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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-10

Co m pOu nd an d
Liver Pills before
child birth, and we
are all surprised to
see how much good
it did. Ny physi-
clan said . Without
doubt 1t was the
mpound that
h e lped you I
thank you for your
kindness in advising
me and give you full
permission to use
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-10

The Englishman jerked the hand
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24

Things That Happen 40 Some Pretty
EnnsfEr4nfs I'm New York.
Maybe you don't believe these sfor-
ies OF the white slave" traffic in New
York. Think they are inspired by
political bias. perhaps7 Well. on the
authority OF leader OF q tough east
side gang. the tenth has never been
told. Jimmy -that isn't his name,
but II will do-doesn'f deal In the
blood and flesh OF women, nor do any
Of his men Murder. perhaps-51st
plain. honest murder-they might not
hesitate at: repeating Is worthy oc-
cupation 10 thems highway robbery
and burglary leaves no stain upon a
mar. in their manner Of thinking
But the men OF that gang are Irish 70
man. almost. and the Irish protect
women always. Naturally enough.
Jimmy is not attacking the political
system that makes his existence pos
sible He is no reformer But he
Isn't afraid to tell what be knows.
Pm not sayIn' that politicians run
this woman business" said Jimmy. ac-
eording 10 the Cincinnati Times-Star
New York correspondent But III
tell you one thing ! know and you can
guess for yourself Not three weeks
ago there was steamer load OF dagos
and hunkies come in Some OF thin
young women was purity as flowers.
They was q coupler men in the steer
age that spots the girls that has no
relatives here in Moo Yawk to raise
hoIler. and when the boat gets in
they tips II Of to the knnckie-nosed
thief that they work for
Jimmy didn't call this person
thief He used stronger worldly
far. Thin girls goes troo Ellis isl
and and they is brought to tn bath
cry on their way uptown Some OF
EN- goes pesceable. depindIn on the
stories they'se told OF good places
waitin for EN- at fine wages But
the 9urtiest OF the bunch don't fall
for thin yarns She's goin' TO some
frinds OF hers. she says. and she has
their address Well. what happens2
Nawthin' much. only between the
landin' stage. and the subway entrance
a taxicab whiris up and this purity
girl is thrown In and two men--thfm
fellers call thimsilves men--<hey
chokes her cries and you know what
the rest OF the story Is And there's
nothin done No report ever made
to the police. No newspaper ever
heard Of it, And that purity. innocent.
sweet-faced little girl Is lost-losf. I
tell you. It'd be no good gettin' her
hack now. DO you think they could
have pulled that OF without some one
stzndin' ini Because DON'T
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24

osuia b. laid. There wa< nothing 20
DO but drill a tunnel OF 600 fest
through the side OF the mountain and
let the water run around the spot
where the dam was TO be built
Special roads had 10 be constructed
for eight miles along the mountain
side where the slope was anywhers
from IS 10 30 degrees. Every now and
then q tunnel had 10 be dug 20 az to
let the road proceed Over this dan
gerous highway the machinery had TO
be hauled. but they succeeded In get
ting there with Il. and they did driii
the tunnel through the mountain and
sent the water foaming through q
great tube. leaving the canyon dry.
Then began the work Of building In
earnest In order 70 get rock bot
tom for the foundation Of the dam.
down. down. down went the engineers.
until 81 feet below the river bed they
found what they were seeking and be-
gan 70 pour IN the concre<e. They have
recently flIled in the excavation and
are now working on the portion OF the
dam which is TO stand above the bed
OF the river.
But Il Win be some time yet before
this Is done. for the great wall must
rise more than zss feet from the sur
face Of that deep canyon. and with the
81 feet below that the total height VIII
be little over sz5 fete. At the base
the concrete plug in the canyon VIII
be 1913 feet thick. while at the top but
ten feet. and when completed II viii.
with it's 1900 barrels Of cement which
viii have been used. and its 10000
tons OF stone. present such strength
that no pressure can bear II down
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24

