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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18
WARNS BEARDED MEN.
Physician Points Out Extreme I'm
portance Of Keeping whiskers
Free from Dampness.

1T is well that old men should
wear Boards" said a physician, '.for
when one becomes old one should be
spared the exertion Of daily shaving.
But | would like to issue a warning
to all beard wearers I would like
to shout Keep your boards dry in
voice loud enough to be heard
around the world. Were those words
needed many cases of sore throat,
cold and influenza would be avoided
and many deaths would be indefinite
ly put of.
SO many men with boards neglect,
when they wash their faces, to wipe
their boards dry. beard a foot
long demands a lot of toweling. II
should be toweled after every wash a
good five minutes. Otherwise 1T is
damp. The owner goes about with
this damp thing upon his delicate and
sensitive throat Then. if he takes
tonsilitis or influenza, he bIames the
American climate. There are too
many damp boards among US. Too
many men, washing their faces three
or four times a day have their boards
damp and clammy good three hours
daily"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18
WOMAN HAD FoRETHouoHr
Got Transfer for Expected Frisnd
with the Idea Of Saving Her
self Much Trouble.

Ingenuity, thy name Is womani'f
said the conductor, as a plump woman
laden with packages alighted from his
car. do you know what she didg
Well, after she had slowed her pack
ages in her lap, she opened her bag,
dug down into it, brought up her
purse and gave me ten cents. For
two she said. I thought she intended
paying for the bundles and was about
to tell her that it was needless ex-
travagance when she said: I'd like
two transfers. I grinned
Are you getting a transfer on
your parcels2' / asked.
'tShe replied in a very matter OF
fact way: Oh, no; but, you see, a
friend Of mine is going to meet me
at the corner and I want to pay her
fare but It'll be an awful nuisance
for me to get my purse again with all
these bundles, so l thought if you'd
give me two transfers I'd save all
that trouble
Il gave her two transfers. The
company won't lose anything by it.
and if the friend doesn't happen to
be waiting on the corner, it'll be
something in"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18
CARRY SMALLER BIRDS.
Eminent ornithologist Asserts Larger
Species Assist Smaller in Their
Annual Migrations.

1t was an opinion held by many
in ancient times that small birds in
migrating were often carried on the
backs Of the larger In Egypt. for
example, it was held that wagtails
were thus carried by storxs And
many years ago a Swedish naturalist.
Hedenborg, made some remarkable OBJ
servations on the subject During the
arrival of the flights Of storks at
Rhodes from oversee, Hedenborg fire.
quently heard the voices of singing
birds without being able to see them
At last. after careful observation,
when a flight of storks had just alight-
ed, he saw that they had small birds
perched on their backs. The writer
of a recent book. "Recreations of a
Naturalist" Mr. ]. E. Harting, has
some interesting remarks on this sub
ject Most ornithologists probably
regard the idea as a myth, but Mr..
Harting's remarks seem to admit a
possibility that there may be some
truth in it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18

refractory convicts. The prisoners
were confined in underground cav
erns, shafts and chambers of an aban-
doned copper mine. You may to-day
travel down a tortuous path to these
one-time prison cells. where, 20 feet
below the surface, manacled prisoners
were crowded at night; their feet
fastened with heavy iron bars, chains
about their necks attached to beams
above. The caves reeked with filth;
contagious fevers were incessant. The
keeper was allowed to punish by fog
ging. putting on shackles and letters,
the treadmill. solitary confinement
and putting in the stocks, double and
treble sets of irons, hanging by the
heels, and other methods that seem
far removed from eriminalist views
of the present.
But let us turn from the horrors
and inhumanities Of the past to the
work for betterment. In the work of
prison reform in the United States
four great organizations have done
much to hasten progress: The Phil
adelphia Society for Alternating the
Miseries of Public Prisons, formed in
/ 1777: the Boston Prison Discipline So
cietv. organized in 1924; the Prison
/ Association of New York; the Ma
/ tionaI Prison Association of America.
1 And as DR.. Wines says, yeoman serv-
ice has been rendered by individuals.
1 Barrows, in summing up the most
/ important indications of progress in
penology in the past century, gives
the following points: (1l The higher
standard of prison construction and
administration: CD the improved
personnel in prison management; CD
the recognition of labor as a dis
culinary and reformatory agent; ca
substitution of productive for unpro
ductive labor. and to a small degree
for unrequited labor; (5) an improve
ment in prison dietaries; (6) newer
and better systems of classification
! "a the substitution of a reformatory
for a retributory system; (S) probs
ton or conditional release for frs
Offenders. with friendly surveillance
90 the parole system; (10) the Der
tillon system for Identification o.
prisoners; CID the new attention
given u the Stuo1 u SAS SAAAhAAdi
his environment and history; (12,
separation of accidental from habitua
criminals; (1sl the abandonment o
transportation; (14) the human,
treatment of the criminal insane
(15) the new emphasis laid upon pre-
ventive instead of punitive, or mere
ly corrective, measures.
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18

