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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
TOURISTS WHO DON'T TOUR.

Agency That Supplies Evidence of
Travel Never Actually Undertaken.
Not long since a successful book of
travel in the far east was written by
a European who had never been near
er Asia than the eastern boundary of
Vienna. The work. according to a
London paper, was made possible by
an agency for bogus travellers which is
established in Paris and which has
clients all over Europe and some in
the United States. This agency, says
the London authority, is nominally one
for doing the usual touring business,
but it actually exists for providing any
one who can pay the necessary fees
with complete evidence of their tray
els" posting them up on all the de-
tails of their Journey" and giving
them a perfect description of all the
sights they saw; in fact, generally
turning them over to their friends,
travel-stained, and full Of adventure.
And the pseudo-tourist can choose al
most any tour in the world, if he is
prepared to pay well for it.
| He can go down into some cheap
farm house, send a fee to the agency,
and later he can turn up among his
friends with a wonderful knowledge of,
for instance, the Alps, file of receipt
ed hotel bills, his portmanteaus
smothered in foreign labels, and with
an armful of small trifes bought in
the little hamlets he didn't stay at or
pass through-Swiss clocks, models of
Swiss villages, even bits of rocks he
Clipped off, the higher mountain
| peaks-and he will be able to tell you
all about the good and the bad hotels
at which he stopped along the route.
In short, he could thoroughly convince
you that he has actually taken the
| tour.
To talk of having done the Alps is
the ambition of thousands of people
who have not the nerve for mountain
eering, or who cannot afford the ex-
pense, cheap as the tour is nowadays.
1t is common enough to find people
posing as travellers on the strength of
this little tour alone, and it is prob
able that fair number of these gen
tlefolk have never set eyes upon the
famous mountains. The alpenstock,
guide-ropes and views they show their
friends as evidence of their trips can
be produced at very moderate prices;
and the agency for bogus travellers has
well-written little books, from which
their clients can learn quite as much
as they could by actually taking the
tour.
Also. for small additional fee, cli-
ents are provided with notebooks and
the copy from which they can write in
the notebooks short, daily accounts of
their doings during the tour. And all
this glory for about the fourth or fifth
of what the tour would actually cost
them!
BY no means is the Alps tour the
only thing demanded by the clients of
this unique agency. Tours to all sorts
of outlandish places are constantly be-
ing arranged for richer classes of bo-
gus globe-trotters.
You can ego through Siberia by the
courtesy of the agency for about &c
guineas, without the slightest personal
inconvenience or any loss of time.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

One of the most notable of the Ma
orr chiefs who were presented to the
Duke and Duchess of York in New
Zealand was TIE Heuheu, who present.
ed to the colony the splendid national
park that includes the volcanoes of
Ngarahoe and Ruapehu. He is the
grandson of a famous cannibal chief,
who fifty-five years ago was buried
alive while defylng the elements dur
ing a destructive landslide. TIE Heu-
heu, in all the glory of war paint and
wearing little more than the primitive
fax mat around his Ions, took part
in the exciting martial dance of his
tribe before their royal highnesses. A
little later, when he came to receive
his medal from the duke, he was nc
longer the wild warrior, but a sedate
courtly gentleman. attired in silk hat
and faultless frock coat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
Period of Fertility.

A correspondent Of Fa m-Poultry,
writing to that paper says: l think
you are responsible for saying in
Poultry Craft" that you have known
instances of hens laying fertile eggs
eight days after male has been re-
moved" and it is generally understood
that eggs are usually fertile four days
after removal of male; but, Mr.. Edi-
tor, l am able to enclose you results
of an experiment that 1 am now con-
Quoting which may interest you. The
fifth day after males were removed
began saving five eggs from two pens,
and on the tenth day l stopped, Civ
ing me six days eggs. l stopped saw
ing them because l was short for my
customers, and because l thought at
the time none could remain fertile
for so long; but to my surprise the
eggs laid ten days after cocks were re-
moved proved fertile. Cocks were re-
moved on night of July Is.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

