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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
WANT wAxED PAPER-BAGs.
Having Their Purchases Put
Up I'm Them.

81 should like to get my hands on
the man who began to line the or
binary paper bag Of commerce with
waxed paper" said an uptown gro
Ger, reports the New York Times.
Women will not have their orders
sent home in anything else now. The
coarse brown paper bags that our
mothers used to get are almost out
of business. If woman wants to
keep a thing dry she asks to have
it sent in a waxed paper bag. If she
wants to keep it moist she also wants
a waxed paper bag. Tea and coffee
go into waxed paper to keep them
dry and fresh. A nice head of let
tuce calls for waxed paper to keep
it moist. Cakes, candies and confec-
tionery of all sorts must be put in
wax paper bags. Sugar and flour
are about the only things for which
we can use the old-fashioned bags.
1t was once only fad in the trade,
calculated to please somewhat fas-
tidious customers who wanted to
carry small parcel home without
soiling their gloves. Now it is a
demand in the business, even for de-
livery orders"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
DoMESTICATED LEoPARDs.
tives Tame the Animals aad
Make Use of Them.

Upogoro, in German East Africa,
says The Sphere, has only recently
come into prominence. The whole
country is mountainous in character
and several peaks attain an altitude
of $500 feet.
One of the drawbacks of the country
is the presence in large numbers OF
wild animals, chief among which is
the leopard. Although sparing the
Europeans, yet he does not fear to
burst into the native huts and seize
any human being who may be within
reach. Should he not succeed in eff
fecting an entrance. he lies in wait
until some unfortunate native ven
lures out.
If there is a goat pen or a chicken
roost, he satisfied himself there, but
failing this fears not to attack the in
habitants. Once satisfied. he retires
to his lair, and, being tracked, often
falls a prey TO the European rife.
Young leopards are often caught
by the natives, and are bartered for
money or articles of clothing. These
are sometimes tanned, and though not
so trustworthy as the dog, yet throw
off their wild nature, and are utilized
for practical purposes.
They are used for drawing light
carts, and it is by no means uncom-
mon to see them harnessed to the
mountain guns, which they pull along
with the utmost facility.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
FIah aS Surgeons.

"Along the Caribbean sea-" said an
artist who has recently returned from
those parts, lit is a common thing to
see men and women and children sit
ting on the banks of streams with
their bare legs soaking in the water.
They have a strange reason for this
strange conduct. They are much
troubled by a little insect-a kind of
tick-which buries itself in their flesh.
and is very hard to dislodge; and so,
when the ticks have got in them they
go to the water, bury the infected
parts beneath the surface and keen
quite still. The fish have a fondness
for ticks, and they hasten to the
cleaning human flesh they see, and,
pulling the ticks out, deyour them. In
that manner in the Caribs fish are
called upon to act as surgeons. Eff
cient and painless surgeons they
make, too"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
AN ARISTocRATIc TUBER.
The Variety Known na "rhe North
era star" I~ One of the Fairy
Tales of Finance.

The romance of potatoes is but i'm
perfectly understood by the majority
of those who eat them every day.
Nor do they usually occur to the
Spectator as basis of operation.
Yet the history of the variety known
as THE Northern Star" is one of
the fairy tales of finance. 1t was
brought out last year, says Lon
don paper, by grower in Markinch,
in Fifeshire, who parted with a few
tons at the extraordinary price Of
s 1910 a ton. To this rate, which
pound, he religiously adhered. At
this rate two pounds were purchased
by a firm of dealers belonging to
Bardney, near Lincoln. From these
two pounds they have this year
grown 100 pounds, and are 80 pleased
with the result that they have
bought quantity more at the rate
of $500 ton. Two other growers,
Mr.. Kline, of Manham-le-Fen, and
Mr.. Blades, of Epworth. purchased a
ton at the same figure, and have
paid more for subsequent consign-
ments. After this the story of the
King Edward VII. potato, which be-
gan to sell at e12 los. ton and
rose to $40, seems quite tame,
though it would have been sufficient
ly remarkable under any other cir
cumstances.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
MAKING CANES TO ORDER.
Demands Made Upon WOrkmen by
Changes of Fashions in walk
/ Ing sticks.

