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

tired and exhausted that really needed
a glass of lemonade or something And
that's all | remember about 1t, Ken
meth, It really is"
'"The town is too swift for you, Pa
Harris, that's ALL" answered the willy
son-in-law, kindly. IF I'd been able
to stay with you"-a circumstance
whicl he had been very careful to
render impossible-"this would never
have happened. But, knowing your
strict temperance principles, 1T never
occurred to me to warn you. However,
We'll never tell anyone, Pa Harris, and
dare say Marcia can manage to live
1t down somehow"
IL never thought to disgrace you
daughter" said Marcias father so pen
itently that his daughter was con
strained to rush around the table ano
embrace him forgivingly, while Ken
neth's conscience smote him HUE
But he pacified the conscience by max
ing so much of the old man during the
brief remainder of his stay in Noun
sainville that the self-respect of this
much-injured parsonage presently re-
turned to him, and by rejecting tnal
his father-in-law, in days gone by, mao
| been none too easy upon his own short
comings.
And when the said father-in-law,
shortly after reaching home, sent Mar
cha check for thousand dollars ana
himself slip Of paper worth SIM
liar sum, with instruction to wait no
longer for the Eastern capitalist, he
hadn't the least conjunction about in
vesting both sums in a new outfit for
the Second Sally, which looked up
SO Handsomely, and justified his long
standing faith in her at last. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Semester reside in a
handsome New York residence nova
days, with every possible luxury and
convenience to be secured by money
at command, and the Mountainville
days have been practically forgotten.
But every time the successful New
York capitalist sees or hears of an old
man under the influence of strong
waters, he thinks, suddenly, of a trick
he once played on an innocent and un-
suspecting old father-in-law, and feels
like giving somebody dollar.
Mrs. Kenneth Semester, however,
has never suspected the truth of that
affair.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
The Man who Won't Smile.

l have lectured now over 1920 times.
Never once, either in England, in Am
erica, on the continent, in the colonies,
never once anywhere have 1 been able
to lecture more than five minutes with
out discovering somewhere in the hall,
generally in the front seats of the
stalls, an old gentleman who will not
smile. There he sits for over an hour,
frowning at me all the time, never re-
taxing a muscle. His face seems to
say, MY poor fellow, it's very kind of
you to try to fetch me, but you can do
what you like, you can't do that" o.!
that old gentleman! There is some
thing terrible about the fascination of
that old gentleman-you cannot get
your eyes off him. If you do, it does
not make things better. You may turn
your head away, but you know he is
there. You are unhappy, wretched
You put the steam on, but to no avail.
You feel that it is your duty to enter
tain him-well, let me put it to you
honestly-you feel that you are paid
for your work, and that you are not
earning your money. What a relief
when, at last, he places both hands
behind his earsi You come to the sat
isfactory conclusion that he is stone
deaf.-Max O'Rell in Harmsworth' rs
Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
Dog brings Cat to Town.

There was establishment recently at
the home of Mrs. Harriet Harvey,
Cortland, N. Y, caused by the return
of Don, the family dog. The family
moved to that city recently bringing
the dog in a boxcar in the night. He
was disconnected and made his way
back, thirty miles, to the farm in En-
field, Tompkins county, where he was
born and raised. Don was not alone
on his return, but was accompanied by
cat that had been left on the farm
when the family removed to the city.
Both gave evidence of having had a
hard trip. They ate greedily from the
same plate and then dropped off to
sleep. Mrs. Harvey says that the dog
and the cat were firm friends on the
farm. While she knew that they were
fond of each other, she never suspected
that the cause of the dogs uneasiness
was his separation from the cat
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
Hound to win.

