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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
USED In JEWEL by.
Consumption of Gold and SILVER In the
Arts and Manufactures. o

Consumption of Gold and Silver I'm the
Arts and Manufactures. q
The director of the mint at Washing
ton has for many years made an esti-
mate of the amount of gold and silver
consumed in this country in our indus
trial arts and manufactures, which
estimate has been based upon the bull
lion supplied by the minis and assay
Offices, as well as the figures from pri-
vate refineries and manufacturers to
whom inquiry has been sent on this
subject For the last decade, however
experts have seriously questioned thu
estimates of the coin in circulation and
coin consumed in the arts, as made by
the bureau of the mint on these figures
and on the table based on an elaborate
investigation made in 1885. To remove
all doubts on this subject and to ac-
curately determine the consumption
OF gold and silver, both bars and co n,
In the industrial arts in the United
States, the director Of the mint last
December, sent circulars to jewellers
throughout the country, asking as a
FAVOR that the jewellers fill out the
plank showing the amount of coin or
bars, gold or silver, which they con-
sumed, either in their repair work or
In manufacturing. The returns from
these Inquiries, though by no means
complete, served to make much more
accurate the figures on the consump-
ton OF gold and silver in the last re-
port of the director of the mint, and an
effort will now be made to obtain
even fuller returns for the next report
With this object in view a circular
and blank, similar to that sent out last
year, will be issued in January to all
manufacturers using gold or silver, as
well as to all jewelers., including those
VINO do even the smallest of repair
work, with the request that the re-
cipients fill in the figures required. In
doing this the jeweler may feel sure
that his figures will never be used
except in making a grand total and
Will be held strictly confidential by
the treasury department. Among the
reasons which it is believed caused
persons in the past to hesitate in an
sWering these inquiries was the fear
that they had, in using up coin, mad
vertently violated a statute and that
an admission of this fact might be used
against them. Such fear, however, is
absolutely without foundation, as
there Is no contention that the use OF
gold coin in manufacturers Is con-
trary to law. The only object in ask
ing for the information is to enable
che treasury department to estimate as
accurately as possible the money
now on hand by determining the
amount of United States coin lost an
nually by being melted up for manu-
featuring purposes. 1t is not claimed
that any manufacturer is required by
law to give the information, but, as
there Is no reason why he should not
and every reason why he should, for
the benefit of all 1t is confidently hoped
that the responses from the jewelry
trade to the departments new circular
soon to be sent out, will be as complete
and satisfactory as the authorities OF
the mint can desire.-Chicago News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
New Yorls,s Japanese paper.

japanese who reside in this city, says
the New York Sun, may now read the
news of the week in a paper published
here in their own language, for the
Japanese American Weekly News has
made it's modest appearance in the
newspaper world. At the head of the
first page, which would be the last in
an American paper, the name is given
in English and in Chinese characters.
In the latter, the sign for the sun rep
resents Japanese" and the sign for
rice does duty for American" The
Japanese do not pretend to suppose
that America is the original source of
rice, as they fancy Japan is the land
of the rising sun, but as me" the
most prominent syllable in america, ;"
is also the first syllable in "meshi,''
rice, the sign for rice has been adopt-
ed to represent the name of this coun-
try. The paper has four small pages,
which are autographed from hand
written copy, as is the case still with
many papers and periodicals in Japan.
This is very tedious and cumbersome
process, but the enterprise could not
support the considerable expense of
bringing from Tokyo the fonts of type
for the Japanese and Chinese charac-
ters. The columns are, as usual, lib
orally strewn with Chinese signs. still
dear to the Japanese, as a knowledge
of these ideographs is regarded as a
credential of education. 1t is a sort
of intellectual game, in which. the ideas
are represented by Chinese picture
signs, but are read in Japanese equi-
valents. Hajima Hoshi, whose name
in Chinese and Japanese means "Star-
Origin" is the proprietor, and the edi-
tor and publisher is Masatoshi Fuku-
toni of 212 West Sixty-seventh street.
Mr.. Hoshi is in his last year at Col
umbia university, where he is studying
political economy and the science of
government and law. The entire paper
news articles, market reports. edi-
torials, advertisements and plain or
ornate type-is the work of the ''fude"
or brush, of Mr.. Fukutomi, who writes
or copies everything. He has had to
try his hand at drawing barber signs,
glasses of beer and the American flag
for the advertisements. There are some
900 japanese in this city to read the
nd fran 5000 to 5000 in this
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
DECLINED WITH THANKS.
Famous writers Who Found 1t Difficult
to Dispose of Works.

