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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
PEACE WITH HONOR.

A gentleman, whose fruit orchards
had been very often robbed, caught a
boy up one of his trees.
Come down, you young rascal"
shouted the owner.
"Noa fear, and you there replied
the urchin.
We'll, I'll wait till you do"
Vera weel," said the lad.
They had waited about an hour when
an idea occurred to the boy. Snatch
ing an apple, he took a steady aim,
and hit the old fellow on the head
with it.
Halo, what's up now?"
TITS just this. I'm gaun to keep
peltin' till every apples off the tree
unless We promise not to lick me, for
if I'm gaun to get a hidin' I'm gaun
to haze me sport for it. What dye
say?"
The old fellow had to agree.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
A d IN LUzoN.

~ AO6O[h
At the open flap of his narrow tent
hangs a strip of the midnight
skies,
Pricked thro' by a myriad points of
light, that flash in his tired
eyes;
He has walked from a dream of a sum-
mer day, and now, with a throb
of pain,
He pillows his head on his young
right arm, and summons the
dream again.
A pathway barred by shadows and
shine, a glow in the golden
west;
A song in the rustling leaves o'erhead,
as a bluebird bushes its nest;
"A slip of a girl in a muslin gown, a
cadet in a coat Of gray
But the slim little hand he clasps in
his is a half of the world away!
Thro the vibrant hush of the starry
night huns the life of a tropic
cline,
And under the breast of his khaki
blouse the heart of the lad beats
time.
In a land where an endless summer
reigns he dreams of a June gone
by
And a wandering wind steals into his
tent and carries away a sigh!
Annie T. Colcock, in National Maya
zine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

hundred species OF trees are known to
exist there, while in Europe there are
hardly forty.
Among the tropical trees the first
thing to be noted is their great height;
then the odduess of their forms. Some
resemble an umbrella. This shape en-
ables their branches to receive a large
proportion Of light; others are shaped
like branched candlesticks, which af-
fords the same advantage to their
leaves. This shows that in the strug-
gle for existence the strife has been
for air and light. and that the advant-
age has been with those trees that
branch out highest or with whose
branches extend upward.
But it is not only trees that attain
these colossal proportions. There are
also herbs, which, If it were not for
their lack of branches, would be called
trees with us. For instance, Gleiche-
MIA dichotoma, Of Java, an %herbaceous
plant, often reaches a height of forty
feet, and Dracomium gigas, the giant
arum, Of Nicaragua, has a trunk, a
single petiole, a foot or so in diameter.
which is bare for several yards above
the flowers this same exuberance of
vegetation is shown. In Java there is
an orchid, the Grammatophylium,
which, besides its height, possesses the
peculiar feature that all it's flowers
open at once, as if by the touch of a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

Fred Funston is coming home. His
friends may tremble because of the
fact. He is about the only hero OF the
Spanish war there is left, but 1t is
not to be expected that he will remain
a hero long after landing. Somebody
will accuse him Of cowardice in that
he captured Aguinaldo instead Of per-
hitting the Filipinos to capture him.
or because he did not wade that river
instead Of swimming 1t. With the
fate of Dewey, Schley. Hobson, SKATER
and others in mind. Funston would be
easily excusable If he masqueraded at
San Francisco and sAeaked unobserved
back to Kansas--Savannah (Ga-)
News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
coon REASON FOR MoDEsrY.

An officer in one of the English vol
unteer regiments who had made him
self exceedingly unpopular with the
men was coming home one evening
when he slipped and fell into deep wa
ter. He was rescued with great diff
iculty by a private in his own regi-
ment.
The officer was pr6fuse in his express
sions of gratitude and asked his pre-
server how he could reward him.
THE best way" said the soldier, sis
to say nothing about it."
But why?" asked the officer in
amazement.
Because" was the blunt reply, 'if
the other fellows knew I'd pulled you
out they'd chuck me in.'-Youth's
Companion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
10 ABoLTsH SMOKE NUISANCE.

The Prussian Government, in order
to ahate the smoke nuisance, appointed
recently a committee to test all smoke
consuming apparatus. The committee
has completed its work, and, as a
result, common measures are about
to be introduced to remedy the evil.
Schools for the instruction Of stokers
were suggested, but in lieu thereof it
is proposed to send properly qualified
men to instruct the stokers in all the
steam plants.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

which, though they go far toward ex-
planning the phenomenon as related to
the regions in question. leave out of
consideration the giant redwoods Of
California and other similar instances
of enormous growths in districts where
the conditions are quite different from
those prevailing in the torrid zone. He
7ays in substance:
Tropical forests differ from those of
Europe in the fact that they are not
composed OF a single or of q limited
number of species. In them the most
diverse species are mingled together in
a most capricious way. In Java, for
example. specimens of trees have been
brought to the Botanical Garden OF
which no second representative has
ever been found. One thousand five
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
A oARnoNLEss ARo L1eHr.