room one morning and remarked. we
arc going 10 send you 20 report ths
japanese Russian war for us.~ tbs
young man showed no special surprise
lie had been a sailor before the mast:
he had fought with the English arm,
IN Egypi-ho had been a police report
sr lie had learned 10 BE- ready 70,
emergency
When do I go7'' Fuller asked.
Tonight said the managing ed
itor That nights express carried q
hroad.shouidercd. dctermlned.iookins
young man with his war Xii to New
York. Two weeks later Mr.. Fuller
was picking up bits Of war news in
Manchurla with The same energy that
10 used 70 report the police court in
big American city.
II was Fuller who gave the world
the nrnt real news regarding the con.
dition Of The Russians in the be.
ieagncred city-Port Arthur.
1T was no fun crossing a great cx.
pause Of strange waters in a little Chi.
ncne boat with two Cinnamon for com.
pany.~ said Fuller. But had 10
e., the nern-that managing editor
santed IT,
In order to be the FIRST newspaper
man to get into Port Arthur Il was
necessary for Fuller to cross tie Gulf
Of Pcchiii from chefoo to Pigeon bay.
a distance OF 10 miles. says the Louis.
Vile Times. II was a trying trip. but
a man who had travelled the road to
Mandaiay IN the glare OF fndia's sun
without food or water for fortyelght
hours and who had helped stand the
onslaught OF 5000 crazy dancing der
wishes didn't mind IT, Fuller landed
within i've miles Of Port Arthur.
He was promptly arrested by the
Russians and taken into the besiceed
city That was what be wanted. He
had not bargained. though. for nine
days in Russian jail. Finally he was
released by the famed Gen. stoeesai
and literally kicked out OF the city.
Being resourcefui young man. he
hustled for the nearest point where
there was telegraphic communication
with the world. Then be told the story
OF the siege.
1T was pretty tough on the paper"
said Fuller, "for my frat cable mes-
sage cost them $4,000. But the man
aging editor was game and stood for II.
II had lot OF hot experiences" he
continued. but they were all trivial
as compared with the night spent
in that little Chinese sampan on the
Gulf OF Pechili with those two yellow
faced heather"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24

A copy q the kilmarnock Burns
was sold IN Boston the other dAy fos
sI.czs Il uas . tall. clean copy q
that rare first edition and waa pur'
chased b. seotchman. who will take
Il hack 70 HIS native cline.
The depredatlons OF vandai tourists
have almost destroyed the famous
chambers Of Martin Luther At wart-
burg They have carved their names
all over his table and have Clipped 70
many bits OF his bedstcad that reasor.
alton would mean making X anew. The
plaster has similarly disappeared from
TIE walls and the celebrated inksialn
IL no more The room. 10 abort. il In
a stats Of ruin.
Women In tho Making OF Amer.
lea Mr. a. Addlngton nrnce'n forth.
coming book. will gIso an adequate &C.
count Of woman's work and influence
from tho earliest years of coloniza.
ton 70 tho present time. His work IA
divided Into seven periods--in the
time Of the founding. IN the forgotten
half century. In the Revolution. In the
Westward movement. In the struggle
over slavery. in the Civil War and IN
prescnt.day America.
A grsatgrandson Of Robert Burns
II a maker Of tea urns In London.
This George Pyrkea IL the aon Of Anne
Burns. who was che daughter Of the
poets son Robert Ho says OF his
mother that she was the very image
Of Burns himself. with the flashing
dark eyes and jet black hair. She
could sing. too. She used to sing
nearly all her grandfathers songs
am afraid her father. 'Robbie'G son.
was not quite everything that he ought
TO have been. but I know very little
Of him: but my mother was as good
and honest woman AZ ever breathcd"
To be born In the precincts OF
priaon and TO die the wife OF the
prouaest monarch in Europe
waz the fate Of FRANCHISE d'Aubigne.
generally known as Nine. de Main.
tsnon. O. G. Dyson. who has written
a new book on Madame de Main
tenon." urges that she has been the
victim OF much scsndsious gossip, and
that shs was woman Of singular mo-
bility Of character and life. Mr.. Dyson
says In his preface: Having weighed
the evidence for and against disputed
points. the author has extracted from
the mass OF supcrnuons matter the
leading traits OF her character and
the most interesting episodes Of her
life" One Of the most important
parts OF the book il Mr.. Dyaon's ac-
count OF Nine de Maintcnon's great
work. the school OF st. cyr.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24

