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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23
VACATION AMUSEMENT.
Haymaker's Picnic "a New Form of
FeHtivity for the Country
Outing.

For the girls and boys spending
their summer vacation in the real
country" there is no form of amuse-
ment more enjoyable than hay
makers picnic. The big hay wagon
is pressed into service, the girls max
ing II very attractive with festoons Of
Wild flowers and green leaves. Moth
ing but the seating portion of the We
hicle Is left moderated. II the horses
or oxen are sufficiently gentle they,
too, can be decked out in floral finery.
In this festive looking cart the girls
and boys. arrayed in genuine country
fashion, are conveyed to the bayfield,
The girls go in foe sunbonnets and
bingham aprons. the boys wearing
broad-brimmed straw headgear, sim
liar to that adopted by the real farm
ers, and with overalls tucked into
high boots. as the haymaker is always
pictured.
Once in the field the frolic begins,
with which is combined some real help
to the farmer. as the heaped up hay
wagon soon shows. The luncheon,
which has come later in less fantas-
tic wagon than the haymakers' char
lot, Is eaten In some shady spot, the
seats being fragrant mounds of hay.
No table is spread, the sandwiches and
fruit being eaten from the hands. A
big can OF cool milk or buttermilk is
the only beverage, and this is served
In tin dlpper by an obliging farm
hand. When 1t comes time for home
going all ride on top Of the load. which
is not as easy feat as it looks, for
the hay has curious way of slipping
from under, suggesting a trip on a
camel's back more than the ease OF a
cushioned seat.
If at night a dance in the barn can
follow the picnic, the day will be COM
plete. For this lanterns furnish the
lights. those which the farmers carry
when they go to do the chores being
preferred to the pretty Japanese ones,
when the in6ammaBle nature of the
surroundings is considered. The stalls
OF the horses should be decorated with
flowers. The orchestra for the occa-
sion, to be quite in keeping, need be
only an accordion, fiddle or a
mouth organ, played by some young
countryman who has done so before
at dances of the real haymakers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23
HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH.
Islands I'm which n Breath of Cool
AR Is a Rare Luxury-NO
Relief at Night.

Undoubtedly the hottest place on all
the earth. IL the testimony of travellers
is TO be credited, may be found on the
Avail Islands, which cover a fairly ex-
tensive area of the Persian gulf lying
off the southwest coost OF Persia. II is
the largest of them which enjoys the
doubtful distinction of leading all per-
spring competitors in the matter Of
heat. The mean temperature Of Bahr-
Elm for the entire year is SO degrees.
July, August and September are unen-
durable save for the natives. Night
after night as midnight comes the Their
mometer shows 100 degrees. BY seven
In the morning 1t Is lot or 108 degrees,
and by three In the afternoon lao de-
grees.
1t is stated by veracious travellers
that $4,000 Arabs inhabit the Avail group,
fully $4,000 living on Bahrein, in which
connection Sir Henry Layard adds: at
would seem that a man can accustom
himself to anything" The following
are the temperatures at some of the hot
test places in different countries:
Hyderabad, los degrees; Lahore, LOT
degrees; FL Paso. 113 degrees; Mosul.
III degrees; Agra, lit degrees; Death
valley, 122 degrees; Algeria, 127 de-
grees; Fort Yuma, 1913 degrees; Jacobo-
Dad' 122 degrees; Bahrein, 140 degrees.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23
AS riculture and Stock-Raising.

Agriculture ably supplements the mining industry enrcbng
his county The Salmon river rising the
north of Wood border and pur.
suing zgg in general direction
of ten large creeks East Fork These
streams together with Lost river ana its through
thousand of arabic land still uncuvate Since the hand
of orced to supply what wthhod irrigation takes
the place of ran and the annually waste would
make verdant fruitful valleys of DESERTS convert the
the silence of desoaon into the sounds many
culture like all other industries of the county infancy
The time is distant when large irgang will be taken
out of Salmon river which has endless supply
thousands of of rich sagebrush land along
reclaimed The farms of this county produce yields
hay oats wheat potatoes per acre. large crops are
harvested each year.
Stock growing of leading industries the county and
with the usually mild winters in the valleys
has tecome industry the county
each derives its largest the wav
taxes each year from the stocks growers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23

