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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-06-14
NEW INDUSTRY FOR FARMERS
being offered the Enter
prisfng ARriculturlst in the
Production of Goatskfns.

A new industry is Offering itself to the
farmers and manufacturers of the
United States. The fact that $25 900 Don
worth OF gOatskins are nowanrually i'm
ported into the United States, and that
her enterprising manufacturers are now
Obliged to send halfway around the world
Tor large share OF them suggests that
the farmers Of the country have great
opportunity to put large share of this
sum into their own pockets and that the
entire sum may be divided between our
producers and manufacturers
A statement just presented by the de-
partment of commerce and labor
through its bureau of statistics, shows
that importations Of goatskins into the
United States are now running at the
rate OF $25 100000 per annum. and that
large share Of these are brought from
India, China, Arabia and southeastern
Russia. The increasing popularity of
certain classes of Kid leather for foot
wear, as we'll as gloves, has increased
very greatly the demand for goatskins in
the United States within recent years.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-06-14
INSECTS THAT CAUSE RUIN.
Great Coal Bias ~
T4mple0.

The work OF clearing away the ruins
OF the huge Goa! bins at Tampico which
t-ved in and crushed many persons to
death few weeks ago is still going on,
but it is not known, and probably never
VIII be, just how many persons were
Killed in the accident. reports the Mex
lean Herald. The collapse occurred at
a time when large number of women
and children were resting beneath the
huge bins. having brought lunch to
their relatives who were employed on
the works. There is no way Of ascer-
tanning how many Of these persons
were there. About 30 bodies have been
recovered, but it is thought that twice
as many persons were killed.
There Is no doubt that the accident
was due to the work OF the teredo,"
said Chief Engineer Kingman, OF the
Mexican Central railroad Though
our road had nothing whatever to do
with the coal bins, had examined
them carefully not long ago, as a that
time We wished to obtain larger wharf
age and coal storage capacity at Tam
pico. looked at the bins which have
since collapsed and il was decided by
the higher officials not to buy them, as
they were not in such condition as
to suit our wants.
AT that time saw traces Of the
ravages OF the teredo plainly visible in
the piling which supported the coal
bins. There is no doubt that since that
time the insects had done immensely
more damage and had so weakened the
supports that they gave way.
"Our road has been experimenting
for years in an effort to find something
that will prevent the teredo from de-
stroying timber piling. SO far. how
ever, nothing effective has been dscov-
cred. The nearest preventive to the
piles in creosote. Scientists have said
that such treatment would cause the
death Of any teredo which set its teeth
in the prepared wood. 1t has been tried
many times, and, while it does some
good, it is not sure. We have found
that piles so treated will last some
years, but an examina ton has shown
$3.50 A~A g fAt0 Va tAO VI COoOtC Vic tCIcuO
had practically destroyed one in five
of the timbers.
1T is mystery why when al the
piles have been subject to the same
treatment and when chemical exam
)nation shows that all are equally i'm
pregnated with creosote the teredo
should attack one of the timbers and
not another. But this is 80. We have
found that on an average four of the
piles so treated will be sound at the
end Of three or four years, while the
fifth will be SO eaten as to make it a
source OF great danger, Still. the ere
osote treatment is the only thing hat
is at all effective, and it a least doubles
the life of wharves, as without it the
teredo would destroy all such work in
less than two years.
"Of course this leaves masonry or
cement work as the only kind that is
really proof against the attacks of
these destroying insects, but the cost
OF this work is so great that resort to
creosote-treated piles will have to be
made for many years."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-06-14
THIEVES SELDOM INVENT.
Old Games with Which They
NJ Are Familiar.

