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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

The accident at the Mines bull fight
some time ago, in which one man was
tossed and another gored to death.
draws attention to a most curious
game. which, as bull fighting steadily
gains ground ip the south of France,
is becoming very popular among the
Meridionales. If it were not unhap-
PLY merely the prelude to the gross
butchery of the real Spanish game, the
Jeu de la Cocarde would have much
to recommend it to a place on the list
of trials of strength, for it is essen
TALLY an amateurs game, requiring
the highest daring and skill, while it
need involve no cruelty to the bull.
The cocarde is a little tuft Of feathers
and ribbons. Two Of these are fast
ened to the bulls horns, and he is then
turned into the ring, where the play
ers. all on foot, are awaiting him. The
game is now to excite the bull into
charging, and for this the usual red
cloths are used. But at the moment
that the bull dashes into the red rag
the player steps deity aside, and in
stead of sticking cruel banderillo
into the animals neck tries to snatch
the cocarde from the bulls horns. The
game, of course is won by the first to
bear off the little trophy, but the bull
usually manages to bear his plumes a
long time before being bereft of them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

Lieut.-Gen. Schofield wrote one of
the most luminous and interesting au-
photographers extant after his retire
ment in 1885, and at 10 he is still
physically vigorous and mentally ca
pable man. Major Gen. Howard was
In every way more able to command
an army at his retirement for age in
1894 than in 1864 when he marched to
the sea with Sherman. At II he is still
an active and useful citizen of the re-
public. Major Gen. Wesley Merritt re-
tired last year at 81 With the excep-
ton Of his gray hair and experience
Merritt is not much less a boy and
far more fit to exercise command than
when he fought so effectively with
Sheridan thirty-six years ago. Gen
Richard C. Drum, who retired eleven
years ago, is apparently as capable
at Is Of directing the Adjutant Gen
erals department as he was in 1889,
when the memorable law operated to.
compel him to step out. Mentally and
physically vigorous, he still keeps step.
with the times. Here in Washington
where the retired army officers are
seen in greatest numbers, of all ranks
and degrees Of deterioration from ad-
vancing years, the observer requires
no further evidence than his eyes that
nine Of every ten are retired long be-
fore their powers are exhausted It
is undeniable, however, that the best
interests Of the service require that in
some manner the mossbacks be side
tracked, and the system of compulsory
retirement is doubtless the fairest
method Of accomplishing this end
Washington correspondence New York
Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
one Gun for Himself.

One of the quaintest characters in
the old American navy was Admiral
Joseph Fyffe, as BLUM and fearless an
old sea dog as ever stood upon the
bridge in time of danger. There is
hardly an officer or man in the service
to this day but can repeat some of the
witty and original sayings and doings
of Joe" Fyffe. Besides being as good
a seaman as ever trod wooden ships
of war. the admiral had a tongue
which was about as impressive to for
eigners as the guns which peered from
the portfolios of his vessel Joe Fyffe's
ideas of diplomacy were based on the
primary principle that there was to be
no backing down or beating about
the bush" under any circumstances.
and that whatever mistakes Americans
happened to make should be stood
by" just as if they had been inten-
tional and part and parcel of elabo-
rate plans. This phase of Joe" Fyffe's
character was strikingly illustrated
about 10 years ago, when Admiral
Fyffe's flagship sailed into the harbor
OF Portsmouth, England. According to
international etiquette, the salutinx
guns were unlimbered on board the
visiting vessel for the usual salute
of 81 guns, which are given in honor
Of the nation in whose harbor a for
eign warship enters. BY some mis-
take of the gunner on this occasion
Admiral Fyffe's flagship Numbered
out % guns. A return salute of 81
guns was fired from shore, and when
the commandant of the navy yard
ashore made his official visit to the
American flagship he took occasion to
mention the fact that % guns had
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
NOT MUCH OF A FINANcrER.
Queer Notions of Business Held by an
Ex-Congrossman.

