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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

of this district, there are even tokens
of the civilization Of far-away New
York. There is another Broadway,
and although not walled up with sky
scraping office buildings nor perfor-
ated with a subway, yet in Skagway,
as in Manhattan, Broadway is Broad
way.
When the thick gold streaks of the
Atlin district were discovered, just
over the border line, the wideawake
citizens of Skagway were the first to
pounce down on them. They hustled
across White Pass and staked out the
best claim. After a time came the
Canadian officials, with the demand
that the American miners should be.
come Canadian citizens. There was
hardly man who did not refuse.
"The flag is better than gold" was
a saying which was heard on every
hand. So most of the miners went
back to Skagway and sought to make
their fortunes in various lines of trade
and manufacture. But soon there was
another bit of news which frightened
the more timorous.
Canada Is After Skagway" was the
headline of one weekly newspapers
article, and it went on to say that the
Dominion had revived its old claim
to this territory. The sister town of
Dyea also took alarm, for it, too, was
within the disputed territory. A few
emigrated to where the Stars and
Stripes floated without danger of be-
ing supplanted by the Union Jack. But
the majority simply waited for some.
thing to turn up"
For time, indeed, things looked
ominous. The rougher element said
there would be a fight. A squad of
mounted Canadian police moved their
headquarters to White Pass. within
the disputed territory, and raised the
British flag. AS soon as the news
reached Skagway a crowd of men
gathered as rapidly as they do in
Kentucky when the law is too slow"
and as soon as their horses could
reach White Pass the British flag was
torn down and the Stars and Stripes
foated in its place. Then the police
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26
A STUDY OF SHE.
Philosophers MoraIizing on the "Eter-
nal Feminine"

Atdt EitiliittiEs
The more we study She the more
we don't understand how it is that
She is able to twist us around her
little finger wheneve~ She feels like
it, But She is.
For whom is it that in childhood's
happy days we fight with boy three
sizes, larger than ourselves, and get
so severely punished that we can't sit
up for a week? Why, for She-and
She only laughs at us for our pains.
Who is it that devours all our spare
change in the shape of candies and
flowers, and calls for more and gets
them, too? She.
For whom do we linger at stage
doors with boquets, to purchase which
we have to endure a fortnight's mar
tyrdom in lieu of lunch? She.
Who is, it that at the railway res
taurant deals out the soul-destroying
sandwich and the death-dealing bun?
'Tis She every time. If it'were He we
would slap him on the spot and glory
in the deed.
Who accepts our hard-earned gold
on the pretense of being a frst-class
cook. and then broils our steak in a
trying-pan and boils our coffee an
hour? She.
Who is it that accepts our theater
tickets, our suppers. our boquets. and
our devotion, and then goes off and
marries another fellow? She-and
for this we ought to forgive her a
good deal.
Who, we ask, is it that when we en-
ploy her as typist spells summer with
one IN" and February with only one
r., and yet escapes without censure?
1t is She. All, yes! 1t is She.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

all cemeteries" 'If the lamp goes
out take feather from the pillow and
that will be light enough" eff you
are fond of athletics lift up the mat
tress and watch the bed spring."
Another hosiery built up a large
and fiourishing business by issuing
circulars which bore this legend:
The mountaineers saloon; finest.
largest and quickest line of liquors in
the American possessions. It's where
the jolly good fellows hang out. Come
here if you want to meet the boys"
A steam laundry which was estab-
lished while the city was still rooted
with canvas put out sign which
read:
"All kinds of washing done while
you wait. Clothes guaranteed to fit
after washing. Don't come if you
want to kill anything"
Although there is a block on the
East Side which possessed a city full
of people, but never a bathtub, the
towns within the disputed Alaskan
territory have long been used to such
luxurious inventions. There was a
plumber of Dyea in it's palmiest days
who made a small fortune in the
plumbing business and whose cards
read:
"Will fix you out with a porcelain
lined tub for the most reasonable
rates. A bath in one of my tubs is
better than whole winter without
one"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26
ParlsIan Doc cemeteriea-

Paris has a dog cemetery on an
island in the Seine. A plain grave
without headstone may be had for
81 and the body is removed on a
little wagon for similar sum. The
graves are leased not sold. The
charge for five years lease is SIS, for
ten $40, for twenty SIS and for thirty
$40. Very stringent rules forbid the
use of ceremonies or decorations such
as are used at funerals. No cross may
be erected over an animal or a bird,
for all pets may be inferred here. The
inscriptions are of curious and ex-
aggerated sentimentality. lola Do
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26
Faithful pon.

