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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-14
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CUSTER co.
STATE BOARD OF health.

the board of health bill passed
by the recent Idaho legislature,
which provides for the registra-
tion of all births, marriages and
deaths in each county in the
state. AS will be seen by sec
ton 10, persons whose duties are
to report births, marriages and
deaths are liable to fine and inn
prisonment if they refuse to com
ply with the law
Sec. o. All persons who per-
form the marriage ceremony
must keep a register of the time
and place of each marriage so
celebrated, the residence, the
names in full, the place of birth,
the age of each party, and
whether either party has ever
been married before, and if so
whether divorced.
Sec. TO- All physicians and
professional midwives must keep
a registry of the date and place
of each birth at which they
assist professionally, the name
in full, sex, race, color, and the
number of the child, whether
living or still born, and the nam
es, color, or occupation, birth
place, age and residence of par
ents, the maiden name of the
mother and whether the child
was born in or out Of wedlock.
Sec. IL. Physicians who at
tend diseased persons in their
last sickness, clergymen who
otficiate at funerals, coroners
who hold inquests, sections and
undertakers who bury deceased
persons, must each keep a reg
istry of the date and place OF
each death, the name, age, sex,
coler, conjugal condition, birth
place, cause of death, immediate
contributory, duration of illness
and the names, residences and
color OF parents.
Sec. II. All persons register
ing marriages, births, or deaths,
must Quarterly file with the
county recorder a certified copy
of their register Provided,
That if, at birth no physician
or midwife attended then it shall
become the duty Of the father of
the child, householder or owner
of the premises or the head Of
the hospital or institution lin
which the birth occurred, in the
order named, to make and file
the certificate within thirty days
after the birth.
Sec. 10. The county recorder
must provide and keep separate
registers to be known as the
Register of Marriages. the
Register of Births" and the
Register of Deaths" in which
the marriages, births and deaths
certified to him must be entered
and numbered in order in which
they are reported to him.. These
must be stated in each register,
in separate columns, properly
headed, the various facts con
taiRed in the certificates and the
name and professional, official
or clerical position of the per-
son making the report. The re-
corder must carefully examine
each report and register the
same marriage, birth or death
but once, although it n ay be re-
ported by different persons.
Sec. IA. The county recorder
must, every three months, trans
NIT to the secretary of the State
Board of Health, at Boise, Ida
no, a certified abstract of the
registers of marriages, births
and deaths, prepared in the
manner prescribed in the in,
structions of the secretary and
upon blanks to be furnished by
him for that purpose.
Sec. IS. The county record
ers shall perform the duties re
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
Autographs and HoIographs.

AN autograph" said an antiquary,
sis worth nothing, while a Telegraph
may be worth $1,000 or more. An
autograph of a man is his simple sig
nature. His Photograph is one Of his
signed letters, and its value depends
Oh its interest.
Some men are such fools that they
think autographs valuable and holo-
graphs worthless.
81 know a man who found in his
grandfather's chest a lot Of important
letters Of Franklin, Washington, Aaron
Burr, Hamilton, Andre and jefferson.
He read these letters; then he burnt
them, first cutting out the signatures.
For the signatures he got 90 cents
apiece or whereabouts. For the letters
in their entirety he would have got
from 800 to 5000 apiece.
by this loss of about $4,000 the
man learned the difference between an
and a holograph."
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
BALL TEAM OF NEGRO GIRLS.

