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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26
THE SENATE EOR W1fR.

The United States Senate on
Saturday, April 10th, passed the
following resolution
WHEREAS, The abhorrent con.
dltions which have existed for
more than three years in the is
land OF Cuba, so near our own
borders. have shocked the moral
sense in the people of the United
States, have been disgrace to
Christian civilization. culminat-
ing as they have in the destruc-
tlon OF United States battlesbip
with 266 of its officers and crew
while on a friendly visit in the
harbor of Havana, and cannot
longer be endured, and has been
set forth by the President of fine
United States in his message to
Congress of April II, 1898. upon
winch the action of Congress was
invited; therefore.
ResolUed, By the Senate and
1IooSc " representatives of the
United States of America. in Con
gress assembled
FiIst-That the people of the
island of Cuba are and of RIGHT
ought to be free and independ.
ent, and that the Government of
'ne United States hereby recog-
llzes the Republic of Cuba as the
rue and lawful Government of
hat island.
Second-That it is the duty of
ne United States to demand and |
ne Government of the United |
states does hereby demand that |
ne Government of Spain at once |
'elinquish its authority and. gov.
'rnment in the island of Cuba
md withdraw its land and naval
orces from Cuba and Cuban
W
hird-That the President of
he United States, and he hereby
; directed and empowered to nss
he entire land aud naval forces
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26

One advantage of a war would
be the bringing of this nation
together from Maine to Mon
terey. A Yankee would feel him
self perfectly at home at Natchez.
1t is a pleasant sound when |
hear the Grand Army of the Re-
public cheer General Fitzhugh
Lee. Ii you wish a sheep to
own her lambs throw stray dog
into the pen. The country has
got broken up into parties and
churches and orders and sections.
| would like to hear the bugle
blow and see how the people
would look in line.-M. Reed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26

The little town of Princeton,
in the north part of the county.
is all torn up, and Uncle Sam has
been called upon to settle the
matter. The cause of the disturb
anc is the charge that A. D..
Austin. the recently appointed
postmaster, has ''swiped" the
postoffice and moved it bodily to
Starner, rival town, about
three-quarters of a mile distant.
The theft of the postoffice," as
the Princetoites are pleased to
call 1T, has aroused the indigna-
ton of the patrons of the post
office, and they have appealed to
the first assistant postmaster
general to have the alleged wrong
righted.
j. l.. jerks, who has store at
Princeton, was postmaster until
last week, when he was succeed
ed by j. D. Austin. Upon assum-
ing charge of the office Postmas-
ter Austin threw CONSERVATION
into the ranks of the Princeton
ties by packing the office into a
wagon and moving it bodily to
Starner, which consists of a
single store, owned by J. R. Star
ner. A protest was raised, but
the new postmaster was firm. He
declared that he was postmaster
and the Office belonged to him.
and he had a right to move it
where and when he pleased.
Overtures were made to him.
but in vain. He was offered an
office building and a home for
his family free of rent, but he
spurned them. Coaxing did no
good, and a petition was circulat- |
sd and signed by the patrons of
The office asking the postmaster
general to order the return of
he office. This has been for
Varded to Washington, and the
'esult is anxiously waited. In
he meantime the people of
'rinceton send to Starner for
heir mail, but they are in con
'tant dread lest it should occur
Q the postmaster to remove the
mice to some other town before
heir petitions can be acted upon.
Moscow Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26

Two weeks ago there was an
awful avalanche in far-off Alaska
near Sheep Camp, in which rs tc
100 people were swept to death.
Among them were four Idaho
men, and according to all infor-
nation obtainable it is almost
certain that jeff Sailing, who re-
Gently went to Alaska. from
Mann creek, is one of the vic
tins; in fact telegram 40 DAYS
on the way) from Mickey and
Anderson to Jeff's family here
states his death to be true. Poor
JEFF He was an honest. bluff
warm-hearted fellow, with a
sunny soul as big as his brawnv
body. He wanted to better his
fortune, SO he bid goodbye to his
wife and children and left this
FAIR sunshine land to seek the
yellow treasures of the frost
bound north, only to meet death
beneath a resistless, grinding
monster of ice and snow RUSHING
Town an Alaskan pass. -Weiser
Signal.
Wonder if this is not the same
left Sailing who used to work in
he Custer mill number of
years ago?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26