The much Wanted ingenuity OF
thieves appears to be on the wane in
Chicago. Time was, says the Tribune.
when new confidence game and a
new way Of getting into close proxim-
ity with some other mans goods could
be expected to appear every day or
50. This has al changed, say the po-
lice, go ~~~ me criminals seem con-
tent to ply their old accustomed games,
certain that through them they will &C.
quire &C competence or an enforced re-
tirement.
I'VE haven't had new game brought
TO light in long time" said Inspector
John Hartnett at the Harrison street
police station recently. What few
confidence men are still left in his dis
trict are all sticking to their old tricks
the lock game and the counterfeit
noney-bogus-officer combination. 10
be sure there was man the other
day sold farmer an option on the Ma
sonic temple for $500. but that was a
sporadic case. And as for burglars.
why, they are all using the same old
method Of prying an entrance with
jimmy, and sometimes using skeleton
keys. Sneak thieves are few, and even
they are not ingenious enough to think
up new games. Most OF them depend
ON the games others have played"
There's nothing new in crime" re-
peated Capt. Evans, of the bureau OF
identification. "All the things we hear
about are on the same old order. OF
course there are confidence men who
are sharp enough to think up new
scheme every time they see new vic
tim, but their games are, after all, so
similar that one describes them all.
They offer man chance to get a lot
OF money in an easy way, and they get
the money. In burglary or thieving
there is absolutely nothing new. And
no new tools. either. The jimmy and
the skeleton key are still supreme"
A search OF the property room I the
city hall revealed no new implements
OF burglary, and the officer>in charge
asserted that none had come in.
''The jimmy is so near perfect tool
that they can't improve on it, and moth
ing new will be apt to come forward
until new way OF building houses and
locking them up is devised" he said.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-06-14

Aunt pinah-What makes yo' think
go husbands got another wife side.
yo', chile?
Mrs. johnson lover the washtub)-
Cause he don't do no wo'k an he's So
mighty flush! Brooklyn Eagle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-06-14

"A firm of English soapmakers which
gives halfpenny to the Transvaal
war fund for every cake Of soap solo,
has already sent in 6 1000 to the
fund.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17

rying parson' who boasts Of the number OF ceremonte
he has performed owes more to the humble little rose
bush on the shores of the Potomac than ne dreams Of.
The present generation of Westinghouse have
somewhat neglected the %rosebush, leaving their sight
seeing friends from afar to reap the rewards which are
supposed to be the inevitable result Of preserving a
sprig plucked from 1t, and the census records show that
there are 1000 more unmarried women than unmarried
men in the District of Columbia. Yet the efficacy of
even one leaf from the bush named for one Of the most
beautiful Of Virginias daughters is vouched for by a
number Of Washington matrons, as we'll as by many
women in other cities. AS an aid to Hymen the bush
has no rival in the minds Of Virginians and among older
Neutrality-suspicious. there are many who still cherish for 1t
a sentimental fondness, regarding it as the kindly fairy
of their happiness.
Time was when no girl who visited Mount Vernon
was content to depart without a leaf Of the NELLY Gus
tis' safely slowed away in her pocketbook or wrapped
in her handkerchief. Some Of these wilhn' feminine
Barkuses treated the leaves after the manner of four
leaved clover and b~ashfully tucked them into their shoe
tops.
Nothing but the roses themselves would satisfy exact
ing damsels, for their white-petaled sweetness was GER
tain to have the effect of inspiring some Prince Charm
ing with love for the possessor within the folloWlng
year. Lucky indeed was the girl who could successfully
elude the watchful eye Of the gardener and carry off In
triumph one of the flowers SO soon to be followed by
orange blossoms. The wiles used by some Of these love-
lorn little vandals would have done credit to a skilled
second-story man.
In the last few years, however, the faith in the pretty
old legend has somewhat died out among the younger
generation. Wnetner II De Lhat shepUclsm IoloWs Ing
trolley as the constitution does the flag, or that the bach
elor maids of the present think too little of matrimony
to cherish any sentimental stories of white roses and
proposals, there is far less eagerness now to find the
bush of fable.
There is nothing in the appearance Of the bush which
has created such havoc in romantic young hearts to awe
the onlooker. 1t is set close to one Of the main walks
of the little old formal garden, which was considered
one of the SHOW" places Of the estate in the days Of the
great American generals residence there. The bush Is
near the greenhouses and not far from the old slave
quarters. 1t Is not more than eight feet high and still
bears Its pretty, white clusters as freely as ever.
f. A. Whelan, the gardener at Mount Vernon, is au'
thority for the old age of the tradition which ascribes
such wonderful potency to this particular bush. "The
rose" said Mr.. Whelan, us said to have been set out by
George Washington himself. There were two bushes
OF this same variety, Noisettes, in the garden. One Of
these Gen. Washington named for his mother, Mary
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17

