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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
NeIIie's Doll House.

Nellie had a doll house made by
brother Sam out of a big packing box.
There were upstairs and downstairs for
the dolls and front and back parlor,
with real glass windows and the cutest
little kitchen with a toy stove and tin
dishes in it, and a little pantry where
Nellie put little squares of cakes and
bread and pie on her small china
dishes. Yes, Nellie was very proud of
her house and dishes, and she had fine
doll parties Nellie's brother Ned has
a puss that was a great mouser. Nell
lies friends were visiting her one day,
and their dolls were all in her play
house, sitting in the chairs or on the
sofas. Come" said Nellie, 1--WE must
get dinner now" Nellie looked into
the pantry of her house. and there sat
a sleek little mouse, nibbling cake, and
the floor and shelves of the pantry were
covered with crumbs. My! What a
Shrek went up from the little girls
when they heard about the mousei Kit
tie Maynard went and brought Ned's
puss. Then there was lively scurry-
ing, and doll furniture and dolls were
overturned and broken as the mouse
and puss raced through the doll house.
Puss caught the mouse and carried 1t
away in triumph. Lei don't cry"
said Arabella. These are war times.
Our dolls have been in battle and have
scars to show that they were there"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
New Hour Record Figures.

Taylor, the young Frenchman, made
a most successful attempt on the hour
record at Pare des Princes track in
Paris. He was paced by petroleum
tandem and covered Sc kilometers 966
meters (35 miles zoo yards) in the
sixty minutes. He made no special
preparation for the trial, but has for
some time been in splendid form for
fast work. Very few of his friends
were aware of his proposed att. lpt
and there were not more than twenty
present at the time. The Frenchman
set hot pace from the start, missing
the record for the first kilometer by
only three-fifths of a second and cut
tings 6 3-5 seconds off of the record for
two kilometers. From then on to the
end he kept within the records made
previously by himself and during the
first half of the hour he kept calling
for more pace. In the thirty-fifth kilo-
meter he began to show signs o. ex-
haustion, but quickly recovered and
finished strong. His principal times by
kilometers were as follows: Ten kilo-
meters, 1913 3-5; twenty. 20:42 rs;
thirty, S1:02 rs; forty, 42:42; fifty.
52:S3 3-5.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
EOTES OF THE WHEEL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO Dew
OTEES OF THE BICYCLE.
A Decline of Interest Is Becoming Man
fest-Most Noticeable feature of the
National Meet at Boston-How 10 Use
the Whee1man's Strength.
shows Decline of Interest.

No single event in the season has so
effectually impressed upon the mind
the extent to which interest in cycle
racing has ebbed as the national meet
OF the League of American Wheelmen
at Boston. The meet was fairly well
attended, although there were not so
many league members present as in
some former years, only 5000 having
registered at headquarters; but there
were present, as a result of reduced
fares, hundreds of unaflIiated visitors,
both cyclists and sightseers, who went
afoot and In street cars. Notwith-
standing the 5000 or 1000 visitors,
added to the thousands of local wheel
ing people, the national championship
races, presumably the most important
events of the year in cycling affairs
were in no case attended by more than
a usually good crowd, say 6,5O0-cer-
tainly not by the 10000 and $4,000
crowds that have attended race meets
in Boston. Springfield, Philadelphia
and other eastern cities in years gone
by. While the meet was a success So
cially and perhaps financially the en-
thusiasm in the racing part of the
programme was manifestly less pro-
nounced than at previous league meets,
and If by any possibility those present
at the races failed to take note of the
small number of newspaper corre-
spondents present as an evidence of
the decline in popular interest, those
hundreds of thousands of other wheel
men throughout the country who re-
manned at home could not fail to note
the meager space given to news of the
meet in the daily press in other cities
throughout the land, and interpret the
sign Alright.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

