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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
IMPORTANT THAT THEY SHOULD
BE WASHED DAILY.
Much Discomfort and Even Danger OF
Loss or impairment of Sight May
BE Avoided by Pre-
cautions.

Don't be careless of the eyes dur
ing cold weather. Battle them fire.
quently. Protect them from both
wind and dust, particularly the lat
ter, which / believe causes most of
the infiamed eyeballs and swollen
lids that are now so prevalent" says
DR.. George Houston Bell, prominent
oculist.
IF the simple preventions that
may be employed to guard the eyes
against soreness were understood l
feel certain that every one would
adopt them, especially women who
will stop at nothing to cure infiamma-
ton and redness of the eyeballs that
is so disfiguring while it lasts.
ITO women who are not COM
PEELED to go out of doors daily /
would suggest that the easiest way
for them to avoid any injury from
dust would be to stay in the house
until whirlwinds of fine dirt do not
fill the air A shopping trip, a call
or even theater engagement had bet
ter be postponed unless a carriage
can be called to ones door or cab
stopped in front of ones home.
Don't keep the eyes open when
passing through cloud of dust If ii
is not possible to shut the lids, then
turn the back or side of the head sc
that the particles will not fly direct
ly into the eyes, or If in a crowd
where there would be danger If clos
| ing the eyes, place the hand, paper
or sons guard a few inches from the
optics to shield them and to keeI
out the dirt.
Don't rub the eyes after going
through cloud of dust, for this &C
ton has tendency to irritate the eye
ball by working fine pieces of metal
dirt, etc, into the corner. If par
| ticles in the eye cause discomfort oil
| pain, close the lid and let the water
that constantly bathes the eyeballs
have a chance to wash out the for
eign matter.
IF after several minutes the sub
stance is not dislodged. have drug
gist take out the dirt with a fine
camel's hair brush, or wash out the
eye with saturate solution of boriC
acid, which is a soothing antiseptiC
that will help to clear away any red
ness of the eyeball that usually fol
lows the irritation caused when dirt
sticks to the cornea. If boric acit
Is not to be had. use salt water.
Either the acid or water may be
dropped into the eye from spoon
but the best plan to give the eyeball {
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
GIVE THE SHEEP A CHANCE.
Protect the Little Fellows From Para
sites and Germ Diseases.


The lambs come into the world per-
fectly free from parasites and gener~
ally from germ diseases 1t is prob
able that most of them are free from
internal parasites. The flock owner
should realize this and endeavor to
would make them less thrifty than
they are when they are born, says
Farmers Review. Some of the most
successful fiocks of sheep in the coun.
try have been made so because Of
the care bestowed upon them. In
the very first place they have been
protected against all kinds Of para
sites, and have been given quarters in.
which disease germs could not thrive
Their owners have realized the fact
that about all that sheep need is q
chance to be thrifty. 1t is well known
that they have in themselves an un.
usual power of resisting disease and
of rising above averse conditions. The
successful raising of sheep does rot
require extraordinary measures so
much as ordinary measures. The
steps to be taken need to be those
of protecting the sheep against en-
emies of various kinds rather than to,
devise new methods generally.
1t will be found that the successful
shepherds are In all cases men that
look carefully after the multitude of
little things, which go to make up the
grand total of things making for the
welfare of the flock. To give the
sheep good fighting chance is all
that is necessary to insure success.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
Rlh.RInuses and Glovea.