were proceeding with the collection Of the necessary
sum when Silas e. Burroughs, a New York banker,
wrote to Thomas Goodwin, mayor of Fredericksburg,
and asked the honor of being allowed to build the mon
ument. The design adopted was elaborate.
The cornerstone Of this monument was laid on May
1, 1888, by President Andrew Jackson, who delivered
perhaps the longest discourse Of his career. Soon after
this ceremony Mr.. Burroughs sustained financial mis-
fortunes and the work was suspended. The pedestal was
in place and marble columns had been hauled by OK
teams to the grave. 1t was found difficult to raise money
to continue the building. The big pieces Of marble lay
scattered around the place and lay there till after the
civil war. They were pock-marked by bullets and bits
of shell in the battle of Fredericksburg.
In 1878 Capt. George Washington Ball, a descendant
Washington association, but little progress was made
toward the erection of a monument.
1t was in 1889 that a strong impetus was given the
monument movement. The country was wrought up over
the approaching Inauguration of President Harrison when
there appeared in one of the Washington papers over the
name Of a local auctoneer this sensational advertise
ment:
"The grave of Mary the mother Of Gen. George Wash
ington, to be sold at public auction. March s, 1889, at IL
o'clock m, we will offer at public auction, at the capital
of the United States Of America, IL acres Of land, en-
bracing the grave and material of the unfinished monu-
ment Of Mary, the mother of Gen. George Washington"
This advertisement created the excitement it was de-
signed to produce, the National Mary Washington Memo
rial association was organized and the present tall shaft
a small reproduction Of the Washington monument al
the capital, was reared above the grave and dedicated
May 10, 1894.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17

"Mv grandmother also used TO tell me tnat Nelly
uor of those roses when Mr.. Lewis won her con-
III ~ ~ ,r,t for her hand. Tradition further says
that she took a cutting Of the bush with her When she
left her home at Mount Vernon TO go 10 ner nuspanus
estate at Arlington. The veneratlon sne naa . ~ :
evidently impressed the superstitious negroes and lus
fame grew with every generation" Even emancipation
failed to shake the confidence OF the negroes IN the
powers of the bush,
Tourists were the next to become converts 10 te
faith of the posy. Boarding school misses from VII
einia and MARYLAND, schoolmaams from New England
and college girls from the middle West-the frivolous
little firt and the seriously ambitious plue1stocKlng'
pretty girls and plain, the very youthful VINO wore long
dresses to look grown up, and the somewhat passe VINO
wore short dresses to look young-all succumbed to that
spirit of romance which springs eternal In the FEMININE
breast.
The romance Of Matte Mitchell, now the duchess
de la Rochefoucauld, the best known beauty OF the Wash
ington Of 20 years ago, gave additional impetus to the
rose bush fetichism. Miss Mitchell, the daughter OF the
late Senator Mitchell Of Oregon, was one OF the ioveliest
girls Washington society has ever known. She was as
unsnoiled and charming as she was beautiful and a belle
Of two continents. In spite of the fact that she was not
credited with the possession Of a fortune, she was be-
sieged with fattering offers of marriage. But none OF
the proposals seemed to find a soft spot in her heart
and it was not until Miss Mitchell accepted one of the
Nelly Gusts roses on a dare" that the curtain was
raised on the love drama of her life and she figured as
a principal in one of the first great international mar
riages of American girls. Many Of her girl friends
pointed to the fact that Matte became the wife Of a
bearer Of one Of the noblest names OF France as an
added distinction to the little rosebush at Mount vernon.
So unusual a romance could not but add to the pres
tge Of the old rose charm in the eyes of believers.
Yet even the ~skeptical were convinced when. not
long after, a penniless young army officer who had be-
come imbued with the idea that one of the GUSTS posles
might help his fortunes in love and war was enabled to
announce his approaching marriage to one OF the wealth
lest heiresses in the country. This young fellow, who
It must be confessed, had been looked upon in army
circles as extremely unfortunate In his love affairs, ad
mitted that he credited the success Of his siege to the
heiress' heart to a bit Of faded vegetation which had
once been a Nelly Custis rose.
There are other roses equally lovely in the garden
Mr.. Whelan tends with such care and skill, but there
is not a girl tourist In all the land who would not pass
them by to gaze at the modest bush that the first presi
dent planted in honor of his little stepdaughter, the rose
tree that has really made more marriages than any
parson In the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
CLEAR-HEADED
Head Bookkeeper Must be Reliable.

