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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-02
NOTED HUNTRESS REPENTS.
Lady Florence Dixie, Reformed MINI
rod, Now Writing About the
Cruelty of Hunting.

Women do not seem likely to en-
croach upon at least one of mans
pleasures. that of hunting. The most
celebrated shot among Ell, fish women
has abandoned hunting entirely and
published a pamphlet on 1.-The Horrors
of Sport
She knows what she is talking
about, says the New York Sun, Her
husband was an ardent hunter. but she
ing preserves did not satisfy her and
she would rent a Scottish moor or deer
forest for her own use. She was calle d
by her friends the female Nimrod and
her house was full of trophies of her
skill. Now she has taken up her pen to
decry her old weapon, the gun.
Lady Florence Dixie is this reformed
Nimrod. She has killed lions in Africa,
gazelles in Arabia, bears in the Rock
les. With her brother, Lord James
Douglas, she took journey through
Patagonia.
A good many years ago another
brother, Lord Francis Douglas. lost his
life in the Alps. This intrepid woman
later climbed the very peak in whose
ascent he was killed. She says that few
men have done "a 1.-THE of the hunting
/ have done both at home and in for
eign lands" so that her Remuneration of
the sport seems to mean that here, al
any rate, women are not going to con-
test with men TOP privileges. She says
Many a keen sportsman will ac-
knowledge that feeling of self-re-
proach has at times come over him al
he stood by the dying victim of his skill
l know that it has confronted me many
and many time. I have bent over
my fallen game and seen the beautiful
eye of the deer grow dim. have ended
with the sharp, yet merciful knife the
dying sufferings of creatu that
never harmed me. l, too, have wit
messed the angry, defiant glare of the
wild beasts fading sight as death de-
prived him OF the power to wreak his
vengeance on the human being that
had taken his tree life The memory
OF those scenes brings no pleasure to
my mind. On the contrary, it haunts
me with cruel 'reproach. and l fain
would that l had never done those
deeds OF skill-and cruelty"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-02-02
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

In the Probate Court of the County of
Custer, State Of Idaho.
In the Matter of the Estate
The Washington times., 1909-08-01

ton. What the city reeds with its
rapid development is liberal advertising
as TO the advantages of the Capital
City as a place Of residence. Why not
have sections for Richmond, Baltimore.
Philadelphia and New York in the
parade?
Yours very truly.
"B. II. WARNER"
That is illustrative Of the letters that
I am getting every day. said Mr. Cans.
They are coming in punches from
Washingtonians and outsiders. 1 never
in my life have seen such interes-
taken in an event so far in advance Of
its happening. We are going to make
a wonderful success of this thing; we
can't keep from doing it now"
Mr.. Cans anticipates a fun committee
meeting at the Washington Automobile
Clubhouse Wednesday, which Will con-
stitute the first session of the committee
at the clubhouse. The members Of the
committee viii assemble at the Chamber
of Commerce before taking automobiles
out TO T. e quarters Of the club.
II is expected announcement will be
made o. the donation of several new
cups at Wednesday nights meeting.
The Washington times., 1909-08-01
Eagles Mere Park. P'

Mt. IsaaL NdIIel
Dear Sir:-F1ease give me a posi-
ton in. the automobile parade in Sep
tember Nv car is a seven passenger,
Crawford, fifty-horsepower. Ny chauf-
feur's name IS Aaron Hughes. I regard
the project as a good one for Washing
The Washington times., 1909-08-01

|sI1oo Niagara Falls and Return August
9TH, 7:45 An. Special train, coaches
and parlor cars via Baltimore & Ohio
and Lehigh Valley route. Limit Is days.
Dining cars en- route. Liberal stop overs
returning. Cheap sidetrips from Niagara
Falls other excursions, August p,
September 3 and II. OctObef 1.-Advt
The Washington times., 1909-08-01
MILITIA OFFICERS
ARRANGE FOR TRIP
District GuardSmen Will
Embark on Transport Nc
Clellan August II.

