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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15
Oyster Farms.

One Of the large saltwater farms Of
Japan consists Of so square miles COW
cred with to IS fathoms Of water.
Here the pearl farmer plants rocks
and stones which are soon covered
with oyster spat. The oysters are
then left In special beds until the
third year. When they grow large
enough, tiny speck Of irritating sub
stance Is introduced into the bodies
Of these oysters and three or five years
more Ore necessary for the foreign
substance to become hidden in the
layers of nacre which make up the
pearls.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15
Seen Throuuh,

Germany loves the little nations-
Belgium. Roumania, Serbia and so on
ana now 1t appears that she loves the
big nations. like Russia, too
The speaker was SaburO Okaha ~
the japanese embassy.
But all of u.s." he went on "soo
through Germany as clearly as the
pretty Chicago heiress saw throuyb
the title fortune hunter.
"'YOu love me?' she said to the for.
tune hunter, lightly. oh, yes, of course
you love me for my pelf alone"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15
Altogether Too Realistic.

The critic seemed struck with tn
picture.
This snowstOrm painting is YER
fine indeed" he said to the artist. 81
almost makes me feel cold to lOOl
at it."
Yes, 1t must be realistic" admit
ted the other. "A fellow got int,
my studio one day in my absence
looked ut the picture, and uncon
scsiously put my fur Overcoat on be
fore he went Quit"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15


YOU came" and the man held out q
letter.
us Miss Fairfax not at homer?
"She Is at home sir"
"Then tell her at once that I am
here"
Eyes SIR"
Harold was alone with his letter; he
opened 1t and read:
1T Is midnight, you have gone, and
yet 1t seems as though you are still
here-so close to me that can see
your eyes and feel your touch-Har-
old. Forgive me that l was not more
as l should have been this evening,
butt was a coward. Dear, l have
not been well for many weeks and
yesterday ! saw specialist. He told
me had most serious difficulty, and
that must undergo dangerous oper-
alton at once, if would save my life.
Tomorrow Is the day appointed. i'm
plored him to wait, but he leaves town
In few days, and If l do not have II
done tomorrow 1t could not be per-
formed for two months, and that is too
long to wait, he says; so there was no
other way. TOmOrrOw-Our day-when
you are to vindicate my pride and hope
in you; the day we have waited for so
long. There was but one impulse
strong within me, almost overmaster-
ing-to fly to the shelter Of your arms
Ito seek your sympathy. But how
could tell you when it might imperil
your calm. your poise-undo all you
have worked for-hamper your ascent,
in which tomorrow will be a stepping
stone? No. You must not know. Your
heart Is too tender, am too much
your own for you to stand up in court
and plead for legal distractions when
l am lying under the knife. half
hoped you would make me tell you all
my heart-but now I am glad you do
not know. You will have no shadow
on your way tomorrow. and when you
receive this 1t will be all behind us; it
will have been over seven hours, for
the operation takes place at IL o'clock.
Good-night-good by. love you-it
seems to me that love you in a new
way tonight. Harold-Harold-I must
call you back and tell you, and feel
your strength to make me strong: but
no. am your love-I must be brave.
And then-why should fear?
Goods in his heaven
"All's right with the world.
HELEN"
He crushed the letter in his hand,
and reached the door with one bound,
like an animal in chase. She was his
own; his place was by her side; no
man could keep him from her. As he
opened the door he came face to face
with her father.
Harold. my dear fellow"
LET me 60 to her." and Harold tried
to pass. Mr.. Fairfax put his arm
across the door.
mo. you must not, now; the doctors
are with her; they will let no one in,
not even me, and am her father. Har-
old, my boy, we must be brave and
stand by each other"
A whitening quiet, like blight, fell
upon Harold. 1t seemed to paralyze
his powers of motion and of speech.
After moment he heard himself say
ing. In voice that sounded like a
strangers:
"What-do-they = the doctors
say?"
Mr.. Fairfax looked at him pityingly,
his own anguish stamped white upon
his face.
Don't lose heart, Harold" he said
gravely. 1--WE are hoping for the best,
and Mckenzie, the doctor who per-
formed the operation, says the chances
are in her favor"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15
Spirit of Militarism and Conquest
Is as Old as Germany
Itself.
SEEK CONTROL OF WORLD
Failure Due to Fact That II Did Not
Include Reckoning With HUI.
man Nature as God
Made Il.
10y HAPsBURG LIEBE Of the Vic.
ilantes.)

