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smoked Fumigato Cigarettes and read
French Novels. Alec didn't know who was
President of the Country or Governor of the
State and he did not wish to bother
about it.
America simply amused him.
In the meantime Father had to put up,
for Alec was dead set against the CONNER
cial Spirit. His principal Occupation was
wishing himself back in Paree and nearly
everybody hoped he would set his Wish.
Once the Directory Man asked Alec's
Father for some Information
What is your SOM" asked the Directory
Man.
You can search me-" replied the unfor-
innate Patriarch. HE does everything
that a Painter does, except Paint. He don't
want to be called an American and yet l
can't label him French, having no Grudge
against France. He's a mixture of Partisan.
Sucker, EXpatriate, Four-Flush and Free
Luncher, which makes him, as near as 1
can figure it, a Yellow Mongrel."
Moral: To a benighted People the Latin
Quarter looks like Thirty Cents.
II.
H ONE OF THE POOR WOMAN WHO
HAD TO LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT
WAS OvERRUN WITH
ANECDOTES.
A Gentleman with several Dialects once
married a Woman because she had the
Sense of Humor.
About the time she was up stream with
the Bait but before he had used the Net.
he would call on her and spring a Good
One every little while. Whenever he told
a ripe old Scandinavian Wheeze or an
Irish Bull she would let out a Whoop and
keel right over among the Cushions. He
was an unqualified hit and ran for nearly
100 Nights.
She's the Strip of Calico for me-" said
the Private Comedian. There's no chance
Of a Crust forming on our Married Life.
for l can see a Future all ripping with
laughter. I shall be Funny Man and she
can play Audience.
After they had been married a few years
she knew his whole Repertoire backwards.
He had a collection Of Hastetters that
made Joe Miller seem comparatively Re-
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THE ONE OF THE PARTISAN FROM
THE HIGH GRASS.

