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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
Cooper Exported to Chin.

More than $4,000 tons Of copper
have been exported to China from
America this a The unusual GUAM
tity has excited attention, and in
quiries of the trade have elected two
explanations. One is that a new coinage
is necessary in China, because the old
has been gradually melted down for
the manufacture Of cartridges. The
other is that the process of smelling
the metal is so imperfect that the
smelted copper contains small guam
titles of gold, and this the astute Chi
nese contrive to extract. Vast guam
titles of copper disappear constantly
in China from one cause or another.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
HIS EDITORIAL QUICKLY READY

New York Paper Tells Good Story on
Southern Journalist.
A certain editorial writer on the
STAFF of a Southern newspaper was in
clined to dilatoriness during certain
periods of ~conviyiality, and caused
thereby much concern in the breast of
the foreman Of the composing room
just prior to the moment when the
forms must go to press. But the writ
er was a part owner of the paper and
could not well be discharged, since he
occupied the position of managing ed
itor. Many times the editorials were
late and the paper delayed in going to
press, but the delinquent writer al
ways made good after a fashion.
Finally he hit upon a scheme when he
was called upon at the last moment
for copy" that may. In all justice to
expediency, be called the art of gen
ius.
The hour was very late and no lead
ing editorial had gone to the compos-
Ing room. In frantic haste the fore
man sent for the editorial writer, and
only after half an hour was he loca-od
lin a nearby saloon and much the
worse for his dalliance there. He
grasped the intelligence that he had
forgotten his. leading column, and
made his way as fast as he could to
his office. Snatching a piece of copy
paper In n hand, he caught up a
copy of the New York Times with the
other, and from it clipped a leading
editorial, which he pasted on the pa
per. Then he wrote:
we cannot agree with the New
York Times when it says"
The editorial of the Times was cop
led, the paper went to press, and the
editor back to the saloon.-New York
Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

now occupied by the Rev. t. H. Pat
tison, pastor of Emmanuel Protestant
Episcopal Church. The fund neces-
sary for its endowment is placed at
$4,000.
The mention of old Washington hos.
pital inevitably brings up afresh the
memory of Poe's tragic death and the
discrepancies In the various accounts
OF 1t. The grief Of that tragedy has
always made it a tender subject with
members of the Poe family, but re
Gently Miss Elizabeth Ellicott Poe. a
third cousin of the poet, has broken
the family reticence on the subject
and has given publicity to certain
facts which apparently set forth IN
their true light the incidents surround
ing Poe's death.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
Proof for Col. crownlnshleId

The estate owned by the late Col
Crowninshield, one Of Marblebead,s
mos aristocratic citizens, adioins he
pasture Of William Farmer, 4 sturdy
farmer. A valuable dog owned bv the
colonel used to run into the pastnre
and annoy the farmers COWS. Farmer
Went to Col. Crowninshield ann "a
quested that the annoyance be stou-
ped only to receive the reply. How
40 you know it is my dog?"
HOW do | know" replied the other
WIN rising Indignation: why hayent
| seen him?" 'eh
0 must bring me better proof ).
replied the colonel, as he turned cold-
ly away. u cold
All right, sir" said the farmar &,
an unmistakable tone, "the neyt TIM
.ne Jog b%others my cows Tu bring vo',
an the proof necessary in a whae,bsr
Inc dog never bothered the COWS
aIterward.-Boston Herald
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
11FWAN5 Or EA1lE

