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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24

A Hearing Ear.


A busy doctor who had engaged a
young assistant was asked if he really
intended to entrust him with his
cases. "oh, no." he replied. He will
listen to the patients, look sympa-
thetic, and report to me in the fewest
possible words. A sick woman has to
talk Just so much, and l haven't time
to listen" The minister, the lawyer
and the teacher might follow the doc
tors example, and employ listening
double" to their great relief, remarks
the Youths Companion. In fact, 1t
may usually be found that the most
helpful person in the town is the one
who can listen best to the complaints
and perplexities of the women-folk.
Self-expression is as necessary for the
welfare of most women as food and
drink. The very laxative woman has
a silent husband-not simply because
she does not give him time to speak,
but because she was attracted to him
In the first place by his genius for
listening. However, there may be
something more than mere self-indul-
gence In the habit of talking things
out" with some appreciatiye listener.
The wisest of women know that they
get light on their own perplexities by
the act Of putting them into words. A
mother is often her own best adviser
as to the training of her child, when
she has once formulated his needs.
The remedy for the fault appears
when the fault is fairly described. So
the recourse to the listening ear is
not to be entirely decried. 1t is only
when continual talk breaks down the
proper barriers of reserve that the
talking woman becomes nuisance to
her friends and a menace to her fam
fly. 1t is pitiful to see the condition
of silent misery TO which family is
reduced when one woman in 1t is a
chronic chatterer. What were your
fathers last words?' asked a sympa-
thetic neighbor of little boy just
bereayed. He didn't have any"
grayely replied the child. Mother
was with him all the time"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24

Small boys will no doubt continue
Z eat green fruit with no discrimina.
tion as to kind or quantity or manner
of consumption. For the benefit of
less adventuresome adults. the depart.
ment of agriculture informs us that
adequate mastication will prevent dis
astrous results from eating unripe
fruit, and that the danger is less than
is commonly supposed, especially
from gooseberries, plums. apples and
pears. This is In accord with the as
sertion of the poet that it was a little
green peach that made the trouble
On ripe consideration, the Youths
Companion feels constrained to ad-
wise everybody of whatever age to es.
chew all green fruit-eschew it go
times
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24
Rival Of White Shoes.

Summer women clad in snowy
white are to be mourned among the
good things that are gone. With the
passing of white gloves. white shoes
seem to be put on the list prescribed
Fashionable shoe dealers say thai
only very Indifferent people are buy
ing white shoes. Those who do 50
are brave and proclaim that they 90
not care If they show the modes Of
summers ago; but they must be brave
indeed to wear the shoes outside then
own home. Pale gray in the shoe i
the very thing, or lemon coIored klc
or golden brown suede. Young girl'
are wearing the yellows, and more az
yanced matrons shoes which are mad
TO match their latest gowns.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24
SCIENCE AND FARMING.
The Wisdom of Making Nature Fiqht
the Insect Foes.

Scientists are now realizing that the
abundance of insect pests which the
farmer of to-day has to battle with is
due largely, if not entirely, to the IN
setting of natures laws.
Before man placed the woods and
prairies under cultivation, excessive
increase of any insect species was
perhaps unknown, or, at most verv
rare.
Nature has always provided forces
which operate against each other as
1t were, and with insects. as with
other creatures, a balance between the
numbers Of different species has been
maintained.
Modern methods of farming have
often decreased the natural enemies
OF Injurious insects, says Coleman's
Rural World, and in other cases have
AFFORDED conditions favoring the ranid
multiplication of insects not formori,,
present in dangerous numbers
Inc practical entomologist of n.
day, while not discounting tbe volvo
OF polsons and sprays as imnlements
OF war against the six-footad hoat
recognizes that really satisfactory
control is to be brought about by a
partial or total restoration Of tho con
dltlons under which nature forn,o,,-,
prevented the different snecios go,
pecomlng TOO numerous. The ento.
mologist accordingly studies parasitic
eL and diseases which DESTROY
.he injurious insects, and oftentin,os
ne is enabled to encourage the nara ri.
larg 9 ~ sucn an extent that they
GUS forms. - 'ne lhJurl-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24
Care of Wall Pan.r

We know discoloring, mold and
often horrid looking rents are mad
by the accumulation of water between
paper and ceiling. caused by leaks Of
unsound roofs or disordered bathrooms
Wnen you see a damp spot appear on
your ceiling, Immediately make few
openings in it with pin point, fasten-
ing the pin on stick or long broom
handie' SO as to let off the water The
paper win dry out, leaving no trace of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24
The Middle Mar

a a new York report says that a
s saes1 oGtter trust has been formed
r TSeAeu oy capital of 100000 900.
ne projectors declare that thew are
s - 10 eliminate the middle man in
sne selling of butter. and that they
p au pu 70 get control of practically
rh, .ne butter made in the country.
lnis outter is all to be reworked to
= = slnsie grade 1t will probably prove
~, ~ oe put one mode of the many fruit,
less attempts to get rid of that very
necessary worker, the Sniddleman. I'm
uer 'he present financial arrange
menus lor doing business, the middle
man is a necessity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24
Summer Nankln Rinns.

