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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
DAYS OF APPLETAcK GONE.
There Ia Now Little Demand for
Spirits Once Made Extensively
in New York

"a few years ago Orange county
made more aPplejack than any other
county in the union, New Jersey not
barred" said an old-time farmer.
says special correspondent of the
Chicago Inter Ocean IN the town
of Warwick alone there were 81 ap-
plejack distilleries- We turned out
100000 gallons a year and paid the
government $4,000 a year tax for
doing it. There was scarcely a town
IN the county that didn't squeeze its
quota of apples into cider and con-
vert the cider into appIejack
Orange county began the making
of applejack before the revolutionary
war There is IN use in the Savre
distillery near Warwick a kettle and
worm. the product of which in apple
jack paid excise duty to King George
III. II was then in a still somewhere
in the Hudson highlands The Sayre
still is the only one left out Of to.
p. All the old stills in other parts
of the county have disappeared.
There are perhaps not more than TO-
600 gallons OF appIeiaek made in
Orange county to-day.
There was a time. not long ago.
when one would hear no other tippIe
asked for by the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
in Orange county. If you asked for
whisky. applejack would invariably
be set out to you To-day if you ask
for appleiack right here in its old
time home the landlord viii have TO
take look over his stock to see
whether he has got any. 1t was no
uncommon thing for as high as ten
dollars gallon TO be paid for apple
jack known to be from some partic-
ular still or to have been a certain
number of years in the farmers cell
lar Some of the best applejack ever
made is lying in farm cellars to-day.
There is some more than 40 wears
old. But somehow the present gen
Grafton has gone away from the good
old taste of the fathers, and apple
jack that ought TO be worth one dol
lar drop is ignored for tumultuous
rye and cheap beer.
The distillers that are left in
Orange county say there is no money
in applejack any n~ore, one reason
being that rye and corn whisky can
be made so much cheaper So the
glory of Orange county appIejack is
gone. and it really makes little diff
ference now whether her orchards
bear in the even or the odd number
years, or whether they bear at ALL
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
New wonder work nv re.I.

Nikola Tesla. the inventor, received
word the other day that the COM
plicated apparatus he has devised for
the transmission of electric energy
to all quarters of the globe is COM
pleted. incidentally these instru-
ments are available for the sending
of telephone messages without the
aid of wires, but this is only one item
in the incredible labor which the
Servian has planned his mysterious
meehanisms to perform
Three stations have been arranged
for on the other side of the Atlantic
one in Portugal. one in France and
one in Germany. BY the end of Sep
TENDER it is expected that all the
mechanism requisite 10 the trans
Atlantic service will be in position.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
TO FLY TO NEW YORK.
Aeronaut Gustnve whitehead, of Con-
neetieuf, Encouraged by His
Recent Success

