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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-04-05

sat down ON the palm trunk beside
him.
Il say. Blake" he suggested, Il
feel deuced tagged myself. Why not
all take 4 nap?"
"'And when they awoke, they we're
all dead men," remarked Blake
by Jove. that sounds like joke"
me now"
"Joke!" repeated Blake. Why,
that's Scripture, Pat. Scripture! Any
way. you'd think 1t no joke to wake
up and find yourself going down the
throat of hippo"
"Hippo?"
Dozens Of them over in the river.
Shouldn't wonder if they've all landed
andre tracking me down by this
time"
But hippopotami are not carnivor-
ous-they're not at all dangerous, un-
ter"
That may be; but I'm not taking
chances. They've got mouths like
sperm whales--I saw one take yawn
Another thing, that bayou is chuck full
of alligatOrs, and a fellow down on
the Rand told me they're like the Cen
trail American gavials for keenness to
nip a swimmer"
They will not come out on this dry
land"
Suppose they won't-there're nc
other animals in Africa but sheep
eh?"
What can we do? The captain
told me that there are both lions ant
leopards on this coast"
Nice place for them, too, arount
these trees added Blake. Luck,
for us, they're night-birds mostly
if that Rand fellow didn't lie. He wa.
/ a Boer, so guess he ought to know.
ITO be sure. It's nasty fix we'r'
in for tonight Could we not buil'
some kind of a barricade?'
With a penknife! Guess we'll roos
in a tree
But cannot leopards climb?
seems to me that l have heard"
How about lions?"
They cannot; I'm sure of that"
Then we'll chance the leopards
Just stretch out here and nurse tina
ankle of yours. l dent want to b
Juggling you all year. I'm going t
hunt likely tree"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-04-05
Remarkable Railway.

Charles H. Warner, the sugar re-
6rer of New York, and Colin h. Llv-
,ngston of Washington are part own
ers of a street railway system wnlcn
In one respect has no rival In fac''
BENJAMIN F. Dudley, coal operator
who owns Black Mountains, va
which. aside from its mining posi-
h,,,t,es has achieved fame by be-
ing selected by John Fox, Jr'' as
tho scene of two of his novels, as
sorts that the railway is the most
remarkable in the world. Bristol
Tenn is where the road Is slluateu'
and some people GU there can 1t 'ne
nt.+r,uon,al Belt line. For mile
~ ouarter the track straddles the
Virginia state line, so that iian
may be riding In two states at ONCE
parsou Burroughs, clergyman oNns
a hotel and meets every car, anu 'ne
,o,gbhors saw that if two strangers
of onposite sex arrive together the par,
CON asks them if they wish 10 se'
,.rr,ed Frequently they do; so Tue
narson gets in with them ana eoi
s,,cts them to his hotel, though not IN
frequently the ceremony takes pace
,r the omen. the bride standing IN one
80 and the bridegroom IN po'n
,,h,1o the officiating clergyman strau
dies the line. Parson Burroughs o az
mits having joined more than s'oo '
counles in wedlock. One may ar,ni
w the virginia side of the line pu
not in Tennessee, and it often nap
pens that one side of street .,,' .,s ia a
T. Marching with thirst while the o'he
Is very wet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-04-05

