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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

walked on bareheadcd in the rrin.piAy-
ING as before. The little procession
smashed on In the rain and mud In
the direction OF the cemetery.
A company of the Fourteenth infan-
trv who had been out fighting along
the road 10 linus for three or four
DAVIS. came swinging back to It's quar-
ters at Bacoor church. The funeral
procession huddled over against the
wall on one side of the road to let the
soldiers pass. The sturdy men. with
their rifles swung on their shoulders.
swung by the little brown men with
the battered old horns. standing In the
rain around the gaudy red colin, and
the three wooden crosses. The pro
cession passed on down the road. The
band was playing a wild, barbaric mel
ody that seemed in keeping with the
cold. cherries rain, the heavy black
clouds across the sky, the dark, sullen
afternoon, the wailing Of the winds
in the bamboo, and the poor, little
procession of barefooted mourners.
The procession disappeared through
the open gate OF the cemetery. we
kept on along the road to linus.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

A wheat calendar, giving the time OF
ripening in various countries, shows
how the grain has all seasons for it's
own. Dwellers in the United States,
for example, where so much of the
land is resting during the winter
months, find by the calendar that
wheat is at the harvest point of
growth in December for Burma and
New South Wales agriculturists. jan
uary witnesses the same stage of de-
velopment in Australia. New Zealand,
Chile and Argentina; while February
and March are wheat harvest months
for Upper Egypt and India. The list
for June, July and August is the full
est. There is one feature. almost in
evitable. in the worlds annual wheat
story. A shortage, real or fancied, is
apt to be reported in some quarters,
and then speculation sees its oppor-
tunity quite as soon as legitimate
dealing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
MARQUIS OF Butte.

of the kings of Scotland, which he pur-
chased a few years ago, and in the ap-
pearance of which he has made a great
change At Montstuart, in the island
of Butte, he built some years ago a
magnificent house in the gothic style
of architecture, which cost a good deal
over 100000. 1t is a marvel in its
way, with its inner staircase and great
balconied hall composed of beautiful
Italian marbles.
Now his latest building work. which
has just been begun, is small private
chapel in connection with Montstuart
House. This is to cost 100000. 1t
will be fitted up in the most gorgeous
manner for the celebration of worship.
Colored marbles, for the decoration of
the chancel, the walls and the pas
sages, will be freely employed, and in
the plans it looks as If this chapel
would be one of the handsomest of the
kind in Scotland.
Unfortunately the marquis is not in
good health. A man of fieshy form and
of considerable bulk, he suffers from
eczema, which lately has been very
troublesome, and it was also reported
that he had had slight attack of
paralysis. His condition not long since
was very critical, but he is now get
ting better, though still far from well.
The best wishes of his countrymen are
for his recovery, for he is a nobleman
who has adorned his station and has
done great good with the wealth he
possesses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
CORRESPONDENT LOSES ARM.

e. F. Knight, the war correspondent
who lost an arm in the battle at Bel
mont, has packed much adventure into
comparatively short life. Born in the
north of France, he tried hard to en-
list in the French army when the Ger
mans were closing in around Paris.
The next year he succeeded, in spite of
his youth, in getting into the army,
and served as a volunteer in Algeria
against the revolving Arabs; that over
Mr.. Knight took to yachting. He has
several times crossed the Atlantic in
small cutter, and has thoroughly ex-
plored the Baltic sea in tiny pleas
ure boat. AS a correspondent he has
followed several campaigns in Africa.
He represented the London Times dur
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

The Marquis or Butte is one of Scot
lands noblemen with personality all
his own. Born in 1848, he succeeded
to the title and estates when he was
one year old and was under tutors
the late Earl of Beaconsfeld was one
of them-until he came of age. He
has great wealth, acquired for the most
part from the mines and lands at
Cardiff. 1t shows his interest in NUM-
cipal institutions that he was mayor
of Cardiff in 1890 and 1891, and that he
also paid the town of Rothlesay, in
the island of Bute-which he owns and
from which he takes his title-the
compliment of becoming its provost in
1896 and 1897.
An accomplished and enthusiastic
antiquarian, Lord Butte has found an
outlet for his great wealth in restoring
ancient, historic buildings, among the
most interesting being that of Falk-
land palace. in Fife. an old residence
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
HEROINE OR swINDLER7
Hillsboro, H., Letter.

