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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-05-23
Notice for Publication.
(Homestead-Final Proof.)
LAND OFFICE AT HALEY, IDAHO,
nril 18th 1900

(Homestead-Fina Proof)
LAND OFFICE AT HALEY, IDAHO,
April 7th, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim, and
that said proof will be made before d. E. Nc
Callum U. S. Commissioner. at Houston, Ida
no. on May oath, 1899. viz: Robert NJ David
son, for the SEl4, SE14 Sec. 81, NE14 MEL, Sec.
25 and Lots 4, Sec. 10; Lot 1, Sec 80, all Up. 8,
N.R 23E, b. M.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz
ID. A. McCulloch, Stephen Navarro John
Lehman, S. W. Anderson. All of Houston,
Idaho.
N. j. SHARP, Register.
First publication April 18th, 1899.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-05-23
Trsasurer's Notice

The following warrants against
Custer county, will be paid on
presentation with interest to
date, if presented within sixty
days from date of this notice
GENERAL FUND.
(Oct. 1S99.
Nos. 9-100-101-1o2-1O3.
Interest at Z per cent. Inter
est commences from date of reg
istry to 10 days after date of ad-
vertisement.
r. n. HULL,
County Treasurer.
Dated at Challis, May %, 1899.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-05-23
LADIES Make Tn,s9a old NEW!
with GERSTENDORFER BROS FAMOUS
Household = SpeciaIties.

"0ur RaVOrite' Washable Gold Enamel
Perfection for all Gold Decorations on any
material
HStar EnamelS'
Produce hard, washable and brilliant por-
celain surface on everything.
"Star" Bathtub Enamel
Gives old rusty Bathtubs glossy, snoy-
white finish; resists hot and cold water.
"G'' aluminium Enamel
Puts a finish like frosted silver on any artf-
Gle, untarnishable and washable.
''G'' YarliSh Stains
Change the appearance of all soft woods to
rich hardwoods; varnish and stain in one
operation.
&c" StOVepipe Enamel
Puts raven black glass-l like surface on
stoVeplpes, metals, ETC., does not burn or
crack on and is washable.
All these goods are ready mixed and put on
with brush. No experience necessary. A
child can apply them. For every cent invested
you get dollars worth OF newness. The best
Home Beautihers." Samples OF work are on
exhibition at 1926.
d. p. Spa1ding's,
CHALLIS, IDAHO.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-05-23
Boarding HOIISGG.

Mrs. Hollie Elder is now locat-
ed on Pleasant Avenue, Challis,
where she will be pleased to
meet all her old customers that
patronized her when she was
keeping the Boyd hotel on Main
Street.
Board at
Reasonable Rates I
Strangers, old customers, call
and see how well you will be
treated.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-05-23

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sold to a va
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IT'S Of the old
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Iiloted by fly
all sorts OF
IS the end Of
tnat are Sf1ll
D scores of
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v big amuse-
Iquirer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-05-23

ak over night
norning rub
10 oae quart
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eespoonful OF
espOonfuis OF
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-05-23

!, doNes.
! ve is the very
Sc. it is worn
: fashion. To
gloves you get
with as little
as possible.
= best colors
of the gloves
it stamped
lor OF your
'mbroider the
bout the size
ind that il is
7. and the Gus
loidered glove
you will want
quirer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
The Fastest Vessel Af1oat.

Until the new and large torpedo
boats of the "Turbina" type now build
ing at Newcastle England, have been
completed, the credit of having turned
out the fastest vessel will belong to
a German yard. The Hal Lung"
built by Schichau, of Elbing, for the
the Chinese navy, is credited with hav-
ing made a run of 1872 knots at an
average speed of over 80 knots an hour.
The builder states that the highest
speed realized during the run was 1861
knots, or 1926 miles per hour. The
best run of the ''Turbina" for mile is
35 knots, so that the Schichau vessel
has a substantial lead.
The most remarkable feature of this
boat next to her speed is the fact that
she is fitted with reciprocating en-
gines. At the time the "Turbinia"
made her phenomenal speed, it was
popularity supposed that it was entirely
due to her new form of motor. In
great part no doubt it was; but there
is reason to believe that the excellent
steam-raising qualities of her boI.er
contributed in no little degree to the
result. Relatively considered, the per-
Torrance of the "Turbinia'' was more
meritorious, for the reason that she is
only Acton craft, while the Schichau
boat is of $50 tons displacement, or
four and one-half times larger. The
new and enlarged 'Turbinas' will be
full-sized torpedo boats and for this
reason it is likely that they will sur
pass the Hail Lung" by a consider
able margin of speed. Just what the
excess will be is matter which is ex-
citing much speculation in naval quar-
ters
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Frightening Children.

