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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27


OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY. IT has
frequently been the cause of blood
shed and crime. It has caused famine
in the necessities of life. It refuses
to recognize brains, and it holds the
capable, brainy member down with
the dullard. It is a barrier to prog
ress, it destroys energy and encour-
ages worthlessness and is a danger
GUS thing which should be sup
pressed"
These sentiments of Judge Calder
head are not so remarkable. except
that he had the courage to tell them.
It may be remembered that a still
higher Republican authority had ex-
pressed the same ideas more pictur-
esquely on former occasion. Presi-
dent Roosevelt in his book, Ranch
Life and Hunting Trail, pages 8 and
10, said:
Peril and hardship and years of
long toll, broken by weeks of brutal
dissipation, draw haggard lines across
their cowboys and rough riders)
eager faces, but never dim their reek-
less eyes nor break their bearing of
self-confidence. When drunk on the
villainous whisky of the frontier
towns they cut mad antics, ride their
horses into the saloons, firing their.
pistols right and left, from boisterous.
light heartedness, rather than from
any viciousness, and indulging too
often in deadly shooting ARRAYS,
brought on either by the accidental
contact of the moment or on account
of some long-standing grudge, or per
haps because of bad blood between
the ranches or localities. They are
much better fellows and pIeasanter
companions than small farmers or ag-
ricultural laborers, nor are the me-
chanics and workmen OF a great city
to be mentioned in the same breath.
On page 295 of the September 1896,
issue of the Review of Reviews, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, in discussing the
American union workingman, made
the following statement:
The men who object to what they
style government by Injunction are,
as regards the essential principles of
government, in hearty sympathy vita
their remote skin-clad ancestors who
lived in caves. fought one another with
stone-headed axes, and ate the mann
moth and woolly rhinoceros. They are
interesting as representing a geologi-
cal survival, but they are dangerous
whenever there is the least chance of
their making the principles of this.
ages-buried past living factors in our
present life.
They are not in sympathy with
men of good minds and sound civic
morality"
How do you like the picture, work
ingmen and farmers, that these Repub-
lican leaders have painted of you?
Both say organized labor is danger
Gus. They regard government by in
junction as legitimate exercise of the.
powers of the judiciary They view
mechanics and workmen of a great
| city as not to be mentioned in the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
Secretary shaw and Wall street.

Secretary Shaw gives the money
market the biggest boost it has ever
received from the federal treasury
department by releasing sSO,000,000
of bank reserves and by agreeing to
accept other security besides govern
ment bonds for government loans on
deposit with the banks, on condition
that the banks take out new circula-
ton to the amount of the bonds thus
released. A big addition to the bank
currency of the country is thus made
possible. Thus a marked innovation
is made in the financial policy of the
United States. But, having exhausted
all possible means of relieving the
money market" at this time, what will
happen the next time there is a case
of financial collie in Wall street,.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

which had oyertaken all the former
possessors of the diamond who had
not been kilied-he was driven from
power and forced to leave his native
country. Where the fatal diamond is
now is not certain, though it is knows
that the ex-president of the Transvaal
mas parted with it. Some say that 1t
is in the Golfers of the Vatican, and
some that it was sold to the Emperor
OF Austria, and is among the crown
Jewels eat Vienna.
II is said to be 200 carats in weight.
but is not perfect. Its history is one
which would not recommend it ms a
talisman to anyone of superstittous
turn of mind. 1t is almost as grue-
some a possession as that hideous lit
tie Indian idol, the destruction OF
which Nine. Carnot ordered in her
will. This idol was given to PresI-
dent Carnot by a friend, who laughing
ly told him a legend attached to IL,
which was to the effect that its posses.
sion would attain supreme power and
then die by the knife. The idol had
belonged to the Rajahs of Khadjurao,
OF whom five certainly-perhaps more
died by the knife of the assassin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
Circus Giant the Cause
of Destructive Flood.