three down for the count. But this
settles the first round in our favor.
How do you like the picnic. Miss
JENNY"
Miss Leslie. If you please" replied
the girl, with hauteur.
"Oh, say, Miss JENNY" protested
Blake, genially. I'VE live in the same
boarding house now. Why not be
folksy? You're free to call me Tom.
Pass me another nut, Winthrope.
Thanks! BY the way. what's your
front name? Saw 1t aboard ship
Cyril"
Cecil" corrected Winthrope. in =
low tone.
"CeciHLord Cecil. Ell ?-or is it only
the Honorable Cecil?"
MY dear sir, have intimated be-
fore that, for reasons of-er-state-''
"Oh, yes; you're travelling incog, in
the secret service. Sort of detect
| i've"
"Detective." echoed Winthrope, in
a peculiar tone.
Blake grinned. We'll, it is rawther
a nawsty business for your honorable
ludship. But there's nothing like call
ing things by their right names"
Right names-erL don't quite
take you. l have told you distinctly
my name is Cecil Winthrope!"
"O-h-h. how lovely!-Seesill! See
seal!-Bet they called you Sissy al
school English chum of mine told me
your schools are corkers for nick
names. What'n we make it-Sis OF
sissy"
Il prefer my patronymic, Mr. Blake,
replied Winthrope.
''All right, then; we'll make it Pat
II that's your choice. say, Pat, thi.
juice is the stuff for wetness, but i
makes fellow remember his grub
Where'd you leave that fish,"
Really. can't just say, but it mus
have been where wrenched m!
ankle"
You cawn't just say! And wha
are We going to eat?"
Here are the cocoanuts."
Bright boy. go to the head of thu
class. Just take some more husk OF
those empty ones.1
Winthrope caught up one of tn
nuts, and with the aid of his knit
stripped it of it's husk. At a gestur
from Blake he laid it on the bar
ground and the American burst i
open with blow of his heel. 1t wa
an immature nut, and the meat prove,
to be little thicker than clotted cream
Blake divided it into three parts, hand
ing Miss Leslie the cleanest.
Though his companions began wit
more restraint, they finished thei
shares with equal gusto. Winthrop
needed no further orders to return t
his husking One after another tn
nuts were cracked and divided anon
the three, until even Blake could no
swallow another mouthful OF tn
luscious cream.
Toward the end Miss Leslie had b
come drowsy. At Winthrope's urs
/ ing, she now lay down for q mai
Blake's coat serving as q pillow Sh
. fell asleep while WINTHROP was We
arranging 1t for her. Blake ha
turned his back on her and was starin
| modify at the hippopotamus traI
| when Winthrope hobbled around an
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-04-05

At a hearing last summer In LONDON
on the sweating" question. evidence
was brought forward showing tnas
S. women who sewed hooks and eyes
on cards earned at an average little
over rs cents a week. Another woman
was instanced who worked from nine
one morning until the next morning
and earned 16 cents In that time. It
would seem better to die.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-04-05
crocodiles Along the Nile.

At the sound of the shot the whole
of this bank of the river, over the ex-
tent of at least a quarter of mile,
sprang into hideous life, and my COM
panions and l saw hundreds OF croco
dies. of all sorts and sizes. rushing
madly into the Nile. whose waters
along the line of the shore were
dashed into white foam. exactly as
heavy wave had broken
1t could be no exaggeratfon TO say
that at least thousand OF these sau-
rians had been disturbed at a single
shot.-Strand Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-04-05
SPOILED THE MORAL
ACT MADE FLAW IN Mr.. PETER.
SONS LITTLE SERMON.
Observant Reader viii Be Inclined To
Come to the Conclusion That He
Aided and Allotted Bad

Mr.. Peterson did not mind being
called moralist. In fact. he was
rather proud of the habit which he
sedulously cultivated, of discoursing in
high, ethical tone about whatever
came to his notice. Mrs. Peterson. a
silent, Woodworking woman, listened
to her lords remarks faithfully, an
plauding and commenting at what she
thought were appropriate spots.
One day Mr.. Peterson returned from
the village hot with righteous indigna-
ton and overexertion.
These people," he said, tanning
himself rapidly with a palm leaf.
These people and their children. I
am almost glad we haven't any chill.
dren, Maria, for If we had, I'm sure
we should train them up to be Just as
thoughtless and ill-mannered as the
rest of the world"
What" began Mrs. Peterson. In
her soft voice.
Begging" answered her husband
plain. everyday beggingl And John
Lincoln's son, too, The little rascal,
| don't think he's six yet"
"He was five last May" replied Mrs.
Peterson, with a readiness which
showed that although she herself had
no children, her interest in her friends
offspring was keen.
Anyway" maintained Mr.. Peterson,
hes old enough to know better" This
was somewhat Illogical, seeing that
only a moment before virtue had
been made of the lads youth How
ever, Mr.. Peterson was a moralist
Hes old enough to know better
said Mr.. Peterson, land he doesn't dc
better This very morning, for exam
ple,"-he paused to emphasize agair
the fact that it was today, as if the
this very morning I was passing by
John Lincoln's house on Vernon street
and there, in the front yard, was hi.
son John, junior, playing with th'
, puppy No sooner did the boy see M
r than he said. Please, Mr.. Peterson
give me a cent"
2 II am surprised that Sarah Lincoln'
E boy" began Mrs. Peterson.
s Il am not surprised at anything II
: this world" announced Mr. Peterson
:. after the things I've seen and hear
y In my life. | am disappointed. So
y said to him. What do you want with
n cent. john And to this he replied
j. Buy something If any boy Of mine
!, had | a boy-were seen on the publ
r streets"
l. What did you say to him then!
/. asked Mrs. Peterson, becoming a littl
l. impatient to get to the point OF tn
3 story. az she had cakes in the oven
a. why" said Mr.. Peterson. Il hal
N pened to have an extra cent IN N
= pocket, and so lectured him for Sc
h. eral minutes on the crime of begin
N and"
Then you gave him the cent? sal
Mrs Peterson, with an odd smile c
IL her lips.
. Her husband nodded. Il thought
might as we'll "-Youth's Companlo
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-04-05
|...,t,oc.I Campaign Effective.

