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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
The AGE of Lead.

We are wont TO speak of this era
as the "age of iron," and there is no
gainsaying that, industrially speaking,
iron is a precious metal"
Nevertheless, few people realize
how useful, II not absolutely neces-
sary, to modern civilization, is that
other metal. lead. Soft, yielding
pliable, 1t is not much like its sister
metal, but those distinguishing quail
ties are what give 1T such a prominent
place in the arts and industries.
Modern plumbing, requiring many
turnings and twistings, but withal
tight joints, would be almost impos.
sible without lead pipe. The great
est civilizing agent in the world-the
printing arts absolutely dependent
on lead. Hand-set type, linotype
"slugs," monotype type all are
made Of compositions of which lead
Is the chief component-to say moth.
ing Of the bearings in the presses as
well as all other kinds OF machinery
in which "babbitt" metal is used.
Solder is another lead product
what a field of usefulness that one
form opens up.
Then there is the most important
use of all to which lead is put-paint
that necessary material which keeps
our houses looking pretty - inside
and out-and preserves them from
decay.
How many Of us thank metallic lead
for the comforts of paint? Yet the
best house paint is nothing but me-
tallic lead corroded by acid to a white
powder known as white lead" OF
course, there are many limitations of
"white lead" some of which are sold
as white lead and some which are
offered by the name of ready-pre-
pared paint under the familiar pre-
tense that they are "just as good" as
white lead. But all good paint is
made of the metal, lead, corroded and
ground to a fine white powder and
mixed with linseed oil.
White lead is also used in the coat
ing of fine oil cloths and for many
purposes besides paint.
RED lead" is another product oil
metallic lead and is what is known as
an oxide of lead, being produced by
burning the metal. Red lead is the
best paint known to preserve iron
steel or tin, and is used largely ii
painting metal structures, such a:
skyscraper skeletons, mills anC
bridges.
There are many other products o
the metal lead, such as litharge
orange mineral, etc, which are es
sential to many of the arts in whicl
we never imagine that lead would b
of the least use.
Verify, we live IN an age OF lea
as well as of iron.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
He PUT 1T ABOUT RIGHT
At Any Rate When He Had Given
a Demonstration She
Called Encore.

Il have just Joined an anti-kissing
club" said the beautiful girl
why, do you believe kissing is dan
gerouz?" asked the man. according TO
the Chicago ord-Herald-
1T depends on what you mean By
dangerous. II you mean to ask nae
whether I am afraid Of microbes
can say that / am not l believe
great deal OF this microbe talk ia alb
soluteIy ridiculous AS far as catch
ing microbes is concerned | shouldn't
hesitate q moment Toto"
ITO permit that sweet mouth OF
yours to be kissed by the right man.
he suggested
We'll. IL you want to put It thai
way you may" she returned
But wouldn't put It Just that way
May show you how would put III
Il am waiting for you to DO So
He gently placed one hand against
the back Of her spleadidly poised head
/ placed the fingers Of his other yer,
/ tenderly under her pretty chin ther
/ with a deft movement which. as fal
/ IS abe was concerned. was absoiutell
1 painless, tilted her face upward and
bending forward, completed the proc
ess with an ease and q naturaines
that left her with absolutely no caus'
for criticism. After II was all owe
he asked:
Wont you tell me now Why yo'
Joined the anti-kissing club?
because - because" she sighed
there's such q thrill. you know. a6ou
doing anything that would get yo'
into trouble II It were found out-an'
then 1t gave me a chance to introdu-
the subject, too. How as it that yo'
would put it2'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
ZION roarer. nnn - rent 70 Cantlel

Lion roar Sc, ana ws went to Castle
Lynar and made an end--saye Of this
splitting Sparhawk, whom our master
would not let us kill. and whom now
we keep with clipped wings for our
sport"
The lad listened with erected head
and naughty eyes to the tale, but
answered not a word.
Now" cried Werner, with his cup
in his hand and his browg bent upor.
the youth, dance for us as you used
upon the Baltic, when the maids came
in fresh from their firing and the
newest kirtles we're donned. Dance, |
say! Foot it for your lifei"
The lad Maurice Won Lynar stood
with his bold eyes upon his torment
ors. Ours of Bor-Russia," he said 1t
last, in speech that trembled with
anger. you may yex the soul Of
Danish gentleman with your asper-
sions, you may wound his body, but
you will never be able to stand up TO
/ him in battle You will never be
worthy to eat or drink with him, to
| take his hand in comradeship, or to
/ ride a tilt with him. Pigs Of the sty
you are, man by man Of you-Wends
and Doors. and no kings gentlemen
Hans Trenck. lift this springald's
pretty wrist-baublel" said Werner.
At the word the man laid down his
partisan and lifted the ball high be,
| tween his two hands.
Now dance!" commanded Werner
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
CHAPTER II.
rhe Raitlnu Of the sparhawk.