Hillsboro, ILL.,, Letter.
This village has a most unusual SEN
sation. Last summer there appeared
here a sewing machine agent who gave
his name as Ellis Glenn. He did
fair business. One of his most clever
bits of enterprise was to WOO and WIN
Miss Ella Dukes, the intelligent and
comely daughter of a wealthy farmer
in a neighboring community. They
were engaged to be married when
Glenn was arrested this fall on
charge of forging note for $4,000.
Miss Dukes father furnished bail for
him and, upon his release, the young
man disappeared from town. BY
means of letters to Miss Dukes Glenn
was located at Paducah, KY, and
brought here. Arraigned in court lie
pleaded guilty and was sentenced TO
the penitentiary at Chester. When he
arrived at the institution Saturday IL
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
A TAGAL FUNERAL.
cp,EE IS THE SAME ALL THE
WORLD OVER.
A Pathetic sight witnessed by Ameri-
cans on the Road to Imus-A queer
Death Cortege That Slowly wenoeu
1t, Way Through Rain and Mud
Manila letter.

Bacoor is a squalid town, tweiVe
miles from Manila. 1t was captureu
in the fierce fighting last June Whlcn
eliminated in the hard struggles ae
Paranaque, Las Pinas, Baeoor, Aapo'o
Bridge. and linus. The big church d.
Bacoor stands down near the Day
There are great holes in 1t maze ny
the shells thrown by the navy IN -tne
fight for the town. The Americans
have a hospital in it now. There were
so many sick that tents were put up on
on the plaza in front of the church'
and they, too, were full of the SICK
A battery of the Fifth artillery was
parked in the street along one SIDE vi
the church. The gun wheels were
coated with mud, and the cannoneers'
looking tired and jaded, squatted on
the ground around their guns and
talked and smoked. In front of the
church was the road to linus.
Gen. Grant, whose headquarters
were at Bacoor, had just come in from
linus. There had been four days or
fighting, which had eliminated the
day before in the capture by the Amer
leans of Binacayan, across the river
from the linus road. The fighting had
been begun by the insurgents firing
from the other side of the river on
small parties travelling the linus road.
Larger forces had gone out as rein
forcements, and hard fighting had fol-
lowed
We decided to go to linus. 1t was
growing late in the day. A cold rain
was falling and the afternoon was be-
ginning to grow dark, when we started
down the road There was the sound
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
He represented the

ing the Graeco-Turkish war, and was
one of the few men to get into Ha-
vana last year after the blockade was
established. Desiring to follow the
progress of the war from the side OF
the Spaniards he was told when he
reached this country that it was i'm
possible to get into the capital OF
Cuba. Nothing daunted. he hired the
captain Of sailboat to take him with
In few miles of Havana, and there
cast him adrift In rowboat. A storm
coming up, the boat was overturned,
but Mr.. Knight chung to the keel until
ne was picked up the next morning by
Spanish patrol He was one of the
four correspondents allowed to accom-
pany the present British expedition to
the relief of Kimberley.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

1t has been discovered in st. Paul
that electric ground connections; made
by attaching wires to water pipes, not
only ruin the pipes by electrolysis, but
seriously interfere with the operation
of the water meters. In one case a
meter through which large quantity
of water was discharged failed to reg
lister. This was an extreme case and
easily detected, but what the effect has
been upon the indicators in cases
where the current is not so strong the
officers of the water board have no
means to determine. To protect them
selves, however they have ordered the
removal of all electric wires from the
water pipes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

Personal reserve is sometimes lost
sight of in the far West, as famous
sugar merchant from the East recently
discovered He had business in Mis-
souri, town, and was lunching at a
table with a native. Hi, stranger"
asked the other, where you from"
The eastern man, having stud farm
in Kansas City, mentioned that place.
Whats your business?" well,
horses" came the reply. Say. what's
your manner" None of your business"
rejoined the disturbed sugar-dealer.
Even in Ohio, settled largely by Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut colonists,
the eastern man sometimes finds him
self in an atmosphere OF frankness.
"You are all talking about your west
ern reserve" such one recently re-
marked. BLESSED If see any!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
OUR FEET GROWING LARGER.
So Say the shoemakers and the H@b-
erdashers.