Queer Notions of Business Held by an
Ex-congrossman.
1t would not be fair 10 class James
Hamilton Lewis, former member Of
congress from Washington. with the
most eminent of fnanciers. He has
but vague idea of business methods
and according to his own statement
has not greatly improved since the
days of his youth, of which he tells the
following story: when opened my
first bank account not so very many
years ago. I didn't have much idea of
how banks conducted business.
made deposit of a few hundred dol
lars, was given bank book, which
showed the amount of money l had to
my credit and a check book Upon
returning to my Office | carefully
placed the bank book in my desk and
forgot all about it. carried the check
book in my pocket for convenience
sake. 1t was a new sensation for me
to draw checks. I was like a child
with new toy. When I needed mon
ey, or anybody else wanted some, all
had to do was to go down after the
check book. was the proudesC man
in all the state of Washington. i'm
agined that my bank account was as
long as that of J Pierpont Morgan or
John d. Rockefeller, or the moral law
itself, for that matter Finally, how
ever I found that had oyerplayed my
hand, as they say out west. One day
l received a notice from the bank that
my account had been overdrawn to the
extent of $3.50. I didn't really know
what it meant or what to do. What
do you suppose did do. Well. I'll tell
you. | walked into the bank with the
notice of overdraft. drew a check for
the amount, handed both to the pay
ing teller and started out OF the bank
l was called back and matters were
explained to me, much to my humilia-
ton. Since then I have kept a little
closer tab on the stub end of my check
book"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
rOME SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.
A Girl Tells of the Rescue of Her
Brother by Generei Grant-American
Admiral Remembers Himself In Hiring
a salute.
The UnItsd STATE. Flar.

Flag Of the bravei thy folds shall fly.
The sign of hope and triumph hight
When speaks the signal-trumpet tone.
And the long lines come cleaning on,
Ere yet the likelihood, warm and wet,
Has dimmed the glistening bayonet,
Each soldiers eye shall brightly turn
10 where thy sky-born glories burn,
And as his springing steps advance,
Catch war and vengeance from the
glance,
And when the accommodating loud
HeaYe in wild breaths the battle
shroud,
And CORY sabers rise and fall
Like shoots Of fame on midnight's
pail,
Then shall thy meteor glances glow.
And covering foes shall shrink be-
meath
Each gallant arm that strikes below
That lovely messenger of death.
Flag Of the seas! on ocean wave,
Thy star shall glitter Ger the brave;
When death careeTing on the gale.
Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail,
And frightened waves rush wildly
back,
Before the broadsides' reeling rack,
Each dying wanderer of the sea
Shall look at once to heaven and thee,
And smile to see thy splendors fly
In triumph DER his closing eye.
Flag of the free hearts hope and
home,
By angel hands to valor given,
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,
And all thy hues were born in
heayeni
Forever float that standard sheet,
Where breathes the foe but falls be-
fore us,
With Freedoms soil beneath our feet,
And Freedoms banner streaming
DER u.s.
Joseph Rodman Drake.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
= Nar.I Medal selected.

Secretary Long has definitely select
ed design for the medal to comment
crate the naval campaign against
Spain in the West Indies. The diverse
of the medal is surrounded by q
wreath of oak leaves, in the center of
which is a profile Of Admiral Sampson
and the inscription United States
Campaign in the West Indies, 1895"
and on the other side, William Thom-
as Sampson, Chief"
On the reverse is a representation OF
the Men Behind the Guns" In the
distance are seen the outlines of a war
vessel. At the bottom is the inserip-
ton, Santiago. July 8, 1898, John
Smith, U. S. S. Texas" the name Of
the recipient and of the vessel upon
each medal being different. Admiral
SIMPSONS picture was chosen because
he was commander-in-chief of the
fleet. as Dewey's was placed on the
Manila medals.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
Are Actors TIItsrats 2

