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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-02

as he had been told. Looking towards
his asiShbor's house he saw his wcHia-be
murderer standing IN tire doorway. Mr..
Whitson at once started for the house.
ard coming within range. he lsveled his
gun. fred and IN few minutes the other
man was corpse. Nr. Nhits9n
then dragged the body to the grave and
buried It
The hostility against Mr.. whitso1 be-
came 50 bitter. however. that he return
ed 10 Indiana Years after The war Wss
over ne returned 20 Douglas county and
told the story. 4 party 81 men found
the grave just where he said they would.
and opening it they found within the
skeleton OF a human being"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
POWER OF BUDDHIST PRIESTS.
Their Responsibility for the Fearful

Their Responsibility for the Fearful
Boxer Movement IN China.
Buddhist priests were the instigators
OF the horrible Boxer uprising in Chi
ma and one Of the aids they invoked
in goading the Boxers to violence was
hypnotism. These priests exercise a
great Influence and are regarded in
the light Of miracle workers. Their
most extravagant statements are re-
ceived with implicit belief. They as
sured the Boxers that they were invul-
nerable and that the bullets of the
foreign devils could not injure them.
How they put their knowledge of hyp-
notism into effect is thus narrated by
A. Henry Savage Lander:
"The usual malicious stories were
circulated in Boxers placards of for
eigners kidnapping children to turn
them into soup or pound them into
jelly, which, as a medicine, became en-
dowed, after 1t had undergone the
further process of drying in the sun,
with marvellous strengthening quail
ties. Foreign doctors were also accused
Of plucking out the eyes of people UNI
awares. Foreign devils, 1t was de-
clared, then ground these eyes into
dust and used them in their occult arts.
Most of these absurd rumors were
probably originated by natives who
had seen surgical operations performed
in mission hospitals. The kidnapping of
children was invariably the first ac-
cusation brought against the foreign
ers, and whenever riots occurred
against white DEVILS the %inst1gators
maliciously did away with the number
of little u~nfortunates, and then held
foreigners responsible for their disap-
pearance. The Buddhist monks. how
ever, In the Boxer movement, had de-
vised a slight variation in the detail.
They were very adept at hypnotism,
and availed themselves of this power
to impress the masses. They hyp-
Noticed young boys, and then at night
left them In a state OF catalepsy in
some t~horoughfare. When a sufficient
crowd had collected around these in
sensible creatures the monks duly an
peared and pointed out the actual
proof OF the evil doings of the foreign
err The crowd having been worked
into a state of frenzy, the boys appar-
emily dead, would be restored to life |
by the monks (they said resuscitated0
and the bystanders would be thus
further convinced that, whatever dew
iitry foreigners might perpetrate, Bud
dhist monks had always the power TO !
make things good.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
SPIDER AS WEATHER PROPHET.
Xucatan insect That Foretols Changes
in meteorological Condition.

Xucatan insect That ForetolIs CO AnRsS
in Meteorological Condition
Most birds and animals have the
faculty of discerning the approach of
a storm with more or less accuracy
but In Yacatan they have a spider
that Is known as a weather forecaster.
This insect is known as "am," on ac-
count of the effect produced by it's
poison. AS far as its own product
goes the insect is i~noffensiye and can
be handled with impunity, but If any
body has the misfortune to get one
mysteriously mixed with his food he is
certain to die after a few hours, and
meanwhile, for some unexplained rea-
son, will frequently calculate Am!
Am! Aml'-hence the name of the
spider. Throughout the peninsula this
is affirmed to be a fact, and If an IAN"
falls into fodder of horses or mules
the animal that swallows it surely
dies.
This spider is shaped like a crab,
minus the claws, and is of a bright
yellow color, with brown spots; the
biggest could be accommodated upon
a silver dime. It's favorite abode Is
among the leaves of the banana shrub
commonly, but enormously, called
tree. There 1t spins, with extreme
rapidity. its web, which is ~prodigiously
large, considering the size Of the ar
chitect, and proceeds to devour flies
that are unlucky enough to get en-
tangled In the meshes of this aston
ishing little glutton, that is not salts
Ned with less than a dozen a day; that
Is to say, 1t consumes a good deal more
than Its W bulk. It's progeny are
numerous, and appear, at first, like
mere black specks, smaller than the
smallest pins head.
The sky may be blue and cloudless,
when suddenly the am commences
taking in its sails, or, rather, gather
ing in its nets, with neatness and dis
patch, examining the whole of the ma
terial into its diminutive body entirely
out of sight. A few minutes COM
pletes the job and the spider takes up
Its position on the under surface Of
one Of the great leaves, to be lulled
by the gentle swaying and sheltered
while the storm RACES. It is for this
that the am has prepared, and never
is mistaken; when the web is taken
In rain will surely fall within an hour.
The moment the am is touched 1t
feigns death and lets itself drop, show
Ing no sign of life until again placed
a leaf or on the ground. Many
a ono has ln1n nm thA vooJ-o 80 A.
writer's hand, inert, all It's legs drawn
close to Its body, while 1t was exam
at leisure, even being picked up
the fingers without its manifesting
any life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
PREPARING FoR WAR.
FiRhtihR Strength of Russia
Constantly Increased

