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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

Herculaneum lies under the modern
villages Of Portici and Resina In at
tempting to excavate the buried city,
the Italian government Is encountering
the problem Of the property rights of
the people who live on the modern
level The legal theory is that land
owner owns an inverted pyramid
whose apex Is the center of the earth
everything under him is his. But
Who inherits the property rights of the
subsoil town which was buried 1000
years ago? A law is pending to take
by right OF eminent domain the ground
from under the Resina landowners, or
at least the treasures 1t may conceal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

The Council Was Ready to Confer the
Spinal Meningitis Degree on Him.
the board on the place where his pants
were not creased, and he yelled, Och,
fader, | will never do it again" and
one Of the servants who was helping
to confer the degree said the prince
thought the kaiser had caught him in
the act.
We took off the blindfold, and he
looked around for his father, but |
told him that was all in the degree,
and then he wanted to fight, but | told
him If he wanted to turn traitor now.
they would kill him when he struck
an American college, so he Gained
down, and then l said | was sophie
more, and what the deuce was he, a
freshman, wearing a hat in my pres
ence, and l made him take it off and
carry it under his arm
He was learning humility all right,
so | decided to have class rush,
cause he said he wanted one
We went down to little lake back
of the palace where there was a dock
where launches landed, and | placed
him near the edge of the water, and
told him that when they had a class
rush on the college campus, the game
was to see which class could throw the
other class in the lake, and that some
times one class got soused. and some
times the other, depending on which
was the strongest, see? He said he
thought he saw, and l guess he did.
| got the prince fixed just right, with
his back toward me, and | gave a
running jump down the dock, and was
just going to give him a shove, when
he side-stepped and all | got hold of
was one of his legs, and went in the
water and dragged him with me.
When we came to the surface he
said, "Vich class was in der VOTER
and l said, 1T is a tie you chump.''
and we will have to play it Off" and
then we looked up on the bank and
there was the kaiser and his wife. and
the prince said, Och, Gott," and |
said, Come in the water is fine" and
the kaiser said, "Vot kind of a fool
business is dot?" and the kaiserine
said, Der prince will catch nit his
DEATH and l got out first and made a
run for the barn. and the prince said.
Il will not catch a cold, but | will
catch dot American Yankee softmore."
and he caught me by the hair, and
gave me a left hook in the jaw, and a
right punch in the eye and | landed
one in his stomach and damned him
in the nose, and the servants took
us off of each other and separated us.
and my eye was black and his nose
was bleeding, and the kaiser said.
"Vich degree was dot?" and his wife
said. 20, such nonsense, the prince
should go to a convent and the
kaiser laughed and said | had better
put cockroach postage stamp on nv
eye, and then we went to the palace.
and washed up and put on clean
clothes and played billiards, and the
prince apologized for getting mad, and
| said, Don't mention it | will get
even when you take the degree of
Royal Bumpers" That's the one
where the candidate gets his neck
broke.
Copyright, 1909. by w. G. Chapman.)
! Copyright in Great Brtain)
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24
He Needed II,

A travelling man told a southern
Kansas editor one of his experiences
the other day. He said he was riding
IN the smoking car of an express train.
reading his paper, when a man rushed
In from the car behind the smoker
evidently in great agitation and said
Has anybody in the car any whisky?
A woman in the car behind has faint
ed Instantly dozens of TASKS were
produced. The man who had asked for
it picked out the largest one. drew
the cork and put the bottle to his Inns
With a long satisfied sigh, he handed
IL BACK and remarked: That did me
lot OF good. needed It, for it al
ways makes me feel so queer to see a
woman faint. From "What-to-Eat
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

scientist has made a calculation
about the time 1t will take to fill the
world with all the people 1t will hold.
The present population Of the globe is
supposed to be about 1.467, 0O0, 900. and
he estimates that the maximum of the
inhabitants that can be sustained on
the entire land surface of the earth is
6,o94, 000, 900. and this figure will be
reached A. D. 2072. or in about 1870
years
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24
Family
Group
Will
Pass
BY ADA NAY kRECKER.

