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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21

the prison a few days a%fterwaro and
entered upon the DEMONSTRATING bust
ness with a vim hat terrorized the
horse-owners of that section. He
would be arrested. sentenced % prison,
released, and then ne would again take
up his unlawful calling. During the
civil war the old man did a paying
business. He Travelled over the state,
but his work was done principally in
western Pennsylvania. He would steal
horses and sell them readily at good
prices to purchasers for the United
States army. Ohio, West Virginia and
Maryland were drawn on heavily. He
say that ever since he stole the first
animal he has never been able to re-
sist taking a good horse when the
opportunity vas presented. For the
past few years the old man has at
tempted to live an upright life. A few
days ago he had occasion to go to
Indiana county, and, according to his
story, he was passing the farm of John
Wilson. A fine morse was grazing on
the hillside, and the impulse to steal
again mastered him. That night the
fine horse was missing. as was the old
a Constable Mu11y of Bell town
ship followed the trail and the other
evening Zimmerman and the horse
were overtaken at Ohiopyle. The pris-
oner was taken to the Uniontown Jail
and later was brought here. thinner
man wants it known that he neve
stole anything Save horses, and that
he never filched an animal from a
widow, nor from a man who was less
able to lose the price of the horse
than he.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21
The Roadster.

An authority on horses mus
scribes the roadster:
A typical roadster should stanu
fifteen to sixteen hands hlgn' "eiea
close about LOO pounds, be SOUND snS
straight in every way, have a soOu'
solid color, a level head, bold ana re9o
lutte. capable and willing 10 -
twelve miles an hour Or 100 inlleS
ten hours, and when put upon
speed will show a 2:30 gait or tneie
abouts. He should not only De aD.
but willing to do whatever IS asKeu VI
him, and this without resort 10 spur
boot or whip. Such an animal nv
ing along without padding Or strau-
ding, is in great demand, DroVlueu no
has been properly educated anu
abounds in nervous energy. Form'
size, color, symmetry and substance
are essentials in the makeup Oh d e'P
ical roadster, but they do not ai""'9
insure the road horse. To these mus
be added a certain individuality tn@s
is always the result Of intellgeh'
breeding. 1t manifests itself IN wnat
we term v energy, the lnherl'eu
ability to get up and get there II %
true that no class Of horses are eo
difficult to breed up to a high standaru
of excellence as the roadster. we can
not produce him from animals ina
have only individual merit to recon-
mend them. They must be descend
ants of families noted for their extraor-
binary qualifications along this hhe.
To breed the draft horse, size anu
s%oundness are the main points to De
taken into consideration; in breeding
the race horse everything is sacrinceu
for speed; but in producing the road
ster we must look we'll to every point
Of excellence that is to be found in the
makeup of all other classes OF goou
horses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21

Assuming from the reports in daily
newspapers that cities in other parts
of the United States are afflicted with
the nuisance of preservatives and
adulteration in milk to the same de-
gree as indianapolis is, and knowing
that a large proportion have laws for
bidding these practices, there are a lot
of people committing crime every day
who ought to be punished, says Jersey
Bulletin. In our local milk business
there has been quite a stirring up
since it was rumored that 80 per cent
OF indianapolis milk was either adul-
terated or preserved %artifcially. This
TACT was given out in the Jersey Bull
letin some weeks ago, and subsequent
investigation by City Sanitarian Clark
showed that exactly that proportion
$50 per cent? was treated with pre-
servatives - formaldehyde being the
principal agent. The dealers were
warned that prosecution would follow
a second o%ffense, and the number Of
cases found by analysis was remark
ably decreased. But not satisfied with
threats of prosecution, they are back
at their old tricks again, and a number
of arrests have been made which have
resulted in conviction. They ought to
have been thankful for a warning.
When a man steals anything he is
usually punished for the first fracture
of the law, and it is hard to see why
a man who breaks another law should
be given a chance to break 1t again
before being punished. Let them pay
the penalty; there are some milkmen
who don't use injurious -preservatives,
and those who do are running chances
deserve no sympathy. One of the
defendants fined in police court has
appealed his case, and we hope the
higher tribunal will make the dose
good and strong by affirming the judg-
ment.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21
MAN WHO DEFENDED GUITEAU.
A MOrose. U-napproachable Hermit, LIv-
Ing Alone in IA Secluded Spot.