Shoemakers and haberdasners who
cater to the wants of the elite assert
that their patrons this year demand
hosiery and shoes averaging from one
half to one and half sizes larger than
they did five years ago, says the New
York Herald. The majority Of the
dealers believe that the average length
and breadth of mems feet have been
steadily increasing since the wane OF
the fashion which demanded a pointed
toe and tight-fitting shoe. This they
explain by saying that the effect OF the
style in vogue six years ago was TO
cramp and distort the natural deyel-
opment of the feet When the style
changed and comfort became the critic
rion of fashion, nature again exerted
itself. Feet which had become dis
torted during the reign of the narrow
shoe and pointed toe slowly began to
broaden and adapt themselves to their
new surroundings. The change, being
gradual, went for a long time I'M
noticed, and not until the merchants
recently began to compare their sales
of five years ago with those of today
was it found that the average increase
has been approximately one size Sew
eral well-known shoe dealers said that
when they first began to notice the APP
parent change they became interested
and studied the problem. They found
that when fashion demanded the use Of
narrow shoes, feet were closely con-
fined and by degrees became small.
AS styles changed and an easy fit was
alone desired the feet seemed to ex-
pand and grow steadily larger until
the fashion again required small, neat
feet, when the process would be re-
peated. One merchant, versed in an
cient and oriental history, pointed out
to me the fact that in countries where
the sandals or other loose foot cover
ing is generally worn, the feet of the
inhabitants are comparatively large,
and in countries where a big shoe is in
poor taste, small feet are in the ma
jority. A well-known Broadway
hosier, when told him the theory
advanced by the other haberdashers
and shoemakers, smiled incredulously
and said: "I'll tell you what my ex-
perience has been; perhaps it would be
interesting. When times are hard 1
notice that men order large socks, and
when there is plenty of money they
prefer close-fitting ones 1t can all be
reduced to question of economics, in
my opinion. Large hose wear longer
than those of perfect fit, but they are
not so comfortable Most well-dressed
men are the first to feel the pressure
of hard times, and then they begin to
economic. They would probably
deny it if you should confront them
with the statement that for the sake
of saving quarter they were wearing
a pair of mistit socks, but under these
conditions nine times out of ten the
accusation would be true"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

= band playing a dirge. Out from
cluster of bamboo houses in the
town came a mournful little process
sion. Three boys marched in front
wearing black capes and carving
wooden crosses. Behind them came
the band, or perhaps twelve instru-
ments. The players We're Filipinos
dressed in white shirts and trousers
Behind the band were four men carry
ing red-covered coffin on their sbonl-
ders. Behind the coffin was a man crv-
ing like little child. Another man
walked with him, with his arm around
the mourner and talking to him in a
low tone. Behind these two were a
group OF women, one of whom ar timos
would scream and then sob piteously
Some men and boys followed along in
the rear of the procession,
There goes a good niger" said
soldier who stood watching the nass-
ing OF the funeral. He said that the
man who was being buried had been
Killed In battle along the road to Inns
the day before. His relatives bad
brought the body into town during tbo
night that 1t might be decently buried
Inc man who walked behind the hodv
was the dead mans brother Tba
woman who was crying and SCREAMING
was the widow. The cortega cow
walking slowly down the road-tbo
road TO linus. The rain beat IN tboi,.
faces, but they did not heed It Tbev
splashed along in the mud in tbe,r
Dare feet without even looking nm
Inc band was playing a funeral
urge 1t was shabby looking hand
The white clothes of the musicians
were wet and limp and splashed with
mud. One of the players was hind
ana was being led along by how
some OF the band walked in ,ittIo
group In front. The blind man onS
TWO other players followed fan
yards behind, while the drummer who
was an old man and could hardly kean
up followed along fast. A eIst ~
WIND blew one of the musicians, bota
on and carried 1t scurrying down tbs
muddy road, The owner gave no .,nn
ne noticed the loss of his hat II.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