Iineation1I Campaign GtVSs've'
~ states of the United States In
= he most preventive anti-tuber-
u work has been done the per-
~, Of public funds spent Is the
~ while in states where little or
"a hn been made to prevent tu-
Ids, and the treatment Of the
~ Acne has been considered, the
ntase o. public expenditures is
6bv. For instance. Of the 1900
fnept in New York in 1909, near
~ cent. was from state and city
In Massachusetts, nearly two
NJ from public money; in
lid about one-half, and in Penn
- tAree-fourths. In Colorado
II cher hand, less than one pei
~ from public money; In Cal
= alout Is per cent, and in Ari
aoae At all. These facts indi
h national association declares
wherever an aggressive educa
y eanpaign has been carried OF
Htate organizations, states ant
lave been induced to make lib
alpfopriations for the prevention
1efeslosis.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-04-05
CHAPTER v.
The Re-Ascent Of Man.

when at last Blake pushed out from
among the close thickets. AS he APP
preached he swung an unshapely club
OF green wood, pausing every few
PAGES to test its weight and balance
ON = bush or knob of dirt
by Jove!" called Winthrope: that's
not half bad! You look as II you could
bowl over an or"
Blake showed that he was nattered.
'Oh. don't know" he responded;
the things blamed unhAndy. Just the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-04-05

nedmes man is as badly fright.
= b IN imaginary snake as .
N y BY real mouse.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-04-05
! HE KNEW HER

k.-Its three o'clock. I'm going
4, dressmaker. l shan't be more
F, quarter Of an hour.
.-Al] right; don't forget we are
out 1t eight o'clock.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-04-05

X Rome OF you treat his brother In
ay be himself would dislike to be
ofel.-Nohammedan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
A. P. ANDREW SUCCEEDS
 CHARLES D. NORTON

Washington. June "A. Piatt Andrew, the present director of the mint, has been selected as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to succeed Charles D. Norton, who has been made secretary to the President. President Taft will make the appointment, which has been approved by the senators from Massachusetts, of which state MT. Andrew is resident.
 Professor Andrew assisted the national monetary commission in its work and with Senator Aldrich, the chairman of the commission, visited various financial centers of Europe to collect information about foreign banking systems. He was charged with editing the commissions s publications, which will comprise nearly two-score volumes. The new secretary Is an author of financial works and was appointed director of the mint last Au- gust. He is 37 years of age and a native of Indiana Educated at Princeton and Harvard universities, he also studied abroad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
The "ChantecIer, Craze

Imagine 1t! Just a common barnva rd rooster and yet he is the new fashion fad of the hour.' says Grace Margaret Gould in Woman's Home Companion for June. Perhaps in days zone by. before Edmund Rostand's play, 'OhantecIer electrified Paris. there were roosters scat tered here and there in prosperous look Ing barnyards who thought themselves quite the finest thing ever in their own feathered world. Vain and domineerinv they were, but never, oh, never. in their widest dreams of the happy future did they picture themselves strutting into the fashion world of both Paris and New York.
 And yet that is Just what has happen ed Since Rostand chose the fowls of the barnyard for the characters in his play the fair Parisienne has been wearing the chantecler hat in varied forms.' She has gazed at you in her most bewitching way through the f1lmy n1eshes of her veil with It's startling rooster design. Her newest silk jacket suggests a rooster's tail in shape, her parasol has a rooster's head for It's handle and everywhere this barn. yard king seems to reign supreme fin the realm of fashion.
 Curious and startling, isn't it? And yet our American girls are doing like wise. The chantecler fad is upon us. but it is safe to say it is only a passing fancy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
Fighters in the Majority
8 Popular Magazine.