Constantly InoreAssu'
Tho Russian navy is now seconu 70
that OF England and is being stTens'h.
ened every month by the adultlon
new ships, writes William E. GURUS IN
the Chicago Record-Herald. II Claims
the fastest torpedo boat in the "oriu'
which was designed by sakoveno, a
Russian engineer, and was pun.
great secrecy in a French shlpy"iu.
is cigar-shaped, tapering 70
points at both ends, and filled Win
powerful machinery, when uli'o9 -
triple screws with a speed OF AZ miles
an hour. 1t can carry fuel ior a Glulse
of 5000 miles, and it is claimed lnaI II
can cross the Atlantic IN three uays
and a half.
The Russians are getting ready TOT
an which means a war win
Japan, and are increasing their navy
and putting their army in fighting con
dition with great energy and at great
expense. The army has recently Deen
completely recognized and pro'iueo
with new equipments. The Russians
unloaded 1000, 900 rifles Of obsolete pat
tern upon the Chinese government and
substituted new mes of long range,
high power and small caliber. Those
were Russian guns which the Boxers
fred at the British embassy In rex
during the recent siege.
Russia has % first-class battleships'
~ armored cruisers, II frst-class cruis-
ers, and 1876 torpedo boats. The lowest
estimate Of the peace strength OF the
Russian army under the present re-
organization since January l, 1901, Is
4 $4,000 officers and 100000 men, and
the wal footing of $4,000 officers and
4,5O0,0 900 men, which is a million more
than the present numerical strength.
When the vessels now under construc-
ton are completed the Russian navy
will be increased by 11S ships Of all
classes, including "a b%attleships, "a
cruisers. Al gunboats, 35 torpedo boat
destroyers and As torpedo boats. Fifty
submarine boats are also under con-
.struction.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
TO PATRIOTS OF '76

The 127th anniversary of the Mary
land patriots stand against the British
Stamp Act, when they burned the ship
Peggy Stewart and it's cargo OF tea in
the harhor of Annapolis. is known
throughout Maryland as Peggy Stew
art day, and in commemoration OF it a
splendid monument to the
revolutionary heroes was unveiled in
Baltimore the other day under the
auspices of the National Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution.
The destruction of the Peggy Stew
art and her cargo of tea was one of
the most stirring acts of the revolu-
tionary period. Following closely upon
the heels of the stamp act it mo- only
stung English pride, but aroused the
spirits Of the Maryland colonists to a
fighting pitch. 1t is contended by Mary
landers that the destruction Of the
Peggy Stewart is of as signal interest
to the country as the Boston Tea Par
ty. They contend that while the men
who tossed the tea overheard in Bos-
ton harbor were disguised as Indians
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
Revolutionary
Monument
Unveiled at
Baltimore

and the deed was done under cover of
darkness, the men who destroyed the
tea-laden Peggy Stewart were all
and their act wal vSz1mitted
openly. 1t is said that vii ~ the Bos-
ton Tea Party might hav6 been over
looked by England INF smooEhed over,
the burning of the Peggy Stewart was
a defiance of the authority OF the King
which only abject ~retractlsu could
wipe out.
The monument which mmemor
ates the destruction of the Peggy Stew
art is 60 feet 6 inches high and weighs
200 tons. The base is the largest and
heaviest single stone ever brought to
Baltimore, Weighing 81 tons. The d.
ameter of the column at the base of the
shaft Is three feet, and the diameter
at the neck of the shaft is two feet
seven inches. The height of the statue
OF the Goddess of Liberty surrounding
the columns is IL feet. The figure of
Liberty is of bronze. She holds the
laurel wreath Of victory in one hanu
and the Declaration of independence in
the other.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
Turquoise Mining.