Clever bib-blouses are designed with
princess skirts and have stole ends
composed chiefly of interlaced bands
of satin over lace. Sleeves upon eve
ming gowns are most varied, but the
elbow length and it's half size reign.
In many instances they are made of
lace entirely different from any trim
ming introduced upon the gown, or
they may be of spangled net combined
most anonymously with velvet or
bands of fur
In all instances they are met by
elegant evening gloves, which in most
instances are white; but the shops
are showing long gloves of pale pink
and pale blue kid, to be worn with
toilettes in corresponding hues. The
pale pink model, merging almost into
flesh color, is quite charming on the
arm. Pale delicate dove and string
shades. apricot and sauterne are also
extremely becoming.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
KNOWWHATYOUBUY
You Can See Quality and
Quantity i'm the Local
Stores.
PAYS TO TRADE AT HOME
Tia s-.-chaser Must Take MalI-order
House Goods on Falth--keep
the Money of the commu-
nifty at Home.

When the consumer buys merchan-
disc he Is interested in three things
quality, quantity and price. When he
goes into the store of his local mer-
chant he sees the goods that he is to
pay for displayed before him; he can
determine whether the quality is first
class, and whether the quantity is all
that is claimed. These two points
settled, he should have fair idea as
to whether the price asked is fair
one or not.
But how is 1t when he attempts to
buy of the big mail order houses Of the
cities? The only guide he has to the
quality and quantity they are offering
is what the catalogue says, and the
catalogue is prepared with the one OBJ
ject in view of selling the goods.
When the consumer buys Of his
local merchant and finds the goods he
has purchased were not as represent
ed he can promptly take them back
and receive his money. When he buys
of the mail order house in the large
cities he has practically no recourse
but to take what he gets and look
pleasant at the results.
1t is cheap goods and short weight
that is making mail order house
profits. They can buy but little, I
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
The Poor Rich Bow.

Instead of sympathy for the chance
less poor boy. we should rather pity
the rich boy. What opportunity has
be 10 become more than an ornament
OF mere owner7 AS Riley makes
the old Hoosier say: whats more
pathetiker than just a-being rich?"
Out of sheer humanity something
ought to be done for the boy whose
father has money. Genius is not con.
fined to poor and humble birth. says
the New York Globe. 1t should be
possible for the chap whose mother
wore a diamond sunburst really to
rise In the world. The cottage and the
cabin have become too arrogant
brown-stone fronts also have their
rights. Fie on civilization that opens
the door of opportunity only to the
fortunate poorl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
MARGIN Between success and FaIIul

Margin Between Success and Failure.
The forces that play upon business
are too vast and complicated for any
mortal 10 grasp. No doubt there Is
q law in them, but its arc sweeps far
beyond merely human ken. When
John w. Gates says that all he asks
Is TO be right In 81 cases out of hun
dred. he indicates the common ex-
perience. To succeed In business,
says VIII Payne in Everybody's, is not
In the least to know what to-morrow's
conditions are going to be. II 1t were,
there would be no successes, for no
body can do that. 1t is to see the
condition as 1t actually arises and to
move with it courageously. Sometimes
you can't move fast enough. Your
foot is caught in the frog. Then the
incident Of failure occurs. In the case
OF a good business man that means
simply that this particular one of the
forty-odd times when he was wrong
happened to be especially important.
His actual business ability may be
vastly superior to that of host OF
men who never failed,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02