La Gazette Industrielle of Riga an
ounce the invention of a new arc
light, which dispenses entirely with
the use of carbons and necessarily
with the disadvantages, such as the
frequent renewals that are connected
with them. The new lamp consists of
an exhausted glass globe, in which the
two carbons kept at a certain distance
from each other by a complicated reg
ulator, are replaced by two L-shaped
aluminium arms with platinum points.
These are kept at a proper interval
by a simple clockwork. The inventor
claims for it that it casts no shadow,
and as the aluminium arms are used
up very slowly, that they will not re-
quire renewing more than once a year.
He also intends to give his lamp a hor-
izontal position, as it is not necessary
to keep it upright, as it is with the
arc light. 1t can consequently be pro-
vided with re1ectors and other de-
vices for facilitating illumination.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
NOTES ON SCIENCE.
DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS OF
RECENT DATE.
Immense Size and PecuIIaritios of
Tropical Plants-suez Canal to BE
Deepened-speo3rum of Lightning
CarbonIess Arc Light.
sUEz CANAL.

The administrators of the Suez ca
nal have begun the work of deepening
the channel to t~hirty-one feet with a
view to make it available to larger
shipping.
Vessels Of great tonnage were I'M
known at the time the canal was
opened in 1859, and the thoroughfare
cannot be used by the enormous ships.
of today.
Vessel owners find that they cannot
carry freight long distances IN COM
p%aratively small ships, even at high
freight rates, so profitably as on larger
vessels, says the New York Sun. Com
merce has for years needed a deeper
channel. and the fact that there has
been very little gain in annual ton
mage for the past two years is attrib-
uted to lack of accommodations for
larger shipping.
The craft of vessels now passing
through the canal is limited to twenty
five feet seven inches. The improve
ments under way will permit vessels
drawing tw%enty-nine feet to pass safe
ly from sea to sea. At present both
the Kaiser Wilhelm and the Amster-
dam canals admit larger vessels than
the Suez canal. The improvement will
place the Suez canal a little ahead of
the others mentioned in the size of
vessels it will carry, the increased
depth probably suficing for ships in
the oriental trade for years to come.
1t is also contemplated to light the
101 miles of canal with electricity, so
that all shipping may pass through at
the night time.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
ETIQUETTE.

A certain great lady, who employed
the services of a secretary, once in
CURED Lord Macduff's wrath by invit-
ing him to dinner in the following
terms:
THE Duchess of IS secretary is
desired by her grace to invite Lord
Macduff to dinner on such and such a
day"
The reply was:
Lord Macduf's piper presents his
compliments to the Duchess of 's
secretary, and is desired by his lord
ship to decline her grace's invitation"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

Il sho' does bTeve in ghosts said
the old man. Il seen my OF moster
once, after he done dead en- bury"
What did he look like2"
We'll, sub, ter tell de Gods truth, 1
wuz too skeered ter tell, but l knowed
hit wuz him.
How'd you know it?'
"Kaze l had a jummy-john full er
Ticker in my two hans. en- I drapped
it-kerbla-aml' En- he say right off:
John, did you spill all dat good
licker?'"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

Il hope said the drummer, you
were quite satisfied with my report for
the past month"
We'll, replied the head Of the firm,
there was one part Of it that really
exceeded u expectations"
And what was that?"
your expense bill"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
rnr sprcrRuM or 11anrNtNo.

The first successful experiments in
photographing the spectrum of light
ming were, according to an announce
ment by Professor E. C. Pickering, OBJ
tanned last summer at Harvard obser-
vatory. They were taken with the
same apparatus that is used in pho
%tographing the spectra of the stars.
This consists of an eight-inch or elev-
en-inch telescope, with a camera at n
end and a prism at the other, the lat
ter being placed in front of the OBJ
jective lens so as to break up the light
from the object photographed into
parallel bands of color, which are seen
in the accompanying reproduction Of
the photograph, by differences in de-
gree of black and white. Photographic
spectra, however, range only from yell
low to blue, the extreme colors, violet
at one end and red at the other, as
seen in the rainbow, which is the
spectrum of the sun, are impossible to
record by the camera.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
The Tatted Calf.

The lesson had been about the
prodigal son, and the entire Sunday
school had been properly impressed.
The superintendent asked: Now, my
little friends, who stood by, Directing
to this proposed banquet to the prodi-
gal?" And a voice in a far r
answered, The calf"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
AMERIoAN SCIENCE AND ART.