Stuart Robson asks. in a current
magazine article, if the actor is illit-
crate, and then proceeds on the basis
that Shakespeare, who was an actor,
was not illiterate, and that on the
English-speaking stage, many actors
have been noted for literary attain
ments. Mr.. Robson considers that the
American actor is not held in that
high esteem that should be his por-
ton. He says that in England, France
and Germany, grateful tribute is
paid to the masters of the stage"
In England, in Nr Robson's views,
especial consideration is the fate of
the actor, since, after he is dead, his
remains are permitted to lie in West
minister abbey, a distinction that he
holds of high Importance He does not
find that Cushman, Forrest, Burton,
Barrett, or Booth was similarly hon
ored in this country after death, and
possibly it is his belief that the mem
DRY of American actors will not be suf-
fciently revered among their own peo-
pie until the equivalent of a Westmin-
ster abbey has been established.
Has Keen Appreciation.
But Mr.. Robson's main quarrel ap-
pears to be with that part of the pub
lie that refuses to look upon the actor
as anything more than an entertainer,
and with those writer's for the press
who do not approach the task of the
actor with that attitude of respect that
Mr.. Robson conceives to be his due.
"A man of limited brain capacity may
become a successful stage critic, in the
popular acceptance of the term. but
not a successful stage exponent" is
as easy of remark as to say, in turn,
that an actor of limited brain capacity
may, through fortuitous circumstance,
succeed in pleasing the public in Ger
tain role and yet not become a critic
of the art ne processes to follow.
In the course Of his article Mr.. Rob-
son asks the reader to imagine what
would happen if actors were "the IN
tutored barbarians described by Ger
tain writer's" Imagine" he says, "a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
CLYDE FITCHs METHODS.

Theatergoers see results on the
stage. They do not see how they are
attained, nor the patient drudgery
often involved in the preparation.
They hear the lines written by Clyde
Fitch, but they do not know his ex-
treme popularity in details when SUI
perintending preparations for one of
his plays. When Brady was preparing
to put on his Lovers Lane" Mr.. Fitch
almost slept in the theater He was
In constant attendance and watched
the manufacture of the properties and
the building of the scenery as careful
ly as he followed every. line of the
play during rehearsals. Fitch, Brady
and Hatch, Brady's general stage man
ager, spent two hours in experimental
placing of the bird which sings in the
third act, and tried every limb on
every tree before fixing on one they
considered best.
On the day of the first performance
the trees were not finished and Mr..
Fitch, with the help of Zelda Sears
and Annie Mifiin, two of the company
who are still members playins their
original parts in McVicker's wired the
leaves on one of the trees. During the
performance Mr.. Fitch was behind the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

discounted. if the intelligence is ap-
parent. Mr.. Robson asks the public
not to judge all actors by those
whose ambition is to pose on public
thoroughfares," but it is not strange
that the public noting so much pos
ing, is confused over the dividing line.
Publicity is the life of the actor. It
is sought in this country as much by
the player whose intelligence is not
to be questioned as it is by the class of
players Mr.. Robson calls ''tlliterate."
The truth is that the actor is more
open to the charge of conceit than he
is weakened by overindulgent ap-
plause and indiscriminate praise. It
is the blemish of conceit that must be
eradicated before the actor may be as
seriously and reverently regarded as
Mr.. Robson would have him regarded.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14


The manner Of constructing the fort
at Old Point Comfort is interesting
and throws some light on customs and
practices then in vogue. The work
was almost wholly done by slaves.
who were brought to the place by their
masters and leased to the engineers in
charge. The slave-owner received 80
cents day for each slave, and the.
government furnished each 'laborer,"
as the slave was called, with two suits
Of working clothes, a pair or two Of
shoes, rations, quarters and OCCASION
ally little tobacco. The "laborers"
worked with very little clothes and
generally without shoes. They lived
in barracks and were subject to a kind
of military discipline. The owners
were regular in coming in to collect
the hire for their slaves, from which
we may infer that the constituents"
of those days knew how to appreciate
good thing to degree worthy of the
present eneration.-Leslie's Monthly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
LIneoln.s FaIth.


Gen. Daniel Sickels tells story IL
Illustrating the tenderness Of President
LincoIn's heart as well as his faith in,
Providence and his beautiful optim-.
ism. After Sickles had been wounded
at Gettysburg he was removed to
Washington, and the President called,
on him at the hospital When the gem
eral described the battle and the awful
slaughter, Lincoln wept like child"
while the two armies were conyerg-
ing" said LRcoln, 4 went into my
room and prayed as 1 never prayed,
before. l told God that if we were to
win the battle He must do it, for L
had done all that 1 could. 1 went
from my room with a great load lifted
from my shoulders, and from that mo-
ment I never had a doubt as to the re-
suit. We shall head good news from
Grant who has been pounding away
at Vicksburg for so many months. I
am in prophetic mood today, Sickles,
and say that you will get we'll"
''The doctors do not say So"
i don't care. SickIes; you will get
we'll" persisted the President.
And that afternoon, Gen. SickIes
goes on 10 say, a telegram was re-
ceived from Gen. Grant, announcing
the fall of vicksburg. His own recov-
cry soon followed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

