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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
a NOVEL WAGER.

Down in School District No.
Is, something happened a short
time ago that is worth recording.
The young lady teacher com
planned to the clerk of the school
board that he never visited the
school. Well" said the clerk,
Il am afraid to do so. 1 visited
the school last year and during
my stay was subjected to a con-
tinuous bombardment of paper
balls and more substantial mis-
siles. Ever since, 1 have been
in mortal dread of the school
room and never pass by without
experiencing narrowing recol-
lections. The teacher offered
to guarantee protection to the
timid clerk, and finally wagered
a pound of candy that if he Wis
tied the school, he would not be
molested by single missile. He
accepted the wager, and went to
school next day. He sat through
the morning session, surrounded
by a deep and studious calm. In
the afternoon the same condition
of quietude obtained and the
clerk began to grow fidgety. He
made faces at some of the wicked
looking urchins in the hope of
provoking them to belligerency.
He even tipped a few wads
among them, but they turned on
him sorrowful eyes Indicating
profound pity for his degenera-
tion. At recess he went out with
them and held caucus in which
he undertook to bribe them to
violate the rules. Said he would
give any boy quarter who
would shy paper wad or a stick
of stove wood at him. But they
turned away in disgust, and the
clerk went home with similar
emotions. He says he can't un-
derstaud what in thunder has
come over the boys of District
No. Is. They have forsakeu
their sins at a tremendous rate.
But the clerk bought the candy,
and we suspect the young lady
teacher whacked up with the
boys next day.-Caldwell Trib.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28

terest of the mail contractor, and
to the inconvenience and detr-
ment of the whole people. The
mail service at three times a
week is bad enough, without
taking 10 hours from Mackay to
Challis, distance of about "a
miles over a good wagon road.
Now it takes nearly Two days to
get mail from Mackay TO this
point. This last change of
the mail schedule must
have been made without consid-
GRAFTON. In the first place the
road between Challis and Dickey
has been travelled after dark in
winter and summer by stages
and even heavy freight teams,
for 18 years, and why it is prac-
tically impossible to travel this
road this easy summer like win
ter after dark, needs a better ex-
PLANTATION to our people.
The mail arrives in Challis by
new schedule at noon, the next
day after it leaves Mackay. On
Tuesday it brings three mails;on
Thursday two and on Saturday
two mails. The mail leaves at
l o'clock each day except Sun
day. So it departs in just one
hour after its arrival. 1t takes
about an to distribute each doub-
lie mail, and longer for the Tues
day mail. And if a person de-
sires to answer his letters the
same day he must have a lock
box and be at the postoffice when
the mail arrives with pen and
ink and stationary, or else wait
till the next day.
The whole thing is wrong and
an injustice to the people, and
the sooner Strengthened out the
better. If the people must suf-
fer this inconvenience by the
Department in regards to mail
for the qualification of any indi-
vidual, we ought to know it.
Each change made in the service
grows worse. We ask for only
one schedule-and that is daily
mail-by train to Mackay. if pos
sible; if not, by stage. Our citi-
zens are entitled to a daily mail,
and demand it, and it was taken
from US without our knowledge
and through misrepresentation
to the Department.
Another bad feature about the
present schedule is that it makes
no connections with other stage
lines at Challis. For instance /:
the Bayhorse, Clayton, Robin
son, Custer, Bonanza and Stanley
mail arrives in Challis at 5. p. m.
and departs at 6 a. m.
The Department should send
an inspector here and get the
views of the mail patrons.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
The DIFFERENCE.