Abroad the dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius has been styled "that
hellish outcome of Yankee in
genuity." Her speed is a trlfe
less than twenty knots per hour;
the dynamite in 500 pound charg-
es is fired from tubes by pneu-
matte pressure, and it has been
demonstrated that she can fire
with as perfect accuracy as a
rifled cannon one mile and a half.
OF course, if one of her charges
strikes a ship, or strikes in the
water close to ship, it means
the utter humiliation of the
craft and all on board, because
nothing that man can build to
float could stand the conclusion
of the explosion of 500 pounds of
dynamite.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26

Should ladies desire perfect
fit and good practical sewing
done, they should call upon Mrs.
A. M. Fischer, of Clayton, who
is a practical dress maker, having
had years of experience. She
guarantees first-class work, pric-
es reasonable, and satisfaction
given. She can give plenty of
references In reference to her
work. #tf
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26
BETTER THIN PRA YER.

This story was published some
years ago in an Iowa paper, the
Anderson Democrat, and was
told at the commencement exer-
cises of a school in Summitville,
in the same State, by Benjamin
f. Phemister, a teacher from the
town of VanBuren. 1t gives the
views of Mr.. Lincoln as to the
kind of prayer" that is most
speedily answered
'On the first day of January,
1864, while a binding snowstorm
swept with untold violence
through the Northern and New
England states, while thousands
of our brave defenders were suf-
fering upon the CORY fields of the
South, man, tall and gaunt,
and homely, was seen standing
in Pennsylvania avenue in the
city of Washington. A woman
with her head barred to the hur-
ricane of heaven, with her feet
naked to the frozen ground, with
her gown tattered and torn. saw
him. She, supposing him to be
a minister of the gospel, ran to
him, and, falling at his feet, adj
dressed him thus
80 sir If you are minister
of the gospel, if you serve the
God who fed Elijah by ravens
and Israel with mama, pray to
him to provide me a shelter from
the storm, and food for my starry
ing children [ am a widow.
My husband sleeps in the bloody
bosom of Gettysburg. I'm sad
and forlorn. Oh, pray to the
Master till He hears my sad cry,
that He may shelter and feed us,
or pray that we may die.
1.-The tall, ugly man, with his
heart Overlooking with sympathy
and his eyes flooded with tears,
extended both his hands to the
dirty, kneeling woman, and said:
Woman, get up; you are mistak-
en-. l am not minister of the
Jehovah never appears
to hear my prayer. For four
long years have been praying
for the restoration of our FEEDER
al Union and the cessation of
this cruel, bloody war. Not I'M
TIL a petition was sent TO the
states in rebellion in the form of
two OF the most magnificent arm
les that ever shouldered musk |
1t, under the guiding hands of |
Generals Grant and Sherman.
was there ever the remotest re- |
'emblance of an answer. NV |
prayers have finally been ans
Tered through the Instrumental
ty of these two armies under the
natchless skill and daring of
hese two generals. Now, if II
lad any idea that prayer would
helter, feed, and clothe you, 1
would bow down, but I think the
'est prayer I can make in your
'ehalt is prayer to that groc-
ryman on yonder corner
"Suiting the generous act to
ne kind and sympathetic words,
hat ugly-beautiful man took
rom his pocket a small order
ook and wrote
Washington, Jan. 1, 1864. t.
II. Groceryman-Sir: You will I
lease supply the bearer with
70 worth of provisions as she
lay direct and choose, and {
narge the same to yours truly, $
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. >" J
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26
A Dawson City man wroto

A Dawson City man wrote to
a California paper that they
"have preachers up there, but
none of them preach about q
warm hell. The hell they depict
is hung with icicles 40 feet long.
the water is always frozen over,
the north wind always blows
and fire IS unknown there. They
say 1t is no use to preach of a
warm hell to a man in Klondike.
for he would pack his blankets
and start for it instanter."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26
ADLEU DEAR CUBA !