any, cheaper than your local merchant
can. First-quality, standard merchan-
disc is manufactured on a very mar
row margin of profit, but the mall
order house can win and pay big divi-
dends on enormous capital IL they can
sell to the people an inferior quality
and short weight quantity of merchan-
disc at the prices they ask. Your
local merchant could do the same
thing. but you would not buy the same
goods of your local merchant that you
buy of the mail order house at an
equal price.
Here is an item clipped from the
Parma, Mich, News which shows the
nefarious system of the mail order
concerns. and how they victimize their
patrons:
"a farmer purchased two sacks of
binding Irvine of large Chicago cata-
logue house, and upon its arrival this
morning ball was unrolled and meas
ured with a ball of Plymouth Irvine
sold by local dealers, when 1t was
found that the Chicago article was Just
306 feet short of that sold at home.
There being ten balls in a sack, II will
be seen that the farmer lost 6,12O feet,
or over a mile of twine on two sacks
by not buying at home. Then, too.
the mail order house product was of
an inferior quality, being full of knots,
and one farmer standing near during
the measuring process remarked that
It would never work on binder. Now
we wish to ask you. does it pay to
trade at homer II there is anyone
who Is skepticei OF this story. just
call and we will show you."-Parma
Mich, News.
Bankrupt stock, merchandise that
reliable jobbers would not handle be
| cause of its poor quality, the refuse
| OF the factories made over into cheaI
| merchandise. These are the thing:
the patrons of the mail order houses
are buying. Here is an extract from
an article that appeared In the Sioul
Falls, g. d. Leader:
"The mail order house selling vehi
cles by the catalogue route, is mor'
than a pirate, 1t Is turkey-buzzard
II takes the freaks and failures tina
have died for want of real merit, anl
tries to stifie legitimate business h.
selling the Ibalmed remains at a re
ducnd price.
The whole nefarious mail order sys
tenn. IN 30 far as 1t relates to vehicles
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02

delay is that they do not carry the
goods In stock, and must purchase
them after your order is received. In
Chicago. for example, no mail order
house will sell to any person living
within the city limits, and the reason
for this is that these concerns pur-
chase large amount of the merchan-
disc they are selling from the retail
stores of the city, the proprietors of
which refuse to sell them the goods
except upon the condition that they
ire not to sell to the people Of the
city.
Here is the wall of mail order VIC
i'm taken from the columns of the
Jrookston, Mimi, Journal, which ex-
plains this point:
Sir: ] want to register my kick
right here on catalogue houses and
heir misleading methods. / am
frank to acknowledge that have been
iuped to perfection. The only differ
snce between me and the other vic
Tins being that l am little deeper
in and that l am willing to acknowl-
edge the corn.
"To begin with, last fall with her
who Is now my wife, decided to pur-
chase some stuff to furnish our new
home. Accordingly we ordered all
our furnishings of a--catalogue house
Two weeks prior to our marriage,
which we thought would be plenty of
time to get the goods around. But
by the Internal planets let me tell you
right here that AN the correspondence
| diplomacy, appealing and pleading has
succeeded in landing only a kitchen
table and later a mirror from Pitts.
burg.
"Our honeymoon has been a very
dramatic experience; cooking on an
old gas plate. eating on dry goods
box, sleeping on the floor and borrow
ing few necessary utensils of friends
and neighbors. No more catalogue
goods for us. We hope to get enough
more goods by April / to celebrate
all fools day in q fitting manner"
"A VICTIM"
Mr.. Consumer, It is to your advan
tage in many ways to buy honest
goods at honest prices of your honest
local merchant. See what you are
buying. Get what you are paying for
Keep the money OF the community IL
which you live at home, and build al
your town instead of tearing 1t dowr
for the benefit of the mail orde
oVses of the big cities.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
Checks and Halr strIpes.

The fancy cloths, especially the
checks and hair stripes in monotone
and two-tone coloring, are sure to be
conspicuous among spring fabrics. A
chic walking costume of advanced
type is fashioned of copper-colored
canvas cloth, the skirt being cut per.
fectly plain to fall in sweeping folds
below a close-fitting hip line. The
bodice is self-trimmed in narrow
corded bands. while the chemisette
and undersleeves are of Irvine color
embroidered linen.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02

