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FOLLOWING THE HOUNDS.
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Soft Ground Made the tfoinG Treach-
erous and Falls Neaulted

The recent heavy drains put the ground
into very bad condition for the run that
was made yesterday afternoon by the
Chevy Chase hounds, A rather large fol-
lowing was out to rfde with the hounds
and fast riding was out of the question.
The unfortunates during the run were Mr.
Clarence Moore. NJ. F. H.. and Mr.. CarolIn,
NJ. F. H. of the Burlington Hunt, Cal.
both of whom received mud bath
The hounds were in charge Of Mr.. Cfar-
ence Moore and they were cast a little TO
the west of Chevy Chase circle shortly
after 3 o'clock. The course lay through the
Chevy Chase Land Company, around the
outskirts Of West Chevy Chase and thence
over the Gsldsborough farm where the rid
ers had chance to test the ability of thei:
horses in taking some high fences. Near
the end of the run the followers seemed
to have lost all fear Of the treacherous
ground, and began a merry pace to the
death" which occurred in the orchard
adjoining the club house. Brightwooi will
be the meeting place Of the hounds tomor-
row afternoon at clock.
weinig Whipped Creedon.
AL Weinig and Dan Creedon fought nine
of the hardest rounds at Hot Springs, Ark.
last night ever witnessed in that territory.
and when in the ninth Murphy, the trainer
and second of Creedon, threw a sponge into
the ring Referee Andy Muiligan had moth
ing to do but declare Weinig the winner.
The fight was held under the auspices OF
the Vapor City Athletic Club for purse OF
81, 600
During the early rounds of the fight it
/ seemed ali for Creedon, but after the fifth
round he could not keep up the first pace
he had set. After the fight Creedon an
nounced his retirement from the ring
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

Waterman. A council was called to
deliberate, and the subject for dis
cussion was laid before the meeting.
At first profound silence reigned.
Finally n of the members of the
council rose and said he had heard of
the possibility of replacing human
teeth By artificial ones; adding, that
to the best of his belief there was a
man in Breslau who undertook to do
this. He said he could not vouch for
the truth of what he had heard, but
he really had been told that this was
the case! A long discussion ensued,
with the result that the Waterman
was told to go to Breslau to get a new
set of teeth. In due course the old
man returned to the scene of his du-
ties provided with the needful. The
following night the burgermeister sat
up to hear the result. To his astonish-
ment there was no sound Of the whis-
tie at 10 o'clock, nor at II, nor even
at midnight! The next morning he
summoned the Waterman, to whom he
expressed his indignation. "You have
got your teeth now" he said; "why
do you not whistle as before?" In a
voice of humility the old chap replied:
Eyes! have got a new set of teeth,
but the doctor told me l was to put
them in water overnight"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
TERRITORY BELONGS TO NOBODY

Frontier Town That Neither Prussia
Nor Belgium Can Call Its own.
When a person speaks about the
smallest states in the world he men.
tons the Republic of San Marine in
the Apennines, the Republic of An
DORA in the Pyrenees or the princi-
pality of Monaco. There is a little
district smaller than any of these
which is still more curious in it's DO
litical relations. 1t cannot be called
independent, for two countrio~ have a
hand in its affairs, and yet /, belongs
to nobody and thus occupies an anon
alous position, says the New York
Sun.
This little area, containing only
about two square miles, is the ground
on which the Town of Moresnet
stands, a little to the southwest of the
important German city of Aix-la-Cha-
pelle.
The Vienna congress in 1915 estab-
lished a new boundary between the
low countries and Prussia. The con-
gross was unable to agree as to how
a very short part of the boundary
should be drawn. A temporary ar
rangement was finally made by which
Moresnet should be called neutral ter
ritory. Subsequent events played
ducks and brakes with the frontiers
established by the congress of Vienna.
But Moresnet has never been dis
turbed. 1t is still neutral territory
and is so marked to-day on every good
map of Europe.
The town is mentioned in very few
school or other Biographies. Writers
would not know where to class Mores-
net if they did not mention it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
Fooled Col Dan McCnok.