had stood quartering towards me the
only result was to tear out a big piece
Of his hide along his side, inficting a
painful but not dangerous wound.
When the boar felt the sting Of the
bullet he made for the tree l was in.
He must either have caught a glimpse
of me or have seen the smoke OF the
shot. Calling to the Indian to slip down
down out of the little tree and make
for big one, turned my attention to
the boar and soon killed him.
THE whip-hke cracks Of guns off
to the left told plainly that Ben and
John, my other half-breed Indian COM
panions, were also having their share
OF the sport. got down and went to
the tree where Jack was roosting, and
told him to come down, as the old boar
was dead. We quietly approached the
quarter from which the sound of the
shooting came and about 500 yards dis
tant we suddenly saw a little opening
about 100 yards in circumference. On
the opposite side of this opening we
saw widespread live oak, from which
puffs OF smoke were slowly drifting
upward Beneath and around the tree
were about dozen wild hogs, snorting
and grunting with rage, and creating
pandemonium OF sounds as they flung
themselves at the tree and tried to
reach the men by jumping upward.
Three OF the lot were tremendous
boars, while the others were sows and
half-grown pigs.
Selecting tree within easy shoot
ing distance, Jack and l climbed into
its branches and opened fire. In few
minutes not living hog could be seen,
and as none of them ever had under
taken to run away, we knew that be-
tween us we had wiped out the lot.
seventeen in ALL"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
Bald to Race Abroad.

E. c. Bald sailed for England on the
Kaiser Wilhelm, with his chum, Tod
Sloan, as his travelling companion.
When the news of his intended de-
parture for foreign shores got out, re
ports stated that he would abandon
the bicycle racing game to follow the
turf. The champion called at once at
the Cycle Age Office in New York to
deny this. He said he has by no means
abandoned his cycle path career, but
has gone abroad to arrange matches
with Bourrillon, Tommaselli and all
corners worthy of his steel. His ambi-
ton, he says, is to defeat all the great
riders of the world. Although the
total amount of money put up in the
sional competition compares favorably
with that of previous years, the racing
for the most part in the early season
at intervals of a week has been
against Bald's day-in and day-out cam
paigning abilities, and has not kept
him at his work constantly enough to
show him so far at his best. He has
doubtless, through his intimacy with
Tod Sloan, become much interested in
the turf. and his alleged good luck
with the ponies" in California and
New York has doubtless dulled some
what the enthusiasm for cycle compe-
tition. and this seeking of foreign con-
tests should be just the thing to re-
vive it. He is now in London.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

right about quarter of a mile away.
I'm few minutes heard crash in
the underground and q savage grunt
and snort, and out started big SOW
and two half-grown pigs. Just as the
SOW appeared over a slight elevation
about $50 feet away l fired and keeled
her over. The pigs stoad still a min
ute until they caught sight Of me,
when they charged furiously. knocked
one OF them over before they had made
twenty-five feet, but the other kept
right on, the picture of demoniacal
rage, with foam dropping from his
Jaws and teeth and tusks swapping like
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

a sapling which was not over ave or
six inches in diameter. Attracted by
the rush OF the hogs. Jack drew away
from the tree Just as a tremendous old
boar darted out OF the underbrush
about fifty yards distant. Jack saw
him coming like cyclone, and, with
out considering, shot at him. The shot
struck the boar fairly between the
eyes, but 1t might as well have been
fired into a monitor for all the harm
1t did. The bullet fattened like putty
and did no other damage than more
thoroughly to enrage the boar. When
he saw the Indian he gave a fierce
snort and started for him, with the
foam flying from his mouth and his
fierce little eyes glinting with devilish
ferocity. He skinned up tree, but,
unluckily, it was sapling barely big
enough to hold his weight. The boar
didn't stop in his charge, but ran full
tilt into the sapling, shaking it so
badly that the Indian had all he could
do to hang on.
When the boar found he couldn't
knock the tree down by sheer force he
deliberately went to work In another
way. He walked around the tree three
or four times, until he seemed to have
found spot in which to begin opera
lions, when he stopped and began to
dig and tear up the ground with his
snout and to tear and bite off the roots
with his long tusks. 1t was plainly
evident that something would have to
be done pretty quick, or our mess
would be one short. Poor Jack was
hanging on and yelling with all his
might, and every yell appeared to ado
to the rage Of the old boar.
calling to Jack to stop yelling and
to hang onto the tree, prepared to lei
the brute have a bullet. The distance
was about $50 yards, and as it took
close shot to effect anything against
the tough hide of an old boar. l made
preparations by standing on big limt
of the live oak tree and resting my CUR
on another, about on level with my
shoulders. My first shot struck thu
boar behind the shoulder. but as h'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

