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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
THE LONroN SEASON.
(London Letter.l

AA<OhuOA 1<CllGIsJ
Prosperity seems to be the keynote
OF the current theatrical season, and
In several cases it is prosperity with
big P. Speaking at haphazard and
not sitting through the whole list,
splendid successes are running at
Wyndham's, the Garrick, Drury Lane,
the Royalty Days, the Gaiety, the
shaftesbury, the Lyric and the Prince
OF Wales, and good business pre-
walls pretty nearly everywhere. TIL
very expensive venture at Her Maj
esty's, the blank verse drama, "HeIod,
is drawing great crowds, who are part
iy spurred on, perhaps, by curiosity
and the stories of the splendor of tn
spectacular side of the production Ii
the current business continues for
reasonable period Mr.. Tree will recoup
his large outlay, and it is to be hoped
that large profit is also in store for
him for his pluck in the venture.
The fresh productions consist of the
revival of Patience" at the Savoy, apd
the new comic OPERA" in two acts
entitled "The Gay Pretenders," at the
Globe. The Gilbert and Sullivan piecs
has not been heard in London, or, at
least, nowhere save occasionally in the
suburbs, for long time and to the
younger generation of playgoers must
be, in many cases, a novelty. 1t is so
Dubbling with fun and so attractive
Is the music that the mere fact that
the "Greenery- Yallery" craze that
forms its theme is long since dead does
not do much harm from the point of
its drawing power, and 1t has started
very well. A very few up to date
Changes have been made in the text,
SO few, indeed, as to be hardly notice
able, and Mr.. Gilbert, D'Oyly Carte
and Francois Collier all bowed their
thanks at the finish. The cast in
cludes: Walter Passmore. as Bun
thorne; Henry A. Lytton, as Archi-
bald Grosvenor; Mr.. Jones' Hewson.
as the Governor; Robert Evett, as the
Duke! Rosina Brandram, as Lady
Jane, and Isabel Jay, Blanche CASTOR
Murray, Lulu Evans and Agnes Fra
SER
THE Gay Pretenders," the new mu-
steal production at the Globe, was
written by George Grossmith, Jr., and
composed by Claude Nugent, with adj
ditional numbers by Walter Rubens."
AS exploited on the first night, it must
be voted a failure, and although it has
fighting chance, 1t seemed too weak
TO be able to put up a fight that will
win. Mr. Grossmith is associated IN
The production with Yorke Stephens,
and they have staged the opera very
handsomely, both as to scenery and
costumes, but the flaws are libretto
that strains to be funny and strains
The audience at the same time, and
some rather weak voices among those
who MARBLE the words of the lyrics.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
TURKEY CORNER
Drove benjamin j. Hamm. the Turkey
King," Crazy.

Drove benjamin j. Hamm. the Turkey
King" Crazy.
Benjamin ]. Hamm, the Turkey
King" ia violently insane In the Du
Page County Jail, says the Chicago
Times-Herald. Two years ago Hamm
was convicted for using the United
States mails for the purpose of fraud.
His confinement has resulted in mental
disaster, and the United States author
ities have been asked to remove him
TO an asylum. where he can be cared
Cor properly. In 1898 Hamm was a
commission merchant at No. 246 South
Water street. He dealt In poultry, but
ter. eggs and general produce, which
he sold ON commission. He had found
business pretty fair, but not sufficient
iy profitable for man of his ambi-
tions. So just about Thanksgiving
time he decided he would corner the
market for turkeys. To this end he
sent out circulars calling attention to
the fact that he was treasurer of the
town of Evergreen Park and handled
yearly the vast finances of that COM
Auhit9s f1cntC ht Was
To all his correspondents In the coun-
try he sent pressing invitations to con-
sign him all the turkeys they had, OF
fering to dispose of the fowl for a
mere nothing in the way OF commits
sion. In response to this alluring rep
resentation came crates and boxes and
carloads of turkeys to the South Wa
ter street store. The whole street was
blocked with wagons delivering the
favorite American bird, alive and dead,
dressed and undressed, in such guam
titles as to appall the produce dealers,
who were themselves by no means un-
shifty in handling goods. Poor Hamm
found to his sorrow that he had not
cornered the turkey market. but that
the turkey market had turned around
and cornered him. He fed in despair
from that locality where turkeys most
do congregate. Then long. low wall
began to come In from the country,
which did not cease until the Turkey
King was arrested and convicted of
fraud.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
TYPHUS FEVER.
A Disea'o Very Rare In Tails Country
To-day.