hope for reform in a goodly per cent.
of men under their care, the reforma-
tive aspect of prison life should loom
large Formerly the idea of punish
ment dominated. To-day the pris-
oner is deprived of opportunities for
self-indulgence, but is given what he
needs for self-development He is not
punished for what he has been; he
is to prove by labor, study and good
behavior what he may be-
1t was in 1777 the Englishman, John
Howard, made his famous report on
prisons, calling attention to the fact
that young and old, innocent and
guilty, were shut up together and in
idleness. Very soon England set to
work at reforms in prison conditions,
and has since continued at the task,
Experience in the world at large has
shown that stringent laws and severe
punishments do not lessen crime. AT
one time there was a score of crimes
in England which meant death il the
person were caught; to-day the only
capital offenses are murder and trea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18
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son. And yet, as Barrows. secretary
of the Prison Association of New
York, points out, though population
has multiplied and police vigilance
greatly increased. the number of con
victions has steadily diminished.
In the old days they used to look
upon criminals as dangerous beasts
desperate characters, of different clay
from ordinary men and women, crea-
lures of uncanny cunning In the
ruins of an American "Old Newgate. =
a colonial prison that later became
the Connecticut state prison, one may
still see deeply embedded in the walls
the iron staples to which the prison
ers were chained while at their work:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18
The Talking Chickens.

A woman has been much annoyed
by the trespassing of a neighbor's
chickens.
The other day she tied with stout
thread to large grains of corn cards
whereon was written:
please pen US in better. We are
spelling Mrs. Dash's garden.
She scattered these contrivances
over her lawn. The chickens, tres
passing as usual. ate the corn, and
from their mouths that night they
spoke the woman's message to their
shocked master.
Thereafter they trespassed no more.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18
Preparing His ssTvousseau. "

Sam Bernard, the well-known come
dian, said at a wedding breakfast in
New York:
Il am glad to see here a luxury to
which all brides and bridesgrooms are
not accustomed.
II. for instance, called one day in
June upon the dear old lady who did
my washing and ironing.
"Where is your son this morning,
Mrs. Smith,? l said. I don't see him
around. I hope he isn't ill.,
"'Oh, no, said the old lady. He's
TO be married tomorrow. and he's up
stairs IN bed while wash out his
trcusseau.'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18
"God Save the Mark.

When the phrase God save the
mark" more common in writing than
in oral speech, is used, the reference
is to an old superstition developed in
Ireland. 1t was believed that if a
person telling of an accident or in
jury to some one who had been hurt
in a fight touched the like part of his
own body or that of his hearer, there
was danger that it would be an evil
omen of similar injury. So it be-
came the practice to ward of such
consequences by exclaiming God
save the mark; that is, avert the
harm threatened.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18

A recent reform inaugurated at the
Illinois state penitentiary at Joliet
does away with the "lockstep. The
prisoners now are to march in mill
tary fashion. Which item of news
sets us pondering on the change in
treatment of prisoners that marks the
last century and half Not yet are
conditions ideal, not yet is the prison
admittedly successful as reform
school; but unquestionably progress
has been made
An authority asserts that to-day
there Is no department of science.
whether physical or social. in which
progress is more evident than in the
realm of penology-the study of the
management of prisons. The same
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18
Fr,,i+ c,,re for Drinking Habit.

