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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-09-23

Free estimates on cement work, NIL
ing and levelling and dirt work.-A-
!. ROWLEY, Challis, Idaho.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-09-23

Get Want ad. in the Messenger
it pays.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-09-23

Ned Foster of Middle Fork came
in for a few days the latter part of
last week and took in the Fair.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-03
Large Sum for Old
NelD York Newspaper

The George D. Smith Book COM
pany got Poe rarity for $3.50, in a
copy of the New York Mirror of Feb.
ruary 8, '1S45, which printed 1.-THE
Raven" by permission and in advance
of the American Review, the maya
zine that had bought the verses from
the author. This item occurred In a
sale Of the Libraries of Carletta Rus
sell Lowell and others, in the galleries
Of the American Art association. The
Rosenbach company bought two Poe
letters for $500. Another rare item,
which e. Fl. Wells got for 5000, was
James Russell Lowells ode IN com
memoration of living and dead sol
diers of Harvard, recited by him al
Harvard July II, 1885, of which only
so copies were printed, for presenta-
ton to friends. The inscription in the
copy sold shows the author gave it to
Mrs. Effie Shaw In September. 1885,
New York World.
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Made Parsley Pattern

The history of the famous British
Peel family is most interesting and
romantic. Just 100 years ago one OF
the sons of a weaver who owned q
small manor near Blackburn spoilt. In
weaving. a piece of cloth made OF
linen and thread, and the father took
it to the Claytons and asked them to
have it printed with a pattern for
kerchiefs. The price charged was SO
high that Peel determined to expert.
ment himself. His first successful ex-
pertinent was with a Parsley Leaf
pattern and. when he saw the effect
Parsley Peel" father of the first Sir
Robert, declared that he was a made
man. So he was, for his son became
very nearly the richest man in Eng.
land.
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Copyright by n. P. Dutton q Co.,

| brows as she closed the door after
the entrance of this beautiful stranger.
Through the great plate glass win
dows of the luxurious Office Brena
could see the flaming sunset in the
west and against 1t, in dark outline,
the figure of Parmalee who had risen
as she had come in.
With gesture of gallantry he took
her furs from her and put them across
the white papers on his desk, and
when she sat down he touched these
furs caressingly for several moments.
He might have been thrusting his
glances at her, but she could not tell.
Dusk had entered the office, too, and
he became only figure of two dimen-
sions. without thickness, from which
after a moment there came a voice
which Brena scarcely recognized. so
weary was 1t and yet SO unrelaxed and
tense.
you are sure that all you told me
was accurate" he said.
s .i.e 1ea no explanation: she said
at once. "Of course" in tone of In
dignation.
81 know" said he. "But there was
just one more thing. Did ne leave a
paper with you?"
"A paper? No, he left no paper.
He gave me-"
She hesitated and went on: "He
gave me some money, and there was a
little scrap Of paper in it. / remem-
Der, because 1 did not know whether
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-03
Birds Courageous in
Facing Bad Weather

At six o'clock one July morning
1000 homing pigeons belonging to the
Yorkshire Federation of Pigeon Own
ers were released at Arres, France, t.
race back to their home in Lancaster
a distance of little more than Bon
miles.
In midchannel they were envelopet
In heavy storm; in the south Of Eng
land worse storm was encountered
and in the Midlands the weather was
no better. Yet at $3.50 p. m. the bird.
were arriving home.
The breast feathers of most of then
were gone as the result Of the head
wind, and some were so exhausted
that, having alighted in the yard, they
were unable to fly up to the loft. The
winner of the race had nevertheless
managed to make the long journey al
a pace of 900 yards minute.
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Wrens and Catbirds Had Nests Togethe,

A very interesting and rather un-
usual incident, showing how neighbor-
ly birds may be, happened last spring.
writes Elizabeth Frederick in Our
Dumb Animals. A friend of mine has
a cottage, and there Is a certain vine
growing close to a window, which Is
favorite nesting place with birds.
This year two different families, pair
OF wrens and pair Of catbirds, de
cided to nest here, and so they set
about building their homes. Strange
to say, there was no quarreling over
this, but each pair minded its own
business, and when their homes were
finished, 10 and behold! there, perched
upon the edge of the good-sized nest of
the catbird, was the dainty little nest
of the wren.
Never were two families more So
cable. Together the mothers sat on
their eggs, and perhaps they chatted
about different things to make the
long hours of waiting less lonesome.
Together the wrens and the catbirds
fought the cat and brayely defended
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-03
SYNOPSIS

