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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
CHINA'S HOLY PLACES

China's shrines, including those In
the much discussed Shantung, are de-
scribed in the following communica-
ton to the National Geographic society
by Frederick Mccormick:
"Coleridge could not have selected
a phrase more apt than stately pleas
ure dome had he intended to call at
tention to the best-known form in Chi
nese architecture. Like so much OF
the wrought beauty Of China, such as
is still seen in parks and gardens, pa
godas are the work of the Buddhis+
church almost exclusively.
"The most beautiful specimens are
in the Yangtse valley, where pagodas
are most numerous. Every important
Chinese and Manchurian city is gar
landed with them. From the walls Of Pc
king dozen pagodas and towers may
be counted within the city, and with
good glass half dozen famous ones
may be seen rising from the surround
ing plain.
"Pagodas range in height from 20
to more than 200 feet, and are Of va
rious shapes-round. square, hexag-
onal, octagonal, etc. They always have
an odd number of stories, ranging usu-
ally from seven to nine, and some
times possessing II and even 13.
1.-THE Chinese have appropriated the
pagOda as counterpoise to evil, and
used it, subject to their rules Of ge-
ometry.
AT the city of Tung, in the Picking
plain, a region in past years visited
by earthquakes, there Is a prominent
pagoda which at one time had more
than 1000 bronze bells suspended
from its cornices, most Of which are
| still in place. The people have this
story as to its construction: A
water fowl lives underground at
this place and when he shakes his tail
It causes earthquakes. Geomancers 10
Gated the end of his tail, and the pa
CODA was built on it to hold it down
At the same time this did not proven,
the water fowl from winking his eye
but, as his eyelids have not been &C
curately located. a second pagoda has
not yet been built. AS result. trem
blings of the earth still occur.
"The wonder inspired in the breast
of the traveller who visits China's vas
remains of abandoned capitals, exten
sive temples ranged in successive
courts and on terraces Of mountains
its pagodas, p'ai-lous. bridges, ant
canals, is eQualed by the awe inspired
by the silent splendor Of the tomb'
of China's emperors. The tombs o
the kings Of the six Kingdoms II
Shantung, though now only earthel
pyramids terraced with little fields
/, have the air ofAAo pyramids Of Egypt
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
CAIRO: ANCIENT CAPITAL
ATTAINS NEW POLITI.
CAL IMPORTANCE

Egypt's capital attains new political
Importance as the administration seat
of the more liberal home rule granted
the ancient empire by Great Britain.
Cairo, "Queen Of the Nile Valley"
the paris Of the Levant," or "the dia-
mond stud on the handle of the fan
Of the Delta" as your imagination pre-
fers, has about the population of Bos-
ton, a record of disorders that makes
bolshevism a nouveau-anarchy, and a
picturesqueness all its own.
From the citadel ramparts the visit
or receives the best introduction to
Cairo, that unforgettable view-the an
Gent city at his feet, vast panorama
Of houses and palaces and novels.
decked with cupolas, minarets and tow
ers; the island-dotted river and the
verdant Nile valley ever widening to-
ward the north, yellow cliffs to the
east, and beyond them the desert. The
sea of sand suggests illimitable space
until the faint outlines of the pyramids
against the horizon turn ones thoughts
from space to time.
Descend to the streets of Cairo and
encounter bedlam. "City Of the Ara
bian Nights" perhaps, but certainly
the days loose a thousand and one
noises. There are the rattle Of carts,
cries of the water bearers, moaning of
camels, braying Of donkeys. whirring
Of taxicabs. jangling of coins in the
open bazaars, continual shouts from
pilots Of this traffic medley, such as
"thy foot, sir" or Ito thy left, Oh
chief" all in the native tongue, Of
course.
Gorgeous colors of every hue and
shade assail the eye-a pOst-impres-
sionistic fanfare Of prehistoric color
schemes. The poorer the Egyptian
the more ragged; the more rags the
more colors. Then again the Arabs
denote their families and dynasties by
turbans Of distinctive colors. To tell
a prophets scion from priest of to.
day, or one dervish order from an.
other, or any Of the countless dynas
ties and sects apart, requires study
Of turban lore as complicated as the
numerous insignia worn by American
soldiers returned from France.
The richer women, attended by serv
ants, may be seen in carriages, faces
yelled to their eyes, eye lashes ant
lids, fingers and exposed toes darkened
with henna. and bedecked with ear
rings, anklets, beads and bracelets
Poorer women 60 afoot, also yelled
CARRIED in plain robes highly sugges
tive of Mother Hubbards."
In the street crowds, too, are tn,
beggars whose balloons serve the pur
pose of the monkeys Of our organ
grinders; snake charmers. vendors O
the ubiquitous scarabs and tiny gravel
images, and the Berberine bead boys
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
EARTHQUAKE PLAYED
PINC-PONC WITH
MAN.OF.WAR

