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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

pressed by the prices was enamoreo
of the prettiness. There were big
Topping piques deliberately braided
around the crown some soft folds OF
pale blue liberty silk drawn and
great bow a little to the right il
front. Then there were hand-embroi
dered blue linens, their trimming
white silk. Pussy affairs of chiffoI
did not appeal to me, l much pre-
ferred the kind that were really wash
able-having such a horror of un
clean finery, which every fastidiou
person must have who lives in bis
dirty town. The all-over embroidery
hats were charming, about the edg
of the hat dainty frill of lace. TheI
there were chapeaus of innumerablt
frills of lace, but they, too, belonged
with the too-fussy. The summer CIR
is much more attractive in the sim
pie and neat than in the over-elabora
ton.
How pretty she looks of a morning
coming down the avenue in her tub
frock of white linen, as crisp ano
fresh as can be. Her skirt is un
trimmed, her waist a white tailored
linen with lay-down collar, a handker
chief pocket at the left; the coal
short, just to the waist line, the skirt
sensibly, cleanlily short. White shoes
and stockings she wears, and up alofl
floats white linen parasol. In the
afternoon this same costume may APP
pear-for a white frock looks dressy
no matter how simple-or she may
wear one of those lovely new mixtures
of silk and cotton, a distinctly 1906
product; the material comes in most
delicate shades, and our summer girl
wears this year only delicate shades
the streets are very gay with lilacs
and pale grays, light. azures and ex
quisite pinks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

There is a pretty revival of certain
good old styles, for instance the old
fashioned bertha or fichu is an arti-
Gle of dress that one can but approve.
1t finishes off the costume, allows
one to wear a thin summer dress
without the addition of a wrap. Most
dresses look unfinished on the street
if no wrap is worn, but. the 'fichn
takes the place of boa or coatee, or
whatever the frivolous pretense of
outdoor apparel
Other good points belong to the
fichu; it may be added to an old
froek and quite redeem it; it looks
so modest and dainty, when made of
fine lawn and well shaped; it hides
deficiencies of the figure. Usually
with it deep girdle should be worn,
narrow belt and a fichu are not in
harmony. 1t is very effective as part
of lowered muslin costume, then
very like the gowns grandmamma
wore, wherefore picturesque and
piquant, giving tAe modern young
woman some flavor of the stately days
of old.
The Empire modes are assuredly
quaint-when they are not impossible.
And the mob caps, the lingerie hats,
generally becoming as well as pictur-
esque. BY the way, at the shops you
ask for wash hat, and what are you
apt to be shown? One of those hide
GUS things of stiff frame, huge sailor
effect, with all-over embroidery drawn
tight over brim and crown, and the
trimming as stiff and ugly as the rest
of the makeup. If you really want
a lingerie hat, you must inquire for
children's wash hats; from among
them make your selection. But there
is a sufficient variety, a lot of pref
ty ones to choose from. examined
them the other day, and though de-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
DON'T Ignore the Money Side

Don't Ignore the Money Side.
No matter what your vocation may
be, you must be a business man first,
pr you will always be placed at great
disadvantage in the practical affairs OF
life. We cannot entirely ignore the
money side Of existence any more than
we can the food side, and the very
foundation of a practical, successful
life is the ability to know how to man
aye the money side effectively, writes
DR. o. S. Marden, in Success Magazine.
1t is infinitely harder to save money and
to invest it wisely than TO make II,
and, If even the most practical men,
men who have had long training in
scientific business methods, find 1t
difficult thing to hold on to money
after they make 1t, what is likely to
happen to people who have had p:ac-
tically no training In business meth
DDS? II every child in America had
thorough business training, tens of
thousands of promoters, long-headed,
cunning schemers, who have thriyen
on the peoples ignorance, would be
out of an occupation. l believe that
the business colleges are among the
greatest blessings in American civiliza-
ton to-day. because they have saved
thousands of homes from being
wrecked, and have made happy and
comfortable tens of thousands of peo-
pie who might otherwise be living in
poverty ssd Indebtedness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26


In connection with Father Sher-
mans attempt to duplicate his ia
Tiers march from Atlanta TO the
sea-" 1t is related. an old cavalry Of
ficer recalls how report got abroad
some 20 years ago that Phil Sheridan
was about to revisit the scenes of his
triumphs in the Shenandoah valley. 1t
was said he intended to take a troop
of cavalry with him and when the ex-
confederates heard OF 1t they sent him
word Come along and we'll shoot
you full of holes" The general re-
piled: Il had no intention of making
snch a trip, but am glad to see that
the gallant foes OF former day have
some of the old spirit in them"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
THE LARGE FARM.
An Argument Against Their Being
Maintained in the Tricky
Settled States.

