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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
THE NIGHT RUN OF THE OVERLAND
IN 2. copyTshi by Mcclure pbtnDs Co
CContinued.)

BE brave, grill" he said encourage
ingly, though his own voice shook.
You have got to make seventy-five
miles an hour, or better; but you've
got the machine to do it with. Give
her her head on all the grades except
-Four Mile Creek-don't be afraid--and
give her little sand on Beechtree
Hill. Goodby-and God keep you!"
AS Sylvia stood beneath the great
black hulk of iron and steel which
drew the Overland" and glanced down
the long line of mail, express and
sleeping cars, her heart almost failed
her again. The mighty boiler lowered
high above her in the darkness and
the steam rushed angrily from the
done, as though the great animal were
fretting under the unaccountable de.
lay.
You are brave little woman" she
heard the superintendent saying at the
cab-step. Don't lose your nerve-but
make time whatever else you do.
Every minute you make up is money
in the company's pocket, and they
won't forget it. Besides" he added,
Familiarity, we've got a big gun
aboard, and want to show him that
little thing like this don't Illustrate
us any. If you draw into Stockton
on time, I'll add $50 to that checkl"
And he lifted her up to the cab.
The fireman. a young Irishman,
stared at Sylvia as she stepped into
the cab, but she made no explanations.
and, glance at the steam and the
water gauges, climbed up to the en-
gineer's high seat. The hand she laid
upon the throttle lever trembled slight.
ly-as well it might; the huge iron
horse quiffered and stiffened, as if brac-
ing itself for it's task; noiselessly and
imperceptibly it moved ahead, expelled
one mighty breath, then another and
another, quicker and quicker, shorter
and shorter, until its respirations were
lost in one continuous flow of steam.
The Overland was once more under
way.
The locomotive responded to SyI-
Was touch with an alacrity which
thrilled her through and through. She
glanced at the time table They were
twelve minutes behind time. The
twenty miles between the Junction and
Grafton lay in a straight, level line.
Sylvia determined to use it to good
purpose, and to harden herself at once
to the dizzy speed required by the
memorable schedule. She threw the
throttle wide open, and pushed the re-
verse lever into the last notch. The
great machine seemed suddenly ami
mated with a demoniac energy, and
soon they were shooting through the
black, storm beaten night like an
avenging bolt from the hand of a
colossal god. The headlight-so
dazzling from in front, so insufficient
from behind-danced feebly ahead
upon the driving cloud of snow. But
that was all. The track was illum-
mated for scarcely fifty feet, and the
night yawned beyond like some en-
quilting abyss.
Sylvia worked with the fireman with
a fine intelligence which only the
initiated could understand; for an en-.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
What china Sells us.

If you are asked suddenly to say of
what four articles China sends us the
most, what would you say?
Tea probably would be the first
thing of which you would think and
for the second you would select silk.
That would be correct. Silk and tea
lead in exports.
But what would you name as the
export third in order? You might
guess for a good while before you
reached the right thing-goat skins.
And the fourth in order is mattings,
another thing that is not what most
persons would think of, although it
seems natural enough when it is
named.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13

kite string. All that is necessary is
to put the string through the cone,
and, impelled by the same wind that
holds aloft the kite, it runs rapidly up
to the kite itself. 1t carries a keen
edged knife, which cuts the string
holding the parachute, thereby releas-
ing the latter.
Down falls the parachute, expand
ing as it descends, with the figure
hanging from the horizontal bar be-
low. The effect is precisely like that
of a human being dropping with a
parachute. 1t is great fun watching
the figure as it makes its dive toward
the earth from a great height-Mon-
treal Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
Questions Tor Bows and Girls.


