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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
LASTING Ahodes in kano.

Gen. Sir Frederick Lugard says OF
Kano, recently conquered by the Brit
ish: "Kano alone among the cities of
Africa which l have seen, with the
exception of Katsena, is worthy of
the name Of city, for it's houses are
or solid mud with fiat roofs impervi-
GUS to fire and lasting through the
centuries, instead of the beehive
shaped huts of the populous towns of
the south. Traces of Moorish archi-
lecture are visible everywhere. l
took up my quarters in the small hall
of audience in the mud palace of the
sultan of Kano, a room twenty-five
feet square, eighteen feet high, decor
ated with quaint shapes and designs
in black, white, pale green and yellow
the latter formed of micaceous sand,
which glistens like gold. The dome
shaped roof is supported by twenty
arches, all of mud but admirably
fashioned"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
DORIS
BY JESSIE WADE MANNING
Copyrighted, 1909, by The authors Publishing Company

EARLY one morning, when the crocus-
es, tulips and daffodils were vieing
with n another in their gaudy raj
ment, a delivery wagon stopped before
the garden gate, at the Gorham home
stead.
A bright, new bicycle was lifted out
and taken to the side entrance. Doris
Gorham stood In the door mixing some
feed for the chickens. When she saw
what was coming, her heart thumped
like a trip-hammer.
Her older sister, Lorinda, who was
sitting on the steps pairing apples,
started as though she had received a
blow, when the wheel was placed be-
side her on the stoop.
$50, Doris" she began, sarcastically,
without looking up from her work,
you've thrown your money away on
this device of the devil. If you'd only
taken it when other people aid, there'd
be some excuse for it, but from a child
you've always showed such perverse-
ness"
But then, Lorinda, bicycles were
too expensive" began Doris. Her sis
ter paid 40 attention to the Interrupt
ton, but exclaimed as she founced
into the house:
Powers of mercy! A woman Of
your age, with hair as speckled as the
black and white spotted hen, ridin'
such an instrument of torture and a
real menace to morality, and" the
slamming of the screen door finished
the sentence.
A few years before the opening of
this story, Waverly had grown so rap
idly, after the building of the great
steel plant, that the three maiden sis
tiers, living in the comfortable farm
house on the ridge road awoke one
morning to find their property was
within the city limits.
This is a pretty kettle of fish," said
Lorinda, the eldest, reading the noti-
hcation. How are we to pay the paw
ing tax and Improvement" she asked
sharply with her little, swapping, black
eyes on the serious faces of her
younger sisters.
"Cut the meadow up into city lots"
spoke up Eunice, the second and prac-
teal sister.
This suggestion seemed to meet
with the older woman's approval.
Doris remained silent, but was as con
scious of what Lorinda would say next
as though she herself was to voice the
thought.
well, Wen take our usual vote on
1t. All in favor of sellin' the meadow
of in lots say yes" Eunice and Lo-
rinda fairly shouted the necessary
word.
Majority rules" quickly said the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
JEWELS IN A NEST.
Remarkable Find Made In North Da-
kota by Guide. =


While hunting in the Big Hole
Brook region of North Dakota recently
Albert Turner, a guide, made one oil
the oldest discoveries ever recorded.
With a companion named Burt, he was
caught in a severe snowstorm miles
from camp, and, finding that 1t would
be necessary to spend the night in the
forest, the two set about chopping
down second-growth spruces with
which to make a leanto.
The snow was too deep to gather
fallen deadwood for a fire, so Turner
took his Ratchet and hunted about for
a stump dry enough to burn. He
eventually found one.
Turner hacked off two feet of the
wood at a time as it was needed, and
about bedtime had reached the middle
OF the log. He had noticed a hole in
the center which connected with an
opening near the top and rightly con-
cluded that a nuthatch had made his
nest in the interior the spring before.
Occasionally he struck the feathers of
the bird, but thought nothing of it
until MS hatchet hit a hard, metalllc
substance. Then he carefully investi-
gated.
BY cutting out the decayed wood
about the substance he soon brought
to light a fine gold chain, scarcely
larger than a thread, to the end of
which was attached a small gold lock-
ct set with three sparkling diamonds.
Turner was greatly excited and called
to his companion. He pried the lock-
ct open with his hunting knife, and
found it to contain a tiny photograph
OF a child and a picture of a man, on
the back of which was written 81. D.
The locket had lain underneath some
feathers and moose hair at the bottom
of the nest, and the chain had been
firmly into the outer part of the
structure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

