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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
GOOD DESERT LAW.
RIGHT OF SQUARE" MAN TO
KILL UNFAIR PARTNER.
Authority Lays Down Rule and Backs
II with Good Argument-Pros-
pector's Calling Admittedly
Tough Game"

1t was in the camp of Bullfrog that
Mitchell, the big, brick-red mining
man of Nevada, told his view Of law
on the desert:
IF you are prospecting with an I'M
reasonable hog of partner who wants
to eat three slices of bacon and half
a loaf of bread for breakfast and lets
the canteen gurgle down his throat,
while you get along with strip of
bacon and just moisten your lips
when you take a drink, then you're
all right if you kill him. I'd kill him
If there wasn't anything else to do.
It's a tough game and it's your life
or his when you're lost or your grub
stake and water are giving out"
These observations were suggested
by the arrival in camp two days be-
fore of the bones of prospector who
had died of thirst some 40 miles from
Bullfrog during the previous summer.
He had been a carpenter, earning
wages of eight dollars day in the
new camps during the boom" but
the gold fever led him away from
this safe and profitable toll He
picked up partner, they loaded their
burros and trailed off south toward
the Death valley country to prospect
in the Funeral range.
Three weeks after the desert swal-
lowed them up the partner wandered
into a freighters' camp half crazed
with thirst and exhaustion. He was
able IN fell the freiphters that the
carpenter was somewhere out beyond,
lost and without water, too helpless
to move. The partner was too weak
and fevered to go back with the res
cue party of freighters, so they left
him in camp. He directed them as
well as he could, but the search was
bootless and Griffin, the carpenter of
Bullfrog, was added to the long list
of desert victims. Several months
later a party of prospectors tumbled
by chance across what was left OF
him. There was no traces of his out
fit; he had thrown away his gun, his
canteen and his hat. One shoe was
found 80 feet from his body and he
had torn off and flung away most OF
his clothing These were the CHASTITY
evidences of the last great fight he
had made to struggle on.
when they're dying for water,
said Mitchell, who knew the "desert
game" they throw away everything
until all their clothes are gone and
you generally find them without {
stitch on."-Outing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
AN OLD TIMER.
Has Had Experiences.

A woman who has used Postum
Food Coffee since it came upon the
market years ago knows from ex-
perience the necessity of using Pos
stum in place of coffee if one values
health and a steady brain.
She says: AT the time Postum was
first put on the market l was suffer
ing from nervous dyspepsia and my
physician had repeatedly told me not
to use tea or coffee. Finally l de-
cided to take his advice and try
Postum, and got sample. and had ii
carefully prepared, finding it deli
cious to the taste. So | continued
Its use and very soon it's beneficial eff
fects convinced me of its value, fol-
| got we'll of my nervousness and dys.
pepsia.
My husband had been drinking cot
fee all his life until it had affected
his nerves terribly. l persuaded him
to shift to Postum and it was easy tc
get him to make the change for the
Postum is delicious 1t certainly
worked wonders for him.
I'VE soon learned that Postum does
mot exhilarate or depress and does not
stimulate, but steadily and honestly
strengthens the nerves and the stom
ach. To make long story short our
entire family have now used Postum
for eight years with completely sat
isfying results, as shown in our fine
condition of health and we have no
Z ticed a rather unexpected improve.
ment in brain and nerve power
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich.
Increased brain and nerve power al.
ways follow the use of Postum in
place of coffee, sometimes in very
marked manner
Look in pkgs. for The Road to
MELVILLE"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
Nicotine in Tobacco.

A scientist writes: 1.-THE essential
quality for which tobacco is smoked
or chewed lies not really in the leaves
themselves, but is contained in thou
sands of hollow-knobbed hairs which
cover their surface. The vital nicotine
is garnered in these pearlike balls, but
as it is impossible to shave off these
hairs, and would be a scarcely com
mendable achievement If it could be
undertaken, it becomes necessary to
preserve the whole foliage for COM
mercIal PURPOSES"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
Kitchen Notes

When cleaning the kitchen range
wash off all grease spots with soap
and water. Mix the stove polish with
turpentine and use a flannel cloth for
the plain parts. this produces a deep
er polish, and is much easier work.
Steel can be kept bright by rubbing
1t every day. If any part has become
rusty through neglect rub it with sand
paper and polish with sweet oil and
whIting
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
Preach from Automobiles.

