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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-12-13


Mrs Hollie Elder is now locat-
ed on Pleasant Avenue, Challis,
where she will be pleased to
meet all her old customers that
patronized her when she was
keeping the Boyd hotel on Main
Street.
Board at
Reasonable Rates I
Strangers, old customers, call
and see how well you will be
treated.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-12-13

Ioos IuOnoDFte
Jonathan JOB Geo. SeTe-l.
Floor Director
Geo. i. heyes.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
CUT THE CABLE.

The actual situation now at Ma
nilla anil the PHILIPPINES cannot be
learned, as the Spaniards have cut
the cable. Dewey very nearly had
control by thelastreport, but should
h be delayed he might run out OF
supplies. He was bombarding Ma
njlIa when the cable was interrupted,
San Francisco kilograms say that
naval officers have been ordered to
charter two fast vessels and start
Immediately with coal and supplies
for Dewey, without waiting for fur
ther news, which would have tocome
by ship several numbered miles.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
0EE 10 WAR.

Seven Hand county boys departed
Monday for Sioux Falls to Join the
Pierre militia company nowat Sioux
Falls. They were Frank Cummings,
son of Alderman Cummings, OF Mil
Ter, Dan O'Niel and Frank. Fletcher
ling. The other four were from st
Lawrence, viz: Albert Hansen, F.
C. Cloeter, G. NJ. Bray and Simon
Raymond. They were accompanied
to Huron Monday by J. IL. Baldwin,
who placed them in charge OF Capt.
Tom Cooper, OF the Huron Co. which
left Huron Monday for the Sioux
Falls camp. Mr.. Baldwin says there
was an immense crowd out to bid
the Huron boys good bye, and many
tragic scenes were witnessed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
PIERRE BOYS CHEERED

On Saturday the accommodating
agent and assistants ut the depot
hurried about town and notified the
citizens that the Pierre soldier boys
were coming on a special. The town
was soon decorated with flags, and
a crowd gathered at the depot.
When the train arrived cheers went
up for the boys in blue, and the local
band played martial music. This
company consisted OF rs men-or
rather many OF them appeared but
boys from IS TO 20 years old. A
young son o; Judge Il. 6. Fuller is
captain OF the company. One OF the
Barker boys, formerly OF st. Law
renee is a member. The boys were
feeling good, were chesred to the
echo, and left Miller with their cars
decorated with red, white and blue
bunting.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
Var Excitement.

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: :-Ex-
Mayor Porter Z. Peck returned on
the Central this morning from an
eastern trip that took him to New
York and several other eastern cities.
MIR. Peck says the people out here
have no conception of the immense
excitement which prevails through
out the entire east. He was at Chi
eago on the 2lst, the day that
Woodford was driven out OF Spain
and war practically declared, There
was great excitement, business OF all
kinds being practically suspended.
The further east he got the more the
excitement grew. When he reached
New York things were at fever heat,
The greatest excitement ct 1861 was
nothing compared to the feeling in
New York. There is no apprehen-
sion in that city of danger from the
Spanish feet, but everybody is anX-
ious to enlist and get at Spain.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
FIRST VICTORY.
Admiral Dewey Swipes the Spamards
OF Pacific Waters.

News Of u naval engagement be-
tween Admiral Dewey's feet and the
Spaniards at the Philippine islands
was received Monday, through Span
ish sources, and certainly shows q
great victory for the Americans. a
number OF the Spanish ships were
burned, sunk and blown up. Uncle
Sans modern rapid-fre guns para
lyzed the dons. This news all comes
through the Spanish cable, but con
taiDs no definite statement OF serious
loss to Admiral Dewey's feet. Tie
fact is considered well established
that the Spanish feet was practical
ly demolished. The Spanish minis
ter at London admits complete
American victory.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
SOUTH DAKOTA BOYS.
Camp Dewey Established at Sioux Falls
-Grigsby a Colonel

The South Dakota state militia, is
composed of one regiment of infant
ry, divided into three battalions and
twelve companies. One company Of
artillery at Clark viii probably bere-
organized into company OF infant
ry. The regiment has been ordered
to Sioux Falls, where it will go into
camp, awaiting orders.
Melyin Grigsby, Attorney General
Of state has been commissioned a
colonel, and is raising a regiment OF
cowboys. Robt. Stewart, a bright
Pierre atty, has has been commits
stoned captain OF COW boy company.
Thomas Cooper, a former Hand
county boy, is captain Of the Huron
company.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
Free Pills.

