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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
T,f,e leading futures ranged j.

sls8 Cash quotations were 4 az follows: FL uR-
EASY. Winter patents. sf.5napI.s0; winter
SsIf1,ights. b. io1i5r No. 2 spring wheat esc.Gb
No. >, a5c. 6 Mo-. 2 red. esIkc q sl.(o
No corn. 47Isc. I; No. y yellow, 4sj4c. No. z
loatg. 31c. No. 2 white sc. No. white, .9A
s99ic. No. 2 rye, '6c. Good feeding barley.
5ec: fair 10 choice mailing. A,1 &c. No. II
nHxEcesl i.e7.: No. 4 northwestern. 3L+0; primo
timothy seed, ss.soaa. %. aicss pork. per bar
rel, I9a IL IS lard. per 100 pounds 81 07MD
&T.tq: short Ribs sides (Ioose), S6759tTto; abort
clear sides tboxc.ll. 20 s7taa7bo. Whskcy, basis
of high wines. 81. "a Glover. contract grade.
sif.ea, EgE---Wcsk at mark, cases Included.
1Erc.: nrsts, 15tsc.; prime, 1scis Buttcr--Easy;
creamery. aid$,c. 81 dairy. 2aSe7c, Cheese
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

The Rev DR.. James r. Graham and
daughter, Miss EYy Graham, Of Win
chester, + have gone to st. Louis to ac-l
company Or. .Graha1,a's son, Mr.. William
Graham, to Alton, Ill. where OH T. uls-
day. April 9th, the latter Will wed Mrs.
Hopkins, charming young widow. Mr.
Graham is a native of! WI chestcr and
for the past twenty-five years has been
the cashier Of tho Myers Brothers Drug
Company, OF st. Louis, one of the larg-
est wholesale drug firms in the world.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

oINCANNATI,3 OF, April "a. --HoG Strong
Butchers. $5.50G6.5b common. t.e6gS4 Cat
non non ;s.sdas.ss. shesp1sttsady al ssa5.i 10
Iambs-Steady at $4e6Gl7 86.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

Invitations have been issued for the
marriage OF Mr.. Edward w. hutchinson
4 to Miss Clementine Chapman. at Salem,
Va, on Wednesday, May Sd. MIR. Hutch,
Hutchinson, OF the Methodist Church Of
IJdinburg, Va. 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

Miss Mary Stewart Buford, OF Law
renceville IL with friends In Richmond,
for short stay Later Miss Buford
will visit her sister, Mrs. Robert Strange,
In Wilmington, N. G.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

-F1OUR-1oull
aid depressed.
si.WHR1. RH:
Corn--Flrm;
&c, southern
err: No. 2 mix
Western. Mc.
fancy imita-
3F&c. AEggs-
Cheese--Firm
small, 14Ac,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
]. 1contlnued fron, s,eveltth paga.) .

& Mr.. Nathaniel Moore, son of Mr.. James
Hobart Moore, OF Chicago, Well known in
horse show circles. Is doing considerable
entertaining at the Hot Springs, Va,
where he is spending the spring months.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

Miss Edwina Scott OF Petersburg, and
Miss Lula Dunkel OF Richmond Will
spend Easter with Miss Rosabel Thomas,
at Amelia Courthouse
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

Mrs. Charles Cupeper and little Miss
Ottolene Culpeper, Of Portsmouth, arc vis-
ting Mrs. Culpeper's brothers. Colonel
John s. HARDWOOD and Mr.. Henry Har-
wood, during the Easter holidays.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

Jeremiah Harrigan of Hocksessin,
Del, escaped the clutches of the hang
man after the gallows had been erect
ed upon which he was to die. A few
weeks later he died from the effects
of a badly frozen foot.
William p. Steele of Princeton, Nd,
was killed while setting up a monu-
ment over his wife's grave. The stone
fell upon him, crushing head and
chest.
1t was suggested to the authorities
of Seville, Spain, that the city should
do something to help the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The idea was enthusiastically adopted
and monster bullfght held in the
organization behalf.
After fruitlessly wandering over the
hills of Utah for years, Patrick Sulli-
van, an old prospector, died of heart
failure upon discovering a rich mine
near Park City.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Rainy Day Game.

