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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

their safety. The passenger crossing
the ocean would certainly feel no small
degree of added security were he pro-
vided with the apparatus shown in the
Illustration. No one would think of
wearing one of the bulky life pre-
servers usually provided on shipboard
all the time, but here is an appa-
ratus which will answer the same
purpose, and yet without discomfort
when the tube is given enablesshrdl
when constantly worn. The spiral
form which the tube is given enables
the wearer to suspend it around his
body by means of the supporting
jacket, beneath the outer clothing, and
it takes but short time to initiate the
reservoir through the mouthpiece,
which is provided with a valve to
check the outward flow of the air. The
spiral coils lie fiat when debated, and
are scarcely perceptible to the wearer,
who, even if the device rendered him
slightly incompatible, would have
the feeling of safety to countenance
the annoyance.
Wiley P. Tibbets, of Toledo, Ohio,
is the inventor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
The Elan over Richmond.


The Poughkeepsie Eagle prints the
following communication:
The question, Who first raised the
United States flag over Richmond in
April, 1862" is not a very important
one, in view of the peaceful occupa-
ton of that city, but its continued
agitation suggests that it ought to be
answered. The facts are undoulted-
ly correctly stated by Col. Krev tier,
commanding the Ninety-eighth New
York volunteers, in his interesting
history of that regiment.
Col. Kreutzer says that his regi-
ment belonged to Deyens' division,
and was the first regiment which en-
tered the City of Richmond after it's
evacuation by the Confederate troops
on the Sd of April, 1865. To quote
his own language:
arrived opposite the front en-
trance of the city hall, we halted.
Across the street the Capitol grounds
were filed with goods taken from the
burned district, and the portico and
steps of the edifice were denseIy
packed with the homeless tenants, ex-
tremely old, extremely young, sick
and infirm.
"Adjt. Oakley, followed by a color
sergeant, pressed his way through the
crowd and, ascending the building.
first waved our regimental flag from
the roof of the Capitol of the South
ern Confederacy. Leaving the ser
geant with the flag, Oakley descend
ed. An hour after Sergt. Hardy was
relieved by Lieut.. ]. l.. de Peyster of
Weitzel's staff; and De Peyster, as
sisted by Capt. Langdon, Weitzers
chief of artillery, hoisted over the
building a storm flag which had
waved over the st. Charles hotel in
New Orleans during Gen. Buffers ad-
ministration.
De Peyster was honored by Gov.
Fenton with a brevet lieutenant
colonelcy, but no member of the
Ninety-eighth ever received from any
one a thank or the merest recogni-
ton for the service. When De Pey-
ster raised his garrison flag over the
Capitol of Virginia he displaced the
silken colors of the Ninety-eighth. He
may parade his honors and vaunt
over his services among his princely
friends and relatives, but in this par
ticular an unpretending adjutant and
plain sergeant in the Ninety eighth
were an hour ahead of him on the
calendar of time, if not on that of his
tory. EDWARD ELLSWORTH.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

but these apostates went far beyond
the dervishes in cruelty. Their pres
ence with the Mahdi ultimately be-
came known, and the feeling toward
them among the English soldiers was
quite different from that felt toward
the dervishes, who were regarded as
brave men and their legitimate enc
mics.
Yet, while thousands of better men
fell before the sweep of the Maxims in
the terrible charge at Omdurman
these apostates escaped. At least
their bodies were not found on the
battle field, although a most careful
search was made for them. 1t is sup.
posed that they fled to the south, and
are now hiding with some of the
tribes of central Africa or the south.
ern Soudan. Should they ever fall
into the hands of the English it will
not take long to decide their fate.
The call of the wild, unrestrained
life is one that at times appeals to
many. 1t is the old call of the Jungle
and forest. But there is little hope
of retaining the man who has really
yielded to it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
POE3ZIZ AZ
ASTXE1V[E