T..
THE ONE OF THE PARTISAN FROM
THE HIGH GRASS.
copyright. 1902. by Robert Howard Rus
SELL
Out West there was q. seif-made Josiah
with a Son who was brought up on Soft
Food. He was subject to Headaches and
could not play in the Sun. Therefore his
People decided that he was cut out for an
Artist.
He went to Paree TO study. What he
wanted was an Atmosphere. So he en-
gagged a Loft and made up for a Tramp.
He fell in with the jolly Student who were
so busy letting their Hair grow and work.
ing the Bohemian gag that they had no
time TO change Collars, etc.
He shifted from Rain-Water 10 Red Ink
and let the Trouserials bag at the Knees.
His daily Task was to sit under a striped
Awning looking fuzzy and ~disreputable. the
while he went against a tall Beaker of the
Stuff that smells like Paregoric and con-
verts the whole landscape into a light
Green with Yellow Spots on it.
He lived in the dear old Latin Quarter
until his Wardrobe was caked on him.
Finally his Letter OF Credit petered and he
had to return to Illinois, where the crude
Yokels shave every Saturday Night and
put Butter on their Bread.
He showed up on the Prairie with a
Mardi-Gras Costume, considerable Dand-
ruff and four bum Sketches. Father looked
him over ard went for the AK but Mother
talked him out of il.
One Year in the Home of Art had weaned
Alec away from the Simple Joys of the
Middle West. He was all the time holler-
ing because he could not get Garlic in his
Food. He wore a Velveteen Coat and
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and intelligent-loOking woman, who had
bought a cake Of chocolate and a box Il
shredded cocoanut, ask the clerk how the
two were prepared that there should be
such a difference between them. when they
were from the same bush" 1 didn't hear
the reply. Only a few days later I heard a
man calculating the alleged fact that they
get coca-cola by punching a hole 90 a
palm tree and catching the sap. Then they
put in a little bitters and liquor, and there
you are" In view OF these two instances. I
asked a busine man why cocoa lis so
called. He said he supposed it is made
from c~ocOanuts."
In general. I suppose the looseness Of the
language is responsible for most Of the
ignorance that obtains relative 10 these
very interesting substances. Erroneous
terms have been used so long that the peo-
pie forget there were ever any others, and
similarity Of nomenclature has bred the
idea of similarity OF origin. They forget, II
they ever knew, that cocoanut should be
c%oconUt; that cocoa should be cacaO; that
the coca and the COCO are not related. nor
yet the COCO and the cacao; but that the
cacao and the cola are. To make this per-
fectly plain let me append little excerpts
from the scientific delineations:
The cacao, or chocolate tree, Is the only
one of the lot TO nave a distinctively
American name, the Aztec term having
been cacauatl. It is described as the
Theobroma Cacao Of the order Sterculia-
ceae. a small evergreen tree indigenous 20
America. but cultivated in other parts Of
the world, growing wild sometimes 70 a
height Of forty feet, but in cultivation
pruned 10 less than twenty. II bears a
pear-shaped. pointed pod. eight 70 ten
inches long, in the pulp Of which are
numerous seeds. These. roasted. crushed
and dried, are known as cacao, enormously
cocoa. Mixed with sugar and favoring eX-
tracts. ground 10 a paste on hot plates
and compressed into axe and dried. they
are the chocolate OF
Coconuts Cby confusion with the cacao.
cocoanuts) are the large nuts Of the palms
OF the order cocos. Of which there are
many varieties. They are borne IN punches
of twelve to twenty. generally In groslps Of
three, each surrounded by matted. fbrous
husks. inside the hard inner shell is a
layer OF firm white meat. and inside this
the liquid center, a water or milk Of pleas
ant. subacid flavor. The liquid is distilled
into a fiery rum. and the white meat. dried.
is the copra Of South sea copmerce.
Coca is the dried leaf Of the Erythroxy-
Ion Coca. n small shrub OF the mountains
OF Peru and Bolivia. The various prepare
tons Of coca wine. in such general use
as tones. and cocaine. are made from d.
II bears no relationship 10 the cacao. the
cocos or the cola.
The colanut is the brownish. bitter seed.
about the size OF a chestnut. OF the Cola
Acuminata, a shrub native 10 the tropical
West Africa. but domesticated in the West
Indies and Brazil. Like the cacao. Il IS
Of the order Stereuliaeeae II contains two
or three times as much caffeine as coffee
itself. and also like the cacao, contains
some theobromine. THE GOSSIP.
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Players that ever worked on Long Island
and introduced him all around as the new
Department Manager.
81 shall expect you to tell Archibald all
about the business" said the Main Ga
cooks to the Patient Toiler. You see he
has just graduated from Harvard and he
doesn't know a DUN Thing about Managing
anything except a Cat-Boat. but his
Father is one Of our principal Stock-Hold-
ers and he is engaged to a Young Woman
whose Uncle is at the head Of the Trust"
II had been hoping to get this Job for
myself" said the Faithful Worker, family.
You are so valuable as a Subordinate
and have shown such an Aptitude for De-
tail Work that it would be a Shame TO
waste you on a 5000 Job said the Main
Gazooks. Besides, you are not Equipped.
You have not been to Harvard. Your
Father is not a Stakeholder. You are
not engaged to a Trust. Get pack to your
High Stool and whatever Archibald wants
to know you tell him."
Moral: One who wishes TO be a Figure
Head should not Overtrain.
w.
THE ONE OF THE CRAFTY LOVE
MAKER WHO NEEDED A LADY
MANAGER.
At a Summer Resort two Young Fellows
were after a Blonde.
One was an all-around Grand-Stander
and the other was a plain Varnish.
Number One could play eighteen Holes in
Bcgey and ride any Jumper that ever wore
a Girth. He was built like an Ok and
asked People to feel of him, for he was as
hard as Nails. If any Argument came up
on the Veranda or at the Dinner Table he
made the others look like Rabbits, for he
was Posted and was very handy with the
Sub-Maxillary. He wore his Chest a few
Inches in front of himself and no one could
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Heat.

