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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-08
1nIano.

-8effere3eiten. Die bonn Staatsz
MrbeitercpmmifiGr BON Soma etnSe5ogensn
@r~tunDigungsn ergebsn, DAB in ben Dsri3ie>
benen Ja6riten unb Mtnen>SS nbuitrien ienes
@tautes gsgenpdrtig ale BARN angeieaten
Nrbeiter me6r Stunben beI4dfti9t itno, als
ie in friiberen Sa6ren unb baB nur Elm ie6r
geringer pro5entIab obne 8eiaaftigung lit.
Bonn Sobe auf see geret=
tet, purbsn @bparb Gallagher unO Daniel
McSnarrie, apei Slider BON benz 9lOucefter
Slider 9ooner r9inta", na4 Netp yort
ssbra9t. Sic nuroen bon Der nOrpesii9sn
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-08
0rina @etmrtd1 1tNS server.
(0.trpiter Mbsrhpofl

(Der &ebatteIr Der rSetrotter MbenbpoF", Serr
MIpbons Balde, 1T ais fritberer Sfftsier Der beut2
I6en &riesSflotte nit Ben 9rau6eu ~berieIben I'M
tnternationalen 9ertebr unb nit ben Oblie9enbetS
ten tbrer Mbmilale, uuter Bite Der Ertns Seiuri6
sebDrt, Senau bttannt. 3eb. 3. 81. StaatsSt9.)
Gin Mann Namens pot, Der in Chicago
gu 9auie lit, bert4tet Der Itdunenoen Welt,
DAB prin3 Ssinri@ BON preuBen, Der 8ruber
bes beuti9en 4uifers, i'm Wonat Mar5 Elm
groBesB antett in9ongtong gegebsn babe, no
er duf Der Sa9rt nit feinem @ef9paber mad
&iaos2i9au mebrers 8p9sn geneilt fat.
Sci bt:iem 8antett, gu benz bic b09iten Diff
3tere Der i'm 9afen bon 9ongtong liegenben
fremben &riegsi9iffe, unter 4noeren au1
Commodore Oepeb bonn oItuitatii9sn &C.
I9paber Der 8ereinigttn Staaten, gelaben
tparen, bra9te, 10 er3dblt 9err ppft, prin5
6einri9 Soaite auf ale 9robmd9ts aus,
nur nibt auf bic 8ereini9ten Staaten. Com
mobore Oetpep babe BARN einen SMUT segen
1ein 2ano geieben unb bic Safel oerld1en.
0abur9 lei Brtn3 6einrtb ieines faux pas
inne geporben unO er babe am nd9Iten Sage
einen Qbiutanten gum ameritanii9en @omz
mobore gefAidt, iih inbirett Ieiner unterIai=
iun9sIiinbe tpegen enti9ulbigen laffenb.
Commodore Oetpep a6er babe 1i9 nit bieIer
Sorte @nti9uIoigung ni9t begnigt, Ionbern
ertlGrt, er tDnns nur nit elmer psr1Dnli6er
ober i9riftlihen Nbbitte it9 aufrieben geben.
9arauf Iei Der 8rin5 gum Commodore gez
fabren unb babe Ii9 entf9ulbigt, erftareno,
OuB sr in Der @ufregung Dergsfien babe, bic
8ereinigten Stuaten an Der ibnen gebibren=
ben Stele in bas Programm einaufIgsn
9pdter, tur3 Dor ieiner Q6reiie, bab Der
Bring etnen 8au gegeben unb audi @ommOz
bore 9epep Oaau eingeIaoen, DO4 babe bieie,
bic GinGabuns ubgelebnt. Der @OrfaG aui
benz 8antett fet itrttt sebeim sebaItsn tpor,
ben, aber Serr poit babe baoon BON einem
amerttaniiben Marineoffi3ier gebOrt.
0ir piirben Der Na9ri9t ni4t @rpdb-
nung getban baben, penn ni4t bic Setroiter
engliI9en 3.itungen, Defenders bas Sour
nal" - bas Iebtere nit %pisrlpalti9en rsber=
19riften unb nit einem tDpograpbif9er
Strange Derisben =, bic Depei9e ber0ffsnt.
Ii6t bGtteu. Qus bieiem @runOe miiiien nil
uns nit berisI6en beI6dftigen, um gu 3eigen
tpie Der gsIbeSOurnaIismus, Der Die gangs
englti4e preffs in gsrruf sebra9t bat. eS
tpsi6t.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-08
Ser arose stratese Sem slsinerem.

