davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

ing their fares in little box at the
front end of the wagon. The senator
saw vacant space near the pay sta
ton. He worked his way toward it.
dropped into a seat put his ticket in
the. box, and began reading bulky
document. Before he had read ten
lines a lady asked nim If he would
Please be so kind" and he dropped
her fare in the box This occurred
again and again as people got into the
herdic.
Finally an old negro anammy,
with a basketful Of washing sent up
a quarter. The senator poked it out
20 the driver and was given a slip Of
tickets in return. He tore or one,
dropped it in the box and handed the
rest to nanny" 1t is contrary to
herdic etiquette to buy tickets for q
colosed woman She always wants
change" and the senator soon be-
oame aware Of his breach of custom
~ the fearful protests or NANNY"
what am ! to do?" asked the Bos-
torian.
i dunno an Cor t care" she said.
II wants twenty cents; l don't want
no tickets"
Finally the senator fished a quarter
our of his pocket, handed it to the
old woman. who still had the tickets,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
The Protector In Operation.

first spread horizontally by means OF
an ordinary dispenser of about 20 de-
grees, with cylindrical lens running
vertically. Each lens distributes in
an angle Of 20 degrees the whole OF
the light falling upon it, causing
superposition of the images of all the
lenses and effecting an equalization OF
the unevenness of the protector rays
In front of this a second lens is at
tached which disperses the light YER
tically on the same principle.
When adjusted at maximum inten-
sity and uniformity. the Illuminated
square has a width and height of So
centimeters, with the dispenser a dis
lance of 21a meters from the illuminat-
ed surface, the current being about 30
amperes at the focusing arc lamp. If
the current is increased to so am
peres and somewhat larger dispenser
is used having a mirror of 600 milli-
meters in diameter instead of 45O
millimeters, as in the former case, the
area of the illuminated square will be
SO by 8S centimeters.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
Docs Away with cInders.

The need of a practical spark and
cinder arrester for use on railway loco
motives is apparent to all who travel,
as frequent fires are ignited by the
sparks. and the cinders have dis
agreeable habit of making known their
presence in various ways. George s.
Parshall of Sistersville. w. ", be-
lieves he has designed practical ap-
paratus for the work of -onfning the
sparks within proper bounds, pic
ture of his locomotive attachment be-
ing shown in the illustration.
At the rear Of the smokestack on
the engine is placed a branched tube.
with perforated cylinders at the ends
of the branch. The top of the stack
is provided with a deflector. which
throws the smoke and cinders back
into the rear pipe, where the air cur
rent. divides, a portion of it passing
out through the top while the main
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

disks fastened along its length at
regular intervals. These disks are
bubbles rising from the mouth of
the seal, which is imagined to be UNI
der water. Many such symbolic de-
vices are most ingenious, the rays of
the sun, for example, being indicated
by feathers.
All through Mexico and Central
America, in ancient times, the faces
OF the dead were covered with masks
OF clay or metal, some of them Of
beaten copper, and only half a dozen
years ago dozens of skeletons wear
ing copper masks were dug out of a
group of burial mounds near Chilli
Gothic, o. In a prehistoric grave in
Peru silver mask was found on the
head of mummy, and in this case,
as well as in all others of the kind,
species of dedication of the defunct
was probably intended.
The Aleutian islanders bury their
dead with grotesque wooden masks
over their faces, and the natives of the
Prince William Sound region follow
like custom, their mortuary masks,
for some unexplained reason, having
usually one eye open and the other
indicated by slit merely, so as to
give the expression of comical wink.
Some of the masks used in ceremoni-
ais by the Indians of Vancouver is
land roll their eyes and snap their
jaws in manner at once lifelike and
grewsome.
But, in their way, the Eskimo masks
here described are quite the most re-
markable in the world. They are
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
and jumped out of the herdic. She.
with smile of Joy, tucked the tick
cts and money in her pocket.
WOES OF AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER
BIS Victims Are Sometimes Not Crate
full for hi, Efforts.

