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The Minneapolis journal., 1904-06-18

Joined our friends their fun We explored the
rounding woods climbed trees picked nuts and berries
and played numerous games suitable for camp life
before dinner held several and jumping
contests which carried off in true sportsman-ke
manner. The mornings fun had wonderful effect
appetites, and did full justice to the food
when it brought FORTH Immediately after dinner
several of the boys went boating while the others made
exploring tour thru of the adjacent woods But
not long separated, about two o'clock engag-
ing game of baseball. Racing, fishing, swimming,
playing and other outdoor recreatons
completed the days program; and that evening
surrounded fire. telling Stories jokes and rid
dies thought that of the most delightful days of
my just close.
Ninth Grade, Richard Groettun,
South Side High School. 1927 Twenty-ifth Av S.
IN THE SHADOW OF PINES.
Nothing Unpleasant About Evergreen Forest
Flies Mosquitoes and Mud
(Prize)
# HE only unpleasant things in the woods according
to opinion, moose-fies, mosquitoes, sand
fees and mud ALI plentiful the dayI spent
place about four miles from Red lake. The thru
the woods fragrant with the odor of cedars
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-06-18


to
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-06-18
EFFECTS OF FUN.
"A Number of Truly Formidable
Appetites.
(Prize.)


" ES, [ was at last to enjoy a
day in camp; nottn imagin-
alton, as I had so often done,
but in reality. Several of my
boy friends having been sue
cessful and fortunate enough to
establi themselves in camp,
extended to a few of my other
friends and myself an invita-
ton to visit them. I had often
longed to go camping or even
to visit a camp, but the wish
hitherto had never been real
lied; and now, when it was to
be fulfilled, I could do nothing
for several days previous to the
event, but spend my time in
glorious anticipations of the
happy time I should have.
The day which had so long
been looked forward to came at
last, and a more suitable day
for the occasion it could not
have been. We arrived at the
camp early and Immediately
io;na1 o,,r f,Sar5e ~, tL,o;, f,,r
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

It was on George Washington lips
to deny the charge, but he say Cariin
handling a small riding whip sug-
gestively.
"Yas'm," said he huskily.
"And that | wanted him to come
here to-night-and make up?"
"Yas'm." 80
What made you tell those lies ~
i4he greater Washingtons narne-f
sake felt of crack in the floor Win
one bare brown toe.
81 dunno. Miss Clar'bel. l just
reckoned Marse Lex would Ike to
yere it,"
But never said anything of the
kind"
NOM" George looked up boldly,
you amt never said hit, but | done
seed you kissin' of Marse Lexis pic
ture yesterday-an if you didn't want
him to make up what for was you
doin' dat?"
Miss Claribel colored. 1t was one
thing to ask questions and quite an
other to answer them. George saw
his advantage.
Goose lied some, but | amt lied
so mighty much, Miss Clar'bel Miss
Mary did say one day dat she wisht
you'd marry dat Carter genterman,
an dat she was goin' to SEN you
away. And if you had give me note
for Marse Lex, specks Miss Mary
would took it away fun me. An
knowed Marse Lex was wantin' to
make up wild you, an you was wantin'
him to if he'd come yere and say so.
Nom, amt tell so mighty many
lies"
Carlin stepped up to the girls side.
"Claribel, dear" he said, SIS the boy
right? Do you care yet?"
81 reckon do-only-only l never
would have told you" said Miss Clar-
ibel softly.
1t was the sound of chuckle that
brought Carlin up with start, and a
moment after George Washington
found himself set firmly out in the
hall, the door closed behind him, and
a silver dollar in his hand.
Il visit them yere birthdays was
every day." said George Washington
as he climbed the stairs to his bed
room.-Boston Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