If you are good at guessing or an
swering, here are a few questions you
can wrestle with:
You can see any day white horse
but did you ever see white colt?
How many different kinds of trees
grow in your neighborhood, and what
are they good for?
Why does horse eat grass back
ward and COW forward?
Why does hop vine wind one way
and bean vine the other?
Where should a chimney be the
larger, at the top or bottom, and why?
How old must grapevine be be-
fore it begins to bear?
Can you tell why some leaves turn
upside down just before a rain?
Can you tell why a horse when
tethered with a rope always unravels
it, while COW always twists it into
a kinky knot?
What wood will bear the greatest
weight before breaking?
Seven Pieces of Letter in Two Cuts
Draw big letter U on cardboard
or stir paper, and then, with sharp
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13

SSS"So euuucniy animated WIN
demoniac energy.
and light and comfort, would sudden
ly be turned into mere shapeless heaps
of death. Yet Sylvia cautiously opened
her door little, and held it firmly
against the hurricane while she
brushed off the snow. At the same
time she noticed that the headlight
was burning dim.
THE headlight is covered with
snow!" she called to the fireman.
The young fellow instantly drew his
cap tigher, braced himself and swung
open his door. At the first cruel blast.
the speed of which was that of the
gale added to that of the train, he
closed his eyes and held his breath /;
then, taking his life in his hands, he
slipped out upon the wet, Ireacherous
running board of the pitching locomo-
tive, made his way forward, and
cleared the glass Sylvia waited with
bated breath until his head appeared
in the door again.
Fire up, pleased" she exclaimed.
neryously, for the steam had fallen
off a pound.
AS the twinkling street lamps of
Nancyville came into view, Sylvia blew
a long blast. But the wind, like some
ferocious beast of prey, bounced upon
the sound and throttled it in the teeth
of the whistle. One-third of one hun
dred and forty-nine miles, was now
gone and still the Overland was ten
minutes behind and it seemed as if no
human power could make up the time.
They were winding through the Talla-
hula Hills, where the road was as
crooked as a serpent's trail The en-.
CINE jerked viciously from side to side,
and twice Sylvia was nearly thrown
from her seat. The wheels savagely
ground the rails at every curve, and
made them shrek in agony One side
of the engine first mounted upward
like a ship upon wave, then sudden
ly sank, as if engulfed
Yet she dared not slacken speed
The cry of 'TimeI Timel Time!"
was dinned into her ears with every
stroke of the pisom. Her train was
S~N 49, No "a OA-C NACCt III Tue vast
and complicated machine of transpor-
tation. One slip of that cog would
rudely jar the whole delicate mechan-
ism from coast to coast
The train dashed into Carbondale,
and Sylvia made out ahead the glow
ing headlight of the eastbound train,
side-tracked and waiting for the be-
lated overland" Suppose that the
switch were open! She knew that it
must be closed, but the sickening
possibility presented itself over and
over again, with its train of horrors,
in the brief space of few seconds
She held her breath and half closed
her eyes as they Numbered down
upon the other train; and when the
engine lurched little as it struck the
switch her heart leaped into her
mouth. The suspense was mercifully
short, though, for in an instant, they
were past the danger. and once more
securing the open country.
In spite of the half pipe of sand
which she let run as they climbed
Beechtree Hill-the last of the ITALIA
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13

Yet, as they flashed through Grafton
they were still ten minutes behind
time. Sylvia shut her lips tightly. It
it was necessary to defy death on the
curves and grades ahead, defy death
she would.
The sticky snow on her glass now
cut off Sylvia's vision ahead. Another
train ahead, an open switch, a fallen
rock or tree-one awful crash, and the
engine would become a gridiron for
her tender flesh, while the palatial
cars behind, now so full of warmth
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
Novel rrlck for Dinner liable.

This is a simple little trick, by
which a dime may be made to come
from under a glass tumbler without
anybody's touching either the dime
or the tumbler.
Place two haif-dollars on the table
cloth-there must be a cloth, remem-
ber-about two inches apart, and be
tween them place dime. Then
place a tumbler so that it will stand
on the two half-dollars, with the dime
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
conundrums.

