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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
The CLIMBING Perch.

Very various contrivances are
known by naturalists to exist In GER
tain fishes for the purpose of enabling
them to exist independently Of con-
tinued residence in their native ele.
ment. One of the most notable of
these contrivances is seen in curious
fish known as the Climbing Perch"
(Anabas scandens) found in Central
Asia. Daldorf related that he cap
tured one of these fishes lin the act
of climbing a palm tree that grew near
pond" The average length of this
aquatic tree-climber is seven inches.
Examination of the head of the
climbing Perch" shows that it pos
sesses a very peculiar arrangement
of thin bony plates, so disposed as to
form highly intricate kind of laby-
rinth, the obvious function of which
is that of retaining supply of mois-
ture, serving the place of the water in
which the fish normally lives.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
At the Baden Corral

Juan Sylvia leaned from his saddle
and gazed into the lovely face lifted
to his own.
why weren't you at the corrals to-
day, Bonita? l watched all day and
not one sight of your beautiful face
rewarded me-"
mo, senior / was busy in the gar
den. You must remember that this is
violet time, and the time is short, so
they must be watered and gathered
each day. But / thought of you
yes-often, and the Yiolets whispered
of you"
Then, with a swift blush, she
dropped her eyes shyly, and-saw her
shabby shoes and coarse skirt.
When she looked up again, Juan
was shutting his lips firmly. He had
started to speak, but now, sitting
erect, he gathered up the RATA which
hung from his saddle and remarked
cheerily:
well, the father must surely let
you come tomorrow. We are to have
a great time at the corrals, for we
have 500 new cayuses and a newspa-
per reporter will be there to write up
and take cut pictures. Maybe you
would like to see how she does it?"
"She?" questioned Bonita breath
lessly. ''Is she pretty?"
mo, believe not" answered Juan
carelessly. AT least-well, you can
see her for yourself tomorrow"
his handsome head, he put the spurs
to his horse and was soon out of
sight.
Bonita stood with tightly clasped
hands, watching the fog as it rolled up
from the sea to swallow the strong,
erect figure on the galloping horse.
yes, will go tomorrow, if only to
see this girl, Something tells me-
but no, you must love me. You must
you have loved me always. / know
it, know it" she sobbed passionately.
And Juan Sylvia?
He, too, was murmuring to himself
or was. it to the image of 1.-the, gray
clad figure whose crown of golden
brown hair was half hidden by a trim
sailor hat.
Are you beautiful" he was ask
ing. NO, not beautiful as Bonita AL.
varez is. She is lovely, a darx-eyed
queen, but as untutored as the violets
she grows. While you-you make me
think of those other days, of the life
that might be mine, if it were not for
my old father. Why did he give me
that taste of civilization, only to
snatch me back to this?"
And yet, in his heart, he knew that
only the sight of Mildred Ayres, spe-
cial reporter on the New York Blazer,
had caused the old restlessness to re-
assert itself.
The next morning the corrals pre-
sented an animated scene, and Miss
Ayres, with her camera, was on hand
early.
The foreman who received her
spoke English, but poorly, SO, after
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04

