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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19

years ago?" he added. with a feebls
laugh.
TIT is quite a different photo
graph" she replied, turning away her
head.
81 suppose you never guessed that
had one of your photos,' he said,
slowly.
Il never thought you would have
stolen it, jim" she returned, with an
attempt at smile.
ut used to torment me sometimes"
$50 you weren't without a conscience
after ALL"
Il meant that IL ought to have let
my poor old chum Jack know that
had it."
Miss Neville started What had he
to do with it?" she demanded.
ooh, well-er-when mans engaged
to a girl-er-"
What are you talking about, JIM"
about Jack Cunningham and-and
you. Hilary"
Well, then, you are talking non
sense!'
You mean there was no engage
ment? Forgive me, forgive me- But
you see, Jack told me, just before we
were ordered to India, that he had an
understanding with yeu."
"Ohi"
And later he told me he hoped soon
to be formally engaged. was going
TO write, congratulating you-I wanted
to be the first, you know-but he
begged me to delay little. And then
came that night in the hills when We
were attacked and nearly cut to pieces
and Jack saved my life. and-and lost
his own" Mai. Carruthers stopped
speaking and walked over to the win.
dow.
Miss Neville hid her face in hel
hands. Her heart was in turmoil
Could she tell her old friend-her ole
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19

ONE OF THE PRETTIEST PATTERNS
work IL CHI, 1 d, times in loop Turn
the work to right side.-2nd round.
i, 10 tr, 4 CHI, U, in first loop; d,
tr. 4 Oh. TT, 3 d in second loop; 2 d,
) Ut, 4 ch, 10 tr, d in Ord loop; in
center ring, 6 single along 6 ch, cross the
center stalk with 1 ch, and work another
leaf in exactly the same manner, and
work single along the stem, fasten on
Joni the patterns to one another by the
chain of the middle division of the leaf
The Edge d in Oh of lower division
Of the end leaf, Oh, 1 in middle OF 1st
grape, ., ch, 1 single in eh, . en-
/ single in 4th. eh, 1 in middle stitch
of next grape. Repeat from in each
grape all round, working 2 bars OF picots
in the lowest grape, with d in the 6th
and 10th stitches; then A ch, d in chain
of leaf, 1 picot bar in side OF next
division of same leaf, 3 ch. single in
4th. 9 ch, / in side of next leaf, pieot
bar. d in oh of next division OF same
leaf. and repeat-2nd row Sch single
in 4th, eh 1 single in 4th, ch 1 d IN
the stitch before each picot of last row;
then, after working over the last grape,
work 4 eh 1 before next pieot, eh
single in 4th, ch d in the stitch after
the End picot in the next pieot bar, eh
/ d before picot in next picot bar, and
repeat. joining the patterns by next 1
adjoining picots.
The Border-1st row. TT in side or
leaf. s CHI. L single in middle eh Of next
division of same leaf, eh, 1 single IN
stalk. 6 Oh, 1 single in side of leaf. eh,
II tr in next division of same leaf, en-.
| Repeat.-2nd row. Double.-3rd row. l
tr. miss 1 d, l oh, 1 tr in next.-4th row.
/ Double.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19
TO SOFTEN FINGER NAILS.
There Is Nothing Better for Brittle
Nails Than Frequent Soaking
in Warm Olive Oil.

There IS nothing quite so good for
the nails as the nightly soaking IN
pure olive oil. warmed. A table
spoonful should be used in a small
howl which can be set in hot water
to keep it Just at the right tempera-
tire: soak the nails of first one hand,
then the other, ten minutes each, IN
this. and wipe with soft cloths; II this
is done at bedtime, and the oil not
washed or there will soon be decided
Improvement in the appearance OF the
most diseonsolate set of nails.
Once a week soak the fingers in warm
suds made by dissolving a half cake
of pure white CASTLE soap in hot wa
ter. this makes a jelly which can be
kent in a wide-mouthed jar and tea
spoonful in a finger bowl half nun
of warm water forms fine suds. Each
hand should soak at least ten min
utes and then the fingers filled with
cold cream which is worked into the
nails. especially the base, and permits
the skin to be gently pushed back
Use an orangewood stick that has a
fat smooth tip, and run this under
the softened cuticle, but be careful to
not press hard on either the nail or
the flesh.
When this is finished the nails may
be trimmed with a nail scissors, not
filed while so soft. A good bath with
a moderately stin brush and almond
meal. no soap, and the proper rinsing
and drying leaves them ready for the
poIishing
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19
BASEBALL IN MlDWINTER.
Game Was Played at Medicine Hat,
Alberta, in the Month of
February.