What is mans opinion of boomers
They are divided.
How do you keep food on an empty
stomach? Bolt it down.
What is the superlative Of temper?
Tempest.
Why is a lawyer like wine clerk?
Because he is bartender.
What is a waste (waist) of time?
The middle of an hourglass.
What heavenly thing and what
earthly thing does rainy day most
effect? The sun and your boots, takes
the shine from both.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
SIMPLE HOMEMADE BATTERY.

Care should be taken not to let the
zinc touch the outer tin can.
The top and bottom stays should be
either bored or burnt out with a red
hot iron, large enough to admit the
zinc firmly and quite tight. You will
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13

STARTING the OUIH on Its TIP
Immediately under it, as shown in the
accompanying picture.
Now, to make the dime come from
under the tumbler, all you have to do
is to scratch the cloth with the nail
of your forefnger, and it will gradu-
ally move in the direction you are
scratching The motion that you give
to the cloth by scratching is impaired
to the coin, and it will move a little
at every scratch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
KIte WIth a Parachute.

Here is a novel thing in the way
Of a kite with a parachute attach
ment. Some Of our boys may i'm
prove upon it, but they must not in
fringe on the patent of the inventor.
The illustration gives such a clear
idea of the contrivance that the ex-
PLANTATION may be brief.
A little cone-shaped affair of paste
board is fixed so as to slide upon the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13

doesn't 1t? But it is quite easy. The
picture shows how you may do it.
FIRST, cut across from to 2, which
VIII divide 1t into three pieces. Then
place the pieces side by side, and
one cut where you see the dotted line
VIII give you seven pieces.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13

This storage battery does not cost
much, is far superior to a storage
cell for amateurs and can be made up
of materials easily obtained in any
household.
The materials required for this sim.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
a Puzzle.

He-Here's puzzle for you.
She-Lets have it,
He-Give woman bunch of pho
tographs to examine, including one
of her own, which one will she look at
the longest and why?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
Dot and Line Puzzle

To the diagram below add five dots
and seven straight lines, in such a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13

CINE is steed whose speed depends
upon its driver She opened or closed
the injector, to economic heat and
water and eased the steam when it
could be spared. Thus together they
coaxed, cajoled, threatened, and
goaded the wheeled monster until, like
g veritable thing of life, it seemed to
strain every nerve to do their bidding,
and whirled them faster and faster.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
Trees and Rainfall.

The minimum rainfall at which trees
will grow is twenty inches.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
Cutting the Letter U.

Cutting the Letter U.
knife or scissors, cut it out. Laying
1T on the table, ask who can, in two
cuts, divide it into seven pieces.
That seems difficult thing to do,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-21

