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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08

in Mexico; it is building huge port
works, which will make a safe artifi-
cial harbor. 1t is great work, almost
to be described as stupendous, and
there is here quite a colony of young
and middle-aged Englishmen, en-
ployes of Sir Weetman Pearson, the
harbor improvements contractor. One
English woman says she likes Vera
Cruz; it is awfully hot sometimes, but
the sea is near and one can "enjoy
many things even in so stupid place. .
She has been we'll and her children
also. When it gets too hot, people go
up to Jalapa or Orizaba, a mile higher
among the hills. and rest.
In the late afternoon, the fishing
boats come in from out in the gulf,
bringing great heaps Of red snapper
and other fish. Much of all this freight
goes up to the City of Mexico. con-
signed to hotels and restaurants and
to dealers in fish. Kept cool with ice,
the fish arrives in II hours sound and
sweet. but has lost that sea flavor
which is only to be had in freshly
caught fish. When the fishermen come
in, there is an animated scene, and
much chaffering and bargaining.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
THE VERSATILE KAISER.
The Extent and Variety of His Informa-
zion Is Surprising

The Extent and Variety of His Informa-
zion Is Surprising
Beyond any question the most mod
ern of the worlds monarchs is William
II, says the ST. Louis Globe Democrat
The other day he cabled to Baron Won
HoIleben, the German ambassador at
Washington, to transmit to the broth
er hood of Young Mems Christian AS
sCciations of America, assembled for
their jubilee convention, my hearty
congratulations. He added that he
was glad to see the German associa-
lions active in the same endesvor
take part fraternally in this solemn
gathering"
Here, as on many other occasions in
the past few years, the German EN-
peror shows that he keeps himself in
formed of the doings of the world. He
is a close reader of the newspapers.
Everything of any particular import
ance to any country which is going on
William II hears about and expresses
an interest in it. He has a far greater
knowledge. apparently, of the affairs of
the day everywhere than is possessed
by any other head of European state,
monarchical or republican. The
amount and exactness of his informa-
ton about the affairs of England,
France, the United States, Mexico,
Spain, and other nations, as impaired
by him to representatives of those
countries, respectively, has often
caused them to marvel He has always
been a close student of the politics of
the worlds principal states; he has
quick intelligence. a retentive memory.
active sympathies and a democratic
disregard for the traditions which de-
clare that king has no business to
evince or to express any interest in
the ordinary affairs of life, inside or
outside of his own country So long
as crowned heads remain extant any
where, it is well to have them of dem
ocratic sympathies and tendencies.
Foreigners who know him and his
country intimately have said that if
Germany were to be transformed into
a republic today, William II would be
chosen president of it by an over
whelming majority.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08

her own age would not be sufncienk
to chaperon her. 1t is an established
rule that novel-reading is a rare ex-
ception. She is entirely subject to her
parents will in the matter of reading
And If she asks to see anything at
the theater except a classical master
piece or an opera, they will tell her
that such a thing is not considered
proper, feeling sure of her silent sub
mission.
After she is fifteen years old she
is generally allowed to be in the draw
ing room on her mothers reception
days, but must keep to the modest and
secondary place assigned her; pouring
the tea, and presenting it. courtesying
to her elders, answering when spoken
TON short. undergoing her appren-
ticeship. She has but few jewels, and
under no pretext any diamonds. Gus
tom does not permit her to wear costly
things; nor does it give her the right,
in general, to have a money allowance
worth speaking of for her personal
use. She receives frifiing sum for
charity, her books and gloves A
young girl never takes the lead in con-
versation, but always allows the mar
ried lady the precedence, and she finds
it quite natural to occupy the back
ground"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
Delights of Ancient
Gulf Port
of Mexico