10y HAPseURo LIEeE Of the Wig.
iIantes.)
The average man Of those who
have kept up with current events dur
ing the last few years will tell you
that Germany's colossal plan Is 40
years old. AS matter of fact. the
seeds of 1t were sOwn p:ore than a
dozen times 40 years ago. The spirit
OF militarism and conquest and might
is-right is as old as the Teutonic war
party. which is as old as Germany It.
self. The majority Of the other na.
tons saw plenty Of signs of the mon
ster, for the war lords were brag-
CARTS, and they could not refrain from
boasting of their scheme. The Won
der of oil is that these other nations,
the United States included, have not
been taking preparatory and defensive
measures for several decades.
The ultimate aim of the plan was.
Of course. the complete control and
authorization of the world. 1t was
born of brains rendered british
through the over AMI over intermarry-
ing of an autocracy that was barba-
rian to begin with. A little like
mOon-calf, 1t was at the outset, but its
morally befuddled parents fOstered it
until they actually believed 1t pos
sessed rare virtues; and they inOcu-
lated the people with its germs until
the people themselves fell for It.
Human Nature Left Out.
So far this plan has failed. however
narrowly. for the simple reason that
it did not include reckoning with
the human nature that God made. The
sOldiermen of other nations are in the
long run stronger than the cast-in-the-
mold iron soldiers Of Germany. 1t Is
the thorough organization Of the Ger
man armies that has been the chief
difficulty Of the entente allies. Per-
haps the greatest strength of the plan
itself, however, lay in the very stu
pendousness of it. Few would be-
lieve that any one nation would dare
attempt to enslave the rest Of the
WORTH. f1ulI tHe rest vi TIE WOTIu OOoS
not realize it yet. 1t is too big for
their imaginations. Their imagina-
tons are. naturally, peace-time.
This is the main trouble with US
here In America. So many of us will
not see what we are facing or what
we are fighting for. If we did see, the
success Of the Liberty Loan and the
Red Cross drives. the food-saving and
the fuel-saving campaigns. would be
much greater. It's Of no use now to
harp that our administration leaders
should have seen the signs Of the times
several years ago; It kills no German
to blame our representatives at Wash
tngton for having been in the past.
not, statesmen, but politicians serving
their own instead Of their country's in
terests during those fat. sleepy years
before Germany prled open the gates
of Hell and loosed its legiens upon
earth. The one thing to do now is to
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15
WORKS IN FACTORY AND
GIVES WAGES TO POOR

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Mrs. Howard
G. McCrady, a society favOrite.
Is doing her bit by working ter
hours and As minutes every day
for he Union Switch and Signal
company. Every morning ut
6:45 Mrs. Mc(,rady rides In her
big green automobile to the gar.
age near the plant. stables her
machine. walks into the plant
dOns uniform of khaki blouse.
overalls and cap and works on
lathe making cylinders for
the Liberty TotOrs until h:3O
each evening. The wages she
earns are turned over to q poor
family. Mr.. McCrady is In the
army.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15
Gives Stamps for Cham.

warren PA landlord here has
an electric sign on his desk and whom
patron steps up to settle his bill tho
sign Is flashed. "Will you take Thrift
stamps for your changer
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15
Weary.

Actress Ito her fiance)-Please don
ask me to kiss you for week or =
darling. You must remember | too
over f2OO yesterday selling kisses 70
the Red Cross. Passing Show.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15

est--Germany as we'll as all the others
must sacrifice self to secure its
neighbours welfare.
This Is the command of the hour
Dare Germany hesitate In obeyinp II ,"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15
Soothe Baby Rashes

Soothe Baby Rashes
That itch and burn with hot baths
Cuticura Soap followed by genj
anointings of Cuticura Ointme
Nothing better. For free samples
dress, "Cuticura, Dept. X. bos.0
Sold by druggists and by mail. '0
25, Ointment Is and 5O.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15

Appropriate View.
"What do you think Of hanging
capital punlshment?"
II think it Is better to let the ~
ject drop"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15