bridged. This river runs through a
marshy country, where there is not
a tree to be seen. Here and there
few little black points emerge from
the swamv, reminding one of the little
islets that appear at low water on
the shores of Marenes, in central
Italy. These dark spots are the huts
In which the Korean peasants live.
The inhabitants of the town are even
more wretched than the inhabitants
of these huts. A little less than half
mile from Port Fusan there is an
old native city which Japanese civil
lization has not yet reached. 1t is an
agglomeration of miserable mud cab
ms covered with thatch. In these
rude habitations, without floors and
without windows, five or six persons
are crowded into space hardly large
enough for single human being. The
uncleanliness of these abodes beg
gars description. 1t would be impos-
sible to find in any other portion of
the globe human dwellings so repug-
nant and so sickening. At a little
ulSlduC0 lEOu1 LueSe dDOmlndDl0 nov
els, which would be Stunned by do
nestle animals accustomed to the
cleanliness of western civilization, the
ruins of palaces and the walls of a
city, abandoned for several centuries,
bear testimony to the fact that this
country, now fallen into such deep
distress. once had its period of splen-
doris.
Seen from the Fusan side, the great
peninsula of northern Asia gives the
impression of desert, but it causes a
still more lugubrious sensation upon
the European traveller who lands at
Chemulpo and goes to Seoul by the
railway. The line runs through a
country which has the aspect of an
endless cemetery. 1t is the land of
the dead. Thousands of little mounds
covered with grass present evidence
going to prove that the Koreans, after
their death, are transported to this
funeral suburb, which, all around the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05
War on Disease Germs.

Believing that disease germs Turk in
telephone mouthpieces, health ofhcer
Ragan, of San Francisco, directed in
specting physician 3. R. Tillman to
swab out mouthpieces of public tele-
phones and give them to the city
chemists, for the purpose of making
cultures of bacteria, to determine the
danger of contagion. Orders were is.
sued that all lung testers in public
places must be removed for the same
reason. 1t was also recommended
that janitors sweep the public schools
in the afternoon instead OF in the
morning, and that they wipe down the
baseboards once a week or oftener.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

the narshy streets, and the cars, go
SO fast that they kill children every
day; but the people of Seoul give
themselves little trouble about the
innunerable victims that are crushed
under the wheels of European ciyili-
Zation.
The character of the Korean is an
enigma, says an English traveller who
is thoroughly acquainted with the pop
ulations of the Far East. The Koreans
are a race who go through life and
face death with the same careless
placidity. SO ,long as they are not
obliged to give up their monumental
hats and their chignons, they resign
themselves to their destiny, whatever
1t may be- They will not take up
arms for the Russians, although the
only deep sentiment which it is posi-
BILE to discover in their hearts is their
deadly hatred of the Japanese.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05
sSs San s& Yg $50
: THE TRUTHFULNESS OF G. w.


His first name was George, and
as he was the color of strong coffee,
of course his last name WAS Washing
ton. He had eyes as white as clab-
Der, teeth to match. He was running
away, as any one else might whose
birthday had gone wrong
You see it was his first birthday-at
least the first he had ever known. He
had discovered the date of it in uncle
Soils almanac-Feb. %, George Wash.
ington's birthday. tH
He had heard that those lucky
enough to have birthdays got presents
thereon, and that there was to be a
holiday and parade of the firemen
in the nearby towns in honor of this
occasion. He was naturally rather
proud and anticipatory in conse-
quence. al4t
And then the day had come, and
there were no birthday gifts from the
white folks as he had hoped, he was
not allowed to go to town to see his
own procession, and instead of a
holiday he had been rated, for laziness
and put on the woodpile.
Was it any wonder, under these ac-
cumulated grievances, that he ran
away, and now stood, rather SILVER
ing figure, in the muddy, half-frozen
road, while he waited with persua-
sive grin for the buggy of Mr.. Lex
Carlin going downward?
Not only had it been common talk
in the kitchen that young Marster Lex
Carlin was counting Miss Claribel, but
George, as he stood behind old Miss
Mary's chair, had observed and drawn
conclusions for himself.
Mr.. Carlin had not been near the
Fairview plantation, however, since
the first of the year, and it was said
that he and Miss Claribel had quar-
relied, but still there was a chance Of a
lift to town, and George was not the
one to lose chances.
miss Mary done sont me to town
for to fotch her some medicine for
aunt Sallie's rheumatic" he explained
glibly, "and reckoned you mought
femme ride wild you, subj"
Carlin was a goodnatured fellow,
and besides wanted news of his be-
loved, SO he made room for the boy
beside him. In return he got the
news.
George knew what Carlin wanted,
and glided with the celebrity of prac-
tice from the general into the partieu-
lar, and that particular which would
most interest his host.
'MisS tClar'bel been tfeelin' mighty
poly since you quit comm to de
house, Marse Lex. She's kinder peak
in and pinin' liken she lost sumpin'-
and she don't eat nothin' skaselv.
OATS de reason she and old Miss
Celia is projeckin' to go to the city,
Miss Clar'bel don't wanter so, but ole
Miss bound she SHALL"
How does know" he continued.
'Iordy. thar amt much gwine on
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

