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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
NUTRIMENT IN QUAIL EGGS.
Southern Negroes Eat Partridge Eggs
and Grow Fat Thereon.

Southern Negroes Eat Partridge Eggs
and Grow Fat Thereon.
Few persons are aware of the fact"
said a well-known physician to the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, but it
is true nevertheless that the egg of
the partridge is one of the most nutri-
tious things in the world. They are
not used for eating purposes except in
very rare cases, and then it generally
happens in remote rural districts
have known negro families in the state
of Louisiana during the laying season
to live on the eggs of cartridges. And
they would flourish handsomely and
grow fat on account of the rich prop
critics Of the eggs. These eggs, Of
course, never find their way into the
market because they are never taken
from their nests except by such per-
sons as / have mentioned, and they
rob the nests. 1 suppose because their
principal food supply comes from this
source. Quail meat comes pretty high
in the market at all times, and the
average man will find it more pro1ta-
BILE to spare the eggs and wait for the
birds when the hunting season rolls
around. These men would pass hum
bred nests in one day without disturb
ing an egg. The sport of hunting the
birds is an additional incentive. The
average negro does not care so much
about this aspect of the case. He fig
ures that the white man, having the
best gun and the best dog, will beat
him to the bird. So he goes after the
egg. One partridge will lay anywhere
from a dozes to twenty eggs, and a
nest is a good find. know of many
families in rural sections who feast on
these eggs in the laying season
have tried the egg myself as an expert
ment. l found it peculiarly rich. 1t
has a good favor, is very palatable,
and, in fact, is altogether very fine
thing to eat. Really, 1 believe that
the egg has more nutrition in it than
the fully developed bird, but, of course
as one of the men fond of the game in
the field, I would like to discourage the
robbery of the nests"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

"Black lead pencils" said stationer
to the New York Sun, ARE, OF course,
the kind most commonly used; but
colored lead pencils are, in the aggre-
gate. sold in large numbers, and they
are made in very great variety. Ar
lists lead pencils are made in more
than fifty, in perhaps as many with the
lead in wood, the wood is finished of
a color approximating as nearly as
may be that of the lead. A tray of
samples of such pencils thus presented
a very striking appearance, making
more than a rainbow of color. There
are made, also colored leads, for use in
pencils for movable leads. These ar
lists pencils of one sort and another
are used not alone by artists. but by
architects, engineers, designers,
draughtsmen, and others having occa-
sion to use fine colored pencils. Then
there is great variety of colored pen
ellis for general use, for checking and
marking and so on, in office, and
store, and library, and factory, some of
these being sometimes used on textile
fabrics, as well as on paper and wood.
There are colored pencils, these also
being made in various colors, that are
especially designed for the use of lum-
bermen; as there are also pencils for
the carpenters use. No doubt the COM
mon idea of a lead pencil is of some
thing with which to mark on paper,
though the use of pencils for marking
on wood is familiar enough, as, in a
more limited way, is their use for
marking on fabrics. and so on; but
there are various uses to which pen
ellis are put that must be less familiar,
if not indeed quite unknown to many.
There are, for example, pencils espe-
cially made for marking on glass, por-
ceIain, polished metals, oilcloth, pat
ent leather and other things upon
which an ordinary pencil would not
mark at ALL The leads of these
pencils are, of course made of a ma
terial especially prepared for the pur-
pose. With such pencils marking is
done easily on any of these hard, pol
ished surfaces, and the marks may be
as easily rubbed off. These pencils are
in use in drug stores and hardware,
glass and croekery stores and so on.
They are made with white and with
black leads and with leads in variety
of colors, the colored pencils being the
more generally used and the colors
most commonly used being red and
blue and yellow. Another odd sort of
pencil is one made for the use of sur
geons for marking on the skin in
surgical operations and for anatomical
purposes. These also are colored pen
ellis, and they are made in variety
of colors. In fact, simple thing as
the lead pencil might seem to be, it is
really something that is mace in al
most endless variety; but, for all that
the pencil manufacturer gets every
now and then from somebody a de-
mand for new pencils for some special
USE"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
This Woman Enjoys Mosquitoes.