From the fOpuldr MdgdZlHe.
 Representative Harry Maynard of Vir- ginia tells the story of how a religious old negro in his district put a stop to the exercise of Christian charity in the con- gregation of which he was a member. It seems that it was practice in the church to excommunicate for one year any mem Der who had been guilty of blood fight t'-that is, any man who had attack ed another with pistol or a razor.
 At the end of the year, if the offender wished reinstatement. he could go to the "mourners' bench,' rise and declare his repentance, and be forgiven by the con- gregation. This went on for many years. At last young darky who had been in a particularly objectionable broil appear ed for reinstatement. The pastor made an eloquent appeal to the congregation and everybody began to shout and say Amen" It was at this point that the old negro arose and said hotly:
 Look hyah, pahson; eber since I been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
TRAGEDIES ON RA|LW WAY TRAINS Terrible Murders Committed
 in Compartment Cars
OF EUROPEAN RAILWAYS
Mrrder of Collier Bookkeeper Nesbit Calls Attention to Dangers of Compartments in Railway
 Trains-Corrdor Best

From the London Answers
 The brutal murder of MT. Nesbit, the collierv bookkeeper, on March IS last, has once more brought into public notice the dangers of the compartments as agalhs' the corridor system of railway carriages
 There have been many such crimes, and over and oyer again the murderer has escaned. and never been identihed- MosS os us remember the Merstham Tunnel rovsterv. On September 24, 1905, the body of Miss Mary Money, oookkeeper' eih- ployed in dairy at Lavender Hlli' was found in Merstham Tunnel horribly mu- t,1ated The skull was smashed and one leg severed from the body. At first IL was helieved that she had fallen from the carriage hut it was soorr evident that the case was one of murder.
 She had been gagged with long piece of her silk veil, while her gloves were covered with soot, and there were hahu- marks on the black wall of the tunnel siqnal man asserted that he had seen two people struggling in carriage as the train passed his box; but beyond tnis there was no evidence worth mentioning ana the Merstham Tunnel murder has-re rnained a mystery till this day.
 The same may be said of the killing o Miss Camp, who was murdered III southwestern Railway carriage betweer Putney and Wordsworth on February Il 1s97
 Less than four years ago all france was mortified by a most shocking rop' hery and murder on the railway. fia'e, layers inspecting the line on the night oi November Is, 1906, stumbled across body. Their lanterns showed an nm menselv powerful man, with great cut across the forehead, just breathing ms last. He proved to be a M. Gallicheau, commercial traveller. At first the case was like that of Miss Money. supposed to be one of accident. but when the com nartment was examined, traces or a oes- perate struggle were clear.
 Indications pointed to his assaiiants having attacked M. Gallicheau wnlie asleep. Evidently he made a desperate fight for his life, and after struggle in which the woodwork of the seats was torn and spiintered, he was dragged to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
Tncome Tax n. Favored

Baton Rouge, June "A resolution was adopted by the lower branch of the gen. eral assembly late today, ratifying the proposed federal income tax. Yesterday, however, the senate adopted a resolution providing that the general assembly sub init the question to popular vote in the state. The action taken by the house fol- lowed a vigorous campaign for the ratih- cation of the amendment, led by Speaker Dupre. Governor Sanders, on the other hand, in aspecial message to the legisla- ture advised against the ratification, on the ground that the state and municipal securities would be taxed under the pro- posed amendment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
The Sale of Corey Highlands Lots a
 Record Breaker
100 Lots Sold Within
 Three Weeks

Facts are stronger than fiction. A hun ared lots sold within three weeks is a record that speaks for itself; this upre- cedented sale demonstrates the great value of Corey Highlands lots, and It also shows plainly that the pubic IS aier' <to a good investment proposition
 The purchasers of Corey Highlands lots constitute the shrewdest business men or Birmingham, men who have seen this district grow, and who have keen lh- sight into real estate values.
 corev Highlands is undoubtedly the hest investment opportunity presented to- day: it is advantageously located, right in the heart of the great industrial de- velopnnents now going on in the Corey district.
 Overlooking and adjoining the immense properties of the United States Steel Cor poration, Corey Highlands Is within easy walking distance of the big plants now in course of construction. The fact that fhe United States Steel Corporation is spending millions upon millions in close proximity to Corey Highlands. and fur thermore the great many thousands or workmen and their families, who soon will flood this eection of our great dis trict and who must have homes, make tbe increase of the value of this property
 
