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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM,

ITO ten millions OF the human race
there was given a new birth Of free
dom and to the American people "a
new and noble responsibility
Bounds well. doesn't it? It's out OF
the Republican platform. But is IL
true? Has a new birth OF freedom
bee2 given ten millions Of the human
race? If there has. and Mr.. McKin-
ley did it, he deserves reelection. Bat
let's see If he did. To begin with Porto
Rico. That island was peaceful. l.
did not rebel at Spain. 1t was accord
ed representation in the Spanish
coTtes. 1t had municipal home rule
and home government of the prov
ince. 1t enjoyed free trade with Spain,
and the country was prosperous.
When Miles landed he was welcomed
by the populace. He promised them
American liberty under the American
flag. Gen. Nj es was conscien.i ous and
is not to be blamed for the outcome.
But what have we given them? we
have quntered our troops on them
without their consent. We maintained
our military satrapy, which has taken
place of their provincial government
We have denied them representation
in our American congress. We re-
| fuse them a territorial government,
and, as GROWING inramy in the chap
ter Of trysnnies, have impoverished
their people by a discriminating pro-
tective tariff. What crimes have been
| committed in liberty's namei II this
is the freedom which the Republican
party claims to have extended to ten
million people we don't wonder they
cry out against it and sigh for the
days of Spanish oppression once more.
Our treatment Of this unfortunate is
| land people is no whit better than was
| George Ills of the American colonies.
IT is no wonder the added ten millions
don't appreciate the liberty" we are
giving them. and that cur army oil
$4,000 men is needed to keep them in
possession of this liberty" In Cuba.
we have not yet kept our promise OF
/ independence, and in the Philippines
| government by force has taken the
place Of government by consent. But
even when peace is thoroughly re-es-
tablished. who could hope for better
state Of affairs than has come about
near at home, where the people were
passive and accepted our rule? In
view Of these facts the boast of Civ
/ ing liberty to ten millions will GER
tainly be received by the country as
falsehood and hypocrisy. The Demo-
Gratis should demand that the liberty
be actually given both in letter and in
spirit and it will not only save the
honor of our country, but prevent any
recurrence Of such criminal proce-
dures-Knoxville Sentinel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
SCANDALS GROWING.

The Cuban scandal grows. The sec
rotary of wars official statement to
congress of the public receipts and
expenditures of the island during last
year shows that out of the total reve-
nue. of s14,0OO,O0O over $4,000, 900 was
disbursed for salaries. and S1,377 600
more on the Labor pay roll"
This enormous disbursement Of
more than s5,377 900 was entirely for
civilian employees and laborers. and
does not cover the pay of the army
officers in Cuba. And it is to be re-
mem6ered that our government in
Cuba has been In theory at least a
military government. A mass of items
footing up a total of nearly 100000
are charged as extraordinary ex-
penses ordered by the military gov
ernor." but just what they were in
CURED for is not stated.
Behind these figures many secrets
are concealed. Among them are Estes
j. Rathbones gorgeous life in one Of
Havanas finest mansions, conducted
on a scale of $4,000 a year; Charles
w. f. Neely's sudden rise from pow
erty in Indiana to afiuence and
grandeur in Cuba, and, more splendid
still, the career of the North American
Trust company. the governments
fiscal agent for Cuba" with Fletcher
S. Heath, brother of First Assistant
Postmaster General Heath. as one OF
its directors.
No wonder senators at Washington
are amazed at the size and plain sig
niticance of these figures. No wonder
there is a demand for thorough and
rigid investigation.
The looting of Cuba is the scandal
Gus climax of an administration that
has been most prolific in Scandals
New York World.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
THE CUBAN GARRISON.