Tear piece of paper into as many
pieces as there are players, and on
each piece write some number repre-
senting an hour in the day. AS there
are only twelve hours, there can be
only twelve numbers, but if more than
twelve are playing, you can make
some of the figures half-hours until
there are the required number.
On one piece mark a cross and then
shake all the numbers in hat, each
player drawing one out. The one who
gets the slip with the cross on 1t is
IT." or wolf" while the other play
ers are called the sheep"
A ring is then formed by the sheep,
the wolf standing in the middle. The
sheep then call out, What time will
you dine tonight, old Wolff" and Mr.
Wolf calls out any hour he happens
to think of. The sheep who holds the
slip corresponding to the number
called by the wolf starts to run. If
he can get around the ring three times
before being caught by the wolf he
is safe; if not, he must be wolf" The
game keeps up until all have had their
turn at being wolf" and this does
not take long, for the wolf is not sup
posed to call the same number twice.
Exchange.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Good Forfeit Game.

The players all seize a tablecloth or
a similar sheet by the edges. The
one who is chosen as leader says:
81 fish for all kinds of fish. When
say, let CO. you must hold fast,
When l say hold fast you must let
CO."
Then the leader begins to speak
quickly, saying anything that comes
into his head, until suddenly he says,
"1et go!" or "hold fast!" at a time
when he imagines that he can catch
the others off their guard. Those who
are caught must pay a forfeit.
One of the players takes a spoon
and taps on the table with it, saying:
Who can't do this, can't do a thing!
Spoon, spoon, spoon-sping,
Then she passes the spoon on to the
next one. But she does it in a certain
manner by using the left hand, or
by holding the spoon with a certain
number of fingers, or by doing some
thing else unusual. The one who re-
ceives the spoon must do it over again
and again till she does it right, and II
she cannot do it, she must pay a for
felt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Hidden Names.

In the following verses are hidden
the names of ten fishes and insects:
When I'm man I'll own ship,
No matter what my aunt may say;
I'll be the captain, and many a trip
We will take to far Bombay.
I'll carpet the decks and paper the
sides.
And paint all the perches and poles;
And when wore near port weIl have
some sport
In running aground on shoals.
Big Nat will be my mate, of course,
He was purser once on a scow:
And Jim will come-he was perfectly
glum
TIL | asked him-he's happy now.
Wen blow bugle and fly a flag,
And if we come near Cape Cod,
I'll flourish my sword and send home
word
That I'm ready to marry Maud.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

1t was erected to the memory of Ia.
dock Howe by his friend, DR.. N. Mil
Ter.
Zadock Howe was revolutionary
soldier who went out from Foxboro
and who was said to have been on the
body guard of Gen. Washington.
Little has been preserved of his per-
sonal record, but that he was a gal
liant fighter for his country is gener-
ally claimed.
The monument is also inscribed,
ITO those who view before you're
gone, be pleased to put the cover on"
The cover referred to is an urn which
surmounts the stone and which, fast
ened by long, cumbersome hooks,
swings open, and discloses a slate tab
let inscribed, "The grave is waiting
for your body, and Christ is waiting
for your soul; o may this be your
cheerful study to be prepared when
death do call"
The granite capstone was wrought
by Mr.. Howe in 1910. He died in
1919. 1t was repaired by his son, DR..
r. Howe, in 1841, and the whole af-
fair was repaired by the towns cen
tennial committee in 1878.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Hidden Names.

In the following are to be found
first, the name of continent: second
the name of country in that CONT.
nent, and, third, the name of the cant.
tai of that country:
Did you lose bird, sir?" Katie
asked
AS | answered, mo-" I happened to
catch slight twinkle in her eve.
Kate" l laughed, throwing down
my papers, II am afraid you are iok.
ing" '0iA
No; I found bird" she replied
Where"
Never mind, sir; is it yours?p
mo"
Then I'll keep it,"
All right; you may keen IT. only
tell me what the fun is about Kate !"
Her answer foated in through the win.
dow: wiz
It's a gold eagle. I found ~ e.
your pocket, but I'm so glad NAV
keep it." O may
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Horse Counts by watchino Ewes.


