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The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
STUCK TO HAM AND EGGS.
Why Drummer Made Breakfast Dish
His Great Standby.

ITS funny how a man will get into
the habit of eating something that he
doesn't really like" remarked drum
mer. Il have been travelling mostly
through small towns for the last two
months and have had to put up at
some pretty sad hotels. The result is
that | have fallen into the habit of
eating ham and eggs and not much
else, about twice day and sometimes
three times day. never used to eat
eggs at home and / never cared much
for any salt meats. but I've got the
habit now and | order ham and eggs,
even when | have an elaborate menu
in front of me at a big hotel, The
reason is simply that in small towns
ham and eggs are about the only
things you can afford to take a chance
on. 1t is seldom that you get packed
eggs, because fresh eggs are cheap
enough in small places, and then, no
matter how inexperienced the cook
is, he can fry or boil you some eggs.
Then they nearly always have good
ham. Occasionally I add boiled pota-
toes to my small hotel menu, because
they can hardly give you the worst of
it on them, either. But ham and eggs
are the standby"
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
CHAPTER l.-contlnued.

How dare you send my child away
when | had ordered her to bed?" re-
marks her mother, angrlly.
Bed? Oh Maud is too young to be
sent to bed"
You think she Is too young?" Lady
Chartrls' tone Is appeased.
Two minutes after, Miss Chartris,
eating bonbons in the seclusion of a
magnificent confectioners shop on the
Cours Belzunce, remarks, suspicious
ly: What are you doing all this for,
Mr.. Barnes of New York;"
I've got a little information to get
from you Maud" says the American.
what kind of looking man was he
who gave you the communication for
Mrs. Anstruther?"
"He was an Italian or foreigner or
something of that kind with the man
ners of a waiter or a gentleman. He
had long, thin scar over his left eye
brow, | noticed that because his
sleeve buttons had the same crest as
Musso Danella's-by the by, how's
dear Musso?"
THE deuce! DO you think Marina
knew him." The Americans voice is
hoarse with concern.
How can | tell? Bride didn't see
him. | simply gave her the note. 1t
knocked her stupid, and she almost
tainted"
Then Mauds eyes opened bigger
than ever, for Mr.. Barnes says stern
ly: give me that motel"
What makes you think I've got it?''
Maud mutters, affrighted.
Give me the note you picked UP
from the floor of the depot when IL
fell from Marina's fainting hand, and
tucked in that left glove of yours"
mot unless you buy 'em for two
boxes of marrons glaces!" asserted
the infant, commercially
"Done!" says the American, sharply.
Miss Chartris unbuttons her left
glove and carefully extracts from it
and passes him three pieces of paper,
"Now pay up!" she exclaims.
But after matching the three frag-
ments OF letter and glancing hastily
over them the face of the gentleman
in front of her has grown so distressed
and Mortified that the candy she is eat
ing slips from Maud's fingers and falls
upon the floor of the shop.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
LAMENT FOR CHANGED TIMES.
Adoniram corntop Discourses on Pres
ent-Day Extravagance.

"Yes, stree, Bill, times is changed
since you an me was doin' our court
in" said Adoniram Corntop, with a
note of sadness in his voice, to old
Andy Glover, who had come over to
set a spell"
when we was doin' our courtin',
Andy, a gal thought she was bein'
treated right harnsom if a feller
bought her ten cents wuth o. pep'mints
once il awhile, an if he TUX her to
any doln's in town she didn't expect
him to go down into his jeans to the
tune of dollar or two fer ice cream
an soda water an candy at fo'ty cents
a paound. My son ST TUX his duckey-
doodle to the band concert in town
yistiday an there want a quarter left
of dollar bill he struck me fer time
he got home. Beats all the way young
folks throw the money away nova
days. l tell ye times is changed
nightly since we was boys, an the
Lawd only knows what the end will
be with a feller layin' out rs cents on
gal in one day."-Puck.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
The Doctors Fee.

The average man will give lawyer
5000 to $500, together with a lifetime's
praise, to keep him out of the peniten-
tiary for from two to ten years, and at
the same time he will raise a phos-
phorescent glow and kick that can
be heard around the world If doctor
charges him $50 to 500 to keep him
out of hell for a lifetime. We are the
only people under Gods ethereal tent
to-day who keep open shop "a hours
each day and 365 days in each year.
We are also the only laborers to keep
on working for people who do not pay.
can carry my part of charity with
as good a grace as most men. l can
go through rain, snow or mud and do
my best, provided the case is one OF
worthy need, but to reward continually
downright rascality, willful drunken
ness and wanton laziness is getting
out of my line.-Texas State Journal
of Medicine.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
Gee Whlz, You Want Me to Put My
Finger in Regular corsican Ven
detta2"

