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

next story. Again he hooked himself
far, caught another ladder, hooked
1t into the next window and so, quicS
ly and apparently without the least
fear or shrinking, mounted to the roof
with dash and spring, which made
the crowd of children who were watch
ing him in Sixty-eighth street, give a
mingled howl of terror and admira-
ton. With the same confidence in
himself, No. 5 descended from his
lofty perch, unlocked the ladders,
passed them down to the men below
him, and finally leaped to the ground
with a broad smile ON his face.
The instructor had not said a werd
through the whole performance. untH
No. had taken his seat, when he
said:
Good work, No. S. No. Z, build a
chain," and another man started to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

There Pug Police
did his eight
policemen n back
fs omcia record that instrumental
thousand They were that nobody counted them
hours
uoter rug couldn't do as well
But the whole
ne was put in the
1hat is light job either
comes call from distant
kept at it for four
h the veterinarian looked him
was no place left for him list
in
and the that he Of
HIS feats
bid They his
master Policeman Baldwin
me policeman bought
He was go the president
in his
his sale Then people who
noble
horses toll end
amo in
some and knowing went to the auctnee
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

"a dangerous business-too danger.
GUS for mel | wonder how these fire.
men get the nerve to risk their lives
like that?" and the grocery clerk who
had been watching a crew of fremen
build a chain of ladders up the sheer,
bald side of the blazing tenement
house opposite. lodged to get out
of the way of fire engine
Unmindful of the suffocating smoke
and the flames, firemen were scaling
the high wall. BY means of ladders,
consisting of hickory sticks, from
which branched short pegs for steps
on either side, with hook at the end,
to hang the ladder from the window
sill above, they built perpendicular
staircase from the pavement to the
roof Then, climbing nimbly from sill
to sill, they began the work Of res.
cue. Tying ropes around the half
crazed tenement dwellers, they low
cred them swiftly, but safely, to the
street, or, grasping children in their
arms, they themselves sprang into the
air, and by means of the life rope
twisted around the hooks in their
belts, they slid down to the street as
lightly as ball of down.
Those who, like the grocery clerk,
wonder how the fireman gets his
nerve, may learn the reason by visit
ing fire headquarters, in East Sixty
seventh street. In the big yard to
the rear, which faces In Sixty-eighth
street, the raw recruits who hone
some day to wear the blue uniform
and fire AK buttons of New York
fireman. are taught how to save life,
and, most of all, how to get a fire.
mans nerve.
The morning class was thus being
put through their round of work one
day recently, and one of the pupils
had fastened his scaling ladder in the
top window on the sixth floor of the
Fire Headquarters building, on the
rear CT which the men are drilling
when Capt. Andrew F. Fitzgerald, who
was instructing the class in the alb.
sence Ut the chief, shouted:
Hey. there, No. 4, what's the mat.
terri Afraid?" The man had fastened
mis- ladder and was climbing up t. the
window above with a cautious. ner-
vous tread, as IL he expected every
instant the ladder he was on would
break and he would go crashing down
into the life net below. No. 4 made no
answer, but only chung to the ladder
more timidly.
Go ahead up!" shouted the instruc-
tor; use your hands. your ladder IL
all rigat-" But No. climbed stlll
more cautiously, and reaching the
roof at last. slowly drew himself over
the edse.
"Thar follow win never make a fire.
man" said the instructor, in an under
tone. He wants to do the work. but
he can I. He can't get the nerve.n
Then. after pause, the captain said.
Nov watch this man and see the
difference. This fellow is born for
the business" Turning around to the
class, he shouted
No. 5. build a chain"
No. leaped from his seat. Crashed
a scaling ladder. hung the two-foot
steel hook at its end on the sill of the
second story window. and then, lightly |
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

