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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

Lafeyer. Chas.-eH nex ne4 sex. Sec. 9, TIP. 4.
r. "a; nwA nwH. Sec. 4; part in Blaine and
part In Custer county.
Tax ana penalties ---.-.--.....-......... s24.02
Lewis. l. Patented mineral land In Lost
River Mining district. described as follows
Star OF Hope and Gold Dollar Consolidated
lodes, containing sO22i acres.
Tax and penalties. ...-............. s25s
Lemp, John-Patented mineral land situated in
Seafoam Mining district, described as Blue /.
Alta johnson. Boise and Gray Eagle. con-
tanning so acres.
Tax and penalties. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. $3.50
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11
SOCIETIES.

CUSTER LODGE NO. 81, 1. O. o. F.
Regular meetings each Saturday
night at o'clock at their hall in
Challis. Visiting Brothers in good
standing are invited.
G. /. LANE, n. G.
J. G. FINNELL, Secretary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

SUPREME COURT.
Ralph p. Quarles,
i. n. Sullivan.
Charles Stockslager.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-19
weigh, Les, ., r..,,...

During prolonged fast the loss o,
weight Is unusually rapid ut first. and
decreascs as the time goes on: death
cnsues wheu q certain percentage of
the loss has been reached. a.d this
percentage varies according to the or.
igtnai weight. Fat animals may los.
half their weight. thinner ones Der.
haps two-hfths: a man or woman of
rather spare build. Weighing 1is
pounds. might. therefore. lose abou,
90 pounds before succumbing. Chill
drcn die after fast of from three to
hvc days. during which they have los,
quarter Of their weight. Healthy
adults. however. have tasted so days
when water has been taken. A Ger
man physician reports the case of a
woman. aged a years. who tasted for
as days. taking water freely. She los,
~ pounds out Of 1i3 pounds. and died
from exhaustion.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-19
News and VI6WS
xoaIan Tris. Injunction.

A decidedly interesting situation II
developing In Oklahoma. where the
United States federal government has
been planning to throw open for sct-
t,ement the lands OF the Kiowa. Com
anche and Apache Indians on Aug. ?.
says an editorial writer In the Chicago
News. As has happened heretofore
when Indian lands were opened for
settlement. the boomers" In large
numbers have lined up along the bor-
der Of the territory. Some of them. In
their anxiety lest they be unfortunate
In the distribution. have crossed the
Ing out claims which seem desirable
and preparing to seize and hold them
by force. To obviatc this. the federal
oflicials have arranged novel plan
OF drawing lots: the man drawing the
hrst number receiving the right to take
his pick. the one drawing the next
number securing second choice and
SO on.
As there are only IS. i73 homestead
claims. II was certain that many OF the
boomers must be disappointed and the
prospects for an open clash were
bright. Now. however. new and
wholly unexpected complication ap-
pears in the shape OF a protest from
poor Lo himself. The humble red
man. In the person Of one Lone Wolf.
through his attorneys. propose to plead
In the courts that under the constitu-
tion mo person shall be deprived OF
life. liberty or property without due
process Of law" and that therefore tho
taking OF the Indians lind is uneon-
stitutionai. Whether or not l4o II .
person" Is for the courts to discover.
Certainly he has not always been treat
ed N such. but his present attitude OF
resistance indicates that he may have
been undergoing n process OF evolution
which Is turning him into one.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-19
A. ARTIFICIAL Mas.

A doctor has calculated how much II
would cost TO make nm artificial man.
lie cstimatcs that n pair Of arms cost
S0O. or with the hands articulatc,i cost
about Sl73: pair Of legs. also articu.
lated. cost about $40: a false nose In
metal from $50 to 500. For $l3O lie
believes that he could get a pair u ears
just like natures hnndiwork. fitted
with artificial ear drums and rrson.
ntors. A complete set Of teeth. with
palate In platinum. ccsis from $40 TO
S00. and for a good pair OF artificial
eyes about s:'O would hive to bc paid.
Thus the total cost Of rcstorinE hat.
tered veteran who has lost most of his
separate parts would bc about 5000.
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yVhen E..rrcmc1 Nicer.