Nothing can be worse for a child
than to be frightened. The effect of
the scare it is slow to recover from;
it remains sometimes until maturity,
as is shown by many instances of NOR
bid sensitiveness and excessive ner-
vousness. Not infrequently fear is en-
ployed as a means of discipline. Chill
dren are controlled by being made to
believe that something terrible will
happen to them and punished by being
shut up in dark rooms, or by being put
in places they stand in dread of. No
one without vivid memory of his child
hood can comprehend how entirely
cruel such things are. We have often
heard grown persons tell of the suf-
fering they have endured, as children.
under like circumstances, and recount
the irreparable injury which they are
sure they then received. No parent,
no nurse, capable of alarming the
young is fitted for her position.
Children, as near as possible, should
be trained not to know the sense of
fear, which, above everything else, is
to be feared in their education early
and late. Some interesting facts deal
been collected by a well-known profess
sor He found that 1,701 children were
afraid of 6,456 things. The leading
fears were lightning and thunder
reptiles, strangers, the dark, death,
domestic animals, water, ghosts, in
sects, rats and mice and high words
Some of the fears were the results of
personal eXperiences-that is, in dis
trict where great wind had wrought
a havoc the children were afraid
of it. In other cases the anal
ysis showed by what means parents
had worked upon the imaginations of
their children. In one district sixteen
poor little ones were dreading the end
of the world. The most gratifying fact
of all was that not one child had been
frightened into obedience or good con-
duct by the fear of the devil A CEN
fury or two ago that fear would have
led all the rest. The pleasing infer
cnce is that parents now dwell upon
affection and love to insure the good
ness of their children, instead of ter
rorizing them with Satan's wrath
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
The STA mang.

The gentle siamang is a gibbon. and
no monkey, says a writer in Black
woods Magazine. In assemblies on the
treetops like the siamang, whooping
through the octaves, calling to their
friends from miles away, and swoop-
ing off to meet them, racing .Steeple-
,chases with the winds. l have seen,
and hope to live and see again, pack
of the siamang going through the jun
gle-a long black arm and small
crumpled body swinging wildly from 1t
like a pendulum run mad, then sui
cidal fling. a crash in the covering
green, and so they are gone. Tame
they are the gentleSt creatures. The
Malays catch the young ones and bring
them to our doors, knowing that buy
we must. 1t is not among the posi-
bilitieS for Mem to resist the forlorn
small speechless thing, when it winds
it's long arms and fingers round her
neck, and hides it's black wrinkled face
of an old woman, with round, unhappy
eyes, in the softness of her morning
gown. Or it lurches across the veranda
on a pair of very handy little legs, bal
ancing itself with outstretched arms.
But they always die. They who have
weathered torrential rains under the
open heaven die in captivity of con-
sumption, and cough out their ill-com-
pretended souls like Christians. hud-
died in a blanket.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

The LIE Droz family, of Neufchatel,
in Switzerland, were famous makers of
mechanical curiosities. One of these
was a clock, presented to the King Of
Spain, having a sheep and dog at
tached to it. The sheep would bleat
in exact imitation of a live one, while
the dog was placed in custody of a
basket of loose fruit. If anyone re-
moved the fruit, he would growl, snarl.
gnash his teeth, and endeavor to bite,
until it was restored. Another was an
oval gold snuff box, about four and
one-half inches long by three inches
broad, and one inch and One-half
thick. 1t was double, as though one
box were placed on top of another,
with a lid for each. One contained
snuff. In the other, as soon as the lid
was opened, there rose up a very small
bird of green enameled gold, sitting
upon a gold stand. linn ediately this
minute curiosity shook its wings,
wagged its tail, opened its bill of white
enameled gold, and poured forth, min
ute as it was being only three-quarters
of an inch from the beak to the eX-
tremity of the tail. such clear,
melodious song as would have filled
q room of twenty or thirty feet square
with its harmony.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

