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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

MduanB country, a hitherto uneX-
plored district lying between the head
waters of the Batang- Yayan, Rejang
and Baram rivers. and inhabited by
the Madangs, a warlike tribe of Ken
yahs who by constant raids had be-
come the terror of all the surrounding
country.
After a journey through the most
picturesque country we arrived at the
principal Madang village" writes DR..
Hose in Travel and Exploration.
This village. which contained about
1000 people. consisted of nine long
houses, forming a circle the center of
which had been cleared OF shrubs and
trees. For a considerable radius out
| side this ring the jungle had been
| felled and the land was farmed on
that side which was more or less
bounded by the river The settlement.
II was evident, had been laid gu, on a
plan best calculated to resist attack
The Madangs came down in great
numbers to have look at us and the
chief. Tama Usun Tasi, invited me
to take up my residence in his house
my Kenyah friends had not ar
rived yet, but / thought 1t best to e
with him at once and afterward con
graduated myself when | found that
according to custom, Tama Bulan ant
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

I've called my new song Failing
Dew"
Then. my son. It will never be
popular. 1t Is too strongly suggestive
Of household bills and commercial
notes"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

Il should think farmers would
make the best kind Of Wall street
nnanciers."
"Why SO"
BECAUSE 1t would come natural to
them to water their stock"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
A Friend In Need.

"Why does he hate you sol"
II offered to do him favor once"
what was the favor?"
HE said he wished he was dead and
l offered to give him bottle OF poison
and then guard the door until be had
his desire"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
Still Unanswered.

We are advised to live and learn.
But why. alas. Oh. why
Do people seldom learn to live
Till just before they die?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

Mrs. A. G.. Tator-lf the women
would just rise up. assert their rights.
march to the polls and demand to
vote. I'd like to know what would stop
Them
Mr.. A. G. Tator--A mouse.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

Lawyer-Now, what did you and the
defendant talk about?
Witnessed t'ink about fifteen min
utes.
Lawyer-No. no! | mean what did
you talk over?
Wttness-We talked over the TIN
phone
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
A Diagnosis.

He deems the world a dreary place
And all the future black;
There never was so sad q case
OF liver out OF whack.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
Reuinninu of the End.

This thing OF heaping Goals OF fire
On an enemy's head must stop.
Unless coal quits getting higher.
And prices take n drop.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
Very Quick.

would you touch tainted money!"
IF l could find anybody who had
h could touch"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

government machinery. This amounts
to little less than a complete reor-
ganization of the Department Of State
which has to do with the whole range
Of American interests abroad. The
new scheme for looking after Yankee
interests beyond the seas was first
Matched in the fertile brain Of Elihu
Root when the senator from New
York State was at the head of the
State Department However, he did
not have an opportunity to carry out
the project before he retired from the
office and SO he turned the suggestion
over to his successor, Secretary Knox,
who has worked out the idea and put
1t In practice. Congress appropriated
the sum of 100000 for recognizing
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
All That Kind.

rs there a scrap OF Information
about that fight?"
II should say sol 1t was all scrap
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

whats dat dorg good for?"
why. nuthin'! He's got pedi
gree"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
LIFE IN SAVAGE BORNEO
Observations Of Cambridge Anthropo-
Logical Expedition in Madang
Country.

