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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19
start on the Journey that proved hia
last
FACTS ABOUT BANANAS.
why the Red Bannna Has Disappears0
Other Phases of the Trade

Other Phases of the Trade
Red bananas are SO scarce nowadays
as to be practically a rarity; the pre-
vailinE banana is yellow. Twenty
years and more ago the red was the
prevailing banana and the yellow the
rare one. The yellow banana requires
less care and time in the cultivation,
and so costs less in that stage. II
sticks TO the stem better than the red
banana, and 50 stands handling bet
ter. There are one-third more yellow
bananas to the bunch than red. With
all these marked advantages in its Ia
vor the yellow banana has practically
driven the red banana out. With yell
low bananas at 81 OF $3.50 a bunch,
red would be worth from So to $11, and
there would be fewer in bunch REQ
bananas sell nowadays in the fruit
stores as high as 20 cents each. The
comparatively few punches imported
are taken by dealers in fancy fruits as
novelties, the rarity in large measure
determining the price. 1t might be
asked why, with red bananas at such
prices. more are not cultivated; to
|
were raised the prices would go down
again. and there would be no profit In
raising them for the general demand.
in competition with the more econom-
ically produced, more prolific and bet
ter shipping yellow bananas Some
people prefer the favor of the RED
banana, some prefer that of the yell
low; it is preferable that the great ma
jority would have no choice, and the
far lower price at which the yellow
banana can be offered to the individual
consumer settles the question. Ba-
nanas were never before so cheap as
they have been in recent years. For
merly a luxury that was rather costly
than otherwise the banana Is now q
cheap luxury; very good bananas can
now be bought commonly In the
, streets in the season at cent apiece
! or 10 cents a dozen, such as formerly
cost two or three times as much. The
bananas eaten in this country come
from Costa Rica, British and Spanish
! Honduras, Colombia, Jamaica and Gu
A ba. The bulk of the fruit from tn'
gulf countries goes to New Orleans TO
: distribution, that from the other coun
s tries coming to the Atlantic ports
n Bana1as are now sold, not as rarities
: but more or less commonly, in al
/ parts of the country, practically every
o where, the eastern part of the countr
r being supplied from Atlantic ports an
p the Mississippi valley and the wester
Is half from New Orleans-New YOr
Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19
THE HERO OF SAMOA.
THAT DREADFUL TRAGEDY IN
THE PORT OF APIA.
where lao Americans and Germans
Ferfshsd, Recalled by the Death of
Commander Carlin of the vsndalia-
The Great Samoan Tornado.
Especial Letter.)

Especial Letter.
There was recently laid to rest In an
old cemetery in Carthage the remains
of a man who passed into the beyond
with the event being scarcely noted
and yet who, only few brief years
ago, was the idol of America. He
was Commander James w. Carlin, U.
S. N, the hero of Samoa. He died last
December on the City Of Pekin, be-
tween Manila and Yokohama, and his
remains have just been laid to rest In
Illinois soil.
Commander Carlin played an impor-
tant part in the great Samoan tor
nado On the morning of March TO-
1889, ships of the English, German and
American navies were in the port OF
Apia. The storm came swiftly, and
found them unprepared to meet 1t in
the shallow waters of the bay. Every
energy was bent toward getting to the
open sea. The Englishmen succeeded.
That day death came quickly to many,
and in all 146 German and American
officers and men found their end.
Carlin was executive officer Of the
Vandalia, and practically in command
even before the death of Capt. Scoon-
maker. The latter was an old man
and so f1eshy that he was unable te
handle himself with ease. He was
killed and washed overheard in the
early part of the storm, but not before
| his executive officer had made gallant
attempt to save him. The men hac
been ordered int@ the rigging as the
only place of safety, and Carlin wal
about to follow when he saw the cap
tain lying on the forward part OF tn
deck, with his arms clasped about
stanchion. Making his way to him be
tween the huge waves that wer
pounding over the deck, Carlin claspe
his arm around the commanding OH
GERS waist and told him that he in
tended to help him into the rigging.
Don't try to help me, JIM" sal
Scoonmaker; I'm as good as dea
now. You save yourself"
While he lay on the deck by the car
tain's side Carlin felt one of the rope
that held a gun in place slip, and to a
old sailor this meant that in few mir
utes the gun would be loose and pound
ing around the deck. He resolved
secure a rope and tackle hanging nes
by in the rigging, and with it hel
Scoonmaker up the ladder Twice
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19
BoYHooD DAYS OF MoY KEE.

