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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28
HAVE FAITH IN FETIcHEs.
Many COIored People Believe That
Snake Skin Will Ward on EVIL.

Many COIored People Believe That
Snake Skin VIII Ward on EVIL.
Belief in the efficacy of fetichesis still
prevalent among certain class of col
ored people in this city, and probably
no one has the superstition brought so
forcibly to his attention as Head Keep
er Manley, of the zoo, says the Phila-
delphia Record. Constant Implications
are made to him for materials for love
charms by both sexes. Most often the
request is for little piece of snake
skin, which, when powdered by a witch
doctor and put in a locket, to be sus-
pended from the possessor's neck, is
considered to be a sure winner of affec-
tions. To supply the demand a number
of skins taken from the reptiles that
die in captivity are always kept on
hand. The soft breast feathers from
the African gray parrots are saved for
other wooers, who prize them just as
highly. Keeper Marley is called upon
to supply fetiches to insure success in
combat as well as in love. Several negro
prize fighters well known in the local
ring carry little bunch of hair clipped
from the tuft on the end of the old lions
tail. These bristles are thought to give
the wearer unbounded courage and
strength.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28
DuNS DELINQuENTS.
silent Monitor Used by a Methodist
Church in Oregon.


After careful consideration the Cen
tenary Methodist church of Portland,
Ore, has decided upon a novel plan
for raising funds necessary in conduct
ing the affairs of the congregation, re-
ports the Chicago Chronicle. 1t was
suggested by the pastor, Rev. j. ].
Waters, who has determined to run his
church as a democracy, giving every
body opportunity and inducement to
contribute. At a meeting of influential
members he explained his plan. He
showed a large roster with all the
members of the church on it. Opposite
each name are SO spaces for credit
marks. The roster is placed in the
vestibule of the church, where it re-
mains, and is in plain view of everyone
entering the church. At the close of
every month the roster is taken down
and all who have contributed any
thing to the current expenses of the
church are checked up in the spaces OPP
posite the names. The amount paid is
not given, but the check indicates that
something, however small, has been
HNAN 'S'AiN tAS PlOi Y Va buC
The contributions come into the hands
OF the clerk by means of envelopes,
and the amount and name are obtained
in this way. The roster will show Just
who has paid anything and who has not
1t is claimed for the system that the
delinquents get tired after awhile see.
ing the row of blanks after their names
and begin to pay something in order tc
fill up the blank spaces. 1t is sort OF
ever-present dunning board. 1t looks
down with significant silence on every
member who enters the church door
the delinquent cannot escape its all
seeing eye. Whether present or absent
he knows it is there, and the blanl
spaces seem constantly to say: spa,
something" The meeting adopted Tho
plan unanimously.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28
WILD BIRDS SEEK FARMYARDs.
Turkeys in Virginia Boost with the
Domestic Fowls.

Domestic Fowls.
Turkeys are so plentiful that it is
nothing uncommon to hear of their
coming to roost at farInhouses, along
side the domestic birds. NJ. p. M.
Yeager, living at Travellers Repose, w.
Va, and 25 miles west of Monterey, has,
according to the Richmond Dispatch,
six wild ones running with his tame
flock. These, however, have IL little ro-
nance connected with them that does
not often come into the life of a turkey.
One day Est spring Mr.. Yeager and
his daughter, Miss Pearl, went from
their home to a clubhouse" several
miles distant and situated in the soli-
tudes of Cheat mountain. Fishing down
one of the mountain streams for trout,
they unexpectedly flushed covey of
wild turkeys, consisting of the mother
bird and nest full of little fellows.
The old one few away to a safe distance,
while the little ones, true to their ma
ture, scrambled away and hid among
the ferns. Six of them were made cap
tives, and it was decided to take them
home, but how was it to be done sue
cessfully? Miss Pearl dropped them
into the capacious and mysterious
depth of her bonnet and bore them in
triumph to the farmyard, where they
were again to see the light and make
their future home. The tiny fellows
took kindly to their new existence and
soon made fast friends of new neigh
bors. Months have come and gone and
they are now full-grown, noble fellows,
fit to grace the table of king.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28
USED AFLoAT AND ASHORE.
The Middie-Aged Man Discovers the
Worldwide Use of the Rucksnw.

