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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
Has Hnd rourteen wlrer.

James Meridy has proved that No. 13
is no more unlucky than any other
lumber He was divorced from his thir-
teenth wife on October 10th at Bar
bourville, Ky, and married his four
teenth one hour later. Meridy is 40
years old and in appearance resembles
Buffalo Bill. Four Of his wives are
dead, nine have been divorced and the
fourteenth was a widow.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

Brooklyn, N. Y. Nov. 15th.-A medical
authority says: in many families
throughout the world Garfield Tea often
taxes the place of the family physician,
Tor practically everyone suffers at times
from disorders Of stomach. liver, kid
neys or bowels. Certainly, from no 9TH
er medicine can such good results be
obtained This Herb remedy makes peo-
pie well, thus greatly increasing their
capacity for enjoying life; it is good for
young and old"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

The November Atlantic opens with
Sydney Brooks Europe and America,
giving the European view of the vital
topics Of reciprocity and the Monroe
Doctrine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
Are You Using Aliens Poot-rass /.

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning. Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Adj
dress Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, ". Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

The postmaster at Grand TunweII
Pa. threatened to resign because his
income amounted to only IS cents a
day. Then he fell sick and the ONCE
was abolished.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

Governors Social Precedence.
The fact that little Delaware is the
oldest state Of the Union gives ner
governor social precedence over all
nther state executives who may share
with him n official entertainment in
Washinzton-Ladies' Home Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

Secretary of war Root has donated
to Hamilton college a brass cannon
weighing 300 pounds, captured in the
Philippines.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF as
scough CURE. ". OBBIEE, 322 Third Ave,
n, Minneapolis. MINI, jar. 6. 1900
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children

Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
In the Children's Home in New York. Cure
Feverlshness, Bad Stomach, Teething Dis
orders, move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over 10000 testimonials.
At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. adj
dress Allen s. OLmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

The well posted druggist advises you
to use Wizard Oil for pain, for he
knows what it has done.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
Rearing the Felines One
of the Fads of Lady
Marcus Beresford-

cry year come from Lady Beresford's
cat farm.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

For children teething. softens the gums, redueesir
hammatiOn, allays pain cures wind collie. 25ca bottl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

To Cure a Cold in One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money If it fails TO cure. 25c
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

PUTNAM FADELESs DYES do not
spot, Streak or give your goods an UNI
evenly dyed appearance. Sold by drug
glsts, loo. per package.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13

down materially Colonel Henderson's
majority, possibly by one-half or more.
In the prestige Of a spectacular contest
with the speaker of the national house
Of representatives, Boies will at once be
put forward as the Iowa candidate for
presidential honors. He was a formula
bic candidate in the Chicago convention
in 1896, as a preliminary to which in the
silver agitation he had issued a series Of
public declarations skillfully designed
both TO persuade the conservatives OF
the east that he was a safe man, and
vet TO sooth the silver and radical west
ern wing with belief in his sympathy
with them. Convinced that the demo-
cratic party two years hence will need a
| compromise candidate. and a western
man with at least covert eastern senti-
ments, Boies will simply re-carpenter
the platform of his former candidacy,
shaping It, Of course, to changed circum.
stances.
But the significant fact, the fact Of ma
tional importance, is that Boies will
dominate the Iowa delegation in the ma
tional convention. Whatever may be the
actual strength or the fate Of his IAN
didacy, it will take Iowa out Of the
column of Bryan states. Its delegation
will finally line up for whatever candi-
date the conservative element may
agree on, and be available for all the
purposes of those who are now conspir-
ing to wrench the party organization
from the hands Of Bryan and his friends.
Mr.. Bryan is simply deceiving himself
If he imagines that he can let things
drift as they are doing In Iowa, and
later leap into the breach and storm the
state. He will be powerless against a
home presidential candidate, and with
the great central western state of Iowa
against him the backbone of his faction
will be broken.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13
DRIFT.

