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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10
STRICT DISCIPLINE.
West Point Military School is No Place
for Tardy Youths.
porter.

West Point MILITARY School is No Place
for Tardy Youths.
There are about $4,000 opportunities
for cadet at West Point Military
Academy to be late at roll CALI dur
ing the four years. For each tardi-
ness one demerit mark is given. Two
hundred demerit marks received in
any one year cause dismissal. Every
dereliction of duty is noted-"one but
ton of uniform coat unbuttoned at
drill" for eXample-and punishment
follows hard upon it. This is the meth
cd of Mother Nature-stumble and
the fall will hurt. Punishment is i'm
mediate, memorable, just. The result
is the formation of fixed habits exact
ly fitted to the conditions, natural in
the one case, imposed in the other
Besides the written code of the acad-
envy, the cadets have an unwritten
code OF their own. No man may lie
and remain a comrade, for example.
conduct unbecoming a cadet and a
gentleman" is an offense against the
written code and is also punished by
the cadets themselves who refuse to
associate with man under such ban
Up to point their unwritten code is
wholesome Of very late years it has
been carried entirely too far owing to
the recent growth of "class spirit. y
The written law does not, and should
not, recognize class presidents and the
like, and by a return to the old meth
cd of recognizing only the officers of
the cadet battalion the remedy for re
cent Irregularities is at hand. The
hazing of new cadets must be stopped
once and for all and discipline must be
in the hands of the officers only. The
country at large has decided this point
definitely and the cadets have accept
ed the decision loyalty, as they are ac-
customed to accept all orders of their
lawful superiors. Let them look out
side of the little government reserva-
ton at West Point and see the fields
in which they will soon be called upon
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

building a great pen of live oak In
Marly's Enclosure. When the pen was
finished Marty was coaxed in by means
of ten pounds of candy, which
lured her the more readily because
she had been subjected to starva-
tion for several hours previously. The
pen was so narrow that, once the ele-
plant was in it, she could not turn
around, and it was planned to chain
her on all sides and then perform the
necessary pairing of her feet. A huge
anchor chain used by a great steam
ship had been borrowed, and this was
and mighty as it was. Marty burst it
with her first effort the moment one
or the surgeons touched her feet, and
she would have stamped him into
nothingness had his colleagues not
pulled him out just in time.
1t was then decided to drug her with
morphine, which was done with 40
q aims.
fortunately the beast did not re-
coger her senses at any time during
the progress of the work. Inch after
inch the horny masses disappeared I'M
der the blows of the little ak until the
feet had something like their normal
size. Then a keen spokeshave was used
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

to pare them down thoroughly, When
this tool got down to the tender flesh
fastened around Martyrs middle and
bolted to the sides of the pen. Heavy
Marty began to kick spasmodically,
and all hands got out in a hurry. But
1t was false alarm, and the work was
taken up again Immediately.
After the feet had been entirely re-
lleved of the horn, the cutting away of
the diseased portions of the feet be-
gan. This, the most important and
necessary, also was the most danger
Gus and exciting part of the operation.
No one could tell how much longer the
narcosis of the elephant would last. as
this was the first one ever anaesthe-
tized. At any moment the vast brute
might awaken. and to awaken while
the instruments were cutting away at
the nerves of her foot meant that she
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

made three SIZE hits to a game IN
the fall of that year his release was
purchased by the Washington Club. of
the National League. Washington
held him until August, when he was
sold to the Kansas City Club, of the
American League. and finished the
season with the latter's team, partici-
pating in only sixteen championship
games, but he batted safely In all
except one, and had a batting per-
centage of 1923. He continued with the
Kansas Citys throughout the campaign
of 1900, and that year took part in
one hundred and thirty championship
games, and did creditable work both
at bat and in the field Once he made
four safe hits, including a triple bag
ger. and seven times three safe hits to
the game. He also did good work in
base stealing, having twenty-nine to
his credit. When the Kansas City
Club was transferred to Washington,
at the beginning of this year, and
changed its name to Washington,
Coughlin was one of the players Man
ager Manning decided to retain, and
thus far in the campaign his batting
and fielding are of the highest order
During the latter part of May and
early in June he went stretch Of
twenty-one games, and missed only
once to make at least one safe hit to
game, twice he made three hits and
six times two.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

