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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
THE PUBLIC EYE.

In little more we came to an open
space, very thronged.
THE Public Eye" shouted the mega
phone man Of our party.
There were some curious people
within the space but even more curl
GUS were those just outside.
OF these latter we thought certain
women especially interesting; they
were busily neglecting their families
in order to get into the Public Eye.
A pathOs attached to another group
Of women who had been in the Pub
lie Eye and could never be happy out
OF 1t, though they couldn't In the least
tell why.
Positively funny we're a few men
who kept trying, by variety of droll
devices, to break into the Public
Eye. "Vice-presidential candidates."
our megaphone man explained.-Puck.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

Harry Kellar, the retired magician.
was talking about stage magic
1T is not he said. so good rs 1t
used to be- The younger maEfcfans
do not study and practice as We OF
the previous generation did Hence,
nowadays stage magic appears rather
tame
But the young magicians don't
think So They are like an elderly
fat man whom | saw at my tailor 8
the other day.
a. Let me see. sir said the tailor,
you haven't been in for two or three
years Perhaps had better remeas-
ure you
~.AlI right said the fat man
You'll find no change in my figure,
though
The tailor got to work with his
tape The measurements were called
out and jotted down The fat man
said at the end:
Well, the measurements are about
the same as they used to be, ehs'
Yes, sir. about the same was the
reply. Chest a trife lower down.
that's all. sir
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
Why the Kettle Sings.

Do you know why kettle sings
when the water is boilings
Its like this: When the water be
gins to get hot, little bubbles form
at the bottom of the kettle and rise
toward the top until they burst
At first they burst only little way
from the bottom. but as the water
gets hotter and hotter they rise high
er and higher
At last, when the water is boiling.
hundreds of them one right after an
other-and it is the noise of their con-
tinuous bursting which makes the
sound We call singing"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
REALIZES LIZ. 10 umcrarA.m.
Something Happened to the Man Who
Followed Precedent.

mo, I'm not going to commit sui
eide because / have q broken nose"
said the man with the strips OF court
plaster across his nasal organ: but
I'll tell you what am going TO do aft
er this. I'm not going TO believe
there's anything in luck any more. and
that things In this life are as uncer
tain as going out to milk = Gov In the
dark You may find the COW. or you
may find yourself alongside Of
mule
Something must have happened?
was queried.
Yes, something has; and maybe I'll
feel better to get it on my mind Six
months ago a friend Of mine was In
Boston He was walking along the
street behind lady when he noticed
that one OF her shoes was united He
overlook her, and, raising his hat, In
formed her Of the fact She not only
thanked him in the sweetest manner.
but took his address, and what do you
suppose foliowed?'
She sent him Teddy bear
NO, she didn't. she sent him
check for 10000. and he's just gone
into the shoe business"
"Wen?~
We'll. was in New York last week
and / found myself following = lady
on the street | am just az good
| booking and courteous and chfvalr1c
as my friend A gust Of wind took
| the lady's hat OF, and all her false
hair with it. / overlook her. raised
my hat and expressed my sympathy
that she was bald-headed- She took
her property from my hands, and then
/ hauled on with the umbrella she car
ried and broke my nose No smiles,
no sweetness, no check for $40. 900 or
any other old amount / was entitled
to it just as much as my friend. and
really more than he was, and yet he's
hustling in the shoe trade while l
am hanging around the country with
broken nose. and the doctors say l viii
| never be handsome again
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