To correct a false impression
that seems to be gaining foothold
in this section, l wish to present
few of the diagnostic differen-
ces between Manila" or Dhobie
itch and smallpox.
Manila" itch is in the first
place peculiar to certain climates,
viz Tropical and semi i-tropical.
1t does not thrive in this country,
but soon dies out here. Out of
over 500 cases which came under
my observation in Manila, not
one had the least sign of it on
the face.
Secondly, in a case of the itch
there are no constitutional symp-
toms. The first indication being
a slight itching on some part of
the body or extremeties, and the
victim sometimes at first not be-
ing able to even detect any dis
coloration. He is not long left
in doubt, however, as a redness
similar to erysipelas, soon ap-
pears and rapidly spreads In a
few hours small vesicles or
blisters are noticed which soon
break and exude thick colored
serum. The breaking of the
vesicles leaves a raw surface
which soon resolves itself into
an ulcer, which rapidly increases
in breadth aud depth. This dis
ease is strictly local one.
Variola, or smallpox, is a con-
stitutional disease manifesting
itself through an eruption on the
skin. Owing to the mild form
in which smallpox has been ap-
pearing in the United States for
the past three years, it is some
times very difficult to make a
positive diagnosis.
This disease, however, is ush.
cred in by a train of constitutional
symptoms, viz Usually high
temperature, which remains up
until the eruption is fully out;
chill; nausea and usually vomlt-
ing; headache, and severe back
ache. These symptoms though
are of value only as preceding
the characteristic eruption. The
eruption appears first as red
pimples, changing to vesicles,
then pustules, and finally sink in
the center and dry, forming the
scab. Unlike this eruption, the
eruption of chicken-pox does not
pustulate.
There is no excuse for con-
founding Manila" itch and
smallpox, as they have absolute
ly nothing in common. The one
being a purely local, and the 9th
er a constitutional disturbance.
&C. p. HUSTON, M. d.
Challis, Ida., Jan. oath, 1902.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

List of hotel arrivals at the
New Challis House for the week
ending Jan. 25th
Andrew Lee, Custer, Ida, @.
Holm, Chicago, ILL.,, R. N.Lewis,
Central City, Colo, Jas. R. Law
renee, Pearl, Ida., Geo. Starks,
Bayhorse, Ida, E. L. Thomas,
Custer, Ida, w. G.. Sweet, Gus
ter, Ida., Ed Hunter, Pahsama-
roi, Ida, w. w. Adamson, Mack.
ay, Ida, F. W. Gertridge, Sal
mon, Ida., VIM. Boone, Houston,
Ida, Chas. Waller, Custer, Ida. ,
A. Archibald, Pahsamaroi, Ida. /,
D. Morganda and wife, Custer,
Ida, j. B. Hunter, Dickey, Ida.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
THE KILLING AT CLIFF.

On Monday morning, Jan. 20,
at 4 o'clock, a serious shooting
affray occurred at Cliff, a small
mining camp about 4 miles from
Mackay, wherein Henry Reed
lost his life. The shooting took
place at the saloon owned by
said Reed and VIM. Raum, and
the fatal shot was fired by John
Dick. The revolver used was a
44-cal. Colts The bullet enter
ed about two inches below the
right shoulder in Reeds right
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
NOTICETOTHEPUBLIC.

Board and Lodging at Mrs. M.
Jose's, northwest of r. N. Hull
& Cos. store, Challis, Idaho.
Meals and Lodging strictly first
class. Fine large rooms and
good beds, and the table supplied
with the best in the market.
Board and lodging by the day,
week or month. at reasonable
rates. MRS. M. JOSE.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28


Ida., j. B. Hunter, Dickey, Ida.
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Eighteen degrees below zero
was the coolest weather thus far
this winter in Challis last Satur-
day morning.
We receive numerous letters
each week, or rather articles for
publication, without signatures.
Such communications are con-
signed to the waste basket.
But a day or SO ago we received
an article intended for publica-
ton, from a Custer county town,
relative to a masquerade ball held
there recently, and the article,
1--WE have every reason to believe)
was signed with fictitious names.
The parties who sent the com
munication from the tone of the
article, evidently feel that they
were Sighted in some way at
said masquerade, and want US to
express their grievances through
the public press. What interest
is it to the public because some
one may have been made a
''wall-f1ower" at ball, or did not
get to dance every number !?
''Tell your troubles to the police
man !" We are always glad to
get news, but our columns are
not open for scandal.
Custer county District Court
has for number of terms past
been clear of criminal business.
This term the docket will be diff
ferent in the criminal way.
The Big Lost river water case
has been set for hearing on Feb.
Oath. There are about Is plain
tiffs and $50 defendants involved
in the case.
Mr.. A. r. Smith returned from
Mackay last Thursday.
Mr.. w. w. Adamson, one of
the most popular attorneys at
Mackay, spent several days of
last week at Challis on legal
business. Mr.. Adamson says
that Mackay is a thriving town,
and that he is doing a profitable
business in his profession.
The Free Travelling Library,
Case No. SO, for Clayton, arrived
last week.
Altogether we are informed
that Challis has had seventeen
cases of smallpox this winter.
The cases have been of such a
mild nature that the victims of
the malady have recovered very
rapidly. Last Wednesday two
new cases were reported at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Frost-two of their children be-
ing afflicted. but no new cases
are reported since that time. On
Wednesday afternoon the public
school at this place was closed,
and the church, literary and the
dances have not been held. 1t is
well to take precaution in the
matter. Yet, at the same time,
it looks like farce to attempt
to stamp out the disease in this
way when some people visit the
very homes where the malady is
known to exist, and thereby
spread the germs. 1t is the fault
of the people, for they well know
what the yellow flag means. and
the doctor has given them timely
warning. Let this be a strict
quarantine or none at all. 1t is
believed and hoped that small
pox has seen its best day in this
community. A machine for dis
infection is expected today, and
after its arrival, and thorough
disinfection made, the school and
other public meetings will be al
lowed to resume.
Mr.. w. G. Sweet was out from
Custer last week making final
proof on his Pahsamori ranch.
Assessor johnson and wife de-
parted last week for Boise City.
Mr.. johnson goes to attend the
State meeting of Assessors that
lconvened yesterday.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
OUR MAIL SERVICE AGAIN.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 13, !
1902. Office of Second Asst.
Postmaster General.
EDITOR MESSENGER,
Challis, Ida.