A woman of New Britain, Conn.,,
who is a Christian Scientist, main
tains that mosquitoes have brains and
reasoning powers, that it is out
rageous" to kill the 'little harmless
insects" and that all that is neces-
sary is to reason with them. She
says:
IF mosquito is troubling you just
speak to him kindly and say, Look
here, my friend, you leave me alone
and I'll leave you alone Then be-
lieve that he won't bite youl Even
II he does his sting won't hurt. I have
done this for years and now enjoy hav-
ing the pretty little things around and
listening to their musical buzz
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
MoDERNlxINo or JApaN,


A&A&n0 @@6sD@<
The Office of the shotgun" no~
merely represents a tradition In Japan,
though ia any other part OF the world,
where events do not move 80 quickly
1t would be very bitter memory.
Barely thirty three years ago the sho-
gunate was abolished and the mikado
then stepped forth again to govern as
well as to reign after an eclipse which
had lasted nearly 700 years. During
all this time the mikado at the Old
capital Of Kyoto had been a mere fig
urehead, very often a child, never very
much more. and all the real powss rs-
sided in the shotgun, or "generalissi-
mo-" who controlled the military
forces of the empire. Practically only
two great families supplied the rulers
from 1896 until 1867. With the sho-
gunate also came to an end the caste
of the sam lrai, or military retainers.
in all but their title. This is still in
existence. There are three classes in
Japan-the kwaZoku or mobiles, the
samural, or gentlemen, and the heimen
or common people. The samurai used
SWOFuS anu lDTelSn TeSlu6uL5 III Ino
early days of the treaty ports have
many tales to tell of the complications
to which this gave rise. By an i'm
perial edict Of 1876 the wearing Of
swords was prohibited; the people
obeyed without murmur, and few
years afterward the blades that had
been treasured in Japanese families
for many years were adjoining the
walls of foreign villas. Rather more
than ten years ago an Australian opera
touring company acted "The Mikado"
in at least two of the treaty ports Of
Japan. In difference to representa-
lions, not from the Japanese govern
ment, but from the British consulate,
the opera was billed as "a Gentleman
of Japan" The natives who witnessed
/ its representation found it ever more
full of humor than Mr.. Gilbert in
tended it should be and went away
] fully convinced of the superiority of
the Japanese drama.-Chicago News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
RerlIn,s street RaiIways.

In Berlin the street railway company
is required to grant 10-hour day to
its employees, to provide waiting rooms,
properly warmed and lighted, and,
from January, 1901, to fix a uniform
fare of 2.SS cents for the whole length
of the line, both within and without
the city. The city receives s per cent
of the gross profits plus half the net
profits over IL per cent on old capt.
tai and per cent on new capital. At
the end of the year 1919 the lines and
rolling stock will become city prop
erty. These terms are drastic, indeed,
yet the citizens are not satisfied, and
additional lines are now planned.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
nnnsnmpt,on of Tobacco.

The Austrians consume more tobac-
CO than any other nationality or race
on the globe, civilized or savage. Re-
cent investigation by eminent stalls
ticians give the number of pounds con-
sumed annually by each 100 inhsbi-
tants of the different European coun-
tries, as follows: Spain. 100 pounds;
Italy, 1928; Great Britain, 1873; Russia,
1872; Denmark. 224; Norway. 22s, and
Austria, 27S.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
Monkey Congregation.