repeat the feat. After the work of
building chains of ladders. teams OF
two men each we're put to work
standing on the sills," and thus one
man would stand on the sill of a win.
dow. and hook ladder into the win.
dow above. while his comrade would
stand inside and hold fast to his belt
In this way two men, with a single
ladder, would quickly mount to the
roor. The feat of "straddling TIE
sills" followed. where a man without
the help of comrade within, hung
TO a window and hooked his ladder
into the easement above.
Il wouldn't order any of them 1,
do that kind of work when they first
come here said the instructor. II
don't believe in endangering the lives
Of the men. work them higher al
they develop nerve. All these men
are what are called probationary men
After making out an application for a
position on the force. they are given
a mental and physical examination.
and If successful they are sent hero
for instruction. After the three weeks
of work here, learning to handle seal
ing ladders, to tie knots, and. most
OF all. to get nerve. the probationary
man is assigned to a fire station.
where he learns the alarms, the ap-
paratus of trucks, engines, harness
and all the various appliances of fire
machinery. After he has shown his
fitness here he gets his uniform"
How many of saese probationary
men get their uniforms?" was asked
Nearly ALL" was the answer.
These fellows have made up their
mind to be firemen before they make
application. They have a pretty good
idea of the work. Although they do
not, perhaps, realize fully the hard
ships of the life. they know IL is NO
barkeeper's job. They come to the
training yard and see what a course
of sprouts they will be put through.
and the towards quit before they
start A few like No. show soon
tina. they cant get their nerve, and
drop out from sheer fright. The out
slider says that we risk our lives.
Well, we do sometimes; but. as the
life insurance companies will tell you.
there is no greater percentage of
deaths among firemen than in the
average trade. And that is because
we have confidence in ourselves. In
other words. we get nerve. They fol-
low this life because they love it,
New York Exchange.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
Woman Encourages
invention.

from off his feet
to chilling
Inconsistency his bu day gets
a,d into the saloon with bows SIT
worth of which neither he nor heyw wanted vas
oeu'e"0" being good fellow A a lobster
vaeiatng nonenuty This being
When young trying be
universal favore who
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

moor ana ne is told TO PICK out the
most glorious flag on earth he'll take
the American colors up in his teeth ev-
cry time and toss his head with them.
And he has served the city faithfully
for twelve years
That is the history of all four-footed
servants that eat the citys oats: For
five years or ten the comfortable quar-
tiers of the Are horse and the jingle of
the silver engine bells, or soft stall
in the park and daily tour of duty in
the bright blue and yellow trappings of
the mounted police.
Then the auction block and the small
bridesmaids wagon, or maybe the
peddler's cart, with work from dawn
to dark in old age; and very soon after
that a speedy journey to the last place
for poor old horses-the ofYal dock
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
no Pension for the BoTses...
Bare Coz In Old Use or TIE
Gigs Faithful Seruaqts....

This is the head of Old Joe of
begin this
and he likely
dies
did
When the
their
ey nave served long and faithfully the
their lives the force
in like etch.
Joe has been twelve in the in
held the quicker than
other -
his collar
-when the alarm bell
told o o t -
he does lots Of tricks When
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

With
the roof with their fellow
selves and therefore their
have hit little scheme evil
grading the tasks suit
different look
in prime department YOU m
mile
a
Caw the andsomest
and
the butt
of
dashing Riverside
the children
to impossible
the wall across the street
the railroad tracks beneath
aroun a he
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

After six years police duty he died
'gentleman's death" in his own stall,
with his master beside him. Spinal
meningitis carried him off before the
time came for the city to wash its
hands of him and leave him to the ten
der mcrcies of chance purchaser.
With Policeman Baldwin on lis back
he won the blue ribbon time and again
as the best trained and best ridden
police horse at the annual show. Then
he did tricks, too.
He loved to play policeman. When
his rider dismounted he took that as
LIS cue to patrol the beat, and Z
another policeman appeared would
playfu.ly push him off the road with
his nose, just as if he were indignant
that his territory had been infringed
upon.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

bueshir in knew him. The
bestdNiplined
Riverdac. He lived 0 Of death
No ever thought Of insulting h wit
about the nbng evening he did tricks
70
One day they found him in heap stricken
yards from quarters To help him impossible
shot him
He the only animal of the green old
untroubed by toll in his last daysNew
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
The pleasures Of Polo.

