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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-17
TIC e 1

Notice is hereby given that taxes for the yea
1901 will become delinquent on the first Monda!
Of January next; and unless paid prior to tina
late ten per cent penalty will be added there
to, with such other costs as may be provided
by law.
JOHN JOHNSON.
Assessor and Ex-Onicio Tax Collector
OF Custer County, Idaho.
Dated, Sept. 14th, 1901.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-17
TREAsURER's NOTICE.

The following warrants against
Custer county, will be paid on
presentation with interest to
date, if presented within sixty
days from date of this notice
GENERAL REDEMPTION
FUND.
Jan. Issue 1895.
No. 81.
ROAD REDEMPTION FUND.
Dan. Issue 1895).
No. Z.
| CURRENT EXPENSE FUND.
april Issue 190D.
mos. 13-14-15-16-17-16-19
Interest at Z per cent. Inter
lest commences from date of reg
|istry to 10 days after date of ad-
svertisement.
ALICE FELKNER,
County Treasurer.
Dated at Challis, Sept. II, 1901.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-17
TAX LEVY FOR 1901.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY J
Commissioners OF Custer Co.. Idaho,
Challis, Idaho, Sept. 9th, 1901.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
JUDGE DIsCREDITS WOMEN'S EVIDENCE
Chicago Jurst Sets Aside Verdict Secured by Testi-
 mOny of Fair Sex.

Tam averse to accepting the decision of the jury as fnalin this case, espe- cially so as that decision was based largely upon the testimony of women. The testimony of one written document is of more weight as evidence than the oral testimony of a dozen witnesses, particularly when women are con cerned as witnesses. Though women are undoubtedly upon higher moral plane than are men they are not as reliable upon the witness stand. It seems that women are of more imag- inative nature than men, and, though it is no doubt unintentional, they come to believe as true what they at first only imagine and maintain their belief in spite of all evidence against it."
 Upon the grounds cited in the fore going statement of personal opinion Judge Arba N. Waterman, of Chicago, ignored the verdict of jury and grant ed a new trial
 Judge Waterman, reluctant to accept the finding of the jury as final, did not enter the judgment in accordance with the verdict at the time the latter was given and after some reflection decided that the defendant, having been denied justice, was entitled to anew trial before less susceptible jurors. The members
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
Beating an Avalanche

One of the most exciting Alpine ad- ventures on record was MT. Tuckett's race with an avalanche on the Eiger Glacier in 1871. He was ascending the glacier with two friends and a guide. Says Travel:
 The glacier SlOped somewhat steeply, and on the upper part, above the climb CTS, mass of loose, freshly fallen snow had collected. Suddenly the tra- velers heard a laundering noise, and perceived huge mass of snow and ice sliding down toward them. They could only try to reach the rocks at the side of the glacier, hoping to do so before the avalanche should sweep them away. Through the knee-deep snow they ran for their lives.
 ''I remember" said Mir. Huckett, "be- ing struck with the idea that it seemed as if the avalanche were sure of it's prey, and wished to play with us for a while. At one moment 1t let us imap- inc that we had gained on it; and the next, with mere wantOnness of vindic- tive power, it suddenly rolled out a vast volume of grinding blocks and Whirling snow, as if to show us that if could outfank us any moment 1t chose.
 Nearer and nearer it came, it's front a mighty wave about to break. It aim ed straight at us, swift, deadly, implac- able. The next instant we saw no more. A wild confusion of whirling snow and fragments Of ioa o fro1o,, cloud, swept over us, entirely conceal ing us from one another. But still we were untouched, and still we ran.
 Another half second, and the mist parted. There lay the body of the mon- ster, whose head was still careering away at lightning speed far below us, mOtionIess, rigid, harmless"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