bic, as she tried to pull her short skirt
down over her old shoes.
But, Doris. it wasn't no fault of
mine" returned Seth, trying to look
into his companions eyes.
Nor mine." answered the spinster
4 little more gently, meeting his gaze.
IF you'd only answered my note
that day instead of sending Lorinda
With your message, 1t might have been
Inherent" Seth said in a husky voice.
i new got your note, and | never
sent Lorinda to you" returned Doris
Indignantly. Then, like a flash, she re-
nembered the quarrel with her eldest
sister on that fatal day, and how Lo-
rinda had declared she'd "hx her."
Seth dropped the wrench he was
using and taking Doris hand in his
brawny one. said tenderly:
Some ones cheated us out of years
and years of happiness, little woman,
but II you'll say the word now, we'll
wheel to Parson Woods and tomorrow
I'll buy a tandem"
Doris rose, with a pink flush on her
still rounded cheek, looking at her BIZ
cycle, the unconscious means of her
long deferred happiness, and, then in
old lovers dark eyes. said archly:
You can buy the tandem, Seth"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

breaking the tenth commandment, had
prayed hard for fortitude and grace,
but a phantom Seth had been her CON
slant companion, whether she would
or not-although, when, as neighbors,
they met occasionally, they barely
passed the time of day, and since his
wife's death, the old lovers had seen
nothing of each other.
In the evening of the eventful day
in the Gorham house, Doris in a dress
reduced in rank to a bicycle skirt
passed stealthily down the gravel walk
and noiselessly up to a quiet, little
street recently macadamized, where
she determined to learn to ride the
unmanageable thing she was leading.
Her method was, indeed, original.
With her left foot on the pedal and
her right n on the curb-stone, she
propelled herself, reversing the posi-
ton occasionally, or, as she put it,
~"limbering up one leg at a time"
The quaint little woman soon gained
confidence and was able to wheel
down the steep hill at the end of the
street without any mishaps.
Just before starting for home. as
she held the handle-bar like a wise
and rode slowly down the incline, she
was suddenly showed in such a man
ner that the wheel seemed to take
the bit and have it's way.
'Where're you going?" yelled a
hoarse voice, as someone wheeled by
her.
Where you've sent me, | reckon"
answered Doris not daring to look
up and following her leader at a ter
rife speed.
Reaching the foot of the hill, she
overlook and ran down the wheelman.
AS the rider e%xtricated himself. and
assisted the little, old maid to her
feet, he exclaimed. overcome with as
constituent:
Doris Gorham, I'll be blamed if 1t
amt"
The lady, finding she was stlll in
tact-standing in the gaslight on the
pavement, and not riding in a winged
chariot-looked up into the eyes of
her old lover, Seth Watson.
For a second Doris was more an.
noyed than surprised at finding her
idol of a quarter of a century riding a
wheel at his time of life. Then she
blushed, as she remembered that there
vas only two years difference in their
ages. Conscious Of each others EN-
barrassment, they sat down on a near
by pile of lumber, while Seth apparent.
ly looked over the damaged wheels.
We'll. Doris, it's nigh onto ave and
twenty years since you and I decided
to pedal alone" came timidly from the
bowed, gray head.
Yes. and Dur meetings at the cross
roads haven't been any too pleasant"
snapped Doris, who felt uncomferta-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
How he Pronnsed.