An Improvement in Book Markers.
Some readers have the faculty of re-
Numbering exactly the page and line
of book they had reached when they
were compelled to pause in their read
Indicates Both the Page and Line.
ing to perform some other duty, but
the majority of book-lovers find occa-
sion to use some sort of marking de-
vice to aid them in finding the place
when the reading is resumed again.
Numerous curious and handsome nov
elites have been produced for this pur-
pose, but very few, if any, of these
will perform the double duty of mark
ing the line and page at which the
reader paused and closed the book.
This is the object attained by the
marker which Ne show in the picture
and it should be the means of saving
no small amount of time to the read
er who is compelled to lay down and
take up book many times before the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

hanging together by only few iron
rods, the foundations having been
completely washed away by torren-
tial creek.
The rudely disturbed passengers
pouring forth in their alarm were
made acquainted with their proximity
to death in one of it's most horrible
forms, the engineer meanwhile. des-
cantnng in awe-stricken tones on the
virtues of so kindly a ghost. His song
OF praise was rudely interrupted by
the conductor shouting out that he
had discovered the ghost. "Where?"
cried out twenty eager voices. For
answer that sedate official pointed to
the headlight and there much to the
discontinue of the engineer, all eyes
discovered simple little bug crawl.
ing about on the inner surface of the
lens in his efforts to escape from a
too warm prison. It's enlarged and
projected shadow had, indeed, been
the wonderful ghost.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
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could do was to punch viciously al
him with my bayonet when l wasn't
holding the gun up to ward of his
sabre. He had the advantage and saw
that he had, and he came at me with
a wild rush. This time l would have
gone down beneath his blows certain,
for they fairly rained down on my
gun barrel, but in some providential
way-for me. at least-for it must
have been Providence, he struck The
hammer of my musket with his sword
blade, and the gun went off with an
explosion that threw it out of my
hands and sent the entire charge
square into the cavalryman's face. We
went down together, both covered
with blood-his blood. But only one
of us got up again.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
rust.

Trust.
know not II or dark or bright
Shall be my lot
IL that wherein my hopes delight
Be best or not.
1t may be mine to drag for years
Tolls heavy chain,
Or day and night my need be tears
On bed of pain.
hind races may surround my hearth
with smiles and glee
OF 1 may dwell alone, and mirth
BE strange TO me.
My bark is waited to the strand
BY breath Divine
And on the helm there rests a hand
Other than mine.
One, who has known in storms to sail,
l have on board;
Above the raging of the gale
l near my Lord.
He holds me when the pillows smite,
l shall not fall
II sharp, tbs short; if long, tits light
He tempers all.
Safe to the land. safe to the land.
The end is this:
And then go with him hand in hand
Far into bliss
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
Gen. Frank wheaton's Record.

Maj. Gen. Frank Wheaton, u S. A.,
who died in Washington few days
ago, served in the army for forty-two
years.
Deceased was born in Providence,
R. l., in 1888 and was in his list
year. He became civil engineer, took
part in the Mexican boundary sur
veys and, in 1855, was made lieuten-
ant in the Third U. s. cavalry. The
generals fighting record was one
greatly to his credit. He took to the
field against the Cheyenne Indians in
1857 and his opening fight was near
Fort Kearny, Neb., where he acquit-
ted himself most CALAMITY. He took
part in the Utah expedition and, on
the breaking out of the rebellion
proceeded to his native state and was
made lieutenant colonel of the I'd
Rhode Island volunteers; a month
later he was made colonel, and had
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
FARM ON HISTORIC GROUND

One of the most famous farms in
the United States is being conducted
by Uncle Sam on a portion of the his
toric estate formerly the property of
Gen. Robert E. Lee. Two hundred
acres are set apart for farming oper-
ations. The remainder of the estate
is the National Military cemetery,
where are buried 10000 Union sol
diers who lost their lives in the civil
war. Uncle Sam is not engaged in
farming for his own profit, says the
New York Press, but for the benefit
of the farmers of the entire country,
who will be given the results of the
experiments by the experts in the en-
ploy of the government.
For more than year laborers have
been engaged in clearing the land and
preparing it for crops Modern build
ings are in course of construction, and
within short time the farm will be
in full operation. Breeding of superb
or wheat, corn and oats will also be
attempted. New fruits will be intro
duced, and those already grown in
this country will be improved upon.
Diseases of pears, peaches, plums and
other fruits will be studied with
view to stamping out the ailments of
fruits and making fruit growing more
profitable. Experiments for the pur-
pose of determining the best forage
crops and the most economical plans
for feeding cattle will be some of the
features of this interesting place.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
The Hateful Order 10 Han.