"The greatest of all giants" said the
old circus man, was a great Teller for
goin' in bathing; he never neglected
a chance for that.
But at the same time he had to use
some sort of gumption, or we had to
use IL for him, about where he went in,
ON az count of the danger there was
from sverfows caused by his displace-
nent of the water. l well remember
how We first came to realize this.
about twenty rods or so below the
show'p winter quarters there was a
little pond formed by damming a
brook that ran through our place.
There was small grist mill on this
pond, turned by one of those old
fashion ed overshot water wheels.
"The giant walked down to this lit
tie pond one warm spring day just be-
fore we took the road that year, never
thinking for a minute of what must
happen if he jumped into a small body
of water like that suddenly and
plunged in.
Snakes and alligators! The pond
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
Shrine of Ste. Anne
Thousands OF Pilgrims Annually Visit the Little Canadian
Village of Beaupre- Mraculous Cures Of Disease
Reported to Hav. Taken Pla-,
Especial Correspondence.)

Never were there so many pilgrim
ages to the shrine of Ste Anne de
Seaupre, just outside the city limits
OF Quebec, in the same space of time
as during the simmer of 1902; never
was the cult of the great thaumaturgus
OF Canada so fervent and sincere;
never were SO many miraculous cures
reported from the Bethesda Springs
on the banks of the ST. Lawrence, and
never have so many unfortunate suf,
ferers made the long journey from
their homes to seek relief among the
relics of the Virgin Mays mother,
only to return home with IT, cir aspira-
lions ungratified and their bodily ills
incurred
Not all who go from far and near to
kneel in the sanctuary of the saint are
Influenced to undertake the journey by
the sole desire for miraculous relief
from bodily pain and suffering. Many
go there every day who are not lame.
nor halt, nor blind, for sometimes as
many as 10000 people visit the shrine
in a single day, and already the num-
Der of pilgrims who have knelt at the
shrine during the present season is in
excess of 100000, against 100000 to
the same date last year.
These pilgrimages are from all
parts of Canada and the United States
Some of them embrace whole congre-
cations and even whole parishes, ac-
companied by their priests and often
by bishops Many pilgrims go in small
private parties. and there are of course
a large number of individual pilgrims
Some go to seek the favor of the saint
In their own behalf, while others take
with them their sick friends and rela-
lives, or go alone to crave their cure.
Some seek spiritual favors only, but
these are in the great minority.
The temporal blessings sought of
Ste. Anne are of infinite variety. In
fact, there appear to be those who
think that her power is unlimited. In
Canada she is held in special rever.
ence. Some of the inscriptions in her
honor upon the outer walls OF her mag
nificent basilica at St Anne de
Beaupre speak eloquentIy of French
Canadian faith in her supernatural
power. Here are some of them:
"Bonne Ste. Anne" Good ST Anne) !,
Refuge of Sinners "Consoler of the
Afflicted" 'Protectress of Sailors, .
"Patroness of Canada" Grandmother
of the Divine Savior" etc.
The entire village of Ste. Anne de
Beaupre, and pretty large one it is
too, is more or less connected with the
cult of the saint But for this there
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
STOP THE THIEyERY
WHY SHOULD PROTECTED PLUM
DERERs LEVY TRIBUTEr
Now Is the Voters Opportunity 60
Wipe Out the Greatest ESnd of Free
hooters That Ever Preyed Upon the
Worlds Commerce.