There are nearly 1900 federal troops
in Cuba, and it Is somewhat difficult.
now that the municipal elections in
the island are over, to find employ
ment for this large body Of soldiers
infantry, cavalry and artillerymen. The
newly chosen local authorities and the
courts Of jczt.c5 are quite capable Of
maintaining order, and the federal reg
iments and squadrons only represent
the real ruling power in the island,
with no duties to perform. 1t costs the
government between s16.o00000 and
sl1OOO,OOO year to keep this large
garrison in Cuba.
With vast schemes Of Imperialism on
hand elsewhere, the administration
could scarcely be expected to take
note Of the surplusage Of soldiers in a
country which we are pledged to sur
render to its people when pacification
shall have been declared complete.
Many things might happen at Havana
and in the outlying insular provinces
that would render necessary the
prompt employment Of a considerable
federal force. The rein is to be held
tightly, lest the spectacle of a dimin-
ished array Of soldiers in the island
should suggest to the American peo-
pie the near approach of the time for
redeeming the national pledge TO
leave the government and control Of
the island to its people" Before the
municipal elections the federal mill
tary authorities at Havana estimated
that during the summer the number
Of troops stationed in the island might
be reduced by one-half. The absolute
quiescence Of the people in a season
Of political agitation and the over
whelming predominance in public af-
fairs of the Nationalist party, with
which the former insurgents are afili-
ated, afford additional evidence of the
peaceful and stable character of the
methods of civil administration in the
Cuban provinces.
In addition to the unquestioned
evil effects of military occupation Of a
peaceful country the federal author
tiles have also to consider the risks OF
malarial epidemic diseases run by our
soldiers in Cuba. Yellow fever is an
enemy more to be dreaded than hostile
troops, and fight is the best defense
against it. At least 5000 of the federal
garrison now in Cuba should be re-
leased as speedily as may be from SER
vice in the island. There should be no
playing. politics in that quarter with
the lives of American soldiers as coun-
ters.-Philadelphia Record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
MILADY AND FIDo.

nades, from the other riders and driv-
ers. or from the chairs for 2 sous which
line part Of the way.
Not so. Beauty knows her place, and
her place just at present is to serve as
foil for the daily companion Of her
drive. And as in Paris the individual
is little and the clothes much, so doggy.
who sits at her side with lolling
tongue, is just as conscious as she is
that it is not his manly looks or his
winning ways that bring the exclama-
tons Of surprise and pleasure to lips
blase.
No, indeed! 1t is doggy's summer
outfit that attracts as he is driven
along in a smart automobile. Usually
his outfit matches his mistress. so that
the monoehromatic effect shall not be
spoiled; sometimes, to add distinction
If distinction we're really needed-a
monogram or coat Of arms is embroid-
cred in a corner underneath his stand
ing collar.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

The Ohio State University at Coiun-
bus. in its report Of the department Of
veterinary medicine. says: There is
a growing demand for men who are
skilled veterinarians. The close rela-
tionship between veterinary medicine
and general medicine-so-called thu
man. medicine, especially along san
itary lines, has opened to the veteri-
nary profession a large. new field. A..
present a well qualified veterinarian
has his choice Of the following fields
II labor.
l. AS an inspector and assistant in
the Bureau Of Animal Industry. The
lowest salary paid. to an assistant in
spector, is $500 to $1,000 per annum.
2. AS an instructor at an agricU1
tural or veterinary college. These Pc
sitions require the best trained men
available, and pay good salaries.
3. AS an investigator of infectious
and contagious diseases at state agri-
cultural experiment stations. These
positions are especially fitted to one
who has the scientific ability and taste
for original research. There is a
great lack OF men trained for such
scientific work in this country, our
veterinary schools formerly teaching
little or nothing of the sciences
(botany. physics, bacteriology, path
illogical anatomy, etc. which form the
foundation Of q veterinarians equip
ment
4. AS a veterinary surgeon in the
cavalry service of the United States.
The position now pays $500 to $1,000
yearly. with perquisites.
.. AS a state veterinarian. Many
OF the states now have state yeteri-
narians, and the time is not far dis
tant when every state in the union
will have such an official
6. AS a veterinarian to municipal
health boards. Already several of our
larger cities employ veterinarians as
inspectors Of abattoirs, butcher shops;
Of milk and dairy products, and to as
sist in sanitary work generally.
z. As a stock farm manager. A
number Of veterinarians are employed
on stock farms in breeding districts as
8. Practice. For those wishing to
enter upon regular veterinary prae-
tice, desirable locations are still plen-
tiful in many parts Of the United
States.
There are three times as many ami
mails as there are human beings in the
United States. There are ten times
as many doctors of medicine as there
are veterinarians. 1t must seem. then,
that as the country grows older, which
means that the veterinarian will be-
come more often employed than at
present, and as the value of our live
stock increases, the future must have
in store for the skilled veterinarian
an opportunity to succeed in his
chosen vocation far more favorable
than his professional brother, the
practitioner Of general medicine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