Baseball in Canada in midwinter!
When the professional ball teams be-
gin their practice for the season they
go south; but, apparently, it would
not be unreasonable for them also to
90 north. On February 2, this year.
reports the New York Tribune, the
machine shop hands and pretty nearly
everybody else in Medicine Hat, AL
berta, Canada, went to see a ball game
without wearing overcoats. 1t was
such a day as one might expect to
experience in May in the latitude Of
New York. Medicine Hat, situated
many miles north of Montreal, is rec
ognized by the United States weather
bureau as the birthplace of billiards
and ordinarily one of the coolest places
on the continent For nearly half of
the fall and winter the date line Med
icine Hat on the bulletin is followed
by 40 below zero"
New Workers who complain of the
changeableness of the weather ought
to go to Medicine Hat, if they would
get a frst-class specimen of change
able weather. Prepared to brave the
chilly blasts, they would arise one
morning to find the chinook had ar
rived and the temperature like that
of southern California. The chinook
is a peculiar wind which is expe-
rienced frequently on the eastern side
of the Rocky Mountains. 1t is caused
by a high atmospheric pressure in the
upper heavens. This creates down.
ward current of air through compress
sion. The compression heats the air
at the rate of one degree Fahrenheit
for every 1873 feet of descent. A drop
of $500 feet, which is common on the
Rocky mountain slope, would mean a
rise in temperature of about 80 de-
grees. Owing to its dryness as well
as warmth the chinook quickly melts
snow and absorbs any moisture that
may be on the ground.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19
Hurts the roctors.

This fresh air system of bringing
up babies is good for the babies, but
hard in the doctors" said a young
physician whose practice is among the
residents of the large apartment
houses of the West Side. Nowadays,
with the advent of the first baby. a
young couples first thought is to move
to the suburbs. where the youngster
can have more outdoors. In the last
two years have lost is families out of
a single apartment-house, and baby
was responsible for it in every in
stance. Not one of the parents but
frankly preferred to live in the city,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19

"A Reader" requests some means or
young people between the
ages of 16 and II that viii not require
much hard thought. Here is game
that is easy and will be a good ice
breaker: Pass cards with the following
written on them and tell your guests to
make out a menu:
l. Emblems of silence.
2. The penalty of looking backward.
3. Made keen by its mother.
4. Boston diet
5. Forbidden to Jews.
6. Emblems of stupidity.
Z. Universal crown.
3. Largest part of the foot.
9. To shrink from danger.
10. Ludicrous situations.
IL Tailor's tool.
II. Country of the sublime porte.
ID. One of Noah sons.
IA A Woman's weapon.
KEY.
1. Oysters.
2. Salt
3. Vinegar.
4. Beans.
5. Pork.
6. Goose.
Z. Hare.
8. Sole.
9. Quail.
10. Pickles.
Il. Goose.
u. Turkey.
Is. Ham
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19
Once Enough.

A Frenchman who was staying at
hotel in Edinburgh asked at the cash
ier's desk for his bill, and was aston
ished to find it so large. He felt that
he had been plundered, but he paid
the bill and asked to see the proprietor.
The landlord came down in response
to the call. The Frenenman rushed up
to him, exelaiming: "Ah, let me en-
brace you! Let me KEGS you'll" But,
why do you want to embrace me, sir?"
"Ah, saire, but look at this bill" Yes,
but what of ito" ''Vot of it? Why, it
means Eat san nevaire see you again.
saire"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19
New Draperies.

Among the new draperies displayed In
the upholstery departments is a new
kind in crepe effect that is beautiful.
On a solid blue, pink. green or creamy
ground are great pink. red or yellow
roses and on one side is border ef-
feet. Each piece IS lovelier than the
other. and for summer cottage he'd
spreads ana draperies it is exquisite.
The cost Is 21 cents yard.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19