Large farms in our thickly settled
states are not benefit to any COM
munity. The farms comprising ten
and twelve thousand acres of land
result in dwarfng the social life of
the people living ON them. We know
of one city located between two such
farms. Citizens there say that these
two great farms are a cause of detri
ment to the whole township. The
people living upon them are practical
ly. all transients. The owner of one
lives in large city hundreds of
miles away, and his employees are
people that have no particular in.
terest in the prosperity of that part
of the country. It is practically i'm,
possible to build up a proper com.
munity spirit where every man feels
that his position is only temporary,
and that tomorrow he may move on
1t is fact, too, that many of these
large farms have been financial fail.
ures during a large part of their exist
ence
The man that tries to manage a 10.
OOO-acre farm on high-priced land has
a very difficult task on his hands. He
cannot expect his employees to have
the same interest in things that they
would have if they were the owners
One farm is divided up into % sub
farms, and in each of the 90 farm
houses is a tenant and his family. and
he is supposed to look after the inter.
est of 800 acres of land. But he is
hired man and thinks all that he can
get from it is his salary and the few
things he can raise around his house.
is there any reason to suppose that he
will bend every energy to make the
piece of land bloom and blossom as
he would if it were his own? Reine
only a transient, there is no induce.
ment for him to improve the looks OF
the property. There is the eternal
presence of the idea of the lack of ner.
manency in his position This nasses
to his wife and to his children He
can in the main regard his nosition
only as stepping stone to something
else. What we need, urges the Farm.
er's Review, is medium-sized farms
not vast farms.
The writer has in mind another
farm of 10000 acres existing in the
state of Illinois. The man who creo+-
ed that farm is wealthy and seems n
have a mania for adding farm 10 farm
Some years ago the writer rode ovey
this farm, and the effect made rnon
him was very disagreeable. The Iand
was hardly half-tilled. The nastnros
were producing only meager CROWNS
OF wild grasses. The tenants hopsee
were small and occupied mostly hu
men. The owner did not care to en,.
ploy men with large families &c az
state law would compel him n snn
port schoolhouse and teacher M TSp
is always the tendency of these Las
farms. The owners wish to e,, ,,i p
ns.them only men with small To-;
lies, or men with no families ~ 49,
that nave children that have grar-,,
beyond the school age. Their wb",l
financial interests lie in a dirao4, ole
contrary to that of the well-eo,,i1noi.
schoolhouse. The great farm in ~ p',.
thickly settled states is un.Amer,oon
in Its makeup and its tendency
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

II is reported from Washington that
President and Mrs. Roosevelt will not
allow their daughter Ethel to be pho
tographed. Some of her schoolmates
have taken snapshots, but the films
and plates are carefully reserved for
private collections. The present Miss
Roosevelt, who. by the way, is re-
garded as the best loking member of
the family. has been photographed in
groups, but never alone.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
Some of the Summer Blouses

A notable change in the lingerie
blouse of to-day is that not few
are made with a low neck; even on
the street one sees the Dutch neck,
and even a lower cut. For house
wear this is pretty, but not at all
suitable for general public gaze. OF
course with the low blouse is worn
some ornamentation on the bare neck
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
THE ocTAooNAL slLo.
prof Fraser of the Opinion That II
is Not the Most Approved
Type.

Tbe accompanying cut shows an
octagonal silo located in one corner
Of barn. The illustration is from
bulletin 1O2 of the illinois experiment
station. Prof. Fraser, after long expe-
rience, says that this is not shape
to he approved. 1t is better than the
SQUARE silo because its walls can be
made more rigid than the walls of the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

A man in. Mexico has discovered the
typhus bacillus and in another part of
the country man has found the ba-
cillus of rheumatism. If they could
only be matched to fight to finish.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

Vegetarians in Chicago are rejoicing.
The long sought for substitute for
meat has been found in the unobtru-
sive "goober" Peanuts, properly pre-
pared, rolled through nut grinder,
made into paste, spread and dried. will
supply the human system with all the
nutritive properties supposed to be
contained in beef and will prove as
toothsome as porterhouse steak. ac-
cording to the local advocates of the
abolition Of the stockyards.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
According to the Road.

A horse can draw on the worst kind of
earth road about four times as much as
he can carry on his back. On good
macadamised road he can pull ten times
as much, on wood-paved one 25 times
as much, and on metals So times as
,,,,trh
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26
nomesticated ostriches.