The biograph is doing good service
to science. A hospital in New York
is adapting a machine to record mi
nutely the actions of persons in cpl
leptic fits and similar affections. Nov
ing pictures have been taken showing
the walking movements in persons af-
fiicted with locomotor ataxia. When
these films are reproduced on the
screen doctors can study the symp-
toms carefully in the laboratory. The
movements of all kinds of microbes
are also being photographed, as well
as the action of healthy and diseased
corpuscles. When these pictures are
magnified and thrown on the screen
the Improvement or decline in the
condition of the patient can be told.
One of the most interesting uses of
the biograph is to photograph and
show minutely the growth and flower
dng of plants from the time of plant
ing until in full bloom. A picture is
taken every half-hour continually for
about thirty days and nights. In or
der to secure uniform light for every
view a powerful electric light is en-
lployed. Sometimes 1000 pictures will
be made of one subject Should the
subject be lily the pictures at one
stage will show the opening of the
lilly, while at another stage its fading
away is seen. BY quickening the time
of the pictures on the screen the plant
is actually seen to be growing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

mhfCnc0 1u army Door Lines
Just after the outbreak of war in
South Africa young Englishman,
named John Sydney Warwick. was
serving as native commissioner at Jo-
hannesburg He was an appointee of
the government of Natal, and it was
his business to look after the interests
of the thousands of natives of Natal
who were working in the gold mines
of the Transvaal. When war was de-
clared 5000 of these natives sought to
get home. At the time railway com
munication between johannesburg and
Natal had already ceased. and II the
journey was to be made at all It would
have to be on foot. Mr.. WARWICK or
ganized the mob of 5000 blacks into
something like an army and marched
them in safety into Natal, even passing
through the lines of the Beers without
interruption. He is given credit by the
English authorities for a remarkable
achievement.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
A New Mosauito.

Newark has a new breed of mosqui-
toes. This appalling intelligence is
CLEANED from one of the papers pub
lished In that city. These new mos
quitoes are not to be kept out of
houses by any of the screens now in
use. They are so small that they get
into the rooms of the unhappy resi-
dents of the fiourishing city on the
Passaic river and bite them with a
ferocity hitherto unknown even in the
state which is famous for it's mosqui-
toes. The doctors are trying to COM
fort the people by telling them that
these mosquitoes will eat malaria
germs with more avidity than the Or
binary New Jersey breed, but the peo-
pie are not satisfied. Some of them
are declaring that their board of
health ought to do something about it.
Just how a board of health can con-
sistently take action looking toward
the determination of any insect which
will eat the germs of malaria is not
explained.-New York Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
was discovered that Glenn We :

was discovered that Glenn was a
woman.
Inc discovery created a sensation.
The penitentiary authorities could not
accept woman and she was sent back
mere. Then came remarkable story.
Inc prisoner declared that it was her
twin brother who appeared here last
summer, fell in love with Miss Dukes
ana committed the forgery. Between
herseit and her brother there is such
striking resemblance, she claims.
that even their parents could be de-
celVed' She says that to save him
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

1t is said by those who know Cecil
Rhodes, the south African magnate
that he has a great aversion to the on
posite sex. They say that while on
recent visit to London he dined at
the house of the Baroness Burdett.
Coutts, and later, when he was dis
cussing the affair with his secretary
the latter asked: And whom did Won
take in to dinner?" "Oh, l don't know.
Some Lady Somebody" was the reply.
But what did you call herr" "Didn't
call her anything. Never SPOKE Il,
her"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
PERFUME PLANTS FAKE
Cucumber Sprouts Soaked 10
Scent and Sold at Big Prois

CuCuHRDcE opfouNs ooaho"
Scent and Sold at Big Prois
Speaking of street fakirs "
tall man of the party, q used %
a fellow in Lawrence, Kan. vA
the king OF the crowd. He could
money out of anything. A AM
common soap was worth many
to him as a grease eradicatoF OF
thing of the kind, and for an oua
a few cents he could turn bis
full of cash. One day the young
came to me and asked me IN
rious manner to go into a Ion
him. l went, and there found
the most ingenious outfits ! sIS
or heard of for doing a gullDk
munity. This is what the Ouill
There were one hundred sm1
bags. each filled with wet Oni
each bag was planted cucunOa
Under the warmth and dampl's
seeds would soon sprout ana -
young friend would take eaca
dip it into a tub filled with nsl
fumed water. Then the small W
which first sprout would be a.
carefully, leaving the nea'
which are rough and wrlnKsu
not bear such strong eyldenN
tity. Then the hundred pay
their sprouts would be put =
and carefully carried to sO-
town. where my young friend w
tually get so cents apiece lOl
perfume plants The plan wa
by him successfully number
and he always managed 70 y
without being injured. he war ,1,
talker and always disposeu =
fume plants in an easy mann l.n,,
az nersons who have been 's-
a an such sucker game do l ne'
'soueal,' his chances of de'e NV
reduced to a minimum
Telegraph.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
ESKIMO suRoe.,,
When a Native Frss.s.
Cut on 'vlthoat Cam. Lint /