Gustave Whitehead, the inventor of
the flying machine. of Bridgeport.
Conn, who recently few half a mile
successfully, is now engaged in cen
structing a new machine, in which he
proposes TO fly 10 New York He said
the other day: MY success in flying
with the first model. which is rough
and cumbersome, has induced NE 10
build another machine. which viii be
larger and strong enough to carry two
men. / shall fly to New York on my
next trial / am confident that / can
fly that distance with my new machine.
1 will then have my new acetyIene-
chemical pressure generator ready. 1
can carry enough calcium carbide.
which is the fuel used. 10 fly for 20
hours. That is more than enough to
fly to New York with. My present ma
chine I am going to take to Atlantic
City to exhibit and shall demonstrate
its pract;cability there as being able to
carry a man"
Inventor Whitehead has received
scores of letters since the articles on
his successful flight were published
from scientific men in all parts of the
country asking all sorts of questions
and for descriptions of the machine
He has two expert maehinists now
working on the new machine and
money will not be spared in making it
the acme of lightness and strength.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
PUEGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Miss Jimplecute-"Mr. wadIeigh
was here last night" Mr. Freshleigh
Yes, / see your clock is stopped"
-Someryille Journal.
"Yes." sad the dentist, after he
had finished the job. you have a
wonderful amount of nerve, sir, /
must say" We'll. you ought to
know, durn We. You found all of
it."-Denver Post.
Forge-~He says in his native city
the streets are always well watered.
and yet they never used sprinkIing
carts" Fenton-~For goodness sake,
where is he from?" Forgiven
ce-T-Philadelphia Record.
Mrs Sfalemate-'.There was a time
when you thought the world of me-
Why. you know well enough that you
fell in love with my photograph
Mr.. Stalemate-~But youTl remember
it was not a speaking likeness
Boston Transcript
Those Professors--First College
PROFESSIONALISM are you going to
do next 70 get your name in the pa
pers2" Second College Professor
II was thinking Of declaring that the
dictionary is too wordy to be con-
sidered good literature. baltimore
American.
That politician doesn't support
the present city administration, does
hep queried the plain citizen
"Nawl" replied the ward heller.
scornfully. hes a crank That's
strangei One usually associates the
eranks with the machine ''-PhladeI-
phia Press.
I've got a coed notion to keep
these mosquitoes off the ark said
Noah why. papa?" inquired little
Ham, rubbing a recent bite. well,
I've got my suspicion that they are
carrying more than the regulation
two germs apiece. That's why
Baltimore American.
"Ye didn't kape yer job long" said
the first servant girl NO replied
the other; ~the family was too
small" Too smalI2 Shure. that's
wot makes it aisy.~ aAyel but these
was the smallest kind O. small pay
pie They didn't give me enough to
ate. "-Philadelphia Record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
AMERICAN TRAMPS IN MEXICO
Authorities Are Puzzled Over the
Problem of Abaflns the
Hobo Nuisance

Since Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico,
etc, have come TO be known as win
ter pleasure grounds by the Amef.-
can tramp, the local authorities have
been puzzled as to how to deal with
this idle and Objectionable gentry,
wholly useless and possibly more
pernicious than the idle and globe
trotting section Of high society, says
the Mexican Herald. The tramp. IN
like the wealthy and curious idler
who takes all countries for his own,
spends no money; he is prone to beg,
and to steal on occasions is common
enough with him
In this warm-hearted Mexico peo-
pie usually give him something to eat
and shelter for the night; the vaga-
bundo Americana is still, in many
parts of the republic, something of a
novelty; he has the attractiveness Of
the foreign and unaccustomed. And
then. too, the dominant faith tends
to unrefecting charity, and the poor
man or woman here rarely finds
stony hearts and menacing fists.
But the tramp evil is not a new
one, even here or in Cuba. In the
laws of the Indies, as far back as
1885, not half a generation after the
conquest of Mexico, the king of
Spain published decree dealing with
certain dangerous, idle and peregri-
mating persons. who. having neither
ofeio nj benefcio, trade nor calling,
travelled in Cuba, New Spain. etc,
molesting the kings loyal subjects
and imposing on the Indians As
these idlers and wanderers would do
no work (infallible Indication of the
individual of the genus tramp the
king remarked that their example
was demoralzing and that it gave
to the Indian race the example OF
living without labor, which was high
ly Pcrnicious.
So by royal ordinance it was d.
rected that the viceroys and other
servants and representatives of the
king should take measures to COM
pei the Spanish tramps TO work. But
the tramp makes it an article of
faith to perform no useful labor, 50
the kings viii was set at naught.
Half a century later, OF in 1855, an
other royal decree provided that
tramps should be sent back to Spain
in irons.
This was SPANS experience with
tramPs IN the early years of the &C
cupation of the Americas. In it is q
hint for present-day rulers, who
-,s-Ls +or-a -o-o-a- ,va4bo1= SLa,
have yet been thought of. Some Of
our contemporaries would suggest
the whipping post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
U. S. AGAINST THE WORLD.
Prof. suesr, Eminent PubIicfst and
PaleonfoIo&ist, Discusses Our In
dustriaI Preponderanee. Il

