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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-08-08

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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-08-08

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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-08-08
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
SAVAGES DEFEND THEIR
PRACTICE OF CANNIBALISM

The Woelffel expedition which re-
Gently traversed region Of dense for
ests back of the ivory coast of West
Africa found there large number Of
cannibals comprising several tribes.
When the white men in the Woelffel
party asked these cannibals why they
INDUCED in the practice of eating hui
man flesh they replied that men are in
the habit of washing their bodies three
times day, and their flesh, therefore,
is cleaner and sweeter than that of
cattle, which are never washed.
When Mr.. Stanley sent Captain CO.
quiTbat to occupy the station he had
established among the fierce Bangalla
cannibals of the middle Congo he
found the natives ever ready to defend
the practice of eating human flesh.
This is horrible" said Coquilhat one
day to a chief whom he saw at his
meal. "On the contrary, it is delicious
with SALT" was the reply. Another
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SCARED THE SHARK
Adventures of Diver Who Was at Work


Few men lead more adventurous
lives in these latter days than divers;
and few divers have survived more
perils of the deep than one known to
his fellows by the name Of Tim
mans" This is how he describes one
adventure with a shark-a more excit-
ing than dangerous one, as it happily
proved:
Il once had an experience with
shark he said, while we were trying
to save a 3,O00-ton steamer of the
Hamburg-American Packet Company,
wrecked on a bar in the Magdalena
river, Columbia.
I'D been working for days patching
her keel, hung on a swinging shelf
we'd lowered along her side, and every
time went down 1 saw swarms of red
snappers and butterfish under my
shelf, darting after the refuse I'd
scrape off her plates; and there were
big jewish, too, and used to harpoon
'em for the men to eat In fact. I
about kept our crew supplied with
fresh fish that way.
well, on one particular day no.
ticed a sudden shadow against the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
PRINCE HENRrs AUTOGRAPHS FEW
Many Efforts Made to Get Them. but
Few Were Successful

Many Efforts Made to Get Them. but
Few Were Successful
Prince Henry, while here. was nat
urally asked often for his autograph,
but it is estimated that not more than
100 persons succeeded in getting it.
Most of the requests came by mail.
The prince, who had met the auto
graph fiends on the other side, decid-
ed to give his autograph only to GER
tain individuals. These were the
president of a society or club Of
which he was the guest, and one or
two of those nearest him at table. To
this rule he persistently adhered.
At all the dinners at which the
prince was a guest, in this city and
elsewhere, requests for his autograph
were sent to him in large numbers,
most of them in notes addressed to
him through the presiding officer. Not
few of these requests were made
personally.
The prince always took pains to in
form whoever presided at the dinner
OF the rule he had made, and left it to
him to explain it to the applicants.
In accordance with the rule he made
for himself, he always wrote his auto
graph on the menu card of the presid-
ing officer, and of those nearest him
at table, sometimes extending it so
that perhaps five or six persons had
the favor shown to them at the head
table.
Had he complied with all the re-
quests made, it was said by a person
who was with him and knew about
his mail, he would not have had time
to do anything else throughout his
visit but write his signature.-New
York Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

light, and there was a shark sure
enough; not such an enormous one,
but twelve feet long anyhow-big
enough to make me uneasy He swan
slowly around me, and then kept per-
fectly still, looking straight at me with
his little wicked eyes.
Il didn't know what minute he
might make rush, so 1 caught up a
hammer was working whit was
my only weapon-and struck it against
the steamers side as hard as l could.
You know a blow like that sounds
louder under water than it does in the
air, and it frightened the shark, so he
went off like a flash.
"Pll tell you how hungry those
sharks were. They'd swallow big
chunks of pork, sir, nailed and wired
to barrel heads, as fast as we could
chuck 'em overheard; swallow nails,
wire, barrel heads and all; and then
we haul 'em in by ropes that did for
fish lines, only it took twenty or thirty
men to do the hauling. And there
were plenty of sharks round about,
only they never seemed to tackle a
man in the suit"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
WHY wAsHlNeToNs LEGS SHINE.
MIsapplied Zeal of Agent for New Kind
of Polish.