Extremes met at the recent confer
ring OF degrees at the University OF
Melbourne. The duke of Cornwall
and York received his D. C. L. and an
engine driver In the employ of the
victorian railway department. James
horatio o'Connell, took the degrees OF
master OF arts and bachelor of science.
oconnell is n towering Irish-Austra-
nan giant, and he gained these aca-
uemic distinctions by his own unaided
EFFORTS. by constant study in his leis.
ure hours. indomitable pluck and per.
severance.
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A Disappear
ing Town.

Eorthwich. the center OF the salt in
dustry OF Great Britain. is ono Of the
Queerest towns In the country. The
whole underlying country is simply one
mass OF salt. When descending shaft.
ono psases through successive thick
strata Of the mineral. Tho mining Of
the salt constitutes the staple industry
OF the district. aud from which North
wIch alone 100000 tons OF salt are
shipped annually. The product 10 OBJ
tained by two methods-Quarrying and
brine pumping. In the former case.
which is the method generally adopted.
. shaft Is sunk about 800 feet. and the
salt rock blasted and excavated In the
usual manner. Ths hrine-pumping. al
though II IL still continued upon q
large scale. 10 gradually falling into
disuse. When the industry was started
u was considered that only one STRAIT
nm OF salt existed. and that was only .
few feet below the surface. Fresh
water found Its way to this sx-
tensive salt deposit. with the rsauit
that the salt dissolved like snow. A
huge subterrancan lake OF water.
charged with 26 per cent Of salt, vas
thus formed. Pumping engines Wsre
then installed to convey this brine to
the surface to large evaporating pans,
In which . heavy deposit Of salt was
loft after tho water had evaporated.
Tho result OF this extensive pumping
70 that Northwich rests. - Il were. up
On . shall OF earth. which at times
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-19
Holm FISKE.

place among living American histor,-
ans. His fame grew steadily az each
succeeding year added new link to
the elaborate series of American his
tories which he had planned and part
leaves that enterprise unfinished. but
the portions completed are still suf-
ficicnt TO give him permanent place
by the side OF Parkman. whose success
sor In many respects he was. In nr;is-
tic beauty OF diction he was not Park
mans equal. but in breadth of knowl-
edge. OF sympathy. and Of outlook he
had no superior among all the his.
torians the nation has produced. Pro-
fessor Fiskc was famiiiarizing Amer
leans with the history OF their coun-
try from the date OF It's discovery. He
had the faculty Of infusing interest
into the dricst periods. His historical
knowledge was encyclopedia. yet with
his great powers of memory he also
had rare Judgment that enabled him
TO tell the interesting things and leave
out the rest. He wrote history as n
good novelist writes stories. While his
work was not always free from error,
II was In the main remarkably re-
liable. He did not aim ut the bril-
liancy OF Macaulay or Froude. but he
was more lust and more accurate. He
did not describe the manners, customs.
and conditions of the people as Nc
Master does, for the longer period OF
time he covered would not allow of II.
His tolerant spirit. his kindly but
judicial attitude. and his clear and
natural English make his books de-
lightful reading.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-19
wU's PREDECESSORS.

