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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26

The sons of the German emperor are
being brought up in a strict school,
While the crown prince is being ini-
tiated into student life at Bonn, his
three younger brothers, Ethel Fritz,
August Wilhelm and Oscar, are hard
at work at Pleon, where they are sub
jected to daily routine stricter even
than that TO which they are accustom-
ed at home. Every day they are up
at $3.50. have their cold tubs, then their
breakfast. and forthwith begin work.
The eldest of the brothers visits the
FIRST class of the cadet school, the sec
ond one attending the lower fifth and
the third the upper third. They APP
pear to have all made plenty OF friends
there. and take an active part in ell
the games. The most popular game
at the present moment is tennis, while
the second place is apparently taken by
riding and cycling.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26

A well-known insurance man In
New York recently had some amusing
experiences in Paris. At the Cafe
Ritz, seeing fine basket of fruit on
the table, he persuaded his wife to eat
a peach while waiting for luncheon to
be served. When the bill was rem
dered there was a charge for fruit, 15
francs" He protested. One peach for
SO was little more than he thought
an American should stand. The man
ager was summoned. you have de-
stroyed the decoration of the table"
he explained you should not have
eaten the peach. You will see there is
no fruit on the bill of fare" We'll,
when fruit isn't eaten, why don't you
put a fence around it and hang out a
sign? l refuse to pay that charge. 1t
is an outrage" In very short time
our ellow-countryman had broken a
walters nose and kicked him into the
street, for which display of valor a
gendarme hauled him to the police sta
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
KING EdsOord Nor a Joker.

Some male and female American
toadies presented to Queen Alexandra,
through King Edward of England, a
medal and servile address. The king,
acknowledging in a bored way the
trouble taken. alluded to their loyal,
dutiful sentiments" This was no slip
of the tongue on the part of the Eng
lishman. There was good reason for
abiding to Americans of the class adj
dressed as loyal and dutiful," and by
the same token King Edward will find
in this country a good many others
who would also deserve to be called
loyal" by him. We possess aIaong
our inhabitants an individual who has
just gone abroad to receive some
trifling decorations from the English
monarch, says Hearst's Chicago Amer
lean.
This individual spent thousands of
American dollars fitting out an ambu-
lance corps for the British war against
the Beers. He never spent a penny
when the United States was fighting
the Spanish. 1t was right that he
should not spend anything in an
American war, for there is nothing
American about him except some
money which he got by marrying
woman whose ancestors bought cheap
land on Manhattan Island. The Amer
leans who presented the medal to King
Edward of England had helped to fit
out hospital ship to take care of the
British soldiers shot by the Beers.
Those same Americans had done moth
ing, had shown no interest, when their
own country was at war in a righteous
cause except to go about prating that
England "sympathized with us" In our
war against Spain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
Schools Of
" ~ Mexico
Especial letter.

The fact that many Mexican chill
dren are sent to the States and Eu-
rope for an education does not reflect
upon the schools of Mexico. In nearly
all cases they receive the foundation
OF their education in their native
country, but seek other parts to per-
feet themselves in their work in the
different languages.
That education is one of the prin-
cipal efforts of the government is seen
at once in the many fine schools and
colleges where all classes may receive
free a learning that enables them to
enter into any profession or business,
these schools and colleges being not
only for boys but for girls as well.
The Preparatory College in Mexico
City accommodates 5000 boys, fits
them for schools of law, medicine and
mining. The academies are well
equipped with all necessary material
and apparatus for both brain and
body.
In the cities the orphans are cared
for in Hospicios, where they receive
an education by which they may earn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
ODE H,eekIY
Panorama.
An En6Itrb BeaufY.