without even wincing. At times, dur
ing the progress of the operations, the
pain would make her mighty BODY
tremble from her wide ears to her Ut
tie tail, but she did not move her SUI
fering foot an inch. And when the
keeper spoke to her sympathetlcally
and coaxingly, as he cut deep into her
tender soles. she would stroke MIN
gently with her trunk even while she
was groaning with agony.
Men say that whenever she saw her
beloved keeper approach Marly's eyes
those piglike elephant eyes-would
become almost humanity beautiful. The
visitors to the Geological Garden who
did not see this know that the man
never could arrive in sight without
eliciting mighty trumpetings and
stampings and other elephantine signs
of deep joy.
Under these circumstances the fact
that Marty was a great sufferer from
sore feet did not bother any one much,
for the keeper could enter her house
day or night and cut and saw and file
and sandpaper her toes till they were
in proper shape, says New York Press.
But, after almost fifteen years of un-
interrupted companionship the old
man died. For several weeks after
that Marty permitted others to min
lister to her and was docile enough, but
without cessation she kept watching
and calling for her friend Every ap-
preaching pedestrian who looked at all
like him was greeted with trumpet
blasts until he came near enough for
the elephant to discover that he was
not the one for whom she was waiting
At last she seemed to realize that
her beloved keeper would not return
And from that moment Marty was a
changed beast She attacked none of
those who served her. But her be-
havior spoke clearly of her frame of
mind. Had she been able to speak she
could not have expressed more clearly
her dislike for all in the gardens.
Still. with the great sense which she
had displayed during the twenty-five
years of her sojourn in the Zoo. she
OD1eCIeQ dCllNely W iOlHihS tANcpl OAt
thing. She permitted the new keep
ers to scrub her big sides and to play
the hose on her. She submitted to be-
ing chained and rubbed with oil. She
moved from place to place with ready
obedience But she would allow no
man to touch her feet. And her feet
had been and were the source of con-
slant trouble to her.
Regularly at first the keepers tried
| to work at them, but regularly Marty
resented 1t in manner that showed
| them Enthusiastically that she would &c
to the length of dealing death to the
man who insisted on working around
her. So gradually the keepers, who
were not paid to act as victims of ele'
phantine idiosyncrasies, abandoned al
attempt to attend to her feet.
This state of affairs lasted for sew
eral years, until the horny growths OF
the hind feet of the huge beast hat
become so great that operative inter
ference was peremptory. The ex'
perts who were called in were helpless
for long while Every effort to lool
at the elephants feet was frustrated
by savage attacks. At last Dr. Ernes
iSchaeff, director of the Hanover Zoo
logical Gardens. hit on the idea o
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10
"DOPED."

would go mad with the pain. So swift
ness of work was essential and the
surgeons soon had tools going like
lightning. Despite the great sensibil-
ity of an elephants foot, it was found
that there was so much gristle that
knives could not cut it as fast as de-
sired. So recourse was had at once to
common carpenters chisels and mall
let's. and they were piled busily. AS
quickly as a portion of the diseased
flesh had been loosened sufficiently by
used to sever it.
Still the elephant, beyond twitchinw
his legs spasmodically once or twice,
had not given any indications of Nain
during the two hours consumed. b. the
cutting and chiseling and saving. But
when the irrigation of the wound be-
gan Marty flung her legs around in so
lively a manner that the Enclosure was
vacated in a hurry. The same demon
stration occurred during the cauteri-
cation, which had to be done most
thoroughly. But if the animal felt
pain during this time it gave no indi-
cation of 1t other than by those mo-
tions. 1t did not below and its regu-
lar deep breathing continued without
interruption.
Fortunately, the wounds in her poor
feet and the amputated portions were
not where they interfered with stand
ing. and they healed rapidly. Marty
is feeling fine now, and has recovered
her old good temper entirely.
Cowardice of Sharks.
Many tales have been told of how
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10
A KANSAS CITY PLAYER.