8e9entpGrti9 1T r1dmentltc1 BET n N Del
3ereinigten Stauten NGes Strategic. Der
@tratege fibt ni9t nur i'm itrategii3en Oberz
rattle uno in ben itrutegii4en unterrdtheH,
Ionbern Ielbit an uu3dbligen pr;oatti{3sH,
audi an nibt ~penigen 8iertti3en.
9a iinb nun einige bon beuti3ldnoifdan
3eitungen neuerbings an9efibrte pObl0sr@
biirete Meuberungen Moltte's iber Straz
teg;e bOppelt ange6ra9t.
Menige Sabre Dor benz lebten ceutIA=
Frun81Iii6en 8riege fam Multte uuf Elm 8uA
gu fprs9en, bag erft fir8li6 eri4iencu mar
unb bic strategic" bebanbeIte. gr Iisb fiA
folgenbermaBen aus:
sd begreife ui9t, tpte man etpa3 Ibsr
strategic" i9reiben tann; bariiber lGBt ii4
ni9ts I8rei6sn. strategic lit eben nidlts
peiter als bic Mnpenbung bes gelunoen
Observation-Disclosures auf bic &rieJsfi9rung."
Sine Menge bebeutenber Nusiprii4e
MOltte's iiber strategic befinbtt iia III i:i@
nan 19riftGi9en 8eTpre9ung;n hsr 20Inng
Der BON linn in Der &riegsataoemie gelteQtsn
prattii9en Observation-Disclosures auf9db,n.
sSn Der 8eipre6ung elmer iol6tn 20iung i'm
S, 1873 iaat er:
v@enn man foIde Sragen, tpte tie bier
gegebeuen, beauttporten min, 10 fu9t man
germ na9 b rtimmten 8egeIn uno 2s9ciasen.
Sol6e f0nnen aber nur our9 bic WtIenz
T9aft geboten tperbeu, uub bie1e lit fir uns
Die strategic. Die Strategic 1T a6st niCh:
ebenfo bei9affen tpie Die abitratten Wiienz
T9aften. 9iefe BADEN i3rs fetitebeab;n bs@
itimmten Wa6rbeiten, auf benen maH tpeitsr
bauen, aus benen man tpeiter folgera fann.
9us Quabrat Der 9bpotenufe 1T itsts gleth
Der 5umme Der Quabrate betber &at9ste1,
bas bleibt INNER pa6r, mag bas re9tmtntz
Gige 9reied groB fem Ober tlein, mag cs Ieinf
Spite mad Often ober 8eten te5ten. -
Mun ltef nun bel in tbeoretii9en 8iGern
iiber bic Gortbeile bes vSperirens auf Ger
inneren Qiuie". SroBbem pirb man it6 bo9
in ieoem e%in3eInen Safe. fragen miiffen, pns
eerabe am bort6siIbafteItsn lit. -. Die Stra~
teoie lit bic NnpeuOung bss esiuncen I}enz
T6enperTtdnbes ouf Die 3riegsfibrung. Sn
i6rer M~usfiibrung liegt bic S3pisrigteit;
benin mir Iinb abbdngig bon uuenblt4 oNlen
ssaftoren, tpie @inb unb Wetter, Nebel, fuIs
f6e Melbungen II. +. IN. 5ibrt uns ba9er
cine t6eoretif9e @ifenf3uft aGein niemols
aum 9iege, 70 biirfen mir tie audi ntbt gang
unbea9tst luf1eu. Se9r ri9tig fagt General
p. @iGiien: pom Wifen gum &Onnen 1T
nur elm Sprung, Dom Ni@tpifen gum &Dnz
men 1T aber Elm nod grOBersr." Die bsiten
Qe6ren fir bic 3utunft 5ie6en mir aus Der
~etgenen Grfabrung; ba bisIe tets aber nur
eertng bemefen ietn pirb, 10 miifen mir ur5
bur9 6as StuOium Der &riegsgef4i4te bic
@rfa6ruugen Nnberer nuBbur MAIDEN. Gin
anberes 9iGfsmitteI CUR eigenen Sortbit=
buus 1T aub.rOsm nod bic gsGrbsitau3 ioIs
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-08
Ser iebise Raifer ,snS Der &aroinaI
SobenIobe.


