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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-12-01
Notice to Creditors.
Estate of,eeorge Thompson. deceased.

Estate of'George Thompson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
Bella w. Thompson, Administrative of the eS-
tate of George Thompson, deceased, to the
against said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within four months
after the first publication of this notice. to said
administrators at the ranch of George Thomp-
son, deceased, the same being the place for the
business of said estate in the county of Custer,
Idaho. BELLA w. THOMPSON,
Dated Sept. 3, 1885. ADMINISTRATIVE.
First publication Sept. s, 1895.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-12-01


ed the money power in aposition
that will but insure the increas-
ed arrogance and insolence.
At the head of the lessons to
be learned from this condition of
affairs, by the man who cares to
live himself or to have his child
rem live under a republican form
of government, is this; begin in
time to teach the children the
principles of our government and
the rights of a free citizen.
DR.. Holmes said that the child's
education should be begun a
hundred years before the child
is born, and this is as true of the
political as of the social and NOR
al side of the child. The consti-
tutien, with its amendments is
almost unknown to large per
cent. of the voters of these Unit
ed States. Ignorance in a voter
is danger that can not be over
estimated. We let our boys and
girls grow up with but a poor
idea of civil government, impart-
ed to them, only too often, by a
badly informed teacher, in a
wearisome and perfunctory man
ner. Many times it never dawns
on the child-the future Ameri-
can citizen-that,t the study which
has so bored him and the entire
class, is in any way connected
with his country or his future.
The remedysfor this evil is first,
home instruction, second, re-
quirement"o f better work on
these lines from teachers. When
the American fathers teach their
sons the basic principles of good
government, when the political
history of our country is as fam
liar as A B G, the street orator
with his gaping crowd around
him will no longer be a POSSIBLE
ity, for each and every campaign
lie as it comes from his lips can
be nailed. The hesitancy of
ignorance is often construed as
conviction or acquiesence, and
adds to the bravado of the hired
"rooter."
The processes of the law, the
routine of passing and bringing
into force any measure, are clos
ed books to many of our voters.
We say this with deep regret
and with no wish to speak in a
disparaging manner of the voter.
The newspaper jokes were not
very far overdrawn when they
claimed that the free silver en-
thusiast expected to find silver
money growing on the bushes if
Bryan was elected orr that the
single standard advocate expect
ed to have the streets paved with
gold if Mckinley went to the
White House. The slow process
SEES of the law by which bills are
amended, passed by each
returned, signed or veto
ed, not to mention the fiat of the
Court, is forgotten if
sver known by the average man
in the heat OF campaign. Begin
in time to teach the children all
Of this. When ignorance is van
pushed right can triumph.
Many an honest man at the last
moment decided to cast a vote
for Mckinley because he could
not refute the fallicies that had
been dinned into her ears for so
many weeks. He lacked the
confidence of the well informed
nan-that confidence that can
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-12-01
REWARD !

A reward of $50 is hereby offered by Custer
county for information leading to the arrest
OF setting fire to the comfy bridge across the
Yankee Fork, below the town of Bonanza.
BY order of the Board of County Commits
sioneFS. GEO. e, KEYES Clerk
Dotted, October 2lst 1896.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27
sANDY's TRAP.

| to possess. So he determined to watch
and see if he couldn't catch the thief.
Before daylight the next morning he
was up and out, hiding in the corncrib
where he could see and not be seen
Not long afterward the chickens came
clucking into the barnyard. For time
everything was quiet, and then the old
red-top rooster Strengthened up and be.
gan to grumble and turn his head from
side to side and blink his eyes. There
was sound of wings in the air, and 0
huge bird lighted on the corner of the
barn. The next instant the chickens
began flying about and clucking ex-
citedly, and then, before Sandy could
open his mouth to shout, the owl, for
an owl it was, darted down, and Sandy
saw one of his favorite pullets carried
away over the hill. $50 you're the
thief" exclaimed Sandy. "I'll fix you.'
But, although Sandy hid in the corn
crib for several mornings with his IA
theirs old shotgun double loaded, the
wary old owl didn' come near. Sandy's
father said he smelled the gun.
"I'll get him yet" said Sandy, with
determination.
That very afternoon bright plan
popped into Sandy'shea He cut long
pole in the woods, sawed off the top
square and smooth, nailed a board on
it, and set it up firmly in a corner Of the
fence near the barn. On top of it he
placed steel rat trap, already set, and
fastened by long chain to the post be-
low.
Next morning he was awakened by a
terrific commotion in the chicken yard.
He rushed outside, and there was Mr.,
Owl flying wildly about with the trap
close fastened to one of his feet. He
had come along early, and thinking that
the post was an excellent place to light
while he picked out the best pullet in the
flock, he had stopped there to rest. In
a minute Sandy was pulling him down,
and although he scratched and fought
Sandy succeeded in conquering him. He
was a huge horned owl, and the next
week, when Sandy went to town, he
took him along, and dealer in stuffed
birds told him that it was the finest
specimen of an owl he had ever seen.
Sandy, being of a practical turn of
mind, offered on the spot to sell the big
bird. The dealer promptly gave him
four dollars for it, and Sandy at once
raid it over to the man who had rifles to
sell.
81 hope some more big owls will come
along and steal my chickens" he said
to himself on his way home. They're
more profitable than pullets. Chicago
Record.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27