A MOrose, Unapproachable Hermit, LIv-
ing Alone in IA Secluded Spot.
From the Emporia Gazette: A party
of Indiana fishermen, just returned
from a trip among the remote and I'M
frequented lakes of northern Indiana,
ran across a little cabin occupied by
Attorney Scoyill, the lawyer who de-
Tended C. ]. Guiteau in his trial for the
assassination of President Garfield.
The humble cottage ia which Scovill
was found is situated near the banks
of Mud lake. where he lives the life of
the most rigid r~ecluse, neither seeing
nor being seen. His simple wants are
supplied by the merchants of the near
est town. He puts in his time, nobody
knows how, as his unkempt and I'M
couth figure is seldom seen outside the
hidden by the growth of twining vines
and underbrush. From an able, affable
and influential barrister, Scovill has
grown into a taciturn, morose, unap-
~proachable hermit, desiring no COM
munication with the world in which he
was such a conspicuous figure as only
counsel for his relative eighteen years
ago. Scovill feels that he is still
Stunned and despised by everybody for
his part in trying to a v the neck Of
Guiteau on the ground of hereditary
insanity, though he contends that he
did nothing more than his duty. The
loss of his wife and other misfortunes
that seemed to pursue him with a re-
lentless hand added to his melancholy
and confirmed him in his determine
ton to abandon the world and spend
the remainder of his days in seclusion.
For several years Scovill has led the
life of a hermit, spending his time at
the most secluded spots he conld find.
He still contends hat Guiteau was
mentally irresponsible for his act in
killing the president, and points to the
record of the family, a number of
whom have both before and since the
tragedy been confined in madhouses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21

Under the terms of his fathers will,
which have just been made public,
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., has been cut
as punishment for marrying Miss
Grace Wilson. According to informa-
ition given by a person who should
know the facts. this is the ultimate di-
vision OF the 500, 900, 900 scheduled in
the vest-pocket memorandum by which
the late Cornelius Vanderbilt always
know how much he owned: To Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Gertrude Vanderbilt
Whitney. Reginald Vanderbilt and
Gladys Vanderbilt, his children, $10,-
600. 900 each. There are large special
requests to relatives, to Yale, Column
bia and Vanderbilt Universities, to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and to
various charities. The remainder of
the estate, subject to a life interest
held by his widow, is left to Alfred
lGwynne Vanderbilt, his second surviv-
ing on. William X. Vanderbilt and
the widow Of Cornelius are trustees.
Porto Rico has an unfinished rail-
way whose securities are held chiefly
by French and British citizens. A
scheme IS on foot to complete the line
by means Of American capital. Is
there not sufficient patriotism left over
from war times to insure the buying
out Of these foreign shareholders anc
the sole American ownership of whaI
will ultimately prove a valuable prop.
erty? Porto Rico deserves encourage
ment. But what OF the foreign bond
holders OF our own railroads? All on
railroad bonds are owned in England
and Holland.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21
Keeping saua.hs. in Winter.

From Farmers Review: 1t is a
common complaint OF people who grow
squashes for winter consumption that
the fruits will not keep for any length
of time after removal from the field to
the vegetable cellar. Sometimes this
trouble may be in the choice of varie-
ties, but this seems to be seldom the
case, since even the old reliable Hub
bard Is complained of as much as the
rest. Generally the fault rests with
the grower, who, busy with other de-
tails, allows his hardy" vegetables to
lie in the field long after they should
be in the cellar; grumbling, when he
does remove them, because these I'M
wieldy things must be left until it's
most too cold to work outdoors"
From our experience and observation
we think 1t safe to say that a frost
that will kill a melon, pumpkin or
squash vine will also have some harm
full effect upon the fruit it bears, par
t~icularly IL the squashes or melons or
pumpkins are not fully ripe. At any
rate we find that these fruits when re-
moved from the vine to the cellar be-
fore a vine-killing frost has touched
them will keep better than those al
lowed to remain after the plants have
been killed. In many cases immature
specimens, If not too young, and il
gathered before the frost, will keep
better than ripe ones gathered after
ward.
We have found that gathering all the
fruits at one time and sorting them
according to their stage of ripeness is
the best plan. The fully ripe ones are
stored at once; the immature ones laid
together in a sunny place where they
can be covered at night and exposed
during the day. They are allowed to
remain here until the approach of
severe weather, when they are taken
to the cellar. Here we put them in
the warmest place, provided it be dry,
and allow them to continue ripening.
Our home supply, principally imma-
ture specimens, is stored around the
furnace. a brieked-up affair that is not
very warm at any time. but is warmer
than the rest Of the cellar. We use
the ripest first and thus prolong the
season. OF course there is such a
thing as gathering these fruits too
young. In such cases they will rot in
spite of anything. If the rind be soft
there will be no use trying to rlpen the
squash, but the grower win Lnnw at
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21