Speaking of mischief" said Ser
geant Sam Grimshaw, reminds me OF
the army pranks of Col. John ]. Nc
Cook, now, l understand, a staid Pres
byterian elder of the Rev. DR.. Halls
church in New York city. John
came to his brother, Col. Dan McCook,
in the Perryville campaign in 1862. He
was not more than IS years old. and
was fresh from school, but he took to
soldering like a duck to water, and.
serving on the coloners staff. became
very popular with the boys.
While on our march to Crab Or
chard after the battle of Perryville.
we camped one night on a large plan
tation, Col. Dan McCook making his
headquarters in the planters house.
Guards were placed about the house
by John McCOok, who that night did
conspire with the guards to rob the
planter of sundry bee hives located TO
the rea Of the house. John placed
the guard over tbs hives. giving him
private Instructors to turn his hack
at a given signal, When morning
came the guard WaSon duty, but hives
and honey had disappeared. Col Dan
was furious, but he never susnacted
that mis- brother Was The originator OF
the scheme to steal lhe honey n-Cbi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

vice in the cavalry engagements of
Ebenezer Church and Columbus. His
service carried him as far west as the
military district of Colorado. He de-
clined an appointment in the regular
army, and was %honorably discharged
and mustered out Jan. 20, 1866. He
resumed the practice Of his profession
(the law), and again entered his old
regiment, the First Infantry, as adju-
tant, and subsequently became major,
lieutenant colonel and colonel, from
which rank he was selected by Gov.
Hartranft to be adjutant general of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This position he retained under the
two administrations of Gov. Hartranft
and also the one Of Gov. Hoyt. He
was the first secretary of the municipal
civil service board, under the new
Philadelphia charter.
He is a past commander of Pennsyl-
vania, Grand Army of the Republic,
a comrade of Post 2 of Philadelphia,
and of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
A Pennsrlvanla Comrade.


Gen. James w. Latta was born in
Philadelphia April 10, 1889. He was
graduated from the Central High
school in July, 1856, and admitted to
the bar April 10, 1850. He enlisted at
the outbreak of the war as private in
Company d., Gray Reserves (now
First Regiment, National Guard) April
10, 1861; appointed second lieutenant
Company G, One Hundred and Nine
teenth Pennsylvania Volunteers Au-
gust A, 1862; commissioned first lieu
tenant Company e, September l, 1862,
and captain of Company B March A,
1864, and specially selected from the
Sixth Army Corps as assistant adju-
tant general of volunteers and so COM
m%issioned, with the rank of captain,
April 20, 1864.
He participated in the battles of
Fredericksburg, Salem Church, Gettys-
burg, Rappahannock Station, Mine
Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold
Harbor, Winchester, Petersburg, Fort
Stevens, Ebenezer Church and Column
bus (Ga.), and other affairs of lesser
moment; was brevetted major for gal
liant conduct at Winchester, Va, and
lieutenant colonel for meritorious ser
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

So far as government borrowings
are an indication, says the New York
Evening Post, the annual cost of the
Boer war to Great Britain has been
nearly double that of the wars against
Napoleon, 100 years ago.. In the
period 1792-1SO2, when England was
fighting necessarily in almost every
corner of the globe, and was in addi-
ton substituting half a dozen continent
tai states, the principal of the British
debt increased 9297, $3.50, 5S7-an aver
age annual increase of $780, S9, 900.
Between 1902 and 1915, a period which
covered the Spanish campaign, the
American war and Waterloo, the debt
Increased e323, 1886, O41-an annual av-
erage of e24, STE, 900.
Loans raised by the exchequer dur
ing the two years following the Boer
wal outbreak in October, 1899, foot up
4114,000, 900 They include the $780,
0O0,0 900 war loan of 1900, and two is
sues of 913, 900 900 exchequer bonds in
the same year; ESQ, 600, 900 consols in
1901, and e11,000, 900 exchequer bonds.
The above list does not include the
temporary treasury bills issued in 1899
and 1900, or the e14,413 900 of the
same bills issued after the consols
loan Of 1901, and still outstanding.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
CHINESE HELP THE CRIMINALS
Treat Dinioulty Experienced In CsavIct-
ing q CeleatIaI Murdrrnr.