they were chatting and laughing,
himself, like two old women" He
couldn't remember that he had ever
been guilty of such conduct before.
They discussed each woman in turn.
as they peeped at them from behind
the curtain, where they sat. Mrs.
Aldens gown. Mrs. Bradway's hair,
Mrs. Browns jewels. Those jewels,
she said, were worth an enormous
sum.
How much?" asked the practical
Senator
She breathed, almost reverently, a
fabulous sum.
How would you feel with all that
on your"
"Um-um,' came the ecstatic an
swer through closed lips.
He turned and looked at her, slowly
shaking his head.
NO. never, that would make you.
then, little like the rest of them
earthly"
They were peeping again.
Il wonder where the authoress. Miss
Milford, is? l hold the evening in
dread because of her"
"Why?" she asked.
"Oh. these spinster writer's always
corner and bore us to death. with
ethics. philosophy and what not-they
want the inside working of this and
that-you wouldn't understand
they're great nuisance" he sighed.
CLEAN OF seriousness came into
the heavily lidded. blue eyes.
1T seems" she said, slowly, ''as If
men like you. and others. who are in
the midst of this great life. would free
~ give a little of their knowledge to
a woman. who cannot learn these
things. save through the experience of
Others
But why do women bother with
. such things? Why can't they all be
sweet and gay? Why" exclaimed
Il have had more genuine pleasure
talking frills and furbelows behind
this curtain here with you tonight
than | ever had in all my life talking
with one of those learned, bachelor
women
"Then you think woman's mind
ought not to rise above the ruffie OF her
petticoat?"
He made no answer and she
went on.
This authoress you speak OF as
spinster. is she oldg'
yes" emphatically.
THE paper stated she was only In
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

her twenties and beautiful"
Bother. she bribed the papers She
is old and ugly
The sweetest music he ever heard
came In ripples from her red, red
lips.
You have never seen her." she
cried, yet you know 1t here, / sup
pose" She clasped her hands togeth-
er and pressed them lightly over her
heart
Right there and there" He pointed
to his head
"Oh, OH" came In little gasps. mo
doubt you are right" She entered
into his spirit she is freckled, l
know" she cried.
"Freckled." he nodded.
And there's something not exactly
hers here" she fumbled her mass of
gold
The nod continued.
And her-her-beautiful, pearly-"
False" he muttered.
"Ah, poor thing. she has only a
SOUL A creature, hairless, spotted,
toothless, yet with woman's uncon-
querable desire for friends and love,
she builds in the realms of her mag
ination q world of her own. Dear
ones spring up about her, she loves
them tenderly, deeply and secretly,
which is the most beautiful of all, and
as their beauties glow upon her day
after day, she feels the selfishness
Of her secret and in the spirit OF self
sacrifice, reluctantly shares these dear
ones with the world"
Great Scott, you make me fidgety'
He turned to her with a new look in
his eyes. When Miss Milford comes
| will tell her all l know, everything
| might even write out some of the
exciting events l have seen. Her spir
its are always searching for new ad
ventures, aren't they?"
She looked at him and smiled. The
smile was his undoing He bent closer
over her.
Il wonder if you are real" he whis
! pered ''all these years l have dreamed
| of you-beautiful, alluring, elusive-a
| night you gently shadow me, at moor
sod oNCctis CT W ds NuCu
reach out to clasp and hold you fee
my grasp and | am left alone. To
night | have found my spirit Il have
spirits, too, you see) in the flesh, ye
l dare not try to touch one wave o
that misty cloud you float in. Tell m,
are you real or have you only come
in flesh, to mock me-"
The curtains parted and Mrs. Alder
looked in.
Both rose to their feet little awk
wardly
Miss Milford" she exclaimed. g
have been looking everywhere-th
president is asking to meet you
come" She turned to go.
Miss Milford started to follow
when she felt her hand clasped in tw
strong ones and drawn tightly to
bearded cheek.
Miss Milford" he whispered, sa,
agely, Il shall never let you go unles
you tell me when you will forgive"
When forgiveness has bee
earned" she flashed back. but S
sweetly that he felt the kindness b.
Meath
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
|KAl q z@zks@ x8&;l
STILLS
The Cause Of vernaI verdancy.

telling her pupils about the seasons
and the colors that were characteristic
OF each.
Now" said she, III you were try
ing to represent spring, which Of the
colored chalks would you use?"
Green" responded little Pat,
promptly.
"Whyy' he was asked.
"Cause st. Patrick's day comes in
spring"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
Improvement.

1T is sad," said the man who uses
slang, ito see politicians SO busy
knocking one another"
Well" answered Senator Sorghum,
even that program represents an i'm
provement- It's little more humane
to go after a man with a hammer than
with an ax."-Washington Star
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
A Modern Instance.