by th- App Tree.
It was not anger that changed him of
late;
1t was not diffidence made him shy;
Ton branch that has blossomed above the
gate
Could guess the riddle-and so can I.
What does it means when the bold eyes
fall.
And the ready tongue at it's merriest
trips?
What potent influence holds in thrall
The eager heart and the burning lips?
All mel to falter before a girl
Whose shy lids never would let you
know
(Save for the lashes' wilful curb
The pansy-purple asleep below.
Nothing to brighten a man away
Only cheek like a strawberry-bed;
Only a ringlet's gold astray,
And a mouth like baby'S, dewy-red.
All, baby-mouth, with your dimpled
bloomi
If but yon blossomy apple-bough
Could whisper a secret learned in the
gloom,
+; That deepens it's bushes even now.
. Yet so, 1 fancy it might not be
Had he not met her, by chance, alone,
There in the lane. by the apple-tree.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

Of ceremony. The princess shape has
the advantage of displaying well the
design of the rich brocades and fancy
velvets now worn, the beauty of the
pattern taking the place of extensive
trimming The richer the material en-
ployed the longer is the gown, all prin-
cess costumes trailing more or less, &C
cording to the quality of the tissue and
the general elegance of the toilet. Ii
the gown consists of but one material,
trimmings of ruff1es and ruches may De
employed if they do not conceal the
design of the goods. The fastening is
almost always at the back, and the
gown is closed by hooks or laces, the
latter being preferred for evening
gowns. The lacings extend from the
top of the bodice to a little below the
hips in order to keep the upper part
of the gown perfectly tight and
smooth.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
A Girls School Hat

The fashion of tipping the hat over
the eyes is so becoming to fresh young
faces that it is not surprising to know
that the fashionable hat of spring will
be tipped one. 1t will be low over
the eyes and turned up abruptly in
the back.
The hat can be of any Of the new
delicate shades of straw trimmed with
roses and velvet. Lace straw is the
most fashionable and the popular color
will be the new red-brick tts' ahf
Roses of this color are very beaut1-
full and can be set around the crown
and heaped at the back like a bush.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
A Variety of Jolees-Gibes and Ironfes,
Original and Observation-Disclosures and
Jetsam from the TIDE OF HumOr-
Witty Sayings.



Jim was broke. However, he man
aged to reach Vancouver, and, walk
ing into the headquarters offices of the
Canadian Pacific, said to the manager
in charge: 81 am Jim Wardner and L
am an old friend of Tom Shaughnessy,
the general superintendent. Will you
wire him and tell him that am here,
broke, and want transportation to
Montrea1?"
Back came the reply: Don't let
Jim walk He got the transportation,
and arriving at Montreal called at
once to thank his friend. ''Well, we'll,
Jim, is this really your" Then, with
a twinkle of the eye: How under the
heavens did you get here so soon if
you were broker"
why, thanks to your telegram,
Don't let Jim walk OF course, 1 was
at once furnished transportation, and
here am
"Confound those operators! It is
strange they cannot get my messages
through correctly!
Didn't you telegraph Don't let Jim
Wa1k?'" interrupted Wardner.
Certainly not! My answer was:
Don't! Let Jim Walk San Fran
cisco Wave.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

For early spring nothing is as fash
ionable as velvet. 1t can be folded in
broad loops with big knot of velvet
between the loops. Velvet is so decor
alive in itself that it should be c,lt as
little as possible. The broader the
loop the more beautiful will be the
bow. Other materials are quite diff
ferent, but velvet has a style all its
own.
The popular school collar will be
turned over and with the collar will he
worn a black satin stock fastened with
two pins; one at the throat and one
midway the ends. The lower fasten-
ing holds the stock in place Upon the
front of the dress.-Helen Grey-Page.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOv-
'- cry AND INVENTION.
A Remarkable Explosive-The Fastest
Vessel Ahoat-An Elevator for Private
3 Houses-A Fan That Blows Heat-The
Siamang.
A Remarkable Explosive.

