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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
Precipitation.

respiration is almost peculiar to
men, monkeys and horses. Horses
s"eat all over the body, and so do
human beings but monkeys, 1t is said,
s"eat only on the hands, feet and
,ace' The use of perspiration ia main
- 70 cool the body by its evaporation,
@-tnoush 1t Is generally believed that
waste materials are also excreted
through the sweat glands when the
9etioh OF the kidneys is interfered
VIII, mien' In animals that perspire but
niue the cooling of the body is ef-
iecled by evaporation from the lungs,
- we see in the case Of a painting dog.
inc amount of perspiration varies
greatly according to the temperature
.. the surrounding air, the condition
Vi nealth, the degree Of exercise taken,
'ne amount Of fluids imbibed, etc. The
average amount of perspration is
thought to be about two pints a day
put THIS ia Of course much increased
u not weather In damp weather
evaporation from the skin is lessened,
ana SO one seems to perspire more
p'olusely than In dry weather; but
tnis Is only apparent, for really trans
plration is lessened when the atmos-
phere is charged with moisture. Hy-
perhidrosis is the medical term used
10 denote an abnormal increase in
persplration. This increase may be
general from the entire body, or con-
nned to some particular part, as the
race, the hands or the feet. Profuse
sweating is very common in cases of
debility and in excessively stout per-
sons. II occurs also in connection with
various diseases, such as consumption
might sweats), pneumonia infamma-
tory rheumatism and certain nervous
disorders. Sudden emotion may cause
increased Precipitation The opposite
condition. diminution or absence OF
sweating (anhidrosis), is much rarer
and occurs usually in connection with
some disease Of the skin. Sometimes
the character of the secretion is
changed. and cases Of black, blue, gray
yellow or red sweating have been de-
seribed. The treatment of pFofuse per
spiration depends upon the cause
TONES, cold or cool bathing. especial
ly salt bathing. temperate exercise, and
rubbing the skin are useful In cases
dependent upon general debility OF
obesity. Spraying OF sponging the
body with brandy and water, vinegar
and water, or a solution of tannin OF
Of boric acid is useful. Certain drugs
which have a tendency to diminish
Precipitation are sometimes employed
to reduce the night sweats Of con,
sumption, when these are SO excessive
as to weaken the already debilitatet
patient and to prevent much-needet
sleep.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
Tho oIrans,s rlmIdltx.

A giraffe is very timid on hearing
slight sounds but is Indifferent to LOUD
ones. A writer in the Leisure Houi
says: Noisy sounds, like man walk.
ing by with hob-nail boots, it does
not notice; but lady coming in with
hardly more sound than the rustlins
of her dress makes it start. with
pricked ears and eyes distended. VS.
remember well, after a terrible explo.
sion of gunpowder on a barge on the
canal. asking the keeper of the giraffe.
Of that day how they had taken it
and he said he was surprised how very
little notice they took; they jumped
to their feet, but almost at once lay
down again. when they found nothing
happened. But" he added, "if l were
at night, to creep along that gallery in
my socks, they would be so scared
that I believe they would dash them
selves to bits" They fear the Turk
ing foe, and a big bang scares them
less than faint, rustling sound. They
are in. that respect very deer-like.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

Powder for fashlight pictures is re-
placed by gas in a new invention
which has the gas stored in a jar, with
a fame in position to ignite it when
the jar is opened by pressure on 3
pneumatic bulb. the latter also op.
Grating the shutter OF the camera.
Parallel lines can be rapidly drawn
on a blackboard by a new chalk hold.
or. which has wooden stock provided
with transverse grooves, in which the
crayons are inserted, being held In
place by a fat spring crossing them at
right angles. with spring grip to be
held in the hand
To prevent stock from jumping over
fences Virginian has designed har-
ness which leaves the animals heads
free to Craze, comprising a cruppeI
and halter, connected by straps run
ming between the animals forelegs,
which prevents lifting the head high
enough to jump.
BY the use of a new steam radiator
attachment the air is drawn from the
| interior to admit more steam when
the radiator cools thermostat being
connected with a valve to open the
exhaut outlet and allow the steam to
flow in without regard to the other ra-
diators on the circuit.
A Missouri woman has patented a
device by which clothes can be lifted
from a boiler without tearing them
or sealding the hands, pair of levers
being pivoted end to end on rigid
bar, with toothed ends on the bar and
one lever, the opposite ends carrying
grips to close the jaws on the clothes.
Two Montana men have patented a
handy knife sharpener, which has a
pair of small grindstones inserted in
movable jaws, with a system of gear
ing inside casing, to which the jaws
are attached, crank being used to
revolye the train and turn the stones
rapidly over the blade to be sharp
ened
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
Freedman Won't Paw.