Now. Mary" asked the Sunday
school teacher. can you tell me what
King Solomon did when both women
claimed the baby
"Yessum.~ responded the little girl
tc whose home the stork had recently
come with a double burden. ~b> made
twins NJ it
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
Discreet Pronhecv.

why do you invariably predict the
coolest winter we have had in years."
Well" answered Prof. Blatherton.
IF it comes true people necessarily
give me credit for great wisdom And
II it doesn't come true, they are too
thankful to hold any grudge"- Wash
ington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
Quite So.

"Tenacity is all right enough. but
there are Zines when ii is well to ad-
NIT that you have made 4 mistake.
and do II quickly"
For instance-"
We'll, when you put the lighted end
Of cigar into your mouth. "-Ex-
change.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
His Business to Be,

The insurance man with literary
ambitions you took on the stan OF the
magazine is very much dissatisfied at
being one of the subordinate authors. I"
Il don't see why he should be.
Wasn't he always an underwriter."-
Baltimore American
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
LOOKING Forward.

Some day we'll be taking midnight
JOY rides in the air.
Not some day. You mean some
night"
'Oh. very we'll What l was going
on to say was that if the son of = mil
lionaire should fall out with chorus
girl on trip like that it would be a
serious matter"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

Complaining Customer-Say, this fly
paper is full of holes.
The Groceries. madam; l know
it is 1t is the new combination"
fly paper, and is made with the holes
so that it can be used for porous plas
Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
One Sian.

Said He-Young Smythe and Miss
Brown are evidently in love with
each other.
Said She-Judging by the way they
look at each other7
Said He-No; judging by the way
they don't look at anybody else.-Chi
cago Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
Travel.

Don't you think travel broadens
one?"
Eyes. After mas trip to Massa-
chusetts she didn't have a thing hard
ly that she could wear. And hips are
so questionable now, too."-Chicago
Record Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
About the Size Of II.

preachers are about the only men
who can give better satisfaction by
doing less work." remarked the
thoughtful thinker.
How do you figure that out?'
queried the innocent bystander.
Short sermons always please" ex-
planned the t.t.-Chicago Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
Rural Habits.

Smith-Hello. Jones. do you still
live out at Oyster Bay?
Jones-No-I'm in Brooklyn now.
How is ii that you Long Island
people are always moving from vii
lnSe t" ~'ilageT' Life
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

Il heard to-day Miss Bonds grand.
father was a baker"
He must have been a poor one"
why do you say that"
sac Is so heavy."-Puck.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
In the Right SPIRIT.

81 am II. How long should | wear
my dresses wrote fair lass to the
editor Of the query department of a
leading magazine.
From your first appearance in the
morning until you retire at night" re-
piled the editor.-Judge
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
The Wav She Does IL

Mrs Clymer is a model housewife
in one way"
What is that?"
by dint of giving her dinners, teas
and receptions to the reporters, she
manages always 10 keep her house in
print American
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

Wife, saw Mr.. Chacer this after
noon and he looks pretty bad. What's
the matter with him. do you know?
Hubby-Compound fracture.
Wife-What sort of compound frac-
ture?
Hubby-He's broke: and Miss
Doughbag. discovering that fact. broke
her engagement
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09
Individual Applicaticn.

Il hope you were in favor Of the
loans"
Always in favor of loans, dear boy.
Say. can you spare a V?"-Balumore
American.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

Myrtle-What's the score,
Evelyn-Eight to four.
Myrtle-You must be mistaken I'm
sure l haven't seen more than three
men carried OF the field
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

Adolphus-I say, deah boy, they tell
me Cholly caught quite a cold. don
cherknow.
Augustus-Yes, he went without his
chrysanthemum one day last week
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

Ida-Why haven't you been to see
me?
Emily-Just look at the weather
we've had,
Ida-I can't. We live in a shaft
apartment-Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-09

