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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
ANOMALOUS CLIMATE.
Island on the Coast of Siberia That Has
Varied Meteorolosy.

Island on the Coast of Siberia That Has
Varied NIeteoroiosy.
Saghalien, of the eastern coast of
Siberia. presents very curious anon
ally of climate. The island is bathed
by two cold ocean currents and in
winter nothing protects it against the
icy northwest winds coming from ST.
beris. At the sea level the snow falls
continually and stays on the ground
till the end of May, and the seashore
is very cold. Further inland, how
ever, especially as we go higher up,
the climate is modified-just the op-
posite to what is observed elsewhere.
1t has often been observed in Siberia
and in central Europe that in winter
the cold is greater in the plains and
the villages and that the highlands
have sensibly milder temperature;
it is as if the denser cold air aceum-
ulated in the lowlands. The cold air
accumulates in the low regions Of the
island and on the coast the higher
regions have a more elevated tenn
perature. So it happens that the low
er parts have an arctic vegetation,
while the intermediate attitudes have
the vegetation of a temperate zone,
sometimes subtropical. The birch, the
ash, the pine, the fir abound in the low
regions and form often impenetrable
forests, but toward the center of the
island appear bamboos, hydrangeas
azalias and other plants that one is
greatly surprised to meet and whose
presence can be explained only b. the
altogether abnormal climatic condi-
lions of the island.-Newcastl Chron-
icle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

The women do the business Of the
Philippines. They are. in feet. the
working and the moneymakng part
Of the population. They have. if an
thing, more brains than the men and
they are far better fnanciers.
No matter if the Filipino be rich o.
poor. it is his wife who carries the
pocket book and keeps the account /.
She does the buying for the fami y,
and if the two have store she does
the selling.
In the markets Of the Philippine IS
lands nearly all Of the stalls are G>e 1t
by women. They sell mest, vege a1lss
and fruits. They also have booths n
which they sell shoes, c'oths sn1 all
kinds Of merchandis Sc. Many Of t en-
take their goods from their houses 20
the market every morning and br ng
them back at night. Business w t.
them is largely a matter OF bargain ng.
but the foreigner is indeed strewd #
he gets the better Of the trade in such
cases.
There is one street in Manila which
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who sell dress goods. They have II tls
stores net more than six f e. SUI
These are walled with cases co ia n
ing the finest Of pima, just and other
native cloths. A counter separates the
woman from the street. She has just
room enough in the store for a sc t
and is able to reach everything about
her as she sits and deals with her Gus
toners.
There are women pedlers every
where in the Philippine islands. You
see them sitting on the corners of the
streets selling tobacco, fruit, vege-
tables and notions. Many Of them
peddle the betel nut and some have
rice wrapped up in banana leaves and
cakes of various kinds.
They do the washing of the coun-
try, carrying the clothes to TIE
streams ard pounding the dirt out by
Shaping the wet garments on the
stones. They do all their washing n
cold water, using cocoanut oil to Ioos-
en- the dirt. They iron the clothes
with fat iron boxes, which have Goals
inside of them to keep them hot, never
heating the irons on stoves as we do.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
ENEMY OF LABOR.

Theodore Roosevelt now pleads for
the vote Of the laboring man. On
Labor Day he stood upon the same
platform from which Mr. Bryan spoke
and said nice things to the horny
handed sons Of toll" Mr.. Bryan voicel
The laboring mans complaint against
the Republican doctrine Of Govern
ment by Injunction" and in q round
about way Teddy" voiced the same
sentiments. or course, Roosevelt is
in sympathy with the laboriAg man
lie is opposed to Government by In
junction "-at least he says he is; he
Is a candidate for Weep esident now,
you know. There is, however. food
for thought in an article published in
the Review OF Reviews" for Septem-
Der, 1886, and written by Theodore
Roosevelt, at that time not a candi-
date for vice president. In that arti-
Gle, page 295, Mr.. Roosevelt said:
"The men who object to what they
style Government by Injunction are.
as regards the essential principles OF
government. in hearty sympathy with
their remote shin-clad ancestors who
lived in caves, fought one another
with stone-headed axes, and ate the
mammoth and woolly rhinoceros.
"They are interesting as represents
ing a geological survival, but they
are dangerous whenever there is the
least chance of their making the prin-
ciples of this ages-buried past living
factors in present life.
They are not in sympathy with
men Of good minds and sound civic
morality"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
TEA IN CHINA { +s: ss5ES5 s !; s.u.,