A political festival, which is becom-
ing more and more important, is the
Opening" of the campaign, that is, the
first public meeting for the presenta-
ton of the issues to be decided In
what city to fire the first gun" is usu-
ally a question of interest; SO is that
of the date when the shot may be most
effective. An early opening obviously
makes a long campaign. This year
in most of the state political interest
is so light that the campaigns will be
short.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

The Dietetic and HygIenic Gazette
says: Walter Baker & Co., Of Dor
chester Mass, U. s. A., have given
years Of study to the skilful prepara-
ton of cocoa and chocolate, and have
devised machinery and systems pc
culiar TO their methods of treatment,
whereby the purity, palatability, and
highest nutrient characteristics are re-
tanned. Their preparations are known
the world over and have received the
highest Endorsements from the medical
practitioner, the nurse, and the intel
lisent housekeeper and caterer"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

Frederick Ring. awaiting trial for
highway robbery, attempted to roast
himself to death by setting fire to his
bed in the Essex County Gaol of New
Jersey. He is now in the gaol hos
pital under close guard. The prisoner,
who is known as desperate, had re-
ceived visit from his mother. Dur
ing the interview he had wept bitterly.
After she had gone Ring wrote Ions
letter Of confession. This was found
by the warden when he searched
Rings cell. In the letter Ring con-
fessed to having committed murder
an South Jersey about two years ago
Since then, he declared. the fear Of ar
rest and hanging made his life tor
ment.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

One can accomplish much IN rvrry
years, remarked Professor Haeckel, the
scientist. in whose library at Jena is
a good-sized case filled with his own
works. His vocation has demanded
the labor which most men would deem
a full measure of toll, while his avo-
cations have revealed capacity TO-.
work of remarkable character. 1t is
said that he has a collection Of nors
than two thousand Of his own paint
ings, mostly water colors. besides thou
sands Of other sketches in ink, crayon
and pencil. Dividing men into pro-
ducers and non-producers, it is not diff
fcult to say to which class Haeckel
belongs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

shielded as much as possible from
the inevitable. Mr.. Roosevelt realizes
that the doings of the White House
children are of more or less public
interest, but he says their heads must
not be turned by too much attention.
When he was making his arrange
ments to come here as vice-president,
the plans included the placing Of the
children in the public school When
President Mckinley was assassinated
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
ROOSEVELT BOYS
GET EDUCATION
IN DEMOCRATIC
FASHION.

/ Roosevelt will take care of his in
struction until he becomes old enough
to learn his A B C's.
The children are accompanied to
school each morning by Henry Pinck-
ney, the colored man, who has as
signed to himself the President,
and on other occasions Mrs. Roose-
welt makes up the guest list and
has some of the women with whom
she became acquainted in Washington
during her previous residences here.
These little home parties are altogeth-
err informal. When soldiers are there
old stories are rehearsed and old Jokes
recracked. When the guests comprise
such men as r. w. Glider, books are
invariably the subject of conversation,
for the President is a great reader and
keeps abreast Of all the good current
literature.
One of the women who dlned with
the Roosevelt's last week when jok-
ingly asked by a man of her acquaint-
ance what kind of dinner she had,
and what they talked about, replied:
1--WE had good dinner of real food
and l found out what Mrs. Roosevelt
had noticed regarding the fall patterns
in the New York stores just before
she came to Washington"
The children do not join in these
dinners. They have their evening
meal served in the rooms that have
been fitted up as the nursery and the
old folks are unmolested after
o'clock except on special occasions.
Mrs. Roosevelt's Accomplishments.
Mrs. Roosevelt enjoys such evenings
as well as does her husband. She is
one of the most accomplished women
who has ever been mistress of the
white house. Besides being an excep-
tionally good conversationalist she is
an accomplished musician and takes a
great interest in literary matters. In
spite of the fact that she has family
large enough to take up every moment
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

