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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

Mamma had been telling Dorothy a
pretty story about a friendly fairy,
who always came just at the right mo-
ment to help a little girl in her work
or play.
Dorothy thought about the story
very hard for a few minutes, and then
she looked up into mammals face and
said:
Il wish I had a little fairy like that,
mamma, to help me-"
"All little girls have fairies to help
them, Dolly"
rs it another story, m Tell
me about it," for mammals stories
were the incest stories in the world.
But these fairies are truly ones,
Dorothy"
Truly, mammal"
Truly, Dorothy. Jump up here and
I'll tell you all about it."
So Dorothy jumped UP into mann
mas lap again, for she had jumped
down when she thought the story was
ended, and mamma gave her a kiss
and a bears hug" and began:
Each little girl has ten real fairies
to help her, Dorothy, and she can
make them go to work whenever she
likes"
"Dolly's eyes opened very wide in
deed, and she said:
Have I got ten fairies, too. nam
MAP"
''oh, yes. Dolly; you have got ten
fairies, too, just the same as other lit
tie girls. Your ten little fairies are
very busy, useful little servants, and
they love nothing better than to work
fer 0 all day long. The more they
work the better work they can do, for
they become quicker and more ex-
pert. That means they learn how to
work better. Do you understand,
Dorothy?"
Dorothy nodded.
Oh, yes; l know; just like when l
pick up all the scraps and papers; L
know better how to do it next time. .
eyes, and just so, if you make your
little fairy servants work, they will
serve you better each time. So you
ought to keep them busy all day Ions.
Don't you think so, Dorothy?"
Il just wish l knew where they
lived, mamma" said Dolly, wistfully.
"They live with you in this house,
Dolly girl" replied mamma, smiling
at Dolly's puzzled look.
Dear mel" Dolly exclaimed, with a
long breath.
"They are not so very big, Dolly"
went on this funny mamma, squeezing
Dolly's plump little hands. 1.-TWO Of
them are about two inches long, and
the rest not more than three"
"How much is three inches, mann
MAJ"
So mamma got out her pretty tape
measure, with the bird on the cover,
and measured one of Dolly's fingers,
and showed her just how long three
inches were.
ooh, l do wish l knew where they
were, mammal"
Such dear, busy, faithful little SER
wants they can be, Dolly" mamma
went on, her eyes t~winkling fast, with
the little shiny sparkles in them that
Dolly loved.
"Do-do tell, mammal"
"And your fairies have learned how
to do such nice things, Dolly. They
can pick up the baby's toys, or bring
papa's paper, or carry grandma her
knitting'-and laughed evor
so hard.
ooh, l know, mamma; l know! I've
found out!' cried Dolly. 81 know now
who my ten fairies are!"
And since every little girl has ten
fairies just like them, who knows
what Dorothy's ten little fairy SER
wants were2
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

the highest distinction, and no other
woman has been kinder or more help
ful to struggling young writer's and
artists. She has encouraged when 9TH
ers have ridiculed and has helped
when others have hindered. Her som
nets have been unsurpassed by any
American poet, and all of her work
bears the imprint of a master hand.
MORRIS WADE.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02
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then uttered peculiar cries. The other
gulls came and perched on the same
side of the log, which. under their
combined weight, rolled over a few
inches. The gulls, step by step, kept
the log rolling until the ~barnacles
showed above the water. The birds
picked eagerly at this food, and the
log was not abandoned urtil every
barnacle had been picked.-Golden
Days.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

Z lullaby, hushaby, hasten away,
Little pink pilgrim, till dawn of the day;
Slow swings the cradle, but swift Is the
fight.
Lullaby. hushaby. baby. good night.
over the bridges of slumberland's
streams
Lies the most wonderful Garden of
Dreams;
Short is the journey and soft is the sod
Down by the valleys of Drowsy and Nod.
Daisies and violets peep thro' the grass,
Buttercups beckon and bow as you pass,
Tiny dream-fairies in tunics of blue
Bring sweetest dreams il the garden for
you.
Lullaby, hushaby, hasten away
over the bridges till dawn Of the day;
Short is the journey to hours OF delight
Lullaby, h%ushaby, baby, good night.
-Addie S. Cullom in Woman's Home
Companion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