Major Alfred p. ROBBINS. acting quar-
termaster general, and Major Edwin
Neumeyer, commissary general, are to-
day i'm Norfolk. Va. arranging for the
transportation Of the District National
Guard To the New England coast. where
the summer maneuvers viii be held
Jointly with other militia and regular
troops. Their principal object in going
10 the Virginia perfectly is TO look over
the army transports Sumner and Nc
Clellan, the vessels on which the local
guardsmen viii make the trip North.
Major Robbins and Major Neumeyer
viii return 20 Washington tomorrow and
make a report to Colonel Smiley. ad-
iutant general, as TO the fitness OF these
transports and the preparations neces-
sary to put them in shape 10 convey
the troops to the scene of the coming
mimic warfare.
There has been some question as TO
whether the Sumner and Mcclellan
could be brought TO Washington be-
cause of the water they draw. mas
much. however, as the sumner, the
larger vessel of, the two, has already
been in this harbor there is little prob
ability of this question being agitated
By the militia heads
While the general order issued by
Colonel Smiley on July 3, covering the
annual field exercises, does not name
the place Of embarkation, there is little
doubt that it will be either from the
Arsenal or from Alexandria. In the lat
ter event the guardsmen would go TO
Alexandria by trolley.
The command except the First Bat
rerv Field Artillery and details with
horses. will embark on the Sumner anu
Mcclellan on the evening of August H.
so as TO weigh anchor about sunrise or
The following morning. The First ana
Second Regiments with their field equip
ment will use the Sumner while the
First Separate Battalion, which COM
prises the colored militiamen- viii have
the Mcclellan
In these field exercises the First Sepa-
rate Battalion and other separate or
ganizations viii operate independently
and will themselves arrange the details
concerning their own transportation
The Washington times., 1909-08-01
LOWELL MILLS GET
CONTRACT FOR KHAKI

BOSTON, Mass, Aug THE Massa-
chusetts Cotton Mills OF Lowell have
just been notified by Secretary Of War
Dickinson that they had been awarded
the contract for furnishing the Coy
eminent with S25,oOO yards of olive drab
cotton Goth khakD for the army uni
forms.
The contract price was . cents per
yard and viii amount 10 S206, 80. Be
fore this contract was awarded the
Massachusetts, Cotton Mills spent 0,0OC
in experimenting on the cloth to make
it soft and pliable. The new uniforms
will weigh ten ounces less than the old
ones.
The Washington times., 1909-08-01
NEW INTEREST ARISES
IN FLORAL PAGEANT
Chamber to Offer
Handsome Trophy

New interest has arisen in the
Chamber of Commerce automobile
floral parade through the award
that l. 80 he made by the Chamber,
which promises TO be something
more c0>tIy and handsome than n
eup. The committee appointed 20
select a trophy will make its re-
port this week, and II is understood
heavy appropriation Is TO he ask
ed for with which TO purchase the
trophy.
Isaac Cans has received a re-
quest from p. Fl. Warner at the
Forest Inn, Eagles Mere Park, Pa,
20 enter his car, which Is a 80
horsepower Crawford, In the pa-
rade. Mr.. Warner suggests that
there be Richmond, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, and New York sec
lions In the parade.
Entries of both outside and local
ears are being received In consider
able numbers, according TO an an
nOuncement by T.. b. Spence,
chairman of the committee on
classes and entries. Entry blanks
may be secured from Mr.. Spence,
the Chamber Of Commerce, or from
The Times.
The Washington times., 1909-08-01
HARVARD MACHINE
SHOWS BIG QUAKE

BOSTON. Mass. Aug. lit has just
been learned that the earthquake in
Mexico gave the seismograph at Har-
ward University the hardest jolt IL has
ever received.
According to the records made by the
machine, the quake lasted for more
than an hour and the origin lay
southwest at a distance Of 5000 miles
which would indicate that the center
Of the disturbance lay of the south
west coast Of Mexico.
The Washington times., 1909-08-01
PUMPER NARROWLY
ESCAPES DROWNING

WILKEsBARRE, Pa. Aug. Rob
ert Taylor. a pump-runner at the Penn
sylvania collisry at Plainsviile. got his
hand caught in a pump and the water
began 20 rise about him. His cries for
help were not heard. and the water had
reached his chin and he had given up
all hope Of being rescued alive. when
several miners passed near Dy and saw
his predlcament. They went TO his as
slstance and saved his life.
The Washington times., 1909-08-01
MUCH-WANTED MAN
STRICKEN IN FLIGHT

SCHENECTADY. n. Y, Aug. vii
liam Rupert. former sheriff of Fulton
county. accused in connection with the
streeter brothers. who are under arrest
charged with setting fire 10 chain Of
hotels IN northern New York, was
stricken with paralysis when trying 10
evade arrest He was fCL1d at farm
house near GloveTsville. he was stricken
when fleeing along a country road
The Washington times., 1909-08-01