In all the present agitation about 2ure food, 1t is q comfort to the coffee frinker to be told that he is getting a Sery satisfactory article. At the De- partment of Agriculture some thorourh tests have been recently made to deter mine the extent and nature of coffee adulterations. The results are entirely reassuring to coffee-loverS. The expert finds that while very little pure Java or Mocha berries find their way into the American market, almost if not quite as good favored beans are had from other tropical places, Porto Rico and Hawaii being mentioned as furnishing good coffee. The adulterants, when used, are for the most part harmless. The chemist who has been looking into the coffee question, Professor Wiley. gives some advice as to the use of this beverage. He says that the use of cof- fee in moderation should not do any injury to adults, and then he mentions in detail what moderation means. This is a cupful-Only half of it coffee. the rest hot milk-at breakfast, none at noon, and a small cup of black coffee after dinner. On some systems, un- doubtedly, coffee may act as a poison and such persons, of course, should not drink it The average grown person in normal health may use it moderately without harm.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
FIRST GAME OF CHESS.

It's Supposed Origin and Some of Its
 Famous VOtaries.
 Among the most antiquated of games is chess. which the oldest Persian and Arabic authorities state to be of Indian origin. We find the game specifically referred to in Sanskrit literature 200 years before the birth of Christ.
 Enthusiasts today might deem the methods then in vogue somewhat prim- tive, the board usually called an "eight square" to distinguish it from the board on which parchisi or back gammon was played. In the earliest known attempt at romance in Indian literature the "Harsacarita," there is a punning passage, which reads: Hinder this monarch only bees quarrel in collecting dews (dues); the only feet cut off are those in meter; only chess boards teach the position of the four members" That was written in the first half of the seventh century.
 There is Persian tradition to the eff feet that an Indian sovereign SeIt a Persian monarch the game of chess be tween 531 and 579 A. D. By way of re- turning the compliment the latter King sent the former the game of ward or backgammon.
 The game was introduced to the Flowery land as comparatively recent ly as the sixth century GA. D.. It was probably first known in Spain in the tenth century, for in the eleventh we already find it popular amusement.
 At the beginning of the twelfth it be- gan to be known in this country, as we'll as in France and Germany; and it unfortunately has to be recorded that at the close of the century it had be- come favorite gambling game all over the continent of Europe. Many men who have figured prominently in the pages of the worlds history were pas Sionately fond of the game. Perhaps the most noted example of this was Louis NIII., who, though he hated games of chance so much that he would not allog them to be played at his court, was nevertheless so amazing ly keen on chess that he played even while riding in his carriage.
 It is interesting to record in this con- nection that each man was provided with a pin at its foot which, being stuck into a padded chess board resist ed the joltings of the royal vehicle
 John Frederick, Elector of Hanover proved that the ruling passion was strong in death. H. had been made
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
Where Pure Air Is Found

The chemical composition of the Sa
 mOsphere differs little, if at all. wherc> ever the sample be taken; whether it be on the high Alps or at the surface of the sea the relation of oxygen to nitrogen and other constituents is the same. The favorable effects, therefore, of a change of air are not to be explained by any difference in the proportion of it's gas eous constituents. One important diff ference, however, is the baeteriOlOgie- al one. The air of high attitudes con- tains no microbes, and Is, in fact, ster- ile, while near the ground and some lOO feet above it microbes are abundant In the air of towns and crowded places not only does the microbic impurity in- crease, but other impurities, such as the products of combustion of coal, ac- crue also. Several investigators have found traces of hydrogen and certain bvdrOcarbons in the air and especially in the air of pine, oak and birch for ests. It is to these bodies, doubtless. consisting of traces of essential oils, to which the curative properties of eer- tain health resorts are ascribed. 6
 Thus the locality of fir forest is said to give relief in diseases of the respira- tory tract. But, all the same, these traces of essential oil and aromatic pro ducts must be counted, strictly speak ing, as impurities, since they are not necessary constituents of the air. AS recent analyses have shown, these bodies tend to disappear in the air as a higher altitude is reached. until they disappear altogether. It would seem, therefore. that micrObe, hydrocarbons and entities other than oxygen and nit rogen. are only incidental to the neigh borhood of human industry, animal life, damp and vegetation.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
HAIR WILL DEADEN NOISE.
Felt Greatly Lessens the Sound Vibra
 tions of Heavy Machinery.

