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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
A VERY FINE MUMMY.
Body Of Priest Unearthed After -Four
Thousand Years.

Body Of Priest Unearthed After -Four
Thousand Years.
The German Oriental society las
been most successful in its explora-
tons at Abu-Sir in Egypt, and most
interesting finds" were distributed
among the Berlin museums during the
month of October. One of the most
Important discoveries was a. perfectly
preserved mummy of Jen En- Jechvet,
the high priest of the temple, who
died about 1000 years before Christ.
The body was found in family vault,
which also contained the remains of
his priest and reader and their wives.
Only three tombs of such an age have
been found in good preservation dur
ing the last century, and this is the
first time that the contents have been
brought safely to Europe. Jen lay in
his coffin enveloped In a brown linen
shroud, just as he had been placed
there 1000 years ago. In accordance
with the fashion of the time, he has
small side whiskers, and longer tuft
on his chin, and his eyes are made to
appear unnaturally long by means of
the careful application of rouge. The
wig, which is large and parted down
the middle, has blush tint verging
on green, and must originally have
been the color of lapis lazuli, in imita-
ton OF the hair worn by Egyptian
gods. The mummy was lying slightly
on the left side, as Egyptians sleep to-
day, and the head rested on a sup
port such as is still in use in the
Soudan. The eyes are turned toward
the rising sun. Two stats were found
beside the body and a little wooden
statue.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
Book Of comfort Tor Mourn.rs.

Quite a successful business by pre-.
pairing obituary albums has been
built mp by n New York man. He
has 1900 daily newspapers from diff.
ferent cities of the country, and clips
from them obituary notices. Then he
approaches surviving relatives to see
II they viii not buy an album prepared
from these notices, and the letters of
coincidence they may have received
He has fixed prices for everything.
Each obituary clipping is cents.
kilograms and cards are 10 cents.
Mrs. John w. Mackay has two or
three albums prepared from the no
tees about her husband. There were
over 5000 clippings about him. Sam
uel d. Babcock and Bert Reiss were
also subjects for voluminous albums.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05

The Earl of Carnarvon who chained
the limbs of the Carnarvon yew was a
scholar. a poet and statesman He
II was who created the Dominion OF
Canada. carrying through the Cana
dian bill in 1867. when he was colonial
minister
His name was Henry Howard Molly.
neux Herbert. He was born in 1881
and he died in 1890. Educated at Elton
and at Oxford. he entered the House
of Lords on attaining his majority.
and he was under secretary Of state
for the colonies from 1857 to 1859. sec
rotary OF state from 1866 to 1867 and
from 1874 to 1878. and lord lieutenant
of Ireland from 1885 to 1887. He made
admirable translations of the Aga
memnon" OF Aeschylus and of the
Odyssey" Of Homer: he edited the
Letters Of Lord Chesterfield" (his an
cestor). and he was the author of
number OF brilliant essays on hlstori:
cal subjects.
Such man as this. 1t is evident.
must have put a great deal OF faith in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
GarfieId,s Nomination.

AT the Republican national conven.
ton in 1880 the Blaine Half-Breeds Ito
use the nomenclature of the day. and
the Grant Stalwarts, 306 in number,
Rugged each other in death grapple.
They crushed each other and Garfield
scampered off with the nomination
for president When leaving Wash
ington to attend the convention as
leader of the Sherman delegates, Gar
field was asked by John Randolph
Tucker of Virginia: Whom are Won
going to nominate?" Garfield ia said
to have loved Ran. Tucker. They were
FAR asunder in politics, but there were
love and affection and intellectual
kinship between the Virginian and
the Ohioan. Garfield put his arm
around fuckers shoulders and whis.
pered Keep your eyes on me-" And
so 1t was. Garfield became President
and Blaine took the secretaryship of
state, Ito keep his hand on the helm :"
his friends said. "To watch the Peru.
Wan guano BEDS" his enemies re.
Piled Washington Letter to Rich.
mond (Va.) Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
TOLD OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.
shrewd Answers Given by Tots in Elk.
limitations.