There is but one sure cure for the
drinking disease or habit. and that is
the simplest of all. The cure consists
in eating fruits. That viii cure the
worst case Of inebriety that ever az
fiicted a person. 1t viii entirely de-
stroy the taste for intoxieants and wi
make the drunkard return to the.
thoughts and tastes of his childhood.
No person ever saw man or woman
who liked fruit and who had an APP
petite for drink. No person ever saw
a man or woman with an appetite for
drink who liked fruit. The two tastes
are at deadly enmity with each other.
and there is no room for both OF them
In the same human constitution One
will surely destroy the other.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18

hurt her, tor you gentlemen of the road
do not war on beauty"
Fear not, friend said l, 81 will not
hurt her." and so saying l opened the
coach door and looked within.
Madam" said I, will you not step
out and enjoy the beauty Of the night!
would fain see if your eyes match
your diamonds"
For a shaft of moonlight into the
coach had revealed to me the flash OF
Jewels on the fingers of the lady, as she
drew tightly about her face her hooded
cloak.
Without word she held out her
hand for me to assist her to alight-
Then she stood upright in the moon
light, shining figure all in white, for
a long cloak of white satin hid the
glories beneath, and since the domino
screened her face l could but guess at
the beauty within.
You are from a ball, madam"
said.
From q supper at my Lord Ciren-
! cester's," she said.
You shall go Free" said I, ''on one
condition
THAT I yield you my diamonds?"
THAT you tread a minuet with me
here. 1t will recall the brave days of
old. Afterward, that you will give me
one kiss
She was silent an instant.
.Afterward," I cried, with a passion
that fired me of a sudden. Il shall
kiss no other woman. Be sure of that.
And 1 shall not ask to see your face"
You will let me go unquestioned?"
That shall l."
You are the prince of highwaymen,"
she murmured, as she placed in my
hand her own, like the petal of a lily.
Then on the turf, below the gallows,
we went through the stately dance, and
scarce could tread it because of my
desire for the kiss that was to follow.
When we had finished I took her
hand and led her to the coach.
Now. madam" said I, for your
beauty's sake, and your loyalty's,
will, if you will it, forswear the last
condition of our bargain"
"The kiss?" she said.
1.-THE kiss" I answered; though I
thirsted for the touch of her lips on
mine.
May. but you shall not she whis-
pered. leaning forward from her seat
in the coach.
| felt her hands hold me in vice
soft as they were. They drew me to-
) ward the coach. Her lips met mine
| Then her arms were about me.
"At last, at last. Roger!" she cried
land we have been seeking you, ant
Aymer, this many year." and the
voice was my Joan's voice.
I But you are Aymer's wife!"
d cried.
'Aymer's sister, and your wife, Il
: you will have me at last, who have
waited so long for you, love! Come
t home with me- Aymer is your stew
;. ard. who holds your lands and you
5 house till you come. Come, Roger!"
. 1 answered her tended invitation b.
a taking her within my arms. l had NJ
a words to speak, and the future wa
n long in which to ask questions.
e l returned to mine own house, a hap
e by lover to find my place kept read,
for me. So was my mothers great low
/ for my brother Aymer justified. Fo
3. a true and dear brother he proved him
y self to me.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18

positions, so much l could see, 50 Ia
was at least five to one against me, but
1t concerted with my desperate mood
TO take the coach single-handed.
Now / saw the vantage the woods
gave me, and were these fellows as
great towards as | have often proved
such yarlets to be, the enterprise were
safe enough. Therefore as the coach
rolled beneath the hangman's tree, ]
stepped out and crying, Yield, knaVes,
to me and my men!" l flourished my
pistols in the face of the first man.
ooh, Lord, highwaymen!" | heard
him sob; and, indeed, the woods sha-
dow might be full of US.
The horses fell back on their haunch-
es and the great equipage came to
standstill / bent forward, calling to
my imaginary comrades to stand, when
suddenly, a great oath broke from the
immovable figure of man that sal
on the box of the coach, and turning
at the sound, saw the four positions
scurrying like rabbits as fast as theil
feet would carry them.
Send your pistols after them, goot
| highwayman!" wheezed the figure OF
the box; and, in faith, forgetting wha
/ ambush there might be, l blazed ava!
with both pistols, so that the rogue
might have real fun for their money.
Thank you, friend" said 1; "bu
| whom do you carry with your
My mistress, a lady so beautiful
when you have beheld her you will 10
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18

authority, writing in the Forum on
Progress in Penology," declares that
the civilization of a people can now
be told quite as well by its prisons
as by its picture galleries, its schools
or it's churches.
No one can accuse prison wardens
of being mere sentimentalists. They
have practical knowledge of hundreds
of convicts, they know the total, they
know the average. And when they
give as their Judgment that there is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18
For elf-Protection.