Lady Milbank enjoys the superior
Ity of greater number of inches than
any other of the high-born beauties
of London society. Lady Milbank
proudly boasts that she is a fraction
over the perfect hight of a man, but
none the less is she graceful for all
that.
She is blonde and blue-eyed, with
typical English skin of milk and
roses, and the artists who have paint
ed her portrait say she has the pref
tiest little ears in all England. AS
rule Lady Milbank dresses in soft,
clinging fabrics, draped with a special
view to accentuating her stately
inches, and big black hat, loaded
with plumes, is the invariable accom-
paniment of all her charming gowns.
In spite Of her good looks and great
social talents, this vigorous young wo-
man wastes little of her time in social
friyolities. She is an expert yachts
woman, holding a pilots certificate,
and also great huntress, whether the
game is deer in Scotland, foxes in Eng
land or pigs in India.
All the way from England she came
one season to fish for tarpon in Flor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
THEY COMPARE
FAVORABLY
WITH OUR OWN.

there has learned a means of liveli-
hood he or she is not permitted to
leave.
The heads of the government work
hard for the improvement of their
country and thoroughly realize that
education is the primary cause of ele-
waiting a nation. Each state strives
for the betterment of its people and
there is no reason except that of indo-
lence for ignorance among the grow
ing population.
One of the most earnest among the
many hard workers in this cause is
General Jose Vicente Villada, gov
ernor of the state of Mexico. AS the
result of his arduous labors Toluca,
capital of his state, boasts of the fin
est colleges in the republic outside
of Mexico City. At the Normal School
for Girls, which has an attendance of
600, girls learn all modes of gaining
living. Everything is taught them
law, music, art, photography, stem
ography, languages, sciences, book
binding, filagree work, sewing, en-
broidery and making flowers, nearly
all the best teachers in Mexico being
educated here. Those among the girls
who have money pay for their school
ing and those who have not are sup
ported by the state. Most of the lat
ter are Indians.
The boys have a similar college.
An institute is being built which when
completed will accommodate 1000
students in all studies, law and medi-
cine being the most important. Gov
ernor Villada takes keen interest in
the schools of his state, and they are
under his personal supervision. He
has travelled extensively and gathered
material for his public libraries and
museums, which are a portion of his
educational method
Way down in Chiapos, the most
southern state in the republic, where
there are no railroads, Governor Ra-
fael Pimental has just completed the
erection of a Normal school. Teach
ers will be sent out from this college
to enlighten the children of the sur
rounding country. These schools are
non-sectarian and are all under the
general head of the government. The
average Mexican is a good student
painstaking and anxious to learn.
They are very fond of English, and al
| though it is very difficult for them to
pronounce it, they speak it well. In
many of the mountain districts it is
difficult to place schools on account
of the continuous changing of the
population, but as time advances II
will be found necessary.
The peon does not learn to advance
rapidly, but it is the fault of his de-
sire rather than his intellect. A
kindly gentleman once tried to ex-
plain to a peon porter in a hotel thai
it would be better for him to expand
his brain with learning than crush il
with the heavy loads he carried on his
head. He thought for while and
then answered that a trunk was heavy
enough for his to carry without the
additional weight of knowledge.
f. e. A. WRIGHT.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
FIGHTS FOR ISLAM.
CHRISTIAN AT THE HEAD OF
MOROCCO'S ARMY.
He Is q scotchman with the Highland
Name of Macieau-His Daring Deeds
In Battle Have Won Honor for
Hin.
fTangier letter.