1t is reported from London that the
Crystal Palace authorities have decid-
ed to hold al American exhibition
next year. 1t is to be confined strictly
to a display of the science, art and in
dustries of the United States. Ameria
can entertainments will be given and
American sports will be conducted by
representative teams.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

SO on. When ne went to Chicago that
evening he STOPPED at his florists. The
next day, while the commanding of.
hcer was at luncheon at his quarters
the bell changed. Two uniformed driv.
ers of flower wagons stood on the
steps and they solemnly inquired
where, in the post, could be found
Mrs. Bridget Monohan, Miss Katie
oHollihan, Mrs. Norah Brannigan,
and so on, for whom, The flower wag-
on drivers said, they had wagon loads
OF flowers and plants. The command
ing officer, overhesring the colloquy
at the door, came out and talked with
the drivers. He ascertained from them
the name of the queerly generous per-
son who was besto wing his floral ia
vors upon the queens of the wash
board-Mr. So-and-So, they told him,
giving the rame of the scapegrace
private. Every aay from that on, the
driver of a delivery wagon. contain
ing stacks Of candy, or more flowers,
would ring the bell of the command
ing officers quarters and gravely ask
where he could ind Maggie This or
Te3sie That or Bridget the Other. The
commanding officer ragged internally
over all this, OIL he couI1L't do any
thing about it. The scapegrace
couldn't be held accountable for the
conduct of drivers of delivery wag.
ons.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

Have you no high ideals?" asked
the man with the subscription book.
who was trying in vain to get a dona-
ton for the n~eighborhood Improvement
fund from the tobacconist.
NO. said the t~obacconist. That's
a brand we don't handle"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
Inadsauatclr Expressed.

cit is hard 70 lose ones relations"
said the seedy individual with q
mourning band on his hat.
''Hard?" echoed the man whose
check is good for a million. why.
sir. it's simply impossible"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
A MYSTERY.

City Magnate-"Of course 7 don't
wish to stand in the way of my daugh-
ter's happiness, but 1 know so little Of
you, Mr.. Hawkins. What is your vo-
cation?" Mr.. Hawkins (airily)-oh, l
write-er-poetry, novels-er-plays,
and that sort of thing" City Magnate
Indeed Most interesting. And
how do you live?"-Punch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

Teacher-What is meant by medium
of exchange?"
Willie-Watman?
Teacher-What is the medium Of ex-
change-what do you take to the store
with you when your mother sends you
for groceries?
WiIlie-The book.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

From the Chicago Post-The kind
hearted lady picked the lad up and
brushed off his clothes.
MY poor boy" she said sympathetic
cally, whatever made you Jake such
an awful fall?"
THE attraction Of gravitation,
ma'am," answered little Harold Bean
hill in his quiet Bostonisn way.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
Internal Preferred.

From the Chicago News: Sandy
.Pikes-Say, Billy, dere was only n
time in me career when I'd like to
been inside out.
Billy Coalgate-When was dat, pard?
Sandy Pikes-When dey took me to
do hospital an rubbed me down wild
alcohol.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

From the Philadelphia Press; D'Au-
ber-This is the landscape l wanted
you to suggest a title for.
Critteek-H'ml rather IMPRESSIONS
tic. Why not call it Homer"
D'Auber-"Home?" Why?
Critteek-Because there's no place
like it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

Mr.. Pitt-The Gathmsnn gun does
not appear to be the great success that
its inventor expected 1t to be.
Mr.. Penn-No; but it might be used
for shooting straw hats.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
Speeches Come High.

Politician Arranging for music at
political meeting)-Isn't that a big
price? You may not have to play half
a dozen times during the whole even
ing.
Brass Band Leader-But, my dear
sir. we have to sit there and listen to
the speeches.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

"In these sandy wastes" observed
the traveller. the camel is, indeed, in
valuable"
"oh. yes" replied the Arab, non
chalantIy. Il have heard it referred to
as the automobile of the DESERT"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
ARaUzzI TO TRY ONCE MORE.

The Duke Of the Abruzzi, it is state
ed. will visit the Unised States in
February TO make arrangements for
another Arctic expedition.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
A Matter of Form.

Tommy-Pop. why do they always
have chorus girls in comic operasf
Tommy's Pop-Merely as a matter OF
form, my son.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
NOT WHAT HE EXPECTED.

Magistrate-"You say that the pris-
oner looked round carefully and
whistled. What followed?
Intelligent Witness-His dog, your
worship"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
SOME SHORT STORIES FOR THE
VETERANS.

Rtct Mems Sons who Go Into the
Army as Soldiers Make No End of
TrOubIe for the Omoers-A sample
Recruit.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
Got His

Two months after his enlistment he
gave a swagger dinner to an oddly
named club. He made a rafting good
speech himself at the dinner, and 1t
was reported in full in the Chicago
newspapers on the following morning.
He gravely told the diners how dearly
he loved soldering and how he in
tended to stick to the service for the
remainder of his natural life, and so
on. Four days later he received his
discharge. Several similar stories of
the schemes that troublesome ~privates
adopt to secure their discharge are
related.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
80 NEEp ZOE woRRY.