Cninaman Talks of His Childhood Days
In tho Old Country.
When | was a boy" said Moy Kee,
tea merchant, laundryman and inter-
prefer to an Indianapolis News man,
II went to school in my native village
of Shrinking, eighty-seven miles from
Pekin. | was seven years when l
started to school, and, of course, the
teacher was a man. We sat on stools
with desks before us and studied
aloud At 10 years old I could write
v-ry well, and had to learn every word
of a long lesson by heart. The teacher
had stick, and sometimes, but not
often, he would punish a boy. either
by striking him on the hand or on the
seat of his trousers. There are no bad
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19

4Asr heads are directed towards the
SEOund.
L anxious to solve the mystery and
No learn how it has become possible
\ hl mere humanity to emulate the fly,
mi walk upside down, the visitor will
Amy find his bewilderment increased.
H. fact the apparent intention of the
aslgnor of the MANOR" is to instill
9Asting doubt in the minds Of men as
10 whether they do really stand on
helr heads or their heels.
Immediately the visitor enters he at
once becomes part and parcel of the
Upsy-turvy scheme. He Is ushered
INTO room, and gradually it dawns
upon him that he is really walking up
| % the ceiling. He looks anxiously
iOund him for something to clutch;
here is nothing.
DE takes one cautious step-anoth-
~ He has achieved the impossible;
ae has learned to walk with his head
Where his heels should be. The lesson
nus being learned, he will find it pos
nOie to enjoy with equanimity the
ordinary doings of humanity from his
Towel point of view.
lie may proceed to a bath room and
perceive steaming Jet of hot water
Spouting upwards into the tub. He
may proceed to the dining room, where
'ue laws OF gravity being suspended,
'ae table remains unmoved directly
over MS head, and all the parapher-
palla OF the table. the plates, the cut
'eiy the flowers, sustain their posi-
uons without any more effort than the
guests dining thereat
Ihence he may visit the kitchen
snere the chef, in immaculate white
apron Is busily engaged in his usua
Su''es The cook let's fall saucepan
au' unconsciously the visitor puts III
us nand to protect his head, but there
= no need for him to do so, since
"Ae everything else in this abode, thu
'~ucepan lids obey laws of their own
men there is the drawing room
mere standing alongside the chan
.slei' ne may avail himself of the un
sampled opportunity afforded him TO
,suuying the art of the Partisan Golf
s s as displayed upon the head of
I VINO at the piano beneath is tin
lug lug out the tune of the latest popula
'.ns Even CULVER in all his travel
lar. ~ any 'iins more slhsu
\, us ingenious production is the ide
49,. russian engineer, and a Frencl
lrs s4ieect is responsible for the build
ma iself, while British capital ha
n S :. It's erection possible. Needles
may say an ingenious arrangement @
vh, .vrs is responsible for an illusio
sou 'a lor elaborate detail easily tran
h ~ anything previously attempte
= 'ne same line.
win Dulner feature of the exhibitio
to. W the "Mareorama." 1t differ
M s-u !. the ordinary cyclorama chiefly /
as. lacl that the spectators, instead c
naalg on a circular platform, fin
sr Suseives on a genuine vessel an
bsS.ience most of the sensations {
mn 5 at sea. Immense canvases III
owiy, steadily and noiselessly b'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19

Two years ago the difficulties Of
reaching the Klondike were thought to
be of such a nature as to preclude the
probability or even possibility of Daw-
son ever becoming a place OF perma-
nent habitation. The trials of the Chill
koot and White passes were exploited
in magazine and journal from one end
of the continent almost to the other
and the wrecks of humanity, and par
ticularly of the thousands of beasts
that lay scattered along the trail-the
tribute to the Sahara turned to shame
were appealed to as grim testimony
of the almost insuperable barrier
which separated man from the opJec'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19

be goes out after game, he is even
more skillful in bringing down food for
his larder. He can pick off with the
utmost unconcern a deer at a thou
sand yards, and while going full GAL
lon on horseback. Although the
Younger generation of Beers are not
perhaps. such expert marksmen as
their fathers, the present war in South
Africa has shown that their shooting
10 bv no means to be despised.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19

Muskrat meat, Pennsylvanians along
the Schuylkill valley say, is more deli
cate and sweet than rabbit Care has
to be taken, however, not to break the
bag of musk-a pouch the size Of a
walnut, filed with highly perfumed
white paste and located in the intes-
tines-for to break this bag is to satu-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19