Tea-growing, which forms one of
China's most important industries,
gives employment to thousands of
women. This useful plant is not Gull
tivated in tea gardens, as in India, but
in patches on slipping ground. where it
will receive plenty of moisture. Tea
grows in China to a height OF about
three feet, and the first picking is the
most important; it consists mainly of
young leaves. covered with a whitish
down, called in Chinese pekos, while
souchong means small or rare variety;
congoo. worked, from being well work
ed In the after preparation. and Bohea.
from the locality.
Great care must be taken not to in
jure the plant, and thus spoil the next
crops. Women and children strip the
twigs and can pick about fifteen pounds
a day. The leaves are spread on shall
low trays to dry off the moisture; they
are then thrown on to the hot pans for
Ave minutes and rolled on rattan ta-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

bles before being exposed out of doors
for few hours. during which they are
carefully watched turned and opened
out The process is repeated a second
time and the leaves are then dry and
dark Different kinds of flowers, such
as roses. orange blossom, jasmine and
gardenAs. are used to scent the tea.
Like the French. the Chinese have
but two regular meals in the day, one
at or 10 In the morning, the other
at or 6. There are numerous dain-
ties on the tables, which are eaten With
the chop sticks, and tea is the bever-
age. The Chinese sometimes make their
tea in teapots. much as we do, but they
also frequently make it separately, di-
rectly in each cup. throwing in few
leaves and pouring on them the boiling
water. The cups. which are as large
as our breakfast cups, are provided
with lids. which are left on while ths
tea is brewing. Pipes are smoked at
intervals during ths meal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

almost wholly with the breeding OF
cattle and horses and is likely to
draw almost all its foodstuffs from
Siberia in the future. Another matter
of similar interest is the growing
wheat area of Argentina In competi,
ton with the United States the ArgeD-
tine Republic is at an advantage In
some ways and at disadvantage iii
Others Her wheat fields are close to
the seaboard, making great saving
in land freight, and she has cheap la
Dor, but the ocean freight rates are
excessive.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

wears wide white trousers and a gaily
embroidered coat. with a flowing
cloak of silk or satin of brilliant hue
The wedding feast is a superb affair,
with a cuisine reserved for bridal oc-
casions. AS the Malay is permitted
to have four wives. weddings are not
of rare occurrence. From wedding
feasts to cemetery is a far cry, but
the Malay cemetery is really as in
teresting in its way. At the head of
the newly-made grave are seen the
cakes and meats for the spirit of the
dead to eat, and also for the ghosts
that visit him when night falls
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
Two silent statesmen.

Kansas City Times; The aloofness
of Thomas B. Reed and Benjamin Har-
rison, the two bravest and most dis
tinguished leaders OF the Republican
party, from participation in the can
vass for the reelection of William Nc
Kinley cannot fail OF having telling
influence upon the action in the forth
coming election of a very large num-
Der of voters belonging to that political
organization.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

In Cape Town, South Africa. the
Malays own a great deal of real es-
tate and have practical monopoly
of the cab and laundry business. A
Malay wedding is exceedingly pic
turesque, and the Europeans often
seek an invitation. The bride invari-
ably wears white satin, profusely
trimmed with silver tinsel. and the
guests appear in gorgeous attire of
vichest satin and silk. The priest
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
A FILIPINO FAMILY.

Many Of the women are tsilores sss
and dressmakers. They do beautiful
embroidery, and are excellent seams
tresses. They usually sit on the
ground when they sew and where they
have sewing machines they squat
down on the ground and run EN-.
sewing machines OF the Ph1pp mes
are hand machines. which have NJ
table connected with them. The aver
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

New York Herald; We certainly did
the handsome thing by Spain in the
late war. We paid her $40, 0Oo, 900 in
cash, then unstrapped the burden from
her shoulders that she had been stag
gering under, strapped 1t on our own
shoulders and are now doing a little
staggering on our own account. We
played the part of a very accommodate
ing Don Quixote in that affair.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Imperialism
first destroyed the Roman republic and
then ruined Rome. Imperialism killed
two republics in France and is waiting
its opportunity to assassinate a third
Imperialism is a menace to the Ameri-
can republic as it was the destroyer Of
the great republics of ancient and mod
ern Europe
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
wheat of Foreign Nations.