under the fathers guiding hand But the idea for the
of the family declare themselves individuals They
individuality the heart coectvsm
while there much making for ocaity
situations and customs beneath all the of the individual
Our democracy making individuals The of the
birth of And the of the the
collective progress the
cultivation of the individual All warming clubs societies.
organizations freeing the individual They giving him his
from the ancient group activity and providing him with
expressing his They furnish different churches
family different clubs for different different social for
ters
Mothers of generation lived in and for their families
perhaps similar their their
clubs and classes of And when husbands
mf they get themselves others The children follow
longer necessarily Qhun by simple virtue of the
The blood tie insufficient when there bonds
drifts her sympathetic circle, which formed
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

A Henry James heroine observed that
great many Of her personal friends were
not known to her mother. She was a rep
resentative Of the times For our contem-
poraries do not make friends by families,
nor go out by families, nor think by fami-
lies, nor even eat and sleep by families. 1t
takes an older fashioned civilization for
that. They do it in Germany to degree
And in India they do it to greater degree
with patriarchal households of several gen.
erations.
There are no individuals in such case,
only grOuns Ihe familv acts as a Unit
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24
I'm Event
of War
Great CitieSAlmOSt
at Mercy
of Powerful Few
BY GEN. JOHN C. UNDERWOOD.

In considering the proper way to defend coun-
try against armed nvsion the first thing to investi-
gate IS whether its wealth and desirabty of terri
tory would engcnder envy and a covetous wish to
seze any part or the whole thereof by grasping le-
gIons of an INSCRIPTIONS military nation and Sec
ondly, as this country is largely seabound, to deter
NINE whether it has sufficient navy that could be
relied upon implicitly by its proves to protect the
land against invasion by would-be conquering hosts
In the construction of military force for coast
and interior home defense by commercial nation it
necessary to consider carefully the best manner of
preparing and organizing army out Of the material
at hand consisting of nucleus of educated instruct
ed and drilled soldierv and mass of raw recruits
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

with It. Further observations on
electric storms in the same locality
may throw light ON the occurrence
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

quite irrelevantly to the family communities. The
youngest separating from the family collectively.
Witness our public nurseries.
The rigid family institution holds too often
congenial natures into close relationship with no
reason save the most material and economic con-
sderations Therefore, it is bound to pass. 1t is a
unit formed of bonds that cease to hold. Surviving
60 long as it proves useful the family Will be dis
placed by loosely constructed groups Of persons
drawn together by super-physical ties.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

Alfonso of Spain IS a fine young
man. Pity he gets these flighty spells!
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
THERE'S A REASON.

Why the Mosauitoes Stayed Away
From, Certain Summer Resort.
THE had just arrived at the sum
mer resort and were sitting on
the porch In the evening watch
Ing the yellow moon rise from behind
the ragged sky line of the pine crown
ed hill.
"Tbey don't seem to have any mos
duitoes here" said the lady newcomer
In a tone of gratified surprise.
"You can't blame the mosquitoes for
staying away" remarked the woman
In the big rocker. Just walt a mo-
ment."
And then without further warning q
strange compound Of villainous sounds
came from the stuffy little parlor.
r-whang-zimmy zimmy-
zang-ging -zhoDg zoom - hwsng-
brrrrW
The newcomer gasped.
That's the most awful pbonogrsph
I've ever heard" she said.
That's what the mosquitoes think"
said the woman, "and they stay
away."-Clevelapd Plain Dealer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
swollsn womsN osow vlouavs!