Famous writers Who Found 1t Difficult
to Dispose of Works.
Young writer's who find it difficult
to place their work have no cause for
real Encouragement If they have
ability they'll win in the end. Rider
Haggard is said to have had his enor-
mously successful work, King Solo
mons Mines, rejected by two or three
publishers before its ultimate appear
ance, when it caught on at once and
was the beginning of his fame. Still,
1t Is hard to understand how book
like Vanity Fair could go to twenty
publishing houses, to be refused by
all. However, Thackeray believed in his
own work, and brought it out himself,
the result being fortune and fame.
Sartor Resartus was rejected by all the
chief publishers of London, who treat
ed 1t with something approaching
scorn. Tom Jones, the novel which
opened up new field of fiction, and
to which Dickens acknowledged the
greatest Indebtedness, failed altogeth-
er to obtain publication until Fielding
had made a name as a dramatist.
Uncle Toms Cabin was refused by
dozen publishers, and 1t was at length
brought out in serial form by a week
ly paper. Afterward a small firm was
found to publish the tale at the usual
rate of percentage. Lorna Doone went
to many publishing houses before one
firm agreed to bring it out. Mr.. Barnes
of New York, was rejected by all the
American and London houses alike to
whom 1t was offered. Mr.. Gunter's
eventual decision was to publish the
story himself. 1t was an instant of
success and it is said that out of that
tale and Mr.. Potter of Texas the au-
thor made fortune running into six
figures. Even the inimitable Rudyard,
Kipling had difficulty in finding q
publisher for his first successful work,
Ii report is true, and now-well, there
Is perhaps no publisher in any English
speaking country who would not
jump at the chance of producing one
of the great mans books always pro-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
A FAMOUS OFFICER.
THRILLING SERVICE OF LIEUT..
D. n. JARVIS.
He Is Commander OF the United States
Revenue Steamer Bear and Congress
Has just Rewarded Him for Bravery
In Life Saving Within Arctic Circle.

A man upon whose breast there rests
medal, struck off by congress at the
special request of President McKin-
ley, for conspicuous bravery shown in
the succorlng OF human life In the Arc
tic circle, ia Lieut.. David H. Jarvis,
commanding the United States revenue
cutter Bear and whose remarkable ex-
periences as an officer of the United
States government in the far north
has made him one of the most famous
revenue officers in the marine service.
Although but S5 years old Lieut.. Jar
Wis is probably more familiar with our
northern territory than any other Off
Ger, having spent ten summers in
northern ATTITUDES.
During the past summer Lieut.. Jar
Wis spent most of his time at Nome
City, where as commander Of the u.
S. S. Bear he was the highest officer
Of the government in that adventure
GUS city and was really the law. The
story OF his mastery suppression of
what threatened to be an epidemic of
smallpox in that faraway mining camp
is familiar to all One Of the most
noted accomplishments of this famous
revenue officer was his heroic rescue
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
A SLAVE OF TOBACCO.
Love of the Weed One of the Weak
of the Great Carlyle.


Love of the Weed One of the Weak
nesses of the Great Carlyle.
AS is well known. Thomas Carlyle.
the great Scottish essayist and his
torian, was slave to tobacco. In his
home, his study or out of doors, de was
seldom seen without his pipe, and he
smoked the strongest tobacco he could
procure. During the last part of his
life he was a sufferer from insomnia.
and his friend, Sir Charles Gayen
Duffy, once suggested to him that one
who suffered SO much from sleepless-
ness and indigestion ought not to
smoke so constantly. Carlyle replied
that he had once given up smoking for
an entire year at the instance of doc
tor, who assured him that his only all
ment was too much tobacco At the
end Of the year he was walking one
evening in the country, so weary that
he was hardly able to crawl from tree
to tree, when he suddenly determined
that whatever was amiss with him
that fellow at least did not under
stand it." and he returned to tobacco
and smoked afterward without let or
hindrance. In his latter days he used
clap pipe made in Dublin and known
as the Repeal" He was unable to
renew the supply and Sir Charles Duffy
assured him that these pipes were
strictly reserved for believers in Irish
nationality and promised him supply
II he qualified in the ordinary man.
ner. Carlyle never qualified.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
When he declares that he will eat