The Batting of the sparhawk.
Bring in the Danish Sparhawk,
and we will bait him!" said Werner.
I'VE have shown our guests poor en-
tertainment. Bring in the Sparhawk,
I say!"
Through the black oblong OF the
dungeon doorway there came lad Of
seventeen or eighteen, tail, slim.
dark-browed timber. He walked be-
tween two men-at-arms. who held his
rists firmly on either side. His hands
were chained together, and from be-
tween them dangled spiked ball that
clanked heavily on the floor as ne
stumbled forward rather than walked
into the room. He had black hair
that waved from his forehead In
backward sweep, a nose OF slightly
Roman shape, which, together with
his bold eagles eyes. had obtained
him the name Of the Spar or Sparrow
hawk.
Werner Won orseln turned to his
guests and said, This Sparhawk Is q
| little Dane we took on our last foray
to the north. 1t is only in that direc
ton we can lead the foray, since you
have grown so law-abiding and strong
In Piassenburg and the Mark. Hi
uncles we're all killed in the defense
OF Castle Lynar, on the Northern Half
We know not which of these had alst
the claim of fatherhood upon him
At all events, his grandad had q man
or there. and came from the Jutlant
sand-dunes to build a castle upon th'
Baltic shores. But he had better hav'
STAYED at home, for he would not pa,
the Peace Geld to ON Henry. 80 I'M
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
How to Meet ) Burglar.

Highwaymen are around again and
we should all make up our minds how
to bAMave should we meet them. One
way Il TO hold out a hand to the thug
and say: How are you. old mani
Glad to see you Put ii thersi" This
perplexes him and its sous to francs
he shakes hands. Then you excIaim:
by the way. have you got q cIga-
rette7" Utterly disconnected. he offers
you one. Thus you have gained time
and employed it in thought It's as
tonishing how actively the mind works
in the presence Of highwayman. In
a few seconds you have worked out a
plan. "Just a moment, old man." you
say, wait till I ask one Of those chaps
back there for . match BOSTON
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06

but this ring will pay the sweets of
many a night"
"Ha. hal It will, will it" said Wer-
uer. the chief captain, grimly.
AYE, truly" echoed Boris, the
mead beginning to work nuttily under
his steel cap. when we melt this
ha, ha!-Katrin's jewel, Wen quaff
many a beaker. The Rhenish shall
flow. And Peg and Moll and Elisabet
shall be there-yes, and many good
fellow"
"Shut the doorl" quoth Werner, the
chief captain, at this point. "Sit down,
Kentlemeul Captains Jorian and
Boris, you do not seem to know that
you are no longer in Plassenburg.
Here are no tables Of Karl the Mil
ler's Son to hamper our liege mis-
tress. Do you know that you have
led TO her and made Jest OF It"
He spoke very slowly, leaning TO-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
HOW MANY OF Usf
Fall to Select Food Nature Demands
to Ward of Ailments.

A KY. lady, speaking about food,
gays: 81 was accustomed to eating
all kinds of ordinary food until, for
some reason, indigestion and nervous
prostration set in.
after / had run down seriously my
attention was called to the necessity
of some change in my diet, and dis
continued my ordinary breakfast and
began using Grape-Nuts with q good
quantity of rich cream.
Tn a few days my condition
changed in a remarkable way, and /
began to have a strength that / had
never been possessed of before, a
vigor of body and poise of mind
that amazed me. 1t was entirely new
in my experience.
MY former attacks of indigestion
had been accompanied by heat flashes,
and many times my condition was dis
tressing, with blind spells of dizziness,
rush of blood to the head and neural
gle pains in the chest.
"Since using Grape-Nuts alone for
breakfast have been free from these
troubles, except at times when have
INDUCED in rich, greasy foods In
quantity, then / would be warned by
q pain under the left shoulder blade
and unless l needed the warning the
old trouble would come back, but
when finally got to know where
these troubles originated I returned
90 my Grape-Nuts and cream and the
pain and disturbance left very quickly
81 am now in prime health as re
suit of my use of Grape-Nuts." Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Greek
Mich.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
States of Brazil.

