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The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-08
At the MasoOt

Mt. Vernon re aud Old Belmon whiskeys, double stamped goods, at wholesale prices at the Mascot saloon.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-08
Christmas leo Cream

Leave your orders for Christmas ice cream at the Boss Bakery.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-08

Dunlap and StetsoD hats for s5 at ClaysOn's. U
The daily Alaskan., 1906-01-08

All the delicacies of the season st the Pack Train Restaurant.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
The LONGEST Rivers.

The longest rivers in the world are:
Africa-Nile, 1886 miles; Niger,
1890; Congo, 2,700; Zambesi, 1900;
Orange, 1852.
America NORTH - Mississippi,
3.716 miles, with Missouri added
4,194; St. Lawrence, 2,120; Mackenzie
2,120: Saskatchewan, 1918; Rio
Grande, 1900; Arkansas, j. 514; Co
lumbia. 1888; Ohio and Allegheny
1895: Red River, 1,200.
America South)-Amazon. $3.50
miles; Rio Madeira, $500: Parana
2,2II; Rio de la Plata, 1900; San
Francisco, 1913: Rio Negro, 1850;
Orinoco, 1900.
Asia-Yenisei, 1858 miles; Hoang
Ho, 2,S12; Lena, 1856: Obi, 2,674;
Amoor. 2,67S; Euphrates, zoos;
Ganges, 1874; Indus, 1913.
Australia-Murray, 5000 miles.
Europe-Volga, 1881 miles; Dan
ube, 1892; Ural, 1899; Don, 1,OsS,
Dneiper, 1920; Rhine, SIC.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06

During the summer months much
of the land becomes free from snow
and ice under the joint action of sun
and wind, and the snow that resists
removal is darkened by deposit OF
fine dust particles. In this season
the animals wear their darker cloth
ing, and birds have by way of change
q less gaudy plumage. The back
ground against which they stand
would betray their presence If the
white dress of winter were worn now;
then, too, it makes it possible for
the foxes, ducks, and other animals
and birds to crafty a natural vanity
by putting on, for a time at least an.
other coat.
In winter white is again worn. The
background is now snow and ice, and
the only chance which the arctic
chicken now has to deceive the fox
is to roll up like a ball and simulate
a lump of ice. The ice bear is
equipped successfully to creep upon
the ever-watchful seal, because he
looks like the other blocks of white
around him. He remembers. however
his black nose, and is said to be
sharp enough to cover it with his
paw while approaching his doing
prey.-St. Nicholas.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
Worry Causes Dyspepsia.

Worry is a cause and a source of
much unhappiness. 1t seams the face
with lines and burrows and has
most deprc sing effect upon that hy-
persensitiv organ. the stomach,
which at such times becomes a most
unwilling and laggard servant In
deed, it is safe TO say that unless en-
couraged by a cheerful temper and.
bright or, at least, hopeful thoughts,
the stomach will play truant or suIk
or do no good work. The physiolog-
ical explanation of this is the close
alliance of the great sympathetic
nerves, which are worse than the tel
egraph for carrying bad news; the
work and anxiety which depress the
brain cause simultaneously a semi
paralysis of the nerves of the stOm-
ach; gastric juices will not flow, and,
presto! there is Indigestion One
sign of mental health is serenity OF
temper and a self-control that ena-
bles us to bear with equanimity the
petty trials and jars of life. espe-
cially those arising from contact with
scolding, irascible, irritating persons.
Serenity of mind comes easy to some
and hard to others.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06

DARK out Tor ngnu somewhere 6UUve,
which sent dull shaft into the hold.
In this he opened the letter and read:
Dear Sammy: I'm down with the
rheumatics, an the doctor says I will
be a long time fore I'm out. The
nabors are good. but they can't leave
their own work an do mine. I'm
feared, Sammy, if you don't come, the
farm will have to be sold 'Tain't
with much, but / can't look out for it
any more. But don't feel bad, dear
boy, if you can't come. It's only
rheumatics I've got.
Ever your loving mother"
The young man choked; there was
an unmistakable sob. In a moment
he had clambered up the hatchway. A
few passengers were standing near
the rail or louDgins about; but no Of
ficers were in. sight. 1t was nearly
dark.
Slipping back 70 the stern Of the
vessel, which was almost deserted. the
young man glanced about YEARLY.
The wharves were a mile away and
were shadowy outlines; but he did not
mind that. for he was a strong swim
mer and a bold one. What ne feared
was the Illustration of a plan which
had suddenly formed in his mind
No one was watching him, however,
and presently grasping a rope. he
swung himself over the side and from
the end of the rope he dropped into
the water.
Two hours later he drew himself
up on one of the wharves, nearly ex.
hausted, but with a look on his face
that had not been there for years.
Now for home, he said aloud !;
straight for home" Then he disap-
peared in the shadow of the great
warehouses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
Aneedote Of Eltzhuah Lee.