Ons Gave Reception at which AeasTt.
ssas We're DisrsspsetsuL
There had been Chinese ministers
before all Of them men OF good abil-
ity: all Of them men Of high standing
at home; and all OF them 80 little In
touch with the affairs OF the country
to which they were accredited. taat
they were regarded populariy as OBJ
jects OF curiosity-it is to be feared.
sometimes as objects Of derision by She
unthinking. The first of the list.
Chen Ian Pin. was accredited to yhe
United States In the administration Of
President Hayes. and then followed. In
succession. ChenE Tsao Ju. Chang Yen
hoon. Tsui Kwo-yin and Yang-yu. So
far as the public was concerned. one
OF these gentlemen was the same as
another. Few. except the clerks In the
State Department. could remember one
OF them without consulting the record.
II was known In q general way that
there was Chinese legation In wash-
ington. that there was minister. pe-
sumably 4 heathcn. that he had attend
ants patterned after himself. that their
ways were not our ways. and that their
god was not our God. One OF the
earlier In the llst-which one does not
matter now-thought to enter into the
social life OF the capital. and gave n
reception. Invitations were issued. all
In due form. Preparations were made
on a generous and hospitable scale.
and when the night came the well-bred
Christians OF Washington poured down
on the old Stewart Castle which was
then occupied as the legation. and
swarmed over II like an untamed
horde Of Boxers. Some came by invi-
tation. more without. They crushed
and crowded through the rooms: they
battered the furniture: they assaulted
the supper-tables In columns and
squares. seized the champagne bottles
from the hands OF the helpless walters.
smashed the necks Of the bottles to
get At tho wine more quickly. and al
together showed n little consideration
for their host A. II he had been freak
In q museum. They did not mean to
be rude. and many OF them were heart
lily ashamed Of themselves aftcrward:
but for years II never occurred to most
people that the minister from China
should be treated with as distin-
Euishcd consideration n the represent
ativc Of any other powell. A. Cool.
tdKe in Ainsicc's
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TIL. Approaching x...,.s OF s.,........

The Approaching Msetlng os Scisatists.
Colorado men will take a prominen,
part In the discussions that are
planned for the next annual session OF
the section OF the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement OF Science
devoted to mathematics and astron-
Omy. This group Of scientists will
meet in room two Of high school No.
I. beginning on August 2Jth. Al.
though part Of the parent body of the
association, they are separate In the
line OF their work. While It In expect.
el that only about twenty-five are to
he present. the disparity In numbers Is
ofrse: by the Importance OF the sub
jccts to be. discussed. The leader OF
this section is the famous Professor
In New York.
The reading Of papers and discus.
sions upon them Will begin on the sec.
ond day OF their meeting. One OF the
topics that " exciting u good deal OF
Interest IL that of the application OF
the fundamental laws OF algebra 10 In
finite series. II Will be read by Pro
fcssor Fl0rlnn Cajori OF the Colorado
College. He will also lead the discus.
sion on another subject with his pa
per on "Conlitionnlly Convcrgent Sc
rics Whose Product IL Absolutely Con-
vergent."
Herbert Alonxo Howe. director Of
the ChnmlcrlIn observatory. attached
TO the University OF Denver. will take
a very prominent part In the convcn.
tion. devoting Ills papers 80 the discus
sion Of astronomical subjects. Mr..
Howe Is an authority along some lines
Of his work. and will discuss the next
appearance Of Eros and give u note on
n direct solution of keplcr's problem.
His principal paper will In on the
great meteor Of December I. 1900.
Others who will present papers at
the meeting are: Professor II. Wood.
ward Of Columbia University. Miss
Mary Proctor OF New York. Professor
l.. T.. Dickson Of the University Of
Chicago. DIR. J. ]. Hutchinson OF Cor.
nell College. Professor r. J. J. Sec Of
the United States Naval Observatory
and Professor Cleveland Able Of the
Weather Bureau In Washington.
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Northwlch. In England. Is
Dropping Out Of
Sight.