Down In Missouri lives a boy who
likes pets. He began with pair of
pigeons that he got in a trade for a
dog that he had traded a knife for.
His parents allowed him to keep the
pigeons until they multiplied so thar
there were pigeons all over the place.
Then he sold the pigeons and got a
every Monday. He was compelled to
dispose of 1t, and traded 1t for pair OF
game chickens. In week there wasn't
a rooster left in the neighborhood;
the game rooster had killed them ALL
His father took the game chickens for
a ride one night and lost them three
miles out in the country. Three days
afterward the boy brought them home,
but ne never told anyone how he got
them. And so he fought for his pets
one by one-his dog was lost, his lamb
stolen, his rabbits ran away. He has
CONS down to one old hen. Recently
he bought a "settin'" of eggs. A
"settin' OF eggs is as many as a
motherly hen can hatch into chicks.
He had made up his mind that his hen
was lonely and needed company, and
what so companionable as hatch OF
little chicks to scratch for? The hen,
however had different views, and
didn't want to sit on the eggs. But
he was not boy to be stumped by a
hen-hu had borne too many losses al
ready. He put the eggs in box in
which he had made nest OF hay.
Then he placed the indignant hen on
them, put a board in which he had
bored a lot of holes over her and left
her to coAne to terms. That night his
big brother kicked off the board and
set the hen free. The next morning
the boy put her back and put some
bricks on the board, for he thought
she had raised the board and released
herself. The brother kicked both
bricks and board off that night The
boy replaced hen and board again and
again they were kicked off. Then he
got hoard and made hole In it for
the hey to poke her head through and
naileS the board to the box. Once q
day hs takes the board off and chases
the hen around the yard for exercise
and twice a day he carries food and
water to her What's the use OF try.
ing to discourage boy like that?-
Kansas City Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
q think I'll go back home"

don't care about putting all my eggs
in one basket, so long as I've got Marcia
there to look after But some Eastern
capitalist will come along and jump at
the chance of stalking me, one of these
days, and meanwhile I'm making a
little money in other directions"
He was, doing business errands to
the nearest city for his more success
full friends, mostly. And the money he
made was very little, indeed.
The immediate paternal ancestor of
Mrs Semester enjoyed himself so well
In Mountainville that he stayed MICH
longer than he mad at first intended.
At the beginning of the third week of
credit the landlord of the Iroquois
Hotel limited at payment, and Kenneth
knew that something must be done.
That afternoon he took his father-in-
law down to the bad places of Noun
tainville and set him, good Christian
gentleman and elder of the church at
nome that he was, to converting the
heather. The men and women congre-
gated in the bad places were far too
smart for old Mr.. Harris, and much
more wicked. The result of the after
Moons experiment was that old Mr..
Harris was presently led home to his
| daughter in an unwonted condition
while neither drunken nor maudlin,"
as Kenneth unfeelingly expressed 1t,
when Marcia weepingly asked him
what could be the matter with papa"
the poor old gentleman was decidedly
the worse for liquor. He suffered moth
ing that evening. but he suffered much
next morning when he came down
stairs to find his daughter in bitter
tears over the fall Of the day previous
Il think I'll go back home tomorrow
Kenneth" he told his son-in-law
shamefacedly, the breakfast half over
NO" as Kenneth opened his mouth
Cor speech, don't try to dissuade me
I'm sure I'd better. I've never before
disgraced myself as did yesterday
and l did 1t quite unintentionally, Of
course. They told me 1t was strictly
temperance drink they gave me, Mar.
cia." turning to his sobbing daughter
in abtsct detection. land OF course
believed them. And l was SO hot ant
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
Current Topics

Irisbmon Succeeds x ing EdtOard
The Marquis of Ormonde is now the
commodore of the Royal Yacht Squad
ron, succeeding King Edward in that
position. The Duke of Leeds has been
made vice commodore. The election
took place few days ago at London.
Lord Ormonde is one of the most
notable men in the Irish peerage. He
Is the hereditary chief butler of Ire
land and vice admiral of Leinster. Born
at Kilkenny Castle on October s.,
1874, he succeeded the second marquis.
his father, in the great estates Of the
marquisate in 1854. He was educated
at Harrow and Joined the First Life
Guards in 1868, retiring with the rank
OF captain ten years later. The mar
quis has always been devoted to the
pastime of yachting, and is himself an
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
unresf at Stanford Vni0ersify