Typhus fever is fortunately very
rare in this country at the present day.
although we even yet hear OCCASION
ally of cases in our large cities dur
ing the winter season. II used to
prevail extensively in Ireland, and
epldemics were often started in Ameri-
can seaport towns by importation Of
the disease in emigrant ships. It is
said still to exist in n,:k1tx.. Liverpool
and London to some extent sut Next
co Is now its chief stronghold. Many
cases occur every winter in Mexico
City and elsewhere on the great CEN
trail plateau OF Mexico, and sometimes
tourists from this country catch it
there and bring it home with them.
The disease usually begins suddenly in
the midst OF apparent health, with a
chill, prostration, severe pain In the
head and limbs, and high fever; the
pulse Is rapid, the face flushed, the
skin hot and dry, the mouth parched.
An almost constant symptom is nose
bleed, which occurs on the third or
fourth day of the disease, and another
Is constipation. The disease has a
characteristic eruption, which in the
beginning resembles somewhat that of
measles. 1t comes out in patches of
reddish or plnl; color, first on the
chest and then on the rest OF the body
and the limbs. Later the color changes
to dusky purple. The nervous symp-
toms are marked They consist at
first of headache and dizziness, but
soon the patient falls into a stupor
from which he can be aroused only
with difficulty, or else he becomes de-
lirious, muttering constantly to HIM
self in a dull, confused way, or per-
haps becoming violent and having to
be restrained by force from doing him
self injury. The affection is prob
ably germ disease, although the mi
crobe, if there is one, has not yet been
discovered. 1t is pre-eminently
disease of human crowding, as the old
names of ship fever and Jail fever tes-
tify 1t cannot thrive in the open
air, and is never to be feared by thoss
whose dwellings are flooded with fresh
air and sunlight. Even those already
seized with the fever are not infre-
quently saved if moved out of the hos
pital ward or bedroom and kept in
tents, or actually in the open air with
only shelter supported on poles over
the bed. There is no specific remedy
for the disease, which is a very fatal
one. Open air, cleanliness and good
nursing are the patients only saliva
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
Once o Picturesque
md Commanding
Figure In La Dor
Circles.

the most ruinous labor wars ever in
stituted. A man named Hall, foreman
OF a shop in Marshall, Texas, was dis
charged for neglect of duty. His fell
low workmen believed he had been I'M
fairly dealt with. and Martin Irons,
chairman of district assembly num-
bering 5000 men, began negotiations
in his behalf. The railroad officials
refused to treat with him and strike
was declared. Other grievances were
taken up. The business Of the Union
Pacific was suspended for six weeks.
Irons was king during this time.
But the strike failed Four-fifths of
the strikers lost their places and mem
bers Of the Knights OF Labor were for
ever barred from employment on Theses
roads. Some of the leaders in acts of
violence were imprisoned The result
was that Irons lost his influence. He
drffted about the country and finally
settled in Texas. where he became an
organizer for the Socialist Democrats.
Lately his health and spirits Called
him and he took little part in labor
movements.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
MRS. rlsKE as arcKY SHARP.
Her Personality Wis Where Amy Oth,i
Would he Likely to FAN.

Would BE LIKELY to Fail.
Never since posters assailed art has
woman arrived to completely fill the
potter motive as does Minnie Maddern
Fiske. In two indicative lines all the
latent power in her intense face Ia
breathed upon a slip of paper, even to
her coloring, which is vivid and a note
Of her disposition, which is like unto
the varying winds. Sarah Bernhardi
has much OF the same adaptability OF
lineament and Rejane, too, but either
OF these artists is outstripped in its
lightest turn of expression bestowed
upon art Of the walls and advertise
ment by Mrs. Fiske. Who will ever
forget the delicious pastel of heI
Becky which Cecil Drake Davis made
or who can pass with indifference the
print of her superb profile with it's del.
icately emphatic throat and swirl oi
witchlike hair, making Mrs. Fiske's
presence something for applause in
itself? Her charm, her brilliant poise
OF art and her enormous hold upon the
higher, finer and intellectual class OF
theater-goers make her success sure
and bound within herself, not depend
ent upon her plays, says the Chicago
Record. 1t is not difficult to find plays
for Minnie Madden Fiske, for she can
play anything which is on speaking
terms with dramatic art. She could
romp through as rowdy a farce az
might be written for Jennie Yeamans
she could and will play Lady Macbeth
with smolder of magnificent origl-
nality and depth, she might have lifted
Rostand's "L'Aiglon" out of its insig-
nificant English collapse-truth to tell
l do not think Bernhard could out
shine Mrs. Fiske in so subtle and
sculptural work Of rarely literary trag-
edy. Rostand's play is not good, but
1t has pictures and scholarly verse and
much to engage the mind and imagi.
nation, and Bernhard gives to the ii.
tie role her own splendor of tempera.
ment, her own individuality and
fetching youth which is hers, and al
these and more could Mrs. Fiske Civ,
the fretful, pampered dollhouse boy
the young duke of Reichstadt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
No More Noah.s Arts.