Out Of uniform, at the end of
the World war, with the rank
of major, Peter DeWolfe. young
American of wealth and family.
is urged by an English comrade
in arms. Eversby Benham, to visit
the Benham home and meet the
Englishman's mother and sister,
and, incidentally, Brena Selcoss.
young woman about whom there
is an air of mystery. Muriel Ben
ham, Eversby's sister, becomes
infatuated with Peter, but he is
interested only in the mysterious
Brena Selcoss, of whom he has
had only a glimpse. Muriel urges
him TO forget her. warning him
that If she (Brena) should like
him he is in danger of vanish
ing-like the others" Peter meets
Brena in a tea room. After a few
days companionship the feeling
between Peter and Brena ripens
into love. Brena confesses that
she is married and that her hus-
band has vanished" Brena's life
s s.9gy is oYt Of the Ordinary, Her
father nau peen forced to leave
Greece because of revolutionary
affiliations, and his death, follow
ing quickly upon that of his
wife, leaves Brena penniless, at
Dallas, Texas. She secures work,
and meets Jim Hennepin. He
falls in love with her. He urges
her to meet him in st. Louis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-03
CHAPTER VII

Midwinter had come before Brena
saw Compton Parmalee again. He
sent for her two days after Christ
mas; he asked If she could come to
his Office.
The call had come over the tele-
phone to the store where she was still
employed and Brena answered that
she would try to leave an hour earlier
than usual so that she could come at
four.
Winter dusk had begun to settle
over the city before she was shown
into the brokers' Office by stenog-
rapher, who. never having seen a
woman caller before. raised her eye
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-03
Dug Up Old Coins

While planting shrubbery at Rom
ney, w: Va, T. J. Brown picked up a
copper coin dated 1883. On one side,
In the center, is large star with Ii
small stars encircling 1t. The inscrip-
ton is Constellation Nova" On the
other side is wreath, around which
is inscribed "Libertas Justitia." A few
days later Mr.. Brown picked up anotn-
er copper coin. On one side is the
head of George II. The date Is 1888.
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Hard to Fit

A city man, driving his automobile
along little-used country road, heard
something rattle beneath his car,
stopped, looked back and saw bright
metal object lying in the road short
distance behind. 1t was plowpoint,
evidently lost by some farmer.
1t was fully half an hour before the
next car came along, and its occupant,
seeing the first man fiat on his back
under his vehicle by the roadside,
stopped and asked what the trouble
was.
The city man emerged and held I'D
the plowpoint.
"This blooming thing dropped off my
car" he said, "and I've been hunting
for half an hour to find out where 1t
belongs. "-Exchange
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-03
Needed Information.

The shopwalker approached the
rather notwithstanding young man
just inside the entrance of the big
store.
"You look as though you wished some
sort of information. sir. Can | be of
service to your"
81 don't know" said the young man
81 was told to buy either camisole OF
a casserole, and can't remember
which,"
"Well," said the shopwaIker, patient
ly, "if you'll tell me what kind Of 6
chicken you propose to put in it. per
haps I can help you."-London Tit.
Bits.
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bottles and at the end of the first month
l was much better, so kept on taking
it until ] had no more pains. When /
got married and had my first child / was
in terrible pain 30 that it was impossi-
BILE for me to do my Homework. I
thought of how the Vegetable Compound
had been of so much benefit to me when
Twas girl, so went to Perier's Drug
Store and got six bottles. 1t sure did
help me and still take it. / am well
woman today and / can't say too much
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Twill answer any letter that
comes to me to answer about what your
medicine has done for me" = Mrs.
WILLIAM CARVER, r. Ed. No. 2, Enens-
burg, Washington.
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Elastic Shoe Ldces

Shoe strings made of rubber
composition, recently introduced by
an English manufacturer, are said to
stretch so easily that shoes can be
taken off or put on without unlacing
them. The strings are fastened at the
top on the inside, thus eliminating the
need for tying or knotting. They can
not work loose. In games or on hikes
the elastic laces are said to relieve
the pressure of the shoe on the foot.
They are made in different colors.-
Popular Mechanics Magazine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-03
Fires in Forests