limitations.
The word govern" was on the
board and the pupils were asked to
name derivatives therefrom. Governor
was easy, and there were many who
could give such examples of its use,
as, Mr.. Bates is Governor. Mr.. Crane
Is Governor" but when governable
and ungovernable were mentioned
there was no proper example of their
use offered, as the children seemed
to have no acquaintance with them at
ALL. AT last one held up a hand and
said with confidence, ooh, / know
teacher. CASTOR is ungovernable."
CASTOR was the defeated candidate
for Governor of Massachusetts at the
recent election.
On another day exercises in draw
ing being in order, one child was told
to draw person sitting in a chair.
When called up some time after, she
showed a sketch of child, or a very
small person, standing at the side of
chair, as tall only as the seat of the
chair. But" said the teacher why
didn't you make this person sitting
in the chair, as l told you to?" "Oh."
said the child, when you called me up
was just going to bend er."-Boston
Transcript.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
A Patriotic Mexican.

Pedro Alvarado of Parrai. Mexico
said to be worth $40 900, 900, haa offer,
ed his entire fortune to the govern.
ment Of tie republic, the money to be
used in liquidating a part of the
national debt. which now amounts TO
about four times the amount named.
Senior Alvaraao explains that his
wealth came from mines title to
which was given him by the govern.
ment and that therefort he can well
AFFORD to crafty his desire The gov.
eminent has declined his offer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05

Something tells me that he died when
that limb fell"
And there came. a day later, a let.
Ter TO the servants at Briefly Park
which said that Lord Carnarvon's i'll.
ness had taken turn for the worse,
on June Is. and on the morning of
June 19 he had died.
One of the most beautiful of the
Countesses of Carnarvon was daugh-
ter OF Lord Henry Howard, and
granddaughter Of the Duke of Norfolk.
Tier death was sudden. II was thought
that she died of heart trouble. brought
on by shock. But the story is that on
an August evening in 1876 she stood
at one of the drawing room windows
OF Briefly Park, watching the passage
OF violent rain and thunder storm.
when there came a binding flash of
lightning and Lady Carnarvon
shrieked and fell dead to the floor
That same lightning flash tore from
the Carnaryon yew one OF its topmost
branches.
Besides these there are four other
cases of deaths among the earls OF
Carnarvon that are said 10 have been
coincident with the falling of
branches from the Carnarvon yew but
they are neither such well authenti-
Gated nor such striking cases as the
three recounted here.
These three may have been mere
chance medley, perhaps they might all
be proved, on careful scientific investi.
cation, to have not leg to stand on;
but the fact remains that the Carnar.
Won yew In Briefly Park has all it's
limbs held up with iron chains and
cables, and it was so intelligent man
as the late earl--the translator of the
odyssey" the creator of the Dominion
of Canada-who put these chains and
cables there.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05

burst open the door, The Earl of Car
nRrvon lay dead in his bed.
He had been dead, the physician
said, eight hours and, eight hours be-
fore, precisely, keeper, pacing the
park for poachers. had seen a limb
blow down from the Carnarvon yew.
Henry George Herbert. the next earl,
died at Highclere castle, in Newbury,
in 1888. He had been i'll for some
weeks of fever but his illness was
not thought to be serious, His old
nurse, Mary Shaw, a woman of 50
years, was housekeeper, at this time,
of Briefly Park and on the morning of
June 10 she saw one of the heaviest
boughs of the Carnarvon yew bend
slowly and fall with crash to the
ground.
The MASTER" she said, SIS dead
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05

with his family from London to
seat at Briefly Park. Burton-on.Trent.
On the night of his arrival he retired
early little tired from the long jour.
ney. but otherwise in quite good
health.
There was great storm that night,
with hail, and strong wind blowing
out of the west In the morning, the
earl did not ring at the usual time for
his man servant. An hour passed, and
still he did not ring They knocked at
his door. He did not answer. They
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05