From plains that reel 70 southward, dim,
The road runs by me white and bare:
Up the steep hill it seems TO swim
Beyond. and melt into the glare.
Upward half way. or it may be
Nearer the summit. slowly steals
A hay-cart, moving dustily
With idly clacking wheels.
By his carts side the WAGNER
Is slouching slowly at his ease,
Halt hidden in the MINDLESS blur
OF White dust putting to his knees.
The wagon on the height above.
From sky TO sky on either hand.
Is the sole thing that seems TO move
In all the heat-held land
Beyond me in the fields the sun
Soaks in the grass n hath his will;
/ count the maTguerites one BY one;
Even the buttercups are still.
On the brook yonder not a breath
Disturbs the spider or the nudge.
The water-bugs draw close beneath
The cool gloom OF the bridge.
In intervals Of dreams I hear
The cricket from the droughty ground;
The g~rasshopperS spin into mine ear
A small innumerable sound.
] lift mine eyes sometimes 10 gaze:
The burning skyline blinds my sight;
The woods far of are blue with haze:
The hills are drenched In light.
And yet TO mo not this or that
Is always sharp or always sweet;
In the sloped shadow or nv hat
i lean at rest, and drain the heat.
Nay, more. I think some blessed power
Hath brought me wandering idly here;
In the full furnace of this hour
My thoughts grow keen and clear.
-Arahihald Lamnmaa
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tell him where to get off. Inasmuch as he
was a big, husky Good-LoOker with all the
Manly Accomplishments, he had a Panel
Picture Of himself leading Miss Blonde into
d Flat.
Number Two belonged in the Sub-Dufer
Class. no matter what Game he tackled.
When he swung at a Golf Ball he usually
hit himself in the Ankle. In sailing a Boat
he did not know a Sheet from a Sail. He
ducked all kinds OF Athletic Sports. In
Company he became balled up and often
had to be Rescued. He was no Ring Per-
former and he knew it. Therefore, to avoid
making too many Breaks he would go to
the Blonde and confdentially ask her to be
his True Friend and steer him through the
Shoals.
Number One would be out on the Links,
hammering away to win a s. Cup, but
Number Two would remain under Cover
and complain of feeling a trife Knocked
Out and permit the Blonde to put Cold
Cloths on his Head. Then he would give
her a couple of those long yearning Looks
and tell her that no one else had ever been
quite so Good to him.
. Number One was trying to demonstrate
that he was a Deuce of a Fellow and Num-
Der Two was trying to convince her that
she was an Ace OF a Girl.
When both of them had come to Taw, she
did not hesitate for any great length of
Time.
THAT poor Boy needs a bright and Clever
Woman to take care of him." said she.
He has learned 10 depend upon me and it
would be Cruel to turn him Adrift."
Number Two won by a City Block.
Moral: Star Her and she will discover
your Good Points.
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he htd duped the king and his prime min
lister, all applauded him, end one OF the
crowd cried out:
"'What was the magic word?
"'Mutabor,' replied the magician.
NO sooner had the king and his friend
heard the word than they bowed three
times TO the east and repeated Ii. Then In
an instant they stood men again, able and
willing 10 act more wisely In the future
than they had done. They Immediately SCI
out for home, taking the princess with
them. On arriving at the kings palace
the people shouted with JOY when they saw
their former king and his bride. When
Olaf had been again proclaimed king he
sent young Mansur into a far country, and
ordered him never TO return. When Ala
bad entered the city the next morning the
angry people stoned him to death. For
many years OLAF and his beautiful wife
reigned in Ammerlei; and the king and his
prime minister often laughed and cracked
jokes at each other about how they looked
when both were storks.'
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MODERN FABLES By GEORGE ABE.
FOUR WEENY LITTLE FABLES ABOUT
FOLKS WHO INFEST THE EARTH AT
THIS WRITING .
Copyright, 1902, by Robert Howard Russell.

partment Manager. The Hours were short
and the Salary large and the Work easy.
He plugged on for many Moons, keeping
his Eye on that Roll-Top Desk. for the
Manager was getting into the Has-Been
Division and he knew there would be a
Vacancy
AT last the House gave the old Manager
the Privilege OF retiring and living on
whatever he had saved.
"Ah, this is where Humble Merit gets It's
Reward" said the Patient Toiler. Il can
see myself counting Money"
That very Day the Main Gazooks led into
the Office one OF the handsomest Tennis
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He Liked 1t.
Baltimore American.

For some time the little band of dispens-
ers of manifest destiny had labored with
the recalcitrant Filipino.
Now, at the last, while their efforts were
yet unsuccessful, they had exhausted the
water supply.
We'll" said the chief operator, "get up.
/ never before saw a man who could alb
sorb water like you do. Who are you, any
way?'
With a sad. sweet smile the captive hand
ed him a card inscribed:
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smoked FNumigato Cigarettes and read
French Novels. Alec didn't know who was
President of the Country or Governor of the
State and he did not wish to bother
ahnnf il
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Not long ago. in one OF the leading
OF the city. I heard a well-dressed
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FELIPE AQUITANO, :
Chairman Prohibition {:
Central Committee, :
Province of Luzon. :
Privilege Enough.
Chicago Post.

chicago Post.
The pleasing discovery has been made
that a young woman living in Indiana is
related TO royalty" and is cousin of the
Duchess of Manchester, Mrs. Jack Gard
ner, Chauncey Depew, Mrs. Potter Palm
er and several individuals of almost equal
fame. Still, we fail TO see how this makes
her related TO royalty" unless she includes
Queen Lavinia Of the Holland Danes. But
what matters it that. one is related 10
in Indiana?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-05-13
TOLD THE TRUTH.