RAlZU LL0Hzz25
lc0pyrlght. l9a5. By Daily slory Pub. co.l

Ten O'clock said Emogene Gray,
glancing at her watch as she impa-
tiently walked up and down the little
platform in front of the dingy country
station. What perverse fate ent me
here to this out of the way place any
how? This extension cuts off forty
miles, but then 1t would have been
better to have gone around, as the
trains are so irregular that one is liza
BILE to come at any moment or 1t might
not come until night. In hat case |
shall miss the connection and be too
late for the wedding" She looked at
the track which wound down a sandy
bottom and up a hill slope and lost
Itself among the green Of the pines,
and then at the struggling village
houses, turning at length with a sigh
of Impotence and entered the bare
little waiting room. The only other
passengers was a deaf old minister
and his partly blind wife.
The former sat upon one of the long
benches which we're tackled to the
wall, his hands folded before him, the
picture of patience while his old wife
iozed in the corner. Everything was
still and quiet, and at length the old
minister spread his handkerchief over
mis- bald head and was 500 snoring
Justify.
Emogene went outside and walked
Up and down. After a time she sat
Town upon the edge of the platform.
and had S.sof ofxon ha~Cn1f ttn IN Sc
lection when a firm step upon the
platform aroused her and she looked
Up. The tall handsome man who had
lust stepped up on the platform was
n the act of opening a letter. as their
eyes met; he crumpled the letter and
pushed it into his pocket.
"Emogenei-Can 1t be possible!" he
exclaimed, going up to her and taking
1er hand in his.
A food of crimson swept over her
ACE and left it pale. why, Robert,"
she exclaimed, a glad light leaping
into her eyes. For an instance they
both silent. 1t has been said
hat people forget-that hearts grow
sold-even learn to hate; but when
soul meets soul, no matter
how deep the gulf between the wild
sweet joy of the heart springs to the
sye. "Your husband" he at length
found voice to ask, where is he?"
Dead" drawing her hand from his
and turning her eyes away.
He took her hand and drew It
through his arm as they strolled out
Inder the trees which ov~ershadowed
he road. The old minister who had
reused from his nap and looked out
door. "Humph!" he muttered. "a
meeting of old lovers-but it is the
way of youth" and humming the air of
IN old love song he went and sat be
side his wife, and drawing her white
head over upon his shoulder kissed
her.
Your coming into my life, Emo
rene was an inspiration-a vista of
oy, followed by deep misery and an.
yuish. We cannot guide our hearts;
hey spring from us without our will
'r consent. knew from the first that
were the promised wife of anoth-
IT, and yet my heart went out to you,
md | fancied at times that you cared
or me also. My uncle and aunt had
10 tenderness in their natures, and
for little but making money. /
been left an orphan upon their
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

you nus marry me at n /"
what worries me, though, is that If |
am not in time l shall offend an old
friend. Sarah wanted me to come last
week, and If this train makes me lose
my connection she will hardly forgive
me. must confess, however. that
am a little curious to know who the
bridegroom VIII be, as she writes me
such, strange letters, and has never
told me the name of the chosen one
yet, although she has written a lot
about him.. But then Sarah Ashton
Is always somewhat frivolous, though
always good-hearted."
Sarah Ashton!' exclaimed Robert
Halliday, trembling so that he caught
the post OF a fence to steady himself.
Good God, Emogenel | am the ex-
pected bridegroom" he groaned. 81
can never keep my vows now that l
know o are free. Until this hour |
thought you were dead to me-another
mans wife. Now you shall be minel"
He caught her hand in his.
She pushed him away from her, her
race as white as his own. Your hon
or and duty demand that you keep
YOU word, that o hasten to Sarah
Ashton and make her your wife"
Darling, can you send me from you
when love you So" holding out his
arms to her, when | long for you
dream of you and want you always
"Good-bye!" though her face was
trembling and her very heart bursting,
she turned away from him and walked
over to the hotel. She could not con
tinue her journey, her soul would not
bear 1t; she must have rest.
Half an hour passed. Along in the
%seclusion of the little dingy room she
gave vent to her feelings and great
bursting sobs shook her frame, After
a time she grew calmer and sank upon
her knees. Great Godi" she prayed.
give me strength to do my duty, and
help me to forget this day"
Just then a rap sounded upon the
door.
Emogene arose and bathed her face
before she opened the door, AS shs
opened 1t Robert Halliday stepped
into the oom and took her in his
arms. Good news, darling" he said.
kissing her again and again. Read
this holding a letter before her as
tonished eyes,.
It was but a few lines in Sarah Ash
tons irregular. well known scrawly
hand as follows:
Dear Friend:-Doubtlessly you will
be greatly surprised. but | hope not
greatly grie1ed when you learn that |
have elop9d and am happily married
this mor..ing to MIR. Smith. We were
engaged and loved each other years
ago, but p~aternal authority separated
us, etc. etc. Yours in friendship,
SARAH SMITH.
Now. sweetheart, as | cannot be a
Tilted lover, you must marry me at
once"
why! How"
He stopped her mouth. Half an hour
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
{ Shaft for Poet !