confidential report for you. I'll keep
my eye on the door, so you can speak
freely"
Have you ever been over in Cor
sica?" whispers his client.
"Never!" says the detective. And
| don't banker after going there. If a
Corsican commits crime and gets to
his blessed island, he can stay there
for me. To arrest him the gendarmes
might have to kill his whole tribe;
they hang together like flock of wild
hogs"
Yes, too much. Now I'll tell you
what | want you to do for me, Emory.
want you to act as buffer"
"A buffer agin what?"
Against the intangible l haven't
settled exactly against whom, but
listen to my story. 1t won't take over
half an hour Then you'll know how
to act"
Rapidly. but under his breath,
Barnes tells the American detective of
the extraordinary, uncalled for and
mistaken Corsican blood feud that he
fears instead of having been satisfied
two nights before by the death of two
men, has been increased and extended.
During the first of his story, Emory
beams upon him with the genial smile
of man expecting ducats. During
the latter part of it, his face grows
worried, several times he nervously
/ wipes the perspiration from his brow,
and squirms all over his seat uneasily
4 At the close he shudders: Gee whiz
1 you want me TO put my finger in a
regular Corsican vendetta? Not on yer
blooming life! Not for all the rhine
in Barring Brothers. Besides women
sometimes take a hand in these affairs
and play the very devil"
Yes, it's because one unfortunate
lady is already in this sffair and an
other may be drawn into it speak tC
A YOU" implores Barnes. Il know money
won't tempt you, Emory, but coun
trywoman, or rather one who will be {
countrywoman-'
| "oh. you mean the future Mrs
Barnes of New York. Well, for he
sake, hang me if | don't go you!'
| Thank you!" Barnes gives Emor!
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
CHAPTER Il.
The Document in Barnes Pooketb

The Document In Barnes Pocketbook,
You have read this?" Barnes is
speaking while he is deciphering as
we'll as he can the mutilated note,
How could lin the carriage with
you and after that under mamma $
awful eyes,"
Where's the fourth-the other
piece asked Burton, savagely.
IL couldn't get the other-the peo-
pie were stamping about so, stam-
mers Maud She was tearing it up
when she keeled over"
Did Marina say anything?"
Yes, she sorter gasped; Don't tell
him Then Edwin grabbed her But
what's in it?" asks Maud, as Barnes
strives again to gain the full meaning
Of the three-quarter epistle.
Nothing that would interest little
girl"
but It would interest ma Let me
tell ma. Then she'll let up on me"
Not a word to anyone!" says Bur
ton. sternly
Two more boxes of marron.
glaces."
Here. buy them!" The American
passed TO Maud's eagerly outstretchet
hand couple of 20-franc gold pieces
But" Barnes demeanor has becom,
terrifying, IF you blab of this to Ed
win Anstruther, I'll tell your mothe
that you kept this note from her"
Great Jones!" mutters Maud, shiv
ering Then she implores: But if
keep dark, you'll beg me off for run
ming away with you?"
Yes, avoid your mothers eyes 70
two hours and I'll probably put some
thing in Lady Chartris' head that viii
make her so happy she'll think you tn
incest little chick out of it's she'll"
The American courteously leads tn
Chartris infant TO her hotel, but eve
as he bids the child adieu at the dool
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
the Underlying principle.

MY friend. Judge Kohlsaat," said
a Cleveland lawyer. must be credited
with numerous splendid and entirely
successful efforts to tighten the tedi-
um of commonplace trials,
During the early days OF his ca
reer there was tried before him case
OF assault wherein II was held that
the plaintiff had been knocked down
by the defendant and severely han
died while he. the plaintiff. was pros
trate. One OF the witnesses was re-
luctant to answer the questions put TO
him, and In this the court upheld
him.
May II please your honor expos.
tulated counsel for the plalntlff, 1t
would not appear that the court has
taken into consideration the uuderly-
ing principle in this case
1t seems to the court. responded
his honor with gravity that the un-
derlying principal In this case IS your
CLIENT"
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29