James II. Proctor of the Myopia
Hunt club, Boston, treasures unique
souvenir of his last game of polo. He
recently received a terrific blow in
the mouth from an opponents club.
The jaw was broken and one tooth left
deeply imbedded In the head of the
mallet. This piece of ivory in its
wooden setting is now one OF the
most conspicuous trophies in Mr..
Proctor's collection.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

been expected 10 DO that.
The other two horses hung over the
rails, suspended in the harness. One
was injured by the broken ratings and
died. The children in the street were
safe.
So only the pair are left. No other
horse in the Fire Department ever took
such leap as Baby did and the COM
pany is proud of it. None of it's mem
bers needs much urging to tell the
story of that ride.
Just once the city did pension fire
horse, He was old Jim of Engine 33.
Fourteen years he had spent in the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27
Philosophical Observations
BY BYRON WILLIAMS

II AEAEOOUpEkIAuA NUONA FG@GAOAAO < |
H BYRON WILLIAMS
Despite a tooth there is
murder about daily blood man shall sn his GSa
IT.; . os The pro
80 of stock of they must be there with the ]
s aa pu 1sst RaD ns 1s out the sensational
effect Dryden
may pass unpublished time
But tardy justice will crime"
Yet do murder punished Why
dies the this the
f to blot out human existence George Henry Lew says murder
dgneracy majority
getting responsible for much blood shedding
@ b o. business men clash their tempe give way they murder o
who has the primrose path Of daance vice suddenly con
pungss lower and falls to the Hamlet who
murderer who slips behind kills cold blood
aral The
but occasionally we be spared from criticism drop tear OF
sympathy metphorialy speaking upon his
ses explains ss why w"
for U.s. r.''"''' Was N neirnpors goat
Thus hope
To make well versed!"
Ike Holmes who dared
@ a% f ss the and T0s us0us effort TO be
There was from POdu
He hung up his clothes
elepnoneo
While almost got bad fall yesterday
t "nsy happened"
a funamDulst walked a wire
p n ps f her bee nsaa aGs s it bs1n the sky
TO avoid ttilating the man in the
Yet we quake when we ponder what i'll might have been
Had her headgear but ickled the
y ssnse there others but
DC very ludcrOus
certain manufacturing firm of the
ora shears To date their for it, the
cssorse nough to edit
ness GDsFa one a night provided there editors
Shears he shears, along tmehonored paste
dysDeptc has uenated
o DPas @ rn IF ssr rusty shears guided by the brain of man who ns"
that shears as well as the sword and the Den have
been prominent in civilization and progress of this wonderful country
many editors with strong ap bodied hands have missed their calling
the real artist work with his shears
dexrous in his with his
houpman chooses his
h b at eg mma ons use Of tine editorial shears viii
BEGINNING on the northeast capering around the limit
fairly over
dispatch so esaas paste nta
must cling fast the medieval proverb that practice
single
ders off into the andin invention
vb youer Are evolving
single use all next sumner What's the Use of making
when the world is fun of shirts with
Tell chance
whole kit Quit flirting women make np co T
of oblivion in their
to
ner the howerbodered path
a
ed mayw want
state man has
the best that
right he
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-27

First Railway In 1925.
Europe had it's first railway in 1895
America two vea-s iatar
Amador ledger., 1903-12-25
Animal Rarometers.

The tortoise is not an animal one
would naturally fix upon as likely to
be afraid of rain, but it is singularly
so. Twenty-four hours or more before
rain falls the Galapagos tortoise makes
for some convenient shelter. On a
bright clear morning, when not cloud
is to be seen, the denizens of tortoise
farm ON the African coast may be seen
sometimes heading for the nearest over
hanging rocks. When that happens, the
proprietor knows that rain will come
down during the day, and, as a rule, 1t
comes down in torrents. The sign new
er fails. This presensation, to coin a
word, which exists in many birds and
beasts may be explained partly from
the increasing weight of the atnos-
phere when rain is forming, partly by
habits of living and partly from the
need of moisture which is shared by
all. The American catbird gives warn
ing of an approaching thunderstorm
by sitting on the low branches of the
dogwood tree [whether this union of
the feline with the canine is invariable
the deponent saith not, uttering curl
Gus notes. Other birds, including the
familiar robin, it is said, give similar
evidence of an impending change in
the weather.
Amador ledger., 1903-12-25

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writes Mrs L. Poore, of Hinesdale, KY, to DR..
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Amador ledger., 1903-12-25
MacMahon and Grevy.

