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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-07

*Mildred Gayle, *Lillie Sullivan.
*Bernice Rogers, *Martha Tewalt
*Leslie Dodge Will Cameron
Earl Dodge, *Everett Baxter
Arthur Baxter, *Jennie Baxter
Melvin Chivers, Harry McKen,
drick, Frank McKendrick, Sired
McKendrick, *Mesha Jones. Ru.
bic Jones, *Louise Jones. *Eliza
Jones, Alvin Jones, Verne Nc
Gowan, Charlie Ebberts, *Willie
Ebberts, Lou Frost, Edith Frost.
Tommy Jose, Isabella Boards,
ley, Ralph Beardsley, Lucretia
Pushaw, *Bertha Darlington.
Nettie Hanna, *Minnie McLar.
rem, eFlanklin Cameron, *Henrv
VanCamp, Selma Calhoun, *Ver.
nod Calhoun, *Etolia Lane, Pearl
Millick, Earl Millick, Frank Bay.
ter, Lee Baxter, Fred Funk.
house, *Joe Paul, *Joseph Rod.
gers, NGenevie Rodgers, Willie
Stephens, Naomie Latter. *PearI
Adams, *Eleanor Adams, John
Adams, Lizzie Jarvis, Maude
Jarvis, Ivy jarvis, Gladys jar
Wis, Willie Klug, Walter Klup.
Frank Fox, Maude Treloar. *Al.
bert Clarington.-6O.
ELMA r. BARLEY, Teacher.
Total enrolment 107.
Those not absent marked (R)
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-07
CHORUS
Choru-

o Use dreaming of de cabin old, an dem happy
days of yore,
OBJ de scrapin' OBJ de iddles an de dancin' on de
shore,
Tho Use feeble now, I longs to go an hear dem
datkies sing:
D it's summer time in Dixie an de blue BIRDS
on de wing.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23
HOME LIFE IN PORTO RICO.
Some Peculinrities of the People Who
Have just Become Subjects
of Uncle Sam.
Atlantic.

The native early-morning meal is 4
cup OF coffee with milk-addiciion &c
the black coffee habit does not exist
on the isiand-and a piece Of bread
! Breakfast is served al II or - o'clock
and is seldom elaborate. unless guests
are in the house. Boiled eggs, bread
and coffee satisfy the ordinary man,
but the hungry man eats his garlicky
beefsteak in addition.
Dinner is the meal Of the day, and is
eaten between six ard seven o'clock.
This is the natives only full heavy
meal, and this fact may account for his
ability TO eat quantity of food which
leaves the average American a victim
Of indigestion and remorse.
The positions of honor al a dinner
table are. among older and uon-tra veled
residents. in the following order: The
head of the table to the most distin-
guished guest the rest. in the order
of their rank and Importance, ranged
around TO the right. the host occupy
ing the last seat after his guests. The
NOA-NL e4t a. thC AClt VI k1C UlC.
together. Among the more cultured
classes the host occupies the head. the
hostess the foot, the places of honT
being the seats to the right and left of
the host.
The evenings in the home-for in
stance, of an alcalde, the mayor Of a
town-are spent around the center of
the handicapped table. lazily rocking
to and fro in the big chairs. The men
smoke their eigarettes-the women
never smoke-and a flow of small-talk.
filed with simple jokes and sallies, con
stitutes the entire evenings amuse-
ment. Where they have pianos, the
daughters exhibit their limited skill on
instruments which are tangled and out
of tune. One never sees a book or a
magazine in these houses, though in
two or three of the larger cities there
are many literary men. Reading is not
a strong point Of the island population.
Correspondence of Harper's
" eekly.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23
PERSONAL AND IMPERSoNAL.

