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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
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AT the Tomb OF a PIutocras.
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Low was his aim-vile Mammon was his god:
Dark was his life, upholy and unblest;
Deep let him lie-low as the path he trod-
Nor shed one tear TO sanctify his rest.
The monarch sleeps-pass onward and away;
Death has dethroned him and the grave Is
firm
All that he was--less than the reeking clay
Were but the feast OF his superior worm.
Yet he was great" Fools fawned and vas
sails served;
The wise upheld him and the world extoiled
BY wealth's green glamour was the nation
And earth lay blinded in the glare of gold.
He lived, he died-the earth from whence he
came
Received its own and back, into the dust,
Dissolved the being whose unhnllowed name
Alone remains--the synonym of lust
OF PROSTATE fools he made his stepping stones
And climbed to fortune on the backs OF slaves
He reared his throne OF skulls and pauper' 5
bones
And reached success upon the route of graves
Unloved he lived, unsummoned he could but
die
A fallen friend, unpited by his kind;
Unwept his fate, unhonored let him lie:
Starved wus his soul and naked was his mind.
His greatest virtue was his smallest vice
His heaviest pleasure was in others pam;
What was his wealth Great was his sacrifice
Since all OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS needs be vain!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

An Indiana widow has collect
ed 81, 900 from the sheriff's bond
smen because her husband was
taken from that officer and lynch
ed by mob. This is likely to
discourage lynching in Indiana.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Canada has a stove trust but
the people are making it SO hot
for it that it will probably have
to go out of business.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Hanna is still hoping that his
ship will come home, but the
prospect looks doubtful.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

does he think that anything
more up to date than 1850, for
instance, would be too radical for
the British.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

The American flag, seen abroad
is beautiful sight. So is the
average American Consul a
sight also.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

We wonder whether Steyn and
Dewet will quit while their rec
ords are good.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Why doesn't Sherlock Holmes
turn his attention to Omaha and
prove that he isn't dead, after all.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

John Bull has once more play
ed Santa Claus for the Beers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

Lincoln, Neb, is filed with about
20, 600 men and women in broad
trimmed white hats and gray sunbon-
nets. who never go to law, take no
share in politics, and are entirely op-
posed to war. They are attending a
great national conference. They are
the delegates of the church of the
Dunkards all over the country, and
they represent one of the most pictur-
esQue and remarkable of religious
movements.
These Dunkards are inclined to live
together in communities, though this
is less pronounced than formerly. They
are cut off from the rest of the world
not only by their peculiar dress. but
by many of the religious beliefs and
observances. Altogether they now
number more than 100000 members,
though there is not much, II any,
growth in their numbers of recent
years. The young people who grow
up in the denomination seem to be
more and more inclined to leave it in
recent years for some faith which will
give them more freedom of thought
and action.
Every congregation of the Dunkards
Is entirely Independent of the rest and
elects its own deacons, ministers and
bishops. None of the clergy is paid
regular salary, but if he is poor the
church members will contribute to his
support. When there are questions
which involve more than one congre-
cation district and general confer
ences are held, and the Dunkards meet
by the thousands in the open air to
settle them.
At every conference, as well as at
the lOve-feastS which are held in every
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side. Then as the candles are lit, the
their shoes and stockings. Men and wo-
men come in, carrying tubs of luke
warm water, and a man on the mans
side and a woman on the woman's side
then wash the feet, one by one, shak-
ing the right hand of each individual
e the washing is completed and Civ
ing the kiss Of peace. sNn-s
in the fheetihg=kouses the back of
every third bench is so arranged that
formed into a table. about which the
faithful gather for the sacrament of
the Lords supper. The pew back is
covered with white cloth, upon which
are placed large bowls of soup. Three
or four people help themselves from
each OF these bowls. After this the
communion itself is administered, and
the services conclude with the singing
OF hymns and preaching.
In case of sickness among the mem
bers of the church the orthodox mem
bers cling to the ancient ceremonies
of amounting the patient with oil and
praying over him. Word of each case
of illness is sent to the elders of the
church, and at an appointed time they
appear, pour oil upon the head of the
sick man, lay their hands upon his
head, and offer prayers in his behalf.
Baptism is administered in running
water and by threefold immersion.
The Dunkards originated in Ger
many, out of which country thew wera
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15