Earthquakes play queer pranks.
Recent seismic disturbances In Italy
have attracted renewed attention to
this phenomenon, and recall an amaz-
ing incident in the annals of the Amer
lean navy in which United States
man-of-war was carried on the crest
Of tidal wave three miles up the
coast, two miles inland, and set down,
entirely unframed, within a hundred
feet of the Andes.
This thrilling incident is recounted
in a communication to the National
Geographic society by one Of the par
Elephants, Rear Admiral l.. g. Billings,
u. s. NJ, retired, as follows:
"In 1868 was attached to the U. s.
s. Wateree, then on duty In the
South Pacific-One Of class of
boats built at the close Of the Civil
war to ascend the narrow, tOrtuous riv-
ers of the South; she was termed
a double ender. having a rudder at
each end, and was quite flat-bottomed,
conformation which, while 1t did not
add to her sea-gOing worthiness, en-
abled her to carry large battery and
crew, and eventually saved our lives
in the catastrophe which was soon to
come upon us.
august. 1868. found us quietly at
anchor off the pretty Peruvian town Of
africa, whittier We had towed the old
United States storeship Fredonia to
escape the ravages Of yellow fever,
then desolating Callao and Lima.
1T was August that the awful ca
lamity came upon us, like storm
from cloudless sky, overwhelming us
| all in one common ruin.
II was sitting in the cabin with our
commanding officer, about 4 p. m.
when we were startled by violent
trembling Of the ship. similar to the
effect produced by letting go the
anchor. Knowing 1t could not be that
we ran on deck. Looking shoreward
our attention was instantly arrested
by a great cloud of dust rapidly ap
preaching from the southeast, while ,
! terrible rumbling grew in intensity
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20

was burned two decades after Willial
the Conqueror came to England. Frol
the ruins emerged "Old st. Paul's
Fire destroyed that building, too, BY
it was restored on an even more pr
tentious scale.
At the "Old st. Paul's" John w
cliffe faced the charge Of heresy, Tyi
dale's New Testament was burne
Wolsey heard the reading Of the pap
condemnation of Luther, and unde
"Powle's Cross" now marked by a me
mortal, heretics were forced to recan
and witches to confess.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20

Did you know that ninety per
cent Of all human ailments depend
upon the condition of your blood?
Nature gives her warnings in va
rious unmistakable ways, so that
when the appetite fails, and you
become weak and listless and gen.
eral rundown condition seems to
take possession of the whole body,
it is an unfailing sign that impuri..
ties will steadily accumulate until
your general health will be seri-
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
KEW: THE MART AND THE
SHRINE OF RUSSIA