Especial correspondence

Two generations have passed away
since the body of Edgar Allan Poe
was laid to rest in a vault in old
Westminster Presbyterian church
yard at Baltimore. For twenty-five
years no other recognition was ac-
corded to the dust of genius until
Miss Sarah Sigourney Rice, principal
of the Western Female High School.
collected a fund for a simple granite
monument. 1t was not until 1875,
however, hat the body of the poet,
together with those of his child wife,
Virginia Glen, and her mother, Mrs.
Maria Glen, was disinterred and
placed beneath the monument.
Now, however, the city of his birth
is about to give tardy recognition to
Poe's genius, and Baltimoreans,
through the Municipal Art society, are
contributing to a 100000 fund designed
to erect an imposing shaft.
When the fund is raised and the
question of a site for the monument
comes up for determination, there is
going to be obstinate resistance on the
part Of many citizens against n pro
posed removal of Poe's body from
Westminster churchyard. The argu-
ment is advanced that it would o
be nothing short of sacrilege to de-
stroy that spot which, for more than
half a century, has woven a halo of
romance about Westminster. and has
brought thither thousands of reyeren-
tial visitors. In all decency n fair.
ness, the supporters of this argu-
ment declare, the shaft should stand
where the poets bones now rest The
Poe family, whose descendants are
numerous in the city, have not yet
expressed themselves on the matter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

bounty, and my life was never a happy
one. You vent away with the rest OF
my aunt's summer boarders, and after
a time heard of your marriage. My
aunt's keen eyes read my secret, and
she tainted me. telling me that you
had but amused yourself at my ex-
pense. My heart could not bear her
taunts' for 1t was full to bursting. SO
! left the farm and went out into the
world. 1t was a tough old battle, and
many times was on the verge Of de-
spafr. but thought Of you and held
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
Distinguishes COLLEGE Preslden,

Rev. David H. Buel, the new presi-
dent of Georgetown University, is a
son of Col. David II. Buel, u. S. A. He
was graduated from Yale in 1888 and
has been successfully instructor in
classics at Holy Cross college, clas-
sizes and higher mathematics at st.
Francis Xavier college, professor of
physics at st. Johns college and of
physics and mechanics at Georgetown
university.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

help him. We took him to the Wash
ington hospital. where he died with
out recovering consciousness on the,
morning of the following day, Oct.
T. 1849."
Totally opposed to this story is the
account given by Miss Poe a few
weeks ago. Said she:
"On the night of Oct. 3 George Poe,
ST., my g~radfather, was hurrying down
Calvert street when he saw lying
beneath the steps of the old Baltimore
museum ION the site of the. present
Baltimore and Ohio building) a man
as he thought, in a drunken stupor.
Pity for the unfortunate caused him
to stop and investigate, when, to his
horror, he saw it was his cousin
Edgar. Quickly calling for a carriage
and sending for Nelson Poe, who
lived near by, he took the drugged
poet to the Washington hospital. Doc
tors worked for days to restore him.
but he recovered consciousness.
n so nothing could be learned from
him about the cause of his condition.
In the early dawn of Sunday morn
ing following he passed away as the
bells which he loved were ringing out
unconscious requiem"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
SUSPICIOUS.

The following item appeared in the
Bacon Ridge Banner:
"One night last June the editor
heard someone prowling about in his
chicken coop Not having any shot
handy he loaded the gun with quinine
pills and blazed away. The intruder
was %peppered, but managed to crawl
away. AS there is only one man In
the village who has not had the ague
this season we have ON suericions."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
Boston's Name =,

pont say tips" hereafter. Saw ",ov-
snecks; 1t has a ~pleasanter
sound to the ear, while to Inc 60
se'enee and to the instinct TO courtesy
II is far more gracious. Thaso s
and oi graft in the gentle phrase
anu oy no means could It be peryertsd
Ieao extortion." There is a bIesses
atmosphere of give and take, an anne.
oia.on OF value received aho,, =.
whether 1t is written or spoken
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
Grave in Full Public View.