Not marble, not the gilded monuments
OF princes, shall outlive this powerful
rhyme;
But you shall shine more bright in
these contents
Than unswept stone, besmeared with
sluttish time
When the wasteful war shall statues
overturn,
And broils root out the work of ma
sorry.
Nor Mars his sword nor wars quick
fire shall burn
The living record of your memory
'Gainst death and all oblivious en-
nifty
Shall you pace forth; your praise shall
still find room,
Even in the eyes of posterity
That wear this world out to the end
ing doom.
So. till the judgment that yourself
arise,
You live in this, and dwell in lovers
eyes.
Shakespeare (Fifty-fifth Sonnet.)
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

composed of luminous marine mi
crobes in preparing this liquid, or cul-
ture, Prof. Dubois has spent many
months, and those who have seen the
light which it furnishes claim that he
has good reason to be satisfied with
his achievement
The lamp consists merely of metal
lie support, to which is attached a
large glass globe with a fat bottom.
With the globe are connected two
tubes, one above it and another at the
side, and these are closed with cotton,
but in such a manner as to permit of a
limited circulation of air. The base of
the globe is covered with sheet of
tinfoil, which serves as q reflector.
When the light becomes dull or un-
usual briiliancy is required, all that is
necessary is to inject little air
through the tubes into the luminous
liquid.
A lamp of this kind, once filled, Will
furnish light continuously for several
weeks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

The Confer i,7 South Carolina.
The resignation by Senators Tillman
and McLaurin gives a dramatic interest
and intensity to the political contest in
South Carolina. The resignation in
each case is to take effect in the mid
die of the approaching September, long
before Congress meets. The seat of
only one Senator, McLaurin, was orig
inally involved in the contest. Two
seats will be affected by the struggle
which has now begun. Tillman has
thrown his own record and personality
directly into the canvass, and thus
greatly broadened its scope and added
to it's picturesQueness and to it's ex-
element 1t is certain to be by far the
most interesting political contest which
will take place anywhere in the United
States in 1901. 1t will attract the earn
est attention of the entire country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

not fear that he would have to work as
long as he stayed in Honolulu. But
the act of Corporal Murray has aroused
the suspicion of the natives now as to
whether Papa tia IL real '.Kahuna.''
If he is, then Corpc al Murray is one
also. Meantime the contributions are
falling on, and Papa talks of leaving
the island. 1t was at a big, special
fire-walking performance the corporal
did his trick Papa tia had walked
over presumably white-hot stones amid
the wonder and awe of the spectators,
when suddenly off came Corporal Muir
rays shoes, and he followed the magi-
ciau across the stones in his stocking
feet, suffering no harm. Immediately
there was row. The manager of Pa
pa tia went for" the corporal, and the
corporal pummeled the manager, the
exhibition breaking up in free fight
with nothing magical about it. Papa
Ita's performance apparently is differ
ent from that given by the Shintoists,
but it is also evident that Corporal
Murray is an observing man and
caught on" to the secret of the Tahi-
tan's seemingly wonderful feat.-Chi-
cago Journal. ~
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