Although It may be of great benefit
to debilitated people to so to bed early,
there are few things more hurtful
than remaining in 1t too long, Getting
up early imparts vigor which moth
ing else can give. Those who are not
very weak, indeed. and sleep well,
should rise soon after waking in the
morning. At first this will seem too
early for the debilitated person, who
does not feed entirely rested, but ris-
ing early will gradually have the eff
feet of prolonging sleep on the sue
ceeding night Lying in bed late Is
hurtful. not only because of too much
relaxation, but also by thus occupy
ing that part of the day at which ex-
ercise is most beneficial
Queen.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23
REGRETTED HIS JEALOUSY.
Husbands HastinesS Caused Him
Something of Loss I'm
Financial Way.

A rather short and, on the whole,
somewhat ignihcant-looking gentle
man lately married tall, handsome
lady He Is, unfortunately for his
peace of mind. of jealous and hasty
disposition, says London Tit-Bits.
The other evening he had left his wife
outside a tobacconist's shop while he
went in to purchase some cigars. Just
as he was coming out he saw young
fellow step up to her and raise his hat.
AS he drew near he heard the young gall
liant commence in an affectionate tone
of voice:
Excuse me, madam"
Before he could get any farther our
latter-day Othello burst on him:
Excuse me, sir, what is your bust
ness with this lady?"
"Eh?" returned the other. in sur
prised and cool manner; my business
Is with the lady, and no one else"
We'll, sir" said the husband. irri-
tat6s by what he considered the eff
fronlery ofthe reply, this lady. I'd have
you to know, is my wife"
Dear mel" rejoined the young man,
sarcastically, as he calmly Inspected his
assailant from top to toe; really, now,
do you know, I'm astonished to hear it,"
Enraged beyond measure the hus-
band cried, hercely:
IF you address another word to my
wife I'll"
Il don't intend to now" broke in the
young fellow, quietly; "and you will
probably regret it before the day is out.
Good-day to you" and of he went.
Less than half an hour afterwards the
lady missed valuable bracelet which
her husband had given her on her last
birthday. And that gentleman reluc-
family agrees with his wife that the
young man must have picked it up, and
that he was about to return it to its
owner when he was so rudely treated.
The lady now possesses another brace
let, so that the incident Is not referred to
so frequently as 1t might otherwise have
been.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23
NO MORE RED TROUSERS.
try Uniform-Beautiful CT ses
Way TO the Expedfent.

1t is a matter of more than passing in-
.erest that the French infantry uni
form, made familiar all over the world
by paintings of famous artists, is to be
changed: says the Chicago Tribune. The
baggy red trousers are to so out. The
French ministry has decided that they
make too good targets for German or
other sharpshooters. The "piou-piou,"
as the French infantry man has been
affectionately called, was as much a
landmark OF Paris In his blue Jacket
and baggy red trousers as the Arc de
Triomphe or the Madeleine. The gay
capital will be sadly changed when the
legs OF its defenders are incased in some
thing more inconspicuous. La Presse.
of Paris, mourns the loss of the gay
plumage. saying: I'm deprlving our
soldiers Of their red trousers Gen. Andre
has deprived them almost of their ex-
euse for existence. To deprive an
army OF its distinctive signs is to show
that he wishes to attack 1t in its vital
principle" Although the Presse In Its
excess of despair exeggerates the case
when II argues that the change almost
deprives the army OF its reason for ex-
sstence. and certainly strikes blow at
its vital principles, yet one can under
stand that journals grief. The French
are a historic and artistic people, and
the placing OF somber olive on her SOL
diers' legs will depress Paris for many
hours, Yet such is the memorable
march of progress. The beautiful gives
way to the expedient.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23
Climate, Timber, School, Etc.