Not long since a Missouri edi-
tor announced that just for one
issue be would tell the truth,
naked and unvarnished." The
next week he had to close up
shop. Here are a few items from
the issue
John BONN, the LATEST mer-
chant in town, made a trip to
Bellview yesterday"
"Married-Sylvia Rhodes to
James Carnaham, last Saturday
evening at the Baptist parson-
age. The bride is a very ordin-
ary town girl who doesn't know
any more than a rabbit about
cooking, and never helped her
poor old mother three days of
her life. She is not a beauty by
any means and has a gait like a
fat duck. The groom is well
known here as an up-to-date
loafer, has been living off the
old folks, all his life a don't
amount to shucks no how. They
will have a hard life while they
live together and the News has
tens to extend absolutely no CON
gratulations. for we don't believe
any good can come from such a
union"
John Doyle, our groceryman,
is doing poor business. His
store is dirty, dusty and noxious-
ly odoriferous. He doesn't ad-
vertise nor treat people court
eously. How can he expect to
do much ?"
"Rev. Styx preached Sunday
night on charity The sermon
was punk. If the reverend gent
leman would live up a little clos
er to what he breaches he'd have
bigger congregations
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THE OLD DESERTED CLAIM.

VERSES written on visiting the old Charles
produced fortunes and was the scene of ex-
tensive development IN early days.
BY the old deserted claim
Still the landscape is the same.
Though all about is strangely still and lone.
Save the rivers ceaseless flow
In the valley just below
Seems singing OF the better days now gone
Now the cabins tumbled down
Are with moss and grass o 'er grown
Though long the homes of men and scenes OF
mirth.
But the years have drifted on
And they all are dead and gone
Alas alas, such is our lot on earth.
Man may delve the earth for gold
But his story soon is told.
Whatever be the guerdon of his quest,
Where his hand relentless mars
Time shall softly heal the scars
The while he sleeps forever on earth's breast.
Ne'er can poets words impart
Half the sadness of the heart
half the lonely longing sadness without name
For we read the common fate
That befalleth soon or late
AS we gaze upon the old deserted claim.
&C. E. EDDY
Custer, Idaho, April 18th. 1902.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Arrivals at the New Challis
House for the week ending May
10th, 1902 +:
d. Fayle, East Fork, Ida. j..
S. Lamar, Salt Lake. Utah, r.
G. Henderson, San Francisco,
Cal, Stacio Giacomini, Bayhorse,
Ida, d. E. Moore, Salt Lake,
Utah, Julia Michael, Bayhorse,
Katharine Garrish, Bayhorse,
Ida, H. d. Garrish, Bayhorse.
Ida, E. S. Arnold, Salt Lake,
Utah, j. G. Arnold, Salt Lake,
Utah, Thos. Bradshaw, Salt
Lake, Utah, D. L. Rich, Boston,
Mass, Roy Womacks, Stanley,
Ida, G. B. Smith, Mackay, Ida,
VIM. Clark, Salt Lake, Utah,
w. S. Sterling, Portland, Ore.
w. w. Kooser, Chicago, Ill.,, l..
D. Kooser, Chicago, ILL.,, M. Rus.
sell, Mackay. Ida, VIM. Parker,
San Francisco, Cal, n. G. Ban
croft. Salt Lake, Utah, VIM. j.
Gamble, Diamondville, Wyo.,
Henry Duffy, Bayhorse, Ida.
Chas. Waller, Custer, Ida. John
Altham, Forney, Ida.. Bert Will
liams. Mackay, Ida, N. G. Jen.
sen, Mackay, Ida, VIM. Rexford,
Pahsamaroi, Ida. Henry Walker,
Pahsamaroi. Ida, billiard 8
Watson, Blackfoot, Ida., f. l.
Thompson. Blackfoot, Ida, w
d. Joiner, San Francisco, CAL,
N. r. Morler, Pocatello, Ida. A
L. Wyler, St. Louis, Mo-, Sid j,
Roberts, Three Forks, Ida. Wm
j. Parker, San Francisco, Cal.
Clara Golfer, Bayhorse, Ida,
August Sargent, Bayhorse, Ida.
S. Jensen, Idaho Falls, Ida.
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ing $4,000 from the county treas
urer of Lemhi, served four years
in the Utah penitentiary; four,
three years and eighteen months
respectively in the Colorado
state prison. All four of these
terms were for forgery. He was
released in Utah nearly a year
ago and while in prison wrote
two novels, one entitled The
Mormon Queen"
Walsen while in Challis ap-
peared in all respects to be a
royal good fellow. He was
bright and entertaining. While
here he spent considerable time
in this Office. We regret very
much to learn of Mrs. Walsen's
sad misfortune by being taken
in" by flattery from the oily
tongue of a stranger, but they
say she is old enough and had
ought to have known better.
Love is blind" says noted
author, and perhaps this ac-
counts for her weakness in this
respect. She has our sympathy
because we have always heard
her spoken of in the highest
terms. We not only regret it
for her sake. but for the humilia-
ton it casts upon the fraternity
of the press.
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LOST. srHAYED OR STOLEN.