rSSt " aSuluS. u um e GUS.
Until recently Pennsylvania has been
the head center of the Dunkards. but
so many of them have emigrated to
the farm lands of the far west that
the center has now shifted
1t was from one of the PENNSYLVANIA
communities that sprang an even more
curious and interesting Development
that of the monastic Town of Ephreta.
Pa, once a manufacturing and COM
mercial metropolis, now a mere W.
laee.
Nearly 200 years ago Conrad Beis-
sci. of Dunkard parentage, was bap-
tized into the German Baptist church.
He was man of great study and pious
zeal, and he became convinced that the
seventh, instead of the first, day of the
week should be observed as the Sab
bath day He wrote tracts in support
OF this view and urged it SO strongly
that. to avoid trouble, he was finally
compelled to withdraw from member
ship in the society. He retired into
what was then a wilderness and made
his home In an old cave on the bank
n . river, whore he lived the life OF
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is narrow and steep.
Almost all of the Dunkards are en-
gagged in farming. They will suffer
wrong rather than go to law about
1t, and are not accustomed to take any
part in politics, though more and more
OF the young men of the church are
to be found among those who vote
regularly and take an intelligent in
terest in matters of public policy The
old-fashioned Dunkards pride them
selves on the peculiarities which sep
arate them from other people, and are
accustomed to refer to the members
of their church as Goods peculiar peo-
ple." But it is the disinclination of
the young people of their church to
cut themselves off from others of their
own age that has proved to be the
greatest weakness of the church 1t
is said to be barely holding its own at
the present time.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

endt snort pettlcoat was SUD-
stituted for the trousers. There
were no vows of celibacy TAX
en- nor required, though the
idea was taught by Beissel. The great
estate of the old community has prac-
tically passed out of the hands of the
few surviving members of the society,
and the last of the brothers in white
gowns has long since passed away.
The old cloisters, where the broth
ers and sisters lived until a few years
ago. are now leased to a number of
families and are fast crumbling into
decay. Within their walls one will be
struck with the strange fact that all
the doors are extremely small and of
the same size, measuring exactly five
feet in height and twenty inches in
width. This, it is explained by the old
Dunkards who still live about Ephreta,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15
Y..n.. corpor.r. cree. nerve.


Not long ago the American minister
Japan and some members of his party
visiting a Shinto temple, initiated the
priests OF the temple by walking bare
foot over what was apparently a bed
of live Goals. 1t was explained at the
time that the surface of the bed of
Goals were covered by thin layer of
some substance which was a bad con-
ductor of heat. but through which the
light of the fire below would show at
night, the time when such perform
ances take place. Now. Corporal MUIR
ray of the Sixth artillery, stationed in
Honolulu, has proved again that Amer
leans can pass unscathed through the
ordeal OF fire. There came to Honolu-
In lately a magician who calls himself
Papa Ita, the Great Tahitan Fire
Walker" Papa Ita's great feat consists
In walking barefooted over lava stones
under which fires have burned for
hours He impressed the native Ha-
wafians with the fact that he was a
wonder among magicians. and their
contributions flowed in to him 50 pro-
fusely that one night suppose he need
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

The general design for the naval
arch, which is to be erected at the
Battery, New York, has been approved
by the trustees of the Naval Arch As
sociation and the organization of the
finance committee for the collection of
the funds, with which to construct it
will be effected at once. The design
was prepared by Ernest -Flagg. 1t is
estimated that the arch. including the
statuary, will cost $S50,000, while the
sea-waH, beacons and monuments will
cost 100000 more. In organizing the
committee for the collection OF the
fund, every care is to be taken to
make it as representative as possible.
in order to give perfect confidence in
the project
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

The French military authorities.
after protracted experiments, are said
to be so far satisfied with the value
of the motor car in war time. that
they are making arrangements
to acquire, If necessary. the whole of
the auto-cars for military service in
the event of the army entering the
field. Notices are said to have been
sent to owners of auto-cars, asking
them If they are disposed to sell their
vehicles to the government whenever
the country should ind itself threat
ened with war, and also requiring
them to fix prices of the cars. The ac-
tual purchasing price will be decided
upon by the military authorities when
the vehicles are handed over after
taking into account the depreciation
they may have undergone in the mean
time
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

the entire material for two boats. The
frame is formed of from sixteen to
twenty of the lances in use in every
regiment, while the cover consists of
watertight sail cloth. Six men can put
the boat together in five minutes and
take it apart in two. The whole boat
weighs about sixty-fiye pounds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

l. 1O4. 1Adph-
asl Dubois,
q n d which
b a s b e e n
a l i g b t for
the last few
weeks in his
laberat or y.
The wonder
f u / feature
about it is
t b a t t b e
light is actu-
ally furnish
ed by living
C r e a lures,
since it is
d r o d u c e d
from liquid
w h ic b is
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15
Military Camp. at Exposition.