Nightly Practice Enables the "BIue
Bellies" to Beat Nine of the Boys.
A man was strolling toward the base
ball field on the Parade at dusk re-
Gently, says the Kansas City Times.
A group of dark figures were playing
ball on the diamond.
That's right, Fannie put 'em over
the plate!"
All right, May, look at this"
Heavens :" exclaimed the man,
what names for ball players"
He FASTENED around the field and
came within full view Of the players.
Out In the field was a full team of
negro girls, ranging in age from 10 to
% years, clad in short blue skirts,
white shirt waists, black stockings, and
regulation baseball shoes. They were
equipped with every modern device for
capturing the frisky baseball. Stoop-
ing forward with hands upon knees,
they encouraged the pitcher to put 'em
over" strike 'cm out" and do every
other things which are 50 easy to tell
the pitcher to do but so hard for the
twirler to perform herself-especially
herself The stranger asked for expla-
nations from one of the large crowG
which had gathered to witness the per
Torrance.
Those are the Kansas CITY Blue
Bellies, organized by Claude East" was
the reply. They come out here and
practice almost every night after 6
o'clock They have made several trips
to Kansas towns, including Atchison
and Topeka. Can they play ball? Look
at them"
A little negro girl had just gone TO
bat. The pitcher tied herself in a
knot as much as her skirts permitted
and threw the ball with speed that
would do credit to Rube Waddeu The
batter met it squarely ION the nOsa'
and sent it to the embanklnent or he
opposite side of the field. Then che
sprinted around for a home run while
the crowd Cheered.
Before the visitor left he saw some
other samples of real ball Dlaying.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
PUTS THE GINGER" IN.

The Kind of Food Used by Athletes
former college athlete, one of the
long distance runners, began to lose his
power of endurance. His experience
with change in food is interesting.
"While l was in training on the
track athletic team, my daily joys be-
came a task, until after l was put on
Grape-Nuts food for two meals a day.
After using the Food for two weeks /
felt like a new man. My digestion was
perfect, nerves steady and l was full
of energy.
81 trained for the mile and the half
mile runs Chose events which require
so much endurance) and then the long
daily jogs,' which before had been
such a task, were clipped off with ease.
1 won both events.
''The Grape-Nuts food put me in per-
feet condition and gave me my gin
ger Not only was my physical condi-
ton made perfect, and my weight in
creased, but my mind was made clear
and vigorous so that l could get out
nv studies in about half the time for
merly required. Now most all of the
University men use Grape-Nuts, for
they have learned its value, but think
my testimony will not be amiss and
may perhaps help some one to learn
how the best results can be obtained"
There's a reason for the effect Of
Grape-Nuts food on the human body
and brain. The certain clements in
wheat and barley are selected with
special reference to their power for r.
building the brain and nerve centers.
The product is then carefully and sci
entifcally prepared so as to make it
easy of digestion. The physical and
mental results are 50 apparent after
two or three weeks use as to produce
a profound impression. Read The
Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's
a reason
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
Costly in Human Lives.

In ancient times the great engineer
ing works were costly in human lives.
The making of the Red Sea canal is
said to have involved the loss of no
fewer than 10000 Egyptians. Buc-
kle's examination made him believe the
number to have been somewhat exag-
gerated, but he gives it as still guide
to the enormous waste of human life
in those days. The men who kept 1000
slaves engaged for three years bring
ing single stone from EIephan-
tine to the pyramids did not care a
great deal so long as in the twenty
years in which one of the pyramids
was a building there were Forthcoming
the 100000 men required for the work.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
ROADS WIN AND LOSE,
Minnesota Court Upholds 2-Cent Fare
and Issues Injunction Against En-
forcing Commodity Rates.

ST. PAUL. Sept. 21-Judge William
Lochren of the United States circuit
court granted the request of the COM
planning stockholders of the railroads
operating in Minnesota that tenn
pOrary injunction issue against the com
modify rates enacted by the last state
Legislature.
The court, however, made preliminary
rulings with the attorneys for the state
on three other points-frst, that the ex-
ercise of rate making power by the state
does not interfere with interstate COM
merce; second, the merchandise rates or
dered by the state railroad commission
September l. 1906, shall remain in force;
third. the 2-cent passenger rate enacted
by the last Legislature is not confscatory
and shall remain in effect.
In his opinion the court arraigned the
Minnesota Legislature with a tongue
flashing such as a legislative body has
seldom, if ever, before received from
judicial bench.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
Bargain Sales in JaDap