play with his brown children. He looks
as il no poison of pessimism ever
tainted his healthy thinking. reckon
he is near the kingdom of heaven. His
principles are sound. and he is fond of
his wife. One of his brothers went
out, far out, a-fshing, a year or more
ago, fell over, and the sharks ate him
up instanter. So the boatman hates
sharks; he says the waters of the road
stead are full of them. He warns one
against bathing except in certain pro-
tected places.
We have gone together across the
blue water to the Island of SACRIFICES,
where there are palms and quaint
lighthouse and a bit Of beach. From
the little island, Vera Cruz rises like
an oriental dream, pink towers and
domes on which the sunlight plays, a
dream of color and beauty. One gets
his fill of color here; the old massive
houses Of the center of the city, with
their Haunting curtains, raised and
lowered by the wind from off the sea
are of many soft tones of color, pink
pale blue, grayish white, irdescribable
hues. Once in while a alack-eyed
tropical houri peeps from behind bal
cony curtain, surveys the street, and
returns to the cool interior of her
house. And there are such quaint,
semi-decayed mysterious houses every
where! One falls to weaving stories
to fit them. New Orleans has its for
eigDness. but Vera Cruz is incredibly
outlandish, remote, as a city once
ravaged by pirates should be.
Progress is here as everywhere else
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08

tod" yield to the enchantment of the
tropic town. You are always thirsty
in Vera Cruz, and you seem to exude
all you drink through your pores as
fast as you "irrigate." And for those
OF us who live in the capital of the re-
public it is a delightful sensation to
feel at ease, sitting in lightest possible
raiment out in the open air and way
into the night, which is not possible in
the City of Mexico. unless one is pneu-
monia-proof On the lakeland the
shade is always cool, too cool for one
who comes into it perspiring from a
walk in the sun. Here, it is affirmed,
no one takes cold.
With good reason, the Veracruzanos
boast that their city is healthier than
tbe federal capital, where, the past
winter and present spring, typhus has
claimed a great many victims. There
are many foreigners here who find life
quite endurable; they have business
that keeps them permanently in Vera
Cruz, with the exception of their va
cation trips to Hamburg, Liverpool,
New York or Genoa. They have fall
en- into the siesta habit, work without
haste, smoke much, sit frequently I'M
der the arcades as if business" were
aot existent and exigent, and are
usually taking something" 1t is the
city of undying thirst.
One coming down here from the
tableland where the air is thin, as it
must be IL miles above the sea, vastly
enjoys the denser air. the salt breezes,
and the delicious and abundant fish,
red snapper, robalo. and the succulent
pompano. The natives eat fish, but
seem to prefer beefsteaks, or "biftecs,"
and, with some reason, for the beef of
the coast is juicier and fatter than we
ever find it in the City of Mexico.
1t is a well-fed population; the sea
food is cheap and. in fact, almost
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
stretching an Injunction.

Your Honor" said the lawyer, my
client has reason to believe that the
police are about to interfere arbitra-
rily with his business. and he would
like to have an injunction restraining
them from looking at him while he is
at work or touching the tools of his
profession"
81 do not see" said the learned
judge, why we should go so far as to
restrain the police from looking at
your client
'Ile is of very nervous tempera-
ment, your honor, and to be watched
while at work seriously disturbs him."
I'm that case" the judge admitted,
the demand seems reasonable. What
is your clients business?"
He is a burglar. your honor"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
Short-Lived Insects.

The life of perfect insect is usually
very brief. OF all the myraids of but
tert1ies and moths. bees and wasps,
flies and beetles, which make up one
of the most marked features of the
summer, the vast majority will die be-
fore the season is over. A mere hand
full will survive into next year, while
few, indeed, are those that will live
to zee a second summer The dura-
ticn of the larval stage is much longer.
The dragon-fy nymph. as it is called,
lives II months in the water. The per-
feet insect that energies from it has
onlS few weeks, at most, of sunshine
and the upper air. There are flies
which live only for single day TAX
ing in that time no food, having, in
deed, no mouths by which to take it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08

