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Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
NATIVES MOST ILLlTERATE
More Children of Foreign Born
Parents Can Read Than of
United states Citinens.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2s.-The census once
has issued a statement giving figures re-
garding lliteraey among children Of immi-
grants and children OF natives.
The statement says;
Conhning the comparison TO children be-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

SCHUYLER, Neb., Oct. 26.-CSpeciaI)-
Notice has been received from Washington
that rural delivery route No. I will be
started here November /. The route covers
territory northeast Of Schuyler and gives
service to thirty-fve families, with twen-
ty-five to thirty miles OF travel. The car
Her is to be NJ. r. Galbraith.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
Teachers Have Good Meeting.

EDGAR, Neb.. Oct. 26.-(speciaIJ-The
Teachers District association met yester-
day afternoon in the high school room.
The attendance was good and a good pro-
gram was presented. Those present speak
Of 1t as a very interesting meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
woodmen UnveiI Monument.

ASHLAND. Neb, Oct. 2s.-CspeciaI)-
Woodmen Of the World from Memphis,
Gretna and Ashland unveiled a monument
at the Ashland cemetery today. Rev. G.
II. schleh Of Omaha was the speaker.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

Rev. Erickson was president this year, will
hold it's regular monthly session thiI
morning. at which time a successor, It &
expected, will be elected.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
N. Y. Plumbing Co.. telephone asa
s1.OO Eureka Fountain Pen. Toe.

Cut this "a out and present It on or be-
fore Saturday. November 1. and you will
be entitled TO one Eureka Fountain Pen
complete for 10 cents. Only one pen 20 a
customer and positively none without this
,ad. belong. the Printer, SO7 Broadway.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

To allow constipation to poison your
body. Dr. Kings New Life Pills cures II
and builds up your health or NO pay. csc.
For sale By Kuhn 4 Co
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
Nip Them I'm the Bua.

II you have loss of appetite, headache,
constipation or E~iliousness take Electric
Bitters. 1t cures or no pay. Only SOC. For
sale by Kuhn 4 Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27

All who have severe lung troubles need
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consumption.
1t cures or no pay. SOC. 800. For sale by
Kuhn & Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
Mercer Take. Great CredIt.

SPRINGFIELD. Neb., Oct. 26.-(special)
Congressman D. H. Mercer lie taking his
regular before-elsetion trip through sarpy
county. He arrived here overland Friday
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
CONDITION OF THE


T indicates trace OF precipitation.
l. A. WELSH,
Local Forecast OmciaL
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Have Fine Days Today and
TomorrOW,

WASHINGTON. Oct. 26.-Forecast:
For Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
North and South Dakota. Wyoming and
CoIorado-Fair Monday and Tuesday.
For nlinois-Fair Monday and Tuesday;
cooler Tuesday in extreme south portion;
brisk west winds.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-27
Local Record.

OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU.
OMAHA, Oct 26.-Omcial record OF tenn
perature and precipitation compared with
the corresponding day Of the last thres
years:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

We have all heard OF skin being
grated on to human beings, but of all
wonderful surgical achievements that
Of grating a square yard of skin on
to an injured elephant is certainly the
most wonderful on record. This lat
est triumph of animal surgery was
performed on a circus elephant named
Belle, which sustained a painful acci-
dent. Just as she was getting out OF
a railroad car it received a sudden
jolt, owing to the brake failing to
act properly. The elephant was thrown
down and struck her shoulder heavily
on a small iron cage that was standing
near. The skin was partially torn off
and generally lace at-d over a space
of quite one square yard in extent.
Inflammation set in and was followed
by considerable fever, aud the ele-
plant. which was the more valuable
because she had a cal, was in grave
danger of losing hcr life. The special
lists decided that a Wholesale opera
ton in skin grating was the only
thing that won d do the eleph3nt any
6OOu, uuI an e eDHdNl Skin ID dS
thick as a plank so it was not an
easy undertaking, The great opera
ton was undertsk n for hwi h in the
menagerie hospital, ard Be les
son was the first elephant selected to
supply new pieces of skin. The young
animals skin was p culiar,y suitable
for the purpose, as it is tender, yet heal
thy, and vigorous. Moreover, as h. is
growing, he will have plenty of new
skin, and he will not mss a little
purloined at the present time. Belle
was placed on the ground in the oper-
ating theater and secured with heavy
chains to immovable posts. The wound
in her shoulder was carefully washed
with the usual ants pic fluids. At
the same time an anti optic spray was
kept continually playing in the air.
The new skin was taken from the
young elephant in those places where
he appears to have a g eat deal more
than he needs. Cocaine was literally
applied where the cuts were to be
made. A heavy knife was used to cut
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
A WIRELESS
TORPEDO :, y.