A bashful, middle aged bachelor re-
Gently fell a tardy victim to one of
Cupid's shafts. The very thought Of
having to make a personal offer of
marriage was sufficient to give him
nightmare and to propose by letter he
looked on as a rather cowardly shirk-
ing of an obvious duty. At last a
happy solution occurred to him. Pur-
chasing a monograph and a number
of cylinders he sent them anonymous
ly to the lady of his choice, who was
delighted with such an acceptable
present. She excitedly proceeded to
try the records and her confusion
may be imagined when she heard a
voice she knew well declaring undy-
ing love for her and begging her to
be his wife. What could a poor
maiden do under these conditions but
answer Eyes" to such pleading? And
less than two months ago the story
of the strange wooing was told by
the bridegroom himself at a wedding
reception.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
VARIATION Of Moon,s Size.

AS seen by different persons, the
size of the moor varies from that of
a cart wheel to a silver dollar. To
many it seems about a foot in diane
ter, from which Prof. Young concludes
that to the average man the distance
of the surface of the sky is about ITO
feet. It is certain that artists usually
represent the moon much too large in
size in their paintings. Occasionally
they represent it in evening scenes
with the horns turned downward in
stead of upward, whereas they must
always point AVA from the sun. The
true angular size of the moon is about
half a degree. so that it can always
be concealed behind a leadpencil held
al arms length.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
RED c H AND SIN.
Chicago Psychologist Believes There
Is a Connection,

Chicago Psychologist Believes There
Is a Connection.
Red light is a cause of SIN, accord
ing to DR.. Walter Din Scott. a Chicago
psychologist. He claims that it has
a peculiar effect upon human beings
constantly subject to it; and he re.
calls the illustration drawn in a fac.
tory in France which was Illuminated
with red light. The operatives became
so demoralized that it was decided to
shirt to another color, whereupon nor.
nal conditions reappeared.
Since as much can be sala in favor
Oh red as against it, it would not be
well to condemn it too quickly. Vari-
u diseases are now treated success
tully by red rays, and it is certain that
bright colors produce a brightness of
sentiment in a patient, while dull col
ors have the opposite effect.
Red has been held in high favor
by many nations. 1t is the Chinese
color of good luck, and the hue the
Scandinavians give to the hair and
beard OF their great god, Thor. 1t is
also a royal color, and last, but not
least, adorns the breast of our cher
1shed friend, Cock Robin, who surely
cannot be charged with any grave
preach OF the moral law.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
Nobility.

true worth is in being, not seeming
IN dong each day that goes by
some little good-nOt in the dreaminR
pr great things to do by and by,
And spite of the fancies of youth.
There's nothing so kingly as kindness,
n nothing so royal as truth.
We get back our mete as our measure
we cannot do wrong and feel right.
Nor can we give pain and gain pleasure,
For Justice avenges each slight.
Inc ar Tor the wing of the sparrow,
The bush for the robin and wren,
But always the path that is narrow
n straight, for the children of men,
IT'S not in the pages of story
The heart of it's ills to beguile,
Though he who makes courtship to glory
GlVes all that he hath for her smile.
For when from her nights he has won
Alas! it is only to prove
That nothing's so sacred as honor
And nothing so loyal as love.
We can not make bargains for blisses.
Nor catch them like fishes in nets:
And sometimes the thing our life misses
Helps more than the thing which it
gets, -
For good lieth not in pursuing
Nor. gaining of great nor of small.
But just in the doing, and doing
AS we would be done by, is ali.
Through envy, through malice, through
Against the world, early and late.
No jot of our courage abating-
Our part is to work and to wait.
And slight is the sting of his trouble
Whose winnings are less than his worth!
For he who Is honest is noble.
Whatever his fortunes or birth.
Alice Cary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

ly unknown to her older sisters, who
had kept up their daily routine, year
after year, un%consciously heartless, un-
consciously soulless.
They had never once asked why
Doris had given up Seth Watson. If
they believed that he had married
Lydia Parchert out of spite, they made
no sign before Doris. That his life
had been uncongenial and turbulent
without the blessing of little ones, Lo-
rinda and Eunice appeared quite in
sensible.
Poor, loving Doris, in her inharmon-
ious atmosphere, when fearful of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
cocoanut Clocks

In the Malay peninsula the natives
keep a record of time in the following
way:
Floating in a bucket filed with
water they place a cocoanut shell, hay
ing a small perforation, through which
by slow degrees, the water finds it's
way inside. This opening is so pro.
portioned that it takes just one hour
for the shell to fill and sink. Then q
Waterman calls out, the she'll is emp
tied, int they begin again.
such trifies as minutes and seconds
are rarely needed on the peninsula.
Fancy In one asking the time in Ma
lay, and being told that the oocoanut
shell was half full!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
Noah,s Salt Mines.