The sensation Of an ordinary severe
shock of electricity is familiar to the
majority of people and is not especially
peculiar, but Knockout dose of the
current is something entirely differ
ent. l was splicing a connection in a
power-house and mistook an arc-light
feeder, which had sagged down, for a
dead wire. I had a pair of pliers in
my left hand, and attempted to push
it out of the way with them. So much
l remember perfectly. Then all of a
sudden | had most extraordinary SEN
sation. | felt as if my blood were ex-
,panding and swelling every vein in
my body to the last pitch of tension
The great arteries in my neck seemed
to stretch until they were as big
around as ship cables, and were suffo-
eating me with their PRESSURE; and l
had the same bursting feeling in my
eyeballs, my nostrils and even in the
roots of my hair. All this came over
me with terrific swiftness, but 1t was
nothing like stroke Of lightning or
the twinkling of an eye. On the con-
trary, several seconds seemed to elapse
and the feeling was SO entirely different
from what had always imagined it
would be. that it never entered my
mind that l had been shocked by a
high power current. Then, as nearly
as | can describe it, my overstrained
tissues appeared to give way, some
thing exploded in my brain like a hun
dred-ton gun, and everything became
black. Almost Immediately, it seemed,
l opened my eyes and found myself
ON the floor, fully conscious, but very
weak. AS a matter Of fact, had been
hurled dozen feet. What imagined
had consumed at least a tenth of a
second had possibly occupied a thou
sandth part of a second, and l had
been unconscious fully two hours. My
experience simply shows that we have
often observed in dreams. that under
abnormal conditions the brain loses all
conception of time. am pretty posi-
tive, from questioning a number of
people, that everybody who survives a
shock from a current over a certain
voltage has an experience very similar
to my own.-Times-Democrat
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04

part OF the United States. Mr.. Hoshi,
the proprietor, is a japanese of the
most advanced school. He is an ar
dent believer in Japan much more
modern and newer even than the new
Japan of Count Ito and the present
mikado. Among other reform move
ments he is enlisted in the cause of
the Romaji Kwai, or the society which
is laboring for the substitution by the
Japanese of the Roman letters for the
different kinds of kama" or native
characters, and the Chinese signs. He
wants the Japanese to spell out their
words instead of drawing convention
allied picture of ideas. Mr.. Hoshi ex-
poets to adopt Roman type entirely in
his paper after May, 1901, and will
abandon the use of kama" and Chinese
signs. He completes his course in Col
umbia this session, and will spend at
least two years in newspaper work
here before resuming in Europe his
travels and studies; and he is desir-
Gus of promoting the adoption of the
Romaji by using 1t in his paper and by
AAobi tDhIilA5 lhS lditGi DIS OlOaQlJ dH
possible among the Japanese in this
country and in Japan.
He thinks that nearly all of his coun-
trymen in the United States and Can
ada can easily read the Romaji, and
that there are at present at least 1907
600 persons in Japan who understand
1t fully and nearly a million more who
understand it in part Among these
more than million of Japanese the
Romaji Kwai expects to transform the
inartistic, illegible script of the Japan
csc into the neat and clear Roman type
now used by the great body of civilized
peoples. But Mr. Hoshi has another
idea, worthy of true feformer of
language. He thinks that the use of
the Roman type for the japanese may
lead to still more extensive borrowings
of English words. and that. ultimately,
the Yankees of the east" and the
Yankees of the west, together with the
British, Canadians, Australians and
South Africans. will speak the same
anguage-English, the true lingua
franca of the future
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
licenses ISSUED to chllarsn.

