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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1902
Page
2
A jumble of verse about a white God and mother love, plus a trick with a wooden board and newspaper, an educational anecdote with a Spanish speaking pupil, notes on savage tribes and poison arrows, and a description of how to extract venom from snakes for arrows.
A simple instrument shows how a real geyser operates. An aspirator with a bent glass tube acts as an intermittent siphon feeding into a half inch iron pipe about 13 cm long. The tube is heated with four burners and placed to avoid rapid steam generation. Water drips in and within minutes a column of steam rises several feet with bubbling thrusts.
A sleight of hand describes concealing a thimble during a finger placement. The right forefinger bears the thimble while the left palm hides nothing. The trick relies on bending the right finger to secretly position the thimble between the thumb and forefinger and withdrawing the finger to reveal an empty left hand, then reappearing the thimble from the pocket or on the fingertip.
Gen Samuel B M Young, named president of Washingtons new war college, often amused colleagues with stories of Filipino classrooms. He found native teachers geographies grotesquely misleading, with Spain covering Europe and children taught three continents Europe Asia Africa, prompting a field visit to assess the impact of American occupancy.
A millionaire recounts his first venture a tale of win by bidding at public auction as a boy of eleven. He recalls buying twenty two boxes of soap at a set price and delivering them to the corner grocer who admits he could have done it himself.
Edwin Hawley moved to New York at 17 and began as an Erie Railroad errand boy earning $4 a week. He rose through key posts to become general traffic manager of the Southern Pacific, then close adviser to Collis Huntington, shaping much trade between New York and the South. He later resigned to focus on his own ventures, stressing that success comes from hard work, risk tolerance, and persistence.
A fragment describes a method for shooting marbles from the left hand with a right hand flick. It mentions finger positions and a quick snap to propel the shooter accurately and ends with a playful, nonsensical rhyme about a poly noise.
A Roanoke inventor J H Martin unveils a pantograph like device to copy patterns precisely for engraving. The machine can scale patterns in length or breadth without altering outlines, enabling letter size changes while keeping symmetry intact.
Alexander C. Davis of Lafayette Indiana designs a wind driven light throwing device to deter birds and animals. A fixed frame with two lamps at ends and a central revolving wheel carries mirrors to reflect light across the field both day and night. The blades catch wind to spin the wheel and the lamps are protected by hoods serving as reflectors.
Paris sits at the hub of an international telephone network linking London Hamburg Berlin Turin and Milan. The Paris Berlin line spans about 625 miles the Paris Hamburg line is similar. Distances from Paris to Turin and Milan run roughly 376 and 470 miles respectively, while the longest path to Cologne via indirect connections surpasses direct lines.
A discussion on profitable observations from Everybody's Magazine about inventing new processes and machines. It notes kerosene refining from sludge acid, slaughterhouse waste, prairie wire grass in furniture, cornital pith for hull fillings, and substitutes for elastic rubber, with no perfect Indian rubber found yet.
Samuel T. Brittain of Boston patents a land to water launching apparatus for boats. The device uses an ordinary motor geared to a rear wheel with pivoted blades that act as a propeller in water. A tilting post and deflector control blade angle, enabling beach maneuvering and propulsion.
An experiment at Egg Rock Lighthouse near Lynn England tested submarine fog signaling. A bell hung fifty feet below a buoy in fifteen fathoms sounded by electricity from the lighthouse power plant. A listener at a hull contact rod could hear the bell three to five miles away, possibly ten to twelve miles in optimum conditions.
The Kronprinz Wilhelm of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company showcased water tight doors built into all lower bulkheads. Invented by Prof. Dorr, the system can be operated from the bridge or at the bulkhead. The company plans to fit all ships, following a demonstration where twenty watertight doors below the waterline were closed from the bridge.
English scientist F. W. Hutchison conducts four balloon ascents from London to study bacilli in the upper atmosphere. Results are promising, revealing many hitherto unknown apocies of germs.
The piece notes Fitzsimmons optimistic about beating Jeffries despite aging, while modern odds favor the undefeated champion Jim Jeffries. It mentions Purcell the English miler arriving in America to race, with Knickerbocker AC backing him, and Jerry Pierce as a potential rival at longer distances.
A New York formed team signs fifteen of the fastest national bicycle riders including Will C. Stinson of Providence R I. The squad aims to match last year’s top teams under employer rules and National Cycling Association regulations for a clean track season with Stinson expected to repeat record breaking form.
Frisco lightweight Jimmy Britt who recently turned pro after leaving an aerial business career shows promise as a coast standout. He earned about $4,200 in his first two pro bouts, a notable sum for a fighter fresh from amateur ranks. Arsenal won the Metropolitan Handicap at Morris Park, defeating a field of eight under pressure from rivals.
A Carson City promoter eyes a clash between Joe Walcott and George Gardner or Jack Root and Gardner as a top draw. Root beat Gardner in San Francisco on a disputed foul, and fans want a conclusive finish to settle the question of superiority between the two.
The American polo team currently in England includes Foxhall Keene as captain, Lawrence Waterbury, John B. Cowdin, and J. M. Waterbury with Rudolph Agassiz as first class substitute. Keene is momentarily out due to a serous incident while riding to hounds. Agassiz, a Bostonian, captains the Myopia polo team and four others are New Yorkers. When home they play as the Lakewood team, last year winning the national championship cup.
Yanger and Terry McGovern may meet in a revived match as negotiations resume. Yanger has risen steadily, boasting a knockout of Corbett and a notable draw with Kid Broad, signaling readiness for a tougher challenge.
Lord Derby a great trotter trained at Memphis prepares for two summer matches. In August at Brighton Beach he races The Abbot for a $10,000 purse. In September at Hartford he faces Horalma in a series for $20,000, the largest trotting wager in years.
The Jenries brothers Wim and Jack Jeffries resemble heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries. Years ago Jim was scheduled to appear in Washington but felt unwell and asked Jack to substitute. Jack performed to a warm reception, then returned to his hotel as a crowd of kids swarmed outside while Jim wondered about the cheering from his room.
Frank Kramer, the speedy bicycle racer, sliced a fifth of a second from the world quarter mile record at Wallsburg New Jersey, beating Floyd McFarland in a bruising stretch to 28 and 15 seconds. He also won the five mile handicap at the meet.
McCoy plans to fight all challengers after dismissing rival hopes of Pizzain mone or Jeffien. He has three matches lined up, starting with Fred Russell, a western heavyweight once billed strong but now seen as a fourth-rate option.
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