So far as publicity is concerned,
Westminster churchyard is far from
being a retired place. 1t lies at the
intersection of Fayette and Green
streets within a few squares of the
heart of the business quarter. The
poets grave and its simple headstone
are in full view of thousands who pass
the spot daily on their way down
town.
A movement has also been started
to endow the room in which Poe died.
as an asylum for sick authors and
literary men. This room is in what
is now known as the Church Home
and Infirmary, but in the poets day
it was known as the Washington hos
pital. The famous death chamber is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

immediate assistance. Yours in
haste
DR.. Snodgrass. writing OF this incl
dent in 1867, says that when he ar
rived at Ryan's place he found the
poet "haggard, bloated and unwashed-
His hair was unkempt and his whole
physique was repulsive. He wore
neither vest o neckcloth, his coat
was ripped at the seam and the
bosom of his shirt was flthily soiled
and crumpled. On his feet were boots
of coarse material, unblacked. He
was past locomotion, so we lifted him
into the hack in waiting, he mean
while muttering unintelligible impre-
cations on those who were trying to-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

II certainly would be a great sensa.
ton to sit down to dinner with a
roast whale adjoining the table and
have the host ask II he would have
a piece of the left fin or a chunk of
the northwest corner.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

IL a man blows up his neighbor with
dynamite he is called an assassin. But
there are women who blow up their
husbands, regularly. and for the most
trivial causes, yet nobody ever says a
word about II.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

Some American husbands are In
clined TO envy the German officer who
got only seventy-ive days in prison
for getting married. In this country
the sentence is usually longer, despite
the divorce courts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

In placing before the public a drama
entitled Love and War" doesn't the
theater rather take chances? You re-
member what Gen. Sherman said wal
Is, don't your But, even at that, may
be the title Of the play is not SO mis-.
leading. after all.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

An eastern woman who was max
ing a collection of husbands n was
stopped In her career when she had
collected only eight or ten will have
reason to think, in the light OF recent
events, that she has been discriminat-
Cd against most unjustly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

"Pawpaws are ripe" says the In
d~ianapolis News. but cheer up; you
don't have to eat 3em." The lover of
pawpaws. however. always feels a
thrill of pity for anybody who doesn't
like 'em.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

Some of the New York millionaires
are organizing a life insurance com
pany, with q view to giving the people
cheaper insurance. Most of the old
companies could do this very nicely II
they would only abandon the surplus
habit.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

The Washington Post says some men
SHOW their philanthropy under the
guise OF playing poker. Don't believe
1t; we are from Missouri.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

Gambling is dead in Chicago, &C.
cording to Chief Collins. However, it
viii be just as well for the chief to
sit up with the corpse for the rest OF
his term.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

later the old minister performed the
ceremony in the hotel parlor. and
when the delayed train pulled out
from the platform 1t bore two happy.
satisfied hearts away upon theft bridal
tour.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

While It is all right to swim the
English channel If you choose to do
SO, the average man would prefer to
save his money and buy a steamer
ticket.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
Where OIL Was Needed.

He was dying, so the schoolbook saws.
dying in Algiers;
There was lack of a~ntiseptics and deartb
OF woman's tears;
But a Red cross man approached him
and he murmured soft and low
That vi upon his cistern some oil would
I'VE to go.
Now, this soldier of the legion knew Eng
fish words a few,
And to him the sound of ''cistern" was
not exactly new.
Still the word conveyed but little To his
unreceptive mind,
And he asked in simple language for a
plain reply in kind.
Then they spoke in accents soothing
how this oil the germs would kill
And the wicked stegomyia would become
the same as nil.
But still they had to tell him and make
1t to him plain
That he had been mistaken and that no
one who was sane
Could ever think that "cistern'' the same
as system" meant
That never oil-excepting cod-wa on
the system spent.
And so he died a peaceful death and
never was dismayed
When ward clubs came in his back ward
and kerosene was sprayed.
New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