pearances led a life of ideal happiness.
They seemed especially devoted to
each other. On one occasion, when
the husband was returning from a Wis
it to the Tajo mine and was detained
on ship in quarantine in San Francisco
bay, the young wife smuggled herself
on board the vessel at night, declaring
her place was beside her husband. She
thus braved the dangers of yellow jack
with him, while she lightened the
weary hours by her beauty and vi
vacity.
During this time there lived at Santa
Monica, the seaside resort of Los An
geles, W. Russell Ward, a handsome
and vivacious young Englishman, who
was fond of athletics. He journeyed to
California with a party of Englishmen
who went there to develop a scheme
for making paper from the pulp of the
Yucca palm, but the scheme fell
through. Ward married a California
girl, one of the handsome daughters of
Don Juan Bandini. 1t was a love
match and the couple lived at the Ban
DIM cottage, overlooking the Pacific
from the Santa Monica bluffs. Ward
seemed model husband, but spent
much of his time with his male com
panions in heroic sports. In 1897 Mr..
and Mrs. Bradbury went to Santa Mon
ica for the summer There Mrs Brad
bury saw much of Ward They were
thrown a great deal into each others
company. Suddenly came the start
ling announcement that
Ward and Mrs. Bradbury Had EIoped.
They first went to a wayside resort
whence she sent her Jewels to the
.pawnshop and on the money so raised
they fed to San Francisco. Arriving
in that city they were arrested and
placed in Jail. Mrs. Bradbury was
soon released, but Ward was held in
bonds of $4,000. He, too, was released
a few days later and told to get out of
the country. Bradbury declared he
would never take back his erring wife
and went to New York. On arrival
in the metropolis he was told that his
wife had started from the west to find
him and beg his forgiveness. Then
he relented, left New York next day
for Chicago and, giving up all the
world beside, took his pretty wife back
to his bosom. He resigned from all
his clubs, deserted all his friends and
carried his wife to the lonely Tajo
mine in the Mexican mountains. there
to work out fortune while the world
was slowly forgetting the tragedy that
had blighted so much in his life.
wards Tragic End
Though Wards friends went to his
support after his arrest, got him out
of jail and had the proceedings against
him quashed the burden of the dis |
grace was heavy upon him. Thrown
out of the little circle of proprieties
In which he had been reared and
spent his life, he could find no mental
foothold anywhere. At the time of the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
Psrfumes Wore Popular.

The rage for perfumes reached it's
height during the reign of Louis XIV.
Throughout the continent his court
was known as the scented court" 1t
was then the custom when giving a
large entertainment for the hostess to
inform her guests what particular odor
she would use for pertaining her
rooms and each guest would use that
odor in making her toilet At court a
different perfume was used for each
day of the week. Much more attention
was paid to the use of perfume than
to soap and water and cleanliness
was not numbered among the virtues
of that age
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

scene most of the time. and when the
stage hands were setting the autumn
orchard scene he himself strewed the
dead leaves about the stage. But Mr..
Fitch is not "cantankerous." He is al
ways willing to consider a suggestion.
ready to admit its value and adopt it if
good, and willing to make changes in
his plays when shown that the pro
posed change would be an improve
ment. These things go far to explain
his success. 1t is not luck.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

The following is told OF General
Lawton: When Lawton started out
to get anything, he hated to stop until
it was in his grasp. He was tireless
himself, and he couldn't understand
why other men couldn't keep up with
him. 1t always rather worried him
that it was necessary to stop and cook
meals for the men. Yes he would say.
I know an army fights on its belly.
but I'll never be satisfied till get hold
of regiment that don't need to eat .,
Springfield Republican.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

been fired from the flagship. Il say.
admiral" said the Englishman, polite
". Il noticed that you gave us full
measure Of guns in your salute today.
What was the extra gun for?" Well,
sir" returned the admiral. without
turning a hair, Il fired II guns for
Queen Victoria and one for Joe Fyffs,
by CAD"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

Miss Jessie Ringen, daughter of the
millionaire stove manufacturer of st.
Louis, has operate ambitions. She has
beautiful voice and has been enter
tanning the visitors lately at the sum-
mer home in Green Lake, Wis. Her
father is opposed to her adoption of
professional career, but the singer
hopes to overcome his objections.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
Initiating tn. Yank.. Girl.

