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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31
VOTING BY MACHINERY.
Nebraska to Try Automatic System of
Selecting Candidates.

Selecting Candidates.
The state of Nebraska has ordered
1920 voting machines at $500 each, a
total of s1,600,000, says the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat This machine is pure
ly mechanical in construction. The
regulations are complete in every de-
tail. Split tickets can be voted as
readily as straight tickets. The booth
stands six and one-half feet in height
and is about four feet square, giving
ample room for voting. Though made
OF steel, it can be carried about with
out difficulty, although rather heavy.
The voter, upon entering the booth,
faces a square steel box about three
feet in dimensions and three inches
thick. On the face OF this square is
ings, in which appear the different
tickets to be voted. Each party ticket
Is printed on a slip of it's own. The
candidates for each office are in align
ment and the whole arrangement is
similar to the regular Australian bal
lot. But at the point where the voter
usually puts cross is a nickel-plated
button and at the top of each party
ticket is lever. AS the first vote is
cast a bell rings. This informs the
judges that voter has started to cast
his ballot. A straight party man has
only to pull the lever and his vote is
cast. A man who wants to scratch
registers his vote by the buttons.
When the straight ticket is voted, by
pulling the lever down, the mechanical
counters all down the line register one
vote for each candidate. On the out
side of the booth the voting register is
locked by three different locks, one of
which is given to each of the judges.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

lit is not truth alone that makes
literature" says John Burroughs; at
Is truth plus a man" We can make
the saying serve the present purpose
by changing a single word. 1t is not
truth alone that makes a cause; 1t is
truth plus a man. Herein Is the secret
OF true leadership; cause and a man
Ia truth to be told-and a man to tell
1t. The people want the truth-after it
is driven home to them against their
Will. They will love the man who
dares to preach the truth, but not till
they have accepted the truth,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31
Surface Observation.

The remarks made by countryman
when he gets his first view of the
ocean are not always remarkable for
depth and appropriateness. A stroller
ON the beach of a Massachusetts, sea-
port overheard the opening remarks of
a farmer and his wife who had come
from northern New Hampshire. as he
subsequently learned from their con-
sersation. "Well, I feel to be glad
we've come, William" said the woman
with a sigh of pleasure, turning from
the sea to face her spouse. Would
you ever have believed there was such
sight of water in one place in this
world?" mo, wouldn't" returned
William. "And when you consider
that we can't see any but lust
what's on top. it's all the more aston
ishin', Sarah. now amt it?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

The Western Union Telegraph com
Psny employs many girls. Their du-
ties are chiefly to file dispatches and
perform such routine Office work az
requires little skill. In spite OF the
fact that the wages paid are very
small. there are always many more
applicants than the company can em-
ploy. This is the way they are met:
livery girl who applies is questioned
as to her age, education, residence.
These facts are filed for future refer
ence, and she is advised to call again
at the end of four months should she
not before that time hear from the
company. The majority of the appll-
cants never call second time The
applicant must appear in person. and
this is a test of perseverance. which
Is quality held in esteem by The
company and other things being equal
10 likely to lead to an engagement
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

The Farmers federation of the Mis-.
sissippi valley, alias the farmers
trust" has been duly organized. 1t
has elected officers, a business man
ager included. The object of the fed
Grafton Is to save money to the farmer
by revolutionizing the mode of mar
keting his products. 1t is claimed that
the present cost in commissions for
marketing the products OF the Missis.
sippi valley is $21,OO0,OOO The bust.
ness manager of the federation saws
ne can do the Same work for 81 900 900
and thus save the farmers $40, 900 900
Then ne must be a business man OF
phenomenal ability able to earn mill
lions for himself IL he chose to do 80.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

Boston Traveller; Young Wife-The
new servant girl is treasured Sbe
is good cook, is so economical. never
goes out and never answers back
Husband-Why didn't l meet her be-
fore we were married?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

The only difference between specuia-
tlon and peculatlon is little crooked
ness. The fact that there is a little
crookedness about the letter 50 ex-
plains this.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

1t Is with ideas as with pieces of
money-those of least value generally
circulate the best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

Time may be money, but the man
who is compelled to spend lot of
time In looking for a job is apt to have
other views.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

Those who can see nothing but good
ness In the world and those who can
see nothing but badness will bear con-
siderable watching.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