To the Farmers Review: A local
nurseryman informed me that he
never before had so good a trade. He
had some twelve acres of a nursery
and he sold about all that was lit to
go out, and all that he received from
wholesale nurseries. This is certain
ly good news. Many of the old or
chards are about dead. They were
never cared for as they should have
been. never MANFRED. simply starved
to death. This was the result OF lg-
norance. They never dreamed that
a tree needs food. They expected a
tree to go on bearing indefinitely with
out pound of manure. They are
about dead now and men are in haste
to set out new orchards. These viii
be cared for. There is no better ap-
pie country in the states than south
ern Iowa. All that is necessary 10
raise Eden apples is to exercise the
same care with the trees that we DO
with our breeds of fine horses, cattle
and swine.-E. B. Heaton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
DELIGHTS OF PARIS.
SIGHTS TO BIZ SEEN I'M EUROPES
GREATEST CAPITAL.
Scenes on the Bois de B0ulogne-The
Beauty and Her Doggy-THe Summer
Outfit of the Canine an Important
Confederation with Her.


In everything sartorial Paris leads,
Notwithstanding our occasional spurts
OF novelty and our determination, well
advertised, to stand in the van Of the
producers of chic effects for beauty and
beauty's retinue. The sightseers at the
Paris exposition will have to go no
further than the Bots de Boulogne to
witness one Of the most novel sights
Of the daily parades which take place
under the Towering chsstnuts. Beauty.
IN her automobile, with feather boa.
flower bonnet, her graceful hand on the
bar and her bright eyes looking on
either side for acquaintance, admira-
ton or to avoid collisions, for the
sightseer and the focus Of the hundreds
Of eyes which gaze from the prone
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
Print the Poultry Hou.s-

Paint is not expensive and it pays
to use it where it can be done to ad-
vantage. There are on our farms many
lilapidated poultry buildings that are
not worth painting. and for such
buildings We do not advise painting.
But where a fairly good house is in
existence it should be painted. 1t
may be thought that looks do not
count, but this is mistake. The man
that has a well painted good looking
poultry house viii be very much more
likely to keep it clean than the man
that has a poultry house he is asham-
ed of every time he sees it, Moreover.
paint is d preserver of the wood and
should be used for that reason as well
as for looks. One writer suggests thar
a painted building is warmer than an
implanted one, but we doubt if the diff
ference is enough TO show on a Their
mometer. In a high wind the differ
ence in favor of the painted wood may
be considerable
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
oNE-EYED MEN
Have Some Advantage. That Men win

lave Some Advantages That Men win.
Two Eyes Haven't.
A. l. Lawlor, OF Kansas City. ar the
Grand Hotel said to the New YORK
Tribune: MANY people think that of
all the accidents that can happen to
human being the loss Of eyesight is
by far the worst. This | grant you.
when eyesight is completely gone. but
where man loses a single eye there
are compromising advantages. We an
know OF the man whom the untutored
savage was about TO burn at the stake:
when he removed the artificial eye he
carried he was straightway released.
made a mighty medicine man Of the
tribe. and finally escaped with every
thing portable or of value belonging to
his captors. Then there's the man who
bet to standstill large circle of men
who were looking for a good thing
and found 1t in themselves. His bet
was that he could stare steadily for
five minutes with one eye at the sun
in the full glare Of midday and never
wink. He won hands downs. These
are two cases where a glass eye was OF
distinct advantage to its owner, and I
can bear personal witness to q third. 1t
happened in a poker game 1 was in. AS
is usual in poker games, the jack pots
did not come often enough, and the in
eVitable suggestion that the services OF
buck be enlisted was Immediately
forthcoming. A buck is some object
thrown into the pot which goes to the
winner. When the deal reaches that
particular man it is a jack pot, the
buck again enters the ring and another
jack Pot ensues, when that particular
winner is reached and so on ad infni-
tum, and generally, to a portion of the
party ,ad nauseam. This particular even
ing the suggestion met with approval
even we we're hunting for something
TO use as buck, when one Of our num-
Der, extracting his artificial orb, put it
on the table in front of him, with the
words, How viii this do for buck?
It wouldn't at all we fastened to as
sure him, but he accomplished his OBJ
iect, for he blufed every one We
couldn't separate our united gaze from
that eye, and when the evening ended
he had to hire a wagon to carry his
plumber away. There is no doubt,
continued Mr.. Lawlor, that the pos
session OF a glass eye is not wholly
without its compensations."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
USE OF ABsINTHE
In the French Army Is Prohibited-Too
Much Insanity.