Send your address to II. 4. Buck
len {, Co, Chicago, and get a free
sample box OF Dr. Kings New Life
Pills. A trial viii convince you OF
their merits. These pills are easy in
action and are particularly effective
in the cure of Constipation and Sick
Headache. For Malaria and. Liver
troubles they haye been proved in
valuable. They are guaranteed to
be perfectly free from any deleterious
substance and to bepureIy vegetable.
They do not weaken by their action,
but by giving tone to stomach and
bowels greatly invigorase the sys-
TEN. Regular size 25c. per box.
Sold by j. ID. Fitzgerald Druggist
1St4.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
GIN SHOWS.

A traitor was found upon the
Puritan, one OF Admiral SIMPSONS
ships, and was shot. He was caught
trying to file the locks on powder
magazines. The first report was de-
MED, but afterwards admitted to be
true. He was a Spamard, B
years in position OF fireman. He ad-
mitted his guilt.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
MAD SPANIARDS.

Everything points to crisis at
Madrid. The Cortes and the popu
lace are excited and angry over de-
feat. Late bulletins say that Gen
Campos was assassinated, and Pre-
mier Sagasta sought refuge in the
British embassy. Revolt is hourly
expected among Weylerites and Carl
lists, aided by army officers.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
REVOLT In SPAIN
CheGrod for Butcher Weyier aud lIO0t.
cd SGgaSIa.

The hot headed Spaniards were
wild when they heard OF the Ameri
can victory at the PHILIPPINES, mobs
gathered in Madrid, one cheering
Weyler, the Cuban butcher, and an
other hooting Sagasta, prime minis
ter The present government may
not be able to deceive and control
the mob very much longer. Weyler
further incites the mob by announc-
ing that he is ready to lead an inyad-
ing army into the United States.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

Some one has aptly said that
Am ericans care very little for the
"pomp and circumstance OF war
that is, the glamour supposed
to surround the soldier-but VIII en-
they have to fight, they are .patrl-
otic enthusiastic, determined, and
the most intelligent fighters in the
world.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

War bulletins are not always the
"ex act truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth" But that
seems to be characteristic OF human
nature. Some very queer reports
grow out of small things exaggerat-
ed. 1t is a common fault to imagine
too much, and magnify trivial
things.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
SPANlARDS WILD
Dynasty Trembling on the Throne
Sampson Off for Porto Rico.

Bulletin 10 NJ ThursdaySampsons fleet reported off for
Porto Rico to destroy coal there conscae then find and
engage Spanish Cape Verde fleet
Bulletin 1880 A. MMadrd Disturbances continue prov
nces Lootng and shooting reported from various points
LondonLeter just received from Madrid Spanish
nasty well their government is doomed Weer and Robedo
in ascendency.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
OREGON TO FIGHT

The big battleship Oregon, gun
boat Marietta and dynamiter Nlch-
theroy are off off from Rio Janeiro,
with orders to engage the Spanish
torpedo boat Tamanario and sink
her. Fight was expected today.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
CONSUL lMPRISONE b.

ASpanish mob attacked the Brit
ish consul at Santiago de Cuba. He
killed one Spaniard, and was him
self imprisoned, but not until after
he had cabled for three British war
ships.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

One of the rapid fire guns on the
Brooklyn can shoot so fast thatfour
or five shells are in the air at one
time. The Spaniards are good dodg-
ers, but they can't play that kind OF
hall
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

Seventy Senator's haye been inter
viewed upon the question OF how
long they thought the war would last
and nlace the time at from three
weeks to six months, ii no other
d overs interfere.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

"Politics makes queer bed-fellows''
and so does war. A grand son OF
Gen. Grant is a member OF the staff
OF Gen. Robt. Z. Lees nephew.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

1t is reported that over 700 Ameri.
can ships are still at sea, which
makes it certain that some OF them
will be captured by the Spaniards.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

A number of Spanish-speaking peo-
pie at Santa Fe, New Mexico, held a
mass meeting and declared they were
ready to fight for America. Very
good, but sure-enough Americans
will do their own fighting.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

The big battleship Oregon and her
gunboat Marietta, have been been
with at Rio Janiero,
where the American consul is threat
ened by u Spanish mob.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

Spanish spies are working in this
country about powder factories, and
harbors where mines are located.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

General Miles will begin ''pacifying"
Cuba this week.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
DIRECTORY.
mE. H. WILSON,
DENTIST.

