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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
The Phosphoreseent Guide.

A number of years ago three pros
pectors We're working some mining
claims south of Prescott, Ariz. When
they left town they had expected to
return In two days, but finding more
10 do than they had anticipated,
worked third day without grub in
order to finish up. They worked as
long as they could see, thinking they
should have no trouble in following
the trail after dark. The night, how
ever, was unusually dark and they
could not see the trail. Being fatigued
and hungry, they were losing much
valuable time roofing about to no pur-
pose. They had black-and-tan hound
with them, and the idea occurred to
one of the boys to rub the phosphor-
GUS from a bunch of matches on the
dogs tail. 1t was done accordingly
thus making sort of pillar of fire by
night The scheme worked beauti-
fully. The dog found no difficulty in
following the trail, the men followed
the phosphorized narrative of thir
canine guide, and reached Preset in
time for an early breakfast.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

win more pomp and ceremony, per
maps, than ever marked the obsequies
OF any animal buried in New Haven.
Conn, the pet cat of Mrs. William
Gay, wealthy woman, was recently
inferred Laid out In pink silk-lined
comm, with catnip spread around the
remains, a big pink silk bow at his
throat and fastened to the collar with
silver bells, Sonny was buried in a
grave dug in the garden by the jani.
tor OF the apartment house. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gay, who believe their pet was
poisoned by some one in the neighbor-
hood, attended the ceremony.
In life Sonny was cared for like a
baby, being given the best of food
and sleeping in little bed, snugly
tucked in between specially made
sheets, with blankets of the same size
and with downy pillows for his head.
Given bath and combed every even.
ing by Mrs. Gay, his shiny fur was
soft as down.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
DESERT lNcIrEs TO POETRY.
Writer Discovers Beauty Of a. Sort In
Desoiaton.

Writer Discovers Beauty Of a Sort In
Desoiation..
| know a desertlike place that is
not wholly desert, yet, 1t is neither
oasis nor fertile land says Werner q.
Reed in the August Atlantic. 1t is
what might be termed semi desert,
and it has mood that is different
from that of other deserts. 1t seems
philosophic, well-contented sort of
place, that has much knowledge, much
wisdom, and that extracts a wise en-
joy ment from the days that pass over
it. 1t is nearly related to tall peak,
and is akin to a nearby range of
mountains, and to the air and the sky.
Flowers grow upon this semi-desert-
sunfiowers, and bergamot, and blue
bells, and Mariposa lilies, and many
other shaggy little steps that bear blue
and yellow and white and seven-hued
blossoms. 1t knows sage-brush, too,
and yucca, and various pygmy cacti.
1t is field and farm and native land
for many well-established, ancient and
wise nations of prairie dogs, and it
is the world and the fullness thereof
for thousands of republics of ants.
This semi-desert stretches away from
the mountains and runs it's way in
pillows towards the East. We know
1t reaches to farms and towns and
work and trouble, and that its next of
kin, the prairie, goes on to the great
rivers whose banks are lined with the
covers of chattels, but we like to think
that, as desert, it stretches away be-
yond the horizon, and passes un-
changed on to inf1nity, and across it is
the road to eternity, and endless
growth of soul and JOY of effort and
consummation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

with that saying of George Eliot's
about the folly of expecting trees
Topped of their brayest branches in
youth to be anything but gnarled and
ugly in their old age, she will easily
grow to believe that she is more or
less mutlated and let herself grow
lopsided at her leisure. Self-pity is
a dangerous element to introduce into
any life, when an excuse for all forms
OF self-indulgence and Incidence
stands ready at our elbow. the
chances are thousand to one that we
will be self-indulgent and INDECENT to
beat the band. And even though
woman may be strong enough to go
on living straight, honest life she
never quite gets over mishap of the
neart. Don't you believe that?"
No" he replied with a rough
laugh, Il have seen too many women
recover from heart-breaks."
NOr think that you have" she sug-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
odd TENS from Everywhere.