tie cerli coming out, says: Monsieur
Barnes. a note for you at the Office"
Burton has been compelled to regis
ter himself and party He steps in,
tearing open an enye.ope addressed in
an unknown hand, reads what, stable
minded as he is, gives him a shock
This compels me to tell Edwin
must post him a little Bit" he thinks
rapidly. and acting with equal prompt
ness, steps into the cafe Not finding
Anstruther there, Barnes walks up the
stairs.
At the door of his wife's chamber.
the English naval officer is pacing the
corridor.
Marina is much better. She has
recovered her senses" says Edwin,
elatedly. But Enid believes it best
for me not to see her Immediately and
the French physician declares it is
madness at present to think of the
fatigue of long railway journey for
my wife"
Il had feared that, remarks Barnes.
The important thing is now to guard
her.
Guard herr"
Yes. 1t is now imperative that |
tell you, Anstruther, something would
have kept from you"
Two minutes hurried conversation
and the English sailor says in quarter
deck directness: Il understand. No
one goes into that door except the doc
tor and Enid If anyone prowls around
here-lend me your revolver, Barnes.
You always carry one"
Yes, and you must from now on do
the same" answers the American as
he passes the weapon to the English
man. He steps to his own room, and
gets another pistol from his valise,
muttering grimly: IF have to shoot,
1t will be to kill. Now, this makes it
necessary to see Elijah Emory at
once. Luckily | cabled him"
Making his way hurriedly to the
busy Cours Belzunce, Barnes steps
into the Hotel des Deux- Monies, a
well-known house of commercial en-
tertainment. A moments inquiry of
the polite clerk and he steps into the
correspondence room of the hotel.
After looking about a moment. he
places his hand on the shoulder of a
man engaged in writing.
Il saw you come in the door,
Barnes!" says the man, continuing his
labor Glad to behold you. Your
wire from Ajaccio came last night.
I've got all the information for you.
| missed you at the gare, and reck.
oned you'd gone on to Paris. Here S
what you wanted, finished" He passes
him the paper.
Barnes glances carefully about the
room-which is deserted.
There's no living thing here except
flies" remarks Emory. Il took care
of that before | began to write my
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
woRLo,s Mosr EXCLUSIVE cLUe
Enalish J7y That There is One Door
Eehes Won't Unlock.

The Royal Yacht Squadron is prob.
ably the most exclusive club In exist.
ence. says the Gentlewoman, and won.
derfuI TO relate in this plutocratic age
money is quite powerless to unlock
the charmed portals of the castle.
One or two mllllonaires with splen-
did yachts have tried In vain to pass
the ordeal OF the periodical ballot.
while men OF no fortune or only just
enough to defray the upkeep OF small
yacht have been elected without an
idea OF blackball.
The only apparent qualification Is
that the candidate must possess a
yacht OF his own; but there are other
qualifications much more difficult OF
attainment by the man of money. and
II is Just here that the question OF
blackballing comes In. It must be
owned. rather refreshingly.
For really one had almost said that
there Is no social holy OF HOLES" into
which he who ls rich cannot penetrate.
until one recalls the pleasant circle OF
gentlemen who go to make up the
Royal Yacht Squadron. There is, one
remembers gratefully. Just one insti.
tuition left to which the mystic words
Il am rich" do not have tho effect OF
an open sesame"
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
From Erulnn Pan to Fire.

Some years ago, when the late
Judge John Henry Mccarthy was a
candidate for the bench, says the He
brew Standard, in district populated
by both Hebrews and Irish, there was
displayed in an East Broadway win
dow a banner which read: Vote for
John Henry McCarthy-the friend of
he Hebrew" An Irishman on his way to
the polls espied the sign and grew in,
dignant. He remarked, Vote for the
friend of the Hebrews? I'll be hanged
if I will I'll vote for the other fel
low" And he did, the "other fellow
being Henry M Goldfogle.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29

Revelations of the Breakfast Tablo.
To girls about to marry one "ouid
tender the adve:e that they study
their intended victim at breakfast II
he is feeding like forty, reject him as
the direct descendant of Circes herd
of swine. If he is melancholy, be,
ware of the abrupt curves OF his tenn.
permanent. If he be boisterous and
facetious. remember that an empty
drum gives the greatest reverbratlon'
and a chatterbox at a. m. is as tlre-
some as Chanticleer at o'clock in the
morning. BY their breakfasts you
shall know them.-Saturday Review.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
$t.oo FOUNTAIN PEN guaranteed
IA carat gold by mail sl00 Write
PEMBROKE STATIONERY CO., Salt Lake City.
EstabIIshInn the PIuraI.

Fred. who was four years old. Wis.
tied his uncle on the farm When he
came home his father asked him what
had pleased him the most.
%. liked the geese. | had such
fun chasing them. an1 we had great
big goose for dinner one dayl"
Wei" said his father, how can
you tell the difference between a
goose and geese?"
"Aw. that's easy" said Fred, "One
geese is a goose and two gooses is
geese"
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
S1OO Reward. 500.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to learn
that there is at least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to in all its stages and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cuEe now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires a consttu-
tiona treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken In
ternally acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work The proprietors have
much faith in its curative powers that they ofeI
One Hundred Dollars for any that 1t fails tc
cure Send for list Of testimonials
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold bv all Druggists 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
Women Would Vote on eond Issue.

Women Would Vote on Bond Issue.
The Woman's Civic league OF Allan
"a has passed a resolution asking the
city council to allow women TO vote on
a proposed bond issue of Si.50O,000.
The league points out that Atlanta has
many women property holders who
have the good of their city at heart;
that In many instances their property
Is the result OF their own efforts and
that IL women know how to make mon
ey and how to take care of It they
certainly should have the right TO say
for what purpose and by whom their
taxes should be expended.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
Not an up.to.pate Church.

