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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
A TIMELY INSPIRATION.
YeIp of Little Dog Restored the Scat
tered Wits of a Soldier Orator.

At the celebration of July 4, 1861,
Gen. Morris Schaff, then a cadet, de-
livered an address in the chapel at
West Point, and he gives a place in
his recent book: The Spirit of Old
West Point" to a funny incident con-
nected with the delivery of his
speech.
1T was called an Grafton" Gen.
Schaff writes, but how l should hang
NV head if any one were to repeat
some of it to me now! l committed II
to memory, and never feeling very
sure of myself, concluded to put the
manuscript. a roll of little note-paper,
in the breast of my coat, so that II
worse came to worst, l could pull it
out and read it.
"While the Declaration was being
read | tried to think how my speech
began. and to save my life could not
recall three sentences. AS the reader
drew to the end. my perpleXity deep
ened The band then played a patrI-
otic air. The orator was INTRODUCED
and the fellows applauded as ne rose
in dazed confusion
There was a great crowd present
filling the aisles. A little dog hau loi-
lowed his people up into the choir'
and inst as was about to carry my
hand TO NV breast to extract my
sneech-for my mind was perfeoIiy
handsome one stepped on the oos ,
toiI and ont came a couple OF sharp
vaIns Whereupon the whole corps
broke into a good laugh can see
tbree or four of them laughing now,
We'll It brought me to my WITS, anu
or went the Grafton with Dans'
az have no doubt the Grafton was
au,nning with metaphors and simlles'
tor when NV little intellectual lamp Is
Ht thew come flying In IKE nouns az a.
night Now there was nothing that lne
academic board and instructors III my
- cave one beloved exception
desnised so much as figuratiye ian,
u,,opo The sudden pallor, CURING up
and oh. spare u.s.! look OF disgust 'na'
attended it's use was so obvious, no" ",
ayer that a cadet rarely made use u
q metaphor a second time. A.,
well. while I was deiiverl tso 'n ~
address my eye fell on the lace ,, % %
Church, the professor of mathe a1s onS
IIa was scanning me with that colu anu
entrenched expression worn by T S1ne
one one in almost every audience. Met :,
one e n have given it in translation Il
would have been in these terms
".From all oratory, and above ,, a.
from Kirkersville oratory' ueh'''
us!' 49,, t,irkersville
ohio and he says elsewhere IN -. n,'
hook that from the day OF MS aIm,iS
sion SION to West Point to this eve tl Dosn
hos smiled when the place 10 a,r,
toned HnT And yet, from within re eber
~ lbs a5 miles of Kirkersville came cS 9mIs
mon Mcdowell, Rosecrans' Cu,s9
G n,sT, Brice and Charles R. WOODS
al Graduates of distinction
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
NOT ALWAYS WELL TO BUTT IN.

After the crash" impaired the first
hospital surgeon to the second, Il ran
over to where it lay on the pavement;
and when l raised it up l saw at
once that its ribs were smashed,
while gaping hole was torn in its"
Pardon me, DOCTOR" broke in the
medical student, who had caught these
words as he was about to pass by into
the consumptive ward; but If you
have no objections, I'd like to take a
few notes on that accident case" He
pulled his notebook from his pocket
WAS the case a child?"
NO." the surgeon informed him, to
his embarrassment. 81 was speaking
Of my umbrella. Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
UNCLE SANS WORST SENTENCE.
DISMISSAL with lgnominy" Means the
Most Absolute Disgrace.

The severest sentence which the
United States government can infict
is undoubtedly dismissal with igno-
miny," which is melted out to officers
of the army and navy who are guilty
of great offenses.
1t is the nearest thing to ostracism
that can be reached in the modern
state. When the sentence dismissal
with ignominy" is passed upon an of
ficer it means that his brother officers
may never speak to him again during
his life If this officer has a relative
in the service, no matter how close
the connection may be, there must
never again be communication be.
tween the two.
If it is young man who is thus
dismissed and he has a father in the
army or navy, they are cut off for
ever unless the father should choose
to quit the nations service also.
And when the sentence is once
passed 1t is Interchangeable. A man
who simply violates the laws of the
country even to the point Of trea-
son has a chance for pardon, but once
he receives the document bearing the
phrase dismissal with ignominy," it
stands just as long as there is breath in
his body.
Even If he wishes to enlist in the
service as one of the men in the
ranks this would not be flowed. When
caught he would be punished for
fraudulent enlistment"
In the old days the greatest punish
ment was to cashier an officer. Then
he would be taken out before an as
sembled body of troops or sailors and
his insignia of rank would be taken
and his sword broken. Now this has
given way to a more complete method
of exposing his shame. When an of
ficer is dismissed with ignominy" IL
is ordered by the president that no
tice shall be sent to all members Of
the service and the crime and the
punishment is published in the news
papers not only around the headquar
ters where he was last on duty, bu
also in the state from which he come
, or in which he usually makes hi
; home.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07