Senator Hanna 10 the owner OF the
manuscript from which Gen. Grant
made his memorable speech at Warren
In the Garfield campaign. 1t was gift
from Grant to the senator.
Like Admiral Schley, Admiral Samp-
son is something of an artist. and many
OF his letters home during the Spanish
war were illustrated with marginal
sketches of considerable merit.
Lord Kelvin. now more than rs years
old. has taken out a patent on an i'm
proved device for making soundings
at sea. He is the inventor Of num-
ber of useful instruments among them
the siphon recorder, for registering
cable messages, and the quadrant cleo
tromeler.
There is still living in England a
woman who danced at the famous
Richmond ball given in Brussels on
the eve OF Waterloo. She is Lady Carew,
and has jusL entered her one hundred
and first year. AT the time of the ball
she was the pretty" Miss Cliffe and
was dressed in pale pink.
Gov.-elect W. A. Stone. of Pennsyl-
vania, stands six feet four inches in
his stockings and weighs PAS pounds.
and never wears a. silk hat. 1t is not
because he does rot consider this arti-
Gle of dress meet and proper that he
eschews it, but because il would accen-
tuate his height. and he believes he
has all the height that's coming to him.
\ mean trick was played upon pa
tiept by a New Orleans dentist Both
admired the same girl. The victim was
In the dentists chair, and his jaws were
scientifically held apart with patent
plugs, to facilitate dental operations.
Then the young lady was brought in,
and the man with the yawning mouth
tried to greet her with a welcoming
smile. She deemed him gaping idiot.
and advised him to close his mouth, lest
be should take cod. The dentist is now
the favored sutor
The blind devotion with which IN old
servant did his duty was illustrated on
one occasion when his master had a
dinner party. During the dinner Hen
ry was nervous and made two or three
blunders. His master cast angry
glalces at his servant but the poor
man could not settle quietly to his
work. AT last, when the dessert had
been placed quietly on the table, he
stole timidly behind his masters chair
ard said: Please, sir can you spare
me now? Ny house has been on fire
fer the last hour and a half"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23
INDIAN AFFEcTIoNATENEss.
There Ts Naeh Of II shown I'm the
Everyday Lives OF the So
Called savaGes.

Indians are not ashamed 10 show
their affection to one another. Chums
who have been separated for any length
OF time, are likely. when they meet. 10
put their arms around and hug and kiss
one another. Often two young men
will be seen standing or sitting close
together and holding hands. or with the
arm Of one about the neck Of the other.
Ny old father among the Blackfeet al
ways puts his arms around me and hugs
me when we meet after an absence.
The purely social side Of life in an In
dian camp could not fail TO interest any
one who might be introduced TO 1t.
In the family relation the Indian
shows side which is attractive. He
loves his wife and family as we love
ours, and he thinks of them before
thinking of himself. But besides the
natural affection that any animal has
for its young the Indian cares for his
children for another reason. He is in
tensely patriotic. His pride in his tribe
and its achievements is very strong. He
glories in the prowess of its braves
and the wisdom of its chiefs; his soul
Il rills as he hears told over and over
again the stories of the victories which
his people have won over their enemies:
he rejoices at the return of a success
ful war party. In the children growing
up in the camp, in the boys shooting
III blunt-headed arrows at the black
birds and ground squirrels. or yelling
and shouting with excitement in the
mimic warfares which constitute part
of their sport; in the girls whom he
sees nursing their puppies or helping
their mothers at their work. he recog-
nizes those who few years hence must
bear the responsibilities of the tribe.
uphold its past glories or protect it
from danger. a 5 he and his ancestors
have done. No wonder be loves them.
Indians seldom punish their children.
yet usually these are well trained.
though chiefly by advice and counsel.
When tiny little boy. who has just re-
ceived his first bow and arrows, starts
out Of the lodge to play with his fel-
lows, his mother is likely TO say to
him; BE careful. now; do not Go anv-
thing bad, do not hit anyone. 60 not !
shoot anyone with your arrows. You /
may hurt people with those things. If I
you are not careful. Pay attention to
y hat say George Bird Grinnell. in !
Atlantic
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23
A WINNER.