In less than one-half houv my
troops would have swept up and over
those hills, the possession of which
was of such momentous consequence.
1t is not surprising. with a full r,,aliza-
ton of the consequences of a halt.
that l should have refused at fist to
obey the order. Not until the third
or fourth order of the most pe-emp-
tory character reached me did 1 obey.
| think l should have risked the con-
sequences of disobedience even then
but for the fact that the order to halt
was accompanied with the explana-
ton that Gen. Lee. who was several
miles away, did not wish to give bat
tie at Gettysburg. 1t is stated on good
authority that Gen. Lee said, some
time before his death, that if Jackson
had been there he would have won in
this battle a great and possibly de-
cisive victory. l cannot vouch for the
truth of this statement, as l did not
hear it; but no soldier in a great crisis
ever wished more aruently for de-
liverer's hand than l wished for one
hour of Jackson when l was ordered
to halt. - Gen. John B. Gordon, in
Scribner's.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

Secretary Wilson is taking pride in
directing this work. The portion of
the Lee estate set apart for farming
purposes is about the poorest piece Of
land in that section of the country. 1t
was entirely unfit for agricultural pur-
poses, and it was necessary to fertiI.
ize and improve it. The experts of
the Agricultural department expect
to demonstrate that the poorest land
in the country can be profitahly util-
lied for successful farming operations.
Gen. Lees former home is one of
the most beautiful spots in the vicin-
ity of the national capital. The man.
sion stands on the brow of a hill
which slopes away half mile to the
Potomac, 200 feet below. The view
from the portico of the old mansion
had been famed for a century. When
Lafayette was a guest at Arlington
he pronounced the prospect from the
porch one of the most beautiful he
had ever looked upon. Since Lafay-
cites visit the view has been changed,
new beauties have been added, Whi,e
some of the old ones were destroyed
by the ravages of war. The complet
ed capitol with its majestic dome, the
symmetrical Washington monument,
the beautiful Congressional library
and other architectural features have
taken their place in the picture, while
grove of majestic trees which
graced the slope below the house were
utterly destroyed during the greatest
civil conflict ever waged.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

No Donovan there; but note in
his place:
1--WE taken the water; I'll need it no
doubt,
And the best man, 1 reckon, IL win
in the race"
High noon on the desert, high noon
once again,
Mid the dry bones of death shining
white where they fell;
And Duncan, victim to thirst and
its pain,
With the blood in his veins like the
liquid of hell,
Yet staggering on. To and fro, to and
fro,
Ran the white flames of heat in
their devilish play;
And the lying mirage is making it's
show
of a green land of peace where the
cool waters play.
At eve on the desert one found him
at rest,
Crushed down, beaten low in that
furnace of hell;
She found him, and kissed him, and
held to her breast,
And laved him with water that
soothingly fell;
And, Maggie" he whispered, as
opened his eyes
What matters the pain when the
race has been rum
And l judge there is justice SOM
where meath the skies,
For, borne through Deaths caldron,
the best man had won.
Alfred ]. Waterhouse, in New York
Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
THE BEST MAN WON
A TALE OF THE MoJAvE DESERT

High noon on the desert. The sun
is fire
That scorches, that maddens, that
burns unto death.
And the waves of his fury beat higher
and higher,
Till cen the gray lizard is gasping
for breath.
The yucca no longer sets gray against
gray;
The sagebrush has vanished, the
white poppy fed,
And the sand ocean stretches away
and away
Der the desolate leagues of world
that is dead.
White night on the desert. The SOL
emn moon CLOVIS
Der the sands where two camp
through the cool of the night
What matters the story of words, and
then blows?
While women are fair, men will
quarrel and fight.
Now Maggie McHenry was fairer by
far
Than many a maid who is known
as a belle;
And Duncan had vowed she should
shine as his star,
While Donovan's answer I'd shud.
der to tell.
Gray dawn on the desert. The sun
sent a ray,
Like first arrow shot by a merci-
less foe,
And the shades of the nighttime
crept slowly away,
And the sands were alight, like
furnace aglow,
Then Duncan awoke, rubbed his
eyes, looked about
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
Double Telephone Connection.