Kiev, which became a battle center
once more during the POle-BOlshevik
fighting, already has changed hands
ten times in three years with its &C.
cupation by the Poles earlier this year.
Mother of Russian cities, also the
Jerusalem of Russia, Kiev did not live
In the past, even before its recent ka-
leidoscopic adventures, though 1t was
sufficiently significant thousand
years ago to give its name to a three
century period Of Russian history.
Both the Wall street and the Ply
mouth Rock of Russia, each February
found thousands of merchants crowd
ing its fair to contract for merchan-
disc and produce, especially beet sugar.
and other seasons found hundreds Of
thousands Of pilgrims thronging Its
unique shrine, the Convent Of the
Caves.
Few cities offer such an agglomera-
ton of the old and the new. Kiev
lies upon, the muddy Dnieper, the Ohio
river of Russia, formerly carrier Of
some $6O,OOO,OOO worth Of freight an
nually for the 100000 people within
its basin. Near its site Prince Vladi-
mir herded his people, far wholesale
baptism, after he had fOrsaken his pa
gan gods and thousand wives for
Christianity.
Russians embraced the new religion
with all the fervor with which they
had offered human sacrifices to the
81
mir held political sway at Kiev there
came lowly monk, Anthony, who took
up his abode in a cave. Other devOut
men followed his example. Archaeolo-
gists since have recognized in these
caves the homes of jewellers of the
stone age.
The caves constitute but one feature
Of the famous monastery which, with
Its streets of churches, cells, inns and
schools, is a small city in ITSELF
| Among the mummies that formerly lay
in open coffins, enveloped in costly
robes, was that Of Nestor, the Russian
| Herodotus, whose chronicles are re-
| sponsible for the tradition that Kiev
was founded by three brothers In the
ninth century.
| From the "Cave Town" quarter Of
the city one energies suddenly into the
| Podol, or trading quarter, suggesting
New England factory city, with its
mills and shops, for paper, machinery.
tobacco, chemicals and hardware. Kiev
not only was the chief seat of the Rus
sian beet sugar trade, but also dealt
heavily in timber, live stock and grain.
Its recent growth has been rapid. In
1889 is had less than 100000 peo-
pie, and in 1911 more than 100000.
Oldest of the better known cities OF
Russia, Kiev gave Russia her first
Christian church, first library, first
Christian school, and today it boasts
the oldest cathedral Of the former en-
pire, that of St. Sophia. Therein is
the so-called "Virgin Of the Unbreak
able WALL" Because the figure re
sisted the vandal frenzy Of the Ia
tars when they smashed other price
less treasures of the church.
Kiev is the seat of government Of
the new republic Of Ukraine. 1t Ii
624 miles southwest Of Moscow ant
go miles north of Odessa.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
Keep Your Blood Pure
Nature Will Do the Rest

ously affected. You should recog.
nize the Importance, therefore, Of
very promptly cleansing out the
system, and keeping the blood sup
ply pure and robust.
Get a bottle of S. S. S. at your
drugstore to day, and note how
promptly it builds up the appetite
and gives new strength and vi
tality. Write for free literature
and medical advice to Chief Med
cal Adviser. 1853 Swift Laboratory.
Atlanta. Ga.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
DYE RIGHT
Buy only Diamond Dyes"

Each package of diamond Dyes
contains directions so simple that any
woman can acknowledge worn, shabby
Gkirts, waists, dresses. coats. gloves,
stockings sweaters. draperies every.
thing, whether wool. silk. linen, cotton
or mixed goods, new. rich fadeless col
ors. Have druggist show you "Dia.
noud Dyes Color Card."-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
Nasty
Get instant relief with
"Pape's Cold Compound

Don't stay stuffed-upl Quit blowing
and snuffling! A dose Of "Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours I'M
Ill three doses are taken usually breaks
up cold and ends all grippe misery.
The very FIRST dose opens your
clogged.up nostrils and the air pass
ages Of your head; stops nose running:
relieves the headache, dullness, fever
ishness, sneezing, soreness, stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" IL the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only few cents ut drug stores. It acts
without assistance. Tastes nice. Con.
tains no Quinine. Insist on Pape'sl Ad.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20

Cutlcura Comforts eaby's Skin
When red. rough and itching with not
baths of Cutieura Soap and touches OF
Cuticura Ointment. Also make use
now and then Of that exQuisitely scent
Cd busting powder, Cuticura Talcum.
one Of the indispensable Cuticura
Toilet TriO.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20