whole thing when he's ordered out TO
fight. He goes out and takes desper-
ate chance on purpose, and gets his
finish. His wife is here with him when
he dies. and so is Cyrano to see that he
don't tell anything. Then there is a
battle and she escapes. and Cyrano gets
through it some how and shows up later
and is a kind of friend of the family aud
comes to see her every day, but al
ways very much on the dignity, under
stand? All this while that he's been
workiu' for the other fellow he's never
tipped 1t off to her that he loves her.
He'ssupposed to be good friend. that's
ALL
We'll. you know he's scrapper. and
writes good many things that get IN
der the skin, and there's lot of peo-
pie layin' for him. and at last they get
him. This is nearly II years after the
young fellow Cied, understand?
Cyrano is goin' along the street ore
day and somebody drops log on his
head and lays him cut. They take him
home and he's defirious and all done
for. but be manages TO get out into the
garden where the girl is. but of course
she's Il woman now. and she's sltiui
with her back 10 him and don't notice
that there's anything the matter with
him. They get 10 talkin over old times,
and she gives him the last letter that
she got from this Christian. He reads
il out loud and then. bein' out of his
head. you know, he goes an and repeats
a lot of things that he used TO write in
these letters to her. Well. she's sur
prised and then she tumbles. She sees
that II was him and not the young fell
low that she was stuck Oh. But here's
where Cyrano's game. He won't admit
that he wrote the letters. and as long
as he's got any breath he tells her that
he doesn't love her. but she knows bet
ter. He gets cut OF his chair and
makes hard fight. and then keels over
and everybody gets up and goes out OIL
their fiptoes."
And don't he marry her at alI?'
asked the s;enographs-.
Il should say not"
-0h. pshaw. Those tragedies al
ways come ont that way.T-Chicago
Daily Record.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

did you ever love another before
you met me?" he inquired. Another
what?" she asked.-Answers.
This won't do." exclaimed Mrs. Box.
excitedly. There's 13 at table" Never
mind, ma" shouted little Johnnie, u
kin eat fur two."-The Rival.
Mother--"Whom do you love best
Tommy-mother, father or grandma?' p
Tommy (promptly)-"Custard." sgd
ney Town and Country Journal.
Customer-"Are my clothes ready?"
Tailor-"Not yet, sir" Customer
But you said you would have them
done if you worked all night" Tailor
Yes; but l didn't work all night
Answers.
Ofiicer-"What is your name?" Jones
-"M'namesh-hic-Jamesh J-jonesh." ="
Oficer-"What is your full name?"
Jones-"Yesh. tha-thas full name-so-
Der namesh Ja-james-hic-Jones." =
Town Topics.
We don't have no luck at our house
like they have over 10 Johnny Smith
ers'." why. what kind of luck do the
Smithers' have?' Jimmy Smithers'
father has dyspepsia, an there's always
a piece OF pie left over an Jimmy gets
it.'-Melbourne Weekly Times.
On the Road to Reformation.-Wea
Walker-"Say, mum, could yer give
feller leetle help ter keep him from
breakin' good resolution ?" Old Lady
of course, my good man. Here's
quarter for you. Now, tell me your res
olution." Never ter swipe anything,
mum, ez long ez could get money this
easy. So long."-Philadelphia Record.
Influenza Patient-"What. doctor, do
you mean 10 say you charge me FIVE
shillings visit?" Doctor-"Certain-
ly. just the same as anyone else" In
fuenza Patient-"0h, but you ought
TO make reduction for me Why. I
introduced the influenza into the neigh
borhood. d."-sydney Town and Country
Journal
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23
IN THE LADRONES.
the NewIy-Acquired Islands
of the Pacific.

The queer things in the Ladrones in
clsde tree. the fruit Of which is so OBJ
/ ndNious to the nostrils that man car
nCt keep his stomach" and smell il.
BIT once past the nose ii Is so delicious
that he will eat until too full to walk.
I lis fruit ripens once month. and
IS plentiful.
\ nut which can be eaten shell and all
IS another queer product. The sLel!
IS brittle as a cracker. sweet and good
The inside has kernel which can only
BE- bitten when the fruit i fresh.
Another fruit is so rare that it il
used as a coin.
A very queer mineral product is q
stone which changes color in the at
nosphere. Cold days il is black; hot
days it is bright red; when rain threat
ers it is pinkish, and in cloudy weather
ii is blue. The stone lies on the high
ways and the pedestrian can forecast
his own weather.
4 great yellow flower which orens
and closes 10 the sun d noon Is another
novelty. This flower takes only five
minutes to open and shut; for one miu-
ute it is wide open. showing a white
center with golden heart II opens di-
rectly up to the sun and closes tight
with dropping head. 1t varies not cne
minute in the whole lifetime of the
plant. On cloudy days i; opens. but
its petals point downward. for the
stem does not rise as on sunny DAYS.
This Hover acts as a clock to the na-
tives. The domestic animal of the
Ladrones is small bird called a
laughing donkey" Ii laughs like a
parrot, but has projections at the side
of its head which give rise TO the name.
Another household pet is the japanese
poodle, which here is very small and
very curly haired. The deg catches its
own fish IL the lagoons and eats fruit
from the guava tree.
Ih man who owns a farm in the In
crones is rich man. for he can SUM-
port life without labor. Breadfruit
trees grow wild. and with the cocoa
nuts are the shade trees of the islands.
a grove OF breadfruit trees to a La
drone islander is what a herd of west
ern cattle is to a ranchinan. Fruit
grows all the year round, and every
quality Of queer edible tropical fruit is
found there.
very valuable possession which
Uncle Sam will use is the palm grove.
which extends in belt across all fbe
islands This palm grove consists Of
palm trees which rise side by side so
close together that you can hardly, ex-
sept for the slehderness Of the truhks
Of the trees. penetrate into the depths
Of The palm forest. They grow yegeta-
bic ivory. which in commerce is rs
good as the elephant tusk. This ivory
can be used in all cases that do not
call for great durability, and for orna-
nents 1t cannot be surpassed.-Rich-
mond TimeA
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23
-Did il work2- asked the cloihing

