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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-27

The charges made by Tillman against McLaurin that he is a creature of the republican administration, all though protesting to be q democrat, seem to be pretty well grounded. Sey- eral of the papers about the country reiterate the charge that when the ad- ministration wanted vote on the Paris treaty question McLaurin was the Philadelphia Record. ''as asserted by Senator Tillman. that Senator Me Laurin was opposed to the Paris treaty. and that when q vote was bad Iy needed by the administration he was suddenly and mysteriously con yerted in it's favor. It is also . fact that immediately after this miraculous conversion Senator McLaurin became the dispenser of government patronage in South Carolina. He had the run of the departments, and postoffices and revenue co1lectorships in the state were at his exclusive disposal It is not yet forgotten how he undertook, as one of his first experiments, to seduce the venerable Wade Hampton with the Columbia, $. C.. postofice, and how the base attempt was repulsed. This did not seriously discourage him, as il would have discouraged any man pos
 sessed of a lingering sense of political decency. McLaurin is still making his l proffers of federal office and spoil tc every democrat in South Carolins
 whom he can thus convert into q too
 of his own and of the administration
 With all this he still keeps up the i'm
 pudent pretense of being q democra
 while supporting by speech and vot'
 every measure of the party ill power.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-27
Floods In Portugal.

LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 27. = The heavy rains have resulted in the food ing of number of villages on the banks of the river Tagus. The river Liz has burst it's banks, and the entire town of Leira is inundated to q depth of six feet Many buildings in the town have collapsed, and all traffic is carried on ill boats.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-27

When you want physic that is mild and gentle. easy to take and pleasant in effect use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price, 25c. Every box guaranteed. For sale by all drug gists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-27

All druggists will refund you your money if you are not satisfied after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They cure disorders of the stomach, biliousness. constipation and headache. Price, 25c.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-27
New YOrk&China TeaCO
 1s1 SOUTH MAIN ST. A Good Conversation
THIS IS IT.

"Good morning, Mrs McGinniss." "Well, | declare, Mrs Moriarty, is this yourself?" ''Begorra, it is, and may I ask you what brings you down town so early this morning, Mrs McGin- nissT' Faith, and will tell you, Mrs Moriarty. Fenton is giving ~ pounds of granulated sugar this week for S1.0O and he sells the best English Breakfast Tea in the city, so l am go. ing to give him the order and he will send it home for me, do you mind" "Begorra," says Mrs Moriarty, you are wise, and, bedad, I will follow suit myself" Such are the wise ideas of our customers and when they try our grades of different kinds of Teas and Coffees they are all satisfied.
 Fenton's Ceylon Teas are fine and cup of our Combination Coffee for 2oc will make you smile all day.
 20 lbs Granulated Sugar for $l.oO this week.
 Tho m as FenfOf1
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-27

Come and see us. Our plant is not the largest, but it is by far the most modern and best equipped printing office in the state. The Jackson Quick Print, 36 Platt block.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-27

C -A- 9 T GS z + Bears the Iha Kind You Have Always Bought ''sss'''' ss G>zHZzzsZg
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
PRESIDENT LINooLNs PRIVATE CAR.
A National Relic which Is Fast Going
to Ruin.

A National Relic Which Is Fast Going
to Ruin.
In the switch yards of the Union
Pacific railway at Omaha, standing in
the open air and rapidly going to de-
cay, is Lincoln's private car, a national
relic, which, says the Illustrated Rec
ord, should have been preserved for all
time. On the contrary it is all but
forgotten and gets no more notice than
the junk of the railroad scrap pile.
The old relic is AZ feet long and
81 feet wide. 1t was built at the Unit
ed States military car shops at Alex
andria, Va, during the latter part of
the war and was used by the enamel
pator on his visits to many points dur
ing the troubled-flled times of the civ
ic strife No one to look at the bat
tered old hulk now would recognize in
it what was the marvel of elegance
among early railroad equipment.
Originally there was but one en-
trance to the car, door in the cor
ner of one end on one side. Entrance
from this passageway. The rear room
was larger than the others, and was
used by President Lincoln for an Of
flee and study, and also as a reception
room, in which he received the gem
erals of the army. It is safe to say
that in this compartment Mr.. Lincoln
hastily wrote the notes for his famous
speech at the field of Gettysburg. At
any rate, the President occupied the
coach on his trip to Gettysburg on that
occasion.
The old, battered and Unlocking
hulk also carried President Lncoln's
remains from Washington 10 Spring
field, Ill. 1t was in this car that the
body lay during that memorable jour
ney which lasted from April u Il May
8, 1865. For some time after this the
car was placed in service and was used
as directors car, but it's great weight
caused by the armor plate, with which
it was protected, made it Objectionable
and it was removed to a shed in the
yards at Omaha. There it stood for
| JSo1oS pul, OhO ny OnS5 Iu6 DOdTuS
of the covering place vanished and to-
day, as above stated, the car is ex-
posed to all sorts of weather.
There was talk in 1898 of inaugural
ing a movement among the colored
population of the United States with
a view of securing funds with which
to purchase the car, restore it and to
provide for it suitable building in
Washington, where it might be pre-
served. Nothing, however, came of the
idea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
rHoMPsoNs ISLAND roAps.