-
Maine went as it did for Governor Kent.
The rotund Tom johnson will do his trust
hunting in an automobile.
One Of the candidates for congress in
Maryland bears the name Of Stump. He
is on II, too.
The country in which Portland, Me-, is
situated voted enthusiastically against the
prohibitory law, which the late preacher
sheriff struggled to enforce. Elected Of
hci.ls are expected to take the hint and
wink both eyes.
Malcolm Smith of Cedar Rapids is one OF
the busiest men in Iowa these days. He is
chairman Of the state prohibition commit
tee, a candidate for congress in his district
and also the nominee for district Judge.
Tho prohibitionists propose to make a
vigorous campaign in Iowa this year.
0aven McNab, nominated by the demo-
Gratis of California for state superintendent
Of public instruction, declines to accept
the gold brick. "The Office he says,
would be a regular white elephant on my
hands and 1 would fail OF election by about
$4,000. My name was used without my
knowledge or consent"
The two American cities in which the
number Of colored inhabitants is increasing
most largely are Washington and Philadel-
phia. In Washington, where the colored
men do not vote, the increase is of no po-
litical Importance, but in Philadelphia the
increase is favorable to the republican
party, already in the majority there.
DIR. George c. Pardee, the republican cam
didRte for governor Of California, is a resi-
dent Of Alameda county, which includes
tho city of Oakland, opposite San Fran
n{ocn au1 uhfoh % npa ~ tho afrOnUaaf
republican counties in the state. In 1895
it gave Mckinley 5000 majority. Without
its vote Bryan would have carried Califor-
mia by 1900.
One of the democratic state senators OF
Pennsylvania, John f.. Higgins, who be.
trayed his constituents two years ago by
voting in the legislature for the return of
Matthew S. Quay to the United States sem
ate, was a candidate for denomination from
Schuylkill county, but at the primaries re-
ceived only 300 votes out of a total Of more
than 5000 cast.
Galusha A. Grow, congressman at large
from Pennsylvania, will not be a candidate
for reelection in his home district. Mr..
Grow celebrated his S0th birthday recently.
He was speaker Of the house during the
civil war. The venerable statesman is
quoted as saying: II have appreciated
highly the honor that has been done me
in ~electing me congressman at large. and l
am satisfied with the record that has been
made already"
Several candidates have already appeared
in Michigan for the senatorial vacancy
caused by the death Of James Mcmillan. At.
tentlon is called to two features of the
Michigan canvass. One is that the late
Senator Mcmillan and his colleague, sena,
tor Burrows, were chosen by the unanimous
vote Of the republican caucus IN each case
and the second is that Michigan has uni,
formly been represented by republicans in
the senate since the present lines OF party
division were established.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13
BLAsPHEMr AND BOODLERs.

indianapolis News: Think Of tina COM
blnation OF ST. Louis boodlers taking SOL
emn oath in which they dared 70 appeal
to Almighty God. What became OF the
bath they took when assuming the duties
OF the ofices to which they we're eleeted2
Minneapolis Journal: How easily one
crime leads on to another ,ie shown by
the oath which the boodling st. Louis alder
men svore. Being united In a corrupt
league to betray the interests OF the city
they pledged themselves TO accept death az
punishment for betrayal Of their common
guilty secret, and thus opened the way for
murder. such a blood-curdtng oath rs
they swore sounds more like an excerpt
from the proceedings OF some Russian
nihilist society than Of a conference OF
some despicablo American boodlers- But,
after all, the boodler Is just about as much
Of a villain as the nihilist. The only differ
ence is that the boodIer .fs Generally a
good fellow" but that so-called redeem
ing trait really damns him the more.
Springfield Republican: The publication
Of the ironclad oath taken by the nineteen
members OF the st. Louis Doodle combine
was the final touch needed to make the
story Of municipal corruption in that noble
American city romantic even In its viii
lainy. The manner IN which the boodlers
swore "before the Almighty Cod not to
reveal combine secrets, and to accept death
from the other member In case OF be-
trayaI, places them quite in the rank with
the old pirates Of the Spanish main. And
all Of this / do solemnly swear, so help
me God"-such was the conclusion OF the
oath. why is II that the most Infamous
rascaIs take their vows in crime with an
appeal to the Almighty to sustain them In
plundering other people? No more absurd
contradiction could be conceived. The St.
Louis boodler, however, are not unlike
generations Of rascals who have gone be-
fore. Instead Of invoking the devil. their
logical patron, they always turn to the
deity when in a critical place.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13
PINE TREES on THE SAND HILLS.
Progress of the Government Expert
ment In F~OrestatiOn.
New York Sun,

