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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
THE TEMPLATE TRUST.

The tin-plate trusts are credited
with capital of s7O00000O They
control PSI tin-plate mills, and are the
beneficiaries OF the Dingley tariff,
which imposes Ia cents a pound on
imported tin plate, equal to $3.50 on an
average box OF tin weighing 220
pounds.
The estimate Of the annual consump-
ton in a state like Indiana is placed
at 100000 boxes of the average weight
of 220 pounds each. or $4,000 900
pounds. Before the trusts advanced
prices these 300 900 boxes OF tin could
have been purchased at S2.65 a box.
or $795.000. The trusts advanced
prices to S4 65 per box, increasing the
cost to s1.395.000, netting the trust
clear gain of 100000 a year from the
people of a state the size of Indiana.
The tariff duties under the Dingley
bill, III cents a pound, would enable
the trusts to rob the people to an ex-
tent of S990,000 a year, which will
probably be done, since in the last ten
months they have succeeded by the
advance in prices to secure 100000 Of
the amount.
There is absolutely no substitute for
tin. and the extent of the trusts rob-
berries Is mere matter of discretion.
They control the market and fix prices
as they please, and there Is no appeal
from their decision but to the great
tribunal OF the people.
In such emergencies the question is
asked in what way the tin-plate trusts
directly affect the peoples welfare.
The answer Is in all matters in which
tin is used by the people. An Indian
apolis, Ind, establishment manufac-
turing 100000 tin cans year con-
sumes $4,000 boxes of tin. the cost
having been advanced 50 a box in value
an increased expenditure of 100000 n
year. The people who purchase tin
cans are required to pay about $12 a
thousand more for their cans than be-
fore the trusts advanced prices. If a
man wants tin roof on his residence
or business building he finds the prics
has advanced $45, and il his house is
to be guttered, he finds the average
advance at least 500, and in any one Of
$4,000 homes, where full outfit Of tin
utensils could have been purchased
before the trusts began operations for
So, the outfit now costs at least 81.
increasing the total so per cent, or
$4,000. But going back to authentic
data, states the size of Indiana, dur
ing the last year, have been robbed by
the tin trusts of 100000, and the rob-
berries are proceeding unchecked. If
state like Indiana can be plundered
to the extent of 5000, 900 year, then IL
is safe to say, basing calculation upop
population, that the tin trusts are rob-
bling the people of the United States
of more than $4,000 a year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
REPUBLICAN AoNosTIclsM.

The Republican campaign has be-
come negative proposition. The can
didates and leaders have become stolid
agnostics. The rank and file is hiding
behind breastworks of shifting sand.
Mr.. Hanna says:
There are no trusts"
Mr.. Mckinley says:
There is no such thing as imperial
ism"
Mr.. Roosevelt says:
Il am not afraid OF militarism. be-
cause there isn't any militarism."
Mr.. Gage says:
There isn't any gold standard,
therefore it must not be attacked"
Chorus of Republican spellbinders:
NOW YOU SEE 1T AND NOW YOU
DON'T"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
LARGEST Tlme Rnn.

The largest time bali in the United
States is being erected in Philadelphia
on the roof Of the Fourth street end
of the bourse. The ball, which is
four feet in diameter and weighs so
pounds, will be hoisted to the top Of
an iron column, 100 feet above tide
water, five minutes before noon each
day and be dropped electrically forty
feet to an air cushion exactly at noon
by the naval observatory clock in
Washington. The object of the time
ball is to enable all the mariners in
the Delaware and Schuylkill river to
regulate their chronometers before
sailing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

The natives of Gomera, one of the
Canary Isles, converse with one an
other by whistling on their fingers.
and, IL you understood these different
whistles, you would find it possible to
understand message mile OFF. Each
syllable of word has its own peculiar
sound. Gomera is cut up by a number
of deep glens, which are not bridged
over. and. as 1t would otherwise be
impossible for the inhabitants on sepa-
rate sides of glen to talk with one
another without going long way
round to meet, they have hit upon the
whistling device as the best means OF
communication.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