1t is not practicable to equip forests
with lightning rods. No remedy is now
in sight for disastrous forest fires due
to lightning, such as have occurred on
a vast scale in the western states dur
ing the last season, says Nature Mag
azine of Washington. When lightning
strikes tree the ordinary result Is to
splinter the wood or strip off bark
through the sudden generation Of
steam. In the great majority of cases
the tree is not set on fire. Neyerthe-
less the aggregate number of forest
fires started by lightning is. in many
parts of the country, greater than the
number due to all other causes com.
bined.
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the gods, saw In my ashes enc un-
burned thing"
"You knew"
"Yes, / knew" he said sadly. mo
one else could see. Underneath there
is something left-a kind of tenderness
for humanity. 1t Is to fan this spark
that want to buy you"
Brena said nothing; he had made
good his promise that he would tell
her something she had never heard of
before.
II do not want a wife," he said.
"That would be the title, but l do not
want wife. 1t is too late. want a
mother l want you to make my spirit
clean and white as it was when / was
ten."
"And yet" said Brena, "you do not
think of me-"
Suddenly this unhappy man rose to
his feet trembling, intense, gesticulat-
ing.
'Think of you," he said. "How can
you say that 1 have not thought Of
you? Is this thing I propose so un-
natural as the foolish world has said
of It'll Is it base of me to want to
take diamond from the mud where
no one else has seen it? Is it an ugly
thought that feel repulsion when
see you, who are made of the rarest
materials, wasted upon cheap labors
and cheap, garish surroundings and be-
ing worn down like fine, wonderful
machine, abused by coarse use? Am
/ fool to believe that with the only
contacts available to you, you will
only meet the vulgar men you can
never marry? Did 1 not see that you
had vision as from Olympic heights
which was being blinded in this rou-
tine Of middle-class h6rrorsTa
Brena's face, upon which the last
light fell, was white and frightened as
If she had seen ghost. 1t was enough
to tell him that she knew that he
spoke truly.
II do not ask you to give anything
to me except your help to make me
new again." he said. II do not ask
young love. I have none to give.
cannot take you away or keep you
near me without marriage. 1t would
blast us both. But If you marry me
you shall be made free whenever the
day comes that you wish to go. I ask
no promises"
Brena got up and stood looking out
the window. The tall Office building
overlooked not only the old center of
the city and the red angular prisms Of
brick and the square roofs laid out
also the distant stretches of rolling
prairies. There was an impulse to go
over that distant horizon: the same
strong impulse of youth, adventure,
ambition that runs like current in
the blood of animals and men. To be
free! To grow! To range! To know
To be emancipated from the sordid
round Of days!
do not answer now" said Parma
lee. II have said all can. 1t has
taken me several weeks to plan how
should say this. l have said it all in q
cold, fair statement. No one could
say I had made love to you, Brena."
She took his hand; it was as cold as
ice.
Write me-" said he brusQuely.
A week later he got her letter: II
was on his desk apart from the bust
ness envelopes. He tore it open.
Nothing you said to me can be de
nied," she wrote. "You have inquired
about me; have no hesitation in tell
ing you that have inquired about you
l do not feel that have gained any
thing by my inquiry, for it is true that
there comes to me at strange moments
a clear vision and an insight. 1 thinl
you are, above all, honorable"
| (To BE CoNTINUED.)
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mere are 90 many mugs rou Gan
Buy With Your Money" She Said.
to keep 1t or throw 1t away. He
might have wanted 1t. 1t had on 1t
an arrow drawn with ink and lizard
drawn beside it and two words under
meath, This sign"
"Well, that was nothing" said Par
malice. where is it nowY
at disappeared You haven't"
mo. Not a word. He has gone"
She was silent.
I'm fact, 1t was not because of any
thing to do with it that l wanted to
see you," the man said. "You will say
when you know why / sent for you
that you have never heard of anything
like it in all your life"
Brena sat down.
did you ever hear of a man who
had made final killing-who a year
ago was juggling riches and insolv-
ency In one hand and success and fail
ure in the other, wanting to talk about
himself to an eighteen-year-old or
phan?
NO" she said with a little laugh,
Il never heard of that"
Il sent for you to tell you about my
self-not about what / have been
but about what / am. 1 did this after
having seen you once and once only.
1t is because there was a sympathy
between us that was most extraor-
dinary-more than you know"
81 think understand"
'It is not love-" said he. LET me
make 1t plain that / am not deluded
that I am not In love with you You
will never hear me talking about the
love of youth. l am not old, but the
passion and idealism of love have gone
worn out perhaps in taking risks and
Earring to pieces within while like a
carved marble on the outside. No,
will not make love to you"
"No," said Brena, giving affirmation.
He played with the furs a little
more.
Ten months ago / scraped together
all the money 1 could and / threw 1t
into final play. That's neither here
nor there. / am now worth q little
over two million dollars, am through
| with business, with trading, with spec
ulation, with this Office, and with Dali
las, TRANSFORMER"
'And now" asked Brena.
He laughed. "That is iti-WhatY'
The fur stole on the desk in fronr of
him he smoothed gently with his open
hand. Brena made no suggestion as to
what he should do with his life, and
after a moment he went on, There is
| left to me now collecting books, travel,
perhaps an opportunity to do some one
kindness now and then and taking
good care of my health. l shall buy a
painting occasionally. Can you think
Of anything else?"
To Brena the problem was new; she
did not have ready answer.
II have burned out" said Parmalee.
81 am ashes"
OF this he spoke cheerfully as If he
had repeated it over and over to him.
self until 1t had lost its blackness and
now gave the strange pleasure that all
final conclusions of human limitations
and disasters give at last when they
arc accepted.
You see, I am not great man." he
explained. 1T was necessary for me
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Watch as Compass