re climate of Custer county is very deghu-ght snowfall
in the Valleys short winters charming winters At
Chas with an elevation OF 400 feet sleighde we'll nigh
impossible Credabe to county plehorc
Each district has its school building and paid teacher At
Challis the high school studies taught
Probably oneourh the territory of this county
lis heavily timbered with spruce fir pine
With large tracts of farming and grazing uncultvaed with
list of taxable property annually enghenng with giant sdes
with increasing and decreasing axaon with railroad
budng with good schools churches and little crme with
of luxurious negotiations with admirable climate
favorable to health; with fertile soil fruitful products
and with vast mineral wealth in gold silver, copper lead
and the precious metaCuste county blessed with natural
gifts and advantages that will prove its though eorous OK
Stcnc to have been but pun part of It's progressive accr
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23

I'm glad to hear that you have turned
over new leaf" said the man with a
bunch OF tracts. Il have your solemn
promise that you will never commit an
other burglaryI"
you have" answered the occupant
OF the cell.
No doubt you have been brought TO
this change OF heart by the tracts gave
you
1T wasn't the tracts so much as the
newspapers. There's no use In breaking
open a mans house to get his money.
Tho thing to 60 is TO work out a neat
little get-rich-quick game, open an Office
and let him bring his wages to you. -
Washington star,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23
Custer 6OuntU

county Idaho offers vast inducements 70 seer and
capitalists beautiful scenery its enerpsng people, its var
its brilliant prospects not napty commemorate
General Custer whose dashng romantic yet poduc-
part of national history Thryhve
placer mining in its prime and quartz mining
it's infancy the teror, embraced in its confines
known only TO Indians occasional party OF pospecors
travelling to from To them Wilderness to the max
unexplored" In 1862 pacers were actively
Stanley Basin what western border and
found rich ground Loon creek
1870 other pacers and yielded handsomely but
until quartz claimed attention. years the region
forming county practically unknown From 1875 to
increasing population the following year, by
legislative Custer county created and has thrved
time today population of 5000 people,
and has the following towns
O. as-Couny farming stock raising, fruit and mining
Manipulating and farming.
Houston--Farming and stock raising
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Clayon--Mining, farming and ockraising
Bonanza--Mining
Cuser-Mning
Staney-Pacer and quartz mining, and grazing land
Custer county has large valleys where farming
and stockraising pursued great extent viz Big Lost Rv
valley Thousand Spring. Round Pahsamaro East Fork An
telope and Stanley
Custer county embraces irregular outline about 5000 square
miles, ard it large the State of Connecticut and larger
than Delaware Rhode Island togethe situated in central Ida
no. it is reached by the Oregon Short Line railroad the
and this road will probably be extended Chas next year The
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company have line from Black
foot TO Cha The Custer county found in it's
mines and its agricultural and grazing lands.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23

The cut of lumber in the Sault Ste Ma
RE district for the season Of 1902 was
about 100. 100000 feet. and the cut for the
season of 1908 is expected to total over
200, 100000 feet. At least rs per cent.
OF this is cut in mills owned and oper-
ated by Americans Two large saw
mills have been built during the year
and new yeneering mill has been oper-
atiug very probably during the sea-
son.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23

Baron Henri de Rothschild has been
fined two dollars In Paris for auto
scorching. reports the Chicago Record
Herald The cable doesn't say how he
succeeded in raising the money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23

They say that Shamrock III. is a pref.
tier boat than the Reliance. No doubt,
remarks the Chicago Record Herald,
there are prettler mares than Lou Dill
lon,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23

There were $500 American tourists
an Switzerland last summer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23

American shoe stores are being opened
IN all the cities Of Germany
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23
Mines, Mills and Mining.

gricultural and grazing lands
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-26
nonM OLE THE ELEPHANT.

The recent landing in Brooklyn OF l44
tasks OF ivory from one Of the Italian
sbips. is held to signify the death OF
y elephants-at least that number, for
others. wounded may have crawled int"
TIE Jungle and died. out Of sight Of the
hunters. It would seem that the ele-
phant is as surely doomed as his an
cestor, or cousin. the great mammoth
was doomed by climatic and geologic
change. and. not impossibly. BY the per-
sccutlcn OF the man Of the stone age
In our country we have seen within
few years the practical extinction CT the
buffa,o-the last Of the Yellowstone nero
was shot a few days ago by pot hunt
e-s. who succeeded in escaping from the
park without interference by the troops
and the antelope, that used to range
the plains and foothills In thousands
have also disappeared from most OF the
Western States. As everyone knows me
game laws IN thinly settled countries
are mere bluff and violation OF them
Is daily practiced. In civilized New Jer-
sey the attempt to stop the disgusting
and brutalizing slaughter OF harmless
and helpless pigeons released from
traps has failed, because OF the per
nIcious activity Of gun manufacturers
and shooting clubs.
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SOME QUEER HOBBIES.