The commander-in-chief OF the
Moorish army is young Scotsman
named Maclean, member of High
land clan. Entering the British army
thirty years ago Maclean saw some ac-
tive fighting When Mulai Hassan. the
Sultan of Morocco, decided to reor-
ganize his army, he applied to England
for a drill master, and Maclean re-
ceived the disappointment Soon after
his arrival among the Moors he won
the Sultan's confidence and became not
only the commander-in-chief of the
Sherefian army, but the trusted ad-
wiser of the late ruler. He reorganized
the army, and his daring deeds in bat
tie impressed the natives so much that
he practically held the nomination to
the throne on the death of Mulai Has
san, although the grand vizier, Ahmed
Ven Mussa, also possessed much in
fiuence.
The sultan's brother was ready to
seize the throne, but, as Maclean and
Ben Mussa were the only persons pres
emit when the sultan died within two
days. march of Marakesh, they had the
body conveyed secretly to that city,
where they announced the death and
had Mulai Hassan's son, Abel-Aziz,
proclaimed in his stead, and a slight
outbreak was quickly suppressed by
Macleans admirably disciplined SOL
diers.
The new sultan being only Is years
OF age, a regent was necessary, and
Ben Mussa was appointed, with Mac
leans influence, power and hand be-
hind him. An incipient opposition
which broke out was suppressed with
a strong hand, as all risings OF tribes
have been, notably that of the Misfiwa
tribe a few years ago. To prevent IL
possible the recurrence of such Incl
dents, the heads of fifty prominent
Misfwa tribesmen figure on spikes
over the city gates of the port of Ra-
bat and similar number adorned the
gates at Fee. Maclean always leads
the punitive expeditions himself, and
has thus seen much tribal fighting. On
the death of Ben Mussa last year the
Sultan took up the reins of govern
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
RATES ARE REASONABLE.

A False Impression Corrected - ran
American Exposition Railroad fAres
and Hotel Rates Low Couio De
Expected.
Buffalo, N. Y, July BOA Joint
meeting of railway passenger agents,
hotel and newspaper men was nelu
this afternoon with the view OF ADOPT
ing some means for correcting SO tar
as possible the impression that ap-
pears to prevail at distant points that
railway rates to the Pan-American Elk
position are high and that hotel rates
in Buffalo are excessive. The CONFER
ence revealed the fact that Buffalo can
accommodate two hundred thousand
visitors in its private houses and no.
tells at rates ranging from fifty cents
to two dollars per night, and that no
one need pay more than one dollar
for a frst-class lodging in a private
house. 1t was also shown that the
railroad rate is lower than for any
former exposition for a five, ten or
fifteen day ticket, according to dis
lance, being at the rate of one fare
plus one dollar for the round trip,
from all parts of the country. The
Niagara Falls cheap, one-day special
excursions of former years, when
trains were overcrowded and everyone
subjected to great discomfort, are re-
membered only so far as the low rate
is concerned, and this is quoted as
showing what might be done. The
passenger agents assert that the pres
emit half rates are as low as can rea-
sonably be expected. An extension of
the present limit has been looked for,
as it gives too short time for anyone
to see the big exposition, but it has
not yet been modified. Other points
which the representatives of the pub
fishers association will lay stress
upon are that the Exposition is COM
pleted in all details and that both
Buffalo and the Exposition are well
policed and as free from dangerous
characters as any city in the country.
A joint committee was appointed to
deal with questions affecting the Ex-
position and the proper welcome and
care of guests. The Exposition has
had in operation for some time free
bureau of information for the conve-
nience of intending visitors.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26

Is 1t generally known that the fash
ion of pretty girdles from which de-
pend chains supporting knickknacks
dates back to Louis XIII? In those
days there were girdles known as
"demi-cent," which reached fabulous
prices. From them hung gold chains,
gold-handled scissors and gold-purses,
like those which are in so much favor
to-day, and small, round mirrors, for
which women have displayed such rare
fidelity, although their form has been
slightly varied.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
Ices For Little ohlIdrsp.

London ices for the London boy!"
That is the motto of British COM
pany which has been formed to sell
penny ices, guaranteed pure and of
wholesome manufacture, from clean
barrows, attended by clean British
statesmen in clean white coats. Every
ice will be served in a paper cup with
a metal spoon, both intended to be
thrown away when once used, so that
the propagation OF disease by repeated
washings of Eyeglasses in water that
is far from reputable may be avoided.
1t is no testing matter, this selling of
unwholesome ices by peripatetic
Italian vendors. AS each summer
comes around the same warning is
given by medical officers against the
half-penny ices of the streets, the same
neglect of the warnings by careless
children, the same record of deaths
traced directly to the ice-barrow. This
new and recent supply "of ices for
the boy is a direct outcome of the
forceful admonition of the health
officers concerning this kind of ire
form"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26