OF his search. To-day and since July
OF the past year (1s99), a steam rail
way trayerses the full forty-two miles
OF the White Pass trail, and the trav-
eier enjoys the beauties of the sub
Arctic landscape in much the way that
ne enjoys the trip through the Allie
ghany mountains in the east, or the
prairies in the west.-From an article
by Prof. Angelo Heilprin, in Appleton's
Popular Science Monthly for February.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19

The accompanying Illustration is a
soono which goes to show just what an
exnert sharpshooter the average Boer
.4lr t. This scene represents the
Poer method of killing cattle for 1000.
THE Boer does not poleax his beer' put
has n driven up by the herdsmen' He
~ casually selects the animal he
wants and puts a bullet through Its
hra,n with the utmost nicely. When
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19

rate the flesh with a nusky odor and 1t
is then inedible. az though 1t had been
boiled in cologne. The muskrat is said
to be even cleaner in it's eating than
the serpent. u washes all its food.
Green corn, tender young grass, salads.
apples, wheat, nuts and sweet potatoes
are the things it lives on.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19
Measure 1t Yourself.

Even though the velocity of light In
$4,000 miles a second, the distance OF
some of the fixed stars of the twelfth
magnitude is SO great that 1t takes
1900 years for their light to reach ua-
If you don't believe this, go and meas
ure 1t yourself.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19
GIRLS RUN ELEVATORS.

CITY OF BOst0n Has Them In That
Capacity.
Girl elevator boys are the latest
thing in Boston. In this respect the
city is now ahead OF New York. The
girl elevator boy is the product of the
electric elevator, which can be run
without much expenditure of muscular
energy. The apparatus does not have
to be hauled up and down as when OPP
Grated by the ordinary steam or hy-
draulic power. 1t is worked by the
simple process of throwing over a lever
and any child can do it. In some of
the skyscraping Office buildings tlmid
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19

Papa latter the company is gomez
Dorothy, why did you not obey me
when l spoke to your Dorothy-Oh.
papa, hated 10 before all those peo-
ple.--Truth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-19
0Iass-Making by EIectrIcltx.

An American glassmaker has patent
ed an apparatus for the production of
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-05-19
GOV. SMITH ACTS.
Continued from page ID

chairman of the committee on prlVii-
eges and elections and Senator Frye.
President of the Senate. saying ne hau
disregarded and revoked the actlon Vi
Lieut.. Gov. Spriggs in naming MI
Clark to succeed to the vacancy caus-
cd by his own resignation ana Saying
he had named Martin Maginnis or he
lena, to fill the vacancy.
The governor gives as his reasons
his opinion that the appointment OF
Clark by the lieutenant governor was
tainted by collusion and fraud.
The governor sent a formal protest
to Chandler detailing his reasons lie
has also issued an open letter to the
people of the state denying that he
had any contemplated step when he
left Montana for California. he says
he went to California at the request
of Thomas r. Kinds to look into the
title of some mining property in which
Miles Finlen was interested. he owed
$1,000 and thought by going he might
earn fee that would be applied on
the Indebtedness
Miles Finlen is one of the Democrats
in the Legislature who voted against
Clark. Martin Maginnis was a dele
gate in Congress for the territory when
Montana became state.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-05-19
AGREEMENT REACHED.
Arbitration Committee Of National Metal and
Machinst Associations Adjourns.

New York. May 1s.-Thc arbitration
committee OF the National Metal Trades
Association and the International Asso-
citation Of Machinists, which has been N
session in this city since May 10, ad-
fourncd. today. having reached an agree
Inent which is declared to be highly sat
sfactory to all parties. The conference
was brought about by disastrous strikes.
Under the agreement there can be 10
strike or lockout until the matter mas
first been submittHh9to an arbitration
committee
The chief matter at issue was the
strikes in Paterson. y. j., and Cleveland,
Ohio. Committees were appointed IN
their places to arniRge for the return of
the strikers and then resolution was
adopted agreeing that any Niolator ol tne
provision would be summarily disciplined
The labor men suggested tllat the tlh-
ployer should determine the competency
Of his men The employers committee
thcreupon agreed that this concession ulu
not destroy the right of the workman 70
appeal from such decision
The agreement provides that % hout ;
after six months after the adoption OF the
final agreement. and that SIX months
from then, 81 hours will constitute y
weeks work The hours are TO be dlVideu
at the employers discretion.
The Manufacturers Association agreed
that an increase of 10 per cent OF wdsss
he paid in the Paterson shops above the
rate. prevailing, Dec. 10, 1899. As many u
the manufacturers have already advanced
the wages I per cent, 1t was agreed th''
the difference of 3 per cent be paid 70
the men The question Of overtime ana
apprcntices were also satisfactorily ST
fled The result Of the conference Is IN
Justrial peace for 100, 900 men and for EN-
nInvprs whose investments amount 10
millions Of dollars
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-05-19
A
Boston
Girl

