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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04


A grave charge that can be laid at
the door of military life is the use of
profanity among soldiers. writes VIII
liam 7. Ellis to the Wellspring The
wide prevalence OF the profane use OF
the name OF the Deity In the army Is
well known. Not all soldiers swear,
OF course. but one would think so were
he to visit an encampment, for as he
moves about the company streets Of
the average regiment, he finds that
this sin. dulling as 1t does the spirits
tne edge OF reverence. Is shockingly
common. This is one of the sore
trials of the Christian In camp. HIS
ears are assailed on every side by a
constant stream of vile language. |
recall one day that was in the tent
OF Minnesota boy, who lay on the
ground, i'll. He was cheerful and had
no complaint to make as to the other
hardships OF soldier life. This is
} hard thing to bear. though" he sad,
uplifting his hand and pausing rather
dramatically, in an attitude of attsn-
lion. listened with him. The flaps
sf his tent were up on all sides, and
from every direction could be heard
he voices OF men in conversation
tsing words of coarseness and profan-
ny, such as could not but be a trial
b any Christian spirit. There was no
Jpecial occasion for this; 1t was the
ordinary language of camp. Much OF
the swearing among soldiers is
houghtless, of course. Nevertheless,
It is deeply rooted and widely preya-
lent habit which cannot easily be
dropped Wien the suit of blue is laid
aside.
Nothing can be said here of the IL
Righteousness of life in a military
camp. 1t is unspeakable and appall-
Ing. Whoscever is at all acquainted
with soldier life needs not to be told
that this Is another blighting evil di-
rectly resulting from service in the
army.
There is a saying current in the
regular army that after one enlistment
a soldier is likely to enlist again.
After two enlistments he is pretty
sure to take third. After the third
enlistment he is in the army for life.
The reason is that army life units
man for anything else. 1t is most
difficult for man who has spent any
considerable time in the army to re-
turn to civil life and take up an or
binary employment He has lost the
iwer of application and of initiative,
well as the spirit for steady en-
floyment eight hours day. or ne
cessity there is much idleness in the
army. and when this is continued for
years 1t generally disqualifies one for
more active life.
None of these points need to be en-
larged upon to make apparent the
great truth that one chief objection to
war Is it's blighting effect upon the
life of the soldier himself. For the
sake of the young men, for the sake
OF the purity of our nation, for the
sake of the homes to which young
soldiers purity is the dearest treasure
of earth, we should persistently ant
aggressively wage war against tn,
modern military spirit.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
ComplImenting cen. Zee.

Few defeated generals have been so
revered as was Robert e. Lee. Every
southern man and woman admired
him. The author of "a Girls Life in
Virginia" tells little story that shows
how much he was loved by children.
A year after the surrender General
Lee journeyed across the mountains
on his old war-horse, Traveller" tc
pay visit to the arthor's mother. On
he night OF his arrival he said:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

that the club owners would do wiss
thing by letting 1t go as it IN. Sixty
feet calls for cunning on the part OF .
pitcher. quickness Of eye and general
skill on the part of the batsman-an
fact, make batting and pitching sz-
actly what they ought to be-"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
PHILIPPE. OF PIrTsBuRos.

Charles PHILIPPE, one of the best
pitchers of the Pittsburg club. halls
from Virginia and is q years of age
His family went to South Dakota willis
he was still in boyhood and young
PHILIPPE learned the game on the
prairies. His clever playing attracted
the attention OF the management OF the
Minneapolis club. and he was signed by
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
SANTA ANNA

In the town of San Suba. Texas,
tsere stiH lives an old man unhonored
and unsung who at the age of sixteen
years, captured, with the assistance
of two comrades, the Mexican general,
Santa Anna. and thus so largely as
sisted in gaining the independence OF
Texas
In 1879 Sion r. Bostwick was born
in Alabama. A few years later his
parents removed to Texas, taking
their family with them. Young Sion
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
The SWIFT viper.


