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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
WHAT SAILORS LIKE TO READ.
tectfve and Love Stories
Preferred.

Down on the East river side push
cart vender of cheap books has re-
Gently taken his stand. His speciality
is books for the seafaring men who
abound in his immediate neighbor-
hood, but with considerable shrewd-
ness the enterprising purveyor of
something to read for everybody"
has chosen for his location a spot
whence he can trap ferryites as well as
the mariners and wayfareEs.
Brisk is the business being done by
the street book merchant, and by far
the greatest proportion of it is with
sailors. For the present he is con
filming himself to soiled novels with
here and there few religious books
at bargain" prices, a humble nickel
purchasing any volume on the cart.
Among the wares are remnant lot
of Vanity Fair" (complete), novels by
Daudet,s Scott, Cooper, ETC.. all published
at prices ranging from quarter up
ward.
mo, sir" replied the vender, to an
inquirer, says the New York Times,
"there is no demand for sea yarns, ex-
cept among youngsters. The sailors
can tell better stories than many
in books. Anyhow, the ship folk get
quite enough of the sea, and the read.
ing matter they want on a voyage a
a rafting good love story or de,
tective yarn with plenty of excite
ment in it.
Some sailors, just before going off
on long voyage, buy as many as 20
books at a time, and others club to-
gether and take quite a small library
on board to while away their idle
hours.
Almost any sort of story sells well.
All that the sailors ask is something
to interest them and they don't both
er about style or the authors name.
So can sell here heaps of books that
would be dead stock around Broad
way, even if l were allowed to peddle
there"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
COMMERCE GOES WESTWARD
Trafiic Through the Western
Hemisphere.

The European mails and passengers
already go from London to eastern
Asia by way of Canada, because it is
shorter, and there is saving of ten
days in time. The limits imposed on
cheap freight traffic from Europe to
Asia are: The tolls through the Suez
canal, the size of ships that can pass the
Suez canal the cost OF coal along the
route and the distance, says the En-
cheering Magazine.
Tolls may be abolished. but this is
not likely. 1t will take years to deep
Ell the canal if this project should be
advocated. The cost of coal along
the route. as well as the distance.
will always be a serious drawback.
There is abundant and cheap coal in
Great Britain. on the Atlantic sea-
board. at Puget sound, and all along
the line of the northern roads, and
there are an unlimited number of
empty freight cars west bound. BY
building the largest ships in the
world, even though they run under
the more expensive American regis
ter. by filling the west-bound cars at
a rate little more than cost of hand
ling, Mr.. Hill knows that he can turn
the export trade with western Asia
from its 9O0-year-old way past India
to the direct Pacific sea route past
Alaska.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


Always in Danger.-"A bachelor
can't be happy" mo. he's never
quite out of danger."-Detroit Free
Press.
There's a boy for you'll" exclaimed
the Billville citizen. Been to town
six times, an never blowed out the
gas but oncel"-Atlanta Constitution.
Mamma-"This paper says that
parlor matches are prohibited"
Daughter-''Neyer mind, mamma; L
can see my men in the dining-room."
Town Topics.
Chaffer--You can stop your auto
very quickly, can't you? 1 suppose
it has an eccentric brake" Shaffer-
Huh! it's had all kinds of breaks.
and they're all eccentric. "-Philadel-
phia Press.
Great Labor Saver.-Customer
''The metal in that knife you sold
me is as soft as putty. 1t got dull
the first time | used itr Dealer
Yes, but think how easy it will
be to sharpen tn. Y Weekly.
1t Annoyed Her.-"Yes, the widow is
now ~ IHdL One
doesn't know whether it means that
her husband was a good man or she
is a vixen" 81 don't understand .
when he died the papers said that
he had gone to a happier home. -
Chicago Post.
Deacon Jones-"Don't you think it
wrong for your husband to go fishing
on the Sabbath" Mrs Brown
Wrong? It's positively wicked the
way he wastes his time and his
money on tackle and bait, and hardly
ever brings home more than one or
two mean little fishes."-Boston
Transcript.
"Wha-a-t's the matter, John?''
gasped Mrs. Torque; don't you like
the new dishes I've cooked?" where
did you get the recipe?r "Out of the
cookbook, of course. Why?" Don't
you think that you happened to get
the cookbook mixed with some dia-
lect story-this dish tastes like it,
Baltimore Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
FOUND IN THE HOLY LAND.
Most Interesting and Extraordinary
Discovery in the History OF Pal
eBfiBian Exploration.


