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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-02
6uSt6r 6Ounty

county, Idaho offers vast inducements TO settlers and
capitalists beautiful its enterprsng people, It's var
brilliant prospects not inapy commemorate
whose dashng romantic yet produc
become of our national history Ihrhve
years ago. placer mining its prime and quartz mining
it's infancy the territory embraced in It's confines was
Indians and occasional party OF prospecors
To them Wilderness to the max
unexpored In 1862 placers were actively
Stanley Basin what western border and
few found rich ground Loon creek
pacers discovered and yielded handsomely but
quartz attention. five years later the region
forming county practically unknown From 1875 to
1879 the fame of spread attracting capital
lists and increasing population the following year. by
time today has population of 5000 people,
and has the following towns
Chalis-Couny farming stock raising fruit and mining
Mackay-Mnng and farming
Houston-Farming and stock raising.
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Clayton-Mnng farming and stock raising.
Bonanza--Mining.
CuSter-Mining.
Stanley-Placer and quartz mining and grazing land
Custer county also has large valleys where farming
and raising is pursued extent viz Big Lost Rv
valley Thousand Spring. Round Pahsamaroi East Fork An
teope and Stanley.
Custer county embraces irregular outline about 5000
miles, and large the State of Connecticut and larger
than Delaware Rhode Island together situated in central Ida
no. reached the Oregon Short Line railroad the east
this road will probably be extended Chas next The
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone have line from Black
foot Cha The of Custer found in its
mines and it's agricultural and grazing lands.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-02

The Chicago Tribune prints the fol-
lowing confession: 81 am convinced
j didn't work the Cuban post offices
ns well as l might have done. "-Weyler.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-02
Lei the Sen serpent neware.

! The appropriation to purchase five
Holland torpedo boats, says the Boston
Herald, looks as if submarine warfare
was about to begin in dead earnest,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-02

The Barber and Fisherman is
located on Main street, Challis,
where you can drop in and get
anything in the tonsorial line you
want to pay for. Thunder Mt.
tourists specially.
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unyinr With PulleYs.

There is so little level land in Nor.
way that the making of hay enough
to last during the long winter is Il
very serious problem. Most of the
necessary gl;tSS is grown on little
mountain terraces. sometimes 2000 or
5000 feet above the farmhouse. The
considerable difficulty of getting the
hay to the barns would have been al
most insupcrabla but for clever con-
trivance which has been in use now for
many years. and which the peasants
call the laupcrstrcng. The grass. after
being cut, is rapidly dried on hurdles
and then tied into bundles. These
are slung on pullcys on wire. which
runs straight to the valley below, and
so go flying down at tremendous
pace.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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beware of High Chairs.

A young lady of small stature re-
Gently tainted at dinner given in her
honor. 1t was then found she had
rot been able to touch either of her
feet to the floor or her back to the
chair, and the restricted circulation
and prolonged discomfort had finally
overcome her. An antiquarian traces
the present mania for high seats to
the fact that at the old French courts
sets of handsome furniture were
ranged along the walls for effect, but
never occupied. Tie chairs and sofas
actually used were much lower. Fur
niture makers of today copy the more
snowy pieces and further enhance
their inutility by spring cushions. The
Gtetum of famous cabinet maker is
that in choosing chairs the knee of a
person standing should clear above
The seat he intends to occupy.-Pop-
ular Science News.
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shaii~bes crowned .ns's,T-a,-s- So {,
AS the date Of the coronation ap-
preached his thoughts Tecurred with
Increasing frequency, it is said, to this
prophecy.
Twice in King Edwards career have
public prayers been offered for him,
and once public thanksgiving for
;lis recovery On his return from
America in 1860 his Ship tho Hero,
was delayed bs storms. Anxiety was
SO great that special services were
held in all the churches Of the king
dom. In the latter part Of 1870 he
contracted typhoid fever, and for
weeks his life was dcspaircd of. On
January II, 1871, his recovery was
announced as certain, and national
thanksgiving was ordered for Febru-
ary 81 following. a special service
was held in st. Paul's. The Queen
went in state to it. and Il re Deum,
specially composed hy Arthur Sullivan,
aftcrward Sir Arthur Sullivan, was
sung in the presence of $4,000 per-
sons.
The heir TO the British throne is
King Edwards second child. George
Frederic Ernest Albert, Prince OF
Wales. The eldest child of Edward
and Queen Alexandra was Prince Al
bert Victor Christian Edward the
Duke of Clarence. who was born ut
Frogmore on January S, 1861, and died
ut Sandringham on January II, 1S92
The Prince of Wales was born at
Marlborough House on June 3, 1SGo.
He was married on July 6. 1893. to
Princess Victoria Mary of Teck. He
has nothing like the string of titles
which his father as Prince Of Wales.
bore, but he is, among other things.
Duke of York and Rotlnsay, Earl OF
Chester. Earl Of Inverness and Baron
Killarney Earl of Carrick. Baron OF
Renfrew. Lord of the Isles and Grand
Steward of Scotland. Il Nice-Admiral.
and holds several offices in the German
military establishment. He is also
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HUMOROUS.