R. CHARLES Hose, &C.
companied by Drs. Nc
Dougall and Myers,
members of the Cam
bridge anthropological ex.
padiiiap cot Out fon Al q
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in here, Harry" she said leading the
way into the living room where her
danger had happened. Sitting down,
and ignoring Harry's suggestion that
she go and change her clothes be-
fore her mother should return, she
said:
Il was saying we had no heroes
nowadays. wasn't |? Well, | have just
had cause to become acquainted with
the greatest hero in the world"
Harry stopped her. I'm not any
more of a hero than l was half an
hour ago, Gretchen. Something hap
pened which made me do a little
quick thinking and quick work. Any
other person-boy or girl, IL they had
any sense! would have acted as l
did. And. you know, l couldn't be a
hero if | wanted to, for | haven't the
right kind of looks" And then Harry
was just mean enough to laugh at
Gretchen.
Gretchen did not mind his laughing,
however. Il know I'm stupid" she
said. "or l would have recognized the
hero in you long ago But--yonder
comes Mamma across the street.
shall tell her all about how | came
near burning TO death. and how a
Great Hero saved me. Really. Cousin
Harry, l have cause to be proud of
you, and you have cause to despise
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Tore it recognizes their worth. Why,
there's Fred Kinney, my chum. who's
hero, If hero ever lived"
But what did Fred Kinney ever
do?" asked Gretchen. threading her
needle. Il know he's a nice boy.
Mamma says he's perfect gentleman.
But gentlemen aren't always heroes,
you know. Fred never saved ones
life-or saved building from de-
struction by fire. or saved a city from
destruction by flood! He's just a
nice. good. handsome boy-no better
than you are. Harry"
Harry's face turned bit red at
this last remark Of his little cousins.
II didn't say he was better than
am" he spoke out boldly. But who
knows whether / might not become
a hero--if something just happened to
let me try"
Gretchen dropped her sewing, and
looked at her cousin, laughing aloud.
why. Harry" she said. not trying
to hide her amusement, you'd never,
never be hero. Why, heroes don't
look like you, you know. Now, you
have light curly hair and your eyes
are as blue as mine. And Mamma says
your complexion is lovely enough to
be the envy Of any girl"
And will you tell me II there is
any especial set Of looks goes with a
hero?" asked Harry, a bit out Of sorts
We'll. the heroes on the stage, you
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WOOD NYMPHS IMo-AGI

ed like the approach of a lion or a
tiger or some other enemy.
Thistledown and Daisy (speaking
proach of an enemy. Let's hide
quickly! (The two ran
behind a tree. Songbird crouches
behind some rocks. A tall boy. dress
ed in the garb OF a nunter. with gun
over shoulder. saunters upon the
stage from the right. He whistles
as he draws near to the rocks behind
which the nymph is hiding.
Hunter Whew! / smell the blood
Of a--a-well not of an English
man; but of some foreign creature.
Mayhap / shall wing fairy or a
nymph. This Is called the Enchanted
Wood. The aged hermit living in
yonder dell told me not to venture
beyond that ravine. points toward
the stage wings from where he came).
But it takes more than an old dry
bones hermit to scare me away.
(Thistledown and Daisy make an
attempt to get through some under
brush. They make a noise and the
hunter rushes forward In time to see
them). Ha! ha, ha! Nymphs-a pair
of them-as / live! III capture
them. (Runs to where they are
caught in some entangllng vines. AS
Thistledown attempts to tear away
the vines, the hunter lays hold of her
arm. She screams and falls among
the leaves and grass. Daisy stoops
over her, moaning. Then the hunter
seizes Daisy. She, too. falls to the
ground).
Hunter. Come, my pretty twins,
arise and accompany me to my home.
III introduce you into polite society.
My mother and sister will welcome
such a lovely pair.
Thistledown (weeping). oh, please,
cruel hunter, take us not away from
our own country-Mother Nature
great woods and mountains. We would
die were we housed like ordinary
mortals. We are nymphs, and must
live in the open. Have mercy, oh,
hunter,
Daisy. Yes. you of the hard, cruel
world please spare us. We shall
surely die If We attempt to go TO your
home. 1t is the Law of Nature that
nymphs shall never enter a human
beings house. 1t would surely be
the end of them. Even your touch
has caused us to lose all our strength,
and to fall helpless to the ground.
Please, hunter, whose aim in life is
to kill and to entrap, have mercy on
us poor nymphs! pleading c'titude)
Songbird (Rising from her hiding
place and peeping over towards her
two companions and the hunterD Iii
creep away and bring assistance, The
woods are full of nymphs today. Thorc
are the Strong and the Mighty-wood
nymphs who have reached ages of
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erick." said Gretchen. But the fires
getting low. Won't you bring in a
scuttle of coal Harry? Mamma said
we should not let the fire get too low
and Cook is out for the afternoon. So
we must look after the house while
she's away. Mamma just ran across
the street to see Mrs. Landas. you
know"
Sure, I'll fix the fire." said Harry.
And he went to the basement after a
scuttle Of COAL Gretchen got up to
stir down the cinders, preparing the
bed Of Goals for the new supply of
fuel Harry would pour into the CRATE
AS she did SO. the little doll-f rock fell
upon the edge Of the crate and
caught in a blaze. In her eagerness
to save the pretty frock. Gretchen
dragged 1t from the crate with the
poker. The burning thing fell to the
floor just at her feet. In another in
slant the flame had caught hold of
Gretchen's thin muslin apron. and was
running up towards her face.
Gretchen became frantic from fear,
and ran screaming into the hall just
as Harry, load In hand, came up from
the basement. He took In the situa-
ton at a glance. dropped the coal to
the floor and ran to Gretchen, Selling
hold Of her and forcibly throwing her
to the floor. Hardly had he succeed
ed in getting his screaming and
lighting cousin down when he jerked
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off his coat and wrapped It closely
about her. Her arms bound to her
side, she could not battle against him
any longer. and he rolled the rug, on
which she lay, about her, pressing 1t
down tightly. Gretchen felt that she
was being smothered, and tried to
kick and to yell; but Harry kept her
in the rug for full minute before he
dared to unwrap her just enough to
see whether the fire was extinguished.
ITS all right. Gretchen" Harry
said. after the examination. Then he
assisted his weeping and still fright
ened cousin to her feet Go for
Mamma" cried Gretchen. looking
down at her burnt clothes. "Oh.
fear I'm burnt somewhere"
Harry looked Gretchen over.
You're not burnt Bit" he informed
her. Your apron and a part OF your
dress are burnt. but you are not hurt.
50 stop your crying, Baby Baby!
Aren't you the lucky kid to come off
unscorched? What if you'd had your
way, and kept running about, fan
ming the flames? Well. you'd have
been in the hospital as quickly as they
could have gotten you Thereon some
thing worse"
Gretchen stood wide eyed, looking
at Harry. Then something seemed
to come suddenly to her mind. Come
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Children nho Gre SUCCESSFUL.