When Lopez looked out upor
the beautiful island of his birth,
for which he had fought most
gallantly, as he was standing on
the scaffold built for his execu,
ton, he uttered his last dying
words: "ADIEU DEAR CUBA p
There was a calmness; a love
of country; a devotion to liberty;
a heroism; submission to the
ways of Providence; resigna-
ton of holiness and purity of
heart, that has rarely, if ever,
been equalled in the history of
the world.
There was inspiration in it. 1t
encouraged all lovers of liberty
and right; and, although Lopez
had to die, he died as the mar
tyr dies.
1.-The blood of the martyr is
the seed of the church," and
Spain should have seen that from
that sublime resignation, she
was being called to painful &C
count. Yet she was so stepped
in wrong that she needed not the
warning. Avarice and power had
blinded her sight. But Cubans
took courage from that hour. It
rang in the ears and touched the
heart of them all, and. it indeed
planted the seed which has ma
tured to such a noble growth
that all lovers of freedom are in
sympathy with that impoverish
ed and enslaved people. Heaven
has smiled upon it's advancement
until the patriots of Cuba, look
ing back to that terrible execu-
ton, are willing. like Lopez, to
die for their country's liberty.
What a sacred sentiment is
love of country What a hallow-
ed act to die for liberty Poor
Lopez paid that holy tribute to
1t. The world was advanced by
his death. And in ages down
the coming time he will be rev
cred. His name should be kept
bright before our children. 1t |
will make them better patriots.
Old, cruel, biggoted and intol- |
Grant Spain may well look back
TO that execution and tremble for
the blackness of her sins. Heav-
EN- has kept its record, and her
day of reckoning is at hand.
Pride is said to go before a fall;
and as her pride and wrong, com
mingled with designed ignorance
has been almost unlimited SO
Will be great, her fall. IT'S but
lust retribution And while
Cuba will raise to better state.
spain will reap the just reward
,f the whirlwind of ruin. Moth
ng else will bring her rulers and
ler people to repentance. No
Mid reform can ever bring her
pack. She rose to power.through
streams of blood, and nought but
blood will make due atonement
or her past wrongs. And as :
she shall advance to better
'tate, which it is to be hoped she
will do in some future day. let
he star of her hope rise from {
hat wicked execution; and may
he remember that her then com
ng advancement, dates back to 1
he hour when one of the noblest I
of the earth, looking |
rom the scaffold of his execu- c
ion upon this lovely island, re- {
lgnedly said Adieu Dear CUBA. \
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26
Captain General Gamma,

Captain General Campos said
as far back as 1873 that there
were only two things left for
Spain to do with the Cubans .
Give them their freedom, or ex.
terminate them, and he added
Il VIII not be party to their
determination. !" He resigned
and went home. Weyler follow
ed and started his war of butch
cry and determination, and that
moment Cuba was lost to Spain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26

by q vote of 67 to 81 the Sen.
ate OF the United States voted
70 recognize the independence of
the brave Cubans, and at the
same time told the Spanish sold.
lers to get out of Cuba n i
!, 9.,l is no half way business
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26

BY political parties the vote
was cast as follows
Yeas-Republicans "a; Demo
Gratis, 81; Populists, Z; Silver
Republicans, 5.-67.
Nays-Republicans, 10; Demo
Gratis, 2.-21.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26

of the United States to such ex-
tent as may be necessary to car
nv these resolutions into effect.
Fourth-That the United Stat
es hereby disclaim any DISPOSE
ton or intention to exercise SOW
ereignty, jurisdiction or control
over said island, except for the
pacification thereof; and assert
its determination, when that is
accomplished, to leave the gov
ernment and control of the island
to its people.
The detailed vote on the pass
age of the resolution was
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26

These must be trying and busy
times for Mark Hanna. as he has
to look after President McKin-
ley, the Republicans in Congress
and Wall street.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-03

like crying. They are then asking the
devil to appear. There are t~wenty-four
different sorts Of devils, and, after the
first part, the dancers are constantly
changing their clothes to represent the
entire species; some wear masks, ONE
don jaws and terrible teeth reaching
to the ears. The jaws open and close
in a very realistic manner
A dance lasts over two nights, as the
whole twenty-four devils have all to be
personated before the particular demon
who is affecting the sick man is pitch
ed on. When he gives signs Of his
presence the dancers go into a sort Of
frenzy, which increases as he takes
possession of them; the tam-tam beats
faster and faster, the chanting grows
and the bells on their ankles Jingle
and clash.
At this stage the dancers appear to
be looking for some object to give the
devil in sacrifice, and into which he
may pass. A chicken is usually offered
by the friend of the sick man, and this
unfortunate bird is seized upon, twist
ed and tormented and bitten between
the false teeth, until the dancers, worn
out, nov slower and slower, and the
which is a sign that the devil has &C.
cepted the sacrifice, and is willing to
pass from the man into the bird.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-03

