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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07
WEIRD TALE OF ABYssINrA.
Extraordinary Discoveries OF Criaes
Said to Have Been Made by
Hypnotlxed Boys.

A Swiss engineer, M. Zig, In the en-
ploy of King Menelek, the ruler of Abys-
sinia, tells some strange things about
that country and one OF his most weird
stories relates to the lobasha, or crime
d~iscoverer. These are boys MOI more
than IL years OF age. who are put into
a hypnotic trance, and in this state dis
cover the unknown perpetrators of
crimes. OF many of these almost in-
credible cases Of the hunting down of
criminals he had personal knowledge.
In a case of incendiarism in Ads Abeba
the lobasha was ca,ied to the spot and
given a cupful of milk into which a
green powder had been put and then
was made TO smoke a pipe of tobacco
miAed with a black pow der. The boy
was then hypnotized. After a few min
utes he jumped up and began running
to Harrar. For fully 16 hours he ran,
and so swift was his pace that profess
sional runners were not able to heep up
with him. Near Harrar the lobasha left
the road, ran into a field and touched a
Gala working there with his hand. The
man confessed.
Another case which Emperor Meme
lex and Nj Ilg investigated was hat of
a murder nd robbery near Ads Abeba.
The lobasha was taken to the site Vi
the murder and put into his peculiar
psychic state. For awhile he ran around
the place, then back to Ads Abeba to a
church, which he kissed, then to an
other church, which he also kissed.
Coming to some water-water breaks
t-Ispeh-the boy woke from his trance.
He was again hypnotized and off he
went, round some nuts, and at the door
OF one OF them lay down and fell asleep.
h ownc Of the hut, who was not in,
was on his return arrested. He stoutly
denied his guilt, but some of the goods
belonging to his victim were found in
the hut and he ultimately confessed.
The murderer was brought before
Menelek, who asked him to detail his
doings after the commission of the
crime. Those were found to correspond
n the Aovements of the lobasha.
He said that, overcome with remorse.
ne ran to two churches and kissed them.
nelek wanted to have another
proof OF the ! )asha's gifts, He himself
took some j. D. belonging r. en-
press. A lobasha was sort for. 70 first
ran alb Z In : c~'press' rooms, then
n Menelek's IN rou.As-wen
through other rooms and finally fell
down on Nanelek's bed.
M. llg can sive no explanation of this
wonderful gift, which seems to be CON
fined certain tribe, or perhaps racial
confederation. the members OF which
are distributed over the whole of Abys-
sinia.
1t is also worth remembering that a
very sim"ar method of discovering
crimes was ascribed to the old Egyptians
1000 years ago.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07
SIZE OF RUsSIA's ARMY.
Actual Number of Troops the Cxar
Has In or Near Manchuria
Kept n Secret.

No n outside the Russian war Of
ice knows the actual number OF troops
the ear has in Manchuria or within
reach of II, writes o. X. Davis, in Every
body's Magazine. The Russian army in
point of number is the largest In the
world. Nearly 300, 900 young men reach
their majority in Russia every year. and
each is bound by law to spend five years
In the army. II all were taken they
would make an army too large even for
Russia, so only $4,000 go to the colors
with the army or the feet, and the rest
80 70 the reserve. The lowest peace
strength OF the Russian military estab-
Iishment. therefore. numbers more than
a million men, with AZ. 900 officers. In
war time practically all these our
men join the colors, swelling the army
to the stupendous figures Of 4.5OO. 900
men. and rs, 900 officers, for whom there
are provided $50, 900 horses. Men who
are in position to guess shrewdly say
there are more than 800, 900 Russian
soldiers in Manohuria or near 1t now
The number that can be put in the field
there is limited only by the will of the
government.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07
TELEGRAMS WITHOUT WIRES.
Machine That Transmits and Receives
in Writing Messages from
a Distance.