a living in the various paths of life.
Girls and boys are trained alike, no
Partially being shown in sex. The
largest of these schools is in Guada-
lajara, where 1900 children between
the ages of 8 and Is are domiciled.
The girls are taught to sew, embroid-
err, cook, teach and work in business
lines, and the boys are taught all
kinds of trades, and in fact whatever
they show disposition to learn.
All over the Republic of Mexico are
excellent public schools and compul-
sorry education is a law although not
well carried out owing to the indiffer-
ence of the lower classes-the poems.
In the prisons education is enforced.
The incarcerated are taught to read,
write, make hats, shoes, clothing, ETC.,
and those who do not know a trade
are obliged to learn one. In the cor
rectional schools the same rule is fol-
lowed, and until the person placed
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
our,ou. Tenure. in Ensland.

Some of the English tenures are ex-
ceedingly curious. A farm near Broad
house in Yorkshire pays annually to
the landlord a SNOWFALL in midsummer
and a red rose at Christmas. The
manor of Foston is held by rental of
two arrows and loaf of bread. An es-
tate in the north Of England is held by
the exhibition before court every
seven years of certain vase owned by
the family, another in Suffolk by ar
annual rental of two white doves.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
NEW FISH IN SUPERIOR.
Successful Planting of steelhead Salmon
by the Governments.

An interesting experiment has been
under way for the past four years by
the United States fish commission at
the station at Duluth, Mimi. 1t has
now resulted in the successful plant
ing and acclimation in Lake Superior
of new food fish. This is the famous
steelhead salmon of the Pacific, salt
water fish exclusively heretofore. 1t
was believed that this fish would thrive
in the cold, fresh water of Lake Su-
perior, where so many other salmoni-
dae grow. -Four years ago, therefore,
the commission sent here several&hou-
sand fry and planted them on the
north shore of the lake, near Port Ar
thur and at Silver Islet, both points on
the Canadian side. The following year
a larger number was planted off Isle
Royale, and since then the planting
has been kept up. Now from time to
time the catch of an occasional steel
head is reported, and from the size of
those found it is estimated they are
growing about pound year in these
fresh waters. 1t is also evident from
certain notifications of some of those
specimens caught, that they have been
propagating and increasing naturally.
Fish of this kind five pounds in weight
have been caught the past few days
These salmon are now spawning, and
notices are being sent out, asking al
fishermen who find them in their nets
to throw them back in the water, in
order that the work of the government
may be aided as fast as possible. The
saltwater steelhead salmon as modi
fed by existence in Lake Superior II
said to have mosA delicate flavor, tt
be we'll shaped ane srm, and to hav,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
HOW pstroIsnm Il. Rstinsd.

The refining of petroleum is a proc
esss of distillation, in which it is sepa-
rated into several marketable prod
ucts. There are two methods of dis
tillation, known technically as "in
yacuo" and cracking" In the first
the petroleum is distilled in a partial
vacuum, and in the second, with SUI
perheated steam. This process re-
ceives its name from the cracking
sound of the steam as 1t enters the I'M
distilled petroleum
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26

ment, Maclean still retaining his pre-
dominant influence.
The Moorish commander-in-chief,
whose full name is Harry Aubry de
We're Maclean, is a c. NJ g., and is 81
years of age He is married and has
three daughters and one son living.
At Fee and Marakesh the family live
in palaces of Oriental magnificence.
The army over which this intrepid
Scotsman is the commander-in-chief
comprises about 10000 men, and is
equipped with European rifles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO. 8

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the firm OF +. j. Cheney & Co.,
and State aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Hall Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1884
rcr.1 A. w. GLEASON,
loAAHI Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, ana
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
r. ]. CHENEY 81 CO., Toledo u
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
THE MAHOGANY HUNTERS