nearly related to the family of Vir-
ginia made illustrious by the orator
VINO exclaimed in the house of
uurgesses, Give me liberty or give me
ueath' The charts show that both
families emigrated from the same
neighborhood in the old country, and
Fatrick Henry must have been the dis
tant cousin of Hugh Fauntleroy,
Henry |.
Inc latter scion of this now famous
ocotch-lrlsh stock married Phoebe
MOTIFS daughter of Robert Morris, the
pa'rlot and signer of the Declaration.
iaeir son, Dr. Isaac Henry, was COM
unssloned by John Adams as a sur
seon IN the small American navy of
.nSt DAY. In the course of his career
nc married Judith Carter, a direct de-
osenoant Of Robert Carter, one of Vir-
elnias early governors, sometimes
Auo"n as King Carter They made
INQUEST and happy home on a small
,arn' which had descended to Judith
directly from a grant to Gov. Carter
"U %a the crown of Great Britain.
surgeon Henry died many years
So,vre the war, but his youthful
C.iue survived to meet tragic end.
~ mat bright and peaceful Sabbath
nUrning she heard the booming sig
@ gun fired from the stone bridge,
nu asked her son John whether it
n thunder. The only persons in
h,- muse with her at the time were
~ Iis son, her daughter. Phoebe Morris
rseuIE and a small colored girl
MA lay made an attempt to remove the
h" s iady as the armies encircled them,
az. were forced to return, and soon
svS, shell from Ricketts, battery
wn p,Oued in the house and she was
la unoed to her death. She was bur-
Az. after the fight was over by SOL
Dr, nands in her own yard. The
bv laughter, Phoebe, was made deaf
70 e same explosion, and remained
Pr the end of her life. Her son,
COM a, Hugh F. Henry, second, who
vraSd private school of high
He IN Alexandria, was a bachelor.
Ana Consequently removed to the farm
hS . now resting with his sister by
son mothers side. John, the other
fata, "uo was with his mother on that
the ISL OF July, had three children,
Hem. oniy grandchildren of DR.. Isaac
@TI and his spouse Judith.
wera se children, born after the war,
BY doe early deprived of their parents
bsoS ueath' and were reared by their
The I uncle, Hugh, who rebuilt
uouse on the old site. Singular
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
When Every Man Is Coy.

Feminine proposals are nothing
new-in leap year or otherwise. 1t is
said on good authority that Eve set
the example when she baited Adam
with an apple-or lemon, as certain
excellent authorities claim of late. AS
no man ever told the truth about how
he proposed, and still less about how
the demure damsels helped him to do
it, all this must remain in obscurity.
Every man some time in his life
has had a coy proposal. In this
every year seems to partake trifie
of leap year.-Centralia (Wash.)
Chronicle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07