The recent manifesto, signed by
thirty-seven members of the faculty of
Stanford University, indorsing the ac-
ton of the owner Of the institution and
her agents in the Ross case, has not
had the desired effect. Instead of end
ing the disturbance it has stirred it up
afresh. Now an assistant professor
and an instructor lent by Harvard
few months ago to fill out the terms of
Professors Howard and Spencer have
refused permanent positions at in
creased salaries, and other designations
are expected The whole trouble, of
course, is due to the lack of clear I'M
derstanding of the conditions of en-
ployment at Stanford. Many profess
sors went there under the impression
that the institution was university in
the modern sense of the term, and
when they came into collision with the
authorities by acting under that inn
preston they felt resentful. OF course,
professors who go there now will not
be under any such misconception. They
will understand that they are employ
ed not to extend the bounds of knowl-
edge, but to teach such doctrines as are
agreeable to their superiors, and they
will have no excuse for displaying a
spirit of insubordination.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
rha Nav broom.

It is to be noticed that whenever a
north Georgia Superior court judge
comes down into the wiregrass region
to hold court he makes the lawyers
and court officers "toe the mark" de-
livers a red-hot charge to the grand
jury, says the Albany Herald, cleans
up the docket and applies the new
broom" that sweeps clean" to things
generally, and whenever one of our
south Georgia judges goes up into the
mountains to hold court he does
things in very much the same way.
And this suggests the idea that II
would be we'll to have the judges
change circuits more generally than
they do.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20

Harris" he said, lightly, land I think
you'll find Marcia as good looking and
as we'll dressed (she was, thanks to the
money saved out of her dressmaking
and her own womanly cleverness), as
when took charge of her. The Sec
ond Sally''-the mine which had eaten
up all Kenneths capital and produced
absolutely nothing so far-"isn't run
ming just now, of course, because it
needs little more capital than I've
got to spare to put in the new ma
chinery she's a-hankering for, and !
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
The Second Sally.
BY ETHEL NJ. CoLsoN.

BY ETHEL M. COLSON.
Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Kenneth Semester always main
tanned that the reason he failed in the
West was because the country was al
together too fully developed for him
to grow up with by the time he reached
it 1t was old enough to be set in Its
ways" he asseverated. before he left
Chicago.-and most of the ways were
decidedly shady. And Kenneth
groaned openly when he heard, after
seven years of unsuccessful Western
endeavor, that his wife's father was
coming out to visit them.
ut isn't that l don't like the old
man, dearie," he told Marcia, plainly
81 always liked and respected him,
even when he raised such a row be-
cause you persisted in marrying me-
And I'd welcome anybody you loved, as
you know. But it breaks me all up to
think of your father finding out what
a miserable failure l am, financially.
And when l think of all the luckier
fellows, financially speaking, who
wanted you instead"
Kenneth broke off in impatience.
And then the woman he loved and who
loved him, came to the rescue as he
might have expected her to do.
Father needn't know anything
about it, Kenneth" she told him,
that is, If you can induce your
friends to keep quiet. I've got little
money on hand I've saved out of my
dressmaking enterprise and well do
what you'd call putting up a BLUR
while fathers with us. l don't suppose
he'll stay very long," she concluded,
wistfully, for poor Marcia. reared in
the bosom of large family, hadn't
''seen soul that belonged to her." as
she was wont to express it, for seven
years.
Kenneth jumped at the offer CRATE
fully. after one of the long, loving, adj
miring glances which repaid Marcia for
so many sacrifices, and the plan wis
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20