world SO sweet and so helpful as
the Contented Mind and the Ever
Cheerful Disposition. If boy or a
girl finds love and sweet contentment
at home all sufficient. he or she will
succeed in his or her chosen walk
of life. why envy the rich child :?
1t is the boy who struggles to gain
the top that wins in the end. and
wins through sheer force Of his fine
personality and determination. The
child of the rich parents has nothing
to struggle for. and rarely becomes
more than wild money-spender, re-
CARELESS of the manner of his rearing.
Is it not a fact noted every day that
most capable fathers. who had to pave
their own way in life, handicapped
by poverty, have worthless sons and
daughters, mere society money spend
ers?
But the right kind OF boy. and the
right kind of girl, will help to make
the poor home richer by their pres
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Of his. written from Dundee during
that visit. are interesting. and give one
a peep into the character OF the boy.
One is given here. (The date is sep
TENDER. 1852
II take the pen for the double pur-
pose to amuse both you and myself
by description Of whatever attracts
my notice. 1 am principally diverted
here with the singular characters that
come to lodge here In succession.
When I first came we had kind Of
itinerant minister, who loved his bot
tle Since then we have been en-
livened by a French captain who pos
sesses in an eminent degree the gaiety
and politeness peculiar TO that ma
ton; and l have been amused with q
pedantic schoolmaster from Perth,
who went up to London during va
cation to improve his English. and
said he was vary sure he wadna be
takken for a Scotsman.
THE study of character Il mean
amusing ones) I enjoy exceedingly.
and have an ample field for specu-
lation, for, Independent Of originality
Of character. their Ideas are also fire.
quently OF the same stamp, as in the
case Of my hostess, who thinks that
fresh beef will keep better than that
which Is salted-but you Will think
this notion took Its rise in economy
and not in originality of idea"
After a long illness, Thomas Hood
died on May 80, 1S45. He left behind
him a wife and two children, a son
and a daughter. He had always been
a loving, tender husband and father
and his dear ones never fully re-
covered from their loss, his wife fol-
lowing him eighteen months later.
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~ a Glimpse Into the Life Of s0
~ Thomas Hood, Poet ~