An ostrich has been domesticated
in Central America, where it is now
kept in much the same way as we
keep fowls. The hen lays a large
number of eggs, which form an arti-
Gle of commerce.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

1t would seem an act OF practical pa
triotism ON the part of our wealthy
Americans who have planned to spend
the summer in Europe, wisely sug-
gests the Wall Street Journal, If they
would now change their plans and
make the trip TO California. BY sol
doing they would help California inf
the best possible way, they would keep
millions of dollars at home in time
when we need the money and they
would enrich their minds and broaden
their knowledge of their own country
so as to better fit them for success in
their business and professions.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

Some of the national legislators in
Washington are reported to be becom-
ing alarmed over the fact that the
present is by far the talkiest of which
there is any history. The fifty-first
congress was some on language, but
the ffty-ninth, which is the present
aggregation, has 1t dashed to the mast
and screaming for mercy. On May 10
in the fifty-hrst congress the states
men had put forth some 4,526 pages of
talk as registered in the Congressional
Record. On Saturday, which was May
10 for the fifty-ninth congress, the
Record bulked 1900 pages of speech,
and the end is some distance off yet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

: Prof. Joseph John Thomson. well.
known physician. in an address In
Cambridge. England, declares that of
all students in the world, and he has
had experience with most of them, the
Americans show the greatest energy
and enthusiasm. which he credits to
the courses at the American universi-
ties, which leave the student fresh and
enthusiastic. while the Englishmen are
intellectually tired.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

The family of the late Prof. Langley,
of the Smithsonian institution, mas
turned over to the institution the
scientific medals and decorations of
one sort or another that had been pre-
scented to him from various parts of
the world in recognition of his re-
searches.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-06-26

In few places in this country ~.
farmers are growing chicory for ~
root which is used to mix with cbear
coffees. The soil required is a Iieh,
sandy loan, and about the san
preparation should be given ths
ground as when corn is to be n,an .us
on it. 'eu
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and eastern Kentucky Applica-
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GRAHAM COLLEGE

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Rev. sidney Il. Vaught, of Bran
we'll was In the city yesterday.
Mrs. Robert Williams returned
last night from a visit to Wythe-
Vile. Va.
j. H. Camper. OF Mcdowell. was
here last night on his way home from
visit 20 his parents at Salem. Va.
John A. French OF the HUI Coal
and Coke Company returned last
night from a business trip to the
rompanys Roanoke mine at Worth.
W. Va.
Some OF our citizens don't like the
idea of loosing their shade trees
which had TO be removed on account
Of paving the streets Everything has
TO give away to the progress OF Blue
field
Mr. and Mrs w G.. Terrell left on
80. &c last night for New York aud
other northern cities 10 buy the fan
Goods for the Terrell Mercantile co.
rhey will be in their new store ON
.he red lot I'm time for the fall trade.
and can be depended upon To show
he very latest things In the dry
Goods line
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A GOOD RULE.

beware of the man whose friends
md acquaintances call him honest. 3"
President Stansland of the Collapsed
Chicago bank was popularity known
as Honest Paul. - Rochester Post
Express.
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Senator Dubois has been renomi-
lated by the democrats OF Idaho and
untl-Mormonism has been made the
teynote OF the campaign Attack
md countcrattack has already begun
md Idaho threatens yet TO rank al
most with Georgia in the heat of the
battle.
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JUSTICE DRAWS
A BLANK

Knoxville has averaged killing
very eleven days for the last six
months The hangings go in the
goose egg colum. Chattanooga
Times.
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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
OUR NEGLECTED WATERWAYS.

Y7HE Representative Ransdell
rivers and harbors who here study for mprov
ing inland transportation by California made
pursuance OF achng policy that is intended enlarge
the scope existing practice that regard degree that will
rival importance the work OF the reclamation and irrigation pro-
already in hand The purpose concerted action
tons for improving the Central California
than commonly favored regard of
but facilities have been grevousy neglected and suffered
derorate the past 1t worth while inquire
thing is that aoot remedy the failure Water
transportation about oneh of the charges the
by rail An adequate development of
would eectuay regulate charges
which the important producing
OF California Incidentally the work would be the highest
importance for the development industrial and commercial of the
OF San Francisco Sacramento and Stockton Congressman
Ransden the the these words
Fifty millions actually needed carrying
the work already planned will cost Ss0o6 fo the e vmen G % wheat is
Congress gives an OF S925l8 miserable
When stops consider
Of the means of water transportation
5es & an annual % saving 100 60 per cent it. easy to imagine the
Congress persuaded generous
The finds inspiration and organizing force in the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress- which undertaken TO
the leading country and is already
backed by strong support The appropriations for NAV
and large but when consider that the difficult
and dangerous problem that affects ree-
lalon OF the appear
An system transportation supple
matte regulation that by minimizing present difficulties would
from the domain OF politics the dangerous proposition
the Government should the railroads.
1t great national question, incidental a
OF the work proposed that locally utmost Importance
The delta OF the San JOAQUIN rivers comprises
the fertile body of United States The
necessarily hand hand with adequate scheme OF improve
ment for the rivers
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRAFT.