The statistician Of the Department
of Agriculture has lately returned from
a trip to Europe undertaken for the
purpose Of arranging with the Euro
pean governments for an interchange
of crop reports with the United States
The negotiations were successful, and
it is expected that the plan will be In
operation next autumn. The step is q
very important one. Heretofore this
country has had to depend upon pri-
vate sources for information Of foreign
crops, which was always incomplete
and sometimes inaccurate. The value
OF such reports to the American farm
Ter is considerable, since the prices of
American farm products are largely In
huenced by foreign crops.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
GO TO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
(Washington Letter.l

President Roosevelt openly resents
any attempt to pry into the private
affairs of his family, even If it is taxi
en- for granted that their every act is
public property, now that they reside
in the executive mansion. He does not
pretend that modesty or desire for ex-
cluslveness has impelled him to take
this course, but he insists that there is
a great chance that such notoriety
will have serious effect on his young
children who are just at an impress
sionable age. He wants them to be
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

Samuel Cushman says: zone most
important reason for non-success TN
poultry raising is that beginners have
no real conception of the requirements
of the work" That applies to the men
that raise poultry on a commercial
scale. Most Of the readers of this de-
partment of the Farmers Review are
farmers who carry stock Of poultry
as an adjunct to their other farming.
While it is perhaps true that even our
farmers do not have a full conception
of the work necessary to manage a
large flock, yet it is also true that
such farmers are keeping poultry nm
der conditions infinitely better than
the men that make that their sole
business. The poultry as an adjunct
to the farm is easily and naturally
handled and it requires only a fair
amount of study of the subject n
make a success of it. We realize the
fact that as yet with many of our
farmers the light is only now break.
ing as to better poultry methods but
we are sure that progress is being
made.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

year and that the winters programme
will go on as usual after Jan. 1.
Coming Debut of Miss Roosevelt
President and Mrs. Roosevelt are
expected to open the season with re-
ception at which Miss Alice will be
presented to society No definite an
nouncement has been made as yet OF
such a plan but the social world IS
preparing to give the first debutante
from the white house for thirty years
warm welcome.
Miss Roosevelt is expected to be a
great social favorite She is tall and
slender and she has light hair and
blue eyes. Her manner is breezy and
enthusiastic, like that of her father.
She is an outdoor girl and is SPLEEN
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

Once realize what the true object is
in life-that 1t is not pleasure, not
knowledge. not even fame itself, that
last inflrmity Of noble minds" but that
1t is the development of character, the
rising to a higher, nobler, purer
standard, the building up of the per-
feet man-and then, so long as this
is going on, and will, we trust, go on
forevermore, death has for us no ter
ror; 1t is not shadow, but light;
not an end, but beginning.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

Mrs. Cora Dibert, a woman of AL
toona, Pa, escaped death by one inch
of water the other day. She was
pumping water when the platform on
which she was standing collapsed and
she dropped to the bottom of the well.
She was just able to keep her head
above water by standing ON her tip
toes. When unable to stand longer
she covered her mouth and nose with
one hand and went under for as long
as she could hold her breath. Her oc-
casional shouts were finally heard and
she was rescued just in the nick of
time. She says that one more dip un-
der the water would have been her
last
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

Mrs. Fl P. Van Cleve, the first
white baby born in the Northwest"
lives in Minneapolis. and though 80
years old, is still mentally vigorous
and much interested in the worlds af-
fairs. The daughter Of one regular
officer and the widow Of another, she
first saw the light of Fort Crawford,
Wis, on July l, 1919, and has passed
through many trials, hardships and
adventures of military and pioneer life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
KERMIT ROOSEVELT.

has ever known, the announcement
from the white house was received
with feelings Of dismay by the society
people. After the President had time
to think the question over and to take
the advice of number of persons well
informed regarding propriety, II was
decided to change the official pro-
gramme 1t is now announced that
official mourning will end with the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

