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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-13
An Exciting Bear Adventure.

Bogus Basin, Boise County, Aug. 2.
While Mr.. Emile John was hunting his
pack horses he was attacked by large Sill.
yer tip bear, The chase was so close that
Mr.. John found it necessary to climb a
tree. His pItiful cries for help attracted
the attention of ]. A, Dement, and son and
K, Ross who were near by tending their
sheep. Rushing to the scene of action they
arrived just lin time see Bruin take Mr.
Johns overalls off. Upon the rescuine
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-13
PLEASANT RIDGE

Pleasant Ridge, Aug. IL, 1904. Especial
to THE TRIBUNE,) Considerable hay has
been put up this week.
Messrs. Ballard, Martin and Fish were
putting in some new taps on the high line
canal the first of the week.
A new boy at Amacks. l, rs hat is too
small.
Some one said they were going to serve
ice cream at the church next week.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-13

party coming too close the bear took to Inc
brush and disappeared before they co'''u
get shot at him. Mr.. John now carries d
rife and six-shooter not daring to 60 Tor ora :
bucket of water without taking rifle; a. T.
always keeps q horse up at night. This Is
cheaper than buying overalls. :. .,,;a
The bears are very Troublesome IN thl 3
locality. On one of them packed on .
year old wether in his arms, but was sho'
by a herder in time to save the Wether'
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-13
Rinqling Bros. Circus.

Boise, Idaho, August 18th, 1904. O., 80
For the above occasion rate OF $L Ior
the round trip to Boise and return VIII De
made. Tickets on sale August 10Th ana
expire same day. Passengers can leaHe
Boise on train at II: IS p III. Regular
trains are to be used in both directions
except from Caldwell where special service
is nrovided R. FAkRAR, Agent.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-13

At the Caldwell High School August 25-
d. these will be an examination for First,
Second, Third, primary, and State certiti-
Gates, and life diplomas. -,
At the same time Eighth Grade pupils
NAV write on branches in which they failed
before.
Teachers Institute will be held at the
High School from August % to Sept. z
Cora B. Bean.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-13

Chicago, July 20, 'O4-Messrs. Herr
Clothing Co., Caldwell, Idaho. Gentlemen
If any of your customers are wearing coats
made by us during the past season, the
fronts of which have not held their shape,
we would be under many obligations to
you if you would send them back to us and
we will either put in a new front or make a
new garment.
We wish you to remember this request
for all time to come.
Yours very truly,
ED V. PRICE & Co,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-13
For Sale or Rent.

My blacksmith shop and business, To-
Gated on First Avenue West, near Indian
creek, conveniently situated. The bust
ness is large ard growing and has been
found profitable, having given employment
to two blacksmiths all the time and III ore
at other times. Apply to Henry Cox,
Caldwell, Idaho. If
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-13
Remember

The Fair Store carries full line of Gill;
more d Ruhl Clothing and their prices are
lower than the lowest.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-13
For Sale

Almost new Oil Stove, holes cheap. AT
Tompkins' Secondhand Store.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
Napkin Rino Trick.

While waiting for dessert at dinner,
it is fun for the family at table to ex-
change tricks. One is the napkin ring
trick. Holding your napkin ring in
one hand, look from your glass tum-
bier to some large object-say, the
sugarbowl, pretending to hesitate be-
tween the two, then pick up the glass
tumbler and mutter: ."Safer to take
the smaller article" Then look
around and say:
"Will any of you believe me when
l say that | can push this glass full of
water through this napkin ring?"
Everybody will laugh and say: "Ho,
I'd just like to see you do it."
Then you should set the glass down
solemnly. place your napkin ring in
front of it, and, with an impressive
flourish of your hand, thrust your fin
ger through the napkin ring and give
the glass a shove.
"There!" you may exclaim in tri.
umph. haven't l pushed the glass
through the napkin ring?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
rhe Payers Of eIackmall.