About Ii, 900, 900 acres in northwestern
Nebraska are so sandy as to be UNIT for
tillage. Two-thirds Of this region is still
the property of the national government.
About twelve years ago the State Board OF
Agriculture and the Nebraska Geological
Survey began to study the sand hills from
a scientific point Of view and reported that
it was believed to be possible to cover
large tracts of this country with trees and
shrubs from which a good revenue might
eventually be derived. Mr.. Hicks OF the
geological survey also reported that the
foresting Of the sand hills would probably
lead to considerable economic results.
The national government. therefore, sent
a large number of Scotch, Austrian, rock
and Jack pines, which were set out in fur
rows in one of the worst locations in the
sand hills in the southwestern part Of Holt
county. Practically all Of these trees have
thrived. The Scotch and Austrian pines
have now attained a height Of six to eight
feet, the rock pines four to six feet and
the jack pines twelve to eighteen feet. The
trees are now entering upon the period OF
their most rapid growth, their thriving APP
pearanee shows that they are we'll adapted
to the conditions and the Division OF For
estry reports that they are certain. unless
burned out. to attain suitable size for lum-
boring. These varieties OF the pine tree
It is declared. are perfectly adapted fol-
hundreds Of thousands Of acres in the sand
hills, where the natural conditions are the
same as those under which the present
forest Is growing.
1t is proposed to continue the work thai
is so promising. An extensive forest II
the sand hills would be Of great value e
the region where IL exists and also have
favorable influence upon the winds and
temperature Of a large part OF western Ne.
braska and thus upon the agricultural con
ditions there. The forest itself would
yield, in fifteen or twenty years, fuel and
posts, the timber would be large enough
in twenty-five or thirty years for TELEGRAPH
poles and railroad ties and thereafter, !
properly managed. would be a source o
continual revenue.
The possibility Of turning a large AM
worthless area into a region Of great util
ity has been demonstrated 1t is an inter
esting illustration Of the efforts, now con
stantly widening, 70 reclaim the vast
places OF the country and turn them q
good account. In view OF the progress
that is being made in this direction, VI
eannot say that any region in our Ian
will not some day be found capable OF ad
ding to the general wealth.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13

One most effective argument in favor OF
the uninterrupted prosperity Of this coun-
try is met with in the unexampled size
Of the years crops. 1t is pointed out with
much appearance Of authority that we can
have no great Industrial disaster so long
as the yield Of grains does not fail and
the agricultural industries upon which our
welfare rests are in a high state Of pro-
ductiveness, as they are known to be dur
ing the present season. Such a misfortune
to the corn crop as resulted from the drouth
last year in a time Of commercial nervous
ness might have induced a terrible fnan-
cial catastrophe. Fortunately our pros
perity then was solidly established, and this
year our strength need not be put to a
test, since the harvests already CLEANED and
to com are the largest in the history OF
the country.
After the experience OF last summer it is
peculiarly gratifying that corn is again to
be abundant and cheap. The prices Of fu.
lures In the speculative markets have had
their ups and downs. There has been
anxiety because OF foods, and lately
prophets Of evil have discerned signs OF
damaging frosts, but the plants go on
growing and the ears filling out so that
by no chance can the crop be short OF ex-
traordinary. Il is computed that II may
reach the great total Of $500, 200, 900 bush
els, and the estimate appears in no wise
chimerical, since the famine Of last year,
instead Of dampening the ardor CT the
farmer for corn, increased his assiduity, so
that there is a greater acreage at the
present time than ever before in the annals
Of agriculture on this continent.
There is no crop among them all in this
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13
FIRE INSURANCE RATES AGAIN.