In Trans-Caucasia. in the Upper
Aras Valley, lies n of the most won
derful mines of rock salt in the world
Mount Kulpi. The deposits of salt
in this spot are said to be in some
places more than 200 feet thick. They
have been almost continuously worked
since prehistoric days (the stag horn
picks of the %palaeolithic men are still
picked up now and again in the work
ings), but they show as yet so signs of
exhaustion. The Armenian traditions
hold that Noah drew from Mount KuI.
pi the supply of salt necessarily to pre.
serve the provisions of the Ark.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
STRANGE Diet.

A young man of twenty-five, Emile
Brazeau by name, who recently died
a. Montreal, during the whole time of
his life had taken no nourishment but
milk and sugar. While still a child he
was medically placed upon a milk-and-
sugar diet, and this he continued un.
changed to his death, presumably from
choice. His daily rations were three
pints of milk and n pound of sugar
Although solid food was thus a thing
unknown to him, he is said to have
been physically robust and suffered
from no illness until the attack of
Group which ultimately proved fatal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

smoked in the countryside famous
courtier of Queen Elizabeth having
introduced the fragrant weed" into
England on his return from America.
The pipe belongs to the Prince of
Wales, who always has e e to its be-
ing guarded most carefully, and
before allowed it to be placed on ex-
hibition. He always has refused to
permit the pipe to be photographed,
too, and the accompanying picture is
the first of it that has ever been OBJ
tanned.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

eldest sister, and" with a satisfied
look On her sharp features, "votin' is
the only way to keep peace in any
family"
So parcel after parcel Of the Cor
ham farm had been sold without a
negative voice.
Timid. brown-haired Doris had loved
and-lost. in her girlhood days; al.
though denied through all the years.
the tender solicitude of a kind hus.
band and the glory of motherhood, the
very fact OF having loved and of hav-
ing been loved. had softened the lines
In her gentle face, while the faint,
roseate dream Of what might have
been" had helped smooth the rough
edges Of single life--a feeling entire
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
Smallest School in the world

The little islet of Nordstrand-
sehmor, in the North Sea, boasts
what is probably the smallest school
In the world. Oceanic upheaval has
wrenched the islet away from the
island of Nordstrand, and the action
OF the sea is continually wearing the
earth away. A century ago there,
were fifty inhabitants, who lived by
fishing and rude husbandry, and in
1886 a little school was erected, capa-
Die of providing for about a dozen
children. With the dwindling of the
lslet, however, the population has
Trimmed and now numbers no more
than fifteen souls. For five years past
the school attendance has varied from
nothing to half a dozen children.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

A correspondent for an eastern pa
per has just discovered that Uncle
Sans motto. &c Pluribus Unum," has
thirteen letters in 1t. There is no de-
nying that it has been generally found
unlucky for anybody to NEEDLE with
that motto.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

1t used to be said that the man who
had got together his first $1,000 was
bound to be rich. Nowadays a man
isn't sure of being rich even after he
has got together his first $1,000, 900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

Gen. Jiminez is reported to have
won an important victory in Santo
Domingo. He has lured away the only
private in the army, leaving the gov.
eminent with none but officers on its
hands.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

And yet it is sad to see the Pill
grims on two sides Of the ocean
pledging each others healths in cock.
tails, particularly IN view of the fact
that they don't know how to mix them
in London.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
Eight Logs From Pine rr..