There are not many toads on this
island, probably because they cannot
breed where there are not many pools
of fresh water, and that is the way it
is here About two and half months
ago, Mr.. Bradley, thinking it would
be a good thing to have some toads
down here, asked Mr.. Hart, the deputy
superintendent of the Concord reform
atory, to send us some. Mr.. Hart got
fifty toads and put them in box
about 2 feet long, IL feet wide and
inches deep, half full of moist loan,
with a wire screening stretched over
the top. They came one night and
we're taken up to the boys flower gar
dens, where thirty were let out. Every
boy was anxious to get one for his
garden. There were not enough to
go around, and so Mr.. Bradley let
the toads choose which boy should
own them. He drew a large circle
around the box and had the boys line
up to it. He then let the toads out one
by one. AS soon as one hoped out
to the circle, the boy in front of whom
it was could have it. AS soon as boy
got one he put it in his garden. The
next morning when they were looked
for only four were to be found; but
it was soon discovered where they
went. They bury themselves in the
earth and come out to feed or when it
is going to rain. The remaining TWEEN
ty were let lose in the flower beds on
the lawns. Later on another box Of
seventy toads came from Mr.. W. G..
Fancher, superintendent of the Stan
wood school at Topsfield, Mass. These
were put into the different vegetable
gardens on the farm. These animals
were got down here because they are
very useful in killing and preventing
the increase of noxious insects and
worms.-George G. Noren in Thomp-
sons Island Beacon, printed by the
boys of the farm school in Boston
| harbor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11

For six miles through the forest in
Hancock and Wood counties. Ohio,
may be seen wide swath through the
tree tops, the once open space being
grown thick with smaller timber. It
tells the story of Gen. Hull and the
army that blazed its way north to Fort
Meigs in the war of 1872 On several
farms near Findlay are still found Sec
tions of the old corduroy roadway
built of the tree trunks that were felled
to gain passage for the army. The
logs are well preserved and are found
from two to five feet under the soil. 1t
was at the close of that memorable
campaign that Col. Findlay camped on
the south side of Blanchards Fork of
the Auglaize and established the old
stockade fort named after him, Fort
Findlay
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11

Toby Jennie tells me young Woe ~
by proposed to her last night" vioia
II don't think l know him. La ne
well cf?" Tody-"He certainly is.
She refused him.
Mrs. De Blinks-"No, sir; you can
not have my daughter with my con-
sent. detest you and l wish / could
think of some way to make you mis-
cradle" Mr.. Hicks-"Well, then, why
not become my mother-in-law?
An Insignificant little pin in a wo-
mans belt often disturbs a mans men
tai poise.
MY dear, are you feeling any bet
ter?" asked her fond mother. Il dun
no." replied Dolly. rs tn jelly all
gomez" Eyes, dear" well, think
I am well enough to get up now"
Stern Parent-"Are you sure that
you can support a family?" His
Daughters Well-er-you see.
I wasn't making any calculations on
that just yet I only want the girl. you
know"
The youthful lawyers profession is
usually better than his practice.
The Bachelor-"But you should re-
member the old maxim, Marry in
haste and repent at leisure. The
Beredict-"Oh, man doesn't have any
leisure when he's married"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
Can Not starvo in Turkey.