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warp a wOmnn's shape.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-15
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touching music Of versifcation, and yet
many Of his very best poems Gas to depth
Of thought and power of imagination)
might be read as prose. His most preva-
lent fault is q want Of accuracy and clear
ness in expressing his ideas. Still, there is
q charm not easily described about his writ
ings which redeems the errors more obvious
to criticism, and which will even render him
favorite with the lover Of genuine poetry,
though he may never be an object of general
admiration-for the public cannot Gull flow
ers and select the ripper from the cruder
fruits. They must have all the sweets of
poetry served up in order and adorned with
art. Had the brief span of Shelley's life
been heightened out, there can be no doubt
that the efforts of his more mature years
would have outshone in brilliancy even those
of his contemporary rivals in the art and
it is to be lamented that his life was so
short. As there is a sublimity to many of
his ideas rich vein Of deep thought and
powerful feeling running through most Of
his productions-it may render them perfect
studies for the poet.
1.-THE poem of Queen Mab,' which has
been styled his glory as a poet and his
shame as man. was penned at the early
age of Is; and it contains many parts writ
ten in the most gorgeous and mastery style;
and Tor imaginative description, perhaps IS
not excelled in any poem ever produced;
but Gas has been we'll observed) the titles
of the Divine Being are so often indecor-
ously sported with in such outrageous para
doxes, coupled with much that is decidedly
vile and detestable, that it may be safely
asserted no single individual retaining one
spark of religious feeling can ever have
that spark extinguished by perusal of the
poem. 1t is this feeling that has caused its
retention in these pages, as it contains
beauties of most transcendant nature;
and no edition of his poems could be deemed
perfect without it..
Both of these prefaces seem to have come
from the hand of the editor-Cunningha
The printed title to the 12mo edition gives
this name as G. Cunningham, while in all the
others it is J. Cunningham. In none of the
dictionaries of biography can this name be
met with, and this is also true of the illus
traitor, Standfast.
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oftenest are known ashore as eggs. The
picture from Printer Ruggles's book that
we show above should be supplemented by
this bit from his text: "ANcHoR WATCH
In the old navy every evening at SHUTDOWN
there would be posted an anchor watch to
report whether or not the anchor vas,
dragging. The anchor watch to-day has
different meaning, inasmuch as they
stand watch aft on the quarterback and
act as messengers for the deck officer at
night. There are eight men detailed
every day for this duty in port, taking
the duty from 9 o'clock at night until all
hands are called in the morning" :,
THE NAVY EXPLAINED. BY LOGAN f..
RUGGLEs. New York: Edwin n. Apple
ton.
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when they met for the first time she asked
his opinion of the mysterious lode. He,
like the miners, thought it will o the
wisp. Nevertheless he promised to help
the girl, for she, unlike her brother, had
great belief in her fathers story. She
believed that her father had really discov-
cred rich vein Of silver and that it was
waiting to be found again somewhere in
the North; and the duty of finding it,
which she had long since accepted, must
some day be fulfilled.
When Agatha had enough money placed
aside to cover the cost of an expedition
TO find the lost treasure she started on her
trip. 1t was not pleasant trip for
man, let alone city bred girl. And the
trip-but that's the story.
A man named StorAont had heard the
story of the lost lode and by chance had
found clue to it. Is there fight be-
tween Starmont and Thirlwell! Is theref
Well!
THE LURE OF THE NORTH By HAIR
OLD BNDLoSs. Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany. sl.40.
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"The Lure of the North"
HAROLD BINDLOSS is one of the

" hhohb biNDLOOo Is one Ol the
L L most consistent Of writers of pop
ular fiction despite the fact that no two
Of his books are alike nor even two of his
people. He has touched upon everything
from the wheat lands of northern Canada
to the rocky coast Of Scotland. His con-
sistency lies in this: The life of his char
acters is always presented as hard but
hopeful struggle.
Bindloss has written another book. This
time he has gone into the wilds and track
less forests of frost bitten pines and the
rocks and muskegs Of northern Canada.
The Lure Of the North is the lure of Bind
loss and the North.
Agatha Strange, young school teacher
in Toronto, is the daughter Of a broken
down prospector who had great faith in
silver lode which he had discovered. No
one believed his tale and Strange's lode
was considered by the miners a joke and
he himself crank. Strange lost his life
when his canoe capsized in rapid.
Thirlwell, mining engineer who
worked with Strange, knowing his daugh-
ter's address, sent her news of her fathers
death, which led to an exchange Of letters.
She had great con6den@ in Thirlwell, and
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4 SSUMING that the navy can be ex-

