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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

Come rest in this bosom, my own
stricken trust, when the other states
tell you to get up and dust!-New Jer-
sey.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

A contemporary alleges that the
giraffe can kick harder than any
other animal What's the matter with
defeated candidate?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

Col. Aston lost six $1,000 bills in
theater the other evening. Most of us
couldn't be SO careless II we tried.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
Adams Annie ss.a

The following is an exact conv 90 .
letter Congressman Bowers of Missis.
sippi received recently from a con-
stituent: oon-
10 the House of Representatives
gentlemen: Does the House contro,
or handle seed called the Adam - "
pie? If so, would like a few Of ~
seed, or where can obtain them ;
Yours truly, etc." "ei
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

Bank notes are great germ carriers.
Burn your money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

A New York woman wants to know
Why married life is dull" Certainly
not for want of SHARP" answers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

The Savannah News wants "clean
paper money" We can clean up all
we can get hold of, as a rule
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

Just think of it! Good, pious Massa-
chusetts has outgrown the state prison
at Charlestown
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
Peanut Automnhil.

The accompanying illustration rep
resents street selling booth that may
be considered either as a miniature
lunch wagon design or a very much
glorined push cart. Its convenience
and utility are evident. The vender
has protection for himself and his
wares in all sorts of weather and yet
ne is free from the expense of a per.
manent booth or of transportation for
Els wagon. The peanut and combina
uon wagon consists of wagon having
drop floor to afford sufficient height
Tor the vender to stand comfortably
within yet without raising him too
lar above the pedestrians, among
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

The grief Of Japan over Russia's in
teInal troubles is not inconsolable. 1t
Is wholly under control.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
Fox Too Much for DIs

Une Of the fiercest fights ! y
messed was between a village
a big fox. One moonlight D y.
dog, in my company, found y I,
housing round some corn S rs,1
pinned him by his foreleg' l is'
ed the loop together, and y
time 1t was impossible 70 -
the OK begun and the dog i, \
But for my Intervention n...t|
would have been killed'-OO
tlaman.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

There are times when the Ohio river
Is this country's yellowest streak.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
For scoIdInq Wives.

This scolds' bride is in the Sails
bury museum. The inverted IN"
shaped part of the instrument accom-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

George AIDE gets $4,000 a week, and
the dyspepsia thrown in on the side
the inside, in fact.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
TEA
How many fine 'pV
lie along that wofa '
letters : teal
TEA
The "AIms COW -, !,

The "AIm' ~. SVT' bpI
A curious custom ON m,s s'l,i
in the village Of Wa wac vhss
inghamshire, EnglanI II the 1
morning or evening s,, d d !
can claim a free ' ui KEEP ]
benefit Of thirsty Ways W. as 4
NAL is known loe',' lies ~
cow" and when sh ne o'T padS|
to be crowded by wv
ties.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16

Wnom ne finds his customers. and
without making the booth or wagon
700 heavy and unwieldly. The for
ward wheel is provided with a guiding
attachment, which extends to the rear
wnere 1t can readily be reached by the
person pushing the cart.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-16
TEA
All sorts Of tea grow
the tea bush; all 'OpI
the same tea bush !

A erussoms par'@ "a
The medical students ~ III
Germany, says the New y, iSls y
Record, recently celeOra aSII,st
ing the streets in a tolou .hss
sion. The gruesoms tOrcn, n
ed of human thigh pOne .,.d |
tar, and a skeleton ca.,.ssss'
students headed the PROF.
Evening star., 1905-11-08
First Impressions of Washington

1t is to be hoped that the next distin-
guished visitor to the American capital
may be brought into the city under more
auspicious circumstances than those that
attended Prince Louis arrival in this city.
He entered Washington at the Baltimore
and Ohio station, his train pulling in be-
tween high banks of earth, amid SEEM
ing chaos of half-destroyed buildings and
piles OF construction materials His first
impressions OF the city must have been
unfavorable. and although 1t Is to be ex-
pected the full meaning of the disorder and
the inconvenience was explained to him
and his suite their recollectons of the fed
eral capital will inevitably be tfnged with
wonder that the United States should pos
sess so shabby seat of government.
A tourist Is often dlsagreeably impressed
by his first glimpses OF a new city The
average railroad entrance is unattractive,
often positively disgraceful. Washington
has never been favored by circumstances
in this respect. For many years It has
sought relief from intolerable conditions
affecting the lives and health of its people,
and not until a few years ago did 1t sue
ceed in securing legislation directing the
long delayed improvements. to give the city
decent railroad accommodations. relieve the
street traffic of perpetual menace and fur
nish a terminal commensurate in size and
appearance with the character of the
capital.
This work IS now well under way. 1t
has Systematically progressed in all phases
until tangible results are now in evidence
and there is reason to believe that another
year will complete the operations. Then
will 1t be possible to bring all visitors into
the city without shocking their ideals Of
the capital. They will be hauled over a
substantial viaduct or through weli-made
tunnel into a station building which for
size, appearance and accommodations VIII
rank with the best in the world.
Evening star., 1905-11-08
The General Result.

