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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-02
CoSTERS' ENGLISH.
st Least 1t Us Supposed to he English,
Bat IL Doesn't Look like 1t.

st Least 1t rs supposed 10 AiS k-AEsAAshs
Bat Ii Doesn't Look Like 1t.
English costers have language of
their own. There is nothing very re-
markable about it, its chief character
istic being palpable kind Of back
spelling, says Tit-Bits.
In money matters q coster will speak
OF a halfpenny as q 'sfiatch," while
.'gen" is shilling; but 'teaich-guy'
is eight shillings. Coulter" means c
sovereign, "netgen" passes for half a
sovereign, half crown being given the
somewhat unpronounceable term,
''fatchynork."
4 curious method of expressing multi
pies is shown by "erth-ewif-gens, :
meaning Is shilliEgs. "A 6oogheno''
means "A good market" "dabheno," a
bad one. ~ regular trosseno" stands
for "A regular bad one"
YES" and mo" are represented by
mo" and say" Tumble 10 your bar
rikin" expresses understand YOU
''Flash it" signifies ''show it." Gross
chap means thief. ''Showfuls" is an
equivalent for bad money.
DO the tightner very expressive
term, the derivation of ,v- h is not
difficult TO understand-mea go to
dinner" "NoInmus" stands for ''be
oil" and "tol' is share"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-02
hermit AND HORSE.
An Aged Illinois Character Who Fas-
tens Himself to a p1ovv and
Turns Up the Soil.

Congressman Robert r. Hit, chair
man Of the house committee on foreign
affairs, and who represents the Ninth
Illinois district, occasionally receives
a letter from a queer Old constituent
who resides on an island in the Mis-
sissippi river. The land is in Illinois,
though it is cut off from the mainland
by slough which the swift current
las cut through the soil Of 10 Daviess
county.
This old man, now in his seventy
third year, has resided on the island 81
years. He is hermit Of the most ee-
centric character. living entirely alone
and away from sight or sound Of any
other human being. He is completely
isolated, his rude hut being hidden in
network Of willow brush and wild grape
vines. His hut cannot be reached with
out the aid of boat and guide, who
muzt find his way through maze of
sloughs which wind around in a thou
sand acres of lowlsnds. The old man
is disturbed only by high water which
has three times invaded his abode and
washed him off the island. He would
like to have SIR. Hit induce Uncle Sam
to build dam across the lcw.and 10
protect his little farm on HE island.
The old man is named GottIieb Lett
sof. He was born in the province OF
Pomerania, Prussia, 70 years ago. He
zones from family of warriors. Two
Of his sons distinguished themselves IN
the war with Austria il 1865 and again
in the Franco-Prussiaa conflict in 1870.
He says he has written bis congress-
man that if any help is needed 10 whip
the dons he VIII emerge from his home
in the brush and take willing hand.
Leitsof cooks, eats and sleeps IN a
/ little room ten feet square. 1t is a
part of a hut which he built with his
own hands. He has a fock of chick
ems, COW and two cats. lie farms the
land without the aid of man or becst.
He has constructed queer piow after
! his own odd ideas. It is made from the
forked branch of tree. The forks
serve as handles and thills. To the butt
is boiled an old iron p.owshare. The
| odd feature about the contrivanee is
/ that the share points backward. The
I aged Prussian harnesses his own body
and bitches himself 20 this pow His
/ harness fits over his back and around
/ his waist. lie couples onto the Share
by means Of wire reaching from his
/ harness. Then he stands between the
/ thills, with which he takes hold with
4 mis- hands He walks backward Ike a
/ horse in his breeding. The share takes
hold in the soft sell and piows and fur
rows four inches deep. This IS al that
is necessary il such rich land.
/ In this manner ne has broken NJ
many acres. He raises enough stuff tc
support him and keep his stock. HI:
taxes GRE always promptly paid. In hil
old age he performs all kinds OF harl
work without experiencing any dele
/ terious results. He takes q turn a
| hunting and fishing. is good shot anC
/ lucky angler-Philadelphi Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-02
FRESH FANCIES
Items Regarding the MaGpie CoIora
and Separate Tuckfng of Up
ts-Date Gowns.