Felt Greatly Lessens the Sound Vibra-
 tions of Heavy Machinery.
 Hair felt has repeatedly received mention as means of deadening vi brations ard noise from machinery placed for this purpose between engine bedplates and foundation capstone and underneath rails subject to heavy train traffic. Now, however, cork is said to have been used in Germany with the same end in.view, the avail able particulars being to the effect that sheet made up of flat pieces of the cork in mosaic fashion corresponding in size to the bedplate of the noisy ma- chine and held together by an iron frame, is laid under the machine What measure of success has been obtained with this new expedient is not told, though as a means of temporary relief 1t probably answered the intended pur- pose.
 The true solution of most if not all machinery vibration problems is, how ever, to be found in proper foundations, ample in area and weight, and it gen. orally pays to provide these if at all practicable. To what exercise of in genuity the engineer is sometimes put in accomplishing this was illustrated a dozen or more years ago in one large factory, where on an upper floor a row of small engines had to be installed for the independent driving of a corre- spending number of different machines. Though the building was of substantial construction, with steel floor beams, it was foregone conclusion that that row of engines would cause trouble if set with nothing but the floor as foundation, and as it was undesirable to raise them much above the floor level each engine was provided with a separate foundation, built up of brick and mortar in the usual way, but sus- pended by steel straps between the floor beams and thus projecting down into the head room of the floor below. Seem from there each foundation, with its engine, appeared as if resting on airy nothing. But those suspended foundations accomplished all that was expected of them as vibration absorb erS.-CaSSier'S Magazine.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

alysis. Teresa rubbed the member a few times and every symptom of the malady disappeared. Soon after this she was attacked by an insane young man, whom she struck in the head in defending herself. The blow from her hand sobered the man, and few gen tie rubbings entirely cured him. At San Francisco Teresa met the family of Charles Owens, wealthy merchant, to whom she was introduced by c. P. Rosencranz. The little son of MT. ROsencranz had been suffering from blindness and partial paralysis, and it is alleged that he was completely cured by the hands of the Mexican senorita. When Mir. Owens and his family de- cided to go to Europe this spring they invited the young heroine-healer to ac- company them. She will display her powers on the continent.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
SANTA TERESA,
The Wonderful Magnetic Healer and
 Heroine of Mexico.

The Wonderful Magnetic Healer and
 Heroine of Mexico.
 Santa Teresa, the Mexican Yaqui he roine, now in Europe, is said to be pos sessed of remarkable healing power, by which she has performed miracu- lous cures on persons afflicted with all kinds of diseases. She was accused of exciting the Yaqui Indians against the Mexican government, but made her es- cape into the United States. She drift ed to California, where she amazed many people by her wonderful healing power. Teresa is 2S years old. She was born at SinaIoa, of Spanish an cestry. She discovered her power to heal when a little girl. Her first cure was of an old woman, one of whose legs had been rendered useless by par
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

Somebody has been gathering college statistics, and it is found that there are in this country forty-four univer- Eities or colleges which contain more than 1000 students each. Fourteen of these institutions have more than 2.000 students each, and in each of six leading universities there are more than 5000 students. These six are: Harvard, 4,2SS; University of Michi- gan, S,700; Minnesota, 3.410; Georgia
 8,295; Chicago, 3,1S3, and California, B,025. Northwestern University has 2.971 students this year; Cornell, 2,776; Pennsylvania, 2,56T; Yale, 2,542; Co., iumbla, 2,521, and Princeton, 1902
 There probably are over 100000 stu dents in the various universities and colleges of America at present, and the whole number of persons who are be ing educated in the schools and col leges combined is given as 16.7SS.36S.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

"The Wild and Woolly West" can af- ford to smile at the phrase. In Califor- mia there is one college student for ev- cry four hundred inhabitants, larger proportion than in any other State of the Union. President Wheeler, of the State University, attributes this to the fact that mo class in California con- sciously accepts the doom of medioc- rity." In advertising a piece of land for sale, Themistocles noted that it lay by a good nelghbor." California, in bidding for immigration, gives scholas- tic proof that her people are already good neighbors.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
The Xetnran,s Aduirn