No government, however, corrupt,
selfish, venal, extravagant, and exact
ing, can bring a population to starva-
ton in a land like Turkey. Grape
vines run all over the houses. The
Turkish vineyards are incompatible.
The poor Turk takes little trouble
about his agricultural implements. His
plow is much like that which Noah
must have used, for it is simply long
piece of wood, with a yoke of oxen at
one end of it and single handle at
the other. With this the rayah Just
scratches the soil. The crops are usu-
ally magnificent, but the waste is i'm
mense. Thousands of sheep flourish
on the vast pasture lands of the wide
valleys in Turkey Yet the people do
not eat voraciously of animal food.
They only need little lamb or mutton
to shred into fragments, that they may
stew it with rice into the delicious
dish called 'pilaff." The Turks relish
their glorious watermelons. They can
contentedly live as approximate vege-
tarians. No nation is at so little ex-
pense for dietetic commodities.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
A GRENAp1ER OF FRANCE.

No French soldier is more honoraoly
remembered than Latour d'Auvergne,
who belonged to a regiment of grena-
diers in the army of the great Napol-
con. His defense of the pass, single
handed, against an army of Austrians,
has made his name almost as memoir
able as that of Horatius, the brave
Roman who kept the bridge. It was
during the war with Austria in 1876,
and Latour d'Auvergne was a stalwart
young soldier of thirty years. During
a scout he learned that a detachment
of the enemy was pushing forward
with the intention of securing a noun
tain pass, to prevent an important
movement that the French army was
Austrians were but a few hours dis
tant, and Latour had no time to seek
the main army for assistance. He
knew thaS the pass was defended by
a force OF only thirty men, who were
stationed in an old stone mill that
commanded the route through the
mountains, and he made up his mind
to hasten on and warn them, and take
part in the defense. When he reached
the mil, however, he found it desert
ed. The soldiers, having heard of the
advance of the Austrians, had fed,
leaving the pass unguarded. Latour
understood military affairs well
CROUCH to realize the Importance of
holding the post, and he decided to de-
fend himself if he could. There were
plenty of arms and ammunition in the
mill, and he at once set about getting
ready for the expected attack of the
Austrians. In a short time they ap-
peared and demanded the surrender of
the place. Latour refused and the
struggle began. There were thirty
muskets in the mill, and these he kept
loading and discharging, giving the
Austrians the impression that quite a
force was defending it. They kept up
a close fire on it, however, and several
times attempted to carry it by storm.
The sharp defense, however. forced
them each time to retire with great
loss. Finally, when his gunpowder
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
HERE.s A BEAR sroRY.

William Hamilton lives in a wild
part of California, and has a honey
bee ranch. One day, when he was alb
sent his wife went out to the potato
field to do a little hoeing, and when
she came back to the house she found
big bear walking about the kitchen.
She didn't stand still and scream, as a
woman in this part of the country
would have done, but ran to the wood
pile for the axe, and then back to at
tack Mr.. Bruin. She met him coming
out, but he darted back at sight of her,
and finding himself cornered knocked
the axe out of her hand with one blow
of his paw. Being thus disarmed, the
woman rushed out of the kitchen,
slamming the door after her, and
started off for help. Meanwhile, Mrs.
David, neighbor, who lived in an OPP
posite direction, was on her way to
the Hamilton farm. When she reached
the house she was frightened half out
Of her senses at seeing a bear look
ing out of half open window, and
she turned and ran all the way home,
where she told her sixteen-year-old
son that there was big bear in the
Hamilton house, and that he had I'M
doubtedly eaten up Mrs. Hamilton, for
that good woman was nowhere in
sight. So the boy picked up his gun
and he started for the scene of the
tragedy Having reached the place
they looked all about, but no bear was
to be seen. The boy saw that the eel
lar door was open, and concluded that
the beast might have gone down there,
he began cautiously to descend the
steps. He had not gone very far down
when he heard a snort and a growl,
and saw the bear coming toward him
out of the darkness. Then he didn't
feel nearly so brave as he thought he
was, and dropping his gun, he rushed
up the steps into the kitchen, and out
into the yard, shutting the kitchen
door behind him.
He started off in one direction and
his mother in another, and presently
the boy met the Hamiltons and g
friend of theirs who had a rifle. They
approached the house cautiously, but
saw no signs of the bear, nor could
they find him in any of the rooms
They concluded, therefore, that he hat
squeezed through the partly open win
dow and made off. But on going out
side they happened to look up, ant
there was Mr.. Bruins head poking
out of the top of the chimney. HI
drew it in right away, but they soor
made him scramble out by lighting ;
bundle of straw on the hearth. Th'
man with the rifle was on watch, bu
his shot missed, and the bear got ava!
to the brush with a whole skim
Philadelphia Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
THE TIME TO LAUGH.
SOME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL AND
SELECTED.
He Got the Job-A Desperate Man
Wise Precaution-Cause for Action in
Incorrect DiagnoSis = Paragraphs =
Sympathetic Souls.
INCORRECT DIAGNOSIS.