A SSUMING that the navy can be ex-
L a planned (the Germans find it very
difficult to account for the American
navy, why perhaps one Of the most
agreeable ways Of having it explained for
you is by dipping into little book COM
piled by Logan E. Ruggles, chief printer,
U. 8. NJ, and published by Edwin N. APP
pleton of Broadway. Mr.. Ruggles ex-
plains the navy in series Of alphabetical
definitions, some informing, some curious
and some funny. For instance, he tells
you that "airsakae' is the name Of the
standard rifle of the japanese army; that
in the navy bread is called "punk;" sugar,
sand; salt, "sea DUST; butter, 'hxle
grease; milk, "lachie" (Spanish). And
the depth bombs that the sailor refers to
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A British army Identification tag bear
ing the letters R. A. NJ. C. (Royal Army
Medical Corps and the number 3l54O is
the only clue Robert NJ. Mcbride & Co.
have to the identity of the author OF
Fields and Battlefelds. This new book
is not personal experience story but a
series Of chapters, half stories, half essays,
dealing with the life of the medical corps.
The number should, however, be quite suf-
ticient to identify the author from the
army records.
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Charles Scribner's Sons have published
a new edition of Treasure Island, with il
Illustrations in color by George Varian, who
is the son of a sea captain and foil owed
the sea himself once on time.
Speaking of. her latest book, 4 Dauoh.
ter Of the Land, Gene Stratton- Porter
said: Through my nature work I came
upon Freckles, but this book is an older
sister. The war has stripped us all Of
the petty conventions Of life and brought
us down to saving crumbs and wearing
patches. 1t has changed our lives. orr
thoughts, our hearts. Why not admit that
it has changed me as much as the rest
Of the worldf"
Frederick A. Stokes Company renorts
that Dere Mabel, the droll letters of a
rookie that first appeared in Gas Attack
at Camp Wadsworth, is on the way to
$4,000 copies sold. Our guess is that
this means 17,5OO,OOO laughs from one
source since last spring.
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THE LURE OF THE NORTH. By HAIR
OLD BNDLoss. Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany. $l.40.
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oirs Of Harrietk Wilson, $3.50; Sophb
Arnould, Actress and Wit, $12, are among
the items that sold for high figures.
was large.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Christmas greeting cards booklets,
enclosure, etc. at Evans. Adv
Prayer service at the First Baptist
church Thursday evening at 100
Everyone welcome.
Coming to the Harte Theatre tomor-
row. Mae Marsh. dainty Goldwyn star,
in her latest production Money Mad
and u smashing good part sun
shine comedy. Adv
The condition of Sheriff Frederick
Godfrey who has been confined TO
the house with bronchitis. today
shows improvement and the veteran
officer says he win be out OF doors in
few days.
Are you a gossip? see The Clutch
of Circumstance" featuring fascinat-
ing Corinne Griffith and chapter No.
10 of "a Fight for Millions featuring
VIM Duncan and Edith Johnson at
Harte Theatre Adv
( Could lack of faith kill your love in
man for whom you had sacrificed
everything? See Cornne Griffith in
The Clutch OF Circumstance and
Chapter No. 10 OF "A Fight for Mil
lions at larte Theatre today ADV.
Miss Iris Farnum, student nurse
in the North Adams hospital under
went an operation for appendicitis
December It'll and is gaining rapidly
Miss Farnum is former well known
Bennington girl and has many friends
here
Miss Charity F. Paddock and
Charles A. Townsend were quietly
married Tuesday afternoon at the
BAPTIST parsonage by the Rev w G.
Towart The bride was attired in a
navy blue travelling suit with hat to
mater After a short wedding trip to
New York ard Boston Mr.. and Mrs
Townsend will be at home on Elm
street
Among the new books recently re-
csiyed at the Bennington Free Iii
brary are. The Years for Rachael by
Berta Ruck. The Bishops Purse by
Cleveland Moffett. Keeping Up With
William by Irving Bachelor, A Daugh
ter Of Jehu by Laura II. Richards
The Paper Cap by Amelia Barr. Jos
selyn's Wife by Kaihaleen Norris
Hemlock Avenue Mystery by Roman
Doubleday, An American Family by
Henry Webster. Sunshine Beggars by
Sidney Mccall. Adventures Of Arnold
Adair. American Ace by Lawrence
briggs. ShaVings by Joseph Lincoln
Eyeryman's Land by c n and A. NJ
Williamson In the Heart of Fool bl
William Allen White. Before the WinC
by Janet Laing and The Winds o
Chance by Rex. Beach Any book
which you are willing 10 give will b.
welcome at the Public Library where
they have started TO pack another boz
of books to be sent to the boys il
service
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-11
EAST ARLINGTON