Any European who arrives at Fusan
or at Chemulpo finds it difficult to
understand how Korea can. excite
such ardent covetousness. It is the
poorest and the least picturesque coun-.
try in the universe. The ,tinge of civ
ilization which the Japanese have Civ
en- to Fusan is merely superficial.
The streets, the architecture of the
Houses, the aspect of the shops, and
the imperfect copies of everything
of western customs reminds one of
the maritime towns OF the third or
fourth class in the islands of Nippon
or Kiou-Siou. At Fusan it is easy to
see that the Japanese copy of Euro
pean models is only rough draught.
The railroad goes through wild
country and stops short at the end
of a little river that might easily be
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05
KNOW THEIR OWN SPECIES,
Ants Learn Early to Distinguish Be.
tween Friend and Foe.

Each ant species appears to have
its distinctive odor, discernible by
other ants Within each species there
are also differences of odor depend
ent on the age of the colony and the
age of the queen from whose eggs it's
inmates are produced. The ants or
gans of smell are its antennae, and
the antennae consist, as it were, Of
a series of noses, each of which has a
special task. One nose tells the ant
whether 1t is in its own nest or that
of an enemy, Another nose discrimi-
mates between odors of ants of the
same species, but of different colonies.
The third serves the purpose of dis
corning the scent laid down by the
ants own feet, so that it may retrace
its steps along its own path. Another
nose smells the ant larvae and pupae,
and the fifth nose detects the pres
ence of an enemy. Thus If an ant be
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

nation he had heard. So far the ex.
pected quarter had not appeared, and
George started on new effort for it.
One day Miss Clar'bel Civ me a
note fer you" he said casually.
"a note!" Carlin cried. why
didn't you bring it to me?"
Miss Mary. she come out an ak
me whar was gwine an tole her an
she done take de note away. She
tell me if. Miss Clar'bel give me any
more notes was to bring 'em to her.
She says she amt gwine to have you
as son-in-law nohow She took a
note off me this yere very mornin'."
Carlin swore. Then he put his
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

hand in his pocket and drew out a
big shining half-dollar.
George" he said, eff Miss Clari.
bel gives you any more notes for
me, you bring 'em to me, and you'll
get half-dollar for each one"
George assented willingly and was
happy. Behold, his work had at last
borne fruit. There was balm in Gil.
cad and good in birthdays after all.
1t was a great day for George
Washington. His wealth commanded
the admiration of others, both white
and black, of his own age, and he
bought the harmonica his musical
soul longed for. The tail of the day
found him penniless but happy, save
for the four-mile homeward tramp.
AS for the greeting he would get
on arrival that was too far in the
future to bother him. How to get
home was the problem.
Carlin had not gone back, and
George found him in Doc Staytons
drug store
1--WE been lookin for you, Marse
Lex he said, "for to tell you sump-
in what Miss Clar'bel done tole me
to tell you Hit done get clean outer
my 'membrance this yere mornin'.
She say to me dat if l was to see
you I was to tell you she was willin'
to make up wild you, but she warn't
gwine to wait no long time"
"She told you that?" cried Carlin,
suspiciously.
mo, sub, she amt jes' tole me, but
dat note, Miss Mary done get dis
mornin', hit say hit"
How do you know?"
Cause l done read hit" explained
George Washington frankly. "Hit
say dat sheh was waitin' for you. an
that lessen you come this yere very
night to see her. she's gwine to marry
that other genterman-dat Mr.. Tom
Carter, dat Miss Mary want her to-"
why in thunder didn't you tell me
this before. you little imp?" growled
Carlin as he started for his buggy.
Tired with his day, George Wash.
ington alternately slumbered and
logged awake as the buggy whirled
along over the rough Virginia road to
Fa1rview hall.
When at last they drew up in the
circle before the door, and he had
hitched the horse to the old locust at
the corner of the veranda, George
Washington lost no time in climbing
to his bed over the back kitchen.
1t was not destined to long. He
was brought out of sleep and his
quilts with jerk and hand grasp
ing his collar. The hand was that of
Mr.. Carlin, and it marched George
Washington down the kitchen stairs,
through the dining room into the par
lor, where Miss Claribel was sitting
with an indignant flush on her face
and her eyes swapping.
did you tell Mr.. Carlin that
wrote him notes?" said Miss Claribel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05
Dance to Take Strain Out Of Muscle.

