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Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-27

This county is anexample Of one Of the prosperous counties Of
Nebraska. It has a population of 9370, OF which 3,135 live
within the incorporated towns. Aurora being the largest Of
these towns, with a population Of 1921.
In the year 1900, of the $40 males over 21 years of age
who resided in this county, 1926 Of them lived on the farms,
1850 Of whom were owners or lessees Of farms, and 1886 were
laborers. The owners or lesees paid the laborers $4,000. The
census reports show that they raised products which we're not
fed to live stock to the value of s., 2O2, 1O1 and that they had
live stock amounting in value to $1,94S,S44. Dividing the live
stock figures by four, which would make the yearly product
$4S722l, or a total net result Of 1859 1922, the results Of the
products Of farming in that county for that year. Dividing
this sum by 1880 operators Of farms, leaves 1898 as the
receipts Of each farmer in that county on an average.
The showing made by the banks in that county go to prove
that this prosperity has a substantial basis from the fact that
in the following towns the banks report deposits as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-27

1t will be noticed that the money paid by the railroads in
this county is a material factor in the support Of their schools.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-27
PRIVATE DISEASES OF MEN.

Every mar should contribute as mch to hsO W comfort and happiness as pO@t
be and h is as much responsible for vicious neglect as for vicious habits that bring
vicious results 1t is a familiar phrase that the sins of the father shall be visited
upon his children We frequently hear people upbniding and pointing the finger
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
Not His Fault at An.

They were quite newly married and
she was much too young to under
stand that a man takes little interest
In shopping expeditions.
She had left his side to look in a
window in which were exhibited some
winter mantles which were "just
lovely!" When she returned she took
the arm which seemed to be half
grudgingly proffered, and sobbed:
"You-don't even lo-look at any
thing. | want you toto see, You
do-don't are how I am dressed. You
no longer lo-love me. You haven't
even ker-kissed me for a whole day,
and you"
i am extremely sorry, madam, but
that is my misfortune, not my fault
said the gentleman, looking patheti-
cally down into her face.
She looked at him and gasped. She
had taken the arm of the wrong man.
STRAY Stories.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
THE TIME TO LAUGH.
SOME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL AND
SELECTED.
Where the Higher Education Was DIS
tinctly a sucoess-NOt Kind OF
a Nursery-why He Was a Green
Grocer.
How tho Governor Was Received.

How tho Governor was Received
When the governor Of Newfound-
land, Sir Henry McCallum, X. G. M. g.,
went ashore at a small harbor of the
east coast he was met at the landing
place by a grizzled old fisherman, who
sought to make the stranger welcome,
whoever he might be.
BE you comm ashore, sir?" he
asked.
YES" said the governor.
BE o here about the lie (seal
OLD 2" the fisherman pursued.
No" said the governor.
BE you one of Sam Lewis men
from Red Bay, sir, come about the
timber?"
Il am the governor of Newfound-
land" Sir Henry announced with some
show of dignity.
BE you now?" said the fisherman,
with a friendly offer of his hand.
Well, tits a mighty good job-if you
can hold it. An l hopes you will.
Would you like a cup O. tea, s.~?"-
From Ainslee's Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

An eminent French psychologist
having again given expression to the
theory that insanity and genius are
ahn 1t would be interesting to have
the psychologists explain who SO many
men OF genius have been sane while
multitudes Of insane persons have been
In no geniuses. Poe and Byron
offer excellent examples in supper Of
the insanity theory, but how, on that
theory, are the psychologists going to
account for Thackeray or Dickens or
Sir Walter Scott or that eminently sane
and wholesome philosopher, William
Shakespeare?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

{ GREAT POETS MONUMENT {


A monument in Carrara marble in
commemoration of Heinrich Heine has
Q inaugurated in Montmartre ceme-
terry, France, where his remains repose.
The monument, which is due to the in
itiatiye OF the late Empress Elizabeth
of Austria, is the work of the Danish
sculptor Hasseiriis, int was recently
exhibited in Vienna. The sculptor has
represented Heine during the latter
years of his life. 1t is Heine the Par
isian. The head is slightly inclined
forward. The eyes are closed, as II In
meditation. Immediately below the
bust is a butterfly, the antique symbol
of Immortality. The pedestal bears a
Tyre entwined with a wreath Of roses.
On the reverse of the pedestal is a
laurel wreath chiseled with the words,
Dem andenken Heine's, das freisin-
nige Wien" GIN commemoration Of
Heine from liberal-minded Vienna").
On the front of the base of the pedes-
tai is the inscription:
HEINRICH HEINE.
Frau Heine.
The following verses from a poem
published by Heine in 1869 are in
bcribed on the tumular slab:
VIC wird einst des Wandermuden
Letzte Ruhestatte sein?
Inter Palmer in dem SUDDEN?
Inter Linden an dem Rhein?
Werlich wo in elmer Wuste
Eingescharrt von fremder Hand?
Oder ruh'ich an der Kuste
Zines Meeres in dem Sand?
Immerhinl Mich wird umgeben
Gotteshimmel, bort vie hier,
Und ais Todtenlampen schweben
Nachts die Sterne uber mir.
The lines may be roughly translated
as follows:
Where will some day be the last
resting place of the wearied wanderer?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