When the Republican national COM
mittee meets, three years from this
summer, to pick out the next Presi-
dent Shelby NJ. Cullom will be seven
ty-five, John C. Spooner will be sixty
one, Charles w. Fairbanks. will be
f1fty-two. Marcus A. Hanna will be
sixty-seven. Joseph B. Foraker will
be fifty-eight, William H. Taft will be
forty-seven, Theodore Roosevelt will
be forty-six, Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.,
will be fifty, Orville H. Platt will be
seventy-seven and Henry Cabot
Lodge will be fifty-four. Thus far
no man over seventy has been elect
ed to the presidency, and only FIVE
men over sixty-John Adams, sixty
two; Andrew Jackson, sixty-eight;
Zachary Taylor, sixty-five; James
Buchanan, sixty-six. President Wash
ington was fifty-seven when inaugu-
rated; Jefferson was fifty-eight, Madi-
son fifty-eight, Monroe fifty-nine.
John Quincy Adams fifty-eight, Van
Buren, fifty-fve. Polk fifty Pierce for
ty-nine, Lincoln. fifty-two, Grant for
ty-seven. Hayes fifty-four. Garfield
forty-nine, Cleveland forty-eight, Ben
jamin Harrison fifty-five and William
Mckinley ffty-three.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08

(The most bitter foe the United States
has in Europe)
from people that for centuries have
dominated the world through that
agency. Therefore, think it not only
possible but highly probable that Eu-
rope can and will agree to binding
terms of trade combination against Us
within the next few years. and that the
result will be the most gigantic and
stubborn commercial war in the his
tory of the world. AS most of our
commercial treaties expire in 1908, |
look for the real beginning of the war
then in the refusal of most of the con-
tinental nations to renew those con-
ventions.
'At the present moment Austria,
which never did like us, is leading in
the movement against the United
States, and found Goluchowski, head
Of the ministry of that country, our
interest and most outspoken foe. OBJ
Tiously, the other ministers of the old
world, including that of even England,
are artfully encouraging Goluchowski
in his course of opposition, with a
view of drawing out fire before they
openly declare themselves. For the i'm
mediate future our trade prospects
we're never brighter in Europe. There
has been almost a total crop failure
in Germany, and from that country we
will have this year bigger demands for
our cereals and other foodstuffs than
ever before. The agricultural outlook
is only a little better in France than
in Germany, and even in England the
crop yield is not very promising. AS
long as these conditions prevail the
European, statesmen and financiers
who are plotting a trade war against
us Wal not openly avow their hostile
intent, but as soon as the continent re-
covers from its present agricultural de-
preston | confidently believe the toe
sin of war will be sounded. The Rss-
slams are modelling their tariff system
after ours, and in a few years will try
to apply it with vigor, but particularly
against the United States.
when the struggle is over, however,
the scepter of power will be in our
hands. and then the problem will be
to keep the distracted hordes of Eu-
rope from overrunning this continent
and to prevent the desperate monarch
les Of the old world from acts of ter
ritorial aggression in South America.
upon which they are already looking
with covetous eyes"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

For a graceful carriage be careful 10
stand with the weight on the balls Of
the feet, the chest thrown out and the
hips kept well back.
Children under FIVE should be igno-
rant of the fiavors of anything but sim
pie cereals. with milk and few veget-
ables. Ice water should never be given
to a child until the extreme chill has
disappeared. and candy is objection
able at all times and in all places.
The ideal toothbrush is not hard
enough to cause the gums to bleed. and
its bristles are firmly fixed In cheap
toothbrushes the bristles usually seem
made to come out, and they do. getting
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
Cherry Bounce.

Beat to pulp two pounds each OF
sweet and tart cherries and mix togeth-
er. The beating should be done with a
heavy mallet that the stones NAV be
crushed. Stir into the mashed fruit a
pound and quarter of graduated SUI
gar; turn all into stone crock and
stir in two quarts of white whisky.
Stand for an hour, then stir and pour
into a demijohn. Cork and stand for
month, shaking hard each day. then
let stand for six weeks without shak-
ing. Rack OF, strain and bottle.
Magistrate-Now. my boy, you ara
on your oath. Do you know what that
means? Witness-Er-no, sir; not ex-
actly. Magistrate-Do you know what
you're expected to tell? Witness
(promptly)-Oh yes, sir; the lawyer
that brought me here wrote it all
down SOS l could learn it off by heart.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
A TICKETS LIMITATIONS,
Unique Feature of Danish Railways Are
Fortnightly Tickets.