1t Is quite an easy matter to use
watch as compass. Let your watch
lie fiat in your hand with the hour
hand pointing toward the sun, and the
point on the circle half way between
the hour hand and XII will be directly
south in the northern hemisphere and
directly north In the southern hemi-
sphere.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-03
Reinsurance

II wish you could assure me-" said
a nervous old lady, approaching the
captain of an excursion boat, that
this vessel would be able to come
safely through a storm" Lady"
proudly asserted the grizzled skipper,
this old craft has come safe through
SO many storms that half her timbers
Is unlimited" = American Legion
Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-03
Auto Horns Banned

Automobiles in Jerusalem are being
made to replace their horns with
bells, due to the dislike of the au-
thorities for Understanding horns.
The change has been ordered by gen.
eral government decree and limited
time is allowed auto owners to install
the new warning devices.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-03
TWICE IN THIS
WOMAN'S LIFE.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Helped Her
from Sickness to Health
Ellensburg, Washington. =" when
was first coming into womanhood suf-

fered terribly every
month. My mother
did everything she
could think of, so she
took me to several
doctors and they only
helped me a little.
Mother was talking
toanother lady about
my condition and she
told mother of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Co mpoun d.
Mother pot mo six
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-03
Don't Forget cutlcura TaIeum

Don't Forget cuticura Taleum
When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exquisite face, skin, baby and dust
ing powder and perfume, rendering
other perfumes superfluous. You may
rely on 1t because one of the Cuticura
Trio (Soap, Ointment and Talcum),
25c each Experimentation
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-03

their homes, when the babies were
Matched, and side by side they raised
their families and taught them how
to fly. Now there is nothing left but
the two nests to show this unusual
friendship between two bird families.
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Old SORES, PILES !,
AND ECZE6A VANISH.
Good, Old, Reliable Peterson's.
Ointment a Favorite Remedy.

Had 81 ulcers on my legs. Doctors
wanted to cut off leg. PetersQn's QintS
ment cured me."-Wm. J. Nichos, 40
Wilder Street, Rochester, N. Y.
Get large box for 35 cents at any
druggist, says Peterson, of Buffalo,
N. Y, and money back If 1t isn't the
best you ever used. Always keep Pc
terson's Ointment in the house. Fine
for burns, scalds bruises, sunburn, and
the surest remedy for itching eczema
and piles the world has ever Known.
Evening star., 1925-07-02
RULING LIMITS WAR
COST-PLUS DAMAGES
Georgia Shipbuilding Firm Asking
$030, ,S64; Held to Owe United
States $7Oe, ,oOs.