1t is gratifying to know that Omaha
is not the only place where the people
are protesting against the recent adj
vance in the rates of fire insurance ex-
acted from policy holders by order Of
the underwriting boards. Whereas
Omaha has been content to protest
against the fragrant discrimination
which has weighted this city down
with various adverse points on the rate
schedule, in Philadelphia a concerted
movement has been started against the
advance in rates in general and con-
vincing proofs offered to show that the
advance ordered was without valid ex-
cuse or justification.
In Philadelphia all the various bust
ness associations have Joined together
in what is known as a fire insurance
committee of the allied business organi-
cations Of Philadelphia "for the purpose
Of securing through proper investiga-
ton and representation a reduction in
the increase in insurance rates is a
menace to all business interests" In
pursuance of this object the committee
has dissected the statistical exhibits
| compiled by the fire underwriters to
show how the insurance companies have
been constantly losing money, and have
pointed out how the figures have been
juggled to make losses appear where, in
reality, profits have been reaped. Where
the underwriters have claimed a loss of
nearly $27, 900 ON the fire insurance
business of ten years past, investiga-
ton of the Philadelphia committee
shows an underwriting profit approx
mately Of $70o00,000, which allows for
all legitimate profit on the capital In
vested.
The important point for us In the work
OF this committee is that its conclusions
apply not only to Philadelphia but to
every city in the United States where
fire rates have been raised under pre-.
tense Of recouping extraordinary losses
Says the report of the committee: "NC
good reason exists for increasing the
rates all over the United States" What
ever is accomplished by the allied bust
ness associations of Philadelphia, there
fore, will inure to the benefit Of the
policy holders everywhere and ought t.
have the support and active co-opera
ton of the business interests Throughout
tho countrv
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13
PEACHES AND CREAM.

Baltimore News.
Peaches
and
Cream,
Epicure's dreami'
Silver
and ..-.
Gold,
Hastily bowled,
tempting the palate, so lusciously coldl
H~alf-spheres of rapture afloat I'm a sea
of lacteal richness that, satisfies me!
Peaches and cream, peaches and creami
Fresh from the joy-laden boughs they are
brought,
Bits from the great treasure-nouse Of the
gods
All with a fragrance enravishing fraught,
Nectar-fed brood OF the dew-refreshed
Dripping with wine that the eye starts
aRleam.
Gold, they are set in the silver OF cream!
Oh, what a feast for the epicure's eve
oh, what a joy for the palate OF man!
oh, what a smile to swift Danish the sigh,
Lighting the way on hfe's burdensome
Each trimming dish with its ecstades
Bliss overfows in the peaches and creaml
Peaches
and
Cream,
Epicure's dream!
On, what a dish for immortals they seeml
Silver
and
Gold,
lastly bowled.
Tempting the palate, so lu~sciously cold!
halt-spheres OF rapture afioat In a sea
OF tactical richness that satisfies me!
Peaches and cream, peaches and cream!
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13
Wealth in Corn
PhIladelphIa Public Ledger.

II uhiN DSbb1As
country which is so important as maize
While we raise more wheat than any other
people in the world, we produce Eve times
as much corn as wheat. We raise three
bushels Of corn for every bushel OF oats.
our corn crop Is about four-hfths Of the
worlds crop. Indeed, this cereal is prae-
ticslly our own. since many countries, Ar
gentine. Mexico, Egypt and the Balkan
states. must unite their harvests to make
I'd the inhnites.mal total which Is not pro-
duced within our national boundaries. It's
value is our own discovery. The soil and
climate conspire to make the Mississippi
basin a rich field for its growth. Iowa
Kansas. Nebraska and Illinois can each be
depended upon to produce more than 2OO,-
900, 900 bushels per annum in prosperous
years, and other states in this belt are
not far behind in the work Of running up
the country's great total.
II we have an immense crop of corn we
shall be assured of a large export trade.
BY diligently advertising this grain we have
at last succeeded in creating a market for
it in Europe, when we have It to spare,
at a fair price. In the governments fiscal
year 1900 we exported 209, 000, 900 bushels Of
corn and in 1901 1T, 900. 900 bushels. The
trade then reached a value OF more than
$780, 900, 900 annually. Last year we could
send abroad only 26,O 900 bushels, OF an
estimated worth OF SIS, 900, 900. The large
crop means more cattle and hogs and
cheaper beef, bacon and all kinds OF meat
products. II will invigorate the carrying
trade on the railroads and on ocean freight
lines, and will in a variety OF ways con-
tribute to the Industrial prosperity Of the
country.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13