Ser am 80. Sttober 1895 in Gon eez
ftorbene &arbinal 9obenlobe mar befunntz
Ii9 Der i'm 5ebruar 1928 eeborene jiiugere
8ruber bes bereits i'm Mdr5 1919 0sborenen,
nod 6eute regierenben Rei9stan3srs 5pbenz
lobe. Ser jeBige beut!4e &aifer itano in
fs6r bertrault4em @erbdt:niB gu benz bp9=
gebilOsten, bumanen unb beuti9 fiblenben
8arbtnal 9obenlo6e. 9as erbeat au9 aus
3pei interefanteu, 10 eben aug benz Na9z
lofe Oes &arbinals ber0ffentli6ten 8rieTsr,
pel4e 8tlbelm uIs Bring in benz isiuer
Sbronbeteigung Dorangebenben Sabr an
ben 8urbinal f9rieb.
Sn benz sriten pom ~. eSanuar 1887 o.
i9riebenen 8riefe iagt NilRGm:
@r babe @eIegenbeit gebu6t, mebrers Der
beiten unb fliigiten Mdnner Der &urie FEM
men gu Iernen, ii4 nit ibnen aus3uIprsden
uno Treunbi4aft anautnipFn. Sc 9eibt
bunn pOrtGi9:
o9a lit por aGIem &opp! (@eit 1887
1T Sppp Sirtbii9of BON 8reslaI. Die
ReO.) @eI9 einfu9e, tluge, naib beutI9e
Natur. Sd tpiini6e bon 9eraen, bieIer
Wtann mDge uns LANCE er6alten pleibsn unb
DieGe Na4fOIger %finOen. 9us @leide gilt
BON Or. Sbiel aus SfpreuBen, Bonn BON
8ii9pf bon WeeB, Der, obf9on er fran30iI9
iprt9t, fa9te: ,,Je suis ct resterai un
ev6que allemand''. Esd bin un6
6Ietbe Elm beutI6er 8if6of",) pa lit ferner
Der propIt S9euffgen BON Srier, Elm fri
i4er, ener9ii4er iunger Munn. @r fpra9
nit mir gang Offen unb Obne &Idbalt, unb
mir babeu uns Oortreffli9 Oertanosn. 0as
oles iin0 Mdnner, Die ibre 3eit ertennen
unb einen t~peiteren 5ori5ont BADEN. M0gen
ie balb einen 9roBen @influB auf ben 9eiIt
ibrer Yfleglinge %geninnen. I6er bas
Centrum! bas Centrum! 8enn Der 8ap1t
ni9t bic Sunita ouf6ebt unb bic 6emb1rmel
5uriidireift, penn er ni9t benz Centrum Su
Qsibe gebt, 70 ="
Wil6slm's anetter 8rtef, tporin er ben
8arbinaG nit 0u unb ME einen SntsI an
rebet, lit Nnfun9s NpriI 1887 geI4rieben.
DARN beiBt es p0rtli4:
n9a1imberti, (bieier rDmiI9e 9i=
plomat mar bamals auBerorbentlider pGpitz
li4er 9eian0ter in Berlin. Die Reb.), bat
bier Gin 8erIin) mir unb Nuen ausne6msno
%gefalleu, unb au9 mas er iagte, But 9uten
@inbrud 9ema9t. Sd BIN unenbIi9
frO6, buB biefsr unfsIige GUT
turtampf gu @nbeift It. 9estbin iinb
mebrere electromagnetic &atboliten ME &opp
unb onbere mebrmals gu mir eetommen>uub
BADEN mid NIT einem riid9altlOIen Ser
trauen bsebrt, bas mir pobl that. Webr@
mails battle i9 audi bos Slid, mid gum Doll
metI9er ibrer Miinf9e gu MAIDEN u1b i6nen
eineR @efaIen gu tbuu, 10 baB es aIio audi
meinen bei9eibenen 8rdften bergDnnt iuar,
an biefem 5riebensnert m~it8upirten. 9as
b~ereitete mir aufri4tig 5rsube, uno i'd bin
glidli4.
n@riiBe @aIimberti uno Iege benz Papit
meme 9ulbigung gu SiBen.
,Oein ~ergebener Qeffe @tlbelm, Bring
BON preuBen."
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-06-08

Die beiben proBen amerttas
nif6en &riegsmtnite Ell parsn 81
D~iIiften: Marcp i'm meritanii9en artfg,
Gtantpn i'm 8irgsrtrieg.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-01
ELECTION ECcENTRlclTY.