The Court of Claims yesterday held
that wartime shipbuilders, whose
cost plus contracts with the Govern
ment were Cancelled. may not recover
more than the sum fixed as reason
able cost for each completed vessel
or a proportionate part of the cost
for uncompleted ships.
Lucius L. Gilbert, trustee in bank
ruptcy of the American Shipbuild-
ing Co., a Georgia corporation, with
headquarters in New York. was de-
MED the right to recover s939.s64 as
just compensation on cancellation of
contracts to build and install machin-
cry In 10 wooden hulls. The corpora
ton claimed 1t was entitled to re.
endorsement for construction of a
shipbuilding plant at Brunswick, Ga.
A counter claim was filed by the
Government for advances made to
the company and unpaid bills on the
sale of surplus materials, and the
court held the G government was due
$706,9
Evening star., 1925-07-02
CASES AWAIT DISPOSAL.

CHICAGO, July @.-Disposal of
the refrigerator cases of the Govern
ment's antitrust suit against furniture
manufacturers by assessment Of fines
Of bedroom and dining-room furniture
makers still to be disposed of
The chair manufacturers and re.
frigerator makers entered pleas of
guilty. Among those fined $1,000 yes
terday, inadvertently omitted from
the published list, were Clarence w.
Coye. Grand Rapids, Mich, secretary
OF the National Refrigerator Manu-
facturers' Association, and the Grand
Evening star., 1925-07-02
WARDEN OF TOMBS
LEAVES 38-YEAR JOB
Has Been Host to Distinguished
Guests, Such as Thaw, Chap
man and Schmit.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 2.-Warden John
F. Hanley of Tombs prison retired to-
day after 3S years service in the
department of correction, Is of which
as head of the city's principal prison.
In his period of stewardship at the
Tombs Warden Hanley has seen
prison doors close on some of the
most prominent figures in crime, in
cluding Harry X. Thaw. Hans Schmit,
the pseudo-priest; Roland B. Moli
neaux, Albert Patrick and Gerald
Chapman.
Il don't intend to engage in any
business said Mr.. Hanley. Il shall
be perfectly content to enjoy life for
my remaining years. I have stuck
pretty closely to duty and I'm quite
willing to let the young fellows tackle
the job. I'm through. When you quit
anything, quit it. That's my philos-
ophy"
Evening star., 1925-07-02
u. S. Has Granted
4 NeaU Oil Leases
On Westerr, Lands

The Interior Department yester-
day announced the granting of four
oil leases on Western public lands,
which, since APPLICATIONS were filed.
already have brought the Govern
ment S427 ,420 in royalties.
One lease to the Texas Produc-
tion Co. on $40 acres. in the Salt
Creek oil fields in Natrona County,
Wyo., has brought S409, ,564; another
to the TraEscontinental Oil Co.
of Colorado, on several tracts in
Hamilton Dome oil field, in Moffat
County, Colo. has returned $12,-
304: and third. to John N. Moore,
Great Falls, Mont, on 743 acres in
the kevin-Sunburst oil fields in
Tool County, Mont, has paid S.
5o1. The fourth lease is to William
Seabrook. on 81 acres, in the
kevin-Sunburst field
Evening star., 1925-07-02
LAFOLLETTE GROUP
CALLS CONVENTION
Will Leave Choice of Late
Senator's Successor
to Voters.
Nv the Associated Press.

MADISON, Wis. July 1.-THE meet
ing of La Toilette followers conferring
at Oshkosh yesterday on plans to Sc
lect a successor to the late Senator an
nounced a decision to call d State con-
vention,- instead of naming candi-
date themselves.
Former Gov. Francis McGoVern OF
Milwaukee and Roy p. Wilcox of, Eau
Claire, president of the Wisconsin
Bar Association. are the announced
candidates in the field. Mr.. Wilcox.
for three terms a State Senator, was
twice defeated for the governorship
by Gov. John j. Blaine, La Toilette
man. Mr.. Wilcox was active in be-
half of the Coolidge Republican
electors on the ticket last Fall.
The action of the Oshkosh conven-
ton indicates that the selection OF
Senator La F'ollette's successor will
be left TO the voters this Fall. The
State convention announced in the
call of the La Toilette men was. set
for four days after the announcement
of the special election by Gov. Blaine.
A further meeting of the organization
was set for July Is to discuss plans
for the State convention.