Prismatic lake, in the Yellowstone
national park, is the largest body of
hot water in the world
Horses. giraffes and ostriches have
the largest eyes of land animals; cut
fetish of sea creatures.
While a square dance represents
only half mile of walking or moving,
an average waltz takes dancers over
three-quarters of mile.
The biggest casting ever ordered
was recently made at Chester, Pa. 1t
was for the propeller shaft of steam
err and weighed over sixty tons.
Greenland glaciers average 1000
feet in thickness. move fifty feet day
and discharge into the sea four square
miles of ice yearly 1000 feet thick.
Platinum has long been mined in
the Similkameen, aoout $50 miles east
of Vancouver. 1t is said that China
men have been earning living wages
for the past fifteen years by recover.
ing platinum from the placer deposits
of the Tulameen river and also OF
Granite creek
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

The length, breadth, depth and
thoroughness of the Scottish sermon
of the eighteenth century was vividly
portrayed by DR.. Watson, better
known as Ian Maclaren, recently. A
subject, as he remarked was thor,
-oughly thrashed out in those days.
One text furnished a minister with
eight sermons; another spread his
comments and explanations upon a
passage OF eight verses over a period
of nine months, while a third COM
menced a course of addresses to his
congregation on the Epistle of st.
James In 1766 and whole generation
had passed away before 1t was com
pleted in 1892.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
Accurate DELAY.

Many stories are told of the lack of
punctuality upon railroads in the
southern states. 1t is said that when
a New England man found his train,
advertised to leave at IL o'clock,
starting at exactly that hour, he COM
plimented the conductor.
Just on time, l see" he said, geni-
ally. "All this talk I've heard of @Ae
lateness of your trains is without
foundation, I've no doubt"
The conductor smiled at him
gently.
This train, sir" said he, without
trace of embarrassment, SIS not to-
days eleven o'clock train, sir. 1t is
yesterdays eleven o'clock. To-days
will probably not get here from way
down until tomorrow. sir"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
Threatened Win ExtlnctIon.

One result of the volcanic eruptions
In the island of ST. Vincent, according
to an ornithologlst residing there,
probably viii be the extinction of the
Soufriere bird, very rare species
known as Buildings Amazon parrot.
This bird was formerly found only on
the Soufriere itself. The great erup-
ton of 171S drove many of them to
the other mountains Of st. Vincent,
but their numbers were greatly re-
auced by the violent hurricane of
1898, and It is now feared that the few
survivors have been completely des.
troyed by the last eruption in May
AT any rate no specimens have since
been seen, Notwithstanding very
careful search.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
On the Waves Of Chance.
BY F. H. LANCASTER.


