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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18
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The maid who binas her warriors
sash
With smile that well her paiG dis
sembIes,
The while beneath her dropping lash
One starry tear-drop hangs and
trembles,
Though heaven alone records the tear,
And Fame shall never know her
story,
Her heart has shed a drop as dear
As e'er believed the field OF glory
The wife who girds her husbands
sword,
Mid little ones who weep OF won
der,
AHk s4avely speaks. the cheering word.
What though her heart be rent
asunder,
Doomed nightly in her dreams 10 hear
The bolts Of death around him rat
tie,
Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er
Was poured upon the field Of battle
The mother who eonceals her grief
While to her breast her son she
presses,
Then breathes a few brave words and
brief,
Kissing the patriot brow she blesses,
With no one but her secret God
To know the pain that weighs upon
her,
Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod
Received inFreedom's field of honor.
Il B Read.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18
Dreaming of old Times.

A young man who used to be famous
In college athletics limped along
Chestnut street in a manner that be-
tokened a game leg. What's the mat
ter; been showing those dubs out at
the university how not to play foot
ball?" asked an old chum. Not on
your life," replied the former athlete
pausing and rubbing his knee. This
is simply the result of trying to break
up a cold. 1 took bottle of whisky
home with me last night, and after
getting outside of about half OF it I
wrapped myself in a blanket and
tumbled into bed. The next thing I
knew was out on the track practising
for 100-yard dash. There were sew
erel other fellows. and Fatty Turner
was there with his pistol. We were
all crouehed down ready for the SUI
preme effort. Then Fatty pulled the
trigger and away shot into space. I
landed on one knee in the middle of
the room. and then l woke up. as did
all the other people in the house. Ny
cold is much better, though. "-Phila-
delpia Record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

(The Only Living Ex-President of the
United States)
enough fruit for speculation. 1t is
unlike that of the late Benjamin Har-
rison. The latter was, even up to the
time Of his death, still a busy man.
Every fair day while at home in Iu-
dianapolis he walked down Delaware
street to attend to his affairs.
With Mr.. Cleveland it is different
He has sought retirement and that re-
tirement is complete. He goes little
abroad, in Princeton at least. His fish
ing trips, it is true, are famous, and
these he takes in company with his
closest friends as often as the oppor-
tunity presents itself.
At home, however, he seems to
rather shun society. The functions of
the university which Mr.. Cleveland at.
tends with amiable regularity are I'M
familiar to him. The boards of the
university publications always extend
him invitations to their banquets, but
he usually announces his inability to
accept. Unlike the other prominent
citizens of Princeton, he is not in the
habit Of entertaining or attending the
meetings of such literary organizations
as the Monday Night club or The Fort
nightly, He holds himself completely
aloof from the university life, save
upon such occasions of surprising i'm
nortance as the memorial services held
in honor of the late president.
There is one exception to this SEEM
ingly unvarying rule. Once year he
gives two lectures before the entire
university and its friends, upon mat
ters connected with public affairs,
and as a lecturer in this chair, estab-
lished through the generosity Of Henry
STAFFORD Little of the class OF 1871.
Grover Cleveland occupies an honorary
nos,tion as a member Of the faculty OF
princeton university. With this his
connection with the university life
ends to all practical purposes.
THE Cleveland house sits far back
from the road, and is reached by a
sar,icircular drive that enters a gate
a., the hedge which bounds his prop
ArtV III is not q NSAs AAAhbSAhhcs NNAANS
srom without-there are many much
more sumptuously appointed homes in
princeton. Yet within the house is re-
markably well furnished.
The colonial idea is more or less
consistently carried out in the arrange
ment of the rooms. The furniture,
However. is for the most part modern,
and perhaps the most noticeable Of all
the inner decorations of the house is
the magnificent life-siEed portrait or
AIRS Cleveland, by Sergeant, which
hangs in the reception room.
( AS a political factor in Princeton
Mr. Clevsland's influence is never felt.
because he does not see tit to make
II 40. He votes and that is all.
The students Honor Him.
hut at one juncture in the life OF
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18
QUE NAVAL EouIPMENrs