EDITOR MESSENGER,
Challis, Ida.
Dear Sir:-The schedule on
route No. 70121, Mackay to Chal-
lis, Idaho, as changed by the
order of the 18th inst, is now as
follows :
November 1 to April 30:
Leave Mackay Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday after arrival
of mail train, and Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at ) p. m.
Arrive at Challis in 19 hours.
Leave Challis daily except
Sunday at 1 p. m.
Arrive at Mackay in 10 hours.
A copy of the article published
by you December 18th, 1901, was
filed in this Office by Senator
Dubois, and the schedule ordered
December 28th, was based on the
statements contained therein. 1t
has since been ascertained, how
ever, that it is practically i'm
possible to travel the road be-
tween Challis and Dickey after
dark, in stormy weather, and the
schedule of the 18th inst. was
ordered with view to avoiding
this difficulty. If a further
change is desirable or necessary,
the Department will be pleased
to consider any recommendations
which may be made in the mat
ter. Such recommendations
should, if possible, be endorsed
by the postmasters at the offices
interested, as they are the agents
of the Department in all matters
affecting the mail service.
Very Respectfully,
w. S. SHALLENBERGE.
Second Assistant Postmaster
General.
From the above letter it will
be observed that the Department
are ignorant of the true facts
that exist relative to the mail
service in Custer county. The
suggestion made by the Mes
SENGER in its article of Dec. II,
1901, was in the interest of the
people in this end of Custer
county, but the change made by
Department on the 11th of this
month, appears to be in the in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28

,,r,>,, VS.; S0rder.
1t satisfactorily appearing to me, Kirkland L.
Perky, Judge OF the Fourth Judicial District
Of the State OF Idaho, that 1t is impossible to
secure the trial OF this cause before Judge
pro TEN, as heretofore ordered by me at the
Custer county term IN the-day OF July, 1901,
said Order is therefore hereby revoked; and it
further satisfactorily appearing to me that the
parties are numerous In the above entitled
cause. and that the convenience Of said rarties,
as well as the convenience of the witnesses who
will be called to testify in said action, would be
promoted If the testimony in said cause was
taken at Mackay, in said Custer county and it
further appearing to me that said cause is
triable by the Court, and that the service in
said action is complete, and that the time for
appearance has expired.
1t is therefore ordered by me, the Judge OF
said Court, that the testimony in said cause be
taken at Mackay, in said County OF Custer, be-
fore the Judge of this Court. beginning on the
twenty-fourth day OF February, A, D., 1902, at
three o'clock p. m. Of said day. 1t is further
ordered that a copy Of this Order be mailed by
the Clerk Of said Court to each of the attorneys
who shall have appeared in said action, and
that copy OF the same be published for two
weeks In THE SILVER MESSENGER, a news
paper published at Challis Idaho, and in the
Mackay Telegraph, a newspaper published at
at Mackay. Idaho.
Done at Chambers, Mountain Home Idaho,
this 2lst day of January, A. D., 1902.
KIRKLAND 1. PERKY,
Judge of the Fourth Judicial District,
State OF Idaho
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
ORDER SETTING TIME FoR HEARING

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE
STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR CUSTER
COUNTY.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28

S. T. MOE, ct al, Plaintiffs,
VS.. SOrder
HENRY HARGER. ct al, Defendants. ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-01
MAK1Na A FORTUNE.