almost the exceptional order that is
Is conducted on the theory that 1t Ia
possible to take an inferior job and
foist 1t on a credulous people by
means of a reduced price and the
honest reputation established by the
neritorious original which 1t shame
lessly caricatures. These methods
have been crowned with success sole
ly by reason of the fact that mail or
der houses put more skill. energy and
money into advertising than do the
manufacturers to whom the American
people are directly indebted for the
best vehicles ON the face of the earth
"The mail order business Is the
quack doctor of commerce. 1t prom.
lses much and guarantees nothing
The directions are always on the In
side, and you have to buy non-re
turnable package before you can find
out what they are"
A. G.. Enderton. OF Walter, Okla.
writing to the Shawnee, Okla, Union
Signal, says:
sc The mail order houses
are the worst offenders of the pure
food law that we have to deal with
They are the people who use shor,
weight tin cans and every year the
American public is cheated out oil
thousands OF dollars by this alone.
/ see where some mai
order houses offer paint at about what
good oil is worth. Now, does anyone
think that mail order house can buy
good paint stuff cheaper than anyone
else?
NOW suppose you find out wha.
crude petroleum, like what is pumped
out of oil wells cost. Very cheap, is
1t not? That is the oil that is used
and what about the paint stuff? How
about Spanish whitening, with just
enough white lead to stick it togetherl
o."
The question of prompt delivery is
another question which mail order
house patrons should consider. 1t lie
filed promptly. The reason for this
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
SEPARATOR MILK FOR PIGS.
Il Should Prove the Best Kind Of Feed
When Warm.

Il Should Prove the Best Kind Of Feed
When Warm.
There is an impression among some
farmers that the feeding of skim milk
warm from the separator is Injurious
to pigs. Prof. William Dietrich, of the
Illinois experimental station, writing
on this matter, says that there is nc
reason why 1t should cause trouble
since warm milk is the natural food
of pigs. It may be that the securing
and running down in flesh that is.
sometimes observed is caused by sud.
den changes in feed; such as, for In
stance, change from cold sour skim.
milk to warm fresh skim-milk. The
skim-milk in either form is good feed
but 1t will not do to change from one
to the other very suddenly. Another
cause of the trouble may be that the
pigs are being fed too much. Some.
times people think that when the
cream is taken out OF the milk there
is not much left that is OF any value
and young animals are fed very nber
ally and often overfed, and this be-
comes very serious matter. The
skim-milk has relatively more protein
than whole milk and comparatively
small excess of protein IN the system
will very likely bring about digestive
troubles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
Plan for the Hath 700.

Set this in the ground under shed
near where the hogs are fed and I'LL TO
a depth of about ten inches with We
ter and on top of this place half a@
inch of crude oil.
During summer and fall, and even
on real warm rays in winter, higs viii
gladly use this to wallow in If shut
away from mudholes, and 1t is sure
death to lice and skin diseases.
The advantage of this tub over pour
ing the crude oil into mudholes an
has been suggested, is that it is mora
economical and is cleaner, besides be-
ing more effective.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
CHALLIS.
Impure Air.
AZ. M. SWEET. Publisher


The Importance of ventilation and OF
. constant supply of fresh air in liv-
fng-rooms and wherever man aBdes,
whether sleeping or waking, has often
been mentioned in these columns
without air life Is impossible, and un'
less that air be moderately pure
health cannot be maintained, although
It is astonishing, and a proof of the
wonderful adaptation Of living beings
TO their environment. to note how
great an amount of impure air can be
endured with seeming impunity. There
are two forms OF impurity In the air
gaseous and solid. The gases, those
resulting from the exhalations from
the lungs, and in city houses from the
little, unnoticed leaks from the gas
pipes and from defective plumbing, are
the most injurious. For the removal
of these, says New York Weekly, free
ventilation from open windows and
open flreplaces is most efficacious. but
It Is of little service in the removal OF
the other kind of impurity; that is tc
say, the solid particles of matter
1ust--which are always floating In the
air of houses as we'll as in that of the
streets. A beam of sunlight entering
through a half-closed shutter makes
visible this dust. and as one looks with
startled eyes on the beam, which
lights up the floating particles, the
wonder grows that the lungs are not
made solid by this stream of dust in
hailed with every breath. Fortunately
the nose and the moist lining of the
air-tubes are designed to filter the air
by arresting these particles before
they can enter the delicate air
chambers of the lungs. They do theil
work well. but not perfectly, and the
greater the amount of dust the mors
they fail in their functions.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02

letters for the mail" may be worked
in ornamental letters on the lower
portion of the front
II constructed in wood it will look
well covered with white enamel, and
letters for the mail" can then be
painted on it in some pleasing colors.
Four pieces of wood or cardboard
are required for it's construction, one
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02