Increased efficiency in our big naval
guns must be looked for from the use
OF the heavier proieetiles and the pro-
duetion OF powder possessing high
ballistie quSlities. rather than from an
increase in the weight and dimensions
OF the guns themselves, says Rear Ad-
miral Charles O'Neu. chief OF the
naval bureau Of ordnance, in his an
nusl report. The last types Of guns
are so large and heavy, he says, that
it is inadvissble 10 make an increse
in either respect. and the bureau will
now eonfne itself TO developing
weightier projectiles and powder of
greater energy. The only material
change in the system OF gun eonstrue-
ton last year was a provision that
guns OF and above inches in caliber
for greater safety shall have an inner
and outer tube instead of s solid forg-
ing. as heretofore. Admiral O'Neil
believes that the ordnance equipment
OF United States naval vessels is fully
up to the highest standard maintained
abroad for vessels of corresponding
age and class. and says he knows OF
no guns afioat. or soon to be put afioat,
equal in energy to those manufacturing
for the United States navy. The man
ufaeture Of gun mounts and other ord
nance fittings FOR the new vessels OF
the navy. he says. is well in hand.
and he has every reason to believe
that the outfits win be ready when
the vessels are ready TO receive them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

Major General Sir Arthur James
Lyon-Fremantle C. C. NJ G., C. b.
lately governor Of Malta, who died re-
Gently. was much talked about in this
country about the time of the battle
OF Gettysburg and his name is fire.
quently mentioned in the histories OF
our civil war. He was the colonel OF
the famous COldstream Guards and
came over to see how American sol
diers did their lighting. He was with
the Confederate army at Gettysburg.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18
An Indian burial eround.

workmen near Brsddock. Pa, re-
Gently unearthed an Indian burial place
of considerable interest. The skele-
tons found were surrounded by mussel
shells in such q manner as to indicate
that the bodies had been covered by
the shells when they were buried.
When the bones were taken out some
jade arrow points were found with
them. The bones were in such con-
dition that tsey erumbled readily when
handled, and only small portions were
so hard that they could be carried away
as relics.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

that is Emma Calve-is now holding
the admiration OF the people of her
native land Her name is Jane Hattie
and her beautiful voice, charming
presence and graceful acting have
evoked from the critics a storm Of
praise. This young artistic was born
in Lyons in 1879 and as q ms-s child
took honors at the Lyeee by her
achievements in gymnastics. Her ca
reer had then been determined upon
and it was believed that exercise on
the swinging trapeze and the fixed
bars woulo add grace Of gesture and
msgniieenee Of physique TO her gifts
Of voice which would prove helpful.
After years Of study Nile. Hatto has
now made her appearance in opera
and her star is rising rapidly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18


1 wonder if many OF rs attach due
Importance to the fact that Theodore
Roosevelt is the first president we
have had in forty years who has not
come under the influence of civil war
times and prejudiees- Roosevelt be-
longs to new era He is OF the pres
ent and future. He comes upon the
stage Of national action at a time
when the country is united and he has
no sectional preiudices to hamper
him To him the civil war is a matter
OF history, TO be read by the student
with interest and profit. but not to
i've over IN memory OF 10 eanker the
mind through vain recoIIections Of bit
terness and strife Roosevelt has a
great opportunity to stamp his admin
isTation with the spirit OF nationality.
On his mothers side he is connected
with the South and his fathers family
is identified with the North He has
nothing Of fratricidsl strife to re-
member. nothing of hostility TO forget
He also has the advantage OF having
fought side by side with Southern men
in the Spanish war. The work Of uni
fcation was done for him by the war
with Spain and the broad cztholicity
Of his predecessor. He is free to pur-
sue q truly national policy. If he
avail himself Of the splendid posi-
bilities Of the situation il viii be well
for the country and for his own fame
What he viii do remains TO be seen
No president ever had a better chance
to make nationality the guiding prin-
eiple Of his poliey.-Pennsylvania
Grit
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18
MILE. HATTo.