occur covers about two square miles.
A lew years ago the matter was
brought before the attention Of the
British Parliament, and the result OF
their Investigations showed that dam
age had been inflicted upon s92 build
ings, OF which total $50 comprised
houses and cottages. Some idea OF the
extent OF the excavations In this area
may be gathered from the fact that
as . ton OF salt represents one cubic
yard. and l.20O. 900 tons OF salt arc pro-
duccd every year. therefore 1900. 1000
cubic yards OF solid material underly-
ing the town IL removed annually.
The water from the river also Gravi-
tates toward these subsidences. causing
huge inland lakes. which a9ravate tho
danger. One OF these lakes. locally
called flashes" covers no less than
100 acrcs and varies from 70 to 80 feet
In depth.
Notwithstanding the frequency OF
these subsidenccs and that they are Of
ten unexpected. strange to say not a
single life has been lost. Havoc has
been wrosht among cattle. however.
several animals having been complete
ly engulfed. The tall shafts OF the
pumping stations are also another
source Of danger. since they are gradu-
ally thown out Of plumb. tho list con-
tinuiug until the stack heels over.
buryinE and destroying everything In
It's path.
.
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Sunlight a, D,n.r.n, Localities.

Instruments are set up at various
meteorological observatories that auto
matically register the periods during
which the sun is unobscured by clouds
during the daylight hours. and tables
are printed giving the actual NUMBER
Of hours Of sunlight during each year.
BY comparing the actual number OF
sunlight hours with the number OF
hours during which the sun is above
the horizon at each place percentage
number is obtained. as in the follow
ing small table. In New York city. for
instance. GA per cent OF the daylight
hours, on the average are sunny.
st. Petersburg. "a per cent: Ham,
burg. 2s per cent; Dublin, 80 per cent;
Berlin. 80 per cent: Oxford. 30 per
cent; London. 90 per cent; ventnor.
81 per cent; Vienna. rs per cent: Eur
ich. AZ per cent: Lagano. sc per cent:
Padua. 46 per cent: Rome, 30 per cent;
New York, 81 per cent; Madrid. As per
cent.
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Modern Ar, No, Appreciates.

unless some very marked change
comes soon In the position Of afYaire
artists will have cause to remember
the present season rs one OF the worst
on record. says London newspaper.
Not Tor many years have the sales at
the art galleries been so Disappointing.
A daub by man who has been dead
long enough will fetch hundreds or
even thousands. while better piece of
work by living artist will not find n
bidder.
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proves insumcicut to support the
weight Of the houses. with the inevit-
able consequence that the buildings
arc constantly sliding and coiiapsins
In every direction. Our illustration con-
veys q very graphic idea Of tho maxni-
tude OF these subsidcnccs and their
effect upon public property. As the re-
suit OF n subsidcncc. the building
shown In our illustration fell over upon
It's back In the course OF n single night.
and II is noteworthy that the house.
owing TO the care observed In Its con-
stTuction. fell over intact. not . crack
being produced in the walls nor even
n pane Of glass being broken. This Is
by no means n single instance.
Throughout the town the samc effects
nrs TO be observed upon all sides. There
is scarcely a perpendicular wall to be
seen: IN numerous cases the doors and
window frames OF the houses are awry.
tho roads are extremely uneven. and
arc often closed owing to the falling
IN OF portions. Houses are being con-
tinually condemned as unsafe for hui
man habitation and demolished. The
depreciation Of public property Is cnor-
nous. no matter how substantially a
house may be built. or how great the
care observed to obviate subsistence,
the building is bound to sink sooner OF
later. In one instance. house that
cost $50 900 to erect was shortly after
ward sold for 81. 500, II had been SO in
5ured by subsiding. In some cases the
sinking is very gradual. while in 9TH
q L.. t,I ol n N rf n n
One OF the principal throughfarcs took
forty years to sink fifteen feet, while
another grew appreciably wider every
day. Examination proved that one side
of the street was slipping completely
away. In this instance the foundations
OF the houses were three feet distant
from the buildings which :hey origin
aily supported. The shop Of a dry goods
merchant sank one-ffth OF Its height
in ten years. and in the subsequent
seven years subsidized another fifth.
Several houses may be seen. the win
dows OF the ground floor OF which are
common circumstance for building
to be constructed and have to be aban-
doned shortly after its completion.
The Inhabitants. however. endeavor
to mitigate the danger Of their build
inRs' collapsing by constructing them
upon the frame principle, with massive
timber beams securely bolted together.
BY this means II a subsidence occurs
the house does not necessarily collapse.
hut heels over in toto. In this instance
the house Is raised to its normal posi-
tion once more by means of jacks, the
cavity filled in and the building once
more rests upon firm foundation.
Should another subsistence occur the
process of lifting is repeated. In the
case of the subject of our illustration.
however, the original house was so
damaged that 1t had to be demolished
and the ground prepared for the build
Ing depicted in our illustration. But 1t
had not been built twelve months be-
fore another subsistence occurred
throwing the building into the position
shown In the photograph.
Yawning chasms are constantly ap-
pearing in the streets, and in some in
stances the cavities are so extensive
as to necessitate the closing of the
thoroughfare.
The area in which those subsidences
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JAPANESE CURIOSITY.
Natives Of Jspas Rsssiady stare st
Aassteas Rsssdssts.