"A remarkable testimonial to the
truth of Bible history has recently
been discovered in the Holy Land. Ac-
cOrding to a most reliable authority,
the house in which John the Baptist
was born has been located, and a tablet
found in it on which was written the
name of John and his father, Zach
arias.
The method by which this interest
ing and valuable discovery was made
was most unusual one, and perhaps
the most extraordinary in the whole
history of Palestinian exploration,
says the New York World.
About eight years ago a mosaic map
was discovered at Madaba, in the billy
country east of the Dead sea. This
map, which dates from the fourth or
fifth century, gives the namesand loca-
lions of number of places mentioned
in the New Testament
A native Christian. seeing this map.
noticed that one of the sites was named
Beth Zahar, which means "the house
of Iacharias." The common tradition
before this time had been that the
house of Zacharias was somewhere
near Ain Karen, west of the city of
Jerusalem.
A party of psychologists at once rec
ognized the importance of the dis
eovery and set to work making exca-
vations on the site indicated by the
Madaba map. A few days work
brought to view the mosaic pavement
and foundation stones of a church,
which was shown from the situation
of the stones to have been a domed
structure. as it was Represented in the
pictorial map.
More than this, an inscription was
discovered on the pavement. which.
when interpreted was found to be the
names John and Zacharias. This in
scription removes all doubt in the mat
ter and shows conclusively that the
Madaha map was correct. The domed
church. the ruins of which have been
discovered, was very evidently mem
orial church built on the site of John
the Baptist's birthplace.
The place where the excavations
have been made is 90 kilometres from
Jerusalem and 16 kilometers from He
bron, lying to the right of the road
that connects the two places.
The domed church was situated near
the point where the road crosses the
river Ain Harrub. whose waters Pom
titus PLATE brought to Jerusalem. II
appears to have been a fair-sized build
ing. - meters in length. The domed
roof is significant in view of the fact
that every other ancient building that
has been excavated in the vicinity has
a gable roof.
The name given by the natives to the
site was found in Herbat Belt Shakkar.
which means "the ruins of the house of
Zacharias." The Hebrew word "Beth.
meaning house, has been Arabianized
into Belt" and 'Zahar" has been
changed by the same process into
"Shakkar."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
wU's GAS METER
He Sprung 1t on the Empress Dow
ager and 1t Was n Puzzle
to Her.

This" observed WI, as he lifted a
box-like affair from his trunk, lis one
of the grectest wonders of America
1T doesn't look very wonderful, -
commented Isl Ann, tucking one foot
up where she could sit on 1t and the
throne at the same time, relates lie
Chicago Tribune.
NO, but even in America no one can
understand it, Listen.
Don't put that thing to my ear,
cautioned Isl Ann. is this another
of those telephones"
20 no. This is worse than the tele-
phone. 1t is a gas meter"
"A gas meter? What does it do?"
The consumer"
'How does it work?"
That is mystery. 1t is only known
that it works always and untiringly.
1t works while you sleep and while
you wake. 1t never stops. 1t is con-
structed after the Newtonian theory
of creation. 1t has something in it
that just keeps it whirling on and on.
at so much per revolution, and nobody
knows what Keeps it moving, and no
body can stop il"
That's funny"
Funny, yes. But very sad in Amer
lea. Listen to it. Hear it running
right along. Thank Confucius and the
900 gods of the Pale Green mountains I!
The gas company never will get the
chance to read what this meter has
recorded"
But" said the empress. ais there
no escape from this in American
None"
at must be worse than manifest des-
tiny"
1T is"
"Wu," remarked Isl Ann, with that
intelligent smile which has enshrined
her in the hearts of curio collectors,
"Wu, am glad you were sent to Amer
lea. At one time almost had decided
to become civilized"
$50 had l." acknowledged WI. "but
the bite of the dog, as the foreign dew
Is put it, viii cure the hair"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
A seIf-Protecting Envelope.