You cannot down black and white.
and a visiting toilet in narrow-striped
tafTeta brings out the combination in q
stylish manner. The toilet WI be
completed by a black net, Jet and white
winged toqpe. white gloves and a white
parasol trimmed with black lace.
The silk is cut 50 that the stripes
run diagonalIy down the front. sep
araling TO show Killed panel Of white
mousseline; blouse cut down low, TO
show yoke and vest of killed nous
seine. Collar and belt of black velvet
he'd by rhinestone buckles; edging top
OF blouse, in three diagonal rows on
each sleeve, and also on skirt from
panel to side seams are bands of white
chiffon pulling, edged on each side with
wider fr;lls Of black.
Yokes in .engthwise tucks may have
a fat border of lace. giving them an
oval form, and the blouse cut down in
this shape with a ruehe of ribbon ali
around the top as the prettiest yokes
are also in the back. Tucks the shape
Of the top are made separate from the
blouse and then shaped 10 it.
Making tucks as a separate trimming
is the discovery of French modistes, for
trcks are now on in shapes utterly i'm
possible TO accomplish in the garment.
A stylish light cloth gown has bias
bands stitched down 50 as TO outline q
deep. round apron, sloping up nearly
TO the belt at the back, shaping the
bands and filing in the space across
the lower part with short band pieces
at the back.-Dry Goods Economist.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-02
SPANISH TROOPS.
Would Fire and Run. But WsuId
Never Stand Their Ground.

I find in the Croker Papers" a pas
sage which may be considered OF suff-
Gent interest at the present time TO be
reproduced For more than 40 years
the Great Duke had been on intimate
terms of friendship with Mr.. Croker,
and made a call upon him ten days be-
fore his death. Croker made a memo
randum of his conversation, part of
which turned upon the value of the
Spanish troops which he had for allies
in the peninsula campaigns Mr.
Croker, it viii be remembered, was sec
rotary of the admiralty, and was in
Paris with the allies of the battle of
Waterloo Here is an extract from
his memorandum of the interview of
September IA, 1852:
reminded him that one day in Paris,
when the emperor of Russia and king
of Prussia dined with him. something
was suggested that might have been
better done at Waterloo, and he said:
YES, / could have done il If had IL, OG0
of my old Spanish infantry" Castle
REACH was by, sitting near me, and said:
what can he mean2 He never said n
word to US of those Spaniards during
the whole peninsular war but that they
were worse than nothing
Duke-0h, yes; l remember. had
in my youth read of the old Spanish in
fantry as the finest soldiers in the world,
till they were cut 10 pieces and de-
stroyed in one, think, of the great
Condos battles; and this name 'old
Spanish infantry" had taken hold OF
me. and used to call my old English
regiments who were serving with me
in the peninsula the old Spanish in
fantry. This gave rise to Castlereagh's
mistake, which remember made US
laugh
Croker-Did You ever see Spanish
troops really stand to their work and
fight?
Duke-No; the best would fire VOL
ley while the enemy was out of reach.
and then al ran away. They were. no
doubt, individually as brave as other
men. lam sure they were vain enough
OF their bravery. but never could get
them to stand their ground.-Boston
Transcript.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-02
CAUGHT III HIS OWN TREE.
A Man of Family Pride Who Net with
a SurprISe.


Surprise.
A Washington man who prides him
self upon his family connections is Just
recovering from an attack CT nervous
prostratior, says the Star. This man
lately became possessed of the idea of
constructing family tree, feeling as
sured he could produce a growth that
would dwarf the giants of the Califor-
MIA forests into insignifcance. lie be-
gan On one branch of his family, and
soon struck Miles Standish. from whom
he ran various shoots and ofTshoots.
with many feeling of pride. With re-
newed interest he went TO work on an
other branch of his growing tree. and
had gone back hut four generations
when he was amazed TO strike a great
grandfather who had died from stran-
gulation brought on by a rope en-
circ,ing his throat. his death occurring
in the presence Of a large gathering Of
curious people. who had taken day OF
during harvest time in order 10 see the
hanging. BY this time the man CT fam
iiy pride had become intensely disgust
cd with genealog. Investigations. but
all that his friends knew Of his disaD-
pertinent was the fact that he re-
NAMED away from the busy haunts OF
Is fellows for several weeks. and the
family physician gave cut the informa-
tion that he vas the victim Of a severe
case Of nervous prostration.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-02

About this time one OF the most IA
nous of sea robbers was harassing the
Atlantic coast of North America, and
from New England to the West Indies
lie was known as the great pirate
Blackboard" This man, whose real
name was Teach. was a terrible fellow
in appearance as well as acts. He wore
o long, heavy black beard, which il was
his fancy 10 separate into tails, each
one tied with q eolored ribbon. and
often tucked behind his ears. Some of
the writers of that day declared that
the sight OF this beard would create
more terror in any port of the American
seaboard than would the sudden ap-
pearance of fiery comet. Across his
brawny breast he carried sort of
sling, in which hung not less than three
pairs of pistols in leathern holsters.
and these, in addition to his cutsass and
4 knife or two in his belt, made him
u most notwithstanding fellow. In
the early part of the eighteenth century
Blackboard made his headquarters in
one of the inlets on the North Carolina
coast, aud there he ruled as absolute
king, for the settlers in the vicinity
seemed to be as anxious to oblige him
as the captains of the merchantmen
were anxious to keep out of his way.
Frank r. Stockton, in st. Nicholas.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-02
"THEArER SICKNESS.
4 New Disease Discovered by French
Physician.