ly. they all followed the profass,o.
thelr guardian. Miss Ida /. uonr,
Is teacher on the Pacific cosst
hush r. third, is a professional 1;n,
gust, having studied in all the con
ltals Of Europe Prof Artbnr
iiehry' after teaching a decade IN
other states, returned TO his native
county and became principal of the
MANASSAS graded school Hero 10
married Miss Lena Herreu also a
teacher, and settled on the Henry
larm' where they look out daily over
the ned where two battles endad
Their sheep and cattle Craze oniet.
~ on the hill where jackson stood
IKE a stone wall and where Sykes
ana Reynolds 10 months later
checked the onward sweep of the con-
querlng legions Of Longstreet
Immediately after the grand re.
view of May, 1865, the union vet.
Grams came here before going to their
homes, and erected to their com.
rades who fell, the first of a thou.
sand monuments of the civil war. The
trees, now well grown, were planted
at the same time that the monument
was inclosed and formally dedicated
The G. A. R. veterans came here
In 1902 after the Washington en-.
campment, and under the shade of
the trees voted to ask congress TO
purchase the ground and to preserve
the monument forever.
In 1905, on the lofty summit of
the Piedmont plateau, the Army of
the Potomac, like the Israelites of old,
after 40 years of wandering, came to
the place of its birth and was enter.
tanned by its former foes.
Robert Morris and Judith Con.
stance now laugh and crow here, and
in the golden future will romp and
play like other children over the
green sward around this rude memo
rial to the patriot dead of the Army
of the Potomac.
Who shall cast the horoscope Of
the future for those little ones? Ju
dith may marry a foreign prince, but
| hope for her better fortune. Al
for Robert Morris, venture to place
him in nomination for president il
the campaign of 1862. The soutl
wants another president, and wants
him bad Robert Morris would I'm
doubtedly have the solid support o
Pennsylvania and Virginia on tn,
first ballot. With the keystone stat,
and the Old Dominion at his back h
ought to win. In order that Their
J may be no mistake l call the attention
of the world to the fact that l start
ed the Henry BOOM By that time
may be the United States of tn
World. OF course the originator G
the boom would expect to be in til
cabinet and he modestly suggests tina
he would not be willing to accept an!
thing less than the secretaryship c
the treasury.
IF half a century hence it becam
desirable to placate our British cou
ms the future sovereign Of the plane
might assume the title of Henry TX
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
Times Change.

Trembling Attendant nineteenth
century)-Your majesty, I somehow
got little scratch on your third best
crown.
The Car (furiously)-off with his
head!
Careless Attendant twentieth cen
tury)-Your majesty, 1 fell and broke
your majesty's magnificent gold and
diamond crown all to pieces.
Trembling Czar-Oh! Is that all?
feared from the noise it was another
bomb.-N. Y. Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
Lie Eather. Like Son.

Boy-Grandpa, wish you'd buy me
a pony.
Grandpa Ga philanthropisD-My
son. think of the poor boys who can't
even get bread to eat.
Boy-I was thinking of them-the
poor little boys whose papas have
ponies to sell that nobody will buy
Royal Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
The Little Brother Again.

Bobby-My sister will be down in a
few minutes, Mr.. Softly, she's up
stairs rehearsing.
MIR. Softly (who has come prepared
-W-what is s-she rehearsing, Bobby?
Bobby don't know, exactly, but
she's standing in front of the mirror,
and blushing and saying: "Oh. Mr..
softly-er-this is so sudden."-Royal
Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
Keeps Them Awake.

eyes," said the man who sometimes
lets out an audible thought, they are
the biggest takers on earth"
"Who?" queried the party with the
rubber habit.
1.-THE astronomers" answered the
party of the prelude.
How do you figure that out?''
asked the rubbering chap.
"Why, they sit up nights trying TO
con the universe" explained the noisy
hinker.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
All Tastes Suited,

New Clerk notice some of these
barrels of apples are marked X and
some 2. Are they different kinds?
Dealer-No; same kind, but differ
emily packed. Some customers want
barrel opened at the bottom and
some at the top.-N. Y. Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
Not Diminishing.

Mrs. Calder has such way of at
lacking people without saying any
thing outright"
Eyes, was just a-sayin' the other
day that she always was ready with
diminuendo against somebody"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
Rssnectlnu Their sIumbers.

"Then when you have finished your
lecture" said the professor of elocu-
ton and department to young Dulle,
bow graciously and leave the plat
form on tiptoe."
why on tiptoe?" queried Dulle.
$50 as not to wake the audience"
replied the professor.-Royal Maya
zine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
Punctilious Etiquette.

Heidi you have an informal dis
cussion at your club, my dear?
She (primly)-Our discussions are
never informal We take up no sub
ject which has not been properly in
troduced.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
Chained His Hours.

He used to rise at early dawn just for the
sun and air;
He argued that we needed all of that
there was to spare.
But now he rises oft at night in anger
and despair,
And goes without a lot Of sleep just for
the son and heir.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
rhn Star MeIodrama.

The Heroine (wildly)-The empty
hills the empty valleys, the
The Villain (gloomily)-And the
emntv Chicago Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
His Scheme.

"And how are you going to make
any money out of your magazine"
1--WE shall print the pictures and
biographies of all the prominent men.
And they will buy up the whole edi-
tioA."
And distribute it?"
mo = destroy It." - Cleveland
Leader.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
Mother Goose a la Newport.

Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet
Playing bridge whist all night;
But society shark
Found she was mark
And won all her cash ere twas light
Chicago Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07

The Cooks Question.

opera cloak on.