An American has invented an en-
velope which records of itself any
attempt to tamper with its contents.
The flap is imbued with some chem
zeal composition which. when oper-
ated upon by dampening process
or any other means of penetrating to
its inelosure. records the transaction
by causing the words Attempt to
open" to appear. 1t is thought that
the inquisitive will think twice be-
fore pursuing their researches in face
of such an invention.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
DIRECTORIES.

SUPREME COURT.
James f. Ailshie,
/. N, Sullivan,
Charles Stockslager.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
Ready Tor ahc. NOV

Mother-Jonnny. your pop amt well,
so you better run for the doctor.
Johnny-Yes'm.
AN, Johnny, stop on your way at
the florists an ask him how niue. he'll
charge fur pillar o. white flowers
with My Husband in red on it,
Philadelphia Record, 1900
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07

NAH goodness, cunnel," exclaimed
the elevator man, "yo' face sho'ly is
cut up powahful bad dis mornin'."
yes" replied the colonel. my razor
wasn't in good condition. That's how
it happened"
Better carry gun de next time yo'
gifts in an argument, cunnel. "-Phila-
1elphia Press.
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The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-22

Russian Government, with its stern
paternalism, is antipathetic TO the
fierce independence of the followers
of the Prophet.
They would treat us like children
Waziri chief once complained to
Lord Dufferin, when the latter was
Viceroy of India so long as we
were humble and obedient, they might
rule lis fairly well. But it is not our
nature to be, humble and obedient. 1t
is our nature TO be men,"
The policy of Russia towards the
Amir of Bokhara, the other mfrs OF
Central Asia, and the rulers of Tur-
key, Persia and Afghanistan has al
ways been to weaken them. AS Gen
eral Kaufman used to say, when h
was Governor-General of Turkestan,
Russia has a dangerous foe in Islam.
She has the fear of vigorous risingo
in her conquered Mohammedan terri
tories always before her eyes.
Abdur Rahman, the late Amir OF
Afghanistan, who was the profound
est of all Moslem statesmen, held
Russia to be the most dangerous
enemy of his faith. THE Russian
policy in Asia" he said, is that in any
way, rightly or wrongly, friendly or
untriendly, with peace or war, the
Islamic kingdoms should be washed
away from the face of the continent"
All Russia's Mahommedan posses
sions and spheres of influence are
honeycombed by burning desire for
revolt. The Russian officials know
this, and believe that a policy of re-
n ha hac 70
we have only one rule in govern
ing these people" wrote Colonel
Grombchevtsky, the greatest secret
service agent in Central Asia, to S.
Petersburg newspaper, "and that is
the whip for the dogs back"
What are the sentiments of the
Chinese people towards the Rus
sians?" a well-educated, cosmopolitan
Chnaman was asked.
Hatred, distrust and fear" he re-
piled. Hatred comes first, for il is
III the blood of our race. From the
dawn of history the Chinese and the
Tartars have been bitter enemies. Ii
is as natural to the average Chinaman
to hate a Tartar as it is to the ordi-
nary man to loathe a snake, and of
course the Russian is Tartar.
This is the feeling of the mass Of
the people, but il is not shared by the
rulers of China, because they are
Mongols, nearly allied to the Tartars
by blood. The dominant feeling Of
these rulers is fear-absolute, craven
fear. Russia has hypnotized them
They have at their command splendid
material with which to make a sue
cessful resistance 10 the Bear in this
very deep-Seated hatred 10 which II
have referred, but they don't know
! how to use il"
\ Japanese gentleman asked the same
question as the Chinaman replied:
A burning desire TO fight them
That i the one dominant sentiment
of my people towards the Russians
Every japanese newspaper Is fuil
of warlike diatribes against the Rus
slams. No other policy would suit any
section OF the people. and "A pro-Rus-
sian journal could not live a week.
WILLIAM THORP.
Copyright, 1908, by T. C. McClure.)
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-22
# Burning Desire to Fight
the Cars Soldiers Is the
Dominant Passion of the
Moslem and the Jap. -
The Russ is upon US, the message ran
Surely an hour shall bring their uon."