friend who might have been so much
more to her-that the man who had
saved his life had also deceived him
that the hero had lied and stolen a
double happiness? She could not tell
him, and she would not. Had it not
been for Jack Cunningham she would
not have lost Jim Carruthers for the
best years of her life and his-how she
hated the liar! Yet had it not
been for Jack Cunningham she would
have lost Jim Carruthers forever-how
she blessed the hero! And now she
must allow the man she loved to be-
lieve that her heart had been his old
chum's even as the latter had said.
The major came back from the win
dow and touched her gently on the
shoulder
81 shouldn't have spoken about it,
Hilary. I'm sorry, very sorry, that I've
hurt you, and I've wished often that
could have changed places with dear
old Jack. Now I'll CO."
| She rose and faced him with fearless
eyes. If only he would understand a
And oh! if only he had been bold and
asked her a question 20 years agol
She went with him to the door and
walked down the garden path towards
the gate. Their tongues seemed tied
until the major, halting abruptly,
pointed to a rosebush and said quiet
ly: will you give me that rose.
Hilary?"
Yes, if you wish it. But perhaps l
can find you another more perfect.
She looked about her, and then shook
her head and sighed. mo. There are
no more You must have this one. II
is the last of my roses, JIM" she OBJ
served, with a thin smile.
She broke it from the stem and gave
it to him. He took it and her hand
with it. He looked at her face and
saw the lines that Time had begun to
trace, and he loved her more for every
one of them.
ut was good of you to give me your
last rose, Hilary" he said, gazing al
her in a puzzled fashion.
"oh, Jim," she whispered, breaking
down. 'my first rose and all my roses
were yours had you asked for them"
ssYou mean, if had come In spring,
he stammered.
'If you had come in spring"
The full meaning OF her words die
, not reach him-how could it? Yet h,
J, understood enough to make him glad
he understood that in some strang,
way she had kept small place in he
heart for him all these years. tina
} somehow she had grown to care TO
him in spite of Jack Cunningham
memory, and that she would have wei
/ coined him had he come to her a few
/ months earlier.
r "Oh, Hilary" he cried, when the.
! were in the drawing-room again, /"
} could never have hoped for this!"
What? The last of my roses?" sh
| asked. "For it's all have to give you
3 dear Jim," she added, half gayly. hal
sadly.
The major took her by the shoulder
land shook her tenderly. THE last o
t your roses is the first of mine. and Go,
/, knows how sweet it is" he cried. AM
( kissed her.
Q But was 1T the last of her roses? o
I course not! You can't help a woman
0 making foolish remark now and tksa
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19
1anguage Follows the Flag.

Venice went to sea in Turkish wa
tiers, and to-day many Italian words
are found in Turkey; Holland went to
sea, and to-day Dutch is spoken in
South Africa; France went to sea, and
to-day French is spoken In a great
part of Canada and the United States
England wrested the supremacy of the
sea to herself, and the wide, wide
world speaks its language.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19
Deep Breathing.

It is a good thing for weak lungs
You can learn it by practicing it daily.
Take long. deep breaths. That is
about all there is to it. Throw back
your shoulders and I'LL your lungs full
Of air. Then gently expel the air.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19
Cnmnelled to Retire.

Six sailors in the San Francisco ma
rine hospital refused to go to bed the
other night because they deemed the
hours too early, but the nurse in
charge pulled pistol and the sailors
went to bed at the muzzle of a "A.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19

one OF the new spring coats Is OF
gray and white invisible check. and 10
trimmed with whitsA
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-19
OF AID TO HOSTESS.
SUGGESTIONS FOR NOVEL AND
PLEASING ENTERTAINMENTS.
A Guessing Contest Which None
Should Find Very Dihicult-
Easy Game for Young
People.
a Guessing Contest.

n 0ucSSAnB OOAbGSL-
Each one of these questions is to be
answered by the name of city in the
United States:
1. Where all have bean.
2. The greatest engineering feat.
3. A military defense and a Paris
dressmaker.
A. A city whose end and aim q to
go.
5. Our board of city fatherr and
precipice.
6. Named for king of France.
Z. A deceased farmer who was twice
dictator of Rome.
8. Named for an ancient city whose
downfall, after a long siege, avenged
the abduction of a woman.
8. A place for 1ingerers.
10. The father of his country.
IL. A high place and what all chill
dren love.
II. supurIative and rushing waters.
13. A girls name and Roman gar
ment.
IA. The greatest surgical feat
Is. A small stone.
16. The opposite of old and royal
| French family.
KEY.
1. Boston.
! 2. Wheeling West virginial.
3. Fort Worth.
! 4. Chicago.
/ 5. Council BLUFFS.
! 6. st. Louis.
Z. CinciDnatus.
8. Troy.
9. Tarrytown-
10. Washington.
IL Mount Desert.
u. Grand Rapids.
13. Saratoga.
IA. Lansing (Aichigan).
Is. Little Rock.
Is. New Orleans.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