When silver napkin rings avs. pack
away for the summer a dainty sirsSNl
tute is made by covering brass ~
with embroidery silk Of heavy weight.
The brass rings may be purchased at
any needlework counter Eight small
ones make good size or four large
ones alternating with three small ones
may be used The work can be done
with either crochet hook or ordinary
buttonhole stitch, Joining together
where the ends meet Through the
rings run ribbon to match and tie ON
top in q dainty bow.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24
Eoundation of Manners.

If parents have one set of manners
for the home and another set for the
outside world, the children will copy
those they see In the home.
There must be no selfishness at
home il one does not want the boy or
girl to grow UP selfish. The foundation
of the best manners is good heart.
of course, and a kindly feeling toward
every one. Without this they are but
artificial, and will not stand the test
of the buffeting of the world and All
it's opposing forces.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24

entda gambling universally preans of the greatest pers to
social integrity College students bet their sports clerks play the
business of all classes buy stocks the margin husbands play
poker and wives play bridge
Besides these evidences of failure there dssenson and strife the
church itself Not only there many different denominations with
their nonessena differences and consequently poorly equipped plants
inadequate the demands of the hour but is the exception to find
church which is free from divisions and srfes the local organizations
There needs social life the church. Man hungers for fellow
ship Hence the fratea declarations formed throughout the country
But all social interests sympathy and energy should be directed hoe
than the beer garden Sunday afternoon All need know
Christ whom all life sacred He walked among the humble the
ov while earth to help em and he walks them to-day
1t not denucaton need but development The churc mis-
to teach religion 1t be the competitor of the cheap hea
but it can create desires for holier hungers.
There must be regard for ones moral CODE No Christian
have Sunday church creed home creed and downtown CODE He
cannot be kind Of chuman and another director
his corporation.
If these things the and who churches will
cooperate the day not distant when the sick will be healed the poor
evangelical the hungry fed will regard life cheaper than
dividends and they will be found protecting wongmen from the deadly
machinery children from the death of factories their competitors
from starvation They will realize that it's orphans
endow educational institutions for there will children
methods of the irrelgous to have sway.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24


Because men grow rich
dishonesty certain doc
trines of social science
would say that all must
fare alike. Because genius
is often selfish and blind,
these d o C tors woul d
strangle talent, and be-
cause strength of charac-
ter sometimes makes men
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24
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HANDY WAGON TOOL BOX,
Keep the Implements Handy Which
May Be Needed for Breakdown

At this season of the year the
farmers are getting busy in the fields
and where a breakdown occurs, espe-
cially If the farms are large, great
deal of time is lost in going for re-
pairs. There are always apt to be UNI
foreseen accidents which are more or
less costly and a simple device OF this
sort may prove helpful to many of our
readers. Those who are working on
the roads or are doing any amount OF
hauling, as well as farmers working
in the field, should provide themselves
with set of tools which would come
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24
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BY REV. FATHER VAUGHAN. S. j..
Noted English Divine.

Nowadays are told that truth is entirely sub!
many society women truth is what they like or what is
indeed only tell the truth when they have nothing else
ready.
These phrases, mot at home, ''yours sincerely,
'you are very welcomed" l do not think anybody to-
day is deceived by such statements do not denounce
what are called white lies denounce lies that are
black. And all lies that lies black lies All UNI
truths, whether they deceive not debase and bette
the character of the one speaking the untruth, and
create an unwholesome atmosphere whose influence
cannot but be harmful to others
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24

No wonder the Chinese rebels are
marching to victory. They are armed
with modern guns. Springing some
thing new like that on the Chinese
regular army is well calculated to
cause it to run.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24


There was a time when
the word of England was
trusted against tn
world. To-day it is nee
essary to ask in England:
What is truth p Once
a city merchants word
was his bond, a school
boys word of honor as
binding as a sacred oath.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24

That meteor which fell in Michigan
and burned load of hay was about
the size of baseball. How do we
know but that some fancy pitcher on
Mars tossed over the plate one so hot
that it got away and took a shoot out
through space?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24
rhe Rerrv Rnahes

Don't let the berry bushes grow all
over the garden Genuine them tc
rows and chop off the head of every
plant that comes up out of place.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24
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BY REV. DIR. C. p. GooDsoN.
st. Louis.

