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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28

the games wherein he umpires. Ref
srence is made to Ira ]. Davis, known
as "Slats" or Dixie" Davis. He is
now an umpire in the Western league,
and, some say, by far the best umpire
on western fields. He was graduated
from the University of Pennsylvania
In 1894, and the same year made his
debut as a professional ball player in
New England. Since then his eccen-
tricities and clown stunts" have made
him known to fans from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. He left first base to be-
come an umpire, because of an acct
dent 10 his wrist three years ago. His
service in the big league has been con-
fined to brief seasons with the Wash
ington and New York teams, but he
knows all the big league stars. 1t was
while he was manager of the Danbury,
Conn, team, in 1898, that he developed
and brought out Sheckard, Parent,
Howell and Phelps. While with New
York he was in the employ of John B.
Day, Adrian c. Arson and Buck Ewing.
While playing in the Western league,
"Slatsp Davis was with st. Joe, which
team purchased him from New York
for 81 ,7oO, of which he received $500.
But it was while in the Pacific Coast
league that Davis made showing as
an umpire. having achieved notable
success there last season. He asked
for berth III the Western league this
season, that he might renew old ac-
quaintances over the circuit. His sue
cess in the Western league has been
more conspicuous by reason of the riot
ing and rowdyism which has charac-
terized many of the games. and a dead
calm has generally settled down when
"Slats" went into the game. This
caused him to gain the attention OF
President Pulliam, of the National
league, who has been having his trou-
bles with many umpires. Davis is 9
comedian, and while he holds the play.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
HUGE TOTAL WHICH LEGISLA.
TORS CAN SCORE.
Members of Upper Branch of Congress
Who Are Worth Fortunes Which
Mount Up Into the Millions
of Dollars.

The United States senate has an
embarrassment of riches, at least the
general public is disposed to view
with disfavor, if not suspicion, the
fact that the members of that legisla-
tive body of the nation should possess
and control so much of the country's
wealth.
If one should take tablet and pencil
and make a financial census of the
upper branch of congress, they would
discover that SO members, less than
one-half of the total membership, are
easily worth $34O, 100000. showing that
the clubbing of the senate by some
as the "millionaire's club is not with
out warrant. A partial list of mem
bers would read about as follows:
William A. Clark, 100000, 900
mining.
Stephen B. EIkins, $2O,OOO,O OO-rail-
roads.
Gen. Russell A Alger, $4,000, 900
numbering. ....
Nelson w Aldrich, $4,000, 900
street railroads.
John Kean, $4,000, OOO-inherited.
John F. Dryden, $1O,OOO0OO.
Redfeld Proctor, $4,000, 00O-mar-
BILE quarries.
George p. Wetmore, S5,000OOO
Others whose wealth is counted in
the millions, but the exact amount of
which is not known, are: Philander
c. Knox, Cabot Lodge, Henry M. Tell
err, Thomas M. Patterson, Levi. An
keny, Samuel H. Piles, George s.
Nixon, George G. Perkins, Francis b.
Warren and Reed Smoot, of Utah, who
is about to be barred from his seat
in the senate.
To this list should be added the
names of Frank B. Brandegee, OF
Connecticut; Charles A. Culberson OF
Texas; Lee S. Overman, of North
Carolina; Henry E. Durham, of New
Hampshire; William P. Dillingham;
Of Vermont, and Frank P. Flint, Of
California. for their wealth comes
close to the million dollar mark, If 1
does not largely exceed that sum.
Then there is a long list of names
of those who are Independently rich
Such members could schedule easil!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
RAILWAY FOG SIGNALS.
Regular Repair Gangs Required on
Railroads in Eng
- land.

