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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
Man Whose Memory Was Bad.

For more than an hour a witness
for the defense had lodged questions.
His faulty memory was particularly
~exasperating for the counsel for the
plaintiff, who was seeking to recall
to the witness recollection an event
of four of five years previous. Event
ually the man remembered some
thing about it."
"Ah," continued the lawyer for the
plaintiff, what id you think OF II
at the timer"
Really" said the witness, speak
ing before the lawyer for the defense
had time to interpose objection 1T
was SO long ago / can't recall exactly
what / thought of it"
well" shouted the cross-examin-
err. excitedly, IF you can't recall, tell
us what you think now you thought
then"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10

Little Tom was two years old and
talking before his proud parents took
him to be christened Though limit
ed. his vocabulary included me or
two choice words picked up from his
father. OF c~ourse,S he looked like a
perfect little cherub on the %eventful
day, with his wide blue eyes and shin
ing curls and mother had got him up
in great shape for the ceremony. At
the most impressive point Tom turn
ed to his father and exclaimed in ag-
gravated tones: why, damn ii, he
wet my headi"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
WITH THE JAcKAss BATTERY.
Men and Mules Required for Work in
the Mountains.

one OF the most interesting organi
cations which took part in the man.
euVers at Camp Tacoma, Washington,
or western troops under Gen. Freder-
lex Funston was the 18th battalion.
held artillery, Maj. c. A. Bennett com
handing.
n battalion consisted of the seven
teenth and eighteenth batteries. some
times referred to as "jackassr batter
les says Leslie's Weekly, because of
the use of mules. The battery pieces
are transported in sections on the
backs of mules, the guns and carriages
being divided into four parts. making
TOUR packs for the same number of
animals.
This enables the batteries to be
transported through the most difficult
regions accessible to troops, and the
guns can be brought into action in
mountainous country. In the United
States army these batteries are com
paratively new, but they received
their baptism in the Philippines and
nave proved their practical value in
many skirmishes upon the cottas and
forts of the Moros.
IT is surprising how rapidly the
Jules are unloaded, the parts of the
gun thrown together and the gun
loaded, sighted and ready to be fired.
AT a test of the eighteenth battery
the men ran the mules back fifty
PAGES, unloaded and assembled the
gun and fired in As seconds. This was
a worlds record.
The work requires not only intelli-
gent but powerful men. The gun
itself weighs 80 pounds and the trail
the same, but the men handle the
pieces with ease.
The mules. too, are familiar with
the drill and perform their parts in
a very intelligent manner They know
their respective positions, and when
the load is lifted they Immediately
jump forward, so the piece can be
placed directly on the ground.
The gun used in these batteries has
a range of from $500 to 1000 feet. Il
fires a large shell, but has a lower
muzzle velocity than the larger field
pieces. In design the piece is some
what similar to the screw gun of the
British army.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
GIVING HIM A CHANCE.
'urely Time for Hubby to Do a Live
ly Sidestep.

Mrs. Wilson's husband was often
obliged to go to New York on BUSH
and frequently did not reach his
until the arrival of the midnight
Mrs. Wilson had been in the
aabit of sleeping peacefully at these
snes without fear, but a number of
arglaries in the neighborhood during
eae OF her husbands trips to New
aprk had disturbed her calm.
pn the night of his return Mr.. Will
" was stealing carefully up the
''pnt stairs. as was his wont on such
asHasions, so that his wife would not
u Wakened, when he heard her voice.
aagh and strained:
| don't know whether you are my
saaeoand or a burglar" came the ex-
esseo tones, but am going to be on
sss safe side and shoot, so if you are
.asnry you'd better get out of the
Youths COMPANION
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the die
eased portion of the ear. There is only one way 70
cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness ls caused by an inhamed condition Of the
mucous lining Of the EustachIan Tube. When this
tube lie innamed you have a rumbiing sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when II is entirely closed, Deaf
ness ia the result. and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored 70 It's normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out Of ten are caused by CatarTh. which is nothing
but an fnGamed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness lcaused by catarrhl that cannot be cured
By Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
What's in a Name?