A novel method of preaching the
gospel was recently tried in France
with striking success. Pastor Delat-
ire from Roame (Reformed church,,
in company with Pastor Sainton, OF
the Baptist church, in Paris, visited
with an automobile the departments
of Loire, Rhone, Alter, Saone ct Loire,
within a radius of about 80 miles.
Pastor Delattre writes: During near
Nv two months, from our automobile,
we have been able to preach the
gospel on market places, from fair to
fair, distributing thousands of tracts
and selling no less than $500 copies
of the New Testament"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
Not His Job.

you'll have to fix this poem over
before l can buy it," said the editor
"There appears to be something the
matter with it's feet"
Il would have you understand, sir"
said the bard. with dignity, that am
a poet and not a chiropodist"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09

Will Interest the lUOus
sands of veterans
who came back from
the Civil War suffer-
ing tortures with kid
ney complaint. Capt.
Ely says: II contracted
kidney trouble dur
ing the Civil War,
and the occasional
attacks finally de-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
To Wash VeIveteen.

Velveteen may be washed by shaking it
about in warm Ivory Soap suds; then
rinse thoroughly and let it drip dry. On
no account squeeze or wiring it. BE care
full to hang it straight on the line, fol
otherwise it viii be crooked when dry.
ELEANOR r.. PARKER.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09

veloped into chronic case. At one
time l had to use crutch and cane
to get about. My back was lame and
weak, and besides the aching, there
was a distressing retention of the
kidney secretions. was in a bad
way when began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills in 1901. but the remedy
cured me, and | have been well ever
SINCE"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box,
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
a speclaI case.

IF Mr.. sWinslow calls tonight, NAM
ma, what shall l say?"
Say whatever your little heart
tells you to say, my dear"
''But this isn't one of those cases,
mamma. There is nothing to Mr.
Winslow except his money"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09

Objects which are usually the OBJ
jects of our travels by land and by
sea are often overlooked and neg
lected if they lie under our eye
Pliny the Younger.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
HERITAGE OF CIVIL WAR.
Thousands of Soldiers Contracted
Chronic Kidney Trouble While
in the Service.

The experience of Capt. John L. Ely,
of Co. e, 18th Ohio, now living at sos
East Second street, Newton, Kansas,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
Worlds Cotton Consumption.

The consumption of cotton from
1898 to 1898 averaged only 100000
bales annually in the whole world, but
from 1898 to 1908 the average was TO-
6S4.146 bales annually, and the aver
age price was three cents per pound
greater than for the previous period.
If the consumption increases at the
same ratio during the next five year
period the average will be nearly 49,
600 600 bales annually, and the prices
will be much higher than in the pre-
vious period. This indicates pros
porous future for the cotton producer
and manufacturer, as well as for the
export trade.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09

A constable who arrested four men
on a country road in England the
other day for gambling told the mag
istrate the men played cards as they
walked along, stopping to deal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
What is CastOria.

ASTORTA harmless Paregore Drops and
~ Soothing Syups pleasant contains neither Opium Morphine
Narcotic substance It's guarantee desroy Worms and ays
Feesness It Dhea and Wind Collie It relieves Teetg Troubles
Constipation Flatency regulates the Stomach
and Bowels giving healthy and natural Sleep The cdrenB PanacThe
Mothers Friend
The Kind You Have Always Bought and which has been FOR
80 years. borne SIGNATURE H Fletcher made under
his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow deceive you this
All Coun limitations and Justgoo" tre with
ndanger the health Infants against
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-21