A minister's little daughter and two
little boys, the IONS of commercial
travellers, were talking about their re-
spective papas and what they did. One
little lad said: my papa sells shoes"
and the other said: Mine sells paper."
and, turning to the little girl, what
does your papa sell?" For a moment
the child h~esitated, but, not to be out
done by boys, she replied with the air
OF a duchess, MY papa sells talk"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

mud. The sky, trees, human faces and
hundreds of other interesting and
beautiful things are so high up hat
you will not see them at ali unless you
throw back your shoulders and lift up
your head to it's natural and honorable
place. A bent head will always make
the shoulders round, the chest hollow
and the gait poor, for your tendency is
always to be pitching forward. Don't
do it! Hold up your head!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

, An example of the cunning OF gulls
was observed at Tacoma, when several
alighted on a bunch OF logs that had
been in the water for q long time,
with the submerged sides thick with
barnacles. One was a big gray fellow
who seemed to be the captain. He
walked to a particular log. stood on
ops side Of IL. close to the water. and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, has
a miniature farm, the products of
which go to assist In relieving the
poor. II was at this farm that she
learned to keep house according to the
best Dutch methods.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

The love that dwells in a cottage
could never thrive off terrapin and
champagne.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-02

We are made great or small By oar
own acts.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-10
HIGH HOPES
OF ENGLAND
ARE CRUSHED.
Lord Roberts Up Against the Real
Thing and in For Hard
Winter Campaign.
SOLDIERSINNEED CLOTHING.
Lord Kitchener Given the Important
Duty of Watching the Railways.
Mine Discovered in Time.

yon,DCN- ADrl 10 r n m-Brltons
,ra hsg,n,,,nr though reluctantly, to
realize that Lord Roberts is in for a
winter campaign. lasting several
months. This is the end, in few
words. Of the high hopes based upon
Lord Roberts brilliant dash to KIM
barley and BIoemfontein.
Preparations are being made to hold
BIoemfontein against surprises. LORD
Kitchener has been given an important
duty. being responsible for the protec.
tion Of the railway, while Lord Roberts
20 waiting for re-mounts and winter
clotblng for the troops, whose thin cot
top kbakI uniforms and boots are worn
out
General Brabrant and General Cat
acre are both at standstill Lord
Roberts viii probably for some time
conrne his operations to clearing the
Free state behind him Of raiders und to
relieving Mafeklng. for which purpose
nppnrently the eighth division now ar
riylng at CAPE Town. has been ordered
10 Kimberley.
rr;od +o nr,w Them Into a Mine.
80, ,v,,son ,rd other Nrafe.
Llus ,,'sl,,'rr,,an,s Sa,,, sond diaries of the
N''s to' e''rVl,y,s'''' -, ,ra',.,,n - +h,t tbo
Golu'''ru' gus - 80 -. otan5,,,tnr thr,r
boprS nav "ae. ,,, ,po ~ ,as,aaoa ont ,n,o
''e'''!'s', -, r,a,,,,,,+o,, tho
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-10
THE CANTEEN
DEFENDED BY
A CHAPLAIN.
.,.,,..s rs to the Number of Saloons
10 IN Manila Pervorted-sObFiety
on the Increase.
The NATIVE GIN. SHACKS
o., q Deplorablc Effect Upon the
H'I rroops-Gen. Funston May be
Tried by Court Martial

u,surNGToN, D. c., April "a
wa n the administration of affairs
u.', y,rua Is contained in a report Just
y ,Jo a., nrbIlc to the war department by
r1"' cS.nIaln charles c. Pierce. This off,
.n', nnrtIcularly antngonizes the ex-
,s,o,ojp ", Of volunteers, who has been so
W." '"oroly critlcislng the morals Of the
., ,ncrlran troops in the Philippines,
,ayinp . the charge of wholesale lntoxi-
n,' no,,on and telling of the enormous in
ease in the number of liquor drinking
saloons in Manila.
THE chaplain declares that the figures
,.,o tbe number of saloons have been
- aoryor,ad: that the American saloon
I, ,ook the place of an untold number OF
r,,Iye gin shacKs which dispensed IL
ond poIson with daplorable effect upon
,bs American troops and that the sub
stutIon Of the regimental canteen has
rsspl,ed in an Improvement in the so
brlety Of the troops,
chaplain Pierce also speaks in terms
of nigh praIs. Of the reformation of the
critical conditions in Manila, It's clean
sing and sanitation with the resulting
Improvement in general health.
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snlhiers sleep In Trenches.