dow many people have expert
enced the symptoms described by
this Boston girl? Pallor, loss of
appetite, listlessness, headache
all betray condition which is
dangerous but which DR.. Williams
Pink Pills will surely cure. Miss
K. A. Dunbar, of Cos Massachu-
sets Avenue, Boston, is the girl.
She says:
"Ifad no appetite and was as pale as
a ghost, and the headaches ! Used to have
in the back Of my head were something
awful. Sleep gave me no refreshment.
A friend who noticed how i'll looked
talked to me about Dr.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, and finally persuaded
me to try them. I soon began to notice
that my appetite and color was returning /;
by the time I had taken six boxes the
weariness was all gone and felt fine.
have had no return Of the trouble, thanks
to Dr.. Williams Pink Pills for PALE People"
K. A. DUNBAR.
Boston, September I, 1899.
Personally appeared the above named
X. A. Dunbar aud certified to the truth
of the foregoing statement before me.
FRANK E. WINGATE,
Justice OF the Peace
Al druggists or direct from
Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady. N. Y.
~ cents per box; boxes $50.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-05-19
SSH CONGRESS
CONTINUED from page ~

per cent. of the white people OF the
South were. today, glad that the IN
| fcderacy had been defeated OF WIZ
they fought for had been rejected. ne
thought 95 per cent. OF them were Soi
ry they had been defeated.
Does the senator from South caro-
lima mean to say" said Wolcott, that
o. per cent of the Southern white peo-
ple regret that they were defeated ana
that this union was not divided?"
| well" replied Tillman, perhaps 80
| per cent is too high
Butler. N c.. interrupted to say that
he could not corroborate the statement
of Tillman.
When Caffery, La, rose to make an
inquiry, Wolcott asked him if he shar-
ed in the opinion that 95 per cent. of
the Southern white people regretted
that the Rebellion had failed and that
the union remained undivided.
Il do not" replied Caffery.
The post office appropriation bill was
then taken up and Mason, ILL.,, resum-
ed his discussion of the committee
amendment providing for the extension
of the pneumatic tube service. He
defended Milholland against insinua-
tions.
Allison, Iowa, said the invention was
good one, but it was not useful in
proportion to it's cost.
Chandler, N. H., declared that this
useful modern invention should not be
abandoned.
Hale protested against loading down
the bill with "A mere fanciful scheme"
which had hpan advanced
gress with the most "brazen effront-
cry"
Wellington. Md, supported the tube
system.
Carter, Mont. said extension Of the
system would to some extent add COM
petition to the telegraph and express
companies and this. the senator
thought, might account for some of the
opposition to the system.
Lodge said he could not vote for
this loosely worded amendment pro-
viding an extension committing the
government to enormous expense.
Hoar suggested that proviso that
any extension of the service be limited
to $4,000 a mile
Wolcott declared that the whole tube
scheme had been conceived in sin and
born in iniquity.
Mason offered an amendment provid-
ing that in any extension of the ser
vice the rental shall not exceed 10 per
cent. of the actual cost of cohstruc-
tion and maintenance plus the actual
cost of operation. The matter went
over without final action.
The bill to enlarge the powers of the
department of agriculture, prohibiting
the transportation by interstate COM
merce of game killed in violation OF
local laws and for other purposes was
passed. The Senate then adjourned.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-05-19
EDUCATION or FREEDMEN.
Distinguished Advocates Of the ELL Appear Ee'
f0rc the CT m nittee.