Farmers Bulletin 100. OF the ns
partment OF Agriculture. says:
The outline Of a perfect hog
viewed from any direction. should 10.
nearly that Of a p%arallelogram wilxr
the corners slightly rounded "a
back and belly, also his sides. sbonId
be straight and parallel; and wber.
viewed from front or rear, his outllna.
should be nearly square, but a lIttle
deeper than wide. The head should no.
short; the face straight or somewhat
dished and wide between the eyes.
the ears should not be too large
should be thin, soft, and Joined to the
head by a small knuck. A large
coarse ear usually indicates a coarse
animal which will fatten slowly. Thu
jowl should be full, well rounded at
the sides, and making a straight line.
from the tip of the lower Jaw to the
point OF the breastbone. The neck
should be short 1.-THE shorter the bet-
teri, but well rounded. arched. and
increasing in size from the head to the.
shoulders. The shoulders should he.
full and square. with the legs set well
apart so as to afford ample room for
the lungs and heart, and the heart
girth just behind the shoulders should
be nearly equal to the girth at any
other point. The back should be broad
and straight. and should he
slightly arched rather thar swayed
between the shoulders and hams. The
ribs should be well sprung to make
the back broad, and should drop nearly
straight at the sides. The belly should
be wide and straight, not fabby nor
drawn in at the TANKS. The hams
should be as wide as the shoulders,
nearly fiat across the top. and droop-
ing but little to the root of the tail;
they should be well rounded behind and
come well down on the stife, so as.
to make the lower part of the ham
full and plump. The legs should be
short, straight, set well apart. and
strong enough so that the animal, even
when well grown, will walk wholly
on his feet and not upon his hooks and
dew claws. The bristles should be
fine, soft, and sufficiently thick to
hide the skin. Coarse, stin, erect
Drlstles indicate a coarse animal
which will mature late and unsatis-
factorily, while if they are SO few and
short as to show the skin plainly they
indicate a weak constitution and con-
sequent liability to disease.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21

Now that the European demand for
American apples is heavy, it being
estimated that it will be this season
1,217.767 barrels in excess of the de-
mand last year, apple-growers in this
country are looking forward to much
higher prices, especially as this years
home crop is from one-half to three
quarters less than what is looked upon
as a full crop. In New York state
farmers are now getting from rs cents
to SLIPS a barrel for apples under the
trees. The standard apple for the
European market is the Baldwin. OF
the 12,437 barrels of this years crop
shipped since Aug. l the lowest price
netted 70 the American exporter Is So
per barrel, and the price has kept
nearer 81.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21

A correspondent at York, Pa, tells
a series of sensational stories about a
remarkable epidemic that he says has
taken DOT there. He writes as follows:
A morphine epidemic has brought
shame and even death to the homes
Of prominent people in this city, and
1t continues to grow. despite the fact
that individuals, who are just begin
ming to indulge in the drug, almost
daily see the shame and disgrace
brought upon their friends, who have
fallen victims to this dreaded habit.
That morphine has separated several
men from their wives Is undoubtedly
true. In the last court here women,
formerly reputable, were proven guilty
OF immortality, and DEGREES of divorce
were granted to their husbands upon
statutory grounds. 1t is now a well es-
tablished fact that these women were
led to their ruin by men who first piled
them with morphine. Another NOR
phine iend is on the verge of collapse.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21