Experiments have recently been
made on the telephone between Paris
and Tours to test new system by
means of which two separate CONVEX.
sations can be carried on simultan-
eously on the same line. The pre-.
liminary experiments are stated to
have proved satisfactory, and the ad.
ministration of the French Depart.
ment of Posts and Telegraphs is now
seriously considering the question of
putting the system into actual opera.
ton throughout the country. The in.
ventor is NJ. Petit, inspector of the
electric service at Tours.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
Prevent the Fingers From CLOSING.

carried by officers of the law. The
wristlets are only a pair of leather
straps buckled on tightly. but the wire
loops which are attached to them have
been designed to more than make up
the difference between the two kinds
of manacles. When these have been
put in place over the fingers and
thumbs the prisoner is unable to close
his hands, and can, therefore, obtain
no grip on either the straps or any
article with which to fight. The loops
are of steel, possessing great strength,
and yet of such light weight that
the whole outfit does not weigh as
much as pair of steel wristlets of the
pattern in common use. The officer
may need assistance to place these
handouts on his man. but when they
are once in place he need have littis
fear of his ability to control the
wearer.
John w. Pettijohn, of Montesano,
Wash, is the inventor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
General Grants Supreme Courage.

Gen. Grants courage was supreme.
No man could face danger with great
er composure. He did not seem to
know the meaing of peril when, duty
called him to risk his life At ole
time 1 saw the general escape death
by very slight margin. We were
breaking camp at Spottsylvania Court
house. and under the fire of Confed-
crate battery. All of the headquarters
equipage had been removed except a
camp stool, and on this the general
was sitting, while the shells of the
enemy's guns shrieked over our heads.
A shell passed just over the general,
not missing him. apparently, more than
few inches, and struck the ground
about thirty feet away. Without show
ing the slightest nervousness, he
called to me to Get the she'll" say
ing: Let's see what kind of .smmuni-
ton that battery is using" l went
and picked up the shell. which was a
six-pound, spherical case, and the gen.
eral examined it as coolly as If there
was not an enemy's gun within hun
bred miles of Unconditional Maya
zine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
Graphite Prevents Boiler Seal.

1t is said that a small quantity Of
graphite mixed with water used in
boilers will prevent scale forming,
and if scale is already in the boiler,
the graphite will penetrate the old
scale and decompose it, so that it will
drop to the bottom. The discovery
that graphite is a water softener was
made by mining company in Mexico.
which used water slightly colored by
graphite, and, noticing that their boil.
er kept free from scale. came to the
conclusion that the graphite acted as
the preventive.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

contents is completed. This little
marker is preferably of celluioid,
though metal or cardboard may an
swer the purpose, and has substan-
TALLY T shaped body, on which is a
sliding member, having straight
edge. By tapping the bent portion
of the head over the edge Of the
leaves and sliding the marker along
the stem it can be made to indicate
any line on the page, showing the
reader at a glance where to begin.
This is the idea of August G. Bauer,
of Columbus, Ohio.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
Attachment for Handcuffs.

A pair of handouts will take all the
fight out of some men the instant they
are put on them, while in others it
rouses all the antagonism in their
natures, the latter class often proving
ugly customers even when their hands
are manacled. The pair of letters
which we have illustrated seem to
have been designed especially for the
fighting class, and yet it will be seen
that for weight and strength they do
not compare with those ordinarily
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
Learned by Scientists.

Length of the rays does not affect
the chemical activity of light, al
though it determines their color.
Prof. Lodge surmises that the proc.
ess of disintegration of atoms into
electrons, of which they are made up,
may constitute the evolution of the
chemical elements.
The Gjoa, with the magnetic pole
expedition, has sailed for Greenland,
and will attempt to pass north of the
American continent to Behring strait.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20
Pneumatlc Lie Preserver.

The steamship company which did
not provide life preservers in number
equaling or exceeding its passenger
carrying capacity would be summarily
dealt with by the government, and yet
every one knows that when the time
arrives for their use the passengers
and crew may be too much excited to
profit by the provision thus made for
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

Growth of Automobile Industry.
Automobile building gives employ
ment to 10000 persons in France.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

Even an awkward deed is better
than a sarcastic word.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1903-06-12
SonoerjYllano.