fine, is not the result of accumulated wears.
it's the effect of wrong living and unhealthy
blood When the blood is pure and fresh
The body will be full of youth.
Thousands of people who seemed to have
lost their youth by disease and suffering
have found it again through the use of DE-
Pierces Golden Medical Discovery. the
most perfectly natural and scientific reiuve-
nator of the physical forces ever known to
medical science.
II gives the blood -making organs power to
make new blood, full of the life giving red
corpuscles which drive out disease. build
up fresh tissue, solid muscular flesh and
healthy nerve force. It gives constitutional
power, deep and full and strong; rounds
out hollow cheeks and emaciated forms.
gives p1umpness, color and animation.
1t does not make fabby fat like cod liver
Dill On this account, it is perfect tonic
for corpulent people.
It aids digestion and the natural action of
The liver. and by feeding the nerves with
highly vitalized blood banishes nervous
ness neuralgia and insomnia.
\ Where constipated condition exists, the
/" Discovery :, should be used in conjunction
with DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, which are
The most perfect, mild and natural laxative
in the world. There is nothing else "just
as good" There is nothing that will do the
work SO thoroughly, surely and comfortably.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27
TWO QUEER CHUMS.

biack-and-Tan Scratches Up Worms for
Baby Chicks.
Black-and-tan dogs are not expected
to earn their own living, any more than
dolls and other such pets; but the In
dianapolis Sentinel reports an interest
ing exception to the rule. AS the story
goes, the mistress of the dog is also a
keeper of hens. One of these was sit
ting upon ''clutch" of 10 eggs, and
Don, the black-and-tan, soon became
very curious to know why she stayed
in the barn so closely.
The dog, as it appears, had formerly
been given to teasing the hen, snatch
ing her food away from her, and other
wise making himself torment; but
this intercourse had gradually turned
into friendship, and the two would
sometimes be seen lying and squatting
side by side in the sun, on bit of car
Pet in the back porch.
During the three weeks that the hen
sat on her eggs Don used to pay daily
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27

visits to the barn, and sometimes would
stay with her by the half hour.
Then the chicks came out of their
shells. Don was intensely interested.
All day long he scarcely left the barn.
The next morning, when the hen
stepped off the nest and with cluck
called her brood after her, Don fol-
lowed.
The hen fell to scratching, and the
fluffy chicks darted hither and thither,
picking up the titbits which the mother
had uncovered.
"Good!" said Don to himself; ~ can
help in this business" and to the terror
of the chickens he ran in among them
and began turning up the soil at lively
rate. Then he sat down and waited.
The mother hen called back the chicks
to the newly scratched earth, and soon
they picked it clean. Then the dog took
another turn. And so the good work
proceeded, to the great delight of all
the parties.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
a DETACHABLE LAND.

over the hills and far away
mere are dreadful dragons that KNIGHT.
may slay- Ait's ne7
Seat snorting dragons with brazen scales.
ana wings of leather, and coiling tails
p 1ut II you're the proper kind of knight.
Win 9 suit Of mail and sword that's
You may whip those dr., CONS - -, :.
Over the hills and far away!
Over the hills and far awav
mere are ogres living in castles gray
with horn to blow and the drawbridee
down, - iuso
And the ogres below, and stamp. and
Bot II doesn't do to be frightened-no,
i hust lace them boldly and strike a
ana Ano tnen you marry the Princess May,
over the hills and far awayi
over the hills and far away
liner; unere are fairy monarchs in grand array.
WIN gnomes, and pixies. and brownies,
And my! the marvellous things thew dol
i But though they startle you just bit,
tHey VIII help lad who is sharp of wit,
Aho ~ run to watch when they dance and
play
over the hills and far away!
over the hills and far away
You may have an excellent time. saw.
Ihere are golden islands and magic springs
ana JapDerWockies-and heaps of things!
1ou can't be dull in a land like that,
WIN enchanted boots and talking cat,
80 is 1t wonder you long to stray
over the hills and far away?
Felix Leigh, in st. Nicholas.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27
THE LOvESICK SPIDER.
Assumes Attitudes When He Catches Sight
of Female.