ea asF Tsst F b Bos 81 % ton. capacity
m 9dsrs'. business sPof and sr f1e
there were rumos ths, sses q Prime summer yellow
a deem n mae Pe as Al h a At reen OH pca Refined
and sn in & a 3 Sd r Ts s $40
prime summer yeiloT aoa 40 e eo' anf rrsdes r
cry on summer 9elieR put'ti &c
fINsEEp orI@Aaefican city raw 400 &c out Of
early part Of the ds y. wit 9anse IN
ave n5 reaeen hh Pasted until the close notvith
Of 300! hogs 2aoo At cheaso co 20 m
ho e1z4 on sat ni V AZ quoted Ness
90 ri 5fn Sls Quoted Fn Mess. soaso
,sy SSsf BEEF P9 s. sSss aaated $40 os2
DRESSED HoGseuoted Raeons aleG: 80 H. G @f2T
PlG6led bellies frmer anoed smoking picted
Th9Ins ' 2S2Sa city SIC Country
quoted 5oaa Redned quoted se ,n.
e SS5oSa 'U sfssy 0P aaofad % 1"
s I'd PFtn@5 3oE g2 sis.
80 prns to coi I1in1 5.dss edS Pans
&c lava. 4ssa4s4c Rsneoon in bond. 2asd2s.e
to- 10 Was salq nov ifst ces The market is
socsfs cut loaf ana crushed 585c tablets SIS
dT ea coarse a powdered - and t powdered Eagle
gysnn1ateS eSc. FseI. n cartons 2 10 bags and 70
bags Of hne graduated 490c: Eagle fine granuateo:
standard granulated diamond T5c eonfectlones
A Acc: Nos l. 2 3. 450c; No l. 43ct No n 4o'
No 435c No : 30c: No S. 425c. No 3. 4Zoc; no u
15c; No il 10c IL o5c, No 13 4c: Nos IL ana
10 1880: No 16. $500; Eagle powdered DOC tr
Sor1jros & a5c The London market advanced 4d fCr
sugar bees with and March quoted at IS "a
local at unchanged
trifugal test quoted at 3@c muscoEado 80
SO Some san
sugar s. sold to arrive cost freight basis. Incl ud
ing 600 bags centrifugal. sc test at lice ana oc
basis 50 These prices WetN
equal to the duty paid prices This week sum
mary Of the statistical position. made up ny Wlet.
Gray shows the United states ard oupa II
against ~ ls9 tons last 49,
increase OF
last year Receipts the six principal ports OF up5
~ exports. 800 st5ek. ll"evO TONS
against pos 500 tons year 155 cenras grind aga
56 les. wear stock in 2.9S3,OOo tons, asals
ana ,55 tons year. Total stocks OF EUROPE aI
A,erra 2as $50 tons 3491 go tons last year
a ~ -aroa uneven dates aud 35f2j95 at the even
date 9f January 1903 The decrease of stock IS lH Sp
1880 tons last "eeh e'' "
decrease 81 I2G, 1872 tons January / 1905
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-21

eRieo f SeT-orIssns per 56l ssa$9. eseaTot
G Do GeF H SS 5 ks b0ri Nrf5E
hhl 35a5oa kohlrabi New-oreans: per 100 S2as4 let
tuce, Florila fancy, per basket. So 5oas4 -,
New-dreans. per 6bl. s4as7 onions crate.
DO yellow per bb 81 5oas2 50. do red per bbI 81 500
low per bag 81 25aS1 IS do State and western white.
Dbl S1dS2; DO yellow. per bag S19S1 75 do yellow,
per fiat hoops S1qS1 90 do red bag Sl4sl 50 oyster
plants, old 100 lunches. 81 so; okra Havana per
carrier 5ocqs1 so; peas Florida per crate, S1s4; do
California box s2qS2 IS peppers, Florida per car
rier 81 doqS2 do Havana. 50cdS1 80; parsley. New
ronane. New Orleans per Dbl s3Gs6 Florida per
BASKET sldS2 So radishes Orleans 100 punches
s1@s spinach Norfolk Dbl S1d$I 50; string beans
Florida fancy 81 1888 20 do average prime
100 punches S2S4: squash. Florida. white box 81
DO Havaan white per half Dbl box 81 59Gs2; turnips
dc: do Baltimore white 81 Orleans white 81 90
u.s. tomatoes Florida, carrier S1dS3; do Key west
.5e1S2. do. Havana. s10S2 cucuHhers hothouse, per
S3nS3 lettuce. hothouse. dozen 4ucMSl
mushrooms dollhouse per n 40GG0c; rhubarb. dollhouse
dozen bur ches 50G15c radshes dollhouse per 100
lunches Sass tomatoes. dollhouse per n 2O135c
HAY AND STTAW-HAT-The receipts were again
light. but there for full trading
this week there is fair surplus al the principal sheds
ready for the markets opening after the monday o.
February ID Most the upper moved
ard what be easily pushed at fun prices
Under less nominal in price
Receipts of hay and straw. in reported at the
$50 Erie. 20 Pennsylvania 80; Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western 80. West Shore 130 Lehigh Valley. 14o
Ba tr1ore and Ohio TO- Ontario Western 20 Central
q NeWJeLsy -, total go tons receipts OF straw" ~
tons .STRAV-Prices stfen deliveries of
long rye are light 70Gs0c is the readily paid
8 72l2 975c; g. 6G70c small bales 21z Csc less
large CioVer mixed prime. 10dc clover clear 6oqIoc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-21