Many military organizations intend
to visit the Pan-American Exposition
during the summer. Arrangements
have been made to provide first-class
accommodations for them. The expo
sition Will maintain permanent camp
within the grounds for the accommo-
dalton of about 200 men at one time
This camp will be supplied with tents
foored, cots, buckets. basins, pint cups,
light, water and sinks, for the use of
which no charge will be made. 1t will
be necessary for visiting organizations
to furnish their own blankets and sub
sistence. There will be no accommo-
dalton for cooking in this camp, but
the visitors will, no doubt, be able to
make satisfactory arrangements with
restaurants on the grounds at reason
able rates. 1t is expected that organi-
cations taking advantage of these
camp privileges, will at such time as
may be agreed upon beforehand, give
military exhibitions without charge in
the Stadium. Bands in uniform will
be admitted to the grounds free. Or
CARNATIONS using this camp will pay
one general admission per man when
they enter the grounds, and must be
governed by the rules and regulations
laid down by the Exposition Company
On account of the large number of or
CARNATIONS now applying for camp ia
cilities at the exposition, the use of this
camp will be limited to a period not
exceeding six days for any one organ
iz2tion- Large bodies of troops visit
ing the exposition must be quartered
outside the grounds, where a large
camp for this purpose has been estab-
lished. Major Charles J. Wolf is in
charge of the Military Bureau, and he
is kept very busy these days furnish
ing information to organizations in
tending to visit the exposition
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

Recent experiments by railway ON
cials in Berne with an automatic ticket
machine. invented by a Swiss, have
given entire satisfaction. says a Berne
correspondent The machine is SINH
chimes, but the glass cases contain the
tickets on which are printed the names
OF the stations and the price of the
ticket By dropping in the right
amount and pulling handle the ticket
is set free The machinery is SO well
constructed that an insufficient sum or
any base coins win not work the
spring.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15
Lore Yersu. Wa.


Because he considered he owed his
sweetheart greater duty than he did
his country, under the circumstances,
James Finnegan, the 19-year-old son
of Arthur Finnegan, of 927 Rutger
street, superintendent of Station A, of
the Laclede Gaslight Company, desert
ed from the United States naval train
ing ship Hartford, at the Brooklyn
navy yard, last Friday, and returned
to St. Louis, says the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. AS a result he is now a
prisoner at the Four Courts. where he
is being held awaiting the action of
the federal authorities. Finnegan was
arrested by the police of the Fourth
district, while at the home of his aunt
in-law, Mrs. Annie Ward, at 14O7 Me-
nard street, yesterday morning. He
was taken to the Soulard street station
and locked up, but was later trans
ferred to the Four Courts. However,
he had succeeded in accomplishing the
object which caused him to leave the
training ship before he was taken into
ons, the girl of his choice. were mar
ried by Justice Haughton last Tuesday
morning. The arrest brought to light
years and finally. after much opposi-
ton, eliminated in the marriage by
Justice Haughton on Tuesday. Finne-
gan and his bride were children to-
gether, and later they were school
mates They evinced an affection for
each other early in life, and were con-
stantly in each others company. This
condition of affairs, they claim, did not
nc
deavored to break up the attachment.
Young Finnegan was sent to the ST.
Mary's Seminary at Perryville, Mo-, to
separate him from his sweetheart. He
wrote often and made frequent quiet
trips to St. Louis to see her. His par
ents learned of this and he was sum-
moned home. Upon arrival here, he
said yesterday, his parents tried to i'm
press upon him the beauties of joining
the navy. He could not see it the way
they did. Matters drifted along for
several months, until finally last Oc-
taber Finnegan and Miss Clemens
eloped to Belleville and attempted to
get married. They were refused a liz
cense, because the clerk thought they
attempt failed. The boys father heard
of the affair and shortly after, accord
ing to young Finnegan's story told him
he was going to place him in school
where he would obtain a higher edu-
cation. He was taken to Chicago by
his father, and, he says before he knew
what was going on he had been taken
into a naval recruiting station, put
through the examination, rushed East
to the Brooklyn navy yard and placed
on the receiving ship Vermont. Later
he was transferred to the school ship
Hartford, and was to have sailed for
Manila soon on the Dixie. Last Fri
day he smuggled in with the liberty
gang" which had been given permits
sion to go ashore. He went to the sta
ton and at once took train for this
city. The marriage followed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