Western grain men are interested in
the report that within the next few
years an enormous grain trade is GER
tain to be developed between Mongo-
liza and Siberia. The population of the
vast Monaghan steppes concerns itself
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
To Navigate Dead Sea.

Motor boats will shortly ply betwson
Jerusalem and Kermak. Greek mon
astery having ordered a number OF
these vessels from Germany. This is
the first time for thousands of years
that the Dead sea has been utilized for
navigation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

work for more than a few days at one
time
There are now in the neighborhood
of 10000 employees in the tobacco far
tories Of Manila, and the great ma
jority Of these are women They are
expert at making cigars and cigarettes
and do their work more rapidly and
skilfully than the men. 1t is the
same IN the cotton factory, and, IN
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

fact, everywhere.
The women do a
vast amount OF the
farm work. They
aid in planting the
rice and in harvest
ing it You see
them everywhere in
the fields, thTesh-
ing, planting and
harvesting. and you
seldom pass a coEn-
try house without
finding one or two
women at work
hauling rice for tho
daily meal.
Courtship a n d
marriage is carried
on here in much tha
same way as it Is in
the Spanish COUP
trles,save that there
is more freedom
and people marry al
an early age. Ac-
cording to an order
issued by the mill
tary governor of the
Philippines, last De-
eember, boys may
marry as soon as
they reach the age
of fourteen. and
girls may be mar
ried at twelve.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

Boston Globe: The price OF sugar
has been raised almost a cent a pound
since May %, in eight different ad-
vances. The only thing that can be
said in favor of the trust is that 1t has
apparently tried to break the bad news
gently.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

Edam cheese may be interested to
know that the genuine article-of
which, by the way, little comes to AM
erica--is made in Brock, Holland.
town of 200 people, and reputed to be
the .cleanest town in the world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
Great New Yorh pablicists.

ooui ne SOchEdn OF New YORK, ia
nous as lawyer and orator, who has
been claesed as Republican ever since
he made speeches for General B. f.
Tracy. the regular Republican candi-
date for mayor of New York City in
1897.
General Robert Avery OF New York,
lifelong Republican, who says: my
devotion to the principles of the Re-
publican party taught by Lincoln, Sew
ard, Greeley, Summer, Chase and
others compels me to vote for Mr..
Bryan"
p. Tecumseh Sherman Of New York.
son Of the late General w T. sher-
man, who has served a term in the
board Of alderman as a Republican. He
cannot longer affiliate with a party
that condones the Alger and other
army scandals.
Henry f. keenan,, well known au-
thor, who wrote The Money Makers. :"
L. W. Habercorn, who was chief Of
the Republican national committees
German bureau in the campaign OF
1895, leaves his party on the issue OF
imperialism.
1t would require several pages OF
this paper to publish the names of all
prominent Republicans in all parts OF
the country who are now working for
the success OF Bryan.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

sc sewing machine costs SIS in sil-
YER, or about half that amount in go d.
If Americans establish factories in
the Philippines they will have to rely
upon the women to do the work. The
men are lazy and cannot be gotten to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

The basis of the calculations is ap-
proximately correct and demonstrates
the purpose of the trust to rob the
farmers of Indiana, who choose to
substitute wire for wood in fencing
their farms The result has been, as
has been stated. to paralyze the wire
fencing industry. Farmers of Indiana
have decided that they viii not pay
the trust its robber prices, and are dis
cussing the enormous inuity of the
Republican tariff which fosters such
plundering corporations as the wire
trust. They say that law which en-
ables a combination of capital to per-
petrate such colossal robberies Of the
farmers as the wire trust has in
f1icted upon them ought to be abol-
ished, and since this cannot be ac-
complished while the Republican par
ty is in power, change in party con-
troll OF the government has become an
absolute necessity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
LANDSLIDE TO BRYAN.
REPUBLICANS FLOCKiNO TO
THE DEMOCRATIC STANDARD.