unique Wngers That Were Popular
in baltimore.
The majority of the bets were, as
usual, in cash, but a great number of
decidedly unique and eccentric wagers
were discharged, says the Baltimore
Sun. The time-honored wheelbarrow
ride was INDUCED with wearisome fire.
quency, and in all sections of the city
was TO be seen smiling victor riding
at ease. or at such ease as the rather
cramped quarters afforded by the bar
rows admit, while perspiring aud toll
ing behind and almost overwhelmed
with the burden trundled the unhap-
Ply loser.
Once in awhile came the confident
man who, in his unconquerable belief
in his boss success, had agreed to
shave one side of his face and allow
the other side to sport his usual growth
of whiskers. He was hailed with de-
rision and made to feel the seriousness
of rash wagering.
Smooth faces, too, were seen in num-
bers among men who usually wear
heavy whiskers, and they were also
greeted with bantering merriment by
acquaintance.
One of the odd bets of this year, the
conspicuousness of which made the
loser feel his position keenly, was that
of wearing straw hat at this unsea-
sonable time of the year. There was
not a great number of such wagers
made, apparently, but sufficient to at
tract attention in the busy thorough
fares.
The pushing of peanuts around
square with match sticks was not neg
lected in the general forfeiture, and
this was seen more often in the quieter
sections of the town. 1t is difficult
wager, indeed, to fulfill, but those who
lost, as a rule, p.uckily stuck to the
task until the winner declared him
self satisfied.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-01
BAD MANNERS OF SHOPPERS.
Show No Courtesy 10 Clerks and Make
All the Trouble.

Show No Courtesy 10 Clerks and Make
All the Trouble.
We show our best manners in shops,
in hotels, in crowds, as well as in the
most unusual circumstances of society,
declares a writer in the New Orleans
picayune. How few of us show any
real courtesy to shop assistants, who
yet have to maintain smiling face and
an unrufiled demeanor, insulted as they
may be half dozen times day. We
march in with the air of conquerors
anneXing all that pleases our fancy.
We make our desires known with short,
sharp words of command. with never
a please" to soften the verbal asperity
we affect. We toss things about the
counter with disdain that expresses
itself as acrimoniously as if colors and
patterns were moral offenses which
gave us righteous cause for anger.
We give all the trouble we can, with
out thought as to the time to be en-
ployed in putting awav the failures we
so contemptuously discard, and then
we stalk out of the shop, where we
have not expended a shilling, and we
carry our heads as if we were the in
jured party, not they-tbose poor
srubbed and badgered shop assistants.
This is no fancy portrait. We can see
it realized in good substantial flesh and
blood any day we like to 60 into a large
shop and watch the throng passing to
and fro. Whether it be from pride, or
shypess. or downright boorishness. it
Is none the less reprehensible, and he
would be a true benefactor to his coun-
try who should substitute for our pres
ent bearing something more gracious
and more genial, more courteous and
more considerable.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-01
INTERESTING I,,-slTs.

A Sacramento man happened to ex-
anime the gizzards of brace of mallard
ducks which he bought a few days ago
and found in them gold nuggets to the
value of $3.50 each. As the ducks cost
him only 40 cents he cleared $3.50 by the
operation. The general impression is
that the ducks must have picked up the
gold in the far north.
In spite of her vaunted farm lands
Denmark supplies much of the butter
eaten in England. while the number of
eggs sent there from Russia is enor-
nous. During last year ST. Petersburg
alone shipped TO English ports G9.50O,-
coo eggs, which were carefully assorted
and packed in straw in cases of 1900
each. The total quantity CT eggs re-
ceived from all points in Russia during
last year was 345.000.0 o0.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-01
NO MAcxrNTosH.