The author of Sands of Sahara .
when visiting the, Gorge of Chiffa,
came upon strange ceremonial which,
a native assured him, was an unusual
one. The gorge itself is like a grand
sanctuary eanopied by trees and light
ed delicately by the sun fltering
through foliage. A remarkable assem-
blage was there that day-a congrega-
ton of monkeys apparently holding
some kind of service, to which the
birds of the forest gave music. The
monkeys sat in rows upon the broad.
outreaching branches of the virgin
trees. They were in parties of two,
three, or four, although one fellow sat
alone, like decorous bachelor. While
most of them remained stationary, GER
tain patriarchal fellows passed about
the area of assemblage, sitting down
for few minutes on the branches be-
side different families of the parish,
seeming to give them counsel. The
ceremonies were conducted with the
greatest propriety. The monkeys
seemed to be taking part In a service
in which they were deeply interested.
When it was over, and they were about
to go out into the world. the ruling eld-
ers could be seen running about, pass
ing from tree to tree on the interlac-
ing branches; nor did the assembly
break up until those evidently respect
ed officials had visited and saluted the
entire convocation. Even their depart
ure was made most decorously. Then,
after that serious council had adj
jourued. the monkeys fell to enjoying
themselves. They scampered from tree
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

One of Names little friends had a
pair of russell shoes, and she thought
it would be nice for her to have a pair
of that kind. So when she and her
mother went to the shoe-store, and the
clerk brought out some BLACK ones. she
said: THAT is not the kind l want,
mamma; I want pair of rusty ones"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
stage Woman writes Book.

Yvette Guilbert is writing book.
1t is expected to prove sensation, as
it will contain racy comment on the
members of her profession and will deal
at considerable length with he. expe-
riences in America.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

"Why, Freddie" said mamma.
"aren't you ashamed to call your sis
ter stupid? Tell her at once that you
are very sorry" We'll, then" said
Freddie, 'Pm awful sorry that you are
so stupid. Bessie.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Two StuuentSs
A little boy sat on the shore OF a pond'
While bullfrog sat in the pool;
And each one gazed on the other one
Like scholars in a school.
Then at last the little boy spoke and
said:
why, Frog, do you gaze at me?
Pray swim or jump, that | may learn
Some natural history"
The frog he croaked out this reply:
That's what I'm here for. too,
I'm studying Boys and their curious
ways,
For I've nothing else to dol"
Then the boy he turned and went
away,
And the frog he sank below;
While circling ripples on the pool
Were all that was left of the show.
Benjamin Webster in Nicholas.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

to tree. They swung from branch a.
branch. Some hung by their tails, and
others. in little coteries, hand in hand
enjoyed their mld-air frolic. But the
old bachelor did not clasp hands with
anybody.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Jefferson Lee, who lives on the st.
Johns River, in Putnam county, Fla,
has the most extraordinary team In
the country. 1t is team of alliga-
tors that Mr.. Lee uses 10 tow his boat
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

Group of Children Play They Are Com
Quoting a Bakery on the Seaside
Pies Made of sand-AIligators Pull
Mans Boat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

It is chance that makes brothers. but
hearts that make friends.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-16
A beauty of Long Ago.

King Edward has sent as a memento
a fine bracelet to his mothers old
friend, Elizabeth, duchess of Yelling
ton. Fifty years ago the duchess. then
marchioness of Douro. filed a large
place in English high life. She was a
woman of conspicuous beauty. and the
idea generally prevailed that she was
not well treated by her decidedly pc
culiar husband; whilst, on the other
hand, she received the most fatherly
attentions from the great duke. in
whose company she often appeared in
public, and who, it was averred. thus
Pade up for the neglect he in turn had
Shown to his own wife. There was
published about that time an engrav-
ing of the duke and his daughter-in-law
on horseback on the field of Waterloo.
his grace acting as cicerone and de-
scribing the memorable day. The
duchess, who had no issue, has long,
sided in great retirement. and is now
very aged.-Detroit Free Press.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-16
It's the Same in Corea.

The Coreans are iIAeterate smokers
of greek tobacco. which they use in
pipes with tiny bowls and stems two or
three feet long. They stick their
pipes down the back of the neck when
not using them. There is a deal of
drinking, too, though they have many
proverbs against it: :Heaven and
earth are too small for a drunken
man." 'sWhite whisky makes a red
face" There is no bottom to the APP
Detite for drink. Prank Leslis's Pop
ular Monthly.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-16
overwhelming Cordiality.