I wonder II his heart is fired,
He calls here every night;
1 wonder-are his calls inspired
BY love or appetite?
Royal Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07

First Landlady II manage to
(shriek) keep my (shriek, shriek)
boarders longer than you do.
Second Landlady-Oh, / don't know
(shriek, shriek) you keep (shriek)
them so thin that they look (shriek,
shriek) longer than they really are! I!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07

For, though It gives the show away,
1 ought in very truth to say
I-fell-asleepl
Charles Vivian, in Royal Magazine
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07

fell-ohl will you cease that bray?-
And for six hours unconscious lay.
But do not weep!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-04-07
THE STORY OF A FALL.

The other night I fell-now, pray,
All vapid interruptions stay;
For sneers are cheapl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-01
ASK YOURSELF
THIS QUESTION

How can people with kidney trouble
expect to get well on the ordinary pat
ent medicines when the census
deaths from kidney disease show that
92 out OF every 100 of them die from
form of kidney trouble that till
very recently was incurable.
There we're $4,000 deaths the last
census year from this form Of kidney
trouble and Il Is so prevalent that the
famous DIR. Loomis of Bellevue hos
pital declared that his autopsies show
that nine-tenths OF all people over 40
have 1t. II you have kidney trouble
make no mistake-start right. The
late treatment is new in this tremen-
dously important particular-it is the
first thing ever discovered that is ef-
fective AFTER the disease has fas.
tened itself as we'll as before-the
first to cure in the chronic fatal sta
ges.
We sent for this for people here.
1t is the only thing in the world that
cites no cases except In the supposed
incurable forms. We will give you
full information.
For sale and recommended by w.
l.. Gokay and B. A. Quinlan, drug
gists.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-01
Struoole with a Tloer.

Two brothers. Khuda Bakhs and
Shaikh Abdul CHAM Of Moradabad
we're dispatched recently to Rampur
on an errand. and while entering q
grove at Ghadpura a tiger sprang upon
Khuda Bakhs, who. being an athlete.
warded of the blow aimed at him with
his right hand and caught one OF the
paws with the other and maintained
his hold, though the tiger was maui
Ing the other hand.
Abdul CHAM now rushed up with q
stout stick. which he forced down the
tigers throat, making It release his
brothers hand; when Khuda Bakhs
seized another paw with his wounded
hand, forcing both the paws back.
He wrestled with the tiger. keeping II
down by sheer force, while Abdul
CHAM belabored 1t with his lathi and
killed It.
The tigers was carried by the broth.
ers to his highness the nawab Of Ram
pur. who kept the skin as memento
and sent Khuda Bakhs to the state
dispensary for treatment" - India
Daily Telegraph.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-01
Artificial Gems.

Last year German association
caused surprise to some scientists and
disbelief in others by the announce
ment that a process had been discov-
cred by which most Of the precious
stones could be produced by artificial
means.
Recently several official experts
have made an examination OF about 40
Of these artificial gems In their re-
port to the Museum Of Natural His
tory they say:
"Of all the stones we examined. we
can only call the artificial rubies a
direct success, but the imitation Of
this species is no new invention. We
therefore declare that there is moth.
ing new or sensational In the new In
vention."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-01
Mistake, Maybe.