Bus Victims Are Sometimes Not Crate
full for His Efforts.
II the average amateur photographer
would not attempt to make portraits!
1t is bad enough to be misrepresented
in an out-of-doors group, but when
the snapshot man turns his attention
to heads, and poses them near the
camera it is too much.
One of these mental fortunes did this
the other day. He cajoled a much
photographed neighbor to allow him to
practice upon her for the full face. His
must have been an excellent lens, for
nothing escaped it. 1t seemed to have
X-ray qualities. 1t brought defects out
of that poor woman's face of which
she had never dreamed. There were
big freckles which she had not seen
since she was child, wrinkles which
made her 20 years older than she
really was, savage lines about her
mouth, and her hair was turned into
broomcorn.
There, think that is a pretty good
portrait said the amateur, as he
turned over the result of his efforts to
the victim. THAT is good likeness"
1t was a likeness, too. There was
the same strong resemblance which
the caricaturist puts into his sketches
and also the same hideous unlikeness,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
Improved Handouts.

With the ordinary Landcuff there
l. not little opportunity for strong
prisoner to escape before the brace
let's can be clamped on the wrists and
it would, perhaps, be an advantage to
the man making the arrest if the
jaws were arranged to lock automatic
ally as soon as the cuff touched the
wrist This is the end sought to be
attained by Frank A. Headson Of
Lafayette, Ind, with the invention
shown in the accompanying picture.
This arrangement provides an auto
matte trigger to close the jaws in
stantly when brought into contact
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
MsehanI.m for sprlnr,nr lava.

with any object between them and
also arranges for the release of the
jaws by closing the hand slightly
on the randles Of the bracelet. AS
will be seen, there is a sliding. oh
long handle inside the main frame
with a connection to the trigger plate
The jaws are pivoted on either side
of the sliding pin Of the trigger with
a rack mechanism controlling their
action. Each jaw is also provided
with a spring actuated leading block
which serves the double purpose "
holding the jaws open until the trio.
ger is sprung, and of locking them
In their closed position. To put the
handcuff into use 1t is grasped in one
hand and suddenly slipped over the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

when Did Life Begin on the EarthP
The epoch of the beginning of life
on the earth cannot be carried back,
according to the reasoning of Mr.. F.
}. Allen, farther that the date of the
appearance of water on the earths
surface. The powerful hooks of light
ming which must have occurred con-
tinually in the damp, warm at
mosphere then existing, led to the pro-
duction of ammonia and the oxide of
nitrogen, as happens to-day. These
substances were carried down in So
luton by the rains and on the surface
OF the earth met solutions of carbonic
ACIDS and the Chords, sulphates and
phosphates of the alkalies and metals.
lhls was then the first opportunity for
the formation of varied heterogeneous
combinations and for the coming into
being of the first living substance.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

leave the body of the animal for a
time, and may appear in it's semi
human aspect to the eyes of men.
The idea is expressed by some of
the ceremonial masks, which have
double faces, a wooden muzzle being
fastened with pegs in such a way as
to be removable, to show a human
like face beneath. The same effect
is obtained by small hinged doors,
which open outward disclosing the
human-like face, which represents the
ghost.
The bladders of marine mammals
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
Religious F,eSfiUnl
AmonI the F~rkfmor

The Eskimo Easter is a religious
festival, held in honor of the return
Of the sun to the north, and many
gods, both greater and lesser divini-
ties, take part in it, being represented
by person disguised in suitable cos
tunes and wearing grotesque masks.
For weeks before the festival dedl-
Gated to the sun god everybody is
busily engaged in making masks. The
Eskimos are born artists, and vie
with each other as to who shall pro-
duce the most grotesque faces Some
of the faces are exceedingly elabo-
rate, having attached to them small
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
ElestrloIty Cause. Inw.n,.