The paragraph is the name bestowed
upon a new mechanical and electrical de-
vice by means of which messages by
wireless telegraph may be sent or re-
ceived and typewriter copies taken au-
tomatically. 1t is not a yankee rotion,
but the invention of an Englishman,
says a scientific exchange. In appear
1t resembles an ordinary typewriter,
but It Is of simpler construction, with a
keyboard figured with the. signs of the
letters and numerals, which can be
printed or telegraphed to any number Of
Instruments. Each instrument, the in
yentor explains, is at once.a receiver and
a transmitter, enabling operators TO n
verse with one another in writing, and
thus obYiating Misunderstanding,
which are apt to occur in telephone com
m~unications. So far messages lave been
sent only for a short distance, but it is
Intended to experiment over wider
spaces, and 1t is hoped that messages
can be sent to any distance that either
waves will carry. The machine is always
ready for immediate use, and as there is
no mechanism which requires to be
wound up in order to obtain synchron-
ism, the operator has both hands free
for manipulation.
Another advantage claimed for the
invention will be Of especial Importance
in military affairs, Messages cannot be
picked up. To quote the inventors own
words: "In sending a message you are
sending two ether waves which allow
you a choice of Sc signs, and these are
given direct print either as letters or
figures. Absolute secrecy is thus OBJ
tanned. The only way to intercept mes
sages would be to employ a similar in
strument, which would have to be syn
chronized to The same degree as the
transmitting instrument. Lastly, these
machines will receive their messages
(Which are given at present at a speed of
rs words a minute) without anybody be-
ing present, and would thus be of great
advantage in a signal box, as the signal
man will receive clearly printed instruc-
tions should he be absent at the time the
message is sent to him. Nor willthe ma
chine work only without wires. | gava
a lecture in Paris before the Society of
Civil Engineers of which l am a member,
during which l sent messages to Brus-
sells while telephone communication
was going on over the same wires. [
have sent messages also between Ber-
lin and Frankfort"
The apparatus consists of a typewriter
which by depressing a key sends two i'm
pulses. Each letter only requires two
impulses, and the different letters are OBJ
tanned by Means of the time interval be-
tween these impulses. For wireless pur-
poses these impulses operate a switch
connection with The induction coil, thus
making the sparks for sending the ether
waves. The induction coil is connected
with an aerial as well as an earth wire.
To turn the apparatus into a receiving
instrument it is only necessary to move
a switch which is placed beneath the
typewriter. This makes all the con-
nections to the receiving apparatus,
which consists of a coherer and a very
sensitive relay.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07
OUR GREAT COPPER WEALTH.
Michigan Led in Production of the
Metal Until Montana Assumed
That Honor tn 1902.

In an article on Modern Methods of
Finance" in the Pearson's. Mr.. Henry
George, Jr., speaks Of our great copper
interests as follows: Modern copper
mining began in the United States about
1845. In that year our total production
was estimated to be about 100 tons.
More than a tenth of this wa produced
in Michigan. Copper mining in many of
the states rapidly developed. but no.
where so rapidly as in Michigan, which
in 1880 yielded more han four-fifths of
the output of the country.
"Then it was that Montana began its
phenomenal mineral development. By
1892 its copper production exceeded that
of bountiful Michigan. Arizona's copper
development came later. Toward the
close of the nineties, the copper mined
In the United States exceeded annually
$50, 600. 900 in value, which rivaled our
gold yield and far surpassed our pc
troleum. We had come to produce more
copper than all the rest of the world
combined, and hence u product COM
manded the worlds market.
This country's enormous copper yield
came mainly from three districts, in the
following order. The Butte region, Sill
yer Bow county, Mont; the Lake Su-
perior peninsula of Michigan, where it is
richest; and the triangular region Of
southeastern Arizona marked by Clifton,
Bisbee and Globe"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07
ON THE PARIS HANoE
Three Million Francs Is the Cost of
a Place Among the Seventy
on the Bourse.