The British girl is getting taller a.
we'll as the American. Fifty years ago
a medical authority says the hIsht
of very tall British woman was ave
feet seven inches, while now the hisat
averages five feet six inches to i've
feet ten inches.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

1t is said that the late Charles Hum
phreys, the tenor, of ST. Louis, killed
himself because Miss Ringen had re-
fused HIS suit. They had appeared to
gether in amateur entertainments and
were fast friends. When Miss Ringen
went abroad she cabled her re-
fusal and Humphreys ended his
life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
A World of Woe.

John Bradbury was one of the heirs
to a great fortune which his father
had taken from the Tajo mine, an
enormous blanket vein of gold and
silver, near Rosario, on the Gulf of
Mexico He and Lucy Banning were
children together in Los Angeles. Her
father was Gen. Phineas Banning
owner of the island of Santa Catalina
and man of great wealth, and she
was one of the most beautiful girls in
all California. The two grew up to-
gether and the attachment one felt for
the other grew into love. One day
several years ago they quietly left Los
Angeles and stole away to Oakland,
iCalifornia's Gretna Green, and We're
there married. There was no reason
for the elopement, as both of their
parents were in every way pleased
with the match, but it suited their ro-
mantle natures. They returned to Los
Angeles in due time, set up a coy
home on one of the hills, purchased
an ideal country home among the or
ange groves at Duarte and to all ap-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
Especial Letter.)

The newspapers of a few days ago
told of the reutrn to Los Angeles of
John Bradbury, a prominent Califor-
MIA Millionaire, and his beautiful wife
after an absence of four years far up
in the Sinaloa mountains of Mexico,
cut off entirely from the gay world in
which they were wont to move. The
return Of the parties mentioned to the
home from which they voluntarily ex-
lied themselves recalls a chapter in the
life of Mrs. Bradbury that caused her
name to be mentioned far and wide.
This incident cost a human life
wrecked several reputations, destroyed
much happiness and drove John Brad
bury, who was one of the most light
hearted of all the young men of Los
Angeles, into the deep seclusion of the
Mexican hills. The story is one of a
pitifully foolish infatuation, which led
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

Save all your wood ashes for your
sweet pea trenches. There is nothing
you can use as fertilizer that Is so
gooS.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

Sow seeds of Kenilworth ivy or
linaria in pots containing palms. They
cover the surface and drape the pot
prettily.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

company Of stupid. uneducated Thes-
plans trying TO produce one Of the
plays Of the immortal bardP'
Unfortunately the Imagination does
not need taxing in that respect. There
have been too many examples of such
undertakings to make them a matter
of establishment. The immortal bard
has, to a great extent. survived in
SIZE Of the actor. 1t does not follow,
however that all actors are stupid
any more than that all persons who
write about actors are at all times
what Mr.. Robson calls hippant and
facetious.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
BACK FROM EXILE.
SPENT IN SEcLUSIoN OF
MEXICAN MOUNTAINS.

Come a California millionaire and His
Beautiful wife. Who Figured In
Sensational Happening Few Years
"a. Ago.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14

One is alone in a crowd when one
suffers or when one loves.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
THEATRICAL TOPICS.
SAYINGS AND DOIN0S OF THE
PLAYERFOLK.

Are Actors IIIiterats7 Asks Stuart
Robson Thereby Stirring Up a Hornets
Nest-Clyde FIteh's Methods
wants to Sing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-14
The Digniasd Actor.

The actor with something of intelli-
gence and dignity to offer does not
often fail Of respectful hearing. His
efforts are more leniently regarded
than otherwise. He is not usually held
up to ridicule, nor is his intelligence