A dispatch from Paris says a Curl
Gus lawsuit is pending between the
NICE observatory and local electric
troiiey car company using the Thorn
son-tiouston system. The observatory
authorities say that the electric in
struments In their magnetic depart
ment were SO much disturbed by the
current OF the trolley cars that thew
We're Obliged to transport all the in.
st.u,nen.s TO another observatory on
MO, Mounier, at cost OF 500 ooo
- Icy ~ contend that the company ought
e1, pay the cost, and the company is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

are carefully removed and preserved,
and at the time of the Easter festival
are inflated and hung up in the cere-
monial house. 1t is supposed that the
ghosts of the slain animals continue
to inhxSit these bladders, which, later
on, are taken to hole in the ice,
opened, and thrust into the water
under the Ice, so that the ghosts may
return to their proper element. Thus
liberated, the ghosts swim far out to
sea and become reincarnated, so that
the animals they represent may be
killed and eaten again.
The religion of the Eskimo. like
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
WORK OF INVENTORS
LATEST DOINGs IN THE REALM OF
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Device Intended to Do Away with Fly
ing CInders -ssarohllght In Photo
graphic Work New Incandescent
Bulb of Value.
searohnght In Photographic Work

searchlight In Photographic Work
In photography, art printing and
many other similar kinds of work, it
is necessary to work with surfaces IL
Illuminated as evenly and as brightly
as possible Such work is now being
largely done abroad by means Of pro-
jectors Of the same general construc-
ton as the ordinary searchlight as
to form, electric current used and
type of feeding mechanism employed
but the projectors are fitted with
transverse dispensers, as indicated in
the accompanying illustration, taken
from the Scientific American.
The rays from the parabolic glass
mirror, which are almost parallel. are
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
Fast Riding for consumptIves.

A London physician tells the Times,
in a letter, that he has noticed among
patients taking the open air treat
ment for consumption beneficial eff
fects produced by riding in motor
cars at a speed of from thirty to fifty
miles per hour. The swift motion
through the air is credited by him
with causing, along with a marked
feeling of exhilaration, increased ap-
petite, improved sleep, a healthy
glow tending, after few days treat
ment, to become permanent, and a
diminution of the tendency to cough.
Youths Companion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

with not even the humorous excuse for
1t. 1t was all blank ugliness.
No one will know the blow it was
to the woman to receive that awful
thing as her picture. Her friends only
half guessed it when she timidly asked
II they thought it looked very much
like her. She had really believed the
statement, sometimes wrongfully
made, that the camera cannot lie. The
camera is an unconscionable hypocrite.
New York Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
Low barometer and Aurora..

M. Stazzano has heretofore noted
several facts going to show that the
aurora borealis is of terrestrial origin.
that it is intimately connected with
.he phenomena classed as meteoro-
logical; and now shows from statis-
ucs that low pressures of the baro-
meter are the sign of the most direct
connection, auroras increasing in fire.
quency with low pressures. They act
not only to extend the auroroI zone
which in both hemispheres, follows
the line of polar pressure. but also
the period of the low pressure influ-
ences both the diurnal and the month
ly period of the aurora.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
Old sM rs 5DRp z0Lao Yz5 prTJDrr 10 80 119~z~
AzER A L0lSGKZIzER5 A6cENE - 1 ~ LIE @11H11

painted red, white and black, and
some are as much as four feet high,
while most of them are decorated with
feathers, In addition to the curious
images of animals, etc., attached to
them with strings and pegs. Occa-
sional specimens are excellent por-
traits of individuals, the likenesses
being SO good as to be recognizable.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
natural Gas Industry at PIttsburE.