An English firm, it is announced, has
been granted by the Egyptian govern
ment a concession for mining tur-
quoises in the Sinai Peninsula. Ac-
cording to the account, the company
does not intend opening any new
mines, but simply to rework the aban-
doned mines of Maghara and Sarakan.
Hieroglyphics upon the rocks In the
vicinity of these mines show that they
were originally opened by the ancient
Egyptians and until recently they have
been worked in a desultory sort of a
way by Bedouin Arabs. The English
company proposes to employ Bedouin
labor and to install modern machinery.
1t is said that this is now the only
known place in the world where tur-
quoises OF the finest water can be OBJ
tanned, as the Persian mines, which
have hitherto supplied the worlds mar
ket, are rapidly giving out.-Philadel-
phia Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
FREDERICK ARCHER-

formed an English opera company,
which gave performances in the chief
cities OF England. He visited the
United States in 1881. played in many
OF the principal cities, and after a short
visit to London became organist Of the
plymouth Church, Brooklyn, and sub
sequently of the Church of the Incar-
nation, New York, during which he
gave a series Of ninety concerts in
C~hickering Hall. In 1885 he founded
the Keynote at Boston. He was the
author of The Organ" a theoretical
treatise. and "The Collegiate Organ
Tutor" and had composed much music
OF a high grade.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
HOME WHERE DRUG VICTIMS MAY
BE CURED.
To Ne Erected on the Farm on which
tbs Martyred President Was Born
Patients to he Treated Free of Charge,
1t Is Said.
Especial letter.

AORSNAAA ANAhNAD
The farm in Kentucky on which
Abraham Lincoln was born and where
his earliest years were spent is to be
turned into a resort for the cure of
victims of the alcohol and drug nab
Its. st. Luke's Society, Of Chicago, has
acquired possession Of the property,
and is going to erect upon it a num-
Der of buildings, where the victims of
liquor and drugs may be treated and
cured. Work On the buildings will be-
gin IL the spring, and the society ex-
poets to raise and expend s250,00 0 be-
fore its plans are fully carried out.
The institution will be entirely free,
and will be supported by an endow-
ment fund. DR.. Struble, of Chicago,
one of the directors of the society, has
secured an option on $50 acres of land
adjacent to the Lincoln farm, and the
latter, consisting of 10 acres, has been
turned owe to the society by the for
mer owner, A. w. bennett, of New
York. After the first building is erect
ed SOM of the patients who are cured
will work on the other buildings.
1.-THE home" says DR.. Struble, will
be a memorial to Lincoln, and will be
the greatest temperance project aver
undertaken in this country. The num-
Der of patients it will be able to treat
in a few years will be unlimited. We
propose to put up several buildings of
a substantial character, and the num-
Der will be increased as the number
of patients increase.
'"The cabin in which Abraham Lin
coin was born, which was originally
OIL the farm and is now at the Buffalo
Exposition, will be returned to its old
site. The cabin in which jeff Davis
was born, 100 miles from Hodgens-
Vile, will be placed by its side"
The st. Luke Society has a home in
Chicago where victims are treated. The
police send human wrecks to the So
ciety and the jails also furnish pa
ttents. Quarters are maintained where
the rich car be luxuriously treated, but
In such cases payment Is expected. One
eastern banker when presented with a
bill for 800 gave his check for $1,000
instead, and when, after reaching
home, he found that he had no desire
for drugs or liquors, he SEM the So
ciety an additional $1,000.
The mode of treatment is a secret
and most peculiar in its working. On
entering the institution the patient is
given a strong purgative. Then three
injections of a dark-colored liquid are
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
ais Faith Was shnLen.