Nearly twelve hundred boys and
girls are licensed by the city council of
Liverpool to sell matches, newspapers,
bootlaces, etc., upon the streets. Be
fore the licenses are granted consent
must be obtained of parents and guard
ians, as well as of the local school Of
ficials. The age limit for girls is from
eleven to sixteen years, and for boys
from eleven to fourteen years. No child
is allowed to peddle in the streets ar
ter 8 o'clock in the evening. All must
be decently clad and free from physical
defects. No business must be done dur
ing school hours.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04

The few smallpox cases in this city
have bred an astonishing crop of ru-
mors, says the New York Sun. A wo-
man created a disturbance in one OF
the largest dry goods stores in New
York a week ago by expressing the
suspicion that a slight rash on the face
OF the girl who waited on her was
smallpox. A physician was summoned
and he pronounced the girl we'll. The
mere suspicion which had been ex-
pressed by the woman in voice loud
enough for other women to hear, was
the basis of report which went all
over town that one of the employees
of the store had been taken home suf,
fering from smallpox.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04

OF crew of iwprisoned wnalers
caught in the ice at Point Barrows in
lie fall of 81. Starting with a small
party Lieut.. Jarvis succeeded In doing
what no white man had hitherto ac-
complished-making his way overland
In the fury of an Arctic winter,
through seemingly endless wastes of
Ice and snow. and arriving at Point
Barrows in time to save the lives of
the icebound whalers. 1t was for that
brave deed that he was awarded the
medal by congress.
Lieut.. Jarvis, whose home is in New
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
FUEL FROM sAwpusr.
Austrian Firm Makes a Profitable Bush
ness of 1t.

ness of 1t.
The increasing scarcity and DEAFNESS
OF the ordinary kinds of fuel are lead
ing European manufacturers to the
consideration of various new products
and combinations which may serve in
place of coal and wood. The Ameri-
can consul at Coburg reports that saw
dust Is being used extensively in that
country for fuel purposes. The saw
dust is impregnated with a mixture
OF tar and heated to the proper tenn
perature. 1t is then passed over
plate of iron heated by steam from
which screw conyeyor takes it to a
press, where it is made into bricks of
the required SIZE One American fam
lily produced last year over ZOO, 900
of these bricks, costing about 16 cents
thousand, and selling at from 95
cents to 81. This suggests the ques-
ton why the dust turned out in such
vast quantities by the great sawmills
of our numbering regions, most Of
which now goes to waste, might not
be converted into a salable product.
for both domestic and foreign use. If
compressed into hard bricks. as in the
American process, the difficulty of
transportation raised by the bulkiness
of the sawdust would be largely elimi-
mated. 1859
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
Monologue. Not Argument.

The late Charles Keene, the artist OF
Punch, used to describe with great de-
light the method of a certain man
whom he called "a pothouse Ruskin.
This person was sitting with a friend
in an inn parlor and was haranguing
the other man on matters in general.
Finally the friend ventured mildly to
interpose an objection. The speaker
drew himself up with much dignity. 81
amt a-arguing with YOU" said he, Pm
a-telling YOU
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
A ao-Year-old aensral.

General Sir Henry Daubeney, @. G..
B., of the British army, has celebrated
his Goth birthday, and, notwithstand-
ing his great age, is In the enjoyment
of fair health. He rendered distin-
guished services in the Crimea, and but
for the regulations then In force would
be the holder of the Victoria cross.
He was recommended for the honor by
Gen. Pennefather. but was ineligible
owing to his being a regimental field
officer, those holding that rank at that
time being barred from receiving the
distinction.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04

The marriage landau of the queen of
the Netherlands is on exhibition on
the premises OF carriage builder in
the Boulevard Haussmann, In Paris.
1t has been sent thither to be refined,
but has already been used by her maj
esty Wilhelmina on few state oc-
casions- 1t Is painted in cream color,
"Vernis Martin of great purity of
tint; the box seat, the springs and
the hubs of the wheels are of a rich
orange; the new Innings are of white
brocade, and the queen will, they say
have eight white horses, with orange
colored trappings. 20 take her to
church on her wedding day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04

A novel still for the making Of
Imoonshine whisky was recently dis
covered in the mountains of Maryland,
1t was concealed In an oven standing
out in plain view in yard, and from
the holiness of It's position had long
gone Undecided. ms do the oven
was a movable copper still, which
could be taken out in times of peril,
lothery all suspicious could be al
layed by innocently using the oven to
bake bread.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
Some Curious Connt....,.-

