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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1904
Page
6
Curious noises heard on calm nights are caused by shellfish opening and closing their valves, producing a warning-like chorus as a boat moves. A Chinese bamboo whistle trick scares hawks from pigeon flocks, while a simple spool gun shoots arrows up to fifty feet. Worms turn over ten tons of soil in six months, tilling earth to aid plant growth.
A reflective tale invites children to ponder a mirror’s truth showing family memories across generations and playful scenes. A separate instruction describes a coin-blown magic trick where a penny exits a glass while a dollar stays wedged, achieved by a sharp breath on the adjacent dollar edge.
A brief piece explains worms are not blind but sense light and darkness, have keen touch, little smell and hearing, breathe through skin, and move in any direction. If cut, worms may survive as each piece can grow anew.
A New Hampshire man kept a fern in a tight store showcase with a small lamp to shield it from frost. Overnight the plant died not from cold but from oxygen depletion as the lamp burned out, leaving the fern suffocated in the enclosed case.
A simple rain gauge uses a funnel of fixed area about twelve square inches fitted to a bottle. Place the setup on a level open spot away from obstacles with the funnel mouth about a foot high. Measure rainfall by pouring collected water into a graduated glass and calculating cubic inches based on the funnel area.
A short instruction describes transforming a small kitchen range into a doll kitchen model. It advises cutting around the outline then folding and pasting parts A A A to the top, BB to the sides, and flaps to assemble. The text emphasizes minimal trouble and a simple process.
A recent urban trend among affluent Back Bay and Brookline families sees babies put to sleep in high positions. Parents place infants in a box on flat roof edges, iron balconies, or window seats of upper stories to purportedly gain fresh air exposure.
A third underground lake has been unearthed beneath London. Excavations near Trafalgar Square revealed the subsurface lake, continuing a series that began at the Admiralty site. The lake sits at a higher level than the Thames near Westminster Bridge, supporting old legends of submerged London.
A Texan buys a gold two inch revolver novelty from Paris for fifty dollars to take home as a keepsake of New York. The tiny gun comes with genuine cartridges and a leather case, usable as jewelry or a hatpin holder. Its spark and shot-like flash add a playful threat to charm and urban situations.
In some small Japanese towns, tradesmen tattoo on the right forearm the emblem of their craft such as a shoemaker shoe woodcutter ax and butcher cleaver. Underneath they include inscriptions about modesty and cheap rates as ads. They roam the streets seeking work, showing their arms.
A Biddeford family on Alfred road searches their farm for 300 in silver and bills buried by the father during a state of insanity. Neighbors assist as authorities investigate the strange plot and locate the hidden money.
Testimony at a gas hearing features Thomas W. Law son and Rogers describing nine years of intimate terms and unrecorded business totaling over 100 million dollars. They claim 46 million was earned without a pen stroke, illustrating the elusive nature of large rival brokerage and reorganization secrets.
The New Orleans Picayune contrasts British and American rail safety noting England’s lower fatal accident rate due to stricter accountability, absence of grade crossings, and universal use of safety devices and block signals. It argues better road management in Britain explains fewer casualties despite greater rail mileage.
A Grant Duff story from Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff recounts the final surrender scene as told by Mr. Robert Lincoln with three witnesses present. Lee enters in formal attire with his Richmond sword, Grant and Lincoln in travel wear, and Grant dictates terms on paper.
The New York Tribune reflects on pirate era galleons laden with treasure and contrasts with today’s ocean commerce. It notes British freebooters pursuing gold, silver, and gems, while modern steamships carry immense wealth safely insured across the Atlantic without fear of peril.
The Rochester Herald urges education on labor realignment between city and country. It argues young workers prefer city life despite healthier country living and calls for correcting urban surplus and rural scarcity to benefit both regions.
The Borton Herald laments how so many men praised as honorable and patriotic betray those values by bribing legislators to gain wealth. The piece notes the enduring marvel of private virtue contrasted with public corruption driven by influence and fear.
A Michigan physician estimates annual typhoid deaths cost 50 600 dollars by assuming 1 000 dollars per life, omitting nonfatal care costs. He calculates total losses around 200 million dollars for the United States, though other figures place value of lives lost higher and include recovery costs. The Providence Journal notes the discrepancy in figures and methods.
A concise survey of early machine guns including the Gatling with ten barrels driven by a crank, the Hotchkiss with a different mechanism for larger ammunition, the French mitrailleuse with thirty barrels fired simultaneously, and the Nordenfeldt with side by side barrels and a lever actuation.
Artists discuss painting men in frock coats and how modern dress defeats lines for a picturesque portrait. Women models offer a different challenge as Metropolitans describe allure and complexity in the studio.
In May World’s Work M C Krarup recounts using two strips of canvas six by twenty four feet to bridge loose dry sand so a motor car could gain traction on a sand hill at Wadsworth. The method, laid three times, surprised local onlookers with a team of horses nearby.
Dr Blanchet of Lyons claims motorcar exercise cures consumption based on his own recovery. He says daily drives about a hundred miles in open air improve cough, sleep, and appetite, with protection from cold essential. He attributes benefits to long open air exposure and increased atmospheric pressure from rapid motion.
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