Mr. Freedman declines to contribute
Eve per cent of half Of the receipts OF
the Giants games it plays al home or
abroad toward the fund for the pay
ment of the purchase price of the four
retiring clubs OF the National League,
and it is said that the courts viii be
asked to pass upon the right OF the
seven surviving clubs to compel the
new club to pay its proportionate
share Of the obligation. It IS contend
ed that the New York club did not
consent to the plan and is not bound
BY the action Of its associates, as the
unanimous consent Of club members
Of the league was necessary to bring
/ about the reduction Of the circuit. It
( is not probable that a court Of equity
will allow the New York club to
share in the benefit Of the reduction
without paying its proportionate share
Of the expense in accomplishing it.
( The New York club did not vote on thu
question, and it did not oppose tbs
plan. but through its only represent
alive at the meeting Secretary
acquiesced ia it. The New
/ York club has been and is playing un-
der an eight-club schedule. and this,
the courts will construe. into consent
for its adoption. The doctrine of es-
toppel will apply.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

In the mountains west OF the big
gorge lived the tribe of Cappa Tom.
and the chieftain Of the tribe, Singing
Water, was proud Of MS 500 braves,
who were tall and 1.-THE and strong
and mighty huntsmen; and he was
proud of the buxom squaws and the
fat papooses in the mountain camp.
No enemy in the region for a hundred
leagues about dared give battle to
Singing Water, for the fame Of his
braves had spread even to the great
forest on the north and the marsh
lands on the south.
Once upon a time, so the legend
says, Singing Water found among the
children in the tepees a per little
papoose, a shrunken diminutive dwarf
child, Of whom the other Indian boys
made sport and forbade him their
amusement; so Little Injin" would
sit cross-legged apart from his fellows,
and watch them at play
Chief Singing Water sent for him
one day, and to the trembling. shrink
ing, little fgare before him he grunted
words of disapproval.and with a frown
on his face he spoke to Little In
jim"
"Ha! Little Injin. You good not at
all. You very SMALL You crooked
like manzanilla tree; you sick like dy-
ing squaw; you ugly like sinking fox;
you can no fight, you can no hunt. So
ugn' You go old squaw; you grind
acorns, you make fires; you cook, like
Squaw. Little lniin. you no good"
When the words were uttered a
change came over the face and form
of Little Injin. He stood as erect as
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

cast-iron constructions, mounted on
trunnions and bearings. BY means OF
small spiral springs any abrupt move
ment is prevented, giving the tub.
when rocked, gentle, easy motion.
The top of the tub is covered by a
waterproof apron. having an opening
to fit neatly about the neck of the
person while sitting in the tub, and
an opening Of sufficient size to permit
the body Of the person to pass through.
The opening is afterward closed by
lacing or other suitable means. Hot
and cold water inlets are made through
the Hollow bearings, upon which the
tub is supported, while the drain is
formed of flexible pipe. The rocking
or oscillating motion given the tub by
the bather, or patient, causes the wa
ter to whip. to come in more or less
violent contact with his body, and as
an electric current is passed through
the water by means of copper termin-
ais, the body OF the patient receives
an electrical shock. varying with the
intensity of the current
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
Diamond eIints.