Teacher-Tommy, what Is a JAN
bird? Tommy-A robin, mum.
Ee-But she spends too much money.
His Wife-No-o, | don't think so; but
her husband doesn't make enough.
Does she sing as if she had had
her voice cultivated?" "Oh, yes. I
couldn't understand word she said"
Hoax-I have seen it stated that
red haired people are the most patri-
otic. Joax-Willing to dye fer theiI
country, eh?
Nell-Love doesn't seem to agree
with Maude. She is thinner by 20
Lounds than she used to be. Belle
She mas loved and lost eh?
.'Hc seems to think that dumb wait
crs are great invention" mo Won
der; they are the only kind of walters
that don't have to.be tipped"
Harduppe-Did you ever strike Close
fist for a loan? Borrowell-Strike
Closefst? Why, that fellow wouldn't
give up if lightning struck him.
so they wouldn't allow the woman
with the baby in her arms to enter the
court room?" mo, 1 guess they
thought one court crier was enough"
II wish no pay for this poem," re-
marked the long-haired individual. 81
submit 1t as 2 compliment" Then
permit me to return the compliment"
leplied .he editor.
First Hen It is Mrs. Cacl1les
brooding over? Second Hen-she's
afraid she will be afflicted with
prodigal son. First Hen-Oh, we'll,
Lad eggs happen in the best regulat-
ed families.
"My feet are in a terrible condi-
ton," said the man who hobbled.
Him" grunted the old chiropodist;
'is it a case Of long standing?" .I
suppose SO. stand for 20 blocks
every evening. ride home"
Shanty Sue-Say, that messenger kid
would make bully husband. He's so
thoughtful. Tenement Madge-You
let! Why, he, actually carries bottle
of smellin' salts for the women that
faint when they sec him comm.
Mrs. Gunnine-O, Harry! Surely
you weren't cruel CROUCH to shoot this
poor little bird? Mr.. Gunning-Why,
yes; ! thought you might have 1t
stuffed and put OH a bonnet. Mrs.
Grnning-O, now kind and thoughtful,
Of you!
o., That's. Mrs. Giltedge-nonds, the
prominent society leader" said the
man in the crowd who knew. What's
she in half mourning for?" inquired
several voices. Three Of her six for
mer husbands are dead" said The man
whereupon the crowd expressed great
admiration for. her delicacy Of feeling.
w. a
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months ago stranger arrived at the
town and announced that money de-
posted with him would be returned at
the end of one week, with fifty percent
interest. This promise having been
faithfully observed in the case of sey-
eral depositors, there was general
rush to deposit money with the stran-
ger, the villagers even pawning their
goods and chattels to convert them in
to cash.
AS will readily be imagined the de-
posits increased rapidly, and on the
7th inst. a large crowd assembled in
front of the welcome visitors dwelling
to receive back their moneys with in
terest They were told, however, to
return after a week, and obeyed. On
their coming again at the end of the
week they were asked to wait till the
evening; but when evening came and
still there were no signs of payment,
the mob grew impatient, and the SUBJ
inspector Of Nanddigram Thana. Raj
Charan Chose with twenty-seven po-
licemen appeared on the scene and Or
Gered them to disperse. The men asked
him to help them to recover their
money, but as he apparently did moth
ing, but persisted in the endeavor to
disperse them, they assaulted him, and,
when he sought refuge in a hut, locked
him in and set fire to the place, SO that
he was burned alive.
Such is the story which, it is stated,
is now being inquired into by the dis
trict superintendent of police, who has
made several arrests. According to
one report the police visit was for the
purpose of stopping gambling, and
their interference was resented in the
way described The villagers, however.
declare that they have been done out
of fifty-two thousand rupees.-Lahore
Tribune.
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AM ADVENtURE in 1HE UPPER SEA:
by JACK LONDON, Author of Tho Son of the Wolf" Etc
NNNNNN NeNNNNANNN