1t is so seldom that there is a sufi.
GENTLY heavy fog on an American
railway TO cause serious inconvenience
that no special precautions are taken,
but in England heavy fog is so com
mon that there is a regular service
made up of the repair gangs, who
take the place of the mechanical sig
nals.
Every distance signal is guarded by
signal man who is supplied with
flags and torpedoes, the latter being
called detonators, while the signal
men are pointsmen.
Two torpedoes are placed on the
track to warn the engineer when the
signal is set at danger, and are sup
plemented by a red lantern in the
hands of the signal man. As the tor.
pedoes cost a cent and a half each
and are used in great numbers there
is a machine supplied by which the
second torpedo is forced from the rail
by the force of the explosion of the
first, as only one is necessary, the sec
ond being merely a precaution.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
Fngineer operates switch-

The engineer has a new duty. A
new type of switch has been devised
which puts its control in the hands OF
the engineer. In this switch the point
pieces move in vertical direction in.
stead of horizontally. This means
that bolts, nuts, coal, cinders, and
other materials cannot drop to OBJ
struct the operation or proper closing
of the switch points, as sometimes ac-
cidentally happens to ordinary point
rails. The wheel fianges automatically
operate the switch, regardless of the
engineer, when trains are passing over
L, trailing on either the main line or
side track, but when coming from the
opposite direction, or facing the switch,
tho engineer controls its action. there
being incline plane trips in advance OF
the switch on the outside of either
rail where the fiange does not come in
contact. To operate these outside NOV
able fianges attached to the front
wheels of the engine truck are con-
nected by lever with the engine cab,
where the engineer or fireman can con-
troll the switch at will, as in emery
ency.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
FLIES WITH TRAIN.
Belgium Homer Makes Regular Trips
4 with One Particular
Train.

Homing pigeons are the craze In
England just now, and on one recent
Saturday between 100000 and 300 600
birds we're released in various COM
petitions. rs saE
A number of these were traced to
London from RetfoFd and Branston.
The distances are s127 and 113 miles. re-
spectively, but no birds of the several
thousand released made the trip I'll the
traditional mile a minute. although
every circumstance of wind and wealth
er was favorable to ecord-breaking.
Much better time was made in a
contest from Templecombe to Lon Ion,
in which one bird made the 1O8 miles
in "a minutes, an average of SO n lies
an hour, and more than 100 exceeded a
speed of go miles an hour.
One of the oldest homers is a bird
which makes it's home around the rail-
way station at Liege, in Belgium.
There is a train from Liege to
Waremme which starts every morning
at ten O'clock
AS soon as the train pulls into the
station the bird commences to circle
in tne air, and as soon as headwar is
gained follows the train to its destfna-
ton, returning Immediately home,
where 1t flies about the station for
the rest of the day.
II pays no attention to any other Of
the trains, and no one is able to Of
fer an explanation as to why this par.
ticular train should be favored
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
EXPERIMENT STATION FOR THE
STUDY OF EVOLUTION.
Branch Of the Carnegie Institution at
Washington Which Is Carrying
On a Most Novel Work on
Long Island.

Few know of the Station for Ex-
perimental Evolution at Cold Spring
Harbor, Long Island" or understand
the novel character of the work being
carried on there. This Laboratory"
as 1t is generally called, is branch
Of the Carnegie Institution at Wash
ington, and was established about a
year and half ago for the purpose
OF studying heredity in plants and
animals. And as an outgrowth of the
work thus far accomplished there has
Just been appointed by Assistant Sec
rotary of Agriculture Hays a commit
tee on eugenics, whose purpose will
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
WEALTH OF SENATORS

above the hundred thousand dollar
mark, and from that figure it would
run up in many cases to 100000 and
more. Among such are Morgan @
Buckley, of Connecticut; Murray w
Crane, of Massachusetts; Nathan B
Scott, Of West Virginia; Joseph B.
Foraker, of Ohio; James B. McCreary,
of Kentucky; Thomas S. Martin, Of
Virginia; James P. Taliaferro. of Flor
ida; Eugene Hale, of Maine.
The Croesus of the senate, William
A. Clark, dug his fortune out of the
ground in Montana. He was offered
$15O,0O0,0OO for the United Verde
mine. He refused, because the wealth
is safer in the mine than it would be
in banks or lands 1t is bank that
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28

be to make study of the heredity in
man with a view to racial improve
ment. This committee will use for its
data some of the researches that are
being made into the heredity of plants
and animals.
The laboratory buildings are erected
on small fresh water pond empty
ing into the harbor beyond. Ten acres
Of land are utilized by the institution
for its various experiments in botany
and animal life, as shown by num-
Der of neat Enclosures containing de-
mure-looking poultry, dignified goats
of somewhat questionable parentage,
judging by their outward appearance;
cattle, sheep, a greenhouse, and a
"vivarium" for the accommodation of
insects. Adjoining the land belonging
to the laboratory the BROOKLYN Insti-
tute of Arts and Sciences has a build
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28