would be to climb this tree and take a
stand for his 'gatorship." He accord
ingly prepared himself and took a po-
sition in the tree.
For two days he stood on watch
with his rife ready, but without the
desired success. On the third day, be-
fore he had been on his percn an hour,
he was almost ~paralyzed by what
looked to him like an immense serpent
gliding along the supposed alligator
track. He estimated it to be anywhere
from twenty to thirty feet long and
fully ten to twelve inches in diameter
where the head Joined the body, and as
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
MONSTER SLAIN

An enormous reptile, more like the
mythical dragon than a land serpent,
has been killed by a hunter in the
lower Everglades.
For one hundred years 1t has not
only been a tradition among the Semi
mole Indians, who inhabited the bor-
ders of Lake O~kechobee, but 1t is
stated as fact within the knowledge of
some of the Indians now living that
an immense serpent made its home in
the Everglades and has carried off at
least two Indians.
Recently, Buster Ferrel. one of the
boldest and most noted hunters In
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

tured back into the neighborhood ia
see how things were, and about a mile
from where he first saw the snake he
saw a large flock of buzzards, and went
to see what they were after, and there
he found the creature dead and its
body SO badly torn by the buzzards
that it was impossible to save the skin
He, however, secured its kead. 1t is
truly a frightful looking object. fully
ten inches from jaw to Jaw, with ugly.
razor-like teeth.
He described the animal as a dark
colorSon the back. with dingy white
beneath, and with feeIers around its
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
largest Stone Bridge the World

At Rockville, a few miles from the
capital of Pennsylvania, can be seer
a stone bridge that is five times long
er than any other stone bridge in the
world. IT has just been erected by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company, to
replace an iron bridge Of two tracks.
This bridge contains four tracks, and
permits two passenger and two freight
trains to pass each other at the same
time on the bridge.
This cannot be done on any other
bridge in the world. One end of this
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

okechobee, who for twenty years has
made the border of the lake and the
Everglades mis- home, on one Of his
periodical expeditions into one of these
lonesome wilds, noted what he sup
posed to be the pathway of an i'm
mense alligator. For several days he
visited the locality for the purpose of
killing the saurian, but was unsuccess-
full in finding him. He studied some
plan to outwit it. A large cypress
stood near it's pathway and he con-
cluded the best thing for him to do
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

large around as a barrel ten feet
farther back.
The snake stopped within easy reach
Of his gun, and raised its head to take
a precautionary view of his surround
ings. AS it did, Ferret opened fire on
1T, shooting at its head. Taken by sur
prise the serpent dashed into the marsh
at railroad speed, while Ferret kept up
fire on 1t until he had emptied the
magazine of his rifle. but failed to
stop 1t.
About four days afterwards he ven
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
= 'Iis'!sI.! yea:

bridge rests in Dauphin county and
the other end in Perry county. The
Susquehanna river flows under 1t all OF
the time, and in stormy weather the
muddy waters of the Juniata often
find their way there, also. There are
In all forty-elght piers and forty-eight
arches.
The bridge is fifty feet wide, and is
made OF a light-colored stone brought
from Cambria county. Fifteen quar-
ries were kept busy all of the time
getting the stone cut and shipping it;
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

AT Russell a physician rounded up
The Record editor because he didn't
mention the physicians name in the
announcement of births.
"IIl do it on one condition." said.
the editor.
whats that?" asked this doctor.
THAT l shall also mention your
name in connection with the Deaths"
replied the editor.
The physician said he didn't believe
he cared to have his name mentioned
in connection with births anyway
Kansas City Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
smugglers Trapped by x-Ray.