1t may be said that a seat among
the seventy (they call it a charged
costs about 10000 DOC francs $500, OOO)
or sometimes $500, 900, and a charge
earns from 5 to Is per cent. (net) a
year, so that the annual profits are
from 100000 to $4,000, or more in ex-
ceptional years, writes Cleveland Moi
fett in "The Paris Bourse" in Cen
fury. But these are usually divided
among several associates, for it rare
ly happens that an agent is the sole
owner of his seat. More often he has
paid for only half Of it, or a third of
II, and has three or four silent part
ners who own the rest and who NAV
again have subpartners, so that YOU
Will hear of a person owning an eighth
or a sixteenth OF a seat, or even a thir-
t~y-second. these being simple invest
ments that carry no rights or privi-
leges on the bourse.
AS to procuring a charge. the thing
has none Of the stock exchange sim
pllcity, where the main requirement
Tor getting a seat is to be able to nav
for 1t. Here a candidate must be a
Frenchman and at least 20 years old.
He must have served four years in GER
tain forms Of business. He must be
personally acceptable to the agent
from whom he would purchase the
seat, and often to his family, includ-
ing the ladies. He must be passed
upon by the seventy with formal vot-
ing. as If he were joining some select
club. which he is. There must be -,
stain on his business record, and no
slur on his personal character. A
candidate was rejected recently for bad
habits, and another for no fault of his
own, but because his brother had been
concerned in questionable transactions.
With all this fayorably settled, there
Is still needed the approval Of the min
lister Of finances and the sanction OF
the president. This makes 1t clear
enough why many of the ablest dealers
on the bourse have not been members
of the parquet, but of the coulisse
They could not get into the parquet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07
JOY OF BIRDS.
Gander Ways His Tail when Happy
There Are Birds That Blush
when Angry.

A writer In an English publication
declares that birds wag their tails
when they are happy. The gander, ,
he says, when he has to his satisfac-
ton driven off a dog from the pres
ence OF his spouse, returns to her cram
ing his neck toward her and wags his
tail with pleasure. Our jaekdaW-or
rather jllldaw, as it is a temale-on our
return a lew Gays since after two months
absence, cried u Justify to us from the
bush where she VI perched, and on
our going to greet 49, n received lis
with protuse tail wagging to show her
pleasure al our return. She always
greets her particular friends in the
household by wagglng her tail, crouch
ing on her perch. and cawing 81 an I'M
dertone."
Another observer finds that some
birds blush. He writes: I'VE have a
very fine specimen OF the blue and yels
low macaw which displays this trait
not often, for he is remarkably good
tem~pered-and the blush Is an in~variable
sign OF anger; so much so that we warn
all friends that while his cheeks remain
white all attacks are feigned and in play,
and can be disregarded, yet If the dan
ger NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., to look out and
keep u of reach" The owner of a blue
orange macaw says that its white,
parchment-likefac fac becomes bright pink,
especially above the beak, whenever it is
angry or excited"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07

The total assessment OF personal prop
erty in the state Of Mississippi for the
year 1903 is s70,7 69, 073. an increase OF
s5,921,176 over the year previous. In
the list. besides live stock. carriages.
household furniture. etc, are 2S,435
watches, 1898 pianos and organs. 9s74
guns lover n to each person. which is
exempt, and 7,705 pistols, bowie
knives, dirks and sword canes. The
country reports show the following ex-
empt property; 12,43S horses, 1851
mules. 252, 1852 cows, 1871 sheep, Is, 2O5
goats, 1922. 694 hogs and 256 asses. The
number Of polls assessed is 305, 421, an
increase of 1865 over the year before.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07
MARK DIDN'T WAIT.
Thought, Perhaps, That somethlns
Might BE Said I'm CompIi-
ment to Him.

An acquaintance Of Mark Twain tells
the following amusing story:
when lived with my brother in Buff
falo," he says, mark Twain occupied
a cottage on the opposite side of the
street. We didn't see very much of him
but n morning as we were enjoying
our cigars on the ~veranda, after break
fast, we saw him come to his door in his
dressing-gown and slippers and look
over at us. He stood at his door and
smoked for a minute, as II making up
his mind about something, and at last
opened his gate and came ~lounging across
the street. There was an unoccupied
rocking chair on the veranda, n when
my brother offered 1t to him he dropped
into 1t with a sigh of relief. He smoked
for a few moments, and said:
Nice morning.
Yes, very pleasant
Shouldn't wonder II we had rain
by and by
We'll. we could stand a little
This is a nice house you have here.
Yes; we rather like it.
How's your family?'
oh, we're all very vell.'
There was another impressive 81
lence. and finally Mark Twain crossed
his legs. blew a pun Of smoke into the
air. and in his lazy drawl remarked:
~ suppose you're surprised to see
me over here so early. Fact is, | haven't
been so neighborly perhaps as l ought
to be. We must mend that state OF
things. But this morning 4 came over
because | thought you might be inter
ested in knowing that your roof is on
fire. 1t struck methat it would be a good
idea if
but at the mention OF fire the whole
family rushed upstairs. When we had
put the fire out and returned to the YER
anda, we were hardly surprised to find
that the humorlst hadn't waited"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07