The chief bookkeeper in a large bust
ness house in one Of our great West
ern cities speaks of the harm coffee
did for him:
my wife and I drank our first cup
Of Postum a little over two years ago,
and VIC have used it ever since, to the
entire exclusion Of tea and coffee. 1t
happened in this way:
about three and a half years ago
I had an attack Of pneumonia, which
left a memento in the shape of dyspep-
STA, or rather, to speak more correctly,
neuralgia o. the stomach. My cup of
cheer had always been coffee or tea,
but / became convinced, after a time,
that they aggravated my stomach trou-
BILE. happened to mention the mat
ter to my grocer one day and he sug-
gested that | give Postum a trial.
Next day it came, but the cook made
the mistake of not boiling it sufficient
ly, and we did not like it much. This
was, however, 500 %remedied, and now
we like it SO much that we will never
change back. Postum, being a food
beverage instead Of a drug, has been
the Of curing my stomach trou-
BILE, ! verify believe, for I am a well
man today and have used no other
remedy.
my work as chief bookkeeper in u
Co.'S branch house here is Of a very
combining nature. During my coffee
drinking days l was subject to nerv-
BUSINESS and the blues in addition to
my sick spells. These have left me
since ! began using Postum and | can
conscientiously recommend it to those
whose work confines them to long
hours Of severe mental exertion.'
There's a Reason"
Look in pkgs. for the little book,
"The Road to Wellville."
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
Who Are the Elect?


Two modern statements Of the doc
trine of election" neither Of which
would quite satisfy John Calvin or
Jonathan Edwards, are given in the
Congregationalist.
One was Henry Ward Beecher's cpl
grammatic and convincing phrase:
"The elect are whosoever will; the
non-elect are whatsoever won't"
Good as this is, there is another ex-
PLANTATION that is a star of equal mag
nitude. 1t was made by a colored di-
vine, who said:
Brethren, it is this way: The Lord,
he is always voting for a man; and the
devil, he is always voting against him.
Then the man himself votes, and that
breaks the tel"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17

banks, contain from $4,000 to 10000
checks and drafts. AT times these In
closures represent as much as 100000
900. Rarely does the total fall below
$4,000. 900.
The letters are opened as fast as
they r received, the checks are
counted and the total verified with the
footings Of the LISTS. The letters are
then stamped, which shows that they
have been proven In. al the banks
call II. After that they are turned
over to the clerks who send out the
formal Acknowledgements Of the remit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
WHERE WORK NEVER STOPS

other leaves on. All night long, Sun
days and holidays, a STAFF Of men in
each of these banks Is busy opening
thousands OF letters, sorting and list
Ing innumerable checks and drafts
that represent fabulous sums Of
money, and getting them ready for the
day force, which Is the only n the
public comes In contact with or ever
hears about. II this work was not
carried on necessarily, the banks
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17

tances they contain. The various
checks are assorted according to the
numbers of the books in which they
are to be entered and otherwise; the
sight drafts are grouped according
to the routes OF the banks messen-
gers, and all Is made ready for turning
the nights accumulation over to the
day force, SO 1t may be handled by It
as expeditiously as possible.
Each Of these shifts Of night work
ers at the banks consist Of from ~
to 20 men, Some banks get along
with but one extra set OF clerks at
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17

night. These come on duty at mid
night and leave at s a m. This plan
of working all night long in order to
keep up with the tremendous amount
of business that comes in by mail was
inaugurated about five years ago. The
first bank that tried 1t found that
so much valuable day time was saved
that ii institution after another took
1T UP, until now there are four that
have these three eight-hour shifts Of
clerks, and several more who work
only a part Of the night-Harper's
Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17