=, rronared TO do al kinds OF denta work.
ph,spns desiring prompt and first class work
III at Office one door south OF Palace Drug
tore. Miller, S. d.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
b. MOORE,
CONTRACTOR,

1. prepared to take contracts on buildings
ai III kinds In Hand and adjoining counties
IN orders promptly attended to. Address
I n Moore Rec Heights, :. ID,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

The governor of New York has
commissioned Fred Grant a colonel.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

Employers in many places agree
to keep the positions for their en-
ployes who enlist.
Captain King, diver at Duluth,
reports to the government that he
assisted IN mining Havana harbor.
lie is ,lcToughly familiar with the
harbor, but signed articles o'cecrecy
as to the location of mines. He says
it viii not be an easy thing to take
Havana. The mountain passes in
Cuba are also thought to be mined.
Hudson Maxim, brother of the ia
nous inventor of the Maxim gun,
himself an inventor, has offered his
services and inve ntions TO this COY
ernment ii it will build him a cruiser.
He will superintend the building
and serve on the cruiser free of
charge. He claims his torpedo gun
can throw half ton OF gun cotton
nearly nine miles, one ton FIVE miles,
and he can also destroy the Spanish
navy. Yes, he's a Yankee
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
D. FITzGERALD,
d X u GGIST, ,l

brs ea hand Pure Drugs, Patent Medicines
Pnnt stans, Combsy Brushes, Perfumes
prs.n,, ous, Varnish0s, sc. Physicians
ptus ,ions and Family Recipes CON-
oa with eore. Miller. o. ID.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

Nearly all of the foreign power:
have served notice of neutrality.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
A. SNODDY,
BLACKSMITH,

Horseshoeing, Wood work, and all kinds OF
done promptly and at reason
able prices. ! respectfully ask the people to
give me a trial, Shop on west 2d street,
Miller, S, ID.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

Reports from Cube say that every
able bodied man within the Spanish
lines must enlist or be shot All the
food in private houses has been con
fiscated hy the Spaniards. They
threaten to kill every Cuban man
and woman when the Americans at
tack them.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05
MILLER LAUNDRY.
w. S. Morrow, PROP.

Ihave started new Laundry in Miller,
I'D am prepared to do the best OF work.
Sand i'm your good shirts, collars and cuffs
rom all parts of Hand county and have
tbem nicely done up. Particular attention
will also be given to family washing.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

Beef is reported TO cost 81 pc!
pound in gold ut some points in Gu
ba.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-05-05

The big steamer Paris will be pre-
pared for war and renamed the Yale
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03

or course, it is impossible to examine
In detail the forests of the Cascade
Mountains, but so far as investigation
has demonstrated the big tree was the
oldest in the state of Washington.
Scientists hold that the facts stated
prove that there has been no material
change in the earth's surface in the
state of Washington and probably In
the entire territory of the United
States for at least 500 years. 1t has
been held by some that the surface
of the earth in the far western sections
of u country differed materially from
what it is even with SO recent a Pc
riod from the scientific point OF view,
as five centuries age. Hence the big
tree completely disproves the cher
ished theory. 1t is quite likely the
wooded giant was a tiny sapling in the
days when Columbus first discovered
the West Indies. 1t has grown steadily
and without opposition since that date.
The tree was as straight as an arrow
from it's base to the first limb, 220
feet, and curiously enough, the trunk
maintained an equally stern position
to the topmost point.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
Giant Fir of Washington.