Assumes Attitudes When He Catches Sight
of a Female.
Some interesting experiments have
been lately carried out on the range oil
vision and sense of color possessed by
spiders.
Twenty species of attidae were Sc
lected, and their study and observations
were extended over eight successive
summers. Apparently when their
prey, which consists of small insects,
is motionless, they perceive them at a
distance of five inches. but when they
are moving they can sight them at much
greater distances. while each other
they can see distinctly up to at least
!2 inches.
Apparently sight, not smell, guides
spiders, and we are told how the males
in the mating season throw themselves
into quite different attitudes, according
as they catch sight of female or male
spider. 1t was by this mode of express
ing their emotions that the range OF
sight as well as powers of distinct vision
possessed by these insects was tested
N. Y. journal.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27
SANDY BROWNS. Owl.


Caught by Means OF Very CIeverly Con-
structed Trap.
Some one was stealing Sandy Browns
chickens. Every morning when Sandy
went out to scatter screenings there was
al least one of the younger ROSTERS or
hens missing, usually the very latest
and finest of the flock. Sandy couldn't
understand at all where they went to.
ne knew every man in the neighbor-
mood, and every chicken, too, for that
matter, and he knew that some stranger
must be guilty Of the thieveries. Now,
twas no small matter to Sandy to have
his plump pullets stolen, for he was only
q boy, and he was depending on the
money that the eggs and chickens
would bring him to help pay for GER
tain handsome little rife that he longed
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27
SOME Facts ABOUT CameIs.

A camel has twice the carrying power
of an OK. With an ordinary load of 400
pounds he can travel ~ or IA days with
out water, going 40 miles day. Cam
els are fit to work at five years old, but
their strength begins TO decline at rs,
although they usually live to 40. The
Tartars have herds of these animals.
often 1000 belonging to one family.
They were numerous in antiquity, for
tina patriarch Job had 5000.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27
Bees Against Carrier Pigeons.

An agriculturist of Westphalia made
bet that IL bees, released at distance
of three miles from the hives at the
same time as IL pigeons, would travel
over the ground as quickly as the birds.
The first bee entered the hive one-quar-
ter of minute before the first pigeon
reached its columbary. Three other
bees arrived before the second pigeon.
and the remainder of the competitors
reached home simultaneously.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27
He wa. Dead Rroke.

A mummy was dragged from the
lust of the past; the centuries letters
were. broken at last. From the cata-
combs depths he was hauled into view.
when he fell to the ground and was
cracked into two. In moss-bedecked
voice the sad mummy then spoke, and
walled slowly. sadly; Il fear I'm dead
broke.r-N. \. World
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27
How's This !?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
Tor any case Of Catarrh that can not DO
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. ]. CHENEY q Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
Y him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
Sledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN e. MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price 75c. per bot
.te Sold BY all Druggists. Testimonials
free
HALLS Family Pills ara the best
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27

TAGLEIGH (facetiously) GA man can a
ways dictate to his stenographer, yc
Know. - Wagleigh-"Yes; but she take
MIN down, just the same. Vogue.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27

EVERY man has some peculiar train o.
Thought which he falls back upon when he
Is alone. This, TO a great degree, molds the
man. -Dugald Stewart.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27

PIso's Cure is wonderful Cough medi-
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27

WHEN constipated and want quick relief
|nse DR.. Carlstedt's German Liver Medicines
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27

TIE great System Renovator, DR.. Carl
stedt's German Liver Medicines.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27
Don't Tobacco spit and Smoke Your Life
Away.

Il you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
( full of new life and vigor, take No-To BAG,
the wonder-Worker that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 100000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who will guarantee a
cure Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago orNew York.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27

ALL that have used DR.. Carlstedt' g, German
Liver Medicines, recommend them highly.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27

well, Jacky, did you enjoy the horse
showg' Pretty good. Thought it was
kind of queer they didn't have any hobby
horses there, though. n-Harper's Bazaar
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27
FoR torpid liver, use DR.. Carlstedt's
Germhn Liver Medicines.