The great violet harvest 10 now A.
proschins Ma conciusion sstwcen Nice
and Genoa. II is calculated that there
and in the south OF France, along the
Var. nearly 1so tons OF violet flowers
are gathered during harvest for the
sake Of perfumery.
The discovery that there is money
10 v,oiets is spreading in England. A
scheme 10 now being Discussed for
growing them on some light land In
the south OF England for the sake OF
distilling the scent, but II IN ~ q
cut flower that the violet is source
Of wealth in England. These volets
are becoming larger and larger, ana
the single blossoms are much nearer
the pansy than the wild violet.
huge, very deep variety has been
recently imported from the East and
is doing well In private garden, but
there are q number Of sorts which
have the treble qualities desired by
the purchaser--the sweetness, size and
length Of stalk They are grown In
frames, and on the French principle
the plants are kept close to the glass
Women especially arc taking up the
violet farm, as a commercial business.
and u is curious that one enterprises
in violet farming which was showing
promise has led the women farmers
into taking up general French gar
dening One woman farmer calculates
that the violet frames paid about
twice ne we'll az the cucumber.
The violet has always been favor
tie flower in England, but the sals
has increased enormously lately.
Quantities are imported, and quite q
little profession has grown up Of
hawking punches OF violets at rail-
way stations during the winter
months. Violets are also being in
creasingly used for sweets, and further
Investigations are being made into
the alleged, but quite improved, med
icinal virtues in the leaf
But II is the lerge-leafed, long
stemmed, spacious violets OF Parma,
Naples and the East, capable Of artis-
tic arrangements as a bouquet or in
q vase. which-with the leave Of the
pernicious red spider--bring the pro-
Ats to the woman farmery-London
Daily Mail.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
His Gentle Hint.

The train was crowded. In one
compartment, dignined, middle
aged gentleman was trying to read.
Among the passengers was a lady
with very sprightly little girl who
had blue eyes, head Of glisteninE
gold. and an inquisitoriel tongue.
She asked the dignified gentleman in
Vulnerable questions and played
with his watch chain.
The mother fairly beamed upon
him. He was becoming nervous,
and, turning to the lady, said:
sweet child7"
The mother smiled, and replied;
Ethel"
Please call her, then"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
HE B'LIEvED IN HIMSELF.

- -.
HOLkS down In sieepytoWh sa'o ne
was a crank
Jim Jones was-an tne ieiers IN tns
pank
LATED when he passed. an the clerks In
Miihrs store
Looked down on Jonesy when ne walked
by the door
Home folks even didn't s'pose him extry
bright;
Dad sort o snickered, Brother Joe mace
light
o. Jims ambitions, an they oiont pheve
In him,
lie b'lleved In himself
Jim left the village when he turned TWEEN
-ty-one
For the county seat town, where he hus-
tied an done
Jobs arQun the Courthouse, a-workin' Tor
his Keep ..
An read them DOCKS that are pouno IN
yaller sheep
Jim Jones did-an' he studied day an
night.
Lawyers laned little. an they didn't
count him bright
him,
He b'lieved In himself
Hung out his shingle when ne turned
twenty-three.
Lawyer jenkins iahed With he-he-he!
Jedge smith snlled wnen inc long leBged
yap
Tried his hrst case an got ketched In
trap.
FOR ne didn't KNOW much o the rieks
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
A Clsver Turn.

An eminent lawyer was once cross
examining a very clever woman, moth
er Of the plaintiff in breach Of prom
ise action. and was completely worsted
In the encounter of wits. At the close,
however. he turned to the jury and
exclaimed You saw. gentlemen. that
even l was but a child in her hands.
What must my client have been?" By
this adroit stroke Of advocacy he turn
ed his failure into a success.-London
Mail.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
Ill-Adyi4d.

THAT speech. was ill-advised' said
Senator cullom. referring to coll
leagues too outspoken address.
1T reminds me of a speech that a
widow made to her new husband on
the honeymoon.
"'oh, she sighed, throwing her
self in the mans arms, how happy
poor dear James would be II he could
only know by what an agreeable
gentleman he has been replaced
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
Different,

The woman in the parquet represses
sob, dashes her handkerchief to her
eyes and sighs as the heroine on the
stage makes one last appeal to her
parents to allow her TO wed the poor
but proud young suitor. But no! They
sternly refuse, and she announces that
she will go out into the cold, cruel
world alonel
The woman In the parquet lifts her
streaming eyes and beholds two famil'
lar faces over the balcony rail. She
stiffens with wrath and says:
"If there isn't my daughter with that
young Porefokes chap that I've for
hidden the housel I'll say few things
to her tonight when l get her home"
Boston Globe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
Fish Stories.

"Well." says the neighbor to the
east, IL see that the Perkinses are
home from their summer trip. Now
well get the usual lot Of fish stories"
do they all go fishing" asks the
neighbor 10 the west.
He does. He will tell about the big
ones that he almost caught, his wife
will tell about the bridge prizes she
almost won and the girls will tell
about the young millionaires that al
most proposed to them."-Los Angeles
Times
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
Not Gentle Enouah.