Mr. and Mrs Willard Barton were
in Bennington MONDAY
The Enterprise society met with
Mrs William Webb Tuesday
Mrs. George S. Stafford and Mrs c
L. Dustin were in Troy Monday
c. L. Dustin has been layed up sew.
eral weeks with broken rib
Miss Stella sheyelIn passed. The day
in Bennington with her mother Mon
day
Frank Dunlap has resigned his posi-
ton AZ Warner & Dustin's Paul
Field is taking his place
First Lieutenant Roy VI Andrew.
who is placed on the reserve list. is
home from Camp Taylor. Ky
Robert Parkinson and A. X Grout
are moving their families back to
this place from West Arlington.
Everett Squires and John Lihnihan
were in Troy for some horses and at
Wards Lumber Camp Friday and Sat
urday
Mrs Archie Robertson. who has
been i'll with influenza is reported as
improving Her mother. Mrs NDrury
of South SALISBURY is helping care
for her
The ladies' of the NJ L. church have
sale OF many useful and fancy ar
ticlos Friday afternoon and evening
at the parsonage supper viii be
served in the evening Al are inyit
ed 10 come Adv
Quite a few OF our boys have beer
discharged from the various camps
The following returned last weel
Robert Walsh, John Linnhan from
Camp Deyons Frank Buck and JOIN
Delenay from pottsdam, n Y. Leon
Cole and Medrick Hard from Middle
bury College
Mrs S. x Gray left for Troy Wed
nesday to meet the doctor who tele
sraphed her he expected 90 arrive
there al that date. Or Gray has been
at a training camp in the south the
past few months He received
commission as First Lieutenant. Man,
in this place viii be glad to welcome
him back.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-11
HOMEMADE PHILOSOPHY

In a little while disease will he cured
with food, and the doctors will be-
come cooks and bakers.
Ninety-nme per cent OF The men who
never marry would be ashamed TO let
the world know The secret sdeeof their
life.
There is more genuine satisfaction
in independent thinking than in all the
mental claims that bind men b. super
stition.
Work your brain If You would make
IL strong. \ bandaged limb u1id Sic
lent brain must soon become, USE
less burden to The owner.
The natural man is u worker--not
alone for wealth, but to lift up his end
Of the load high enough 10 lct others
LEI 20 and rest their weary arms.
No odds what your religions faith
may he. your work must be work
for humanity Gods work On earth
is all done by hand. so far MS, man is
concerned.
Wishing for the good old times is
the weakness of the man who signs for
mothers pumpkin pies. He's one of
the fellows who can't advance with
the crowd.
Skeptlcism is always sweeping It's
door ward to prevent the religions peo-
pie from finding amy dirt there. and
the religious people keep on polishing
up their faith and work to keep ahead
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-11
FOUND ON AN Old CUFF

A lot OF people will always believe
II WAS hunhuenza
Some people marry for love" and
others live happily ever after.
There win he about nine million
miles of secondhand lmrhed wire
placed on the market sonn.
The greatest pesslmiSi in thu world
is The one who wears a belt ana sus.
pcnder~ az the same time,
If the war has done nothing else II
seems 10 have knocked houseWors into
a cooked hat
No matter who is sultan o? Turkey.
he never seems TO be able To add much
tone 10 the job.
When we have our final settlement
with the English we should insist that
they take back their Sparrows.
II Is q good plan Ia name the baby
Archie, and then when he grows up
and loses his hair you can call him
Archibald.
Looks as though lot of the forty
llve-year-old draft boys win not be
able 10 cail themselves veterans Of
anything hui The influenza epidemic
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-11
FROM CERVANTES

was SO free with him rs NOT 10
mlnce the matter-Don Quixote-The
Authors Preface.
They can expect nothing but their
labor for their pans.-Dm Quixotc.
IS III luck would have it.--Don
Qpiyotc.
The brave man carves out his for.
tune. and every man is the son of his
own works. Don QuiNote.
Which have earned with the sweat
Of my brows. Don Qulxotc.
Can WE ever have too much Of n
GOOD thinci- Don Qulxote.
And had face like blessing. Don
QuiXote
II Is u true saying thut man must
eat peck OF salt With his friend bn-
fare he knows him Don Quivotr.