A very curious fruit has been dis
covered growing wild in Batavia, and
a sample has been sent to French
professor of botany at Paris. 1t ap-
pears to be a species of bean, resem-
bling a cigar both in form and color,
though only about an inch in length.
But it has a peculiar characteristic
which renders it very unique and in
teresting object and this is the exceed
ingly energetic manner in which it
scatters it's seeds. If one of these lit
tie fruits be thrown into a basin Of
water it will rest quietly on the surface
for from two to five minutes, then 1t
will explode with violence, hurting
most of it's contents into the air with
a noise and splash for all the world
like small torpedo. 1t is hardly
necessary to say that this phenome-
non is caused by the pressure of the
elastic substance of its interior over
coming the resistance of its hard o"ter
shell. The fruit usually splits open
lengthwise If plucked before matur-
ity and allowed to ripen in a warm
spot, it opens gradually from apex to
base, making, as it were, pair OF d.
verging horns starting from the same
point If left to ripen on the plant,
since the process is quicker and the
internal moisture greater, the opening
is sudden and accompanied with
slight noise though this is much less
than that which takes place when II
has been placed in water. In this case
the dry but porous tissue of the sur
face of the fruit quickly absorbs the
liquid, especially at the grooves caused
by the junction of the two valves OF
outer shells of the fruit. The inter-
nal tissue being very elastic, exerts
upon the latter a tension which soon
results in the violent bursting already
described. The curious property of ex-
plosion is given the little plant for the
dissemination of its seeds, which would
otherwise stand poor chance of prop
agating its species.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Didn't Understand Banking.

Old Abraham Billings is we'll
known original character in southwest
Georgia. He once moved to new
town, where a bank was established
on a small scale; and having saved up
SIS in the course of a year, deposited
it in the bank. The next day he was
seen lowering around to see if the
bank was still there with his S.,
when some one called his attention to
its closed doors, whereon was the sign:
Bank closed. Legal Holiday" He
sat down on the bank steps disconsol-
ate. "Consarn emf he said, 'the
burned cashiers done got legal holt
day an gone off ter spen' my SIS. Eff
I'd jest ha' listened ter reason I'd ha'
buried it som'ers, but I never did
have no business sense!"-Atlanta
Constitution.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

constructed in which the blades them
selves are heated. These fans are pro-
yided for any circuit, direct" or al
ternating," and of any required volt
age. They are also designed to be used
as cooling fans; to employ them as
such the heating switch is not closed
and the fan is run at higher speed
than for heating. The fan-heater thus
becomes a fan-cooler, and may be en-
ployed to elbow hot or cold" the year
round a dual function which, while
not commended by individuals, may
be fairly claimed to be of the most
meritorious character in this mani
mate form, and one likely to win for
this invention great popularity.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

supplied with power from a feed wire
and is comparatively an inexpensive
addition to the household. AS a COM
modify it cannot be underestimate,
and is withal SC simple child can OPP
crate it with ease and without fear of
danger. as its arrangements are wholly
automatic. So thoroughly is it auto
matically safeguarded against accident
a person could by no means be hurt by
it.
The machine can be operated by
means of push buttons from inside or
from Railways. By pressing one of
these the car will be brought to the
landing indicated and stopped there
The doors then open automatically,
and when a certain numbered button
is pressed inside the car the doors
close and the car proceeds to it's ap-
pointed destination. BY the introduce
ton OF these vehicles kitchens and
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Care of the Teeth.

If the proper amount of care was
bestowed upon the teeth there would
not be the complaints we hear from
day to day, the teeth would last like
any other part of the body, with only
the repairs made necessary by wear
and tear
There is nothing better for the teeth
than precipitated chalk favored with
wintergreen, and it has the advantage
of being cheap. Brush with this in
the morning and use only water on
the brush at night. For the rest of
the day refrain from the use of the
brush, but use a piece of dental floss
or a thin rubber band to remove par
ticles of food from between the teeth
after each meal. 1t is we'll to brush
the tongue as well as the teeth, as the
coating works considerable harm to
the surface of the teeth. A drop or
two of tincture of myrrh on the tooth
brush will sweeten the mouth and a
few drops in small glass OF water
used as a gargle will take away any
faint that may remain on the breath
after the nights sleep. More harm is
done by too much brushing and too
much dentifrice than by letting the
teeth alone.
There is another caution I would
give in the care of the teeth. Do not
use much soap. 1t will make the teeth
feel smooth and nice, but will not re-
move discoloration. 1 saw an instance
of that in a splendid set of teeth in a
pretty girls mouth. She decided to
discard dentifrice for white CASTLE soap
and had passed through a week of that
treatment when 1 met her. 1 give you
my word she was a sight. Every one
of her good sound teeth was trimmed in
black which required the best efforts
OF her dentist to restore them to any
thing like their former beauty. The
roughness of dentifrice is necessary to
remove discoloration and used in mod
Grafton it will improve any set of teeth.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Dewey Will Do the Rest.