st. Louis papers say Lave Cross is
not playing as well as last season. due.
they argue, to the uncertainty regard
ing his stay on third base and the
talk of McGraw succeeding him in the
position.
There is a demand all over the coun-
try for a return to the double umpire
system. Players, umpires and mag
mates seem to agree that a mistake
has been made in leaving the work
to one official.
Freedman has written TO Barney
Dreyfuss asking him for cooperation
in an attempt to restore the donble
umpire system Freedman says that
New York has lost four games through
bad umpiring
Playing third base" says Captain
Kelley. of Brooklyn. SIS like politics.
One day they come easy and you ara
on top and the next day there is an
avalanche and you are underneath.
like left field the best"
The ST. Louis team is falling, con-
trary to expectations If Robson lets
go Of McGraw and his team doesn't
finish near the top. there1l be sons
hot shot fired at the ex-Cleveland
magnate in the Mound City.
Dick Cooley is making good" with
the Pittsburgs. His first base play has
been uniformly excellent. He has been
hitting we'll, but unluckily, but that
will even up. as Dick is a good nat
ural misunderstanding Life.
Bobby Lowe is being criticised by
the Boston writers for his failure to
back up throws and for being slow in
making double plays. Last. season. &C
cording to the same writers, Lowe was
the king of them all at second.
Pink Hawley's chief weakness, SO
far this season, has been lack of speed.
AS Hawley without speed never
amounted to a great deal. ID. is not
likely that he will be success with
the Giants until he regains the full
strength of his pitching arm.
Southpaw Bert Jones. of st. Louis.
by whom nobody sets great store, to
date has done better than the much
touted Waddell or any OF the south
paws. II Jones could Acid hts posi-
ton there would not be many better
twirlers. His speed. curve and control
are all right
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

Butchers in Vladivostok have re-
solved to raise the price OF meat.
Their reasons are the usual stock ar
guments on such occasions; but they
appear trifle funny when it is re-
called that one Chinese merchant who
Imported thousand slaughtered cat
tie into Vladivostok some time ago
was not allowed to discharge his cargo
for three weeks. When landed the
meat had to be corned in order to save
it, and the unfortunate purchaser was
compelled to buy barrels to preserve
his importation, and incur additional
expense. vegetarians are amused at
the situation. but meat rises in price.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
Better ATTENDANCE Noted.

The only improvement so far notice
able IN the National League is the pat
ronage. The playing is no better than
It was in 1899 and the umpiring is
worse. There are not as many poor
teams as there were last season, but
the standard of playing is not by any
means as much improved as was an
ticipated The return to the single
umpire system has doubled the work
Of the officials. and many decisions
are given haphazard because It is i'm
possible for the master Of the field to
see all the plays and he has to draw
differences and take a chance. The con-
duct of the players is censurable, but
not to the same extent as in former
years. Still it IS only a question Of
time when the rowdies viii be in the
saddle. They are getting holder every
game, and so far not one club owner
has. so far as known, disciplined q
player for being put out Of a game.
The New York players indulge IN
rowdy tactics unrebuked and Umpire
Connolly IS unable to control them
Supervisor of Umpires and Players
O'Day resides in New York. and the
outrageous behavior Of Doyle. Gleason
ct al can not escape his attention.
Yet he is passive Connolly viii be
forced out OF the business unless the
National League protects him from the
New York players, or it may be that
Freedman viii put him on his list
and refuse to let him oficiate at the
I Polo grounds.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

The number Of midas idols is said to
exceed S3S,0O0.O 900, Every village has
its special idol, and frequently more
than one Brahma IS the supreme god.
and appears in three -Brahnla,
the creator, Vishnu, the preserver, and
silva, the destroyer Each of the three
is supposed to be married, and thus
there are six deities which are supreme
in India Vishnu the preserver. the
most worshipped. is shown black, and
with four arms. His wife, Lakshmi,
is the goddess Of prosperity and good
luck. Very different are silva and his
wife. He is the destroyer, and is rep
resented as a man powdered over with
ashes and wearing a tiger-skin. A
necklace of human skulls decorates his
throat, while he carries a club or tri-
dent, surmounted by human heads and
bones. China and Japan hare immense
numbers of idols, many of their tenn
pies being full of them. One japanese
temple at Sanjusangendo has so many
that. if placed in line, they would ex-
tend for not less than half a mile.
Many of the Chinese are said to spend
from 20 to 25 per cent of their income
on idol worship.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