its trunk as well Hence it gives for h.
when the wind blows, the strangsst
and most dismal clanking
The tree Is called the CarnarS IN
yew and 1t is in credulous submission
to an old superstition that a earn ar
Won lately enchanted it, The super.
stition is that when limb OF the tee
Tails to the ground a member of the
Carnarvon family dies, and at CarDIr.
Won castle, in Carnarvon, Wales; at
Highclere castle. in Newbury; at Xix
ton Park, in Dulverton, and at Bres by
Park. in Burton-on-Trent- these ere
Csrnarvon estates the superstition is
believed in.
The Carnaryons and their people
tell of seven authenticated cases whsre
the old legend was borne out by fact.
and that is why they have n)w
chained their yew trees limbs to its
trunk. chained them very cunninyly,
so that the stout trunk carries nearly
all their weight, and it viii be scarce
" possible in the future for branch
either to fall or to be blown down.
Thus the Earls of Carnarvon think
they will cheat death. Thus is a me-
dieval superstition revived in modern
England.
The Carnarvons are a rich an an
cient and noted family. George Ed
ward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, the
present earl, owns 5000 acres, is the
patron of thirteen livings, and has
five country seats besides his town
house at No. 10 Berkeley square, Lon
don
The name Carnarvon means Fort
opposite Mona and Carnarvon cas-
tie. begun by Edward H., in 1928. is
the oldest and most imposing fortress
in Wales. 1t occupies the entire west
end of the old town of Carnarvon: il
is built throughout of cut stone; its
walls are eight feet thick, and here.
in the Eagle tower the first Prince of
Wales was born.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
Lac pIffIcuIty in the WAN.

"Your mother and l." said the old
man, severely, began in small way.
We had to live on $40 a week, and we
lived in two rooms"
That's all right, daddy" cooed the
girl, persuasively, "but IL Jim and |
lived that way that diamond star and
those lovely gold-lined things you and
mamma are going to give us would
III get stolen the first week. Besides,
.ow would they look alongside of
corned beef and cabbage and me
washing the dishes?v
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
Relief.

ooh, John" exclaimed the proud
mother, as her husband came YEARLY
up the front steps. baby is beginning
to walk"
Good" calculated the midnight
martyr. Nov he can do his own
floor walking at night"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
overomcious.

Whats the matter, Jimsby? You
look bothered"
81 am. 1 had happy home until
my wife joined one OF those philan-
thropic clubs and promised to DO some
little thing every day to add to my
happiness, and now she's got so many
ideas l can't rest"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
When the Tide is In.

The boats lay stranded on the beach.
Tangled with seaweed, dark and green,
A desolate and dreary scene,
AS far as the eye could reach:
The tide was out
How changed the view when day is done
The boats rode gayly in the deep,
Their white sails nodding as in sleep
Kissed by the setting sun;
Tho tide was in.
Thus many a life. in want and woe
Lies stranded on the barren shore;
But God is God forever more;
Take courage, for we know
The tide is coming in.
And lifted from the rocks and shoals
We sail upon the sunlit sea;
Night opens on eternity
Sweet rest for weary souls
The tide Is in.
Frank L. stanton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
A Cash Eniliualan4

i was thinking of having the
ushers offer my picture for sale at
say one dollar each" said the CON
ceited actor.
why not sell them at their face
yalueY" suggested Mr.. Crittick. Make
it thirty cents" "e
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
Didn't Wait to Hear.

Hewitt-Gruett says that you are
afraid OF him.
Jewett-Afraid of him! Why, II
was only yesterday that called him
everything | could think Of
Hewitt-What did he say?
Jewett--I came away from the tele.
phone as soon as had said all /
had to say.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
roc Great q Strain.

1.-THE late Col. Guppinger, 1 believe"
said the man who had called, after the
lapse of suitable time, to collect
materials for a biography, was a
thorough clubman, devoted hus-
band"
He was" interrupted the widow,
but people wouldn't believe that.
Just say he was a devoted husband"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
Really a Mere Trlflc.

Mr. Farwest-I met my old school.
mate. Lakeside, to-day, for the first
time in an age, and l thought from
the way he acted when l mentioned
you that you and he must have had
some romance or other before we
met.
Mrs. Farwest-No romance about it.
We were married for a few years.
that's all.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
His Blunder

Yes" said the aeronaut, my flying
machine is a failure. I'll know better
next time"
Wouldn't it fiy?"
mo. But that didn't make so much
difference. My mistake was in max
ing 1t so big that l couldn't bring it
into the lecture hall where the audi
ence could see it,"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
Memorx,s Instant Respons

"Willetts, who is that girl at the
other end of the parlor?"
1--WE been trying all evening to
think of her name. She's rather pref.
ty, don't you think?"
Rather pretty? By George, she's a
peach!"
"Ah, that helps me to recall her
name. She is a Miss Crawford"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
Sure of One sale.

Miss de Muir-"Mr Borus, how is
your new novel getting along?"
Struggling Author-"It's just fairly
started. I've written the last chapter,
though. 1t ends all right"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
On Both Sides.

