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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Roumanlan salt Mines.

Salt mining constitutes one of the
staple industries of Roumania. There
are four mines in ALL The mineral is
mined in three of the mines by con-
victs. In all there are about 1000
convicts at work in the three mines.
The laborers are not provided with
any mechanical apparatus whatever,
the whole of the work being perform
ed by hand, each convict having to
quarry a specific quantity of salt
daily. The mines are controlled by a
state official, whose position is SINH
lar to that of governor of a prison.
The mines are thoroughly well venti-
lated and Illuminated with electric
light, so that the lot of the convicts
is somewhat alleviated, though to
those who are serving life sentences
it represents a living grave. The
mines are worked in galleries, and the
pure white crystal presents a weird
and peculiar aspect, especially in re.
fiecting the fitful electric light. The
main shaft terminates at the bottom
in a huge apartment with a dome
shaped roof, and from which all the
working galleries radiate. The mine
contains a chapel and numerous other
apartments, all cut out of the salt
by the prisoners.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
An Improbable Story.

w. A. Reid. secretary of the Skag.
way Y. NJ. c. A, has returned from
the interior of Alaska, where he talk.
ed with the Indians, whose earnest
statements, he believes, fully confirm
previous reports that the Indians of
the lower Yukon have discovered an
immense petrified ship on Porcupine
river, near the arctic circle, and north
of Rampant, Alaska.
When asked regarding its size the
Indians traced its dimensions on the
ground, indicating a length of 1900
feet. They said that everything CON
nected with the boat was petrified.
Such Indians as are familiar with
the Bible are convinced that the ship
is none other than Noah's ark. Reid
intends to return to the interior OF
Alaska this summer, when he will
take some Indians and request army
officers to detail soldiers to accom-
pany him. The ship lies on a high
hill, thousands of feet above the sea
level.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
blinded himself for Love.

Toward the close of the eighteenth
century there appeared at Brunn, in
Bohemia, an imposter, named Maria
Zoller, who, giving herself out to be
inspired, invariably wore a veil
among her followers-of whom she
had MANIFEST, as she pretended, the
divine effulgence that streamed from
her countenance should strike them
dead. A number believed in her pre-
tensions, among others a rich old
farmer, who went so far in his folly
as to ask her hand in marriage.
Loath to forego a wealthy husband,
and at the same time unwilling to
confess to a gross imposture, she adj
vanced the fact that he must, as her
husband, sooner or later behold the
splendor of her face, and consequent
ly perish miserably. The man, how
ever, as doubtless she intended, still
pressed his suit, and, on her urging
that she dare not have murder on her
conscience, deprived himself of sight
that he might qualify for her hus-
band. Soon afterward Zoller, now
that her ridiculous assumptions were
In no danger of exposure, espoused
her fatuous woer, who to the day of
his death believed that he had been
providentially favored.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
wonderfuI Esoaps from neath.

In a graveyard in Jamaica is
tombstone on which is inscribed the
wonderful escape of Lewis Galdy,
Esq, who died on the 22d of Septem-
Der, 1887, aged So" He was one of
the few survivors of an earthquake
in Jamaica 23O years ago, and his
experience is thus recorded on his
grave: 'He was born at Montpelier,
in France, which place he left for his
religion and settled on this island,
where. in the great earthquake, 1872,
he was swallowed up, and, by the won
derful providence of God, by a second
shock was thrown into the sea, where
he continued swimming until he was
taken up by boat and thus miracu-
lously preserved. He afterwards lived
in great reputation and died universal
ly lamented." 1t is written on the
tombstone, and tombstones, it is sup.
posed. speak nothing but the truth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
RemarkabIe Rustic erldae.