First of all, the bosses. They toll not.
neither do they spin. and yet the turkey
at Thanksgiving time never got It in the
neck more beautifully than they did yes
terday.
Item. Boss Murphy of Tammany Hall IL
still in the ring. is badly dishgured, and it
may turn out that he is done for. HIS gen.
eralship in the campaign was wretched
throughout.
Itein. Boss Durham of Philadelphia was
rolled over in the dust like poodle in the
grip of mastiff His machine was
crushed to atoms. and Philadelphia stands
redeemed from his foul clutch.
Item. Boss Cox of Cincinnati has earned
many epithets of d.spraise, but proves not
to be a hog. He knows when he has
enough. Promptly upon ascertaining how
the battle had gone he penned his vale
dictory-or had it flone-and is now In pri-
vate life. A private in the ranks he hence
forth is to be-
Item. Boss German of Maryland received
the worst beating of his lifetime. He has
never before appeared TO as poor advan-
tage as he appears today. he Is stiA III
office and still in control of what Is left
of his machine. but the chances seem to be
that with two such men as Governor war
field and Mr.. Rayner in opposition, his
DAYS are gliding swiftly by. His hope was
In an election scheme which would register
his DEGREES, and that the people of Mary
land, by a large majority, have denied
him.
The one clearly defined issue outside or
the boss issue appeared in Massachusetts.
There the standpatters took stubborn
ground, and succeeded in nominating one
of their most aggressive leaders for Heu-
tenant governor. The result was TO give
the republican ticket an absurd appear
ance. Curtis Guild. the candidate fer gov
ernor, declared for tariff revision. while
Mr.. Draper, his yoke mate, openly opposed
the bare suggestion OF such a thing. AS
we see Mr.. Draper was cut right and left
at the polls. and might have been defeated
il his opponent for lieutenant governor on
the democratic ticket had been less open
to criticism on scores disconnected from the
tariff question. There were democrats like
George Fred Williams who would not sup
port Mr. Whitney. strongly as the tariff
entered into the contest.
Is there no warning in this to the stand
patters elsewhere? Shall we see them rise
in their places In Congress at the coming
session and pooh-pooh the proposition that
the tariff needs revision and now is the
time for the work? Remember Massa-
chusetts
Evening star., 1905-11-08

nearest approach to an honest vote ana
an honest count that Philadelphia has
known In half century. And this was &C
complIshed virtually without organization,
or at the most with a party formed by the
operation of a natural law of gravitation
The disaffected elements flowed together In
obedience to the necessity for self-protec-
tion.
In Philadelphia in New York and else
where that the machines have been smashed
and the people have expressed their Will
Irrespective of party dictates. the gravest
problem now presents itself. how to con-
serve their victory. How can the indepen-
dent spirit of the people be maintained, how
fostered and developed? How defend these
voters from the assaults and temptations
of the partisan machines, which seek to
beguile them with promises and terrify
them with threats and befool them with
appeals to their broader political allegiance?
1t is not enough to smash ring once
1t Is soon welded together again by the
forces of corruption and misrule. The
emancipated citizen faces a harder task
than does he who still wears the bonds OF
machine affiliation. for he must hold his
own and defend 1t against the assaults OF
the trained ranks of the professionals Yet
these occasional victories are encouraging.
They show the people that partisan organi-
cations in contIol of municipalities are not
invincibe and hearten all friends of reform
to hope for continued separation of city ad-
ministration from the snares and tricks OF
party politics.
Evening star., 1905-11-08
New York.