Dance to Take Strain Out of Muscles.
DR.. Bishoff of Vladivia, Chile. de-
scribes the hard work of the mining
poems, who carry 100 pounds of ore in
bags strapped to their shoulders while
they climb up hundreds of feet on lad
ders, often consisting only of notched
trees. They toll without a recess
from 6 a m. to p. M, and might
seem to be in need of all the rest thew
can get, but before supper they prefer
to take the strain out of their muscles
after a fashion of their own, viz.
dancing vehemently to the sound of a
fiddle for an hour or two, or even long
er if their lady friends happen to mus
ter in force.-Health Cure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05
SERMONS OF JUNGLE RUFUS"
Gift of Eloquence Possessed by lllit-
crate Darky.

Gift of Eloquence Possessed by Hit
crate Darby.
Near my home over in Virginia, :"
says the business woman" there is a
small Baptist church. where every
Sunday a negro called Uncle Rufus
breaches. 1 have always suspected
that Uncle Rufus doesn't know how to.
read, though he won't confess it. am
sure his, eldest daughter selects his
texts for him, but | wouldn't dare tell
him 1 think so. He came to see me
the last time l was at home, and
promised to send him a new Bible
from Washington. His last name is.
Robertson or Robinson. and when
was asking how l should address the
package l inquired how he spelled
his name. Uncle Rufus wasn't to be
caught by any such transparent trick
as that
We'll, Miss Betty he said, 4 amt
a-goin' to tell you how l spells it. You
jes' spell it the way you likes best. I
certainly amt going to dictate to a
lady,
Il went once to hear Uncle Rufus
preach funeral sermon" says the.
same woman 1T was a fiowery and
eloquent address, garnished with
many quotations. Uncle Rufus re-
ferred touchingly to the untimely TAX
ing off of the deceased and to the
ways of providence, which are beyond
mortal comprehension.
Shorely, my friends said he,
what the poet says is a fact. God
moves in mischievous way His won
ders to reform w Washington Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

populations OF the Far East, who
have dropped back into barbarism,
successfully resist the invasion of
western civilization. The sewers are
uncovered along the public highways,
and great cesspools are seen in the
most frequented places. When heavy
rains fall the Streets which are not
generally paved, become impossible
swamps. Close up to these filthy pud-
dies stand majestic edifices The
Catholic cathedral, built Of red brick.
is not an architectural marvel, but it
is remarkable for the symmetry of its
proportions. The buildings in which
the diplomatic agents reside present
a snowy exterior, intended to give a
high idea of the powers whose repre-
.sentatives are accredited to Emperor
Yai-Hyoung. Tramwsys run through
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

A Louisville man tried to make the
Pullman company pay for big roll
of bills that was taken from him in
the sleeping-car. The jury failed to
agree. How did it know that the
1886 was not given to the porter for
a tip?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05
Max Muller Fund Grows.

