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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
Dawn.
night was dark, though sometimes a

The night was dark. though sometimes a
faint star
A little while little space made bright
The night was long and like an iron bar
Lay heavy on the land; till Ger the sea
Slowly. within the east, there grew light
Which half was starlight and half
seemed to be
The herald Of a greater The pale white
Turned slowly to the pale rose. and up
the height
or heaven slowly climbed. The gray sea
grew
Rose colored like the sky A white gull
flew
Straight toward the utmost boundary of
the east,
Where slowly the rose gathered and in
creased
II was as on the opening of door
By one that in his hand lamp doth hold
Whose flame is hidden by the garments
fold
The stil air moves, the wide room is less
dim.
More bright the east became, the ocean
turned
Dark and more dark against the bright
ening sky
Sharper against the sky the long sea line
The hollows of the breakers on the shore
Were green like leaves wherein no sun
doth shine,
Though white the outer branches OF the
tree.
From rose to red the level heaven burned;
Then sudden, as II sword fell from on
A blaze of gold flashed on the horizons
rim.
Richard Watson Glider
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
nLiteratursn in China.

A traveller says that in no other
country has he ever seen such rev.
erence for literature in every form as
exists in China.
A printed word is regarded almost
as sacred thing, and this sometimes
leads to amusing incidents when 4
Chinese teacher is dealing with a
brisk American pupil.
This returned traveller spent four
hours a day, while in China, with
native teacher of the language, and
one day, as the young men were
starting on walk together, and the
American was about to put on new
pair of shoes, he heard Mortified ex-
clamation from the Chinaman.
you not put foot on words!" he
gasped, pointing to the name and size
marked inside the shoe; and it was
long time before he recovered from
his amazement that any one should
be so lacking in proper respect as to
treat the symbols of his own Ian
guage or any other in such way.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
Champion Fish Story

The champion fish story of the
present season is being told by James
Patrick of Kansas City. He says thai
he is in receipt of letter from his
sister, who lives in southwest Mis-
souri,, in which she states that few
days ago her boys led the horses
down to a pond to drink and that
while the horses were thus engaged
8 six-pound bass jumped out of the
water and into the jacket pocket of
one of the boys.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
Crow and Dog Good Friends.

There is large Newfoundland dog
and crow in Ridley Park at Chester,
Pa, that are on speaking terms with
each other The crows name is Jim,
and the dog. handsome animal, is
Rover. Both are owned by Julius c.
Smith. head landscape gardener for
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
When Mr.. Smith first took the bird
home, the crow espied Rover, and
flew from its new masters hand and
lit on the dogs back. At once there
seemed to be a mutual understanding
between dog and bird, the former
"bow-wowing" in affectionate manner,
and the latter "caw-cawing" and re-
turning the caresses of it's new friend
by stroking Rover's back with its
beak. Jim and Rover seem to thor
oughly understand each other, and are
generally found together.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
POPULAR SCIENCE
Automatic Trap for Rodents

not fancied by any one. Both OF tn~
above objections are overcome la the
tran shown in the accompanying
drawing, the invention OF Josep~
Chagnot of Torrington, Conn.
Tho device consists of water
reservoir. two bait holders and a tilt
ing platform. The primary bait hold
er is located above the inclined run
way, and the second holder over the
tuting platform. In use, the animal.
ending it difficult to get the bait from
the primary holder, will move forward
ard attempt to obtain the second
ulorsel. In so doing he will pass De-
y,nd the plvoted point OF the tiitlne
platform and his weight will cause
1t to tilt and will precipitate him into
the reservoir, where the death pen
atty is inflicted. The platform im-
medlately resumes its operative posi-
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
Electricity in Britain

The foundation stone of the first
generating station of the South Wales
Electric Power Distribution company
was recently laid by Sir Frederick
Bramwell. Thus has been inaugurated,
says Nature. the second scheme in
Great Britain for the supply of cleo
tricity in bulk, the first having been
started last year at Newcastle-on-
Tyne. The area which will be sup
piled by the South Wales company
has an extent of about 1000 square
miles. The district includes collier
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
FRIENDS TO LIFT HER BURDEN
Calamity James Sorrows Touch the
Hearts of Old Associates.

Calamity James Sorrows Touch the
Hearts of Old Associates.
There is a movement on foot for
collecting money to be used as char
ity fund for Calamity Jane, who is
now in the country that lies around
Yellowstone park, says the Butte In
teri Mountain.
"a move was recently started over
our way to have Jane removed to the
Park county poorhouse," said Butte
man, land she fatty refused to go.
do not blame her in the least for
doing so and am in favor of collect
ing enough money to make Jane com
Portable in her old age.
think of the many kindly acts she
has done for others when she had
means. Why. it is a shame to even
allow the necessity for such a sug-
gestion as sending her to a poorhouse.
Calamity Jane Is pioneer. In the
early days she was one of the best
known characters in the west No
one came in contact with her who did
not feel the benefit of her kindly acts
and encouragement. Just now she is
over in the Yellowstone country try
ing to sell her unique book to tourists
But the successful day of Calamity
Jane is past Her books no longer
sell well. Time was when tourists
considered it an honor to buy James
books and it was considered lack
of progressiveness to make a trip west
and not purchase one of these unique
souvenirs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
London Writer Describes Yerkes.