wellington. Egnn, Davis. Monet, scburz.
olnsy, Wilson and Hendricks of Others
of Like Prominence Cannot Endorse
imperialism.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

What is in store for Indiana farmers
provided the wire trust continues its
plundering policy? There are, accord
ing to the estimate made. 10000 so
acre farms in Indiana, which under
favorable conditions would have wire
fences.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
THE FARMERS AND THE WIRE
TRU5T.

The figures in the following article
apply to Indiana as far as acreage and
area is conceIasd. The moral of the
article. however. will be readily seen
by the farmer wherever he may be
found
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25

sistency, his manifest sincerity. his
brilliant defense Of the principles Of
self-goyernment have allied me with
increasing admiration and confidence
in his statesmanship."
William Birney. son OF the old lib
erty party's dead leader. has declared
that he will SUPPORT BRYAN in the pres
ent campaign.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-25
American people

who nibbld at the
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
A Great Democratic Occasion.

Tennessee democrats will be right
in the procession when the union
rally of the democratic clubs takes
place on October 81. The rally
will be held in Nashville and among
the speakers who have been invited
are Gov. Gambler, of Georgia, Sen
ator Bacon, of Georgia, Senator
Ben Tillman, of South Carolina,
Senator II. d. Money and Congress
man John Sharp williams, of Mis-
sissippi and Senators Pettus and
Morgan, of Alabama. The work of
organizing democratic clubs is pro-
crossing rapidly. Col. Denton, who
has charge of the work, said today:
cat present there are about 24O
clubs reported at headquarters and
enrolled with a membership of
about $4,000 or 40, 900. The work
is being very vigorously pushed in
the majority of the counties of the
state and it is expected that the en-
rollment this week will be very
much larger than in any of the
preceding weeks of the campaign.
There are no doubt many clubs al
ready organized and in working
order from which we have failed to
receive a report. Quite a large
number of clubs have been organ
lied in the past few days" Mash
vile Special to Commercial, Oct. Is.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
Rouss Withdraws Offer.

Charles Broadway Rouss has an.
nouneed the withdrawal of his offer
of 81, 100000 to any one who can
restore his eyesight. He said yes
terday that all hope was now gone
and that he had made up his mind
that he must remain blind to the
end.
Mr.. Rouss suffers with paralysis
of the optic nerve. The eyes are
dead so far as sight is concerned,
and the greatest specialists in the
world have told him that his trouble
is absolutely incurable. Since the
publication of his offer he has been
besieged by hundreds of alleged
healers, Christian Scientists, divine
healers, hypnotists, second sight
seers, and pretenders of every kind.
Instead of placing himself at their
tender mercies, Mr.. Rouss hired
James j. Martin, a poor man, who
is afflicted exactly as he is, and on
whom the tests have been made.
Every cure failed, and Martin and
his employer are hopelessly blind.
Mr.. Rouss stated yesterday that
he had terminated his contract
with Martin, and under no circum-
stances would he investigate any
further tests. He is Ga years old,
and has been blind for FIVE years. =
New York Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26

THAT staunch old democratic
journal, the Reporter and Falcon,
of Somerville. says: "In every po-
litical contest there is more or less
enmity engendered against the sue
cessful candidate. Such feeling
should be. and nearly always is burr
ed as soon as the nomination is
made. The race for Congressman
for this district stirred up much of
this feeling of animosity, but now
that the nomination is settled all
good democrats, regardless of their
previous feeling in the matter,
should put their shoulders to the
wheel and roll up an old time ma
jority for Hon. M. r. Patterson,
the regular nominee for Congress,
as well as the entire democratic
ticket
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
It Happ ened in a Drug Store
]. A. WILSON, Jr.