The church is a failure Whatever may be said in
regard the great work of the church, which has been
mighty in the making of splendid civilization, and
without which there would be social foundation and
life it must be admitted that the church of to-day and
in the past is a failure.
Too many people, too many church members, are
engaging in sports and found in places of amuse-
ment that are perous. The heater may be source of
legitimate entertainment, but everybody knows that it
frequently appeals to vulgar impulse and animal
ISM rather than being an exhibition of real art Pres
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24

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colored linen braided with 4
tache about the upper par,
bodice. In the model tbss,
pieces were of natter blua
braided with pale gray sonta.,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24

Blouse of white linen forming box
plat in front, ornamented with but
tons. This pleat, the armholes and the
under parts of the sleeves are all fin
ished with an edge of old pink linen.
Pockets In each side of the front.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-09-24

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could be substituted. For instaDg
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down the entire length of the b
and on the bodice across the shoul,
being also of white linen. The sIes
of the gown were cut in one with
bodice and were outlined by do
of contrasting color linen,
braided.
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The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12

Of the colony pro rata, whereas these
who are sought as employees of the
colony have to be offered some definite
terms; hence a certain number of
hours per week Of unskilled labor will
be named as equivalent to board, room
rent and the various public privileges
Of the colony. Those who desire to
work this number of hours or more
will be classified as workers. while
those who work less will be known as
residents and will be charged as non
working residents and members of the
colony, their earnings being credited
to their account.
"And now" said he, "let me repeat
in q word that what 1 am making here
is a simple business proposition. am
not dreaming any sort Of self support
Ing colony to set new ideal and re-
alize the cooperative commonwealth.
I am member Of the Socialist party,
and all the hopes Of my life are there.
Here In Englewood am simply form
ing an association of persons who may
possess but moderate incomes in order
to secure the benefits Of the applica-
ton Of the machine process to their
domestic affairs. That Is all"
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12
FlREMAN'S HEROIC RESCUE,

How New York Central Railroad Em-
ployee Saved Boy From Death.
Engineer Prime and Fireman Baker,
aboard New York Central locomotive
hauling eastbound passenger train Sc,
saved a three-year-old boy from death
the other day, says Utica dispatch
to the New York Sun. Train Sc was
travelling at smart clip two miles
west Of Rome when Engineer Prime
and his fireman saw the boy walking
on the westbound freight track while
a freight train bore down upon him at
high speed.
The boy saw the eastbound passen-
ger train on track 2. Then he looked
around and saw the freight train bear
ing down upon him. He stood coz
fused, bewildered, and his little body
seemed incapable Of action.
Prime put on brakes, and Baker
jumped down the gangway steps. Then
he leaped the freight tracks, seized the
boy and clambered back on the smok
ing car Of his train, with the freight
train close on his heels. Another sec
ond and the boy would have been
ground to pieces. The boy was car
ried to Rome and restored to his par
ents,
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12
CAMPAIGNING IN DAKOTA.
Two Young Women Candidates Brave
Wflds to See Voters.

Two Young Women Candidates Brave
Wilds to See Voters.
One Of the most unique campaigns
ever waged will be that between the
two candidates for the Office of county
superintendent Of Butte county, says
Belle Fourche Is. d. correspondent Of
the st. Paul Dispatch. The two young
ladies who are running for the office
are both ex-superintendents, one, Miss
Elsie Malcolm, having served her two
terms In Butte county, and the other,
Miss Susie Bird, having done equal
duty in Meade county. They are both
experienced politicians.
In order to make their campaign they
will have to cover as much territory as
would the governor Of Massachusetts
in hts campaign, for Butte county Is
easily the size Of Massachusetts,, and
could swallow Rhode Island and not
know it. But no such means Of trans
portation are available for these ladies
as there would be were they back in
the Bay State, for large part Of the
northern part Of Butte county is but
newly settled, and there are stretches
Of country that know no settlers save
the prairie dog.
Over this country, often alone, in a
little blackboard or on the back Of a
trusty COW pony, for distances Of not
less than 200 miles, these intrepid girls
must 60 to meet the voters Of Butte
county Often their way will lie
among the COW ranches and not seldom
through the moving camps Of cowboys
or sheep herders. Out in the northern
part Of Butte county great number
Of new settlers have come recently, at
tracted by the prospective route Of the
Milwaukee railroad. Down In the
southern part Is also new population,
employed on the government ditch.
How all Of these strangers are going
to vote no one yet knows. Their poll
tics Is unknown, and the young lady
that reaches them first is likely to
prove the winner. Because Of so many
new settlers the entire county Of Butte
Is in doubt, and neither party claims
it with any confidence. Both Of the
young women candidates are attractive
personally, and both have had the ad-
vantage Of previous experience, SO that
1t Is an interesting race
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12
New Method OF Purifying Milk.