METALS-TIN-Tfn was los higher in London al
tls IS Cd for spot. El34 Is 81 for futures while
COPPER-Copper closed 81 higher London.
fss l. "a for spot E5s IS Cd Locally
: 1u1tec AZ L Jcc nominal isse ard slectrciytc
l2soa 1906 and casting al u 81 'z1 y 81 LEA p
but gained Is 81 IN London where il closed fI2 Is 81
81. -SPELTER--Ths London market for spel;er
unchanged At E2l 3 Cd but here il hrmer. closing
~ 3o5fI5. ioc- .IRoN-fron in Glasgow closed at
SIS I'd q MiGdlesbrro 49s I'D Locally
quiet and unchanged No foundry Northern is quoted
No. foundry Southern and No. foundry Southern
SOFT At So Ss@1s2z 10 Warrants remain nominal
MOL-AsSES AND sYRUPS-syrups we're steady but
firm here and New-orleans. Quotations follow:
GOD, l7a2le: prime 22a27e New-orleans epen kette
%29s0c. syrup*-Couanon. 12al5e fair iea1sc: good.
I9ez1c; prime. 2eg2ic: tarey, 25a2Se.
OCEAN FREIGHTs-charterinz in both steam and sail
continued oEiet and Al Saotaby unchanged rates
The demand for vessels showed ard ample
tonnage offered epotations 70 Liverpool I'D Glasgow.
London and Bristol ID Eur. 245 Ieith ard Newcastle.
ss eot;o 10 Iaverpol -er 100 r. I2c London oats Is
cargo hence 70 south africa PIRATE terms March;
Norreg.an steamer 10 toaa ifaHsatiaBt .i ;Taee
70 picked ports United Kingdom Continent. including
EaInurg Is 3d. berth terms February British steamer
p February 20: British 1872 tons, timber
sapeo to Tinted Kingdom pirate terms April;
four British 12aI $50 22aT and 23io tons
ard Norwegian steamer. $50 tons ore pnl9uiri 70
Phlladelphia or Baltimore trips. private terme
March. British ship .0e tons rosin savannah TO Cork
for orders lie Cd Sd II direct March: British bark
cedar and MAHOGANY Barros TO New1 ork private
terms, schooner. lab tons iogEocd fiA4n 10 NeW-
nsaas q 10 Earana IS rs, sehoonsr. LIS tons.
cross ana switch BrIuswick 10 PhAde!phla l8ql1c
schooner ~ tone renos eooser ~ tons coal Perth
Amboy 81 50; British schooner ~ tons coal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-21
CASH QUOTATIONS.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.


4 rfa eof~r opened steady
n Partial 1eoIi2e Of points. cios~5 steady
points TIE initial decline the result
selling importers and HG8cation encouraged BY the
czhles watch Geporte5 secliHs 4 "a :.
~ Fl Both the primary markets were IN
baf Hsvrs with
frgus7.e level Considerable
ess~=-r traders notably
interest freely before the
Esrsnc- and who sinos -5ed with aavtrE lauiasted
larcEaseS reasonable profit These purchases
us5ls -rr e-f~-rr-z- p5vanruC prices FOR tine
e-Frs ir:7g tendency. particularly When the
Interior receipts - rather under eEFeeEs
lions sia15ler IuUe of sfort duration. how
shortly after midday dersH5 fsll OF while
.re-fngs crgiHaei There ware clearsnC~s reported
~ - 0uo hays from Rio The stock a. Hsvre
-sD4-fa5 3 hzeE. aeC than that II
r-ouiaf expectation that the month
slp-i- Sentiment. however. not h1I=h- taking the
though fFsre i perhaps less 6is
r-sf;-7 Dor L. further declines view Of The
SPOT marker ard fhs better reports
rr=z- TIE auisf. with
-rersfiras basis 5irc FIR RIO No
7rs ~ TTces ire ~csl market today
q ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-21
The following are the total
ports since September J. 1902