A religious old darby had his faith
badly shaken not long ago. He is sex
ton for a white church in a Fayette
County. Tennessee, town, and one
afternoon as he was in front sweeping
the pavement a strong wind o
tearing a piece of the cornice off and
taking a few brick II of the wall.
realizing that a good run was better
than a bad stand, the old man sought
shelter in the stat~ion-house on the OBJ
posite side of the street. Several min
utes later a member of the church of
which Uncle Isham is sexton came by.
and, noticing him in his retreat re-
marked that he thought the station
house a strange place for a man of
faith to seek shelter in a storm when
a house of worship was near. Oats
SO. but what's a man gwlne ter do
when de Lord begins to frow bricks
at imp"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
FREDERICK ARCHER.
THE WORLD RENOWNED ORGANISE
WHO DIED RECENTLY.
ne Once Gave 1900 Organ RecitaIs
without Repeating a Program -
Passed Many Years of His Life in the
Country.

Frederick Archer, organist Of Car
negie Music Hall, and one of the best
known musicians of the country, died
at his home in Pittsburg, Pa, after a
lingering illness. Mr.. Archer had a
brilliant career in music. He was
born at Oxford, England, on June 16,
1888. In 1S47 he became the chorister
at Margaret Chapel, now All Saints
church, London. and later organist at
st. Clements, Oxford, and then of Mer-
ton College, holding both appoint
ments. After travelling On the conti-
lent ne was appointed organist of the
Panopticon, now the Alhambra Thea
ter, London, and in 1862 gave weekly
recitals on the great organ at the
worlds fair in London. In 1863, in as
ISOLATION with julius Benedict, ne di-
rected the concerts Of The Vocal asso-
citation; in 1865 became organist and
choirmaster' of Christ Church; then
OF the Church of the Jesuit Fathers,
until 1873, when he was appointed to
a similar position at Alexandra Pal
ace, and gave more than 1000 reeitals
on the great organ without repeating
a program. In 1877 ne was given the
attire direction of Alexandra Palace,
and. besides the organ r~ecitals, con-
Quoted the orchestral concerts and the
English opera in the theater. In 1879
he became musical examiner in the
University of Glasgow. and in 1880
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
Publicity for Corporations.

In Great Britain the corporation
laws provide for a great degree Of
publicity in connection with promo
ton of corporations and their regular
management. There is a like degree
of publicity for corporations in France.
Germany and Austria, and in these
latter countries there are such rigid
provisions regarding the valuation Of
property, and reports OF promoters
and directors, that stock watering, In
b ordinary sense of the expression
as used In the United States, Ia al
most. II not quite. an impossibihty.
-Cassier's Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

James M. swank, in a government
report on iron and steel, avs The
first practical application of the hot
blast to the manufacture of pig iron
In this country was made at the OK
ford furnace in New Jersey, in 1894.
by William Henry. the manager. The
waste heat at the tymp passed over
the surface of a nest of small cast iron
pipes. through which the blast was
conveyed to the furnace, The tenn
p~erature was raised to $50 degrees
Fahrenheit and the product of the fur
mace was increased about 10 per cent.
In 1885 a hot-blast oven. containing
cast iron arched pipes, was placed on
the top Of the stack by Mr.. Henry and
heated by the fame from the tunnel
head. BY this means the temperature
OF the blast was raised to 500 degrees.
The fuel used was charcoal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
SOME COSTLY KITCHENS.
Royalty Spends Much for Cooking
Utensils.

Royalty Spends Much for Cooking
Utensils.
Royal kitchens invariably are expen-
sive. The present Car Of Russia soon
after his accession spent $4,000 in
remodeling and refurnishing the royal
kitchens at the winter palace, St.
Petersburg. All the cooking utensils
are Of solid silver, and include 40 stew
ing pans, none of which could be pur-
chased under as many pounds. The
spice boxes are of solid gold, engraved
with the royal arms, and the ranges
and ovens are edged with silver. The
actual cost of rebuilding the kitchens
was 100000, the purest black marble
being used throughout, and the decor
atoms were responsible for an outlay
Of $4,000. Among the cooking utensils
should be mentioned 5000 silver spoon
and a gold gridiron that belonged to
the great Catherine. The chief cook
draws a salary of $4,000 a year, and
he has six subordinates in receipt Of
salaries ranging between $1,000 and
8l,5O0, to say nothing Of hundreds of
supernumeraries. Altogether the Cars
kitchen expenses amount to e120, 900
per annum.
The next most costly royal kitchen
belongs to the Spanish court, the cook
ing utensils alone having a face value
OF nearly e15,0OO. They are Of q great
age. The Shah of Persia's kitchen In
Teheran. is, however, the most valu-
able kitchen in the world. Even the
cooking pots are lined with gold, and
the plates and dishes used at the royal
table are of solid gold, incrusted with
precious stones. If it were possible
for the contents of the Shah's kitchen
to be put up for auction they would
realize more than $1,000, 900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
CABIN IN WHICH LINCOLN WAS
BORN.

