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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20

Alone old creek bank,
My cork the water lying, -
A gnat is with body lank,
snake log Is drying. y
away a croakng frog "a
Its frightfu bass is airing <
The snake glides off Che sunny log
To seize minnow daring
fish plays with hook below
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And dream in thoughts ndwelling y =
am back in the long =
When life heeting, =
And everything had a ruddy glow, = =
AS my heart with hope beating. =
knew o place all the world = -
Too high for my aspiring; =
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Before throng admirng =
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Perhaps aimed too very HIGH q
My talent undiscerning- q 9
We fail nor know the why q q O.
Ambition dulls it's yearning q = a
Yet who would live his life again o a
II shown of grand successes @
And touched with of grief pain q q
Than softened with caresses? o
A
1 wind sken line more, o
The baitless hook appearing; o.
The bullfrog croaks along the shore Q @ @
The gloom of night is nearing q O
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20

MRS. VIM. WINTER JEFFERSON,
formerly Miss Christie MacDonald)
tie Macdonald and William Win
ter Jefferson at the Crows Nest, the
palatial summer home of the veteran
actor, Joseph Jefferson, father of the
groom. The wedding took place at
noon in the spacious parlor, which
had been transformed into a bower OF
roses, pinks and fragrant exotics The
young couple started on their bridal
tour in novel manner, their friends
placing them in a carriage. which was
handsomely decorated with ribbons,
and drawing the heavy vehicle, the
bride and groom urging them on over
the sandy roads to the station. The
wedding was entirely private and only
the immediate relatives and few
friends of the young couple were pres
ent.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20

excellent sailor. His marchioness is
the daughter of the first Duke of West
minister.
, 1901-10-07
SCHLEY TO RETIRE.
He Will Reach the Age Limit on Next
Wednesday,.

Washington, Oct. On Wednes,
day. October 9th, Rear-Admiral Schley
will retire from the active list OF the
navy by age limit and from present
prospects this will take place while the
court of inquiry is still i'll session.
His retirement will promote two
captains to be roar-admirals. Captain
Frank Wildes, who was in command
of the Boston during the battle Of Ma,
Mia bay. now heads the list of cap,
tains. He was promoted for war ser
vice. and under the law his advance
ment must not rctard the regular
course of promotions. Therefore Cap,
tain Henry Glass also will enter the
list of rear-admirals.
Other promotions resulting from Ad-
miral Schley's retirement will be
those Of Commanders f. p. Gilmore
and Eugene Leutze, who became cap
tains, and Lieutenant Commanders
Staunton and Bartlett. who became
commanders.
, 1901-10-07
TRAVEL IN ECUADOR.
TO BE SAMPLED BY YOUNG AMERI-
CAN NEWSPAPER MAN.
A. &. Mckenzie to Explore the Land of
the Incas In the Interest of Our News
papers and Their Keaders-His EA-
periences in Brazil.

A. c. Mckenzie. a young and ener-
getic newspaper writer. well known
in New York, Boston and Philadel-
phia. has gone to Ecuador at the head
of an exploring expedition backed by
the president of that republic. Mr..
Mckenzie will make a study of the
quaint life. the strange people and the
economic conditions existing there. He
also will investigate the great gold
fields and rubber forests and general
resources of the republic. His purpose
is to write an accurate history OF Ecua-
dor. and the government will equip
him with a strong force. that he may
push his way into and explore the IN
known forests about the ~unmapped
hcadwaters of the Amazon, where the
NapO Indians, still worshipping the
sun and hating the white man, are
supposed to be guarding the mines and
emerald fields of the InCas in the very
shadow of the highest volcanoes in
the world.
From time to time Mr.. Mckenzie
will send letters and photographs de
sCriptive of his travels and investiga-
lions to the United States tor publica-
tiOn in American papers. That these
will be accurate and interesting con-
tributions to the general knowledge OF
that country, its people. their ways
of life and habits of thought and in
dustry. and of the commercial progress
of our rich and but little known neigh
Dor, Ecuador, may be taken for
granted.
Mr.. Mckenzie is peculiarly fitted for
this work. He is a rover by natural
disposition. and this is not his first
adventure in South America. He was
in Brazil as a correspondent for an
American newspaper during the
stormy times that followed the eXpul-
sion of Dom Pedro. the last emperor
of that country, and narrowly escaped
death at the hands of revolutionists a
, 1901-10-07
PLAN IS STILL ALIVE
NEW FACTS CONCERNING THE
EXTENSION OF THE BUR-.
LINGTON SYSTEM.
Prominent Official Says That Maps
and Surveys Have Been Filed
Senator Clark and j. ]. Hill Said
to be Backing the Scheme.