CADETS AT SIEGE MORTAR DRILL
ing that. Each cadet carries the reg
ulation equipment of the infantry or
cavalry soldier, consisting of blanket
roll, haversack, canteen, mess equip
ment, tin cup, rifle or saber and am
munition belt. In the roll and haver-
sack are his blanket, shelter tent,
poncho, an extra pair of shoes, extra
underwear, mess equipment and toilet
articles.
For once bell buttons and white
trousers are left behind.
Each morning at $50 o'clock they
creep from their shelter tents, make
their simple toilets and line up sol
der fashion, mess pan and tin cup in
hand, for breakfast. After breakfast
they pack their kitchen equipment
and stores in the company wagons,
clean up the camp ground and pre-
pare to strike their tents. At $50
a. M, with camp broken and secure
/ ly rolled up and on their shoulders,
4 they are in ranks and ready for the
work of the day, consisting of a prob
lem in minor tactics. or, in other
words, of manoeuvers planned and ex-
ecuted for the purpose of demonstrate
ing the normal methods by which
bodies of troops would be handled in
actual warfare in typical engagements
OF lesser importance.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28

ticable for mounted work. Once q
week the entire morning is devoted
to the establishment of an outpost sys-
tenn. and the whole battalion partici-
pates in the work.
This work leads naturally to the
more extended field work, when the
cadets cross the river and strike into
the hills for five days of strenuous
life in the field. Then for the first
time these young men. who will some
day command regiments. perhaps arm
les, find themselves travelling with the
field allowance of baggage, and, what
is more to the point they are carry
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
Something Else to Do.

some years ago, when the route of
a railroad to Atlantic City was being
surveyed and the men were driving
stakes through. the premises of an old
farmer, he addressed the leader of the
gang as follows:
''Layin' out another railroad?"
Surveying for one, was the re-
ply. s
Coin through my barn?"
Don't see how we can avoid IT."
wall, now, mister said the worthy
farmer. Il calkerlate I've got some
thin tew say bout that. want you
tew understand that I've got sumthin'
else tew dew besides runnin' out tew
open and shet them doors every time
a train wants to go through. Boston
Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28


and lot. The Canadian government
took judicial recognition of the inn
portance of his feat and appropriated
$500 out of of the federal treasury. The
city council of Hamilton, Ontario, did
the same. Then to top it all the Do
minion government, benignant in the
reflected glory Of her plucky son, has
appointed the racer to an inspector
ship-a sinecure in which certain
government property is investigated,
and which will require only a part of
his time, at salary of about $3.50 a
year, which means a great deal in
country where a dollar goes twice as
far as it does in the United States. All
honor to Sherring. He deserved all
he got. If you don't believe it go out
and try to run % miles. Then recall
that Sherring not only ran 25 miles,
but raced the whole distance and won
from the best long-distance runners Of
the whole world-all for the glory of
the Dominion of Canada.
Aroral-When about to be a hero.
move to Canada.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28


cannot be robbed. and his drafts upon
it are always honored.
Gen. Russell A. Alger, of Michigan
who is credited with the possession Of
$2O,O0O,OO0, is a lumber prince an
owner of forests, mines, mills and fac
tories. He began early and worked
late in the acquisition of fortune
S6nce the Spanish war Gen. Alger's
health has been wretched, and he has
gradually lessened the tension of bust
ness demands.
Senator Aldrich made most of his
wealth in street railroad operations
consultations and extensions. AL
though he has been in the senate
since 1881, being fifth among senators
in length of continuous service, he
has had time to build up a fortune
that is not inordinate. as fortunes gc
nowadays. .,r..-.----- ---.--
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28

ball field Will soon
be welding the in
dicator in the Ma
tional league cir
cult, according to
a recent report.
Should the rumor
prove true, it is
safe to assume he
will constitute as
much of a drawing
card as ''Rube"
Waddell, H a n s
Wagner, Napoleon
Lajoie and Chris
- d,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
His Bitter Regret.