CoNvIcT--ssI'm In here for having five
wivesn Visitor How are you enjoying
your liberty 2"-London Figaro.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27
The Fountain Of Youth.
We all remembe,

We all remembe,
the story of Ponce
de Leon seekino
the fountain Of
eternal youth; and
We: all sympathize
with him in his
} G a re h. Youth
means so much. Il
means more than
.ife-for sometimes
life b e c O m e $ a
WEAKNESS. But
70 u t h with
\ its Astounding
health and vigor.
lie l a site step
7 glowing cheeks.
and sparkling.
: eyes we all
= covet genu-
= Inc youth.
- The weak
= ness or dis
= ease which
~ ages people
before that
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-27

Halls Family Pills are the best.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-12
EXCHANGE AND BULLION.
PRODUCE MARKET.
WHEAT AND OTHER GRAINS.

WHEAT FREIGHTS-Are firm at 26s 3d@2Ss,
according tc size and quality of vessel, etc.
The chartered Wheat feet in port has a registered
tonnage of 5000, against % 900 tons on the same
date in 1895: disengaged, 4S,7bO tons, against
$500; the way to this port, $4,000 tons,
against 81 1850.
tsWHEAT-The Orion takes for Ipswich ,S39
ctls, valued at $4,000; Carleton, for Brisbane,
44,465 ctls at $45,75O.
No. /. 9212M9534c p ctl; choice, 95c; lower
grades, S712@9l14c; extra choice Tor milling, 81
@1 071s q ctl.
CALL BOARD SALES.
INFORMAL SEssIoN-9:15 o'clock-December-
SECOND sEssIoN-10:15 oclock-December-
1400 ctls, 971sc
REGULAR MORNING SESSION - December -
1000 ctls, $3.50.
9634c
BARLEY-Shipment of $4,000 ctls Brewing,
valued at S45 900, England.
The market is dull and prices show little change.
We quote Feed, 6212@6614c: Brewing, 721a@S0c.
CALL BOARD SALES
INFORMAL SESSION-9:l5 oclock-No sales,
SECOND SEssIoN-10:15 o'clock-No sales.
REGULAR Nj MORNING SESSIoN-No sales.
AFTERNOON SEssIoN-No sales.
Prices show no change whatever New Oats are
quotable at 721a@SOc: Old milling, S5@90c r cil:
fancy feed, 90@9215c p ctl; good TO choice, S21 "a
09Oc; common TO fair, 7212Q17712c; Gray, S0(d
o212c: surprise, 95c@S1 O21a.
CORN-Weak and dull, with larger offerings.
Yeliows are lower. Large Yellow, S712@921ac &c
p ctl Small Round do 95c; White, 771a9S0c.
and 65c for new.
Observation-Disclosures at S5695c q ctl
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-12
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRIcUL
TURE, WEATHER BUREAU, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.
IL, 1896 5 P. N. Weather conditions and general
forecast:
The following maximum temperatures are re-
ported from stations California to-day
Eureka 81, Fresno 9S, San Diego IA, Red Bluff
es, San Luis Obispo IA Yuma l0s San Francisco
81, Los ngeIes rs.
san Francisco data-Maximum temperature 50,
minimum 56, mean SO.
The pressure is highest this evening in the
Dakotas and lowest in Arizona. Fair, warm
weather prevails throughout the region west OF
the Rocky Mountains, with the exception OF
small cloudy area on the Northern California coast
Forecast made at Sah Francisco for thirty hours
ending midnight August IL, 1895:
Northern Califorhla-Fair Wednesday, except
partly cloudy Wednesday forenoon in the north
west portion: fresh southwest wind.
southern California-Fair Wednesday: fresh
westerly wind.
Nevada-Eair Wednesday.
Utah-Fair Wednesday.
Arzona-Fair Wednesday.
san Francisco and vicinity = Partly cloudy
Wednesday morning. followed by fair; brisk west
erly wind. W. II. HAMMoN, Forecast Official.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-12
THE COMMERCIAL WORLD.

