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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
SCENES HT
CAPE NOME

Widest, fercest gambling is going
on these days in the wind-swept camp
of 20 eco men and zoo women on Cape
Nome, writes a correspondent Vet
eran miners who have followed the
htful beckonings OF fortune among all
the gold ard silver camps from Cal
huahua, Mexico, to Alaska, during more
than 40 years, say they never knew
duplicate Of Nome's saturnalia Of gam
bling.
Virginia Clty's reckless gaming
genera on ago was decorous in COM
parison; Tombstone's and Leadville's
p,unges into faro and keno were puny
by the side of Nome's; Cripple Creeks
,xottest and most dissolute era OF
- bling was temperate alongside
that of Nome, and even Dawson never
had anywhere near the capital invest
ed in big gambling halls and all man
ner Of games to seduce miners gold.
No such large assemblage of gamblers
Of many nations and all degrees of
proficiency was ever seen, at least up
and down the Pacific coast, Ike that
now gathered in Alaska's newest gold
camp.
No other class Of men is at all like
gold miners for mad, incessant gam
bling. The grim, primitive life among
the rugged hills and blasted gulches,
the hard manual labor, the absence OF
softening influences of home and civil
ization, lead miners to seek recrea-
ton in hard excuses and desperate
gaming. What most men do at Nome
may be summed up in three words
| mining, gambling and drinking.
a multitude Of the miners work in
the beach sands and gulches like
1 fiends, live in dirty frayed tents ant
vile huts, and gamble their every
speck OF gold dust at a sitting. DAY
and night, week after week and montf
after month, with never a pause, thu
Nome miners are CHANGING the dearl,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
GAMBLING RUNE
RIOT IN THE
MINING GHMP.....

gotten gold The faro dealers chips
are always clicking, the little balls
ceaselessly rattle in the revolving rou-
lette wheels, the craps men are ever
throwing huge dice and shouting the
results, the stud poker tables shufhs
and deal at the little round, green
tables, and the policy men hold hourly
drawings.
Sometimes the great. barn-like
gambling halls are each crowded with
400 and 500 absorbed, anxious and
desperate men and women toying with
eapricious luck Several times the
restless, eager crowds have fought
mortal fights for chances at the gam
ing tables. Time and again a miner
has lost all his gatherings Of gold
through a whole season by whirl Of
roulette wheel, and men have wag-
cred pounds of gold upon the turn OF
a card. Sometimes murders occur
among the frenzied players. and half
the rows of the crazy camp start in
the gambling halls.
Roughly estimated, some GOO men
are at Nome solely 10 conduct gam
! bling. and to concoct schemes for al
Turing gold dust and money from the
swarming miners. The gambling fra
ternity has been recruited from every
city in America, from cities in Eu-
rope, from Australia and South Am
! erica. Lucky Baldwin is installed
there with twenty salaried gamblers
in the employ OF a syndicate of men
who have made thousands Of dollars
in other western mining fields. Jacob
Westfall Of New York. is running a
fashy place. equipped with almost
every sort Of popular gambling game
and device. Chicago, Buffalo, Pitts
burg, st. Louis and New Orleans each
has a quota of gamesters at Nome,
while every community on the Pacific
coast has some representation among
the fraternity gathered to feed upon
the gold diggers in the Alaskan camp
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

From all other stations not mentioned above,
rate viii be one single fare for the round trip,
bsfi In no case to exceed rate from point be-
yoa1d
Tickets will be sold on following dates: From
Ogden. Park City. Bingham, SpringFille. Heber
Silver City and intermediate points from 90
sdber to 2, inclusive; tickets limited TO Oc-
tOber i2, 1900. From all other points October
20 Q, inclusive; tickets limited TO October
Is, 1900; except Grand Junction, Fruita and
Cisco, at which points tickets are ON sale only
on October ., limited to date OF Issue on going
trip. with final limit October ls.
BIO Grande Western Railway operates best
local train service In the state. -Four trains
between Ogden and Salt Lake; ave trains be-
tween Provo and Salt Lake. From 20 70 40
minutes faster than any other line.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

Prof. William Porter. fnr nearly -
years a teacher and one OF the grand
old men of Beioit college. has tender
ed his resignation because OF his aga
being In his eigbtieth year. Professor
Porter went to Beloit from the east
soon after President Chaplin and Pro-
feeSor Emerson, and his life has been
linked with every advancement Of the
college. A few years ago the alumni
placed a marble bust OF Professor Por~
ter in the library--Eew York Post
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
So Namea for Huntlngton.

The prosperous and growing city OF
Huntington. w. Va. was named after
the late Coils P. Huntington. who pro-
jected the place, and some thirty years
ago purchased the land upon which it
is situated. He subsequently conveyed
the property to the Central Land COM
pany, a corporation in which he was
chief stakeholder and of which he was
special receiver at the time of his
death.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
Poor Houseboat SHOW.