"The bucksaw in any mind" said the
middle-aged man, according to the
New York Sun, sis indelibly associated
with a sawbuck-the reach between
the two KS half sawed through, where
it had been scored by the saw dropping
down upon it-standing by wood pile
in the back yard. There are chips scat
tered around on the ground, and scraps
Of bark and more or less sawdust.
'What brings all this to my mind is
the sight of man saving wood with
bucksaw on the deck of a schooner ly-
ing at South street wharf, stick of
cordwood resting in the sawbuck, and
the man with his knee on it and saving
away just as be would ashore. AT first
this looked strange; and so it does still
to some extent. i had seen sawbucks
and bucksaws on the decks of canal
boats, where they looked natural
enough, because the canal boat is usual
ly close by the land, where one could
step to or from it easily; but 1 could
scarcely make the bucksaw seem
familiar on a saltwater craft, because
it seemed TO me so essentially thing of
the land.
FINALLY, did make it seem all right
on the schooner. though, by thinking Of
that as q vessel making short voyages
and keeping near land, and hauling up,
maybe, in creeks. close by the shore, and
as being in various ways intimately as
ISOLATED with the land; but I couldn't
think of it as being used at sea. But
| when came 70 think If over knew of
course. they must have some way of
saving wood aboard deep-water ships,
and when I came to inquire 1 learned
that the bucksaw is used af1oat just as
it is ashore; it is piled on a ship thou
sand miles at sea just as it would be on
a farm
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28
AFTER SEVENTEEN YEARS.
California Miner Loved a Wife Wen
Enough to WHIT for Her.

California Miner Loved a Wife Wen
Enough to Wait for Her.
Here is California romance of pow
erty and riches. Seventeen years ago,
reports an exchange, Mrs. Cecilia Nou-
CUES, then only 10 years old, went to the
Pacific coast with her husband on their
honeymoon trip. There for the first
time they met John r. IIite, one of the
pioneers of the gold days, who had
made fortune of S3,0o0,0 900. They were
his guests at dinner once or twice, and
then parted from him to meet no more
fer years. In their brief acquaintance,
however, the millionaire gold miner had
learned TO love pretty Mrs. Nougues,
and though she already had young
and healthy husband, he vowed he
would never marry until he could make
her his bride. Through years of wait
ing, when he had lost all traces of her,
he kept his VOW. Recently he became
i'll. His doctor ordered a nurse, and
Mrs. Nougues, now widow earning her
own living as a nurse, was sent to attend
him. Each was unaware OF the identity
of the other until they met in the sick
room. Imagine, if you can, their sur
prise. Mrs. Nougues was a capital
nurse, and Mr.. Hite became such an OK
cellent patient that health soon re-
turned. Then the millionaire, now CT
years old, avowed the love that had
survived II years of doubt and waiting.
Mrs. Nougues accepted, and they were
married in Oakland on October IA by
Rev. Charles w. Wendte.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28
DEBTS OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Old Ran Takes Pride in Hunting Up
His Once Satisfied Creditors.

old Ran T6Ecs Pride IN hunting I'D
His Once Satisfied Creditors.
A case of rather remarkable CONNER
cial honesty has just come to light. In
1878 one of Springfeld's well-llnown
shoe dealers found himself so embar-
raised by depreciation in value of stock
and the difficulty in collecting accounts
that he failed and made compromise
with his creditors of so cents Ola the
dollar.
After % years, reports the Spring
field (Nlass.) Republican, the merchant,
now considerably over 70 years old,
has settled all those old claims in
full, paying the balance unpaid at that
time, amounting to several thousand
dollars. There was no claim on him
other than that of his conscience.
All his creditors had signed paper
acknowledging their satisfaction, and,
in fact, large number of the original
papers had been destroyed, so that the
merchant had to settle in accordance
with the figures he had in his posses
sion, paying over money in some cases
TO heirs, or to surviving partners who
knew nothing or had nothing to show
of the original transaction.
The conscientious old shoe dealer is
very anxious not to have his name APP.
pear-his act would lose its merit
through advertising, he says.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28
THE CHINAMAN's PIeTAlL.
1t Is often Cut on by the HoodIums
of San Francisco.


Among the real injuries that can be
offered to Celestial is to- cut off his
hair, which he wears in plat down his
back and to which disrespectful western
nomenclature has attached the name of
pigtail, says the Washington Post.
Sometimes the hoodlums in San Fran
cisco and the Larkins in Sydney, N. S.
W., in an overflow Of animal spirit and
in unreserved contempt of the heathen
Chinee cut off the pigtail, and the I'M
happy victim of this outrage has to go,
like the messengers of David, who, be-
ing shorn by the Philistines, were told
to tarry in Jericho till their boards did
grow, and, as the old Hebrews did, dwell
apart until the pigtail became observa-
Bile.
1t is reserved for the administration
of the pubic works prison in Toronto to
show consideration for the pigtail under
circumstances not usually considered
as sources of tenderness, and the Chi
nese who come there as conyicts Will
hereafter retain their pigtails. In this
country in state prisons the hair is cut
close and no national custom will save
it, though it be as sacred as a China
mans pigtail.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28
Effects of Diamonds.

Sarah Bernhardt claims that the
wearing of diamonds destroys the best
expression of the face, dims the fire
of the eyes and makes the teeth look
like chalk. Her fad, however, is for
costly gowns, the last magnificent ac-
QUESTION being trimmed with tur-
quoises and the train lined with the
skins of 200 ermines. 1t is valued at
G 1 300
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28
ponuIation of GERMAN cities.