prize at Hamburg, which was attended
by more than $4,000 people. All the
preliminary heats were won by the
Germans, except the fifth, which
Grogna won. The track was wet and
the foreigners dared not ride fast. but
the Germans who were used to it were
less afraid of slipping. Three consola-
ton heats, the semi-hnals, and the final
were run. In the first heat Broka de-
feated Pontecchi; the second was won
easily by Banker, and Bourrillon sim
ply ran away with the third Broka.
Banker and Bourrillon won the con-
ISOLATION heats, but Banker was shut
out by Bourrillon and Broka in the
consolation final. Then all the IN
placed riders took part in the final
consolation race, which brought to-
gether the greatest field of famous
riders that ever rode together. Seven
men started, as follows: Arend, Grog-
ma. Broka. Verheyen. Herring and
Munder. 1t was slow race until the
bell. each watching the others and
jockeying for position. On the back
stretch Bourrillon went ahead at such
speed as to prevent any Of the Others
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
So Father Says.


fish I'D been grandpa's child
h. aat could had the JOY
y fishing In those good old days
Then father was a boy.
h then the fish grew bigger far
"a han they do nowadays,
y h literally packed the stream
lat least. so father says.
n W never caught a sucker then
hat didn't weigh a ton,
pickereI were longer than
8 modern armstrong gun.
N " used to yank out halibut
hundreds from our bays.
u shad ran up the banks to bite
'Aat least. SO father says.
" never thought of using bait
= % lure the willy trout,
Fesy reached a bushel basket down
Al md simply dipped them out.
u In about an hour or two
hey'd fill up several drays
I'd SOW them through the neighbor-
a Y hood
II It least, so father says.
MI short, they caught so many fish.
a., hat fore their sport was through
!, . stream where they were fishing
2 would
h o down yard or two.
q not an angler failed to come
Tome loaded I'm those days
habit father still pursues.
ar least. SO mother says.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
ooralallr Agreea wien reaa,.

Governor Roosevelt attended the re
cent commencement at Cornell. and
while there was entertained at ons OF
the college fraternity houses. When he
was about to leave one of his staff said
to him: Governor, the boys have an
excellent library in the house and
think they would appreciate its en-
largement by a copy of your Rough
Riders" Teddy" in an outburst Of
good-fellowship, exclaimed All right.
boys, III be glad to send you copy
with my compliments; the book would
be a very small return, indeed, for
your hospitality" Whereupon one OF
the boys replied exeitedly: That's 80.
governor; I've read it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

In the northern part of India sheep
are put to a use unthought of in Eu-
ropean or American countries. They
are made to serve as beasts of burden.
The mountain paths along the foothills
of the Himalayas are so precipitous
that the sheep, more surefooted than
larger beasts, are preferred as burden
carriers. The load for each sheep is
from sixteen to twenty pounds. The
sheep are driven from village to viii
lage, with the wool still growing, ana
in each town the farmer shears as
much wool as he can sell there, and
loads the sheep with the grain which
he receives in exchange. After his
flock has been sheared he turns it
homeward, each sheep having on its
back a small bag containing the pur-
chased grain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

The great prize of Roubaix was one
OF the best races seen this season in
France. The six heats we're won by
Jacquelin, Banker, Deleu, Impens, Pro
tin, Parlby and Tommasseln. In the
consolation races Bourotte and Ma
thieu qualified, Deleu won the first
semi-fnal by-half length from JAG
quelin and Parlby. Tommaselli won
the second by five lengths from I'm
pens and Bourotte, and in the third
Banker won from Protin by half a
wheel. In the final Tommaselli took the
lead at the start at good speed. just
before the bell Banker shot ahead and
surprised the two others. Deleu. set
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
Katx,s Experlsnca.