Even in placid Japan they have bar
gain sales. but they conduct them on
very different principles from the scrim-
images we have over here, says the Eng
llsh Ladies Pictorial. An amusing
American woman has embodied her ex-
periences of travelling alone in Japan
in most entertaining volume just pub
lished, whence may be gathered a de-
scription of a sale at the greatest trad
ing house in Japan.
The goods are not flung about. They
are shown to advantage in locked cases
and the heads Of departments keep the
keys. Remnants, however. are laid on
mats and though there is keen anxiety
TO secure bargains, perfect order and
quiet prevail.
Babies toddle about quite comforta-
bly,; others sleep on their mothers
backs However orderly and quiet
though the Japanese bargain sale may
be, It Is not free from the shoplifter and
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
BAR LONG NAILS IN FOOTBALL.
Princeton First University to Insist
Manicure for Players

Princeton First University to Insist
Manicure for Players
Manicures will be as essential to the
new football as bonesetters were to the
old, for no match may now De enter
ed into by any youth who has project
ing finger nails, says the New York
Herald. If it should happen that he
finds himself on the gridiron without
having complied with this provision he
has just two minutes in which to avail
himself Of the services of a manicure
The Princeton eleven VIII be the first
to feel the need of the attentions of an
official polisher, and that without a
manicure establishment nearer than
Trenton, n. J.
Some Of the candidates for gridirOn
honOrs this fall who are getting ready
to discard their vacation tan say they
could not possibly submit to being
forced to sit at a little table on the
side lines with one hand in rose water
and the other under an orange-wood
stick.
1t will be madGening, they aver
when the scrimmage is at its height to
have to say something polite to a fair
young thing with yellow hair who will
inquire, pleasant day, isn't it? l have
just an awful cold, haven't I? Do I
hurt you? Where do you usually get
your manicuring done? What do you
think of George Conan? Lovely wealth
er, isn't it? Are you In a hurry?''
1t stands none the less written. No.
l, section e, is as follows:
mo player having projecting nails
on his person will be permitted to play
in a match Penalty. suspension unless
the fault is corrected in two minutes"
No football player who is particular
about how his finger nails look could
have them properly manicured in two
minutes, it is feared, but the length of
the appendages is left to the discretion
of the umpire.
Several Of the youths from Lawrence
preparatory school who are candidates
for the Princeton team this fall feel
deeply concerned, for the prevailing
style of football player is likely to in
sist upon having his nails long and ia
pering
When men are left unconscious on
the field, waiting Identification, it
sounds better in the newspaper dis
patches to say, their hands were care
fully manicured and showed them to be
persons OF culture and refinement and
evidently quite unaccustomed to manu-
al labor"
1t has been suggested that Princeton
retain the services of an angular ex-
pert as a member of the faculty who
can diversity her duties on the aes-
thetics Of claw furnishing
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
INSIDE OF A DAM.
Unique Power House Near Baltimore
Constructed Under Water


Constructed Under Water.
An absolutely unique power plant has
recently been completed about fifteen
miles below Baltimore on the Patapsco
river. 1t is built within dam and is
entirely under water. 1t is the first of
its kind ever built and cost much less
than it would have if built i'll any other
known way.
The dam is 90 feet long, 40 feet thick
at the base and 26la feet high. The
spillway is 16S feet long, but ut present
only 1OS feet of this distance is used
for housing the power plant. The dam
is of reinforced concrete, the shell be-
ing IS inches thick ut the bottom and
taperng ut the top.
The apron extends only half way down
from the crown, says the Electrical
World, the remaining down stream por-
ton being entirely open and provided
with windows by means of which the
interior is lighted. The shape of the
apron is such that the water is thrown
some little distance away from the Win
doWS.
The part used by the power house is
fitted with Il false ceiling hung five feet
from the inside of the dam so as to.
protect the apparatus from any wafer
that might seep through the outer she'll
of the dam. The dam is built of fine
and rich mixture, which was laid very
wet. Aside from this no precautions
were taken to eliminate water.
The water is fed 10 the turbines
through steel pipes passing through the
up stream spillway shell and discharged
by draft tubes into the base of the dam,
dropping into well sunk some three
feet below the river bed. The water
passes thence by way of a channel con-
structed in the river bed. out of the dam
The intake is 81 feet below the crest
of the spillway so that the trash racks
are kept clear of drift wood, etc.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27