Maj.-Gen. John Gibbon thus de-
scribes his meeting with Gen. Fftz-
hugh Lee at the Mclean house. Ap
pomattox county. Virginia. in April
1866, at the time of the confederate
surrender: Going to The door. found
Gen. Fitz Lee seated on his horse
and looking. as / thought, somewhat
uneasy. He had been a cadet under
me at West Point, and I had not seen
him for years. AS l looked at him a
vision came up before me, and l could
think only of little rollicking fellow,
dressed in cadet gray, whose jolly
songs and gay spirits were the life Of
his class. My salutation Of Hello,
Fitz, Get OFF and come in seemed to
put him at his ease at once and
brought him to his feet. He came in
to the house and told me his story.
Before leaving. with a grim humor,
he took from his pocket So confed-
crate note, and, writing across its
face, For Mrs. Gibbon. with the
compliments of Fitz Lee. he said,
Send that to your wife and tell her
it's the last cent have in the
world"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06

J. A. Adams. a former resident OF
Arizona and grandson of old John
Brown, whose soul goes marching
on" wandered away from his camp
on the Colorado desert on May 10 and
persisted for want of water. The
story of his disappearance is graphi-
cally told by Charley Fay, one OF the
party, as follows:
I'VE went out on the desert pros
pecting for gold. An Indian whom ws
had employed to show us where to
find water on the desert caught his
foot in the stirrup while mounting his
horse and fell on his back
The horse started TO run, dragging
the Indian by one foot. AS the groun0
was covered with jagged rocks the In
dian would have been killed had not
Adams run up and taken the horse
by the bit. The animal, wild with
fright, reared and plunged. Adams
was twice thrown upon the rocks, and
once the horses hoofs hit him, but he
still gripped the bit until Mr. La
mere and l succeeded in releasing the
Indian.
After the danger was over, Adams
sat down upon rock and began
laughing and when asked if he was
hurt, he replied, oh, no, I'm only
little tired, but / guess you'll have to
help me set this arm. We then start
ed for Yuwa, Adams riding some Is
miles that afternoon and never once
complaining, though we could see by
his drawn features that he was suffer.
ing intense pain.
AT dusk we camped for the night,
and within an hour the injured man
was delirious and raving like a ma
MAC. Some time during the night he
left camp. AS soon as we discovered
that he had gone we made every eff
fort to find him, but could not do
much until daylight, when we found
his tracks in the sand. We followed
the tracks all that day and until about
9 O'Clock the next day, when we came
to hard, rocky place at the foot OF
some rock hills. Here we lost the
trail and try as we might we could
not find it again.
For three days we searched the
hills, but not trace o. the man could
we discover, though we well knew
that somewhere within a radius of
twenty or thirty miles lay the body of
one of the brayest men that ever lost
his life in that great death-trap, the
Colorado desert Yuma Sentinel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
The Boy King.

FITS crown Is a wealth or chestnut hair.
His Kingdom is here there. everywhere
His scepter the CLEAN of his laughing
eyes
That the Punishment waves 20 his moth
er's signs;
And the room for his throne is set apart
In the dearest depths of a mothers
heart.
He has no courtiers nor fawning danes.
With titles galore and sounding names
To him no obsequious sycophants kneel,
To kiss his foot or to feel his heel;
No base pretenders assail his throne.
But the court he rules is his very own
No trumpets blare and no symbals crash,
No soldiers advance with a martial dash
To clear the way Of the common herd,
But the way is cleared with hsping
word
AS the little king. on his mothers breast,
Tells her how he loves, as he goes TO
rest!
Go search your musty and dust-grimed
scrolls
For the human part Of the restless souls
That down through ages. from throne tc
grave,
Have ruled and died as the regal brave;
Then come with me-let your old boob
fall
And crown your own Boy. the King OF
them all.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
circIino the cane,