Enpeck-I'd like to buy nice. gen.
tie driving horse.
Dealer-I've got just the horse you
want. He is so quiet and gentle a
woman can drive him.
Enpeck-But want one to drive
myself. Is that the gentlest you
have?-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02

Alfalfa meal IA ssid to be q nus
feed for both growing chicks and lay
ing hens, as good as the growing al
fslta is through the summer. This
will prove a boon to the poultry grow.
srs in places where alfalfa is growu
30 largely. ~
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
Out of tho Question.

"Here is something very elegant"
says the salesman, plotting the lady
through the display of beds. This ia
our latest design In twin beds and is
ono of the most popular things wc
sell. I would suggest that you cannot
do better than to buy them"
'"rwin bedsT replies the lady. "They
are pretty, but-but we haven't twinsv'
Chicago Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02

Lead, when reduced to a very low
temperature in liquid air is said To
act much as steel at ordinary tenn
peratures. 1t viii serve as a helical
spring, for example. Just as iron is
safe and inelastic at high red color
so lead Is duh and sofe at ordinary
temperatures, for II Is then already
well on its way to be melted.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
Practice Sernon.

The Wears Daughter-Papa's sub.
ject tonight is TO be, Love One An
other" Shall we go. Henry2
Henry-No, dear think he had
better stay at home and practice
what your father is preaching.-Tit'
Ritg
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
niffsrenos nf nnininn,

T ought TO get hand on that
scene" said the actor proudly.
"Hand, nothing!" calculated the
critic, "The audience ought to put Its
foot down ON it."-Baltimore Ameri.
can.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
kpoekino Her speeehless.

"The cave man used to knock thu
girl he was In love with down with o
club and then propose to her"
Gee! The girls must have been
continuous takers In those days.
Houston Post
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
Modern Matrimony.

"But why should she marry in such
hasteT"
ITO repent at leisure. ! suppose"
"But why repentT
"Oh, don't know. Just to be In thu
fashion probably."--New York Herald
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
The Goods,

1--WE live 10 exacting times"
"As TO how?"
zone must deliver the goods and yet
not be caught with them."-Louisville
Courier. Journal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
A DANGEROUS Craft.

"Mrs. Yellowbonda houseboat party
has broken up"
"lndeed! What was the trouble?'
"All the girls eloped with all tbr
young men"-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
Embryonic.

Knlcker-How much of n summer re
sort Is It?
Bocker-At present It is fence on
which you can sit and watch the trains
go by.-New York Sun.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
Another Joke sidetrsokcd.

N"oNHo' SoNo S'uotoSNc"'
Hiram-Jest listen to this joke, ma:
Henry writes me tibet the clock fact'ry
he's In Is worlin' overtime. Haw,
haw, haw! But thet's purity good ma!
Mrs. Hiram-Waal. Hiram, don't
see no Joke about clock fact'ry
workin' extry hours sech weather ez
tbis.-Boston Herald.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02
What He Thouuht,

''Pa, what do you call a person that
reads heads?"
"A phrenologist, my boy"
Gee! Then ma must be one of those
things. She felt of my head this after.
noon and said right away. You've
been swimming "-Detroit Free Press
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02

Climatic conditions in Columbia
cause a large demand for portable
houses.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02

Mr.. Crow-A member Of tho yacht
club. eh? What do you do?
Mr., Pellcan-Bail ont the boat In
rough weather,-Baltlmor American.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-02

DISAPPOINTED.
Evelyn-So Marie decided to with
draw from the field of literature.
Myrtle - Yes, indeed. After she
found out the much talked of literary
style" had nothing TO do with gowns
or hats she was disgusted.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-11-27


Hitherto, although there have
b. en- some irreclaimable and hope
less obstructionists who have been
and are republicans, the party as a
whole has been progressive.
There are some signs now that a
number of our distinguished lead
ers think that We have gone far
enough and that we should Sc tie
down, for a period at least, into
the quiet and peace of inaction.
1 hazard the prediction that if we
do, the camp we pitch will be our
burial ground. There are things
to be done, and if we are not will
ing to do them some other party
will undertake the task and we
will become nothing more than a
memory in the life Of the nation.
Senator Cummins in Chicago
speech.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-11-27
DISTRICT COURT