Noah's ark and the tin soldier must
take their places among the toy an
Equities. The doll that says papa"
and mamma" is really very simple
affair beside the mechanical toys that,
are already being shown to Christmas
purchasers in the large toy shops.
Dolls not only talk, but walk. dance
and sing nowadays. They have their
houses with gas and electric light ar
rangements, elevators, and CRATE fires.
Their trunks are no longer cheap toy
AFFAIRS. but real leather, with locks
and straps and trays, and their toilet
articles are of silver and ivory. An,
up-to-date doll has her full allowance
OF costumes for the street, the boudoir,
and dinner, and has a maid as we'll.
Toy automobiles for dolls are among
the novelties.-New York Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

would have to be grown to produce
the starch. The Cuban sugar produc-
ton was reported to the convention TO
be comparatively small and likely to
increase soon. The Cuban patriots, in
their effort to get independence, de-
stroyed the sugar plantations and
their sugar-making machinery, SO that
vast areas once productive are now
in weeds Large capital will be re-
quired to restore the Cuban sugar in
dustry, and the capital is not forth
coming in the present unsettled politl-
cal condition of the island. The old
planters are impoverished and in debt,
and no new element appears to take
their place. The German beet now
averages, it is stated, from IA to 81 per
cent Of sugar, while cane averages but
IL per Baltimore Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
contention OF vacuum rnho..

In London beautiful collection Is
being exhibited, made up OF vacuum
tubes charged respectively with sam
pies OF the various new gases which
scientists have succeeded in obtaining
from our atmosphere. When the cleo
trio spark is passed through the tubes
some very beautiful color effects, re-
markably rich and pure. are obtained.
Especially noticeable in effect is
that obtained in passing the
spark through the gas neon, when a
magnificent crimson glow is yielded.
The scientists also exhibited the APP
paratus by which they succeeded In
separating these gases from the at
mosphere and from one another. The
process consists OF fractional distilla-
fiOn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Austria is the one country in the
world which never puts woman In
prison. Instead of giving the female
criminal so many months in Jail she
is sent, no matter how terrible is her
record, to one or other of the con-
vents devoted for the purpose. and
there kept during the time for which
she Is sentenced. The convent is not
a mere prison In disguise. for its court
yard stands open all day long. the only
bar to egress being nun who acts as
FORTRESS, just as in other converts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
READY FOR MORE.
How the Football Rooter Come Out of
n Railroad Accident

How the Football Rooter Come Out OF
Railroad Accident.
The two trains came together with
an awful crash. Some one had blum
dered. That, however, was a matter
which would have to be left for FUTURE
investigation. AS soon as those who
were injured could extricate them
selves from the wreck they turned
manfully to the work of rescuing their
less fortunate fellow passengers. It
was sickening sight Cars were heap
ed on top of one another. People were
pinioned under seats, beams and
trucks. Steam was Kissing from the
overturned boilers, the rails of thu
track were warped and torn loose from
the ties, and the means and cries Of
the injured could be heard afar of.
FINALLY, after long, hard work. the
rescuers reached the bottom of thu
mass, where the legs and body Of a
man protruded from beneath a twisted
platform. Beside him lay a cane.
decorated with colored ribbons and q
long tin horn. Fearfully and anxious
~ score of strong men lifted the
weight from the head and shoulders OF
the PROSTATE one and carried him I'D
the embankment. AS they reached the
higher level he opened his eyes, passed
a hand in front Of them, as If brushing
away dim or screen of some kind
and shouted:
'Rah! rah! rah! Sizz boom, ali,
h-yi! hap-hip! hoo-gah yah! Come
on fellows! Which side has the balll"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
African Monarch. of An......

