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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

such occasions, If you want things
particularly up to date, he will array
himself in his gorgeous best costume
consisting of a long black satin-lined
coat, a cross between the Prince Albert
and a dress coat, magnificent embrold-
cred white sash, pointed slippers, white
trousers and a light blue silk turban,
on which the Maharajah of CoochDe-
har has pinned a handsome design IN
recognition of Ranji's services to hin
/ was so much impressed with these
turbans, and they looked so becoming
upon one very pretty young woman's
head, that | asked him If he would
not make me one. 1t takes five yards
of silk, twined and twisted into such
firm shape that 1t looks as though a
yard would cover the whole outline,
and the cost is about SIS. as this ma
terial must be of the finest quality.
"Joe" has made several turbans for
prominent people on the stage, usually
placing a sweeping feather to n SIDE,
to give 1t the necessary iaunty touch.
He never places himself under contract
to any one, as he wants to see the
great American world. He says, in
every instance where he has served his
Indian menu the people have returned
for a second, many Of the ladies ask
ing for his various recipes to use in
their homes. Joe" explains: "All
this | would do, but | am so very busy.
| must think out each day something
new and very novel, because, dear me,
the American public must be enter
tanned as well as fed" This foreign
cook is a very handsome representa-
tive of his country-clear, dark skin,
brilliant black eyes, smooth black hair
and the whitest of teeth. This" he
says fac%etiously, comes from the care
full way we eat in India, and before /
return will tell how to the ladies OF
America"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
Cancer

According to the Physician and Sur
geon, Prof, Roswell Park makes the
startling prophecy that if for the next
ten years the present relative death
rates are maintained in 1900 there
will be more deaths from cancer than
from consumption, smallpox and ty-
phoid fever combined. For a number
of years back the English statisticians
have been calliAg attention to the rap
i'd increase of cancer in England. It
has been almost universally noted that
flesh eating and cancer are increasing
at about the same ratio. The rice
eating natives of India are almost
wholly free from lancer, which is
found to be most frequent in occur
renee among pork eaters and those
who make free use of animal food. 1t
is impossible for human beings to
make cemeteries of their stomachs
without suffering the natural conse-
quences of polluting the vital stream
with the products of disease and put
rejection. This is the means whereby
a fertile soil is prepared, not only for
cancer, but for consumption and many
other maladies.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
THE BOX FELL AND ROLLED
DOWN THE HILL.

heart leaped into my throat as l saw
what l had done. Again. l have seen a
miner pick up a stick and throw it at
his partner, who, luckily, caught 1T In
a most delicate way, and then gently
laid it down and went for the fool, and
we'll and truly thrashed him. But
there is another side of the question. l
knew a miner who was carrying two
sticks of dynamite in the bosom of his
shirt when he stumbled and fell.
Where he fell, the ground was torn up
and a big hole made, but nothing more
was ever seen of that miner. The only
thing you can say about dynamite is
that the unexpected is just as likely to
happen as the expected.
Now for my story. In October, 1867,
l was at Castle, Mont, not far from the
Crazy mountains. While the boom
was going on, Castle was a lively,
wide-open town, but when l was there
the bottom had fallen out of the boom,
and the town, if not dead, was de-
cidedly sleeping.
Upon the hillsides were the open
shafts of abandoned mines. A few
mines were still being worked, and
rumors of rich strikes were constantly
heard on the streets.
George Ross and 1 had taken the
Golden West mine on shares; George
was an experienced miner, but I was
green. One day we were at work on
a tunnel which we were running into
the side of the hill. The tunnel was
about forty feet long, and while we
drilled some holes at the wall end of it
at the mouth we built a little fire and
laid near it some sticks of dynamite
which were frozen. Beside the fire
stood a wheelbarrow, and on it,
wrapped in a piece of gunny sack, were
some lengths of fuse and a little tin
box containing the caps or d~etonator;
used to explode the dynamite. We
were busily working n morning,
holding the drill and turning it while
George was striking, when suddenly
we both noticed that a choking smoke
was curling into the tunnel, bringing
with it the unmistakable smell oil
burning dynamite. The reader may
judge of our horror when I tell hin
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