"Old Amy, you know, who is famous
for being arrested. has been sent to
Jail again, But as she weighs nearly
800 pounds and is a good fighter, it
took nearly all the reserve force to get
her in the wagon"
Then the magistrate who sent her
to Jail ought to be arrested, too"
why so?"
Didn't he commit big Amy?"-Bal
timore American.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10

Vernon Lee has told somewhere the
story of the marvellous effects of Wag-
ner on a headache. One does, after a
time, succumb to what is a kind of
hypnotism; the sound seems almost to
clear the air, or at least to lull one
into a kind of dream in which only the
sense of hearing exists.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10

spells. For ten years l could not do
homework, and for two years did not
get out of the house, The Kidney Sc
cretions we're irregular, and doctors
were not helping me. Doan's Kidney
Pills brought me quick relief, and
finally cured me. They saved my life"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Millburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10

Il cannot help thinking of the Won
derful thought displayed in your
daughters commencement essay last
june" Yes" answered Mr.. Cumrox,
Judging from that essay, you would
think she was as much interested In
The Subservience Of Individual Am.
bition to Eternal Destiny as she Ia
in ice cream soda. But she isn't"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10

was a great Sufferer
from kidney trou-
bles. My back panied
me terribly. Every
turn or move caused
sharp, s hootin &
pains. My eyesight
was poor, dark spots
appeared before me.
and l had dizzy
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
A Speed Record.

HE ran through his money in one
year"
How did he do it?"
with an automobile.
Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
Important 70 Meth.rs.

Never look upon your work as a ref
uge from thought, but express your
thought in your work.-Phillips
Brooks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
&C as Plauue Preventlve.

An Italian correspondent OF the
North China Daily News writes: The
newspapers have latterly been full OF
all sorts of suggestions for the stamp
ing out of plague. For instance, never
kill rats; if you do the fatal rat flea
may be driven to feed on you Also
compel each householder to Keep
cats. In fact, let the cult of the cat
as it prevailed in ancient Egypt be re-
yived in India. Plenty of cats, no
rats"
Lightning in Town and Country
lightning is most destructive M
level omen country. Cities, with their
numerous projections and wires are
comparatively exempt -
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
TEN YEARS OF PAIN.
Unable to Do Even Homework Be.
cause of Kidney Troubles.

Mrs. Margaret Emmerich, of Gin.
ton St, Napoleon, o., says: For
fifteen years was a great euffarar
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10

Those ills which fate determines.
must bear.-Theocritus.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
Bush Over surled rre.sur.

Il He.e is a tradition in Germany
:. was customary in the Middle
70 put an ~elderberry plant over
NJ treasure. A farmer at Oels-
I'm piowing close to such a
An Gaearthed a vessel containing
III '"Ser coins of the eleventh CEN
goes the faster after being
III ia thoroughbred colt or a $40
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10

Wherever we meet misery we owe
pity.-Dryden.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10

Guns, Traps, Decoys, Etc.
Lowest prices. Write for free catalog Mol
I. w. Hide & Fur Co. Minneapolis, Mimi.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10

TIONl The genuine have W. l. Douglas name snd price stamped on bottom dsSS
factory. Shoes sent everywhere by mail Catalog free. WLDOuGAa BrOekson. Mass
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-22

have just received from the quar-
ries of Vermont and Massachusetts,,
bought for cash from the manufac-
turers direct, the finest and best line
Of granite and marble monuments
ever shown in clarksBurg. l will
guarantee better work, better prices,
and the very latest designs in monu-
ments than any marble man in West
Virginia. We do all our work with
pneumatic TOOLS" much better than
can be done by the old way. Come
in and see our stock. Wells Marble
Works. 40 North Fifth street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-22

In using cough syrup, why not
get the best? One that comes highly
recommended is Bees Laxative
Cough Syrup, contains Honey and
Tar and is superior to other cough
syrups' In many ways. Children al
ways like 1t because 1t contains no
opiates, is laxative and is guaran-
teed to give satisfaction or your
money refunded. Try it. Sold by
Frank G. Bland.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-22
TO CURE ANY DISEASE.
The Cause Must be Removed, Same
Way with DandruR.