y ! wish you could have known Katy.
I She was one of the dirtiest little crea-
lures ever saw. The first glimpse / had
OF her was as she lay on the floor
asleep behind the kitchen stove, with
her pretty white dress all brown
with dirt. On the floor behind
the stove! Funny place, wasn't
II? Well, Katy's mother was dead
you see, and her life was full
sof experiences. She was neglected, Of
Fcourse. like many another little orphan
and everybody wished her out of the
way. Finally, mother took pity on
Finer and took her home to live with us.
pAnd we had some experiences also.
Young as she was, her heart seemed
filed with gratitude from the first. and
she wished to be always near her kind
benefactors. This was not always
agreeable, and at times various meth
DDS had to be devised to keep her at
Ehome. Tor she had a great habit of fol-
lowing after us. l remember one time
In particular we were going away
for few hours and did not Wish to
be troubled with katy, so we locked
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
Davies Surgical Hint.


a'Davie. think l left my spectacles
@sstairs," said grandpa, after he had
|. ssrched the sitting-room for his &C
|instomed helpers. ooh, dear!" began
he vie, who always thought it a great
sisance to go up and down stairs un-
|a.s he wanted something for himself,
Id couldn't get any one to go. But
Es lore he had finished his grumbling
h ,itence little Lille had deposited her
er )ful Of patchwork on the sofa, and,
b tn a CHEEKY ''I'll get them, grandpa"
tbs on her way upstairs. "Davie, you
Ion, got to put your tools away" mamma
mi i'd that evening. "Oh, dear! It's
b eh a bother to put everything away~
stted Davie. Cant l leave them
iere they are till tomorrow, for
int to do my lessons?"
/ mo; / want them put away at once"
Id mamma, in such decided tone
at Davie knew she required instant
edience. "Oh, dear! l can never
arm this long lesson!" he grumbled.
It's such lot of work to translate
the sentences" DR.. Morton had
Topped In for little chat with Da-
les father, and he looked up as he
Gard the command and the impatient
I'd :clamation. what do you think
Ave been doing today, Davie?" he
p ked when Davie had returned to his
Eassons. what .sir?" asked Davie,
Fad of divers n from his books.
breaking little girls arm"
a"Do you mean mending it, doctor?"
sked Davie, thinking that the doctor
I'D made mistake. mo; l broke it,
|, iswered the doctor. Some time ago
his little girl broke her arm, and 1t
as very badly set, and had been so
In ever since that she could not use
as she wanted to. We held con-
citation at the hospital today, and
.ecided that the only way to help the
aid would be to break her arm again
md reset It,"
II think I'd rather never be able to
o anything than have that donei" ex-
Iaimed Davie. why, that is unfor-
mattel" remarked the doctor. 1--WE
cen thinking that there is a bone
bout you that ought to be broken very
DON, II you expect to become an active
ian. I've been meaning to mention II
10 you for some time" Davie turned
ale. He was not at all fond of bear
ing pain. Where is the bone?" he
Bked, with frightened tremor in his
dice. will you have to break it?"
Z mo; can't very well break 1t for
s'ou." answered the doctor. You can
freak 1t for yourself better than any
me can break 1t for you. 1t is called
he lazy bone"
+ "0h. that is what you meant" And
Ele was so relieved that he smiled al
rshe doctors words. Eyes, my boy, that
re the bone l mean; and 1t is a bone
fou ought to break very soon, II you
sver expect to be of any use in the
world. 1t will take pretty determined
{ sftort to break it, for it's one Of the
5oughest ones l know anything about
tut you can break 1t If you make the
sffort. Will you try?"
E Yes. sir, l will" promised Davie
lnanfully, his face flushed with NORTH,
sation at the thought that he hat
earned a reputation for laziness.--Se
ected.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