A recent French report recites the
following statistics regarding the nat
ural gas industry in the Pittsburg re-
gion. The beginning OF the exploita-
ton was in 1882. In 1884 the Phila-
delphia Gas company which now
controls the industry, was founded.
At present the capital invested is
about $44,OOO,0OO, the area of land ex-
plotted is about $4,000 acres. there
are 1900 gas wells, of which only
some 300 are in use. They produce
more than 3,112,OOO cubic metres of
gas which are distributed through
more than 2,4OO miles of pipes, en-
ploying some $500 worltmen ia their
use and care. Some 500 manufac-
tories and 10000 private houses pay
annually about s2,75OOOO for the gas
supplied to them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

Fifteen blind men of Toledo have
formed combine to collect 800 each
from the state of Ohio. They claim
they have never seen the color of this
money, which was voted by the legis-
lature.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

In suit for divorce for nonsupport
IN Chicago a wife testified that her
husband always carried sos, 1000 in his
vest pocket. A woman who would
neglect such a golden opportunity to
support herself when her husbands
vest and the back OF chair were in
Juxtaposition in the dead hour of night
oughtn't to complain in court.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

A young man who counld not under
stand Browning decided to hunt for
the poet in another world. II is
hoped he will discover that the mystic
versemaker understood himself
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

The Texan charged with having
nine wives must be brave man, but
1t VIII not be known just how brave
he is until it is learned whether he
received one mother-in-law with each
wife.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

1t may be well for us to keep our
committees for the reception and en-
tertainment Of royalty standing and
In practice. The prince OF Wales is
likely to pay us visit ere long.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

AS an argument for woman suffrage
1T may be suggested that II a man
were assessed by his wife there is
little chance that anything would be
overlooked. But, on second Thought
most men are successfully assessed by
their wives now.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

A millionaire has just ben baptized
in the river Jordan. Things have
changed since A. d. 3S. Only a mill
lionaire can afford to be baptized in
the River Jordan nowadays.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
nIs Reputatlon we. nnrt.

The prosecuting attorney of Natrona
county, Wyoming, has entered suit
against 175 citizens of Casper. that
state, for damages, aggregating $780,
600. The citizens circulated and signed
a petition asking that he employ an
assistant in murder trial, and he all
leges that his personal reputation was
thereby damaged in the sum named.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

jerry Simpson, the ex-Kansas
statesman, has gone to New Mexico
to engage in cattle raising. The poll
ticians OF New Mexico are fearful that
Jerry viii raise something else In the
nature of side line.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

wrist Of the person to be made a pris-
oner, when the pressure on the pro-
jectlng rlace of the trigger releases
the locks and allows the jaws to shut
over the wrist
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

The well-known physician of Plain
neld, N. j., who has been thrown into
a serious case of nervous prostration
by the death of pet cat is front
named Sarah.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

From the fact that the late Cecil
Rhodes left $4,000 to janitor the
deduction is naturally made that the
South African millionaire never occu-
pied fiat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

What causes poor spelling" is a
topic much discussed nowadays. but
what the public wants to know is
what corrects the bad habit of putting
letters in the wrong places.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

Germany fears monopoly in wire
less, telegraphy But how could that
be possible when every other inventor
one meets has an incipient system in
his pocket?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
Takes Care Of the CInders.

body of smoke and the c.nders are car
ried downward into the cylinders.
Here the rest of the smoke readily
passes off, while the cinders remain
in the tube, which is emptied at inter-
walls.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

Emma Eames says great singers
cannot AFFORD to worry. Well, they
don't. Their managers are the ores
who do the worrying.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

An explorer has found some water
in Kansas that is said to bear close
resemblance to that of the Dead Sea.
Probably it represents the remains of
some prehistoric joint.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

While the revolutionists are at
work in Spain the rest OF the world
would be glad to see them drive Gen.
Weyler into one of his own concentra-
ton camps.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

Listening to three hours of discus-
sion ON the chemical analysis OF tha
cocktail of commerce routed a w q
T. q. delegation at Philadelphia. The
cocktail acts this way usually
whether It is analysed or taken in
simple faith.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

Though the postal authorities think
OF putting the head of Martha Wash
ington on postage. stamp, it is not
expected that George will be crowded
Off
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