Ask some one to take a position In
the middle of the room. Give him a
stout cane and tell him to stand the
cane on the floor and bend over and
press his forehead against the canes
handle. Let him catch hold of the
cane with his right hand a foot or two
below the handle and rest his left
hand, closed, on his LETT knee. Ask
him to stand thus for two or three
minutes, the2 to move slowly around
the cane. srn retaining the same at
titude. He will not be able to keep
up this circulr motion very long, for
a strange giddiness will gradually
overcome him, and his only hope of
safety viii lie in his staggering to
some piece of furniture which he can
grasp.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
Drew himself up onto one of the
wharves.

Drew himself up onto one of the
tie rocky farm which he had left be-
cause it was too slow.
She had never doubted him for a
moment, or ceased to think of the
time when he was to provide lovingly
for her old age. When some of his
worst escapades had been reported
she had smiled wistfully, but hopeful
ly. "Sammy's young" she had said,
AN doesn't realize. He's a good boy
an will do better when he's older.
Him an mes goin' to live together
ag'in some time; he'll be layin' by for
it pretty soon"
Something swelled in the young
mans throat as he remembered how
many times he had heard her say that
and how many times he had declared,
in moments of boyish repentance, that
he was going to take care of her when
he was a man. Even after he left he
had once written home that he was
''goin' to git some money laid by pref
ty soon" All through these three
years she had written regularly and
lovingly. and though he had answered
only briefly and at long intervals. her
faith in him had not for an instant
wavered. Even now he had a letter
in his pocket, received three days be-
fore, and not yet opened.
Down here in the depth of the hold,
alone. with everything he had known
about to be left behind, his heart had
suddenly grown tender and sore. 1t
might be years before he would see
the gentle old face again, and at the
thought his fingers reached foc the
letter and drew it out softly and ten
derby. But it was already dark in the
hold and he could not see.
For a moment he stroked it re-
morsefully, then he pushed the case
aside and CROPPED his way out among
the boxes and bales. He would seek
the hatchway or some place where
there was light enough to read the
letter. He must find out what the old
mother had to say; and he would re-
turn-he woodland do everything
that he had promised. He would go
back to the little farm and take care
of the mother in her old age. He
could make a living there, and that
was more than he was sure of in a
city.
For an hour there had been the
final sounds of departure overhead,
but he had not noticed this. AS he
vent forward however, be was con-
scious Of a peculiar sensation or rIs-
ing and falling, which told him that
the ship was under way.
The hatchway was not closed, but
even there it would have been too
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
Maklnn AGATE Marbles

Nearly all the agate marbles that
wear holes in the pockets of all
schoolboys are made in the state of
Thuringia, Germany. On winter
days the poor people who live in the
village gather small square stones,
place them in molds sometimes like
big coffee mills and grind them until
they are round. The marbles made
In this way are the common china,
painted china, glazed china and imi-
tation agates. Imitation agates are
made from white stones. and are
painted to represent the pride of the
marble players heart-the real agate.
The agate painted china marbles are
Of plain white stone, with lines cross
ing each other at right angles painted
upon them. Glass alleys are blown
by glass blowers in the town Of
Lauscha, Germany. The expert work
men take a piece of plain glass AMI
another bit of red glass, heat them
red hot, blow them together, give
them a twist, and there is a pretty
alley with the red and white threads
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
At the Last Moment.
BY FRANK II. sWEET.