Fashions change in canes, as they
do in everything else" said man
ufacturer who knows all about the
fashionable trade up town, says the
New York Times. Last year our
customers were calling for rough
wood in it's natural state, without
any ornamentation. They wanted
canes made almost as thin and as
light as whangees. So many cheap
limitations had been made of silver
mounted smooth-wood canes that
men of fashion would not look at
them. This year we are returning to
silver mounts, but in designs made
to order that it will be almost out
of the question for importers of
cheap German silver to initiate. In
umbrellas the handles of rough wood
still hold favor with the men. 1t Is
no longer fashionable to decorate
them with initials man likes an
umbrella that he can pick out at
sight from bunch of others at his
club or elsewhere. Some men will
have the crooked handle so that they
can hang their umbrellas on a hook
in a hat rack, and we have to manu-
facture a few of them to meet the
demands of the trade. Women al
ways go in for something odd, and
usually expensive"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
SEEK A LOST SHIPS GOLD.
American Adventures ON a Hazard
OUs Quest ON New ZeAlAnd's
Coast.

An American schooner lately ar
rived in New Zealand with a party
who propose to search for long-lost
treasure. Nearly 40 years have passed
since the ship General Grant left Aus
tralia for London with a cargo of gold
and wool. At one of the Auckland is
lands, near New Zealand, she met with
a frightfuI fate. She was sucked into
a sort of colossal cave, but it is possible
she might have got out if a huge wave
had not lifted her so high that the
masts, striking the roof, were driven
through her bottom. Through the
openings thus made the water rushed
in and she speedily sank. Only one
sailor and two children were saved.
After some months on the island
they were picked up by a passing
steamer and taken to New Zealand.
Several attempts have been made to
recover the large quantity of gold
that went down in the General Grant.
but they were all failures. 1t remains
TO be seen whether the American ad
venturers will be more successful. If
they should recover the gold is it their
property? That seems nice legal
point
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
LACK OF FOREIGN TONGUES.
Americas Women as a Rule Do Not
Acquire Knowledge of
Other LANGUAGES.

serious defect to the education
of most American women g their
failure to acquire in their youth con-
versational facility in other lam
guages than their own. MANY g;rls
include foreign tongue or two in
the list of their studies. but if ia
simply eye skill that they secure
ability to read and write the Ian
guage with varying degrees of excel
lence. When the ear test comes it
Is the exception when they are not
almost helpless, says Harper's Bazaar.
An English girl is not considered ed
ucated until she is fluent in at least
one other than her native language.
and she often speaks two or three
easily. A trip abroad illustrates and
emphasizes the fact that Americans
are very provincial in the matter of
languages. In a group of foreigners
taken at random, German, French
and Italian. together with English.
one of the hardest tongues to learn,
will be heard interchangeable among
Its members; il is not until an Amer
lean joins the group that the talk
through courtesy to his or her linn
itations. becomes restricted to En-
giish. In Sweden. French, German
and English are obligatory studies in
the curricula. The kindergarten
children are taught the language in
delightful fashions, the girls with
their dolls and ldtchen-gardep
classes, the boys with games and
sports and the like.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
DETECT THE MINT THIEVES.
Japanese Use the x-Rays to Catch
Employees who Conceal Coins sE
Their stomAchs.

A firm in Philadelphia has recently
sold to the Japanese government one
of their X-Say machines for a novel
purpose, reports the New York Post
The representatives of Japan who
placed the order said that in the
governmental minis a great many
gold dollars are coined and there has
been considerable loss through dis-
honest employees swallowing the small
coins and thus taking them out of
the minis. There has been no way
of preventing this until a clever Off
cial suggested the use of the X-rays.
and the machine was ordered at
once.
1t is not proposed to put every en-
ploye to the test when leaving the
minis, but he will be searched by cleo
tricity from time to time, unexpect-
eddy, and any one of the employees
may be called up at any time to un.
dergo the test. 1t is believed that
the fear of detection will prevent the
stealing, at least in the form now
used. 1t is suggested that machine
might be used with profit in the
South African diamond fields to make
the black laborers honest. The field
for X-rays in this direction seems to
be large.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
ZESTFUL FRANKNESS.
the "COwardIy NneOmDOOps7
n Himself.

Unexpected frankness now and
then gives a special zest to the
humor of a situation in congress.
When "Gabe" Bouck was the repre-
sentative from the Oshkosh district
OF Wisconsin, a pension bill came
before the house, to his great vexa-
ton of spirit; for, while his personal
convictions were directly opposed to
it, his political interests were strong
enough to whip him into line. On
the day the bill came up for final
disposal fellow member met Bouck
in the space behind the last row of
seats, walking back and forth and
gesticulating excitedly, bringing his
clenched right fist down into the
hollow of his left hand. to the accom-
paniment of explosives which would
hardly look well in print, writes
Francis E. Leupp in "Some Humors
of Congress"
What's the trouble, Gabe?" in
quired his friend. why all this ex-
citement?"
"Trouble?" snorted the irate law
maker. Trouble enoughi That
pension bill is up. and all the cow
ardly nincompoops in the house are
going to vote for it. It's sure to pass
sure to pass"
But why don't you get the floor
and speak against it-try to stop
it?" suggested the other.
TRY to stop it?" echoed Bouelc
TRY to stop it? Why, I'm one OF
the cowardly nincompoops myself
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