arS OLD l certainly would never vote
: member of the Democratic party &c
: President or any other national Of
q" al
So declares "Grai1dDh" Albert Yogel, Ia
years young, of Jeanette, Pr, WIG
IT his first vote in n presidential efec.
n for Polk, voted for Abraham Lin
graSped ny gan. ..-~~.-.,,i~.~
cloud passed on.
But our troubles then commenced.
We were startled by terrible noise
on shore, as Of tremendous roar OF
musketry, lasting several minutes
Again the trembling earth waved tt
and fro, and this time the sea recedeC
until the shipping was left stranded.
while as far to seward as our vision
could reach, we saw the rocky bottom
Of the sea, never before exposed to hui
man gaze, with struggling fish and
monsters Of the deep left high and
dry. The rOund-bOttomed ships keeled
over on their beam ends, while the
Wateree rested easily on her floor
like bottom; and when the returning
sea, not like wave, but rather an
enormous tide, came sweeping back,
rolling our unfortunate companion
ships over and over, leaving some bot
tom up and others masses Of wreck
age, the Wateree rose easily over the
tossing waters, unframed.
"From this moment the sea seemed
to defy the laws Of nature. Currents
ran in contrary directions. and we
hnr nd q
we could not have equaled had we
been steaming for our lives. At irreg-
ular intervals the earthquake shocks
required, but none of them so violent
or long continued as the first.
about 8 80 p. m. the lookout hailed
the deck and reported breaker ap-
preaching. Looking seward, we saw,
first, thin line Of phosphorescent
light, which doomed higher and higher
until it seemed to touch the sky its
crest, crowned with the death light OF
phOsphorescent glow, showing the sui
len masses Of water below.
"With a crash our gallant ship was
overwhelmed and buried deep beneath
q semi-solid mass Of sand and wa
ter. For breathless eternity we were
submerged, groaning in every timber,
the stanch old Wateree struggled again
to the surface, with her gasping crew
| still clinging to the life-lines-some
few seriously wounded, bruised and
battered; none killed; not one even
missing. A miracle it seemed to US
then, and as 1 look back through the
years 1t seems doubly miraculous now.
1.-The morning sun broke on scene
Of desolation seldom witnessed. We
found ourselves high and dry in a little
cove, or rather indentation, in the
coast line. We had been carried some
three miles up the coast and nearly
two miles inland. The wave had car
ried us over the sand dunes bordering
the ocean, across valley and over the
railroad track, leaving us at the foot
of the seacoast range of the Andes. On
the nearly perpendicular front of the
mountain our navigator discovered the
marks of the tidal wave, and, by meas
urements, found it to have been Al feet
high, not including the comb. Had the
wave carried us 200 feet farther we
would inevitably have been dashed to
pieces against the mountainside."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20

No Favorltism Allowed.
"How much are the life guards paid
at this bathing resort"
"From $40 to SEQ week, under
stand"
"A soft job, eh?"
"Not especially. They have to show
a. much alacrity In saving a fat man
or elderly spinster as they would q
beauty In Distress"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
Tokens Of Honesty.

At some of the London docks, when
two men make trade agreement, they
exchange black beans as tokens Of
honesty. This is regarded as more
binding that a written and signed con-
tract.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
HUNTING Trouble.

hunting Trouble.
"What makes you think the ex-kais-
Or hates peacer'
" understand he il anxious to get
back to Berlin"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20

He who runs may read, but If he's
running for office the less he has to
say the better.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
Misleadinu.

Misleading.
"You call her fair sample Of the
beauty Of the placer"
eve SO consider her."
"How can she be fair sample
when she's a brunette?"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
Modest Apprehension.

''That audience cheered you for at
least half an hour"
EYES," replied Senator Sorghum; Il
began to suspect that the folks would
rather listen to their own demOnstra-
tons than to hear me speak"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20

Trying to do business without ad.
vertising Is like man winking at Q
girl In the dark.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
important 70 Naota,eso

When q married man falls down
stairs he is sure to blame his wife FOR
the mishap.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20

II q sure-enOugh fool killer were to
come around every man on earth would
try to hide.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20

Art is not thing separate and
apart-art is only the beautiful way
of doing things.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20

The lower down q man gets in the
world the nearer the roof you will find
him.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
CASCARETS
"They Work while you Sleep"

Do you feel all "unstrungT-bilious,
constipated. headachy, full Of cOld1
Cascarets tonight for your liver and
bowels will have you tuned up by
tomorrow. You will wake up with
your head clear, stomach right,
breath sweet, and skin rosy. No grip
ing--no inconvenience. Children love
Cascarets too. 10, IS, so cents.-Adv.
AdaptabIlity.
"Of course, you are in favor of
votes for women"
'sOf course" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. "A man who hopes to hold his
own in politics must do his best to be
In favor Of anything that anybody
wants. Washington Star.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-20
lU3 YEARS YUUNJ;
HE'S FOR HARDING

IF l should live to be another 100
years old ! certainly would never vote
for member of the Democratic party
For President or any other national Of
Ice"
SO declares "Graf1dph" Albert yogel,
lob years young, OF Jeanette, Pm, WHO
cast his first vote in presidential elec.
Ion for Polk, voted for Abraham Lin
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-04-29
TIMELY ADVICE
gre.x5slsiS
ksTtt-