"Do your cSuntry cousins treat you
cordially when you visit them in the
suAmer?"
"Do thy? Say, the minute get
there they make me take some elder
berry cordial as a fatigue destroyer,
then have TO drink some peppermint
cordial for fear the water won't agree
with me; next day they insist that alb
sorb some snakeroot cordial, to ward
off possible chills and fever, and then
/ have 10 gulp dosyn some liverwort
. cordial for the good of my system gen
orally. DO they treat me cordially!
I can taste it for months after!"-
Smart Set.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-16
where Americans Are Modest

The, American is shy of proclaiming
to the world his deepest sentiments
and superstitions, if he has any. He
prefers TO take himself either as q
joke or as matter of business.
Hence. when he has a town to name,
he calls it ''Smithville" or New Bris-
tol,S or, as actually happened in the
case Of one town, 20. X" He may
believe in local ghost, be may love
his wife, he may admire the view from
his windows, and pine when torn from
the woods and mountains among
which. he passed his boyhood. but he
does not want to put those emotions
into the post Office directory.-Wash-
ington Times.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-16

, Oliver ]. Lodge, in an addres.
70 electrical engineers in Bir uniess
"a aam ., on February p. thus de sl5l1,
- eieeeron, that new term Of sci
s snce which has recently assumed n so 20
much Importance: An atom l. ord ~
aarliy associated with a CHARGE and
force is required to senaraee III
eharge from the atom. The s4onai ~
eharge, when separated, is called ~
stectron- In an eIectrolyte. i
substance decomposed by an elacfr;a
current, there is a bodily transfer 81
atoms with their charges: in mo, -
tame conductor the CHARGES are
handed on, as electrons. from ator,
20 atom. In the discharge througb
mighty rarified gases the electric c5r-
rent IN its most simple form. s.for
mere there is a flow of electrons tray-
shng by themselves, of disembodied
charges or electric ghosts" Flee
1rons' DIR. Lodge added, are the fast
est moving of all known terrestrial
OBJECTS, their speed being one-tentb
That of light, which is 1s6.soo miles
per second.-Youth's Communion
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-16
when He Is n Daddy.

Singleton-It ought to be an easy
matter to raise children properly
Volumes have been written giving
diagrams and specifications as to how
they should be trained
Wedderly-Yes, but just as soon as
a man becomes a daddy he closes the
library, pitches his Judgment over
hoard. shuts his eyes to reason and
lets the little squaller rule the roost.
Chicago Daily News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-16
1ust Mhnt she Needed.

.ress-Della Mode wants me to try
her dressmaker wonder if she'd
Jess-oh, yes, indeed; she's just the
one for you.
Really"
eyes, she's a wonder. Why, she can
make the plainest kind OF people look
nice.n-Philadelph Press.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-16

The kaiser has an estate in Cadinen,
small country place in Pomerania,
...,ere he is displaying his genius as a
sa-ner. During his residence there in
4ha future an entire regiment OF
. .n win be stationed at Brauns-
berg to insure his safety.-N- \ Herald.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-09-16

-ue BEST should be your aim
when buying medicine. Get
HOODS Sarsaparilla and have the
h medicine MONEY CAN BUY
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-05
THE MuLcr IN HISTORY.

1t is true that history repeats itself in
somewhat varied form. tho the funda-
mental principal of action is exactly the
same. Readers of the Times-Republi-
can who have perused its columns for
a decade will recall the earnest efforts
of former editor, Welker Given, TO es-
tablish the mulct liquor law. Given
claimed that he took his idea from the
Ohio law, but he was opposed at first
to the bar to prosecution. However, he
reluctantly accepted 1t rather than let
the new scheme fail. He pounded away
on the idea, day after day, and was
credited with having as much influence
as any other agency in securing the fin
al adoption of the law by the Iowa leg
islature.
But where did the idea of the bar
to prosecution and the mulct originate?
The Sioux City Tribune attempts to
show in the following:
1t may be a surprise to some people to
know that the mulct and the five mile
limit act are both over 200 years old;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-05
but they are. 1t Is said there is nothing