These photographs show the ruin
following the appalling disaster to the
new cantilever bridge at Quebec
which collapsed when the ends were
nearing the center, carrying 50 work
men down over 800 feet to death. The
bridge was to have been the largest
in the world The upper picture shows
the wreck of the bridge around the pier.
The great size of the collapsed Orders
is shown by contrast with the figure of
a man marked in white. The lower
picture, taken from the beach, shows
where the first span broken loose
from the pier Thousands of tons of
steel fell in the collapse of the bridge.
The cut-in work was destroyed from
beyond the first abutment in the st.
Lawrence River clear to the bridge ap-
proach on the heights.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
Mansfield and the Drum.

1t is not generally known that in
addition to his other activities Richard
Mansfield was at one time reporter.
He did aIl-around work on a small
paper in Boston, and from the city room
graduated to the desk Of musical and
dramatic criticism. Only one Of his
criticisms seems to have attracted no
ticc, and that was because he devoted
the major part of it to the work of
the bass drum. He read the bass
drummer Il long lecture on his igne-
rance of the dynamic value and capa-
bilities of that instrument. The idea
Of criticising the brass drum made the
professionals smile, but Mansfield main
tanned that it was but natural that he,
the son of Il musician himself, should
be acute to defects that other critics
ignore Washington Herald.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
HAND GRENADEs OF WAR OF '12.
OId-Time Ordnance Found at Fort
Henry-Hoy They Were Used.

OId-Time Ordnance Found at Fort
Henry-Hov They Were Used.
While examining the contents of the
ordnance storehouse at Fort McEIenry
Lieut.. ]. L. Holcombe, of the 12SIh
coast artillery, discovered several
boxes of old hand grenades which are
supposed to be more than 10OS years
old, says the Baltimore American.
The missiles are of the earliest make
used by the United States government,
and were probably placed at the his
toric old fort when it was first erected
in 1872 Owing to the way in which
they were packed the grenades had
only the slightest trace of rust upon
them.
The discovery Of the weapon recalls
Il bit of the ancient history Of the
country. In explaining their use Lieut..
Holcombe said that the grenades were
handled only by the grenadiers of the
ship, who, walking out upon the yard
arms of the old fashioned fighting YES
sells, threw them into the ranks of the
enemy An explosion followed which
created havoc.
They weigh about four pounds and
are shaped after the fashion Of the
bombs used by anarchists, and are
iron and loaded with gunpoWder.
Several days after the discovery one
# the new recruits at the fort was
.oGld trying to dry the powder in one
cf the missiles by roasting it on the
fire. \ report was made to Lieut.
Watson, in command of the post, who
said that he intended to write to the
authorities and ask permission to
dump them in the middle of Chesa-
peake bay, as they were so old fashion
ed that they would be of practically no
use whatever in modern warfare
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
SEE CONFETTI AS PERIL.
New York Doctors Expect Epidemic of
Skin Diseases Also as Result of
"TicNers" at Coney Island

NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-Thousands of
victims of the Mardi Gras celebration at
Coney island have been treated in va
rious hospitals and dispensaries for in
famed and sore eyes, caused by throwing
of confetti, according to several physi-
clans, who say also that the merry
makers, by rubbing 'ticklers' in one an
others faces, will probably cause an cpl
Darlington, of the health department
said the use of confetti and ticklers was
very harmful and should be discontinued.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
Superstition and the Wedding Ring

When a wedding ring has worn so
thin as to break, the superstitious be
lieye that either the husband or the
wife will soon die. This may be re-
garded as an obvious superstition and
perhaps accounts for the fact that we'd
ding rings are now made so much
thicker and heavier than formerly
Grand Magazine.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
ARREST CARD SHARKS.
Police of Berne, Switzerland, Jail Two
Americans Charged with Cheat
ing an Englishman.
BERNIE, Switzerland, Sept. 81,

BERNIE, Switzerland, Sept. 21.-The
police of this city arrested two Amer
leans on a charge Of cheating at cards
The mems names are given as John
Gray of Chicago, who describes himself
as an artist, and Count De La Ronciere,
but who is believed to be an engineer
named Ellingham Musgrave The specific
charge is having defrauded an English
man out of $500.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27