IN fertile valley lying along the
banks Of the Tay. and between
Perth and Dundee, there dwelt
= poor farmer by the name of Hood.
The name Is not an uncommon one
throughout Scotland. and more fire.
quently Is It met with in this par
dcular region. The above mentioned
farmer was frugal, honest and hos
pitable; his good wife was as thrifty
as her lord, and possessed of quick
though homely wit and a keen sense
OF humor. Indeed It was from her
that Thomas Hood inherited his ca
pacity for doing. saying and writing"
humorous things. for she was his
grandmother.
But Thomas Hood was not born on
the banks Of the Tay. In fact, he
was not born in Scotland, the land
OF his forbears. His father, Thomas,
was the eldest son of the family on
the Tay, and soon left home to be-
come bound as apprentice to a book
seller In Dundee. His term Of ap-
premiership having expired, he, in
company with another young man,
tune. The first few years Of his life
in the metropolis lies in obscurity.
Eventually, he went into business on
his own account becoming a partner
in the publishing house of Vernon and
Hood. The business prospered. young
Hood took unto himself wife, and
little family sprang up about them.
The subject of our sketch was the
@y,I
23rd, 1893. at 81 Poultry, in the par
ish of St. Mildred, in the City of Lon
don. OF his childhood it is said: He
was singular child, silent and re-
tired, with much quiet humors and
delicate in health" AT any rate, he
seems to have been rather studious
and given to reading much. and was
good story-teller among the chill
dren of his neighborhood. Perhaps
his genius for a subtle humor was then
developing. But so little Of his early
boyhood is known that even the small
est bit Of information concerning 1t
is quite important. The following let
ter, written by John Wilson (author)
makes mention Of young Hood.
I'm 1914 my mother said to me,
! We will go up to Mrs. Hoods and
]
/ In an old brick house. Queen Anne
quite a days journey for u.s. We
found Mrs. Hood and Master Thomas
at home. l fancy he was sketching
1 was not much of a judge then
but nine years Of age"
1t has been impossible to identify
the exact house in which the Hoods
dwelt for so many years during
Thomas early boyhood and youth
1t was described as "a house. Queen
Anne style, with garden" But
there were so many houses answer
ing that description. and in the exac,
locality where the Hoods dwelt, thai
one as well as another might be the
place. During Thomas Hoods time
there. Islington Green was a small
rustic suburb of London. Today il
is a part of the great city itself
While IN his teens Thomas was sent
on a mission Of health to his fathers
boyhood home. 1t was during the
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- CENE-Stretch of woodland.
with mountains in distance. Lit
~ tie running brook and waterfall
" in foreground. Rocks convent
entity near. Three wood nymphs
seated on rocks, one arranging her
hair over mirrored-water.
Thistledown Zone Of the nymphs).
I think the world gets more and
more beautiful every day, my sweet
comrades. Just look at the foliage
since our dear friend, Lord OF the
Winter, has been here!
Daisy (another of the nymphs)
Yes. and to think OF people living
inside of houses and sleeping In beds
Ha. ha! ha! Isn't 1t absurd?
Songbird (The third nymph). 1t Is
! not funny. my dear Daisy. 1t Is sad
But-what sound was that? It sound
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Their Hermit, we are In deepest
trouble. A hunter, bold and cruel,
has captured two of our happy
band,-our Thistledown and Daisy. He
has led them away. and by now, they
have had time to cross tho boundary
OF our realm. and to enter Danger
Land.
Hermit. We shall see about that
my friends. | shall lead you in pur-
suit of the hunter. l, too, have n
weapon. And 1t can KILI-if neces-
sary to do so in the protection of
innocent life. Hermit draws from
his long cloak sword). Come on,
my friends. Let's be in hot pursuit.
(They all exit. crying aloud in hope).
ACT II.
Scene-Bcd room in ordinary home,
Hunter seen lying in bed. his arms
thrown outside the cover. lie Is in
a white night gown. AS he sleeps,
he mutters and frowns and losses
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wisdom and strength. l shall go fetch
them to save my sisters. exits soft
ly at left wing.
Hunter (stooping and laying
hand upon Thistledown, who shrinks
away. Come. my pretty one, and
don't cause me to use more strenuous
methods. Gifts his gum. This thing
can not only hurt-it can
Daisy. 1t can take innocent life.
Hunter! All, we know the power of
your weapon. 1t is cruel, for 1t kills
where it should show love and mercy.
Hunter. l have no time to parley.
my nymphs. Arise. and follow me.
Come quickly. We must get away
from here before the hermit comes
to chase me away. He threatened
me awhile ago. should I enter the
Enchanted Wood, saying that If the
creatures reigning here did not sub
joct me to some punishment, he would
come and catch me like a rat in a
trap.
/ Thistledown. Just as you arc trying
to catch us now. Hunter.
Hunter. But you are not rats, my
dears. You are two beautiful and
rare nymphs, creatures men read
about in fairy books. but whom they
have never seen. I shall have the
honor and rare privilege of showing
to tho world the first wood nymphs
ever seen by mortal man. Believe
/ me, l shall get a fortune out OF you.
Daisy. Woe is me! Woe is my sis
/ ter! All, why make us unhappy
why kill us, to make a fortune for
| yourself? We do no harm to any liv-
! ing thing. We live in the Enchanted
Wood, where love and kindness rule
| The little birds in the trees are our
! friends, and sing to us all day long.
Gals weeping to the ground, her
arm about Thistledown's shoulders).
Hunter A hunter must be brave
and fearless. lie must never hear
the cry of his victim. He must never
see its bleeding wounds. nor under
stand the agony Of its sufferings at
his hands. 1t is his work to entrap
and to XIII, So, If you would not
meet the last-named fate, arise and
come with me. (Seizes them both
roughly by the arms and leads them
off the stage at the right.
Thistledown and Daisy (moaning as
they disappear). And this is the
hunters desire--to rob creatures of
liberty, happiness and life CAS- they
disappear through side wings OF stage,
Songbird, leading two male nymphs,
reappears at left of stage).
Songbird. All we are too late, my
friends. They have been taken into
captivity. The cruel hunter has led
them to the dwelling place OF men.
They will die there.
First Male Nymph. All, wo will
follow them, Songbrd. We shall res
cue our dear ones. or lose our lives
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me for being a silly. silly thing"

