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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
WAS AN AUTOCRAT.
COUNTRY DOCTOR RULED WITH
ROD OF IRON.
Dlsobedlence to His Orders Met with
Sharp and Decisive Action
Had Curative Methods All
His Own.

A party of men were discussing the
passing of the old-time country doc
tor before the advance of modern sci
ence, and one of them told some sto-
ries Of a practitioner of this type who
was the terror of his boyhood days.
HE was curious old autocrat.
with curative methods all his own .
said the gentleman. II remember
once boy chum OF mine became af-
ficted with a large swelling or abscess
in his throat. which was growing rap
idly and threatening to make breath
ing impossible.
Or K was called in. After ex-
aiming the patient, he turned to the
mother with the command to bring
him red-hot poker. AS he was never
questioned or disobeyed, the woman
FASTENED to heat one In the kitchen
fire
When she brought 1t to the sick
room the doctor grabbed 1t and adj
vanced to the bedside with the gleam-
ing point leveled at the boys head.
Open your mouth, sir he com
handed
The boy did open his mouth to
emit a terrified shriek--which broke
the abscess and saved his life
Il have said that DR.. k was never
disobeyed, but | recollect now one oc-
casion on which a family attempted
to set his orders at defiance. You see,
he was really more intelligent than
the run of way out country doctors
of those days. He went to Holland
for a year of study when he was
young and brought back some ad-
vanced ideas, one OF which was the
efficacy of fresh air.
You know how country people
close the windows Of sick room
tight. On the occasion in question the
patient was down with fever. Enter
ing the room DR.. X raised both win
dows. ordering that they be left so.
"The women who were nursing
made no objection at the time, but
no sooner had the doctor departed
than they FASTENED to close the win
dows. Some distance away Dr. x
happened to look around and beheld
what they had done.
"He turned his horse, drove back to
the house. entered the front door,
neither knocking nor ringing, mounted
the stairs, walked into the sick room,
lifted the thick knobbed cane which
he always carried, and deliberately
smashed one pane of glass after an
other, until all were demolished.
Then, without word, or so much as
a look to right or left, he strobe from
the room and drove away.
THE patient recovered"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
COURAGE OF LOWER ANIMALS.
Species That Are Noted for Their
Remarkable Pugnacity.

The bulldog possesses the distinc'
ton of being one of the most fearless
of animals. This animal has been ex'
tensively used for bull batting when
that so-called amusement was fash
ionable in older times. and hence It's
name. The bulldog is most devoted
and faithful companion, its affection
being mainly centered on one per-
son. If the bulldog or its master Is
attacked it will fasten on its oppo-
nent with a grip which, unless killed
or called off by its master. it is ex-
ceedingly difficult to loosen or get
rid of. The pike and king cuttlehshs
among fishes, and the eagle and
gamecock among birds, would rank
as the most fearless Of their respec-
tive species. The gamecock is noted
for its pugnacity. and is never willing
to give up a contest until death mas
taken one of the combatants. There
is no animal which a gamecock would
hesitate to attack on the slightest
provocation. A full-grown gorilla Is
as fearless as a lion, and would never
hesitate to attack the lion. African
travellers charge the lion with cow
arGice, and pronounce him to be
pretentious humbug. He will run
away like a whipped cur under cir
cumstances in which tiger will bold
ly attack and kill
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
AtmospherIc PoIsonIna.

The protests against the automo-
bile omnibuses of London have re-
ceived powerful reinforcement by
q declaration of Sir James Dewar on
the chemical basis. He is undoubted-
ly among the high chemical authori-
ties OF the world. and his condemna-
ton of the motor buses and freight
vans seems conclusive unless inven-
ton provides .innocuous motive power.
Sir James Dewar states that the
combustion of petrol or gasoline in
these motors throws of vast quanti-
ties of noxious gases. Some of these
are absolutely poisonous and all in
furious. He holds that the air of Lon
don Is bad enough already without
the addition of carbonic acid gas, the
sulphurous gases. and, worst of all,
the asphyxiating carbonic oxide.
Moreover. while he admits that sci
ence can improve motors. he declares
that 1t is impossible for IL to burn PEI
troll and render the resulting gases
fnnocuous.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
North Dakota Solves the AduIteratlon
Problem