tho c~oneussion would set on
the dynamite, and then we knew 'na'
we should be blown to pieces ~ ou
tunnel. George put out his hanu anu
squeezed mine. ..,a bo
81 guess we're done Tor saiu ne'
simply. soces for
We threw ourselves on our races lot
the smoke was choking us. we couiu
see the fire catch the piece OF guhhy
sack which was wrapped rourd the ooA
of caps. and we hid our faces s~tretcneu
At fuil length on the ground. But X
ono mesmerized. | couii not keep my
owes away from that pickering gunhy
sack from whence utter annlhllallon
was TO come. But it was not to BE- l
looked again. and saw a marvellous
thlng-a thing | shall never forget Tor
it is printed at the back OF my eyes
and branded on my brain. And IKE an
marvellous things, it was wonderluily
simple. The barrow was tilted a III
tie, and as the piece of sacking burneu'
the weight of the box of caps Slowly
unrolled it. The box then fell out On
the side ~fartherest away from the hre'
and gently rolled down the side OF the
hill into safety!
1t was a few seconds before we
realized that the chief danger was
over; then we scrambled to our feet
and staggered to the entrance OF the
tunnel. 1 went down and picked up
the still warm box of caps, and sprang
down the mountainside with 1t.
George followed me, and without a
word we went down the main street OF
the little town and pushed open the
swinging doors of the Nugget saloon
The barkeeper showed the bottle ana
two glasses towards us, and the bottle
may have clinked against the glass as
we each poured out about three fin
gers of tangle foot barbed wire"
There" said George, wiping his
mustache with the back Of his hand
what do you say to that for a close
call? Now, would you call that an ac'
cident, or what? And why, do you
suppose, weren't we wiped out just
now?"
And l could not answer him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

riors are somewhat divided among
themselves as to which side they shall
take in the present conflict. While
most of them seem to be anxious to
fight with the English, the great Chief
Dinizulu is apparently doing his best
to restrain them. Chief Usibebu, on
the other hand. is reported as being
distinctly hostile to the Beers. Usibebu
is d brother of Chief Cetewayo, who
was conquered by the British after
hard fighting in 1879. Four years later
Cetewayo was reinstated in his king
dom by the British. Then Usibebu at
tackled and conquered him and made
himself chief Of the tribe. Usibebu
found, however, that his territory was
being gradually taken from him by the
Beers of the Transvaal. He appealed
to the English, who took Zululand I'M
der their protection, and in 1887 for
mally declared it to be d British terri
tory. Then the Beers are said to have
taken the part of Dinizulu, son of old
Cetewayo, in his claim to succeed to
the throne of his father. Partly by
their aid, his influence grew constant
ly greater. until he was recognized as
superior in authority to his uncle. Con-
sequently his feeling toward the Beers
may well be even friendly, while old
Usibebu is eager for revenge against
them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

A month or so after his surrender
Gen. Lee went one day to the store
near his home in Powhaten county.
Virginia, which served also as the
postoffice. Everybody in the town
was instantly eager to see him. and
in a few moments the store was crowd
ed. The general was talking with the
proprietor about crops and other mat
ters, and appeared utterly unconscious
of the fact that the gathering of resi-
dents was due solely to his presence.
Suddenly he realized that everybody
was watching him and modestly said:
But / see / am keeping you from your
many customers. Pardon mel" and at
once NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ladies'
Home Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
KIND JUSTICE
Took Up a Collection to Help the YOUNG
People Marry.
And l could not answer hin

People Marry.
New York Journal: Magistrate
Crane has a heart full Of sympathy fol
lovers. If there are any young
sweethearts who want a cheaI
wedding they will find Mr.. Crane
sitting in the Essex Market po-
lice court ready to marry them fol
nothing. If he is in the mood, he will
also pay the expenses of their honey.
moon II was married young myself,
Mr.. Crane sighed, land after l paid
the minister there wasn't much more
than enough left to buy us a couple o.
plates of ice cream for our wedding
breakfast" Charles Boemh, 20 years
old, and Minnie Daubt, II years old
arrived in town from Bethlehem, Pa. II
was the old story of a stern parent
with large and heavily clad feet. We're
Pennsylvania Dutch people," said the
young man, who fumbled with his hal
and was greatly embarrassed. The
young man said he had boarded with
the girls parents until he was elected
for proposing, and Minnie was threat.
ened with a boarding school. She
climbed out of a window, and, joining
her sweetheart, they came to New
York. Were dead broke, judge" the
young swain said, land if you charge
anything for marrying us we can
pay it," While the magistrate was pre-.
pairing to perform the ceremony hi
found out that the girl was under Il
years of age, and that she could no
be legally married in this state. H,
told the pair that they must go ovel
to Jersey City, where the marriag,
would be legal, whereupon they asked
What with?" Then the magistrat,
passed around the hat in court, head
ing the subscription with 81. The.
secured S. and set off with it to Jer
sey City, full of gratitude.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
WAITING FOR DEATH.
euRNING DYNAMITE AND
ROASTING DETONATORS.
Long Moments of Supreme Agony-r"o
Prospectors who Could Never ENPH''n
why They II I'd Not Been Wiped out
of E ustence.