"One day last winter a lady came
to my drug store and asked for a
brand of cough medicine that | did
not have in stock" says Mr.. G. r.
Grandin, the popular druggist of
Ontario, N. Y. "She was disap-
pointed and wanted to know what
cough preparation l could recon-
mend. / said to her that | could
freely recommend Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and that she could
take bottle of the remedy and after
giving it a fair trial if she did not
find it worth the money to bring
back the bottle and l would refund
the price paid. In the course of a
day or two the lady came back in
company with friend in need of a
cough medicine and advised her to
buy a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. ] consider that a very
good recommendation for the remedy"
1t is for sale by w. ]. Cox, Boil
var: j. w. Nuckolls, Toone.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26

EVERY true and loyal democrat in
Hardeman County, who believe in
equal rights to all, special privileges
to none, should come out to the
polls on the 9Th of November and
administer black eye to the nomi-
nees of the republican party
which has legislated and will con-
tinue to legislate in the interest of
a favored few.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
FLoTERIAL CONVENTION.

The Pictorial Convention held a
Ripley last week was largely attend
ed by delegates from the different
counties comprising the district.
The stormy time anticipated failed
to materialize. The situation wai
simplified by the withdrawal of Hon
r. II. Green the day before the con
vention assembled. Mr.. Moran,
Chairman of the Floterial Com
mittee, whose duty it was to call
the convention to order, failed to
put in his appearance, and by re
quest Mr.. George Young, commit.
teeman from Lauderdale, acted in
his stead. Three candidates were
presented-JOhn ID. w Gods, of Har-
deman; Gilmer p. Smith, of Shelby;
T. Bun Carson, of Lauderdale. On
the first ballot, ardeman's candi-
date received so votes-21 from
Hardeman, 81 from Upton, 8 from
Fayette. Lauderdale and Haywood
voted for Carson. Shelby cast its
vote solidly for Smith. After sew
eral ballots, Fayette presented a
candidate in the person of Mr.. T..
w. Crawford, who received the en-
tire vote of that county to the end.
Upton changed, first to Carson,
then to Crawford, then back to
Woods. Hardeman continued to
stand by Woods until the thirteen
ballot, when her vote was changed
TO Smith. On the 26th ballot,
Smith was nominated by Upton
County coming to his assistance.
The counties voting for the
other candidates gracefully swung
into line and his nomination was
made unanimous.
The nominee, Mr.. Gilmer P.
Smith, is a native of Hardeman,
now brilliant young attorney of
Memphis. For several years past
he has devoted much of his time to
the cause of democracy, acting as
secretary of the Congressional Com
mittee of the Tenth District, and
taking a prominent part in politics
in Shelby County. He is brainy,
ambitious, thoroughly understands
the needs and desires of the people
of the large and important district
he has been chosen to represent, and
when he goes to Nashville in the
of Pictorial Representative
from the Twentieth District (which |
he will do if he lives) we believe he
will take high rank among the law
makers of our state and reflect
credit on our district.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26

THE unterri6ed democracy of old
Hardeman will rally at Bolivar next
Thursday, November 1st. Col.
William III. Carroll, of Memphis,
democratic elector for the Tenth
District, will be present TO preach
the pure gospel of democracy. He
is one of the most gifted and eloqu-
ent men in the State, comes from an
ancestry noted for devotion to prin-
ciple, who have shed luster upon
the fair name of Tennessee.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
Mp Z n Mitchell has req

Mr.. r. N. Mitchell has received
notice from the Comptroller that the
taxes due the State from Hardeman
County for the year 1899, amount
ing to 81, 2O9. l6, have been paid in
full, and there remains to his credit
the sum of $27.64 over and above
the county's Indebtedness. If every
Trustee was as prompt in making
settlement as Mr.. Mitchell, the
Comptroller would be put to no I'M
necessary trouble and the State to
no extra expense.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26

DEMOCRATS of Hardeman, remem-
Der the beautiful silken banner pre-
sented to you several years ago by
the State Committee for making the
largest gains of any county in Ten
nessee. See to it, on the 9Th of
November, that that banner does
not trail in the dust.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26

READ what the Brownsville States
Democrat thinks Of our candidate
for Congress: "The democrats in
the Tenth District have a splendid
candidate of Congress. Hon, Ham
Patterson is one of the ablest and
cleanest young men in the State.
He should receive an immense ma
jority."