Misapplied Zeal of Agent for New Kind
of Polish.
One Of the points of interest in the
financial district is the bronze statue
of Washington in the front of the
United States sub-treasury on Wall
street, says the New York Press. It
is invariably pointed out to visitors,
and almost invariably the question is
asked:
"Why do they polish only the knees
and not the whole statue?"
Mentor and guide has to shake his
head, and admits that he does not
know.
1t appears that some years ago a
peddler with some new kind of polish
came to the sub-treasury and extolled
the virtues of his compound to one of
the guards. why" he said, 81
could even polish up that rusty old
statue out there in a jiffy."
GO ahead" said the guard.
The agent went to work with a will
and in a few minutes had succeeded
in taking off the beautiful dull oxy-
ulzlng from the legs of the statue as
far as the knees. Just then Mr.
Muhleman, the deputy assistant treas
urer, came up the steps, and in less
time than it takes to tell it the agent
found himself sitting at the foot of the
steps, while Mr.. Muhleman lectured to
the surprised guard in forcible Ian
guage on the vandalism of indiscri-
inmate polishing.
But not even the variability of the
New York climate has been sufficient
as yet to restore to the polished parts
their old dull beauty.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
MARK TWAIN AND HIS ~ENeINE"
Uaique Method of Propulsion on the
MIssIssIppi River.

Uaiqus Method of Propulsion on the
Mississippi River.
Captain Thomas Bixby. under whom
Samuel L. Clemens-Mark Twain
served as pilot and engineer on the
old Mississippi river boat Swallow,
has given in New Orleans paper the
following description of the engine Of
the Swallow:
"The craft was little, shaky af-
fair, which piled between st. Louis
and Cairo. 1t had a stern wheel, a
place for freight and passengers, a
pilot house and place on what may
be called the pilot deck for the en-
CINE.
THAT engine went aboard when 1t
was needed, and only then. 1t burned
no wood or coal, but ate a powerful
sight OF grass. 1t was large gray
mule named Jerry, which worked
treadmill that propelled the boat.
Samuel Clemens was chief engineer
and pilot.
HE had system of signals which
was effective and ingenious. BY pull
ing a cord he could raise head Of
cabbage just out of reach of the mule.
The engine would start and begin
to walk after it, and the boat foated
majestically down or up the river, as
the case might be.
Without desiring to be personal,
will say that Jerry was one of the
most intelligent animals I ever met.
His voice was more on the order of a
fog horn than q whistle, being too
much Of barytone for the latter.
When Samuel wanted to whistle for a
landing he just hit Jerry with stick"
YOUTHS Companion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
MAMMOTH PRESERVED IN THE ICE.
Scientists ReveI Over Recent Discovery
Made in Siberia.

Scientists ReveI Over Recent Discovery
Made in Siberia.
The scientific part of the world that
interests itself in bones and their nat
ural coverings will be highly pleased
to learn that the complete skeleton,
and good deal besides, of NAM
moth has been found imbedded in ice
in the eastern part of Siberia. 1t was
the ice that preserved it all these
years, and while for commercial pur-
poses It ruined the ice, it kept the
mammoth in really prime condition.
This particular monster is estimated
to have been in cold storage for some
thing like 1000 years, and it speaks
well for the Siberian brand OF ice that
in all that time it seems to have kept
up its admirable reputation for firm
ness and endurance.
1t appears from investigation that
the mammoth, while browsing along
the ice fields, accidentally slipped, and
before he could recover mis- balance
came in contact with terra Siberia
with such force as to break his NAM
moth neck. He lay as he fell, which
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
Ericsson

thought of that invincible ship being
turned loose among the wooden yes
sells of the coast was a terrible one.
"She could have levied tribute on
every city along the coast from the
Chesapeake to Maine, and would have
had everything her own way. Well,
when the Monitor was proposed, peo-
pie said that was just the thing If it
would work out. But many people
were doubtful about the cheese box
as they jeeringly called Ericsson's yes
sci.
Mr.. Bushnell thought she could be
built. So Mr.. John Drew of New York
and myself went on his bond with the
Navy Department and the work was
started at Greenpoint, N. Y. Every
body knows how the Union vessel was
finished, went down the coast and was
in Hampton Roads when the Merri-
mac came out
Il will never forget the day OF the
battle. 1t was an exciting time in
New Haven, for we had kind Of local
pride in the Monitor, on account of
Mr.. Bushnelps connection. All day
long crowds clustered around the tele-
graph Office, receiving bulletins of the
fight.
Mr.. Bushnell and were there, too.
you may depend upon it. At last,
along about or o'clock in the even
ing came the news that the Merrimac
had been disabled by the Monitor and
had put back to port Bushnell, who
was a strapping big fellow, with a
hand in proportion to his size,
brought his hand down on my Shout
der with a whack that nearly knocked
me down.
Sperry,' says he, your bond ia
safe / tell you, there was great eele-
brating in New Haven that time. A
peculiar thing is that the original
bond we signed has never been found.
No one knows what became of it,
] Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

ing pulse his eyes flashed with a quick
glare of triumph.
I'VE will not lose it," he cried. HE
had the money in his pockets when he
walked out of here this morning. He
cannot get away. put shadow on
him the moment he stepped out of the
bank. l judged that thief rightly"
Late that night, Lingar and Johnson
were going over the books when
knock came to the door of the bank.
At signal to the Waterman, the door
was opened, and the thick-jawed, ath-
letic looking shadow entered. He had
a bandage over one eye.
whats this?" cried Lingar.
HE had me done up"
"Who-what?"
'Your man, Faldis. He hired a half
dozen Interstate Detective agency
men to slug me-"
And he got away?"
"Of course, but our Office and all Of
our men are notified and every depot
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
T. 2GSSSk etS 1gSSQCsSl1
S He Helped Ericsson 81
- How Representative Spy Patriot
CGSS &C., SGSS So: NJ