The youth who administered the in
lection was recently detected admins
tering injections to two young con-
verts.
The mother of another victim re-
Gently issued an appeal asking Offend
ing druggists not to sell her boy NOR
phine, but it was unheeded. The dis
trict attorney has not taken action in
the matter for the reason that Repre-
sentative Kayler's bill failed to become
a law. 1t is said certain manufacture
ers feared that it would interfere with
the sale of medicines which contains
morphine In order to induce sleep. This
is the reason that Mayor Geise urged
instead of commanded the druggists
not to sell any morphine without a
prescription. 1t has been learned that
a prominent young member of the bar
is a morphine fiend, and has been re-
ceiving injections ever since he was
initiated into the habit. One morphine
fend takes the drug in any shape he
can get it. If he cannot get it inject
ed with a syringe he will chew it or
dissolve it in wine.
Since the druggists here have refused
to sell the drug except upon the pre-
scription of a reputable physician, the
morphine tends have been writing to
their friends and druggists in other
places for morphine, and in this way
some have secured it. Several opium
joints have been discovered in this
city, one of them being kept by a
Chinaman. The charge for injections
or pipes of opium is so cents, Since
Mayor Frank Geise issued his procla-
nation these joints have been closed,
and are afraid to reopen. Several drug
gists, who have been in the habit of
giving standing prescriptions for NOR
phine, have also been restricted.
Robert Noll, who administered NOR
phine by injection a year ago to young
Henry Ross, who died from an over
dose a few days ago, is a fugitive from
justice. He was indicted for furnish
ing liquor to young girls, but jumped
his bail. Some of the fiends have dis
covered that some alleged headache
cures contain large quantities of NOR
phine. and they are buying these reme-
dies as a substitute for the drug. One
Of the saddest cases here is that Of a
mother and daughter, both of whom
are victims of the drug.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21

A most distressing accident occurred
the other day near Instanter, Pa, at
the single mill owned by Mr.. w. e.
Delmagc. Michael MCGUIRE, who was
employed on the mill to run the drag
saw, during the temporary absence of
the man who run the boiler, was work
ing at that machine, The blocks are
placed ON a carriage and fed to the
saw by hand. Mcclure was feeding a
block, when the thumb Of his right
hand came in contact with the saw,
causing him TO finch. At the same
time the carriage took a lurch forward
throwing the unfortunate man on the
saw, which entering at his left Shout
der. passed %diagonally through his
body to the right hip, severing the
body in two. Mcclure was an indus
trious young man, unmarried, and 81
years of age.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21
Tho Ean Meh-Morm.

The Latin name of this worm is
Hyphantria Guinea. The Colorado Ex-
pertinent Station gives the following
description of this insect: This is a
yellowish or brownish caterpillar with
a black head, that forms a large loose
web or tent in a great variety of trees,
beginning to appear about the first OF
July and continuing through the sum
mer. The larvae are rather sparsely
covered with long hairs that are whit
lsh or yellowish in color, with occa-
sional black mes for variety. This in
sect is readily distinguished from the
len caterpillar in habits, as the larvae
OF the Fall web-worm form a very
loose tent with which they inclose the
leaves upon which they feed, and they
10 moi appear until the Tent c~aterpil-
lars have nearly or quite disappeared.
IN the Illustration "a" and "b" are full
grown larvae showing light and dark
forms: &C" is the ~chrysalis; I'd" is the
moth, showing dark spots. All are
some enlarged. The lines show the
actual length. Usually the moths are
entirely white.
Remedies.-If the webs are noticed
when small they should be cut out
and the larvae destroyed. If the web
has become large, enclosing many
branches Of the tree, it may be better
to burn out the web with a torch.
Where there is nc danger of poison
ing fruit, Paris green may be sprayed
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21

Krupp, the gunmaker, has completed
a number of excellent paper cannon
and now proposes to make armor for
war vessels u of the same material.
Paper armor will be the final blow to
the romance of naval battle and the
song of the naval poet. The poet.
after a hard struggle. was able to for
get the towering mast and swelling
sail and to write ''songs of the ships
Of STEEL" but how can he handle
rhyme and rhythm to glorify the ships
of paper?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21