z
Physician.
''Theater sickness" is the name of the
new disease recently discovered by the
eminent French physician, DR.. Morti-
cSle, which is al present topic of a
good deal OF discussion in scientific and
lay circles in Paris. The doctor declares
that ''theater sickness" and sea sickness
resemble one another, take their vic
tins entirely unawares, and prey espe-
cialy on women The symptoms con
sist CT giddiness, loss of consciousness,
Q deep faint, ard in perverse cases the
Hialady causes death. 1t seizes victim
after he has gazed long at the stage, and
more commonly in tragedy than in
comedy, and. in brief, it constitutes a
species Of asPhyxia. When men feel
''theater Sickness" coming Oh they be-
come, according 20 DR.. Norticole, obIiv-
ious to all considerations Of locality and
put their heads between their knees,
while women feel an inclination to re-
cline with their feet at an acute angle
above their heads, so excessive is the
vertigo. Fortunately. cases CT "theater
sickness" are as yet the exception
rather than the rule. a theater where
all the mems heads would be bowed
down between their knees, and where
all the women were TO have their feet
in the air, would furnish a strange mix
ture of the mourRful and of the hilari-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-02
DOGS Foa THE KLoNDIKE
Are Being Gathered in All the Large
Cities.


The Klondike viii open up a new
field of usefulness for the dog. In
Seattle an enterprise is on foot to es-
tablish a dog nursery, where the ami
mails viii be trained for the Alaska
service and then sent there and sold
to the miners. 1t is believed that the
dogs will solve the vexed problem of
transportation, says the New York
Journal
Ex-Aayor Black and j. b. Powles, of
Seattle, who are behind the enterprise,
are gathering dogs in Chicago, St.
Paul and other cities. The first car
load of 220 picked animals has already
arrived in Seattle. They have been
gathered with view of doing packing
and sled drawing over the Alaska trails.
No spania,s or other sporting dogs
have been secured, but only the hard
footed, long-haired breeds, that will
weigh from GO TO 20 pounds each.
'Our object said Mr.. Powles, sin
bringing the dogs TO Seattle now is to
give them a good training. They viii
be placed in charge Of Oscar Jones,
who has charge Of the Seattle kennels.
We expect to sell the dogs, and house
and train them from now until spring,
fitting harness TO them, breaking them
to driFe. and in every way training
them 50 they can be uscd as soon as
they reach the trails. We have brought
them in thus early in the season 10
avoid risks of cold weather. We ex-
Pect to bring carload from Philadel-
phia soon, and in all win have four or
five carloads
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-02
THE KILLING OF SEALS.
Wonderful Vitality and Desperate
Courage shown by the ola
Dog Hood.