Il can't understand it," said Captain
K. p. Cobbold, a well-known English
traveller, when he returned to Simia
from an expedition into Central Asia.
Wherever | went | found that the
Russians ruled the natives with a rod
of iron. In bygone days, when they
conquered them, they used the torch
and the sword remorselessly, some
times wiplng out entire populations.
"One would think the memory of
those deeds would never be forgotten
by the conquered people, more especi-
ally as they are nowadays forced into
the army, made pay all manner of op-
pressive taxes, hogged and imprisoned
at the whin of brutal officials, and
even insulted in their religion-that
tenderest point with most Orientals.
Yet they seem contented under Rus
sian rule, and they generally like the
Russian officials who are set over
them, while in India nine out of ten
of the natives detest mild and just
government as administered by the
English.
when | travelled among the Kir-
ghiz, the Russian authorities gave me
a Cossack escort. | found it almost
impossible to pay for anything at the
kirghiz settlements we visited. The
Cossacks simply took everything we
wanted-horses, sheep, pigs, goats,
fowls and lodgings. By law the
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-22
The Bear Rules LDith a Rod
of Iron, But Some of the
Conquered Peoples Like
Him. Y ~

crime to refuse assistance to a traveller
who was indorsed by the Government,
as | was. They, therefore, arrested
them over fifty miles to the next post
for trial, but | managed to secure
their liberation"
Russia rules her subject peoples
with an iron hand but Asiatics are
used to that and do not object to it.
What they object to is being, treated
as inferior races with whom any idea
of equality or intermarriage is i'm
possible. That is the natural attitude
OF the Anglo-Saxon towards native
races, but it is quite foreign to the
Russians nature. He is willing to mix
on terms of social equality and to in
termarry with such races as the Samo-
yedes, the Kirghiz, the Tartars, the
Circassians, the Armenians, and even
the dirty Tibetans Herein lies the
secret O. Russia's wonderful power OF
assimilating her vast Asiatic con-
quests.
Among all Asiatics, conquered and
unconquered, the name of Russia is a
byword for deceit He lies like d
Russian spy,"' is a common saying in
the bazaars of India. 1t arises from
the fact that Russian secret agents
have spread themselves through In
dia during the past fifty or sixty years,
fomenting disaffection among the ma
tives and promising that Russian
army will soon pour over the Hima-
layas to drive out the English. OF
course, no army has come, and the
Russian word is naturally at dis.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-22

spoken tear OF nearly
all Orientals who have
Ii not yet come under the
rule of the Gar. In the
bazaars of India, in the cities of Per-
sia, in the mountain villages of the
fierce warrior clans of Afghanistan
and Beluchistan, in the markets of
China, and among the coolies of Ja-
pan, the Western traveller meets with
the same eager, anxious inquiries
about what the Russians are doing
and what they may be expected to do
next
1t is a mistake 70 suppose, as
most people do, that the East is
dead-and-alive sort of place where the
mass of the population takes no inter-
est in the course of the worlds af
fairs. On the contrary, every move OF
the great Powers in high politics and
diplomacy is eagerly watched and
keen1y debated by all of the thousand
and one Asiatic races who have either
come under the rule of the Russ or
who feel that he is threatening them.
Opinions are sharply divided as to
the benefits of Russian rule, but, gen.
orally speaking, those Asiatics who
have become subjects of the Gar
are fairly we'll satisfied, while the
others loathe the idea of becoming
Russianized. Perhaps the greatest dif-
ferences on the subject may be found
IN British India.
Under the Russians said promi
nent Bengali lawyer who is one of the
leading spirits in the Indian National
Congress, there is a good chance for
a native TO attain to honor and dig
nifty and high position. There is no
such chance under the English. In
Russian Tartary, a Tartar may be-
come, and often does become, colo
mel, a general, Judge, or a high OH
cial in the administrative depart
rnents. wonder that our Indian sol
diers are so loyal when they see Tar
tar colonies and generals just over the
border, while they themselves after
lifetime of good service can only at
tain 10 subordinate ranks which are
inferior TO those held by the youngest
English subalterns.
The Indian soldier does not share
these views. The one thing he lives
for and prays for is chance to have
2 slap at the Russians.
when are we to fight the gray
coats. Sahib?" is the question con-
tinually put TO the English officers OF
such warlike regiments as the Sikhs
and the Ghurkas And when the Off
Ger replies that there is no immediate
nrospect of war, the soldier is pro-
foundly disappointed.
The Russian certainly has wonder
f,,l knack of managing Asiatics. This
: hardly to be wondered at since he
= half an Oriental himself in blood
and tradition.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-22