A beggar who recently died IN
Paris hospital possessed a dog wb,ot
was greatly attached to him. Durina
the mans stay in the hospital ths
animal never moved away from the
door. When the beggar died the doc
followed his body to the cemetar,s
where 1t remained lying on the ersys
for several days.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26
Monument 70 Mhis.

The citizens of Altenburg. Car.
many, have erected monument -
honor of "skat," which is a German
variation of whist. The monumant
consists OF column painted with dias
monds, hearts, spades and clubs ana
on the top are two pigs-symboIs 90
luck-and fountain throwing up
jet of water.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

ly out of the room and telephoned to
. charitable friend to go and bring
jenny and the baby to see the child
who lay fighting for his life on the
little cot in room thirteen.
1t was late in the afternoon when
there was a knock at the door OF
number thirteen" Nurse Jennings
softly opened 1t to admit the kind
friend who had undertaken to find
jimmy and the baby. They stood in
the doorway. Jinny's pinched face was
pale with fright She had never been
in :spital before and the vastness
and snposing aspect of the place. with
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

The sweet simplicity Of girlhood
has often been commented upon. but
+ It never had more forceful illustra-
ton than in the girl student VINO con.
fessed to raising one dollar bills to KS.
Saying that 1t never occurred to her
ut was wrong to do so, and she needed
i4hs money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

A monument has been erected in
England to the msmory of the 400 900
horses killed and wounded in the Boer
war The gallant and serviceable
American mule appears to have
kick coming.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

An Arkansas man who weighed GIG
pounds died the other day from in.
fiammatory rheumatism. It must
have been terrible to have infiamma.
tory rheumatism that was bad enough
, to work its way through GIG pounds.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

A New York doctor has found a
paste that will do the work of razor.
1t will not be popular with BARRIERS
and women who use their husbands
razors for ripping seams.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

The women's congress at Hamburg
resolved that the corsets are barbar-
GUS, in the face of the fact that only
women who are supposed to be civil
lied ever wear them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

The American trotting association
will not accept the alleged record of a
mile in 1899 trotted by Cresceus at
Wichita, but the record of 1851
made by Lou Dillon will be printed in
red ink.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

II May Goelet, with $50, 100000. may
marry a duke, the young daughter of
the Rockefellers. with billion, might
marry car; but we'd never let Rus
STA run our kerosene business.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

The Red-Headed Philosopher de-
iclares that the difference between the
hard worker and the easy-going work
er is not more than two cents, but he
may be prejudiced.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

The report that J. Pierpont Morgan
is to retire is denied both at his Wall
street and London offices. Accepting
the denial as true. the best thing
for the public will be to keep its
hands on its pocketbook.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

hoisted another British flag, and again
posse of Skagway citizens started
out to pun it down. There might have
been blood spilled had not prominent
Americans interfered. At last the
skagwayans went to a higher peak
and unfurled still larger American
flag. The two emblems of empire
ioated there all summer undisturbed.
Another evidence, that the disputed
land must always be American, al
though the point was. not brought out
before the arbitration tribunal, is the
rough and ready humor which char
acterizes it's inhabitants. 1t has the
same ring as the jokes of the Texas
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

Patti is to receive over 100000 for
singing about 300 songs during her
present farewell tour. Yet some OF
the critics say her high notes do not
come easily.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

Ex-Postmaster General James is go
ing to marry an English girl. But he
can't spite the American heiresses by
doing that. There's no title to be
won.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

1t is said that the moose with which
the Adirondack woods were stocked
are working their way north into Can
ada. Maybe they couldn't endure see
ing so many hunters shot by mistake.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

There's one trust we don't want to
bust. If it wasn't for the grocer's
trust, we should have to go hungry
except when we happened to have
the ready cash.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

That loss of $3,500,OOO in burning
Russian mail car looks like the story
might have gathered few globules
of air coming under the ocean.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

AS radium will exhaust itself in
10000 years, economical persons will
be cautious about investing in it until
the price falls below $4,000 an ounce.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

The next American heiress who
marries duke might make a good
thing out of ii by hiring a hall and
charging admission
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

AS Daniel Webster might have re-
marked Dartmouth may be small, but
there are those who say she can play
football.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

The bank teller who is accused of
embezzling $4,000 and has been locked
up should have made it 100000 and
taken a foreign trip for his health.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

II they were younger, and therefore
inclined to indulge in baby talk, one
might expect Mrs. Plat to say to her
husband as he left the house: and
where will / meet oo?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

Some people have no idea of the
value of money A Pennsylvania man
was murdered for an insurance of
$3.50.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

AT any rate, Ann wasn't so old as
some of the other problems and puz-
zles that have followed her into print.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

New York city is suffering from
what the papers vaguely speak of as
pie war. Have the consumers struck
for shorter crusts?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26
IDAHO