The New York result is as mixed as the
conditions that produced it. Hearst demo-
Gratis and Hearst republicans, Mcclellan
democrats and Mcclellan republicans, Je-
rome democrats and Jerome republicans.
land WINS Independents and Ivins republi-
cans. all danced dance which made be-
holders dizzy. The dancers must have
been pretty dizzy themselves, 1t will take
weeks to examine the returns in such de-
tail as to enable one to tell just how the
different influences were exerted, and where
the different responsibilities rest. Today
we merely see political chaos. without the
uncomfortable anger that often goes with
chaos and when nearly every other man
is cycling his neighbor with either open re-
proach or secret dtstrust. We shall prob
ably not look upon such a state of affairs
soon again.
Mr. Jerome, who should have won by
round hundred thousand majority, goes In
by beggarly vote to the good. Why? 1t
was because of the war on Mr.. WINS in the
republican candidates own camp, and the
more than absurd contention Of many DEM
ocrats that they could consistently support
Mr.. Jerome and Mr. Mcclellan at the same
time. There never was a more ridiculous
proposition. Fighting Murphy in the in
terests of Jerome and supporting Murphy
In the interests of Mcclellan was so Strik-
ingly like bunco that many who were not
confused were disgusted. and on that ac-
count alone many democrats went over to
Hearst
On the republican side men wondered why
1t was that some of their leaders, at the
very top. were so warm for Jerome and yet
were silent as to WINS, and they construed
1t as a hint to vote for Mcclellan. This
many of them refused to do. If the party
bars were down, and the leaders were
making their choice, they would make
theirs. And so these men voted for Hearst
instead of for Tammany. They refused
either to be bought, bullied or wheedled
after party obligations had gone by the
board.
Mr.. WINS, though defeated. comes out of
the turmoil the most interesting man of ALL
He made capital campaign. and his party,
which slaughtered him, deprived the city Of
a capital mayor.
Evening star., 1905-11-08

a plurality SO small as to be humiliating
while Jerome was evidently the choice OF
the county OF New York for district at
torney. When at 12:45 all hope OF obtain
ing more definite results had come, ana
Candidate Hearst, by issuing his formal
protest and notice Of contest, virtually con-
ceded that the face OF the returns gave
Mcclellan bare plurality, the flow OF
bulletins, which had become very meager,
was stopped and the remnants Of the crowd.
then numbering half a thousand, were given
'Good Night"
The spectacle of this orderly, quiet throns
of people standing for hours to learn the
results of a municipal campaign was highly
suggestive. 1t showed the keenness OF the
public interest in the fight against the
bosses. Jerome was strong favor1te
throughout the evening. Even when the
returns Indicated his defeat his name and
portrait were cheered.
The screens were kept filled between bui-
letins by the display of portraits. land
scape scenes and motion pictures, all OF
which greatly delighted the spectators. An
especially interesting feature OF the night
display was the showing of the returns
OF The Stars school art competition. The
votes OF all the entries had been listed and
transferred " tHS puiAStiA iAiiA'' >~
they were shown the pupils and partisans
of the various schools now contesting for
the art collections offered by this paper
gave evidence of their enthusiasm. PIC
lures of specimens of the statues evoked
signs of lively interest.
With perfect weather and mild airs the
night was thoroughly enjoyable. II was
the kind of crowd The Star is always pleas
ed thus to entertain on election night.
Evening star., 1905-11-08
In Front of The Stars Screens.

With unfiagging attention dense crowd
stood In front OF The Star office last night
from seven o'clock until after midnight
watching the returns from the elections
as they Were flashed upon the great
screens. The general results In Philadel-
phia. Maryland and Ohio were indicated
early. and by ten o'clock New York alone
furnished the bulletins that supplied most
of the excitement.
The phenomenal closeness OF the mayor
atty race was evident throughout the night.
McClellan's margin in the greater city over
his nearest opponent was SO slight that it
might be cut down by later returns, even as
Jerome began shortly after ten to close up
the gap betwedn himself and his chief an
tagonist. These bulletins became so highly
charged with significance that by eleven
o'clock the crowd was on tip-toe for the
news. BY midnight there seemed to be
every indication OF McClelIan's Aection By
Evening star., 1905-11-08
CITY Government and Reform.