indicated to those American-born ciu-
,ana who compound with rascality for the
sske of their business interests.)
Won paid them! You, whose fathers
The wintry ocean and the unknown shore
10 serve their God and save their souls
Pray God they sleep unconscious Of your
But You Sa' can have no blood from man like
who was the slave that stole into his bed
whose Pilgrim name you bear, and gave
you life?
So cried my shame and scorn. but reason
Unchanged I'm race, they have hut
changed their God
For Mammon is their god; the hell they
Is failure in full service at his shrine,
They fear not want. but only lesser
SO. at their gods behest. they pay the
So, for his sake. with humble cheerful
They buy the right to ply their trades in
peace.
Full service thls No more can master
No more can servants in devotion pay.
Their fathers God was seldom served so
Richard hard NJ Bradley. in the Century.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
A Few conundrums.

What wind would hungry sailor
prefer? One that blows FOWLS and
chops about.
What two letters do boys delight in
to the annoyance of their elders. Two
rs.
Why is a good resolution like a
fainting lady at a ball? Because it
ought to be carried out
What is that which coach can
not move without, and yet is not any
use to it? Noise.
Why is a good meerchaum like a
water color artist? Because it draws
and colors beautifully.
When is chair treated spitefully +?
When you have it caned simply be-
cause it cannot bear you.
Who killed the greatest number of
chickens? Hamlet's uncle did muir.
der most foul"
Why cannot a thief easily steal a
watch? Because he must take it of
its guard.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
White Black BIRD is Shot.

A genuine albino black bird has just
been shot near Catterick Bridge. York
shire, England. Scientific ornithologists
have clearly enough explained the ply
Biological nature of albinism in birds,
but it is still mystery what originates
these physiological conditions, and
also why it is that very dark lumaged
birds, such as blackbirds, rocks, etc.
are more liable to albinism, pure or
partial, than any others 1t is strange,
for instance, that white robins are
rare, and it is notable that the last
found in this country was obtained in
Yorkshire (Sedbergh district). Last
summer a perfectly white sand martin
was seen by hundreds in the Bentham
(Yorkshire) district, and three or four
in other parts of the north OF England.
House martins, also barn swallows,
are liable to assume albinism, and
many records are preserved in York
shire. AS for pied" blackbirds, rocks
and such like, they are as common as
the proverbial blackberries, whereas
in the whole of England there are prob
ably not more than two records of al
bino woodcocks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
Water Causes Fires.

That water can cause fire may at
first seem little unlikely, but this is
just what happened on the western
coast of Ireland only a few years ago.
The rocks which the great Atlantic
rollers had for centuries been slowly
breaking down and piercing with
great caverns contained great masses
of pyrites and alum in their depths.
At last the persistent water penetrat-
ed to these, and combustion immed-
lately took place, producing heat
fierce enough to set the whole cliff
on fire. For weeks the rocks burned
like a volcano, and great clouds of
smoke and vapor rose high in the air.
When at last the fire died out. masses
of lava and clay burned to brick were
found in every direction.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
FUN IN A CIPHER ALPHABET.

notes fell into the hands of another
''set" it could not be understood at all.
1t set some of the more inquisitive
teachers almost crazy for a while, and
every time cipher note fell into their
hands it baffled them, although most
ciphers may be solved with a great
deal of time and trouble by experts
who make speciality of it. But these
teachers, and certainly the pupils,
were not experts, and the ciphers re-
manned unsolved until the boys and
girls using them grew older and left
school, when the fad died out.
1t is lots of fun, and valuable
mental training, to write and receive
letters in cipher. 1t sharpens the
wits, and is help in writing terse,
concise English, but the very best
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15

playing. One person from, say. the
Indians side starts with her pencil OF
her cannon. keeping her eyes tightly
closed. and draws either a straight OF
crooked line, just as she pleases, over
the Pilgrims men or dots. When she
has taken up her pencil she counts the
number of men she has passed over
or KILLED" and puts that number
down on the score cards in favor of
the Indians. Then one from the Pill
grims' side takes her turn. and so on
until one side has scored so points,
which ends the game. You can mark
some of. the dots with red or blue pen
ell for chief of commanders. and if one
of these is touched by a pencil line it
counts three, so that it is not neces-
sary to kill every single man before
the game can be won. dot once
gone over cannot be counted a second
time, as that man is considered dead,
and in drawing line you must keep
on in the same direction, although the
line may be zigzagged-that is, if you
start out toward the right you cannot
turn back toward the left, and so on.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15