A rustic bridge at Beach Haven,
Ga. contains fifty-six kinds of wood
and vines, grown on the fifty acres OF
Beach Haven Park. Following is a
list of the woods and vines. Short.
leaf pine. long-leaf pine, post oak.
white oak, Spanish oak, water oak, red
oak, poplar, sweet gum, black gum, red
haw, black haw, red bud, prickly ash,
chinquapin, wild plum, persimmon, ce-
dar, wild sloe wahoo. sumac. red elm,
pig hickory. scalybark, hickory, hook
or sugarberry, willow, china, black
alder, crab apple, wild mulberry,
wild cherry, dogwood, sourwood, win
ter whortleberry, black locust, sss-
safras. cottonwood, buckeye. laurel,
beech. holly, ash, ironwood, birch.
magnolia, sycamore, walnut, sweet
hay, evergreen. spruce. Vines-Grape.
muscadine. bellfower. radtan, bamboo.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
pIH Deg ) 5jsNlzR

melon. When it was IS days old, and
measured p inches in circumference.
he fixed a sort Of harness around It,
with a long lever attached The
power Of the melon was measured By
the weight it lifted. the weight being
fixed to the lever. When it was 20
days old two days after the harness
was fixed on it. it lifted so pounds. On
the nineteenth day it lifted 5000
pounds. The seed of the globe turnip
is about the twentieth part of an inch
in diameter, and yet in the course OF
a few months this seed will enlarge
into 27000,000 times its original bulk,
and this in addition to the bunch of
leaves. 1t has been found by expert
ment that a turnip seed will under
favorable conditions, increase its own
weight fifteen times in a minute. Tur-
nips growing in peat ground have
been found to increase more than
$1,000 times the weight of their seed
in day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
A Clock of Flowers.

Probably the most elaborate floral
piece in the world is the great flower
clock in the public park in Detroit.
1t consists of a great green base, with
a huge clock dial, perfect in every de-
tail, some seven feet in diameter
The various dials and the hours are
laid out accurately, including the
hands.
The floral clock is a permanent en-
blem throughout the summer months
The thousands of flowers which COM
pose it are all living. They are plant
ed early each spring in the great base
of earth. The clock is never taken
apart for repairs until the late fall. 1t
takes four expert gardeners the great
sr part of month to construct this
great emblem.
The flowers are selected from a
great assortment, and more than five
thousand separate plants are required
to completely cover the base. These
are arranged with greatest care, so
that the colors will be in striking con-
trast. The various parts of the face
may be recognized for a considerable
distance. Even when the flowers have
been carefully planted the clock re-
quires constant care. The plants
must be trimmed almost daily to keep
the face clear and distinct.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Electrical Generator
Has Apparatus That
Very Nearly Approache Motion

pense of installing the plant, and
where no water-power is at hand it is
possible this new generator may be
of some value. In erecting the APP
paratus it is necessary to provide a
tall stack OF vertical tube of a sort
capable of inducing a strong current
of air through an opening at the
lower end. AS a means of inducing
an initiatory current a heating APP
paratus is located at the bottom of
the stack, that shown in the present
instance Deing an electric heater,
though a fire may be used if more
convenient. The function of the heat
er is to warm the air sufficiently to
cause it to rise, thus drawing fresh
air into the entrance and revolving the
fan blades carried by the shaft of the
electric generator. By limiting the
size of the dynamo so as not to over
load the fan blades a constant genera
ton can be maintained and in in
stances where the power is needed
during only a portion of the time the
storage batteries provide a force of
no small dimensions. One use to
which this apparatus might be put is
the charging of storage batteries for
private automobiles. E. C. Woodhell
of Highpoint, n. c., is the inventor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Automatic Corkscrew
Spiral SprinS Does All the Work In
This Worry Effective Labor

Gym PULLING a cork with the
l%l automatic eorkscrew, all that
k-=4-@ is necessary is to grasp the
sgsgi device in one hand, with the
KNOB resting in the palm and the first
two fingers grasping the handles. give
downward pressure on the knob to
scrce the spiral blade into the cork.
AID then pull in the ordinary nan.
ner. AS soon as the corkscrew is re-
leased from the hand the screw blade
Immediately reverses and forces the
cork off, this being accomplished by
means Of the spiral spring inclosed in
the tubular casing of the telescoping
barrel. The knob is fastened to the
upper half Of the barrel and carries
the head of the screw loosely mount
ed in the revolving head. The lower
half of the barrel is closed at the end.
except for a spiral slot through which
the blade emerges, and it is the fore
ing of the blade through this slot
which gives it the necessary twist in
entering the cork. The only use for
the spring is to drive the blade
back into the barrel after the cork is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Pampas Plumes in California.