did II workT asked the clothing
salesman.
~Did 1t work? Well, | should say il
did. Cyrano would write these letters
TO her, and she thought. OF course. that
they came from the young fellow and
that he was just about the best ever. He
! got TO be such an awful bit with her
that he thought he didn't need any OF
/ Cyrano's help any more. and so he
started 10 make love on his own hook.
aud came mighty near qneerin' the
whole thing. He had TO call on Cyrano
again. In the third act. you know,
they come around under her window at
night and Cyrano tells the young fellow
what 10 say. After the talk is started
Cyrano stands under the window and
ieals out a line OF about the swellest
conversation that you ever heard IN
your life. He was really talkin' for him
self. but il was supposed to be the
young fellow talkin'. and OF course the
young fellow was geitin' stronger
every minute. After Cyrauo had her
goin' he side-stepped and let this dunn
my come in and land the Knockout.
The girl and the young fellow fixed it
up to get married then and there They
nailed a priest, and while they were in
the house bein' married. here was good
old Cyrano out in front of the house
standin of the duke who was stuck on
the girl himself Talk about a mau
gettln' the short end of it. Cyrano
didn't even get the losers percentage.
We'll, this duke. you know, that had
been stuck on the girl. he was good and
sore when lie found out that her and
the young fellow were married. so be
ordered the whole company to go to
the front in some war or other. He
sent Cyrano and the young fellow anc
the whole bunch out to camp where It
was about an even-money bet that
they'd all get Killed in less than
week. After they got out to this camp
Cyrano keeps writin the letters to her
ard she thinks all the time that they're
from this Christian. Finally she can't
stand it any longer She gets through
the lines and goes out TO the camp and
tells her husband how she's enjoyed
these letters. and says that since shes
come TO know him so well she could
love him even if he was old and ugly
The young fellow begins to see that
she's really stuck on Cyrano without
KNOWN it. He's about 10 blow The
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23
MYSTERIOUS LIGHT AT SEA.
Three Steamers Didn't Understa d
1t, But the Prince of Mon
AGO Knew.

The prince Of Monaco has beer
known since 1855 as an enthusiastic
student OF the sea and its various forms
OF life. HI usually spends his summers
in the study of oceanOgraphic prob
lens. and his cruises have on some oc-
casions been extended almost TO the
coasts Of America. 4 short time ago
he delivered lecture before the Royal
Geographical society in London, in
which he told this incident:
One afternoon, while in the Bay Of
/ hiscay, he sank the trap in which he
collected specimens OF sea life. 1t went
/ 10 the bottom in over II 600 feet Of
water. and as night approached he fas-
tened 10 the wire attached to it an cleo
;ric buoy and then stood off mile or
so. II did not happen to occur to him
that he was right in the track of steam
ers plying between northern Europe
and the Mediterranean, but he was re-
minded OF the fact later.
As he and his II sailors were watch
ing with good deal of satisfaction the
swaying buoy with its brilliant illumi-
nation steamer lights came into view.
1t was soon evidenced that the steamer
was curious TO know the meaning of
the illumination. for she altered her
course and made for the light. She
knew that no fishing boats came out so
far from land and so determined to
solve the mystery. Up she came to
within quarter Of mile OF the buoy.
slowed up for minute. and then start
ed ahead, perhaps little disgusied at
the incident that had lured her several
miles out of her course.
She had hardly got away when a
second steamer came into view. and
she, too, bore down upon the lighted
buoy. The marines on the princes
vessel understood by this time that the
illumination was probab believed to
be evidence Of disaster. Just as the
princes steamer was moving up TO ex-
plain matters she was nearly run down
by one Of the large liners in the orien-
tai trade, which had also left her course
to render what assistance she could
The swell was very heavy. and the
prince feared collision as the three
vessels approached the light like moths
around a candle. He therefore veered
off and the other vessel. after stand
ing by for a few minutes. went on their
way and probably never learned the
cause Of that nights illumination at
sea.
But the incident gave the prince a
pointer. He carefully refrsined there
after from exhibiting his electric buoy
on any of the much travelled ocean
Y. Sun.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23
IL Wa. |. STARTER.