Politically, Brazil is divided into 81
states Cincluding the federal district.
but so unequal is the division that
three of these embrace practically her
entire lowlands, as well as portion
of the western uplands, and exceed
in area the remaining IS, which lie
within the highland region, except
for their narrow margins upon the
coast. These latter. however, contain
more than SO per cent. of the popula-
ton,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
Ginger Beer.

Pour gallon Of boiling water on
one pound Of loaf sugar, half an ounce
Of ginger, and one ounce Of cream OF
tartar. When nearly cold add table
spoonful Of yeast Strain. bottle, and
In six hours it will be ready for use-
II root ginger is used, boil it in the
water for 90 minutes
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
salt Watsr More Buorant.

Ocean going ships carry much heav-
Ter cargoes. on the same draft. than
they could II they were used in the
fresh water of the great lakes. The
difference amounts to several hundred
tons, for the largest vessels
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06

Five trains daily via the Atchisens
Topeka & Santa Fe. Colorado TO kan
sas City, St Joe, Chicago. Galveston
FL Paso, City of Mexico. Ask me
about reduced rates. G. F. Warren
O. A., A. T. G. s. f. Ry-. All Dooiy
Block, Salt Lake City. Utah
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-06
No Mirrors in British Prisons.

Neither male nor female convicts
In British prisons are permitted to
see mirror during the period OF their
Incarceration
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
EDITORIAL FILINGS.

That Russian official who caught a
bomb thrown at him would make a
valuable man for the car to have be-
hind the bat-Baltimore Sun.
jerome K. Jerome says, You can't
be funny all the time" 1t requires
considerable effort for an EngIishman
to be funny any Of the Baltimore
Sun.
Professor Moore has no reason to
brag Of predicting the weather for a
month ahead. Some Of the almanacs
predict it for the whole year.-New
York American.
Rhode Island Is planning a connected
landscape gardening system that will
take In threefourths Of the dwellings
in the state. What q cute miniature
park Little Rhody Will make.-St.
Louis obeDemocrat.
Some ingenious person has discover
ed that the word senator" by making
a few changes in the order Of the
letters composing it, becomes treason"
But 1t also makes "a nestor" And
there you are.-Chicago Tribune.
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
SHORT STORIES.

There are now 303 schools In Canada
for Indians, who number 107 ,637.
1t is stated that the conscience fund
In the United States treasury depart
ment has reached a total OF $4,000.
For a finger nail to reach its full
length, an average Of seyen-twelfths Of
an inch, from 121 to 1873 days Of growth
are necessary.
China Is said to have more suicides
than any other country In the world.
In one year 10000 cases were report
ed, although these figures may not be
regarded as authentic.
An experiment was made some time
ago by a woman who, In order to test
the sustaining powers Of chocolate, nv-
ed upon it for sixty days and lost but
fifteen pounds In weight In the interval
Some enthusiastic person has recent
" figured 1t out that American women
have within a few years captured
twenty-three titled Englishmen, twen-
T-three titled Germans, fourteen titled
Frenchmen, seventeen titled Italians
and six titled Russians.
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
FLY CATCHES.

Richard Croker is furnishing the
money to launch a baseball league in
Dublin.
Although the season has Just started
some fans are inquiring about double
headers.
Donovan's Brooklyn team is weak.
and the weakest spots are first base
and shortstop.
Bill Donovan advises young pitchers
to avoid using the spit ball and stick
to the out curve.
Napoleon Lajoie's health is such that
he Is said to be in no danger of break
ing down this year.
Baltimore is pleased with the general
appearance Of Pitcher StarkeIl, Sc
cured from Washington.
The St Louis Americans have sent
Pitcher Buchanan to their st. Paul
farm for more experience.
Brooklyn may give up the drop in the
box system Sunday games. Mutilated
coin and buttons come too fast.
James Potter, former president and
now director Of the Philadelphia Ma
tiOnals, Is convalescing from an attack
Of blood poisoning.
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
GERMAN GLEANINGS.