met with a cold and fiat reception
upon its opening night in London, is
the author Of at least a dozen dramas.
almost all of which have been re-
ceived with substantial approval by
the American public. Mr.. Fitch was
born in New York city and is "a years
old. His friendly critics consider that
the best in him as a playwright is yet
TO be brought out, although some Of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

Proctoc's Fifth Avenue thester, New
York. was the scene Of the little play,
More Than Seven. 1t was written
by Miss Maribel Seymour. who writes
her own plays and acts them and who
writes her own words and music and
sings them. doing all in a most clever
as well as dainty manner.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

Nile. Hatto, young French singer.
who, it is said by critics, viii reach
ultimately as high place in the mu.
steal world as that which is now oc-
cupied by another mistress OF song
who claims France as her birthplace
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

The superiority OF some men Is
merely local. They are great because
their associates are little.-Johnson.
The feet Of the kicking church mem
Der are not shod with the gospel Of
peaee-Rsm's Horn.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

seems to have been that Zone when
he has withdrawn from present day
life and has set himself reconstruct
ing the characters Of men who lived In
other times. In this he has disclosed
a warmth Of imagination said to be al
together charming.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

Life is but day, the evening comes
apaee, the shadows lengthen. and It Is
time to draw the curtains and fall
S-leep. But IL there be anything OF
me which death cannot touch. it Is
to this l should look. since what he
can take, he win take quickly. and It
is light and Bishop
SpSlding OF Peoria.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

Chaplain William E EdmondsOn, U.
s n. has been retired on fvrlough
pay. under the provisions Of the Re
vised Statutes. on account Of disability
incurred in the line Of duty. he is
suffering from asthma.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

(Author Of THE Last Of the Dandies, -
Colby Received in London
his work is unQuestionably OF q high
meritorious character. Some Of his
original plays attracting favorable lit
terary criticism are Beau Brummel. -
Frederic Lemaitre." "PamelS's Prod
igy," His Grace de Grammont," The
Cowboy and the Lady" and "Barbary
Freitchie" Mr., F1tch's best work
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

William Clyde Fitch, whose play
''The Loss Of the Dandies," has just
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

The successful eoAchman always
does q driving business.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18

the university Mr.. Cleveland is greatly
in demand-the occasion Of some ath-
letic or forensic victory Wien the
news OF one Of Nassau's triumphs
flashes over the wires the crowd OF
expectant students waiting before the
telegraph office at once forms in line
and "peerade" begins
Down Nassau street through the
grounds of the inn they pass singing
and cheering. Then the cry of "on
to Cleveland'sl" is raised. The ever
increasing line Of students turns down
Bayard lane and in a few minutes the
premises Of Mr.. Cleyeland's home are
invaded by a pushing. struggling mob.
On these occasions his response to
their requests is amiable and prompt
He appears at the door in whatever
dress he may have been wearing. A
shout arises. He holds up his hand
for quiet. Impressive in the Pickering
torchlight, calm, serene. self-poised, he
makes a few timely and appropriate
remarks. The students listen in ST.
lence and at the close when he bows
to this assemblage of young Americans
a long locomotive" cheer rings out
into the night-a cheer which ends
Cleveland, Cleveland, Cleyelandw
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18
CLEVELAND'S LIEE.
Ex-PREsIDENT SPENDS HIs DAYS
IN EASE.
without Responsibility Upon Him
onuns Society and Reads and Fishes
at VIII - Liked by ,he students of
Princeton University.
(PrIneeton- N. Il 1etter