It is often said of certain men that
they have been the architects of their
own fortunes. So must every one be.
But may not one fall heir to a million9
He may, indeed, but that million is not
a fortune to him unless he makes it
so. Quite likely it may prove to be
his worst misfortune. Nature may
endow another with fine eyesight, but
if he uses his eyes mainly in the
search for things degrading, if,
through them, he takes delight in
denominations, his eyes are his misfor-
tune. And so on of all possessions.
1t is what we do with them that makes
them a fortune or a misfortune to us.
Exchange.
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OPT IN THE SILLY NIGHT. =

Oft in the Silly night,
Ere slumber's chains have bound me,
Fond mem'ry brings the light of other
days around me,
The smiles, the tears of boyhoods
years,
The words of love then spoken,
The eyes that shone, now dimm'd
and gone,
The cheerful heart now brokenl
Thus in the still night,
Ere slumber's chains have bound me,
Fond mem'ry brings the light
Of other days around me.
When I remember all
The friends, so link'd together,
Pve seen around me fall
Like leaves in wintry. weather,
] feel like one who treads alone
Some banquet hall deserted
Whose lights are fed, whose garlands
dead,
And all but he departed.
Thus in the Silly night,
Ere slumber's chains have bound me,
Sad mem'ry brings the light
OF other days around me.
Thomas Moore.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-01
AUNT n LETTER.

Rebecca, Mrs. S. F. T. and Margaret
intertain us this week with interest
ing letters concerning old times. We
hope for a continuation of these en-
joyable narratives of past events by
our older readers; let US at the same
time hear from some of the younger
members regarding present occur
rences. What are you doing? Many
of you are visiting; some are travel
ling. Can't you find time to tell us of
the pleasure you are having? Remem-
Der there are those who must stay at
home and the nice letters you could
write would afford these much pleas
ure. If one cannot visit a place, the
next best thing is to have one who has
been there, tell of it. All of us en-
ioyed Mrs. MulIs letters telling us of
her trip to California. Now, you may
not go so far away as she did, but you
will see things as interesting, SO just
tell us of them; we will listen with
pleasure. I get letters with sad stories
of lives that have known little sun
shine but many shadows. Some are
afflicted with rheumatism, and others
have never walked; still they are in
terested in our Circle, and the letters
in it are enjoyed by them. It makes
us happy when we feel that we are
doing good, and by letters to the Cir
Gle it is possible to cheer these shut
ms. Let us hear from you.
AUNT JENNIE.
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E11's 1R1sH-D1A1ECr STORY.

Eli Perkins told the following Irish
story that occurred when he was on
General Chetlain's staff in Memphis:
CATER scouting down in Mississippi
one day 1 sent Corporal Mike Donan
into the hospital tent to see how badly
Patrick Kelly was wounded.
"EHowly Moses, Pat,' said Mike, tyez
pale as a ghost. In tn name w. tn
virgin, do yez be afther dyin'P
"EMike Donan,' said Pat, opening
his eyes, 'an' is thot yers'1fp
""TisY
"'Well, yez knows thot blatherin'
s~palpeen iv an Oirish drummer from
KalamizooF
""Thot 1 do
"'He bet me a dollar to a pint just
before tn battle thot 1 couldn't swal-
low an egg widout breaknin' tn she'll
tn shell iv it,
"rNaw.
"'Yis.'
"'Did We do itY
"I did,
"'Then fwat's ailin' yeg
"'It's doom there laying his hand
On his stomach. IF I joomp about I'll
br'ak it an cut me stummick wild tn
shell. If I kape quiet tn thingn hatch
cot an I'll have a Shanghai rooster
a-clawin' me insides.'"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-01
Our Social Chat.
. EDrTED 81 AuNT JErNn, RALEIaH, =. 8. :

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department OF
The Progressive Farmer, we have some OF the
most W1de-aWake n progressive young Mo1es
and young men and sOnneOf the most entertain
ing writers among the older cop Of this and
other States, the ages of the member ranging
from sixteen to more thon sixty.
YOU ARE REQUESTED to join by sending
ug q letter on some subject OF general interest,"
and writing thereafter as often as possible.
WHEN WRITING, give full name and post
ONCE address for Aunt Jennie's information.
II yOn do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you wish to be
known as g. Chatterer.
WEEKS OR MORE must, as q rule,
elapse between the time q letter In written and
the date OF its publication.
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt Jennie, care OF
The Progressive Farmer. Raleigh. N. @.
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TEE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE.