There will be poor houseboat show
at Henley. near London. this year, as
only about a dozen boats have been al
lotted positions on the course. The
war mas been blamed fcr this. but the
chief reason may be found In the re-
tention of the rules which prevent the
of boats after places have
been allotted by the conservancy, thus
dispensing with the speculative owner
Last year these rules brought the
number of households and launches
on the course down to tifty-one, and
this year there will be in all under
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
rhe eeorge wa.hIng.on 1rlek.

Here is an excellent trick. which
can be executed with little difficulty:
The performer has a number of sips
of paper on his table. and he asks sew
eral persons to call out the name of
famous man. AS the names are called
out the performer writes them down
on separate slips, folds each slip, and
drops it into hat. When ten or
twelve names have been called the
performer shakes the hat, mixing the
slips, and has one drawn by some one
in the audience. The name is noted
and the paper burned. The ashes are
then rubbed on the performers fore
arm, and the chosen name is revealed
in red letters. Before doing the trick
the performer writes the name of some
prominent person, say George Wash
ington, on his arm with milk. using
a match or a toothpick. or with piece
of damp soap. pointed fine. But how
does the performer know what name
will be chosen?" you ask. Simply be-
cause only one name is used. On each
slip, as the audience calls of the va
rious names, he writes the words
George Washington" In a group Of
celebrities the name of George Wash
ington is almost certain to be men
toned. AS the hat contains slips on
which are written the same name there
is no question as to what name will
be drawn. The rest is easy. At this
might be called for. In like manner
names of animals. birds, trees, flowers
or the names of countries can be used
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

In 1873 a silver dollar was worth one
dollar and six-tenths In gold, and la
1896 forty-fve cents. Money may de-
preciate bot there is one standard med
icine, which has not changed ia half q
century. and that is Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters. II always has been the
one remedy for indigestion, dyspepsia
or kidney troubles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

The Ps~tm Axtsr-osneral has resolved
ecmmumieatisn from w. w. Vale, di~
rector of posts in tho Philippines.
showing that there win DO a surplus of
receipts over expenditures sp to duns
goth of sIe, AT.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

thirty. The increased railway faci1-
tiles. too. and the popularity of club
lawns have had their share In this
slump and also seriously affect the
letting OF houses and hotel business
during the regatta week, for perhaps
the most popular method of visiting
Henley now is by train each day from
London, while a ticket for one of the
club lawns provides everything that is
necessary for the enjoyment of the
racing under pleasant conditions.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

No matter what ails you. headache
to cancer, ysu will never get well
until your bowels are put right
CASCARETS help nature. cure you
without q grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements. cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine. put up in metal boxes. every
tablet has c. C. C. stamped on it Be-
ware of limitations
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
New "swimmin' Hole

The pastor of Baptist church in
Emporia, MINI, was attracted By a
noise in the sacred edifice while pass
ing the other afternoon. He entered
and found three sacriligeous young
sters using the baptismal font as
swimming hole.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

II is ascertained that the Empress
Dowager. Emperor Knang Hsu and
Prince Tuan are at Ia Tung. in the
province of Shang 81.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

All of the theatrical managers in San
ton of giving the gross proceeds of
one performance each TO the Texas re-
lief fund.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

The flight of President Kruger to
Lourenco Marquee may enable Gen.
Botha to open negotiations with Gen.
Butler, and bring the war to an end.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

Lapax, Bolivia, has transmitted to the
Bolivian Govern ment an energetic note
rejecting the pretensions OF Bolivia to
a concession by Chile of port on the
Pacific, which Chile is not now pre-
pared TO make.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

The War department has been In
formed of the arrival of tia transport
Gsrrone st Manila on the 7th inst
with eight troops OF tl,s First cavalry
on board
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
Europe in HE

unhappy suzeralnted position of the
Transvaal in South Africa
If all the islands could be put into
a continuous body of land they would
form a most heterogeneous empire.
They would include, IN addition to Eu-
ropean peoples with their various po-
litical and social systems, a tangle OF
aborigines. a confusion of savages and
semi-civilized cultivators of the soil
and commonwealth; an emporium OF
products more diversified than pazar
on a midway plaisance. a mystery Of
traditions as inexplicable as the origin
Of the American Indians. Profoundly
forested in the Dutch West Indies, the
islands become in western Australia
more barren than the lava Leds OF
eastern Oregon. and more irredeema-
bic than the uppermost wilds cf Brit
ish Columbia Fertile, balmy and
luxurious in the beautiful lands of
New Zealand. Fiji, Samoa and Tahiti.
they are transformed into uninkabited
coral reefs or into hot and malarlal
beds of struggle in the guano-coyerad
or copra-producing dots on the map
north and east of the line drawn from
the Philippines to New Guinea and
through Samoa to the Society islands.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c-

The Amalgamated Association OF
Street Railway Employees of America
has declared the boycott instituted
against the st. Louis Transit company
off
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

A Japanese official at chsong, Korea,
reports that two japanese and several
hundred Chinese and Korean converts
have been murdered on the frontier by
the Chinese
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
Via RIO Grande Western Railway.