Charles t. Yerkes is credited with
saying that men are in their appren.
ticeship until they reach the age of
40 and that business man is NOT
ripe until he is ten years older than
that. The London writer who quotes
him thus draws this brief pen picture
of the former Chicago traction mag
nate; "Pallid, dark-eyed, soft-voiced,
with white hair and mustache and an
air of subdued refinement, the railway
autocrat might be taken for a quiet
scholar rather than graduate OF
the most strenuous rough-and-tG inble
school of fighting in the world"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
Row of Corn Miles Iona.

A Kingman county, Kan, farmer is
growing a row of corn a little more
than 25 miles long for no other rea-
son than to be singular and extraor-
binary. He commenced in a 50-acre
field and went round and round in
circle with a lister until he had plant
ed the whole in a single row, which
commences at one of the edges and
terminates in the middle. When he
cultivated it, of course he had to
pillow the same way. AS appearances
go the field will make as much crop
as it would if planted in the ordi-
nary way.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18

tages. The movement of the society
seeking millionaires to Washington is
quite as interesting a sign of the times
as is the hegira of men OF wealth to
New York. Indeed, when millionaire
has sold his stocks, bought bonds with
the money and has no duty more ia
tiguing than that o. scissoring cou-
pons, he naturally goes to Washington
as the next phase in his social met
empsychosis The reason is plain,
Washington has a society in which
breeding and brains play part, and
society of that kind is distinctly SUI
perior to one like that of New York,
where money is the criterion of social
position.
1t has somehow come to be a fash
ion for millionaires to have homes in
New York. A palace built there is
conspicuous and gets its owner talked
about. 1t is a convenient eyrie from
which to descend upon Wall street.
Furthermore, it is to be supposed that
millionaires find one another's society
especially congenial, since 1t must BIZ
conducive to ennui for any of them
to be surrounded only by men who
think and talk of little sums instead
OF big, round, mouth-nlling millions.
So the millionaires flock together in
Fifth avenue and keep one another in
countenance to the best of their abil
ity
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
Guard Aaalnst Coal Famine.

Fearing a coal famine by reason of
the strike, the members of the Protes.
tant Episcopal church at st. Clair,
Pa, have entered on a novel project.
At the suggestion of their pastor, Rev.
w. H. Holder, the entire male part
of the congregation are found daily
on the refuse banks of the several
collieries picking coal for the church's
winter supply. Their pastor, attired
in overalls and with sleeves rolled up,
accompanies them. The banks are a
mile from town and the product is
hauled in by teams. The church has
a capacity for rs tons in the cellar
and the idea is to fill it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
To study AuroraI pisnIavs.

Prof. Birksland is at the head of
the expedition which leaves Copen.
hagen this summer for Nova Zembla.
He will have six companions and the
object of the expedition is to study
the phenomena connected with auro
raj displays. The party will winter
at Matolshkin Star in house built
some years ago by the Russian gov.
ernmtnt and occupied in recent sum.
mers ~ Russian painter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
Authentic Ghost Story.

Eighteen months ago well-known
man died in London. and a few days
after his death London journalist
declared that he had just seen the
decedent in a London club and had,
moreover, spoken to him. Andrew
Lang once met somebody in the street
whom he took for a well-known uni
versity man. He spoke to him, shook
hands with him and left him, and
the next day he was startled to learn
that at the very moment when he
was speaking to the gentleman in
the street his university friend was
dying more than a hundred miles
away.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
A Novel House.

One of the most novel houses ever
built was shaped in the form of an
elephant. 1t was the owners boast
that there was free circulation of
air below the rooms, and that an
abundant supply of light was ensured.
The legs contained flights of stairs
and the trunk was utilized chiefly for
water pipes, etc. A fire unfortunately
destroyed this novel mansion; and
though it's owner maintained that it
was a great success. yet it is signifi-
cant that he never built another house
on the "elephantine" plan.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
swordfish Drowned Elsherman.

A sad story is told of the fate of
an old fisherman from Gloucester who
went out on the last trip of the fish
ing schooner Joseph H. Cromwell.
The schooner has returned with his
body. While on the fishing grounds
off the Georges a big swordfsh was
observed crossing the bow. A harpoon
was shot into it's body and Fisher
man Boucher went down in a dory to
guide the line. He got one foot tan
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
Cave Used by Indians.