The annual demand on the part of
congressman for space on the first
page of the Congressional Record is
healthy business sign.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

Death does not end the work of
Cecil Rhodes as an empire builder.
HIS VIII proves in how large a meas
ure he was great.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

Art collectors will be glad to learn
that of the $4,000 Corots in existence
MO less than 5000 are by Corot.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

According to William G. Whitney
men should quit making money when
tney are 60. But a good many men
haven't begun then.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15
SENATOR LODGE AS A CONDUCTOR.
Not sucoess-His Experience with an

NOT q sucoess-THIs Experienoe with an
old Negro ''Mammy."
Senator Lodge climbed into one Of
those ancient vehicles that run on
some of the capitals streets and are
called herdics by the natives. The
wayfarers who use this brand of con-
veyance, says the Washington cores
spondent of the New York World, en-
ter through rear door and act as
conductors for the owners by deposit
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

Another Life of Napoleon" is an
nounced, shn. it isn't likely that the
world knows all about the Little Cor
poral even yet
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

The youthful couple whose wedding
took place in the dome of the capitol
at washington evidently had exalted
ideas of marriage.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., says he be-
gan earning money when he was six
years old. It must be case of in
stinct there.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15

Having added murder to his long
series of hold-ups, Pullman car
porter was lynched in Colorado.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-03-01
A Liqht Heart Under Failure.
Orchard lie Gallienne, in March
Success.O

Orchard lie Gallienne, in March
Success.")
A light heart under failure Is anoth.
er condition Of success which may be
written down as an essential. No one
should need to be warned against the
deleterious effects Of the blues, Moth
ing deadens the heart of enterprise
or unstrings the nerves of action, like
Ia fit of the blues. In one of those
beautiful prayers which Robert Louis
stevenson wrote for US, in his Samoan
household, he prayed for courage and
gayety and quiet mind A man
who backs up his brains with these
three gifts has all the odds In his IA
vor. Il is next to impossible that he
should fail in what he undertakes to
accomplish,
Gayety is the essence OF power
What is there in failure or Two to
cry about. or in dozen failures when
you know you are bound to get there?
Success is not an external trophy, not
something you have to hunt OF en-
snare, like a bird. Success inheres in
oneself, or in every true piece of work
one does. Not the most powerful op
position. not the bitterest or meanest
underestimation. can do more than
delay any success we really deserve.
Ultimately, we and our work must be
Assessed at its proper value; aud
though we may be dead when the time
comes. we shall have succeeded none
the less Every day we hear OF men
succeediRg In their graves But that
only means that the world was SLOW
TO see that they had succeeded years
ago, while they were living and work
ing with us. The men themselves
we may be sure. though robbed ol
Temporary rewards. knew, deep in
their hearts. that they had succeeded
and confidently left their work be
hind 10 report them AMI their cause
laright," when the time should come
for its value to be understood. To be
misunderstood. to be vilihed, to be
laughed at, TO die poor and unregard
led is not to fail SO long as you know
without a shadow OF doubt that youl
work is real. and that the very uni
verse is committed to take care Of il
and compel its recognition. you cSr
afTord to die with a smile on your lips
or the sunshine of success filing youi
heart
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-03-01

The newest and most delightful en-
tertainment of the year is the polite
comedy TOO Rich to Marry. which
will be seen at the Brooks opera house
soon.
The style of the comedy is a posi-
tive innovation. 1t is as rar from the
time worn style of the ordinary com
edy as can be conceived. II Is certain
ly brilliant creation. not dependent
upon coarseness and vulgarity for
forced laughs, but full Of the richest
of humor that brings the laugh spon
taneously, and that q the kind of a
laugh that sends the audience away
from the theater well satisfied
The cCmedy TOO Rich to Marry"
has an intense dramatic interest and
Is rare combination of romance. pa
thos and comedy. It is a vital and liv-
ing play shown as in a series Of vivid
and life-like pictures.