Mr.. Basil c. D'Easum of Fort Saska-
tohewan, Alberta, Northwest territory
writes: Dynamite is queer stun; you
can never be sure how much you kno"
about it. 1t is very like women-tne
more you see Of it, and the older you
become, the more you are Obliged 10
confess that you know nothing at al
about it. Perhaps the first thing you
will be told about dynamite Is tha'
conclusion is needed to set it Off. NOW
l have accidentally cut a stick OF dyna-
mite into halves with a spade, anu
nothing happened, except that my
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23


ically. He is two inches over six feet
in height and is tremendously strong.
incidentally he shows that several
years at a government school have
done him little good He was glad to
escape after five years at Philadelphia
to the wilds of the reservation. Life
in Philadelphia, he declares, was too
slow for him. 1t is o the education
and the civilization of the Indian
which has made further savage out
breaks improbable. according to
prince" Sitting Bull. 1t is only the
small number or the Indians and the
fact that they are fast dying out which
keeps them from taking to the war
path again. His people are not at
heart %peaceable. They hate the white
man quite as bitterly as did the braves
who fought under his father.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

prince" Sitting Bull, son OF the
great Sioux chief, is on the war path.
He wants the blood of a Frenchman
who offered to take him to the Paris
exposition as a t attraction. Now
the Frenchman has disappeared n
the chief is left stranded in Seattle,
miles away from the reservation of the
tribe in North Dakota. The young
Sitting Bull is a splendid fellow phys
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
FHoTooRAPHY M
British Seieatlst Ms.
for Cert.4.

NJ IN IN, rrrr7
British soisa,Ist Disco. kAG
for Certain Curl0..
We have before mi
traordinary lhotograDs1
tanned by DIR. Russell Nv
various substances on'
the dark, says the Iona. I onas'
DR.. Russell found tba, shsrn
Not all, Of the metals -. and !
vegetable origin are ..a.. ds"ss
ducing a latent picture =
graphic plate, which "a,
visible in precisely tbs The
the ordinary image uroa'' iral I
The action of these bOdt' adm
eral much slower than y. 'my Il
but under favorable eo',. A. ~
be produced in two n, q ls 70
Inc most active metal h. Ilneo
TO be magnesium, but III, iqer {
inferior, and for practice 'uss
Is the most convenient n !
pertinent with. In its h
state it is entirely withm+ !,
OF acting upon a pboto,a !.
but when scratched q,
bright metal is very aesa i sltl
lures of such a plate I'M IL Il
y 'nes on II can readily ,n, pl
nc lime required to Dm d su
zinc pictures varies yer .unded
the temperature. At naiIrd 81
p%eratures an exposure 4 'ephen
days is requisite, but II m. Ice Of |
be raised to about 81 h, eckinI
grade an exposure of bl n Of
quarters of an hour is sns sy bui
tact between the zinc and befo
plate is not necessary +, d
readily takes place at am, ecklnr
tances, although the FIN. i'n' :
longer and the image MT -pies
Among the organic subg, s'ns
act on the Photographic pB, as.'
are those belonging 70 ~.
group. Copal varnisb chi,
pentine has been found ?
active, and all the essena ia j,
'eino"s Ut peppeH frien
active, their activity BEN, the
me small amount Of turaks15 |
tain. 1t is interesting tr nrese
action is capable of DASH. era
certain media-for insnls igurat
thin sheet of gelatin. aim he
dion or gutta percha. T,rhen
PLANTATION which was Unborn
Phenomena was that tii ic, bu
probably due to vapor INIT it
bodies themselves. but d. er o.
view of later experimels Ter to
view. He believes that 4 hborh
the Photographic plate / ute o
formation of a well-kpsr IL wo1
compound-viz bvdro,s hen.
which, undergoing deeon ie 70 !
upon the plate, and Is D. eonil
cause of the picture Cauz p1e''
PLANTATION is found to fit =
observed facts, and e1pa
some of the metals are q
these metals which give
presence of moisture to :,
of traces of the peroxlds tho I
also are well known q hben. \
nation of this body. lfDurin.
however, easy, as hydNs owne
even in a very dilute col house
tremely active. One par nee I
oxide. diluted with lM proper
water, is capable Of giTlE Emery
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