The best evidence of progress in the
south is that the farmers are awake
at last. For time the government
was looked to for help. Then the
farmer was made the prey of the poll
tician. Now he has discovered that
success lies now in his strong arm
The farmer is the true business man
of the country.-Atlanta Constitution
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Mr.. Cecil Rhodes keeps himself in
admirable physical form by horseback
riding. possessing one of the best sta
bles, though on miniature scale, that
are to be. found within the boundaries
of Cape Colony. Anecdotes regarding
his strength are generally current in
South African circles, and in tugs OF
war;" and wrestling competitions he is
one of the best Cape men. Cricket in
South Africa undoubtedly owes its
prominence and its thorough establish
ment TO Mr. Rhodes patronage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Beds are quite an innovation in
Russia, and many well-to-do houses
are still unprovided with them. Peas
ants sleep on the tops of their ovens;
middle-class people and servantsSroll
themselves up in sheepskins and lie
down near stoves: soldiers rest upon
wooden cots without bedding; and it
is only within the last few years that
students in schools have been allowed
beds.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

The florist business in the United
States is by no means an unimportant
industry. 1t is estimated that the
retail value of flowers sold annually
is $12,5OO,OOO and OF potted plants $1O.-
100000. There are no less than TO-
600 establishments in the United
States devoted to the growing OF
plants under glass.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Every German cavalry regiment is
now supplied with two boats made Of
waterproof canvas, which, when not
in use, can be folded up. Each boat
will carry from six to eight men. and
two boats bound together form raft
capable of bearing from % to 81 hun
bred weight.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

These are In Chicago. The COM
bined plants represent an investment
of over S10,000.000. The yards contain
twenty miles of streets, twenty miles
of water troughs. fifty miles of feeding
troughs and seventy-flve miles of wa
ter and drainage troughs. The yards
are capable of receiving and accommo-
dating daily 10000 cattle, 10000 sheep
and 10000 hogs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
Puliinr Down one r1nr.

Kansas City Times:-What does Mr..
Mckinley mean by pulling down the
flag in Pekin? 1t was thought that
flag furling. except in territory belong
ing to the United States that England
wants, was treason. according to the
rules laid down by the Hannaites.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

The Danish royal family is spending
the present month at the Castle of
Fredensborg. which has not been oc-
cupied since the visit of Emperor Alex
andder ILL.,, in 1898. Among the Wis
itors expected are Prince Macmillan
Bavaria, and the Princess Marie of
Cumberland. The castle has room for
three hundred persons.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

There is said to be a serious menace
to navigation on the Pacific coast from
the practice of rafting logs from the
Columbia River to San Francisco. FIRE.
quently the RATS are broken up and
logs set adrift so large that any Of
them might stave hole in a vessel.
1t is said that congress will be asked
next winter to prohibit this rafting.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Each of the large Atlantic liners
lays In supply of $500 bottles OF
wines and spirits, $1,000 bottles of ale
and porter, and 5000 bottles of min
eral waters for a trip to the United
States and the return voyage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

A fruit propagation has produced a
seedless apple. These new apples are
superior In flavor to the ordinary
kinds. High prices are being paid for
the trees.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Govt Is rarely known among the
working classes of Ireland. Their
immunity from this complaint is
thought to be due to the fact that
their food consists largely of pota-
toes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

The weight of all the air on the
globs would be eleven and two-thirds
trillion pounds, IL no deduction had
to be made for space filled by noun
tains and land above sea level.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
A REPUBLICAN, TRIBUTE TO
BRYAN.