Have you ever come across a note
written by one of your schoolmates
which you were entirely unable to
read, not because of poor penmanship,
but because he or she had used some
characters altogether strange to you,
and which you could not make out or
understand? That is what a cipher
alphabet or code is for. Statesmen,
diplomats and detectives constantly
employ cipher codes when they send
messages of great Importance which
they want no one to understand ex-
cept the person to whom they are
sent.
There are many kinds of ciphers,
some of them quite simple and some
so complicated that it is almost inn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
Eouaht win Bear in Street.

Assistant Postmaster E. R. Dobbins
of Holidaysburg, Pa, tells an almost
incredible story of his being attacked
on Allegheny street by a ferocious
wild bear, but his clothing bears mute
evidence to the truthfulness of his
tale Mr. Dobbins was on his way to
the office at 5 o'clock to prepare the
mails for the early train when the
animal suddenly approached him on its
hind legs, placing its paws on his
breast and pushing him to the ground.
He managed by a fierce struggle to
free himself from the animals en-
brace and regain his feet. He then
drew a revolver and fired several
shots, the animal retreating. MIR. Dob
bins heavy raincoat and trousers were
torn in several places by the paws Of
the Infatuated beast.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
Battles of Alphabets.

Displacement of the cuneiform sylla-
barry by George Smith of the Cypriote
alphabet by the same scholar and of
the Hittite alphabet by Prof. Sayce
sheds light on conflict among alpha
bets. The battlefield was Asia Minor
and the competing alphabets were the
three named. All three, however, were
vanquished by the Phoenician alpha
bet. The Assyrian syllabary was
backed by physical force. The victor
les of Sargon and Assurbanipal had
made the influence of Assyrian civili-
cation felt in the islands and PENN
sulas washed by the Mediterranean.
Yet it seems never to have been in
the running at all.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
WANING French Commerce.

lie Journal. Paris, deplores the fact
that French commerce is slowly losing
its markets, not only in the basin of
the Mediterranean, where it once was
virtually without competitors, but in
Asia and the New World. The article
ends by calling attention to the ex-
ample of the Americans, who have sug-
gested floating exposition to exhibit
their merchandise in Pacific ports
and states that M. Louis Olivier, sec
rotary of the Revue Genereale des
Sciences, Paris, has taken advantage
of this idea by equipping steamer as
a floating museum, which will visit the
important commercial centers of the
Levant.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
Honey Pots.


Honey pots" is another interesting
game. A number Of children stoop
down in row, clasping their hands
under their legs.
One child stands in front of them
and acts as owner or seller; another
acts as purchaser. The purchaser in
quires:
Have you any honey pots for saleY'
Yes, plenty; will you walk round
and taste them?"
The purchaser goes around pretend
ing to taste each one in turn; inquiries
the price and weight; finds fault with
several, one being too sweet, and one
not fresh enough, and so on. When
one honey pot to the purchasers taste
Is discovered, she is lifted by the pur-
chaser and owner, or by two children,
who act as weights and scales, and
enen swung by her arms backward
and forward, to estimate her weight
and price.
AS long as the child can keep her
hands clasped, so long is the swinging
Kept up, and as many times as they
count is the number of pounds she
weighs.
When sold the honey pot is taken
TO the other side, or home, of the pur-
chaser. The game goes on until all
the honey pots are sold.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15

The rock, which is few inches
less than fifteen feet in height. is of
New Hampshire granite. The stripes
which appear on the back of the
toad" are of mica, and add realism
to it. All the features to be found
on a real, live field toad are repro
duced with remarkable accuracy.
Unlike many natural freaks, the
visitor does not have to be told what
it is or look at the rock in certain
way to discern any likeness to a toad.
Natives of this town tell funny stories
about strangers, who, seeing the rock
for the first time, have become really
frightened at such a monstrosity out
in the field. The rock is on an eleva-
ton of nearly two thousand feet
above the sea level, and from it one
can command an extended view of the
surrounding country.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
Enn With Einures.