Mature gives up her secrets with
great reluctance, observed the doctor.
We'll" commented the professor,
eff she has any secrets that reflect on
the family she'd better lose no time in
killing of the whole human race, for
we're finding out lots OF them these
davis"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18

ooh, what do you call those things
you hang clothes on2" said Dumley.
who was trying to think Of clothes
tree"
what things2" asked Higgins,
"why, they have arms that stick
out like this and"
sob dudeSi"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-18

eff you go in swimmin'," said Tom
my's younger brother, @I'lI tell mawl :"
Tell 'er. if you want to, you nasty
little muck ralert" blurted Tommy,
plunging into the water.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-08-24

nc. NO railroad could possibly afford
to have refrigerator cars enough TO
send them out over all tho other
railroads as II would have to do, to
take the place Of the present private
car system. and no railroad would
undertake to be responsible for prod.
uets shipped In Its refrigerator cars
over other, lines and the conseQusaee
would be that tho producer would
hud II impossible TO get cars when
he wanted them and also imposslbls
to place any responsibility for the
shipment OF his products except ever
the one particular railroad that tap
ped bis territosy..sf sf.si e,ib.-o o
What do you. think 10 the rsmsdv
for the conspiracy Of, the eittssf- !
rEbA . .Ths RsmsdylM q .H5ss
81 La5ssuT tii5 sdiis AoitatjeaF sa'yi
Agitation. I1ct the people u,dcr-
stand the true situation ana they VII
put tho power back where Il. b.
where Ia that s-1s.a s.aa4messa v1sd 2
with the country pcoplc-thoss Who
produce the commodities and wealth
OF the country and who shouid have
the supreme say ~ to tho manage
nent OF tho enterprises which are
conducted solely for tho purpose of
handling their products. That b all
any of the railroads or. trusts or prs.
yatc car systcms cxist foe.'' Ehgs Z
e Then you thiak tho people can
control these things u they trys- ~ =
,nl"of course they can. The country
people arc an overwhelming majority.
They are two-thisdA Of the total pope.
iaiion- When Il cou,ss 10 intelligence
they arc the people Of this country
who have tho brains and ,ihe ability
to solve great questions same a.. they
have the industry that creates tho
wealth OF tho nation. Thcy can
control all money. all icgialat,on.
every railroad. every trust. every In.
suranec company. They have bat 10
realize this fact In order Ia have tho
country people kno~. their tremendous
power" -s...-.- T..
i,.-
Through the country press. i.c:
the thousands OF independent. cican.
honest newspapers which tho country
people read print the facts regarding
these great questions and tho rcst
will take caro- OF ITSELF ~.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-08-24
Another oio ., eover,.

A few days ago Gov. Cobb. Of
Maine. and Hon. ". n Pat,ansaii.
prominent In politics in tho same
state. were together on a train. Mr..
fai,anSail 10 . lawyer and an editor.
the writer Of the humorous "Mcddy.
bcmps Lc,icrs. appearing In his pa
pcs. the Machias Union. n...
In the course Of conversation. Gov.
Cobb remarked TO Mr. Pattansail: Il
don't 500 why you and Liwciiyn Pow.
crs should bc 30 extremely antas.
oais,ic TO each other. Neither Of you
ever fails to sive the other . rap
when there is opportunity
AZ this point an interested listener
IN the car leaned toward their chairs
and asked: is Il really true that es.
Gov. Powers is Of Indian dcsceutf"
We'll. the indians deny it, Mr..
Pa,iansaii answered. In his inimitabis
manner.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-08-24


Last week Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt
travelled through Connecticut In a
motor car. Nothing strange about
that: an automobile excursion Is with.
ou, significance: but it happens tho
lady on this particular car was a cen.
t-narian. A very jolly one she mus,
be. for she has gone i've years above
par. and yc, says the motor is her IA.
Noritc vehicle. Hut Mrs. Hunt IL the
new woman the very newest won.
an. In fact. when at tho age of 10.
shc enjoys life as though she were
only so. And who shall say this new
note Of the day. the woman Of los. Is
not to ba the answer to DR.. osicr's
theory One who doesn't weary of life
will subscribe to II. but for the woman
INCAPABLE OF perennial youth the out,
look would be borcsome in the cx.
trcme. Mrs. Hunt. however. Is a iiv.
Ing example of the inocuousncss of
age. sLlf "..
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-08-24
DEAF murss CONVENTIONS.
interesting. Though silent, Gathering
in Denver.