Copyright 1902. by Daily Story Pub Coz
The literary woman was playing the
oracle to the man of means, He liked
her we'll enough She was honest,
though she did have penchant for
putting her thoughts into periods.
They never agreed; but then 1t is
not always celebrating to converse
with people who say only yes" and
why certainly"
Tonight the bone of contention was
the self-made man.
There isn't such thing" she de-
clared. LET me show you how this
self-manufacturing business appears
when you get it into a focus: We
really have not much say so about
what we are going to do and what
we are not going to do. We are wash
ed on shore by the waves of chance,
and because we were furnished before
hand with roots predetermined to
strike into the soil, and because the
soil happens to suit the roots, we
stick where we are tossed, make 8
goodIy growth and cry out to all be-
holders: See what | have done by
my lone self If the soil doesn't
happen to suit our roots, we shrivei
instead of fiourishing; we tap each
passerby on the shoulder and whisper
to him that this is the Lords doing"
He interrupted her with an impa-
tient movement and the woman
laughed lazily.
mot very .fattering, eh?"
ut is not true"
True enough. and growing truer
every day. Take this terribly tor
mented question of matrimohy. How
many men and women out of hun
dred couples do you suppose sought
each other deliberately? They just
happened to meet and happened to
fall in love and happened to marry. II
the marriage turns out well, why, 1t
is their doing; if they drift into the
divorce court, the Lord gets the
credit for the whole of it Mysterious
Providence.
She laughed at his Disguised frown.
you are like all the other women
of to-day" he remarked. Even while
you stand before the altar you have
the divorce court in clear perspec.
tive"
Il am not standing before the altar"
she cut in dryly, land don't expect to
be for one long, sweet while. What is
more; the women who are flocking
to the divorce court aren't the women
of to-day. They are the women of
yesterday and last year. The sight of
our freedom has made them feel their
letters"
do you honestly believe that?"
"What?"
"That the unmarried woman has a.
better showing in life than the mar
ried woman"
Eighty per cent of the divorce suits,
are brought by women"
THAT proves nothing. Breach of
promise suits are also brought by
women"
The literary woman shrugged her
shoulders.
at isn't human nature to know
when it is we'll off,"
"Then what about divorced"
"Just SO; better be dog and sleep
on the door-mat, than a divorced
woman. But you and I know that
there are horribly unhappy married
women-lots of them"
There are unhappy women in all
walks of life"
Granted. But when the weather
grows too foul for the single woman
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
Magenta Hair pye plslIked.

A remarkable case of wife assault
has been heard at Leeds, England.
The prisoner, John Burns, came out
of jail on Thursday, and on the next
night threw on to the head of his wife
a bottle of magenta dye, with the
result that she was disfgured by the
striking change in the color of her
hair
She had washed it in twenty bowls
OF soda and water, but had not been
able to get rid of the dye. The man
was sent to Jail for four months, with
hard labor.-Stray Stories.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
A Grand Dukes Costume.

BY all accounts Grand Duke Boris
was a spectacular feature of the
horse show in Newport the day he at
tended that function. The rather
Kaleidoscope costume of his royal
higness included a suit in large gray
plaids, a lemon-colored shirt, and sill
yer gray tie; tan shoes, a white and
tan belt, fastened by q snowy gold
buckle, and white straw hat trim.
med with light blue A jeweled snake,
curled in three glittering coils, form.
ed his ring, and the much written
about bracelet was in evidence when.
ever he gesticulated with his left
arm.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
STRIKE IN JAPANESE SCHOOL
Students Demand the Dismissal cF
the Entire Faculty.

Students Demand. the Dismissal OF
the Entire Faculty.
We had to report recently a strikS
ON the part of the students Of tbs
Miye Middle School. writes the
Japanese Mail. On that occasion the
fault seemed to be largely on the
side of the faculty of the school and
the governor of the prefecture. News
now comes of strike at the Middle
School of Oita, in which the stu
dents appear to be chiefly to blame.
The account given In Tokyo journals
is that the elder students, angered
by some severe structures passed by
Mr.. Uki, one of the teachers, against
an increasing habit of imbibing sake
demanded his removal. Apparently
the principal yielded SO far as to sus-
pend Mr. Uki, but, at the same time,
he rusticated some of the students.
This led to renewal and stronger
demonstration on the latter's part.
They drew up a document arraign-
ing the principal and the teachers on
various counts and demanding the
dismissal of the whole faculty. Thir-
teen of them were now expelled, with
the result that meetings began to be
held outside the school for the pur-
pose of planning a general strike.
The trouble is not over. OF course
this version comes from the side Of
the teachers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
DANCER In lnkstanda.

In Germany new microbe has
been discovered and very danger
Gus one it is said to be. Only in ink.
stands and ink bottles is it found.
and for this reason it is known as
the ink microbe. Vessels which con.
tain ink and which are seldom
cleansed or corked furnish a most
congenial home for It, Ink infected
with this microbe was recently in
jected into rats and guinea pigs, and
as result the animals speedily died.
Fortunately there is an easy way to
get rid of this pest, and that is by
keeping ones inkstand clean and
covered.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
saaacIous Rlrds.

