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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
WHEN THE EXPECTED HAPPENS
More Humorous than Even the Most
SanguIne Could Expect.

More Humorous than Even the Most
sanguIns Could Expect.
An old "sea-gotng' hack went clat-
tering up Broadway. On the box with
the driver were three weather beaten
trunks and a little barrel, stoutly
roped. Inside the ancient vehicle was
a man who looked like foreigner, and
from one window stuck the legs of a
high chair. The driver seemed to be
guiding his venerable steeds with his
eyes shut. The hack rocked from side
to side like ship in distress, and
creaked and groaned ominously 1t
was the rusty "one-hoss shay come
back to earth with four wheels instead
of two, says the New York Mail and
Express. Every one looked for some
mishap and it came.
At Canal street the carriage swerved
sharply to the left, and one decrepit
wheel caught in the car track. There
was crash and scream, and two
pantalooned legs suddenly descended
to the pavement through the big rent
in the bottom of the carriage The
driver, too absorbed to notice any
thing chirruped to his horses, and the
hack went rolling through Canal
street at a top speed of five miles an
hour. while the two legs tried to keep
apace with the rapidly revolving
wheels.
Yells and profane protests and ap-
peals for help in steady stream came
from the windows of the vehicle, but
the driver paid no attention to them
until he reached West Broadway. Then
he slowly descended from the box,
crawled under the carriage, pushed
the legs back, went back to his seat
and turned his horses north.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
FrugaIlty IN German Army.

Small as is the wage received by the
German soldier, yet the army regula-
lions guard it jealousy, for frugality is
part of the training. Each soldier
places his money in a little bag sus-
pended from string around his neck.
At any time during inspection the Off
Ger may demand to have the bags
opened, and If it is found that any SOL
der spends his six cents day wages
too rapidly-think of the wild dissi-
patton which might be had for six
cents day!-he is reprimanded and
punished. He must make his wages,
small as they are, cover his expenses;
he must not spend them instantly for
beer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

II there were no such things as time
locks Presbyterian church at Mount
Joy, Pa, would be $500 richer than it
Us. Rev. David Conway, while pastor
was thrown from his carriage last year
and fatally injured. Knowing that
death was near he made will leav-
ing $4,000 to the church, but learning
that under state law requests must be
made thirty days before death he
signed an order on local bank giving
to the church $500 worth of bonds he
had on deposit. This was in the even
ing, and as the bank vaults were pro-
tected by time lock the bonds could
not be delivered till next morning. Be-
fore that time Mr.. Conway was dead
The banker held the securities pending
legal decision, which has just been
given, to the effect that the bonds must
be added to the estate and divided
among Mr.. Conway's relatives.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

A proud, independent man was once
heard to say: Il rely entirely upon
myself. never ask favor of any
one. Now, fortune might turn against
this man some day; then his pride
would desert him; necessity might
force him to ask a favor of the very
man whom in the days of his prosper
ity he had despised.
Fancy never asking a favor! Why,
1t simply means one Is friendless, for
in asking a favor one virtually grants
one. Between friends there Is no
sense of obligation when one goes to
the other and says, please do this or
that foi me-" for the one who claims
the service knows 1t will be pleasure
to the other to render 1t, having him
self experienced the happiness of being
able to help those whom he loves. Real
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