FLOUR AND NEAL-The stAadness Of wheat throlgh.
larger business took place in the oe2er 6Faaqs
81 29s4 90 winter straighIs s. So@$S M
n,sr 50 a6 "a To- extra No winter 50 soGS2 81. red
dog s22 25as5s 10 SPOT and .FUcFZwHEAT
qgsted 81 soas2 = spot and I'd g &c ssG
s 80 e Sh0ses Kun DRIED s. SSSss % as to
BAGMEAL-s Steady. Quoted Fine white r-y anG y i'm
a. sa6 sssi sp pr bran spot sci 55s2 arrive goo
9 n SCI d s saI aS Esd i nsed o AXE cake
SIS Scqs2e h9p,ly en0p 81 eif1 n,n6er Of besrish
the wheat MAKE 1an5A s9 s s e ose
showed partial sc ret advsnee II was srof haa SOD
little too mnch on early decline when bear news
nofas Strength in the NoTtnwes5 chiefly ca wheat
- Minneapolis vas the leadng influence, ,yis over
supplies werr buying eagerly al 4e Say anee owe
nrresse about Soc ooo rush in stocks his week here
@ t nj p e Eree5nE 5aTs brings the weeks
tai toyai westeT receipts this week vii fa4 ab2g
fuece there was slight increase demand quite
and Argentine shipments Of only I776o0o bush his neng
S5q o0 or 6Os b fesr lde ers easier Parts
reaction in English cables after early ErIlISs, ~
thout foundation. There siso continuation ot
SOUTHWEST where heds stin wen protected by snow
While temperatures have through the West they
YeTk s2 Is sss a. UtPors oaotaSions hea
@aea basis are as 2l9ws; 20 N AsT' Yar,ber
Duluth ss@sc ! Northern NeV-York, sessc No : rea
ss7sr prompt. --0RNNery little corn
time during the 1ay--3ess Al y
Tori possibly the West resulting in very rlTr
throughout closing prices Alg &c
Besides sfeadiress abroad and the us7ia
trouble grains and here the market had
the bereff o export business, and heavy
sesbosrd cfearsncaz sggrsgsting 1Ss49 bush q which
Baltimore The interior
movement light offerings VS.
compared with 223eU hush last year
The amounted 70 sd at Liverpool Ar
shipments fell 76ptA bush compared WIZ
hush Details OF the export business
were follows: At Nev-YoTiz 1880 bush No ee[n g
arrive. z 5nn0 bush r <. and 200 bush No ;
corn besides loads other grades outports we're =
-cazs On here there No } corn
an5 ungraded: No corn closed &c eieyator and
56-sc o s7oat. NJ white and No yellow. 30 i2c
o OATsTheFe active trade AT tie
business both sides
through ccTT,issicR houses Ia general
way the market throughout the dag in
sympathy Locally the cash business included
q husb %e oats closed $40. 3 425+c No
white 4zlac: No 1910 track mixed nominal.
track white. 43lzG4Sc and standard white tile
RYE-Market firm. estern. &c. @ ahost State
rye 5Tg52c. RI>EY-Market quiet feeding
quoted 4Tc. Buffalo and mailing % 1J5Sc 9
Buffalo Wheat. including -four exports for the week
FebrIarv fe according Bradstreets aggregate
2 713 s2 bush. $50 s39 bush week and 269
fS5 hush this week Wheat exports since
JULY 76a bush. against 1921 500
hush Corr exports aggregate ; T3e 49, bush
SS0i7o bush we=S and 24Is3o bush wear
For year exports &C. SGn S+S bush,
against 2. so6S26 bush