The German empire is composed of
twenty-five states and the reichsland
OF Alsace-Lorraine. Prussia is the lar
gest Of the states.
The town council Of Berlin now Is
sues licenses for cats, and each cat is
by law compelled to wear q metal
badge with a number.
The collections made by the girl pu-
pills In the secondary schools In Ger
many as a gift to the German navy
have reached total Of $1,000 marks.
A leading characteristic of the people
OF Germany, according to one of their
own authOrs, is deliberate slowness,
and they view with suspicion the
stranger who displays haste In his &C
lions.
In Germany during the five years
10000 each inhabitant consumed year
ly 81 quarts Of wine, 1291s quarts Of
beer and o quarts of brandy. The per
capita cost was S11.20, including chill
dren and women. The average for male
citizens over fifteen years would be
$3T.36.
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
FACTS FROM FRANCE.

French farmers are glad to get S1.9S
for 100 fters about twenty-six gallons)
Of common red wine.
A Frenchman cannot be a deputy un-
Ill he is twenty-five years Of age, while
no Italian can legislate for his country
before the age Of thirty.
Jean dOrsay, discussing in the Paris
Matin a proposition that swimming
should be taught to Partisan school
children, quotes a statistical return
showing that the average number OF
baths taken year BY each person In
France Is four.
Win the exception Of the larger
towns the precautions against IRE IN
France are remarkably inadequate.
Many towns Of from 500 to 1000 peo-
pie have no water supply other than or
binary wells, operated generally By
bucket draws instead Of pumps. and no
Gre apparatus except occasionally q
hand force pump.
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
ENGLISH ETCHINGS.

Attentive Is the name Of Britain's
latest twenty-five knot scout ship.
In Reddington, England, hot oatmeal
mush is delivered with the milk each
morning to those who desire 1t.
So many Of London's motor buses
break down that a service of ''tugs''
has been organized for the towing
home Of derelicts.
Members Of the new house Of COM
mons have started a prayer meeting.
1t is held on Tuesday afternoons In
one Of the committee rooms.
A new party has been formed in the
house Of commons, but its object is not
political What 1t hopes to effect Is a
reduction In the parliamentary barber
shop Of the price Of shaving from "a
cents to L cents.
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Sam Bernard has decided to remain
with Charles Frohman next season.
Mrs. James Brown Potter has been
engaged for an American tour OF
twelve weeks.
Lew Fields has secured control OF the
Herald Square theater, New York, and
will turn 1t into a music hall by next
September.
A new corporation started In New
York with the idea Of encouraging M
tive born plays is called the Playloyers'
association.
Charles Dalton is to play the role Of
Ahaseurus In p. ]. Kennedy's produc-
ton OF ''Mizpah," which Is to open
early in September in Chicago.
Haddon Chambers, the English play
wright, is paying a visit to this side
for the purpose Of arranging for the
production Of his ''SIr Anthony"
1t is now said that Ada Rehan will
hold consultation while In Europe with
A. W. Pinero with a view to having
that dramatist write her a play.
The production of the new play
which J. NJ. Barrie is writing for
Maude Adams is to be postponed two
years, during which she will continue
In "Peter Pan"
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
What the NAVY Need..

The tone Of the naval personnel de-
ponds almost entirely on the higher off,
cers, those Of command and flag rank.
The ideals which they hold up to the
younger officers are the ones that are
eagerly followed. In the decade fol-
lowing the civil war, when Admiral
Porter was supreme, this ideal was the
bold sailor who carried canvas till 1t
blew away. AS Commodore Foxhall
Parker said a little later, Not to talk
rope was not to be a seaman, In the
opinion Of most officers" AS a result
the midshipmen talked and thought
rope" continually and exerted every
effort to become fine seamen.
One would expect that II no officer
with actual engineering training Is
available the one detailed would at
least be a man Of considerable expert
ence and chosen from near the top Of
the list Of those on board. In many
cases the exact reverse Is true, and the
nominal chief engineer is one Of the
juniors with scarcely any experience
Of any kind. The unfortunate lad who
was In charge Of the Bennington's ma
chlnery was next to the lowest COM
missioned offlcer.-W. NJ. Mcfarland in
Engineering Magazine.
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
MODES OF THE MOMENT.

Scalloped linen ruching is a novelty.
Steel beaded purses are the thing for
the gray gown
Paquin green is a dark. heavy look
ing leaf green, almost the color Of ivy.
Velvet ribbons OF all colors and
widths are to be a great deal used this
summer.
A pretty feature Of muslin gowns is
the prevalence Of little linen jackets to
wear with them
MOhair in its soft, improved quality
and lovely colorfngs is one Of the best
possible choices for princess dress.
A charming little bolero may be
made Of wide pompadour ribbon, one
width forming the Jacket fronts and
another width the ruffied sleeve tops,
the whole edged with fuffy ruche.
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
BIIE,
THE HALL OF FAME.