He posed as a fortune-teller and
mind-reader, and when he was arrest
ed and taken into a New York court
for posting handbills on the street, he
explained his vocation to the presid-
ing judge.
And SO you are a mind-reader,"
said the interpreter of the law. Il
wonder if you can read my mind"
"oh, yes" replied the prisoner, ap-
parentiy believing that bluff" would
serve his cause as well as anything.
You are of bright and cheerful
disposition. And l can see by the
merry twinkle in your mind that you
are about to tell me TO go home"
"Your diagnosis is not correct" said
the Judge Il was merely meditating
whether l should make the fine five
dollars or ten dollars. l think we will
call it five dollars this time"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
A DESPERATE MAN.

mo, Gladys McGoogle," he said in
his deep and earnest voice. "life with
out you would be of little use to me"
DO you mean that you would take
the suicide route to escape it?" the
fair girl murmured.
YES" he answered; you have
guessed it."
Revolver or roper"
Neither"
"Gas, then. or poison?"
He shook his auburn locks and
smiled at her bafhed air.
What then would you do?"
Gladys" he slowly answered. 'if
you refuse my love / will take no
chances of failure. l have determined
to let mslarious mosquito bite me. "
That fetched her.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11

was nearly exhausted. and he himself
was worn out by the protracted strug-
gle. Latour raised flag of truce. In
stantly the firing ceased. and moment
after a window in, the mill was opened
and grenadier showed himself rWe
desire" he said, addressing the Aus
trian commander, "the privilege of
evacuating our quarters, with all the
honors Of war; with arms and bag
gage, and colors flying"
Your demands are granted" replied
the gallant Austrian who Immediately
drew up his men in two lines to re-
ceive the devoted garrison. Then out
walked Latour d'Auvergne, alone.
We'll" said the Austrian command
er, where is the garrison?"
Here, sir, as you see" answered
the Frenchman, raising his hand in
salute.
But where is ito" asked the Aus
trian, visibly affected.
"Here" repeated the grenadier.
What! You alone defended tn,
milI?"
garrison" rejoined the soldier with a
quiet smile
"And how came you to undertake
so bold an attempt?"
''The honor of France was in peril,
sir. could do no differently" an
swered the heroic grenadier.
The naughty Austrian bowed in adj
miration.
"You are the bravest Of the brave, I"
he said; and he ordered the thirty
muskets to be sent after him to the
French army, and wrote letter COM
plimenting his heroism.
Napoleon offered Latour the COM
mand of regiment, but this he re-
fused, preferring to serve in the ranks.
Il cannot leave my comrades" he
said, "and any one of them would have
done the same as L.
But ever after that he was known
as the First Grenadier of France. -
Fred Myron Colby in Philadelphia
Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
The pillar of Finance.

Eyes, sir" remarked the village gro
Ger, that is Mr.. Jefferson Whimpers.
He's one of the solidest and reliablest
citizens we've got here in Hulloboloo.
He's filled more positions of trust and
responsibility than any ten men we've
got" "Ah,' replied the spice drum
mer, you elect him for your treas
urer, l presume" well, no; but
that man acts as stakeholder in 80 per
cent of the bets made in this whole
county. Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
Especial letter.