Kill the germ that causes dandrutf.
falling hair and badness, you will have
no more dandruff, and your hair must
grow luxuriantly. Newbros Herpicide
not only contains the dandrun germ
destroyer, but 1T Is also most delight
full hair dressing for regular toilet use.
No other hair preparation is on this
scientific basis of destroying the dandruft
germs. It stops all irritation. keeps the
scalp sweet. pure and wholesome. Re-
member that something claimed to be
'.1ust as good Will not do the work Of
genuine Herpicide. Sold by leading
druggists. Send 1Oc. in stamps for sam
pie to The Herpicide Co.. Detroit. Mich
Two slzes-Su cenrs and S1.O0.
Wells & Haymaker. Special Agents
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-22

In the treatment Of piles it be-
comes necessary to have the remedy
put up in such a form that 1t can be
applied to the parts affected. Man
Ian Pile remedy is encased in .
collapsible tube with nozzle attached.
1t cannot help but reach the spot.
Relieves blind, bleeding, itching and
protruding piles. so cents with nor
zle guaranteed. Try 1t. Sold BY
Frank G. Bland.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-22
~ ONO
RAILROAD.
Schedule effective Nov. rs, 1905.
CLARESBUR9, ". VA.
Daily. Z Daily except Sunday.
. Sunday only,

SAAAh060V6Rf W. Va
Daily. I Daily except Sunday,
MALE bIN1, nAsTBouMD.
Cumberland, Washington, 1altImoro,
philadelphia and New York, Depart
$3.50 am, 1886 PM, 1886 pm.
Arrive s13:6S am, sS:5s Q. m, s4:4V
areftoa Accom-, Depart sIO:as am,
x:a7 pm. Arrive "7:2S am, x3:2s
pm, $500 pm.
1GAIM LIME, wEsyRouHD.
PRrkershurg, Cincinnati, louisville ana
Sc. Louis, Depart sf2:61 am. s9:6E
am. s4:40 pm. Arrive s3:S2 am.
.s:ss pm .s:ss pm.
xs:1s pm. Arrive, 5000 am. x7:0T
pm, zS:45 pm
W. VA. o PITTS, NORTLDouRp.
connellsvtf1s and Rtttshurg, Depart
xs:15 m, x10:90 q m. Arrive x5:io
pm. 111:Ob pm.
Tkirmout and lGorEantoWn, Depart
x6:16 q. m, x10:S0 an, x3:OO pm,
z7:Os p. m. Arrive xg:le am, $685.
an, xS:10 pm, x11:06 pm.
". VA. q PITTS., souT1BouND.
WeHtcn. Depart x6:O0 am, 5000 am,
x11:26 am. Arrive x6:1B ana, xB:6b
am, x2:16 pm, x:7:05 pm
Pickens. Depart $500 aMs xt:1s PA
Norwood ana Entsssmedisss points, De.
part x6:0o am, x11:26 am Arrive
x2:1b pm, x7:0S pm.
webster Springs, Depart x11:1b am
Arrive x2:O0 pm.
WEST Va. sRoRT LMH.
New Marttngv1I1e and wheeling Accom-,
Depart s6:15 am, x2.45 pm. ArrtVr
x11:2b am. SS:lb pa
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-22
For catarrh. led nae send Won tree.

For catarrh. let me send you tree,
Just to prove merit. trial c.ze box
Of Dr.. Shops catarrh Remedy. Ii
is a snow white, creamy, healing,
antisepdc balm that gives instant re.
lief 10 cata-rb of the nose and throat
Make the free test and see. Address
Or. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Large jars
% cents. Sold by all dealers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-22
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

jim. where are you going? Up to
smithy's to get some fish. He has
the incest lot of them every We'd
nesday and Friday that you ever saw
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-22
SWEET MELODY FLOUR

uphoIster1ng and furniture repair.
ing cheaper than ever. e. 2. Allen,
664 West Main street, c. R. odell's
old stand.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-22

settees. vases, iron fences, wire
arches, In fact every thing for the
cemetery kept In stock. Weiss
Marble Yard.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-22

Huyier's candy always fresh. Leave
yoar order for Easter. sturm &
Wilson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-22