The Heiress-"why shall I marry
you? l don't love you"
The Applicant-"Oh, that's all right.
l won't be home much"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04

M. R. Montclavel, in La Science Pour
Tous, advances some reasons to ac-
count for the immense size and curious
peculiarities of many tropical plants.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
THE TIME TO LAUGH.
SOME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL AND
SELECTED.

Examples of Heredity-witness Gives
Literal Answer to a Lawyers Question
He Was willing to Be Accummo-
datinR-Fun in the Parlor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
His explanation.

Il am afraid" said a certain small
boys mother, that you are overeat-
ing. Aren't you a little apprehen-
sive?"
NO" was the answer, after due de-
liberation. I'm not afraid. You know
ladies are naturally timid."
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-31
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
AND ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLD

her mind to work to learn something.
The man left in such a case will never
think Of leaving his trade to take up
something else so that he can be at home
and care for the family. Even If his work
was at home, he would never think Of
caring for that family. He'd say he didn't
know how to cook and sew and such
work. and it would never enter his head
to learn how. He has a succession OF
poor servants, and his money Is wasted
and his children grow up, hit or miss.
and every one says the poor little
things have no mother"
Put the two families up for comparison
and which turn out to be the best citi-
zens?
The old maid, too, is generally healthy.
happy, self-reliant, cheerful and helpful
to all she meets
The old bachelor-must tell Of his pitt
full state? From the fate of such one,
good Lord, deliver US all.
Woman IS the weaker, but she Is Will
ing to use all her strength. Men are
always anxious to save their strength.
But to what purpose?
The fault is with the mother. No mat
ter what trade girl has, she learns to
mend, sew, wash, iron and cook. The
boy in the same family is taught to de-
pend on someone else.
NJ. E. w. Men.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-31
CURRENT TOPICS.
The Registration boards.

The Registration boards.
Reproducing some remarks Of ours on
the registration boards, the Roanoke Eve
ming World says:
The Times is unquestionably right In
impressing upon the convention the very
important considerations which This ques-
ton involves. BY all means let t..o
new Constitution begin Us operation with
an absolutely fair and honest administra-
ton of its electoral provisions. This.
more than aught else will serve to in
gratiate it into the confidence Of the
public; and the people of Virginia. Dem
ocrats and Republicans, are going to
be satisfied with nothing less than this.
But, with all due respect to our Rich
mond contemporary, we submit that II
will prove Highly impracticable If not
impossible for the convention as a whole
to give careful and inte-.lgent attention
to the personal fitness of each of the
proposed registrars. To weigh carefully
the evidence which would be submitted
as bearing upon the claims of rival can
didates. and any number of them would
spring up all over the State, would not
only prove a most onerous undertaking,
but it Is manifestly one Which the con-
ye,tion could not So t.-.actor..y dlscharge.
It appears to us that in a matter OF
this sort reliance must necessarily be
placed upon the Individual oelegate VINO
is supposed to be familiar With condl-
tons and people of his locally. In its
fear that this plan would result unsat-
isfactorily The Times may be unduly APP
prehensive. But even ii it is right, and
here and there are to be found delegates
who will permit improper influence 10
control them in this matter the pressure
of public opinion created at their own
homes. and brought strongly to bear
upon them, would seem the proper reme-
DIV in such case. The general high char
acter Of the individual members, now
ever should give assurance that IN so
important duty they will be guided by
patriotic considerations only. It is. in
deed. the prayerful hope Of all good citl
zens that from the reformed and rectl-
fed sullrage cono.aons which TINS con-
vention has furnished, there may result
y character of elections in Virginia whose
honesty shall be beyond all cav'i ana
question.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-31
THE REPORTER AND THE LAW.

The Richmond authorities will do well
to remember that newspaper reporters
are not gossips or informers or detec-
tives. 1t is the business OF a reporter
to gather the news. In his daily
rounds he comes in contact with all sorts
and conditions OF people and he general
" knows what is going on. He knows
a piece OF news when he sees it, he
knows what makes a good story he
knows how to put a story together in at
tractive form. and it is his delight. as 1t Is
his duty. to gather up and print all the
news that is fit to print But he is a
man Of discretion and he does not begin
to tell all that he knows. He has his
friends here and there throughout the
city. and it is necessary for him to cul-
ltivate them and to keep faith with them
In order to get all the news that is go-
Ing When he has received commu-
nication in confidence he will so to Jail
before he will betray his informant. He
knows what his duty is and he win do
1t. He has respect for the law. but