made into his arm. After this he is
taken upstairs and placed in charge
of a nurse, with other unfortunates to
keep him company. The black fluid
is injected into his arm four times a
day. He is given tea and toast twice
a day and soup once a day. That is
the whole treatment.
But the patient does not know that
he is being treated. He does not even
know where he is. The back fluid
which has been injected into his arm
produces hallucination. He may be
fighting Tagalogs in the Philippines;
he may be playing football. His ex-
p%erience may be singing in a church
choir; he may be pleasant or the re-
verse. 1t is generally pleasant.
The delusions are caused by the
medicine. When the patient ceases
taking it his mind is as clear as a bell
in a short time. All appetite for drugs
or liquor leaves him; his ambition re-
turns and he finds himself a man once
more
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
SEATS OF
King Edward and Gar Nicholas Have
Several Royal Chairs.

King Edward and Czar Nicholas Have
Several Royal Chairs.
Great Britain has no distinctive and
exclusive throne. Instead, there are
four-the wooden chair, with the slab
of Scotch stone, in Westminster Abb
hey, which has served as the corona
ton seat of the monarchs of this
realm for seven centuries; the sump-
tuous chair of state in the House of
Lords; the chair on which the late
queen sat when holding a drawing
room in Buckingham palace, and the
gilt arm chair at Windsor, in which
the sovereign sits to receive letters of
credence or recall from foreign ENJOYS.
or accord audience to dusky poten-
tates.
The Car of Russia is ven more
adversely throned. Each of a dozen
chairs of state are at various times
styled the Russian throne. The two
most remarkable are the chairs of Ivan
the Terrible and the one in 81.
Georges Hall of the Winter Palace
at st. Petersburg. The former is of
turquoises. In the back alone there
are 10000 of these gems. The other
chair is of costly woods, with ivory
and gold, richly jeweled, and embossed
with the imperial eagle. The seat Is of
ermine, and the arms are ivory tusks.
Further east, in Teheran, the Shah
displays himself on a white marble
throne, looted from Delhi in 1889. II
is OF ivory, overlaid with gold, and
ablaze with gems, its value being esti-
mated at over $1,000, 900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
TO CHANCE A QUARTER
1t Requires Seventy Cents and Thirty.
Two Coins.

It Requires Seventy Cents and Thirty.
Two Coins.
How much does 1t take to change a
quarter?" asked the bartender. "Twen-
ty-five cents. Ell? Not on your life. It
seventy cents to do the trick.
How many ways do you D a
quarter dollar can be changed? Just
exactly eleven. A fellow of limited
means may like the jingle of coin in
his clothes. In that event you can give
him twenty-five pennies, or twenty
pennies and n nickel. supposing he
wants to get a beer. He may like to
have a little sprlnk ing of silver in his
clothes, and you can accommodate
him with fifteen pennies and a dime. or
ten pennies, a dime and a nickel. If
he prefers to have change handy for
a beer and a car fare, why fifteen PEN
MES and two nickels will fix him I'D;
and, II he wants a cigar in addition,
besides having a little stock Of cash in
his jeans, give him ten pennies and
three nickels. That makes six ways.
Now, then, a fellow with a quarter can
trade 1t off for five pennies and four
nickels, two dimes and one nickel. and
dime and three nickels, or five nickels.
Just as he prefers. And to
date him in any way he might select.
you have to possess twenty-five pen-
MES, two dimes and five nicksls-7O
cents In all. "-Philadelphia Record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

Cuba produces no tobacco for chew
Ing or pipe smoking. The Cubans who
smoke pipes may be counted on ones
fingers without making a second
round on the fingers. The cigar and
tne cigarette prevail. To what extent
the Cuban cigarette might ever be-
come popular with American smokers
LIS a matter beyond determination. II
Is certain that most Americans OF pro-
logged residence, become, If they be
sAokers. addicted to the Cuban brands
and find difficulty in weaving them
selves back to American brands on
their return.