In the French Army Is ProhibIted-Too
Much Insanity.
a movement against insanity has at
last been started in France. says the
New York Tribune. The amount of
insanity in that country is enormous
No statistics Of recent years are at
hand at the moment, but twenty years
ago two and one-half persons out Of
every thousand in France were insane.
That is 10 say two and a half out OF
every thousand were so insane that
the rest of the people recognized that
they were so. 1t does not mean
that two were insane and one was half
insane. There have never been any
statistics Of the Frenchmen who were
half insane. It is only an average. The
present movement against insanity
starts in the right place. 1t does not
temporize where the cases are small
and few or attack the weak and the in
conspicuous. II begins with the army.
An example should be made Of the
editors next. Only one form Of insan-
ity is menaced as yet, the form which
the French. in their picturesque tongue
call 'the foOlishness alcoholic" Gen
eral Galliffet makes the attack, in the
form Of an order prohibiting the sale
Of spirits, absinthe and vermOuth in
camps and barracks. Nor is there any
report that the soldiers are to have
any such compensation as was the case
with the American man-o'-war's man.
on the famous occasion when they
raised his pay five cents a day and
stopped his grog forever" Soldiers,
like other people in France, it seems.
use these liquors as appetizers, but
there is no suggestion that the General
hopes by prohibiting them to save ra-
lions, as well as to prevent insanity.
Hereafter they can have wine, beer
and cider, but no spirits and no such
brain-tearing decoetions as absinthe.
No doubt the prohibition is for the
good Of France internally, as well as
for that Of the soldiers, also internally.
And when the command is extended to
editors it viii be for the good OF
France in its relations with other ma
tons
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

The woman's brain is always less
than the mans. Whether the observa-
tions TO be made il England, France or
Germany. the results are quite unaf-
fected. From BOyd's figures we can
pick out 1O2 men and 113 women be-
tween Ga inches and 66 inches high.
averaging close to IS inches for each
group. But the brains of the men av-
erage 46.9 ounces. while those of the
women are only 41.9 ounces. which
gives the men an advantage OF II per
cent There are twenty-one small men
whose height averages So inches. and
there are 135 women of the same
height The brains OF the men weigh
45.6 ounces. those Of the women only
42.9 ounces.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
Party Humiliation.

From the Boston Globe: The only
attempt made at legislation affecting
the new possessions we acquired
through the treaty of Paris related to
Porto Rico. The history of those
plain duty" proceedings is still fresh
in memory. Such humiliation never
before befell a political party looking
for reinstatement at the hands of the
people 1t is bad enough to see a con-
gress dictate to the prudent, but the
servile surrender of the latter in the
face of his own announcement of plain
duty" in order to keep the wheels of
the party creased for the coming cleo
ton is an exhibition that is liable te
prove too much for even partisan, stom-
achs not in the regular business 81 pol
itics.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

FL 70 the New lurk World: Chair
man Mark Hanna of the Republican
national committee is not forgetting
the postmaster's mites.
By a scheme centered in this city
each postmaster throughout the Uni
ted States is being asked to see that
IS is sent to the National Commercial
and Industrial league. with offices in
the Bowling Green building. this city.
The national committee expects to
realize half a million dollars by this
plan from fourth-class postmasters
alone. To each fourth-class postmas-
ter is sent ten tickets for membership
in the league with instructions to dis
pose of them for fifty cents each and
remit the proceeds to Mr.. Corey. The
plan was conceived to get around the
law which prohibits assessment of gov
eminent employees for political pur-
poses.
Subsequently the high salaried post
masters will be made to contribute
and it is estimated that they will bring
in three times as much as the little
fish, or two million dollars in all.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
An Atlantic Liners Tubes.