feltro, an Italian nohieman, is the lad,
who about six months ago broke he,
engagement with Count Paul Festetics
OF Hungary when she learned that he
mad been making a private but thor.
ough inquiry as to the extent of her
fortune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

we saw that by some means the awful
stuff had caught fire! Now this of it.
self might not have frightened us
greatly, but we both knew that the
danger lay in that little box of percus-
sion caps. If they should explode.
why, then, nothing on earth could save
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

who knows what delightful effect this
may have on the masculine tempera-
ment. The reason Americans do not
succeed, as a rule, with c%urries, which
form such a background of India cook
ing, is that they are always in too
much of a rush, and they curry every
thing alike; for to curry a chicken the
same as a piece of fish, or a piece OF
beef, trouble is bound to arise, and,
in disgust, the cook lays it on to the
curry.
Joe" has all his own silver dishes
and utensils, his own separate place
in the great kitchen, where he is abso-
lutte monarch of all he surveys, and
the French chef may strictly mind his
own affairs, for he isn't "in it," On
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

AL 70 many a mans ambition is to
enter the white house. At rs his am-
hition is to keep out of the poor house.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
Muskee sindh
Jury of Chicken Madras
Bhagi Topur. Bombay Duel
Lettuce Ceylon
Khurbooja Handari
Coffee Karabsee

This, j.. Ranji explains, is the typical
dinner as to the number of courses that
ladies in the better stations of life
would have in India. "Oh, your great
trouble In this country" lie continues,
lis the hurried cooking / almost feel
like fainting as l go to some of your
great resorts, look into your kitchens,
and see the way the food is prepared.
This gives the dyspepsia, which all my
friends here whom | have served say
they do not experience when eating OF
my curries. So many ladies are fear
full OF my preparations, thinking that
everything must be very hot and pep
perry. This Is not so of India cooking.
All things must be so nicely even, and
such care as to smoothness, that 1t will
be Of so pleasant a taste they can but
ask for more.
1T Is a mistake to boil curries,' he
continues. "They should simmer gent
ly and not lose their flavor. In India
AMI China curries are often served in
separate dishes. Now, do not boil the
rice. Cleanse 1t. using three times as
mum WRhNA ~ bPiAFS 90 lhNiV 10 ilNCt
and never stir 1t, and then 1t all comes
out like so many separate snow
flakes"
Joe" says some of these days h. is
going to make a tour through the
west and south after he finishes his
good missionary work in the east, and
then there will be no more "of that
which you call dyspepsia floating about
in this beautiful country"
Joe" makes all his W curry pow
.ders and pastes and makes them so
they suit the palates of different ma
tionalities. Just how he does that 1t
is difficult to say, as he follows no spe-
clal rules, except the spontaneous in
SEPARATION of his own head. Some DAY,
when "Joe" has time, he will print a
little book, telling the American WON
EN- what is good for them to eat, how
they must prepare it and serve 1t, and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
ON THE WARPATH.
md WANTS THE BLOOD OF
THE SHOWMEN.

left stranded Hundreds OF Miles from
the Reseryation-He Was Wanted as
an Attraction for the Paris tx
position.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
(New York Lottery

From the farthest end Of India comes
]. Ranji Smile, the first India chef
America has ever seen. Those who
know him Familiarity call him Joe"
who says: If the women of America
will but eat the food | prepare, they
will be more beautiful than they as
yet imagine. The eye will grow lus-
trous, the complexion will be yet so
lovely and the figure like unto those
of our beautiful India women" Joe"
came to New York a few weeks ago,
since which time he has been serving
all sorts of delectable dishes in a Fifth
avenue establishment. The fancy for
c%urries, which is the foundation OF all
India dishes, seems to have taken pos
session Of everyone who has eaten OF
them. You take a seat at one OF the
dainty tables, look over the India menu
with a sort of fear and trembling OF
what's to come, with a delightful UNI
certainty p%eryading your soul. 1t costs
a lot of money, too, but then you are
there and in for the expense. Soon
Joe" arrives Immediately arrayed in
a heavy white linen India costume,
with a gorgeous turban of white all
outlined In gold braid. with a broad
smile which shows all his cleaning
teeth, and with the little seductive
manner that pleases the public so
much, he lays before you a silver dish.
AS he removes the cover you feel that
life Is not all a weary dream and you
become less skeptlcal on India dishes
in general. Joe" makes a cunning
little circle on your plate with the
dizziness OF long practice of the whit
est, fiakiest curried rice, in the cen
ter of which he places a bit of chicken.
All this time he is telling you in his
gentle sort of way that his one hope is
this may be only the first of many din
ners he is to serve you. Instead of one
dish, you may have an entire India
menu running as follows;
Kalooh Sherry
Murghi Rain
Muskee Sindh
Curry of Chicken Madras
Indian Bhagi Topur. Bombay Duck
Lettuce Ceylon
Khurbooja Handari
Coffee K~arabsee
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
A Sensible Woman.