DeWitt's Little Early Risers scat
ter the gloom of sick-headache and
biliousness. Sold by all druggists.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-15

Scenes on the local stock exchanges
during the last week have resembled
the good old times last fall when the
market was booming in response to the
news of the sensational strikes made
on the Mohawk and other big producers.
The scramble for stocks began with
the opening sessions of the boards Mon
day, but the big rush did not begin
until Tuesday morning Jumbo Exten-
sion started the ball a rolling with Con-
solidated a close second and Red Hills,
Combination Fraction and Atlanta right
behind.
Jumbo Extension, which had closed
Saturday night at s1.24 bid, moved up
to s1s5; Consolidated went from $3.50
to s5.22, Combination Fraction went
from s1.s2 to s2.00; Red Hills from
35 cents to SO cents but dropped back
for another bid; Atlanta went from Al
cents to "A cents; Florence went from
$3.50 TO 1851 and all the well known
stocks moved up little in sympathy.
All day Wednesday and Thursday
the upward movement continued. the
two leading stocks going up from
twenty to forty points at each session.
Thursday night Consolidated closed at
s705. Jumbo Extension at $500, tafter
going to 5000 Combination Fraction at
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-15
SHEETS-ISH AND KALFUS
TO MAKE HEAVY TONNAGE

shaft down 100 feet and a vertical shaft
down 165 feet. The Kalfus shaft is
down 200 feet. The two properties are
connected on the 165-foot level, in fact
it was when the connection was made
that the conflict over rights was preci-
pitated. The Sheets-Ish lease, at the
time the injunctions were issued, was
developing two immense lodges, the
larger of which was from 20 to 40 feet
wide and extended into the Kalfus terri
tory. This ledge averaged 500 a ton,
sixteen feet being shipping ore and a
large portion of it milling ore. A five
inch streak ran up to from SIS to $40 a
pound.
Equally high values were also OBJ
tanned from this ledge in the Kalfus
ground. Two spur tracks have been
run from the railroad to facilitate ship
ments and the combined plant is equip
ped with two 50-horse power hoists and
one ffteen-power hoist For awhile
shipments will be made chiefly from the
upper working of the Kalfus, while the
vertical shaft on the Sheets-Ish lease
will be sunk further and the veins tap
ped at depth. NJ c. Ish will have gen.
eral management of the new company
and the superintendent of the mines
is Jack Berry. Mr.. Ish estimates that
the output will run from five to ten
tons a day from the start. The leases
have five months to run from the time
work is resumed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-15
(Staff Correspondence.)

Ramsey, New, June 1.-THE camp
of Ramsey. discovered a little over
year ago is fast making a name for
itself and from the number of new dis
coveries of rich ore and the results of
the large amount of development work
now being done will soon take its place
as one of the banner camps of Nevada.
The camp is situated about 80 miles
southeast of Reno and IL miles from
Clark station on the main line of the
Southern Pacific. 1t is only Is miles in
a direct line from Virginia City and is
believed by prominent engineers to be
an extension of the famous old Com
stock lode and the formation and char
acter of the ore seems to bear this out.
The first discovery was made by
Bladen and Tom Ramsey in the spring
of 1906, but the main excitement and
rush was caused by the discovery of
the now famous Clark dyke, which crops
for a length of 400 feet and pans long
strings of free gold at almost any point.
The district is about five miles long
by four miles wide and the town of
Ramsey is situated in the center Of the
district in close proximity to the mines.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-15
BULLION TAX COLLECTOR
is AMAZED AT GOLDFIELD