One man Is just as good as another,
but he usually considers himself lit
tle better.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

IL you want to see strong organ
ization, look at the liquor dealers; If
you want to see a weak one, look at the
consumers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

Poverty pals the most generous
spirits; II cows industry and casts res
olution Itself into despair.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

II we could see ourselves as others
see us II would be a severe blow to our
ambition.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

Only baseball umpire Is great
enough to exhibit his indifference to
public opinion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

The Queen of Saxony possesses four
supphires equal in size and beauty n
sne one that glows in the crown of
hsngland. The favorite wives of the
shah of Persia and sultan of Turkey
wear turquoises the like of which no
western queen can boast.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

vice, ceased to ofrs,
Baynes. . ...-------
valId ne he ~0m rsms Is IN AM
suits me well eDo~a, -
your needlework. T,.gRs OF
her? Leave wen :, Anatc,Jl|
vice" aot
Mrs. Hall found + !.
yenient to have a wos
ton, even il she ala - .
invisible. AS Tom Ba~ 81 ''''''
stated, his wife was y n'furs'
work. but was wo.'
needlewoman, and en- msnt Of ri
many a weary hours Limitations
One evening in ~ ~Ful compost
some five months am, ~ place.
arrival, he was sIttlrs sfore you
with some NJ tho hs plent Of vol
man carrying a bundle n o { -,
walked up to the doo, - $50 49,
a nights lodging. s,a H.
Looking for a job :. and ahr,|
one of the men, as he y.s,,lar' wavi|
his game of eucbre ara ahoule|
Eyes"
what lay are you m.g eight 81
about hand" Il forty I'd
New chum?" OF course|
"Ay; not a very ola 'ubs; the
governor" in round
How long have u.. In to estal|
Only a few months, M tuaip,
swer vour onestioua angle OF
got outside square ~, 'ne cail !
of tea, I'll be bound cnaa 49,
.tIa. ''ep 'ouay' Il emphas|
~ you are mater rts of vol
Tom Baynes, placing a S1llv the q
ply of bread and meat IN 10 house
sit down and tackle tb, ,af bulldi|
mind their jaw" .ees-elmi
The men laughed and ices, liqui|
their game, until the s,r,,let them 4
satisfied his hunger and Ii, SO that
seemed more inclined IN and lo1
through his PAGES. mt shade.
Any chance of a iob VIII u
presently inquired of the hout the
general. snow al
"yas sbo,,la n, failing n
be-" answered one. lyon 1
go up to the house and So PC"
the morning. He is ns-,+ant,ro
nanueu since German Chafi few|
JACK went OH TO Sulliyalg groves
their cheques. the setd
Baynes was sitting on light or II
one side of the hearth, resI,em to 81
on his hands, and looking nh. Prop|
the Pickering log-flre. g the n
Where have l seen yone featur1
fore?" asked the stranger tne sm
Somewhere, I'll swear" eat e1ln
ro, y ro,,l;ad De- wi y djusting
49, - - me', lanting,
never have. What may ysxtard a
be?" - ~
Mines Bob Luke What SMALL
"Luke!" echoed the cook i Parsd
start. ks. New
Eyes, Luke. Anything WI
It? You seem to know the "a, WI
low-perhaps you know N FARM
against it?" es appel
NO." said Baynes. | nmthe far
anybody of that name. hy and
hiatt am subject to a sttT by ~
lines which takes me sudden OF asI
anything against it? Ha, II ended
Gould I? Why, | never even are twq
t." l. One,
II tborsb. no,hons Won m,asease It'll
I'll, rejoined the new-coma wv y
vas man called Luke-a So
90, of mine-and he got into -,
tut his character was CLEARED -
'harge. 1t makes a man tousawa,t,l
i"ppens 70 Dear the same liable I
Nheh l sa" you start l lnO4 Aprd|
laps you d heard ABOUT H. The Den
What may your name be?' ring n
Mine? My names Tom viii
IN Londoner, and new eli. 1t id
ike you" kable
Ito be Continued nmens(
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

A few temptations beset the indus
trious, but an temptations assail the
idle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