N
The pretty girl with the auburn
lair had refused him.
N Il never dreamed, Mr.. Smykins. y
she said, that your attentions to me
were anything more than those of a
friend
@Oh. you didn't! 4 growled the young
man. sYou thought l had been com
ing here. regularly once week during
the last Sin. months merely for the
pleasure Of seeing 2you eat a half
crown bcS OF chocolates, did your
Tit Bits.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
Sports and AthIetics.

ers right to the rules and don't have
to take time to look it up in the books,
he enjoys good nature on the ball field.
If his decisions are questioned he calls,
good-naturedly, Buy book of rules,
ten cents" and if the player persists.
it is Ito the BENCH" and perhaps a
fine. But he likes to see something on
the field besides fighting and gloom.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28

United States, as
is instanced by
the case of Will
liam Sherring, OF
Toronto, who won
the Marathon race
at the Olympic
games at Athens.
Sherring returned
h o m e recently.
When he left for
Greece he was
brakeman on the
Grand Trunk at
$50 a month.
When he returned
he was made a
present of an ag-
gregate of some
thing over $1,000
in coin of the
realm, in addition
to full and clear
title to a house
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
Won by Waiting.

Her-For nearly 40 years Miss Old
un had looked under the bed every
night for the proverbial man and at
last she discovered one.
Him-What did she do-call for a
policeman?
Her-No; she telephoned for a NH
Sster.-Chicago Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
Fitting.

Mrs. Shopper-2I wish to buy a,pres-i
ent for a servant, girl. Can you sugN
gest something appropriate? ~
Salesman-Certainly. Give her a
travelling bag.-Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28

One of the most unique and popu-
lar figures ever appearing on the base
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
Nothin' Dem.

The hobo approached the pompous
citizen and asked for aims.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard, ;"
quoted the p. C. i>a4 J
+ "'Taint no use. mister, answered
the hobo. ME aunt's jist as tight
listed as me uncle, an all de rest NV
me relashuns." Chicago Daily News,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
one Case That e Knew OF. ]

One Case That Knew OF. - y
Have You ever known a man who
had greatness thrust upon him %
''Well." replied the rising young
statesman, - might mention by IA.
ther-in-law. l had the hardest kind
of work with him when went to get
his consent, "-Chieago Record Herald
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
Not Writinr Kind.

You say he made his money by ais
ren?'
Eyes. He used TO deal in hogss%--
milwaukee Sentinel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28

Citizens of Canada treat their ath-
letes different than they do in the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-28
Quite a Difference.

Patience-Was she disappointed In
love? nr) .,tt
Patrice-No; only in marriage
Yonkers' State Sman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

different point on the horizon daily
throughout the year, and that the time of
star rising varies night by night These
simple facts suff1ced primitive man for the
determination Of his calendar. Some of
the Egyptian temples were carefully ORR
ented so that a bright star like Sirius or
Campus, was visible down the avenue
which served as the tube of a telescope at
particular hour on a given night in the
year. By far the greater number of stone
circles, of which Stonehenge is the best
known example, were SO oriented that the
rising sun on midsummer morning flashed
Its rays directly upon the central altar; in
other words, their axis was carefully d.
rected to the point on the horizon over
which the sun rose on the longest day in
Of different ordinations, each correspond
ing to the fixed points in some ancient
calendar. But Stonehenge was certainly
solar temple and observatory.
Now comes in the bearing of this fact
upon the history of its building. The point
Of midsummer sunrise is not always the
same. The procession of the equinoxes-
or the fact that the celestial pole is travel
Ing round a vast circle, which 1t takes
about twenty-five thousand years to COM
plete-causes a secular change in this point.
At the present day the axis Of Stone
henge Is not directed to the midsummer
sunrise but to point nearly one degree.
away from 1t. Now we know the rate
at which the place Of midsummer sunrise
changes in consequence of procession, and II
IL comparatively simple calculation to de-
ternine the date at which the sun must
have sunrise on midsummer day in q line
with the avenue at stouehenge. The con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
sKY-LIGHTED HISTORY.
How Astronomical Research Has Found
the Origin Of Stonehenge.
From the Spectator.