Mrs. AUGUSTA VEsPERMANN, De For
est, Wisconsin.
Another Operation Avoided.
New Orleans, La.-''For years l suf-
fered from severe female troubles.
Finally L was confined to my bed and
the doctor said an operation was neces-
sary. l gave Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound a trial first, and
was saved from an operation."-Mrs.
LILY PEYRoUx, I'LL Kerlerec St, New
Orleans, La.
Thirty years of unparalleled success
confirms the power Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound to cure
female diseases. The great volume of
unsolicited testimony constantly pour
ing in proves conclusively that Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
a remarkable remedy for those dis
tressing feminine ills from which so
many women suffer.
IfyOu want special advice about
your ease write to Mrs. Pinkham,
at Lynn, Mass. Her advice ia
free, and always helpful
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
would soon be overwhelmed with 3

would soon be overwhelmed with q
mountainous accumulation Of detail.
Two %shifts--the scouting force"
as they call themselves-work be-
tween Ave o'clock in the afternoon and
nine the next morning. Each bank
has a big drawer In the general post
office. Messengers clear this Of Its
letters every hour all night long.
Three thousand letters a day 10 the
average mail Of one Of these large
banks. Two-thirds Of 1t comes in dur
ing the night. These letters, in the
case Of one Of the biggest Of these
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
a Gift IN Brvn Mawr,

Miss Cynthia M. Wesson Of Spring
field, Mass, has given $1,000 to Bryn
Mawr college. Miss Wesson, who was
graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1903,
was prominent in the athletic affairs
of the institution, and her gift is to
be expended toward the betterment OF
the swimming pool. All undergrad
yates are required to qualify Is swim
mers, as the exercise is INT of the
most popular of the college sports.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
Johnny Knew.

The class in physiology was being
called on.
Remember, children" said the
teacher, there are no bones In the
stomach"
Johnny Smiths hand went up.
IF you please, teacher, my baby
brother has one in his. He swallowed
a dollar yesterday"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17
Relays Of Employees Carry from Page
to Page Figures Needed by
New York Banks.

-Four big banks In the Wall street
district resemble the great gold mines
Of the west In n striking feature.
they have three eight-hour shifts Of
tolers, and tho work never stops. One
set takes up the routine where the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17

Washington, and the other for his
wife's daughter, Nelly Custis. have
never heard any question raised ABOUT
the authenticity of the story that he
planted both of the bushes. Just now
the tradition Of the efficacy or tne
Nelly Custis' as a love-charm orlgl-
mated | can't say, but it is certainly
very old. The negroes on the place
used to loiter around 1t while court
ing. because they believed they Q
soon be allowed to marry, through us
influence"
Whenever there was a dance or pic
mic in the neighborhood, say the DC
timers. every young wench about the
vicinity wanted to go armed win a
sprig of the white rose, for eacn Oh
them believed that once she got on
good terms with the NELLY Gusts no
colored swain could resist her. Every
warm evening saw dusky couples
sneaking around Mount vernon ano
colored walliowers tramped miles &c
get one of the matchless posies.
ESN oAO
There is good ground for the belief
that the legend is nearly as old as the
rosebush itself. A Virginia matron o.
the old school, one of those to whom
the bush will be ever dear, told tne
writer that charming Nelly Custis her
self is said to have worn n OF tne
white roses in her bosom when mel
future husband. Major Lewis. pro
posed to her.
my grandmother" said this lady
FUSED to tell me that the bush was
great favorite with Nelly Gusts. She
tended it assiduously and used t.
Mace her chair near it when she reat
and sewed. The white roses which !
produced were her favorite flowers
Perhaps it was only because she knew
they became her that she so frequent
" wore them, but they came to be as
sociated with her. / have somewhere
seen a portrait of her with a whit
rose nesting among the laces of he
frock and l, for one, would gladly be
lieye that it was one Of the blossom
from this identical bush.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-17

Rather than follow a multitude to
do evil, one should stand, like Pom
pegs pillar, conspicuous by ones self.
and single in iptegrity.-Sir Thomas
Browne.