Prosperity has come to u.s. hooray.
I'm so elated / can scarcely speak;
Last night the cook got mad and went
away,
We had to pay her seven piunks
week
S. E Kiser. in Chicago Record Herald
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-02

it. Before / had taken one bottle I
was better, and now I am completely
cured. LENA v. HENRY, Route No.
8, Adrian, Ca.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the joy Of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
For thirty years it has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
~ It's as di-nlacements, inflammat ton,
liberation, tibroid tumors, Irregular
ties, periodic pains, backache, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia b. Pinkham's Vege-
take Compound will help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be absolutely confidential,
and the advice free.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-02
COOPERATION FOR GOOD ROADS
"A Writer to Fl. Dodge Messenger Advocates A
County Convention Of Farmers and Auto
Owners

Aaron Peterson. Lanyon, Iowa: In
fact road that is good enough for
an automobile is good road for any
body to use.
If we would all cooperate there is
no question but we could improve the
roads to great extent in the next
two or three years.
The Country Life Club of Lost
Grove township is working at it this
spring.
We have some over seventy-five
days work with man and team pledged
to help build roads, besides long
string of names signed for liking
dragging" this season without any
compensation. And will say that we
should be glad to hear from any other
organization in the county which is
interested in better roads.
Why not have county convention
some time and try Co get together
and discuss this problem and get
something going?
| This is certainly question that
should interest everybody from the
man who rides in the incest automo-
bile to the one who has no other
way than to walk. The one who
needs good roads the most of all and
deserves it best is the rural mail
carrier. He is certainly a faithful
servant and we should do something
to help him along.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-02

| E. F. Tucker made Boone bust
ness trip on Thursday.
j. F. Harthun and John Koepke
went to Dunlap on business mission
last Friday.
| Have pasture for 80 head of cattle,
one and one half miles southeast of
Denison. John S. Carey. Phone 32A.
Mrs. Mable Mirick of Albany is
delighting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. w. Cushman, with visit.
Al Durkee. who has been working
for the Paramount Creamery Co., has
determined to go to farming and he
has gone to Rockham. S. D., for that
purpose.
John Birkhofer of Dow City was
new Review subscriber last Saturday.
He says the boys are getting so big
they want an English paper and that
they decided the Review was the best
one to get.
Young Fred Shirtcliff was in on
Saturday. He tells US they are get.
ting lots of autos out their way and
he is hoping his father will get one
before long. Fred is an interesting.
up-to- date lad and from his talk we
know that he reads the Review and
appreciates it.
Miss Martha Maria Hugg is one of
the graduates of the Charles City COL
lege this week. Miss Hugg has made
a speciality of oratory and with her
charming personality she should make
a great success in this line. We con-
graduate her upon the successful clos
ing of her college course.
William 7. Marshall of Milford and
his son. William Marshall. who is
bigger than dad. wsre Denison callers
on Saturday Mr.. Marshall is much
interested in educational questions as
he believes the farmer of the future
must be we'll educated if he is to keep
up with the procession.
E. o. THEM sails next week via
the steamship, President Lincoln"
of the Hamberg American line. He
will land at Cherbourg. France. spend
two days in gay Paree and then visit
Die Wacht am Rhine. 1t is fifteen
years since Mr.. THEM visited the old
home and he will remain this time
until September. Like the other Ger
man tourists this summer he has
ordered the Review sent to him SO he
will not lose touch with home affairs.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-02
ELECTRIC LINE TO SIOUX CITY
The Ida and Woodbury. County Farmers Inter-
esting Themselves in an Electric Line

Ida Co. Pioneer: R. H. Baldwin,
the Chicago engineer and interurban
expert employed by the Woodbury.
county farmers who are behind the
project for the building of the Sioux
City. Climbing Hill and Ida Grove
Electric Ry., was in Ida Grove secur-
ing data from representative business
men and other sources of information
relative to the resources of the terri
tory through which the line is to pass.
No attempt has been made to fol-
low previous surveys as the engineers
of those lines having lighter max
imum grade we're obliged to develop
more distance to support their grade
line. No connection exists between
this project and the line which sur
veyed from Sioux City via Corr ection-
vile to Ida Grove and on east, and
this is simply an effort of the part of
interested farmers to secure better
means of transportation.
"A temporary organization has been
formed at Climbing Hill for the pur-
pose of projecting a tentative route
between Sioux City and Ida Grove,
and the farmers there have gone down
into their pockets and put up the
money to secure report on the ad.
visibility of the scheme. Instead of
spending eight or ten years talking
they spent few days talking and
then got busy. -
Mr.. Baldwin saws a considerable
interest is shown in the matter by far
mers along the route and material as
sistance has been offered by many, but
the matter of stock subscriptions will
be deferred until the report shows
that there is an excuse for the creation
of such traction project.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-02
In the matter of
Marcus Horst, Bankrupt