castanets. Luckily had placed myself
under a low-branched live oak tree,
and l lost no time in putting myself
out of the reach of the savage beast
The tree was a thick spreading oak
and was safe enough to take things
easy. 1 had swung my Winchester over
my shoulder before 1 assembled the
tree, and one shot from my gun set
tied the hog.
About 200 yards away I could see
Jack, my Yuma savage, leaning against
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

ting pace for TommaselH, went after
the American in splendid sprint and
caught him in the home stretch. Forty
meters from the tape Tommaselli be-
gan to fight against the Belgian, which
landed him in first place by inches.
with Deleu second and Banker third.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
Demonstrative.

Hawkins is very fond of his horse.
isn't her"
why. no; he hates him"
"That's queer. l saw him riding in
the park the other day, and he had his
arms about the animals neck!"-Tit-
Bits.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
)R BOYS AND GIRLS.
ME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

ney's Expsriences - Davies scrgicaI
int-~NeIlie's Don House, and What
.e Mouse and the Cat Did to It-A
. lurlous fountain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24
Grand Prize of Hamburg.

Bourrillon was the hero of the crowd
at the two days meet of the great
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-24

An Anglo-saxon sinner is no better
than one in Africa.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-06

centrated at three points, ya.,
Gagalangln and Santa Mesa.
Al about o'clock the Filipinos opened
o hot fire from all three places stimuli
taneously. This was supplemented by
the fire of two seige guns at Balik- BalilS
ana by advancing their skirmishers at
Pace and Pandacan.
The Americans responded with a ter
rific fire, but owing TO the darkness they
We're unable TO determine it's effect.
The Utah light battery finally sue
ceeded I'm silencing the native battery.
The Third artillery also did good work
on the extreme left. The engagement
lasted over an hour.
The United States cruiser Charleston
and the gunboat Concord. stationed off
Nalabon, opened fire from their second
airy batteries on the Fflipinos position
at Calvocan. and kept IL up vigorously.
AT 2:f5 there was another fusilade
along the entire line, and the United
states seagoing double turreted mon
itor Monadnock opened f.e on the
enemy from off Malate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-06
When H) Was an Amateur.

w. G. Pascoe. who is playing the part
OF the hero in the Village Postmaster
which comes 10 the Providence Opera
House for a weeks engagement. COM
mencing tonight, was telling some
friends about the days when he was an
amateur actor. For the purpose of
raising some funds to purchase ward
robe in his early career, he rented a
small hall in Boston one night some
years ago, and advertised he would
read Byrons Manfred without cuts. on
the night OF the performance. the hall
was partly filled. short while after
he had commenced reading, so the
story goes, the audience began, one and
two at time, TO quietly tip-toe out.
but the undaunted young actor was still
declining Co be deserted. and
continued his reading after the depar-
ture of the last deserteg. At this june
ture the janitor OF the hall came down
the main aisle jinging a bunch of keys
and interrupted MIR. Pascoe. who was
while reading the play.
said i'm loud voice. when you are
done, sir, will you kindly lock up the
hail. He also left the house, and Pas
zoe finished reading the play 10 himself
and the empty seats.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-06
A FIERCE ATTACK BY
FILIPINO REBELS,
Americans We're Prepared and Defeated
the insurgents With Heavy Loss.
Few Americans We're Killed.

The following dispatch was received
at rs a. M:
Manila. Feb. s.
AdJutant General:
situation most satisfactory. No an
prehension need be felt Perfect Quiet
prevails in city and vicinity. List OF
casualties being prepared and will be
forwarded soon as possible. Troops in
excellent health and spirits.
Washington. Feb. 6.-The following
2blegram from General Otis has been
'eceived at the war department.:
Manila. Feb. 3.
AdJutant General, Washington:
Have established our permanent lines
well out. and have driven off the in
surgents.
The troops have conducted themselves
with great heroism.
The country about Manila is peaceful
md the city perfectly quiet.
List of casualties tomorrow.