Prof. Edward Suess, the eminent
publicist and paIaeontologist, has
given an interview respecting the in
dustrial and political preponderance
of the United States that attracts
much attention. especially as it con-
firms the anti-American views of con-
tinental manufacturers and econo-
mists.
The professor, surveying interna-
tional relations from the standpoint
of political philosopher, observes
that while the French revolution was
occasioned by the abuses of the priyi-
legged classes the present situation has
been caused by a revolution of material
conditions. The declining national
sentiment should be replaced by q
movement for the common defense of
the central European states against
the American trusts which are moving
to conquer the foreign markets more
surely than they could be conquered
by battleships- The American balanc
of trade has reached an unparalleled
figure. 1t was a serious question If the
present political units Of central Eu-
rope were strong enough to make an
effective defense, taking into account
the physical conditions The present
shifting of the center of gravity of the
worlds forces would create three
great units-China, Russia and Amer
lea When China was equipped with
railroads the people would find that
she had the most capable merchants
and the cheapest labor. Russia would
have the largest army and be the great
est peasant state European capital
would flow to the United States and
would be an important increase of
her economic prosperity. OF the three
the United States had decidedly the
lead Its policy was commercial ag-
erosion, beyond doubt. and states like
the American union and Russia had
gained far more in the way Of the mo-
bilization Of their powers from the
construction Of railroads than such
countries as Germany and France.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
SUICIDES IN THE SUMMER.
Hot Weather Has n Tendency 40 In
crease the Mania for Self
Destruction.

Observers of the phenomena at
tending the suicidal mania have noted
that the tendency toward self-destruc-
ton in the members of the human race
is more pronounced in warm than in
cold weather. Statistics collectedfrom
q wide area show that the tendency is
not confined to any particular locality
or class CT people, but afiicts the hui
man race generally, says the Chicago
Chronicle.
Figures bearing upon the suicidal
tendency in this country demonstrate
the painful fact that suicide has in
creased during the last 25 years and
goes on continually increasing in al
most all civilized countries" said a
prominent authority on nervous dis
eases. "Of course the tendency TO sui
eide has been increased by the infu-
ence of civilization, but another factor
in this increase is the geometrieal
growth of population and all the en-
crossing factors of local life. The
greater part of this particular tend
ency is due to race, religion and cul-
ture, but there are other influences,
such as climate, the seasons and at
mospheric changes which operate on
what are called voluntary actions.
AT the season OF the year when the
sun is in aphelion the average proper
ton of suicides reaches its maximum.
During this period in June and
throughout the summer the physical
and moral conditions are so influenced
by the variations and conditions in
the temperature and humidity that
suicides are then greater than at any
other time of the year. The records of
the coroner's Office in this city for the
/ last four years compared with those
of the preceding four years show that
as the weather conditions have become
more oppressive suicides have CORE
spondingly been more frequent. Two
years ago, when Philadelphia expe-
rieneed one of the most excessive and
\ heightened torrid waves for years,
suicides increased Is per cent and
death in many eases was most violent.
+ During the heated months, when vital
ity is greatly reduced. many suicides
I occur from suggestion. This was seen
in the records of 1899. when four per-
sons used for the first time an un'
known drug with which young drug
student ended his life"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
North caroIina,s odd Prison.

A new invention is prison on
wheels. 1t is the sort of jail used in
North Carolina for combining convicts
Who are employed doing work
throughout the state. In this way
they can be conveyed anywhere safe
ly and may stay in spot far from
civilization as long as may be re-
quired without danger of their eseap-
ing. The prison is two stories high.
II is divided into a number of cells. the
floor of each being a bed and accom-
modating two of the prisoners. Into
this cage they all go at night, and It is
securely locked up. thus rendering it
impossible that any one of them
should get away. When work is to be
done, they are let out, OF course. but
when travelling are safely shut in
st. Louis Republic.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
NEW ELECTRIC sY STEM.
Test of Railroad In Italy on which
Speed of Forty-F1ve Miles an
Hour Is Attained.