William P. Coughlin, the clever
third baseman of the Washington
team, of the American League, was
born Aug. IL, 1876, at Scranton, Pa,
and learned to play ball around his
native place. His professional career
began with the Pawtucket Club, OF
the New England League, in 1896, and
that year he participated in ninety-six
championship games, and toward the
close of the season batted in Glass A
form. Once he made five safe hits, in
Guiding a homer and two double bag-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10
Red Light for Measles.

Children with measles are wrapped
in red cloth by French peasant wom-
en-. Noticing this Chatinier pasted red
paper on the windows where patients
having measles lived, and the result.
in all cases, without medicine, have
been favorable. He finds that other
colors, especially strong shades of
violet, excite the skin, while subdued
red light rests it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

A few years ago Phoenix, Ariz., the
center of the Salt River Valley, was
a sagebrush desert 1t now has $4,000
Inhabitants, with an assessed property
valuation of $l0,OOO,O00, says the New
York Tribune. All this is due to the
introduction of water, which, brought
in canals from distant streams, has
turned the desert into fertile valley,
covered with ranches and dotted with
small towns
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10
Another Idea from Kan..s

Kansas has developed new industry
At Concordia, Mrs. Lottie Clark has
for four months been undergoing a
p~ocess of tatooing which makes her
the most tatooed woman in the world
She has 1876 designs on her body, in
Guiding a picture of the battleship
Maine and picture of the head of
Christ. She hopes to make fortune
as a living curiosity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

Recent discovery in Jerusalem
proves that the ancient aQueduct
which brought water from Bethlehem
through the Hinnah valley, thought to
be the work of Herod, was built by
the Emperor severus. 1876 A. d. In
lscriptions to that effect have been
found,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

Captain e. H. Smeed, of East Provi-
dence, n. l., has just received a gov
eminent medal which was awarded
him seventeen years ago for heroism
in helping to rescue the crew OF a
shipwrecked schooner in the harbor of
New Haven. The medal was mislaid
in secret drawer in desk in the
collectors Office at the Custom House
of New Haven, and was found only a
few days ago.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

In few weeks the women of Nor
way will be ready to take part in cleo
tions as full-hedged voters. A bill
comforting the municipal franchise
upon women has passed both houses
OF the Norwegian parliament (Storth-
ing) and will become law at the end
of the present session.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

Mrs. Lucinda Washington, who is
said to be 12i years old, fell down
stairs at the poor house at Kokomo,
Ind, and suffered a broken arm, but
she will recover. She was born a
slave In South Carolina in 1879, and
remained in one family until her
emancipation in 1868.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

The municipal council of st. Peters,
burg is to send an electrical expert to
the United States in order that he may
study the telephone system Of this
country with a view to recognizing
the one In use in st. Petersburg.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

The Japanese Emperor has an allow
ance of $2,000,0O0 year to maintain
the dignity Of his office and have a
good time. This is equal to $5,479 a
day. At the close of the Chinese-Jap-
anese war Parliament awarded him
100000 yen ($1O,OOO,OOO) in gratitude
for the able manner in which he di-
rected military and naval operations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

There is new patient at Bellevue
Hospital, New York. the only patient
of its kind ever treated there. On
the card appears the name of Bum,
a kitten, suffering from dislocation of
the spine. A little girl pleaded so
hard with one OF the doctors to cure
her kitty that it was finally taken
charge Of, Now the doctors are inter
ested in the case, and will do all in
their power to save BUNS" life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

The Congo is one OF the widest
waterways on the globe, IL not the
finest. In some parts it is so wide that
vessels may pass each other and yet
be out of sight.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10
GLINTs.