Treat Dinieulty Experienced In Csnvict
ing a Celestial Murderer.
Just to see how hard it is to convict
d Chinese accused of participation in
n of the highbinders' wars, l will
cite a single instance that came under
the notice of n of the representa-
tives of a great San Francisco news
paper.
A Chinese gardener named All LUX
was shot in the back by a binder
while he was sitting in the Chinese
Theater or Jackson street. He was
Instantly killed. Immediately follow
ing the fatal shot the usual movement
TOOK place around the body, but the
actors on the stage never even so
much es hesitated in the delivery of
their lines. When the man fell from
the bench the lookout at the main en-
trance OF the place called out in Chi
nese that the white devils were COM
ing. The man who did the shooting
SO far forgot himself az to run, and
the police on a hot scent saw him
and started after the fugitive. The
man ran out of the side entrance to
the auditorium and made his way to
FISH Alley. The police were close to
him and saw him enter a building at
he corner of the next block. The
squad hurried into the place and cap
tured two well-known binders. Meth
er OF them had a weapon, but there
were powder burns on the right hand
OF one of the men Nothing could be
learned from either of the prisoners,
and they were locked up with a
charge of murder against each of
them.
Inc mex morning in court two
brothers of the murdered man swore
That they were with him at the time
OF their brothers death and saw the
MAI who did the shooting, and posi-
lively swore that neither of the pris-
oners a anything to do with the kill
ing. The accused men were forth
with released. But that night both OF
the brothers were arrested for killing
one or the men who was turned loose
by heir evidence in the morning and
dangerously wounding the other.
When the wounded man recovered he
swore that neither OF the brothers had
anything to do with shooting him.
Which all goes to prove that it does
not matter much what a Chinese has
to swear to, and also that in his poor,
weak Monaghan way he does not take
a great deal of stock in the brand of
justice dispensed by the white devils.
New Orleans Time-D Democrat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
LOVES IDEAL SHATTERED
Affection Vanlshes Before Chance Revelation Of ris .
UnwOrthiness. n


She stood at the top of the broad
stairway, looking down over the heads
of the dancers, until her eyes found
him, and then sparkled with pride
and joy.
my ideali" she murmured. My
ideal!"
The band was playing the new
waltz, the lights were blazing through
out the house, color and brightness
were everywhere and the heart of one
woman was light with joy.
In = little group in the corner of the
ballroom stood a man. He was tall
and handsome. His features were Sc
rious and severe. The rest of the
little group laughed end joked. He
seemed cut off from them in his deep
abstraction, and the woman coming
down the stairs, with her cloak on her
arm, saw him and felt happy, for she
held in her consciousness the memoir
of his caress and his words of tender
love a few moments before.
her father stood waiting to con-
duct her to the carriage. The serious
mar lookekd in her direction, and
smiled a rather calm goodby, which
the joy in her heart interpreted into
meaning more.
All night long she tossed in her bed.
All night long she dwelt on the bliss
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

OF those moments in the conservatory,
till the gray dawn lulled her to sleep,
and she fell into a gentle slumber,
softly whispering to her pillow, MY
ideal!" .
1t was ladies day" at the club, and
the next. day the woman dressed her.
self with fastidious care, for she knew
he would see her. The halls and
lunch-rooms were filled with guests,
the heat was sitting, and she left her
chaperon and found herself wandering
alone through a little narrow corri.
dor.
He was in her mind, and she won
dered why she had not e him yet.
She paused before a door, which was
open. A group of men were around a
table, with a generous supply of bot
ties and glasses decorating it's surface.
She listened spellbound. She heard
the coarse jests that came from the
lips of the man she loved. She saw
his stupor. She saw his ~bloodshot
eyes and his neglected raiment. With
her heart frozen almost stir within
her, she heard him joke about his
love affairs" She hated the other
men for laughing at them, and slowly
walking back to join the crowd she
murmured in bitterness, my ideal!
My ideal!'-New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
he Remem bered the TEXT.

TIL Rev. e. L. Yeomans, late of Or
anse, N. j., was very fond of children
and made much of them in a pastoral
way. One Sunday, says the New York
Times, he preached a sermon from the
somewhat fanciful text, Thou Makest
My Feet as the Kinds Feet" and was
gratified to notice that the young son
of M of his congregation gave it UNI
usual attention and seemed very much
interested. Meeting him a few days
after he said:
well Louis, l saw you in church
last Sunday, wide awake as usual, and
listening with both ears"
Eyes, sir"
"And do you remember the, ser
mon?"
Eyes, sir"
well, l am curious to know if you
can repeat the text"
mo, sir. l don't think 1 can. 1t
was something about your hind feet,
but l didn't just understand what"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
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" POLICE OF GERMANY z
~ Old-Fashioned Z" Night Watchmen - Still Patrol Beats. CARVING q @
d. Long Lance and a Whistle. Al
n n n aG