PROPOS of Governor Folks remarks subsidies and
Government ownership of railroads. very instructive
and interesting history found official report of the
State Auditor of Missouri made in 1885 The conhscaion
of State property is thus related
The earlier delivery
$4,000 Whenever had loaned
credit produced satisfactory evidence the Governor aed by
OF the Treasurer and directors that the $4,000
collected expended by
and of
issued and delivered said bonds of the
OF $4,000 After the expenditure of $4,000 realized from the OF State
bonds the production of like proof they had expended the
$4,000 the
road
In like often
$4,000
had expended
previously issued by State
deliver such further State bonds the SoO0
allow each company equal
their
of their road and subsequent
delivery OF
No capital stock required to be paid up and the only
requirement affidavit easily made The St Louis Globe
Democrat that this way the great debt of Missouri
largely made All but of the railroads defaulted
the bonds and the State Legislature
the interest When the Republican party got Leg
saure 1866 sell the roads
the face of the
of State subsidies for railroads surprising
Governor Folk spoke dspaagngy of Bryan proposal
Government should the railroads OF wide
difference between subsidies ownership the
largest opportunities for graft
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
EDII Or IA l. II n Il - SEPTEMBER 231 1906

ity given and moreover is certainly respect
is the Scrctary recence unusual? Mr. Taft member
of the Independence League go about the country conducting
a campaign with a brass band in automobile
Notwithstanding this etence Taft hide nothing from,
the Hearst wire and learns further that Sit probable that he
will notify both factions that they together Immediately
that the American Troops will take possession and that their
coming will not be for short In other words they will be told
that the island will be taken under the wing of the United States
to remain forever part of its territory
How is that for unusual ecence? If Mr. Taft had permitted
such ntmation get would baher
e and wholly unfit for his place Of he did nothing OF
the sort This manufactured in back in New
York in the burned district of San Francisco
1t is assumed of course goes the wire shat the Secre
tay will not take this (annexng Cuba without the full
ton OF President Roosevelt and this believed he has already
his Then told that Funston and his aids is
said will be the flower of the United States fighting
will be told TO clean the job hurry That of could
be written in San Francisco New York Podunk 1t
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25

and their family. who have been at
their handsome home on Green street
during the summer. have taken a house
IN San Mateo and will make their home
there for the present. intending later
TO build at Bllrlingame.
Mrs. Polhemus. DIR. and Mrs. Alfred
Baker Spalding and Jack Polhemus
have returned to town after having
spent the summer in the Keeler cot
tage in Sausalito and are domiciled for
the winter on Washington street. near
Pierce.
Mrs. Lindley and Miss Josephine
Lindley have closed their beautiful
home near Santa Cruz and are living
in the Jollire house on Pacific avenue
which they have recently purchased.
Miss Lindley was the hostess last week
at pleasant Informal little tea.
Mrs. William Wren. the wife of Can
tain Wren. U. S. A.. who has been
spending the summer in Michigan as
the guest of relatives. returned a few
days since to her home at the Pre-
sidio.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
A LONG DEATH ROLL.

THE United Railroads making heavy increasing death
roll Almost daily there fatal accidents
preventabe Some defective
chnery and some to overcrowding The remedy
lies in the hand OF the corporation
We that the United Railroads has had great diff
ces since the fire. but should be about
five months after There can be no st6
cation for sending with detective machinery Whatever
the results show kept in repair
the first duty OF the United Railroads rolling stock
goes out IN condition persons safety
dition is being
We believe that overcrowdng be stopped if company
wants to stop It. AS things frequently passes point
OF danger Fatal
There are stop and would stopped
long had II not been that dividends the
tee That for killing people commend the
facts to the consideration OF the ju which will on to
Try cases arising out OF personal injuries That
tation company