Now comes the young person,
known as "the sweet girl graduate"
and makes her bow to the world. The
most serious-minded of the worlds
workers is not so impressed with the
seriousness of life as is she; but even
this does not make her less attractive.
She is altogether delightful, good
looking and healthy, with a wide in
terest in people and things. She is
the sort of girl that it is good to fall
in love with. But there is one draw
back-Our observation is that she
does not readily fall in love herself,
and she is not so willing as she might
be to get married and take her share
of home responsibilities. She has
found so many ways to have a good
time. She is capable of earning her
own money, and she likes to be indie
pendent, so she hesitates about ac-
ceptlng responsibilities, about commit
ting herself to a certain narrow
sphere. She has had glimpses of all
the Kingdoms in the world, and she
wants them for her OWL. So the world
loses a good many good mothers, and
many young men do not get the
wives they ought to have.
There are two sides to every uues-
ton, but it certainly seems as if the
college girl looked somewhat askance
at matrimOny. And then comes the
question, if this is true, Is the educa-
ton which makes young women feel
that way toward life a good thing?
The answer is that in so far that it
does draw a girl away from the proper
appreciation of her duties and priv
leges as a mere woman, in so far does
it fail of being what it ought to be-
July Woman's Home Companion.
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THE FOURTH D1HEHs1OH OF A JOB.

Mr.. Schwab set out for the Presi-
dency of the Steel Trust on the
drivers seat of a grocery wagon; Mr..
Roosevelt started for the Presidency
of the United States from Harvard
University. But even if Nh. Schwab
had been able to announce his coming
into the business world with a college
yell. and Mr.. Roosevelt had been
forced by poverty into a seat on the
delivery wagon, there is small doubt
that, In the end, each would have
turned up somewhere near the place
in which he stands today-the first a
millionaire; the second a public man.
For, from the first, each had a mind of
his own a backbone that did not bend.
All roads lead to success for the
Schwabs and the Roosevelts-the
young men of character and determi-
nation, whose ambitions and ideals
-cFystalize early; who, as boys, can see
the course and the goal. And all We
hicles, from milk wagons to automo-
biles, look alike to them if they are
going their way.
Bill White, who masquerades in the
magazines as WilliamI Allen White,
has proved that a Kansas editor, even
If he knows all his subscribers by their
first names, will be heard from one end
of the country to the other when he
has something to say. And he will get
the floor as quickly as the fellow who
believes that his weight on the tip end
of Manhattan keeps the continent
from turning turtle.
When Elkins, the Philadelphia mil
lionaire, walked along Broad street a
poor boy, he picked out a corner lot
and said: "Here l will build my
house" And there, years later, he
built. He began life with a concrete
picture of a brownstone front on
Broad Street before him; and he start
ed right out to hunt for building ma
terial.
Men OF tins make need no advice
and little sympathy. They could find
water in the Arizona desert and raise
wheat in the Bad Lands. Sometimes
they get an education in college and
sometimes they get one in a hall-bed-
when their salary has stopped
for the day. 1t makes no difference
how or where; they get one. Like the
rest of US, they are creatures of cir
rcumstance and environment; but, if
they don't fancy the circumstances,
they change them, and, if their envi-
ronment is unpleasant, they move
around the corner where it is more to
their liking.
But a good many young men-in
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The Home Circle.
LIE e LAsE ROsE OF sUMMER. .

IT'S the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh,
10 reflect back her bushes,
Or give sigh for sigh.
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one!
To pine on the stem;
Since the lovely are sleeping,
Go, sleep thou with them.
Thus kindly I scatter
Thy leaves Ger the bed,
Where thy mates of the garden
Lie scentless and dead.
So soon may I follow,
When friendships decay,
And from Loves shining circle
The gems drop awayl
When rue hearts lie withered,
And fond ones are flown,
oh, who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?
Thomas Moore.