The new torpedo destroyer Viper of
the British navy is just now the ma
rine wonder of the world. The Viper
is 210 feet long. 81 feet wide, and has
feet draft. In q recent trial at New
castle 1t steamed over a measured mile
at the rate OF 43 miles an hour, or 371a
knots, as officially recorded. No other
power in the world has flyer of this
sort. France and the United States
have been content with 30 knots. Ger
many and Russia with boats capable
of making 2S and 20 knots respective
ly, while little Japan has one which
Is expected to make .33 knots. The
Viper. flying through the water at a
rate above the average of railroad
speed, would be terror indeed. A
half dozen such Vipers tearing along
at a speed of nearly mile minute
would be ugly customers for any fleet
to deal with. The torpedo boat lost
some OF it's reputation at Santiago.
but a torpedo boat In the hands oil
Spain, and one like the Viper, well
handled and armed. are two different
things 1t may yet prove formidable
fighting machine. and when reinforced
with the submarine torpedo terror
prove an auxiliary of the highest
lighting power.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

billy Blue.
fou have heard of Tommy Atkins
In his uniform of red.
With his rakish little skull cap
Tilted sideways on his head.
But his transatlantic cousin,
Brave and sturdy. tried and true.
Is the U. S. regular soldier.
ELY Blue
II may be before enlisting
That he had another name.
But the Maxim is his brother.
He was born to breathe its flame;
And his blood begins to tingle
When he hears the loud tattoo
or the drum he loved to follow
Billy Blue.
He may be a trihe cranky
In the trenches wet or dry,
But he's never known to grumble
When 1t comes his turn to die.
lie is always up and ready
When there's work for him to do.
And he never shirks his duty.
Billy Blue.
There Is JACK to man the mizzen.
There is Jimmy Legs below.
But it's Billy. soldier Billy.
On the shore who meets the foe.
Whether clad in ragged khaki
Or a blouse and buttons new,
Still he guards the starry banner,
Billy Blue.
When the sword is sheathed forever
And the gun Is In the rack.
And the endless ranks go marching
To the last great bivouac.
~ the angel picket stops them.
And should ask them who are you?
Every man of them will answer.
BILLY Blue"
--Minna Irving In Leslie's.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

grew up on the Texas frontier and be-
came an expert horseman and rifle
shot. When. in 1885 the Texans re-
volted against the tyranny of the Mexi-
can dictator, Santa Anna. young Bost-
wick became member of one OF the
companies of Texan Rangers and saw
hard fighting. The next year after the
fall of the Alamo. he took the neid
again. and II was on this expedition
while serving ms q mounted scout, that
he, with two other soldiers, had tine
good fortune to capture the Mexican
general, who was dressed at the time
In thu uniform Of private soldier.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

An old resident OF Wood county
Wisconsin, claims to be the only liy
ing man who ever had rough and
tumble fight with Ulysses S. Grant.
His name is Dana Rain. and he lives
on a farm in the town Of Rudolph. It
is said that forty years. ago a contro-
versy arose between the two men.
which, by mutual consent, was settled
on the banks OF the Mississippi near
Galena, Ill. In the summer OF 1869
Dan Rain, guiding his raft of lumber
into the mouth of the Fever river.
leading to Galena. encountered Grant
in fiatboat. The channel being
narrow one, q dispute arose. After
exchanging epithets. 1t was decided to
have 1t out on the bank. whittier they
repaired, accompanied by several men
to see the sport and make certain OF
fair play.
Razin was taller and weighed less
than his xtocky antagonist. He was
descended from hardy Irish stock, In
his 30th year, and clever man in a
wrestling match. Selecting a level
green spot, the men opened the battle.
At one stage 1t looked as IL Rain
would be pounded into insensibility,
and then Grant would be forced un-
derneath to receive his share of pun
ishment. For an hour the contest
ragged fast and furious until both men
were forced to desist from sheer ex-
haustion. They shook hands over the
result and were good friends from that
time forward.
Today Razin is three score and ten
years OF age, possessed of all his fac
ulties and going about his farm duties
with the suppleness of man one-half
his years. He is fond OF storytelling,
and of his long list there are none he
takes more pleasure in relating than
his fight with the great American gen
eral. U. S. Grant.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-31
Mountain. of the Deep.