George Cabot Lodge. Psychologist,
poet and student, Is his fathers pri-
vate secretary In the United States
senate.
The present chief Of police of San
Francisco, jeremiah Oman, was born
In Boston and went to San Francisco
in 1870.
Sergeant Horatio J. Homer is the
only colored man In the Boston police
department, where he has been since
1878. He Is proficient on eleven differ
ent musical instruments.
Chaplain Rev. Francis Doherty Of
the Seventeenth United States infan-
Try, stationed at Fort Mcpherson, edits
a little paper called the Have-Sack,
which is widely read among soldiers
and is frequently copied.
Major General Frederick Dent Grant,
commander Of the eastern division Of
the United States army, has asked the
international committee OF the Young
Mems Christian association to place Its
branches in every post under his COM
mand.
Sheriff william p. Hays Of Hamilton
county, Tenn, says he has more sons
without having other kind Of children
than any man In the country. Nine
lusty youngsters are in this interesting
family, and their ages range from six
months to eighteen years.
= Few presiding officers Of the senate
have been as popular as Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks with the officials Of the
senate. He has co-operated with them
90 as to expedite the business Of the
senate, and that is an important mat
ter to the clerks, who desire to have
the business closed up every day.
William c. Brown, first vice presi-
dent Of the New York Central lines,
with salary Of $4,000, the best paid
vice president Of a railroad in the
United States, was In the early seven
ties a telegraph operator and messen-
ger boy in Sioux City, Ia, receiving
messages and delivering them himself.
David C. st. Charles, an engineer of
San Francisco, has invented a repeater
which will make it possible to tele-
phone clear across the continent. What
the so called repeater has done for
telegraphy st. Charles invention, il is
now claimed, has done for the tele-
phone. The combining Of the echo in
nature with the sounding board Of a
violin furnished the clew to the dis
covery.
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
CHOICE MISCELLANY
ORIGIN OF .srwenty-three.s


1 suppose you have heard or read
more or less of the mystic meaning Of
the word thirty" as used by telegra-
piers and press correspondents. When
placed at the end Of a dispatch II
means that the days or nights work Is
ended. There is nothing more to come.
1 did not know until recently that race
track men also have a mystic word
''twenty-three." II you and a race
track man both reach at the same time
for the same thing and he gets 1t
which would be natural-he will al
most certainly say, 'Twenty-three for
you"
why twenty -threeT' / asked a track
follower. what Is the meaning and
what is the origin Of the mystic num-
berT'
well, In the old days at Brighton
Beach" he said, not more than TWEEN
ty-two horses were permitted to run In
any race. They were taken In the or
der In which they were entered II
twenty-five ponies lined up for a race
the twenty-thlrd entry was barred.
he was out OF It; hence the expression
when your friend gets left, Twenty
three for himP for he is out OF It."
Oh, the race track people are great
mathematicians. Maybe they can mel
ther read nor write, but they have
great heads for hgures.-San Francisco
News Letter.
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Have a good time. but don't make IT
your business.
IdIers spend their time going nowhere
and coming back
He who burns his money never en-
Eghtens the world
Feeling sorry for a friend In hard
luck is the average mans limit.
Don't expect any man TO thank you
for trying TO induce him to do what he
doesn't want to do.
Trace your bad lnck back a few
blocks and the chances are that you
WIN discover # Is due to your bad
management Chicago News.
The broad ax., 1906-06-16
Prehiataric Trnckn.

OF more than unusual interest are
the old prehistoric bird tracks" of the
Connecticut valley to either active
sportsmen or students of natural his
tory, signs OF what Is called the trias-
sic period, says J. z. McIlwain In Rec
reation- Just outside the city Of Hol-
yoke, Mass, between the old road and
the new state road to Northampton,
there is a patch about 30 by 100 feet
which has been cleared Of all surface
earth by parties interested In geology
and which is now protected by the
state. This patch is completely COW
cred with well defined tracks and
most Of which. will measure twelve to
fourteen inches In the longest parts
and eight to ten inches wide, while In
depth they are from one to two and
one-half inches.