The Boston Herald is compelled to
pay Mr.. Bryan tribute of praise FOR
the mastery speech he delivered last
week at Indianapolis and to remark
that it will be thoroughly read. 1t
says:
1.-THE Herald. as is we'll enough
known by this time, does not take the
same view of the subject discussed that
is held by Mr.. Bryan, and does not
support his candidacy. But to say of
this address that it lacks the quality
of full manliness, intellectual or moral,
would stultify our judgment. 1t is the
utterance of robust, earnest, compe
tent disputant on high theme Of
craftsmanship. We have no motive
to overpraise it; but our feeling is
that this speech will give Bryan
higher rank among the statesmen of
the nation than he has had before.
The significance of the speech to
the Republican party Is that it is high
time for it's leaders to quit calling
they suppose that, is in the power of
money, or party organizations, or art
fully fostered prejudices, to success
fully oppose the effect of such an adj
dress on the minds OF the intelligent
plain people who constitute the over
whelming majority of the electorate
of the nation, they will make a mis-
take. Mark Hanna. with all the mill
lions he can command, and all the I'M
scrupulous machine bosses he holds in
leash. is not match for man who
can talk to the American people as
Bryan does in this speech. His OBJ
vious sincerity, frankness and direct
ness will break through and demolish
any fortress of material politics or
chicanery that can be erected in its
path. 1t will prove more effective
speech than Senator Hoar's because it
has intense devotion and indomitable
courage behind It,"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

IT'S tough on the man at a continu-
GUS performance theater who wants to
go out between the acts; the best he
can do is to come in between drinks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

The most valuable pipe in the world
is the state pipe Of the Shah of Persia.
1t is set with precious stones. and is
worth 100000.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
Much Abuse of oIney.

Springfield, Mass, Republican:-Th
attack on Mr.. Olney because of his
support of Mr.. Bryan takes several
different lines. He is brutal" in his
comments on Mr.. Mckinley; he wants
to be the Democratic candidate him
self in 1904. when he will be in his
SEVENTEEN year; he hasn't voted in
Boston since 1895; he wrote maya
zine article that our national "isola-
ton" was a thing of the past. and.
consequently, he has no right to think
the acquisition of the Philippines a
blunder; he is the original imperialist
himself, because he forced England to
treat small nation as she would a
big one. Mr.. Olney takes all this
trouncing, and says nothing, declining
resolutely to be interviewed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Utica, N Y. Observer: -Bungling
diplomacy, led by organized greed, left
us a legacy of trouble in the Philip
pines which would have been avoided
had we adhered to the end to the an
nounced policy in the beginning of
avoiding criminal aggression. May we
be spared from the results of the same
kind of bungling diplomacy in the Chi
nese difficulty. There is safety in fdel-
ity to our own policy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Women do just as much thinking as
men, but they dilute their thoughts
with unnecessary words.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

The faculty of the Chattanooga
Medical College is now making exper-
iments with the weed known as gall
of the earth" with which noun
taineer recently cured himself of mad
dog bite. and by which he cured 9TH
ers suffering from snake bites. 1t is
sometimes known as the "rattlesnake's
master" The weed is now being trans
planted for cultivation and experiment.
1t is now in bloom and bears small
white flower. The horticultural de-
partment of Clemson College, Charles
ton, s. c.. is also experimenting with
II
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

The women's clubs of Chicago have
opened model lodging house for
women. 1t is one of the first practical
attempts in the city to carry out the
plans which social economists have
been working in other large towns
The house carries out the idea of omit
ting charity and affording an honest
means of existence. Women do not
lodge free in the house. nor are they
sent away IL they have no money.
Work is provided, and the price of a
days lodging is is cents, or it's equiv
alent in work. Fifteen organizations
are interested in the work. and the
women will try to interest the public
in establishing such houses in many
parts of the city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-13
CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Finally Found to Lie in the Coffee.