A tree that rivals in height and age
the monarchs of the redwood forests
in California has just been cut into
sections out in the state Of Washing
ton, a y a writer in st. Paul's Pho
neer Press. All the terms which have
been invented to describe big trees
could be applied to this mammoth
without flattery or eXaggeration. An
idea of it's size may be gained from
the fact that if sawed into inch strips
the lumber made from the tree would
fill ten of the largest sized freight
cars, and the strips of wood, If placed
end to end, would reach from the
town where the tree now is-New
Whatcom, Wash.-across the waters
of the Pacific Ocean to the land of Ii
Hung Chang. The total height of the
tree, as 1t stood before being felled,
was 465 feet, or about one-eleventh of
a mile. To the point where the first
limb branched out was 220 feet. AT
the base the circumference was found
to be 33 feet II inches. There was
not throughout the tree the slightest
indication Of unsoundne6s. In all the
forests of Washington there is not a
tree, young or old, which would make
finer lumber than this. There is a way
to tell the age Of every tree, just as
there is to learn how many years a
horse has lived. With the tree the
| problem is solved by studying the
number Of rings that are clearly dis
cernible when the saw has severed the
! great mass of wood into sections. This
test, when applied to the Washington
tree, showed that it was at least 4S4
years since the day when it became a
sapling in the heart of the Cascade
mountains. There are fierce storms in
the Cascades every winter. The wind
blows tremendously and the snow falls
a good deal after the same fashion
that it does in the Rocky Mountains.
But the big tree has gone all through
this weather for almost five centuries,
and If man had only let it alone it
would have been none the worse for
wear. The men who W the tree in
its present form have submitted to
! scientists the question regarding the
changes which undoubtedly took place
around It during the centuries that
have interviewed since it began to grow.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03

The United States consul at Santiago
de Cuba reports that about nine miles
from that town there are copper mines,
having shafts from 900 to 1900 feet
deep, which were regularly worked un-
til 1867, since which time they have
been abandoned and have become
filed with water, all but 300 feet OF
their depth being below sea-level. But
in later years copper was obtained
from the drowned mines in an inter
esting manner. The water with which
they r filled holds a considerable
quantity of copper in solution, and
this water was pumped out into tanks
Scraps of iron were then thrown into
it, and the dissolved copper became de-
posted on the iron. When the deposi,
grew sufficiently thick it was broken
off, and the iron was thrown back in
to the water to gather a fresh incrust,
alton of the red metal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
JOSH BILLINGS PHILOSOPHY,

L luv money, but I thank Heaven
that I luv what it will buy better.
1 never dun a cunning thing yet but
what / waz ashamed ov it when l got
thru.
Whisky il responsibel for sum pat
riotism, mulch poetry, and more pau
perism.
Don't put on airs, mi sweet friend;
yu kant cheat ennyboddy with them,
but the vulgar; and that don't pay
Man liz a kritter ov habits, and hiz
glory IL, that he controls them-and
his disgrace IL, hat they control him.
Homage to Wealth.-This is the rok
upon which all the nations ov the
earth thus far hav struk and persisted
at last.
The man who is a kind ov a demi-
god in his family, and amung his ma
bors. don't amount to mulch 200 miles
from home.
Last year $26, O0O. 900 of English capt.
tai was invested in the business of
manufacturing automotor carriages Is.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03
How Plants Obtain Food.

Bulletin As, Utah experiment station:
1t may be interesting before we pass
on the experiment proper to explain in
a very general way how a plant obtains
it's food. The substances which make
up the ash of the plant, the water
which it contains, and most of the III
trogen of the combustible portion are
taken from the soil and the air through
the roots; while all the carbon and
some of the nitrogen are taken from
the air by means of the leaves. When
a plant burns, the carbon or charcoal
it contains unites with the oxygen of
the air to form an invisible gas, usual
ly known as carbonic acid gas. Since
the burning of charcoal in one form or
another is always going on at the
earth's surface, it follows that the air
we breathe, the atmosphere about us,
must contain considerable quantities of
carbonic acid gas. The green coloring
matter of leaves, known to scientists
as chlorophyll or leafgreen, has the re-
markable property, when under proper
conditions of temperature and moist
ure, and in the presence of light. of
taking the carbonic acid gas from the
air, and of breaking it up in the cells
of the leaf into charcoal and oxygen.
The greater part of the Y e TINS
set free is thrown back into the atmos-
phere, while the charcoal is caused to
unite with water and other substances
found in the cells to form the various
classes of bodies that make up the
combustible portion of plants.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03