In Paris in the revolution Of 1880 a
law student was soundly kicked by one
of the kings officers for tearing down
a copy of the ordinances placarded on
the wall. The officer was armed, the
student was not; so the latter ran
away. Nearly half century later, in
1870, the officer called upon the stu
dent to bid him goodby, having just
resigned the presidency of the French
republic on account of a radical differ
ence with the majority of the national
assembly on questions of state policy.
He combined with his adieus also a
graceful word of congratulation on
the students election to succeed him in
the presidential chair. The student
was Jules Grevy; the officer was Pa
trice de MacMahon, who died ripe in
years and honors.
Amador ledger., 1903-12-25
Englishwomen of Rank.

IF you come across very shabby
looking Englishwoman on the con-
tinent," said Travelled American, 'in
nine cases out of ten she will turn out
to be somebody of rank When 1 was
in Florence, 1 was a great frequenter
of the Ufizzl galleries, and there met
a number of times an oldish English
woman with young girl, whom 1
took to be governess and pupil, as the
former was evidently educating the
latter's taste for art and would analyze
the styles of the different artists and
make the girl pick out their pictures
through her knowledge of technique.
1t was cleverly done, and as the older
woman saw that I was interested in
her art lectures she kindly included
me in the curriculum. The girl was
shy and stiff, like most of her young
countrywomen, and 1 never heard her
call her companion by any name, so L
still retained my first impression until
one day when smart young person,
who was evidently a lady's maid,
brought in some wraps and addressed
the older woman as your grace and
the younger one as your ladyship,' the
two proving to be the Duchess of -
and Lady Emily her granddaughter"
Philadelphia Ledger.
Amador ledger., 1903-12-25
A Bret Harte Story.

Bret Harte was once asked in Lon.
don if he did not exaggerate some of
his western character creations. He de-
clared that he did not and told this
true story, which he had always fear
ed to put into print: A well known des-
perado came into a saloon, and of
course those who knew him had busi-
ness elsewhere at once An English
tenderfoot remained, and the bad man
invited him to drink. The Britisher
innocently said he did not care to do
so, dangerous remark to make in
those days, whereupon the desperate
wearily reached for his gun and said
in a tired sort Of way, Cant l ever
have drink without killing man"
Amador ledger., 1903-12-25
ParneIps superstitions.

Charles Stewart Parnell was one of
the strongest men that ever lived, but
he had numberless superstitons. Once
a colleague of his brought him the
draft of bill to the cell he was then
occupying in Kilmainham. 1t was in
thirteen clauses. Parnell was Mortified.
He insisted that somehow or other q
fourteenth clause should be added.
Once Parnell saw a colleague with
three lights in his bedroom. He was
quite uneasy until he saw one of the
lights put out l Travelled with him
once when he had scarf that had
been presented to him by a lady ad-
mirer. There was some green in the
scarf. One of his superstitions was
that green was an unlucky color He
used to say, half joke, whole earnest,
that all the misfortunes of Ireland
came from the fact that her color was
green. He was very much put out by
this scarf. 1t was In the days when
the habeas corpus was suspended in
Ireland and we were sleeping on the
mail boat at Kingstown and were not
to start for Holyhead till next MORN
ing. He was quite sure the green scarf
would have us arrested before we left
in the morning.-M. A. p.
Amador ledger., 1903-12-25