| told me afterward, how, at the mo
.ment they were casting oft the bal
F icon, the little fellow had torn away
from his sisters; aucked utiAet ttf
rope: aid deliberately jumped astriG,
the sanlbag. it has always heen
wonder. to ME that he was not 5erked
Oft in the first rush.
Well, felt sick all over as looked
at him there, and l understood WHY
the balloon had taken longer to right
itself, and why George had called Of
ter ME to ride her down. Should
tut lsese With the parachute the bag
WOULD at oacs turi upside d9wI; eirjp=
ty itself, and begin its swift descent:
The only hope lay in my riding her
down and in the boy holding on. There
was no possible way for me to reach
him. No man could climb the slim,
closed 5arachute. and even If a man
could, and make the mouth of tho bal
loon, what could he 40? Straight out,
and Is feet away, trailed the boy on
his tickltsh perch: and those Is feet
were empty space:
thought far more Quickly than it
takes to tell dill this, and realized on
ihG ihstaflt THAT the boys attention
rust be called away ft6nt Els terrible
Ganger. Exercising all the self-contro!
l Possessed, and striving to make my
self seem very calm, I said cheerily:
Hello, up there, who are you?"
He looked down at me, choking back
Ills tears and Frightening up, but JUST
the the balloon ran into GfGss=eur=
rent, turned half around and lay over:
1hsi set him swinging back and forth,
and he fetched the canvas another
bump: Then he began to- cry again.
Isn't it great?" I askef iieartils, as
though it was the most enjoyable thing
in the world; and, without waiting for
him TO answer, Whats your name?"
Tommy Dermott," he. answered.
GLAD to maze your acquaintance,
Tommy Dermott;g9 went efl But
Ia like to- know who said you Gould
ride up Sith me2'
He laughed and said ne just thought
he'd ride up for the fun of it. And 81
We went on, sick witt fear; for him,
and cudgeling my brains to keep UP
The conversation. l knew that it was
all { could Dc, and that his life depend
I'd upon NY ability to keep bis hind
1ft his danger. l pointed out 70 liinl
The great panorama spreading away
% the horizon and 1000 feet beneath
Js: Th' re Jay San Francisco bay like
/ great placid lake; the hase ee smoke
,ver the city, the Golden Gate, the
ocean fog-rim beyond, and Mt. Tam
llpias over all, clear cut and sharp
.gainst the sky. Directly below us l
ould see buggy, apparently crawl
ng, But / know frem experience that
he men in it were lashing the horses
n our trail.sse a. q - %
But he gEewAtired q sc hing around
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VOLCANOES OF THE PHILIPPINES.
IfitefsstlfE Information In Erport of G.
j.: BECKER 3f Gliolo-is 4 sur+cy.

