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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-03-31

A gigantic tray of solid silver,
weighing more than 10000 ounces. has
Just been made by a firm In London
for an oriental potentate. The tray
is seven feet in diameter, and is said
to be the largest ever executed; Ii
has been in the hands of the workmen
for over a year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-03-31

thirty years ] SUI
fered with kidney
troubles, and the at
tacks laid me up for
days at a time with
pain in the back and
rheumatism. When
/ was up and around
sharp twinges caught
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-03-31

Some one has said that a kiss is
the language of love-" remarked the
young man in the parlor scene.
WELL" rejoined the fair maid on
the far end of the sofa, why don't you
get busy and say someth,ng?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-03-31
sure.

After all" declared the wise guy.
there is no nature faker more dan
gerous to the community than the
geezer that sold my. wife a sealskin
jacket for $500. and which was found
to be rabbit hide worth $29!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-03-31

The authorities of Shanghai, one of
the busiest towns in China. have
passed bylaw allowing motorists to
maintain a speed of not more than 30
miles an hour while passing through
the city.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-03-31
Foolish Limerick

There once was foolish young spitz
Who chased a black cat and her kitz
His mistress exclaimed:
Well, now, I'll be blamed.
AL spank that darned dog where he
sitzp --0
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-03-31
First Postoffice scheo.

The first postoffice scheme No.
private enterprise and was ,n "@
rated about 1464. ApuSs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-03-31

Some finished orators don't soon
know when to quit.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-03-31
THIRTY YEARS OF 1T.
A Fearfully Long Siege of Daily Pain
and Misery.

Charles Won soehnen Of 21O A ST..
Colfax. Wash, says: For at least
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-03-31

More proof that Lydia e. pint.
hams Vegetable Compound save,
woman from surgical operation
Mrs. s. A. Williams, of Gardner
Maine, writes:
81 was great sufferer from tem.h
troubles, and Lydia E. Pinkhams Veqs.
table Compound restored me to heaIh
in three months, after my physician
declared that an operation was absO.
lutely necessary"
Mrs. Alyina Sperling, of 154 Oey.
bourne Ave-, Chicago, Ill, writes:
81 suffered from female troubles, a
tumor and much inflammation. Two
of the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
my life. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound entirely cured me without
an operation"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been tho
standard remedy for female Ills
and has positively cured thousandsd
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcer-
ton, t1broid tumors, irregularities
periodic pains, backache, that bear.
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostratiOa
Why don't you try it3
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice
She has guided thousands 70
health. Address, Lynn, Mass
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-03-31

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The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
Onlx One AeropIane.

Washington.-From present indica
tions 1t looks as if the Wright brothers
oud be the only contractors TO bullo
a heavier than air flying machine foi
the signal corps and that instead oi
having three aeroplanes this year only
one will be completed.
A. NJ. Herring of New York has no.
signed his contract with the sigma
corps, although his offer was accepted
by the government. 1t is said he may
net be able to fulfill his expectation
and may withdraw.
J. F. Scott of Chicago. who offered
to build a flying machine for $1,000
has now announced his intention of not
keeping to his promise. on the ground
that the work will be much more eN
pensive than he imagined.
This leaves the Wright brothers
alone in the field as they have signed
their contract with the signal corps
and have already begun work under
the specifications as laid down by the
War Department.
The machine they are to build will
cost s25, 900. is guaranteed to remain
in the air at least one hour, carry two
persons of a combined weight of $50
pounds and have speed of thirty-six
miles an hour.
The Wright brothers machine must
pass severe tests before it is accepted.
The trial flight of this machine will
take place at Fort Myer. Virginia, not
later than August list next. 1t is be
lieved that the machine may be COM
pleted before that date, which will be
gratifying to the government.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
A Denver Ccntenarian.