,.. You say that your defeat was the
result of a put.up job?"
i do" asserted Politician De-
~, Slalter' and the worst of the put.up
1oo was the money they mcie me
put up before knew | was beaten .
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
His Enjoyment.

do you enjoy historical .novels2"
Yes" answered Mr., Cumrox. IT
like to read them and then reflect on
how lucky I am to live in time when
people refrain from making such con-
summate fools of themselves"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
Convinced.
DO you read Dickens?"

DO you read Dickens?"
:, NO." said Mrs. Comrox, rather loft
Perhaps you are one of those who
10 not regard him as representing the
best literature?"
am. l have seen his books offer.
ed Tor sale as cheap as twenty-five
cents copy"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
Dinner Table eallantrv.

The Hostess-You are such an epi-
cure, Mr.. Stuffer, that l was almost
afraid to ask you to dinner
Stuffer-But the pleasure of your
company more than compensates me.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
Her Preference.

Mother-"If you are a good girl,
Geraldine, win consent that you
have another piece of cake"
Geraldine would prefer, NAV,
that you should make that indulgence
dependent on the cakes being good"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05

There are more things done without
motive in this world than are dreamed
of by the police department.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
More to Corr.

6eggar-Say, boss, gimme a couple
oil cents for nights lodgin'.
Goodman-surely you can't get
nights lodging for a couple of pen.
MES?
Beggar-Well, gee whiz! YOU don1
spose you're de on'y easy mark I'm
goin ter touch, do you?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
Afraid Of rheatrlo.l -.

-, Heatrical Posters.
you? '"s Vi
,,, pawson--Jealous is no name for It.
why on our wedding trip she would
not even let me admire the naspery.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05

The average lake trout lays 5000
eggs each season, and the whltensh a
greater number.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
caved.

Held yov hear about that Min.
nesota man who committed suicide
because he couldn't get married?
She-o, Mr. Bicycles, would you do
such thing?
He--I don't know, might If
She-Percivall Take me. could
not live with such thing on my
conscience
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-05
rec That ForeteHs Death
Superstition Connects Old Yew with For
tunes ofthe Ancsent Eogllsh House Of Car
narvon Now Bond with Chains.
Especial Correspondence.)

N Briefly Park, one of
the seats of the Engl sh
Earls of Carnarvon, an
old yew stands in
chains. Never vas
criminal ironed like tais
tree. Its limbs are
bound round with gr-at
links and cables, sad
links and cables bad
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-30
FOREIGN NEWS.

A dispatch from Paris announces the
death of Madame Stolz, the operate
singer.
A strike riot occurred at Tifiis, Rus
STA, today. The strikers tried to stop
train, but were met by force Of mill
tary, who fired into the crowd killing
and wounding 2S persons.
A disastrous fire occurred on the
docks ofGrimsby, London, this morning.
When the blaze started strong breeze
was blowing and the fire quickly spread.
Many of the storage sheds for ropes
and other material were burnt out. The
damage amounted to $500, 900.
The opposition, which caused several
wild scenes of disorder in the Hunga.
rian Reichserath yesterday, left the
House at midnight, singing the Kos
suth hymn, and asserting that sitting
after midnight was illegal. The govern
ment adjourned the House at one
o'clock this morning after a sitting
lasting fifteen hours.
The Dominion liner Mayfower stranded to-
day while leaving her dock at Liverpool for
Boston. She was reaOated after three hours
and redoeked that divers might examine her
! bottom. She will probably sail tomorrow.
| The steamer had 200 saloon passengers, includ'
| ing Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald c. Vanderbilt
The passengers were landed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-30

KILLED BY JEALOUS WIFE.-Addle
Evans, about 80 years of age, was shot
and instantly killed Tuesday evening by
William Mrs. X. DAWSON Tug river,
near Matewan, w. Va. The women
we're neighbors, aud had been enemies
for sometime over the fact that Mrs.
Davis thought her husband paid the
Young woman undue attention. On
Tuesday Mrs. Davis saw her husband
walking along the highway with her
supposed rival, and she became so an
gered that a few hours later she procured
a rifle and went in search of Miss Evans,
She found her in the front yard Of her
home, and fired so quickly that Miss
Evans could not escape into the house,
and she fell dead, the bullet entering
Just under the right arm. Mrs Davis
after informing her husband Of her aw-
ful dead, secured more ammunition for
her Winchester, and was soon in hiding
in the West Virginia mountains along
the Tug. 1t is said that she escaped on
freight train CARRIED in mans attire,
and kilograms have been sent to the Off
cials in various towns tobe on the watch
for her. Mrs. Davis 5 husband is a rather
well-to-do citizen, having for years been
engaged in farming and the timber busi-
ness on a small scale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-30
Christian Scientists Surround Dying
Girl.