Professor Behring has discovered a
new method Of sterilizing milk without
boiling 1t or destroying any Of its es-
sential principles, says the Paris Ma
tin. The method Is based on the pow
erful qualities Of German perhydrol
simply oxygenated. One gram per
liter of this substance is sufficient to
destroy all noxious germs. The milk
thus sterilized can be kept long time
and is not injured by travelling, but it
cannot be drunk until 1t has been gen
thy warmed and a drop of a catalytic
substance added, extracted from the
milk itself. DR.. Behring sent two bot
Hes Of this sterilized milk to the cen
trail laboratory Of the ministry Of agri-
culture In Berlin, where 1t was found
that the milk was perfectly pure. DR..
BehrIng proved that light had very
harmful effect on the milk, whether
sterilized hot or cold, and he recon-
mends that 1t should be kept In dark
place or in red or green bottles
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12
Rubber,a Increase In Value.

Rubber Is steadily increasing in val
ue owing to the growth OF the automo-
bile. bicycle and electrical industries,
says the New York Times, and this
years crop for the whole world Is es-
timated at 75,o00 tons, valued at $780,
600. 600.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-11-05
WHAT ARIZONA DID BY HER DE
 TERMINED FIGHT.

New Mexico should not overlook the fact that had it not been for Arizona s determined fight, New Mexico would not now exist, and the state of Ar izona would have been constituted, an commonwealth, sure to be rent by perpetual dissension, says the Fl Paso Herald. Arizona s splendid fight made it possible for New Mexico to have separate statehood. It is coming, under her own name so full of historic and sentimental significance. There is another and even more important re- suit from Arizona s attitude: The west will be strengthened by having four additional senators at Washington in- stead of two. This is victory for the whole west, and New Mexico stands to gain immensely by reason of this in creased representation in the national legislature. It is right and just that the west should be represented on a basis of her resources, opportunities, area, production, and needs, rather than on population or accumulated and cen- tralized wealth. On moment s thought it is clear that, had the narrow ideas of some eastern Statesmen prevailed during the first 100 years of our govern ment, there would have been no "West v and the United States would have been composed of narrow strip along the Atlantic seaboard.
 To increase the power and develop ment of the west is to strengthen the whole country and to benefit the east both directly and indirectly.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-11-05
THE RAILROAD PASS
Direct Charge Made that Some Con
 gressmen Are Using Them

It has come to the ears of members that certain congressman are travelling on railroad passes. The offenders are said to be many. The names of some of them are known, and in the case of one southern member at least the mum Der of the pass has been secured.
 But may not 9 congressman who is employed by railroad company ride on passes just as any other employee doesi This is the problem with which the commission is confronted. The gen eral public has been under the impress sion that he is expressly forbidden to do so. In fact, when the Hepburn act was being considered this very phase was thoroughly thrashed out and the country at large was led to believe the told reliable" annual had seen its day as an influence of legislation and a molder of legislation.
 On the strength of this impression many rural voter was reeoneiled to the $2,500 a year increase in congressional
  reesntatives and senators alike gave the cutting off of passes as the principal reason for voting themselves more pay. The act to regulate commerce, as amend ed June 29, 1907 says:
 "No common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, after Jan uary l, 1907, directly or indirectly issue or give any interstate free ticket, free pass, or free transportation for passen- gers, except its employees and their families, it's officers, agents, surgeons, physicians and attorneys at law"
 In ruling on this clause the interstate commerce commission said:
 "The provisions of the act relative to the issuance of free tickets, free passes, free transportation, or free carriage to employees of carriers apply only to per sons who are actually in the service of the carriers and wno devote substan- tially all their time to the work or busi- ness of such carriers
 Under this interpretation of the law it is up to offending congressman to speak up and declare which master he is serving. If he is qualifying for a pass by giving substantially all of his time to a railroad company, his con stituents will be glad to know where he stands, and if he is not the interstate commerce commission will be pleased to hear him make his acts jibe with the law. If convicted of taking pass un- lawfully, both he and the railroad issu- ing it are liable to fines of not less than $l00 nor more than $2,000.
 Any number of congressman are in the employ of railroads, principally us attorneys, but none has as yet express ed desire to have his right to ride on a railroad pass tested in the courts or before the commission. Indeed, not all of these railroad congressman are tempt ing fate. Just a goodly number of brave souls have decided that the game "is worth the candle. Washington dispatch to the New York World.