so far as l have heard" said a
man who got back from South Ameri-
ca recently, ''the newest practical APP
plication Of the X-rays has been made
by the postoffice authorities at Buenos
Ayres. They have turned 1t into a
government detective, and a valuable
one 1t makes, too.
1T is against the law in the Argen-
tine Republic to open registered mail
to examine the contents, and jewellers
have taken advantage of the fact to
smuggle jewels into the country In
registered letters and packages on a
large scale.
THE authorities knew that the
smuggling was being done, but there
seemed absolutely no way of stopping
1t short of repeating the law concern
ing registered mail, and that would
have been difficult.
When they were at their wits ends
one day somebody thought of the X
ray, says the New York Sun. An ex-
perimental apparatus was installed in
short order, and just as was expected,
it revealed watches, chains, rings,
gems and all sorts of 1ewelry in regis
tered mail in astonishing quantities.
Such evidence was, of course, suf-
ficient for a court order to open the
packages, and during a single one of
the first weeks that the plan was tried
more than 100000 worth of property
was confiscated.
IAN X-ray machine is now a feature
of every postofice in the country that
receives foreign mail, and registered
letter smuggling is as dead as Moses"
The heart that sings. wings itself r.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
Higher Ednoatinn.

They tell me, Miss Newton" said
Professor Huntington, that your
brother is making a great name for
himself at the university"
Yes, indeed, professor; he has al
ready been made an F. B., an S. o. and
an S. s."
And pray, what degrees are those?"
asked the professor, a trife bewild-
cred.
"oh, don't o know? Why, full
back, stroke and oar and short stop, of
course. Salt Lake Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
Prspnred for tho Worst.

A digger in a western Australia
town consulted a doctor and then went
to get the prescription.
How much?" he asked the chemist.
well, let me see. There's $1.5O for
the medicine and a quarter for the
bottle" He hesitated, as if uncertain,
Put a price on the cork and let US
know the worst"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

The Germans have stopped sneering
at American control and administra-
ton in the Philippines, and are now
admitting that 1t is successful and
wise. The fact that trade is rapidly
increasing, as shown by the imports
and exports Of the islands, has a ten
dency to convince even rivals that
Uncle Sam knows how to manage col
onies or outlying territories as well
as any of the older nations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

When Herr Zehrehneisel, of the
Reichstag. debated the tariff on Ameri-
can meats. and said the whole business
was a chain of humiliation, he most
probably referred to the duties on links
of sausage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

there are 1000, 900 cubic yards of stone
in the bridge, and it cost ST. 900, 900.
Three hundred men worked on it con-
stantly from April 1, 1900, until the
present time, when 1t is practically
completed, with the exception of the
laying of the tracks, which will not
be done until next spring.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
whera srmpathr WE. Nssdsd.

SLOWS the baby?" asked the
mother, who had run in next door to
see a neighbor and had been detained.
Madam" coldly replied the father,
who had been temporarily left in
charge of the infant, your solicitude
is for the wrong person. If you have
any sympathy to waste, give 1t to me
the baby doesn't need it half as
much Chicago Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

A man in Norristown, Pa, who was
supposed to have dropped dead at a
ball, was found, on medical examina-
ton, to have broken his neck by run
ming into a wall while dancing a Jig.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Q. H. P. Belmont is commanding at
tention in Washington on account Of
the extraordinary height of his collar.
This may do for Belmont. but there are
men who would prefer to have 1t come
from the height of their foreheads.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

The Austrian premier has threatened
to suspend the constitution If the
reichsrath does not behave itself. To
those who have followed the perform
ance of this body for a,year or so it
will be a distinct surprise to learn that
Austria has any constitution to sus-
pend.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

A Boston paper has found S1S couples
In New England who were married
over fifty years ago and are ready to
celebrate their diamond wedding, sur
rounded, in most cases by many de-
scendants.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
only Temnnrarx.

Clara Examining new triumphs of
dentistry in Johns mouth)-Why.
John, they're temporary filings.
John-Yes, dear; temporary filings
in temporary teeth in a temporary
man. What's the use of putting NY
thing permanent into a mouth forty
five years old?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

DO 0 think that the flying ma
chimes will ever be commonly en-
ployed?"
Il am sure of it," answered the in
Ventor. They may not be employed
very much for flying. But they will
come in very handy for getting people
to subscribe for stock"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
Desirable Fnrnitnre.