The Denver Republican is res ponsi'
BILE for the following:
I'm only III wears old, but I'll bet
Il dollar | can jump farther than any
of YOU" said Eli Jackson oi North
Carolina to registration officers who
had called TO enroll his granddaughter
Mrs. Ida Whitaker. nf - Iuni street
No one offered to call thc bet, for Ell
Jackson. born in Surrey coun y. NORTH
Carolina. when George Washington
was president, is far ftnm looking the
part.
Almost Blind. this is the Only iddica.
;ion of his cHtrcme age. Tor he is
straishter than most men of ths pres
ent day are III forty.
Il would have b en- in better cn1l;'
ton" re said If had only ta.cn carl
Of myself"
Not devia,ius from the usual old a:i
story. Eli has always smoked and
,hewcl tobacco ana drinks xrgole
black co%Cc Bonn in the IN iile'
county. old Eli 40 likes his moua-
an dew" he saws.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
Would Hang Orchard.

Washinston.-Sen Borah OF
Idaho. in his maiden speech on the
Brownsville affair, found opportunity
to express his disapproval of any eff.
fort to secure leniency for Harry Or
chard, the self-confessed thrower OF
the bomb which caused Governor
Steunenbers's death. He said:
"A cold-blooded. inhuman. incarnate
devil blows to pieces an ex-governor
upon the doorsteps of his home, is
caught and confesses, and before the
grave of the man who died a martyr
to law and order is green. sentimental
ism puts halo upon the brow of the
blacklist spirit that ever escaped the
crypts of hell"
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
Railroad hceessm crts.

beginning april 2orh and coEtinu1
until April 25tn. The State Board pt
Equalization will sit TO assess In" va.
uauion OF all iaiirCad. telephone. te!'-
graph. express, stepping and other ca
line properties in Colorado. The board
last wear assessed against these com
paHios S52.9IT,52 of which the rail
road assessm,n; amounted to $500.
9l9. telephone companies, S2,IlG,SIl I:
telegraph companies. $753,92l; express
companies S3Il ,3J3: Pullman com.
pary, $3l2,iS3; pIIyata car Ines, s21?..
05O.
The total taXes paid by thtse COM
panies during 1907 for 1905 and as
so3sed in 1906 was Sl,i92. .i3l.0i. II is
claimed there will be no reduction in
the assessments this year. but on the
contrary there may be a slight increase
due to the numerous Improvements
completed during 1907. The report OF
the beard fer 1907 shows The railroad
mileage il Colorado December II,
1906. was Standard gauge. 5.5Si.S2
miles: marrow gauge. 1,I054: total,
1902 N les.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
BROWNSVILLE ORDER JUST.
Senator Borah uphods Order Dis
charging Negro Soldiers.

Washington.-The affray at Browns
vile, Texas, again called forth Inc
most intense interest in the Senate
Monday.
Senator Borah of Idaho, taking the
ground that the testimony showed con
clusively that the negro soldiers OF the
Twenty-fifth regiment shot up the
lown, gave careful analysis of the
evidence in TIE case.
There was an unusually large num-
ber of senators present on both sides OF
the chamber and they carefully fol
lowed the arguments presented by Mr.,
B9rah
The speech was made notable by
many striking passages OF oratory ana
attracted general interest. Besides
containing an analysis of the testimony
taken in the Brownsville case, 1t was
in reply to Senator Foraker's recent
discussion of the same subject
During the speech Senator Borah
took occasion to express strong disap-
nroval of any effort to secure leniency
for Harry Orchard.
Mr. Borah made very clear his be-
lief that the evidence established
conspiracy on the part of some OF the
negro soldiers of the Twenty regi-
ment to shoot up the town.
81 contend" he said, that the evil
dence in this case is simply overwheim
ing and conclusive against the colored
soldiers, unless you resort 10 the prop
osition If conspiracy which manutac
tured the evidence, and that is. eVi
IDENTIFY the view taken by the defense:
The morale of the army. he SAID, is
paramount to any mans right 10 re-
main in it. If any man in the Twenty
q r,i. inip nl
and If others connived the crime, by
concealing knowledge of it to shelter
the guilty parties, then both were
guilty alike. he declared.
Mr. Borah called attention to Mr
Foraker's suggestion that the citizens
Of Brownsville might have shot mp the
town to secure the removal of the ne
gro soldiers.
Now. | confess" he said. that there
might possibly have been desire to at
tack the soldiers, but it seems that this
conspiracy. if it had existence. would
not have turned its guns upon its own
people"
Mr. Borah reviewed at length tho tes-
timony in the case and then announced
his conclusion that "it discloses the
guilt of certain members of the twenty
fifth infantry as participants IN tie
Brownsville affair beyond reasonable
doubt"
Mr., Blrah dwelt al some length upon
the accomplishments o! the negro race
since The abolition of slavery. and
found much cause for congratulations;
but. he said. this fact could not ex-
cuse individuals from punishment for
crime, even if such leniency should be
in the interest of the race. which it
would not be,
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
Miscellaneous