-, ,nade ia familiar Fiercer. more
sorm,dable looking animals might be
dimcult to discover; more harmless
ones cannot be found at all. They
never dream Of biting, and their only
dosoreo when brought to bay is to
so,,irt few drops of fluid from their
nostriIs Their habits are as peculiar
as is their appearance. Though ex-
tremely numerous along the rocky
coaets Of their native islands, they are
eoldom seen more than twenty sr thir-
~ feet from shore, though as might
he expectod, they are perfectly at
home in the sea-swlmming by serpen-
fine undulating movements OF the
dattened body and tail, and moving
without apparent effort, gracefully and
swiftly through the water, with Their
limbs. which they do not use in
swimming, pressed closely to their
sides. Yet, strange as 1t may-and
certainly does-appear, it is neverthe-
less a fact that you cannot drive one
of these creatures which happens 20
be ashore. into the sea. Try it and
the big fellow scampers off in any d.
rection but that you would naturally
suppose he would take, toward what
would almost seem to be his natural
element. He will hide, as occasion
serves, in creyices, he will dodge be-
hind powders, he will double and
turn, and if nothing else will do. rush
between your feet and upset you, or
climb the almost perpendicular face
of the rock; but into the water he will
not co. he will even allow himself
to be captured If it comes to choice
between that and plunging into the
sea, where he could so easily escape.
IT, having caught him, you manage to
drop him from some overhanging rock
into the water, he incontinently swims
ashore as fast as he can. Thus in
carnate nightmare of reptile, living
upon seaweed, and incapable of harm
ing living creature, is, perhaps, as
perfect an example and proof as exists
Of the fallacy Of judgment founded
merely on appearances.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
To Harness tho nrl..ou..,

Yankton, S. D., Spe. New York
Times: M. R. Muth, mechanical en-
gineer and inventor, has solved anpar-
entity the problem of Harvesting the
immense power of the Missouri, riwar
which rs now going to waste. and using
II for practical purposes. An examine
tion OF Muth's invention showed aim
PIE looking machine, made to work
under the current SO that the Ice win.
not interfere with Its usefulness A,
four-foot wheel on experiment Yields
a tested pressure of 200 pounds With
the probability of greater power when
perfected. This brings within nrob.
abilities power great enough TO nump
Missouri river water into the clty FOR
drinking and fire purposes. and also
ror manufacturing and lighting nur-
poses. The wheel has already baan
submitted for examination to leading
experts who pronounce IL entirely
practical and capable of accommodating
all Its inventor claims for 1t.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
Spontaneous Combustion In Hay.

One of the officials of the weather
bureau has been looking up the subject
of spontaneous combustion in hay. He
states that fermentation in moist hay
may and sometimes does raise the
temperature to 374 degrees F. at which
temperature clover hay will ignite, and
suggests as the best means Of prevent
ing spontaneous combustion such ar
rangements as will produce rapid
and complete ventilation which will
keep the oxidizing and fermenting sub
stances cooled down.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Mr.. arf Mrs. Paul Reicke of Califor-
MIA are in charge of signal station on
the brow of lofty peak in the Sierra
Nevada mountains, where they keep
sharp lookout, field glass in hand for
nres which might break out in the
snowsheds that skirt the railroad
through the rocky wilds. If small
flame should pass unnoticed for an
hour the whole chain of sheds might
DE consumed and the tracks endan-
gered. The woman watches by day
and the husband by night.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Lorney L. Salley. 7O-year-old vet
eran of the civil war living at Free
port, Ind. received a pension of S25
per month and applied for an increase
to $40. There was some irregularity
In his AFFAIRS and these were discovered
when his application was considered.
The result was that his entire pension
was taken away. The old man brood
ed over the matter and began to fail
rapidly. He absolutely refused all food
for weeks, and died on Thanksgiving
day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
neaths from cun-shot wounds.

Brighten. George r. Sternberg, sur
geon-general of the army, has prepared
for insertion in his annual report some
interesting comments on comparis ons
of gun shot wounds received by Amer
lean soldiers in the Spanisil-American
and Philippine wars with wounds in
flicted by the heavier bullets used in
the civil war. The deduction drawn
from comparative records is that the
small caliber bullet of today is less
deadly than the old-time musket ball.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
SEA LIZARD.
LINEAL DESCENDANT OF PRE-
HUMAN WORLD MONSTERS.
He Is Found in tho Galapagos Archtpel-
ago In tho Pacific ocean-Hls Scion
tinc Name Is Iguanida Ambly rlynehus
Cristatus.