The St. Louis outfeld, from a batting
STANDPOINT, at least, is the best in the
league. Heidrick has an average Of
500 ''s.i burkett 9S1 and Donovan .S4t.
81 seymour, New York's old pitch
er OF Dalioon-ascenslon fame, is doing
well IN the outfield for the RaIt,mors
American League team. He hos = hat.
ting average of 1925 -' " -
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

King Edward VIII, that may be, has
completed his seventh year and re-
ceived as birthday present from his
grandfather, King Edward VII, BIZ
cycle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

Almost exactly half the coal ex-
ported from Great Britain in the last
six months went to the four countries,
France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10
Mud stains ON silk.

Mud stains on silk can generally be
removed by rubbing with a piece of
rough cloth or flannel Sometimes.
however, stain is left where the mud
has been. Rub this with a bit of
clean linen dipped in benzine OF al
cohol
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

to work. Upon their steady adherence
to the motto of the academy, Honor,
Duty, County" the future of the
United States in two hemispheres will
largely depend. In the future, as in
the past. their country can rely upon
their faithful efforts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

GRIFFITH BELIEVES IN WATERS"
With a club composed entirely of
men known in baseball as good wait
ers Manager Clarke Griffith of the Chi
cago White Stockings, sees a stronger
combination than that of a team
strong in stick work alone Such a
club, he says, would be capable of
outplaying the sluggers in work about
the bases and being evenly matched in
fielding would take the pennant hands
down.
Il can't get it into the heads of
some of the players on this team that
they can get on base just as easily by
letting the pitcher throw a few over
that there is great deal less danger
Of being fielded out
Give me a team of good walters,
not the kind that work in hotel or
restaurant, but who know the differ
ence between a ball that is over the
plate and one that isn't, and I'll win
the pennant in this league or any other
without half trying.
Such an assertion may sound a
trifle queer, but it is fact, neverthe-
less. Why? Because there aren't more
than half dozen pitchers in the bust
ness that can get the ball over the
plate, as prescribed in the rules, when
he knows the batter won't take a
chance on anything but good ones.
Then let a good ball come. It's little
or no trouble to foul it off, or, if it's
the last strike, take the chance, of
course, of hitting it out or bunting, as
the case may be.
LEARN to Wait"
81 wouldn't care if my men didn't
get hit once week if they'd only
learn to wait. There's the secret of
most mems good ball playing and bat
ting. Lajoie is the exception that
proves this rule. Keller and Jones are
the shining lights of this rule. Men
who hit at .275 or 28O are doing well
enough, if they are getting to first on
four balls.
81 never realized as much as I do
this year the Importance of trying for
a base ON balls. And l never, knew, as
1 do now, that so few pitchers have
control enough of the ball to get it
over when they want to. Most of them
shut their eyes and let 1t go, depending
on luck to turn the trick. This season
have watched the game closer than
ever did before. have tried this wait
ing scheme and find it works. That is
the reason am hitting above 300 a
mark l never had before.
''Of course there must be a little
stick work back of this waiting. Then,
too, a great deal depends on base run
ming. With waiting, base running and
just little hitting the pennant would
be easy for such a team"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

The Belgian pigeon which won this
great race from Burgos, in Spain, to
Brussels, did the 700 miles in fourteen
hours.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

Timber is seasoned by the evapora-
ton of the water, the extraction of the
vegetable juices and the solidifcation
of the woody tissue
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

The King of Siam has bodyguard
of 400 female warriors. They are
chosen from the handsomest and most
robust women in his kingdom.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

gers, twice four and six times three
safe hits to the game. Once he &C
cepted all of ten chances at third base,
and once nine. He was re-engaged by
Pawtucket for the season of 1897, and
that year he took part in one hundred
and seven championship games, and
again distinguished himself as bats
man and a fielder Once he made six
safe hits to game, three times four
and six times three. Five times he ac-
cepted nine chances to the game at
third base, seven times eight and five
times seven. He continued with the
Pawtuekets until July 4, inclusive
1898, when the New England League
disbanded, and then he next signed
with the Wilkesbarre Club, of the
Eastern League, finishing the season
with the latter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