first one is how to make two cold
liquids boiling hot by mixing them.
This requires only small vial, some
sulphuric acid and a little water. All
you have to do is to mix two parts of
sulphuric acid with one of the water.
Put the acid in the vial first and then,
when you have added the water. stir
the mixture together with glass rod
and the liquids will become hot in
stantly, and soon, If you have a Their
mometer, take the temperature and
you win find that it is above boiling
point
No end of curious results may be OBJ
tanned by simply mixing liquids to-
gether, provided you have the right
liquids. For instance, If you mix GER
tain liquids they will form an almost
solid mass. What could be more won
derful than this, and yet there are
few things simpler. Put few tea
spoonfuls of concentrated solution
OF silicate and potash into wineglass,
and add to it very gradually sulphuric
acid. 1t is better to add the sulphur
ic acid drop by drop. Now stir the
mixture together and in a very few
moments they will become converted
into an Opaque white mass which will
be nearly a solid.
Have you ever seen glass blowers
at work? If you haven't, you have
missed very interesting sight, but
1t win not prevent your being able
to do this little experiment, and be-
sides. it may give you some slight idea
of the glass blowers work. The ex-
pertinent is to unite glass tubes. To
do this you need simply two glass
tubes Of any size and kind you prefer.
Heat the two ends which you want to
join together over the flame of lamp.
Gas viii do, of course, but the lamp
fame is better. When they are sutfi-
GENTLY softened by the heat bring the
two ends together, and, having held
them that way for moment, twist
them In opposite directions with a
screwing motion In order that they
may be securely jointed. There will
now be a thickened ring of glass at
the place where the two tubes are
joined. This rather spoils the looks
of the tubes, but with a very little
more trouble it can be removed. one
end of the tube must be sealed up with
wax. or in any other way you desire.
Now soften the entire tube over the
lamp and then blow into the open end
of the tube. pulling gently at the tube
at the same time until the ring en-
tirely disappears and the whole tube
is equally cylindrical. The sealed end
of the tube may now be unsealed or
left just as you please. but it can be
used in more experiments if 1t is open
at both ends than il only one end is
free.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04

Mildred Ayres drew away from tho
frantic clasp and the tragic eyes an.
turned to hers. She almost wished
that she had given Juan her answer
at once.
She had decided in her heart that II
should be yes" but with a woAa a
perversity. she had wished - er
surrender. And now
He was mine always before ! you
came. Never, even when he went
away to school, did he care for an.
other woman-only me. And now. IL
you will 80 away. he will forget-and
come back TO me-
That night Mildred Ayres reasoned
with herself.
THE girl is right. do not love him
as she does. And | can live without
him. | love him for what he can give
me-surcease from anxiety, response.
bility and drudgery. She loves him
for his own splendid self. might tire
of him, or tire him. She never would.
And So
Then she wrote curt little note,
which belied the tears she had to wipe
away lest they blot the words
The next evening, with that curt
note crushed in his burning palm, Juan
sylvia rode back from San Francisco to
Baden.
Disappointment. wounded pride and
a fiery temper gave the black horse a
hard run, and it took only an hour to
roach ROnita's garden. where In tba
twilight, she gathered violets.
On an east-bound express, a woman
looked backward toward the setting
sun and murmured:
Il wonder if the girl was right?
Will he go back?"
For how could she know that in the
violet garden tremulous lips were pray.
ing for her, Ave after Ave, and the
midnight of those dusky eyes was
once more shot with golden lights?-
Lenora Bechler in Boston Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04

struggling shoulders and plying eyes,
she took her embittered way back to
the little garden, where she could pour
her grief into the ears of her violets.
And while Bonita suffered and grew
pale and lost the golden light in her
midnight eyes, the intimacy between
Juan and Miss Ayres grew. There
came a day when, as they walked
toward the tiny depot where she was
to take the train for San Francisco.
she said to Juan:
Il think this will be my last trip to
Baden, Mr.. Sylvia, for day after to-
morrow | start East How much you
have done to make my stay pleasant
and how much your excellent stories
have helped to advance my position
on my paper, | cannot explain to you,
but, believe me, am most grateful"
Upon these impersonal, convention.
al words broke the voice of Juan.
You shall not go! love you and
you must stay herewith me. In my
glorious West, where you shall never
write for money again, but only the
most beautiful things, as you feel
them"
Then came torrent of half-English,
half-Spanish love phrases that fairly
stunned the New York girl. What
should she say? 1t all sounded so
peaceful, SO inviting. to one who had
fought her way for several years.
The train came and went, and she
still stood, gazing out to the sea.
where the evening fog and the setting
sun were battling for supremacy. At
last she sighed and turned back to
the man.
Tomorrow win tell you. Come
to my hotel in San Francisco. and you
shall have your answer. And now
that have missed my train, while we
wait for another, let us see one of
those beautiful violet gardens of
which have heard so much. No; we
will not talk of-love, but of violets."
And so it happened that the un.
thinking Juan led her to the home of
Bonita Alvarez, whose yiolets were
the talk of Baden and beyond.
But when he saw Bonitas face. he
remembered, and cursed himself for
fool, that he had brought this other
woman to her whom, in an idle mo.
ment, he dreamed of loving. So he ex.
cused himself on the plea of wishing
to see Alvarez, and left the two girls
alone.
OF Bonita, Mildred Ayres knew
nothing. She plunged into the intrica.
cies of violet culture and was amazed
to feel suddenly a burning hand
clasped on her wrist.
mo, you shall not write. You shall
listen. Why have you done this to me
you who nave so much and so lit.
tie? He loved me first-yes, he would
have loved me always, but for you.
And 1t is not you he loves, but your
fine ways, and your costly clothes, and
the life you live that once was his.
Why-why could you not go back TO
that life-and leave my Juan for me?
You could live without him-could
forget him-but Ill win die"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
A Water candlestiok.