Necklaces worfh Half a Hfufon
Owned sy Daehe<s of Hamilton
Mary. duchess OF Hamilton. is now
81 years old. but sim beautiful and
robust matron. and she still shines
brightly among tSt galaxy OF Anglo
Saxon bellies az the court OF 81 James.
As everybody knows. she is the
mother Of Lady Graham. the richest
woman In the united kingdom. but II
Is not generally known that the Ouch
ens has In her own right almost as
large a fortune as was left 10 her
daughter. so she can well AFFORD 70
sssaage her thirst for fne Jewels.
Henri chevalier says in The Cincinnati
Enquirer. She Is the possessor OF and
wears on state occasions q pearl neck
lace worth 100000 II is made up Of
black pearls. not OF gray. but OF green
iuster. the latter being by far the most
valuable.
Wonderful jewels OF this sort are In
the possession Of royalty and the no
bllity. Some OF the pearls on the
duchess OF Mariborough's much-taiked-
OF rope are worth $1,000 apiece Lady
Denman has rope OF 400 pearls. each
OF which Is said to have cost $3.50.
Some few years ago a necklace com
posed Of Az pearls. in eight rows was
sold for s3s.io0 The late Lady Hen
~ Lemons pearl necklace fetched.
believe. over s1o0o 600. and the late
Empress Frederick OK Germany pos
sessed one-row necklace OF thirty
two pearls worth at least 100000
This is really made up Of three neck
laces. each OF historic interest One
belonging 20 the ex-Qneen OF Naples.
sister Of the late empress Of Austria:
he second was once the property OF
tpanlsh grandee. and the third was
formerly owned by the ex-Empress Eu-
gene
Pearls are possessed In plenty by
some OF the Indian princes. The Ma
haraiah Gaekwar OF Barcda owns
necklace Of immense pearls and ezner-
aids. splendidiy set and Of priceless
value
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24

sT'@ Poor shot," ne snis, bat Hers
10 n Uenfai.

s1'm Peer shof," he said, bat Hers
10 n Depfaf.
The caravan headed for Sir Alfred
Pease's farm on the Athi River, says
Warrington Dawson. correspondent
with the Roosevelt party In Hamp'
toms. This farm contains more game.
and q greater variety, than any other
piece OF earth owned BY one man In
the world. Roosevelt and his party
were 10 be the guests OF Sir Alfred
- long As they cared 70 stay.
All over the country could be seen
the various spoons OF the different
game. Kermit got the first shot.
About 200 yards ahead OF him nne
buck darted into view and. like a
flash. Kermit fred and the handsome
beast fell dead. Col Roosevelt smiled,
examined the bolt OF his Springfield
rife. and showed the safety over In
a way that indicated his Intentions
toward the next inhabifant Of the Jun
gle that showed up. He had not long
70 wait 70 try his luck. A small herd
Of wildebeeste. with shaggy names
and vicious horns. galIoped across the
track. Col. Roosevelt spurred his
horse into a favorable position out
OF range OF the caravan As Of one
accord every man. white and black.
stood still and watched Rooseyelts
Springfield went 70 bis shoulder. and
crack crack and down went two Of
the bounding wiIdebeeste.
The night before the party started
on safari, when all were around the
camp IRE. the ex president had do
clared that he was q very poor shot.
When cunninghame saw the two
wildebeesfes drop in their tracks be
cried with a smile on his bewhisker-
ed face: Pretty bad shooting. that.
Ell. colonel You pulled our legs
beautifully last night The colonel
smiled. too. and without comment
rode over 20 watch the shikarees skin
the game
A little later in the day beautiful
Thompson's gazelie stood out on the
open. presenting fine target, al
though At very long range Col.
Roosevelt got on his horse and took
a kneeiing shot. with the result that
the gaxelle Is now being stuffed for
the Smithsonian collection
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24

The first association OF Theodore
Roosevelt with the phrase. the big
stick dates from speech delivered
BY him at Chicago in 1909. On that
occasion he said: There is home
ly old adage which runs. Speak soft
ly and carry big stick. and you viii
80 far"
The New York World. In an edito-
rial published Sept %. 1904. revived
the speech. contrasting II. In parallel
columns. with Roosevelt's pacific speech
to the delegates OF the Interpari,a-
mentary Peace Union. Sept. "a. 1904.
The FIRST cartoon embodytng the
big stick" idea was published In the
World OF Oct IL. 1904. It represented
Roosevelt mounted on a fiery steed.
throwing a lasso around the dying
Angel Of Peace and carrying a cudsel
bearing the words big stick upon H.
II Il interesting to notice the vary
ing changes In cartoons In the eharac-
ter OF this stick At FIRST II was sim
ply long. round stick OF uniform
thickness. IL later changed TO the
knotted club or hludgeon type. and
now II Is often seen with a spear pro
trudiDg from the large end This lat
ter form was derived from Roosevelt's
my spear knows no
brother" A marked contrast Is shown
In Roosevelt's emblem and the mail
Cd fst" Of Emperor William. VIII
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24
Wonderful Tale Of the Development
Of One Of the Worlds 0reat-
sat Monopoiies.
HAvEnEYERs' FIRST EFFORT.
Out Of Bakery Came Great Enter
prisss and Absolute Control Of
Household Necessity.