Copyright, 1902. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
This day had finished the loading of
the vessel for her trip across the
ocean, and now, as the sun was sink
ing behind the shrouds of the ship to
the west, the stevedores filed in front
of the officer who was checking off
and paying for the hours they had
worked.
AS they received their money the
steyedores passed across to the wharf
or stopped for few minutes con-
versation with each other, or with
some of the sailors who CHANGED to be
near. One of them dropped unnoticed
through hatchway and slipped back
into the hold, where the freight had
been slowed. Then he made his way
among the boxes and bales until he
came to a narrow space which had
evidently been left by design, for it
was long enough for a man to stretch
at full length in it and contained wa
ter and crackers enough to keep off
starvation for a week or ten days.
After the young stevedore had crowd
ed into it, he drew a case in front of
the opening to prevent discovery by
a possible prowler or inspector of the
freight.
Then he made himself as comfort
able as he could in the narrow space
and chuckled at the prospect of
reaching the other side without cost.
He thought exultantly of what he
would do when he got there, and of
the other strange lands he would visit
before returning home. There was no
sense in people. spending money to
travel when little shrewdness and a
bold face would answer just as well.
He had SO in his pocket, the sum
paid him on deck half hour before,
but that was as much as he usually
had ahead these days. He had given
up work, except in case of necessity;
and even the SO would not have been
earned had not this trip across the
ocean been planned as part of the
gain.
For an hour he remained awake list
ening to the sounds on deck and exult-
ing in his own shrewdness; then.
weary with the days labor, his head
leaned forward and he sank into a
sound sleep.
Late the next evening the vessel
was to begin her voyage, and during
the early part of the day his attention
was occupied by the sounds of pas
sengets coming on board and of bag
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
AFTER BUGS, NOT MEN.
Drug Clerk Unnecessarily Alarmed
Over Demand for Poison.

Drug Clerk Unnecessarily Alarmed
over Demand for Poison.
He entered the drug store with his
lips set, and a look in his eye that
denoted a determination that was des-
perate.
81 want some paris green" he said
hoarsely, right away! l can't wait.
They shall die this very day."
The drug clerk spared for time as
he worked his way to the telephone
to call up the police department. "All
right, sir" he said, "but it will take
a little while to prepare it,"
''Nonsense!" said the man, 81 will
prepare it. They are ready to end
their existence. Give me the poi
soni"
The drug clerk paled and pressed
the button for the porter.
Eyes, yes" he said, "how many
do you intend to kiln"
about a million!" The clerk paled
again. Heavens" he exclaimed to
himself, ''the man is not only would
be murderer, but a maniac as Welt"
Then he added aloud: Are you go-
ing to annihilate children and women
as well?"
Children and women?" said the
desperate man. who said anything
about children and women? I'm after
the bugs on my roses. Is that stuff
ready yet?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
SECRETARY SHAW ENERGETIC.
New Head of Treasury Department
Sets a Hot Pace.

New Head of Treasury Department
Sets a Hot Pace.
Secretary Shaw is the most indus
trious member of the Presidents cabi-
net, says the Washington correspond
ent of the Brooklyn Eagle. Shortly
after he succeeded Lyman ]. Gage, Mr..
Shaw startled the treasury Waterman
by appearing at the department one
morning promptly at 8 o'clock. The
doors were unlocked by the wonder
ing attendant, who thought that the
secretary's home clock had slipped a
cog or two.
The next day Secretary Shaw turned
up at the same hour, and he has kept
up the practice ever since. Few treas
ury officials are able to maintain the
pace set by their chief. The latter's
private secretary, Robert B. Arm
strong, comes nearer doing this than
any of the others, and he manages to
get at his desk somewhere near
o'clock each morning. Only once he
reported ahead of the secretary, how
ever The latter gets an early start.
He rises at o'clock every day, eats
his breakfast at z, and by the time the
hands of the clock point to he is at
the department.
It is safe to say that this is some
thing that no other cabinet officer has
done for more than a few days at a
time.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06

easy, as you will see If you look
sharply at the picture. Still. as the
very easiest things are sometimes the
most difficult, we think this puzzle
will be very interesting one indeed.
Just try it,, and when you are puz,
cling your brains the hardest remem.
Der that the solution is under your
eyes all the time.
To open this lock three magic
words must be formed from the let.
tiers which surround it. The method
of selecting the letters is clearly in.
dicated in the picture.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
Games of Tao.