! boys and four girls. We lived in a
small house at the head of country
lane my father having died two years
before Mother was very strict with
us; she wouldn't let us be out after 6
O'Clock at night When she went to
work in the morning she would leave
us our dinner, which consisted of two
pieces of bread and butter and few
potatoes. We never thought of having
pie or cake for our meals, but thought
ourselves lucky to get a pudding for
Christmas. and then we had to jump
from one raisin to another. There
was one thing | was very fond of and
that was Irish potatoes. | used to go
into our garden. dig them up, COOK
them and say nothing to any one.
MY mother was kind to people
worse off than herself. | remember
once gypsy came to our house. She
carried baby in her arms, as most
of them do, and, sitting down, told
such pitiful tale of woe about herself
and child that mother was sorry for
her. She went upstairs to her old
oaken chest and brought down some
clothing for her. The gypsy went
down the lane to where her compan-
ions were waiting for her, and some
children saw them and ran to hide
themselves. They saw her compan-
ions laughing at the things she re-
ceived. Since then | have learned to
know the ways of the world.
"One summers day there was to be
great wedding celebrated In our viii
lage, for a prince was to be married.
Every one was dressed in his best.
Games were played, races run, prizes
given, sheep and oxen roasted, and
everything was merry; but | didn't
feel like being gay. I. had a swelling
on my shoulder, and this day it was
worse than 1t had been since 1t cama
there. | had been crying to myself
during the day, and mother wanted
me to go to bed. but wouldn't. When
my sister Mary came home she saw
was feeling pretty badly and sha
said II / would go to bed and stay there
| would feel better in the morning
| didn't like going to bed. and | kept
wondering what she could mean. In
the morning what should l see by my
side but beautifully dressed wax doll
with cheeks like roses and eyes like
the summer sky, and golden ringleta
that hung around It's face. 1t was the
envy of all the village children. |
kept 1t till one day when left 1t out
in the sun and its face melted. l was
SO sorry that could have cried, but
/ was too big a girl to do that"
just then nurse came to say 1t was
bedtime, and both children kissed
Grandma goodnight and were soon in
the Land of Nod. Mabel Jupp, age
10. in Detroit Free Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20

The Soy Who Lives Next Door.
Oft I've envied goodly people who
could boast model boy,
The kind that will not fight. nor shout,
nor break each costly toy;
Who never tracks the mud about the
tidy house, nor slings
His playthings round the paflor floor
my boy did all these thingsl
But whenever would scold him, and
his needless ways deplore.
i would always bid him pattern by the
Boy That Lives Next Door.
Yet the playthings would get broken
In the careless little hand,
And my head came nigh to bursting
when he brought his pirate band
TO tear the house to atoms. while |
talked and talked in vain
To keep the small warm fingers from
my polished window pane,
Still. Whenever his brand new trous-
ers or his rufiied shirt he tore,
He would say "he didn't care to hear
OF that Good Boy Next Door"
1so~ az aaSt VIC peiiSCe quiVe -shoi
is stiffness every day,
And my window panes SO grlmy are
grown clean and white for aye;
And | strain mine eyes to catch the
smallest mud print on the floor,
But alasl my home is spotless as the
Boys That Lives Next Door.
Now | listen-till my yearning ears do
ache to catch a sound.
And II only | could find a saoe or
broken toy around!
But ah. no! ! only hearken, hearken
vainly evermore.
And | only hear the laughter of the
Boy That Lives Next Door
-Harper's Bazaar.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
Ofber Things Besides rUeahb.

Mr.. Schwab, president of the steel
trust, says that the boy who takes a
university course can never catch up
to the boy who enters business life at
the age of II. Catch up in what?
Obviously in acquiring wealth or ems
ployment with a view to wealth. But
there are other things and it is a pity
that a man Of Mr.. Schwab's promi-|
nence had not pointed them out. one
is that it is far from being an un1
worthy thing to acquire knowledge fok
the sake of knowledge, to be cultured9
to be many-sided as to more than one
industry and calling.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20

One cold winters night Grandma
Burns was knitting a pair of mittens
for Baby Alice, when Ethel, who was
tired Of playing with her dolls, said:
Grandma, will you tell us story?"
Certainly" was the reply. "Shall
I tell you about myself when was a
girl of ~"
Eyes, DO" cried both children
81 was one of a family of ten. six
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20