A larger Indian cave than the one
recently found in Harwinton has been
discovered in the woods on the farm
of B. A. Anderson at Stanwich, Conn.
on the very highest point, extending
over ninety feet. with an opening at
either end, where the Indians used to
hide their plumber 1t is in a large
lot called to this day by the old resi-.
dents the "Wigwam" lot Mr.. Ander-
son has found in it arrowheads.
pieces of pottery and part of crude
bracelet made out of different colored
pieces of flint.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
Old Postmaster Robbed.

Postmaster Roswell Beardsley. who
is supposed to be the oldest govern.
ment employee in the United States.
having been postmaster at North
Lansing since 1928, SUSTAINED the first
loss he has ever met at the hands Of
burglars the other night. Mr. Boards.
leys store was entered from the cell
lar and quantity of stamps and pos
tai cards was removed. The loss is
about $50. Mr.. Bearsley is SO years
old.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
Headquarters for roothpicks.

Only one characteristic distinguish.
es the little village of Strong, Me-.
from the thousands of others that are
scattered all over New England. That
is the peculiar industry which serves
to support the entire community.
Strong is famous for nothing but
toothpicks, but it is koown in the
trade as the place from which come
the majority of the toothpicks that
are used in the United States.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18

Nov all is different. The old-tim.
ers, many of them, have died, and the
younger generation coming up is too
busy to pay heed to this woman who
helped blaze the way of the pioneer.
She now has no way of making live
lihood and it is up to the charitably
inclined to see that she does not die
in the poorhouse."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18

antiquity than we have for the GER
tainties of exact science. From time
immemorial tradition has dominated
reason in the masses of men. Each
race has lived under the sway of the
thought of some preceding age. AS q
vigorous thinker he regrets the waste
OF human effort and of human time.
Those who are interested in this as
pect of the subject will do we'll TO
compare this address with one by DR..
Langley on the Laws of Nature"
printed in Science for June Is. His
contention is that there are no laws
of nature" no certainties of exact
science. The discrepancy in conclu-
sions is not difficult to unravel, but
there is no space here available.
Readers are advised to see the two
addresses in question.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
Dig ; !|I rt'aIElR

gled up in 1t. and in an instant was
drawn down under water and
drowned. All efforts to check the
speed of the wounded swordfish were
futile until it became exhausted and
died. Then it rose to the surface,
and Boucher, still tangled in the line,
came up with it.-Boston Transcript.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
claim Mine is haunted.

Three hundred miners the other day
refused. to go down the Glyncorryg
colliery. near Port Talbot, in Wales.
because they said it was haunted, 1t
was asserted that the figure of a
woman bearing a lighted lamp had
been seen in the workings and the
screams of a woman heard.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18

Now is the season for the callow
youth to enjoy the festive sport with
the antique spinster G'sporting at thu
warm resorts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18
Removes Chill from q Room

permit the heater to be elevated for
the rmoval of the lamp. AS the sleeve
which carries the supporting arm Is
adjustable on the post, lamp of any
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18

les, steel works, tin plate and conner
works and numerous other factories
OF different kinds. There will be Ave-
stations. The dynamos-three.phase
aiternators-will be driven by steam
the engines having a total capacity
OF 15,OO0-horse power
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18

Fire engines are carried on trolley
cars in Springfield, Mass. The 90.
IS put nine and a half inches high and
the trucks under one end can be "a.
pnoV~N and the engine run upon Il
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18

In the majority of traps for catching
rats and mice no provision is made
for disposing of the rodents, and If o
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18

If there were no fault-fnders we
should stagnate.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-18

Women with double chins are apt to
be exacting in love affairs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-30
GOOD GROOMING.