About the only establishment that
makes money without advertising is
the mint
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

John Strange Winter says that 30
per cent of London society women
wear wigs, which, of course, keeps
them out of the front row.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

A woman in Southern town adver-
tised for lost sheep. Is her name
DO Peep or is she an evangelist?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

Panama has set South America a
beautiful example in the way of
quiet and inexpensive revolution.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

The Chinese empress wishes she
could handle the car as easily as she
can an unruly editor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

Man proposes, woman disposes and
the rest of the world says 81 told you
So"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-26

rian, the author, says on her pets
tombstone that if she cannot accom-.
pany the dear and noble animals she
does not wish for heaven" and on
"Follette's" grave a mourner has plac.
ed these words: my dear Toilette
thou vert always faithful and inteli.
gent, we regret thee much, repose in
peace" Near the entrance to- the
cemetery stands a row of battered
stones from graves the leases of
which have expired.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-10-20
A SLICK TRICK
BOARDER WORKED col. BUD DALE
FOR HIS KEEP"

Col Bud Dale, proprietor OF the New
Richmond Hotel, was worked day or
two ago by one of the easiest games on
record.
A man giving the name of Farrell and
registering from Chicago, came in and
said he wanted regular board. lie was
well dressed and apparently a man of
some Importance. lie paid his bill for
the first few days, and then suddenly
neglected TO say anything about board.
There was a big trunk in his room,
however, and Col. Dale felt safe. Final
ly, after he was about $40 in debt, Far
rell ceased to come around. He has never
showed up yet.
Col. Dale continued to wait, thinking
that the man was away somewhere foi
few days on business, and felt safe
as there was the big trunk still in tho
room.
Yesterday he happened to think tina;
the trunk belonged to Dave Cassel, who
has been working as patrol wagon driver
for John Austin while the latter was re-
covering from his illness. When Cassel
took the job he informed Col. Dale that
he would not need his room until Mr.
Austin was able TO resume work, but
that he would leave his trunk in il until
he came back. The trunk, instead OF
icing the strangers baggage, therefore
belonged to one of Col Dale's regular
boarders, and he is now mourning foI
bis ten-spot.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-10-20

the little ships and while their pen
nsnts are dipping in salute TO his
regal highness.
The Pittbsurg Leader says: 1.-THE
Mayfiower was raised in exactly two
hours, eleven steamboats, assisting in
the task. She is now entirely clear OF
water, except little that still comes
in through leaks in her hull. Forth
nately the hull is practically unin-
jured, ana the smaller leaks in the
hold can be stopped without difficulty.
When completed the boat will have
dancing pavilion the full length Of the
upper deck, about 1870 feet. There
will be no ststerooms on the boat. 1t
is not generally known that when
built the idea was to convert her into
towboat il she was not success IS
q passenger boat
The transfer steamer Junius s. Nor.
gan sunk at Cairo Monday morning
will be q total loss. She cannot be
raised.
Captain Thomas S. Royse, one Of
the veteran steamboat agents in the
hslcyon days Of the river, is lying
at the point of death in the old
Mems Home, on Walnut Hills. Gin.
cinnati. He was for many year,
senior member Of the firm of Royse
g. Mossett.
There is slight rise here today, bu
it is not likely to last longer than TO-
day. The guage is five-tenths Of a
foot instead Of four tenths, but will be
falling again by night.
The Charleston Is the first boat to
leave for Cairo for several days. She
went down today with good trip.
The City of Charleston is due to re
turn from Elizabethtown. ILL.,, today.
The Henry Harley is getting ready
to 90 out in place Of the Tennessee
Saturday night.
At last accounts the divers were
still at work trying raise the Bot
Dudley.
IL will probably be long time until
the tie trade opens up, Judging from
present indications.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-10-20
TEXAS ARMY OFFICER WITNESSES
DESPERATE DUEL WITH B0LOS

Austin. Tex. Oct. l9.-Colonel John
A. Hulen, adiutant general of this state
has one of the largest collections of
arms and instruments Of battle of the
various tribes Of natives of the Philip
pine islands there probably is in this
country Colonel Hulen served two
years in the Philippines as an officer in
one OF the regiments that was organiz-
ed in Texas He was member of the
Gilmore relief expedition.
Il was witness TO one Of the most
desperate and horrible duels that prob.
ably ever occurred" he said the other
day. THE affair of honor took place
between two Filipinos of unusually
large stature. IL seems that they had
quarreled about a woman, and the one
who felt that his feelings had been out
ragged challenged his rival to a duel to
the death. The challenge was accepted
and bolos were selected as weapons.
was taking ride one morning when
unexpectedly came upon the two men
and their seconds Just as the duel was
about to begin. The bolos had been
sharpened and FURNISHED for the occa-
sion until they shone like silver. AT the
given signal the duel began. | can not
describe the horror Of their fight The
men parleyed and PARTED blows, made
hinges and feints, and followed much
the same tactics as prize fighters. At ey-
cry blow a stream Of blood would flow.
Al the end of thirty minutes one Of the
men was minus both his ears and a doz
en- deep gashes showed on his body. His
antagonist had large piece Clipped oil |
his nose and great strips of flesh hung
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-10-20
RUBBER ROADS PRACTICABLE, BUT COSTLY