This will be found a capital trick
with which to mystify a little com
pany of people, and you may defy
them to find out how it is done.
If the number 70 be multiplied by
each of the numbers in the following
arithmetical progression-3, 6, 8, II,
is, IS, 81, "a, 27-the products will
be-219, 4SS, 657, SIG, 1895, 1914, 1888,
1852, 1871. Here, you see, taking the
last figure of each product, you have
the nine digits, in order-9, s, Z, 6, 5,
4, 3, 2, l.
Now, to perform your trick, prepare
a little bag of some kind of cloth and
in 1t make two partitions. Into one
of the partitions put six or eight little
cards, each bearing the number 70.
into the other partition put nine little
cards, each bearing one of the num-
bers-3, 6, 8, IL, 10, IS, 81, "a, 81.
The bag having been prepared in
this way hold it so that person will
take the card out of the partition con-
tanning the 73s.
Then dexterously turning the bag
so that the other partition presents
itself ask another member of the COM
pany to take out a card. OF course
he takes one of the nine numbers
given above.
Now ask the two persons to multi
ply their two numbers together and
tell you the last figure in the product.
That being done, you will give the
other figures of the product. This
you will know from the series of prod
ucts given at the beginning of this ar
ticle. If, for example, the two cards
taken out of the bag bear the num-
bers 70 and IS, the product will be
1874; and when they tell you that
the last figure is 4, you know at once
that other figures are 1914.
Any boy can make this trick sort
Of stock in trade by having nice
little bag made and the requisite num-
Der of cards cut and numbered:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15

iaFoflte amusement of the royal chill
uren Is to seek out lame or otherwise
injured birds and then to take them
nome and nurse them back to health.
% 90 this they form miniature hos
pltal' and, with the love of make-be.
ieVe natural at their years, they then
ACT doctors and nurses, till their pa
tlents are well enough to be dis
charged, says Home Notes. Perhaps
the next greatest joy to patients
rapid recovery is his demise, for, like
other little people, the royal children
md the funeral of bird or other
small creature most edifying func.
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
AWFUL DEED OF MANIAC
Nailed Mans Head to the Floor to
Shave Him.

Nalled Mans Head 10 the FLOOR 10 |
Shave Him.
Ambrosio Samano Campo, Mexi- |
can mailman, killed a fellow inmate
of the San Hippolita insane asylum,
in the City of Mexico, the other day
while protesting to shave him.
Campo induced the other man to
remove his straitjacket. When this
was accomplished he asked his com
panion to don the garment which he
did without protest. Then, laying his
victim on the floor, Campo proceeded
to drive a large spike through his
head into the floor. With a shoemak-
er's knife, which by some means he
had contrived to secure, he tried to
shave his victim, but finding the lat
te-s position inconvenient, removed
the spike and nailed the mans head
to the floor in a different manner.
This operation he repeated four times.
The dead man was a brother of
Manuel Marion, prosecuting attorney
in the Belem Criminal court, and
well-known litterateur. When news
of the tragedy was conveyed to the
lawyer he was summing up the case
in the trial of Jorge Lezama. who
was finally sentenced to death for
murder. AS the attorney asked the
terrible penalty for Lezama tears
were streaming down his cheeks.
Samano Campo, who has been in the
asylum for nine years, was power
full man. He believed himself to be
God on earth. Once he grasped a
man who refused to worship him by
the throat and struck his victims
head against the wall, fracturing the
skull Two years ago in fight with
another inmate, who also claimed to
be God in heaven, Campo secured a
club and killed his opponent.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
Easv Man Of Measurina Helnhts.

Anybody who knows how to take the
altitude of the sun or star with a sex
tant, and wishes to take that of any
distant hill. steeple, or. the like. should
put a tea-tray on the ground, fill it
with water, and then retire from it I'M
til the top of the hill, steeple, or what
not is reflected in the liquid. Now
take the sextant, and make the image
of the summit coincide with its refiec-
tion in the liquid. The angle of eleva
ton viii thus, obviously. have heen
measured double Half of this will
give the measurement required
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
HlJFlGH)|
IOF IT, EN'
ProIoneed sIttina Needed.