North Dakota Solves the AduIteration
Problem.
North Dakota seems to have found
the key to the question, How shall
we protect the people from frauds In
manufactured products?" A new law
has recently gone into effect designed
to make 1t impossible to deceive peo-
pie into buying inferior and adulter-
ated paint under the impression that
they are getting real paint, viz: pure
white lead and linseed oil
The North Dakota lawmakers did
not attempt to absolutely prohibit the
inferior pigments. or mixtures of
pigments. They adopted the slogan,
Let the label tell" and then left to
wished.
Under this plan, If any one wishes
to buy a mixture of rock-dust, ground
quartz and other cheap elements
which are found in many paints and
socalled white leads" no one can
object; for they do 1t with their eyes
open. But II they prefer genuine
white lead and linseed oil, they can
be sure of getting 1t, for none but
the genuine article can bear a label
which says pure white lead"
In ali other States mixtures are Of
ten sold as pure white lead which
contain little = sometimes no = real
white lead.
1t would seem that were this same
principle applied to food, beverages
and all other prepared articles. where
deception is practiced upon the buy
er, the question would be solved. 1t
would leave us free to buy what we
pleased. but would protect us from
unwittingly buying what we did not
want.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
TOLD TALES OUT OF SCHOOL.
Parrots Phrase More Than Hinted
at Domestic Difficulties.

S. Baring-Gould, the English novel
list, had the bitter pleasure of reading
many unfiattering obituaries of him
self. Through an error he was re-
ported dead. and the newspapers of
his native land declared unanimously
that he had left no good work be-
hind
An American editor dined with Mr..
Baring-Gould in London during the
season. The talk turned to the pre-
mature obituaries, and the American
said:
How did you feel on reading
them?"
Taken aback, nonplussed," the
novelist grimly replied. Il felt like
an East Ham lady who owned par
rot.
This lady's cook came to her one
morning in joyful excitement.
30, ma'am, she cried, the par
rot has learned some more new
words
Good said the East Ham lady.
THAT bird is wonderfully teachable.
1t sits and drinks in every blessed
word my husband says to me. What
does it say now?"
1t keeps a-sayin',' said the cook:
Shut up, you old .fool!'"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
Union Assay Office
NJ Q. HANAuER. p. o. BoK tAAe
!. v. sADLER. SALT LAKE oITYs uTAN
Made Her Feel at Home.
NJ q. HANAuEH
]. v. 8 ADLER.

A visiting woman went to dinner
with man and his wife to one of the
mems clubs, and as they sat at table
waiting to be served she sighed. Her
hostess looked surprised, and the
guest with melancholy infection ex.
planned:
Il am always so unhappy when I
go to mans club. No wonder a man
gets dissatisfied with his home. His
wife may plead and threaten. but
she can't possibly compete with the
service of such place as this"
Just at this moment the soft-footed
waiter gracefully tipped a plate OF
soup in her lap.
Thank you." she said to him crate.
lly.-Minneapolis Tribune
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
Life in Argentina.

At the National is w. s. Blackburn,
of New York, a capitalist, who re-
Gently returned from a business trip
to Argentina
Because Argentina occupies about
the same relative position south of
the equator that the United States
occupies north of the equator, Buenos
Ayres has the same climate as
Charleston, S. c., said Mr.. Blackburn.
During four months out of the year
the million inhabitants of the city
amuse themselves at the races. They
do not have so good breed of horses
there, but the sport is just as good
and is well patronized. Some of the
Spanish women l saw there were as
beautifully gowned as any women
have ever seen. The national sport
is cricket, which has been taught the
people of Argentina by the English
They play 1T a great deal. The hours
of work are about the same as ours
The food is very good. The meat is
the best In the world. Washing
Post
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
BROUGHT BACK THE OLD DAYS
Middle Aged Man Reverts to Mem
cries of Youth.