In proposing to make candlestick
of glass of water it is not intended
to offer substitute for the regular
sticks now in use, but a curiosity. To
make this little experiment get a piece
of candle three or four inches in
length, and in the bottom of it put a
nail or other convenient piece of
metal. the weight of the nail being
just enough to submerge the candle
down to a point Immediately below
the wick OF course the wick must
be kept out of the water.
A tall glass tumbler is the best for
the experiment, and it should be near
ly. but not quite, filed with water.
When everything is ready light the
candle, and you will find that 1t will
burn steadily, right at the surface of
the water, until it is entirely con
sumed.
The burning wick will remain at
the surface, because as the candle is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
Ancient lime.

The early Egyptians divided the
day and night each into twelve hours,
custom adopted by the Jews or the
Greeks probably from the Babyloni-
ans. The day is said to have first
been divided into hours from b. C. 293,
when a sun dial was erected in the
temple of Quirinus at Rome. Previous
to the invention of water clocks, B. G.
loS, the time was called at Rome by
public criers. In early England one
expedient of measuring time was by
wax CANDLES, three inches burning an
hour The first perfect mechanical
clock was not made until about A. D.
1850. Day began at sunrise among
most OF the northern nations, at sun
set among the Athenians and Jews, at
midnight among the Romans, as with
us.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
MAYOR scHMlTzs APT REPLY.
How city's Chief Executive Got Rid
of a Bore.

How city's Chief Executive Got Rid
of Bore.
Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco
tells of an untiring politician who de-
manded a position. To escape him
and kindred men the mayor hied him
self to the suburbs. And in the SUBJ
urbs the applicant halted the mayor.
The politician placed his cane behind
him and rested on it as a seat. Better
opportunity had never been presented
for arguing his just claim. His fidget-
ing caused the cane to move slightly.
Eyes. sir" said the office seeker. IT
am entitled to a position in the city's
service and am looking for an open
ing"
is there any kind of work to which
you are adapted?" asked the mayor.
The man took courage from the
question and said that any ktnd0sf an.
opening would suit
BY this time the mans unsteadiness
had brought the cane, which was bear
ing his weight, precariously near a
knot hole. The mayor thought. In
expectancy the applicant shifted his
position. The next instant he was
endeavoring to follow his cane through
hole in the board walk.
There" said the mayor, very
much relieved, is an opening for you.
Try and fill it; if you don't succeed.
see the board of public works. Dos.
ton Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04

"Juan's father is the richest ranch
ero, yes-and Juan he sent East to
college. Now he is back, and the
father is old and i'll, and Juan is mas
ter. And the senorita shall talk with
the master If she will"
All that day Juan walked at Miss
Ayers side Late in the afternoon
Bonita left her violet garden long
enough to make a hurried trip to the
corrals, but she stopped only a few
moments. Juan had forgotten her com.
ing. He was on the other side of the
big corral talking with Miss Ayres.
And so, leaving the cowboys behind
with their significant glances, their
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
M H%gZzZzN2NZ2s0