The stofT Of sugar In the United
Itates ia the history OF the house o.
Hayemeyer. II Is one OF the wonder
tales Of American industrial develop
ment. II Is the story Of ploddins
beginning. a logged determination
coupled with an hereditary genius for
thu business. and finally OF fruition In
one OF the greatest Industrial mo
nopolies the world has ever seen. says
Judson C. Welliver in Hampton's Mag
axine
The sugar trust Is a monument 10
the genius OF one man. Henry o.
Hayemeyer. II is the contamination
OF the efforts OF four generations Of
ancestral intimacy with sugar IN this
country and Germany. From the day
when the Hayemeyer family started
It's first refinery IN America over
century ago. sugar has meant Have
meyer. and Havemeyer has meant
sugar. Generation after generation
the house OF Havemeyer has followed
sugar in diplomacy. In politics. In
industry, in commerce. In high finance
Out OF the same blood. and bone.
and brain which created that first re-
nnery-so little and so primitive that
Il was called bakery. and its pro
prietors lodged IN rooms above the
place where they worked-came also
the conception OF the American Sugar
Refining Company. That corporation
modified the scattered fragments Of
a demoralized industry. brought prof
It's where bankruptcy had been. and
In twenty years was able 70 build up
concern listing sls0.0oo. 600 Of assets
IN its balance sheet
Beginning with possibly ss.o0o.000
Of actual property and 100000 OF
borrowed mone7. the present corpora
ton and its predecessor. the Sugar
Renneries Company. since 1887 have
earned and paid in dividends just about
s1s2. o0o. 900.
The sugar trust. about ten. years
ago. went into glucose. starch and all
the various products OF corn A ire
mendous consolidation. under the
Corn Products Company. was finally
effected, which almost monopolized
these lines OF business. naturally and
closely related TO the sugar business.
But there was q hitch In getting con-
troll OF one subsidiary company: the
sugar trust discovered that that sub
sidiary was In control Of no less
doughty antagonist than Standard on.
and there was sharp. sensational bat
tie between the house OF HaSemeyer
and the house Of Rockefeller. In the
settlement, when the war was over.
Standard OH treated sugar as an
equal: the Havemeyers were not only
left In undisputed control. but Henry
D. Haremeyer became a director in
the National City Bank. the foremost
engine OF Standard Oh finance
Thus the sugar trust. with It's $780,
ooo. 900 OF assets: the subsidiary beet
sugar concerns It controls. with about
ys5. 900. 900 OF capitalization; the
Corn Products Company. with about
$50. o0o. 900 capital. and all the Stand
ard on family. ever thrifty. cheerful.
and given much TO works OF education.
charity and religion. have been
brought together In a sweet accord.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24

A negro preacher in Georgia town
was edited on one occasion by the re.
eital Of a dream had by member OF
his church.
Il was adreamin' all dis time. .
said the narrator. dat was in Ole
Satan's dominions. tell you. pShson.
dat was shore a bad dreaml"
WAS dere any white men leres''
asked the dusky divine.
~Shore dere was-plenty Of EN-"
the other FASTENED to assure his min
lister.
what was dey s-doin'T'
~Ebery one OF en-" was the an
swer. "was s-holdin' cullud pusson
between him an de hrei"-Harpers
Weekly.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24

sheshone valley OF wyomfnz so BE
Irrigated by the GOVERNMENT.
The little town OF Marquette up In
the shoshone valley OF wyoming. Is
preparing to get move on. for one OF
these days the ground on which It
stands viii be 100 feet under water: so
the Marcuetteites are preparing for the
day when the food shall come and
they will hoof It or to some more ele-
waited plain.
The cause OF all this trouble to Mar.
ouette and few ranches in the neigh
borhood Is Uncle Sam. who Is prepar-
Ing to put plug in the canyon be-
tween Rattlesnake and Cedar noun
tains. where the shoshone river roars
through. and the result IL going to be
a great big pond four miles wide, the
Pathfinder says.
The government wants TO soak the
soil OF about 10000 acres OF land for
the people OF that region. 80 what Is
now practically worthless win blossom
and bring forth fruit. each tree and
bush Of It's own kind. For three years
the engineers have been hustiinx
around out there getting things to 60
ing and now they are going at a
straiShtahesd rate. and Wyoming Is
going to possess the highest dam In
the world
The place that the government
picked out for building the great res
nrvotr IA an ideal one. right betwa<n
the great precipitous sides OF two
mountains whore they rise to a height |
Of something over 1000 feet. Here
the water has been oereering and tum-
bling through for ages while lands not |
far away were parched and useless.
II was impossible to do anything In /
the cAasm while the great sweep Of |
waters passed through II. So the
question was how to divert the river
temporarily from its course 80 the
OF great concrete dam
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24