Drnver-Thc second biennial con.
seaiion OF the. Colorado Association of
Draf Muics. which began THURSDAY In
the Chamber OF Commerce hall. was a
wonderful demonstration Of the ptps.
teas made In sign language ruT
The greatest novelty was i've yuuns
women who rccitcd without emitting
a sound. rhythmic and graceful in mo-
ton. their rendition seemed to tc as
pleasing TO those who could follow
them as a vocal quintet TO music Low.
crs.
The Colorado deaf mn,cs erid.n,iy
have come up TO Denver with ths. tuii
intention Of having as good time as
any noisy aggregation that ever
~hoopeG It's way down Sixteenth
street.
With the faculties Of sigh, and touch
they did all that others can accom-.
,pltsh. when their prss,deua. 0eosRe
W. vcdits. addressed them. although
shcro was no< q SQUAD except. the
smack OF his hands as he emphasized
his points. all were attentive, Their
earnest faces, mods of approval and
rounds Of applause were as emphatic
and genuine as II thcy had been deaf.
cninE.
The oticers OF tho ass1ria,icn are:
q. W. veditr. Color ado ,Sprihss! Iwesi.
dent; II. n. Harbert. Colorado Springs.
first vice president: Stephen McGin-
nifty, Denver. second vice president.
Max J. kestner. Denver. secretary.
Frank A. LESLEY, Denver. treasurer.
Edward p. McGow. Denver. Floyd o.
Mount, Mrs. Kate O. Mount. Denver.
trustees.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-08-24
panosrous An,i.Fat Treatment.


Fat girls who arc inclined to drink
vinegar and cat pickles In tho hops
Of rcducin. flesh may take warning
from tho faic o! Annie Gross. . IS
ycaroid 81. Louis woman. she was
stout" and had been dictins to re-
ducc her nesh. shs aic no meat or
heavy food and neishboss Saso tho
Information that xhc had made .
practice Of eating from dozen 10
t~o dozen sour pickles day and
drinking from half a pin, to n pint
Of vinegar every 20 hours, Sudden
death came to hcs Sunday cvenink
when she had lcfs . party Of her
friends TO sc, drink Of water. Al
Tho autopsy physicians found tho In
nor walls Of tho stomach almost com.
picioiy eaten assay. Tho cause OF
death was given as '-h.morrhaEc OF
the stomach and Aer,ie poisoning. .
duo 10 pickles and vinegar. II Ia
Easy. says IN. Chicago Sun. TO SEQ
tov such results would naturally
come more quickly to a stomach tha,
eas deprived Of other classes of food.
a similar condition has often been
found In the stomach of mon who
were small eaters and hahituai drink.
eTs Of large quantities of hard cider.
Tho stomach IL not proper Fcecp,a.
tie Into which TO pour quantities Of
strong acid.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-08-24
sALLow FACES
Often ;t,c. Caused 5, Cote. o.Iallo!!


How many persons realize that cos.
fee 30 disturbs digestion that Il pro-
duccs a muddy. yellow complexion.
A ten days trial Of Postum Food
coftc< has proven a means. 10 ihou.
sands Of eases. Of clearing Up bad
compilations. u kAA w II II
A washn. young lady tells her e1pe-
riencs:
"Aii OF usAfa,her. mother, sister
and bsothcr-had used tea and coffee
for many years until finally we all
had stomach troubles more or less.
We were all sailow and troubled
with pimples. breath bad. disagree
able taste In the mouth. aud ali Of US
simply 80 many bundles Of nerves.
We didnt reaii1e that coffee was
the cause Of the trouble until one day
We ran out Of coffee and went to Dor.
row some from neishbor. She gave
MS some Postum and told as to try
that. p WOW
although We started to make H.
We all felt sure we would be sick u
We niissed our strong coffee. but We
were forced 10 Try Postum and were
surprised to fnd Il delicious.
I'VE read the statemcnts on the
pkg. got more and In . smoAth, and
half you wouldn't have known uf
We were all able to digest our fool
without any. trunbies each ones skin
becsme clsaf. tongues cleaned on and
nerves In fine condition. We neyer
use anything now but Postum. ThsfeI
is nothing ike It" Name given ri
Postum : Co, sfANtSf crsst. Eich
Read the little book, The RdQ II
WsiitfflS.~ safnsnpo vsronsoasss