glove was in two parts and attached
by tiny fasteners at the wrist, which
allowed the hand portion to be removed
while that which covered the arm re-
manned in place
An odd and pretty sleeve was noted
the other day, which would be thanS-
fully received by the stout woman too
heshy to bear much fiuffiness near her
waist line. 1t was part of a dark blue
costume trimmed in narrow black SOU
tache and crochet buttons. The sleeves
were a large puff TO the depth of four
inches on the top. and below this and
covering the whole of the under-sleeve
portion was a clOSe-fitting. straight
gauntlet sleeve ending at the elbow in
a narrow braid band The waist has
a straight plastron front bordering on
each side with braid and buttons. the
closing being made on the left side.
The neck is round with shallow
turned-over collar. bordered with the
braid, above which was a lace chem
isette and standing collar. The skirt
was an extremely plain circular mode.
having an inverted plait back and front
and the front is outlined with bands OF
the braid. and buttons outside Of that.
The dress, made OF cheviot, linen or
mohair, Is especially suited to the ONCE.
The separate waist is again to be
worn; and the shops are showing
numbers OF beautiful ones for al lsOrts
of wear; hand-embroidered linens
lace insertions and ribbons. Victoria
lawns, India linens, Persian lawns.
batiste and organdies, which all may
be made very plain or elaborate by
the lack or addition of trirnr ing. In
laundering these waists do lot put
them through a heavy starch, which
will give them a laundered, unnatural
look at once. but put them through a
thin starch water. let dry. then thor
oughly dampen; first iron on the
wrong side and then on the right; and
the China waists should be ironed i'm
mediately after putting through the
starch water, as this gives them look
of continued newness-
The newest skirt is of the circular,
five- gored variety. 1t is lacking in any
fullEess around the hips. as the full
ness begins only little way above the
knees. and is thus a boon to the full
hipped woman. and by the way. the
narrow width cloth is the better mate
rial to seek. as ii cuts to better ad-
vantage. 1t has seam at the CEN
ter front, which is concealed under
plaits. and is closed at the back gore
under an applied box-pleat.
The new college blouse will be liked
for warm summer days. 1t is made
with two tucks on each side OF the
front, stitched to the bust. under the
second Of which there are darts which
take up the unnecessary fullness. The
sleeves are OF three-Quarter length.
having pointed or rounded cuffs and a
low, turned-over collar. with rounded
or pointed fronts to matcn the cuffs
The waist is closed at the front with
buttonholes and pearl buttons. A
fancy Windsor tie completes the waist.
I saw a number of these waists made
up OF different colored linens. stitched
in a contrasting color or white.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-21
Independent Fire Equipment
Superintendent Leach EStab-
Iished Proves Effective,
:Ex-Chief Kennedy of Oakland
. Directs Successful Efforts
of Valiant Force.
Uncle Sans Home of Money
Intact and Can Resume
Business Any Time.

one of the most heroic fights and
1lob4est victories achieved in the ter
rable holocaust was the saving of the
Mint. around which the fiery tortugas
roared like the furnaces CT Cyclops.
The regular Fire Department was con-
-centra1ing its energies in blowing up
buildings and fighting flames ada
cent 10 the Mint. The unequal fight
went with rapidity and hour by hour
.1he Mint was more AID more in jeOp-
ardy.
SUPERINTENDENT Leach, by a wise
foresight, had constructed, during the
.7uIIls in business of the last four
months. a pretty substantial fire
equipment for the Mint itself.
When the fire seemed uncontroll-
able Superintendent Leach had the hy-
drants adjacent TO the home Of money
thoroughly inspected and it was found
that a fair. stream was obtainable.
BY another remarkably lucky stroke
Of fortune ex-Chief Kennedy of the
Oakland Fire Department CHANGED to
be an employe Of the Mint. He at
once organized the men of the Mint
into a fire brigade, and he himself
went to the roof with one hose. Lines
were supplied TO men on the other
floors and every man held his post like
g hero while the terrible holocaust
surged around the great stone build
ing: Again and again sparks caught
the roof or fell through cracked win
dows. but in every instance a vigilant
guard played the hose upon the in
vaaed SPOT and the loss of the Mint
was averted.
Speaking Of the saving Of the Mint,
Superintendent Leach said at an early
hour this morning:
7 have never seen a braver band OF
men than those employees Of the Mint
who. led ex-Chief Kennedy, stood
in places Of danger without a whim-
Der. many Of them knowing that their
own families might be in danger or
ruignt need their assistance later.
What they saw was the immediate
call to du1v. and they knew al1o that
% If they failed in their hazardous un-
Siertaking. if they failed to stop any
little blaze, that their lives would go
up like wisps of paper.
The Government can never under
stand the herohsm of the achievement,
for no cripiOn-nothing short of
the sight of the Dante's inferno itself
can ever give the human imagina-
ton a picture Of the horrors that con-
fronted the fire fighters of the Mint
who held to the post of duty sur
rounded by crashing buildings and
roaring flames that melted iron.
There is no truth in the runor,
which got into print in some papers
10 the effect that fourteen men had
been shot while trying to rob the
Mint. and that a National Guard man
was bayoneted by a regular soldier as
The outcome Of dispute as to au-
Lhority.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-21
Scientist Says Concentration
of Vibration Would Have
Caused Greater Damage, z
Duration of First Attack Is Re-
ported to Have Been
Foty-Two Seconds,
Velocity Of Earth's Crust Was
Two Inches Per Second,
Breaking Coast Record,
First Large Motion of Earth
Was Due West as Re-
corded.

