children's Home in New York, cure
Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30, 0o0t ties"
timonials. At all Druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy,N.Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

Good tea is better than
most of us know. You may
as we'll knows chilling's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Doinq Ones BEST

The habit of doing his best ia one
which has never yet failed to helm a
man in life, whatever his work, what
ever his aims.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
AiLiNG WONT EN-.

Keep the Kidneys Well and the Kid
neys VIII Keep You Well.
Sick, suffering, languid women are
learning the true cause OF bad backs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
E

Every pound package of
Schilling's Best is a free
sample, if you don't like it.
Your grocer returns your money If you dOar
like schilling's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

White Hats for Cabmen.
BY order of the police all cabmen In
Berlin must wear white hats.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

Climate Kills Blue Popples.
The attempt to acclimatize in Eng,
land the famous blue poppy of Thibet
has proved a failure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Woman Has TENOR Voice.

Miss Josephine Ncrthmore, of Lake
side, Mimi has a genuine tenor voice,
with a range from e fiat to high G.
ANY attempt to make her sing soprano
in the same range or contralto has
proved unsuccessful.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
TEA

Whoever you are, wherever
you are, our tea is for you;
our moneyback money too.
Your grocer returns your money Is ; gu don't
like schilling's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Laraest Crab Of Season

The largest crab caught his sea-
son was in the North sea. It meas.
ured 2 feet z inches across.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-Ns w. SAMUEL
Ocean Grove. N. j.. Feb. IL. 1900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Carried Baby In a satcheI.

VaFFT~u bdUy III d odtCHcTs
the baby and bottle inside and with a
shy look at the spectators started for
the door.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
TEA

Why throw-away money
and comfort in buying poor
tea?
Your grocer returns your money If you donT
like schtlling's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

Wearing Out Motor Tires.
On heavy motor vehicles the cost
of the wear and tear of tires is about
four cents a mile.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMo Quinine Tablets. Drug
gists refund money If it falls to cure. Z. w.
GROVES signature Is on each boz. 25c.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
TEA
We don't mind the money
the moneyback money
there isn't much of it.
largest Theater stane

Your grocer returns your money If you don't
like SchillinR's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

USE THE FAMOUS
Red Gross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5
cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

Strong Japanese Intoxicant.
Saki, the Japanese spirit, Is stronger
than any drink known to us.