81 was idly glancing through a
cyclopedia the other day." said a man
who used to study geography in lit
tie red schoolhouse in the middle of
the 70s, when l came across a map
of Central America, where the san
culinary half-breeds are fighting just
now, and 10 and behold there was the
gulf of Campeachy, which 1 hadn't
thought of for rs years. don't know
anything about the gulf of Campeachy,
but the name took me back, quick as
a sash, to an old green desk with
black top that lifted, and an unpaint-
ed interior that had a cool, musty,
old-fashioned smell. I'd give $40 for
that desk to-day.
And along with the gulf of Cam
peachy there came into my mind some
of the old-time. favorites- strait
of Bab-el-Mandeb. cape Malabar, Pun
to Arenas, the gulf of Carpentaria,
Papua or New Guinea, Terra del
Fuego and Beluchistan. / declare it
makes me almost sick to be boy and
go to school and study Mitchells
geography again"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
WILD WITH ITCHING HumoR.
Eruption Broke Out In Spots All Over
eody--cured at Expense of Only
$t.25-Thanks cutlcura.

The Cuticura Remedies cured me of
my skin disease, and am very thank
full to you. My trouble was eruption
of the skin, which broke out in spots
all over my body, and caused con-
tinual itching which nearly drove me
Wild at times. | got medicine of a
doctor. but it did not cure me, and
when / saw in paper your nd. / sent
TO you for the Cuticura book and
studied my case in 1t. l then went
to the drug store and bought one cake
of Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura
Ointment and one vial of Cuticura
Pulls. From the first application / re-
ceived relief. | used the first set and
two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap. and
was completely cured. / had suffered
for two years, and again thank Cuti
cura for my cure. Claude N. John
SON. Maple Grove Farm, r. f. ID. q,
Walnut, Kan, June is, 1906"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
MADE THINGS EASY FOR HUBBY
How One Clever Woman Gets Her
Letters Posted.

Women with absent-minded hus.
bands who forget to mail letters
needn't grieve, for a matron says she
has found a cure for such little over
sights. Once upon time, she says,
the dialogue between her and her hus-
band used to run: Didn't you hear
me ask you to mail it? You were lis
tening all the time" 81 quite forgot"
Yes, you always do" Now, she adds
In triumph, everything is as it should
be and the all important epistle reach
es its destination on time. After
much thinking she decided that the
best plan was to pin the letter on the
lapel of her husbands coat when he
started for business. Thus tagged he
would cause passersby to stare and, in
wondering what they were looking at,
he would see the letter. 1t worked
like a charm.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
CRUISING for DereiIcts.

The excellent work in destroying a
dangerous derelict last week, begun
by the Tacoma and completed by the
Columbia, gives renewed point to the
suggestion hitherto made in these
columns that vessels of the navies of
the world might with peculiar profit
be employed In tracking and destroy
ing the abandoned hulks which dot
the seas and which present one of the
one of the most serious dangers to
navigation, says the New York Trib-
une. OF the need that derelicts shan
be destroyed as speedily as possible
there can be no question. Many
known accidents and disasters have
been due to them, and there is rea-
son for supposing that many, perhaps
most, of the mysterious disappear
ances of vessels might truly be ex-
planned on the ground that they had
come into collision with those wan
dering destroyers Carrying no lights,
making no noise, giving no signal of
any kind, often lying so low in the
water as to be scarcely perceptible,
and heavy and solid almost against
which a vessel can scarcely be guard
ed in the dark and collision with
which is always serious and often
disastrous.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
loo CAV.

The puritan miss dozed over her
knitting and dropped stitch in her
fathers stocking.
Priscilla" said the old gentle.
man. sternly, be more careful"
Why, father" replied Priscilla. I'm
surprise. there is no great harm in
dropping a stitch in your stocking.
is there?"
Yes, my daughter. Surely Won
would not have 1t gossiped about that
your staid old sire wore drop-stitch
stockings like the dudes of 200 years
from now?"
And Priscilla, shocked at the verv
thought, began TO unravel the whols
stocking
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
Huge Wagons of Argentina.

On the Argentine pampas, where
men are scarce and horses are cheap,
and the roads are hardly roads at all.
enormous wagons are used. Some
have hind wheels ~, or even Ia feet
high, and the drivers seat may be
20 feet from the ground. Such wag-
ons are built as much as so feet In
length, and 10 to Is feet In width. As
many as so horses have been used on
one of these huge wagons, on the
dusty plains of La Plata.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
Woman LOYAL to the End.

