The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-04-04
THE PROPHECY.


The vision of Julia. daughter OF Falls. which
she saw concerning the B class in the days of
Miss Keenan, and Miss Reber, rulers of the
High School and Primary Department, respec-
lively.
Hear oh heavens and give ear oh earth, for
the prophet hath spoken
The A class knoweth it's Latin conguation;
the d class it's Bank Discount; the grade it's
Percentage and the D class it's Decimal Frac-
tions, but we long to know what TO expect of
them in the future.
And it shall come to pass In the latter days
all that is written herein For saw all these
things while in q dream. on the first Tuesday
morning of the present term.
Before me stood Miss keenan, and Miss
Reber. Behold l listened until Miss keenan,
had explained my arithmetic lesson. Then
there came upon me deep sleep. All things
faded away; the sunlight was quenched, and
the deep night brooded o'er the town. Behold
saw the cape of Miss Keenan, burned into a
parchment, and rolled up as a scroll. She
handed it to me and said ENTER into the
school-r room and hide thee behind the desk and
decipher what is written hereon."
Thereupon was transported, and in my vis-
ion, saw l in the school room one OF learned
look. In her right hand she held a druggists
pestel with the end battered and in the other
hand a bottle OF H 2 S o (sulphuric acid). BY
the sic of chemicals which she directed should
be applied to the parchment, there came forth
the following re action
On Africa's scorching sands, there shall come
as the guest of Chief Mug like a wrought-iron
kettle, ruler of all the land of Cannibal, a fair
and beautiful woman. She beareth with her
tidings of JOY. She shaketh him by the hand
and starts to preach to him the gospel The
Chief picketh his teeth with bamboo stick and
listens
The hour OF noon cometh and Mrs. Mug, Ike
wrought iron kettle, sweetly calleth to her
husband. Into the tent of reeds steppeth Sis
ter Mary Jensen. Now, behold, the head OF
the household roasts on a stick, the head of
missionary. Then shall be heard loud lamen-
tation. Mary wisheth herself back in Challis.
She murmureth oh, isn't that just awful -
Now the vision fadeth, but doubtless she con
yerted many nations.
Once more 1 applied re-agent. Then read
Of one who had long been forgotten. In the
days that yet shall be, in a garden sitteth a
spinster Grey curls-curls creep out from
under cap of spotless linen. At her feet while
she knitteth, an iron grey cat Is purring. Der
a
hand is sitting. Covered is her face with paint
and wrinkles, yet from out her eyes comes a
look of resignation and contentment. Her name
upon the parchment standeth and readeth thus:
Beatrice j. Bradbury.
Years shall wax old, and science taketh
gigantic strides OF advancement. One there is
whose researches extend far and wide. She
delves deep into all Natures mysteries. She
| hpComath Mt on all cuh
She sitteth far into the night and reasoneth on
geology. Every stratum Of the earth she
knoweth. By the names Dana and LeConte
standeth that of Birdina Tennell.
| 1t will not surprise me If in the lapse of ages
the news should be heralded abroad that Myr-
tie Morrison has found husband.
In all probability quarrel viii end forever
the present ahlicable relations now existing be-
tween Aaron Richards and Mabel Jose.
Billy Peck will either make a success or a
failure of the bakery business.
Della Morrison will live in single blessedness
until about the fifteenth year Of the coming
century, and will then enter the political arena
and be elected to Congress as a Free Silver
womnn's Sunragists; entangle Senator Hill in
the silken meshes of love, and being duly
courted, will, by her winning ways and brilliant
HILL She will be leader In Washington soci-
ETY.; call the Presidents wife by her first name
Maine Rowles is the only true scholar in our
class. She sees through the most obstruse
problems as though they were a brick wall
Maine win be kept out Of the Presidency-oi
her home agricultural society-only by lack OF
votes. She will shine, however, and in the
course of ages will win for herself honor ant
the plaudits OF the people
Georgia Meyer viii shine at the bar, as Bill
Nye says he shone, when the last lingering ray:
of the sitting sun fell athwart his elbows.
And there shall be heralded abroad through
the land of idaho the glad tidings that maid
en- getteth married. looked to see who wer'
these two foolish beings, when, 10, there ap
peareth Lynn Wilkinson as groom and Ids
Hanna as bride, and his whiskers shall wa,
long in those days and smiles deepen upon hi
honest face.
Yet again heard the matrimonial cowbel
pealing forth it's silvery tones, and 1 looket
and beheld Alex FSlug come to judgment Res
ignation was written on his countenance, and
grim determination sat enthroned upon hi
brow. Indistinct at first was the form of
bride, but soon in "a burst OF radiant glory.
saw the victim to be Miss Myrtle Wilkinson
Behold it shall come to pass much knowl
edge shall be added unto science. One ther
cometh whose learning exceeds the learning o
the chief priests. She looketh upon the earth
and it's secrets stand revealed. She readet
Nature as an open book. Her fame goes abroa
in the land. Such shall be the career OF Rut
Cameron.
The whole lard shall be desolation and a
astonishment. For Dora Jensen getteth doc
! tors degree and tacketh up sign, which shal
be warning and an omen OF evil. But tb
perverse generation heedeth not the warning
and goes like lambs 10 the slaughter. Dark &c
spair shall brood over all the land, and under
, takers shall thrive and wax fat. Tombston
; agents build georgeons mansions in those day:
and the gravcyards sroan with the weight G
I their burden. Like "a thief in the night Docto
; Dora goeth, and he who enters in at that ofic
door returns not again. Her pills wreak des
l truction and her prescriptions are an abomina
tion. Woe be to those who need docto
Mothers shall weep and Rachael crieth for he
children. Even like unto the plagne shall b
her reign. and her sway shall be worse than
Democratic administration.
l Winnie Bradbury. strange us IL may seen
a and present Indications, Notwithstanding, wi