Chicago, Oct. New facts are com
ing to light which show c~onclusively
that the plan to extend the Burlington
raj way from Guernsey. Wyo., to Salt
Lake City has not been abandoned.
\ prominent official of the Burling-
ton says that maps of survey have
been filed by the Burlington engineers
in the land Office at Cheyenne over
ing 4 right of way from the western
line OF Carbon county to the Platte
river. Maps had previously been filed
~Doyering other parts of the route.
The action in filing these maps at
this time is regarded as significant 1t
is thought that j. J. Hill intends to
show the Hartman syndicate that, al
though they may have a majority of
the Northern Pacific stock, the Bur
Imgton cannot be controlled through
that instrumcntality.
The idea of having a traffic director
to control the traffic of the Northern
Q ~ nv Nl'hI .NOl ll'lu anu bhl nus
ton is said to be Mr.. Harriman's, and
not that of President Hill of the Great
Northern. This seems plausible. as
MIR. Hartman in"augurated the plan by
making Mr.. Stubbs traffic director Of
.h" southern Pacific, Union Pacific,
Oregon Short Line and Oregon Rail
Way and Navigation company. Mr..
hin is willing to give the plan Il fair
trial if Mr.. Miller, second vice presi-
dent of the Great Northern. is the man
placed in charge.
The Hartman interests are not will
ing. it is said, to have Mr.. Miller plaC-
ed inCharge. but favor J. NJ. Hanna
ford, third vice president of the North
rrn Pacific, for the position. Rather
than accept Hannaford. whom Mr.. Hill
lislikcs, the Great Northern president
will forego having a traffic director for
the three roads, but will place Mr..
Miller in charge of the trails affairs
Of the Great Northern and Burlington,
and leave the Northern Pacific out of
the combination.
, 1901-10-07
Posts Story Confirmed,

This dispatch from Chicago con
firms the exclusive announcement
made in The Post last Sunday morn
ing hat the Burlington would uild
from Guernsey on to Salt Lake, says
that paper OF yesterday. Back of it
all. however, w. A. Clark and his Los
A~ngcles-Salt Lake road figures, and
there is a story current in Denver that
senator Clark is financially interested
in the extension.
Senator Clark is now building his
Los Angeles-Salt Lake road. The Har-
riman and Gould interests, particular
Iy the latter, have been scheming to
shut off the Clark road, and Clark has
been told that he a have no outlet
from Salt Lake.
IN have my eastern connection al
Salt Lake" Senator Clark is quoted as
saying, with 4 conviction in his voice
that demonstrated that he was aware
what would be done.
Clark, it is said, has secured an in
tcrest in the Burlington, which gives
him a word in its direction, and that
he is also playing hand-in-glove with
j. j. Hill. The two have secured
enough stock to practically control the
Burlington, and they are back of the
extension to Salt Lake.
The Burlington is the Salt Lake con
ncCtion of which Clark has spoken. 1t
il to be built at once, according to best
advices, and Clark will be back of the
scheme.
There is a story that the company
building from Guernsey to Salt Lake
will be one specially incorporated for
the purpose and will be, while separ'
ate from the Burlington, practically
that road. In the company building
the road Clark and Hill will be the
controlling faction.
The survey for the road has been
practically completed and, it is snid,
work will begin this winter. The road
gives the Burlington and Clark a di
rect line from southern California; tC
all important points west of the great
lakes.
A Denver friend of Clark said last
night that when Clark was told ii
would cost s25,O 900, 900 to build the
Los Angeles-Salt Lake road, Clark
said:
We'll, I'll put a years income into
the road and build it."
That was given by the Denver mar
as a hint of Senator Clark's wealth
His fighting gifts are well known
, 1901-10-07