We talk great deal about the speed
of our railway trains and of our ocean
greyhounds, but we are apt to over
look the fact that there are some swift
travellers where no rails have ever
been laid and no steamship has
steered her course. The carrier pigeon
will fly at least thirty miles an hour,
and some have been known to travel
at the rate of sixty or even ninety
miles an hour Wild pigeons often fly
hundreds of miles day to feed, re-
turning to their roosts at night
Audubon says they travel mile a
minute.
Water-fowls, gulls. terms and petrels
literally fly on the wings of the wind
IL surprised in a storm. They will rise
high in the air. facing gale. and
making a little progress forward as
well as upward, Then they will sud-
denly descend with rapid flight to-
ward one side OF the storm-swept path,
but falling off at the same time In the
direction OF the blowing wind. Once
more they will sweep around and face
the storm. ascending heavenward. and
striking desperately out toward the
direction OF the storm, until finally
they work themselves to one side OF
the storm center.
During tremendous wind storms
birds may sometimes be seen flying
overhead at a great height. When
this iB noted Il may be taken for
granted that the upper air Is COM
paratively quiet. and that the storm Is
confined chiefly to the lower regions
1t is when the storm extends too high
up that they drift away with the wind,
or fly away on the edge of the hurri-
cane. Migrating birds fly over dis
tances SO great that they must needs
have great strength as we'll as great
speed In flight Bobolinks often rear
their young on the shores OF Lake
Winnipeg, and like true aristocrats go
20 Cuba and Porto Rico to spend the
winter. To do this. their fight must
twice cover a distance of more than
$500 miles. or more than a fifth of the
The little redstart travels 5000 miles
twice year What wonderful mech
anism 1t is that, In a stomach no larg-
or than pea. will manufacture its
own fuel from two or three slim cater
pillars. fly, moth, or spider, and
use II with such economy as to be able
to propel itself through the air during
the whole night at a rate OF about fifty
miles an hour. and at the same time
keep its own temperature at about 104
degrees. Not all the swift travellers,
however, make their journeys through
the air Some fish attain great speed
in the water The salmon and the
swordfish are the fastest swimmers of
ali the forked-tail fishes. Only fast
running horse could outstrip salmon.
for 1t swims a mile In less than two
minutes, and any horse could be left
behind in long race. for the fish
can cover thirty miles In an hour.
When leisurely ascending rivers, with
frequent rests In attractive pools. II
averages from fifteen to twenty-five
miles a day. In ieaping. the salmon
ean easily beat the horse, for salmon
have leaped up waterfalls twelve feet
nigh, and he prepares for leap Just
as boy does. with short, sharp run
II the water at the foot of the dam OIL
fall is not deep enough to allow thi.
preparatory run. he cannot jump
The Little Chronicle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
Founded Antl-rebaeeo society

The death is announced of DIR. De-
croix, at the age of "a. DR.. Decroix
was the founder of the French Anti
Tobacco society, and was the jealous
advocate of horsefiesh as food. He
was born at Savy, Pas-de-Calais, and
became chief veterinary surgeon of the
French army.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
Qualifications for Cadstshlp.

Candidates for appointment as ca
diets 1T the United States Military
Academy at West Point, must be at
least feet in height, of good mental
capacity, and fr@s from any physical
infirmity or defect
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20

A comprehensive map of the Chinese
empire was made in 171S by Jesuits
by special order of the emperor, Kang
HI.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
Anrloo. Pulp shipped wholena,e.

Apricot pulp to the amount of TWEEN.
ty-eight tons was recently ordered
from California by single London
jam-making firm.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20

Queen Wilhelmina was lonely
child. Impressed by her own desolate-
ness, she would threaten her dolls, for
punishment. with being kept from hay
ing anybody % play with.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20

duly carried out. When Father Harris
appeared his daughter and her hus-
band were living in good style at the
only respectable hotel Mountainville
boosted, and every one of Kenneth's
uncountable friends had been solemn
ly sworn to keep the secret of the de-
serted little frame cottage on Back
street Kenneth parted the too
searching questions of his father-in-
law very skillfully, into the bargain.
We'll. you see pw we're living, Pa
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20
rg,eds zoe .Jefferson.s Son.

A sequel to a little romance that
dates back to the summer of 1898 was
the marriage at Buzzards Bay,
Mass, the other day, of Chris