The first test of a new system of
electric traction is reported in the
Electrical Review as having surpassed
the expectations of the installing en-
gineers. This is the system that re-
Gently attracted so much attention in
London, on account of its low bid for
the electric traction work in that city.
A spon6ent in Italy, where the
installation has just been completed.
says that a speed of As miles an hour
was secured without any serious jar
ring, and that trains of five cars were
easily transported at this speed even
on decided grades. The dynamOs work
perfectly at $1,000 volts on line o.
miles in length. The engineers are par
ticularly well pleased with the be-
havior of the electric automatic ap-
planes.
This new method of electric traction
is what is known as the high-tension
polyphase system, and the results of
these tests have been awaited with
much interest by electric railway in
terests in general
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26

They had just seated themselves in
a shady nook by the roadside after a
cut across country, and a conflict with
multiple farm barriers on the way.
After pause he glanced at the tsie-
graph wires overhead and remarked:
Il have no doubt that it viii not be
many years before the perfection of
wireless telegraphy will do sway with
all those unsight.y blurs on our rural
landscapes"
i hope So" she replied. Then. with
rueful glance at her tattsrsd skirt.
she added: And l further hope that
the same genius will go on making
progress in that line until we are
blessed with an era of wireless fences"
Boston Courier.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
SOCIETIES.

CUSTER LODGE NO. 81, /. 0. o. F.
Regular meetings each Saturday
night at o'cloclIsat their hall in
Cha.is. Visiting Brothers in good
standing are invited.
Il. J. PAUL, N. 6.
j. G. FINNELL, Secretary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
DIRECTORIES.
STATE.

SUPREME COURT.
Ralph ?. Quarles,
i. n. Sullivan,
Charles Stockslager.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
QUEER cIau.e IN a WIZ.

The last clause of will which was
fled for probate in Washington, d. C..
one day lately. significantly says: The
net sum of $4,000 left by the Will is
the financial result of long life of in
dustry and economy. and il used for
good and useful purposes by those TO
whom it is now given is enough. And
If not 50 used is too much. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26

JUDGE OF 4th DISTRICT.
X. /. PERKY.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
New York.s Public schools.

More than one-fifth of the popula-
tion of New York is employed in her
public schools. either as pupils or
teachers. The total enrolment of pu-
pills is 1.209,5T4, and their teachers
number $4,000
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
TERMS OF COURT.

Following are the terms of Court in
the Fourth Judicial District of Idaho
for the year 1901:
Lincoln County.
Shoshone...A April 1st, September End
CassIa County.
Albion......A April 18th, September 10th
EImore County.
Mt. Home 49,. May 9Th, October 18th
Custer County.
Challis....-July 18th, September Both
Blaine County
Hailey......June 18th, November 18th
Court to convene at $50 a. M, at
each time and place.
KIRTLAND /. PERKY, Judge.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-12
Notice ofFinal Settlement.

In the matter of the estate of
Benoni W. Dawson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that on
Monday the 29th day of April A. d.
1901, being one of the regular days of
the April term of the county court of
Sedgwick county. in the state of Col
Orado, |, James A. Dawson. admins
traitor of said estate. will appear be-
fore the Judge of said court, present
my final settlement as such admins
TRAITOR and pray the approval Of the
same. and will then apply to be dis
charged as such administrators. At
which time and place any person in
interest may appear and present OBJ
jectiOnS to the same, if any there be
Dated at Julesburg, Colorado, March
2lst, 1901.
JAMES A. DAWSON,
Administrator of the estate of
Benoni w. Dawson. deceased.
Date Of lst publication March 20, 1901
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-12
A Magazine for The Home.