One black mare branded IL on
right shoulder. Age S years.
One gray mare branded IL on
left shoulder. Age about z or 8
years.
The above animals formerly
belonged to Alex Burnett On Big
Lost river.
MARSHALL CRAWFORD.
Challis, Ida, May 10th, 1902.
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NOTICETOTHEPUBLIC.

Board and Lodging at Mrs. M.
Jose's, northwest of r. N. Hull
& Cos. store, Challis, Idaho.
Meals and Lodging strictly first
class. Fine large rooms and
good beds, and the table supplied
with the best in the market.
Board and lodging by the day,
week or month. at reasonable
rates. MRS. M. JOSE.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-05-13
wALsEn is a DANDY"

George w. Walsen, whom it
will be remembered spent some
two weeks in Challis last Octob-
er representing the Salt Lake
Herald. and at the same time TAX
ing orders for the Chicago Rec
ord Home Circle Library, has
got into serious trouble. He is
a smooth talker. He went from
Challis to Salmon, and in some
manner got an interest in the
Recorder printing Office, and
married the editor, Mrs. Ada
Merritt, Dec. IL, 1901. at Omaha.
The marriage for some reason
was kept profound secret till
three weeks ago. Mrs. Merritt
is an elderly lady, perhaps over
80 years of age, while Walsen is
a young man of about 80 years
of age. Mrs. Walsen is the
County Treasurer of Lemhi
county. They bought a fine
printing plant-good enough for
large city. Everything-even
their honeymoon-appeared to
be going on in a lovely manner,
and the Thunder mountain route
via. Salmon, was above par ac-
cording to the Recorders YER
sion of it. One sad day Walsen
left his bride and departed for
greener fields.
The following dispatch to the
Capital News tells the story
SALMON, Ida, May &C.. w.
Walsen, who was arrested at
Salt Lake charged with the lar
ceny of $4,000 of county funds,
came here a few months ago rep
resenting the Salt Lake Herald.
After short acquaintance he
married Mrs. Ada Merritt, who
was editor and proprietor of the
Idaho Recorder, also treasurer
of Lemhi county. Walsen be-
came manager of the paper, en-
larged it and made a semi-week-
ly, taking general charge of the
business, and was good rust
ler." He left suddenly, ostensib-
ly on a business trip. When he
did not return it became rumored
that possibly the county funds
were not straight. About this
time Mrs. Walsen, (nee) Merritt.
left on business trip. AS she
has no deputy the Office has been
closed since her departure. She
is expected home Wednesday,
when the Commissioners will be
called in session and the facts of
case made public. 1t seems that
her business trip was for the
purpose of locating and bringing
her recreant husband to justice,
and he was arrested at her in
stance.
II really don't know anything
about the matter. If stole the
money, as they say, can assure
you / didn't get any more than a
bottle of beer or a cigar out of
it," Beyond this statement he
refused to talk of his case.
SALT LAKE, May 6.-The
police claim that G.. w. Walsen,
arrested here Sunday for steal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-05-13

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Land ONCE at HALEY Idaho.
May 5th. E0s-
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said proof viii be made before L. H.
Johnston. U. S. Commissioner. at Challis. Ida-,
on June 18th. 1902. viz
JOHN w. STEPHENS,
H. E. No. 1898 for the wps Swh. Sec 10, NJ
SEh. Sec. 9. TIP. IA N. r. I9E.
He names the following witnesses 10 prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz
John NJ. Pnshaw. of Challis, Idaho.
Joseph H. Horton. of
Elba p. Wilson. N.
John Q. Adams, OF
MI SHARP. Register.
First publication Nay isth. 1907