IfitefSstiHE Information In Erport of G.
i; BECKER 3f GGolo:is 4 sHrtcy.
Of interest in connection with the
recent volcanic cruptions in the West
Indies is the report of George F.
Becker on the geology Of the Philip
pine islands, which has just appeared
In Part u of the 25th annual report
Of the United States geological sur
vey, and which contains a rcVfew Of
everything bearing upon the geology
of these islands. The report deals in
general with the geologic and econ
bmie features Of the islands, from ex-
tant reports oil the stibject, and from
studies In the field; so far as they
tould be carried on during the dis.
turbed period CT 1S9S.'9s.
In many respects the Philippine
islands closely resemble the West
indies. especially in being the scent
of violent past and present volcanic
energy. While it was possible to visif
few of thsse mountains, owing to thu
hostility OF the natives. mitch valuable
Information from local anal othe1
sources was collected. .Forty-nine Of
the eruptive mountains were located
Among the islands, and their attitudes
and the dates Of their eruptions oh
tained. Conspicuous AMONG them is
Mt. Apo, the highest mountain the
Philippines, which rises 10,7G1 feet
above tie level Of the sea- At Can't
guin de Mindanao, one Of the most in
terestihg volcanoes of the group, a
cone nearly 1000 feet in height has
-isen since 1871 over what Was for
iferly lake, the basin of which was
presumably dn ancient crater. Mayon,
or the volcano Of Albdy, is said to be
the most symmetrically beautiful conc
in the world; and the famous Taal
Volcano situated on small volcanic
Island In the lake of Bonbon, is read.
lily accessible from Manila.
The accounts Of the efuptions Of
these and other volcanoes, OF the
group bear a striking resemblance
10 those of the recent outburst of |
Fit. Pelee Iii Martinique. Of an erup-
tion which occurred in the year 1641,
near Jolo, the report quotes: 1.-THE
darkness and atmospheric disturb
aEce were SO great that the people of
Jolo could not perceive whence came
The stuff which fell from heaven upon
tnem."" And i'll One gf the numerous
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King Edwards illness has recalled
the many predictions that have been
made that he would never be crowned.
These dtslual prophecies have been
especially frequent during the last
year. That the King himself was not
0Gllvious to the words of the prophets
and that he was not free from fore.
Dodings has hecll mentioned Often as
trait in his character Ever since
the death of Queen Victoria, it ls said,
he has been haunted by superstitious
fear that he would not live to BE-
crowned. Reports have been current
in London sine his accession that lie
often brooded over the predictions of
evil that had been made about him.
and that he was unable to shake his
mind free Of item. = = - = -; rs
It is SAID the prophecy that gave: aye
the King the most uneasiness swas;
made at about the time Of his biIaS
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get frightened. -
'sH6w would you like to go in for
+sthe business?;ss / asked: d:s;EZss Z
He cheefed lip at once, ana asked,
do you get good pay?"
But the Little Nassau beginning
to cool, had started on its long de-
scent; and ran into counter current;
which bobbed it roughly about. This
swung the boy around pretty lively,
smashing hin, into the bag quite Sc
yrrely. His lip began to tremble at
this, and he was crying again. | tried
to joke and laugh, but it was no use.
His pluck was oozittg out, and at any
moment t was prepated to see him 60
shooting past me:
7 was in despair Then, Suddenly,
remembered how one fright could dc
strey another fright and l frowned up
thin and shouted sternly:
"You just hold on to that ropel 1t
you don't I'll thrash you within an
inch of your life when l get you down
on the grouHd[ Understand"
"Ye-ye-yes, sir" he whimpered, and
/ saw that the thing bad worked.
was nearer to him than the earth, and
he was more afraid of me than Of fall
ing.
why, you've got snap up there on
that soft bag" ratified on.
EYES," / assured him, this bar
down here is hard and narrow, and it
hurts to sit on it.
Then q thought struck him, ard he
forgot ali about his aching fingers.
when Ire you going 10 Jump" he
asked. That's what came up to see.
was sorry to disappoint him, but I
wasn't going to make any jump.
But he objected tc that 1T said So
in the papers" he said.
81 don't care" l answered. 'I'm
feeling sort of lazy today. ard I'm just
going to ride down the balloon. It's
my balloon and guess l can do as I
please about it. And, anyway, we're
almost down noW."
And we were, too, and sinking fast.
And right there and then that young
ster began to argue with me as to
whether it was right for me to disap-
Joint the people, and to urge their
claims upon me. And it was with a
happy heart that held up my end of
it. justifying myself in a thousand
different ways, till shot over a
grove of eucalyptus trees and dipped
TO meet the earth.
Hold on t.ght!" l shouted swing
ing down from me trareze by my
hands IL order 10 make landing on
my feet.
w skinned past barn, missed a
resh of clothesline, frightened the
barnyard chickens into panic, and
rose up again clear over haystack--