the mutilation of the dead is one of the
great difficulties with which the So
ciety has had to contend in it's rela-
lions with the families of members.
So it Is that the organization has had
to become, in a measure, a secret So
ciety, and there are now enrolled upon
the membership list the names of SOM
men whose connection with the organi-
cation will never be made public.
Among the medical men there Is no
such disposition to conceal their afili-
alton with the society, although their
immediate relatives may not be quite
so case hardened. The medical pro-
fession is, as a matter of course, the
n most largely represented in the
membership. They rather
giving the movement all the publicity
possible, with the view of educating
the laymen up to the beauties and the
merits of it. Each member appends
his signature to a printed form of be-
quest, and among the bundle of such
papers o. in the archives appears one
which bears the signature of DR.. S.
Weir Mitchell, who is equally distin-
guished as a physician and an author.
Among the other prominent men
Whose brains will some day repose in
the treasure vaults of the society are
DR.. A. jacob Of New York, DR.. Put
nam of Boston, DR.. Judson Doland of
Philadelphia, DR.. H. w. Cattell Of
Philadelphia, DR.. F. X. Dercum of
Philadelphia and many others of more
or less distinction. Only the members
OF the Anthropometric Society and a
very few privileged officials of the Wis
tar institute have access to the vault in
which the society's treasures are
stored. 1t is located in the basement,
under the main showroom of the mu-
scum, and the approach to it leads
through n of the workrooms in
which many of the museums exhibits
are prepared for public display. This
room is we'll lighted from the sidewalk
and is generously supplied with electric
lights, but the furniture is extremely
meager. Along one side Of the room
extends a broad table, generally lit
tered with anatomical specimens and
tools of various sorts, in various stages
of incompletion. Here one may see,
carefully picked in alcohol, the brain
of a rare bird, whose stuffed body
adorns a case in the museum above;
there lies the death mask of a peculiar
species of orang-outang which recently
died in the geological gardens. A line
of preserving jars of assorted sizes oc-
cuDieS a shelf in ono corDor ubi1o in
another corner there is an unclassified
mass Of chronological specimens gath
cred in Borneo by Drs. Furness and
Hitler for the University of Pennsyl-
vania. There are two doors in this
apartment-the one you enter, the
other you do not. The latter is the
plain, heavy iron door set into the wall,
which bars the entrance to the vault Of
the Anthropometric Society.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-03

in California wnen he died. The 60
ciety has been signally fortunate in Sc
curing the brains of its deceased mem
bers, although in one or two notable
instances it has experienced annoying
failures. The most interesting case in
point is that of the late Bishop Phillips
Brooks of Massachusetts,. Shortly be-
fore his death DR.. Brooks had in an
informal way become a member Of the
Anthropometric Society. The bishop
died on Jan. %, 1893, and on the even
ing of Jan. "a DR.. Henry w. Cattell,
VINO was then curator of the society,
started for Boston to make the autop-
sy. The midnight express, upon which
he was a passenger, was bowling along
over the Pennsylvania railroad at a
speed that would have carried the doc
tor to his destination in ample time.
In his inside pocket DR.. Cattell carried
he written permission of DR.. Brooks
to the Anthropometric Society to dc
what it pleased with his brain, and all
seemed plain sailing to him. Unfor-
~tunately two freight trains had collided
just beyond Princeton and the express
came along in time to become mixed
up in the wreck. Several men were
injured, and DR.. Cattell turned his at
tent1on to them. He accompanied one
OF the men to Trenton and attended
him until he was placed in the care of
the hospital authorities there. After
that there was nothing for DR.. Cattell
to do but to return to Philadelphia and
await the first opportunity to get
through. The next evening he started
once more and got through to Boston
without mishap. He learned to his dis
may, however, that the bishops body
had been Theoretically sealed that day,
and could not be disturbed again, ow-
ing to the fact that death had been due
to diphtheria. Less than a year before
that DR.. Cattell had made an effort to
secure the brain of Walt Whitman, the
poet, but had encountered the vigor-
GUS opposition of the venerable bard's
family. Nevertheless he made the
autopsy on March 81, 1892, and weighed
and examined the brain, although he
was not permitted to take away the
tissue. This sentimental opposition to
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-03
In the Days of Highwaymen.

