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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1904
Page
7
An assortment of curiosities and games from a late 19th century periodical. It includes admonitions on moral payback, a formulaic magic trick using number cards, a honey pot sales game for children, royal notes on Princess Mary, kid friendly science and crafts, napkin ring tricks, a battle on paper game, conundrums, and a brief explainer about water causing fires on Irish cliffs.
A discussion of cipher alphabets used by students and adults for secret messaging. Cipher notes amuse and train the mind, offering a challenge that fascinates teachers and pupils alike as the practice fades with age.
A fragment describes public school cipher codes once popular among students. It mentions a simple yet puzzling cipher learned from pen pals and notes, implying a challenge to decipher without a key and hinting at the readers' curiosity about hidden messages.
Remarkable natural curiosity described as Tea Rock near northern New Hampshire town draws thousands of visitors. The granite formation, nearly fifteen feet tall, resembles a crouching toad with mica stripes adding realism. Elevation offers wide views and local tales abound about frightened first-time observers. Also notes an albino black bird shot near Catterick Bridge, England, and discusses albinism in birds with several North England sightings cited.
A New York Herald report describes a clever England devised device enabling a single performer to impersonate both Faust and Marguerite on stage. Marguerite stands before a shaded mirror, with Faust’s face painted on the behind drapery so the rear folds cover the actor portraying Faust.
Le Journal Paris laments French trade decline beyond the Mediterranean, in Asia and the New World, noting American response with a floating exposition idea. It cites Louis Olivier of Revue Generale des Sciences who has fitted a steamer as a floating museum to visit major Levant commercial centers.
A practical method explains using a tea tray filled with water as a reflective target. By aligning the image of a distant summit with its reflection in the liquid, the angle of elevation is measured twice, yielding the needed height measurement.
A historical note depicts a Mexican water wagon as a one wheeled barrow supported by a single leg for balance when stationary. The description emphasizes its primitive design and portability for transporting water.
Holidaysburg postmaster E R Dobbing recounts a wild bear encounter on Allegheny street at 5 AM. He says the animal stood on its hind legs, pushed him to the ground, and he fired several shots after a fierce struggle. His raincoat and trousers show claw damage as proof.
The article recounts decipherment work by George Smith on the Cypriote and Hittite scripts and notes a three-way alphabet conflict in Asia Minor. It states the Phoenician alphabet ultimately triumphed while the Assyrian syllabary was backed by force, reflecting ancient influence across the islands and Mediterranean region.
The George Washington of that republic, President Diaz of Mexico, is described as reaching age 73 with vigor though life of unusual activity. He is expected to remain president as long as he lives or wishes, though he has expressed a desire to leave public life after half a century of service.
The vessel Dessbrough once private yacht of the khedive of Egypt and once carried a famed obelisk to New York. Now a coal barge, she is discharging a cargo at Providence Rhode Island, illustrating the fall from grandeur of a once mighty craft.
A doctor questions a candidate for life insurance about stimulant use. The man replies he only drinks whisky and does not provide excuses, revealing avoidance of truth in the interview.
Fragmented humor notes and dialogue jokes featuring a witness, a painter, a pirate father, and wordplay about isthmuses, with quips about portraits and steady court timings. Various names suggest a humor page collage from a vintage newspaper.
A set of clipped dialog items shows Uncle George correcting soar for sore in a throat remark while Willie clarifies a giraffe reference. Other exchanges mock fashion, manners, wealth, and street life, with nods to candy, hats, shopping in Paris, and gossip about a man called Phamley Goodart and a gun nickname Heeler.
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