The growing of pampas plumes has
become an important industry in Cali
fornia. When they are cut day or
so suffices to dry the plumes, and at
such times the ground appears, from
the hills, to be covered with snow.
After the drying the plumes are taken
to the curing house and then finally
sorted into various grades by expert
hands. The finest and most beauti-
full plumes are about thirty-six inches
long, and they are packed for ship
ment either in packages of 1000 or in
large cases, the prices ranging from
5000 to $50 a thousaid, according to
the demand. There are numerous
pampas orchards in California rang.
ing in their productive quality from
5000 hills, which produce 100000
plumes, down to the small ranches
where but a few are raised. In all.
California produces about 100000
plumes a year, which are sent all over
this country and Europe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Remarkable Blind Woman.

Living at the mouth of Sulphur, a
little stream above Rome, In Adams
county, is a family named Clifford, the
mother of which is blind and 70
years of age. Although she has been
totally blind for thirty years she has
done all of her own homework, and is
an especially capable cook. She does
all Of her sewing, threading needles
unaided. She can tell the time of
day by a mark on the window frame
from the heat of the sun on her hand.
She has two pets, of which she is
very fond, a black and a white cat,
and, although they are the same size,
she can tell them apart by touching
them. Her husband so years of age,
is very feeble, and requires much at.
tention at the hands of his wife. In
days gone by Wash Clifford used to
annually appear at West Union with
gourds containing rattlesnakes, which
he disposed of to such as had taste
for such uncanny pets.-Georgetown
(O.) News-Democrat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Two at Sea.

hsoat on the sea OF passion.
without a compass or chart.
But the glow OF your eye shows the sun
is high,
BY the sextant OF my heart.
1 know We are nearing the tropics
BY the languor that round US lies;
And the smile Of your mouth says the
course Is south
And the port Is Paradise.
We have left gray skies behind us.
We sail under skies Of blue;
You are off with me on lovers sea,
And 1 am away with you.
We have not single sorrow.
And | have but one fear
That my lips may miss one ardent kiss
From the mouth that Is smiling near.
There is no land of Winter,
There is no world of care
There are bloom and mirth all over the
earth
And love-loye, everywhere.
Our boat Is the barge Of pleasure.
And whatever port we sight.
The touch Of your hand will make the
land
The Harbor of Pure Delight
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox in Smart Set.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Z or the Kitchen
New Culinary Device That VIII Be
Greatly Appreciated by Housekeepern

idly in any of their several positions,
and herein lies its main advantage,
as there is no necessity for using one
hand to steady the beaten and the
other to turn the crank.
In the cut the machine is shown in
use as a nutmeg crater, with a leg
depending from the box to aid in its
support and prevent rotation with the
grating cylinder. The joint between
the standard and the supporting
frame is formed with corrugations,
with a screw clamp in the center. al
lowing adjustment in any position
without danger of turning. The driv-
ing wheel is mounted in the ordinary
way, rotating a chuck at the end
Of the short shaft. In this chuck the
various implements are easily in
serted. according to the use to which
the machine is to be put
Two forms of egg whisks are also
shown, while the inventor mentions
an emery wheel, drill and shell clean.
er as among the implements which
may be utilized to advantage, the ad-
justment on the standard making it
possible to place all the implements
in proper position. H. C. Needham of
Los Angeles, Cal, is the inventor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Kitten Goes to Roost.

Four months ago two kittens were
left in Dan Kindig's yard, at German
town, Ohio. The family paid little at
tention to them, but when scraps
from the table and kitchen were
thrown to the chickens the young
felines shared in the feast One Of
the kittens was killed, but the other
one remains with the chickens, never
leaving the poultry yard unless the
chickens are turned out. Then the
cat goes with them. When night
comes on and the chickens go to
roost, the cat goes along and sleeps
under the wing of large Plymouth
Rock hen. which seems to enjoy ths
strange companionship.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
ReatInq the stoek Market.

yes. sir; I have the best OF inside
information and would be glad to
sell you the secret of beating the
stock market"
We'll. III tell you" returned the
cautious stranger, Just you try il
first. and if you win"
Yes; If / win"
Why, then you'll be rich enough so
that you won't have to sell any
secrets"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
In Our Flat.