T
Fortnightly Tickets.
Denmark was absolutely the pioneer
in cheap railway fares. The fares
were reduced all round, so that the
longer the distance the greater the ro-
duction. but, at the same time the
return ticket system was abolished for
journeys within Denmark. One of the
greatest boors to business men and
holiday makers is the so-called fort
nightly ticket. For third-class it costs
Zzs sd and for second class G 15s Cd.
such ticket entities the holder ia
travel all over Denmark for term NJ
fourteen days. He can go wherever he
cares to go. and as many times over
the same route as he may wish within
the time paid for-namely. fourteen
days holiday maker may visit
every place of interest in Denmark
during that time and, if he found any
pleasure in travelling from town to
town night and day for the period he
could do so. He pays the price of
Al Is Sd, with a deposit of IS Cd for
the ticket, on which a photograph Of
the holder is pasted and at the ex-
plration of the fourteen days he re-
turns the ticket and gets the IS Cd de-
post back. He can also buy a ticket
Tor a month, and the longer the time
the greater the reduction. While a.
tortnightly ticket costs 22s Sd. a 12-
month ticket costs e1O. If the pas
senger had to pay for a twelve-month
ticket at the rate of IS Sd per fort
night it would cost him G26 las. Thus
the reduction is over $50 per cent. If
instead of paying for fortnightly
ticket a traveller went from Esbjerg to
Copenhagen and back as often as he
could within fourteen days, and
bought ordinary tickets for each trip,
they would cost him over Sc, and this
amount would be doubled in a fort
night if he went sightseeing from one
place to another, travelling all over
Denmark in easy stages. Season tick
cts can also be had for journeys be-
tween two towns. In this case the
price for one month is 5s, Is Cd for
two months and e1 los for a whole
year. Young people under the age of
eighteen travel for half price.-Lon-
don Express.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08

up handsomely when trimmed with
lace or stitched bands of the goods.
These dresses usually are made with
Spanish founce banded with stitched
fold of the goods. The waist, on the
shirt-waist order, has a front plastron
of white null or tucked lawn outlined
with lace or embroidery run with black
velvet. Suits of the mercerized linen
in these new green shades are made
for dress-up wear in skirt and bolero
trimmed lace, fancy white shirtwaist
coming beneath the jacket. One of
these suits appears in the accompany
ing initial picture. Ivory white lace
trimmed it and the white silk revers
of it's bolero were embroidered in black
silk. Gowns of this material common
ly are made so deliberately that this ex-
ample is to be counted as a simple one.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
Suicides and Congress. Caters.

1T is a queer thing" said a police
man from one of the districts which
embraces the Delaware river front.
that over half the number of river
suicides, which it is our duty to take
care of when found, wear Congress
CATERS. You can walk along Chest
nut street in its most crowded part
and not see one man in a hundred
wearing the shoe with the elastic sides.
but when we find body floating in
the river we have almost come to ex-
pect the CATERS, and in as many as
three of four cases in succession we
have found them" Philadelphia
Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
OUR COOKING sCHooE.
Picked string beans.

String the beans and cut them into
inch lengths. Let them stand in strong
brine eight days. changing it three
times. Drain and lay in clear, cold
water for day, then dry between the
folds of fowl. Pack in glass jars and
I'LL the jars with scalding vinegar,
which has been brought to the boil
with a minced onion, dozen whole
cloves, heaping tablespoonful of mus
tard seed and four blades of mace.
Screw on the tops and do not use for
a month or six weeks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08