For some time experiments have
been carried out with a new torpedo
invented by a young electrician, Mr..
Cecil Varicas of Weymouth, England.
The most salient characteristic of this
new weapon is that it's passage and
course through the water can be di-
rected and controlled either from the
shore or the coming tower of a battle
ship. AS is well known, the course of
the present Whitehead torpedo is
maintained by a wonderfully complex
appliance known as the gyroscope,
fitted within the weapon. The cost Of
the Whitehead torpedo is about $780,
900, and although its destructive quail
tiles are so tremendous, yet its chances
of striking the target are very remote,
especially If the object at which it is
fired happens to be moving. If it
should miss the target the projectile
simply continues On it's journey until
its propelling force is exhausted, when
it drifts at the mercy of the waves.
But the difficulty has, it is believed,
at last been surmounted by the inven-
ton of Mr.. Varicas. By means of his
device the torpedo, while travelling at
express speed through the water, and
several hundreds of feet away from
the point of discharge, without any
wire or other connection, may be con-
trolled as expeditiously and as easily
as if an operator we're on board to
manipulate its diminutive rudder. How
is this accomplished? Simply by means
of wireless ~telegraphy.
Externally the torpedo is exactly the
same as the Whitehead projectile. The
dimensions are precisely the same, and
the propeller is of equal caliber. The
interior, however, is vastly different.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
AN SKIN
Thick as q Plank. but Can Be Grated

off the coarse outer part % - alice
Then a razor was employer no
off the tender part that was
transferred TO the wounded elephant.
This was taken off in strips ABOUT 1lA
inches long and one inch Wioe.
strips were pressed upon the wou nesa
surface and held down by great DahuS
Of plaster. In exactly six days the new
skin was found by the DOCTORS
firmly adhering to Bellies NJ -
Another elephant was then calieu IN
and some pieces Of his skin were re-
moved in the manner aireau'
scribed. BY this time the raw
face was so greatly reduced IN sl1o
hat Belle b gln to S ow signs OIL re-
lief from her worst symptoms
tain hopes of her rec very were
tertained from that time. Every "eeA
a new elephant will be called upon 10
We'd up some of his skin for the SAM
of his suffering sister. THIS WIN
continued until the wound is ehtireiy
covered with skin. The elephahts
make the sacrifice in a cheerful spirit'
and il is calculated that fifteen VIII DO
required before matters are set right
II is conf emily expected that TINS
operation will prove an epoch-maKlhg
triumph in the history Of pachyderlna-
tous ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Express
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
IN AFaIoA
In the Lake Rudolph CountsA' Hunter
Encounter Elephant Herd.