At Sioux City. Iowa, state lodge
OF the African Monarchs of America
has been instituted. The organization
is the first fraternal insurance society,
organized for colored people exclu-
sively. Since the foundation of the
African Monarchs another association
has been organised in Illinois, but tho
Monarchs were the pioneers. The
lodge-at-large just installed in Sioux
City will have Jurisdiction over the
state OF Iowa. The officers of the
state lodge will at once begin their eff
forts to establish subordinate lodges
throughout the state.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

The gist OF the story is that Lady
Katherine Gordon. who has declared
that she Will wed but one OF two ex-
tremes, the king or the lowliest In tho
land. The pretender to the throne,
Perkin uarbeck, is in love with her,
and he and another "pretender, named
Simmel, array themselves as King Ed
ward and the Duke of York, and pose
In the well known costumes of the lit
tie princes in the Tower" an en-
craving known to all. Lady Katherine
shows that she cares for the spurious
king, but the Earl of Oxford plots I'M
til the two pretenders fall out, and In
the battle that ensues between their
rival forces both bands are knocked
out of dangerous power. The two pre-
tenders are taken before King Henry
VII, who pardons them, but declares
that Perkin Warbeck must become an
outlaw, and as outlaws are among the
lowest of the lowly, the Lady RATHER
me sees her way to give him her affec-
lions.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
SUBSTITUTE FOR SUGAR.
Talk of Using saccharine Made from
Coal Tar.


Coal Tar.
At the Magdeburg convention OF
sugar makers there was discussion
Of the prospect of sugar being dis
placed by saccharine made from coal
tar. This substance. first made in the
laboratory OF the John Hopkins Uni
versity, is now manufactured in large
ly increased quantities. The sacchar-
ine produced and sold last year was
equal to $4,000 tons of sugar in sweet
ness, thus preventing the consumption
of that much German beet sugar. A
tax on saccharlne is accordingly de-
manded, and restriction on Its sale.
There is, however, 1t is thought, no
immediate danger that saccharine will
destroy the beet-growing industry.
Beet sugar may hereafter be produced
by chemists alphabetically, but their
material is likely to be starch -four,
and potatoes or similar farm products
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
Dastnrdly Tactics.

I'm sorry" said the rural chairman
10 the speaker, that they amt no
more people here tonight, butt
what does those detestable hounds ON
the other side do but go an organize
tolf gate burnin' for the very night
we had you advertised to comel"-In-
dianapolis Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
PARKWAY PARAGUAY
OPPORTUNITIES ARE MANY IN
THAT SOUTHERN LAND.

United States Capital and Energy Are
WANTED Ia soatn America Paraguay
oHers Concossions. Protection and Ac-
uye Assistance to All Corners. .
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

To clean hair brushes rub them in
dry Indian meal until the oil and dust
are extracted,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Of his wife and neighbors. But even
such civilization as then existed in
the frontier of Texas was unbearable
to the boy, and it was not long before
he stole his uncle's best horse, rife
and revolver and started to find the
Kiowas. Eventually he found them,
and was received with open arms. He
Joined with the Indians in their massa-
ores, their tribal fights and in every
respect was one of them.
Warfare with the Indians.
The constant warfare waged by the
United States troops upon the Kiowas
eventually reduced them to a condi-
ton OF helplessness as warrior band,
and they had to surrender. Most of
them went to reservations, but the boy
longed for excitement. and to find it
Joined the United States army. The
warfare being waged against the
Apaches by the army was pleasant
work to the white youth who had been
taught to hate them, but when the
Cheyennes were attacked he deserted
from the army and joined the Indians.
In the course of time he was captured,
was recognized as a deserter and SEN
fenced to be shot. The lad was taken
to blacksmith shop to have shackles
placed upon him. In the blacksmith
he recognized man whom he had
once befriended, and he asked him to
make the shackles large, so they might
be slipped off. The blacksmith did SO.
and when he was placed in the guard
house he was prepared to escape. Cut
ting a hole in the roof. he eluded the
sentry stationed outside and reached
the woods. For several years there
after he drifted about the western
country. and about 1890 went to Can
ada.
Joined Salvation Army.
In the early winer of 1891 he was at
tracted to Salvation army barracks
and became converted. He began to
study for the ministry, and in 1895 be-
came pastor of the South Presbyte-
rian church of Buffalo. Soon after
President Cleveland. by a pardon.
quashed the charge of desertion
against him. When Mr.. Grifis became
pastor of the South Presbyterian
church it was merely mission in the
outskirts Of Buffalo. Mr.. Grifis has
made it one of the largest and most
influential churches of the city. He Is
an eloquent preacher and a hard
worker. AS he is held in great favor
by the remnant of his old tribe, 1t is
expected that Mr.. Griffis will be high
ly successful in his missionary work
among them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Miss Marie Burroughs scored q de-
cided personal triumph in the initial
production OF the dramatization of
Gilbert Parker's popular novel. THE
Battle of the Strong" In answer to
insistent applause the curtain at Ma
cauley's theater. Louisville, had to be
rung up half dozen times, and at the
end of the third act repeated demands
made her appear before the curtain to
bow her thanks. She was well sup
-orted by Maurice Barrymore as De
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
Is LIKE A ROMANCE.
STRANGE LIFE STORY or REV.
J. NJ. GRIFFiS.
Stolen by Indians when chiid, He
Grew Up with Thorn and Had an Ex-
citing Career-A Minister and Then
Missionary.
(special Corresnondence.l