Now, had great opportunities of
watching the young seals. Balls of snow
white fluff, these innocent-looking ba-
bies lie bssking in their icy cradles,
equally happy in sunshine or falling
snow, sometimes for hours On their
backs, tapping their fippers impotent-
" like fans, unable from sheer fat
TO get over again. In the coolest, storm
lest season they grow fastest and fat
test, so marvelously does nature pro-
vide for their necessities. Nor does
she do less for the old seals. So thin that
they sink at once IL shot in the water
in summer, as winter approaches they
fatten and fatten up, till now they en-
JOY this terribly cold weather as we
would bath in summer. They dive in
of the ice, paddle TO and fro in the
water, throw themselves on their backs
and float, putting out their chests and
throwing showers of water over their
upturned noses with forefiippers- Side
stroke and break stroke. diving and
sounding, they sport about, till one al
most feels tempted TO follow and share
their rapturous pleasures.
been frequently described as brutal
and brutaIizing. and the seal hunters
depicted as sayages- But 10 my mind,
the work is not nearly so brutaIizing
as the ordinary killing of sheep, pigs
Or oxen.
Here the animal Is too young 10 feel
fear, and evinces no sign of it; no an
imal is wounded and left TO die in vain.
The crying" of young seals Is not from
fear, but hunger. One often bears
them cry all night for their dams,
while they never give tongue at mans
approach.
Ii is only in killing the old dog hood
seals that one feels the sagagery of
killing anything, for the hoods marves-
Gus vitality is only equaled by his
pluck. 1 watched four men fight an
old dog hood one day on a small pan.
Reared up on his launches, with his
hood blown up, he awaited the attack.
I The first blow, struck at his hood,
might as well have struck a stone wall.
while catching the second gaf-end cley-
( erly in his teeth, he shook its long
handle to such good purpose that he
cleared the pan OF his enemies IN an in
slant Though he could at any moment
have slipped of into the water, he
I would not do 50, and soon q lucky blow
under the jaw stretched him ont. a
Z perfect shower of blows on the head
seemed 10 finish him of, and, heavy
! strap being placed around him. he was
( hauled TO the bulwarks by the steam
/ winch.
Just as be got there his immense
Z weight broke il down, and he disap-
! peared. we thought for coed. But in
minute or so he suddenly appeared
again. and, refreshed by the cold wa
ter, he climbed out on the very same
pan, where the hunters were uEgallant
enough 10 return and dispatch him
with their long knives Nor does the
hunter by any means have Il al his
own way. So agile and powerful are
these beasts that they viii jump clear
out of the water into a pan six to ten
feet high without touching the edge,
when in no other way they could climb
onto it, and many man has been bad
" mauled and bitten and dragged into
the water in endeavOring TO capture the
valiant old feIlows.-Pittsburgh Dis
uatch
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-02
Pr.ce of t.anac bal France.

The price Of game IN Franco IS alleged
to depend principally upon the state of
the moon. When the moon is dark and
poachers cannot see to set their SHARES
at night game is scarce. When the
moon is full there is plenty of light and
the poaehers get lots of game.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-02

Rub powdered magnesia into the
stains, and hold the silk near the fire.
so that the powder may become
warmed. 1t win then absorbsrhe grease.
which viii be brushed off the silk with
the powder-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-05-22
Plant System nhssp Rates.

Atlantic city. i. General csnferenrs
Meihodist lfotestaat Church, May ss b. on,
I'D. ouest bird farcfar yessaa Trip
ehicaeo III. rntcgsnlic roaf,alment aos
whist Carnival May Jane one aud one.
n.lrd fare round top.
pistsi,ulg. la.-.Kn sbss II tso Ancient e
senie order. s,lprsne senatss slg , ons
And -thira fare fas lai sssp
savannah. sa. Southeastern j ii Posters a.
soeiallon. May zi-as ono and eHs.tldra fsrp
for the1eana tiip
nes sfeines, IL National eqasresser Moth.
-, My a-as ore ana -tsird taos tqrii
round trip
Atlantic CITY ]. Amsricaa Medical Asa,
citations june rs. one ana ons-this,i fare round
Trip.
Atlantic cuy = National Hlestrie slea,
.eaIassoelasiols Jnne ia-2i ono ard one .tfird
fare for lie round "TRIP.
Chicago, ~. Ausriean AssQelatAon Of
Nar' efsfeen gane ls-is. Q. 2 ana ene-talTd
fare for the Foaha Tip.
l'ebanoss fa. hiehnlal convention Young
Peoples Societies enitsa Brethren e CHRIST
June zl.a' one and onetiird sares for ne
round nm.
milwaukee, VS.. ''ei'eral Federation Of We
men 7 saei'a June ~ one all'l o''c-'l'la 'a'ss
81 re round sFlp.
Dsoi tnnesa' y esA.' summer ''s''
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-05-22

"George, dear" she said a night or
two before the wedding, do you think
it possible that our love and our mar
ried life can become the commonplace,
coldIy practical love and life OF the
married people we see around usY Oh,
George. my heart would break if !
thought so"'
"But it viii not be So" said George
passionately. Eve love each other too
tenderly. too fondly for that Our love
is not Of the ordinary kind my darling,
and our lives win not be 50. Ah, no,
no, my angel; that can never BET
And the other day she said: Il say,
George. how would you like pork for
dinner with apple sauces You would
All right. then. and don't You forget
that feeding bottle for the baby OF I'll
send you back after It and mind that
you don't keep dinner waiting
And be, with a falling off Of the
passion Of ten years age. refslied .'All
right Lou. and I wish you'd sew 2
button on the back part 81 those strip.
ed trousers Of mine. You'llshnd them
hanging over a chair ID our room
Don't have the pork as dry as last
time, and you watch the baby's cold.
That watering Of the eyes looks like
measles to me. Goodby PEARSON =
Magazine
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-05-22

a clergyman in Scotland desired his
hearers never 70 call one aaeeiaer
eIiars." but when any one said ..tile
thing that was not they ought to
whistle.
One sunday he preached sermon
on the parable Of the loaves and fishes.
and being at a loss 70 explain It said
the Ioayes were not like those n0wa-
days they were as big az some of the
hills Of Scotland
He had scarcely pronounced these
words when be heard a loud whistle
What's that cas- me liarg
sItisI. why Macdonald. the baker. +"
aWeil. WHY. what objection ha We
to what Ia told youg"
None, sir only ! want 70 know what
sort Of ovens they had % bake those
ioayes inY
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-05-22
e,o,gia To The superior Court & sad