Erwin X. Harvey, one Of the pitch
ers Of the Chicago club, was born in
Saratoga, Santa Clara county, Cal,
on January 5, 1873. In April, 1897,
Harvey secured his first professional
engagement with the Minneapolis
team Of the Western League. From
Minneapolis he went to Peoria, where
he remained until August, when the
Western Association dis5anded On
September &c. 1897, he Joined the Sac
ramento club and has been with it
ever since. and has been a large fac
tor in the teams being three-time
pennant winners of the California
League lie was drafted at the close
OF last season. He was worked three
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

MS crooked limbs would permit, and
with a set, stern face and an angry
voice he dared answer Singing Water.
big chief, you say Little Injin no
good. Little Injin sick; Little Iniin
crooked; Little Iniin ugly; Little Injln
no fight; Little Injin no hunt; only
grind acorns and make fires for squaw.
Little Iniin no more stay with you;
Little Injin go far off; you see Little
Iniin no morel"
He hobbled away from the presence
OF Singing Water. and that night he
left the camp, and through the long
hours until the dawn of another day
he limped along the path that led to
nowhere in particular. BY the light
of the moon he crossed the creeks and
the small streams. and the stars point
ed him way over the hills and
through the valleys.
Finally Little Injin reached the sum
nit Of high mountain, and lay down
to rest his tired limbs. He was faint
and sore; and could not eat the ber-
ries that grew in abundance on the
mountain slope. he could not sleep. for
his eyes would constantly fill with
tears. He lay there for long time, a
sobbing in his throat, patter of tears
falling on his moccasins.
Then a good spirit came on the
mountain top and touched him light
~ on the shoulder. 1t was like a
woman's touch-like his mothers, back
in the land Of Singing Water.
Little lnjin. what for you cry?"
said the good spirit; and the lad hid
his face in fright. and his sobs only
increased.
Little Injin, no get scared" reas-
sured the good spirit You no be
afraid of good spirit. but say what for
you cry"
Little Injin dried his tears and be-
tween his sobs he said:
Great chief of my people, no like
Little Injin; he say me too little; he
say me too sick; he say me too crook
ed; he say me too ugly; me no can
fight, ne no can hunt, me no good. Me
60 away"
But Little Injin must go back to his
people" said the good spirit; you
must speak to them and tell the chief
and his braves that you are going far
away to live in big valley, where you
will find pretty squaw. Then some
years more papoose will come, and he
Will grow big and strong. Then he
will go back to your people. and make
big chief and his braves all afraid of
him. You go now. Little Iniin. back
to your people in the mountain.
Some days later Little Injin reached
Bis old home, and following the direc-
tions of the good spirit he talked to
Singing Water and the braves, and he
told them what he proposed to do.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

The innovation known as the coaster
brake is decidedly popular. Back ped
aling is exceedingly tiresome. and
coasting has steadily declined by rsa-
son of the obvious inconvenience of
using the plunger brake, operated by
the foot. With the coaster brake one
can slide down a hill without remoy-
ing his feet from the pedals. 1t re-
quires but a few moments to become
used to <he new brake. and soon the
sense Of complete control Of the wheel
is felt and comfortable feeling of
security is impaired, which has never
hitherto been experienced. The coast
er brake will be especially popular in
this city, where so many hills are en-
countered. Nearly all the brakes of
this kind on the market are operated
by rollers. controlled by springs. are
simple in construction and easily at
tached to any wheel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

Michigan avenue. Air. Burns does not
profes- to know much about the base
ball business. but associated with him
Is George stailings. man who has
had years Of experience on the dia-
mond, both as a player and Manager.
man who is admittedly one of the
best leaders in the American League.
a splendid judge Of young players and
a known developer Of talent. That is
sufficient to warrant the prediction
that Detroit will have a ball team
this season. Sporting Life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

sisting in catching the bugs. II
consists Of a gas pipe frame
wheelbarrow, the handles Of which
are supported by straps pass
ing around the shoulders of the user.
At one side of this frame is wind.
mill arrangement, operated by crank,
the idea being, of course, to push this
barrow alongside Of the individual
potato plants, and by turning the
crank to beat the foliage with the pad
sles and thus dislodge any bugs that
may be clinging to it. 1t is assumed
that the force of the blow, which would
be proportional to the strength Of the
plant, will knock the bugs off the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
Rocking chair Bathtuh.