When a Native Frss.e.
Cut on 'v''hoa, comp.a.,,, Linz
What becomes OF n
man nj &C on board of sailing psp, \, 'op
OF all, a sailing shin Shlp-s,
from other human heiD NJ i'siNi
tied by whalers in tbe Am. IKE tAO&
arctic regions? A strlSis ~ add
this question has ius, y alsVz
surgeon S. j. Can of M 'eA sTa
ter service of the Uni,aS y ,s'saa
report just published q, ;, o'a'a b
overland relief expeditlor y ulpa
row. Alaska, to succor tbs " ~ Fa'i
were frozen in there. saw 'a !,
delphia Press. The vast S sla ls
tending the overland iourDa, 'aAs
absolutely impossible 10 c,,.. NAG
cept desperately needed msa, = ~
= 49,, 1l seon cars outfit coD,,s
a pocket surgical case. s
syringe a stethoscope. ",
package Of lint, a roll Of sas a'
Der plaster, fever therm rorsI'
dozen assorted bandages s's
OF isinglass plaster, ope.s,s Aa
pairs snow glasses and ope',s,.,
dozen tooth brushes. On acco 'u,'
low temperature to be met s'
preparations were reduced - w
mum, and were eight ounces =,
anesthetic mixture, four on,'.'
ture chloride of iron, four oD..'
friar's balsam, and one.tbira 49,
extract of ginger. At UnaE,0lr
high ATTITUDES, the first case !,
surgery was found by DR.. Can
hunt occupied by an old man !.
woman and their son he saw A..
Old mans legs were cut off hslo~
knees. He learned that few vs,,
fore he had frozen his lea ana
The old woman had chopped /,
frozen parts with a long knife !,
she showed to the surgeon. m.
had healed fairly well. despIt.
roughness of the job. Later h
many similar instances. Thus h
There are natives hobbling sru,
Point Barrow with the loss Of an.
both legs, hands or arms, who n,
assistance from white men Or
geon, and might say that slnOs
of these cases are due to the tro7
In time the dead and frozen b
having no sensation, is chopped
by some member of the family
after a long and slow process Of 4
ulation and sloughing. healing hE
For some reason the Eskimo rehz
wear artificial limbs. Gases Ovr =
on nearly ten years ago are Oh
knees still, and the amount d
and travelling they do is atols
Serious surgical cases. Il was d
had occurred on the frozen-in vi
before the revenue cutter end
arrived there. All these had ben
ated on by Capt. Tilton and
Newport, sailormen who had 10
vious experience of the kind, haTl
knowledge of medicine or surgg7
erations of the most grave kind
performed with rude instrunslH
these men in a manner which aA
praise"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03
Recalling an Old s''l, I

Messrs. Ellis & Elvey W.. WV sIjiI|
sue a third volume OF Wv v0-ssI
tion of D. C. Rossettis, nv, M
r Nuoya cot of Dante. Mr.. willl' ~, I
Rossetti will write a., me .sIiJ|
ton" is, of course 'a 90 who 1
name of Rossetti's wli ss Rosss
Miss Miss siddal. On her death l,. Sgrl' |
his first volume of manu when
buried in her conn. .oo,est Il
years after, at tne ooensd p
-iends, the coffin was ,sas foot
POEMS taken out !. ~. hajr hsi9
some of Mrs. Rossetti's e SnreIy 4
INFO the manuscript ,TI,srar 4
wSole history of the , i'i ne II
there is nothing to eq O~ity 10 y
disturbing poor .,vlug a ~
to the uei general public. ,l Sq' ID, \
and the act is a l aTs iriS',1|
memory of the ul,..crIlsgs
advised such a
Mail.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

Paper shingles have been introduced
into Japan by an enterprising Toxic
firm as substitutes for the wooden ar
ticle. The new idea is slab of thick
tarred pasteboard, more easily man
aged than ordinary shingles, and cost
ing only half as much.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-03

A competitor to the Illinois State
Pawners' society is in the field, and
there will soon be two of these low
priced loan associations in active oper-
alton in Chicago Competition is, in
this case at least the surest proof that
the new idea is a success and has al
ready achieved popularity among gen
teel borrowers.