me for being a silly. silly thing"
"All is we'll that ends WE'LL" smiled
Harry. But I'd advise your running
upstairs quickly and changing your
clothes before Auntie comes in, for
otherwise you'll give her a shock. And
there's no good doing that. as l can
see."
You are a hero, Harry" cried
Gretchen, as she hurriedly ran from
the room. You are big enough not
to want Mamma to know of your
heroism. You're willing to hide your
own light. just TO save Mamma a
shock. Say. Harry, you are the Cen
uine Article. And l shall tell Every
body, / shall!'
And Gretchen disappeared in her
own room as the hall door opened to
admit her mother. And Harry, pick
ing up the coal from the floor, said in
a merry way: Il split the coal,
Auntie. Scold me If you want to. for
l deserve 1t. See. l soiled your rug
Dreadful old clumsy / am"
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80 often parents who are poor in
the worlds goods have cause to
~ feel happy over the attitude their
children take towards the humble
homo. "Oh. wish we were rich ike
the Smiths" a boy or girl will say
or rather whine. for complaining
children always whine" about their
lot in life. And the poor father will
go from home to his place of bust
ness with a heavy heart, and the
mother will go about her household
duties with feeling of heaviness In
her breast. and wonder IT, after ALL
her loving solicitudc for her children
is understood by them.
The fact Is. too many boys and girls
Of today attach all importance to
Money. They think more about it
and what it procures-than they think
of their parents, home and future.
Few poor children are halfway con-
tented with their lot. This is very
sad indeed. There is nothing in the
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ence in It. They will pursue their
studies diligently. knowing that 1t -
hard for Father to earn the money
necessary for their education, and
Just as hard for Mother to keep their
clothes and their home presentabie.
When each member of a household
tries to help along" things Will be
sure to turn out right"
When boys and girls are discon-
tented with their home because II Is
poor, let them turn to the biograph-
ical libraries and read of men and
women who have attained high and
honorable places in literature, art,
science, craftsmanship. business, and
the professions and for the most part
they will find they were the children
of poor but honest parents. coming
from real obscurity. Money cannot
develop the child, except Just as much
of 1t as Is necessary to defray the
expenses OF his simple living and his
education.