Two colored sisters. living in SUI
burban town met on the street one
day, and Sister Washington, who had
recently joined the church, was de-
scribing her experiences.
deed Mrs. Johnsing, Use fined the
Baptist church, but l couldn't do all
the timing here, cause they had to
take me to the city church to baptize
me. You know there amt no pool
room in the church here. Success.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
OopyrIght. va. Dodd Mead 3 %, N. z.
SYNOPSIS.

Burton IT, Barnes, a wealthy American
touring Corsica, rescues the young Eng
lish lieutenant, Edward Gerard Anstruth-
er, and his Corsican bride, Marina
daughter of the Paolis. from the muir
derOus vendetta, understanding that his
reward is to be the hand of the girl he
loves Enid Anstruther sister of the Eng
lish lieutenant. The four fly from Ajac-
clio TO Marseiles on board the French
steamer Constantine. The vendetta pur-
sues and as the quartet are about to
board the train for London at Marseilles,
Marina Is handed a mysterious note
which causes her to collapse and necessi-
tates a postponement OF the journey
Barnes gets part of the mysterious note
and receives letters which inform him
that he Is marked by the vendetta. He
employs an American detective and plans
to beat the vePdetta at their own game
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
Easy Shaving?

The barber in China frequently pur-
sues his calling under peculiar condi-
tions. No soap is used, the parts be-
ing simply rubbed with water and then
scraped with a fearsome iron weapon
made locally, which, though it might
astonish a cutler, yet answers the pur-
pose very well.-Th0 Wide World
Magazine.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
plsaruntIed Dad.

81 see" said the Wall street man,
"that you are engaged again"
Il am" admitted the son and heir
Just when violets and theater tick
cts are due for their fall rise. Why
must you always fall in love on bull
market?"-Kansas City Journal.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
A Formal Occasion.

"At my wlfe's earnest persuasion, +"
said Mr. Meekton. Il went to the
kitchen and notified the cook that she
would be expected TO interest herself
In various household reforms"
And with what result2"
"she listened with apparent inter
est and then went ahead and did as
she chose She treated me as If |
were a regular notification commit
tee"
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29

II is curious fact that, though the
housesparrow does not naturally sing
yet hand-reared house -sparrows have
been made. by association with bull
finches, to acquire the song of that
bird-a truly astonishing instance Of
hidden or latent capacity.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
Cannot Eoo, Coincidence.

"A man kin allus fix up arguments
TO quiet his conscience" said Uncle
Eben, but tain no use. No matter
how much you turns de clock back.
sundown gwinter come jes' de same"
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29

The new law Offices OF state Repre-
sentative Harry j. Robinson are in
rooms 102-103 Mercantile Block, Salt
Lake city, Utah. to whom all who
pre- in need OF legal advice are re-
ferred
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
Criminals Of Paris.

There are 10000 dangerous Grim.
inals In Paris who are capable OF do
ing murder and 100000 who live by
dishonest means
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29

1t Cures While You Walk
Allen sFoot-Ease for corn and bunfons hot syeaty
callous aching feet. 25c all Druggists
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29

Stealing time from sleep is a pool
way to beat it.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29

You don't have to go to a rink to
see a lot of cheap skates.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething sOfens the gums, reduces In
dammation alays pain cures wind coliU 25c bottle.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The silver messenger., 1908-12-29
LYDIA Z. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Maggie GlImer, OF West
Union, S. C.,writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 was greatly rundown in health
from weakness peculiar to my sex,
when Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable
Compound was recommended to me. 1t
not only restored me to perfect health,
but to my delight I am mother"
Mrs. Josephine Hal, of Bardstown,
KY, writes:
" 1 was a very great sufferer from
female troubles, and my physician failed
to help me. Lydia E. Pinkham's .Vege-
table Compound not only restored me
to perfect health, but l am now proud
mother"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21
REINSTATED BUT FINED.
Garland, Stahl and NJ. J. nonlln Must
 Pay Si00.

Cincinnati, O, April 9o.-The National Baseball commission to-day reinstatel Players Garland, Stahl and M j, Don lin, but fined each Sloo for having par tIripated in certain games with clubs or against clubs hnrhoring ineligible players in the city of Chicago during last season. Because of the questions raised, the commission gives warning that in tho future no national agree ment player will al any time he permit ted to play with or against any club harhorne any Ineligible player
 The commission announces that there Is no objection on the part of the com . mission to players participating in ex- hlbition games either before or after the close of the season in the respective leagues 10 which the clubs belong that have title to them, but in no instance can they participate in games with clubs or against clubs harboring lnelig r iblc players
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-21
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