You want me to tell the whole
truth?" asked the witness.
Certainly" replied the judge.
The whole truth about the plant
in?"
"Of course"
How long does the court expect to
sit?"
What difference does that maker"
ut makes lot of difference. I
couldn't tell the whole truth about
that scoundrel inside of thirty days.
talking all the time"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
George washington Of Mexico.

President Diaz of Mexico. the
George Washington of that republic,
has reached the age of 7S years with
vigor only slightly impaired after his
long life of unusual activity. He will
probably remain president of Mexico
as long as he lives, or, at any rate,
as long as he wants to. He has ex-
pressed a desire to give up public life
after service of fully half century.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
Famous Yacht Now Coal BARGE.

The old saw, How have the mighty
fallen" is aptly illustrated by the coal
barge Dessbrough now discharging a
cargo at Providence. r. /. This hum
BILE looking craft was once the pri-
vate yacht of the khedive Of Egypt,
and she transported the famous ODE
lisk at Central park, New York city.
from Egypt to this country.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
An Isthmus.

Barnes-Howes and l have been
arguing about the meaning of the
word ''isthmus." He says it means a
neck of land separating two bodies Of
water, and hold that it is strip of
land connecting two continents. Now.
what do you say?
Shedd-I say that neither of you is
right An isthmus is thing that con-
meets conspiracies and revolutions
and separates governments.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
orthoaranhY.

Uncle George notice yon have
spelt the word "sore" wrong in speak
ing of sore throat; you have written
it soar"
Willie-I was speaking of giraffe.
Uncle George. Nothing was the mat
ter with his throat, only it scared.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15

possible to solve them without key,
and even then great deal of work
to find out what is meant
About twelve years ago cipher codes
were very popular among boys and
girls who went to public schools, and
every group or set of them had a
peculiar cipher which they used sew
eral times a day in writing notes,
perfectly confident that if one of their
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
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| 8 8. 8 8 . 8 D B . 8
| 8 8 s 8 D d 8 3 3 =:
Cipher Alphabet

part of it all is to see the bewilder,
ment of some crowd" who have found
a note that one of your crowd" has
written.
simple but very puzzling cipher
which is very easy to memorize from
the construction of its characters is
printed here. Just try it on some of
vour scSccl-9tc7 ord SO what fun =
is.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
His Honest Way.

do you ever take stimulants Of
any kind?" asked the doctor, who was
examining the red-nosed candidate for
life insurance.
mo, sir. When l drink whisky, l
do it without trying to make any ex-
cuses to myself whatever"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
AMUSING Games, Clever tricks.

NlHuSiilS SaHISSi SiCNCI u TlSNS'
A very interesting game is called "a
Battle on Paper" This is meant for
not more than six players, four being
even better, so that it is better to
divide into two lots and have two
games going at the same time. The
players are divided into two sides, the
Indians and the Pilgrims. A large
sheet of paper and a couple of pencils
are all that is needed to play the
game. On the left hand side of the
paper. up toward the top, make 60
dots, 10 in a row and six rows, and in
the lower corner of the same side
draw a cannon as well as you can. Do
the same on the right hand side of the
paper, and you are now ready to start
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
His Objection.

Fred-Why is it | never see you
with Miss Buddington any more?
Joe-Because of my dislike for her
father. He is regular old pirate
Eged-A pirate! Why, how's that7
Joe-Well, know from personal
experience that he's a freebooter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
The Secret out.

81 think" said the kittenish maid
of some thirty-odd summers. 'I'll go
in for portrait painting. Is it difficult
to learn?"
mo, it's comparatively easy" re-
piled the great artist "All one has to
do is select the right colors and put
them on in the right place"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-03-15
Decidedly Stuck Up.

DecIueuIy STUCK Up.
Phamley-Goodart called on us the
other day and never saw man so
stuck up in all my life.
Newitt-Nonsense! That isn't his
style at all.
Phamley-I know. his style was
simply ruined He brought our chill
dren candy and held them on his lap
while they ate it.