Wilmington. DEL, July SO.-Miss
Rebecca Ewes died at the home of Nor
man p. Johns, chief reader Of the
Christian Scientists, in this city last
night. In the investigation which fol-
lowed it developed that only the Christ
ian Science treatment had been given,
and that a physician had never been
called in.
Death resulted from malignant tumor
of the brain, and when the end came
the young woman was surrounded by
several Christian Scientists. Upon the
death being reported TO Deputy Coroner
John r. Kilmer he called in Coroner s
Physician Bastian, who declined to adj
vance a cause of death until he could
make an autopsy. Such was held, and
without further investigation Deputy
Coroner Kilmer issued a certificate OF
death from tumo-.
DIR. Bastian said that if the services Of
A surgeon had been secured in time
death would not have resulted. The
certificate issued by the Deputy Coroner
will permit of interment without inter
ference on the part of the Board O
Health.
Miss Ewes came to this city IRON
Millville, Pa, to take the Scents
treatment, under the supervision OF tn
Rev. Mr.. Johns.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-30
Novel Method of Treating Cancer.

Reading, Pa, July 3O.-A successful
treatment of cancer without the knife,
by novel method, was used last even
ing at the homeopathic hospital. The
method consists of sterilizing the cancer
by driving into it antisptic salts with a
strong electric current, the salts OF
mercury and zinc being used. From
seven to twenty-one days after the salts
are driven in the cancer comes Always
leaving healthy surface, which heals
over. The originator of the method,
DR.. G. Betton Massey, of Philadelphia,
superintended the treatment. The pres
emf condition of the patient leads to the
belief that the treatment will be success
full.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Governor Montague and Senator Mar
tin attended the Orange horse show.
w. P. Reid died at his home in UPS
peryille on the 29rd inst. in the 6Stn
wear Of his age. He was an ex-Conied-
crate soldier.
Blair Boiling, the missing Richmond
stockbroker, has been heard from. IL Is
said he will soon return to Richmond 10
straighten out his affairs.
Most of the Virginia stables OF show
horses are at the Orange horse show, the
largest being that Of Mr.. CORTLAND ID.
Smith, of Alexandria. Mr.. Smith took
several prizes yesterday.
William Rock, farmer, % years old,
of Goochland county, was arrested yes
terday, charged with blowing open the
postoflice safe at Columbia and carrying
away $50 in money and $3.50 in stamps.
Rock says he can prove an alibi.
John T. Cooley, jr., and K. Nelson
Goodrich, who left Fredericksburg some
months ago for South Africa to engage
in business, have returned. The climatic
conditions of the country and the ousi-
ness outlook were unfayorable to their
enterprise.
Hon. Henry st. George Tucker, Of
Lexington, is announced to address the
Potomac Baptist Association, which
meets in Leesburg August II, IL and
IA The association is composed OF the
counties of Loudoun, Fauquier, Prince
William. Fairfax, Alexandria and Stat
ford. and contains about sixty churches.
Mr. Tucker will deliver the address on
the Southern Educational Movement.
Three little girls, daughters of Victor
FLOYD. a storekeeper on the BROOKE
turnpike in Henrico county, got In an
ice box in the back yard of their father
store while at play yesterday. The heayl
| lid fell and they were unable to lift tn
TOP and their cries could not be heard
| A negro, passing through the yard
heard a moan, aud lifting the lid, foun'
the little ones nearly dead. All wer
revived.
Anderson Finch and Doc Bacon, tn
two negroes who were arrested FEY
DAYS ago at Chase City, on the charg
of attempting to commit criminal as
sault on Mrs. G. E. GeOghegan, residln
near that place, have been convicted
the County Court of Mecklenburg,
the charge against them, and yesterda
they were beth sentenced by Judg
; Holmes to be hanged in the county ia
ward on the I'd of September next.