Miss Anne Russell Allen of st. Louis
who has married the duke of Monte.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

The present es' tn
population of the oongr r
i,ooO,OOO,OOO to ~, s,g's J to
ROYAL geographic IN, alb
thinks it is high , IN t,
are counted. It p' CUNT
least an accurate "a se-h
even in savage . ars aer
tries, Russia haS' ii I'll
cessful census ID ?, ri sic
ono in India. II he
ton of an INTERIM ne
to tot take in charge
census.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
A CHEF FROM INDIA.
NEW YORK WOMEN GO WILD
OVER HIM.

MIR. j. Ranjl Smile Is Creating n Sem
sation in New York with His Currles
and Other Oriental Dlshes-Expects to
Tous Through the West.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-12
Local Weather Report.
Brief Mention.
ar to-day, lao p. m.

High water to-day, LAO p. m.
Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
The Rev. j. E. Adams, presiding elder
of the New Haven district New York
conference, will preach at the Mount
Hope chapel Bristol, next Sunday af-
ternoon at o'clock.
Mrs. Harvey S. Peck, who has been
visiting at the home Of N. e. Peck,
South Norwalk, and who helped to take
care of Mrs. Peck during her illness,
has returned to her home in West Ha-
ven.
There will be teachers meeting in
Hamburg, Grange hall, Lyme, this af-
ternoon at o'clock and will continue
in the evening with addresses by Sec
rotary Hine, Professor A. B. Morrill, of
this city, and G. Z. Bush of Mantle.
Highway Commissioner Macdonald
has awarded q contract to ex-Highway
Commissioner Adolph G. Sternberg Of
West Hartford for the grading and ma
cadamizing of about LA lineal feet in
West Hartford running by the Daniels
mills, for the sum of $1,419.78.
The first meeting of the Yale Univer-
sity corporation this year will be held
on Tuesday, November 10. The regular
october meeting has been postponed.
The report of the committee having in
charge the bi-centennial fund will be
received and much other business acted
upon.
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station, for I thought I ought to let
the facts be known at once
II never had any quarrel with George
Goering I often went with him.
Il saw bottle near the body"
Late yesterday afternoon Patrick
Barry, vegetable peddler, who lives
on Cherry Ann street, HighWood, was
called by the defense. He was the man
who drove along soon after the shoot
ing occurred and covered Goering' s
body with some old bags which he had
in his wagon He testified that when
he saw the body of Goering he noticed
that the trousers were partially unbut-
toned. He testified that Goerlng wore
q suit of dark colored material and a
coat and veRt Of the same material.
He could not remember whether or not
there was a watch chain on the front
OF the vest.
The next witness called was Mrs.
Joseph schwab Of Shelton avenue in
the neighborhood of Yanzs home She
said that on the day of the shooting
she saw Goering about $3.50 in the after
noon going towards Highwood and In
the direction Of Goodrich street on
which the Yanz home is situated Chris
topher Hoehna, bartender at Bettchers
saloon on Shelton avenue, near High
wood, was next called, He testified
that about 2;45 p M. on the day of the
shooting Goering entered the saloon
and purchased q bottle of beer, put
ting the bottle in his hip pocket Mr..
Goodhart asked States Attorney VIII
lians to produce a bottle which Mr.
Williams produced, taking it from his
satchel On the bottle was an inscrip-
ton of the name of the proprietor OF
the saloon to which 1t belonged Wit
ness after looking at the bottle thought
it resembled the bottle which he sold
to Goering. Mr.. Goodhart offered the
bottle as an exhibit. Mr. Williams OBJ
tected, but the bottle was admitted in
evidence.
AT o'clock court adjourned until 10
O'clock this morning.