Let a man tell you his story every
morning n evening" said a famous
Englishman, in characterizing the
newspaper, land at the end Of a
t~welvemonth he will have become your
master" What IL the man is brazen-
faced, a chronic ling. one who r~ejoices
IN iniquity. and is utterly reckless in
principle, who is thus welcomed daily
to the home circle7 Ought not a news
paper that is Indifferent to truth, is
~self-seeking, and has no regard for in
dividual rights or for public morals,
to be treated as you would deal with a
scoundrel who seeks admission to your
room and company? Let an unprinci-
pied journal tell you It's daily story,
and by an memorable moral law you
will in due time have an EVIL spirit"
Cor our master.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21

WnOle piant; b, cross section OF seed pod
both one.third natural size.
flated, and, as the walls are stiff and
thin and very resonant, they make ex-
cellent miniature rattles when the
seeds have become detached from their
fastenings inside the pod. The rattle
box is native in low sandy soils from
the Atlantic westward to Minnesota
and eastern Kansas. 1t is also found
In New Mexico. 1t is common in Con-
necticut, New Jersey and North Car
DINA, and in some years is very abund-
ant in bottom lands along the valley
of the Missouri. in South Dakota and
Iowa.
The poisonous constituent is un-
known, but it resides both in the
leaves and in the seeds. Horses, and
sometimes cattle, are killed by eat
ing grass mixed with the plant. They
are not poisoned SO often by eating
the plant in the fields. Public atten-
ton was first called to the poisonous
nature OF the rattlebox by DR.. Stalker
of Iowa, who, in 1884, while investi-
eating the cause of bottom disease"
then prevalent among horses in Iowa,
was led to believe that it was mostly
if not altogether, attributable to this
plant. Experiments were made that
proved the %supposition to be correct.
The percentage Of rattlebox in
meadow hay will be much reduced if
the fields are burned over when the
seeds mature the preceding summer.
The growth of perennial grasses will
not be materially affected thereby.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21
FARM M GARDEN.
r7ATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AORICULTURISTS.
Some Up-to-DAte Hints About Gull
t~ivation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures. viticuIsurs and
Horticulture.
lRattIebOx.

The Latin name of this weed is
Crotalaria sagittalis. 1t is popularity
known as Rattleweed and wild pea. A
government bulletin has this to say
Of 1t: 1t is a hairy annual three to
eighteen inches high, with simple I'M
divided leaves one to two inches long
and small yellow pea-like flowers APP
pearing in July. The seed pods are
about an inch long when mature and
are nearly black. They are much in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21
HORSE THIEF.
Boasts of Stealing 100 Horses and
Serving AZ Years la Prison.

Boasts OF Stealing 100 Horses and
Serving 40 Years la Prison.
Greensburg (Pa,) Special t Pitts
ourg Times: An interesting specimen
of the criminal class was recently
placed in Jail here. Peter Zimmerman
has made a lifelong business of steal
ing horses, and boasts that he has
stolen nearly 100 horses, and has spent
forty years in prisons, covering a pc
Rod of sixty-five years of his life. He
Is rs years old today, and ON his birth
day and in a new prison became remi-
niscent. He smiled at the thought that
he had never received over fourteen
months as a sentence for a single ami
NAL. He was sent to the p~enitentiary
twice from Washington county, twice
from Fayette and from Butler, Law
renee and other counties in western
Pennsylvania. The life of the old man
has been tinged with sorrow, invari-
ably, however, brought upon himself
through an apparently irresistible i'm.
pulse to steal when a horse suiting his
fancy would come his way. He has
no regrets for his past life, however,
and is happy because he has prospects
Of again being sent to prison. He says
he Is too old TO work. and viii be
content with a long or short Nerlod OF
confinement in the p~enitentiary. Zlm-
Norman was born in Donegal, this
county, Sept. q, 1924. He was about
10 years Of age when he began stealing
horses. One day he saw a horse in a
pasture field near Lahinger's mill, in
Mount Pleasant township. He took the
animal and hurried off to Somerset.
There he was arrested and taken to
the Uniontown jail. He escaped from
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21
SHE WINS A N

Anand Adavani, a millionaire indigo
merchant of India, who has been in
Chicago for a week, has secured the
promise of Miss Virginia Tyler Hud-
son, well known, especially in Louis
Vile, as a, newspaper writer, for a
marriage in either Germany or London
next June. This is the first instance
known of a Brahmin seeking an Amer
lean wife in this country.
Miss Hudson is the daughter of Rev.