philadelphia and New York demon
strated yesterday most effectively that 1t
is possible TO break down party lines In
municipal elections and TO set up men and
principles regardless of their organization
affiliations or the will of the machine lead
ers. In New York the victory OF Jerome
Is to be accepted as one of the most en-
couraging signs of the times. This man
was elected as an independent. named by
petition, without platform other than his
own record and speeches, apd without or
ganizational aids or assured funds. His
campaign was one of the marveIs of the
period, arousing a whirlwind of popular in
terest. SO great was his strength that It
is today the belief OF many that IL the
municipal ownership people had indorsed
Jerome victory would have resulted for that
party, while there Is even belief that the
inclusion OF Jeromes name on the repub-
ilcan ticket when 1t was first shaped would
have brought Mr.. WINS into the front rank
OF the mayoralty candidates, with a chance
for election.
OF significance, too, Is the spectacle of
Hearst. without a compact organization,
running so strongly against Tammany that
Mcclellan wins out by a paltry S,4S5 plu-
rality. as the returns now show.
Ihese TWO uemonstrauons, the one OF VIC
tory and the other of defeat, show that
machines are not all-powerful. They can
be smashed by an unorganized people,
driven into compact masses by common
sentiment.
In Philadelphia the defeat OF the machine
Is overwhelming. republican majority
OF more than 100000 Is transformed into q
reform majority OF more than $4,000. Re-
leased from the shackles of the ring rule,
the people arose In their might and smote
the former bosses hip and thigh. The cleo
ton held there yesterday was probably the
Evening star., 1905-11-08
American Society of the Future.

Henfy Watterson In the November Cosmopolitan.
The real trouble with American fash
ionable life at present seems to be that
1t Is the vicious, not the virtuous, which
our smart set imports from Europe, and
which, without let or hindrance, gets
through the custom house. In the end,
perhaps. the surfeit will bring about Its
reaction; even the automobile craze may
subside into a steady and useful locomo-
ton. The time may come when the rich
american will find something more to his
fancy than bizarre yanities and foreign
lettering; when. surrounded by the re-
hnements that money can buy, he will
stay at home, quite ready to receive the
pest of company, no longer nursing the
distemper of deriving pleasure of dipping
his toes in the rather cold sunshine of a
titled aristocracy, which at heart despises
him. That were republican society, in
oeed-a society to be proud of because a
society proud of its country and itself
gone back for it's inspiration to the home
ly. homespun sources whence we draw all
that is strong and worthy in our life as
nation and as people.
Evening star., 1905-11-08
Lucky Hearst.

William Randolph Hearst is entitled to
hearty congratulations upon his defeat for
mayor of New York. In losing. he made
his biggest winning.
Victorious in his race for the mayoralty,
Mr. Hearst would have been in a most IN
comfortable position. He had made through
out the campaign promises that he could
not possibly have kept. Fifty-cent gas.
three-cent car fares. municipal ownership
in a jiffy, the immediate falling OF the
grafters. all these things and more he
pledged himself not merely to undertake
but to accomplish Perhaps he knew. even
though his followers did not realize, that he
could no more have delivered these goods
than he could have flown to the moon.
without a legislature to enact the neces-
sary laws he could not have touched the
business of single corporation operating
in municipal utilities.
1t is safe to say that six months of SER
vice in the mayors chair would have
placed Mr.. Hearst in a predicament abso-
lutely fatal to his political future.
Defeated by close margin. with the halo
of martyr to the wickedness of Tam
many's election methods encircling his
head Mr.. Hearst is in first-class trim to
continue his personal exploitation for po-
lltical honors. He has run Tammany a
breathing race, so close that the discarding
of three or four off-color Mcclellan ballots
in each precinct would give the municipal
ownership candidate a plurality. He has
laid the foundations for political organiza-
ton which with care and skill he may build
into formidable proportions. He has DEM
onstrated that he has following. He has
proved himself a factor to be reckoned
with in all future calculations
1t is not often that a man wins most by
losing. but il there was ever such case
here Is one.
Evening star., 1905-11-08
Closing the Argument.

docs your wife insist on having the last
word?" asked the person who INDUCES In
impertinent questions.
Not at ALL" answered Mr. Meekton. "It
Is quite customary for me to close the con-
versation with very WE'LL or some such re-
mark. to indicate that I understand what
Henrietta intends to convey"
Evening star., 1905-11-08
SHOOTING STARS.
His Discreet Preferenc