 A small investment in Corey High lands lots now will lay the cornerstone to many mans fortune. Opportunity here is in store for all-will YOU grasp 1t?
 The first payment of $10 will secure one of these $S50 lots, size 50x135 feet the balance you may pay in monthly install- ments of sl0 just as you would deposit your money in the savings bank, the vital difference is that instead of per cent annual interest, your money invested here will double and treble within short period of time.
 But we want you to be the judge. Say the word and one of our selling agents or the home office will only be too glad 10 take you on a pleasant and interest inr automobile ride and show you the wonderful activities in the Corey High lands district 7ef 7. s-s-
 Make your appointment with F. c. Fon- vile 6 Co.,, 216 Twenty-frst street; Oliver Levert Realty company. 2O25 Third ave- uue; Van ValkenBurgh- -Cheeseman Co.,. 24 Brown-Marx building; Dupuy- Burke Realty company. Ensley; or the home of 0ce of Corey Highlands Land Co. 2ol2 second avenue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
The Cold Younx I.wv.~

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
 Mrs. Sol Smith, the veteran actresx whose S0th birthday was celebrated hv a dinner of the Professional Women,s s league in New York. said of the modern spirit at this dinner:
 "The modern spirit is more mercenary than the spirit of the sos. know very beautiful girl-in my day she'd have been married of at 19-but. though she is now 25. her matrimonial prospects are dar, and gloomy.
 At a tea I pointed the beautiful creat ure out to a young lawyer and said
 There's nothing sweeter and lovelier than that girl in America. Why don't you try for her hand?"
 What has she got in it?3 the young lawyer cnldly answered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
wlIliams Training School Closes

Huntsville, June 2.-(Special.)-xh Williams Training school has had it's closing exercises, the annual address being delivered by Lawrence Cooper. Seven medals were conferred, as fol- lows: Miss Frances Wilkes, for sch ol- a rship; Miss Marjorie Booth, for schol- a rship; John White, Creek Philip Wind Latin; John M. Cast, English; Miss Eos Petty. math ematics; Jesse F. Youn, scholarship and athletics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
Literal Obedience

From the Woman's Home Companion. Little Harold was getting final instruc- tions before starting for a party.
 Now" cautioned his mother lat supp per, if they ask you the second time to have something. you must decline"
 Harold agreed and trotted off. A
 At one stage of the feast the hostess noticed how eagerly the little fellow was applying himself to the task of disposing of a generous dish of marmaade. When he had finished she inquired:
 Wont you have some more. dear?
 The child looked up at her quickly.
 T can't accept the second time." he said, earnestly, after a slight pause; but if you'll ask me third time, 1t will be all right"
 He was asked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03
D,.cb.rred in Bankruptcy

Cincinnati, June "A discharge in bank ruptcy was granted in the United States district court here today to Joseph G.. Ebersole formerly well-known manu- facturer and business man. The dis charge follows voluntary proceedings en- tered some time ago by Ebersoe, to- gether with schedule showing liabilities of Al 200. 900 and no assets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-03

the door and hurled out. His gold watch rings and other possessions had been stolen. Whether the crime was commit ted by one man, or by two confederates, was never discovered. There were no clews and the murder is written down among the unsolved mysteries of crime.
 One of the most amazing railway crimes occurred some nine years ago on the line between Southampton and Waterloo. Mrs King, wife of a clerk in the ordnance survey department, caught the 1116 ex- press at Southampton. At Eastleigh a tall, well-dressed young man, with a black mustache, entered the compart- ment. At Winchester, the next stop, a MT. Pearson a well-known farmer from Wimmall. near Winchester, got in.
 Presently Mrs. King, who was looking out of the window, was startled by a sud- den report and, looking around, she saw MT. Pearson huddled up in his corner while In the hands of the young man was a revolver, The murderer then be- gan rapidly rifiing the pockets of his vic tim.