Natives ss Jspas Rssstsdy stare st
Aassscss Rs>sdssss.
Tho foreigner travelling In Japan Is
soon made aware Of tho quality OF
curiosity. On every railroad platform
he Ii surrounded by crowd OF people
who. with their mouths rs wide open
as their eyes In their effort to lose no
detail OF interest. regard him slowly
from head TO foot and comment upon
him among themselves tho while.
These people may have seen hundreds
OF forcisners-thcy may sec them
every day-but they continue to act as
IL they had never seen one before.
visited some Americans In Tokyo who
had lived In the same house with the
same japanese ncishbors for about a
year. Yet each time that wc went out
TO drive the people In the little Jap
ancsc house near by would rush 10
their windows and stand watching rs
eagerly rs small Yankee ut the c.v-
Gus. This happened every day. II r.
always possible to tell whether a for
cigner happens to be In hiB garden. fer
n goodsizei crowd Of Japanesc gath
cred about the gate announces tho I'M.
portant fact. I gave several talks ann
lectures to school children and young
men and women In Japan. They were
Interpreted. ]. Of course. speaking in
English. SO that half OF the address,
was understood by only n few. Yet I
have never seen audiences NOR. nbso.
lutely attentive. Not word was lost
and the same concentration was shown
while was speaking rs when the in.
terprctcr was turning II into Japan.
csc. Little school chiidren-boys and
girls-sat drinking everything in. with
their eyes popping out of their hca6a
until had finished. I never aattered
myself that this was due to the fascin-
alton Of my discourse, but merely to
the great curiosity OF my audience,
their power of concentration and their
receptivity.-Ainslee's Magazine.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-19
AN IMPERIAL rA,' ,
germany. Empsro, NJ.

"eF"Any'' E,npsro, NJ.
The French lind -
lan, mmpoonlnE Emperor ,y T.l
many. many. One story h., w
Gn.,,1 nor TO the monarch. rs
crossed or con,radIr,s',a "lya \
~ . the lobe of hi. ri,t,n ~
mnil'h mum nn and fonda.,rs =
nan, hnnd. When he wa. ~
% innd Mt the time Of ,ss
HfnI :, J., he received Il tsl,.,,.l
i II IN the presence q =.
smart little nephexS. y FL
something some in the t,I-,,,.l
'ose'i,er @ please hi, ~
On Gncs began to tug a, l.J
tie fellow looked % ,.J n '.'1
uncle, ..h why do You Iuil n.y.
,,na n,'raus" . aus | am aassy,t|
hnI," was the reply
do you alway. d al
are nnnoy-l?" aid ,k.J
Yes; NY darling. MI
,,,.a, And when ya at, r,,]
ANNOYED mn, what do yoa i
this juvenile lnlul,.,.
Then I pull .om.s..,,,
said William II.
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The Ira, ~