Agent-You say that you can't sleep
at night? Well. let me sell you a
clock with a luminous face.
Smythe-DOn't need it.
Agent-But how can you tell the
time at night?
Smythe-By the neighbors dropping
their shoes, Mrs. Brown drops her
promptly at IL. Mr.. Toptioor at IL and
old Bender at 1.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Without the PaternaI cbeek.

She latter the elopement)-I have
received a letter from my father
Dear papa is so absent-minded-
Hem what way?
She-He inclosed a lot of millinery
and dressmaking bills and forgot to
put in the money to pay for themI--
New York Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Domestic bliss.

Meeker-Did you tell that cook that
kicked about the roast at dinner
last night?
Mrs. Meeker-Yes.
Meeker-What did she say?
Mrs. Meeker-She said might in
form you, with her compliments that
there were no strings tied to you and
if her cooking didn't suit you it was
up to you to take your meals else
where.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16

Man I'm drug store)-'T want soms
consecratec 1ye.
Druggist-"You mean concentrated
lye"
Man-'It does nutmeg any differ
ence. That's what l camphor. What
does it sulphur"
Druggist Fifteen scents. I never
cinnamon man with so much wit"
Well, should myrrh, myrrhl
Yet ammonia a novice a. tx
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16

Why should | advance money for
your campaign expenses?" demanded
the Spectator.
Just as a business investment"
replied the man who wanted to be
legislator. 4 know something Of the
character of some of the measures to
be introduced at the next session, and
l am confident I will be able to de
clare a dividend before it is half
over"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Her Path in Life.
dously high.

Professor" said Miss Skylight, 81
want you to suggest a course in life
for me have thought of journalism.
What are your natural inclina-
tions?"
ooh, my soul yearns and throbs and
pulsates with an ambition to give the
world a life-work that shall be mar
velous in its scope and weirdly en-
trancing in the yastness of its struc-
tural beauty"
Woman, you're born to be mil
liner"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
The Reason Why.

John" asked Mrs. Roland Parke.
why do you call our front lawn a
grass Plot?"
The perspiring suburbanite leaned
a moment on his trusty lawn mower
after his daily rassle with the tall
grass. and said savagely:
Grass plot? Why, because it looks
like a confounded conspiracy on the
part of the grass to break my back
every SUMMER"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
nae Rlnht PIaon

is this where you make trouble?"
asked the little man at whose elbow
stood an aggressive looking woman.
This is the marriage license bu-
reau," answered the man behind the
desk.
That's what 1 meant" said the lit.
tie man, as he sighed and reached
into his pocket for 81
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
They Would Cnre lin

Il WISH" she sighed, Il could break
little Willie of the habit OF calling
names?"
You can" responded the gruff
neighbor promptly.
"How?"
Discharge the nurse and send him
out to play with a few rough boys
some afternoon"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Foxy Youth.

She-Really. don't feel like walk
ing. My feet have bothered me a
good deal lately.
He-You must be exceedingly ner.
vOus.
She-Nervous?
He-Yes; otherwise you wouldn't
let such little things bother you
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Limit on Germ Theory.

Mrs. De Winnie has gone the limit
on ner germ theory"
What has she done now2"
Why. 50 long as she only insisted
on boiling the water and milk the
family didn't object, but when her
husband and his brother invited their
old chums to dinner and she got hold
of the champagne and boiled 1t, then
there was trouble"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
An Admirinn Tribute.

A noted Missouri scrapper died re
Gently, and his admirers raised o
monument over his grave bearing
these words:
~He was always looking for fight
with a man of his own size. "-Atchi-
son Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16

'Billingsley has taught his dog to
sing"
Does he sing well?"
He sings as well as Biningsley
could teacn him"
Il never heard Billingley. Is he a
good singer?"
We'll, the dog has been shot at
seven times"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
"oId eoyv Has a Mortaaae.