For the State Fair. October 2 TO 8. for the
semi- Annual Conference, L. D. s., at Salt
Lake City. October to 7 inclusive, and the
sak Palace the following rates are authorized
20 Salt Lake City and return via Rio Grande
Western Railway:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

Piso's Cure Is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections OF the thro It and lungs.-WM-
o. EsDsLHY. Vanburen. Ind, Feb. 10. 1909
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

Mrs. winslow-s Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces iu
fammation alloys pam, wind collie 25c bottle
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

Germany will not send additional
troops to China unless the situation
there should change materially.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

Twenty-Five whales was the result of
winters work of the San Francisco
whaling fleet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

The Manufacturers OF Carter's Ink have had
certainly know how. Send for '.InzIings." free.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

Keep looking young and save your hair, its color
and beauty with PAEKER's HAIR BALsAM.
HINDKEcoREs. the best cure for corns. 15cts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
WHITE HOUSE. WASHINGTON. D. C.
WEDDING INVITATIONS.

s,rsrted IN the most artistic manner from rmiss-
sson engraved types the nness Huripus paper
~ a Al, v price. Fifty invitations with inside
"a "a srsSide envelopes complete delivered frce
nv man, g. one hundred Is Announcements
GaSrINGS PRINTING Co. Ailsen, Pean
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

If YOU want good digestion to wait upon your
appetite" you should always chew a bar Of
Adams Pepsin Tutu Fruit.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

ROYAL NORWAY.
u shs unaon Passas Rsssro@z. s&~ a<s~s
Overland Rsat@s
Shortest Quicksssi Be~si
The Overland Limitsdt
The Fast Maiii
The Atlantic Expressi
Three perfectly equipped traina from
Ogden TO all eastern points daily.
All tickets good via Salt Lake and
Denver without extra charge.
For detailed information relative to
railroad and steamship rates and ac-
commodations, address r. b. CHoATE,
General Agent, Salt Lake City. Utah.
Reduced Rates From Utah via Santa Es
Route.
Kansas City, St. Joseph and
Atehison and return. ...-......S32 90
Cblcago and return. A so
o. Louis a return. ........... 80 so
Proportionate rates to intermediate
Points, returning limit October sist.
Above tickets for sale September Goth.
Tickets read via Rio Grande Western
and either via Colorado Midland or
Denver and Rio Granda- Through
trains, dining cars, in fact all of the
Injuries and safety appliances of mod
srn railroading. For further informa-
ZION apply to
c. II. WARREN,
G. A, A. T. g. g. r.,
al Dooly Blk, Salt Lake City. Utah.
CONFERENCE AND FAIR RATES
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

The total number now receiving
famine relief in India has fallen to
1894 900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04

HOLLAND COMES
NEXT TO ENGLAND
IN THE VALUE
OF HER POSSESSIONS
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-04
Reduced Rates From Utah via sant~ Es
Route.
C. r. WARREN,
CONFERENCE AND FAIR RATES

al Dooly Blk. Salt Lake City. Utah.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

In an air in the opera of Norma
the theatrical censor went so far as to
cancel the word liberia" Qiberty) and
substitute for it the word "lcalta"
loyalty. Signor Ronconi, the
famous baritone and great public ia
vorite, having. in the ardor of his role,
forgotten the above mentioned emenda-
tion, was imprisoned for three days in
order to refresh his memory.
Not long after, singing the line in the
"Elisir d'Amore" describing how a
peasant enlisted, "Vende la liberia, 81
fe soldato' Gle sold his liberty to be a
soldier, he waggishly altered it to
"Nende la lealta, 81 fe soldato." This
variation in the text was received with
lively applause by the public, who al
ways warmly welcomed anything that
savored of political opposition.
The next day the poor singer was
summoned by the head of the police to
receive a reprimand for having said
that loyalty could be sold" to which
Ronconi replied by observing that a
few days before he had been taught in
q way he was not likely to forget that
"lealta' ought always to be substitute
ed for liberia. "-Pietro Orsi's Mod.
ern Italy"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27
Only "A Misunderstanding.