TALLow-s Steady. City, 1l-l6c; country, so
CoTToNsEED oIL-steady. quiet. Crude, 19@
zoe: yellow, 22@23c
RICE-Quiet Domestic, 3@5Ac: Japan, 40
MoLAssEs-s Steady. dull. New Orleans 27@
SIC.
COFFEE-steady: 5 to 90 points up septem-
Der. SO 90@lO 90; December. So 3009 35 Janu-
ary, 50 25@9 so; March, SO 20@9 80; May,
SO 20@9 %. Spot RIO, easier, dull; No z, lie.
sUG AK-Raw, dull, steady; fair refining,
1I-l6c; centrifugals SO test, 312c refined, quiet;
off a, 45s@4 1l-16c; mold a, 51sc standard =,
Acc; confectloners' A, 434c; cut loaf, 512c;
crushed. 51zc; powdered, 518c: granuated, 47sc;
cubes 51sc.
Fruit and Produce.
RAISINS-Two-crown loose Muscatel, 3A9
&c; do three-crown. 50544c: do iour-c crown. 512c;
do London layers, $1@1 10; do clusters, 81 20
al 40.
PEACHEs-Peeled, lS@15c; do unpeeled,
61a@s15c.
don market unchanged.
WOOL-Steady quiet; domestic fleece, 16@22c;
pulled 15@33c; Texas, 79l2c.
Merchandise.
FIG IRoN-Duu, steady; American. $40 25@
~ %.
COPPER-Quiet; lake. S11
LEAD-Easy; domestic, 81 70.
1IN-Quiet; sIralts S13 30@l3 35: plates,
quiet and easy.
sPELTEk-Dull, easy; domestic, So s5.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-12
Explanation,

The arrow flies with the wind. The top figures
a. station indicate maximum temperature for the
days; those underneath it, If any, the amount OF
rainfall Of melted snow in inches and hundredths,
during the past twelve hours. IsobarS, or solid
lines, connect poin of equal air pressure; iso-
therms or dotted lines equal temperature. The
word shigh" means high barometric pressure and
Is usually ACCOMPANIED by fair weather: slow"
refers TO low pressure. and is usually preceded
and accompanied by cloudy weather and rains.
Lows usually first appear on the Washington
roast. When I he pressure is high in the interior
and low along the coast, and the sobars extend
north and south along the coast rain is probable;
but when the dow" is inclosed with isobsrs Of
marked curvature rain south of Oregon is improb-
able. With a 'high' in the vicinity of Idaho and
The pressure falling the California coast, warmer
weather may be expected in summer and colder
weather In winter. The reverse Of these conditions
will produce opposite result.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-12
DRIED FRUITS, RAIsINs. NUTS, ETC.
DRIED FRUITS
No change in prices. Business is quiet.

DRIED FRUITS
NO change in prices Business Is quiet.
Quotations on the Fruit Exchange are as follows:
CARLOAD LoTs-New A pricots, 6@bI4c IN sweat
po8, ogtS4c p ID f. o. b. coast and St99c for 1ahcy
MoorparKs. Old Prunes. &c; new Prunes 3f03A2c;
new reaches, 41ac q ID in the sweat-oox and DC l..
JoBBING PRIcEs-New Aprlcots, 512@634c; old
evaporated Apples, 41ac p ID: old Prunes, sc Tor
four sizes; Figs, black, 312c; White Figs, aGoc q
10; Plums, 31214c for pitted and l@l12c Tor un-
pitteoi Nectannes, 4@5c ID Tor prime 10 choice
hA!SlNS-Prices as follows, carload lots, I.
0. b, Fresno: Four-crown loose, none: 3-crown,
loose, none; 2-crown, 27sc q tb seedless Sultanas,
SC; seedless Muscatels 134c; 3-crown LONDON lay
ers, zoe 2 box; clusters 81 35@1 so; Dehesa clus
ters, $2 1902 25: Imperial cl listers, 81 oUg2 TO-
JoBBING PRICEs-Four-crown loose. 414c: 8
crown, 334c; 2-crown, 33sc p ID: Seedless Sui
tanas &c p b; seedess Muscatels, &c; 3,crown
London layers, 10000: clusters, 81 5o@l 70;
Dehesa clusters. So so; Imperial clusters So 70;
NUTS-Quotations as follows: Wainuts, eeg
lie for No. hard and 11@13c o ID for paper shell,
loDDing lots; Almonds, 6@742c q ID for Ian Ian
guedoc, 212@3c q ID for hardshell and SgIoc
2 ID Tor paper-shell, iobbing; Peanuts, oQetac
q 10 Tor Eastern and - for Callfornln: dlck-
ory Nuts, 5@6c: Pecans &c for rough and &c for
polished; Filberts, S@9c; Brazil Nuts 7@oc p ID
Cocoanuts, S4C05 p 100.
HONEY-Comb, lO@121%c for bright and 6e9c
for lower grades; white extracted, o9o12c:
llght amber extracted, 412@4s4c; dark amber +9
414c; dark, 2@93c p ID.
BEESWAA-250271h p ID.