From the spectator
Following the same line of thought
which he formerly applied to certain
Egyptian temples Sir Norman Lockyer is
able to show that Stonehenge was orig
inally built to serve the purpose Of a prim-
tive observatory. 1t was built for the use
of the astronomer-priests who, perhaps,
brought the wisdom Of the east to this
country many centuries before its very
name had emerged into the light of his
tory. The sun and star worship which
forms the basis of so many types Of prim-
tive religion was closely interviewer with
the practical need of fxed dates in the
year for the use Of the agriculturist, who
posse ssed no calendar to tell him when to
sow his seed and when to expect his har-
vest. To this day the Plefades are known
as the "hoeing stars in South Africa, and
take the place of a farming calendar to
the Solomon islanders just as their mid
night elimination fixed the beginning of
the feast of Isis at Busiris. and regulated
the fifty-two-year cycle OF the ancient
Mexicans. 1t Is now proved, from a COM
parative study of prehistoric monuments
and ancient temples all over tine world.
that one of the first uses of these edifices
was to enable the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to
fix such dates with ease and certainty.s
Every one knows that the sun rises at .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
Religions in Japan.
rom the Boston Transcript.


Reports from Japan of the intention OF
Buddhists and Shintoists to contribute TO
the erection of Christian churches de-
stroyed by the japanese In the riots follow
ing the unpopular treaty of peace with Rus
STA. are not surprising in view of the i'm
tian missionaries in Japan and represen-
tatives of the older religions This frater-
nization began at the opening of the war
when Buddhists Shintoists and Christians
met on the same platform; the emperor and
his statesmen and military leaders have
since contributed to the Young Mems Chris
tian Association in recognition of the su-
perb work it has done with the army; and
a well-known liberal Buddhist professor
has appeared In gatherings of Congregation
alist, or Kumai, Christians and been hearth
ly welcomed, as he has foretold the COM
ing of mutual understanding between the
type of Christianity which Japan seems to
welcome. Few happenings in the evolution
Of Christianity in the orient are more in
teresting than the assertion by Japanese
Christians Of their intention to cast off con-
troll of the native church by occidentals
and then, self-maintained, to adapt the es-
sense of the Christian faith to oriental and
distinctively Japanese modes of thought
This movement has gone farther among
Congregationalist and Presbyterian native
churches than in other bodies, but II is
alive among Methodists also. and the last
week has seen a second conference of rep
face what is practically an ultimatum from
Japanese Methodists, that there must be
greater recognition of the principle of homo
rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
Beware the Camel-He Bites.
ON the Minneapolis Journal.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
The camel is a dangerous animal to ride
a much more dangerous animal thln the
horse-for the reason that, with his serpen-
tine neck he can reach around when an
noyed and bite his rider NJ
Camels are not at all the patient, kind.
kindly creatures they are painted They
have nasty. tempers. a caravan crossing
the desert. Is always noisy; the loud and
angry srfarls Of the camels make the waste
places resound.
camers bite is a serious matter. The
strong teeth lock in the wound and a Gin
cular motion is given to the Jaw, around
and then back. before the teeth are with
drawn again. The wound is a horrible one
There are few camel drivers without camel
scars.
DR.. Nachtigal, the celebrated African ex-
plorer. once said to youth who expressed
sentimental desire to cross the Sahara on
camel back:
Young man. I'll tell you how you can get
partial Idea Of what riding a camel in an
African desert is like. Take an office stool
screw 1t up as high possible and put it.
along with a savage dog, into a wagon
without any springs. Then seat yourself on
the stool, and have It driven over uneven
and rocky ground during the hottest parts
of July and August, being careful not to
eat or drink more than once every two DAYS
and letting the dog bite you every four
hours. This will give you faint idea of the
exquisite poetry of camel-riding in the Sa<
hara."