A Denver dispatch declares that the
army worm is creating havoc with the
crops about Burlington in Kit Carson
county, Colorado The worms have
eyinced a propensity never before
charged to them They have invaded
the residences of some of the farmers
and In some cases the houses have
Seen given up to the invaders. Mr.
chapman, living near Burlington
made fight as long as he could and
then vacated. The worms swarmed IN
through the doors and the assault was
repelled for time with brooms. In
stead OF allowing themselves to he
swept out of doors the worms crawled
up the walls. After several davs,
eeaseiess fight, the Crswfords also
gave up and moved to neishbor,s
until the visitors could be driven out
by smoke and birthstone. William
cloush, living north of Burlington has
also given up his house to the worms
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

No one ia rich enough to do without
hAs neighbor.-Danish Proverb.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

A hundred years cannot repair a mo.
nsent's Less OF honor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

When a woman cuts a mans ac-
quaintance she looks dsggers at him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

The agricultural department in
washington has machine for taking
continuous photographs OF growing
plants. IL works automatically, taking
a picture each hour, and during the
~isht an electric light is thrown into
circuit as the exposures are made
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31
CON SUELO'S GUESS

iaking the kneipp Cure Ever lporta1
at Beauti full Blenhen and
Consuelo, duchess of Malay is
inherited from her mother, Vase WI
+. Belmont, the talent of an eFcable
tertainer. Progressive and Ection
eleven and rich, she is constsIles U
Vising new ways to amuse be- hens Y
and suooaade ~ ,,o,.ond mn, stance
hostesses in England. For 80
back she and her husband a 4
80, u''ins themselves anu 'Hs4 ost pill
with what they call recupeTaISu III
ties. Blenheim. one of the niSricuItI
country seats in England, is al he av
lest in the early fall. and just Uni
crowded with guests, mostly any
people resting after their dlSl and
OF summer and building up agaf COM
rayages of a winter society cls mo
yet to come. The Knepp GU - ~
many devotees among CO'S ~ Y
guests ana ovor,, ,norning Tied. Mn
bo coon u,au.,, ,a,asootod on iraried
low, - 800 :" 49,. aa,,ore led, 1
- - 90 'aise % A" 'i.y 9d "a. but 4
Do, So ne"f ioo people az ~ few
enneiih' anu over nan 'n' n.slrect,
are taking the Kneipp cure, Nuticll
that dew upon the feet In tne surf
acts as a nerve tonic, fresh' and
the entire system for all day II
time for the dew cure is neutcs 81
and 8 in the morning, for al'' as 4
the sun has absorbed the dew 'egio
walk is taken before breaKlas' rodu
only a glass of milk in the s~ious
me bath follows, then comes luy'
fast, and after breakfast the ~
girls play tennis. 1t takes onl' l.,
days OF this treatment to DrlDs 49,
;,,,e - eSes anu roses' wv quail
mp, oNeu cohditioh is uue us.her
Nneipp cure or to the regu'" red
garry hours which the young ant
imposes upon her guests may 10
regarded as an open question
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31

oh, you needn't talk" said Y
ulgnant wife. What would y
To-Day If 1t weren't for my monS
IKE to known" Il really don't
my DEAR calmly replied the he'
wretch, but I'm inclined to "
would be bachelor"
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