Big Wages
The mahogany hunter Is the most
important AMI best paid laborer In the
Central and South American service,
for upon his skill and activity largely
depends the success of the season. The
trees do not grow in groups, but are
scattered promiscuously through the
forest and hidden in the dense growth
of underbrush, vines and creepers, and
1t requires skillful and experienced
woodsmen to find them. To fell a
large mahogany tree is one days task
for two men. On account of the thorn
like spurs which project from the
trunk at it's base, scaffolds are erected
and the tree cut off above these pro-
tuberances, which leaves a stump from
ten to fifteen feet high thus wasting
the best part of the tree. After trim
ming the tree of its branches 1t is
hauled by means of crude truck, with
oxen as motive power, to the bank OF
the river There the logs are collected
and made ready for the floods. On the
longest rivers these begin in June and
July and on others in October and No
vember. The logs are turned adrift
and when they reach tidewater are
caught by means of booms From the
boom the logs are taken to the "em-
barcadero" and prepared for shipment.
A tree makes from two to five logs,
measuring ten to eighteen feet in
length and from twenty to twenty-four
inches, in diameter after being hewn.
There is great range in the value
OF mahogany timber. The poor grade
of short stock may sell as low as fifty
cents for 1000 feet, while fancy ma
terial, used in the manufacture of tops
of counters, may be worth $3.50 for
1000 feet, or even higher. Previous
to the war in Cuba much mahogany
was shipped from the island to the
United States, and the trade has been
reviving within the last two years
The finest quality from this source Is
called the "San Jago" and is used in
the manufacture of fancy furniture and
for the interior work of houses The
price of this variety, made on an inch
basis, ranges from $40 to $165 for 1000
feet Fine hard Mexican mahogany,
which is one of the most satisfactory
kinds for fine furniture or interior
work, is sold according to the grade
1t is a hard wood of good color, and
finishes well. The "firsts" and Sec
onds" in this class of stock are sold for
about $3.50 for 1000 feet, but when it is
selected it is worth from $170 to 5000
for 1000 feet. Commons" sell at
from $110 to $145, and "culls" lowest
grade) at from $50 to 800. The soft
Mexican mahogany is not desirable.
and, in all grades is worth from $40 to
$25 for 1000 feet less than the hard
variety.
From being an article of luxury, and
used only for expensive work, mahog-
any Is becoming one of the staple fin
ishing and furniture woods of the
United States. 1t is not a cheap wood
and undoubtedly never will be, but
even houses of moderate cost may
contain one or more rooms finished
with it, and as a furniture wood it has
become a standard. 1t is reported that
one of the leading furniture factories
of Michigan will use this year mahog-
any for 80 per cent of it's product, and
other furniture makers throughout
the country are making medium sized
goods of this material It's use as a
veneering is extensive.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26

Messrs. Carnegie and Schwab have
co-operated before, and we are not
sure, says the American Machinist, but
that Carnegie's gift of $1O,OOO.OOO to
make tuition free in Scotch universe
ties is deep-laid scheme to disqualify
all young Scotchmen from becoming
efficient competitors with American
steel works by giving them all a col
lege education.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26

Visitors to Salt Lake will find no
better place to combine pleasure and
health than at the Sanitarium Baths
one of the finest bathing resorts in the
country. Whether for washing away
the dust of travel or simply to spend a
pleasant hour, you will find what you
want in either the private baths or the
large swimming pools. Open day and
night and within five minutes walk OF
all the hotels-anyone will tell you
where
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
Arc You Using ALIENS Foot EaseY

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Adj
dress, Allen S. 0lmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26

Women in the Philippines, at least
IN the island Of Luzon, are showing
wonderful skill as lspidaries and gem
settlers. Their taste and workmanship
men.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26

Wah~ta-wass, the full-blood indian
girl who is preparing to enter Rad
cline College, Cambridge, Mass, is at
present employed as a typewriter and
stenosrapher in the office of Boston
lawyer and does her studying for her
examinations at night.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26

will be found that down at the Bottom
of his charges against Schley was the
ambition to do something that would
attract national attention to his work.
He has succeeded in making himself
rich In dollars if not in the esteem of
the American people. He was edu-
Gated at Cornell. He worked as a re-
porter on the New York Tribune. He
got a situation in the lighthouse SER
vice, and later got clerkship in the
navy.