On the last night of a series of 'pro. tracted meetings" in the Methodist church of little New Jersey village a visiting evangelist was making a spe- cial effort to obtain a showing of anX- ious souls. But nobody responded to his invitation. They sang a hymn and then the evangelist rose again and called upon the congregation to "enlst for the service of the Lord" A battle scared, wooden-leg veteran who had dropped into the back seat watched the proceedings with interest. For the third time the perspiring evangelist rose and asked: "Is there no one willing to enlist in the Lords army?" Then a response came from the back seat: Draft lem, parson; draft 'emr'
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

Some of the most remarkable of re cent scientific discoveries are the S-rays, the discovery of the microbe of distemper in dogs, and the discovery of krypton and xenon, rare gases of the atmosphere. The S-rays are so-caIled from Professor Sagnac, of Paris, who in experimenting with the X-rays found certain groups of rays of a total ly different series and with different manifestations, while to Professor Copeland belongs the credit for the dis covery of the microbe of distemper in dogs and to Professors Ramsay and Travers the discovery of krypton and xenon. The latter have now been care fully studied by their discoverers and assigned their proper place in the table of the periodic law.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

Aside from all other considerations this i general tendency toward education means one thing-labor in this country must be dignified socially. It is going to be impossible for all the boys and young men who are now in the schools and colleges to go into professions Many of them will have to work with their hands Manual labor will still have to be done even after everybody is educated. Perhaps the condition forecast by Bellamy-when those who work as laborers shall receive just as much consideration as men who get into the professions and shall be com pensated for the sacrifices they make in taking what We now consider infe- rior places in society-is not so far away.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

prisoner in 1547 by Charles ", and was playing chess with Ernest of Brunswick, his fellow captive, when he got the news that he was condemned to die. He merely made few remarks on the irregularity of the Emperor's proceedings and coolly went on with his game On winning it he expressed his keen satisfaction; then he betook him. self to the religious exercise beftting one in his unenviable situation.-Lon- don Express.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
A Benefactor of His Kind.

A bright-eyed but ragged urchin en. tered the shop of a tobacconist with the intention of getting a light for the stump of a cigar, but there was no gas jet to be seen.
 q say, mister, give us a light"
 eve sell lights, sonny"
 "Well, sell us One," and he placed down his last halfpenny on the counter for which he received a box of matches and having secured a light offered the box to the tObacconist, saying:
 Put them on the shelf, mister and the next gent as asks for light. give him one O mine."
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

The honor of being made an Earl cost Lord Roberts, as it costs every new-made peer of high degree, thou sands of dollars in fees Nevertheless, hosts of Englishmen, and probably not a few plain American citizens who es- teem themselves-while not under temptation-good Republicans, would gladly pay the price.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
lust Her Way,

Jack-Well, then, since you have broken off the engagement, suppose you give me back the ring
 Julia-Eh-you see, Jack, er-Mr. De IroW, I've become very much attached to this ring; it just suits me. So when Tom Getthere proposed last night told him didn't want a new ring, but that he could see you and pay you what this cost you.-Philadelphi Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
Odd Duty of Hanoverian Bremen.

Odd Duty of HanOverian Bremen.
 In Hanover the fire brigade has sel- dom to extinguish a fire; so it is now required that the wearers of the reguIa- ton helmet shall attend to accidcHt( and suddness illness in the public streets For instance, if an old lady feels faint under the burdens of her winter inery, she has but to attract the attention of the nearest policeman, who in his turn telephones for the fire brigade, which promptly turns up in a carriage and four.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
Willing to Please.

Suitor-Sir, I have come to ask your daughter in marriage.
 Father (fearfully)-Would you take my only child away from me?
 Suitor-Oh, not at all, not at all, my dear sir. can move right in.-Detroft Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
MnSic Lovers.