Until comparatively few years
ago Fee. the capital of Morocco, had
practically a monopoly in the man
ufacture of the Turkish national
headdress named after 1.-THE ''fez"
las It was supposed that the pecu-
liar dull crimson color of the tas-
seled skull cap could only be OBJ
tanned by using the dye made from
a certain berry largely grown in the
neighborhood of the city, which is
also much used in the dyeing of mo-
rocco leather. Now, however, France
and Turkey, and to a certain extent
Austria, actively compete with Fee
for what is still very lucrative
trade
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
A THREATENING EVIL.
The Seats of Toe Many Senators Are
Obtained by Corrupt
aass Practices.

1t is the popular habit to attack
the senate of the United States with
general condemnation. This is mis-
leading, says a writer in Century.
An honest man, who knows the SEN
ate intimately in all it's workings,
the other day said of it that any
such sweeping attack had the mex
actness of caricature, the fact being
that the senate contains a group of
well-equipped and disinterested pub
lie men who have become experts"
in governmental questions, and who
get through in the course of the year
IAN immense amount of useful pub
lie business"
There is much truth in this. But
the other thing is true also, that
state after state, and some of our
Oldest states, are represented by men
whom 1t is loss of reputation to
associate with Intimately; who got
their seats by corrupt practices" of
one kind or another; and whose
presence in the senate is an adver-
tisement of the low tone of the state
machines" and legislatures, through
whose corrupt management, or vir-
tual purchase, they obtained their
honorable" seats. And a low-toned
senator or representative means, as
a rule, low class of federal appoint
ments in the states or districts thus
represented; for it is a part of the
miserable situation that every means
is taken to deceive the appointing
powers as to the real character OF
those recommended by corruptionists
70 office
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

The latest estimate places the total
number of apple trees of bearing age
in the United States at somewhat over
20o,O0o,O00. This is nearly three trees
to every person. These trees Weld
more than 175.ooO,Ooo bushels. Not ali
of these apples are consumed at home.
for in years of full crop more than
100000 go abroad. Yet the apples
kept at home are more than two bush
els to every adult and child.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

Senator Pettus, OF Alabama, the
other day disproved the prevailing the
orv that all seats in the United States
senate are expensive and that that
body is altogether millionaire's club.
He sent TO the secretary of state Of
Alabama the sum of one dollar IN
postal note to cover the entire ex-
penses for his recent unanimous cleo
ton. This sum represents the fee OF
the secretary of state for his services.
So far as known this is record IN
the minimum price for seats IN the
senate.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

The business most in evidence in
Client is that of the breweries. In a
population less than 100000 there are
more than 100 establishments. large
and small. Notwithstanding this com
petition, American enterprise has en-
tered the field.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
Life of Leather.

The life of modern leather made
by the use of sulphuric acid, is but
Is years. This makes it necessary
for the British museum to spend
$4,000 a year in renewing leather
book bindings.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

Irish is to-day the living tongue of
almost as many people as speak Welsh,
Greek, Servian, Bulgarian. Norwegian
or Danish. In Galway alone are 1883
persons who can speak nothing but
Irish. $500. ,.---
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

The new president of Hayti is IS
years old. 1t is evident, says the Chi
cago Record-Herald, that the young
men have not as yet assumed charge
in Hayti.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14

Each year about $4,000 is expended
in sprinkling the streets of London
with sand, to prevent horses from slim
ping. .-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
Growth of wireless TeIegrapAy.

Growth of Wireless TeieErAp1S'
Seventy-one patents covering appa-
ratus for wireless telegraphy were
issued in the United States last year,
making the total number 100.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
CHURCH MEETINGS.

Regular meetings at the Congrega-
donal Church in Challis
Morning serl ices each Sunday at IL
o'clock. Evening services at 1880
O'Clock each Sunday.
Sabbath School each Sunday at
O'clock p. m.
Christian Endeavor meeting every
Thursday evening at 7:30 O'clock.
REV. r. S. MCPHERSON, Pastor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
DIRECTORIES.

SUPREME COURT.
James f. Ailshie,
1. N. Sullivan,
Charles Stockslager.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
LAND BILL DEBATE
House Of Commons Resumes Discus
sion of the Measure.