J. Carter Beard, in an interesting
article in Truth, tells of the wonderful
animals peculiar to the Galapagos Ar
chipelago, in the Pacific Ocean, and
mentions among others, the Galapagos
sea lizard, which, to quote the author
is lineal descendant Of the monsters
of the old, prehuman world, and, to
some extent, attests his descent by his
size as well as by his looks, for the
creature is almost. or quite, five feet
long. 1t may be added that his scien
tific name is, in its, way, almost as
long and ugly as himself-Iguanida
amblyrkynchus cristatus. The creature
is black, or almost black, in color; his
body, including the tail, is flattened
like that of a fish. He is furnished
with a crest of well developed spines,
reaching from the nape of his neck to
the extremity of his caudal appendage
His color, his shape, and his armament
of scales, the cruel, malignant glare of
his reptilian eyes, his truncated trucu-
lent, bull dog shaped head with its
helmet of conical projections, and his
enormous mouth. that looks fit to
breathe out fire and smoke, after the
manner of his kind in song and story
seem to perfectly adapt him to his
place among the impossible creations
of heraldry, or to perform his part in
a representation of st. George and the
dragon; or, perchance, to make rea
one of those more or less imaginative
reconstructions of extinct monsters,
with which books of pseudo-science
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22


friendships are perhaps not as plentt-
lui as they might be, and it may be
that our pride often hinders their
growth. We may have q strong liking
Tor some one in a rather better posi-
tion than ourselves which feeling is
reclprocated; but we nip in the bud the
friendship that seems likely to grow
up because, as we say, all the benefits
would be on one side: we are always
accepting kindnesses and can never
return them.
what folly! Think of the ideal
friendship between David and iona
than. Was not the case the game
there? Yet the thought never hinder
ca tnelr love, for each knew that the
otner mad the heart and the win to do
likeWlse Whenever he accepted an act
OF Kindness, and that in acceptiug IL
he conferred a favor.
We all know what Shakespeare sa.,s
Oh mercy: 1T is twice blessed. It
piesseth him that gives and him that
taxes, and we should do well IN re-
member that the same is the case in
tne matter OF favors. Between friends
these should be given and taken freely
ana gladly, for dependence on one an
other is law of our nature. and on
Wnom would we more willingly be de-
pendent for help and sympathy in time
OF need than on those whom we call
triends?-New York Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
United States Fortunate
in Producing q Vast
Quantity of this Metal

only small part of the metal she con-
sumes. OF all the copper mined, the
United States produces more than one
half and Spain and Portugal about
one-fourth. About half the copper
mined here is sold abroad and half OF
this is returned for conversion at the
Atlantic reaneries into plates and wire
for foreign use. Although the worlds
production of copper has increased
about one-third in the past decade, the
demand has grown faster, being swoll-
en- constantly by the expansion of the
electric industries. Next to silver.
copper is the best conductor OF heat
and electricity; and with the vast de-
velopment of the telegraph and tele-
phone services and the new use of cleo
tricity to transmit power and thus
supplant the horse and the steam en-,
CINE, the demand for the metal steadily
grows. In addition to the large use of
the metal for electrical purposes. enor-
nous quantities also are allowed with
zinc in the production of brass. which
next to iron is the most important
metal used in the arts. And conner
goes with tin to make bronze.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
sx- NJ. SWEET, Publishes.