A swarm of trained artists and cam
eras took pictures and sketches OF all
striking gowns and hats at the New York
horse show, recently. No fashionably
dressed woman escaped the 'camerani-
acs" and "sketcheleptics.'' as they are
called. modistes and milliners having
hired them to secure hints for future use.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07
The Differences.

rs this where | can have a tooth
pulled without pain?"
This is where can pull a tooth with
out pain"
What's the din-oh. yes, ah-ha. I
see. Oh, well, l amt got no toothache
nohow."-Houston Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07
ALFALFA SEED.

D.. u. Biethan, Of Blackfoot
VIII guy Won close pricos 81
Alla.la' timothy, Blue Grass
and Orchard Grass seeds. Sam.
les sent on application.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07
Aiding Agricnltnra

The annual government expenditures
for the promotion of agriculture are.
s4.5OO,OOo spent by the states and Sc. ESQ
600 by the national secretary of agricul-
ture.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07

The balance of trade in our favor
nearly equals. and occasionally exceeds.
that OF all other favored nations on the
map.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-14
Naval Academy Generalization.

1t may have been only a coincidence that
OF the very day the Meriwether findings and
sentence were announced naval cadet was
hazed by some of his fellows until he be-
came unconscious, But the close relation
of the two incidents assuredly suggests that
the recent court-martial did not really strike
at the grave evils which SO plainly exist at
the Naval Academy. The fist fight which
resulted in the death of Midshipman Branch
was in direct disobedience of the rules. The
hazing of Kimbough was also in fragrant
violation not only of the rules, but of a
pledge given by the cadets to abstain from
hazng. 1t is only too evident that che in
stitution Is in low state of discipline and
that the cadets have lost their sense of
obligation to respect and obey the regula-
tons.
So confident have the cadets been that
nothing would be done to put an end to
their practice of settling personal differences
in the prize ring that several such encoun-
tiers. it is reliably reported. have occurred
since the death of Branch and the institu-
ton of the official inquiry into that tragedy.
That fact of itself is a sufficient disclosure
of the need of drastic action at Annapolis
to compel these young men to acknowledge
that they are not running the academy nor
are they establishing their own code of con-
duct
The boy who was hazed until he fell un-
conscious was apparently set upon by his
tormentors because he had given testimony
before board of officers relative to the
hazing practice in vogue at the academy.
This indicates two things. first that there
has been feeble effort to regulate the dis
cipline and second that the cadets are de-
termined TO oppose all refornatory proceed
ings on the part of the authorities In
other words there Is rebellion at the acad-
envy, and unless it is met by the most vigor-
Gus measures 1t will spread until scan
dalous condition results calling for whole
sale punishment.
The American people are Disguised with
the hazing pranks of the college and mill
tary service students. The general hope.
expressed on all sides, is that the day will
soon come when young men will develop a
spirit of true manliness when they enter
upon the serious task of preparing them
selves for their life work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-14
The Lithuanian Revolt.

Russia's gravest peril lies In the fact
that It Is impossible for the government at
ST. Petersburg to deal with the empire as
a whole. The ear is ruler over one OF
the most heterogeneous peoples In the
world, and conditions vary from province
10 province and from class TO class OF
the population-vary. that is TO say, as 10
the detailed demands OF the subjects for
reform. The only harmony Is in the uni
versatility of these demands.
At St. Petersburg is centered a great
labor organization, styled the League OF
Leagues. representative of the workingmen
of all classes. AS with all other such
vast bodies, inclusive OF many trades and
even. as in this case. OF many race rep
resentatives. there are conservative and
seriously embarrassed In dealing with the
industrial situation from this fact OF dis
similarity of desires on the part of the
protesting people. The radical element de-
sired 20 preclpitate another general strike
and everything was In readiness for this
move. which would have crippled the gov
ernment seriously, when the conservative
faction gained control and decided to
postpone the strike until a more propitious
season. The announcement OF that de-
cisiou seemed to turn the tide of affairs
which had been setting strongly against the
government. IN favor OF restoration oil
order
Just at this junctuI comes word OF des-
psrate outbreak In lsithuania, under which
term are embraced the provinces OF Kov.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-14
A shocker From Shanghai.