London, May THE adjourned debate
on the Irish land bill in the house Of COM
mons was resumed to-day. Several UNI
important speakers were followed by Tim
othy M. Healy, (nationalist) who COM
mented on the curious fact that the only
two absolutely ignorant speeches against
the bill came from the liberal side of the
house."
Referring to the question whether the
bill would make for home rule, Mr.. Healy
pointed out that the measure was sup
ported by the Ulster members, who he
said, ought to know its effect better than
English amateur politicians, however re-
Specialize
Mr.. Healy said he did not grudge the
terms which the landlords were getting
He would not incite the tenants to accept
them and ridiculed the idea Of cam
paign Of reputation. 1t was Impossible
with the present system of government
If he wanted to convict the speaker oil
the house of murder he would have ne
difficulty In SO doing with the Irish gov
eminent machinery In his hands. Mr.
| Healy said he regarded the bill as beins
a measure of peace which he hoped would
infuse a new spirit into the hearts 20
Ireland and England.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07

The jury. He dwelt upon the Importance
of the case at bar and cautioned the Jurors
against allowing prejudice to influence
their deliberations. After giving the gem
eral laws governing the case. he instructed
along the usual lines Of the defendant be-
ing presumed innocent until proven guilty
and then said:
Under This indictment the state is not
required to show that the defendant re-
ceived the exact amount of money alleged
In the Indictment
1.-THE agreement or understanding which
1t is necessary for the state to prove may
like all other facts be proved by direct
evidence or by circumstances Z
He stated that the agreement for pro-
lection did not need to be made by the
women with the mayor but could have
been made with Gardner acting under
Ames' instruction. Gardner and Norbecb
were designated as accomplices and their
testimony must have been corroborated II
believed.
In regard to the insanity theory, the
court instructed that the defendant must
have been proved mentally irresponsible al
the exact time the crime charged is al
legged to have been committed. This ha6
bad look for the defense's theory.
Attorney Mead had some objections tt
the charge and the jury retired with ar
officer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
DOCTORS WATCH LORENZ WORK
And Listen to Papers Before the Sew.
eral Sections,

New Orleans, May Five hundred doc
tors gathered at charity hospital to-day
to witness another demonstration by DR..
Adolph Lorenz of his method Of bloodless
surgery. The house of delegates contin~
ned it's session to-day taking up the mat
ter of the proposed revision of the code
of ethics.
The American Medical Temperance as
ISOLATION listened to a, paper by President
w. S. Hall of Chicago on natures immun-
1Sat1on of the race against liquors DR..
w. L. Rodman of Philadelphia in behalf
of the portrait commission of the Ameri-
can Medical association has presented for
the hall of fame portrait of Dr. Hunter
Mcclure of Virginia, a distinguished con-
Jfederate surgeon and former president OF
the association.
DR.. w. Fl. Saunders of Alabama, Dr.
y. D. Murray of the marine hospital serv-
Ice and DR.. j. M. Lindsay of Cuba par
f1cipated In an interesting discussion be-
fore the section on hygiene on the question
OF health powers and their exercise by
the national, state, county and municipal
authorities. The section also listened tc
an interesting paper on leprosy by DR.. Isa-
dore Dyer Of Louisiana and Dr. Dyer in.
v1ted party of the doctors to visit the
Louisiana leprosy hospital to-day.
The section nominated for officers DR.
@. {. Swartz Of Rhode Island, president
and DR.. John Fulton of Maryland fo]
secretary. DR.. Joseph Mcfarland Of Phil
adelph1a was elected president of the sec
lion on pathology and physiology and DR.
Henry A. Christian of Boston secretary.
Inc American Medical association to.
day decided to hold it's next meeting al
Atlantic City, N. J.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07

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M. SMITH, sO4 Third Ave, South Min
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-07
SACKVILLE-WEST AGAIN
Seeks to Have Himself Declared Lord
Sackville's Heir.

London, May 7.--Another chapter in the
sensational claim Of Henry Sackville-
West to be the legitimate heir to Lord
Sackville former British minister at
Washington, was heard to-day in the
chancery court. The claimant. whose full
name is Ernest Henri Jean Baptiste Sack
ville-West. applied for the appointment
Of a commission to examine witnesses in
France and Spain in support of his claim.
Counsel for the plaintiff explained that
the action was for the purpose of per-
petuating testimony In support Of his
claims to the title and estate as while
Lord Sackville was alive the plaintiff
could not bring action to establish his
rights. .a
Henry Sackville-W West. counsel con
tinued, claims to be the eldest son OF
Lord Sackville by his marriage with jose
phine Duran de ortaga. The defendants
denied the marriage, alleging that Jose
phine de Ortaga had previously been
married to Antonio de la Olivia, who was
then and still is alive and is not divorced
from her. The court granted the appli
cation.