Several years ago, in n well known
wholesale house in a big manufacture
ing town, an old bachelor bookkeeper,
who had been many years with the
firm, suddenly announced that he was
TO be married.
The partners gave him a weeks holt
day and his fellow clerks raised a
little purse and presented it to pay the
expenses of his wedding trip.
\ couple of days after the wedding
one of the members of the firm went
down to seaside resort. and there,
loungins about the parade and ap-
parcutly enjoying himself immensely,
he saw his recently married old book.
keeper but alone
Where's your wife, asked the prin
cipal
shes at home" was the reply.
But thought you had money given
You for wedding trip
$50 had" was the reply, but |
didn't understand that it was intended
10 include her. Parsons Weekly
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

The plan of this Paper not being
generally known, the Proprietors most
respectfully take the Liberty of sub
hitting the following Sketch of it to
the perusal of the Public.
The Noon Gazette will be regularly
published every day at Twelve O'Clock
and will contain all the actual news of
the Nine Morning Papers, cautiously
and faithfully selected from them. Ev-
cry Species of INSTRUMENTATION and I'm
truth will be guarded against with the
utmost care, and the Communication
of real authenticated Intelligence only
will ever be the grand Object of this
Print.
Besides the Advantage of having all
the News of the Nine Morning Papers
comprized in one, the Noon Gazette
will contain IA Postscript with every
Article of important Intelligence that
may arise on the Morning of its publ
cation, so that as well as universal
Morning Paper, this Print will be
found little, if at all. inferior to any
Evening Publication.-From The Noon
Gazette and Daily Register, 1880.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

An eminent tragedian. given to in
toXicantS, was once locked up In a
room Mt the rear of the theater to keep
him in proper condition till he was call
ed TO 20 on the stage. one door of the
compartment opened on the street, and
while looking through the keyhole he
saw man passing.
Calling him up to the door. he pushed
some money through crack and in
structed him to go TO the public house
at the opposite corner and procure a
pint of gin and clay pipe, promising
to reward him for his trouble.
The man did as directed. and when
he returned with the articles, the actor
told him to put the stem of the pipe
through the keyhole and pour the gin
carefully into the bowl.
These Instructions the accommodate
Ing individual also followed. and the
result was that when the manager call
ed to notify him of his turn he found
him in a very happy frame of mind
but not at all in a condition calculated
to add To his fame as an actor.-Lon.
don Tit Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27
She Rode Free

a woman who had come out of the
west where She had been COW Girl on
ranch, was boarding car In this
city recently. She had just placed her
foot upon the step and was preparing
to take another step to the upper plat
form when, with a furious Step live
~. the conductor pulled the strap.
The car jerked forward. and the west
ern woman swayed back for a minute.
then just caught herself in time to pre-
vent bad fail upon the cobbles.
She confronted the conductor with
angry eyes-eyes that had looked I'M
dismayed into those Of mighty horned
monsters of the prairles.
What do you mean by starting the
car before was on III" she asked.
Cant wait all day for you, lady"
the conductor snarled Just step In
side there"
In a moment the western woman.
with a backward golf sweep of the
arm, lunged for the conductors head.
He lodged. The blow sent his hat
spinning back into the track. The
woman entered the car and sat down.
She was flushed. but digniiied. While
the other women passengers were rath-
err startled. they all knew just how she
felt. Then the car stopped. while the
conductor went back for his hat. The
western woman rode free that time
New York Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

Not very long since an exceedingly
well dressed man about - was charg-
ell in north London court with being
drunk. He promptly paid his 10 shil-
lings' fine AMI went away \ fortnight
later stylshly dressed woman was
charged with a similar offense. rs
She gave the same name and address
concluded they were husband and wife.
SO called on thcm, and my visit was
repeated several times They had a
very nice home, kept two servants and
had four children. noticed a bonny
lad Of S,.as | saw him several times.
Some months later | got letter as fol-
lows.
Dear Mr. Holmes-You know my Jack. the
s-yearo.d am sorry 10 saw that he has got
into hai ways-stca', money from US, stops out
late and is very di-obedicnt. Can YOU get him
into any trimming home Or institution Of any
kind. where his evil propensities will be cured2
Kindly oblige us in this.
could not resist the temptation to
reply as follows
Dear Sir know q but one cure for Jacks
evil rropensities, and that is a thorough apphca
ton q the horsewhip to both parents.
Contemporary Review.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27

once remember having noted Lon
don doctor out ut sea for a little ANA,
teur fishing He would like to see a
loligo cutie caught, he said. warned
him of what was likely to happen when
gatiing was ON, but he did not care.
surely he said, Il can dodge such
guesswork as this must be for so short
n time"
| felt dubious as to the result, seeing
his white shirt was a prominent object
through his having such an open vest.
Finally cutie took the bait, and as |
drew it toward us the doctor lost all
thought of himself and his adornments
In his admiration of the movements
and the beautiful eyes of the creature
when In an instant, as gated ii, the
whole ink charge struck him in the
throat and sadly blackened his white
habiliments.-Contemporary Review.