few years later. Being of Spanish-Irish
South Americans fiuently and has a
knack of making himself at home with
and agreeable to the natives.
in Ecuador Mr.. Mckenzie has an alb
s~olutely untouched field, one stored
with original literary treasures. For
mystery. of primitive life and raw
wealth, has been locked up behind the
Andes. But the country is thickly set
tied. the high plateaux containing a
number of large cities. Here, too, was
the ancient capital of the lncan EN-
pire. where Pizarro found such enor-
nous loot of gold. silver and precious
gems, the source of this treasure being
hidden in the land of the head-hunting
Napo Indians. Four years ago Gen
eral Alfaro opened the country to mod
ern progress.
On the coast Mr.. Mckenzie will visit
the great cocoa plantations, which al
ready produce 40 per IN of the
worlds chocolate. Passing into the
CordilIeras he will find himself in a
land of vast possibilities in the pro-
duction of mineral wealth which has
just been opened up by the railroad
that American engineers have con-
struCted between Guayaquil and Quito.
Beyond the Cordilleras he will travel
by mule along the massive highway Of
the InCas. built of solid rock, on
which GIBBS and flows a stream of
strangely medieval life-monk and
muleteer, grand dame and Indian
woman. lines of Indians carrying bur
dens on their heads and mules and
llamas heavily laden. But it is in the
uneXplored mountains and rubber for
ests and streams of the headwaters of
the Amazon that he may encounter the
s%trangest adventures. for 1t is his in
tention to live for a time among the
Napo head hunters and to study the
habits and traditions OF the tribe. For
this work he will have an armed es-
cort of 100 men. provided by General
Alfaro. whose guest Mr.. Mckenzie will
be for a time at Quito.
, 1901-10-07
How to Travel in Comfort.

Wash the face as seldom as posi-
BILE when travelling, as the lust and air
render the skin very harsh if it is con.
stantly damped.
The best way to remove any lust
Is to dip a rag in elder flower water
Chat most innocent and refreshing OF
toilet waters) and use that only. When
the journeys end is reached, rub the
face all over with a thin cold cream
and leave on until you make you ap.
pearance among your friends, when
wipe off with a soft towel; then use a
vaporizer Tor sponge with warm wa
teri, and finish by LAYING well with
cold water to close the pores and give
drmness to the skin. If powder is used
n travelling, it should be put on only to
dust it off again. To keep it on makes
the skin dry and harsh. At night rub
on a very little cold ream when re-
firing as the close air and electric
light are very injurious to the complex
lon. especially in hot weather. For a
powder nothing is better than powder
ed magnesia-it is harmless and cool
mg-but it should not be left on long.
There is nothing, however, that re
freshes one so much as washing ones
hands with a good soap and water, but
enc should never use the soar provid'
ed for the public use, as there Is great
, 1901-10-07

to Poor's Manual for 1901 have just
been issued. There was an increase Of
mileage during the years OF a little
more than $500 miles, bringing the to-
tai mileage completed on December
81, 1900, up to l94,32l. The advance
sheets show an increase i'll gross Y
nue. of over 500, 600. 900 and Il gain in
surplus of $4,000, 900.
, 1901-10-07
Death of Oldest Engineer.

Wood Benson, IS years old, is dead
at the almshouse in New York. fIe
went to Bellevue hospital on June
25th, suffering with a scalp wound, and
asked for treatment. At the hospital
it was found that his health vas poor,
and as he had no friends to whom he
could refer and no home, he was sent
to the almshouse.
At that institution Benson told the
keepers that he was the first locomo.
tive engineer to make regular trips in
America. He also related many an,
ecdotes of his experiences in railroad,
ing, and gave the anne of seve raj
prominent men who, he said, had been
close friends of his. When he died
some of the men mentioned as living
in Washington were communicated
with, and they at once sent word that
they would bury the body.
Total Mileage, 1s4,321.
Advance steets Of the Introduction
, 1901-10-07

A man made a wager with a lady
that he could thread a needle quicker
than she could sharpen a lead pencil.
The man won-time-0:14:40. 1t is
thought that the result would have
been different if the oma had not
IL out of lead pencils inside Of five
minutes.
, 1901-10-07
To Get Rid Of a Troublesome Corn

First soak it in warm water to soft
en- it, then pare it down as closely as
possible without drawing the blood and
apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice
daily; rubbing vigorously for five min
utes at each application. A corn plas.
ter should be worn for a few days, to
protect it from the shoe. AS a general
liniment for sprains, bruises. lameness
and rheumatism, Pain Balm is un.
.equaled. For sale by F. H. Eggleston.
Daily Republican, Soc per month.
, 1901-10-07