Berlin has 1,o77,135 inhabitants;
Hamburg, .625,OOO; Munich, 100000.
Four cities have over 300Oo0-Leipsic,
800, 969; Breslau, $4,000; Dresden, $780,
coo, and Cologne, 321 900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

Cabbage is said TO be cure for in
toxication. Natives of Egypt eat
boiled cabbage before their other food
if they intend to drink wine after din
ner ,...-.. -. ....-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28
A Hard nrinIser.

1t is estimated that an oak of average
size, during the five months it is in
leaf every year, sucks from the earth
about 1919 tons of water.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28
sight of CaterpilIars.

An eminent French scientist says
that caterpillars cannot see more than
a centimeter. or two-fifths of an inch,
in front of them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

Id OFFTCE-HAILEY DISTRICT.
\. Neal j. Sharp
w. a. HoSs man
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-28

i Judxes--J. w. Huston, Chief Justice,
P. Quarles, I. N. Sullivan.
ige, Dist. No. A. &C. o. Stockslager
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N ALL sides and
from the lips of
soldiers of every
grade / heard at
Montauk. inter
IN gled with
words the reverse
o ( compliment
tary, this tribute
to Spanish valor !;
but they did
fghtl' FL Ca
n y s veterans
saw more and re-
call more OF the
personal deeds of
their foe than
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leans stood near with rifles at a ready.
An officer who saw the Spaniard's body
afterward said that Ord's avengers had
literally ''filled ii full of holes. This
was what the Spaniard took for granted
when he prepared to "die game"
No quarter was expected by the Span
ish, because they had given none to the
insurgents and supposed that Cubans
were scattered through the American
ranks. Countless instances were given
me of wounded Spaniards crossing
themselves at the approach Of. Ameri-
cans as preparation for massacre at
the hands of the enemy.
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said that the admiral was as cool as
though at anchor in bis cabin. After
the American guns opened he simply
observed the channel and the endmy's
ships and asked the pilot, "When can
we shift tine helmF" He wished TO turn
to starboard. In few seconds he re-
peated. "pilot, advise me when we can
shift the helm" few minutes later
the pilot said, admiral, the helm may
be- shifted now = Instantly Cervera,
annrvelously calm and free from excite
4lvnh gave the orders. TO starhoardl7
and "Firei" The helm was shifted. and
the turret and port batteries opened.
Already there were many dead and
wounded ia the batteries; the ship was
filling with water and was on fire be-
low. With open sen just ahead the pilot
left the flagship, and as he did SO Ger
vera said: s'Goodby. pilot. Go now
and be sure to have them pay you. be-
cause You have earned it WE'LL" He
then continued the orders TO tho batter
les and sailing officer which had been
interrupted by the incident Of the pilots
leave taking.
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1t was not savage ferocity simply
which animated the Spaniards. They
showed lofty gallantry. One day during
the long truce the Americans urged that
the cause was hopeless and the Span
iards should surrender to save their
lives. The answer was: 1--WE cannot
without permission from Madrid. We
would rather fall in battle with Ameri-
cans than be shot for treason by our
own people," Another time the Span
iards began an earthwork in front of
the Second United States infantry and
were driven off by party from that
regiment. All the Spaniards except one
officer beat rapid retreat. This officer
staid in the redoubt some minutes,
calmly walking up and down and dodg-
ing Yankee bullets When the Ameri-
cans got within revolver range, he fired
two shots at their leader, Lieutenant
Moore, then walked calmly. under fire.
after his retreating men.
An appeal sent by General Linares
ON July 10 to Blanco and Madrid suing
for leave to surrender puts the situation
at Santiago in its true light. From 9TH
er sources it is known that the Span
iards had no food. Spanish soldiers fell
faint from hunger at their posts in San
tiago. and SO great was the famine that
dogs devoured their own kind. Linares
said that his soldiers had struggled
three years against climate. privations
and fatigue Che dare not name insurg-
snts). were without food, physical force
or the means of recuperating, and,
moreover, the inhabitants of the terri
tory in which the soldiery had no vital
interest had abandoned il at the APP
proach of the Americans.
Cervera reported to Blanco when the
Americans landed on Cuban soil that
he would do what he could with his
squadron, but that he had neither coal
for his furnaces nor food for his men.
A large percentage of his shells and
quick matches were useless, his bat
teries Incomplete, the vizcaya foul and
the Maria Teresa not equipped for the
crisis But Ceryera fought to the last
when the time came, and Linares said
that. with Santiago surrounded. the
army would sacrifice itself in an at
tempt to cut through II Madrid spoke
the word of command. No American
who fought at Santiago but believes that
Linares' pledge would have boon kept,
:or the Spaniards did fight. !"
GEoRGE L. KuMER.