L
the minor and major leagues. He was
born Dec. IL, 1877, at Amesbury, Mass,
is nearly six feet tall and weighs 1853
pounds. His career on the ball field
began as catcher for the Amesburys, in
1893. After two years he went to Do
yer, N. H., and played only a few
games when the manager of the 10
well Club of the New England Asso-
citation, saw him play and was so well
pleased with his work that he signed
him. Crisham remained with the
Lowells until July /, when he signed
with the Lewiston Club, of the New
England League, where he finished the
season of 1895. While with Lowell he
played in twenty-three championship
games, made forty-one safe hits and
had a batting percentage of 4S6. Once
he made five safe hits, including
homer, a triple and a double Dagger,
in a game, once four and five times
three. After joining the Lewistons he
participated in thirty championship
contests. In 1896 he Joined the New
port team, then an independent organ
ization, and caught in sixty-four out Of
seventy odd games. In 1897 the New
port Club Joined the New England
League, and in that campaign he par
ticipated in one hundred and three
championship contests, and had bat
ting percentage of .31S.
A Good Showing.
Once he made four safe hits to a
game, and thirteen times three. He
made eleven homers, three triples and
seventeen double baggers. He was
drafted by the Brooklyn Club, of the
National League. in the fall of 1897
and farmed to the Providence Eastern
League team for the season of 1898
and during that campaign he partici-
pated in one hundred and nine cham
pionship games, and played success
fully both as a batsman and a fielder
He was generally regarded as the best
catcher in the Eastern League. Twice
he made four safe hits to a game. and
six times three. His long safe hits. IN
Guiding five homers, seven triples and
twenty-six doubles. Twice he accepted
eleven chances to a game. and twice
ten. At the close Of that season he
again became the property of the
Brooklyn Club. When the deal was
completed consolidating the Brooklyn
and Baltimore clubs, in the spring Of
1899, Crisham was sent to the latter
city. Manager. McGraw tried to farm
him to a Western League team but
Crisham wouldn't have it. and de-
manded his retention or his release.l
McGraw retained him, and he did good
work while there. He played in forty
five championship games. twenty-five
of which at first base. and had a bat
ting percentage of 1903. In 1900 he
was with the Cleveland team. of the
American League, and during that
campaign he participated in ninety
three championship contests filling
various positions on the in and out
fields. Early in the present year he
was engaged by Manager Mack for the
Athletic team, of the American
League but as he was suffering with
fever and could not play. he was re-
leased in May, and was Immediately
signed by the Providence Club. of the
League, where he is aoing wonderful
work.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10
BASE BALL MATTERS.
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF
THE GAME.

Some Points About Successful Players
Crisham's. Good Record-Kansas City's
Efficient Third Baseman-The Washing
ton Row-Grifth on Waiting.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

Amesburys representative profess
sional ball player. P. ]. Crisham, has
had considerable experience in both
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

He participated in forty-five cham
pionship games with Pawtucket. and
forty-seven with the Wilkesbarres. and
his batting percentage with the latter
was $40. Ten times that season he
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

The apportionment by lot of thirteen
thousand homestead claims in the Kio-
way-Comanche reservation last month
was vast Improvement in good sense,
order and fairness over the methods
by which government land has usually
been opened to settlement. OF course
there were many disappointed home
seekers-there must be when one hun
dred and seventy thousand applica-
lions are filed for thirteen tisaAxa nd
claims-but there was no wild rush for
choice sections. no trampling on the
rights of the weak by the strong, no
fighting and no disputes over priority.
The distribution was conducted rapid
ly and in good order, through several
days, until the lots were apportioned;
and through It all crowd of twenty
thousand people cheered and congrat-
ulated every winner as heartily as II
each member Of the throng had been
himself the winner he hoped to be.