An insect OF an unknown species bit
the lip OF Miss Catherine Rambo Of
Baltimore, Md. Pain and swelling re-
suited, aud the swelling extended to
her chin. After she had suffered sew
eral hours, death resulted from blood
poisoning.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

Our lives make a moral tradition for
our individual selves, as the life OF
mankind at large makes a moral ira
dition for the race; and to have once
acted greatly seems reason why we
should always be noble.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

Sheep with a green fleece are nov
city, but these are to be seen in Ger
many near some copper works. They
live in the dust and fumes and drink
water contaminated by copper.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
on night of July 10.
PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
WHITE WYAND0TTES
Fertile. Clear
$One broke

Now this experiment has been car
ried on by myself. and l have used
every precaution to get only correct
results. l have now pen of three R.
l. Reds undergoing a similar expert
ment, and l will report later on. I
tested Plymouth Rock pullet early
in the season, and she gave me a fer
tile egg on the fourth day after male
was removed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

Very few so-called Malaga grapes
come from Malaga. They used to -four
ish in that vicinity many years ago.
but there was blight that killed off
most of the vines, and that special
brand of fruit is now chiefly grown
elsewhere in Spain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

Near the big London cattle market
at lslington there is every week an
auction sale Of American horses from
Canada and the United States. The
auctoneer wears silk hat, white vest
hght gloves and a large flower in his
buttonhole. MS
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

I'D the children along with their ia
cher were placed in the most conspic-
uous position in the nation, it was
predicted that these plans would be
changed and that the children would
either be placed in some private and
exclusive school or that they would
be taught by governess or tutor who
would reside at the White House. 1t
was urged that the attendance of the
Roosevelt children in the public
schools would make them constantly
unprotected objects of cranks IL not
actual kidnapers.
Boys Going to Public Schools.
President Roosevelt laughed at these
fears when, after the children had ar
rived and the question of their educa-
ton came up. Mrs. Roosevelt, how
ever, was not so certain. Finally it
was arranged that the boys should at
tend the public schools and that Ethel
should go to the Cathedral school in
Woodley lane. This is an institution
under the supervision of Bishop Sat
terlee of the Episcopal diocese. Ethel
will board at the school during the
week. but she will return to the White
House to spend Saturday and Sunday
with her parents. Kermit, who is a
sturdy little fellow with many of his
fathers traits, and who has an ample
supply Of self-rellance. now attends the
Preston school, and he gave 1t out
cold on the day that he was regis
tered there that II any of the other
boys tried to make fun of him because
he was the presidents son he would
make 1t hot for them Archie goes daily
to the Force school. Here he will
have as classmates many of the lit
tie sons and daughters of the members
Of the diplomatic corps who reside in
the aristocratic neighborhood in which
the school is located.
"reddy," Jr., in Massachusetts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

Many of the old WAYS of making
money with poultry are past and gone.
ana new ways are coming to the front
Today the profit only comes when
these new and right ways are chosen
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

Theodore, Jr., will continue to at
tend the boarding school in Massa-
chusetts which he entered last year,
and Miss Alice, the oldest daughter OF
the President, who is expected to make
her debut in society this winter, will
not attend school. Quentin, the baby,
is too young to go to school. aud Mrs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

Tho the vine bn bitter the grapes
may be sweet
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Everything In the way of tablets
from one cent up at McCoy's Book
Store. IS ot
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At Panama, Columbia. by Chamber
Iain's Collie, Cholera and DiarrhOea


At Panama, Columbia. by Chamber
Iain's Collie, Cholera and DiarrhOea
Remedy.
DR.. Chas. II. Utter, a prominent
physician, of Panama, Columbia, In
a rcceot letter states. Last March
I had as a patient young lady six
teen years Of age, who had very
bad attack of dysentery. Every
thing prescribed for her proved in
effectual and she was growing
worse every hour. Her parents
were sure she would die. She had
become so weak she could not turn
over In bed. What to do at this
critical moment was study for me
but 1 thought Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and
as last resort prescribed 1t. The
most wonderful result was effected
Within eight hours she was feeling
much better; inside of three days
she was upon her feet and at the
of one week was entirely well.
For sale BY G. w. Grier'
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The Thouehtless Poet.