DR.. Carl Stumpf, professor of psy-
chology at the University of Berlin
and a member of the Royal Academy
OF Science, and two colleagues, DIR. C.
Won Hornbostel and DR.. o. Pfungst,
have ended months of experiments
with Won Osten's horse Hans.
They find that the secret of the an
imal's replies is in its powers of OBJ.
servation, which enable it to perceive
while it looks at its questioner the
instant it has reached a correct an
swer. Thus they found the horse was
unable to tap out correct answer to
question when the person putting it
did not know the answer, for exam
pie: "How many persons are in the
group behind me?"
The questioner not looking himself
did not know the number and Hans
was unable to give correct reply.
nor was he able, when wearing blind
ers, to calculate or perform the sim
plest counting. Stumpf does not doubt
the good faith of Won Osten and his
assistants.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Maqnetized FILINGS.

If you possess a magnet there are
more ways of amusement and instruc-
ton open to you than you have any
idea Of For instance, the following
experiment with iron filings will prove
most interesting, and will impart a
bit of useful knowledge:
Iron filings are procurable for the
asking in any machine shop or place
where there is an ironworker's lathe.
They are the minute particles of iron
that fall when the iron is being cut
or ground into shape, and possess the
same relation to iron as sawdust does
to wood.
bar magnet is necessary for what
you are to show. Lay it on a table
or any fiat surface and then cover it
over with apiece of stiff cardboard.
Now sprinkle the iron filings over the
surface of the cardboard, and then a
very curious thing will happen.
The filings arrange themselves as
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton, each particle forming a part of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
The Elephant as = ,u.-,--

Anyone who thinks the elort.
slow, clumsy beast would have e'a au .
to change his opinion on seelnn 'a al
at work along the rivers of nosa uA
Siam. The rainy season. which sD,'a
gins in April, is the time When us'
teak logs, cut during the dry sa.' us
in the forests about the upper w voa9oa
OF the Menam river, are foated Soa'
to Rahang, where they are caught avn
RATED to Bangkok. Instead ~ e aua
shirted, spike-shoed river drivo. eg
such as handle the logs in their dou.
stream journey to the sawmills On Wv
Penobscot and Kennebec in Ms, ,u'
the "lumber-driving" of the sismao.
rivers is done by barefooted han
naked men on elephants, and ~.
bone" labor and much of the tb,nL
ing involved in the operation ara dou.
by the elephants. N'D'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
The Egg and Card Trick.

Stuck an egg, the contents Of which
nave oeen blown out, onto the back Of
a card with little wax. Now show
tne card to the audience in sucb =
way that they do not see the egg Now
holding up the card with tbe rioht
hand show the audience that your left
hand is empty. Then swing If around
ana take the card in the palm of the
nand' at the same time hoIding onto
lne egg with the right hand win =
quick movement drop the left hand
having the card in the palm at The
same time disengaging it from tbe
g ,I5 which remains in the right hand
! ne audience doesn't see what bos
pecome OF the card, but sees in tbe
pace OF the card an egg. Instead Of
an egg you may use a small bnncb
of flowers. i"ii ouneh
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
For the Boy carpenter.

Lots of boys have their own tool
chests. Here is a simple contriV.
ance upon which to try your tools:
Take a piece of wood about seven
and one-half inches by two and one
fourth inches, and about the thick
ness of a cigar-box lin fact. cigar
box is just the thing. Then get an
other little piece two and onefOurth
inches square, and mark both of them
out in the same way as is done in the
accompanying diagrams figs and
p. Cut out the two pieces, then the
groove marked A, the width being
just the same as the thickness Of The
wood and the depth half of it. Now
sandpaper the two pieces until they
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Accidents in Profuslnn

An extraordinary chapter of acct.
dents has happened in connection
with the death of young man in
South Tipperary, Ireland, a short time
ago. One man was drowned while
returning from the wake, and another
was hurt through his horse boiling
when returning from the same func-
ton. On the day of the interment the
funeral passed a party bringing home
the drowned mans body while the
driver of the hearse fell off the box
and injured himself Soon afterwards
one Of the mourning coaches broke
down, and the mourners were obliee9
to proceed in another vehicle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Bewltched Penny.