'eWhy don't you run for Congress your
self7"
Because" answered Farmer Corntossel,
"Td rather be one of the fellers that do the
fault flndin' than be the feller that's found
fault with"
Evening star., 1905-11-08
A Limited Ambition.

do you think you will live in history2'
asked the somewhat sardonic friend.
IT don't know about that" answered Sem
ator Sorghum. but I'll live In the best
hotels while I'm here
Evening star., 1905-11-08

Prince Louis has expressed his thorough
enjoyment Of the simple life in America
but will scarcely attempt to popularize 1t
with his own government.
Evening star., 1905-11-08
The Successful Candidate.

The promise he made ere the battle was
won
With some apprehension he'll view 1t.
'Tis easy to tell just what ought to be done
But difficult, very, to do 1t.
Evening star., 1905-11-08

One of New York's first and most impor-
tant reforms will be to get rid os some of
the disgraceful political cartoons that have
been fiaunted on its bllboards
Evening star., 1905-11-08
Dignity and Cash.

''Those wheelbarrow and long-whisker
election bets are very foolish
Yes" answered young Mrs Torkins with
a sigh. They are foolish. but they're a
great deal less expensive than the kind
Charley makes.
Evening star., 1905-11-08

Tammany, winning with republican aid
the mayoralty of Greater New York by less
than 1900 votes. is not disposed today to
pose as the maker of governors and Presl-
dents
Evening star., 1905-11-08

BY forbidding men to go armed to the
polls Kentucky politicians proved that they
can draw the sometimes delicate distinction
between a campaign and feud.
Evening star., 1905-11-08

A man may know how to read and write
and still be lacking In the ability to make
his cross in the right place on an Australian
ballot
Evening star., 1905-11-08

Incidents at the polls occasionally make
1t appear that foot ball is not the toughest
of all games.
Evening star., 1905-11-08
Reform at Last.

Reform at Last.
No more speeches,
No more cheers.
No more hoping,
No more fears,
No more music
By the band;
Hail Columbia,
Happy land!"
No more pictures
In the press
Queer and cross-eyed-
Cause distress.
No more riot,
No more din
Reformation's
Started In!
Evening star., 1905-11-08
The Electric Car.
From the Portland OTegonfan.

tToui tue PoftIand OTegon1an.
The electric car is well past its early
stage where its termini were never very
far outside of the city limits. 1t has be-
come powerful factor In drawing city
and country together, and the residents OF
both places are gamers thereby.
Evening star., 1905-11-08

DE trouble wifi some men, said Uncle
Eben, "is dat dey can't bring deir SETS to
holler foh work loud as dey kin hurrah
In political campaign
Evening star., 1905-11-08
Jolt to Bosses.

From the New York Tribune.
There isn't political boss In America
whose boss-ship wasn't perceptibly weak
ened by yesterdays work at the polls
Evening star., 1905-11-08

Occasionally an author gets more valuable
press notices by having play suppressed
than by producing an accepted success.
Evening star., 1905-11-08

The brass band Is the greatest example
OF non-partisan spirit. No matter who Is
elected IT plays Hail to the Chiefr'
Evening star., 1905-11-08

No ballot can be so thoroughly safeguard
ed as to prevent the loser from having his
suspicious.
Evening star., 1905-11-08

A candidates troubles used to be consid-
cred about over when he was elected. Now
the people expect him to make his promises
good.
Evening star., 1905-11-08

The ground this morning was strewn with
peanut shells and the remains OF siam
bosses.
Evening star., 1905-11-08

There was no hope of any consummation
which DR.. Parkhurst would indorse as de-
youtly to be wished.
Evening star., 1905-11-08

No social disturbances in Russia can be
so great as to interrupt the usual Kishineff
riots.
Evening star., 1905-11-08

That Massachusetts straddle came near
proving splitting performance after all
Evening star., 1905-11-08

Promises of victory are among the politi-
cal promises that are frequently broken.
Evening star., 1905-11-08

The full ballot box and the empty dough
bag are the emblems of the morning after.
Evening star., 1905-11-08
"Nicko Should Resign.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Everybody In Russia seems to be winning
his freedom except the car.
Evening star., 1905-11-08
Noise.
From the New York World.

from the New York World.
The people Of Mars probably heard the
earth making noise like an election last
night.