One ingenious individual WIZ
rowly escaped prosecution awhile agol
for counterfeiting rare eggs and se,,,nU
the bogus specimens to museums ans
private collectors, has recently turnad
up with exquisltely llfelike photograph bs
OF BIRDS which in reality are nrodupaa
py .ne nelp OF stuffed specimens artla-
, rloaliy attitudinized with wires-sat-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04

One Sunday evening rough-cast
man rose in the Reform Club meeting
and said Il believe in owning up.
When | get into trouble by making a
fool Of myself or by letting somebody
else lead me out of the way. l amt
sgoin' to shirk the blame. ] am soin'
to take my own load on my own shout
ders. | shall just speak UP and say,
II, Bill Pike, did thatl'" There's an
example, as well as rebuke, for sew
eral kinds of whimpering sinners. in
high places and in low.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04

Engineers of the cableship engaged
In repairing the cable from Galveston
10 the Mexican coast found that the
cable was destroyed by a submarine
earthquake and the catastrophe at Gal
weston may have been due to the
same cause. The destruction of deep
sea cables by earthquakes is SO com
mon that it attracts little attention
nowadays. In the East Indian archi-
pelago submarine earthquakes are SO
common that they are reckoned among
the chief causes of the destruction of
cables.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
REV. M. r. KERR.

to agree with the pastors idea as to
the failings of the rich in the line of
duty. One thing is certain-Mr. Kerr's
peculiar methods have succeeded in
enlarging the church membership by
forty within two and a half years and
In greatly augmenting the attendance
at morning and evening services.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04

The more one thinks about wireless
telegraphy the more amazing 1t seems.
BY Marconps method, messages are
sent over, or through, mountain
ranges; and the curving segment Of
the earth, covered by the ocean, does
not prevent communication between
ships sixty miles apart. Still more
marvellous is 1t that simultaneous mes
sages can be transmitted by ''tun-
ing the instruments so as to produce
a difference In the vibrations; but II
has long been known that countless
waves of light and sound can pass
and repass, crossing each other in
every conceivable direction, without
the least interference
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04

In the state archives at Rome IL has
been found that the X-rays may sue
cessfully exhibit the writing on manu-
scripts concealed in old book covers
whenever this writing is done in red
lead. ultramarine blue or cinnabar.
They are being used also in attempts
ito detect forgeries of paintings and
In efforts to discover signatures of old
masters in paintings alleged to have
been produced by them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04

I'm wood. near Palnofa, on the edge
of the Northern Csrpathians, a wom-i
ssh went to gather sticks, leaving her
baby in secluded spot. Upon her re-
turn she saw two great eagles bearing
away her child, whons they had dis
membered. Upon hunt being made
by the inhabitants, the bones of the
baby were found In the eagles nest
On the rocks amid the snow.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-04
RILEY AND VIOLIN.
why the Hoosier Poet Has Weakness

why the HoosIer Poet Has weakness
for the Instrument.
1t has been noticed that at all the
entertainments given by James Whit
comb Riley there is always a violin
solo on the program. There is never
an exception to the rule. His manager
says that the custom is followed out
of Difference to Riley, although 1t is
not known that he ever requested such
favor. There is story back of that.
1t appears that Riley's ambition early
In life was to be a violinist. He is quot
ed as saying that an accident spoiled
a mighty fine fiddler to make a second
rate poet, but then people may not
agree with him on that score. When
he was young man he exercised a I'D
die good deal. 1t is said that when
he began practicing out on the front
porch the neighbors went in and closed
the doors and windows, no matter how
hot 1t might be. but that may be a
Islander. At any rate, Riley wanted to
be violinist, and was getting greatly
wrapped up in his studies when he met
with an accident which caused the loss
of his left thumb. This made it i'm
possible for him to pursue his violin
practice, and the songs that were
struggling for utterance through the
medium of the violin found escape
through verse, and the world is better
off on account of the accident. Riley's
managers know of his weakness for
the fiddle. and that is the reason there
Is always violin solo in the entertain
ment program.-Chicago News.