Mr.. Elliott C. McDougal, president
of the Bank Of Buffalo, N. Y, includ-
ed the following words in the "New
Years Message" from his Bank Janu-
airy 1st, 1920:
ITO every butcher, grocer, tailor,
dressmaker, milliner, or retail dealer
of any kind, we say: Sell on credit
just as little as possible. Don't let
your customers get behind with their
bills. AS the outlook is today you
would be better off without their
trade than with their trade and con-
stantly increasing book accounts.
With all your care it will be hard for
you to keep down your book accounts
after the tide has turned. The time
to act is now, when people are able
to pay. Because we do not know
Just when trouble is coming we are
unable to say to you: Begin to cut
down your credits next year, or the
year after We do say, Begin now.
IF man cannot keep his bills paid
up now he never can. Many of your
customers today are spending money
for things that are not necessary, and
letting their bills run. BY cutting
off unnecessary purchases they can
hecp IlelI DlliS pau up w uoIcS UuC
if they keep up their present extrava-
CANT habits, and continue to let their
bills run, both you and they will suf-
fer. Whether you shut off their I'M
due credit today, in anticipation of
trouble in the future, and really for
their own good, or whether you shut
it off only when compelled to do so by
necessity, they will not thank you;
but in the first case you will have the
satisfaction of knowing that you have
saved yourself serious losses, and also
have benefited your customers, even
if they do not appreciate it. In the
second case you will regret that you
have not only encouraged them in
,shiftless practices, but that you have
done it at loss to yourself"
Do not delude yourselves, let no
one delude you, into the belief that
the present era Of high wages, with
easy jobs; Of high prices, with large
and easy profits, can continue. Ev-
cry wage Garner should at once COM
mence to save part Of his earnings
for the inevitable, rainy day. Every
businessman should leave a good per-
centage of each years profits in his
business, for the inevitable lean years
pOt far awaVO
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-04-29

Overall clubs are being organized
j,r thousands of cities thruout the
United States, the members pledging
themselves to wear only overalls and
jackets until the price of clothing
drops to the proper level. This has
created such a demand that the price
of overalls has advanced at remark
able rate and it has even been sug-
gested that perhaps overall manufac-
turers are behind the movement. 1t
might prove to be more Ct an actual
saving if men would manage to get
along with their old clothes, cleaned,
to invest in high priced overalls which
would be laid away after the novelty
of wearing them had worn off. A
hundred dollars is too much for a suit
of clothes, yet tailcrs are asking this
much and more.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-04-29
THE MATTER WITH AMERICA
From The Farpo N n Forum

From The Fargo N. D., Forum)
whats the matter with America %
these days?
Too many diamonds, not enough
alarm clocks.
Too many silk shirts, not enough
blue flannel cnes.
Too many pointed-toed shoes and
not enough square-toed ones.
Too many serge suits and not
enough overalls.
Too much decollete and not enough
aprons.
Too many satin-upholstered limou-
sines and not enough cows.
Too many consumers and not enough
producers.
= Too much oil stock and not enough
savings accounts.
Too much envy of the results of
hard work and too little desire to
emulate it.
Too many desiring short cuts to
wealth and too few willing to pay
the price.
Too much of the spirit of "get it
while the getting is good' and not
enough old fashioned Christianity.
Too much discomfort that vents it.
self in mere complaining and too lit
tie effort to remedy conditions.
Too much class consciousness and
too little democracy and love of hu-
mainly.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-04-29
BEGIN LIVING IT

pretty generally realized nowadays that than
book of rules necessary in order establish real
muny spirit And is Of that realization that Com
munity Service has grown. M
Social students tell that the spirit Of their neighbour
hood vanishes in proportion the number of people
gathered any community increases That of course
tends become casual The neighborhood spirit
subject to the limitations Of the market place. the
promote the spirit Of the neghborhood the neghbohood
first be established The spirit of the neghbohood
thrive when disembodied Ours is world in which
dsemboded spirits cannot be rated effective agents For
that Community Service holds that the way
tablsh community life is to begin living it.
Community Service, with the background and exper-
fence Of the Playground and Recreation Association and
War Camp Community Service driving home the value
Of organized nun recreation and insisting on te
is to begin living it.