Is the same In both cases and caused
by the same conditions.
Perhaps 1t was thinking about this
that first made the scientists wonder
II all solid substances might not be
liquifled-that is. turned into liquid
form-if they were heated enough. At
any rate, they did wonder about It,
and from time to time they have tried
first one substance and then another,
until now they know that a large num-
Der of elements which In the natural
state are in the form of solids may
be liquifed provided sufficient heat
can be had but in some cases the
heat needed is very great, much great
er than can be made in an ordinary
fire.
In the same way, if the heat can be
still further increased, the liquid will
turn to gas.
1t must be understood that besides
the extraordinary amount of heat gen
orally needed for this sort Of work
there are certain other conditions that
must be observed. For instance, it is
generally necessary to do the heating
in such way that all air is kept away
from the substance or else the oxygen
Of the air would combine with II and
form new compound.
This is one of the reasons that it is
so difficult to perform such an expert
ment. Even in the case of lead, as you
may have noticed, when it was melted
there came over the surface fine
scum which was not lead, but a com.
bination of oxygen and lead.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
johnson Before Boswell.

1t must not be forgotten that the
picture of Johnson that Boswell gives
us is a picture of Johnson in his de-
Ginning years, his character formed,
his work for the most part done. The
johnson whom we all know in the
famous biography, the Great Cham"
OF literature, the founder of the
famous club, the revered philosopher
whose grotesque antics moved his
friends to alternate awe and laugh
ter, the tender-hearted and rough
hammered man who bullied the strong
and bowed humbly to the weak, was
the product of long life amid an
environment unknown to Boswell ex-
cept by report, and of an heredity
which, had he known, he could not
have appreciated.-T. M. Parrott, in
Booklovers Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
Skeleton Of Prehistoric ReptlIe.


An interesting new exhibit has been
added to the geological department of
the Natural History Museum, Crom-
well road, South Kensington, England.
1t consists of the tail and other bones
of gigantic reptile, the remains OF
which were discovered in the Oxford
Clay at Peterborough by Mr.. Alfred
N. Leeds. The tail is incomplete at
both ends, but still measures 20 feet
in length, and biologists compute that
the whole length of the creature could
not have been less than 60 feet. A
clue to its height is also afforded by
a left hind limb measuring IA feet,
and the right fore limb is also pre-
served. Tail and these two limbs,
however, make up all of the reptile
that Mr. Leeds has been able to dis
cover. The creature is, in technical
phrase, Sauropodous dinosaur, and
this particular species has been
termed Cetiosaurus Leedsi, in honor
of its discoverer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
conundruns.

Why is fish dealer never gener.
Gus? Because his business makes
him sell fish.
How many soft boiled eggs could
the giant Goliath eat on an empty
stomach? One.
When is COW not a COW? When
she is turned into pasture.
Why is a fish hook like the letter
F? Because it will make an eel feel.
Why is a man taking nap like a
man reading paper? Because he's
enjoying his (s) nooze (news).
What holds all the snuff in the
world? No one nose.
What is the difference between a
mill and pill? One is hard to get up
and the other is hard to get down.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
Praver.

wrought by prayer
1han TINS world dreams of. Wherefore
let thy voice
Rise like fountain for me night and
For what are men better than sheep or
mat nourish blind life within the brain.
H. showing God, they lift not hands Of
prayer
Both for themselves and thosa who call
them friend?
FOR SO the whole round earth Is every
way
Bound by gold chains about the feet Of
Nou --Tennyson.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
A New Zealand AaiIs+orn,

While out driving near Timaru, New
Zealand, recently, a hailstorm came
on which was so severe that a man
was compelled to cover his horse with
his rugs and the carriage mat to pre-
serve it from injury His own head
he had to protect with the cushion.
During the fifteen minutes that the
storm lasted the vehicle was filed
to overlooking with hailstones the size
of hens egg.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04

The old mans counsel TO the young
Is wasted breath. We wonder
Why youth will nothing learn except
Through pain and shame and blunder.
The fruits OF folly never fall
Man learns this 10 his SORROW
Though what a fool he is to-day
He sees not till tomorrow.
The stream OF time, the ancients held.
Comes flowing from behind us;
The gods still let Us View the past,
But to the future blind us.
Percy r. Bicknell in Boston Christian
Register.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
How Horses sleep.