He was reading a beautiful poem to
her about two fond lovers who dweIt
in a vine covered cottage. Presently
he heard her sigh.
"Ah, Miss NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
he said, what a beautiful picture ii
is! How happy l could be to live in
such a bower with-with"-
"Br-r-r-r," she shivered. 81 was feel
ing so sorry for them. Think Of The
germs that must have chung to those
vines. Think of the awful things thai
might have been bred under the dead
leaves there"
He put the book down and looked
out across the roofs at the smoky
chimneys and wondered why the poet
hadn't thought Of that.-Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
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Local Attention.

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blessings Born OF SORROWS.

The worlds greatest blessings have
come out Of it's greater sorrows. Saio
Goethe, ~ never had an atiiction
which did not turn into poem" No
doubt the best music and poetry in all
literature had like origin. If we could
only know it's whole story. 1t is uni
versally true that poets learn in suf-
fering what they teach in song" Moth
ing really worth while in life's lessons
comes easily and without pain and
cost
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SOME TR..-STATE EVENTS.

.Bare-headed, dressed In cVcralls
and sweater, with his sleeves rolled
Up. perspiration dripping from him
and his face and hands grimy with
coal dust, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.,
stood on the fiTeboard Of one Of the
great Atlantic type engines of the
Now York Central and shoveled coal
into the firebox all the way from New
York to Albany.
John r. Vandergrift, laborer in
the employ Of the Belts Machine com
pany, Wilmington, Del, went to Bal,
timore to establish his claim to for
tune Of $4,000, which was left him by
a stranger for an act of kindness per-
formed many years ago. Vandergrift
lives in a modest house at 40S Porter
street.
Harry McDevitt, aged 40 years, a
FAINTER, living at 2911 Webster ave-
nue., Pittsburg, was seriously, al
though not dangerously, injured
10y falling off a ladder while painting
m air shaft in the building occupied
by Heeren Bros. & Co., at the corner
1f Penn avenue and Eighth street. In
some mysterious manner the rope on
the end of the swinging ladder, upon
which he was standing, came loose.
With the closing down of the tin
plate mills at Lisbon, o., the shut
down Of all the union tin mills under
the control of the American Tinplate
company was complete. The action
Of the company in ceasing to operate
all of it's mills where Amalgamated
workmen are employed and continu-
ing to run, with but few exceptions,
The non-union mills, is taken as an in
dication Of the manufacturers atti-
tude on the question of wage reduc-
ton. The result of the reconsidera'
tion by the various lodges Of the
hmalgamated association Of the prop.
csition to accept a reduction Of %
per cent on plate intended for export
trade will shortly be announced. 1t
is known that the vote is overwhel.
r,ngly against accepting the reduc'
tCn.
Edward Martin, register assessor Of
the First district Of the Fourth ward,
F:ttsburg, declares he was promised
$25 by a representative Of the politi.
cal syndicate if he would resign and
fix things" so that a man selected
By the outfits bosses would be his
successor. The offer was made he
says, on Monday in his own home, at
"a Scott place.
Two persons were seriously hurt
end a fox terrier. valued at $500, was
killed in buggy collision on River
view park boulevard, Allegheny City
Pa. A pony cart was demolished and
the team Of ponies were severely cut
about the feet and body. The injured
are: George D. Fearnley, aged 81.
real estate broker, and Edith Fearn.
icy, aged z, his daughter.
Mary Ann cohoe, who said she was
from Homestead. Pa. made three at