There is the man who was bonds
man for the construction of the Mont
tor"
This remark is often made at the
capitol as Representative Sperry of
Connecticut is pointed out. It was
forty years ago that Mr.. Sperry signed
his name TO the instrument that
pledged every dollar he had in the
world on the success of an experiment
AN absolute experiment-that the
United States Navy Department was
not willing to back, which a great
many people thought was a foolish
one, but the success of which marked
the turning point in the naval fights of
the war of the rebellion.
Mr.. Sperry's story of the bonding of
the constructors of the Monitor, the
fiscal act which was antecedent to the
great military drama, is very interest
ing.
was a young fellow" said Mr..
Sperry, "but was full Of patriotism
and ardor for the success of the Union
cause, and l guess that was why the
projectors Of the Monitor approached
me to back the scheme with bond for
the successful building Of the vessel.
John A. Griswold of Troy, at that
time member of Congress; Cornelius
s. Bushlell of New Haven and West
ern man named Winslow were the
builders. The vessel was designed by
Ericsson, as is well known, but these
three men were to construct her. The
Navy Department was skeptical of the
practicability of Ericssons idea, and
declined to advance the money unless
bond could be provided to secure the
department against loss if the plans
should not work out successfully.
There was great commotion about
the building of the Confederate ram
Merrimac. We knew that she was go
hg ahead at the Gosport navy yard
and would be the most formidable YES
sci afoat She was iron-clad, and the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

time the Belgian soldier expressed his
adherence to chief who was about
to sit down to a cannibal banquet
The latter replied to his protests:
When you kill goat 1 do not in
terfere. This dead man is my proper
ty. did not steal or capture him, but
1 bought him with good cloth and I
will eat him if please"
One day Coquilhat pointed out the
difference between man and mere ami
mails, and tried to convince the natives
that to eat man was to make very
bad use OF him, and to degrade their
species. A bright fellow in the crowd
called out in answer:
"All your talk only shows that hui
man flesh is the best sort of food, while
the flesh of mere animals is vile sort
of nutriment"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
"rhs Uncle of his Nephew"

The potency Of football in giving
prominence not only to the player,
but to all his relati, es was amusingly
illustrated in the case of the we'll
known anti-expansionist, William
Lloyd Garrison. At an evening recep-
ton Mr.. Garrison was introduced to
a noted athlete.
81 am pleased to know you. Mr..
Garrison" said the athelete. 81 pre-
sumo you are relative of the famous
Harvard quarterback, Billy Garri-
SON."
"Great heavens!" exclaimed Mr..
Garrison in mock indignation. "All
my life I have been known as the son
of my father; must l in my old age
be known as the uncle of my neph-
ew?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
JAPAN RUSHING TO BANKRUPToY
Island Empire of the East Has Been
ReckIessIx Extravagant

Island Empire of the East Has Been
ReckIessIy Extrav&gant
Frederick Taylor, son of the late
Moses Taylor of this city, known in
ternationally for his work as an ex-
plorer was a passenger on the steam
ship Nord America, which arrived re-
Gently.
Mr.. Taylor made a study of the Boer
srison camps in Ceylon and Bermuda,
explored the jungles of Borneo, visited
the Malay Peninsula, and many points
of interest in China and Japan.
Mr.. Taylor had no very exalted
opinion of the commercial integrity Of
the japanese, especially when COM
pared with that of the Chinese.
eft has been the experience" said
he, "of all good sound banks in the far
east and most particularly Of the
Chartered Bank of India, Australia,
and China, that in all their dealings
with Chinese merchants for many
years they never lost a dollar, while
with the Japanese they lost thou
sands. During the time l was in ia
pan eight banks failed. The Japanese
government is in financial difficulty,
largely the result of undertaking the
building Of it's own ships, the estab-
lishment of steel foundries, and the
expenses of war with China. Unless
there are early reductions of expendi-
lures, Japan will soon be bankrupt.
But in the matter of enterprise the
Japanese are the Yankees of the east"
New York Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
HADN'T REokoNEO ON SPELLING