Contrary Effects of the Absence of
One ON a Friend of Col CaIliper.
II knew man once" said Col. Cal
1iper, according TO the New York Sun,
"a young man who had everything that
heart could wish for, who, notwith-
standing that fact, was pretty saneand
sensible sort of young man. but who,
nevertheless, did at times, in his young
err days, before he had learned the
philosophy of life, occasionally have
periods of depression. In one of these
on his way home once from Europe
he came to the conclusion that life
wasn't worth living, and he made up
his mind to end it all right there by
jumping overheard. AS he looked over
the rail and realized how wet the wa
ter was, and how much there was of it,
he knew that he ought not to go out
in it without a macintosh.
Going below he discovered that he
bad neglected to bring one. On this
occasion of all others when he wanted
one most he had none. But he couldn't
think of encountering the wet map
propriately cad, and so he deferred
jumping overheard until he could do so
in proper form. Next morning, with
the res1iency of youth, he was feeling
better, and he arrived in New York
buoyant, hopeful and strong.
And, curiously enough, while ia
other respects he remained as punctili-
GUS as ever about his dress, he never
after that wore a mackintosh; and :
went out in all sorts of weather with
out hesitation. 1t was his care,essness
in this regard that led finally to death.
Out without a macintosh in a heavy
rain at the age of 81 he caught a cold
that settled on his lungs, developed into
pneumonia and carried him off, and so
it may be said of my friend that he
owed his long life, and mis- death, to the
same cause"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-01

In hllgrce the sunbeam weaves
a golden setting for the leaves,
And interisces opal mist
With pearls OF dew and amethyst:
A spls oh o. szure, fints of green,
Min gl.ttering rays and flashing sheen,
Thus. all around. above, below,
The works of God in beauty glowl
When winter comes, with hoarse refrain.
Smell frost and snow on hill and plain:
Each flake unfoids jeweled wing,
A pinion drops DER everything;
Reclining like q saint at rest,
A robe of white upon her breast;
Earth feels the chill. but in the snow,
In emblem pure, Gods works we know!
The oceans waves roll on sublime
From topmost crest to deepest mine,
When pearls, and stars, ard living gem,
Adorn Its mighty diadem;
With coral groves and temples grand.
The work OF an Almighty hand:
Vast cities, where no foot has trod,
Their architect and builder Godl
Devoutly seen, the soul can trace
In natures round the gifts OF grace;
In breded light and mingled dyes,
In howery meads and starry skies.
Where matchless skill and beauties shine
To prove their Maker all divine!
Q Lord. Hume our eyes to see
That all this glory comes from Theei
Sidney Dyer. in N. Y. Examiner.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-01
They May Kiss the Pretty Cashier

Perhaps the most extraordinary Gus
tom in connection with restaurant life
is that which obtains in certain lit
tic cafe in the suburbs of Paris, where
every customer whose bill amounts to
two francs (about 50 cents) or over that
sum is entitled TO receive kiss from
the very attractive young lady who acts
as cashier to the establishment. So
used has the damsel become to the os-
cuiatory routine that she goes through
it without the slightest reticence. look
Ing upon it purely as matter of bust
ness, and it is reported that the pro-
prietor of the restaurant is more than
satisfied with the result of his curious
device for attracting patrons.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-01
ENGLISHMEN AT THE THEATER.
English Women Are the Worst
Dressed Women I'm the World

English Women Are the Worst
Dressed Women I'm the World.
Lillian Bell, who is writing from Lon
don to the Ladies' Home Journal, gives
some remarkably interesting descrip-
tons of the Britishers. Here, for in
stance, is the way she pictures an audi
ence at a London theater: "The play
was most amusing, yet my sister and
couldn't help watching the audience.
Such a bored-looking set, the women
with frizzled hair held down by in
visible nets, mingIing with their eve
brows and done hideously in the back.
Low-necked gowns, exhibiting the most
beautiful shoulders in the world. Cor
geous jewels in their hair and cleaning
all over. their bodices, but among half
q dozen emerald, turquoise and dia-
mond bracelets there would appear a
silver watch bracelet which cost not
over ten dollars, and spoiled the effect
of all the others.
English women as n race are tha
worst-dressed women in the world.
saw thousands of them in, Piccadilly
and Regent streets, and at church pa
rade in the park, with high, French
heeled slippers over colored stockings.
And as TO sizes, l should say mines
were the average. There are some
smaller, but the most are larger.
''The prince of Wales was in the box
opposite TO ours, and when we were not
looking at him we gazed at the impas-
sive faces of the audience. They never
smiled. They never laughed. The sub
tlest points in the play went unnoticed,
yet 1t is one which has had q record run
and bids fair to keep the boards for the
racf of fba caacop
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-01
KNOWS THE BIBLE BY HEART.
Deaf and Blind Corored Boy Who Caa
Quote Scripture Correctly.