gentina project is the largest. In Argen-
tina $3.50, 900 was expended for direct re-
lief, $435, 900 for purchase OF new land for
colonies and s65, 900 for administrative pur-
poses. American organizations received
$40,0 900 in subventions and $40, 900 by way
Of loan for agricultural work. In Russia
$4,000 was spent for schools, $1,000 in
subventions. $150,O 900 for workers dwellings
in wilma IN $50, 900 for loans. The weav-
ers Of prayer hawls in Dubrovna received a
loan OF $4,000. Roumania received $141, 900,
Palestine, $50 1000; Asia Minor, $65, 900, and
Galicia 100000. 1t is a worldwide charity
Of the very best description. for 1t aims to
help those who help themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13
where the Money Flies.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
1t Is not In the best interests of true, high
class sport that the betting on horses
should go beyond bounds and become the
chief feature of the daily reports in the
newspapers. One of the principal book
makers at Saratoga is quoted as saying
that the total of the amounts risked at
the Springs had averaged the portentous
sum Of $4,000. 900 for each afternoon. and
much exceeded the speculation known at
any time heretofore on the American turf.
This is probably an exaggeration, but the
newspapers agree in saying that the bet
ting on the Saratoga course was amazingly
fast and furious. II is time to throw cold
water upon so unwholesome a fever. The
pace has become too rapid.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13
THE COLORADO CAMPAIGN

The campaign In Colorado this gear
will command more general attention
than usual. The political situation in
that state has undergone a decided
change in the last two years. The fac
tional differences in the republican party
have disappeared and the republicans
are now united and harmonious. Most
Of the silver republicans have returned
to their former utilization and the great
prosperity that Colorado has enjoyed in
common with the rest of the country has
materially strengthened the republican
organization. The populist element has
ceased to be a factor Of any consequence
and was entirely ignored by the demo
cratic convention. The democrats hav-
ing reafirmed allegiance to the Kansas
City platform it is not improbable that
the effect will be to ALLEVIATE those of
the party who regard the free silver
question as dead.
The legislature to be elected will
choose a successor to United States Sen.
ator Teller, who has fully identified him.
self with the democrats, and the sena.
torial contest will be the important fea.
ture Of the campaign. Former Senator
Wolcott is a candidate for election to the
senate. Teller is strong with the PEG.
pie Of Colorado and is probably more
generally popular than Wolcott. The re
publican leaders in the state believe the
party has more than a fighting chance
to win and it is preparing to make g
vigorous and aggressive campaign
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13
BoIEs A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

BOIES a PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
The nomination OF Ex-Governor Hor-
ace Boies against Speaker Henderson in
the Third Iowa district is an event Of
national Importance. however lacking
therein a congressional nomination may
ordinarily be. 1t means nothing less
than the re-entering upon the stage of
the ex-governor as a candidate for the
presidential nomination. 1t has been I'M
dertaken in pursuance of a deliberate
movement among the old conservative
leaders to rescue Iowa from Organism;
a movement whose first step was sue
c~essfully accomplished in the repudia-
ton Of the Kansas City platform in the
late state convention, in which Boles
was put forward as the leader.
The ex-governor and his hackers can
hardly seriously expect his election over
Colonel Henderson, but they do expect
materially TO reduce the majority OF H.
600 which he secured against a weak
candidate two years ago and by force OF
the tidal wave in a sound money ma.
tional campaign. There is no such
natural republican majority in the dis.
trict. The ex-governor is a strong cam,
paigner and personally popular, having
as democratic candidate for governor
carried the district by a majority OF
2,40S. The democratic leaders do ex
peet, and not without reason, to GU
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13
OLD Hickorx win Keep.
Portland oregonisn.

Portland OregOnIan.
A more inappropriate gift than a cane
could scarcely have teen selected by the
loyal citizens of Georgia for our alert. high
stepping young president. However, being
made of well-seasoned hickory. and duly
clamped with silver. this souvenir will
keep until that distant day, now scarcely
to be imagined, when Theodore Roosevelt
will need a staff wherewith to support his
lettering footsteps as he moves slowly
about the house.