count.
When the Hun
za-Nagar war on
the Indian frontier
terminated some
years ago, the cap
tives told the Brit
ish officers that
Russian agents in
the Pamirs had
stirred them up to
fight by promising
that a Russian
army would come
and help them.
These agents may
have been ire
sponsible persons,
but the story of
their perfdy was
carried by the ma
tive caravans all
through Tt b e I ,
China, Northern
India, Afghanis-
tan, Persia, South
ern Siberia and the
rest of Central
Asia. The Incl
d ent w as n OF
made known TO
{ n e w e stern
world, but il Gre
ated a profound
impression on the
Oriental mind and
did incalculable
harm to Russian
influence in Asia
The Mohamn,e e
danraceS OF Central
Asia disttust and
nate the Russians
pr pfOundly. The
whole kystem OF
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-22

Kirghiz are obliged
TO supply travel
ing Of
hcials with trans
port, food, lodging
and anything they
may need. | of
fered very liberal
payment, but the
Kirghiz w ere
afraid to take it.
My c o S s a c k :
laughed at me and
guara' eed that
everything | need
ed should be forth
coming without
my paying a per-
ny. 1t was, and
yet the Kirghic
and the Cossacks
seemed to be on
the best of terms.
the predatory tyr
amy of the latter
was not resented.
simply b e c a IL 5 {
they were hail fel-
low we'll met with
their involuntary
hosts, and did not
adopt the superior
airs of the English
| towards the ma
tives of India.
| AT one place
wanted some ma
tives to help mC
hunt tigers, but
they refused, as
they had a perfect
right TO do. BIZ:
my Cos $ a c k $
did not see it in
that light. They
said il was 4
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-22

Copyright, 1903, by T. c. McCIurc.) }
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-03-27
GOOD MAN GONE.
Rev. Karl F. SchuIze Passes Away
After a Long Illness.

FROM TUESDAY DAILY.
Rev. Karl F. Schulze died at $50
O'Clock last evening at his home, 2l3
East Spring street, of cancer of the
stomach. He had been iii for two OF
three years, and was last fall obliged to
give up his church work, much to the re-
greet of the congregation. For the past
six OF eight weeks he was confined to
his bed, and no hopes of his recovery
have been held out for some time.
Mr.. Schulze was about sixty years OF
age, and is survived by his wife and
one son, who resides at Sanborn, and two
unmarried daughters of this city. He
was pastor of the German Evangelical
Lutheran Immanuel's church for twenty
years past, and was an able preacher ana
one who was beloved by his congregation
and who in turn loved his flock as |
father loves his children.
The deceased was kind husband and
loving father, and was devoted to his
home and work. His death will cause
the sincerest regret to be felt on the part
of all who knew him, and particularly
by his former congregation, to many
of whom he had administered in time of
trouble and sorrow.
The funeral will occur from the church
that the deceased so long presided over
Friday afternoon at two O'Clock.