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9immelfdrtsbag af peni. 2arer 6.
&noeritn % 6uItru / 9ambrup.
Sibli8 ON Morgenen mpbte ct
Muiiftprps, og / 0ugens 9eb bar
9uiet fulbt at 8enner fra fern og
n9r. Der inblpb en- Masie Seles
grdmmer o9 9rebe. bOoraf en- Del fra
9enaer iDo for @rpnIcn. 9lanbt De
mango Imufte 9aber, bDormeb Sub
bruoeparret beoreoes, bar en- fGrbes
les fmut Gbaiie.ongue ira 9enner |
8ditrup, en- Del S9lotej o9 ct 89lo
al glomiter m. m.
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Lamb 1923, bans 6uitru | 9eitersNebel
1881. De bar | beres LANCE 9Ggtes
fab funnel elabe Jig oeo uaeminoeligt
gobt s0elbreo % bar opbrd9et en itor
9srnsflot, bporaf fun fire leOer. Gn
al Sgnnerne er Stattonsforitanber /
@lminoe, mebens en- unOcn er isfurenz
be, men op6olber Jig / amerita. %
Ostre er 29rerinoer benbolospis /
9aitrup % 9amorup.
9Ggteporret boeoe fra 1852 til 1857
I Sire Sosn, fra 1857 til 1860 /
9onemorten, % fra ben lib bar 4ns
Derien Carer / 81 Mar / 9aitrup, inn.
til ban i 1895 flptteOe til @amorup.
6r. Qnoerien bar / be aar, ban bar
boet / 9amrrup. betlGot mango Still
finger. og BAR lite alsne MI, men o8.
iaa beo ti9liatre 2ejligbe0er mootas
get man9e 9epifer for, at ban er en-
cF6olot Monb.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1903-06-12

SIDE, .0eoen er Det", Iagoe ban title
og bsoreoet. o6OaO 0tloe bu bog meo
bet meget Cub. ou fp te 10, at bu
maatte iegne unber rets 8agt. W1en
Ou er nstop JON aGe De andre, Der
iii Qop at oDrfe @ulbmarfsn. @uloet
gjoroe oem a1e afiinoiqe og Dar benz
mere o9rb END ieloe 2ip2t. Deb SUM
bet al @uloet 6egpnote Get rigtige onoe
at tomme inn oGe 0isIe Menneiters
3iloerelie. 5prIt breo ce Q9ftet til
mig, bet bar bet fprite Sab. Sod
futgte 2p9nen, Mistroiif6ecen %
9daro6eOen. Sn9en al jer ale bar til
treble meb !6oeoemarten, jeg gap jer,
o9 bet troO8 5 leOebe iorgleit berpeD.
Nej = mere, iteoie mere biloe S bare.
s forila6te jer ale poa bet, s dnIda
for 2ntten. s fOrIpiite ier ale pda
2ptfen. Site not,at 5 par lptfematte,
nei, frauie pilOe s. 0g enten MI
MenneItene onier Sub, 8uOsfrngt,
8~erlig6eb, geremmelie, 9Gre eler
0pj6eb for lnffebringenbe: be a~Ierflez
tie bsg9rer tu1inbfolo iaa meget, iom
be tan for6ruge, % bes mere De begez
rer uo Ooer bet, beito burtigere BIZ ben
Iaatalote 2nfte Bbel9gge Dem.
Nu opr ou, 8aru6, oine 9ine er
aft b%ruitne, og jeg trntter Dem lige iaa
6sbreoet til, iom jeg bar luttet vi
meme pda ale bine 8org9n9ere og
uben at tunne bringe Sub, min 6erre,
bet gtaoe 9uoitab, at ie9 bar funoet
en-, oer oitbe plpje bans Marf paa ben
Mdabe, ban pniteoe."
Mens 3uben fagbe bette, 6alpt til
1ig Ielp, balpt meb gliffet penot OPP
ab, bar 8dru9s Some og 9srn mso
beie @eflager tommen til Steoe %
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oper cen 9ebe.
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for &uben og Iagoe til BAN: ,,gara6
bar lea label TONNE inb til mig.
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meo Osoen bar Ionet oeres Stplo pda
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fet fun Iom ct Sitter, Der ger Dem be-
reote tit at f~oritau 2ipet bos mig og
qsr benz o9rbige til at treble tno I
nit Ri9e. Men bu, &uben, ifal blipe
poa Sorben Iom nit SenOebuo o9
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funpet ben rette 5orpdgter al Marten,
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