Villages in all parts of Germany
still maintain might watchmen," who
act as guardians of the community.
and carry when on duty a long lance.
something of the nature of a halberd
In their hand, as they perambulate
their beats during the long dark hours
OF the night. They also nave a whis-
tie with them, with which they pro-
clslm to the housekeeping inhabitants
and to prowling men and beasts what
O'Clock 1t is. 1t is only a very few
years ago that the large cities dropped
their night watchmen," but many of
the smaller towns in the provinces
still employ their services. At a
town in Posen, near the Silesian
frontier, one of these old worthless had
ceased to blow his whistle when the
CLOCK sounded the hour. The burger
meister could not comprehend the
negligence, and the delinquent was
summoned to his presence to account
for 1t. At first he was at a loss what
excuse to make, but on being pressed
he declared that a few days before
his last remaining tooth had dropped
out, aid tnat consequently he could
produce no sound from his beloved
whistle.
The burgerneister could think of
no remedy, nor could he punish the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

Neither does the above list include
loans issued by the exchequer for
other than wal purposes
1t will appear, therefore, that, dis
regarding the amount raised by in
creased taxation in this war or in the
Napoleonic contest, the Boer war has
cost the British government an aver
age of e57,000, 900 per annum in loans,
against an average annual cost of
e24,SOO,O 900 to e29, 900, 900 per annum
in the Napoleonic contest.
The much greater cost of supplies,
ammunition, transportation and equip
ment, as compared with 1902, and
the fact that there have been and are
still more British soldiers under arms
in South Africa than were commanded
by Wellington in 1915, sufficiently ao-
count for the heavier outlay. 1t must,
however, be remembered that the Brit
ish war loans of the Napoleonic period
were issued at very heavy discounts,
being put out at prices as low as 60,
and with interest as high as 6 per cent.
whereas the lowest price Of the recent
loans has been 94h for a 2% per cent
loan.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

To understand truly and to estimate
properly the fighting qualities OF the
men and the organization OF our arm
les. one must take the cold figures OF
the percentage of losses In killed Il
wounded and compare them with SINH
lar results in other wars and In
troops of other nations, says Maj. Gen
st. Clair A. Mulholland, in a graphic
account of the battle Of Gettysburg
written for the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. The Third Westphalian, at
Mars La Tour, lost 1914 per cent killed
and wounded. The Garde-Schutzen
at Metz, lost 46.1 per cent. The Light
Brigade at Balaklaya, lost 36.7 per
cent. This is the story Of brave men
and splendid organizations and, If l
mistake not, tells OF the greatest loss
on record in single engagements In
European wars. Not one of them lost
so per cent in killed and wounded in
single engagements. Without fear OF
contradiction, | assert that in the
union army alone at least s~ixty-three
regiments lost more than so per cent
killed and wounded in single engage
ments, and more than 100 regiments
lost more than SO per cent under like
circumstances. On the soil Of our
own state, at glorious Gettysburg,
there we're at least twenty-three regi-
ments that lost more than so per cent
n killed and wounded during the
three sanguinary days Of the battle,
and nine of these were Pennsylvania
organizations. Eight other northern
STATESMEN Jersey, New Hampshire,
New York, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michi-
gan, Minnesota and Massachusetts,
were also included in this splendid
roll OF honor. Truly, there was
glory enough to go all around"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
HIS TROUBLES ONLY JUST BEGUN
Enumeration of Trials in store fer
Elected Mayor.

Enumeration of Trials in Store fer
Newly-Elected Mayor.
The newly elected labor mayor of
Hartford, Ignatius Sullivan, sat at the
banquet table of the Business Mems
Association of that city a few nights
ago, says the New York Times. Sim
con Ford was one of the speakers. He
glanced pitifully at the new official,
and said:
what a nerve Mayor Sullivan dis
playsl Now that he is elected, he inn
AGNES all his labors are over. Why,
they have hardly begun. He has work
and worry before him for the next
two years that will wear him to skin
and bones. He doesn't know what he
is up against. l have met but n
man who showed more real grit. Right
after the explosion at my hotel, when
the place was a wreck, l went into
the restaurant. 1t was strewn with
broken glass and debris. People were
running about with bloody faces and
torn clothes. In the corner sat a soli-
tary guest eating his luncheon. 1
think he vas a Hartford la Every
one else was panic-stricken. l con-
graduated him upon his GOODNESS. He
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
Unusual fensld peel,,0,.