Baltimore and Return, sI.z5, Baltimore
&. Ohio r. r., every Saturday and Sun
day All trains both ways, both days.
except Royal Limited. City Offices. 14l7
g ST. and 619 Penna. Ave.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1909-08-01
SIR HIRAM MAXIM
INVENTS NEW FOOD

BANGOR. Me. Aug 1.-Sir Hiram
Maxim is visiting in winthrop, a VIII
lage on Lake Marancooz, whence the
report comes that he mas invented a
new kind of food, a pocketful Of which
win keep a hearty man well fed for a
weel, at the cost Of 10 cents. The
Maxim-feed," one of the leading citi-
zens Of the village says. in taste and
color strangely resembles bean soup.
which delectable concOction is more IA
miliarIv known to the lumbermen of
Maine as bean Swagin."
sI.25 To Baltimore and Retun.
Today via Baltimore & Ohio r. R.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1909-08-01
Surprise Expected When
Commerce Body An
nounceS Prize.
SEPARATE SECTIONS
FOR OTHER CITIES
Out-Of-TOwn Entrant Offers
Unique Suggestion to the
Committee.

From whisperings that are becoming
fairly audible nowadays. the handsomest
trophy to be offered for the Chamber Of
Commerce automobile floral parade will
be donated by the Chamber of Com-
merce.
Mark the word trophy" for it is by
no means certain that the award is to
be a cup. In fact. IT is generally un-
/ derstood that it is 10 be something else;
/ just what, the whisperings have not set
tied.
But the committee, appointed by tie
executive committee of the chamber,
to determine upon an award, viii make
a report TO that body Wednesday. Mr..
Sinclair is chairman of the award cont
mittee. The members of this commit
tee have had frequent meetings lately.
and pored laDoriously over certain de-
signs that have come to it. It is under
stood that some of these. from which a
final choice is apt 10 be made. were sub
mitted by T. c. Dulin, a member Of the
committee.
1t is fairly certain a big surprise is
going 10 be sprung, If the executive
committee adopts the report that will
ne ulduE " II " EQ4tEGudf Anu TINS
surprise. If all reports may be relied
upon. viii be sufficient 10 almost double
the interest that is being taken in the
parade, which, it must be admitted,
viii be going some.
About this little matter Of interest
in the parade:
Pick out any of those letters that
have just reached my desk, and that
have not vet opened" said Mr.. Cans,
and see if it doesn't bear out what I
say about the way the public is view
ing this thing.
The Times man pulled a letter out
from a big bunch addressed TO Isaac
Cans chairman Of the Chamber Of
Commerce automobile floral committee,
and read the following;
The Forest Inn.
Eagles Mere Park, Pa
Mr.. Isaac Cans,
Dear Sir:-Flease give me posi-
ton in. the automobile parade in Sep
tenn Der. NY car is a seven passenger,
Crawford, fifty horsepower. NV chauf-
feur's name IS Aaron Hughes. I regard
the project as a good one for Washing
Baltimore and Return, sI.z5, Baltimore
{. Ohio r. r., every Saturday and Sun
dav. All trains both ways, both days.
except Royal Limited. City Offices, 14l7
! q ST. and SIG Penna. Ave.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1909-08-01

The Palm for Beauty
and lasting quality IS awarded GUIDES
Flowers Funeral designs l2l4 + ST.
-AdVt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
"Choir."

Churchgoers who follow the Scrvic. in their prayer books would certainly miss the dear old phrase" concerning ''qnircs and places where they sing and in time the old fashioned ''rnires" may be made new fashioned again by the coming of rationaliZed spelling "Choir' was most unnecessary out rage upon the language. The old Eng lish "quer" or "duere" became quite naturally .quyer'' or ''quire." and so if remained until the end of the Sevel.- teenth century, when somebody seenl:; to have introduced ''choir" bcause ii looked more like the Preach "cboeur as if that were q valid reason. There could have been no danger nf coni'uS. ing church "uuire" and a "Gulc" of paper. which is different word. tfn French "cahier." probably from Latin "quat crnarium. q collection of four leaves.- London Standard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
Striking a Comet.