Yes he said, I'VE were out sleiga 4
riding lawst evening, and Miss Mile
was driving. and she didn't hold me in
very tight. you know, and the sleigh
struck rut and went head over heels
into a snow bank"
Didn't it startle you?" queried the
pretty girl on the right.
"Yaas,' he answered. ~it gave me
quite a urn."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23

Little Harry-Papa. what's the diff
ference between a fnancier and an
economist?
Papa-AD economist will walk three
squares to save a nickel. A financier
will hop on car and beat somebody
out of quarter while riding those
three squares.-Clevelaud Leader.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23
The Smell of Flowers.

4 scientist Of note has discovered
that the smell of flowers is injurious
TO the voice. He declares that several
operate singers of his acquaintance
owe the loss of their voices to their
passion for certain sweet-smelling
fowers.-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23

She-I'm almost baked. I've been
shut up in close, stuffy room for two
hours.
He-What was the occasion for that?
a meeting Of our Fresh Air society"
-YoRkerx Statesman.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23

How did the colonists manage TO
exist the first year after their arrival?-
asked the teacher of the class in Ameri-
can history.
The Indians took hair of them" re-
piled Freddy Fangle.-Harlem Life.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-23

The aereage Of cultivated land in Ar
gentine has doubled in l2 years, and
tie popuIa;ion. owing to European i'm
migration. has Increased over "a per
cent. IN = saine period.
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-12
RIO GRANDE WESTERN
CARNIVAL DAY
Will Be a Hummer

The pot is boiling already. Thursday
it will aun over and nothing but steam
can be seen in this city, on that day.
The carnival committee are jubilant
over the prospects for Thursdays grand
jubilee. Enough features are assured
to make the parade bowling success,
and the committee in charge are being
hoarly apprised OF new additions.
The place Of rendezvous preparatory
to making the start, will be in the vacant
lot back of Park Opera house.
The opera house dressing rooms will
be utilized by those wishing to don
their suits at this convenient place,
while Hadcock's commodious wagon
shop is at the disposal of those wishing
to dress vehicles, burros, horses, etc.
The committee requests all who will
enter the parade to meet at one o'clock
as the start will be made at two o'clock
sharp. Let no one be left out OF this
hot time. Join the parade and swell
the numbers.
Put aside the notion that you are go
ing to watch the fun. 1t is all very we'll
to watch another person eat ice cream.
1t is nicer to eat the cream and let less
enterprising people watch you. Every
resident OF Grand Junction should share
in the honor of presenting to all visitors
the grandest carnival spectacle ever
given by community OF this size.
After the days hilarity comes the
Great Ball Masque at PARK opera house,
where the King and Queen will unmask,
to say nothing Of He, she and it.
The daily sentinel., 1899-09-12
The Mid " ay.

The Midway streets Of the Greater
Am erica Exposition at Omaha this year
will TEEN with unique attractions. As
was true of the exposition of 1893 this
section Of the forthcoming show will
prove to be The most powerful magnet
on the grounds. Conoessionaires have
already paid in thousands Of dollars as
first payment money and nearly hun
dred applications are now on file await
ing acceptance by the managers. These
If accepted would net the expedition
about $780, 900. The Midway this year.
however, will be far different in all par
ticulars from that Of . year ago, a.. In
deed, will be the entire Exposition. 1t
u . new deal all around.