"That naval officer thinks he knows
1T all, doesn't he?" said the German
emperor.
His conduct certainly warrants the
suspicion, your majesty
He's getting naughty and imagines
that he can have his own way when
ever and wherever he pleases.''
cit certainly looks that way"
WELL 1 don't want to hurt his feel
ings personally, but we'd better do
something to hold down his overbear-
ing pride. 1 guess I'll put him in
charge of one of our warships and send
him to Manila. Washington Evening
Star.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Sufficient Reason.

The poet sat with his head resting
in his hands.
Upon his face there was seated a
look of deep detection.
His cheeks were sunken
He eagerly eyed the door into the
grill room of the bar beside which he
sat.
By and by friend happened in ana
slapped him on the shoulder
whats the matter, old MANI" he
asked.
Matter 'nuff," was the melancholy
response.
What"
'Last week the warm weather in
spired me and I wrote a lot of verses
about spring and violets and balmy
breezes, and now look at that"
He pointed toward the window be-
yond which the snow was piled In
drifts.-Detroit Free Press.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
dining rooms will in all probability be
relegated to the top floor of residences
where they naturally belong.
Quite Novel.

The ventilating fan for use in the
torrid periods of the summer is famil-
lar to almost everybody, and its se--
vice is greatly appreciated by every
one who has felt it's cooling currents
of atmosphere. There has recently
been invented new device whIcn
closely resembles the ventilating fan.It
is like the ventilator placed in the wall
of a room, but instead of cooling heats
a room. Ely this process Of heating
atmosphere in room is kept through
out the dimensions of the chamber
more evenly heated than by any other
known process. 1t is an electric ar
rangement aid : very clever one.
This heater consists of a wire resis
lance, in which the heat is generated.
It is put into or out of use by SIM
ply closing or opening a special switch
provided for this purpose and located
in the center of the heating-web. An
other form of fan-heater is arranged
so that the blades of the fan are heated
by having a heat developing wire
mounted on them in a coating of en-
amel This enamel becomes hot upon
connecting the wire with the circuit
which is led to the blades through col
lector rings in the shaft of the fan.
A form of heater is also made to be
applied to the ordinary ceiling fan so
much in use, and a ceiling fan is also
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
An Accident.

"Why, Johnnie, you've got a big
lump on your head! Have you been
fighting again.
Fighting? Me? 1 guess not"
'tBut somebody struck you?"
Nobody struck me. 1 wuZn't fight
in at all. 1t was a accident"
"An ACCIDENT"
yep. 1 had just trun Tommie
Scanlon down an was sittin' on him,
and 1 forgot to hold his et.''-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Uses OF Silk Remnants.

OF all the treasures, silk remnants
are perhaps the most useful They
come in for that "sufficiency" of silk
blouses in possession of which even
the woman of modest pin money can
make a brave show. Let her but have
a well-cut and well-made skirt of serge
and another of black silk, and she can
vary her toilet as she pleases. besides
always looking nice
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

John" she said, as they sat beside
the radiator and shivered, I'm afraid
your love for me is growing cold"
"Why darling" he asked, what has
put that ridiculous idea into your
head?" ''Just because it happened to
be q below when you left the house
this morning you didn't take off your
glove and throw kiss at me before
you turned the orner."-Chicago
Daily News.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
The Fountain of Wisdom.

''The trouble with him." said the
young man who had been trying to
fittingly describe an acquaintance, lis
that when he dipped into the sea OF
knowledge he thought he brought up
so much the blamed thing went dry
Chicago Post.