I'VE have had curious and unpleas-5
ant experience with coffee drinking. hus-
band and 1. have been a great sufferer
for several years with indigestion and.
heart trouble. and did not know the.
cause of 1t until I finally came to the
conclusion that 1t was the use OF coffee.
So we abandoned the coffee and took up
Postum Cereal Food Coffee, which had
seen advertised in the daily papers.
Since using 1t. 1shave. to my great
surprise improved wonderfully. Husband
has gained II pounds in two months since
he left Off coffee and began the use Of
Postum He sleeps soundly atsnight now,
which he does not remember having done
for several years before on account OF.
nervousness 1t is rcmankab bic that people
go on in ill health, and do not discover
the cause of the trouble.
You may depend upon 1t we know
how to make Postum good. and that Is
easy. II one will use a sufficient amount
and boil It long enough. II IS really an.
elegant and delicious drink don't
want my name to appear dn the p1pers.;
IL you should publish lids testimonials
-, Chattanooga. Tenn. The Postum:
Cereal Co. Ltd. Bait Creek. Mich. are
permitted To- give the name OF this lady
by letter, Is desired az
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-13

claimants that it is far from a novelty
over ten years ago, TO the best or my
recollection a German matchmaker, VINO
was then living here. made top which
myself have several times seen spin
for more than an hour. Ills name was
William Freund, ..nd believe he Is now
ait Dallas Tex. He was q sort of all
round mechanical genius. and used to
occupy his leisure by making quaint au-
tomato toys. which he generally gave
away The lonS-dtstarce top consisted
OF a metal sphere about the size of 4
football. surrounded by two thin. wide
disks. which to the best of my recol1ec-
ton. We're made of rim, with Il strip OF
lead around the edge. Freund called thd
thing the Saturn top because these
disks made 1T look something hike the
familiar pictures of that planet. At the
bottom of the sphere was a short r.n
with 4 sharp point. on which the apDa-
ratus revolved, and on top was a peg. for
winding the string which gave it its
impetus. No other mechanism was WISH
BILE. Freund spun the top in small
saucer the two or three times SAW 1t in
motion. He held ii erect by 4 handle
which rested in q cavity at the end OF
: the peg, gave the string a. quick jerk.
and away 1t Went. II wnirIed around SO
smoothly and with such a total absence
OF anything like wobbIe that IT was hard
to discern that it was really moving. It
appeared to be standing perfectly still.
The longest time that I saw 1T spin was
one hour and eleven minutes, but on
other occasions 1t bea that record Slight
1y."-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-13

and get inside Of doors again. But pres.
emily there happened something s,iat
woke the dog UP: ITS master mac 1aisea
down. Ten thousand men, more or les.
had stepped on the same icy spot ara
passed over it in safety, while ne. as
surefooted as any in the lot, no douos.t
had stepped on it and slipped by the
one chance in a million, he had hit NC IN
lust the right way, and it foored him. 2
But, though thrown off his feet. ne was
moi thrown off his balance. He wens
down smiling, and he preserved the same
smiling deneanor after he had ssruck.i
and while he was getting UP; Whlie, TO
be sure, everybody around who haa seen
him fail, smiled too. But the most M
teresting feature of the incident was
found in the action OF the dog jump,
ing forward, while its master was sun
on the ground it headed around toWar!
him and stood there an bobbed its mead
and arcfed its back, and woboled It's
tail between its legs, all indica ting pro-
uounced 5repressed emotion. or course
1t may have been that all this was sislhp-
" intended by the dog as an expression
of its sympathy with its master IN nus
little misfortune, but it looked for al
the world as though the dog, with que
and decorous regard for its masters
feelings. was yet smiling at hin Win
the rest.-New York Sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-13
Old Lady Burned 10 Death.

BoYDToN. VA. March 12--SpeciaL-
Mrs. Mary Miller. the mother of Mrs.
here yesterday. The circumstances at
tending her death are peculiarly harrow
ing. Mrs. Miller was about seventy i've
years of age; had been in feeble health
for several years, requiring constant at
tention and nursing. Yesterday after
noon she was comfortabl. fixed in bed
for a rest. and when her daughter left
her. thought she was asleep Some short
time thereafter the family We're startled
by the smell of smoke. and fastening to-
Mrs. AIiller's room. found the bed on fire:
the room densely filed with smoke. and
Mrs. Miller lying dead upon the floor.
burned almost TO a crisp. How, or by
what means she took fire win never DO
known. She Will be buried to-day
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-13
ON THE ICY PAVEMENT.
Even Dogs, apparently. laugh When
n Man SLIPS Up.