Hobbies have been known to develop
into absolute crazes. and il has been
argued that. carried 10 excess. they
occasionally inNert our moral equilibrium.
Yet hobbies reasonably treated have
many points in their favor. and they
have often been an undoUbted boon to
young people Of 18th sexes.
We all know the boy or girl who has
passed through the various phases OF
collecting. from white rats. rabbits. and
guinea pigs TO birds eggs and postage
stamps, OF the latter many boys possess
corrections OF value The picture post
card has evidently come to STAY: il
makes pleasant souvenir OF one
young indiscriminately
The latest grown-up fad is the col!ec-
ton Of liqueur bottles. which are to be
had in many quaint shapes. They are
quite a familiar sight now in drawing
rooms. on mantlepieces or tables
Princess Ferdinand = Bulgaria col
lects perfume bottles and inherited A
collection from a relative which is said
70 be worth s25, 90.
A weT-known society E oman has a
InaBnlncent collection Of fans, another
OF shoes OF bygons age. and so our
hobbies go on in bewildering variety.
The manager OF a health food res
Spicuous display TO this sign: Nothing
that ever squealed IS served here =
Ihat IS his novel way of announcing
that pork i not served there IN any
form This reversion to the Mosaic law
against eating the flesh OF beasts that
eGd Is becoming quite popular in the
Eastern metropolis
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-26
AN IRISH HARVESTER

Ny curse Is on the harvest fields. the
miles on golden miles
That wiled away. my lover out of the
Achin Isles;
He sailed across to England-och
weary on the wheat.
IL put the shoes OF wandering upon nv
Dermots feet.
Along the English uplands. beneath the
softening sun,
There are so many reapers that they
might spare me one.
In the windy isles of Achin, 1 loved
him, boy and man,
But English Nancy smiles at him. and
what Is Irish Nan?
1 am shadow crying In a rain-swept
land alone.
A voice for his forgetting. a face for
got. ochonei
Like a poppy in the cornhcId. her feet
tread down my grief.
And she takes his love and binds IL In
the gold gaits of her sheaf
Nora ChessOn in London Sketch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-26
CHANCE TO CORNER DOPE"

If anyone wants to start a corner in
dope" now Is the time 10 do it. One o.
the firms in this city which deals in
opium and essential oils has sent out let
tiers 10 rich men and those who are sup
Tosed to be Interested in anything that
permits OF a corner. explaining thai the
supply Of opium is far below the nor
nal.
ThoiT dope sheet" giving statistics
or the impO-taticDs and stocks at this
time. shows that from Smyrna BIS
cases less than last year have been I'M
ported. Constantinople has sent i,6lz
cases less than last year, and the ar
rivals from Salonica have been 1,S0o
cases less than during the previous
year The stocks OF opium in those
three cities are now 2O5z cases below
what they were at this time last year
while here in New York there Is a def
icit OF 100 cases, compared with last
year The supply in London Is also be-
low the average making the total Wis
ible supply some $50 cases Doio" thal
The price per pound today is $40.
duty paid, while last year. WHEN stocks
were larger, the price Was so per
pound. The firm does not believe -na'
the demand has slackened sufficiently 10
warrant this drop in price, and expresses
the belief that If anyone cares 70 start
10 corner the market ne will be success
full. The firm says that million OF 70
in cash would not only suffice TO control
all the Turkey gum opium for two years,
but would thereby enable the purchaseI
TO put the price as high as the DEMAND
from the dope hends would permit
TO anyone who happens TO have q
million lying idle there IS here ouefec
chance to get rich quick without tak-n z
any risks, Tor even If the scheme snouId
fail the SPECTATOR would always nave
enough left 10 keep on dreaming
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-26
Zieqfeld and Weber.
To Continue the Weber & Field Music
Hall.