A story of highway robbery which
excited me when / was a boy was that
of the fifth Earl of Berkeley, who died
in 1910, says the author of Col
lections and Recollections." He had
always declared that one might with
out disgrace be overcome by superior
members, but that he would never sur
render to a single h~ighwayman. AS he
was crossing Hounslow Heath one
night, on his way from Berkeley Cas-
tie to London, his travelling carriage
was stopped by a man on horseback,
who put his head in the window and
said: Il believe you are Lord Berke-
ley?" 81 am" Il believe that you
have boosted that you would never
surrender to a single highwayman?"
II have" well" presenting a pistol,
II am a single highwayman, and 1 say,
Your money or your life" "You
cowardly dog" said Lord Berkeley,
do you think / can't see your confed-
crate skulking behind you?" The high
wayman, who was really alone, looked
hurriedly around, and Lord Berkeley
shot him through the head. 1 asked
Lady Caroline MaXse (1S03-1S86), who
was borne at Berkeley, if the story was
true. l can never forget my thrill
when she replied: Yes; and l IN
proud to say that l am that mans
daughteri"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-03

ed to st. Paul, the protector of taran-
tula victims, and every year these poor
creatures make a pilgrimage thither on
St. Paul's day, which occurs at the n
Of June. The water of this well is sup
posed to cure the tarantula's sting.
During the journey the victims are a
prey to violent commissions. Those who
cannot undertake the Journey perform
the ceremony at home in a room hung
with colored handkerchiefs or bits OF
colored rags, and they dance, jump
and scream as long as their strength
lasts.
Another traveller, who visited the
sacred well, says:
Sometimes it takes several days to
cure them. The girl | saw was a hand
some peasant girl. Her hair, which
was magnificent, fell over her like a
cloak. She was sitting on a chair in
front of the house, and was surrounded
by a crowd of relatives and neighbors.
] asked what was the matter, and was
told 1t is a tarantula.' The girls head
was moving from side to side, as If lis
tening to something. In fact, an organ
was heard approaching. Little by lit
tie, as the organ drew nearer, the girl
rose from her seat and began to dance
wildly. Then, when her strength was
spent, she gave one long, loud cry and
fell as if dead in her mothers arms.
THE following day she danced again,
and for over twelve hours, without
ceasing, excepting for short intervals.
The musicians engaged to keep the girl
company were paid 10 francs each for
the day, and the family consisted only
Of poor peasants. But how can you
afford this?' 1 asked the father of the
girl. Well he answered. 1T must be
done, otherwise our girl would die of
the tarantula's poison. And you would
not have us see u girl die before our
eyes for the sake Of a few francs? We
must starve afterward, but our girl
must have music to help her in her
dance l always think of this poor girl
at the approach of st. Paul's day"
The real Singhalese devil dancers in
Ceylon are ferocious and savage fell
lows. Their dances are revolving and
horrible. But their profession is popu-
lar and affords a royal living for the
men who go into it. There is a super
stition among the Singhalese that when
a man falls sick he is supposed to be
afflicted by a devil. In order to rid him
of the disease the devil dancers are
called in to propitiate the demon. Two
or more Of them go by night to the
sick mans house. in front of which a
small, square Enclosure, about six feet
high, has been made of grasses and
palm leaves. This answers the purpose
of the greenroom at a theater. The
men appear at first without masks, and
with long yellow grass streamers hang
ing from their heads and waists. The
only light cast on the scene is by
torches made of sticks, round which
pieces Of cloth are wrapped, dipped in
oil. To the music of a tam-tam, kept
up on one note, the dancers sing a pc
culiar, wild funeral dirge, in which the
spectators often join.
The dancers begin by slowly NOV
ing about, stretching the right foot and
bringing the left up to it, and appear
as If they were searching for some
thing, during which the singing sounds