Many miles off the coast OF New
foundland the bottom of the ocean rises
In a remarkable way and forms a COM
paratively shallow basin, enormous In
extent and surrounded by water five
miles deep. This region is known as the
Newfoundland banks and is the famous
trysting place of the mercilcss fogs and
ice clad brotherhood of the north.
As these icebergs Approach the warmer
climate the action of the sun and water
upon them is remarkable and does for
them what the sculptor's chisel does for
the block of marble. Out of shapeless
masses appear forms OF the finest archi-
lecture. A drifting mountain careens,
topples over and finally twists itself into
a beautiful cathedral or q many turreted
fortress, set high upon an elevation of
clearest marble, vast interiors formed by
icy arches springing from great bits OF a
breaking berg and all these forms draped
with rich traceries of cream white lace
In designs undreamed of.
Then, too, the melting ice on the crests
of tbese bergs falls down the slippery
sides and into the sea in streams and
cascades. and. strange as II seems, this
water is always fresh. despite the sur
rounding salt of the ocean.-John Russell
Davidson In Woman's Home Compan-
80
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-31
A Kings SoIIIoquy.

HoS many thousand OF NV poorest subjects
Are at this hour ssleepi sleepl % gentle sleepi
Natures soft nurse. how have I frighted thee.
TsAt thou more wilt weigh my eyeIids down..
And steep my senses in forgetfulncss?
Why rather. sleep. lest thou in smoky cribs.
Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee.
And hGshed with buzzing night-hies to thy slum-
Der.
Than IN the perfumed chambers Of the great.
Under the csnopies Of costly state.
And luiied with sounds Of sweetest melody
o thou dull god. why lest thou with the vile,
In lOathsorne beds. and Ieav'st the kingly couch
A w.tok-ca-e, a common 'larum-beIlI
Wilt thos upon the high and giddy mast
Seal up the ship-boy's eyes. and rock his brains
In cradle Of the rude imperious surge,
And in the visitation of the winds.
" no take the rufian pillows by tie top,
Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging thea
With desfening clamors in the slippery clouds,
That. with the hurry. death itself awakes?
Canst thou, partial sleep. give thy repose
To the vet sea-boy in an hour rude:
And in the calme<t and most stillcst night,
With all appliances and means to boot,
Deny IL TO a king? Then. happy low, lie down:
Uneasy lies the head that 4
Shakespeare Gienry Iy).
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-31

: New Cotton Picker ):
A MACHINE WHICH WORKS 3
FAST AND DOES NOT TEAR ::
THE PLANT.

An improved cotton picker has been
invented by William J. Dyer of Shreve-
port. La. which is arranged to insure
a clean and thorough removal of the
bolls from high or low cotton bushes
or plants without tearing the fibers OF
the lint or the growing plant.
The machine. says The Scientific
American. comprises a horse drawn.
well supported box. ut the sides Of the
open front end Of which vertical shafts
are journaIed. carrying picking disks.
Each picking disk Is formed with n
solid core. whose top and bottom di-
verge from the edge to the center. BE
tween these picker shafts two other
vertical shafts are Journaled, provided
with brushes beveled at top and bot
tom to conform with the toothed pick
ing disks. On the lower ends of these
four vertical shafts beveled pinions are
carried which mesh with beveled gears
on a forward transverse shaft geared
with the traction axle. The beveled
gears are SO proporuoned with respect
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-31

MECHANICAL COTTON PICKER.
to the pinions that the picker shafts
will rotate at a lower rate of speed
than the brush shafts.
AS the machine is drawn forward the
outer sides of the picking disks pass
between adjacent branches of the
bushes. and the teeth remove the lint
from the bolls. The cotton lint thus
picked is carried inward as the picker
shafts rotate and swept of the disks
by the brushes into the box
In order to prevent the lint from ay-
ing sidewise and outward from the
brushes and pickers and to prevent
clogging of the brushes and pickers by
the lint angularly disposed canvas
hanges are arranged on the forward
ends of the sides of the box. which
Ranges are provided with cut out por
tons for the passage of the picking
disks.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-31
Things That Never Die.