In the words of the inventor. Otto
A. Hensel Of Pittsburg, Pa, the essen
tial object of this rocking chair bath
tub is to provide a tub that will fill a
iong-felt want in hospitals, santa
RUINS and other institutions, as
well as in private residences.
which will agitate and throw the wa
ter with more or less violence against
the body of the person in the tub,
"for a purpose well known in the art
of medicine. The tub is of ordinary
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

James D. Burns is the new owner
of the Detroit club in conjunction with
George Stal.ings. and is president of
the club. Mr.. Burns can truthfully
be called a Detroit product, as he was
born in Springwells, just four and one
half miles from the city hall, attended
Detroit schools and has been in De-
troit nearly every day of his life from
the time he was years old up to
the present day. His father was a
brickmaker and that is the business
that Jim learned when boy. and fol-
lowed until 10 years ago Always in
terested in sports of all kinds he be-
came identified with the Catholic club
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

Most methods for the determination
Of potato bugs reminds me of the old
recipe for making hare soup, which
began, first catch your hare; so that
about the only effective method of get
ting rid of this little pest is to first
catch your bug. and then kill him.
A Western inventor. hailing from
Lone Tree, Iowa, very seriously Of
fers a recently-pstented device for as
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

and the NJ. A. A, and won many
prizes as boxer and wrestler in the
amateur classes. The possessor of
many friends, Burns naturally became
a politician, and is influential in city
and county elections, his campaign in
behalf Of Dun Stewart for sheriff two
years ago being well remembered. A
self-made man is Jim Burns. who weat
into business for himself about 10
years ago, and is now "on easy street, I"
although only "a years of age. He
married seven years ago. has a IA
month-old son, Jim. Jr., owns an ell
egant home at the corner of Church
and Eleventh streets. is heavily inter
ested in brick manufacturing plant
at Springwells and has other business
interests in addition to his cafe on
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
His Moving Poems.

He published a volume of fugitive
verse
1t might have been better, II might
have been worse
And all of the critics whose verdict he
sought
Expressed their regret that the verse
had been caught
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
jews Forblddcn BORDER residence

The Russian government has decreed
that no Jews may live in Russia with
in forty kilometers of the Prussian or
Austrian border. on the ground that
they and the Russian officials are en-
gagged in smuggling.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
ohscago,s Invariably Pleasant Day,

The weather office records in Chi
cago show that the 25th OF April has
been clear in that city for twenty-five
years past. not a drop of rain having
fallen there on that day since 1878.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
In Need Of a Definition.

"You say they are excellent neigh
bors?"
Yes"
well, that's somewhat indefinite. Do
you mean that they never borrow or
that they are willing to lend?"-Chi-
cago Post
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
ConoernlnE Broken orooI.ory.

Mrs. Won Dobbs, have you much
hand-peinted china7"
mo; but I've a lot that has been
hand-smashed."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
NOTES ON SCIENCE
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.

'p'''''ion Is Peculiar TO Men, Mon
'' and Horses - A Potato Bug
N"''hsr-Rocking Bath Tub - Recent
Inventions,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30
BASE BALL MATTERS.
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES
OF THE GAME.

No Better Now THE Players OF the
Present DO Not Excel the Old Ones
In Any Respect - Better Attendance
Noted.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-10-30

leaves and branches and throw them
into a pan in the bottom of the bar
row. where they could be killed By
poison solution. or by any Other
suitable method
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-07-21

Circumstantlal evidence plays
prominent part in cases OF murder. All
the great murders OF the past ~ years
which have occupied the public mind
and filled the newspapers were based
on circumstantial evidence and IN
nearly every instance conviction en-
sued. Recently Roland Molineux was
convicted Of murder in New York after
trial which was celebrated in Grim
lnal annals. He was found guilty on
circumstantial evidence and sentenced
to die In the electric chair. His at
torneys claim he is innocent and will
appeal the case.
There are many cases where men
supposed to be guilty of murder have
been legally executed and later their
alleged victims have been found alive
and we'll. In the summer OF 1892 a
jury in Waldron. Ark. found Abner
Ray guilty OF the murder of John
Potts. The convicted man rose to his
feet to protest his Innocence. His