follows:
? head on left shoulder.
head II on left shoulder and T on
left hip.
head II on left shoulder and / on
left hip.
head on left shoulder.
head on left shoulder.
head on 'sf, hip.
head u on left shoulder.
, head % on left hip.
head on right shoulder.
head on both hips.
head on left hip.
head IS on right shoulder.
Said horses We're shipped in U. 2.
car No. GOSS2. were owned by the
Western Sale Stable and shipped by
J. w. Crouch to the st. Louis National
Stock yards, III.
From Rock River, Wyo., Sept. Z,
1901, two cars containing 80 head,
branded as follows:
As head - on left hip.
! head on left hip.
head n S on left hip and is on left
shoulder.
l head - on left shoulder.
head on left shoulder.
| head G on right shoulder and
on right hip and n S IN left hip. III
Said horses were shipped in
U. P. cars Nos. GO41O and 6Ol70, were
owned by Smith & Moore and shipped
by John A. Smith to st. Joe, Mo.
From Bosler, Wyo., Sept. IS, 1901,
one car containing 7 head branded as
follows:
l head on left thigh and left
2 head n on left shoulder and -
on left hip.
head 8 on left jaw.
l head 10 on left shoulder.
head Eon left hip and left jaw.
l head on right shoulder and
right nip and o" left Jaw
on left hip.
Owned and shipped by J. c. Coble
to Denver, Colo, in U. P. car 6ll1S.
do solemnly swear that the fore
going is a correct report of horses in
spected by me during the month of
September, 1901.
ALFRED COOK, Sheriff.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this LIST day OF October, 1901.
(Seal.) JAMES McGIBBON,
County CLERK and Ex-Omcio Register
Of Deeds. Albany County, Wyoming.
, 1901-10-07

"Do you notice Miss Passe seems
to be stuck on u hotel clerk?"
yes; you see when she applied for
apartments he assigned her to Suite
49,"
, 1901-10-07
FOR SALE-A saloon doing a good
business. Inquire of
292d-wtf H. ZIMMERMAN.


Laramie, Wyo., Oct. |. 1901.
10 the Board of County Commission
"rs of Albany County:
Gentlemen: | herewith submit to
you a report of horses inspected by me
during the month of September, 1901 :
From Laramie. Wyo., Sept. 3. 1901,
one car containing II head branded as
follows:
The Conway log cabin., 1901-07-16

V. R. Williams has been com missioned constable of Pierce Creek township, vice H. l.. Mar tin, resigned.
 The bridge gang is here this week. They are widening the de- pot platform. This improvement was much needed.
 Frank E. Robins left Wednes- day morning for Shawnee, l. T., where he has accepted position on the Daily Quill.
 Mrs. Will Brittin and daughter, Lillian, of Clinton, returned home Wednesday after visit to the fam fly of Dr. Greeson.
 Legal Blanks and general office supplies for Justices and Consta- bles for sale at this office. Come and see us when in town.
 Mrs. E. A. Tabor and children, of Little Rock, are visiting her father and mother, MT. and Mrs. J. L. Randell, in this city.
 The kid base ball team has fitted it's members out in uniform con sisting of blue quilted brooches with red stripes down the side.
 Cultivated blackberries are su- perior to wild ones. SC a quart fresh and delicious. Can furnish any quanty. 24 c. N. Menty.
 Mason E. Mitchell left Wednes- day evening for the East. He will visit relatives in North Carolina and then go to Washington, D. C.
The Conway log cabin., 1901-07-16
Buds vs. Regulars.

Last Tuesday afternoon a new ball term came on the Conway di- amond. They wore neat green uniforms with Buds in big let ters across their breast. They played the regular Conway team and for while made things inter- esting for the "invincibles." The game was theirs until Allinder went into the box and Bullion be- hind the bat. The score finally stood IS to IA in favor of the regu- lars. The Buds put up a very fair game of ball and with practice will make a strong team. The disagreable feature of the game was the continual wrangling over the decisions of the umpire.
The Conway log cabin., 1901-07-16
Mrs. Martha crossett died July

Mrs. Martha CrOSSett uleu July 2 at her home in McCrory. Mrs. Crossett was we'll known in this city, having lived here several years. During this time she made many friends who will regret to hear of her death. She leaves two children, Miss Lizzie and Joseph, who have the sympathy of a host of friends in their sad bereavement.
 Last Wednesday evening Jim Revely, son of Rev. H. L. Revely, happened to a severe accident at Halter Brothers blaming mill. While engaged in cleaning out the iron trough in the re-sawing ma chine his hand was caught by the saw and cut severely. He lost two of his fingers and part of two more. At last reports he was doing we'll.
The Conway log cabin., 1901-07-16
Lawn Party.