The convict cobbler voigt, whose
exploit as a counterfeit captain at
Koepenick set the world laughing, was
sentenced to four years Imprisonment
tor his escapads. At the trial the
courtroom was crowded with distin-
guished oficials. army officers, jurists
and fashionable women. voigt con.
Quoted his own case with self-posses
sion and skill. He declared that his
raid on the town treasury was primari
" for the purpose OF securing a pass
port with which he could leave Ger
many.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
Simple and Useful Little Article Quite
Easy to Make.

This simple and useful little article
is intended either for hanging on the
wall by the side of writing table or
In the hall. 1t can be made of thin
wood or cardboard. and hangs from
the wall by means of two nails driven
through the holes cut in the upper
part.
A useful size to make it in is about
IL inches long by nine inches deep,
and it may be covered with silk or any
other material we fancy. The word
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
Give Boar Plenty Of Room.

Many breeders make the mistake of
keeping the herd boar iR small.
dirty pen and provide no yard for him
to exercise in. He should have a
strong pen and yard of about an
acre away from the rest of the herd.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
Z q B:''!sloaelss
l. ,,~D O.
REsssDN ...-e-'ses
rHE HOGS, nATH TUe.
Handy Device Which Makes the DIP
ping Process Easy.

Dipping hogs is at best nasty work.
and by providing a properly construct
ed bath tub much, If not all, OF this
work may be avoided.
Construct tank of any width ana
length you please, just so 1t is large
enough, but be careful not to get N
more than Is inches deep, directs the
Prairie Farmer. A good size to make
is FIVE feet wide by ten feet long ano
Is inches deep, using lumber two
inches thick and is inches wide foi
the sides and ends, and flooring Oh
galvanized iron for the bottom.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02

Cretonne is used In new ways in the
furnishing of bedrooms. Beveled mir.
rors to stand on the dressing table are
framed in the lowered fabric. For
the dressing table are cretonne-cover-
ed talcum boxes. bound in gilt braids.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
When You Are Tired.

You are apt to shrink from the ex.
ercise you need. A warm bath win
do much to restore wearied muscles.
A tired girl is not tired out girl. II
viii not hurt you to get tired, but do
not trespass further on your vitality.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
Sheen Gro, dino.

There is great tendency among
farmers to go into the sheep business
as we advised. This country ought
to grow ali it's wool. export a lot, and
mutton ought to be within the reach
OF every mans table.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
viii Be Appreciated by Any Users o
Tobacco.

An ordinary hanging bracket is
within the power of any amateur to
make, and the smokers bracket of
which we give an illustration is of
precisely the same nature, but util-
lied in rather novel way.
1t will be found extremely useful
for hanging on the wall by the side
of the after-dinner armchair, and on
1t can find place for a glass.
matches, ash-tray, pipes. tobacco. etc.
1t is suspended from the wall by
means of two holes cut in the upper
portion of the wood, through which
nails are driven, and it can easily be
lifted off and taken down when not re-
quired.
A circular hole is cut in the shelf
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
TRY THIS SMOKERS BRACKET.

part of the bracket on the left-hand
side capable of holding a glass in the
manner shown, and glass held in
this way cannot be overturned. Some
smaller holes can be made into which
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
LETTERS READY FOR THE MAIL.

piece for the. back. the size of the di.
mansions given, one piece not quite
so wide for the front, and two wedge
shaped pieces for either side.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02

pipes can be slipped, and a piece of
sand-paper is glued at the top on
which wax matches may be struck.
The whole bracket can be painted, OF
stained or decorated in any other way
we fancy.