1t is not generally known that at
least four out of every ten horses do
not lie down to sleep. The horse that
sleeps in standing position rests
one leg at time, depending on the
other three to sustain the weight of
his body. The habit is very danger
GUS one. Only a short time since a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04

fine horse in the stables of big manu-
featuring firm went to sleep while
standing in his stall and fell heavily
to the floor, breaking one of his legs.
A great many horses are permanently
injured as a result Of accidents of this
nature, and there is no way of curing
them of the habit
Horses who do lie down to sleep
often double their legs under them,
their hoofs rubbing and irritating the
skin and flesh at the back of the upper
part of them until they form those
unsightly, though practically painless
Jumps which so often dishgure the
forelegs Of otherwise shapely animals.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
Little Scientists.

There are so many good and inter
esting experiments that one can easily
do at home and with almost no APP
paratus that It is hard to decide just
which ones to tell you about now, but
here are two which are just right The
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
Turning a solid into a LIQUID

We know that lead, when heated,
will turn from solid into liquid
form. In the same way, If the melted
lead is allowed to get cold enough 1t
Will turn back again into a solid.
1t is interesting to know that what
happens to water when it grows cold
enough to turn to ice is precisely the
same thing as this turning of the lead
from liquid to solid. In the case of the
Ice we call it freezing, but the change
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
Quite an Error

Now. by gosh" said the rural post
master, the reporter that put this
In the paper didn't know his business.
acre"
ism that what happened?" drawled
toe citizen on the herring keg.
Nav! Why, 81 Hardacre never
wore collar in his life."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
The Water CandIestick.

consumed its weight decreases in pro-
portion. This is one of the steadiest
lights you can have and it is used in
some scientific experiments for that
reason.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04

s-ying in vain to secure the informa.
ton she desired, she asked:
Where is the young man l talked
with yesterday-the one with black
hair and eyes? He rode black horse. /"
The foreman shrugged his shout
der. After all she was woman
Juan Sylvan"
II believe that was his name. Can
you spare him."
1T is for him to say. He owns it
all"
Then, noting the smile in Miss
Ayres face, he added
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-04
DRAWING Trick.

Drawing Trick.
To draw this six pointed star in
eight straight strokes without taking
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-18

Senator 1Smoot of Utah is not
having a very peaceful time in
the United State senate. Tie
women all over the whole coun-
try want the senate to kick him
out because he belongs to that
creed which believes in a plur-
atty of wives. The constitution
of the United States guarantees
a man religious liberty, and un'
less it can be proven that Sena-
tor Smoot is violating the law
against polygamy the petitionlng
of the senate is a waste of time.
On general principles he ought
to be put out Of the senate any
way, unless Utah women are
built on different lines from
those Of other States. Any man
who can live and be at ease with
two women at the same time is
too strenuous for a sedate body
like the senate Of the United
States.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-18
The State board of control has

The State board Of control has
again withheld Charleston's pof-
ton Of the dispensary profits,
because a foreign subject of that
city was beaten by the consta oIes
while making a raid on his
premises, and he appealed 10
United States courts tor pro
lection. Governor Hayward is
bound by his oath Of office to
enforce the dispensarv law IN
Charleston as we'll as Clarendon.
but why make the innocent citi-
zens of Charleston suffer because
a few hoodlums violate the law:
In our opinion we need the
great (?) constitution Of 1895
amended so that the governor
can advise needed legislation for
communities like Charleston,
and then sift out the lawless
character, so that decent law
abiding people will not be made
to suffer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-18

It is quite a fad now to have
special judges appointed to take
the place of the regular judge
who is sick, or at the request of
a Bar, to hold a special term to
facilitate business. We do not
approve of any such. The tax
payers pay the salaries of our
judges and if a substitute is
appointed we think the sal
ary paid him should come
out Of the salary paid the
regular judges, and if this were
done we would not have so many
substitutes appointed, and where
a Bar wants to facilitate business,
or rather, they get in a hurry to
make their fees and want a spe-
cial term with a special Judge
then let that Bar pay the judges
salary, and the per diem and
mileage of jurors, if this was re-
quired it would knock the spe-
cial term and special judge fad
into smithereens.