In the Lake Rudolph CountsA' Huntsws
Encounter Elephant Herd.
On December 10 we reached the
much-talked-of Hawash river, a fine,
broad stream of ninety yards in width,
deep, with a fast-fiowing current; this
river is another which is said To run
out n disappear some seventy miles
further northeast; such a volume of
water, one could hardly believe II, says
a writer in the Geographical Journal.
Here our Berthon BOAT became decid-
eddy popular, especially as crocodiles
%abounded. We found at this camp our
first fresh elephant spoor. and, being
keen to procure some ivory to take up
as a present to the emperor, we all
separated and entered a three-mile
patch of dense African jungle, huge
prickly aloes, enormous cactus with
long, sharp points, and a tall. feathery
plant like privet made up a safe
asylum from ordinary mortals. Very
few minutes sufficed to turn hunters
into hunted. No. l, a cow, charged
down on us. Jumping aside, l killed
her as she rushed on my shikaree, not
four feet from him. Hardly had we
struck the spoor of another lot when
a young bull suddenly bore down on
me; however, a lucky forehead shot
laid him low. While skinning n of
these heads, the whole place seemed
alive with elephant crashing toward
us. Selling my rifle, l ran ahead to
try and cut off the troop, when sud
denly a line of over forty elephants
broke cover, about twenty-five in the
first line damned together like a cav
airy regiment charging. Being over
twenty yards from me when they APP
peared, with the center bearing di-
rectly down on me, l own to feeling
they had the best of me. l saw my
only chance was killing the flank one.
In a second 1 dropped the left-hand
one, which, falling inwardly, inclined
the whole troop a little to the right.
Within ten yards l fired my remaining
barrel, dropping another, causing still
further DETECTION to the right; another
second the flank one on the left rushed
past, almost knocking me down. l felt
thankful for such a lucky escape, and
blessed my new .450 cordite rifle by
Rigby, which had done such good
work, five elephants in six shots UNI
questionably proving it's value. 1
found, on returning to camp, White
house and Butter had both undergone
similar experiences, and I felt hound
to apologize for introducing them to
their first elephant-such elephants,
and in such a Jungle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
USING POOR FOOD
WAL Lead to the Eaters Degradation.

Probably the statement that persons
OF today do not live as well, in the
matter OF eating, as their ancestors,
will be met with a vigorous denial;
yet there is no doubt of it's truth. The
same cleverness which supplies us
with so many comforts unknown to a
previous generation has provided also
food authorizations which. in many
cases. are positively harmful. The
London Lancet says; There can be no
doubt that during the past decade food
has undergone a steady degradation,
and this cannot be without a democrat
izing influence upon the human race.
1t will be noticed that by far the ma
jority of cases of tampering with food
relate to the substitution of a cheap
er article rather than to the addition
of an injurious substance. The COM
mon defense is that modern conditions
of life make substitu ion a necessity.
1t is difficult to see the logic of such
a defense-at least in a number Of
Instances. 1t is urged, for instance,
that jam or marmalade cannot be
made without the addition of glucose,
which prevents the preserve from
crystallizing. Now, long before glu-
eose was a household word jams and
marmalade were made-and very good
they were. too-consisting entirely of
sugar and fruit. In the same way we
are told that beer must be brewed
from sugar, and that brewing exclus-
lively from malt presents untold diff
culties. Again, golden syrup, which
used formerly to be the refined syrup
of molasses, now consists largely of
artificial sugar, which is doubtless a
more marketable product, but it is not
the same thing as a ugar. Even
in the country good old-fashioned
wheaton bread, with the fascinating
brown color Of rich wheaton flour,
containing the entire nutritious por-
lions Of the berry and possessing that
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
Courtesy Is the Best
Policy and Gives Salts.
faction

after, rewarded M. Delcasse with her
hand and with the fortune that has
made his brilliant career possible. One
of the leading advocates at the French
bar owes his present position to a
similar act of gallantry. In the early
SOS, when he was a young clerk in
Paris, passing rich" on the equivalent
Of 5000 a year, he was travelling from
Orleans to Paris when he heard
scream proceeding from an adjoining
compartment. Opening the door. he
proceeded along the footboard tn the
compartment from which the sounds
proceeded and saw a young lady strup-
Cling in the grasp of a powerful and
well dressed ruffian. Springing into
the compartment, Maitre M seizad
the rascal, and, after a brief struggle
pinned him to the floor of the COZ,
riage, where he held him until tba
train stopped and he could be given IN
to custody.-Chicago Chronicle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
POIiteness
Made to Pay

1t pays to be polite even to the hum
blest of mortals. From a sordid stand
point courtesy is the best policy and
besides the satisfaction one derives.
from its exercise is sufficient recon-
pense in itself. Not infrequently an
act of p%oliteness serves as a magic key
to unlock the doors that lead to fame
and fortune. 1t is averred that n of
the most eminent French statesmen OF
to-day, M. Delcasse, owes his brilliant
career to a simple act of ~politeness
to a lady. He began his working NE
as a very obscure and poorly paid
school teacher, and won Gambettas
favor by the grace and courtesy with
which he presented him with a hamper
of Ariege beans, of which the great
statesman was very fond. This some
what prosaic incident was the first
turning point in young Delcasse's for
tune. Gambetta invited him to dinner
and was SO pleased with his intelli-
geuce that he procured for him the
most of private secretary to a very
wealthy deputy. One day when the
secretary was travelling by train with
the deputy and his wife he observed
h a the lady was much annoyed by
an illbred passenger who persisted IN
smoking in her presence. M. Del
casse's action was Enthusiastically
prompt. without a word he seized tn,
mans cigar and threw 1t out of the
window. For this act Of courtesy tbs
lady, when her husband died shortly
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