Washington. May 1S.-The House
committee on education, today. consid-
cred the Wise bill for the education of
the freedmen. 1t provides that wherev-
er seven white persons collect $4,000
to establish an industrial school. $150.-
600 is appropriated by Congress for this
school. provided there shall be only one
school to every 1oO 900 inhabitants.
Senator Blair of New Hampshire
made the main speech for the bill. Rev,
w. NJ. Walton, archdeacon of Georgia,
Rev. DIR. Wilmerding of Atlanta. also
spoke. The measure is endorsed by
many bishops of both Methodist and
Episcopal churches of the North and
South. and will probably be reported
at this session. The committee will
consider it again. Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-05-19
SHOOTS WIFE AND BROTHER.
Louis Farrar Enrsged Because Vile Would
Not Speak 10 Him.

North Adams. Mass. May 1S.-Enraged
because he could not get his wife to
speak to him on the street. Louis Farrar
shot her. tonight. and the chances OF her
recovery are very slight. More than that,
in his rage. Farrar turned the weapon on
his own brother. Leonard. ana sent a bull
let into his neck fortunately with little
seriousness.
Mr.. and Mrs Farrar have not been liv-
ing together for several months and Far
rar told his friends he could not stand
the separation any longer and that he
must see his wife. He spent the day
drinking and when the mills closed he
awaited her coming When she arrived
he addressed her. but not receiving any
recognition he became enraged and at,
tempted 10 seize her. She screamed and
Farrar's brother Leonard took hold OF
him to allow Mrs. Farrar to proceed.
Farrar broke away and pursued his
wife, firing one shot which went wild.
The second shot followed at closer range
and the woman fell. the 3S-calibre bullet
entering her back and lodging in the
lung. Leonard Farrar caught his brother
but the cnragcd man turned the pistol
on Leonard and sent A bullet into his
neck. Although wounded. leonard over
came his brother ana took the pistol from
him.
Farrar fled To the woods. followed by
Lawrence Major ana after half "A mile $
chase the assailant was forced to return.
Mrs Farrar was taken 70 her home.
where Drs. Stafford and Mignault gave
slight hopes Of her recovery Leonard )
injury is slight.
On Feb. 3. Farrar was arrested for in
sulting his wife and throwing boiling
water on her. His Jail sentence lasted
until Nav s. and when liberated, his wife
refused to live with him. This cnraged
Farrar ana caused him to give his fam
ly a great deal Of ANNOYANCE. fdrrar
borrowed the revolver last night. ANA
purchased the cartridges today.
on being locked up he said lie was sorrI,
that il was not his father-in-law instead
IL -
licitor Ashc took the womans ante
mOrtcm statement
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-05-19
STEAMER CALIFORNIAN
To Be Sold II Auction Subject u
Salv:ge Claims.

Boston. May 1S.-The agents OF the
Allan Line steamer Californian an
nounce that the vessel will be sold by
public auction at noon, tomorrow, as
she lies in Erie basin dry dock. BROOK
lyn. The steamer will be sold subject
to claims of the Boston ToWboat Co,
for salvage near Portland and for ser
vices in Boston and for delivering the
steamboat at New York, the said
claims being unadjusted and subject.
also, to charges of the j. n. Robbins
Co., for docking and opening up the
steamer and for work preparatory to
specifications for repairs. Such charges
amount to about $59,225. The amount
of the claims of the Boston Towboat
Co. is now unknown.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-05-19
REPORT CONFIRMED
That Inspectors al Havana, Have Recovered
S45OO from Reeves.

Washington, May 1S.-The postmas-
ter general. today. received contirma-
ton of the report that the inspectors
at Havana have recovered S4500 from
Auditor ReevS. Director Rathbone
continues to act in conjunction with
Gen. Wood in investigating the postal
affairs at Havana and is in communi-
cation with the department here. The
postmaster general declines to discuss
the subject Of Director Rathbone's flu
ture. but it is understood that it will
be determined by the facts brought to
light by Gen. Bristow, who will arrive
at Havana, tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-05-19
REEVES CONFEsSEs.
Continued from page ID

Cubans do not believe that Neely will
be extradited.
With the confessions Of Reeves and
Rich. supplemented by those of the
stamp clerks and by the statements
of the Baracoa postmaster. it is con-
sidered that the evidence against
Nicely is complete. especially in view
Of the assertion Of Reeves that the
stamps were not destroyed when they
We're supposed to be. Packages which
were apparently stamps, were destroy
ed; but it is now said that these were
so many bundles of paper bits.
The newspapers now begin to ask
for an investigation of the engineering
department. They say that this de-
partment has been even more extrav-
agantly conducted than the postal de-
partment.