-+NNSNDA45 ~ de- LELLEI.J
our only living ex-president, Grover
cleveland, seems to have mastered the
secret OF living. No man knows better
no" 10 enjoy existence and fortunately
ior MIN he has abundance Of means
with which to crafty every reasonable
uesire. For Mr. Cleveland is reputed
70 De rich, his possessions amounting.
il the gossips are to be believed, to
several million dollars in value. He
ehtered the White House a compare
lively poor man. His expenses during
MS term were not extravagantly large
ana We're met by the contingency fund
annually voted by Congress to the
president, so that when he stepped
down and out his four years salary
was practically intact. With his friend
ana former private secretary, Colonel
daniel e. Lamont, and under the pilot
age OF E. G. Benedict, he made several
profitable investments, mostly New
York elevated railroad shares, and
realized handsomely. Those who have
toe opportunity Of knowing allege that
me was worth a million or more when
me was called the second time to Wash
ington and that his investments were
bringing him far more than the salary
me received as president. He purchased
home here and has lived quietly ever
since, taking little part in public affairs
and on rare occasions delivering ad-
dresses to the students of Princeton
university, among whom he has be-
come a great favorite.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18
Prefers q Ouiet LIfe.

The citizens of Princeton have long
since ceased to regard Mr.. Cley Gland
as other than one of their own num-
Der. His outgoings and mornings ex
cite no remark. Now and then his
portly figure is pointed out to some
new student at the university, but he
is seldom seen about the streets of the
town, and after the first pilgrimage o
the Cleveland house" both students
and townspeople forget to wonder
about the life Of the one ex-president.
And, indeed, his life FUR ishes little
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18
Fond of Books.

Some speak Of Mr. Cleyeland's life
as prosaic Perhaps it would be so to
many, but to the ex-President there is
much enjoyment in it. With the ex-
ception OF his lectures at the universe
ty he has no set obligations to per-
form. He comes and goes as suits
him. II in the mood he goes shooting
ducks in the marshes; II he prefers the
salt breezes of the ocean he takes a
cruise on Mr.. Benedict's yacht. These
are merely incidents Of his life, how
ever. He prefers to spend most Of his
time at home with his handsome wife
and children or in the privacy of his
library. OF books he is fond and he
has a library containing the best Of
every line of literature.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-25
NewsY cLEANlAcs.

Canada has considerably reduced the
tax on coffee imported from Mexico.
One thousand miles Of the new Pa
cifc cable is completed at London.
Famine is causing great misery and
many deaths in several districts OF
Korea.
The Yaqui Indians are causing much
trouble in the vicinity Of Herm0sillO,
Mexico.
Government departments are to be
closed at 3 p. IN. Saturdays in July
and August.
Long Island farmers have declared
war on the automobile chaufeurs Of
milliOnaires.
Sweden is alarmed at the unusual
immigration of its young men TO &C.
cape military service.
Denmark has begun the collection
of a National exhibit for the Worlds
Fair at ST. Louis, Mo.
The Baptists report for the last year
a total Of A, 453 churches with more
than 100000 members.
The Government has finally rejected
the Gathmann torpedo gun, finding it
less effective than the regular twelve
inch ride.
About 1000 people witnessed the
strangling of a mad elephant belong
ing to Barnum u Bailey's circus in
| Tours, France.
A rumor that Great Britain intends
to purchase the district of Lorenzo
Marques, in Portuguese East Africa,
has caused great excitement in POrtu-
| gal.
A movement is on foot in Alabama
| to erect a monument to the memory
of the late William Leroy Brown, who
was President Of the Alabama Poly
technic Institute.
1t is said in Munich that the United
States and Germany are about to ap.
point a joint commission of bacteriolO-
gists, who will endeavor to discover a
cheaper and more simple method OF
sinfecting hides.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-25

