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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1902
Page
7
A humorous set of vignettes describes a private's antics to win discharge. Flower-wagon drivers deliver bouquets to local officials, while a boastful luncheon tale ends with the private’s swift dismissal. The anecdotes mix camp life, bravado, and practical jokes from Chicago to the field.
A long prose snippet recounts rich sons joining the army and striving to shed their blouses. A pampered youth at Port Sheridan tries discharging himself, then barbs a cunning ruse by saluting officers in mufti at Chicago clubs. The tale hints at class tension and soldiering vanity.
Captain Ballard of Fairfax recalls the Dahlgren raid cork leg episode. After Dahlgren’s family offered a $1000 reward, detectives sought the missing artificial limb, Ballard kept it until the reward was paid, then surrendered it to the Dahlgren party who briefly took it aboard a train before loyal friends recaptured it and it vanished forever. Pennsylvania Grit report.
An Utica Globe note explains Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans gained the nickname Fighting Bob from a drunken 19th century whiskey seller named Robert D. Evans. Police once hauled him to jail after repeated binges, and cadets adopting the name led to the admired moniker for the admiral.
The article notes Winston Benaret Fred Funston is returning home and may face accusations of cowardice for actions in the Spanish war. It suggests he could be praised as a hero but risks scrutiny over capturing Aguinaldo and crossing a river, drawing parallels to Dewey and other famous figures.
The Suez canal administrators began deepening to thirty one feet to enable larger tonnage vessels to pass from sea to sea. Current craft are limited to twenty five feet seven inches, hindering long distance freight. Improvements aim to surpass Kaiser Wilhelm and Amsterdam canals, with potential electric lighting for night passage on the 101 mile route.
The first successful photographs of the spectrum of lightning were taken last summer at Harvard Observatory using the standard stellar spectra apparatus. An eight to eleven inch telescope with a camera and prism produced bands of color. however red and violet ends of the spectrum prove too extreme to be captured by the camera.
La Gazette Industrielle of Riga announces a new arc light that dispenses with carbons. The lamp uses two L shaped aluminum arms with platinum points inside an exhausted glass globe and a clockwork regulator to set distance. It claims no shadow and long life between renewals, with horizontal operation possible and reflectors for illumination.
M. R. Montclavel explains in La Science Pour Tous the reasons for the immense size and curling peculiarities of many tropical plants.
The article explains the giant arum's anatomy with labeled parts and discusses tropical forests distinct from European woods. It notes that tropical ecosystems host diverse, often unique species, giving Java specimens as examples of extraordinary plant variety in torrid zones.
The text notes hundreds of tree species in Java and compares tropical giants to Europe, highlighting extreme height and branching shapes that optimize air and light capture. It cites Gleichenia dichotoma as a tall herb to forty feet, Dracodium gigas with a massive single trunk, and a Java orchid Grammatophyllum whose flowers open and wither together as if by magic wand, with Montcalvel offering no explanation.
The article discusses Darwin's pangenesia idea of gemmules forming gemmalea and blaste ma within cells to propagate species. It notes the microscopic imprint concept, cites measurement feats like red blood cells and atom-scale divisions, and reflects on the limits of microscopes and atom theory from a London Science Gossip perspective.
Buenos Ayres postal officials used X ray examination to inspect registered letters for smuggling jewelry. They obtained a court order to open packages and confiscated more than $30,000 worth of jewels in one week.
A towering baobab near Dakar in Lower Senegal features a base trunk measuring 75 feet in circumference. Locals call the fruit monkey bread and use it to curdle milk and treat ailments. Dried leaves are brewed as medicine while bark yields strong cords and gum used as salve. Young roots are eaten by the waves.
The Prussian Government convened a committee to test smoke consuming devices. The committee has finished its work and common measures to curb the nuisance are to be introduced. It suggests school instruction for stokers and sending qualified men to instruct stokers in all steam plants.
London reports the Crystal Palace authorities will host a United States themed event next year. The display will cover American science art and industries with American entertainments and sports conducted by representative teams.
The Duke of the Abruzzi, it is state ed, will visit the United States in February to make arrangements for another Arctic expedition.