Swiss children make believe that
the pursuer in the game of chase Or
tag is invested with an imaginary evil
spirit, whose power is subject to GER
tain charms For instance, if they
touch cold iron, a gate-latch, a horse
shoe or an iron nail the power of the
demon is broken. Sometimes they
make gold or silver their charm.
They play cross-chase, in which the
runner who darts across the patch be-
tween the pursued and the pursuer
becomes the object of the catcher, and
the former one goes free. Again, if
the runner squats he is free, or he
may squat three times, and after that
the charm is lost.
The chaser often DISCUSSES himself,
and unless the captive can guess who
he is the captive is banished from
the game. They also play turn-cap-
the chaser wearing his cap with the
lining outside.
Another Swiss game is called pot
Of gold. One Of the swiftest runners
takes a stick and pretends to dig for
a pot of gold. He works away for a
few minutes, then cries out i've
found it" and runs away with it at
the top of his speed.
He has the advantage of a few
PAGES at the start. for while he is
digging the other players are grouped
behind him at least one rod distant.
The player who catches him gets the
pot of gold and becomes in turn sub
ject to robbers.
This keeps every player on the
chase continually.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
A MouNTAINEER's COMMENT.
Constituent Thought Senator Carlisle

Constituent Thought Senator Carlisle
"Read Better Than He Looked"
At the time when John G. Carlisle
was senator from Kentucky his
speeches were widely printed and
attracted a great deal of attention.
One day when the senate was in ses-
sion a mountaineer from the widest
wilds of Kentucky presented himself
at the door and asked to see Senator
Carlisle. The visitor wore homespun
and leather boots and was travel
stained and dusty. He explained that
he had read Mr.. Carlisle's speeches
and considered them great, and had
walked more than a hundred miles
in order to see the senator from his
state. Mr. Carlisle was busy at the
time and the clerk informed the Wis
itor that he could not be disturbed
The farmer looked disappointed and
seemed reluctant to depart Finally
he asked if he might be taken where
he could just catch glimpse of the
great man he had walked so far to
see. The request was granted and
Mr.. Carlisle was pointed out to him.
After a brief scrutiny the farmer
turned to the attendant:
Reads a heap better'n he looks"
he remarked sententiously. and pre-
pared to walk back to Kentucky
New York TiMes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
snaiIa used as Mediclne.

According to the London Spectator,
one of the current medical fads
among the English laboring classes is
the following. Snails crawling up
church wall are caught-those crawl
ing down possess no virtue-placed
in a pan with a little water and
boiled, being stirred meanwhile with
a quill plucked from a black crow.
When the mixture has boiled down to
the consistency of salve it is ready
for use. When rubbed on the soies
of the feet it is a sure preventive or
disease, being especially efficient IN
the case of what is locally known as
'hinfooenzy." It is also valuable IN
strengthening weak spines. Snaiiss
whether raw or cooked is not evi-
dent. are also considered a valuable
remedy for consumption.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06
A Little Hero.

One Sunday several weeks ago two
children wandered away from their
home in the Mehama hills, in Ore
gon, and at nightfall they could not
be found. Search parties went out
about sunset and ranged the hiIlsides
and hollows all night long, but the lit
tie wayfarers were not then discov-
cred. Rain fell constantly that night
and during the forenoon of Monday,
on which day the two lads were found
far up mountain side. The younger
boy was asleep. and the other, who
was only 6 years old, sat by his side.
The latter was indeed a hero. IN
spite of the keen mountain stora, he
had taken of his coat and wrapped II
around his brother.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06

he could not; it all kept surging over
him, again and again, and when he
would thrust it away, it returned only
more strongly and persistently. Yet
he was not leaving much, after all, he
told himself, grimly; he had not had a
home for three years; he had no po-
sition, no friends, no prospects; even
the boon companions would scarcely
inquire after or regret him. OF all
the world there was only just one
who believed in and trusted him, and
he had not seen her for three years.
There had been months when he had
not even thought of her or of the lit
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06

Of glass twisted inside into the form
Of the Letter s. Large twisted glass
alleys and plain glass alleys with the
figure Of dog or sheep inside are
made for the very small boys and
girls to play with. But the marbles
most priced to-day are the real agates.
These marbles are seal brown or
black in color, and many of them
have large round circles on them that
look like eyes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-02-06

Slipped back into the hold.
gage and the last consignments of
freight being slowed away. But al
length, listening became monotonous.
and even his own thoughts. exultant
though they were. grew wearisome.
He was not accustomed to being alone
or to self-communion. During the past
few years, when not asleep, he had
generally been with boon companions
on a street corner. - with then he
had been in some mischief He tried
70 keep up his interest in the sounds
on deck, and think OF the fun ahead
of him, RATHER than of the past. But