wouId-Be Joker who Went Up Against
an Old, Old Game.
1t is related that Dr. James Wise of
Covington, KY, is the victim of one
of his own jokes, and that he is in
half-mourning on account of it. From
all the evidence that can be produced
it appears that some time ago the doc
tor went UP against an old game.
One of his friends met him and,
producing a pencil, said: Doctor
see this pencil? I can make it write
any color l want to-"
Lets see you make it write indigo
blue"
The owner of the pencil promptly
sat down and wrote indigo
blue"
Then the doctor tumbled and said,
"That's pretty good I'll just go down
the street and try that on Theodore
Hallam."
Down the street he went, looking
for Mr.. Hallam. He finally found
him and, producing the pencil, said:
Theodore, here's a pencil that I can
write any color 1 want to with"
Then the doctor gathered himself
for good laugh.
Lets see you write ecru," said Mr..
Hallam.
The doctor smiled, picked up piece
Of paper and started to work, and for
ten consecutive seconds said nothing.
Then he said swear words, and added:
81 have forgotten how to spell that
word"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
How He worked It.

81 don't see why they call you the
star boarder," complained the fellow
who always got the wing.
"That's easy" replied the other, in
his copyrighted superior style. II just
twinkle-twinkle, and the landlady
doesn't know what I am and lets me
stay on blind faith"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
HAS A CURIOUS TRANSFORMATION.
The AxOlotl Becomes Another Animal
In Certain Localities.

The Axolon Becomes Another Animal
In Certain Localities.
Naturalists have long been familiar
with a newt-like creature, breathing
by gills and lungs both, and inhabit-
ing the lakes of Mexico and other Am
erican waters. This is the axolotl. II
was also discovered that in certain
localities this creature, which by the
way breeds freely in Mexico, sheds its
skin, casts off its gills and its tail
fin, develops another color of body and
leaves the water to become a land
newt. Under this latter guise it is
known as the amblystoma.
Naturally, the explanation of this
curious transformation rests on the
fact that the axolotl is really the
young or tadpole stage of the ambly-
stoma form, but the popularity here
is that in its first stage it should
breed and multiply and continue to
reproduce axolotls, as if it were per-
fectly mature animal. The occurrence
of such cases points out to us one
way in which species can be evolved,
for, had we not been acquainted with
the relationship of these forms, no
body would have hesitated to des-
cribe them as two essentially distinct
animals.
Lately 1t has been shown, says the
London Chronicle, that, while in Colo
RADIO and Dakota the transformation
is complete, in Mexico the axolotl
stage is apparently permanent. Here,
probably, the influence of environ
ment on living being is typically
illustrated.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

An error VI @AV,UuV! Inunuereu Lin
gar
a shadow on the footsteps OF Faldis.
A few hours later Johnson entered
the presidents office with sheet OF
paper in his hand.
st find that this item of 1000 is
merely clerical error, Mr.. Lingar,"
he said.
"Then there is nothing irregular in
Faldis' accounts?" said Lingar, bright
ening up.
"Nothing-that is nothing in this
connection. have not brought the
figures up to date yet"
"Then do it. I'll wait"
johnson returned TO the presidents
office late that afternoon with tremb-
bling hand and quivering lip.
"What is it, Mr.. Johnson" cried
Ldngar, springing from his chair.
M 'Faldis is short $25O,OOO on to-day's
D."
,ingar gasped, but with nis return
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
wanted to BE Prspnrsd

LADY" said Meanderi1g Mike,
would you give starvin' man some
thin to eat"
Perhaps, But you are not starv-
ing"
81 know it, lady. But an ounce of
prevention is worth pound of cure,
amt it?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
"orelI.ts and Hens. warned.

The church in Buecken, German
village of about 1000 inhabitants, has
a notice board which bears the follow
ing legend in large letters: Cyclists
and hens are forbidden to wander
around the churchyaro.~
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

What else can 1 DO, my child?" ne
said, taking her in his arms.
And Faldis stepped up to take the
outstretched hand Of his relenting
father-in-lav-.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
John 3. cough Not Forrot,en.

A full-length oil painting of the lats
John B. Cough has been presented to
the Worcester County, Massachusetts,.
Mechanics association and will be un-
yelled at the annual meeting.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

-@-~~~~--~~--N-~~@-@-~~~-~~~~
was after all good thing, because no
horse ambulance ever made was big
enough for a mammoth, and there the
ice closed over him, and for 1000
years. more or less, he reposed in his
trapped tomb, until some wandering
scientist came along and stared at
him through the crystal walls. Then
they cracked him out from his FROST
bitten nose to his frozen feet, and set
him up and danced the dance of tri-
umph about him.
Poor old mammoth! The world has
changed good deal since fate dealt
him that fatal jolt in the neck.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

Idleness is the incubator of a great
many small sins.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

The world is always suspicious OF
fat philosophers
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

Who ia he who dares say all ne
thtARs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

The passenger is likely to make bet
ter time in the car than in the cab.