A striking case of forgiveness ex-
tended to a murdere to the extent of
shielding him from justice occurred
recently in Paris. A handsomely
dressed young woman, Mdlle. M. Gou-
vier, was found in the street dying
from the effect of stab in the breast,
and later in the day she expired in a
hospital. But not a word could be ex-
tracted from her as to the identity of
her murderer. "He did it in a fit of
jealousy she said, "and because he
loved me-" The last words to pass
from her lips were: Il pardon him"
She gave up her life, but not her
murderer's name
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
Beyond a Doubt.

Two workmen, who both bore good
characters as sober and Industrious
men, were recently charged at a po-
lice court with fighting.
The magistrate asked, in astonish-
men, the cause of the quarrel. 1t
seemed that one man had accused the
other of stealing his coat.
And can prove it. too" added the
man.
"How?' said the magistrate.
Il always keep my card in the
pocket"
The policemen were directed to
search the garment. But they found
absolutely nothing.
Gimme my coat" said the work
man. 1t was handed to him. He took
two dried peas out of one of the peck
cts, and held them up triumphantly.
"P. P.-Peter Powell. That's me
name. Them's my card"
He got his coat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
Remarkable Escape from Death.

An extraordinary escape from GRO
codile recently occurred at the Sido-
godo drift of the Usutu river. Swat
land. South Africa. While washing
his head In the river. native was
seized by crocodile. What followed
he is unable to state, but when he
regained consciousness he was lying
on the bank with his throat slightly
lacerated, and the whole of the back
of his scalp nearly torn OFF. He was
carried to a kraal by natives, where
he is recovering from his injuries.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
GOOD AND HARD.
Results of Excessive Coffee Drinking.

1t Is remarkable what suffering
some persons put up with just to sat
isfy an appetite for something.
A Mich. woman says: 81 had been
using coffee since l was old enough to
have a cup of my own at the table,
and from 1t / have suffered agony
hundreds of times in the years past.
my trouble first began in the form
of bilious collie, coming on every few
weeks and almost ending my life. At
every attack for years l suffered In
this way. / used to pray for death to
relieve me from my suffering. / had
also attacks of sick headache, and be-
gan to suffer from catarrh of the stom-
ach, and of course awful dyspepsia
"For about a year / lived ON crack
ers and water. Believing that coffee
was the cause of all this suffering,
finally quit 1t and began to use
Postum Food Coffee. 1t agreed with
my stomach. my troubles have left
me and / am fast gaining my health
under it's use.
mo wonder 1 condemn coffee and
tea. No one could be in a much more
critical condition than / was from
the use of coffee. Some doctors pro-
nounced 1t cancer, others liberation.
but none gave me any relief. But
since | stopped coffee and began Pos
tum am getting well SO fast can
heartily recommend 1t for all who
suffer as / did, Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read
the little book, The Road to Well
Vile" There's a reason"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
Deadly New Rine.

Bullets from the new 3O-calfber
rifles of the United States army whirl
with great rapidity. The rifiing gives
one revolution of the bullet about it's
axis In ten inches. At the muzzle the
velocity of the bullet is 1890 feet
second. which means 2,760 turns
second, assuming that the bullet does
not strip in the rifiing. The circum-
ference of the bullet is .942 of an
inch, which gives a peripheral velocity
of 1900 inches each second, or $4,000
feet a minute
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
labor the Great Quality.

The most beautiful actions of the
human body, and the highest results
OF the human intelligence, are condi-
tons or achievements, of quite unla-
borious-nay. of recreative effort 1t
is the negative quantity-or quantity
of de-fect-which has to be counted
against every Feat and of defect which
has TO be counted against every Fact
or Deed of men. In brief. 1t is that
quantity of our toll which we die In.
--Ruskin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
Had Servants GUESSING.