delightful wheaton flavor. now seldom.
If ever, characteristic of bread, is diff
icult to obtain. The bakers loaf is,
as a rule, a tasteless, insipid article,
which requires a considerable appe-
tite before the idea OF eating 1t can
be entertained. No wonder that the
taste for bread is rapidly diminishing,
and undoubtedly less bread is con-
sumed than used to be the case. AS
is well known, bread contains almost
every element of food necessary for
existence, but we should be sorry for
the person who tried to subsist en-
tirely upon the modern uninteresting
loaf made from blanched roller mill
flour. 1t has recently been stated that
the degradation of the teeth so no.
ticeable among us nov is due to roller
milling having largely supplanted
stone milling. We should not be sur
prised. The degradation of food is a
very serious matter and is bound to
lead soone or later to the degradation
Of the eater. No movement could CON
fer greater Blessing upon the people
than that which aimed at bringing
about a return to the older and more
rational methods of preparing food.
Let us see more of the home made
article than we now see; let us re-
turn to more palatable food that will
do more good than the machine made
stuffs and the endless series Of sub
stitutes. In all the schools throughout
the land we would have the children
taught the advantages of home made
food, and how the bread, fruit, jam,
or eve beer and cider can be made
at home. 1t would encourage a spirit
of industry, it would give us palata-
BILE and nourishing articles to eat or
drink and might have a very whole
some effect upon those who seem de-
l%iberately to attentuate food as much
as possible or who pay no regard to
its natural endowed palatability."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
May Kiss the Teacher.

Miss Julia Wilson, a school teacher
in White county, Indiana, has intro
dueed a now method by which to pre-
vent hardness among her pupils, says
the Chicago Record-Herald She an
nounced before the school that she
would kiss the first arrival every
morning. Miss Wilson is a handsome
lass of is summers, and the boys de-
clare she is sweet as a peach" The
first morning after her announcement
as early as 3 o'clock a number of the
eldest school boys were roosting on the
fence awaiting their pretty school
teachers arrival. At 8 o'clock the en-
tire school was there. The Township
Trustees also put in an appearance.
Miss Wilson kept her promise.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
English Submarine Des-
troyer Steered by Use
of Marconi System

The explosive charge and the driving
engines are placed in the same posi-
tions, but the gyroscope, the most ex-
pensive piece of mechanism, is dis
pensed with. In its place is substituted
a delicate electrical apparatus for ac-
tuating the rudder.
The apparatus upon the shore or
battleship for the transmission of the
electrical waves to the travelling tor
pedo comprises a powerful induction
coil and a small handwheel, reversible
in either direction. This the officer
manipulates in the same manner AZ
the steering wheel of a vessel, the tor
pedo turning to the right or left, ac-
cording to the movements Of the
wheel.
The celebrity and facility with which
the torpedo answers the movements of
the helm, Notwithstanding it's dis
lance from the transmitter, are re-
markable.
1t was dispatched straight out TO
sea, continuing in a straight line until
it had travelled 200 yards, which point
was the maximum range over which
the ether waves could be transmitted
in this particular instance. It then
simply circled round and round until
its %propelling power was exhausted.
The range over which the ether waves
may be transmitted simply depends
upon the intensity of the electric cur
rent, and since Marconi can establish
communication over 80 miles, torpe-
does might be manipulated at the same
distance.
When the ~projectile enters the water
from the tube a float is detached, and
this serves the same purpose as Mar
coni's high mast.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
Leathsr Made from scraps.