Two men entered the Citizens State
bank at Chautauqua, Kan, recently,
compelled the cashier and a customer
present at the time to enter the vault,
and then proceeded to loot the institu-
tion of all the available cash in sight.
The bandits left town on horseback
in the direction of the Usage hills in
Oklahoma.
Thirty Italians were recently driven
from Clinton, ILL.,, by a mob of citizens.
Five distinct earth shocks We're re-
Gently felt in parts of Utah.
The conferees of the senate and
house have reached an agreement
which practically insures an increase
of pay for the army.
A passenger train on the Santa Fe
was wrecked at Toluca, Ill, killing
the engineer and fatally injuring the
fireman. The accident was caused by
wreckers throwing the switch.
gas well, the flow of which is es-
timated at 100000 feet day, was
recently struck near Mansfield, o.
Oklahoma negroes have organized
with the intention of sending contest
ing delegates to the Republican ma
tional convention at Chicago.
The Cuban Sugar crop is short 40
per cent this year, while tobacco will
only make half a crop. There is a
great deal of discomfort in the islands.
Because of lack of time the govern
ment has declined the invitation of
Great Britain that the battleship fleet
stop at Hongkong on its "trip around
the world.
The home of the late President Nc
Kinley at Canton. Ohio has been sold
to Mrs Rose c. Klorer for s2l 900.
The Michigan coal miners and oper-
ators have agreed on a scale for the
ensuing year. Wages are unchanged
from last year.
The local option election in Buchan-
an county, Mo. outside the city of
st. Joseph resulted in a victory for
the "wets" by 900 majority.
Sixty-two suits against eight rail
roads have been filed in the federal
court at Chicago. charging violations
of the 2Shour livestock law.
The Minnesota Republican state
convention instructed the national del
egates for Secretary Taft and declared
TOR revision of the tariff.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
Our AarlcuIturaI Advantages.

Through Secretary W i. r. Mills o!
the Denver Chamber of Commerce th.
Colorado Agricultural College has ar
ranged for a series of papers to be
prepared hy The experts of the college
These rapels will cover every field
of agriculture adapted TO Colorado
The status of each agricultural line
will be shown, together with the spe
cial advantages Colorado has for each
particular branch of farming and the
probable future Developments. Among
The subjects TO be discussed are the
following.
irrigation in Colorado" Raising
Horses" Beet Producing, "Fut
Growing Grain Growing" "Forae
Crops" Dry Land Farming" Hogs
"Dairying," Poultry sheep Indus
try" Potatoes" "Cantaloupes" ana
Sugar Beets"
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
Walsh on Mininu Bureau,

Washington.-Th House committee
on mines and mining has ordered
printed as public document the argu
ment recently made before it by
Thomas F. Walsh in support of the bill
providing for the establishment of a
mining bureau in the Department OF
the Interior. Mr. Walsh's views on
the subject We're regarded by the com
mittee in the light Of an expert opin
ion. and 1t was decided to have them
printed for general distribution among
members of Congress and others in
terested in promoting and improving
the mining industries. 1t is believed
that bill for the creation of mining
bureau will be passed.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
Personal