A few years ago the writer agreed
with the popular opinion that the good
old Lilac-purple and white-of the
old homestead would be spoiled by any
attempts to enlarge or double its flow
ers or modify in any way it's peculiar
fragrance. But the lover of the good
old varieties must decide in favor of
the best new sorts after careful ex-
animation. The foliage is better, they
the trusses Of bloom are larger. the
petals are larger and thicker, the fra
GRANGE is more delicate, and the doub-
ling of the flowers of some of them
give the rich expression and even the
colors of the best Hyacinth. OF the
single Towering sorts, well tested in
Iowa, one of the best is Charles X. 1t
is a strong grower, has good foliage,
and it's very large reddish purple
trusses are delicately fragrant. OF the
white single varieties Maria Legrayne
is one of the best. 1t flowers when
very young and it's pure white trusses
are large, we'll formed, and very fra
grant. OF the double varieties we
highly prize the following: President
Carnot, trusses very large, flowers per-
fectly double with a peculiar mixed ex-
preston of light blue, pink and white.
Pyramidalis has very large compound
clusters that divide into small trusses
resembling the light blue hyacinth
spike. It's fragrance is peculiarly fine.
Madame Jules Finger, blooms very
young, trusses very large, quite com
pact, flowers large, perfectly double.
Leon Simon only differs from the above
in the color Of it's flowers being darker
in it's purple and blue shades. Mons
Maxine Cornu is mentioned last but
in bush, leaves, great trusses of double
flowers, and rich fragrance it is one of
the best. The only purpose of these
notes is to draw attention to the re-
markable advances made in improving
this good old shrub.-Prof. ]. l..
RuGd.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-03

Julian Ralph, who succumbed to a
brilliant offer and left the Sun. Then
1t became easy, but high and inordi-
nate figures were necessary at first.
Alan Dale" which Is the nom de
plume OF Mr.. Cohen, was easily seduced
from the Evening World at double the
salary he was getting. Goddard, the
Worlds Sunday editor, the pet and
pride Of Joseph Pulitzer, was harpoon-
ed at an enormous salary. Farrelly,
another Of Joe's pets, q shrewd edi-
tor, was lassoed with a house and lot,
some say. Joseph Quail, a city edi-
tor, on whom Pulitzer built high hopes,
was taken into camp. T. T. Carval-
no, who had built up the Evening
World and had been Joe's personal,
almost bosom, representative, was
found outside the Worlds playground
through q tiff with the proprietor. and
was promptly corralled. World ar
lists, from the hateful yellow Kid"
man down, copy readers, reporters,
writer's, followed. 1t was almost a
stampede. 1t was a fight for construc-
tive brains and the Journal won at
every point and-at high cost. The
proof OF the world wisdom OF Pulitzer's
axiom was not wanting. Down came
the Worlds circulation. Up went the
Journals. Down came the Worlds
price and down went Mr.. Pulitzer's
profits. "The more cats fight, the more
cats" is a proverb, and the fight SEEM
ed to breed readers. The fight is still
on. No doubt Mr.. Bennett thinks he
could get along with lower salary rates
If the cruel war downtown was over.
l doubt It. In the Encouragement of
calculations that would follow he might
find a considerable loss that would
counterbalance any gain in the matter
OF wages, for the loss in the big pen
ny papers is mainly because the white
paper in their issues represents the en-
tire price they get from the dealers
for the newspaper itself. Mr.. Pulitzer
is counting on the exhaustion Of the
Journals cash and pluck, but I fancy
he is seeing other causes to wish him
self back where he was in snug rival
ry with the Herald. I am informed
that want advertisements of certain
kinds in the World no longer bring
answers as they used, and that Her.
aid ads of the same kind do. The re-
verse was the case three years ago.
This points to a mutation in circula-
ton that no mere numbers Of copies
can supply. The wisdom of inducing
ever SO slightly a return to the old
conflict is questionable. Beware in
building UP others that you cast not
down yourself" said Machiavelli long
ago.