BERKELEY, April 20.-Professor o.
A. Leuschner of the astronomical OBJ
servatory at the university. in a scien-
tlhc account of the earthquake, shock
OF last Wednesday, says that The ruin
wrought by the quake would have been
vastly greater had not the vibrations
been distributed over so many seconds
of time. He writes that if the shocks
or Wednesday had been instantaneous
lnestimably more havoc would have
been wrought. Professor Leuschner.
IN bulletin on the earthquake issued
tnls morning, holds as follows:
The best record of the beginning Of
the heaviest shocks is furnished by the
standard clock of the students obser-
vatory, which stopped at hours IL
minutes 3S seconds Pacific standard
time. while less severe shocks were re-
corded by S. Albrecht some 35 seconds
earlier. The principal part of the
earthquake came in two sections. the
first series of vibrations lasting for
about 40 seconds The vibrations di-
minished considerably during the fol-
lowing 10 seconds and then continued
with renewed vigor for about rs Sec
onds more. The principal direction OF
motion was from SSE. to NNW. The
remarkable feature of this earthquake,
aside from its intensity, was it's rotary
motion. AS seen from the print, the
sum total of all displacements repre-
sents very regular ellipse and some
of the lines representing the earth's
motion can be traced along the whole
circumference.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-21

street; Worms, B., and family, p. H.;
Weiss, Richard, P. H.; Whaley, c. c..
park; Wolf, William g., and mother,
P H.; Waltermeyers, F., 1740 Fell
street: Wilson. s. R., and wife, Oak
land; Wahlicht. Mrs NJ, P, H; Vein
stein. P. W., Golden Gate Park; Win
chester, Robert, and family. P. H.;
Whidden, Mrs. Laura, P. H.; Weber,
August, and family, P. H; Walsh,
William (printer), lib Golden Gate
avenue; wittenberger, H, and fam
lily, P. H.; Walter, Mrs. L., and
Mrs Cora, P H; Williams, Grace NJ,
P. H.; Winter, T. H, and wife, P. H.;
Wilford, Lizzie, P. H.; Wilcox, Mrs. j.
W.. and family, P. H.; Wier family,
P. H.; Wittenberger, T., P. H.; Wolf,
Tillie, and family. 1885 McAllfster
street; Wiener. Henry, 1890 Page;
Wear Frank, and family, playground;
Wise, Mrs. Augusta, and family, S04
Fell street: Winters, Ben, Ocean boule-
ward (Charley DahPs): Wagner, H. j.,
playground Worley. E. p playground;
Wolch, John, Garfield statue; Warner
Arthur 701 Shrader street; White,
Mrs. P. J., and family, 2345 Bush;
Wickman, Scott; Wickman, A. ", 254
Fell; Worlock, NJ ar c., and family
81 Central avenue; Walker, Jack, 81
Eddy street; Wagner, DR.. John, and
family, South Broderick; Warrington,
Mrs. H, and family, 1888 Page; Wolf,
Hymn, 1878 O'Farrell; Weingarten, H.,
and family, S61 Hayes street; Wrahtz,
7S0 Seventh avenue; Wilson, r. H.,
park; Whitaker, A. H, p. H.; Wag-
ner, E.. and wife, p. H.; Weaver, R.
s., playground; Walsh, Kittie, 1910
Waller street; White, Charles T., $50
Frederick; Westfall, Mrs. Sadie, Mu-
scum, park; Ward, c. W., Thirteenth
and Webster streets, Oakland; Wig
ley, Ethel. 20 Lotta street; Wade, f..
H., 1895 Masonic avenue; Walz, F. G.,
p. H. West, A, P. H; Williams. Mrs.
Alice, Jefferson square; Walthew, T.
A. and family, 459 Lyon street; Ward,
Fred Dale, 1898 Fulton; Wilkins, Mrs.
L., p. H.
Young. A. E., park; Young, Mrs.
H., 53S Thirty eighth avenue; York,
DR.. E E., 300 Baker street; Young,
Mrs. j., Swingles.
Zschieische, F., 1858 Fell street;
Zemich, B., P. H.. Zeiss, Oscar, La
guna and Chestnut streets; Zook, F.
B.. P H
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-21
NAV Give ANOTHER MILLION FOR RELIEF
Secretary Tas Plea to Congress in Behalf of San rancsc
FLYERS UNION.