If we ask the effect of a comets striking las earth VIC will readily see that if the head of the comet were com posed of powders q collision would have disastrous consequences. X rain of millions of great mefeoric stonea would. of course. bring catastrophe If, however. it were merely d rain of small particles Or dust we might never becolue conscious Of it. for the parti- cies would never reach us They would be fused into gas through friction with our atmosphere Gany miles before reaching ti,s surface. If the gases lib rated by friction were in excessive volume we might suffer discomfort or even disaster IL is estimated that hundreds of millions of meteosic parti- cles strike cur atmosphere every day This would be a serious matter if we were mt protected by our great sfel tering envelope of air. Occasionally meteoric bowider is large enough to resist the heat generated by this frir. ton and reaches the surface. This wa call meteorite The now established! connection bct seen cOu:ets and me- teor< is ] matter Of great interest - Ralph f. Iarkin if, North American Review
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
SPARED BY THE ENEMY.
Dramatic Incident In the Career of
 General dc Gailifet,

1t was on that fatal day, Sept. 1. 1870, that General de Galifet distin- xuished himself by commanding the cavalry charges intended to clear the elevation at lily, with the view of opening passage toward Floing, where it wGG hoped the army might re. treat. The first charge overthrow the Eighty third regiment of the Prussians and penetrated among the German troops, but the latter formed again rapidly after the retirement of the French cavalry.
 General Ducrot then asked if they could renew the charge with what re- malned of the light cavalry and hus- sars, and then Gallifet answered in the words that have become historic. As 4often 2,s you wish. general, as long as man rercains"' The second charge was not so successful as the hrst. Only few men. with their gen ersl at their head, succeeded in pene trating the first ranks of the enemy. It is known that the king of Prussia, who was watching the battle from the top of the hill of Marfee. exclaimed with admiration, "Oh, les braves gens.
 Just at this moment an astonishing event occurred in the midst of the bat tie. As Gallifet was returning with few survivors, their horses for the most part wounded or foundered, he passed before the Nassau regiment. The Prussian officers ordered their tr some of their guns The French sa- tuted and shouted, "Vive rempereur". and the German officers acknowledged the salute, some of them applauding.- Westminster Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
line Chair of I orturn.

The most prominent building in the ancient city of Nuremburg Is the cas- tie. One of its two towers was uset for torture. the other served as s prison. The castle also contained a museum of horrors until it was pur chased by the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, in whose possession these rel ics now lie One of these was the chair of torture. It was very heavily made and studded over the seat and at the elbows with blunt topped spikes To 1t the victim was tightly bound and in short time discomfort began to manifest itself and in time beca lne unbearable. During it's continuance the torture WAS increased In several ways by means of wedges being pass- ed bctween the legs and screws being applied to the thumbs until they be gan to bleed
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
Heroic Treatment,

In Guiana if a child is slow in its movements the parents apply all ant to the child instead of whip to make it move faster. This little ant bites more cruelty than mosquito, and it's bite is apt to be troublesome after ward. As you can imagine, this treat ment does not make the child kind to others, and the children of Guiana are said to be particularly cruel to ami mals. The little boys in Guiana do not reckon their age by years. but by their ability to endure pain. Until he gets to the point where he can let the Hucu ant bite him without wincing he is considered merely q baby.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
A Mite"

The difficulties experienced by our forefathers in trying to reckon money in very small proportions appear in the various values given to mite" in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen tury books of commercial arithmetic The original mite seems to have been third of a Flemish penny. but the use of the word for the widow 8 coin of the New Testament made it's regular English meaning half a far thing, and some old people may re- member applying the name to the short lived nineteenth century coins of that value. In those old arithmetic books ''mite'' stands for various val ues not represented by actual coins, but obviously used in reckoning. A work of 17O6 makes it one-twelfth of a penny, two sixteenth century books one-sixth of farthing, and in 1874 Jeake's arithmetic made it as little as one sixty-fourth of penny.-Lon- don Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
Locked Shah In House of Commons

A shah of Persia. who n,adr a state visit to England in 1S1::* had curi- ous experience in the distinguished strangers gallery of the house of conn mons. He soon got tired of watching the legislators at work. but when he made move to go he was lu!d ;;r could not leave the gallery IL hao- pened at that moment that division was called, and in accordance with the practice which then prevailed all he doors of the house were lacked until the vote was taken MT Gladstone made an Interesting comncni on the incident. 'It is" he wrote in his jour nal. "probably. or possibly the first time for more than 300 years tha, a foreign sovereign has been under per sonal restraint of any kind in Eng, land. d."-Westminste Gazette
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
ASSESSMENT NOTICE
 SEWER DISTRICT NO. 10