The pulse Of the volcano is so slow that
we have noted only two beats In more
than century, but such slugglshness
must not be taken as n symptom OF
death. or even decline for volcanic or
ganisms are enthusiastically spas.
mode In their activity. Long before
the sea has established It's perfect sway
the arteries Of the mountain may again
be opened and a now and larger island
put forth 10 contest its supremacy"
Dr. Gilbert appears 10 nave the Bogo.
Iofs coming and going. These brothers
TO the earthquake are OF Few DAYS and
born to trouble as the sparks hy un-
ward. But there should be comfort fo
science In the fact that the pulse Of the
volcano Is still beating, although the
circulation appears to be sluggish ana
detective on tho other hand. Gre.
Wingk. the illustrlous Muscoylte explor-
en- and photographer. diagnoses the
malady OF these eccentric Islands as a
SORT OK rheumatic wheeze readily in.
aleated IN Russian, but unfortunately
Gntranslatable. Thus science Is per.
pleNed ~ SGT Of irresponsible Islands
iiat VIII not obey the rules and the
business OF holding O clinic on a con.
Nulsion of nature is confused BY con.
net OF counsel. The bowels of the earth
are obviously at war among them
selves and that Ions desired pill FOR the
cure OF earthquakes is stlll 10 seek
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
Brothers Of The Earthquake.

scendant Of those savage ancestors that
made mountain chains. The making of
one of these islands as seen by some
natives OF the unquiet region Is wildly
described BY Kutzebue:
"They saw to the north, several miles
from land, a column Of smoke ascend
ing from the sea; toward evening they
observed under the same something
black, which arose but little above
the surface OF the water, During the
night fire ascended into the air near
the spot, and sometimes so violent and
to such height that OF their island.
which was 10 miles distant, everything
could be distinctly seen by its light.
An earthquake shook their island and a
frlghtful noise echoed from the noun
tains in the south. The poor hunters
" ere In deadly anxiety; the rising is
land threw stones toward them, and
they every moment expected TO perish.
At the rising fthe sun the quaking
ceased, the fire yisibly decreased, and
they now plainly saw an island OF the
form OF a pointed black cap"
See also Grewingk and Kruikof pas
sim. These celebrated geographers
were greatly interested in this growing
family of smoking and e-throwing
islands, and freely predicted future WIS.,
It's of the stork. Nothing can be hid
den from the eye Of science. The flu
ture is an open book. and the bowels of
the earth, although they do not yield to
treatment. yet have no secreSs from
these grave anatomers. Thus Or. Gill
bert In his report of the Investigations
made by the Hartman expedition tells
us:
"one might predict that in I've next
century the name of Bogoslof would at.
tach only to a reef or shoal. we're il
not for the possibility OF new eruptions.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

field as possible. The chance OF general
confagration exists In every large city.
and no one can say when abnormal
losses In our own city Will have TO be
paid by companies out OF contributions
to the reserve funds IN the shape OF In
surance premiums collected rom the
balance Of the country.
During the next Y months IL Is ex-
pected that rates viii be roadjusted I'M
der the application Of new schedule,
now IN course Of preparation by UNDER
writing experts Il is proposed to place
the cost Of insurance a little more ex-
actly where It belongs. by taking into
consideration percentages Of Insurance
10 value, ana increaNf charges Tor
improper construction. Vcstical OPEN
ings IN buildings which communicate
fire from one floor to another, and ex-
posed openings in outside walls which
provide fire Path from building 30
building, creating a conflagratlon haz-
ard IN congested districts.
INSURANCE Is IN the nature of tax
on property and all good citizens
should be Interested IN reducing the
fire waste as much as possible. The
people make the hazard and the haz-
ard makes the rate
HOME FIRES GREAT YEAR.
The announcement OF the Home Fire
Insurance company and the Heber j.
Grant e Company agency appears on
the colored covers OF the Christmas
News Tho list Of companies and the
figures shown. manifest that this plo-
neer agency still continues well In the
van of insurance concerns In THIS part
OF the country.
n. 81
drew the fact that 1906 Will be the most
prosperous OF any the company has
ever passed through, In spite OF the
large number Of fires which have taken
place IN it's field. While the fire losses
are unusually heavy, there has been n
LARGE increase In the premiums. and
though the profits in the insurance de-
partment win as usual be small. aver
aging but four per cent on the COM
pany's capita. the gains In the invest
ment OF the company's assets have en-
abled II to make the largest showing
to it's stockholders yet recorded.
The Home company has no indebted
ness whatever aside from Its capital,
undivided profits. and It's reserve for
Reinsurance. Its assets now amount
10 over $40 900 at book value, and az
least $4,000 In excess OF that sum, II
its assets were figured at present mar
xet values. The Homes assets are IN
vested in such rock-rbbed concerns as
u. c. NJ. l., Deseret National Bank.
Deseret Savings bank state Bank or
Utah. Consolidated Wagon 4 Machine
company. Thatcher Bros. bank. OREGON
Lumber company. ogden Savings bank:
rrtah Sugar company Amalgamated
Sugar. Idaho Sugar. Western ldaho
sugar and real estate on Main street
in Salt Lake City.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.