MT. and Mrs. Sturgiss entertain ed a number of their friends at their elegant suburban home, Tuesday evening July 9, with a delightful lawn party compliment tary to Miss Jeanette Alexander and MT. Woodruff.
 The entertainment was an ideal one for midsummer. Tables and chairs were placed upon the beau tiful lawn ill front of the residence. Delightful music and the pictur- esque beauty of the surroundings added the charm of novelty to the occasion that greatly enhanced the enjoyment of all who were so fortunate as to partake of the hos pitality of MT. and Mrs. Sturgiss.
 A delicious and elegant three course luncheon was served by a Little Rock caterer, each course just as seasonable and dainty as could be suggested by the good taste of the hostess.
 The entertainment was given that friends of the family might have an opportunity to bid Miss Alexander and MT. Woodruff goodbye, as they left Thursday for their homes in Quincy, Ill.,, after a protracted visit to MT. and Mrs. Sturgiss. Miss Alexander is a charming young lady, possessed oi many graces of character, and by her many attractions has become quite a popular favorite. She will be greatly missed by large circle of friends.
 At late hour the guests bade a reluctant farewell to their charm ing host and hotess, unanimously pronouncing the entertainment one of the most delightful of the many given by this popular cou- ple.
The Conway log cabin., 1901-07-16
Three Engines for Sale.

l have for sale at a bargain on terms to suit the purchaser, three steam engines ill good condition. Two of these engines are 20 H. P. each and the other is 25 H. P. Also one Kingsland & Douglass saw-rig and one first-class wood lathe. Address or call on me at Conway, Ark.
 7tf H. l.. THOMPSON.
The Conway log cabin., 1901-07-16

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitu- tionai disease, requires constitutional treat ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the pa tient strength by building up the constitution proprietors have so mnch faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address,
 Fl CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
 Sold by Druggists, 7sc.
 Halls Family Pills are the best g
The Conway log cabin., 1901-07-16

1 EN@TE soc aud q @ at Dragga.ss
 T. M. Woods has sold out his newspaper, the Beebe News and purchased the Searcy Beacon. MT. Woods is well known in this city, having lived here several years ago.
 There has been very little sick ness here this summer and hardly any deaths so far. This hot and dry weather seems to be far more | healthful than the rainy and damp kind.
 John w. Akines has purchased ten acres of land south of the city on the east side of the railroad from w. J. Wilkins to be used as a slaughtering pen. The ground was part of the Lea place.
 c. M. Armistead and family re- turned Wednesday from a two weeks stay at Heber. He reports that corn in the district he passed through was practically failure, while cotton was doing very well.
 We have been authorized to an- nounce that Evangelist Bob Cook will begin tent meeting at the Firestone place west of Conway on August I. Everybody is invited to attend the meeting throughout several days.
 Dr. and Mrs. Hammer have rented the Wooster house and will move into 1t as soon as some nec- essary repairs can be made. Mrs. Fannie Perminter will move back to her home, now occupied by Dr. Hammer and family.
 From a private source we learn that Horace Knowlton left last Tuesday for a stay of two or three months at Denver, Colo. with the hope that his health will be bene- fitted. Horace is we'll known here. For several years he has been a linotype operator in Little Rock.
 Sheriff Hendrickson took three negro prisoners to the penitentiary Friday morning. They were Nose l Lewis, sentenced for one year for grand larceny; Nathaniel Thomp- son, sentenced for one year for grand larceny; Frank Mars, sen fenced for two years for man. slaughter.
 ]. A. Boydston, overseer for Dis trict I, and w. H. Canada, with a force of hands, are working the Jacksonville road in the Palarm bottom, on the west side of the bridge. w. R. McHenry overseer for District 3, is working on the east side. We learn that they are making a very fine road at this point.
 Russellville' ball team was lick ed by Conway last week, and At kins licked Conway to the tune of 7 to 2I, on the Fourth. Atkins has the best ball team on the road. Atkins Chronicle.
 We beg leave to correct you, brother. That was not the Con way team that was defeated in At kins; only three of the regular team were in the game.
 The U. s. weather report for June shows that Conway had I.o1 inches of rain during that month. The greatest precipitation in the state during that time was at lone, where 3. "A inches of rain fell, and the least was at Marvell, where only one-fourth of an inch fell. The average temperature for the month at Conway was 82.
The Conway log cabin., 1901-07-16
Arkansas Gazette,
 Little Rock, Ark.
ASSESSORS NOTICE.

will meet the citizens of Faulkner County, Arkansas, on the following dates and at the places named below, for the purpose of assess ing the Real and Personal property and Per Capita Tax of all persons who are liable for the same:
 Cadron Township, at Conway, from July } to July 20 inclusive; after which time the Penalty will be added as the law requires All parties owning Real Estate are requested to bring a CORRECT TAX RECEIPT of their lands so that errors may be avoided.
 JoE RIDDEN,
 Assessor Faulkner County, Ark. May ?, 1901