CHICAGO, April 1s.--A midair labor
union is the latest. The aeronauts OF
Chicago are to organize, and in addi-
ton to the frills of the more lowly in
dustrial combinations they will have
a duly credentialed flying delegate. He
will act in the same capacity as the
walking delegate does for terrestrial
unions. But he will be up in the air
most of the time.
There seemed to be q general inn
preston last night that few OF the
aeronauts would strike during the
working hours. However. parachutes
may be provided for those who desire
to quit work abruptly. Should a strike
be called it would be known as fly
out instead of a walkout.
The new union will be chartered un-
der the International Brotherhood or
Electrical Workers. The latter organ
ization has cornered everything on
earth in the electrical line and it now
proposes to get firm hold on the
heavens.
Ray MacElheny. secretary of Local
No 134 of the Electrical Workers. is the
organizer of the aeronauts. Robert
Witt, who operates flying machine at
a pleasure resort, is to be the flying
delegate.
In organizing the flyers MacEheny
has not visited them while they were
at work. 1t has not been because of
the objections of their employers
either. He invited them to get down
to earth and he would talk to tnem-
He has obtained the names Of most OF
the sixty aerial artists who are en-
ployed in and about the city. The
union will be launched at meeting to
be held at 166 Madison street next
Wednesday night.
These men occupy exalted posi-
tions,' said MacElheny yesterday. "As
mechanics they soar high over the
heads of ordinary workers Their
wages. however. do not soar as hign
as their airships. They have lofty
aspirations and they have come to the
conclusion that real labor union will
benefit them
MacElheny said his organization
claimed jurisdiction over men VINO
operate dynamos whether on airships
or submarine boats. Our charter
reads above. on or under. the earth" ne
said, 'and 1 do not believe any organ
ization will dispute our right to con-
troll aerial navigation"
Some time ago the aeronauts formed
a social club, but it was not a success
The members do not core in contact
with each jother while at work. Ii
the union each member will be fur
nished with union flag instead of a
card or button. This flag will be
raised on the approach of the flying
delegate, and thus unpleasant comph-
cations viii be avoided.
The union will be the first OF its
kind ever organized. and its promoters
believe it will reach the highest sue
cess ever attained by a labor organi-
zation.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-21

THE result of observations indicates
rection of SSE. to NNW. In that re-
spect the records of the three heaviest
earthquakes agree entirely. But they
have several other features in COM
mon. One of these is that while the
displacements are very large. the vi
bration period is comparatively slow,
amounting to about one second in the
last two big earthquakes. If the re-
cent shocks, as felt at Berkeley. had
been instantaneous inestimably more
havoc would have been wrought with
all kinds of buildings. The slowness of
the vibration is the only redeeming
feature in these calamities. The fol-
lowing account of the earthquake Of
October 21, 1868. as experienced in San
Francisco, is taken from Professor E.
S. Holden's Catalogue of Earthquakes.
1863 1897 and will serve to show the
features it had in common with that Of
today: The first shock was at IN
53hm a. m It's direction was norther-
ly and southerly. It's duration was AZ
seconds The second shock came at
9:23 a. m, lasting seconds. Lighter
and briefer tremors occurred at inter-
walls of about half an hour till 1915 y.
M The first shock was most severely
felt on the eastern side of the city. on
the made land between Montgomery
street and the bay. On the solid land
no serious damage was done to any
we'll constructed house. The Custom
house was badly damaged. 1t was
poorly constructed. As in 1865. small
crevasse was opened on Howard street,
beyond Sixth. The greatest damage
was done in belt several hundred rect
wide, running northwest and southeast,
commencing at the Custom house ara
ending at tn, Folsom street wharf Ine
tall chimney of the United States Mint
was damaged The ferry steamer Con-
ira Costa was near Angel Island ana
felt the shock strongly. Shocks were
noted at 7:5s. $40, s:15, s:45. s:2o.
e:03. s:35. 10000. 10: 80. 11:05 a. m, and
at 1918 and 2:5S p. m. waves came
fifteen or twenty feet farther 1nano
than usual. There were about thirty
casualties in the 10000 inhabitants.
Five deaths occurred from Iaihns
walls. etc. Not single weh-ouii'
house G, the solid land suffered mate
rally, whether of brick. stone VI
wooden houses suffered least
"Bv Following the trace OF the pen
.ro,,, the bepinning, 1t will be seen tnal
the f,rst large motion Of the earth was
a,,a west (east on the print. the motioi
- the earth being in the opposite oi-
rection to that of the pen). 1t meas
,,res two inches. AS the instrument
multiplies 4.3 times, the ac.udi u.
r,1ocen,ent of the earth's crust or am
p,as p,...,sa 90 the wave was about one-naif
~ p on inch. This also corresponds %
the ~ average amplitude of the resuitants
IN the direction ssE. to INV. Tax
inc - the average period as one second,
the the velocity of the earths crust durlns s
the heavy shocks is found TO De Ioush. tha
" two inches per seconu, ~ .sa ooasr
rra.test ever observed on the coast
Heavv masses on fairly smooth sur, s
ices ICES were observed to move as much
as inches"