Ten or twelve pennies are needed
for this trick. Place them separatelv
on the table, and have one of the coins
chosen and marked by several per.
sons. Get as many people to examine
1t as you can, so they will "all he
sure to know it again." Have this
coin dropped along with the other
coins into hat, and the whole sbaken
up so that the coins will be we'll
mixed. Placing your hand in the hat
feel every coin, and you will at once
detect which is the marked coin bv
its warmth. The coin has been
warmed by the many hands tbrougb
which it has passed. 1t is best 70
have the coins originally placed an as
cold a place as possible, but Won must
not turn back the table cloth. or Give
any other hint from which your audi.
ence can gather the secret of the mn.
cling trick. You can add to the won.
der If you are blindfolded and allow
some one of your audience to attend
to all the rest except the picking Of
the coin from the hat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Lost Calf Found With Wild Deer

An odd story comes up from Great
Island, in Portland harbor, in connec.
ton with the deer situation down
there. Last fall calf belonging to
Frank Stevens strayed away and, al
though efforts were made to find it,
could not be located.
Recently, however, some gunners
who were out hunting saw the long
lost calf in company with a deer, and
since that time the two have been
seen together on several occasions.
sometimes the calf being with several
deer. 1t is evident that the little ami
NAL has been adopted by the deer of
Great Island and has now become one
OF their number. 1t has become as
shy as deer and in fact lives and
acts just as they do.-Kennebec Jour
nal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Pawns Part Of House Monev.

An East London England woman,
whose money practically burns a hole
in her pocket has hit upon the novel
method of saving half sovereign un-
til the latter part of the week. Di.
rectly she receives her husbands
money, she makes her way to the
pawnbrokers and pledges half a SOW
ereign. She obtains Is. on it, and
redeems it about Wednesday or
Thursday. 1t costs her Id. per week.
viz, ed. for the ticket and Id. for
interest. The pawnbroker is used to
her peculiar transaction and takes It
as matter of course.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Kindness Among Birds.

| have seen a little chipping spar
row make business of feeding some
half-fedged robins. She watched d,
her opportunity, and whenever botb
parent robins were away from bs
nest she rushed in with her morse,
The robins resented her oficIonges
and hustled her out of the tree when
ever they caught her there. have
heard of a wren that fed a brood q,
young robins in a similar way and Of
a male bluebird that fed some young
birds that were in a nest near its own
Outing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
PROTECTION AGAINST A WITCH.
Law Invoked to Keep Woman From
Supernatural Detective Work.


Law Invoked to Keep Woman From
Supernatural Detective Work.
once or twice a year some extraor-
binary piece of evidence finds its way
iato the papers of the survival of the
most primitive forms of witchcraft,
and of the belief in the same, in parts
of Ireland.
AS rule these cases transpire when
the law is broken by persons ill-treat-
ing the supposed witch, as when last
year an unfortunate woman was held
on the fire to drive an evil spirit out
of her.
But the last few days have shown a
novel case, in which the protection of
the law was invoked to protect certain
persons against a witch.
An old Irish peasant woman had suf-
fered from the theft of a small sum
of money. Being unable to discover
the thief or thieves, she had made
straw image, dressed it up, stuck it
full of pins, and placed it on a bier,
and proceeded to hold a wake" or
funeral party over it. She then de-
clared that her intention was to bury
this image, with suitable invocations,
with the certain result that as the
straw of which it was made decayea
away so would the body of the thief
waste and dwindle
Certain of the neighbors POSSIBLY
with guilty consciences) asked that the
police might stop this experiment in
witchcraft, as it gave them great un-
easiness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Kindness in Janan.

Day by day something new in the
training of the Japanese child comes
to light to explain the exquisite gentle
ness that marks the nation as a
whole. Kindness to dumb creatures Of
all kinds is national trait, and it IS
hardly to be wondered at, when it Is
known that children are not permitted
to eat cakes or cookies cut in the
shape of animals, for fear they may
learn to think of living beasts as hay.
ing as little feeling as the confegdOn.
cry ones.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Pretty House ornaments.

Here is something children CAV
grow in their own windows. Get SUM-
raw peanuts and plant in pot
good earth. They will sprout ana 'e,'
soon a pretty leaved vine will be r Tn.
ming over the top of the pot I ~,
saucer garden is a dainty thing i~
in the middle of saucer slu9
pine cone and place moss aOou' n
Sprinkle the cone with mustard ~
and then keep the whole very mo- .'ay
The seed will sprout and soon the un a
plants will be covered with tlny e
low flowers. Canary seed anu
grass may also be planted
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

the various curves which radiate from
the two magnetic centers, which indi-
cate where the ends of the bar mag
net are
These lines have scientific appel.
lation, for you have made a very
learned demonstration with the iron
filings and the magnet-you have
shown most clearly what is generally
called in science "the lines of mag.
petic force"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