Judge George Gray sent a letter to
the Delaware Democratic convention
positively declining to be a candidate
for president. The convention in
structed for him Notwithstanding the
declinatinn.
Ferdinand Schumacher. known as
the Oatmeal King of America" hav-
ing founded the breakfast food bust
ness in this country, is dead at his
home in Akron. o. He was 50 years
of age.
Secretary Taft has announced that
he will not resign from the cabinet un.
less nominated by the Republican ma.
tional convention for president.
The health of Admiral Evans con.
tinues to improve at the California hot
springs.
Rev. George w. Tomson, pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Woodbury.,
n. j.. was found with bullet hole in
his head in his room at a hotel recent
ly. He was engaged to marry a
wealthy member of his congregation.
There was no doubt OF 1t being a case
of suicide.
While suffering from nervous pros.
tration the wife of Rev, J. C. Brooks,
state evangelist for the Congregations
alist churches in Illinois. committed
suicide at Kewanee recently.
Mrs. Betsy Marvin Gage is dead at
her home in Brooklyn, ~ y, aged 1Ol
years.
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin is
i'll at his home in Washington. His
family and friends are alarmed over
his condition.
Samuel G. Kelly, a prominent poll
tician of Sedalia. Mo, and a former
member OF the state legislature is
dead. He was 60 years of age.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
THE PAINTING SEASON.

Good results in painting at the least
cost depend largely upon the material
chosen. Paint is simple compound
and the ingredients can be easily test
ed. The solid part or pigment should
be White Lead. The liquid part
should be Linseed OIL. Those best in
formed on painting always buy these
ingredients separately and have their
painter mix them fresh for each job.
Before the mixing the test is made.
Place a peas sized bit of White Lead
on a piece of charcoal or piece of
wood. Blow the flame against it and
see what it will do. II 1t Is pure
White Lead, little drops of bright. pure
metallic lead will appear, and with pa
thence the White Lead can be COM
pletely reduced to one globule OF metal
lie lead This is because pure White
Lead is made from metallic lead.
You may test dozens Of other So
called White Leads and not be able
to reduce one of them to lead. II they
will not change wholly to lead but
leave a residue, 1t is clear that some
adulterant is present
If you should have your painting
done with such materials, no matter
how cheap they might seem. 1t would
be costly in the end.
National Lead Company, Wood
bridge Building. New York City, are
sending on request a blowpipe free to
any one about to have painting done,
so that the White Lead may be test
ed With 1t will be sent a handsomely
printed booklet having as its frontis-
piece the Dutch Boy Painter" re-
produced from the original painting.
This little painter has become noted
as the guaranty of pure White Lead.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
Currency Commission Eauored.

WashinSton.-The House committee
on banking and currency Monday
voted 10 lay on the table the financial
bill offered by Representative vree.
land of New York as substitute for
the Aldrich bill and decided to report
favorably the bill recently introduced
by Chairman Fowler providing for n
currency commission to consist of
fprty-three members. eleven members
II the Senate, eleven members of the
House and twenty-one others, who
mus. he citizens of the United States
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24

Two naval records were made the
other day. gun crew, in command
of young officer who has been out of
Annapolis less than two years, made
a hit with every one of 25 shots from
an eight-inch gun. and fired nearly
three shots to the minute. The Ches
ter, new scouting cruiser, steamed
twenty-six and fifty-three hundredths
knots for four hours on a trial cruise.
and proved itself the fastest boat of
its type in any navy in the world.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24

For sign of the tremendous posi-
bilities of fusion and cooperation be
tween all sorts, races and conditions
of men in our great cities, the first
conference of the Ethical Social
league in New York is pleasant to con
template. Men of a score of national
tiles, Jew, Gentle, rich man and poor.
met in a close organization which may
one day be powerful in realizing the
ideal of its founder The separating
walls should fall away, and instead
of working for social uplift in iso-
lated bodies, all these various groups
should form one body"
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24

"Cat- tails which are scarcely util-
lied at all in this country. are used in
England as filling for the upholster-
ing of furniture: but hitherto the sup
ply has been very small on account Of
the poor results which have been OBJ.
tanned by the use of this material
The closest competitor of 'cat-tails"
is the Indian fiber kopak. which. even
when of poor quality, sells at nine
cents a pound. The 'cat.tails' which
have thus far been sent to England
from the United States have varied in
price from two to four cents per
pound.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
Planning to build a large copsump.