The following cases have been
disposed of during the present
term at Del Norte:
Plymouth Cordage Co. stricken
from docket with leave to reinstate,
People VS.. John Phye, cases,
continued for the term.
j. l. Case Threshing Machine
Co. VS.. Ruff, dismissed by stipula-
ton.
Edna johnson Gilbreath VS.. VIM.
l. Gilbreath, stricken from the
docket.
Caroline Bachmann ct al VS..
Gregg Falk ct al, continued for
the term.
Osborne w. Sylvester vs.. A. G..
Crazy, continued for service.
John hewitt VS.. Ira j. Bloom
field, motion for new trial over
ruled and appeal bond fixed at
$1,5OO.
People vs.. Jose Dolores Marti-
nez, tried by jury, found guilty of
assault with intent to murder.
James McFadden VS.. w. P.
Buckley, judgment for plaintiff.
G. P. Cummings VS.. Anestacio
Manzanares ct al, judgment for
plaintiff.
Beere, Smiley and Freeman VS..
Ramon Martinez, verdict for plaint-
ifs for $4,000.
People VS.. Joseph Hayes, tried,
verdict of not guilty.
Harvey A. Dantice VS.. F. A.
Knapp, ct al, judgment for plant
if for 81 and costs.
Fritz Kuhn VS.. j. w. Sewer,
judgment for plaintiff for $500.
People vs.. Glencoe Martinez,
trial by jury and verdict of guilty
as charged.
Otto Ahrens VS.. w. b. Mande-
vile, verdict plaintiff $500.
State VS.. Fred Quay for selling
liquor and fined 500 and cost.
Other cases for like offenses
were continued.
The evidence in the case of
Spencer and Crandal was given
and continued for argument until
Wednesday.
The injunction case of G. X.
Clark vs.. the Town Of Monte Vista
was continued to the 10Th Of JAN
uary when it will be heard by
Judge Greeley Whitford, of Den
yer.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-11-27
THE coRNET

Two men sat in one Of the city
theaters endeavoring to enjoy the
play.
They might have been father
and son.
1t was during the entrac and
the younger person said to his
companion: How do you like
the music?"
ut isn't music; it's noise" said
the elder man. ''Just listen to
the shrill aud piercing notes Of
that cornct! The diabolical little
instrument is simply running pop
ular musical taste. When l was a
boy the cornet held the lowest
position in the orchestra, now il
has the highest. II dominates
everything. They say it is diff
cult to play, which recalls DR..
Johrson's famous Difficult. mad.
am! Would that II were impossi.
ble.'
Hear that screaming and pyro-
technic flourish. The phrase
would be delicate and graceful il
executed by the violins or the
wind instruments, but II II coarpe
and vulgar when attempted by
this prime minister Of the orches-
trs, this penetrating vulgsrian Of
the beassss ~. w. w. In Sun.
days News.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-11-27
ONE ciPiifR SHORT

Ciphem arr considered Of no
value, but when properly placed
In connection with figures they
count In u ten foh mtio. Last
week . cipher was dropIxsl In our
rlort Of the amount Of business
done through the Bank Of Monte
Vista during the month Of October.
The Anlout was u. 10000 In the
way Of deposits and checks. $50.
600 . day wss not unusual.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-11-27
DON'T KNOCK
The Alamosa Courier asks:

The Alamosa Courier asks:
why does the Alamosa bust
ness man have to pay 80 cents per
month more for his phone than
the business man of Monte Vista ?"
The reason is that Alamosa is a
great big city, the railroad center
of the San Luis Valley, and is an
all-night town. Phone charges in
Alamosa should be something like
they are in other big cities in the
state. $3.50 a month for telephone
service in Alamosa is too little by
one-half.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-11-27
whss WsuId Veu Oo9

IN Case II burn or scaid what would
you do 70 relieve III. painf Huch In.
juriss srs liable n occur 10 any family
end everyone should b. psspsssd Tor
them. Chamberlain. 6slvs applied on
est cloth Will relieve the paia almost
INSTANTLY. and unless The iajusy y .
severe oue, viii cause The parts b heal
without leaving scar. fos sajs By oil
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