The secretary Of be interior has
just reversed a declshn of the com
missioner of pensio1sIn a case which
is of general interest especially ts vet
ran of the war. The case is that of
A. A. Daniels of Grand Forks. N n
Through an error Tn the part of a
clerk in the pension bureau Daniels
was paid several hundred ddlars in
excess of an allowance grained. In
1898 he was granted / pension of $40
a month. Later it was reduced to So.
but the higher rate WIS paid or some
years, owing to the loss in themails of
instructions to the agent at Milwau-
kee. When the error was discovered
Commissioner Evans decided that he
would withhold Daniels penion mill
the amount of the error was paid the
government. The SECRETARY 4 the in
terror decided that the claimant should
not suffer through a blundr on The
part of the pension bureau.
The pension committees o eongress
are steadily at work in effors to bring
about changes in the generl pension
laws to make the work of tie pension
bureau easier.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
Monument to John Brn,

$50
A monument to John Iurns tho
citizen hero of the battle { Gettsv-
burg, has just been efectd bv the
state of Pennsylvania. 1t Situated
in the open fields near Reynolds,
woods on the western ridge ( the frs,
days field. 1t was here lat John
Burns won renown.
The monument shows a ronza 10
ure of heroic size, standing n a great
boulder of battlefield grant On tbe
face of the boulder is the foowiny in
seription:
MY thanks are specially due r.
citizen of Gettysburg naled .Jobn
Burns, who, although over 0 years OF
age, shouldered his musketand offer-
ed his services to Col. RTister On.
Hundred and Fiftieth P~nnsylyanio
Volunteers. Col. Wister Eivised bin,
to fight in the woods a5there wo.
more shelter there. But L Preferred
to join II line of skirmi Aers in tbe
open fields. When the tfops retired
he fought with the Iron Brigade H.
was wounded in three plaes.-Gettvs-
burg Report of Major-Ge. Dopble-
day"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26

n Nnito NlEht IN creepy Hollow,
The old Dutch church that Irving loved
Shows all its windows thick with frost
Deep are the SHOWS upon its roof,
It's ancient groves In drifts are lost.
The Icy pond and ruined mill
Lie In the moonlight white and still.
The bridge beyond the willows, where
The headless horseman rode by night
Is built of carved marble now,
The winding Dad is smoothly white,
The bushes sheeted specters pale
In Sleepy Hollow's haunted vale.
But In the woodlands snowy heart
A little brook 1 cannot sec
Among the stiffly frozen reeds,
Still keeps it's merry spirit free.
And with a ~steadfast faith sublime
Sings of the joys of summertime.
-Minna Irving in the Era.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-26
stnmneded the Mules.

when Gen. William Sooy Smith, -
said the Captain, was preparing for
his raid in 1864, a very funny thing
happened at Grand Junction. Horses
and mules were sent to this point for
remounts and for pack trains, and
hundreds of men were held there to
put horses through the preliminary
training. One day $50 mules were I'm
loaded from a train that was supposed
to contain only horses, and there was
much swearing and joking over the
mistake.
'The men assigned to look after the
horses were disinclined to tackle the
mules, and hundreds of darkies vol
unteered to ride the mules to camp
Finally $50 delighted darkies were
mounted OF $50 mules and were ar
ranged in line awaiting the orders of
the quartermaster in charge. Before
any instructions could be given. the
engineer Of the waiting train gave
Two sharp toots on his LOCOMOTIVES
whistle, and instantly $50 pairs of
mules heels went into the air, and $50
darkies rose in line like so many huge
blackbirds taking fight.
"The scene was indescribably fun
ny, and yet was disturbing, TIE dar-
kies, yelling in unison, held on for
dear life, and the mules, turning tail
bolted for the woods 200 or 900 yards
away. In among the trees they went
like scared deer, shedding their dark
riders as they went. The darkies all
came back in the course of two or
three days, but not more than fifty
OF the mules were ever accounted for.
The quartermaster preferred charges