To a Thoughtful sl.. IN
y one OF serious is,a,t n
" Erapplrd with. ss.E@
" before you are as,., Z
IN this trsf'vci mHes ,r~ss
Gus disorders shiss l,i,s
such hs elnstlps,ls-. tssrs
ria. blllousnes,. lir,r ~
bl-s. liosiritsr, s,s-l-f
onaStliablc rsiH.,y .r Il
BE Sure 20 Eire ~. tn.
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\ lils-sihn..inJ

\ hlo"'lhound Haa hi,
erred 10y n ;crmsn ,y,.,
individual Whose ..t., :
Keen that hr eau r,woJ
NJ a 'lisIancr of ..rr,lJ
liz Is blInlfuklrl. ~.
resulting from thl, ~
sense Is that all ,lr EsnS
lily have a rharactsr..,s
each family la. Il. I,.s]
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Yin-. In Nru Yaes.

The fines collected In New York po.
lice courts last year amounted to SIs.-
.kJI. In 1S.9 the total was xlOD.,s!,.
Prior TO the establishment OF the pres.
cnt board OF city magistrates the nv-
crn.c annual collections were from
$4,000 TO Si5.OD. In 1SaJ the total
collections from fines amounted to
S:t1.13J.
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ACCIDENTLy KILI,ED.

D,d he leave his family anything7 II
Hqa1is qnrgs hnrt or sick, are they provided
western Life and Accident co. writes
,ne best policy In the worid-Iife. Acct
u.ht iealth. separately or all combin-
.u; NO man or woman can AFFORD tn
take chances. a policy for either sex
n,,,ii, IRON eighteen to sixty. Send age aud &C,
u,uph,ion for particulars. Agents wanted
~ ~ nvcry town. No experience required,
Wfte To-day. WESTERN LIFE. AND
ACCIDENT CO. Denver. Colo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-19
The flnro.inrn nal,

A pretty new idea is the .'Florodora''
belt, named for the famous New York
play. 1t Is made Of broad black satin
ribbons, studded with gold. has gold
clasps. and two gold embroidered ends
which fall some four or five inches to
the skirt. All the belts are made to
give the effect OF the downward dip in
front. which Is SO fashionable this
year.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-19
Go,.r,w,n, From, nm r.,,,-.

The profit OF the government on coin.
Ing copper II considerable. Cent coins
consist OF five per cent. of tin and zine
and nincty-iivc per cent. Of copper.
They cost the government about forty
two cents n pound and there are lis In
a pound. 80 that the treasury makes
just S1.OG on each pound coined.
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A Good Cricteter.

Dr. w. @. Grace was once giving n
brilliant batting display OF the Oval.
and one OF the spectators observed to
his friend. did you ever see anything
ike itT Why. he puts 'em wherever
he likes" WELL" said the other, its
all practice-he's always at it-hc
doesn't waste any of his time over
family prayers."-C. W. Alcock's
Cricket Storics.'
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-19
Derby winner and Wen bc su,r.,

Derby Winner and Wen 10 Supreme.
America will be supreme when ono
of her citizens breeds Derby winner
and, without letting anyone else own
so much as hair of his tail. races him
In his own colors. There is nothing in
buying an English horse to win an
English race. With such magnificent
breeding establishments as Woodburn.
Belle Meade, Elmendorf. McGrath,ana.
Runnymede. Dixiana, Rancho del Paso.
the Nursery, Castloton, Beaumont
Meadowthorpe. La Belle, Brookdale
and Raneocas. in which millions are
invested, the prediction is ventured
that within five years we shall have
the horse We are looking for--and the
man too. Nee York Press.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-19
Ns-s..,,y v,rss .. TEXAS.

On account Of n scarcity Of bricks In
Texas town the congregation Of the
locnl church allowed their new c,iificr
TO remain unfinished while saloon
was being erected. A
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-07-19

Geo, l.. Gouiding has Interested himself
IN me manufacture OF hay presses and
nus the exclusive sale OF one OF the best
presses on the market. MIR. Goulding has
done great deal to Improve the live
s,ock interests OF the West and we wish
business