Romantic in the extreme and replete
with startling incidents has been the
life of Rev. Joseph N. Griffis. for the
past five years pastor of an influential
church in Buffalo. N. Y. Mr.. Griffs is
now In Anadarko. Ok, where he has
gone for the double purpose of proving
his claim to 800 acres OF land, to which
he is entitled as an adopted son of a
kiowa chief,and to do missionary work
under a synodical appointment.
Rev. Mr. Grlffis was born in from
tier settlement where the town of
Gainesville, Tex, now stands in 1864.
One day when most of the men were
away band Of Kiowas, headed by
Chief Big Bow, made raid on the
town. The mother Of Joseph ran into
her frail house. taking the child with
her, and barred the doors and win
dows. The Indians battered down the
doors, killed the mother and took the
boy prisoner. When they left the
scene of their depreciation nearly all
the women and children lay dead
about their huts, and their scalps dan
gled at the belts OF the Indians. The
survivors were prisoners, but all ex-
cept the boy either escaped or were
killed.
Joseph was taken to the camp OF the
Kiowas and adopted by Big Bow. He
grew up with never a hint that there
was white blood in his veins. He took
part in the sports of the Indian chill
dren, and when he grew old enough
became a brave and went with his
people on the warpath.
Restored to Civil izatIon.
When IA years of age he learned
that he was white boy. The Kiowas
were on the warpath and Gen. Custer
was after them. He caught the band,
killed many of the braves and took
the chief, the white boy and several
squaws prisoners. The general saw
that the young captive was not an In
dian, and finally by threats induced
Big Bow to tell where he had been
captured. Joseph was then sent to an
uncle, his father having been killed
while trying to avenge the slaughter
The Monticellonian., 1901-07-05
W linar Notes.

We are having some showers now which will help the cotton crop and late corn Early corn is badly injured by dry weather. Gardens are burned up.
 Some sickness prevails in our community.
 Dr. W. Grandy, of Pine Bluff, is spending few days in Wilmar, having been called here by the death of his brother-in-law, Dr. Bond.
 The summer term of Beauvoir college opens this week with en- couraging prospects. Profs. ]. H. Lofts and NJ. A. Leiper are at their posts.
 Rev. ]. w. Mccain, pastor elect of the Saline A. R. P. church, was installed as permanent pastor on last Sabbath night after a ser mon by Rev. ]. l.. Young, of Monticello, who conducted the in- stallation services.
 Rev. T. o. Rorie has been spending several days in Little Rock. We are sorry to know his health has not been good for some weeks past
 MT. l. C. Erwin and family, who have been living near Wilmar for sometime, moves this week to Monticello. He goes there for the purpose of engaging in carpenter. | work.
 MT. Biggs, of Collins, IS visit ing his son, MT. E. l.. Riggs, of Wilmar.
 pr. J. G. Mckinney. of Allis has moved his office to Wilmar.
 pr. Thomas, of Barkada, is soor to move to Wilmar.
 MT. Clark Buchner. of Ham burg, was visitor in Wilmar f few days ago.
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