~ No-AbAhuC tAAS W SDSA q ASlu uAuSlN
Hall
Anna Hold and her husband. Florence
Ziegfeld. jr-. sailed for Europe last
week. Ziegfeld has entered into par;-
nership with Joseph Weber and under
their joint management the stock com
pany at Wcbcr's Music Hall will be
continued next season.
While I'm Europe il will be Ziegfeld' $
duty TO engage what he claims viii be
the finest looking chorus ever seen. He
stated before leaving America that he
would search the Paris halls for chorus
beauty. Ziegfeld long ago established
reputation for corraliing the best por-
ton of beautiful chorus women to be
had and much may be expected for the
next seasons run.
Anna Held will play the entire season
in New York at Weber's. She will oc-
cupy the position formerly held by Lii
liam Russell She warns the American
public that her gowns for next year
are TO eclipse anything ever shown by
her in ,he past and says she viii OBJ
tain the exclusive rights to the most
stunning creations 10 DC found along tho
Rue de Ia Paix.
Harry Norris. ore of the best German
dialect comedians in this country. has
been engaged to play the parts former
ly interpreted by Lew Fields The same
line Of attractions will be offered as
heretofore prevailed under the manage
ment o. Weber q Fields.
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Royal Titles.
Evidently They Are Great Favorites for
Plays.

Plays.
In this democratic country il is SIR
prising 10 note how many plays +-av..
titles of monarchial origin. The Shep
herd King. which was presented By
Wright I.orirner at The Knickerbocker
Theater. New York. IS another play
which follows this nomenclature. a few
of the titles which contain reference 10
royalty are:
The Proud Prince" In the Palace o.
the Ki7g." THE Crown Prince" The
Little Princess More Than Queen. %.
The Royal Family" we Are King, q"
king DodO. The Prince Of PiIsen. e
"A Princess of Kensington. The
Prime $ chic, 's2sne Sultan OF Su,u, -
and Alexander the Great"
Then one must not overlook the quasi
royalty Of a Royal Slave" The KIM
Of Detectives" The King OF the
Desert" An African King" "a Rail
road King. The Sleepy King" Queen
Of the Highway" "A Prince in Tatters, %
The Monarch Minstrels." Near the
Throne. The Power Behind the
Throne.
And still. while we already have The
Senator" there Is yet TO Dc produced a
play called THE President"
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TOPICS OF THE STAGE AS VIEWED IN WASF1INCTO

the Academy Of Music, then under the
management Of Mr.. Rapley.
Manager Fred Berger, jr.. has prom
ised that the coming production will be
lacking in no essential to make this
the ideal attraction Of his present sea-
son. A large outlay is said TO have been
made for an adequate and complete
scenic equipment, and the energetic and
frequent rehearsals on the part OF the
stock company indicate a smooth first
performance.
The engagement will also serve 10 in
troduce a new leading man in the com
pany in place of Ben +. Wilson. who
retires 10 fulfill a previous contract. His
successor is Jemes Kirkland, said to be
an exceptionally capable actor. who has
been engaged specially to play the part
Of Monte Cristo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-26
Annual Concert Arranged.

The fifteenth annual musicale by
George Lawrence will be given at the
Church OF Our Father corner Thirteenth
and I Streets northwest on Thursday
evening, June 30. at 8 o'clock. Mr..
Lawrence's pupils will present a varied
program, assisted by Miss Clara HarTi-
son. organist; Walter T. Holt. mandO-
lin soloist; the Serenaders' Mandolin
Club. and four pupils of Ernest Lent.
The latter are Miss Jessie Boomer and
Miss Lillian Goblerzer viOlinists; Harry
Barringer, pianist, ard Lewis r. Brad
ford, viOloncellist Each viii play a solo.
The members Of the choir quartet are
Mrs. George Lawrence, soprano; Mrs.
Eleanor b Spencer, cOntraltO. Lawrence
Hurley, tenor. and 7. II. Calm. IT. bari
tone. Male quartet. Mr.. Hurdle, first
tenor. Mr.. Lawrence, second tenor: Mr..
HOLSTER, first bass; Mr.. Calm, second
] bass.