The May issue of the Delincator. in
addition to showing eighty styles for
the month devoted to ladies, girls, ba-
bieS, men and boys contains much else
that will be of interest to women Of
education and taste. Auong the ir-
teresting articles we can name season.
able dress fabrics. the making of wash
gowns for summer wear, the bats of
the season, photographs of the inaugu-
raj ball dresses, commencement dav
dresses, the etiquette of weddings.
chatting dish recipes illustrated.
Among the general literary articles is
the story of Dickens Unromantic
Love, d biography of Ellen NJ. Clifford
and review of the newest books
The above mentioned articles do not
by any means exhaust the Offering
which the Delineator makes to the
modern woman.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-12
Snowfall in the Mountains, for
March 1901

East of the continental divide the
precipitation during March was about
as much as the combined falls of De
cember and January. and nearly doub-
lie that of February; but on the west
ern watersheds the total for the month
was practically the same as for Janu-
ary or February. AS compared with
the normal there was deficiency, eX-
cept on the southwestern watershed Of
the Arkansas. At moderate elevations
the snow generally melted as it fell,
or at best remained but few days,
and was readily taken up by the
ground which, as rule, still has ca
pacity for large amount of moisture
AT higher attitudes the light falls oc-
CURED nearly every day and, as high
winds have prevailed, much has been
swept into gulches and other shelter
ed spots. While the amount Of snow
in the mountains is now generally
greater than heretofore this winter
improvement in the outlook for water
from this source is only for a some
what greater volume early in the seas
on.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-12
CRAZY DAISY.
THE BEST BLOOD PURIFIER.

The blood is constantly being puri-
fled by the lungs, liver and kidneys.
Keep these organs in healthy condi-
tion and the bowels regular and you
will have no need of a blood purifier.
For this purpose there is nothing equal
to Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. One dose of them will do
you more good than dollar bottle of
the best blood purifier. Price % cts.
Samples free at G. Lavelle'S drug
store.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-12
The Feeding Business

Il have been troubled with indiuor-
ti"h tor ten years, have tried many
lhlhSs and spent much money to no
purpose until trled Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. | have taken two bottles and
gottcn more relief from them than all
other medicines taken. | feel more
IKE boy than | have felt in twcuty
years. Anderson Riggs. Sunny Lane,
leNaS. Thousands have testified AS did
Mr.. Riggs. G. Lavclle.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-12
A TESTIMONIAL FROM OLD
ENGLAND.

4 consider Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy the best in the world for
bronchitis says William Savory of
Warrington, England. 1T has saved
my wife's life, she having been a mar
tyr to bronchitis for over six years, be-
ing most Of the time confined to her
bed. She is now quite well. Sold by
G. Lavellc.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-12
Irrigated Farms for Sale

Your choice of over 400 acres Best of
land. Close to Julesburg, the ditch
town schools, free range, etc. Always
crop, and two crops will more than
pay for the land. Easy payments. APP
ply to w. X. GUY, Julesburg, Colo.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-12
Advance in Prices

After May prices for fitting lenses
will be advanced from 81 to 81: SO if
your eyes need fixing, call before that
time. There will be a slight advance
in prices on clock and watch work af
ter the above date. Now is the time
to have such work done.
D. l.. Hardin, .Iulesburr.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-12
Stations and Jacks

We have just received car load of
fine stations and jacks, which, because
of the lateness of the season. will be
sold at once at reasonable prices.
Hall & Wilson. Julesburp.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-12

Last winter | was confined to my
bed with IA bad cold on the lungs.
Nothing gave me relief. Finally my
Cough Cure that effected a speedy
cure. l cannot speak too highly of
that excellent remedy.-T. X. House
man, Manatawney. Pennsylvania. g.
LaVelle.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-12

Spring coughs are specially danger
Gus and unless cured at once. serious
results often follow. One Minute
Cough Cure acts like magic. 1t is not
common mixture, but is high grade
remedy. &. Lavelle.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-12
Notice.

l will take about 80 cows to pasture
for the summer. Terms, $l.OO per
month. EARL HUMBERSTONE.
JuleS6urg, Colorado.