OF the 46,9SS deaths which occurred
In Paris for the year 1890, no less than
1884. hence about one-fourth, were
due to consumption; 372 per cent of
these persons died between the ages of
i and 20, COZ per cent between those
of 20 and 40.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

A market woman named jacques, in
trying to entrap mouse in the fire.
place of her lodgings in Paris, pulled
out loose brick behind which the
mouse had sought refuge, and was as
tonished to find a parcel consisting of
notes, cash and securities to the value
of 10000 francs. She at once took her
find to the police station, and will be
entitled to claim 1t In years time
unless the owner comes forward and
proves his right to the fortune in the
meantime. Within half an hour OF
4 her discovery becoming known the
finder had an offer of marriage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

afterward inoculated in some guinea
pigs, all of which died with well-mark-
ed signs of tuberculosis. Against so
subtle an enemy as tuberculosis no
precaution can safely be neglected.
The moral of the experiments to which
we have referred is that postage
stamps are not to be recommended
either as hobbies or as mural decora-
lions except under antiseptic precau-
tons"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Several Of the European general
STATS are studying the feasibility of or
ganlzing special corps something after
the Boer model. The principal diiricul-
ty lies in the limited supply of horses
at the command of the various govern
ments, with the exception Of Russia.
The last equine census in that country
is stated to have shown considerably
more than 100000 horses fit for war
purposes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22
LADY OF BOOKS.
Mrs. Walker tho Owner of Many Rare
Volumes

Volumes
One of the most enthusiastic book
collectors among English ladies is
Mrs. w. Hall Walker, whose beautiful
home, the Gateacre grange, near Liv-
erpool, contains one of the most valu-
able libraries. In addition to rare
books picked up during her travels
throughout the world, and a friend
ship library, each book in which bears
an autograph, Mrs. Walker has the
most complete collection in the world
of the relics and writings of the Sheri-
dan family, says the Philadelphia Led
ger. Her interest in these famous
Sheridans is not purely literary one,
for she is the daughter of Algernon
Brinsley Sheridan of Frampton court,
Dorsetshire, and the great-great-
granddaughter of Richard Brinsley
Sheridan, author of 1.-THE Rivals" Her
great-aunts were the beautiful Sheri-
dan sisters, famous In London as the
three graces-Helen, Lady Dufferin,
the Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Norton,
and Georgina, duchess of Somerset,
granddaughter of the beautiful Eliza
beth Linley, whose portrait by Gains
borough justifies her great reputation.
Mrs. Walker is beautiful woman her
self, and has inherited the wit, talent
and the grace of her famous ancestors.
On her mothers side she is the grand
daughter of John Lothrop Motley, the
author of "The Rise of the Dutch Re-
public" and, consequently, the niece
of Lady Harcourt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

The castle in which Oswald d'Aur-
meme, a Belgian artist, has offered Mr..
Kruger home was built by monks 300
years ago as convent. 1t has had a
varied career, former owner having
entertained royalty in it, and was
bought only a few years ago by M.
d'Aurmene, who is wealthy. and re-
stored all the old splendor. besides in
shutting all modern conveniences and
comforts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Workman digging a ditch nea,
Round Prairie, In Logan county, o.
have just uncovered one of the finest
and best preserved mastodon skele
tons yet found in that state. Unfor
tunately they damaged one of the en-.
ormous tusks before they knew what
1t was. The tusk is nine feet in diam
eter at the socket end.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

An Alabama geologist who has been
prospecting in the neighborhood Of
Decatur says he has found unmistak-
able traces Of gold and phosphate
within fifteen miles of the city named.
He refuses to divulge the exact loca-
ton, as he is operating for the pur-
chase of the lands and the organization
of a stock company.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Fresh excavations on the eastern
slopes of Vesuvius have brought to
iight a vast edifice, "a rooms of which
have been disinterred, and the walls OF
which are covered with frescoes of a
date anterior to Pompeii and of great
beauty. The director of the Berlin
Museum Is on the spot, and 1t is re-
ported that the Kaiser has offered
100000 for the find"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