/ Farmers of Wabash county, Indiana,
tion and as much Esasssd SGT; - They
on road-bufIding, each owner Of land
abutting on a highway to be ihaproved
pledging in work OR cash $1.se per acre
within half mile OF the road. Pay
ment may be made within three years,
and the burden thus distributed is
hardly felt. The work is done in dull
seasons, and gravel roads have re-
placed the old mud highways over
many miles of turnpike. On the COM
pletion of road the task of main
taing it is assumed by the county au-
thorities.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

The latest Paris idea is to pave the
streets with glass, and experiments are
now being tried to that end Accord
ing to the Telegraph's correspondent,
pure glass is used without admixture
of cement, but subjected to a special
treatment, called devitrifaction. The
result is a hard, smooth substance,
Opaque. absolutely non-porus, absorb
ing no foreign matter, and thus re-
tanning no dampness or unpleasant
odorS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15

Ex-Empress Eugene has given to
the municipality of Paris the cradle of
Prince Louis Napoleon, the only son of
Napoleon III. and the Empress. Prince
Louis was killed in the Zulu war in
South Africa in 1879. The body of the
cradle is made of rosewood and is dec
GRATED with enamels in antique silver
and ehiseled bronze. The frames are
of silver. A statue holds the imperial
crown, in gilt and bronze, over the
pillow, which is of white satin en-
broidered in gold with the letter IN. %
The cradle was originally a gift from
the municipality Of Paris to Empress
Eugene.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-15
Loy., Le<io. in w,.oon.,n.


The annual election and Gen. Chas.
Kings paper on The Battle of Gaines
vile" Contributed to make a recent
meeting of the Wisconsin command
cry, Loyal Legion, one of the best at
tended of the year. About rs mem
bers were present at the meeting place
in Milwaukee. The election resulted
as follows: Commander, Surgeon Walt
er Kempsler, Milwaukee,; senior vice
commander, Capt. Harry A. Valentine,
National Home; junior vice command
er, Lieut.. John p Dousman, De Pere;
waukee; treasurer, Andrew A. Hatha-
way, Milwaukee,; chancellor, Lieut..
Jerome B. Johnson, Milwaukee; chap
lain, Capt. Joseph w. Saunderson, Mil
waukee; council, Harry S. Fuller,
Lieut. Arthur Holbrook, Capt. A. P
Foster, Col. B. F. Parker. Lieut. Will
lam E. Trowbridge- Gen. Kings pa
per, 1.-The Battle of Gainesville" was
mastery account of the engagement in
which Gen. Rufus Kings division bore
the brunt of the fighting and in which
the Iron Brigade commanded by John
Gibbon, lost 40 per cent of its men in
killed and wounded. The speaker re-
King and to official reports to prove
that he was unjustly criticised for
abandoning the field on the night after
the battle and retreating towards Man
assas. The orders to hold the line
which Gen. Pope said he sent to my
father said Gen. King, were never
received, and the retreat was ordered
after a consultation of officers, at
which all except one agreed that it was
a necessary military move" Gen. King
paid an eloquent tribute to the Iron
Brigade. They lost 40 per cent of
their strength" said he, land more
than stood the breaking strain of 33
per cent, which most eminent authori-
ties agree to be the utmost limit of en-
durance in battle" At the business
meeting. Gen. F. c. Winkler read an
obituary on Gen. Augustus Gaylord;
Capt. A. E. Smith, one on Lieut..
Charles Palmetier, and Lieut.. F. H.
Putney one Capt. w. v. Tichenor.