Ths house of Protection is totter-
ing. Its walls are crumbling and fall
ing, and odors of the foul, corrupting
political mass underneath are escap-
ing. 1t rests upon foundations of self
ishnsss and greed and contains no end
Oh dark chambers, trap doors and Sc
cret closets. 1t is tenanted by the
greatest, shrewdest, boldest, wickedest
and richest band of freebooters and
industrial thieves that ever preyed
upon this worlds commerce. No other
band of brigands ever dwelt in such
luxury, for none ever before dwelt in
so rich and vast country, filled with
SO many millions of Industries and in
telligent workers and, at the same
time, such everlasting political
chumps and easy victims.
But the thieves are falling out
amongst themselves, and the intelli-
gent workers are beginning to open
their political eyes and to question the
right of the protected plunderers to
levy tribute upon honest industry The
days of protection" are numbered.
When the structure falls and reveals
the rottenness underneath it, we will
all wonder how it stood so long.
This is a great country, and we are
great people. 1t is because we are
so great and have such boundless re-
sources that we have been able to live
and flourish In spite of the protected
harOng Tho oororoaroo fp-fdo 20 49,
tariff walls is free; no tariff collector
swoops down upon us when we cross
state lines to exchange the products
of one state for those of another, to
demand toll of 40, so or so per cent
of our goods before we can exchange
them
More than one hundred years ago
we drove the tariff robbers out of the
States and restricted their depreda-
ton to our border. In so doing we
made this the greatest free trade coun-
try on earth; that is, it is the country
in which most trade is free. But we
also, at the same time, virtually de-
elared that while it is entirely right
and proper to trade across, state lines
it is sin to trade across national bor-
der lines.
What imbecilityl Drive the tariff
thieves into the high seas whence
they came! Clear away the thorny
hedgerows which obstruct trade along
our Canadian and Mexican borders,
Build no barb wire fences, as Montana
is doing, to keep out the barbarians of
the North! Let us be friendly and
neighborly with our brethren to the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
Curse Said TO Rest on
POsSeSSOr Of Diamond.

The large diamond which Mr.. Kru.
ger took with him when he left South
Africa has a very curious history. It
originally belonged to Meshhesh. a
Bssuto chief, from whom it was ex-
torted by T'Chaka, lthe Zulu king.
FCsaka's brother killed him and su,Ie
IL. The brother came to grief, and
tne gem passed into the possession of
a Zulu chief, who soon afterwards
was assassinated. The natives say
mat no less than sixteen of the sue
cessiVe possessors of the diamond
either were killed or driven out of the
country. The diamond was then seen
py white men, who set out to get it.
A party of whites attacked the natives
who had the stone and a fierce fight
ensued, in which 900 lives, mostly ma
tive, were lost.
Memela, a native chief, took the
gem and concealed it in a wound
which he had received in battle. AT.
forwards Memela was caught by the
Beers and set to work as a slave. Kru-
ger, hearing his story, released him.
and In gratitude Memela gave the
stone to his llberator Some years
passed,an then Kruger shared the fate
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

dence of the priests who serve the
shrine, is very large and handsome
structure. for many clergy are re-
CURED here to hear confessions. sing
the numerous masses and benedictions
which daily ascend from the great
temple and surrounding chapels, pre-
sent the relics of the saint for the ven
Grafton of the faithful, and preach ser
mons in several languages. There is a
convent near by, and many large.
though cheap, hotels for the accommo-
dations of pilgrims. These buildings,
together with a few stores, a factory
for the turning out of sacred statuary,
and the humble homes of those EN-
ployed about the hotels. the church.
the railway, or who in some other
more or less direct manner make their
living out of the pilgrims. I'LL up the
entire village, which is thus as com
pletely dependent for existence upon
the supernatural powers attributed to
Ste. Anne as Coney island is upon
the pleasure-seeking pilgrimages from
Gotham
The many miraculous cures which
have been the result Of a visit to this
shrine are so numerous as to confount
the incredulous. Here devout believ-
ers have cast away their crutches, the
blind have had the blessing of sight
restored, and disease has fed at the
touch of the sacred relics of the saint.
Pilgrimages to this, the most famous
- l.
more numerous than those to Our
Lady of Lourdes, the shrine most rev.
erenced in Europe. From all parts of
the two Americas the believers in the
holiness of the saint throng to obtain
her intercession. Her shrine is al
ready rich with the votive offerings OF
those who have been benefited.
The same scenes which the late
Emile lola so realistically depicted in
his powerful series of novels may be
witnessed in Beaupre. The afflicted,
rich and poor alike. journey to the
shrine of Ste. Anne confident that
their prayers will be heard and their
ills remedied. Some come time after
time, with splendid faith. sure that
ultimately their wishes will be grant
ed while others experience immediate
benefit The rejoicings and enthusi-
asm which follow the announcement
of miraculous cure are wonderful in
their intensity. The strongest feelings
of deeply religious people find vent
in joyous praise of the saint, and I'M
answered suppliants renew their
pleadings for her intercession with
renewed zeal. A sight that fingers
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