me word Jack" is annlied -
= oo hoI. which does the work of
"1 10y OF servant. In French the name
% Sa u, is term used for a youth
ol mental condition. The term acoun
ny JAKE Is Of kindred sense.
Jack-lord, Jack-a-nanes Ioo,. ~
,,i t'A AZ, lantern, Black Jack, Jack Rab'
~ I,'' n tne term Jack applied to the knave
N playing cards, Jack-in.the.box snS
Sack,otall trades, show the derivative
hor,s nin ny Hence Jack-knife means a
'oS 5 Knife. In earlv days the iac,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

Little Man.
oh, how he filed our hearts ana holA"r
Our merry little boy of four!
Whenever l would come from Work
He used to hide behind the door,
And / can see the dancing eyes,
The golden hair. the cheeks OF tan,
And hear the laughing challenge ring
Papa, come find your Little Man.
Papa, come find your Little Man.
And 1 would search till in surprise
Behind the door I'd find the prize,
And hear the sweet, delighted cries
OF Papa's Little Man.
But now our hearts and homes are Volu'
His merry laugh we hear no more;
Yet in the Festall Hall of Dreams
He calls me still-yes, DER and Ger.
Behind the door of things unseen
He hides so surely that | can
Not find him, yet that voice still calls,
Papa, come find your Little Man.
Papa, come find your Little Man"
And though l unsuccessfully grope,
/ am not wild or misanthrope
But sometime still fondly hope
To find my Little Man.
Charles Lincoln Phifer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Peanut Contest.

Place peanuts across one SIDE u ,.ot
room at intervals of about three ~ Al
Give each contestant a toothpicK'
given word they all commen'o ,.tb
roll the peanuts across the room S sr.t
the toothpicks. The one VINO ne
gets his peanut across the room = s.nts
victor. Another row of conte' same
then take their places in tne ID n.
way. After all are through NV A
tors in the different contests nav
final contest,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

And at the same time hold a piece
of paper over his right hand so as to
hide it entirely from his sight
1t is wonderful how difficult a task
this will prove to be, simple though
it seems.
Another good stunt is for him to try
to write his own name while looking
in the glass.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Wanted the Market Price

Apropos to the high price of tuyAny,
Beverly (Mass) housewife found
the following note in the crop Of a
bird purchased in the local market
Dear Madam-Will you kindly tell me
how much you paid for this bird? I
sold him for s cents pound. Yours
truly, John SNYDER, louisville. XVI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

That woman in. Arkansas who has
tasted forty-eight days. bringing her
weight down from 240 to 200. must
feel discouraged when she looks ahead
and sees how long it is going to take
her at the same rate to get down to
40.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

Three thousand dollars was stolen
in Cleveland's city hall. and the re-
markable thing about It is that the
theft of the public money appears to
have been committed by mere out
slider.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

A Pennsylvania judge has decided
that chicken is not an animal. This,
however does not interfere with the
decision promulgated by the treasury
department to the effect that frog
is q bird.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07
Potato crew rhrounh coral

While farmer near Seaton Croft
Macduff, Scotland. was lifting pota-
toes the other day in field near the
Cottonhill quarry he unearthed an ex-
traoreinary variety of potato. The
tuber was imbedded, or rather i'm
paled on branch of white coral and
several of the arms were passing
through the potato in different direc.
tions.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

flock of American pigeons recent
ly flew 301 miles in four hours-over
seventy-fve miles an hour, which is
almost as fast as some of the auto
mobiles go through our streets.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

Harry Lehr is giving up a trip to
Europe, so that he may lead Mrs. AS
tors cotillon. Harry can't be accused
OF possessing ingratltude, anyway. 1t
was Mrs. Astor who found him at the
soda fountain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

A French maid got lost in New York
and 100 policemen went out to look
for her. OF course she was found.
Policemen seldom overlook a maid. be
she French or Irish.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

Over in Berlin an actress refused to
go on with the performance because
the leading man was too realistic in
the hugging scenes. Perhaps his wife
was a member of the company.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

The first lot of new rifles for the
army was sent to Alaska. They may
be "tried on a dog" of course. better
there than elsewhere. but dogs are
the horses of the frozen north, 50 it
will be expensive.