N~FNS+HA A-NALGIs)
buHalo' Jones is dead. The great
COZ friend the dumb brutes ever had
4iaS le1t them and in few years the
lame OF G. ]. Jones will be forgotten.
ne was one of the most unique eharac-
ters IN Kansas, the home of great
men ana Freaks" Buffalo" Jones
was known from one end of the coun-
Try TO the other, and a complete story
vi MS life would outrival any book of
hctlon yet published. Early in his
youth he cultivated a benign feeling
ior dumb brutes. and his sympathy
was not without its reward, for his
animal friends seemed to understand
us affection for them and eagerly re-
sponded to it. He domestlcated
NUMBER OF buffalo, using them for ag-
iicultural purposes and demonstrating
mat they had utility other than that
round in their pelts. His appeals for
'ne dumb race, however, were in vain,
and he lived to see the great family
pass away under his very eyes.
Unique Career.
u J. Jones was born in Tazewell
county, ILL.,, and was II years old He
received a first-class education in the
Illinois State Normal school and for a
lime was student in Wesleyan uni
Verslty. After leaving school he went
10 kansas, settling in Troy, at that
Time one of the oldest communities in
the state. He lived quietly here for a
time, then became restless and with a
crowd of spectators started for west
ern Kansas. They located at Garden
City and in one night a town of 1000
inhabitants sprung up. Jones was
chief boomer He built business
block and was the first man to tect
the raising of crops in the desert by
means of irrigation.
The prefix Buffalo was tackled to
Jones name fifteen years ago. In the
early part of 1886 he organized buff
falo hunt at Garden City in which
about fifteen citizens participated
The hunt lasted FIVE days and the
hunters killed six buffalo and captured
fourteen calves. The young animals
were taken to Jones farm near Gar
den City and he began the propagation
OF the American buffalo. He could moi
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
GLANCED HER MIND.

The house was handy to the street.
car line" and in good repair, there
were the proper number of closets,
and the rental was reasonable, but
before coming to terms the house
hunting matron said to the agent:
ut is only fair for me to tell you
that we have five boys"
That won't make any difference,
ma'am," he said, with smile. you
will find big families of boys on both
sides of you"
"oh, then, I don't want the house
at ALL" she exclaimed 81 want to
find a neighborhood where there won't
be any boys but mine"
At last accounts she was still hunt
ing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
rHE MYsrER1ous VOICE.

1t was a warm summer night and
the hour was midnight. The scene
was Madison Square Park, New York.
The policemen on the four sides Of
the rectangle were getting dull with
sleepiness. So one of them said after
ward-the man who tells the story.
Suddenly into the stiffness of the night
shrill cry projected itself:
Help! Help! Murder! Murder!"
The GRIP appeared to come from with
in the square. And simultaneously the
two policemen nearest at hand rushed
into the park, the leather prongs on
their night sticks in place for strik-
ing.
They're killing mel Help! Help"
spurred them on.
The policemen made a systematic
search of the green area, ending finally
in the center.
well, where is it?" asked one.
"Give it up. 1 thought twas here"
was the reply.
Keep away! Keep away! Don't
come near mel" cried the shrill voice.
Slowly and warily the policemen
made their way to a bench little to
the south of the center, which seemed
to be the spot whence the voice came.
And there they stood for a moment,
wondering what it meant. Then from
the branches of the maple overhead
wheedling voice said: Polly wants
a cracker" The mystery was solved
1t was somebody's parrot, escaped
from it's cage, which had played this
joke on two of New York's cleverest
policemen. The bird remained in the
park for a day or so. resisting all eff
forts to be captured, and then disap-
peared, having perhaps found its way
back to its cage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
1--WE LITTLE SISTERS

We are little sisters five
That in any climate thrive.
Everywhere at home are we,
On the land on on the sea.
Wheresoe'er is human speech
There our little voices reach.
Every moment, night and mornr
We are dying, we are born.
Well you know US, little man;
Guess our names now if you can
For you never speak a word
That one of us is not heard,
And our gentle voices meet
In each sentence you repeat.
A, e, l, and o and U,
Little sister vowels truel
-Woodson st. George
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
HE GOT THE LOB

Grocer Ito applicant for situation)-
Are you fond of work?
Boy-No, sir. amt.
Grocer-Well, you'd better get or
home again. 1 want boy that is.
Boy-There amt none.
Groceries, there are-heaps. I've
had any amount here this morning.
Boy (doggedly)-How did you know
they were?
Grocer-They told me So
Boy-H'm, so would l if l was as
fond Of lynn as they is-but 1 amt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
AZ uNpArEp srArEMENr.

EYES," said Miss Woodbesumthin',
my ancestors landed on Plymouth
Rock"
While the buzz of admiration and
envy went around she added soto
voce, Gin 1862"
We should be truthful at all times.
no matter whether we shout it from
the housetops or not"