overlooked ali around, and started the
grist mill off it's foundations and car
ried away the old wheel-it was like
a flood you know, of course, down
there at that end-and done about
$3.50 damages.
We'll! That opened our eyes you
know, to The necessity Of using some
sort of caution about where to let the
giant go in swimmin' Obviously, it
wouldn't do for us to let him jump in
anywhere, into any little bit of pond
that we might come across; it would
tost US too much money.
And Sd he and the old man had an
understanding that he wouldn't go in
any where without the old mans per-
mission; and we used to keep him out
Of the water all we could after that,
except when we showed at towns on
the Great Lakes, or at places on the
coast"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
FIREPLACE AS A MONUMENT.
Structure Recently Erected in IN
Eastern Graveyard.

Structure Recently Erected In IN
Eastern Graveyard.
In the old Smith graveyard, in the
town of Windham, Me.-which con-
tains eighteen Inconsistencies
H. Hunnewell has set up an extra
ordinary monument. In the middle of
the lot he has set up on brick case
a large iron open fireplace, with the
long crane hanging in the upper part.
This fireplace did duty for years in
the old Hunnewell house, which is
still occupied by Mr.. Hunnewen and
mis- family" says the Kennebec Jour
aal. The old bricks in front Of the
fireplace are the ones originally used
in the house, as are the andirons
which impart to this strange mcau-
ment such aft the word is permits
,sible in this connection-hospitab
look. The frame which is inserted in
this great open fireplace contains a
printed record of eight generations
of Hunnewells, or from 1854 to Nov. l,
1901, a period of 247 years. In addi-
ton, the frame contains surrounding
the family record on all sides
pictures of some of the oxen, sows,
hogs and poultry owned by Mr.. Hun
newell ard which drew prizes at the
fairs. There is also a large picture
representing a farm scene in winter.
The frame contains pictures of seven
hens, two hogs, four cows, six oxen
in seven pictures, and one group pic
ture OF various domestic animals.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

same breath with the drunken cow
boys of the plains. They look upon
the small farmer and the agricultural
laborer as clodhoppers whose only use
is TO swell the Republican majority
on election day Trusts. to them, are
a blessing.
Is 1t not about time the Labor worm
should turn and defeat the Republic
ans and their vicious policies and their
impudent audacity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
oId.Tlme Chess PLAYER.

Carl August Walbrodt, whose death
is reported from Berlin, was one of
the well-known masters of modern
chess and among the Germans was
ranked second only to Tarrasch. He
was only 80 years old, yet had been
conspicuous player for about dozen
years. His early successes were re
markable and unbroken until 1894,
when he was beaten by Tarrasch.
He was player Of the intuitive sort
and could never be induced to take up
the profound theoretical studies in
which most German chess players de-
light
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

told man one day, runs paralyzed
10 Lexington avenue" At another
time, one story goes. he was reading
to an outgoing platoon a list of some
clothing that had been reported
stolen. One item was a kersey coat.
Next on the list, men," he an.
nounced, in his rich brogue, lis a ker.
osene coat" 1t was this captain who
directed a patrolman to open a win
dow in the station house and 'putrefy
the air"
1t was not this captain, but a SER
geant now dead. who, while testifying
in a trial at police headquarters,
asked permission of the commission
er to correct his testimony, saying:
Mr.. Commissioner, wish to re-
tract the veraeity of my former state
ment"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
A New York Police CAPTAIN.