fact that the rubber road lasts life
time.
Rubber flooring is much used for
steamships and yachts, and in the
United States for libraries, hanks, pub
lie buildings and even kitchens. In Lon
don we have laid it in one or two hos
ritals and in at least one city office.
Apart from the cost, however, there
j. no reason why London streets should
not be rubber paved. Horses, for one
thing, could dispense with shoes-the
rubber would be as soft as grass to
their feet. Heavy traffic does not affect
81 much. The cement paving at Broad
street station. Philadelphia. for in
stance. had TO be renewed every two
Years. but the rubber road laid down
there ten years ago il still there. Rub
her roads. moreover, are sanitary, clean,
and waterproof"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-10-20
NYS OF
TEE RIVERS.


Pilots John Rollins and Roy Broad
foot leave today to take look at the
Mississippi, the former going all the
way to New Orleans and the latter
to Memphis.
The Lulu Warren cleared last even
ing for Tennessee river in place Of the
Clyde. which is laid up at Perryville.
The Alert has returned from Tur-
ner's Lake, where 1t took q party Of
hunters from Paducah.
The Natchez Democrat says: "Pres-
emit indications tend to show that the
roustabout question in the local port
is settled for the time being. The
local boats got away on time yesterday
with full crews. The action of the
police in arresting idlers and Migrants
has been Endorsed by the merchants,
and the finishing touches to the in
dorsement will be added this evening
at a large meeting Of the wholesale
and retail men Of the city. II Is the
aim and object of these gentlemen to
uphold the officers OF the law and give
them every support In their work. The
roustabouts will not DEMOLISHED as long
as they behave themselves and con-
form to the exsctions imposed by the
city ordinance and the state laws. II
the boats can I'LL their crews and are
not delayed on account Of these strik-
ing negroes. there will be no further
trouble on the local 'front.'"
Shortly after the close Of the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition twenty eight
war vessels, modelled after their great
or sisters Of the American navy. will
sail from st. Louis for trip down the
Mississippi to New Orleans. with New
York as the ultimate destination. The
little vessels measure from IS feet to
23 feet in length and are exact models
of the big ships Of the navy. Each 10
manipulated by an electric motor, and
arrangements have been made whereby
power will be obtained at Cape Girar
deAu, Memphis and Baton Rouge on
the way down the big river. At New
Orleans the feet will act as an escort
to the monarch of the Msrdi Gras,
and he will make his grand entree into
the Carnival City amid the salutes Of
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-10-20
SMALL BLAZE
SECOND OF THE SERIES OF
THREE SUCCESSIVE FIRES.

The No. fire department, at Tenth
and Clay streets, was called to the
residence of Mrs. Adams at 1919 Har
rison street this morning about s;15
o clock to extinguish several out
houses and barn which had caught
fire.
One outhouse was burned before the
department. was summoned, bat the
barn was saved with some little dam
age to the roof. The total damage
will amount to less than 800.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-10-20

a GUARANTEED CURE FOR piLts
Itching Blind, bleeding or Protruding Piles
Your druggist will refund money n PAzo ONT
MINT fails to cure you In 10 Il DAYS. soc.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-10-20

from his body; deep cash also show
ea on his left shoulder, where a blow Of
The bolo had struck deep into the bone.
The duel had been in progress for
nearly an hour, and both men were ap-
pgrently so weak from loss of blood
that they could hardly stand. when one
e them seemed to take ON superhuman
strength for a moment. and. with ter
rife and well planned blow, he struck
bis antagonist squarely across the alb
domen. The bolo went through the body
ike knife through lard. and the man
fell, with his body severed into two
parts. | ordered the other wounded man
taken to the military hospital.
- don't see how the fellow can pull
through. but he's a good case TO expert
ment on. said the hospital surgeon
when the unconscious Filipino was ia
ken into the hospital.
1T was the worst case that had ever
been brought to that hospital. The sur
eeons went to work on the man and
PATCHED him up the best they could.
They took deep interest in the case
on account of the remarkable character
and seriousness of tlc many wounds
VI hich he bore. He b cred between life |
and death for lon. ,ir.e, but finally !