In the matter of
Marcus Horst, Bankrupt
In Bankruptcy.
To the creditors of
Marcus Horst Of Manila
in the county of Crawford and Dis
trict aforesaid. bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the
29th Day of June
A. D.. 1909. the said
Marcus Horst
was duly adjudicated bankrupt; and
that the first meeting of his creditors
will be held at my Office in Council
Bluffs, Iowa. on the
12ih Day of June
A. D., 1909. at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon. at which time the said creditors
may attend. prove their claims. APP
point a trustee. examine the bank
rupt, and transact such other bust
ness as may properly come before
said meeting.
w. S. MAYNE,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-02
DENlSON COLLEGE GRADUATES
The Denison Normal and Business College
Will Have A Flattering Number Of
Graduates This Year

The Denison Normal and Business
College closes the sci DOL year next
week June 10th. with class of
twenty-five graduates. as follows:
Classical Course-Henry Bell Andrew Bell.
Helen Lucille Hayes. Earl Hoffman.
Normal Course Ralph Earl Chase.
Commercial Course-Henry T. Bliesman. Will
A. Curry. Forest E. Moffit Christina Nelson, John
Theodore Petersen. Floyd Cook. Francis Freml.
Lura Motif, Benjamin Weiss
Shorthand Course-Elizabeth Anderson. VIII
liams P. Harding. Hattie Powell. James Collins
Ethel PEPPER, Minnie PAIL.
Music-Grace Baughman, Louise Gregg
The program of events for college
week is given as fol-
lows:
Annual sermon. Sunday evening,
June 9th. py Rev. j. Jas. DePree ut
Baptist church.
Play, Monday evening. June eth. by
the Zaonian and Atheneum societies
at college chapel.
Commencement and presentation of
diplomas on Thursday evening, June
10th, at Presbyterian church. Ad-
dress by Rev. 7. E. Thuresson.
There are hundreds of members of
the Denison College Alumni and many
friends all over the country who will
be interested in these events and who
will be present if possible. The peo-
pie are generally interested in the sue
cess and achievements Of these young
people, and all will be pleased to wit
ness their closing exercises as they
step out from school life.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-02
Quaker Oats Griddle Cakes
Try them today!

The family that hasn't eaten Quaker
Oats griddle cakes has a delightful sur.
prise coming to it. Besides the delic-
ious favcr, there is the pleasure of
knowing you can eat all you want, and
the more you eat the better for you.
The best of all foods for anyone
wanting more strength and vigor.
Hundreds of thousands of packages
of Quaker Oats are consumed in Ger
many annually and almost all of it is
eaten in the form of Quaker Oats
eriddle cakes. In the New York
cereal restaurant of the Quaker Oats
Company these griddle cakes are very
popular
Here's the best recipe for making
them:
2 cups Quaker Oats (uncooked): ~ cup
-four; teaspoonful salt teaspoonful soda
dissolve in two tablespoonfuls hot water
teaspoonful baking powder (mix in flour);2h
CUBS sour milk or buttermilk: eggs beaten
lightly; Tablespoonful sugar: I or table.
spoonfuls melted butter according to richness
of milk.
Process: Soak Quaker Oats over night in
milk. In the morning mix and sift -four. soda.
sugar and salt add this to Quaker Oats
mixture and quantity Of melted butter: add
eggs beaten lightly-beat thoroughly and cook
q sriddle cakes-thev make your mouth
water for more.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-06-02

Mrs. T. A. Miller of Ogden made
Denison a brief visit ON Saturday.
She made quite purchase of prize
winning Rhode Island Reds from Or.
B. F. Philbrook and is going to have
chickens to broil this fall. Denison
friends were pleased to have another
visit with Mrs. Miller and to find
that all is we'll in the new Ogden
home.