1t will be interesting to the patrons
OF r lunch counters to read that
Chicago has $4,000 unlicensed dogs
marked for slaughter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

Probably Charles Dickens, who
wrote so lovingly of crickets, never
attended a picnic that was broken
up by an overwhelming visitation of
them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
TIE Wind and RE Valley

A wtld wind roamed the world.
Rebeltuus, strong, and free:
II hoWled It's discords long and loud.
Ger mountain, plain, and sea.
Through spaces vast II swept,
Nor paused as on It flew.
And chaos dire e'er marked its track.
But stul II onward blew.
A valley sweet Il found,
With peaceful sunshine filled.
1t swept between the circling slopes.
With Joy its heart was thrilled.
The valley spurned II not.
But loving greeting gave.
NO longer Wild. rebelious. sweeps
That wine Ger land and wave.
The valley sweet art thou.
Who greeting gave TO me.
the wild wind; now no longer wild
Content to rest in thee.
Ethel L. Preble, In Sunset Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

denotes to lure him into a low drink.
Ing place known as "Ryan's Fourth
Ward Polls" where they drugged him
In this condition. SO the narrative
runs, he was found by one ]. B. VAN.
er' a newspaper eompositor, who sum.
moned DR.. ]. e. Snodgrass by the fol.
lowing note:
Dear Sir: There is a gentleman
rather the worse for wear at Ryan's
Fourth Ward Polls, who goes under
the cognomen of Edgar A. Poe and
VINO appears to be in great distress
and he a y he is acquainted with
you and assure you ne is in need =,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

Some of the naughty princes who
have been refusing the Norwegian
crown in public have been breaking
their necks in private to be first to
get It.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

Myra Kelly. author of Little Citi-
zens," has nounc her marriage.
The second edition of her story ought
to be true to life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

After It has been domesticated for
a few generations perhaps the auto.
mobile viii learn how to conduct itself
in captivity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

Diamonds have increased so per
cent In value during the last ten
years, according to an opportunities
o want to sell yours.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

New York has a bigamist who got
married v times in seven days.
Evidently he didn't go much on honey
moons.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

Somebody Is sure to say that from
a diplomatic standpoint the Japs were
out-Witte-d. so we may as well start
1t along.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

Russia does not pay a single kopeck
much less a single kobushel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

American -four has been hit by the
boycott. II the Chinese prefer rats to
good bread let them go their a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
Graves Of LanIer and Booth.

In speaking of Poe one cannot but
refer here to the graves of two other
young men the tragedy Of whose lives
is known to the world. At the foot OF
a gently sloping hill in historic old
Greenmount cemetery sleeps Sidney
Lanier, the poet. Save a simple little
white headstone, without lettering or.
design, his grave is absolutely IN
marked. 1t lies in a lot owned nv
Lawrence Turnbull, and beside the.
poet are buried two little children
whom he dearly loved.
In another part of the cemetery. its
long, low, ivy covered mound living
behind a slender marble plinth. is the
grave of John Wilkes Booth. 1t has
no slab or stone to show whose body
lies beneath, and this is intentSonaI
Inc marble plinth marks the center
OF the lot in which the entire Booth
FAMILY is buried, including Junias
Brutus Booth, the elder. From all
points OF the country daily visitors
from the theatrical profession chiefly
make their way to this marble shaft
and when they depart the silent svr,-
pathy OF their hearts for the i'll starred
young actor whose mistaken zeal
plunged a nation into grief fnds az
preston in the floral tributes that re-
main behind on his obscure resting
place.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

AS likely as not THE System" is
e blame for the loss of Tom Lawson's
$4,000 bull pup.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

Now the Japanese soldier boys can
go home and stand around where the
girls can admire them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31

A Boston critic says "Austin's
poems are getting worse" Then the
end is not far off.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-10-31
one STORY Of Poetic neath

The story which has gained current
~credence is that a political gang of
ruffians' known as the plug Uglies,"
TOOK advantage of the poets well
know bohemian and bibuluous ten.