At a luncheon last week two prominent business men exchanged good natured jabs about thrift. One recalls the other’s father as a frugal groceries grocer, farmer and bee keeper who tested luck with strawberriesthrough hybrids, then they shared a drink.
A gentleman guarding his fruit orchard captures a boy who climbs a tree. The boy refuses to come down and bites the owner on the head with an apple. He threatens to continue pelting until promises are kept. The exchange ends with the old man perplexed by the boy's stubbornness.
An English volunteer officer, unpopular with his men, fell into deep water while returning home. He was rescued with great difficulty by a private from his regiment. The officer offered a reward, but the rescuer asked him to keep silent, explaining that others would mock him if they knew he saved the officer.
A London Tit Bits snippet recalls a young man in a parlor teasing a grotesque younger boy while a sister nearby smiles, hinting at a household scene of playful mischief and comic tension without explicit detail.
A courtroom exchange reveals the clue to a mystery as the intelligent witness testifies that the prisoner looked around carefully and whistled, prompting the magistrate to ask what followed. The witness replies that the dog acted next, a surprising detail in the proceedings.
In a Punch full style exchange a city magnate probes Hawking about his vocation. Hawkins responds he writes poetry novels and plays and lives off such work. The dialogue hints at social intrigue and artistic ambition within a bustling city.
From the Chicago Post a kind hearted lady helps Harold Hean Lill, a Boston boy, after a tumble. She sympathetically asks what caused his fall and the boy replies with a witty nod to gravity.
A brief note questions why comic operas include chorus girls as a matter of form, suggesting it as a conventional device in the Tommy-Pop tradition and reflecting on stage expectations and theatrical norms.
A tale recalls a great lady who used a secretary to invite Lord Macduff to dinner. The reply humorously rewrites the invitation as the lord's piper declining on his noble master’s behalf.
A dialect tale where an old man claims proof of ghosts and says he saw his master after death. He recalls a moment with a “jummy-john full er Neker” and a spill of Mekker, speaking in a rustic voice about visions and memory.
The fragment shows a witty exchange where one character questions marriage and love, and the other shrugs off commitment by noting they won’t be home much. The tone hints at a domestic farce or social satire in a humorous exchange.
A Sunday school lesson on the prodigal son prompts a superintendent to ask who opposed the proposed banquet. A former classmate answers with a single word, "The calf," highlighting a misread or garbled transcription.
In a terse exchange, a drummer asks about the part month’s reports and the head of the firm responds that one part exceeded expectations, specifically the expense bill. The dialogue turns on cost overruns, highlighting financial strain and workplace humor.
A classroom exchange presents the teacher asking what a medium of exchange means and Willie replying with the prompt Willie Watman and mentioning taking a book to the store when his mother selects groceries. The fragment highlights a student response about a book being taken to the store.
A political meeting plans music arrangements amid debate over costs. One voice questions the need to play multiple times, while another insists on attending for the speeches and meals.
A Chicago News fragment records Sandy Pikes recalling a single moment of danger and a hospital visit where she was rubbed with alcohol. The wording suggests a personal reminiscence tied to a health scare or injury.
From a Philadelphia Press exchange between Critteek and D'Auber about naming a landscape work. D'Auber questions the word Home, Critteek notes the title lacks a true place, sparking a discussion on naming and place in art.
A mother frets over her child’s fear while the boy answers with a wry remark about bravery. The exchange contrasts maternal worry with the boy’s confident stance and reflects a humorous, domestic moment.
A man with a subscription book asks a tobacconist for a donation to the neighborhood improvement fund in Italy. The tobacconist declines saying that is a brand they do not handle.
A traveler notes the camel's value in sandy wastes while the Aral character calls it the automobile of the desert, highlighting a playful exchange about its usefulness and status.
A weedy man with a mourning band on his hat laments difficulty in expressing emotions and maintaining relations. A tan wheen observer replies the situation is blown out of proportion, insisting the problem is simple and impossible to resolve.
A fragment notes Mr Pitt stating the Gathmenn gum is not meeting investor expectations while Mr Penn argues it may be needed for shooting straw hate.
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