everything eatable is far cheaper than
IN the capital. One does not see here
the emaciated, dried-up. sallow speci-
mems of humanity so common in the
tsbleland cities. A friend, who is a
boatman and likewise a philosopher.
tells me that he earns from SO to $3.50
a day and come muy bien," eats very
well. He looks it; his arms and legs
are stout, his body muscular and Wig
orous, and he despises with all his soul
the tableland people. They are no
good" he says, and they are false,
end only laugh from the lips out"
This morning he breakfasted, in his
little pink-tinted wooden house out be-
yond the long avenue of palms. on
beefsteak, fried fish, fried potatoes and
fruit. ~ mucho" and a lot of it! 81
could not live as poor men do in the
capital" he declares, they are hungry
people, and are never fed we'll"
Life to my friend, the boatman, is
full of joy; he says he likes to live. to
breathe, to pull his boat about the bar
hor. to go a-fishing sometimes, and to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
His Money Was M,ss,np-

The Kansas City Journal tells this
story: Frank Anderson was for years
a well-known commercial traveller who
made Galena. He was passionately
fond of honey, and the proprietor OF
the hotel at Galena, at which he al
ways stopped, always had some on
hand for him. On one trip Anderson
took his wife along, and as they ap-
preached Galena he mentioned to her
that he was getting to place where
they could have some honey. When
the pair were sitting at the supper
table that night no honey appeared
and Anderson said sharply to the head
waiter: Where is my honey?' The
waiter smiled and said: You man
the little blackhaired one? Oh. she
don't work here now"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08

fixed between the teeth in most an
comfortable and annoying way
1t depends altogether upon a wo-
mans figure as to the syle of corset she
should wear. If she is very, very slight,
the girdle corset would suit her, other
wise the straight front corset, which
supports the abdomen and leaves the
body free and entirely unrestrained
above the waist line, is the best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08

Tine 8, gns have been many during
the past few years that the great pow
ers of Europe are contemplating a
trade war against us. The commercial
prosperity and, it may be added, su
premacy of the United States have
been gained to a great extent at the
Expense of Europe and now the old
world countries, in hope of retaining
their dwindling commerce, are prepar-
ing for a trade war. This is the view
taken by Frank S. Vanderbilt, former
assistant secretary of the Treasury,
who has just returned to Washington
after an exhaustive study of Europe
and after extended interviews with its
leading men
Possibly" says Mr.. Vanderlip, 'the
religious feeling of more than half
century ago which prompted the Holy
Alliance under the manipulation of the
crafty Metternich was more bitter
against US than is the feeling of COM
mercial rivalry today, but l doubt it.
If the whole of Europe had been back
of the Holy Alliance as the whole OF
Europe is now back of the feeling that
the old world S trade supremacy is seri-
ously menaced, undoubtedly we would
have had trouble when we proclaimed
boldly our Monroe doctrine as def
ance to European aggression in this
hemisphere. But it is extremely dubi-
Gus. however, that religious feeling is
ever so powerful a cement among dis
tressed nations as is the stern realiza-
ton that commerce is slipping away
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
FRENCH GIRL LIFE.

'"The program of what French girl
may or may not do is drawn up very
precisely" declares Tn. Benton CMme.
Blanc), in the Ladies Home Journal.
UNLESS she is poor and has to earn
her own living she never goes out
alone. The company of a friend Of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
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STYLISH LINEN SUIT.

UMMER gowns are
now at their best,
since they are to be
seen on women,
and surely the styl-
ish dress parades
bear out well the
early promise of
the show windows
and rooms. The
elaborateness OF
sleeves and skirts,
together with the
license for com
plexity that usually
prevails in sum-
merry fabrics, aids
much in effecting a
most attractive va
riety.
A new feature of
linen dresses is the
very stylish use of
sage green and
greenish gray, both
shades that make
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08

There are at present about 1000
miles of sea bikes in the Netherlands
The Irish river. in Siberia. is 1900
miles in length, and drains 600. 900
miles of territory.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08
EUROPE is OUR FOE.
GOVERNMENTS PREPARING FOR
A TRADE WAR AGAINST US.

Count GoIuchowski OF Austria Is Being
Encouraged by England and other
Nations, Says r. W. Vanderbilt. Ex-
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-08

II Is estimated that the men of
Great Britain spend e25O,OOO a year
on SIX hats.