Tightfst-They say habit is so
strong that mans spirit goes right
on doing the same thing after death
that he did in life.
Gainor-1nat can't be true about
your case.
Tightfst-Why not?
Gainor-Look at your habit of show.
cling snow from your walk
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
That's Different.

A Missouri man refuses to accept
legacy of $4,000 conditional on
changing his name. There are plenty
OF girls in Missouri. no doubt, who will
change their names for half the
amount.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Inereased Interest.

did you call that trust magnate to
the stand?"
4 did" answered the man who was
conducting the investigation.
4 suppose he added a great deal
to the interest Of the ease?"
He did. 1t is now more mysteri
Gus than ever"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
FruitIess.

Little Willie-Pa. what does this
paper mean by saying it was fruit
less search?
Father-It probably applies, my
son, to the quest of some man who
was looking for pineapples on a pine
tree.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
An Unobliqinq Man.

mo. they haven't been friends
since they took an ascent together in
the captive balloon"
Did they fall out?''
Not exactly. She got angry be-
cause he wouldn't cut their names In
the balloon as a memento Of the
trip"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
His Trade.

Il did have a trade onct, ma'am,"
said the tramp, but l gev it up for
a profession"
And why didn't you stick to the
profession ?"
4 am stickin' to it. I'm a miner by
trade and a striker by profession"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
one nehnition.

~what Is a politician?" asked the
boy.
"A politician, replied his father bib
terly. that is a successful politf
clan, is a man who can evade his
promises without seeming to breaA
his word"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
ONLY hanpened once.

The Bride ION the honeymooaj---
Why. you only bought one ticket
dear.
The Groom-By Josei never
thought of myself.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16

$50 the show went through without
a hitch, did it?"
Yes; the success was tremendous"
How do you account for it?"
well, you see, eggs we're tremen-
dously high"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16

extracted. and this action necessarily
pulls the cork from the blade, being
aided by the two sharp prongs pro
jecting from the end of the casing on
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
HE inventor of the filtering
system represented in the
accompanying picture states
that the chief requisite of wa

k9E@aSZE lIldl tue CHiel requisite VI Nd
ter systems for towns are due guam
tity, maximum purity and moderate
cost for installation and repair" and
he claims to have devised a system
so constructed as to fulfill these re-
quirements. The system is intended
for use in connection with a natural
bed of sand or fine gravel in a river
or lake bottom, but it is also possible
to install the plant where an artificial
filter bed must be constructed. AS
will be seen there is main pipe lead
ing from the pumping station to a Sc
ries of perforated pipes lying across
a channel, in connection with a bed
of sand. The perforated pipes are
buried in this sand to a depth of sew
eral feet, the fneness of the sand, as
well as the location of the bed, being
elements in determining the proper
amount of covering necessary. The
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
THE SPICE OF LIFE
LIGHT SIDE OF THINGS AS SEEN
BY THE TESTERS.

When He Was at Martinique-A Bull
Egg Market-Professor Suggests
Path in Life for Yearning Soul
Limit on Germ Theory.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16

E7F THE inventor of the appar-
III atus illustrated in the accom-
- panying cut succeeds in ac-
g&asgJ complishing the results he
seeks to attain his invention viii
come about as near as possible to
that will-o-the-wisp of the inventor.
perpetual motion. The main object
of the seeker after perpetual motion
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16

r~1HE housekeeper may find the
| arrangement illustrated in
- the accompanying picture
ssGasI worthy of a place in her
culinary department, as it has a num-
Der of devices adapted to the appli-
cation of rotary power in the per-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Supply and liter
System Intended for Use in Connection
With Natural Bed of Sand or Gre.

water flows by natural gravitaAcn
through the sand and into the pipes,
and is then drawn to the pumping
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-16
Photography In Ordinary Lishs

camera Kinematograph pictures
with special preparation gave some.
what imperfect but very promising
results, a striking merit being such
depth of focus that both the perform.
ers in the front of the stage and the
scenery at the back were sharply
brought out.