The pure, the bright. the beautiful.
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulses TO wordless prayer.
The streams Of love and truth;
The longini,s after something lost,
The spirits yearning cry,
The striving after better hopes
These things can never die
The timiI hand stretched forth TO aid
A brother in his need;
A kindly word in grief's dark hour
That proves a friend indeed;
The plea of mercy softly breathed
When Justice threatens high.
The sorrow of a contrite heart
These things shall never die
The cruel and the bitter word
That wounded as il fell;
The chilling want Of sympathy
We feel, but never tell;
The hard repulse that chills the heart
Whose hopes are bounding high.
In an unfading record kept
These things shall never die
Let nothing pass. for every hand
Must find some work to do;
Lose not a chance to waken love;
Be firm and Just and true. q.
So shall light that cannot fade
Beam on thee from on high
And angel voices say TO thee.
These things shall never die
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-31
War:

Es fer war. I call it murder;
There you hev it plain an hst-
I don't want to go no furder
Than my Testyment fer that
Tsin't your eppyletts an feathers
Make the thing n grain more right;
Tain't a-follerin your bellwethers
Will excuse you in His sight
q you take a sword an dror it
An go stick Teller through.
Suy'men amt to answer Ter IL;
Cod will send the bill to you
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-31

Coodby. proud world. I'm going home.
Thou'rt not my friend. and I'm not thins.
Long through thy weary crowds. j roam,
riven oak on the oceans brine;
Long I've been tossed like the driven foam.
sut now. proud world. I'm going home
0oodby to fattery's fawning face:
To grandeur. with his wise grimAce;
To upstart weaith's avcrtcd eye;
To supple office. low and high;
To crowded halls. court and street;
To frozen heart and sting feet;
To those who 60 and those who come
Coodby, proud world. I'm going home
I'm going home to my own hearthstone.
6osomed in yon green hills alone
A secret nook in q pleasant land.
Whose grove the frolic fairies planned:
Where arches green the Nvelong day
Echo the blackbird's roundelay
And vulgar feet have never trod-
4 spot that's sacred to thought and God.
Oh. when I'm safe in NV sylvan home.
/ tread the pride Of Greece and Rome
And when I'm stretched beneath the pinss
Where the evening star so holy shines
J laugh at the lore and pride Of man.
At the sophist schools and the learned clan.
FOR what they all in their high conceit
When man in the bush with God may meetf
Long Ago.
And nesred in orchard trees
For every flower ] had a name
Ny friends were woodchucls, toads and bees.
] knew where thriyed in yonder glen
What plants would soothe . stone bruised
Oh. / was very learned then.
But that very long ago
7 knew the spot upon the hill
Where checkcrberries could be found
I knew the PUSHES near the mill
Where pickerei lay that weighed a pound
] knew the wood, the very tree.
Where lived the poaching. saucy crow,
And all the woods and crows knew me.
But that was very long ago.
And. pining for the joys OF youth.
i tread the old familiar spot
Only to learn this solemn truth
have forgotten. forgot
Yet here's this young at my knee
Knows all the things I used to know.
70 think once '.i-, he
But that very lsa. ago.
know it's folly to complain
OF whatsoc'er the :l-r- decree;
Yet not wishes a. N vain
tell you what my wish should be
I'd wish to lie a boy again,
Back to the friends used to know.
For / was. oh. happy then
But that was very long ago
Circums stance.
Two children in two neighboring villages,
pls ying mad pranks along the healthy leas;
Two strangers meeting at festival;
Two lovers whispering by orchard wall;
Two lives bound fast in one with golden case;
Two graves grass green beside gray church
tower.
Washed with still rains and dairy blossomsd;
Two children in one hamlet born and bred;
30 runs the round OF life from hour to hour.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-31

It will surprise you to experience
the benefit Obtained by using the dainty
and famous little pills known as De-
Wits Little Early Risers. Fred
Schaefer, Druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-31
DIR. Nc CHE HOK
Graduate Chinese physician

Over 20 years ex:
perfence in treating
all diseases of men
and women.
He guarantees to
cure Blood Poison,
Lost Manhood, Skin
diseases, Drop6y,
Hernia 0onorrhOe0,
Scr0fula, Paralysis.
Rheumatism, DIS
cases of Brain. Heart.
Lung. Kidneys, Liv-
or. Bladder, and all
Female Complaints.
All diseases cured
exclusively by Obi
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Notice is herbey given that, on or about
February 70. 1900 IL fixed white lens
lantern light will be substituted for the
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Point, Galveston bay, and OH the same
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Due notice OF the establishment Of
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lighthouse, in the course of erection
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ANCHORAGE BUOYS.
Notice is hereby given that anchorage
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spar buoy. with letter y. in black.
Magnetic bearings: Smoking Point. S.
". 200 yards Tufts Point, L.
Raritan River, New Jersey, white
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Centre OF pier of Raritan river draw
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