pretty, very sweet, very delicate, very
trifiing. but turn and twist 1t as you VIII
it is a one-act play spun out into four l0ids
periods DR.. Doyle needs the assistance
of a dramatist. He has written a sC0o
short story, but a short story cannot De
dragged out into an evening entertain
ment. Two brothers swear to thelr
mother they will meet in twenty-five
years time and share together Whatever
fortune they have made. Ihal Is
they meet. and II Is clear
to everybody. that the wandering Mexican
brother is rich and that the niue li,'.i locai
doctor is poor. But the rich Mexican
brother bluffs and pretends 10 be poor.
whereas he is as rich as Croesus- Bran
don Thomas Is the big bury good-hIeeaTTt- Ies.T
nervous, henpeCked doctor. plays admir-
ably. So does George Shelton. So does
Fitzroy Morgan, young actor VINO re-
minds one of the elder Sothern. But
fear there is no money in the play. 1t is
too thin. too weak. Every one was de-
lighted with il, but it is a drawing-room
tional, but l doubt not critics will rave
about il uncOnVentionally. 1t is a pretty
trife. but, after all, only bagatelle.'
Alan Dale will not stand for the Sarah
Bernhardt performance of Hamlet"
Says he:
II cannot help feeling that this is as it
should be. After all, to whom could
feminine Hamlet appeal? To men? No,
unless it were as a coarse revelation of
curves and femininity. To women? Not
on your life. Women prefer their Ham
let with a dash of masculine abandon
and picturesque virility. 1t is a danger
Gus thing to juggle with sex. Sex is not
a mere matter of pettiCoats and trousers.
'If Sarah had taken the trouble TO mas
ter the English language she might have
commanded more attention, but Ham,
struck me as being archly ridiculous.
Imagine, if you can, Hamlet's exclama--
ton of 'WormwOod. Wormwood" dished
up into 'Absinthe, absinthe. 1t gave YOU
horribly irreverent ideas of gin hzzes;
that household line, The plays the thing.
rendered into lie spectacle-vOila la
chose! gave you cold chiils down the
spine All your little pet quotations were
done into a sort of Onendorffian French
that made you sick a heart. You thought
Of your French grammars and The hat
of your sister is black, but the knife OF
my brother is sharp Shakespeare's
English is untranslatable. as far as Eng
lish ears are concerned. 1t may be very
well for Paris. but to me it seemed like
British pit that has seen the best Ham
lets in the world, and knows It's Shake
speare by heart. pulse any interest in
melancholy Dane who is alluded to all
Clement Scott believes in French Ham
lets Che says that Edwin Booths showed
the American temperament with some
brilliancy and effect-a clever actors
HamIeD and woman Hamlets, too, 1t
would seem from the following:
But what exquisite ideas she has-the
crossing of herself before she follows the
ghost the speaking of the speech to the
Hamlet for the moment an actor address
ing his audience; the feeling of his
fathers picture on the walls when
the ghost has gone and materialism has
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
BY ASHTON STEVENS.

G0P S the weeks advance our debt
II y to Henry Miller and Charles
~ Frohman, FIR Imam. who - sent EN- him and
The Miller season in the Co
Iumbia is bringing back TO us
the oId-time theatrical atmosphere.
Just now we are full Of surprise and
gratitude. but by and by, no doubt,
we viii get back TO our original opin-
ion that nothing is too good for San
Francisco after all. In The Liars"
and The Adventure of Lady Ursula"
we have seen two representative mod
ern plays. the former almost a master
piece, the latter a daring venture in
wit and fancy; and both pieces have
been delightfully."- acted. There were
jerks and waits in the opening per
formance Of Lady Ursala," as one
would have expected from band of
players unaccustomed to the rush of
stock work, but they were soon
smoothed over, until now this produc-
ton is quite as model as was the one
of The Liars" Mr.. Miller contributes
another admira BILE phase of his YER
salty in Sir George Sylvester. There
are humOr, poise, picture and dignity in
his work in this part. Mr.. Morgan,
with that naturalness and Yirility Of
his. makes a smaller part very real, and
Miss Anglin is simply surprising as
the lady after whom Mr.. Hopes fan
tastical romance is entitled. The diff
fiCulties of this dOuble-seXed part are
great PrepOsterous, almost, seems
the whole role when you think it over
calmly at a safe distance from the
theater; but Englished as it is by Mr.
Hope and set in an atmosphere Of
beauty and excitement and played as
Miss Anglin plays it, you have a stage
figure that is positively memorable for
its uveliness, delicaCy and distinction.
a step too fiippant, an effort to fierce,
and it would all be burlesque; but Miss
Anglin never overdoes, never under
does; her art is as sure as her per-
sonality, which, from this side of the
footlights at least, is modest and unerr-
ingIy magnetic Here is a young woman
who is not a beauty (again, from this
side Of the footIights at leasD, who does
not strike you as any great shakes
when you first see her, but who sends
you away from the playhouse with all
sorts of regard for Mary Anglin. There
is nothing tumultuous, nothing sensa-
tional about her playacting; she hasn't
the boiling temperament of Bernhardt,
nor the prodigiOus repression of Duse;
she is Just a legitimate American artist,
about the best to be had for the place,
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