Planning 10 build a large consump-
tives' sanitarium, hotel and cottages
on the shore of the Amity lakes, north
of Lamar, DR. n. NJ. Burnett of Hazel
tine has purchased 5000 acres of land
from the State Land Board for SIS
coo. The land fronts the east shore
of the lakes. A syndicate, of which
DR.. Burnett is president. expects to
spend 100000 to make the resort one
of the most famous in the state. The
plan is to secure the fishing and game
privileges now held by the Arkansas S
Valley Sugar Beet & Irrigated Lands
Company, the present owners of the
lakes.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
THE COME and SEE SIGN

This sign is permanently attached
to the front of the main building of
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean?
1t means that public inspection OF
the Laboratory and methods OF doing
business is honestly desired. ltmeans
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "open and above
board"
1t means that permanent invita-
ton is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs - with
out drugs?
Come and See.
Do the women of America continu-
ally use as much of it as we are told ?
Come and See.
Was there ever such person as
Lydia Z. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write?
Come and Sec.
Is tlle NdSo PRIV dtS tSCOIlcSpoIiueiSc
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents?
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia E.
Pmkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these women?
Come and See.
This advertisement is only for
doubters. The great army Of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
will still go on using and being ben
Gifted by it; but the poor doubling,
suffering woman must, for her own
sake, be taught confidence, ,forshe also
might just as well regain her health.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24

The inventor of that odorless onion
has conferred great boon on man
kind If he can make onioneaters be-
lieve that it is just as pleasant to the
palate and as entirely anti-scorbutic
as the old kind. But we have our
doubts. Your real onion-lover is not
likely to believe in the complete gen
uineness OF that bulb unless it ad-
vertises itself TO visitors for full "a
hours after consumption.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24

Il is said in England that the ad-
vance in democracy has resulted in an
increase of books dealing with the
peerage Debrett. the older book of
geological reference. now in its one
hundred and ninety-fifth year. with
its $500 pages, is a very different
book from the original record. Since
the date of Queen Nlctoria's accession
no fewer than $40 peerages and $50
baronetcies have been bestowed, max
ing an average OF five of the one and
seven of the other per annum.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24

Some idea of the present impor-
tance and value of great tracts of
timber land may be gathered from the
fact that an Australian company has
secured concession from the Rus
sian government to take out 30,0OO,O9O
feet of lumber a year from Siberian
forests. Prices are so high in Aus
tralia that the Siberian lumber can be
transported 5000 miles to Melbourne
at handsome profit.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24

A Philadelphia palmist says that in
his "a years of practice it was 4
poor day when he did not make $l5
or $40 The stronger sex are said to
be the most gullible victims. while
the women are hard TO handle and not
SO ready to be convinced.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24
To Investigate Paper Trust.

Washington.-A definite step was
taken Monday toward a solution of the
wood pulp and newspaper cost cues.
ton in the Introduction by Speaker
Cannon of a resolution FOR the appoint
'ment of select committee of six mem.
bers TO investigate land obtain all DOS
5ible information" as 10 the reasons
Tor The increased prices of white paper
TO the end that needful legislation
may be enacted"
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24

1t seems strange, says the Brooklyn
Citizen. that American heiresses who
long for title do not take advantage
the fact, often stated. that baronial
and other titles can be bought in
Germany and Italy for 5000 and up. in
stead of paying million or SO for
bankrupt estate and worthless spend
thrift thrown in.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24

Now that the Greenough statue OF
Washington. which has shivered in in
clement weather in front of the cap
itol for so many years. is to be put
under cover in the Smithsonian insti-
tuition. why not give it kimono, too?
According to Mr.. Mccall. the figure
has been trying to reach out and
grasp its clothes since 1871.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24

A railway through the mountains
north OF the Adriatic sea, constructed
by the Austrian government to build
up the trade of Trieste, though only
100 miles long. has 679 bridges and
viaducts 1t also runs through 40
tunnels
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24

The growing disinclination OF sep
tuagenarians octogenarians and mona
genarians to celebrate their BIRTH
days is getting noticeable. The old
codgers are too busy.
The Springfield herald., 1908-04-24

Second Lieut. Glen T.. Edgerton of
Manhattan. Kan, stood at the head oil
his class OF 1OS, graduated from West
Point this year, three months earlier
than the usual time for graduation.