Even Dogs, apparently. laugh When
Man Slips Up.
For some reason or other, everybody
laughs at a man who falls on slippery
pavement. The spectacle seems, also.
to appeal to the sense of humor in dogs.
Walking up Fifth Avenue was we'll
built. vigorous, hardy young man. who
was leading a dog by a leather strap. It
was a cold, b!ustery, windy day. The
young man didn't care a snap for that.
He never thought of it particularly, one
way or the other, burt just plunged ahead,
with the dog trotting along beside him:
but the dog, though not exactly detected,
was decidedly not interested in this air
ing: keeping right up with its master.
because it liked him. and wanted to do
what he wanted. but. for al that. carry
ing its tail down between its legs, and
shrinking, generally. without regard to
pride or appearances-seeing nothing,
raging attention to nothing. just rotting
along there in frozen. sperfunctory way.
and anxious only to have the walk over.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-13
nairs inNc1y Kent.

RONBURY, VA, March Especial
Mr.. Lee Griffin, prosperous young
farmer living near the courthouse, met
with a serious accident a few Gays ago.
While on his way to R'cnmono VIII, n. q
WAGON load of posts he stopped at Sew
en- Pines to feed his horses, which became
frightened and ran away. Endeavorlng to
stop them he was thrown under them
and had his leg broken.
Mr.. c. S. Taylor, Henry Taylor and
Miss Matte Taylor OF Soldiers Rest.
will leave Tuesday for Viola. H.. to at
tend the marriage of their brother, Mr..
Robert Taylor. Jr. The marriage viii
take place N sch 21st.
County Court convened Thursday with
Judge Isaac Christian on the bench. The
court was in session two days trying
Sam Crump, colored, for malicious shoot
ing. There being no possible chance for
the jury to agree. they were dis
charged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-13
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BUG.
,1ore a bout !, Creature r,,at is ). so,rc,

Murc a bout Il Creature Iii;lL IS 4 SUI 20
or Astonisii,mcI,t TO iin;ono!o:iAs.
Another new achievement OF the Woaoei-
full new eiectric-light bug, Beiostoma
Americanun, which is in many respectS
the most remarkable insect known ~
science, has been reported 10 me oiiith-
sonian Institution by IL :. d!ddihss, az
entomolog.st of Iowa, who discovered one
of them in a creek near Sebula. ! ne eA-5
tra0rdinary feature of the mater Is LIZA
the bug was maintaining itselt unoerieatn
thick ice with the temperature at ~ ue-
grees- below zero When captured II was
alive and sturdy. The c,ectric-lsht bug
has been a source of establishment and
admiration to entomolOgis;s since they
first began to study ii. 1t is wac
bug, and air bug and land bug. Its or
iginal element is the water. 1t Is pow
erful swimmer and fierce and ferocous
hunter. destroying and devourins water
larvae, and even little fishes. On land 1t
moves slowly but deteTminediy.s keep n$
to the straight line which it regards as
its manifest destiny, and sIrmount ng an
object only when it is convinced after
repea ted trials that it cannot push
through it.
AS an acronaut this insect is a wonder.
TO see it in water or on land, with its
shiny, bonyz carapace closed over its
wings one would never suppose that 1t
could mount into the upper air; yet in
early summer it swarnls by hundreds
around the electric lights. whirling in
insane courses and humping its hard
shelled head against TIE brilliant globe,
sheltering the light from which it takes
its popular name 1t is a night traveller
and spends its days beneath the surface
of waters. Sometimes one of these bugs
will To- mi TO