WM NJ. STEWART. eightieth birthday.
Few men, even among the money
kings of bonanza days, have had
more varied and wonderful experience
than William NJ. Stewart The accu-
mutation and loss Of two immense for
tunes and the winning Of a third at an
age when the great majority of men
are relcgated to the retired list seem
but minor incidents in his wonderful
career. Among the roles he has filled
in his time and the most of them with
marked success, have been those of
senator, lawyer, editor, orator, Yale
College man. Indian fighter, prOspector.
speculator and scientific farmer.
lie was born IN the State of New
York, lived a while in Ohio, then went
to Yale to study law. When the cry
Of Gold in California" was raised in
40 he came West, and, between the law
and ore mining, grew so opulent that
he became known as the Silver King"
But when he was elected Senator from
Nevada he plunged too deeply into the
eXtravagances of capital life and at
y DiDlSGlf
poor But he did not despair Again
he came back to the West for fortune,
dug it out of the earth in the form Of
precious ore. and soon found himself
again millionaire. Power returned
with fortune, and in 1887 he was again
elected to the United States Senate.
Cor time he was greater power
In politics than before He was at the
head of that group of Republican dele
gates who withdrew from the st. Louis
convention in 1896 because the MAORI
ty refused to agree to a b!mctallism
plank and declared for the gold stand
ard. Stewart was an ardent silver man.
and the success Of the gold standard
cause dealt him a hard blow Unwise
speculation and other unremuneratiye
enterprises in q few years reduced him
once more to the lower financial level.
So, two years ago last March. his
term ended, he babe good-by to his
friends in the Senate and returned
once more to the scenes of his former
triumph to again wrest fortunes from
the rocks.
When he returned to Nevada the last
time it was known among his friends
that he was almost down and OUT
financially. But he went TO work with
the old-t!me courage, and with his
knowledge of mines and mining. things
ere long began 10 come his away again.
He made several lucky strikes and in
vestmenfs, and almost before a year
had elapsed he had made a good start
toward retrieving his fortunes 1t Is
believed that he is now worth at least
quarter of a million. and possibly
much more He has sheived his social
and political ambition, and declares
that this fortune-his third-will not
go like the others
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27

MIR. c. B. FlzER, Mt Sterling, Ky.
A'A writes:
II have suffered with kidney
and other trouble for ten years past.
Last March l commenced using
Peruna and continued for three months.
L have not used it since, nor have | felt
a pain.
Il believe that l am well and there
fore give my highest commendaton to
the curative qualities of Pcruna."
Pe-ru-na For Kidney Trouble
Mrs. Geo. II. Simser, Grant. Ontario,
Can. writes:
Il had not been well for about four
years. had kidney trouble and. in
fact. feIt badly nearly all the time.
1hIS summer | got SO very bad L
thought | would try pcruna, so | wrote
to YOU and began at once to take Peruna
and Maualin.
Il took only two bottles of peruna
and one of Manalin, and now feel
better than | have for some time.
/ feel that Pcruua and Maualu cured
me and made different woman of me
altogether. l bless the day | picked up
the little book and read of your pcruuo."
Ii is the business of The kidneys 10
remove from the blood all poisonous
materials. They must be active all the
time, else the system suffers. There are
times when they need IA little assistance.
Pcruna is exactly this sort of a rem
edy. 1t has saved many people from
disaster by rendering the kidneys ser
wee at time when they were not able
to bear their own burdens
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-09-27
TO BAR EMMA GOLDMAN.
Government Will Not Allow High Priest
ess of Anarchy to Enter United
States Again

NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-Emma Gold
man, high priestess Of anarchy is to be
barred from the United States.
Anarchist. unnaturaiized foreigner ex-
convict. person with no visible means of
support, undesirable citizen"-on any
or all Of these counts the female fire
brand of chaos" may be halted on her
triumphaI return from the international
congress of anarchists in Amsterdam.
From inner sources in the immigration
bureau it was learned today that this
decision had been reached.
1t is believed a little exclusion will
succeed where failing failed.