Consul General Hughes writes from
Coburg that, according to the Ger
man press, fbroleum, a new artificial
leather, has just been invented by a
Frenchman. 1t consists of pieces of
refuse skins and hides, cut exceeding
ly small, which are put into a vat
filled with an intensely alkaline solu-
ton. After the mass has become
pulpy, it is taken out of the vat,
placed in a specially constructed ma
chine, and, after undergoing treat
ment therein, is again taken out and
put through a paper making machine.
The resulting paper like substance is
cut into large sheets, which are laid
one upon another, in lots of 100 to
1000, and put in a hydraulic press to
remove all moisture. The article is
strong and pliable and can be pressed
or moulded into all kinds of shapes
and patterns.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
A S7.ooo.ooo BABY.
Inheritor of Estate of Lady william
Beresford's First Husband.

Inheritor of Estate of Lady William
Beresford's First Husband.
James Hooker Hamersley, for many
years a prominent figure in the fash
ionable life of the city, died of heart
failure recently 1t his country home
at Observation-Disclosures. Mr..
Hamersley was the cousin of Louis G.
Hamersley, the fist husband of Lady
William Beresford. Lady Beresford's
second husband was the Duke of MARI
borough. She is now a widow. Louis
c. Hamersley left an extraordinary
will when he died in February, 1888.
He provided that his widow should
have the income of his estate during
her life, but upon her death the whole
property, valued at $1,000, 900, was to
go to the male issue of his cousin J..
Hooker Hamersley. In event of the
latter having no male issue the es-
tate was to go to such charities as his
widow should name in her will. At
the time Of Louis G. Hamersley's
death ]. Hooker Hamersley was re-
garded as a confirmed bachelor. But
soon after he married Miss Catherine
Chisholm a noted southern beauty.
One baby daughter and then another
baby daughter was born to the couple.
But on July 2, 1892, a baby boy was
born, and since then he has been
called 'the $7,OOO,OO0 Hamersley
baby although he is now a sturdy
boy Of nine years. The boy is named
Louis Gordon Hamersley, and his
health a been guarded as carefully
as If he were the heir to a kingdom.
Nav York World.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

The statement has been made that
in Roosevelt the south has a repre-
sentative in the White House more
closely allied to it by birth than any
president since John Tyler. What OF
Lincoln? Col. Roosevelt is, indeed,
half Georgian, but Lincoln was either
a North Carolinian or a Kentuckian,
and full-blooded at that, as both his
father and mother were southern.
Mary Todd, Lincoln's wife, was born
in Kentucky, and she and all heI
brothers were intensely southern. MI
Lincoln, therefore, was more closely
allied to the south by birth and mar.
riage than any other president since
Tyler.-New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18
women as commerelal rrayelers.


The head of a st. Louis wholesale
house was at Chicago on his way home
from Buffalo recently. In the course
of a chat with some business acquaint-
ances he expressed the decided opinion
that women make better drummers
than men in some lines. 1.-THE fact
is" said he, that in some departments
women seem to be able to do better
than men. Not long g it was gem
orally believed that a woman could
not sell anything on the road except
books and certain articles of wearing
apparel peculiar to her sex. The oper-
atoms of the female drummer were for
a long time confined to a very limited
field. But in recent years she has
branched out somewhat, and l simply
state an open fact when l say that she
may be regarded as a success on the
road. In some instances she has prov
en- herself a more valuable member
than the men. Take certain lines, like
tea, coffee, spices and things of that
sort, and in a majority of instances
she will place more goods than a man
will in the same length of time. This
is probably true of these articles be-
cause she can talk more intelligently
about them. They are used in every
home, and the average business wom-
an one finds out in the world manages
to keep up with the things needed by
the housewife, and hence the woman
drummer can make a fairly good talk
about things of this kind. The woman
drummer has come to stay."-Chicago
ChronicIa-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-18

The management of the Berlin traf-
fc is becoming more and more diff
cult every day, writes a Berlin cor
respondent. The chief cause of this
is the sudden increase during the last
year of electric trans. At every street
corner, down the center Of the thor
oughfares, whether broad or narrow,
on every bridge, along every suburban
road, and at every point in the dan
gerous ubiquitous tram. So that cow
catchers have now been affixed to
them. The police have had photo
graphs of the chief tram centers ta-
ken all ove Berlin in the hope that
by their help they will be better able
to cope with the traffic. How the
photographs will help them they
themselves only know.