LONDON, April 1O-The Bloemfon-
tein correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph, telegraphins Sunday, says:
THE railway and telegraph nse work.
ing well. Works and trenches have
been prepares. in suitable positions
around Bloemfontein, The creates.
vigilance is exercised. Some of the
troops sleep in the trench,
Confirmation has been received Of
the report that the Beers are in laagar
In considerable force with guns, at
Donkerspoort. eighteen miles southeast
The British scouts report another body
still closer. The Boer patrols have
grown very daring, venturIng much
nearer our tents"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-10
QUAY TURNED DOWN.
Senate Again Under Leadership of
Burrows, Refuses to Vote on His
Case-Nothing New in the House.

Senate Again Under Leadership of
Burrows, Refuses to Vote on His
Case-Nothing New in the House.
WASHINGTON, d. C., April o.-Aftar
some further discussion the senate TO-
day rejected the sectarian school
amendment TO the Indian appropriation
bill offered by Mr.. Jones. Dem., Arls.),
by a vote of thirty to sixteen. AS has
been the practice for two or three years
the free homes measure was offered as
an amendment to the bill, but it was
ruled out on the point of order that 1t
was general legislation and therefore
not germane to an appropriation bill.
Without division the bill was passed.
The measure carries about SS.414.OOO
The resolution respecting the seating
of former Senator quay, of Pennsylva-
MIA. was then laid before the senate,
and Mr.. Chandler announced that the
friends Of MI Quay were ready for a
vote.
Mr., Burrows, of Michigan. hoped no
vote would be taken at this time. He
was, he said, in receipt of telegram
from an absent senator who desired
that no time for vote be fixed until he
returned.
Mr.. Stewart. (Nevada) thought that
Mr.. Burrows request that the case go
over was in view Of the unanimous
consent, unusual and unreasonable.
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FAILED TO BREAK in.
Burglars Make an UnsUscessful At.
tempt to Rob the charles-TO Ma
tional Bank.

ohi 5 auIo manu- t'A SAA90Sseoe4A ~ 4AHe
tempt to Rob the Charles-T Town Ma
tional Bank.
Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencer
CHARLES TOWN, W. Va. April e.
An unsuccessful attempt was made at
2 o'clock this morning, to rob the First
National bank in this city, The hank
is located in the Talbot block in the
central portion OF the city in full glare
Of two arc lights. The adjoining rooms
are occupied by stores. The upper fiata
are occupied as residences and the oc.
cupants were aroused from sleep by
noises Of heavy sledging, When they
tried to get out they found their doors
all fastened from the outside.
one of the residents suSpecting bur-
glnry, went out upon balcony in front
of the building, when he heard a man
across the street say: "Come out" Inn
mediately three men came out Of the
bank and lelsurely walked up the
street An alarm was given. but the
burglars had fled. Investigation proved
that they had broken the lock on the
gate of an iron enclosure of the outside
and that jimmles had been used to open
the front door. The combination lock
on the outer door of the vault had been
broken down with a heavy sledEe.
which the robbers left behind, and
which has since been identified by a
local blacksmith whose shop had been
broken open for the purpose of obtain.
ing this and other tools,
There are no clues to the robbers, al.
though a band of tramps have been lo-
Gated near the city for several days.
The bank usually keeps on hand about
100000 in cash. An award will likely be
offered by the directors, at its next
meeting.
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bridges on its road from Hearne to the
Rio Grande. The Missouri. Kansas &
Texas Is likewise n heavy loser. having
10 abandon much OF its track altogether
and use the International & Great
Northern from Taylor TO Milano and the
Santa Fe tracks from there to North
Texas points,
The citizens Of this city held mass
meeting to-day at which the consensus
OF opinion was that It was not feasible
90 rebuild the dam and power house. al-
though no definite action was taken. A
proposition was made to the meeting by
the old water company whose plant has
likewise suffered much from the flood.
that they would take all the piping and
wiring Of the city plant and such of
their apparatus as could be recovered
from the wreckage. pay fair value for
the same and rejuvennte their plant
here and furnish the city with water
and light within two weeks. The pro-
position was handed over 10 commit
tee of twenty citizens to be considered.
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UNsATIsFAcToRY vERp1cT.
The People Feel That cramblett DID
Not Have Justice-M Ministers Of the
6ospel Take I'm the Case.