The tax books for the collection of tae special assessment upon the real property in sewer district No. 10 in the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, have been placed in my hands.
 All the owners of real property lying within the district are required to pay their assessments to me within thirty days from this date.
 Ii such payment is not male action will be commenced at the end of that time for the collection of such assess ment and for legal penalties and costs.
 Given under my hand this 18th day of October, 1903
 A. G. RUSSELL, Office hoars g a. m. to 12 m., city hall building 191-7-Im
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
Proved. Mir suanp-Iife is full of contradic- rions Mrs. Snapp-And I say 1t isn't Boston TranscriDt
The One Mto Knew

Elijah" said the judge to the d,. feHt.#ltt. ''yeu have had a fair triai Hue prosecuting attorney has sho"' b. cicunls'an1ill evidence that can nul !r gainsaid that you were in Mr BrrWa's chicken coop ou the nisa that lis hens disappeared. and your at tc; hey in his speech has prlctiralI. admitted that tine theory If the prose cui!oi is true. Have you anything l. say before the court prou1ilnces il: ,,l :s:nn:''
 ''.Ied:sc,' said Elijah, rising politely al! Is got 10 say is dis. don't kno" much about le law but does know heahSaN cvuiidence isn't good, lu' al desc i:.wyehs says is heahsay. ou@A knew, fOh 1 uz de only maj in that chicken coop dat night. an l's denied it rai.ht erions.' Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
Cockades and sut.ons,

The cockade originated simply in ttD knot of ribbons or strings by which the broad flaps of the seventeenth cen. tury round hat were cooked" oT drawn up to the brim in fine weather. and thus originated the three cornered hat as well as the cooked hat of later times. There was nothing specially military about the usage, as the is. norant assert. Tie same suings cur viye in the loops of tue hats of bishopa aud other ecclesiastical dgnitaries in Great Britain, in the strings of the hats worn by French cures and Span ish and Italian padres and in the cords which are still seen on the hats of some livery servants.
 1t naturally became the custom for military men to cock their hats with the livery color of the prince they served. and as the Hanoverian color was the convenient one of black the "bIacll cockade" bccam associated in the minds of the people with military uniform. In an old Scotch song of Shilramuir, citing "N'oodword's Her aldry,' We read of the red coat lads with black cockades," and a knot of white ribbons was naturally chosen as the badge of their opponents. When the old use of tha strings was forgot ten the knot. in the form of rosette of ribbon, survived, just as did the buttons on tle backs of our goats, which were intended to fastcn back the flaps in riding or marching.-"J tice of the Peace
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
Tornado and
 Hail Insurance

TWO or our tae-very-Dest aud iarg- est companies, with assets of over gol 0J0 eco, gre writing hail h. con- Iection vita tofuedo iaeutrnco. Iet "s Write yCa policy as once. Yhs rates are very low.
 The s&orm season has hardly be gun and vet the loszeg so far have exceeded any previous year in the history or opr state, The wise will profit y the experience n' others. Rt wise and Insure with as
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
\ One Man Jury.

\ tailor who was defendant in I down when brought up for trial " What's the trouhle?' whispered his counsel. observing hls clients distress ss he snrvere.l The jurynen
 "tt looks pretty bad for me-" saf.: thr d"ferdant. ''un:ess ssxne steps are taken to dismsss that jury and get in L,-w 10, There aIn't a man a .aongs. em b1t what owes ne money fos -lotheS"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
2 area Hie.

Sen!er Waiter ito rather green aa stStant at Il recent bauluet In ceia hrated London hatel4 - Now, then young nan. d" a hit O sos,eth.nk, and ion; Stand A-gaping and staring thers as if suu was the s,louiniu' guest 0 tae heve.iin .-- .e,don Mail!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
Sympathy.

He-It was a frightful mol, when I received your letter telling me of the insuperable obstacle to our mar riage. l would have shot myself. but I had no money to buy a revolver. She-Dearest, if only you had let me know.-Simplicissim
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-07
fienrl's Batter Sci1ey,,a.

The Wears papa's sus,. !ect tonight ;s to be Love Ona An otler.' Shal! we go. Henry, Henry No, dear think we had better stay at hoslc and l,rac tice what your father Is preaching ns-IOndou Tfy-B Bits.