this anniversary in the fact that the
Tivoli was the first opera-house in
America to give performances at 90 and
% cent prices. 1t pioneered the way
for such companies as the Southwell
and the Castle Square.
From Kipling's "L'Envoi the
master shall praise them, and only the
master shall blame"-is suggested the
name of the new one-act play written
by Miss Charlotte Thompson, which Will
be produced in the AlcaZar tomorrow
night only the Master Shall Blame
is the promising title. The Vassar girl,
the modern Lady Gay SpanIer. the man
Of the world and man Of business are OF
the persona ges, and the story will, we
are told, "shOw how those who call
themselves friends, deem themselves
lovers. can allow suspicious miasma to
poison the atmosphere of contentment
and happiness" The author had Flor
ence Roberts in mind when writing the
plav. and is said TO have given her
strong and sympathetic part. The fact
that Miss Thompson is we'll known
townswoman of ours lends a special IN
terest to the production.
The afterpiece is Don Caesar de
Bazan," with Mr.. Morrison as the
swaggering daredevil hero, Mr.. Whit
tlesey as the King and Miss Roberts as
the Mariana.
MiIIocker's delightful comic opera,
The Beggar Student" will be sung in
the Grand Opera House this week with
the following cast: Symon Symonovitz,
the beggar student, Thomas II. Persse;
Jantisky, his friend, Miro Delamotta;
Onendorf, the Governor of Cracow,
William Wolff; Enterich, jailor, Ar
thur WooIey; Pixies, a trusty, Mace
Bonneville: Major Holtzheim. A. E. Ar
mold: Captain Heinrich. Charles Airing;
Sitzsky, an innkeeper. Raphael Voltage;
Onapharie. Winifred Goff; Countess
Palmatica, Bertha Ricci; Laura, Edith
Mason; Bronislava, Daisy Thorne;
Lieutenant Poppenburg of the generals
staff, Hattie Belle Ladd.
The Lambardi Italian Opera Com
pany continues the week in the Alham-
bra. .'Manon Lescaut' will be repeated
tonight. "Ruy Bias" will be sung Mon
day night. The Barber" at the Tues
dav matinee. Faust" on Wednesday,
Il Puritani' on Thursday, Mask Ban
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

come again; the effect of the poison in
Hamlets veins when his hand is
scratched in the duel with Laertes; the
kissing of his dead mothers hair-all
these are exquisite points never imagined
before. But the whole thing is imaglna-
tive. electrical and poetical; L DO not
Hamlet with less fatigue. 1t all passed
like a delightful dream. AS a rule the
play eXhausts one. There was no eX-
haustion with Sarah-only eXhilaratlon.
l think | could have sat it out all over
again the same evening-no bad compi-
ment, was it?'
Jean and Edouard de Reszke had never
sung before the Queen until the recent
performance of "Lohengrin" at Windsor.
They left London wearing their costumes,
but covered themselves with long cloaks
in order to attract as little attenton as
possible on the way to the train AL
Windsor they were to be met with car
riages and driven to the castle Ihey
knew nothing of the presentation which
usually follows these performances, ana
were compelled to allow themselves to be
taken before her Majesty in their "Lohen-
grin" costumes. although II was proposed
to put them into Windsor uniforms or
some of the many beefeater suits always
TO be found in the castle. MINES. Nordica
and -Heink were in evening
dress, and so, of course. was DAVID Blsp-
ham. 1t probably made little dlHerence
what they had on, as the Queen doubtless
could not see them.
The first plays of the autumn season
have been arranged for five OF the six
theaters in New York controlled by
Charles Erohman. The date set for the
reopenng of the Empire is September 4.
when John Drew will present Haddon
Chambers London success, The Tyranny
of Tears" Judging from its past record,
the play should have a run OF Several
months Mrs. Leslie Carter is to in
augurate the new season at the Garrick
September with a revival of Zaza for
twenty-ei performances Otis Harlan
in MY Innocent Boy will have
the Stage for few weeks, and
duce his new drama Sherlock
Holmes" founded on Conan Doyles sto-
ries The opening of the Criterion. for
merly the Lyric. will take place in sep,
tember with The Girl From MaXime's,
now running in London. Miss Julia Mar
lowe will follow in October with an elao-
crate production of Clyde Fftch's new
drama, Barbara Fritchie. the Maryland
Girl At the Madison Square Theater
Broadhurst's farce. why Smith Left
Home will be the opening play, Sep
tember 4. with the same cast now ap-
pearing in ii in London. James K
Hackett and the LyCeum players Will be
the first on the stage of the Garden The
ater September s. in a revival OF 'Ru-
pert OF Hentzau' to be followed in
month by Richard Mansfield's new play
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

Every theater except the Tivoli wi
celebrate in a Fourth of July matinee