but they are. 1t Is said there Is nothing
new under the sun: and there IS an
equally revered and reputable axiom
that history repeats itself. 1t may be
somewhat surprising to Second district
statesmen to know that the five mile
bill worried the head of VIM. of Orange,
and that the mulct was considered an
Objectionable system of contradictory
legislation in the time of restoration.
But such are the facts. Here is a pas
sage from Macaulays England, treating
of the passage of the federation act In
1883:
THE liberation bill passed both
houses with little debate. This cele-
brated statute, long considered the
great charter of religious liberty. has
since been extensively modified and is
hardly known to the present generation
except by name. The name. however, is
still pronounced with respect by many
who will perhaps learn with surprise
and disappointment the real nature of
the law which they have been accus-
toned to hold in honor
Several statutes which had been
passed between the accession of Eliza
beth and the revolution required all peo-
services of the Church of England, and
to abstain from attending conventcles.
The federation act did not repeal any of
these statutes. but merely provided that
they should not be considered to extend
to any person who should testify his
loyalty by taking the oaths of allegiance
and supremacy, and his Professionalism
by subscribing to the declaration
against transubstantiation The relief
thus granted was common between the
dissenting laity and the dissenting
clergy. But the dissenting clergy had
some peculiar grievances. and the act of
uniformity had laid a mulct of Gl00 on
every person who not having received
episcopal ordination should presume to
administer to eucharist. The five mile
act had driven many pious and learned
ministers from their houses and friends,
to live among rustics In obscure villages
of which the name was not to seen on
the map"
The liberation bill, 1t will be seen. re-
pealed nothing; it left prohibition unin-
terfered with, but provided bar to
prosecution, as 1t were-just as the
mulct law does in Iowa. The mulct to
which reference Is made later was a
fine, exactly as the mulct fine is in Iowa
"a payment. in substance, for the priv
ilege of violating the law-well, that ap-
pears to have been intended for the gen.
eral harrassment of everybody that
wasn't affected by the other features OF
the ancient mulct system, just as 1T now
appears to be aimed especially at the
Second district.
Truly, the historic parallel is edify-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-05
TO TIP OR NOT TO TIP.

The recent demand of the Pullman car
porters' union for an increase in wages
accompanied by showing of persistent
decline in the porters' revenue from
tips, has opened up to timely interest
the old question, to tip or not to tipo
Travellers Of experience, whether OPP
posed to the custom from principle or
not, have learned that in many cases it
is best to tip. However, with the more
general submission of the public to this
mild form of extortion, has come low
er average in the size of the tips, hence
the troubles of the sleeping car porter,
who has long been the prince of extor-
tionists
In Europe, where the custom is so
much more general as to be expected
and demanded by public servants of all
classes and in all places, tips of and
10 cents are gladly accepted. when they
would be scorned by the same classes in
America. When the modern sleeping
car first appeared its luxuriant pushes
and rich inlaid woods created such an
impression that man dared not enter
the palace without unloo.ing his purse
strings as becomes courtier. The liy-
3 cried attendant profited by such liberal
tips that not only did the Pullman Com
pany, which employed him. pay him no
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-05
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Fort Dodge Chronicle (dem.)
thinks Senator Dolliver launched the
Shaw boom for the presidency early
enough beyond doubt, but that 1t may
get frost bitten. 1t ayers that "the men
who are now at the helm Of the repub-
lican party of Iowa couldn't see Shaw
on the platform at the republican state
convention at Cedar Rapids, which indi-
Gates that they have not forgotten that
he appointed Dolliver senator instead Of
icummins. 1t is perfectly proper and
right for Senator Dolliver to; publicly
show his appreciation Of the good turn
done him by Shaw, and It "a but natu-
raj for him to spread It on thick, and
sugar coat the pill. but even 80 Il 10 la