But these chairs" she said, how
ever fashionable they may be are
very uncomfortable"
"Ah!" replied the salesman, that's
the beauty of these chairs, madam.
When a caller sits in one OF these
chairs, madam. she doesn't stay very
long"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

An Ohio boy, IL years old, who
drank a quart Of whisky, said it
burned" but that after it vas down
1t made things hum" This youth
seems already to have reached that
state of depravity which is generally
acquired only through a long residence
In the m%oonshine belt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

The man who is climbing after high
ideals should not allow himself to feel
discouraged by the reflection that II we
were morally perfect we would bore
each other to oeath.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

A Boston society is called the "Old
school Boys Association" and as it has
Just celebrated the S5th birthday of a
member. 1t seems to be appropriately
named.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Mrs. Flanigan-Oi see as low yer in
tn nursery business an it's meself
thot wants t. know how much yen
charge t. take care O. these two while
OF do me shoppin'?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

mouth similar to catfish. He has nov
gone back into the swamp with the
intention of securing the skeleton and
bringing it back, after which he will
send it to the Smithsonian institution
in Washington. Scientists who have
investigated the matter are convinced
that the animal is not a land serpent
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
sad Change.

Sharpe-on his birthday before their
marriage she gave him a book, en-
titled "A Perfect Gentleman"
Whealton-Any change after a year
of married life?
Sharpe-Yes; on the last birthday
she gave him a book, entitled wild
Animals I Have Met."-Chicago News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

The woman who in her quest for
knowledge too6 a volume from a book
store without going through the for
mality of paying for 1t is in a fair
way to learn something.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad has been leased for 500 years.
Any woman will tell you that the
transaction looks like a great bargain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Richard Mansfield says Baltimore au-
diences are cold. He might try the
experiment OF roasting them before the
curtain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Smokers will note that under the lat
est decision Of the United States Su-
preme Court a Manila cigar and a
cheroot come under the head of do
nestle articles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
rhe Ring to Blame.

Con Seet-"Diamond engagement
rings are very evidently not fashion
able any more"
Ascum-'What makes you think
so?"
Con Seet-'I offered one to Miss
Roxley last night and she wouldn't
have it at all"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

A Baltimore society woman has
erected a marble tablet over her dogs
raw Let us hope she left a space
on II for her W epitaph.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

The latest society fad among the
fashionable women in England is that
of being photographed as a MOVING
picture.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

1t is high time to begin to organize
against the injustice of Sir Robert
Balls forty-eight-horr day $1,000, 900
years hence.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

The astronomers are in some doubt
as to the character of the nebulous sur
roundings of the new star. Perhaps
1t Is a conjunction Of dramatized nov
els.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

A Michigan man climbed to the top
or a tall tree to shoot himself. After
taking all that trouble he might have
jumped and saved his ammunition.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Very fond of dress, isn't he?"
Yes, and in that respect he's the
most peculiar fellow l know, most re-
markable, in fact"
Don't say?"
Actually. Why he doesn't even
kick when he has to spend his good
money for a pair of new su~spenders."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Prince Henry made a mistake in
marrying a queen to pay his debts. He
ought to have come to America and
sold himself to an heiress.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Germany has decided to begin the
adjustment of slavery IN East Africa.
Civilization appears to be spreading.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
Suspense.
todav2,,

Been hunting today?"
Yes" said the amateur, with the
wild, apprehensive look in his eye.
Have you shot anything?"
Il don't know yet. I'm waiting for
the rest of the party to get into camp,
SO that we can call the roll"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

A calm survey OF the situation indi-
Gates a very close race between the
sleds and the skates.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Chicago anarchists are still cheering
for Czolgosz, but they can not hope to-
revive him from his electric slumbers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

1t is stated upon good authority that
there are nov 1000 active Mormon
proselyters scattered widely over the
world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

A trusted employee of a Los Angeles
bank took. finally, over $1,000 for every
year that he had been trusted.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

The new Holland submarine boat
stayed under water fifteen hours"
The Spanish fleet did better than
that"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

there, shall always be encircled by
Gods heaven, and at night the stars
above me will be my funeral lamps
New York Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
BoRROwED wITTICIsMs.

"Can you speak French?" "a little.
That is, can shrug my shoulders. -
Answers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Lady sneerwell-Have your daugh-
tiers accomplished much in music? I'm
fortunate father-Yes-the dodgers be-
low have moved.-Stray Stories.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08
And ii Knew,

Bobby Skinner-Why do they call
Mr.. E. z. Marks a green grocer"
Mrs. Skinner-Because he trusts
your father, l guess.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

DR.. Emdee-My man, you are sadly
in need of change. Hardup-Yes, but
| called you as a medical, not as a
financial capitalization Life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Under the palm trees of the South?
Beneath the lindens of the Rhein?
Shall | some day be buried in the
desert by a strangers hand?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

The heart that sings, wings itself to
heaven.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-08

Niblick-How many horsepower ia
your automobile? Numskull-I don't
know; you see, I've never had to have
1t hauled home yet.-ohio State Jour-
nal.