reaa says that before hc became a min.
iatef he went ore evening 20 Che theatre
just 20 please "a visiting friend, and The
next day met upon Che streets q young
man whom De asked again as he bad asked
him frequently CD hu a Christian. The
m4n looked at him and Said n never want
you 20 speak 90 me on The subject again.
! saw you in the theatre last night. and 1
have little confidence Ina a man who pro-
fesses TO be O Christian and was found in
a questionable place of amusement" Il
never won him. said Dr. Munhan Gle
gradually driited away from the church
and from Christ, and / met him Ia the
West q hopeless wreck" III o mans mnu-
ence may count for evil then who can esti-
mate what would be accomplished among
men u we were true TO Christ and true 10
the church and lived out the principles of
both in our business life
Ihrd-Ihe home life would feel the im-
petus Mr.. Moody used 90 tell the story
of the father who came 20 bis home, found
his little child suffering as he had been for
weeks and months The little fellow said,
Lift me up" and he raised him from his
bed, aad then he said, Lift me higher"
and then he held him up for q moment as
high as his arms could reach, and when he
took him down he was dead. ole had
lifted him" said Mr. Moody, "into the
very arms Of Christ" This is possible fer
every man who lives as he ought to live
and works as he ought TO work; is true u
Christ and faithful to the church. May
God help us all to be just this
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-25
LABOR WORLD.

Carpenters are on strike at Quincy
ILL.,
Planning mill men are still on strike
at Portland, Ore.
Mason tenders at Leominster, Mass,
have struck for higher wages.
Bakers of Ponce, Porto Rico, have
won a strike for increase in wages.
Granite cutters of Stonington. Me-,
recently struck on being refused a
nine-hour day.
Kansas mine workers have prepared
new scale, due to dissatisfaction over
last years contract.
Painters and decorators, at Hamil-
ton, Can. have been granted an in
crease in wages without strike.
The journeymen bakers at Glen
Falls, N. Y, have organized and an
application has been made for a char
ter.
The Boss Bakers Association and
their employees at Hartford, Conn, are
continuing theif warfare against the
non union bakers.
A compromise between the contrac.
tors and the striking workmen at Lem
berg, Austria, has been reached. and
the strike has been called OF.
Mining investments at Paral, Mex
leo, have caused numerous building
operations, and it is hardly possible to
get carpenters and bricklayers
Over G000 servant girls are on the
police lists of out-of-work, and unem-
ployed girls from +he provinces pour
into Berlin, Germany, at the rate Of
500 weekly.
All printers in the job Offices in Chi.
cago have secured a raise in wages of
| $3.50 a week. Over 1900 men are af.
fected. Typographical Union No. 1e
backed the men in their demands
The grain threshers Of Richardson
| County, Neb.. have formed a union.
The object is to charge a uniform price
for threshing All supplies needed
such as coal, intoxicating oil, etc, will
be bought at wholesale.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-25
EXPERIENCE MEETING ANEoooTE.
Bishop Used a Lost Child to Point 4
Christian moral.

Bishop Used a Lost Child to Point a
Christian moral.
1t had been an experience meeting.
Ten thousand people were assembled
in the great auditorium by the sea
There had been the handsh@Ile, the
waving of. handkerchiefs, the hymn,
the prayer, the word which told the
spiritual history Of MAI a soul.
The bishop stood upon the plat
form in the act Of pronouncing the
benediction. Emotion was at it's
height; it seemed as if d spiritual
wave had crept over the multitude,
wrapping it in a divine caress.
At that moment a little child was
passed up to the platform and the
bishop took it in his arms. Lost
child" were the whispered words.
The baby put its dimpled arms around
the bishops neck and laid its head
upon his shoulder, its yellow curls
mingling with his gray hair.
Lost child" said the bishop, in his
deep, sympathetic voice, docs anyone
in the audience know this baby or
to whom it belongs? VIII the father
and mother come and claim it?"
There was silence ana the baby
nestled closer, and the women who sat
near said OH"
Then a man was seen making his
way to the altar; it was the baby's
father. Instantly the child stretched
out its arms to go to him. Then, as
he gave it mp. the bishop said:
There are 10000 lost souls in
Ocean Grove. The Fathers arms are
waiting to receive them. So, go tc
your Fathers outstretehed arms as
does this little child, Detroit Free
Press,