all this almost quicker thst It takes to
tell. Then We came down in an or
cEard, and when my feet touched the
ground I fetched ur the balloon by a
couple of turns of the trapeze around
an apple tree.
have had my balloon catch fire in
mid air, | have hung on the cornice
of 10-story house, have dropped
like bullet for G00,feet when para
chute was slow in opening; but never
lave | felt so week and faint and sick
as when | staggered toward the I'M
scratched boy and gripped him by
the arm.
Tommy Dermott," l said when !
had gor spy nerves back somewhat
Tommy Dermott, I'm going to lay yo,
across my knee and give you the great.
est thrashing boy ever got iea the
worlds history" Fz
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( EQlScndESGS q OF slltilIerJ .---WeIO
heard, incandescent stones were
thrown out, and great fire ran like
q river across the island. The fire
then shifted into Lake Bonbon, throw.
itig up water and ashes IN immense
masses. "tFhe water grew hot and
black, fish were strewn on the beach
es as if they had been cooked, and
ibe air was so full of sulphurous
smells and the odor of dead fishes
.ilat the inhabitants sickened." At one
of the eruptions OF Albay. that in
1914, 1900 lives are said to have been
lost.
In drawing comparisons. between
the Volcanoes of the Philippines and
those of the Dutch East Indies. Mr..
Becker notes that "Papandayang, in
West Java, had a great eruption in
1872, destroying 40 villages. Galung
Gung in 1922 destroyed ia villages,
and it is some measure OF the vlol-
ctee of the Krakatoa explosion Of
1883 that over $4,000 people per-
ished."
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suffer. Crying is unknown to them
They hardly ever smile. Toys Of al
kinds may be placed at their disposal
and they will make no effort TO play
with them. There is none of the
crawling about, throwing their hands,
growing ar other traits so common to
the child Of white parentage.
1 once asked an Indian woman what
were some of their cradle songs. She
looked at Inc for moment in blank
surprise.
"Have you no songs to lull your
little ones asleep?" l repeated
a smile spread over her-~dark face.
She was evidently much amused.
Songs among our babies are un-
known. We do not even rock them
to induce sleep. When they are sleepy
they just so to sleep without singing
to or other attention"
And such have noted to be the case.
The baby is allowed to lie in its little
sack OH the bare ground when night
falls. The mother sees that it's hunger
is satisfied. then she NAV go away to a
dance, a feast o.; some other form Of
amusement. leaving her baby alone
in it's tepee. 1t drops to sleep; if it
wakes, it lies still until sleep comes
again. Such is the care of the red
child. What little wlite baby would
not strain its lngs to express its OBJ
lection to such treatment?
The mothers are proud Of their ba-
bies withal. Once in a great while the
missionary women on the reservation
of the Southwest get up some kind of
Il baby-show, giving prizes for the
prettiest and cutest. This stimulates
a good deal Of interest for the time,
and every squaw OH the reservation
spends her time and money in rigging
her baby so that it may win the prize.
If it fails she Dlames the judges and
not the baby.
Papooses Of the Kiowa, Comanche
and Wichita tribes of'southern Okla
homa have each recently come into
possession of 1G0 acres Of fine land,
because of the allotment of their coun-
try and subsequent opening Of residue
lands to white people. These little
heresses and landlords are among the
richest children Of the United States
to day, yet their manner of dress would
not indicate it. They will so about in
sacks, eat sofki and live in tepees
OF late the papoose has been forced
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EbGEF1EID s. c. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 60 1902

mo you don't" he answered
sguifmiBg around. You seid you
wouldn't IT, / held an tight"
That's all right, / saff, "hut int!
going to, just tie same. The fellows
who go up in balloons are bad, un-
principled men, and I'm goirg to give
you lessen right now 10 make you
stay away from them, and from bal
Icons, too"
And then gave it to him, and if it
wasn't the greatest thrashing in thu
Wcrld, it was the greatest lie ever got.
But it took all tie grit out Of me,
left fItd tierTe brokef; that experience.
1 .caRceled the eiigagenieiit WITH the
street railway company; and later on
went in for gas. Gas is much tile
safer, anyway.-New York Independ-
fut
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little full-blood babies, so fast and
furions is the extinction Of the red race
beng accomplished And when the
redsliin children are no moro, the West
will see the absence of its most stGical
little Americans, the most picturesque
of all babies.
Few children arc brought up under
such peculiar environments and given
so little of mothers care-not be.
cause the mother does not love her
papcose. but because it is not her way
to bestow affection If the little one
is taken from her life loses all its dull
charms. but should the baby remain
III its patcrnal tepce caresses are un-
known, care is Il neglected duty and
the child is left to its own resource.