Don't forget the old man
with the fish on his back.
For nearly thirty years he
has been travelling around the
world, and is still travelling,
bringing health and comfort
wherever he goes.
To the consumptive he
brings the strength and flesh
he SO much needs.
To all weak and sickly
children he gives rich and
Strengthening food.
To thin and pale persons
he gives new firm flesh and
rich red blood.
Children who first saw the
old man with the fish are now
grown up and have children
of their own.
He stands for SCOTS Emul-
sion of pure cod liver ola
delightful food and a natural
tonic for children, for old folks
and for all who need flesh and
strength.
SCOTT e. BOVINE, Chemists,
4Oo-415 Pearl Street, New York.
SOC. and $1.OO; all druggists.
Amador ledger., 1903-12-25
DANCE IN THE kLONDIKE
Euaousn MilIer's story and the Way
He Clinched 1t.

hua0usn Miller's Story and the Way
He Clinched 1t.
AT one of his lectures Just after his
return from the Klondike Joaquin Mil
Ter told the following story: zone night
1 was invited to dance in a miners
cabin, and while Bill Dalton scraped
away en- his fiddle we Just hoed it
down. But the miners tramped in and
out so much between dances that be-
fore midnight the ladies declared the
floor was so slippery they couldn't
dance another step unless something
was done. Then something was done
that never was possible in mining
days In California. Each miner gal
lantly opened his buckskin powder
pouch and sprinkled gold dust ON the
floor! And this was repeated through
out the night. And in the morning,
ladies and gentlemen, those miners
never troubled themselves about sweep
ing up that gold dust They just hitch
ed up tlgit dog sleds and rode away"
AT this point of Miller's narrative
there was a slight agitation in the au-
dience, an ominous sign of incredulity,
but Miller was equal to it. With a
wave of his hand toward one of the
boxes, he said, "And my old friend up
there in the box, Captain John Healy,
will substantiate what 1 say"
1t was a master stroke of the poet,
for the house burst into applause and
greatly embarrassed the modest mil
lionaire mining and railroad promoter
of Alaska, who unsuspectingly had ac-
cepted Miller's invitation to attend the
lecture in the afternoon.
Amador ledger., 1903-12-25
Beautie. of Red Tape.

A typical instance of the war office
methods is furnished by a correspond
ent on one of our stations. An officer
having occasion for the use of a screw
driver made application for the supply
of that humble but handy implement
from the government stores. His appli-
cation was banded about in the usual
manner from officer to officer and final
ly reached the upper authority, from
whom a reply filtered back by the same
devious ways to the effect that screw
drivers were only supplied in tool
boxes and not singly. Nothing daunt-
ed, the officer at once applied for
box of tools and after the usual cir
cumlocutory tactics was informed that
boxes of tools were only supplied
to carpenters shops By this time the
officer, who had quite forgotten what
he had wanted the screwdriver for,
had thoroughly entered into the spirit
of the campaign, and his next applica-
ton was for a carpenters shop. He
got it.-London Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1903-12-25
VIRGINIA COURTESY.
BY It's Operation Mr.. Culpepper Cam,
Into Hia Own


1t is the story of polite and polished
Virginia gentleman and his landlady,
also polite, polished and a Virginian.
1T rained on day not long ago, and
when Mr.. Culpepper looked for his
umbrella in the terra Gotta tile in the
hall it was not there. Mr.. Culpepper
was far too courteous to say that some
body had taken it. He didn't even say
1t was gone. He merely looked at the
terra Gotta tile and cherished regrets
1t was raining, and he had no umbrel-
la. The courteous landlady came upon
him and OWNED his trouble.
Haven't you any umbrella?" she
asked. "Oh, that's too bad! You
mustn't think of going out without
one. Just wait moment till get you
mine"
Mr.. Culpepper protested, but when
bound to prevail in the end. The land
lady went upstairs and presently re-
turned with an umbrella.
"There," said she. HTake it shan't
need it today, and you are perfectly
welcome to it, perfectly welcome"
And the grateful Mr.. Culpepper
stepped out and unrolled an umbrella
which was the very one he had lost.
Courteous Virginia gentleman, courte-
GUS Virginia landlady, and you needn't
ask me how the umbrella came to
change owners, for 1 don't know. Mel
ther does Mr.. Culpepper.-Washingto
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