A young man who boards on the
West side doesn't know whether his
landlady made a mistake or meant to
give him a quiet dig. He told the
story OF one Of his own exploits at the
dinner table the other evening-he
has a hearty appetite. by the way
and concluded with the remark:
That may sound awfully exag-
gerated to you folks. but ! give you
my word It's perfectly true"
"Oh. Mr.. Tawker." the lady Of the
house FASTENED to assure him, I'm
sure no one who knows you would
ever doubt your voracity."-Kansas
City Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-01
BENNINGTON BBIEFs
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Briefly for Busy Readers
Tomato and pansy plants for sale
at Heath's, Elm street. 68t3
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Whitney were
In Troy over Decoration day visiting
friends.
A. w. Mack Of Jersey City visit
ed his family ON Stafford street over
Sunday.
William Harwood, a former resi-
dent OF this town now living In Troy,
was here over Decoration day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy G. Brant OF
South street left Friday afternoon for
q visit with friends In Troy and New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip b. Jennings OF
New York have arrived at their resi-
dence at Bennington Center for the
summer.
John Murphy OF Schenectady was
the guest OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Murphy of Bennington Center
over Sunday.
Hon. G. Il. Patterson and family of
Troy have arrived and will occupy the
Hall house at Bennington Center for
the summer.
Guy Edison who Is employed In Cut
tings store I'm North Adams spent
Saturday and Sunday at his home on
Putnam street.
Frank McGurk of the Bliss business
college spent Memorial day with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James McGurk
of Gage street.
Neapolitan brick Ice cream for
home delivery, sent right to your
house at any time. II you prone Quin-
lan's pharmacy. 63tf
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel B. Hall OF
Bennington Center have moved into
the King cottage at the head Of San.
ford avenue for the summer.
The Walloomsac Inn at Bennington
Center has opened for the summer
and few guests beside automobile
parties are already being accommoda.
tied.
! Harrison I. Norton, Clement II.
Cone and Adelbert w. BREASTED left
Friday afternoon to spend few days
at Camp Twilight on Lake Cham.
plain.
Edward Watts, Ray Ebersole and
Miss Reta Clayton Of Jersey City who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. A.
| w. Mack Of Stafford street returned
home today.
New marble slabs have arrived here
for the walk which Ex-Gov. John G..
Mccullough will lay in front of his
mausoleum and the Old First church
lat Bennington Center.
Jonas c. Heart and wife and Mrs
Marble Of st. Augustine, Fla. left to
Marble OF Et. Augustine. Fla, left to-
day for New York from whence they
will sail for Europe after spending q
few days In town as the guests OF Mr.
and Mrs Samuel b. Hall OF Benning
ton Center.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-01
! MANCHESTER

Joseph Kelley OF North Adams Is
visiting his brother, Rev. Bernard
Kelley.
70. II. Swift has a new Buick runa-
bout, purchased In Bennington last
Wednesday.
Miss Emma Weitzel has returned
from Baltimore where she has been
visiting her parents.
Miss Hattie Burroughs who has
been visiting relatives In town has re-
turned TO her home In Dorset.
Mrs. Fannie l.. Taylor and Miss
Taylor OF Brooklyn arrived yesterday
at their country home, Lone Pine"
DR.. Il. L. Wyman was elected pres
ident of the Vermont Homeopathic
Medical society Wednesday at Mont
pelier.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Gunther and
John j. Gunther Jr., OF New York
City Joined Miss Brown yesterday at
THE Elms."
Mrs. Alfred II. Page of New York
City who has been putting the Rowe
cottage In order for the season has
returned to her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Clarence Bacon
have moved from Mrs. Swift's house
to w. b. Edgerton's. Mrs. Ella Swift
will move into her house on Monday.
Burr and Burton seminary was de.
feated In Burlington Wednesday by
st. Mlchael's s to.3. The feature OF
the game was home run by Walsh.
The grand list OF this town for this
year is $16,631.09, a slight increase
over the previous year. Manchester
stands 3Oth In population among the
towns OF the state and 10th In the size
OF the grand list.
Rev. Vincent Raw. pastor OF the
Congregational church, delivered an
address yesterday before the Woman's
Home Missionary Union now In con
vention at Barre. His subject was
The Personal Touch: or the Relation
OF the Christian Church to the For
eigners at our Gates"
| DuTnB tuc past seNtu HloHtnb fteu
ry Holt & Co., publishers, New Yorl
City, have issued three books from the
pens Of authors residing In this coun
Ity. They are "Gunhild," Norweg
ian episode hx Mrs. Dorothy Garfield
Fisher OF Arlington; "A Turnpike
Lady," story OF Vermont In Revo
lutionary days by Miss Sarah Nor
cliffe Cleghorn OF this village, ant
lover Against Grum Peak" boob
of "reminiscences Of country life BY
Miss Zephine Humphrey OF Dorset
Mr.. Holt himself has a country place
in Burlington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-01

When your food seems to nauseate
take Kodol. Take Kodol now and un.
I'll you know you are right again.
There isn't any doubt about what II
will do and you will find the truth Of
this statement verified after you have
used Kodol for q few weeks. II Is
sold here by d. A. Ward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-01
No Occasion For n.

my DEAR said the old man to his
daughter on the morning Of her wed.
ding day, Il don't see how | am going
to get along without you."
Nov, don't let that worry you,
papa" replied the fair maid as she ad.
justed her bridal veil, George con-
fessed to me last night that he hadn't
enough money even to buy a second.
hand stove, 80 instead Of losing me II
looks as II we were going to stay right
with You"