Mexico has clever bird called the
melanarpes, which has disc ,vered a
NEW use for the telegraph pole. AT
tho foot of the post this bird makes
a large hole. in which it rears It's
iaAaily; somewhat higher up the post
II makes an observatory, from which
oored holes permit 1t to observe the
horizon In every direction; still high
or this sagacious bird makes Its store,
mouse, and thus the pole serves as itx
home. fortress. and warehouse.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
Tree With Three Trunks.

freak of nature is to be seen in a
tree now growing and in full foliage
In the garden lot attached to the en-
gine-house in Haddington, at Sixty
nrst and Thompson streets. The tree
mas three distinct stems or trunks,
which join and form one trunk. The
top foliage would be much larger, but
the tree is kept pruned to prevent
oyertaxing of the roots and stems
The stems were planted each separ.
ateiy, and when they took root grated
into each other at the top. They grew
rapidly and each stem of itself is
perfect support to the Joined head
Philadelphia Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
Instant Relief from rheumatism and
Neuralqia.

Here is a case Mr.. T. Shepherd OF
Whitburn, Sunderland, Ohio, says:
my wife sufferer severely from rheu-
matism, and neuraig ia. She could not
get one moments rest and was nearly
crazed with pain. Obtained instant re-
lief and permanent cure by using
the contents of one bottle of st. ia
cobs OIL There is no other remedy in
the world that will do this. The in
Simultaneous effect which st. Jacobs OH
produces is part of its half century
record" st. Jacobs Oil is sold in rs
cts. and so cts. sizes by all druggists.
The words Acts like Magic" Con
quers Pain" which have been used in
connection with st. Jacobs Oil for
more than so years are wonderfully
and truly descriptive.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
Warm CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN.


The redistricting of Mississippi had
a curious result. Three Democratic
congressmen-P Patrick Henry of Vicks-
burg, John Sharp Williams of Yazoo,
and Charles Edward Hooker of jack
suddenly found themselves in the
same district. All three wanted to go
back to the house; only one could.
Williams has won out in the primary
and remains in congress. Williams
canvass is spoken of as one of the
greatest ever seen in Mississippi. The
last day of it found him in his shirt
sleeves in reputedly hostile ward of
Jackson Speaking alternately in Eng
lish, German and French. His own
county went for him solidly and he
made surprising inroads in the coun-
ties of his competitors.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
Old Home Week.

OLD Home week.
The children are coming home again!
The old town stands at the door
Homesick women and weary men,
She welcomes them all once more;
1.-THE rooms are all furnished and drest
for you'll
We have been saving the best for you!
The echoing hills have kept your name;
Meadow and woodland are still the same;
Lane and love-nook-nay do not weep!
Nothing is changed that our love could
keep"
The children are coming home to-day
Ay, children, If twice two-score!
Men and women with heads of gray,
But the old child's heart once more;
Sever a word of how bad you've been,
How far you've Travelled, how sad you've
been!
Door and heart are alike flung wide;
The mothers cheek is aglow with pride;
The good you have done or have tried
to do
These are the things she has heard of
you.
The children are coming home again
Hark to the names we knew!
The dear old love-names-Will and Ben
And Mary and Dick and Sue!
Coming from half world away,
(Glad to be far from the world away,
Men and women, they all come back,
Over the dusty or grass-grown track;
And we know why the Lord of the I'M
defled
Said heaven is near to the heart of a
child.
Anna Durham Bryant in Boston
Transcript.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

she can blow out her light. The
mother must live for her children"
The man of means got up and kick
ed the smouldering log in gloomy alb
stractio-.
you claim in ali sincerity that the
self-supporting woman is the happiest
on the averagef"
"You have said"
"That even If she loved tle man
who loved her, woman would be I'M
wise to marry?"
ooh, if she loves him she had better
marry him. Not because it will be
the best thing for her, but because If
she doesn't. she will go through life
convinced that she has missed the
biggest thing in it. If she is familiar
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