BY Mrs. Martha Taft Wentworth.
The best complexion / ever saw, OUT
side the ranks Of stage beauties, belongs
to a young matron Of modest income and
very little leisure.
1 do not mean that she works for her
spending money, but that the demands
of numerous sisters and brothers, not to
mention other relatives, upon her clever
ness leave her no spare time worth men
tioning.
She has not always gloried in such a
complexion, as her family can testify. I
cannot tell, with any degree of accuracy,
when she began the coaxing process
which has been eminently successful, but
this l know, every morning she scrubs
the skin of her face and neck for ten
minutes or more with a moderately stiff
brush and suds of white CASTLE soap and
water.
The process, she claims, removes all
dead skin and keeps her in constant pos
session of new one. 1t also brings the
blood to the surface to feed the tissues
directly below the skin and keep them
full of life and color. Of course every
particle of soap is rinsed away in sew
eral waters, and the skin wiped off with
a piece of Turkish toweling.
At night she spends the same amount
of time upon her skin, rubbing it well
with a fine face cream and leaving Just
enough on over night to give softness
and elasticity. The cream is needed to
counteract the effects of the soaps ten
dency to draw out the natural oil of the
skin
This treatment must seem heroic to the
woman who merely dabs her face each
morning with a soft, wet rag. l fancy it
might hurt in the beginning, but the
face will tougher under continuous hard
treatment just as the mouth and gums
will become accustomed to a very stiff
brush.
At all events the foundation of a good
complexion is cleanliness secure it how
you may. Try the experiment of wash
ing your face some morning with warm,
soapy water and Turkish toweling face
cloth. Note the condition of the cloth at
the close of the operation and you will
never again say that the face skin does
not accumulate dirt as do the hands.
In massaging with cream rub the face
gently up, never down. The muscles have
a tendency to droop a little each year,
if they receive no encoura cement to re-
main firm and normal, and the creases
and downward tendency are the infallible
signs of age.
I forgot to say that the final morning
rinsing must be done in cold water, as
it closes the pores which the soap end
warm water opened.
The mistake of femininity is a failure to
cleanse the face when making a fresh
toilet. 1t needs it, believe me, and it will
give you an amount of satisfaction if
cleansed in hot water, patted dry with
soft cloth, rubbed well with cold cream
and left for ten minutes before being
wiped off and busted with a fine, harm
less powder. This treatment gives soft,
peachy look to the skin and will prevent
whatever dirt is encountered from clog
g1ng the pores.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-30

OF the Pike Stock company. last Thurs
cay afternoon looked up and saw a be-
Whlskered man chewing a straw who
peered in through the railing.
Good morning, SIR said Albert.
What can do for you?''
I've got a mighty lively looking heifer
out on my place" remarked the man
behind the straw
Albert appe AIRED interested
is that So" said he. do you con-
template raising it to the full maturity
Reckon mott replied the man with
the the heifer. Amt got no room fer the
"Ah, then, she will persist in sleeping
suggested Mr.. Creme.
Nav, she sleeps in the barn with the
rest Of the cattle. What are you paying
fer beef on the hoof?"
Well, l really can't say said Albert.
I've had some experience with hams
and I've dealt In the bull-con' lots OF
times, but perambulating beef is some
what out Of my line
'Look here, young man, you Jest quit
that ere city foolishness. Amt this the
Pike Stock company"
indeed, yes said Grome.
''Well, what do you pay for heifers?'
A great light broke on Albert
Say, you think this Is a COW clearing
house, don't your"
"Of course. What else is a stock COM
pany fer?"
Mr.. Grome then mildly proceeded to dis
abuse the worthy countryman of his mis-
taken idea, and so encouraged him that
Il was a good joke that he sold him a
couple of orchestra seats before the
transaction ended.-Cincinnati Inquirer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-30

Phillips baritone. They were assisted by
B. F. Forster, tenor, and Mr.. Franklin
n. Krieger, accompanist.
1t is doubtful if the Metropolitan quar-
tette ever did more artistic work than
that presented by them yesterday for the
enjoyment of the Schubert club members
Each of the singers was in excellent
voice, but to Miss Williams and Harry
George must be ascribed the largest
share Of merit for making that pro-
gramme brilliant one. Miss Williams
art is admirable, her manner simple and
unaffected. With such a setting her clear
bell like, yet essentially human soprano
is heard to excellent advantage. Her solo
number, the ''Waltz Song from Romeo
and Juliet was sung with a gay abandon
and yet with an undercurrent of pas
sion that made it exceedingly attractive
Mr.. Georges tenor seems to continually
gain in breadth and color and, like Miss
Williams, his art is admirable. His solo
was the Spring Song from Wagner's
Die Walkure,'' but more opportunity
was afforded him in one or two of the
part songs.
The biggest solos of the afternoon fell
to Harry Phillips, who sang ''Wotan's
Farewell from the die Walkure''; and
Mrs, Yale, who sang the recitative and
aria from Saint Saens' Samson and
Delilah."
The excellent piano work of Mr.. Kreiger
had a little to doswith the success of the
latter number. He played the four diff
ferent motifs that compose the song with
excellent effect. The Brassin arrange
ment of the Magic Fire Music,'' or
chestral in effect, was given brilliant
Interpretation. Two other Wagner num-
bers were sung, the quintette, "Selg vie
Some meines Gluckes lacht'' from die
Meistersinger," sung by the quartette
alone.
Not the least interesting part of yes
terday's programme was the explanatory
notes on the two Wagnerian numbers
given by Mrs. w. S. Briggs. Mrs. Briggs
presented the story of die Walkure''
and die Meistersinger'' in clear and SIM
pie, yet exceedingly forceful STYLE
Mrs. Henry Downs presented current
musical events yesterday. Reference was
made to Camille Urso's death, to Pade-
rewski's return to this country and other
events of Importance in the musical
world