Quote scripture CORRECTLY.
"While visiting an old friend on the
Tennessee river, near where Shannon's
creek empties in the larger stream, not
long SINCE" said a country minister,
reports the Louisville Post, II saw a
negro lad of ~ who is as great woii-
der to me as Helen Kellar, the world
famous blind girl and deaf mute. He
lives in typical Kentucky backwoods
community, and has had no advan-
tages. My friend asked me if would
like to see the youth, and assured him
l would. We went to the child's home.
if the little hut might be termed home,
and before l left it L opened my eyes
wide in establishment. The boy was
born deaf and blind, and with one arm.
He was for years, while mere tot.
called the freak by the negroes who
unfeelingly poked fun at the unfortu-
nate. This child was given q raised
letter Bible by an old nomadic mis-
sionary, who happened to see the pick
aninny while preaching to the negroes.
and from it the boy learned every chap
ter in the Bible. He can quote any
verse in the Scriptures and do it quick
~. He spends every hour Of his time
in studying Gods Word. and says he is
going to teach the blind children of his
race. The lads name is Harry William
Ba,aam Freeman, and he is cookbook
ing mulatto. 1 am going to get some
friends of mine to join me in coilec-
ton to be sent the boy TO further his
studies. his mother works in the fed,
and his father is steamboat rousta-
bout
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-01
IRON DISSOLVED BY WATER.
Fluid Containing More Cnrbonfc Acid
Than Lime Does the Work.

Fluid Containing More Cnrbonfc Acid
Than Lime Does the Work.
Some interesting experiments and re-
searches into the ability of water to ex-
ercise destructive influence on iron
pipe, which have recently been made
in Europe, have yielded results not gen.
orally expected, reports the Philadel-
phia Record. 1t has been ascertained
that waters containing little lime,
but an appreciable quantity of dis
solved carbonic acid, were observed to
exercise solvent action upon the iron,
and the course of the action was traced
A known quantity of iron filings was
placed in each of three vessels, which
were respectively filled with ordinary
river water, and the same water after
carbonic acid has passed through it for
a few minutes, and after the addition
of sufficient lime to just neutralize the
carbonic acid. The vessels were sealed
by mercury from contact by the air,
and after the lapse of certain time the
iron dissolved in each case was deter
mined. In the first case the water
had dissolved about 0.0003 per cent;
in the second, 0.02 per cent, while in
the third only traces of iron could be
discerned. The water in the second
case was clear, but on standing ex-
rosed to the air ferric oxide separated.
IT was therefore inferred that waters
containing carbonic acid and very little
lime dissolved iron as ferrous carbon
ate. The latter is then decomposed by
the OXYGEN of the air and ferr-;o r,1-;da
Is deposited and carbonic acid formed.
The latter can again attack the iron,
and thus water containing little car
bonic acid may have powerful ac-
ton upon iron pipes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-01

HOW he VOTED.
Character Who Had n Way for CIR
cumventing Inspectors.

Character Who Had n Way for CIR
cumventing Inspectors.
Citizens of the Second district of the
Fourth ward, says the Rochester On.
W Democrat and Chronicle, are having
considerable fun with a well-known
character of the vicinity who developed
a novel idea of the blanket ballot sys-
tenn of voting, on election day. For the
purposes of this narrative the char
acter may be called Tom. He was given
a ballot by the election officers, and re-
tired into one of the compartments to
make his little cross marks. After re-
naming in the booth for a time Tom
emerged with self-satisfed air, but
empty handed.
Where's your ballot?" asked an cleo
ton officer.
"Oh, that's all right" replied Tom.
81 put it in there all right"
you haven't voted yet; go back and
get your ballot"
Eyes, have; you can't fool me; I
voted it in there; you can't get sight
at my vote"
After a little more argument on the
same line an investigation was begun.
which resulted in the discovery that
Tom ha- carefully marked his ballot
TO his own satisfaction, folded it up and
slipped it through a crack in the back
of the booth. From there it had slipped
down into pile of agricultural imple
ments stored in the place. and it was
with no little labor and some difficulty
that it was 'fshed" out and returned TO
the would-be voter, who. much against
lis will, was obliged to permit the in
spectors tn handle it before it was de-
Dosited in the box
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-01
salmon and uaI.,sx

Salmon fishing has been very poor
on the river Spey this season, owing.
it seems, to the whisky refuse from
the distil,eries on the banks. Anglers
assert that the refuse kills or drives
away the fish, while the distillers say
that the salmon is hungry for it and
thrive on it. For either cause, how
ever, the salmon will no longer touch
the flies.