The People Feel That cramblett DID
Not Have Justice Ministers Of the
Gospel Take Up the Case.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
sTEUBENvILLE, Ohio, April "a
great mystery remains yet to be solved
in the case of the murder of James
Gosnell, for which Quincy Cramblett
was found guilty. The general public
is not satisfied with the verdict and a
new trial is what is generally looked for.
Jurymen are being kept busy answering
the question, Just how did you arrive
at that verdict?"
It is not only being discussed on the
streets and In the houses and shops. but
from the pulpit One minister talked
before his Sunday school about 1t. stu
another. Rev. j. S. Reager, pastor OF
the First NJ. p. church. devoted his en-
tire sermon to the trial last evening and
the church was filled with auditors. He
did not criticize the prosecutor, the de-
fendant. the court or the jury. but he
held that It was not proved to a GER
tainty that the accused was guilty. He
said suspicion does not constitute
guilt but the burden is on the state to
make case and the. accused does not
have to prove his innocence. He said
he IS willing to contribute from his
means toward new trial.
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DROPPED FROM ROLLS.

Rev. Arthur C. McGiffert Could Not
Face the Music and Asked to Have
His Name Stricken from the Books
of the Church.
NEW YORK, April 9.-The Rev. Ar
thur c, McGlffert to-day formally with
drew from the Presbyterian church.
His resignation was contained in let
ter to the presbytery Of New York.
which met to-day in its regular semi
annual meeting and DR.. McGlnfert's re-
quest that his name be dropped from
the roll OF the prasbytery was granted?
The letter Is in part az follows'
81 desire to say that don't with
draw because / regard the charges Of
heresy preferred against me as we'll
founded, or because I recognize the
iustlce Of the accusations that have
bcen made In many quarters, for I still
belIeve. as believed when / wrote to
the general assembly last spring, that
my views are in harmony with the
faith of the Presbyterian church and of
evangelical christendom III pl ''a'
and essential matters; but cannot feel
that 1t ia my duty to go through the
trial before the general assembly which
the appeal wiz doubtless precipltate'
and am unwilling needlessly TO pro-
long the agitation that has been dis
tracing the church and preventing 1t
from giving itself upreservedly to i's
true work Of advancing the kingdom OF
God.
81 claim thnt the question OF first
Importance touching the results nave
reached. ls not, do they accord with the
Presbyterian standards But, arc they
truc2 In trial for hrrcsy, the inquiry
inevitably concerns itsaIf chiefly With
the former question and the lntter 70
too largely overlooked"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-10
FROM The CAPITAL,

Captain Dovener Introduces a Fish
Culture Bill-senator Scott Guest
of Young Republicans of Philadei-
phIa.
Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencer
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 9,.-Rep'
resontakc Dovencr to-day introduced
bill 10 permit the construction OF n
bridge across the Big Sandy river, at
Kenoya. \ similar bill was introduced
in the senate several days ago, by Sem
ator Elkins, at the request of ex-sana-
tor Camden.
Mr. Dovcnpr introduced bill. the
duplicate OF ona previously introduced
in the senate. to authorize the estab-
lIshmant Of station for fish culture in
West Virginia. under the direction or
Commissioner Bowers.
Representative Dayton has intro
ouced bill In the house for the relief
Of the Elk Branch Presbyterian church,
IN Jefferson county, West virginia.
Representatives Dayton and Dovener
LETT tonight for their homes In West
Virginia. Both will be back in time TO
vote Thursday, on the Porto Rlcan bill.
Representative Ffeer has been absent
since Saturday evening. He also is eX-
Pected back before Thursday.
Senator Scott went with Il party to
Philadelphia this afternoon, as the
guest OF the Young Republican Club, OF
,aat city nt their twentieth annual
Banquet, which takes place this even
Ing The party was composed Of SEN
u'TS Fairbanks, Hanna and Scott and
representatives HUI, Cannon and Lam
vs. The gentlemen named were under
Ne escort Of committee of the club.
Went Over the Old Battlefield.
Representative Dovener returnd
"om Richmond this morning. whittier
ne md been. with others OF the rivers
aaa harbors committee OF the house.
.o'hnF n'tar proposed improvements.
iAe appointment for the trip was made
Wy Representative Epes. OF Virginia,
pr'oF to his death, and the party was
".eomp1DI9d by Representative Lamb,
y. ih' same state. Captain Dovencr re-
"'incd a day after the business was
concluded. and In company with a
number Of cx-Confederate officers 1Is-
''H the scene where in 1876 his reg
",oh' was camped prior to the collapse
y, lo' lonfedcracy, Among other places
,A'li was Fort Harrison. where there
'mall national cemetery, and in
I' ''i of those buried there. he found
"' N'nn NJ Sergeant Fletcher. of Com
@"' - Twelfth West virginia Infan.
Wy who was killed at Chndrey's farm,
.D.uary g. 1865. There are several
".n'I'a Union soldI'rR. buried in thn
m'.'ry, md Flctchrrs ~ No 20.
lha subcommittee Of which Captain
0''ener was a member visited Rich
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WASHINGTON, D. c, April 9.-This
was duh day in the houge. The agri-
cultura! appropriation bill was under
discussion and was made the vehicle Of
considerable desultory debate on irrel-
evant present topics. Good progress
was made with the bill after the close
OF general debate, twenty-five of the
thlrty-seven pages being covered be-
fore adjournment.
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Special Dispatch to the lntellIgencer
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va, April
9.-This morning Frank Wise, near
here, shot tramp in the side for reGus-
ing to get OF his premises and for per-
sisting in entering his premises. The
fellow, who gives his name US Judson
Hamilton. is seriously wounded. He
said his fathers name is Dania Harnll-
ton and he is carpenter in the Read
ing railroad car shops at Reading, Pa
and that his mother lives in Sullivan
county, Pennsylvania After the shoot
ing, Wise, who is respectable citizen.
gave himself up, but he was not arr
rested.
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ANOTHER ARMY SUICIDE.
Captain Louis ostheim Takes His Life
in a Chicago 'Hotel-Was to Have
Been Married Yesterday.