N oSSlBLf the most striking event
- Of the year at the University OF
| Utah was the addition to the
campus, through the generosity
OF the United States government. of
the strip Of 32 acres OF land from the
Fort Douglas reservation. The Uni
Verslty now has a campus OF 92 acres
on one OF the most commanding and
generally advantageous sites In the
world. Less striking than the general
GIT IRON the government but even
more significant has been the general
steady welfare Of the University and
US even and substantial progress I'm all
the matters which contribute to the
making OF modern university.
NEARLY ONE THOUSAND STU
DENTS.
Before the end Of the year the to-
tai registration will reach one thou
SAND. Or December /, II was In round
numbers $50. or these $40. roughly,
are college students and only il0 pre-.
paratory students The fact that the
proportion Is so distinctly In favor of
the college students shows how
groundless was the old fear Of some
friends OF the University that the drop
ping OF the preparatory school would
decrease the total attendance at the
University, For every preparatory
student who has been directed else
where to get his high school training
there has been at least a corresponding
college student register In a college
department of the University. It
seems therefore almost safe to predict
that as soon as the 440 preparatory
students now In the University can be
distributed among high schools there
VIII be f4O college students beyond the
present number ready TO matriculate
In the University. A University with
one thousand bona fde college stu
dents is no very remote fact.
The numbers in the first two schools
named are larger than heretofore;
that In the Engineering school Is
somewhat smaller. not owing 10 any
railing on Of interest in engineering
work. for the contrary IS true, but ow-
ing TO the fact that during this year,
the increased requirements for admis-
sion have gone into effect. The per-
sistence with which the schools Of Arts
and Sciences leads the other schools Is
particularly gratifying to friends Of
higher education In the state, for il
shows That In spite of the attractive
ness OF Normal and Engineering work,
the School Of Arts, the oldest of the
three schools and the one from which
the others have sprung, is still the
heart of the University.
INSTRUCTORS. BOOKS. LABoRA-
TORIES.
Essential to seat OF learning, OF
course, are students; as essential are
Instructors books and laboratories. II
is therefore a source of satisfaction to
note that the growth OF the University
has not been alone in students The
University now has more than rs pro-
fessors, assistant professors instruct
ors and assistants The men who are
serving their first year in the Univer-
sity are Ross Anderson, NJ. d., assis-
tant professor Of bacteriology and
pathology, Ira ID. Cardiff, assistant pro-
fessor OF Botany George Hedger, A.
b., Instructor In English, Alvin Peter
son. A. B., instructor In elocutlon
Mary b. Fox, director OF the kinder
garten, and H. r. briggs, supervisor
OF language and literature In the train
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

r. DAVID STAR JORDAN In
dulges some curious speculation
In the Popular Science Monthly
relative 10 the Bogoslof Islands.
which he suspects Of being brothers to
the earthquake, says Il. f. Cahlll in a
San Francisco paper. The Bogoslofs,
then, arc Islands in the Boring sea, with
power to add TO their number They
added one about the time OF our local
disturbance In April, and on this coin
cidence are Or. Jordan's suspicious
based, although later he dlsmisses them
as unworthy and gives tho infant Bogo-
slof the benefit OF the doubt DR.. Jor-
dan writes:
THE possibility Of a connection be-
tween the disturbances at Bogoslof and
those which caused the California
earthquake is heightened by the fact
that the great earthquake rift which
extends through the Coast range of
California for a distance of 200 miles,
follows direction which, IL produced
northward to Bering sea, would pass
near the islands OF Bogoslof. Again
this earthquake rift was largest and its
effect more violent where II entered the
sea In Mendocino county than at any
other point throughout its course, the
extent of the lateral movement along
the crack increasing from about two
feet at Monterey county TO about l6ia
feet at Point Arena, where IT finally
enters the sea-
After Weighing the evidence DR.. or
dan dismisses this theory of volcano
thousand miles long or more The