A London lady who had been hol-
iday-making, wrote to servant that
she would be home next evening at
$50 Cd. W, and asking that dinner
be ready. Arriving home, she found
no dinner. The cook appeared with
apologies. Would you mind telling
me, ma am, what ID. W means?" she
said. 81 couldn't make 1t out, but
Sarah (the housemaid) said it must
mean Due at Victoria So we al.
lowed you an hour to get home from
the station"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
Housswork a Means Of Grace.

The French women have graceful
nsures even after the dreaded period
OF middle age, and this is due to the
fsct that they eat little and exercise
much in their own homes. They take
very little outdoor exercise, such as
me English women delight in. but they
are always busy about their homes.
one reason being that they are eco
nomieaiiy inclined, and another THAI
'ney nave horror OF adipose tissue.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30

tions. My doctor kept me on strict
diet. but as his medicine was not help
ing me, began using Doan's Kidney
pills. They helped me at once. and
soon all traces of sugar disappeared.
have regained my former weight and
am perfectly Well"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
MaanIfieent SACRED EdIfles.

The largest and costliest building
thus far undertaken in New York, the
city of immense structures, is the
magnificent s1O.OO0.OOO Episcopal Ca
fhedral OF st. John the Divine, now be-
ing erected ON Morningside Heights.
This will be the greatest edifice in
America, and the fourth In import
Ance In the world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
More Chewing robaooo uasd.

one OF the largest retail tobacco
dealers in the United States says that
the consumption of chewing tobacco
mas increased almost so per cent. in
nVe years. He attributes this increase
TO the automobile, because it is inn
possible to enjoy cigar or pipe whils
wnizzing along in motor car. There
ls also danger of sparks or ashes from
the lighted cigar or pipe getting into
the eyes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30

Justus Miles Foreman has left New
York for an extended journey, the
itinerary OF which includes Australia
New Zealand and the South Sea isl
ands. and which is undertaken, he
said, not to gain new literary mate
rial, but solely because he wants to
inlay a little"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
aPunnn Ordered from seattIe.

The chief of police of Seattle, be-
lieving that prize fighters bring Grim
inals and other undesirables in their
train, has ordered all pugilists, train
ers and others connected with the
ring to leave the city or take up some
respectable employment.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30

Five trains daily via the Atchison,
Iopeka & Santa Fe, Colorado to Kan.
sas City, st. Joe, Chicago. Galveston,
III Paso, City of Mexico. Ask me
about reduced rates. G. F. Warren,
Y: A. A. t. & s. F. Ry., All Dooly
Block, Salt Lake City. Utah
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30

that my homework
was becoming a bur.
den. | tired easily,
had no ambition and
was fading fast. My
complexion got yell
low, and | lost over
so pounds. My thirst
was terrible. and
there was sugar in
the kidney secre-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
In Pinch, Use ALIENS FooT-EAsE

A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
Ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet Sold
by all druggists, 25c. Trial package,
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, lie
Roy, N. X.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
rhe oplnlon She souuht.

well, what do you think of nv
new hat?" she asked
do you want candid opinion 2" he
questioned.
Heavens, mol" she replied. SAY
something nice"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30

Mrs- WinsIow's Soothing syrup.
For children teething softens the gums. reduces I'm.
Gammaton. alays pain. cures wind collie. Csc bottle
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30

J PUTNAM FADELESS DYES, are fast
20 light and washing and color more goods
than others Zoe per package.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30

"a charming hostess! Is II be-
cause she is all things to all menu"
mo; mostly because she's an ex
pensive thing to one man, should
say."-Puck.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30

: And the small boy lives his neigh
Dor as himself-if she gives him
something to eat
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
Not the Limit Of rroubIs.

Job was taking his breakfast of
the mantelpiece. These boils are
pretty tough" he said. and I'm hay.
Ing plenty of trouble. all right, but
anyway, Tom Johnson isn't born yet"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30

We can generally avoid lot of
trouble by not saying what we think.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
WORN TO A SKELETON.
A Wonderful Restoration Caused a
Sensation In a Pennsylvania
Town.

Mrs. Charles N. Preston, of Elkland.
Pa, says: Three years ago | found
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-30
Emnortnnt I'd Mothara.

Examine carefully every bottle OF CASToRfA,
and see that Il