in a Chicago 'Hotel-Was to Have
Been Married yesterday.
CHICAGO, April 9.-CaptaIn Louis
ostheIm, first United States artillery.
who was to have been married to-day
to Mrs. Eva Bruce at the home of her
uncle, Waiter BI Phlster in this city,
was found dead in bed at the AudltorI-
um annex last night. There was a
bullet wound In his right temple. The
finding of a revolver in the bed, the ma
ture OF the wound and the position of
the body all indicated that he had COM
mitted suicide.
From the fact that Captain osthelm
was last seen about the hotel Saturday
night, 1t is supposed that he took his
life some time between then and Sum
day morning. When his door was
locked all day, an investigation was
made and the discovery Of the suicide
resulted
Captain Ostheim was IS years old. He
was born in Pennsylvania and educated
ut West Point. In 1883 he was admit
ted to the army Previous to the Span
Ish-American war he was stationed at
Fort Sheridan and 1t was during his
stay there that he made the acquaint-
ance of Mrs. Bruce. He came from
Philadelphia and registered Mt the An
mex on April 2, having recently returned
from service with the Sixth artillery In
the Philippines for the express purpose
of celebrating his marriage.
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mond, Petersburg. Dutch Gap, and
points on the James river. The whole
committee will make trip over the
same territory about the 10th Of May.
The committee is collecting material
for It's report which, IT is understood,
viii be made nt the second session OF
the present Congress.
But few, II any hearings VIII be
given on proposed improvements after
the close Of the present session.
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british suffered Great Slaughter.

LONDON, April lO.-The Bloemfon-
teln correspondent of the Times tele-
graphing Sunday, says;
"Two captured Beers agree that only
fifty men remained unwounded out of
the whole British column captured at
Reddersberg.
General Gatscre and his staft were
fired on from enclosures while they
temporarily occupied Reddersherg.
considerable movement of troops
has occurred here. with the object of
preventing surprise"
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B. & 0. Brakemnn Killed.

Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencer.
TERRA ALTA. w. Va, April 9.-Troy
Morgan, the only son Of Joseph Morgan.
of Terra Alta, was killed at 3 a. IN. to-
day at Piedmont while engaged in his
duty as Baltimore 4 Ohio brakeman.
His remains were brought home on the
accommodation. The deceased was a
popular and highly respected young
man, and his death is n shock to n
large circle Of friends
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penth Of alenn LHle.
Special Dispatch to the IntelIIgencor.

Special Dispatch to the IntelllSencer.
MARTINsBURG, W. Va, April o.
Mr. Glenn Lyle, highly respected
farmer, died here to-day aged IS years.
He was born in this county and hns
always taken an active part in local af-
fairs. He was one OF the most enthusi-
astic Masons In this section, being an
active member Of Robert White Lodge
No. 67. A. +. & A. NJ, and one Of the
orIgInators of Palestine Commnndery
No. .. He leaves one daughter. Mrs.
sallie Hensel, of Hagerstown, Mary
land.