A police captain who was dismissed
from the force this week was respons-
ible for many amusing stories based
on his use-or misuse-of words, says
the New York Evening Post. Once
he asserted that he never paid any
attention to unanimous letters On
another occasion he is said to have re-
ferred to his possession of a vera
.cious" appetite. Third avenue. no
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

would probably be no other reason for
one in that neighborhood. An enor-
nous wharf has been built out into
the st. Lawrence to accommodate all
the steamboats, bringing pilgrims
there. A railway has been built from
Quebec. twenty-one miles distant, with
double line of rails. arranged for
both electric and steam railway trains,
to convey there the pilgrims who pre-
fer to travel by land.
The church, or rather, basilica, con-
tanning the shrine of the saint and the
sacred relics is a magnificent stone
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
Republicans viii Not Move Now.

Under the headline, Promise and
Performance" the Quincy; H.. Her
aid remarks: The Republican party
promised in its national platform Of
1900, to favor such legislation as will
effectively restrain and prevent the
abuses of monopoly and the extortions
of the trusts. Two sessions of CON
gress, both absolutely dominated by
the Republican party. have been held
since that promise was made, but not
one line of legislation intended to re-
strain and prevent trust extortion has
been written into the federal stat
utes."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

north and south of us, and build
bridges and public highways that we
may visit and trade with each other
1t is best for US to ser in the dearest
and buy in the cheapest markets and
to be free to bring our purchases home
without being waylaid by tariff rob
bers who take half of our purchases.
Stop the thieveryl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
What He Was rakinn.

A story is told OF a professor of a
certain university who was unable to
find out what classes We're attended
by certain prominent member of the
football eleven. One day. after prac-
uce, he accosted the Eridiron gladiator
with the following question: What
are you taking at college, MIR. Blank"
Whereat the famous half-back re-
sponded glibly, Baths. p7;.tc.pally."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

long in the memory is the return from
the church Of band of pilgrims with
one Of their number who has been re-
stored to health. Even the callous
unbeliever would find his pulses
quicken at the sight of such intense
devotion and sublime faith.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
Nxe EamIIx 10 AoId EeunL,n.

The Nye family. of which The ia.
nous humorist, Bill" Nye was a
member, formed an association at
Sandwich, Mass. and will hereafter
hold yearly reunions,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
n,rls Folly to be Miss.n

hold it to be fact that if all per-
sons knew what they said of each 9TH
er, there would not be four friends in
the wcTld-Pascal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
children in southern MilIs.

1t is said that the Southern textile
mills employ $4,000 children under six
teen years Of age.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

I am convinced that il is by his per-
sonal conduct that any msn OF ordi-
nary power viii do The greatest
amount OF good .hat Is in him to do
John Ruskin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

Many woman WAC makes a man
mighty poor wife makes him a rich
husband
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

To do good and be evilly spoken OF
IL AiRg'y. the Great
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-26
LEMONADETHE LATEST DIET
Curious Food Fad of a Club of Wo
men In Portugal.

Curious Food Fad of a Club of Wo-
men In Portugal.
1.-THE only way to prevent poverty is
to convince persons that it is unnec-
essary for them to eat" So says the
Baroness Stemsel, and. what Is more,
she practices what she breaches, says
the Chicago Record Herald. For many
wears the baroness resided in one of the
Baltic provinces, but recently she re-
moved to Lisbon, and there she form
ed, with several other women, club,
the members of which have pledged
themselves not to eat anything. Two
glasses of lemonade day every mem
Der may indulge In, but nothing more.
The baroness says that she has lived
a long time on this daily allowance or
lemonade, and she defies doctors to
prove that she is not as healthy and as
vigorous as any ordinary woman OF
her age. Solid food, she claims, does
much more harm than good, and she
warns every one who desires to be-
come a member of the club that in
slant expulsion will be her fate If she
dares to eat even as much as mouth
full of bread.
In this strange experiment both the
Lisbon doctors and restaurant keepers
are much interested and for obvious
reasons.