This Ia true story of a 17-year-old
girl, who suddenly leaped from poverty
to wealth through will made by an
eccentric old man who made large
fortune in the butcher business and
then retired to Islip, N. Y, to enjoy
his ease. This good friend of the
beautiful heiress. Miss Fannie L'Hom-
medieu, of Islip, to whom he bequeath-
ed nearly one-half of a million of dol
lars, was Mr.. Thomas e. Broadway,
the second husband of Miss Fannies
grandmother. He died in 1897, and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Remember that your brushes nosa n
Weekly Weekly washing and daily airing.
Never leave them on the toilet tabia
where the dust and germs In the room
can fall on them. WV
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Theosophists in Germany now num-
Der 1000 Beer may yet become the
favorite tipple of the Mahatmas.-Ex-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

the will case has been in the courts
ever since.
More than seventy claimants ap-
peared to contest the will. but at last
by the decision of Judge Wilmot Miss
Fannie comes in possession of prop
erty worth 100000. She was always
good and affectionate to the aged rich
man. and the best of 1t is she never
thought of gaining anything by it..
However, she has been amply reward
ed for her sweet kindness to an appre-
ciative distant relative.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-22

Christine
an friend a
t nsmaupd
O. the Contf
The National tribune., 1901-07-11
PERSONAL.

NJ. D. Sterritt, Co. d, 121st Ohio, de-
liyered Il very excellent Memorial Day ad-
dress at Florissant, Colo, which is pub
lished in full in the Florissant Eagle.
Hon. James VI. Dalzell, known better
as Private DalzeIl, has been transferred
recently to the Treasury Department, and
now resides with his family in Washing
ton, d. G.
Comrade C. II. Cowdin, Co. |, 3ith
Ohio, is the proprietor of the Register, at
Rockford, Mich, one of the brightest and
best country papers in the State, which
he established in 1871. He began his
apprenticeship to the printing business in
1S47, in the Office of the Lima (O) Re
porter, Whig paper, printed on one of
the old-fashioned Ramage presses, which
have now disappeared so utterly that few
printers can remember to have seen one.
Col. Julian Scott, the well-known artist.
died at his home in Plainfield, n. j., July
4. Col. Scott was born at johnson, Vt
Feb. 10, 1916. When the war broke out
he enlisted in the Sd Vt. as a musician.
Later he was appointed on the staff of
Gen. "Baldy" Smith. He was one of the
first men TO receive Il medal of honor for
bravery on the battlefield. At the close
of the war Col. Scott entered the Academy
of Design in New York and finished his
studies in Paris.
The National tribune., 1901-07-11
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OSh OE
figures only fall Sis, 100000 short of that
amount, and the monthly expectation, of
merchandise from the United States has
exceeded S120,000,000 since March l of
this year.
To products of agriculture is due the
credit for the greater portion of the in
crease in our exports during the present
year In the 10 months for which de-
tailed figures are available, products OF
agriculture were valued at SSH .J9l .95J.
and formed 65.53 per cent. of the total
domestic exports; last year they amounted
to $717.372, 746, and formed but G2.21 per
cent. of the total domestic exports. For
the same period Of this year manufactures
aggregated S339, ,3l0.y14, and formed
2740 per cent. OF the domestic exports,
while last year they We're S352, 81 ,206,
and formed 30.G0 per cent. of the value of
domestic exports. The exports of agricuI-
tural products for the full fiscal year will
be about 1865, 100000 as against $780,
S5S, 123 last year, while those of manu-
factures will be about S405, 100000, as
compared with $433, SOL, ,T56 last year.
This decrease in the expectation of manu-
factures is due chiefly to the following
causes: l. The war in China, to which
country our exports consisted largely Of
manufactured articles and to which
market alone our sales in 10 months de-
creased from $13,474, ,703 in 1900 to ST.,
70G, 13S in the present year. q The trans
fer of Hawii from the list of foreign coun-
tries to classification as n customs district
of the United States, necessitating the
omission from our exports OF all goods
passing between that island and the
United States and thus decreasing by ap-
proximately S1j,0000O0 Our exports for
the year; and, 3. The omission for similar
reasons of merchandise passing between
the United States and Porto Rico, to
which island we sent in the 10 months of
the present year merchandise valued at
S5,61i ,5S3, of which sum manufactures
formed an important part, cotton goods
alone representing over n million dollars