The final balance sheet of the Max
Muller memorial fund shows that fine.
total receipts amounted to $11 600
The fund is applied ito the promotion
of learnig and research in all matters
relating to the history and archae.
ology, the languages, literatures and
religions of ancient India" King Ed
ward VII, the German emperor. the.
king of Sweden and Norway and the
crown prince of Siam were among the
contributors.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

No doubt in due time the Bayonne
Married Mems society and the Wivesi
Anti-Lodge club will be getting out
injunctions restraining members of
the rival organization from picketing
their flats
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

There is nothing remarkable about
the Cleveland lad who Is finishing his
high school course by telephone AL
most any healthy boy would prefer
that to going to school.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

One hundred girls employed in a
Connecticut wooden mill have struck
for the right to flirt 1t win probably
be pretty hard to get new girls to take
their places.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

Three thousand people of Buczacz,
Austria. have been rendered homeless
by fire which recently destroyed 200
houses. The figures indicate that
there is no race suicide in Buczacz.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

London is going to try to decide
now whether boiling Holsters alive
is cruelty to animals or not. But Lon
don long ago accepted oysters. and
swallows them alive.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

Friends and relatives of the Ameri.
can war correspondents needn't worry
much about their personal safety until
they can get considerably nearer to
the front.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

This being up in arms isn't what
1t is cracked up to be-" the young
father remarked. as he paced the floor
at midnight with his roaring first
born.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

Russell Sage remarks that no man
ought to pay more than fifty cents for
a straw hat. Apparently it has never
occurred to him that 1t would be
cheaper still to go bareheaded.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

One hundred people have been kill
ed by hurricane in Cochin China
Their case was very sad. They
might have been killed in glorious bat
tie cheering for their heaven-sent
ruler.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

Boston was so hard pressed for
bakers, because of the strike, that the
employers found it necessary to call
In their delivery wagon drivers to
bake bread. 1t is scarcely necessary
to add that 1t wasn't much like the
. bread mother used to bake.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

Now that Gen. Kashtalinsky has re.
ported a "grievous yet glorious bat
tle." will somebody rise up and accuse
him of plagiarism?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

How many zones are there?" asked
a teacher, and the bright boy an
swered; "Six-one torrid, two tenn
,perate, two frigid, and the Panama
canal zone"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

The average citizen has great diff
ficulty in pronouncing the geographi-
cal names in the war news. but his
perplexity is nothing to what 1t would
be If a war should break out in Maine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

There be three sorts of people
those with pulls, those that are pulled,
and pullets And the last are In the
end always plucked for the other two.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

When DR.. Rainsford says that FIVE
men can do more working together
than ten men apart, he doesn't mean
five writer's in newspaper office.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

After searching thirty-eight years
for her relatives woman has found a
cousin who is prisoner in Sing Sing.
There are good many things that
are better not discovered.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

An Illinois man put lighted pipe in
his pocket, set fire to his clothes, and
is now in a hospital. Tobacco is in,
furious.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

The crew of an American schooner
is In trouble for fishing for sponges in
Cuban waters. Never sponge sponges.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

The man who, observing your strug-
gle for independence, warns you that
money doesn't bring happiness, gener-
ally has a lot.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

One war and six revolutions are
now going on in South America and
the West Indies. This being the hot
season. things are naturally rather
dull down there.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

An English railway expert is as
tonished to find that the zone idea of
your railways is to get there"
That's why we build them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

Farming operations generally may
be two weeks behind this spring, but
the weeds seem to be about as far ad-
vanced as usual
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

capital, stretches out further than the
eye can reach. The respect which the
disciples of Buddha have for past gen
erations obliges them to hold In rev.
erence the resting places of the dead.
Consequently. every day additional
rows of graves, freshly dug, add new
undulations to this immense mortu-
airy plain.
But at last we come to Seoul, the
capital of Korea. 1t is village of
about 100000 inhabitants; In which
the habits of uncleanliness of the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

"osSd W'AH q persuasive 9TiHs
don't see. No sub! Ole Miss think
Miss Clar'bel done forgit you often
her mind If she so away fun here,
and den marry dat Mr.. Carter FUN
Baltimore, but she amt forgittin'-an
she amt gwine to forgit. neither Dat
day you an she quarled, an you rode
off down de lane a cussin' and lef' her
standin' in the DRAWN room. was
out on der back po'ch an l seed her
cryin'-"
She didn't cry much that | saw"
Carlin burst out, Don't lie to me, you
black rascal"
Deed l amt lynn Marse Lex,
done seed her"
They rode along in silence for some
time while Carlin digested this lnfor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-07-05

Make money your slave" says Mr.
Rockefeller-but unfortunately be
doesn't give the recipe.