"China for the Chinese" thus saith the
Shanghai correspondent of the London
Times This Is given as in part the basis
Of the movement:
"Flrst-That the Anglo-Japanese alliance
guarantee the integrity of Chinese terri
tory.
"second-The impohtic action of the
United States, which. failing to perceive
that the boycott against American goods
was merely manifestation OF the anti-for-
eign feeling adopted an attitude of con-
citation, which Asiatics naturally miscon-
strued.
srhird-The influence throughout tho
provinces of half-educated students who
have returned from Toxic tnabued with the
idea that China is capable forthwith of fol-
lowing Japans example. and
"Fourth-The withdrawal OF the British
feet and the reduction of the allied garri-
sons"
Let us not forget that Shanghai is rated
In the news world as fakir headquarters
in the far east. Some of the tallest yarns
that circulated during the exciting period
of the Boxer troubles had their origin there
and spread goosefiesh over all the hides in
| Christendom. Maybe those yarn-spinners
retain their cunning and are having some
| more fun with mankind.
| Number two of the causes given here for
| this reported flare-up shows the difficulty
| we are experiencing in getting the correct
version OF our controversy with China be-
! fore the distant public. Properly inter-
| peted, our recent action was not one OF
Cancellation. but only of explanation. We
stand now precisely where we have stood
from the first in the matter Of coolie labor.
] That LABOR and that alone constitutes the
| Chinese question with us. There Is not the
slightest prospect that coolies viii ever be
admitted into this country to compete with
American labor. The party raising such a
cry at the behest either OF greedy con-
| tractors and cotton planters. or of senti-
| mentalists giving strained ana reckless
reading to the duties OF human brother
hood, would make itsek the Laughing stock
| CT the land.
The Chinese are assured, and the state
] nent = now and then made right here i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-14
Mr.. Williams Frank Confession.

In the deaate Ia TIE mouse yesterday Mr..
Williams said:
The trouble is Inst the people of the
country are tired you ana are AFRAID OF
us and II is partia.ly on account or sucii
things as happened mere TINS morning thde
1t Is afraid OF US.
There is truth in this statement. and quite
as much merit in this frankness. Mr. Will
Jams states the case as a party leader
should 1t Is q fact that the country mas
lost confidence in the democratic party
largely because of the passions which mark
its factional chickering's. The people remem-
Der and apply the old aphorism. that he
who would govern. others must first show
the capacity to govern himself.
To make this point good. it is not nee
essary to take sides in the controversy be-
tween the gentleman from Mississippi and
the gentleman from florida Both men are
very much in earnest. and each has full
faith In the justlce of his course. Mr.,
Williams Is satisfied that Mr.. Lamar needed
a dose of party. discipline, and Mr.. Lamar
is quite as we'll satisfied that he did not.
What the public .behofds and grieyes at is
a row between the physician and the, pa
tient. in which the medicine is forced down
with difficulty and tn. bed kfver' greatly
disarrsnged. As result the physician Is
injured in reputation, and the patient In
party health. Nil. Lamar has not been
benefited by DIR. Williams treatment.
Query, is DIR. Williams the sort of physi-
clan the country needs? Is his practice
likely to increase?
hard fate pursues the democrats OF
the House They have been humping the
bumps for a round decade. First Leader
BaiIey-one of the ablest men his party has
produced since the war-tried his hand, and
threw up the job in angry disgust. Then
came Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee. His
selection was the reply to the charge that
Mr. Baieys failure was due TO a temper
beyond control. But the Tennessee man.
with all of his sweet reasonableness,
could do no better, and held on simply be-
cause there was use In letting go. Mr..
Williams came next, and is now on the box,
flashing the wheelers and trying to per-
suade them that he is doing it for their
own good. but who may with safety pre-
diet how long he will st there?
Mr. Williams complains that the donkey
figures in the press as his party's symbol.
The selection was In one respect an inspi-
ration. It Is very difficult TO lead a donkey.