Ira Preston and Charles Newell cut
a pine tree in Sharon, VT, making sir
12-foot logs, and two 1O-foot one.
The first log IL feet from the stumn
was rs inches in diameter, the newt
ones were respectively rs. "a, %. %
q IS inches in diameter, the two
1ofoot logs were 16 and ten in diana,
ter. the tree making 1870 feet OF lum.
Der.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

No better evidence of the gentle and
forgiving disposition Of Pope Plus X,
need be brought forward than the fact
that he blessed a friends fountain pen
the other day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

At a teachers convention the ques.
ton, How to Interest the Young in
the Sunday School" was discussed.
Perhaps having a Christmas tree ev.
cry week would help some.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

The principals of the Brooklyn
public schools want the right to pun
ish bad boys restored to them, and
suggests that the necessary spanking
be done with a short piece Of rubber
hose. An, the good old days in the
schooihouse ON the hill!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

II the scientist who disseminated
the theory that money was full of
microbes had any idea that it would
lead people to come around and un.
load their paper dollars Upon him hs
knows better by this time.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

There is nothing to indicate that the
old bachelors are taking to the woods.
1t may be so long since the last leap
year that they have forgotten the dan.
ger.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

Prof. Vincent. who says that "melo
dramas strengthen morals" may be
right, but If a wrathful desire to throw
things at the stage is immoral he
should qualify his remarks as to some
of them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

Spain thinks of building another
navy When she gets ready to spend
the money let us hope she will have
the good Judgment to p~atronize u
shipyards.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
Cultivated Lands Of india

Indian has nearly 10000, 900 acres In
rice 100000 in wheat, rs, 900. 900 in
other food grains, 1900, 900 in sugar
cane, Isl 900 in tea, 1000. 900 in cot
ton, 1000 900 in indigo, and soo 600
In tobacco.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
Boot Easy to ResoIe.

To meet the demand for an army
boot which can be resoled easily dur
ing long campaigns, this device was
invented. On the edge of the perma-
nent upper sole is a ridge which al
lows an overlapping slide on the under
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

Three sisters were operated on in
Georgia the other day for appendicitis.
The society reporters fail to say what
the favors were or what kind of re-
freshments were served.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

AS long as Mr.. Morgan believes
that he has got the original manu-
script of Byron's "Corsair," he is hap.
by, whether it really is or not.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

Daniel j.. Sully's profits in cotton
are reckoned from six to fifteen mil
lions, and he escaped all the worry of
the boil weevil.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
FIRST SMOKED IN ENGLAND.
Sir Walter Ralelsh's Pipe on ExhibL
tIon at London.

Americans in London have been
Rocking to the Shipping Exhibition in
W~hitechapel to see a relic of United
States history which will be interest
ing likewise to their countrymen al
home. This is nothing less tnan the
pipe smoked by Sir Walter Raleigh,
which is also, of course, the first ever
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

Count Zephelin of Germany, desir.
ing to build an airship, has taken up
a collection aggregating $112,5O0. At
least as a %flnancier he is in the class
of u own Prof. Langley.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

A Kansas paper tells of a collision
between a freight train and a heav.
lily loaded passenger" When a pas.
senger gets heavily loaded he should
not walk on the railroad tracks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
Many Miners Are killsa.

Almost 800 men were killed in the
anthracite mines of Pennsylvania dur
ing 1903. according to the records kept
by the State mining inspectors.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

A New Jersey family has been pois-
oned by succotash. Now If it can
only be shown that prunes are danger
GUS there may still be hope for the
man who boards.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

With some misgivings the people
have tolerated, If not accepted, mar
conigram," but there is a limit. "Pig-
gottgram" will not do.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05
MEN TO WEAR coRsETs.

Chicago Tailors Say the New FASH
ion Is 10 Stay.
That the mems corset vest is "just
the right thing is the assurance CIV
en- by Chicago tailors. They have
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

The University of Berlin has given
an American girl the degree of Phi. d.
Gould v a crowd of German profess
sors refuse an American girl any
thing?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

When London says Hello, therel"
to Plymouth Rock, we realize how
much the hand of Father Time has
made smooth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

Girls at q cooking school in Berlin
ate some of their own salads. The
date of the funerals will be announced
later.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

Woman's ear is so perversely
mathematical that forty-nine cents
sounds only half as big as half a dol
lar.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

A woman is pretty sure she could
economic more in the coal bill If she
could have 81, 900 worth of furs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-05

This large output of boy bandits
VIII yet raise up apologists for King
Herod.