There are fully 1000 tons OF piping
Of various kinds in a big Atlantic
liner. The eondensers viii pump up at
least $4,000 gallons of cool water a
day. The furnaces viii consume no
less than 100000 cubic feet of air an
hour. The boiler tubes if placed in a
straight line. would stretch nearly ten
miles, and the condenser tubes more
than twenty-five miles. The total num-
Der of separate pieces of steel in the
main structure of the ship is not less
than 10000. The number of rivets is
not far short of $50, 900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
INC New Enrlnnd con.cIence.

Rudyard Kipling, in Harpers' Maya
zine: Now, in the big silence OF the
snow is born, perhaps, not little OF
New England conscience. which her
children write about There is much
time to think, and thinking is a highly
dangerous business. Conscience, fear,
1ndigested reading, and, it may be, not
too well-coOked food, have full swing.
A man, and more particularly a wom-
an, can easily hear strange NOTES.-THE
word of the Lord rolling between the
dead hills; may see visions and dream
dreams; get revelations and an out
pouring OF the spirit, and end (such
things have been) lamentably enough
in those big houses by the Connecticut
River which have been tenderly re-
ehristened The Retreat. Hate breeds
as we'll as religiOn-the deep. instrik-
ing hate between neighbors, that is
born of hundred little things added
up, brooded over. and Matched by the
stove when two or three talk together
In the long evenings. 1t would be very
interesting TO get the statistics of re-
vivals and murders, and find how many
Of them have been committed in the
spring.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

1t Is the inTariable rule that mem
bers Of the house Of commons must
address their remarks TO the house
through the chair, and, though in the
flow OF argument an orator is often al
lowed without remonstrance, to use the
second personal plural in admonishing
ais opponents, the first words are al
ways addressed to the occupant Of the
chair. This, like many other rules of
debate, has pereolated from the house
of commons down to all our minor as
semblies, and the consequence is that
few members find any difficulty in COM
plying with the custom. Not infre-
quently, however. ruling habits prevail,
and a new member involuntarily dis
closes the nature of the assembly to
which he has been accustomed. In a
debate on the Irish land bill in 1894.
Mr.. Kenny, an Irish Q. c., convulsed
the house by addressing Mr.. Speaker
as My LORD" Mr.. Powell Williams,
in the same parliament, saluted him as
Mr.. Mayor" and an effervescent Irish
man, Mr.. Bodkin, astonished the
speaker by giving him the dignity Of
Your Reverence. -Gentlemen's Mag
azine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
Us. starch for washing colorsd Fabric.

There is nothing SO safe and so salts
factory for washing colored goods, both
light and dark. as starch. Make a
gallon Of thick starch with half a cup
full OF water. Add two gallons of tepid
water to three-fourths of the starch,
and the same amount of water to the
remaining fourth. Wash the garment
In the thickest starch-water. then wash
In the next starch-water. Rinse in clear
water. dry in the shade. sprinkle, and
iron on the wrong side.--suns Ladies'
Home Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
variation OF remneraturs.

Probably the greatest diurnal tenn
perature range on record is that re-
ported by NJ. Itchy, a late traveller in
Mongolia. The temperature at Urga
was SO.2 degrees at 5 a. m. and Al
noon it had risen to loss degrees.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

national industrial and trade dis
turbanees always react on the rArty
in power. The country has al three,
and 1t is bad year for Mckinley
JACKSON DAY.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25

What is known as the Wisconsin
card test is the only one so far brought
forward that will indicate good and
bad milk as relates to noxious fer
ments. This test is especially valu-
able to the manager of factory. and
more so if some of the patrons have
been bringing milk that should be ex-
cluded because of uncleanness. Every
patron should insist that the creamery
or cheese factory be supplied with the
test, as it is of little use for the ma
jority of the patrons to bring perfect
milk if that milk is to be reduced in
quality by having dirty milk poured
with it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-25
OFFICIAL INTRIGUE.
WHY ALL THIS FUSS OVER IN
CHINA.

8gIand's Chestnuts Simply Being RalSed
Out OF the Fire by Uncle Sans Sol
Observation-Disclosures Are Far Away from
the Seat OF War.