Enthusiastic Admirer of Sig. Paz- zamano (who has been pounding away for nearly half an bour)-"What an artist, isn't he? Such verve. Such fin ishr'
 Fair American (bored)-"Well, I'll al- low the verve's there all the time; and I'm just praying the fnish'n come soon. Punch.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
Hia TrOuhIa

hst Rabbit-My friend Longyear is u Hlg 10 think out method by which we can overcome our natural timidity."
 Second Rabbit-In5eedI What suc- cess has he had?
 First Rabbit-Not very much. You see, just when he begins to meditate he's apt to hear some noise and it gets him rattled.-Puck.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

The girl who leaped for the bridle of a runaway horse and stopped him, when lot of men were thinking only of saving their own lives, deserves to get a gold medal from some society in addition to having her picture printed in the papers.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

Tn the woods in the Pennsylvania mountains bear tackled Jacob Brad shaw and would have broken him in two had not Jacob expectorated about a gill of tobacco juice into bruins eye. This attracted the bears attention and Jacob got away. MoraI=
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

In the electric cars and railway wait ing-rooms of many cities, the boards of health have posted notices, forbid ding, under heavy penalties, the un- wholesome and nauseous practice of splitting on the floors. But have the authorities ever looked into a smoking car?
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
Insinuation Renelled.

Are you going to cut any figure in that new scheme for rapid transit that's coming up in few weeks?" asked one of his political associates.
 "NO, sir! indignantly answered the Alderman from the 'Steenth Ward. My figure Is going to be as high as anybody else's, b gursh!'-Chicago Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
An EXCISE.

The COunt-Dear me, Baron, your face! Duelling again, at your age and so recently married?
 The BarOn-Ach, no! It is my Ameri- can wife. She makes me eat with a fOrki-Life.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
A Failure.

"Did anybody ever try to start a newspaper here?" asked the intelIec- tual-looking man with glasses.
 "Yes," answered Broncho Bob. "But it failed. The editor wouldn't 'teud to business"
 Was he diSSipated man?'
 No. But he insisted on sitting at his desk with his back to the door. when he ought to have been standing with a six-shooter in his hand and his eye at knot hole. Washington Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
A Pad Ere k.

Miss SwelltOp-Our piano is some what in need of tuning, but will you not play for us, Count?
 Count SpOlatrO (absent mindedly)- Weeza pleasure Where essa de han e?-Philadelphi Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

Mrs. Nations paper, the Smasher's Mail, has been issued at Topeka. Ii is said that a great many railroad bag gagemen have subscribed for it simply on impulse.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
All Off.

Tom-So your engagement with May is broken. l thought she fairly dotted on you.
 Dick-SO she did, but her father was a powerful anti-dOte.-St. Louis Re public
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The Proncr 1hin~.

Mistress-I hope 1 didn't disturb you and your lover when I went into the kitchen last night?
 COok-NOt at all, mum! Oi told him you was my chappyrOne!-Puc
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
Limitations.

First Cavalier-The King can do no wrong!
 Second Cavalier-Ah, yes! And what a wearisOme life a Kings must be, to be sure!-Puck.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
A Feeble Imitation.

"Bodkins isn't a genuine society man."
 "Why not?'
 "He takes cold every time he wears his dress it."-ChicagO Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
JUDGE AREA N. WATERMAN.

of Women's clubs and even his asso- ciates on the bench denounced Judge Waterman's slurs on the sex. The state ment caused a sensation, and both women and men of national reputation assert that Judge Waterman has made serious mistake.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

That man who fancied taking his wife's hat would keep her at home must have failed to notice what little use a hat really is to a woman.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

Nobody knows who killed Cock Robin or who struck Billy Patterson, but Sen ator Carter killed the river and harbor bill. He did it with his little tongue.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18
Shocking

How many youthful criminals tEere are nowadays"
 "Oh, that's nothing new. Years ago the leader of all the pirates was only a Kidd. Philadelphia Bulletin
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Nearly all available Government land has been homesteaded and even the supply of Indian brides with homestead attachments is running short.
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Very Disastrous.

She-Were you ever in railroad dis aster?
 He-Yes. once kissed the wrong girl in a tunnel.-Chicago Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

Turkey wants to borrow money put Uncle Sam probably knows Of certain party that needn't be applied to.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

Beggars are taxed in China. There, evidently, the financial possibilities or the profession are frankly recognized.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-18

What the world really needs is an eleventh commandment: Thou shalt not gossip.