Miss Annie Cowden has come from
Australia 10 take charge OF a home
for girls In Philadelphia. She holds
the rank Of major In the Salvation
Army and expects to do army work
hereafter in this country. The start
Of her work in Philadelphia has been
marked by plan which Miss Cowden
says she used with success IN Aus
traiia. She advertises in the news
papers for girls to come to her. The
other day the FIRST OF the advertise
ments was inserted as follows: ANY
girl who needs help or advice mar
nnd a friend In Maj. Annie Cowden,
at 6s15 Lansdowne avenue" The ad.
dress is that of the home. and the ad.
vertisement brought 112 girls from II
to 20 years old.
II have spend fourteen years In the
service OF the poor and suffering. .
says Miss Cowden. "and my whole
heart IL In the work. don't believe
In different moral codes for men and
women. or for different Glasses. be.
lieve that we are all human. liable 10
temptation and to sin. and assure
you that I learn az much from my
girls as they do from me-"
Eight women assist Miss Cowden IN
the home. which ia supported entirely
BY the contributions OF girls who have
baen lifted BY Its helm
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24

use Stalking OF Greeks n~mafns
*fnsanFd To-day.
1 The Invention o. coinage IL due 70
the Greeks. most probably to the bank,
crs OF Iialicarnossos and adjacent
Asia Minor. Greek colonies. who %
ward the end OF the eighth century
d. c. began stamping small gold and
eiectron ingots. which passed through
their hands as currency with a mark
Of some sort intended 20 guarantee
the weight and purity OF the metal;
such ingots very soon assumed round
and more regular shape. which we ind
already in old silver coins from Ae-
gina. nearly contemporary with Asia
Minor .'beans.- Curious TO say, none
OF the surrounding peoples with whoH
the Asiatic and European Greeks were
In constant communication. political
or commercial. took up the wonderful
invention. which AZ present seems 70
ms Of such obvious necessity that we
scarcely realize how the civilized
world Of old got on without Il. As
a matter Of fact. however. neither Che
Phmnicians, with their practical com
mcrciai sense. nor the Lydians or the
Persians. who claimed the supremacy
over the cities where the new currency
was initiated. nor. OF course. the Egyp-
tiaus. ever had coinage. TN the con
quest OF Alexander disseminated the
Greek civilization through the Eastern
world The Romans came 10 know n
through the Greek cities in Sicily and
Magma cr~cia, and began striking sil-
yer coins toward the beginning OF the
third century p. c. In the meantime.
with the Greeks die sinking. like
everything else. had fallen within the
domain OF art. and their coins remain
forever a standard of beauty for the
artist and model Of perfection TO
the die sinkcr.-Saturday Review.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24
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Jolt and jar = somes2~ TO tho spreading OF the
rails.
without attempting 70 into any technical analysis
OF this idea. that il proves success
full active practice IL will rexolutonize the hallway
business IL Is obvious that single railroad
bs built cheaply than two track II Is claimed
that the gyroseope be up TO speed OF 100
miles hour. and Al this speed be steady and safe.
The world nowadays doesn't take the claims OF in
their estimated value until they make good
bur Il has many wonderful innovations that Il
is ready admit that almost anything is possible with
aeropanes under full control navigating ths air, and
gyroseope running along the surface At speed Of
$50 miles hour future generations will realize the
annihaton OF distance Ia travel realize Il Ia
verbal and written communication Minneapolis Trib
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-02-24

!; ] . ; ! ! !
HE old oaken bucket shows itself badly
Ia government sanitary report The De-
partment Of Agriculture hzs been inses-
tgafing tbs condition Of rural water
Ir*S#3fVI supplies In the State OF Minnesota not
t&ES&Ef universally very extensively but NE
presume. In reasonably representative
manner The report ssyenty-nlns farms. OF
these. Efy-nine nearly rs cent. had water cup
plies which had been polluted In twentythFee
casez nearly 80 per cent. there we're records OF
typhoid fever In eleven cases Il would have been Inn
possible make the wells secure against CONTAINING
tion. even reasonably safe
That is shocking showing but ne have no Doubt
that could be duplicated Ia almost every other state
Indeed. Ia many States the condition OF wells
IA probably than Minnesota Especially IL This
In the elder and thieky populated regions
where primitive methods Of supply and OF sewage
disposal siili prevail. and where In consequences vel
IL often half well and half cesspoo In one That Is
why typhoid fever il stu common disease. and 10
In shealthfu- rural communities All the
pure air that blew woods and meadows could
coungs-aes the effects OF In the wsn--Ne~
YORK Tribune.