Michigan has recently risen from
third place to the rank of first with
regard to its crop of dried beans. This
nutritious and necessary food product
Is chiefly the product of three states
New York, Michigan and California.
massachusetts,, Notwithstanding its
reputation as consuming center,
does not cut any figure in the pro
auction. The total annual crop Of the
United States is about 5,O64, 400 bush.
els, valued at 1888 ,636.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

gested. 81 doubt if even your astute-
ness can say what is in a sealed can
that is not labeled"
There is nothing of the sealed can
about woman's heart" he said, and
there was nasty slur in his tone
that fired the literary woman's blood.
you know so much Listen to this
from the pen of a woman who all
unite to call strong and contented,"
she took a written sheet from the
drawer and ran her eye over it search
ingly. Here it is: Perhaps it is In
me to, do better work and more of 1t,
but J. don't know. ate downed me
years ago and her grip is still on my
throat. Where | see others leap and
stand upright. there is for me only
spasmodic,. Intellectual efforts to get
upon. my feet. Still, living on the
back is not such an uncomfortable
position and a grip never annoys I'M
less one struggles against it; and
gave up struggling long ago."
The man of means turned upon
her eagerly.
VINO WTOCe LUaI letter!
THAT none of your business" she
laughed, "are you satisfied as to your
skill"
4 insist on knowing who wrote that
letter."
Insist as much as you please.
Business women do not betray con-
fidences."
He stood up and looked down an.
grily into her smiling face
III | told you that all my hopes of
now and hereafter depended upon see
ing that signature, would you show it
to, me?"
Il am afraid / could scarcely credit
such a rash statement"
"Oh, YOU can believe 1t. 1t is true
enough"
He faced around and stared at the
fire. When he spoke again his tones
betrayed intense disgust.
Il would not give thirty cents for
the heart and soul of all the business
women la the world put together!"
Il didn't know 1t was up for auc.
tion,' she commented.
He turned upon her savagely.
Once more. will you tell me who
wrote that letter."
"'Onct, Bunsby will you scoot.'"
Listen to me-" he Numbered. "Sit-
ting there in your inane imbecility
you are holding the happiness of two
lives"
Il shall try to hold them tight" she
murmured
You will not show me that sigma
ture?"
mo"
Then will go to her without see
ing 1t. Don't you suppose that /
know there is hut one woman in the
world strong enough to pen such
words as those?"
The literary woman laughed as the
door banged viciously
"And to think that it was one of
my own little creatures that wrote
them. Well, dare say he and Lou
will make up that long-standing
squabble of theirs now that a-waye
of chance has washed them together I"
and then as though she suddenly felt
the need of something strong, she
took up the paper at her elbow and
read again that bit of Rightor's: "A
man must sit on his own salt sack:
that's the first duty. Then he must
walk in the path whereto the Fates
kick him; that's Kismet. Then he
| must gather all the red and blue bios
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
A Simple Exclamation

A man in public life noted for his
brusqueness of speech was under in
formal discussion in cabinet circles.
There's one thing to be said in his
favor, however" said Secretary viii.
son, "and that is he never importunes
the department to get promotions or
positions for his friends. That's read.
lily explained" commented Secretary
Root; "he hasn't any"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

SONS along the way, and hold sis
head high, and breathe deep and
whistle at the stars and keep sway
from churchyards and laugh so nner-
rily as he may; that's cheerfulness.
For the rest. there IL no man that may
walk against the high waves OF the
sea. nor gather thistle down In the
wind. nor plant cabbage In granite"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
14$a 4 ) OF pIRgElp

lull suspicion on the part of the rab.
bits until he Is within range, when
HACK uncoils his long snake lash and
let's fly for the jacks neck, and in
another minute the rabbit is caught.
On recent morning Hack thus kill.
ed fourteen of the pests.