Geol gia To the superior Court Of Satd
GlNnn County, County.
The petition Of Charles 5 Mynv, james H.
Foster, ID. Watson Wynn, e.. Down NIX and
and Walter g Charlton Otssid sta.e and cOanty
OF Chatham respectfully shows
list. That they desire 10 lie Incorporated for
the term OF twenty years with the privilege 81
renewal, agreeable TO the provi lions OF article
5, chapter :, title =. OF the seco.d volume of the
code Of this state.
snd. The name by and under which your pc
ttlonelS desire 10 be incorpo ated is The Ogie-
thorpe MCnumen, Memorial A Association
sra, Tue object OF said association is 10 erect
the founder OF tie rgis. sutapie and enduring
monument IN stone or metal. and care for an
protect same after 1t has been erected
tth Ahe SAID association will engage in NO
business Other than providing and caring for
such memorial as hat contemplated in nara
gr phS above. and will have no capital sto,sk
except that II Is the purpose tile same to ia ise
tun0s TO carry out the objects OF the associ4-
ton. Its domicie or chief Office Will be in ssil
county ~ Gtynu.
on. Pc itiontrs desire the power to receive
donations of money, lands and personal proper
", and 70 control and disposs OF the same in
IKE manner "a other ssSt Citations
bth. Petitioners desire HE usual right of suc
eession IN themselves, their associates and sue
cesSors
It'll, Petitioners desire the usual power to
constitute Officers 20 make bylaws, to contract
ana so forth, Incident TO corporations under
the laws OF this state, and power TO elect honor.
Nry oiheers and members, and dix the number
81 members which shall make quorum.
OWENS JOHNSON,
Petitioners Attorney
true copy OF the original petition on hie in
40. TOWNSEND,
Deputy Clerk superior Court, Glynn Co. Ga.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-05-22
"A FRESH LOT OF
PHOTOGRAPH SUPPLIES
JUST RECEIVED.
CAMERAS WITH ALL The
LATEST IMPROVEMENTS.
Fleming g WATTS
Eleotrisal wiring.


The Brunbwick Light aud Water Co.,
beg to announce that they have added to
their business an Electrical supply De-
partment and win contract for house n
ing which viii be done N hrat class man
ner under guarantee to Be in conformity
with the rules Of the southeastern Tariii
Association. The work will be dona q
Mr.. Geo. 4 Rawlston nnder the direction
Of Mr.. i. ]. vonWelier, The electrician o.
he accompany. orders sol cited and work
done promptly VS., GREENE,
Receiver.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-05-22
Advertised Latter Lii

The following is a list Of letters re-
naming 10 the pOstonice at Bruns-
wick, Ca unclaimed, for the week
ending N y 10, 1900:
B-Fred Bell.
C-Henry Galway, John Curtin, Or
anEe Cobb. (.
D-AIfred I. D4Iy, 8. R. Davis %,
M. c.. Donlel.
E-NobIeaEyins.
F-Mlss Annie Fields.
G-Mlssonrl Gordon.
a-Rsv. q. w. Hanson. Mrs. susie
Hooae.
- Gass Jones, Mrs.. Viola Jackson,
Miss Georeia Johnson, Mrs. Ann
jenkins.
K-Msrie r.. Krogh.
Fired Lane, Maggie Lucas.
Make B. Mssteu, Mrs. M. i Msr-
rick, Hugh MoFAdden, o. B. Mosey,
Mrs. A. M. M jrrow.
N-Miss Emma Nelson.
Prev. AM. Pipes.
R miles Annie Roberts, John Rob
ers.
William smith. Joa'e smith, A. b.
smith, v. N solomon.
T-Paul Thomas
W Herbsrr $. Water, Henry VIII
liams. " r. WHITE, Georgia Wig
gin', Mas Sarah J Woodruff.
Parties oaii ng FOR any Of The above
will please say they we're advertised
and pay one cent Tor each letter claim
ed IN F.sgmoDs, Pm.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-05-22

Jim Carter's is the place where all
the old uniforms are put In order.