$50 hoists from the south to the north
end of the camp yesterday. Stop and
think of the amount of money these
people are spending. 1t is enormous.
Take the Gold Bar. for example.
am informed upon what / consider the
best of authority that the Gold Bar
has s2,0O0,00O worth of ore in sight.
Next to the mines in the merger. |
consider 1t the biggest mining proposi-
tion in the camp.
."rhe Red Top has tremendous show
ing and is one of the greatest properties,
TO my mind, In the camp.
'sThe Little Florence. / am told. has
produced 100000 in two weeks, and is
as fresh as when she started out. 1t
doesn't even make her take long
breath
"As for the great Mohawk: well, her
net product showing tells her story. l
am told she is producing $4,000 day.
right now. The ore is being sacked in
the mine-the real picture stuff. Why,
the Mohawk. alone. would keep the camp
up at this rate of production.
Mr.. Neven turned to so up the street.
SAY" he added tell these depression
cranks and knockers, for me. to get next
to themselves. Some of them may have
lost a little money trying TO bear the
market, but we all lose a little money
sometimes. We can't help 1t, and it's a
good thing we can't. There is nothing
like keeping money in circulation.
1T appear to me that it would be a
good idea to take a bunch of these de-
pressionists outside of the city limits
and have heart-to-heart talk with
them. What's that? Well. suppose
they didn't come back? What's the
differenceg
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-15
RAMSEY TURNS OUT BIG CAMP

The formation of the district is silici-
fed rhyolite and andesite with reefs
of diorite. The main trend of the veins
is northwest and southeast, though the
Clarke dyke has almost an east and west
course.
The principal mine of the camp is
the Ramsey Comstock, owned by Gold
field people, situated about one-half mile
north of the town. The company owns
the Clark dyke which they acquired by
purchase from Mr.. Clark, the locator.
This dyke crops for about 400 feet and
is 20 feet high is places and 80 feet wide
at the ground. The whole mass is one
immense body of ore, streak two and
one-half feet wide which runs the entire
length of the cropping carrying values
of from 5000 to $500 to the ton while
the balance is a high grade milling ore.
The cropping is a highly silicified. close
grained quartz and the gold is very fine
and can be seen with the naked eye.
The writer panned a small piece about
the size of tennis ball and got string
of colors half way around the pan.
The company sunk an inclined shaft
on the foot wall of the vein at the
center of the cropping and have depth
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-15

Heavy shipments from two more pro-
ducers of high grade ore will begin as
soon as the plants of the Sheets-Ish and
Kalfus leases can be put in first class
condition-and that will be within the
next few weeks. There is no specula-
ton about this. The two leases have
produced nearly a million dollars in the
past and have enormous bodies Of rich
bodies of ore blocked out but owing
to litigation. arising over conflict of
interests, no work has been done on
either since last fall. The owners of
these valuable leases have finally
reached an understanding, the injunc-
tions have been dismissed and the work
of putting the plants in condition for
extracting the rich ore on an extensive
scale is being rushed.
The exact terms of the settlement are
not made public but the parties to the
conflict agreed to consolidate their
interests and new corporation
has been formed under the name of the
Mohawk Combination Lease company.
which will operate both leases as one.
The greater portion Of the stock in the
new corporation is owned by the orig
inal owners of the two leases. They are
M C. Ish, Frank Ish, E. D. Bowles,
James Sheets, Thomas Kendrick. Wal
ter Stone, John s. Cook, ]. L. Kalfus
and Frank McKeever.
1t is estimated that the output from
the two properties will exceed the out
put of the famous Hayes-Monnette lease
on the Mohawk. Mr.. Kalfus figures that
the leases will produce $4,000 day
for at least forty days and perhaps
for a longer period. The Sheets-lsh
lease, which has produced three quarters
of million dollars, has an inclined
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-15

The Higginson lease on the Jumbo
Extension, has struck another rich
streak in the big ore body that was un-
covered on the 220-foot level. Samples
taken from the footwall on the east
drift a few days ago, assayed $l.S7o
ton. Other samples, taken from the
ledge a few feet distant. the day before
did not go over sic ton. The great
increase in values in such a short dis
tance is decidedly encouraging. Secre-
tary and manager Pentland expresses
the greatest satisfaction with the looks
of the property and expects to largely
increase the output of the lease in
very short time. About 20 tons are
being shipped every other day while the
development work is In progress and
the ore bodies are being blocked out.
The Mohawk Ledge lease, which adj
joins the Higginson. has laid claim to
about 81 feet of the latter's ground. as
serting that the surveys show that they
are entitled to it. The Higginson people
insist that the most the Mohawk Ledge
people are entitled to is about twelve
and a half feet. conference was held
last night between the parties to the
dispute and the management OF the
Jumbo Extension. on whose ground both
leases are located.