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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

Exports of horses to Germany con-
tinue to attract attention both at home
and abroad. Regarding American
horses in Germany, the Hamburger
Nachtrichten, in a recent article, says;
'Importations from America have
caused the horse-raisers of Holstein to
suffer much of late. A stock company.
has just been formed In Berlin for the
express purpose eff importing horses
from the United States. The Ameri-
ans have succeeded in breeding a
horse which compares very ~favorably
in every way with the Holstein animal,
especially in those points so highly
priced in a work horse, namely, broad
hips and large build generally. The
best markets for Holstein horses have
always been the provinces of Saxony,
Thuringia and Brunswick, The de-
mand is created by the large sugar
factories. This market has been de-
creasing of late, owing to American
horses being purchased in Berlin. A
few days ago this Berlin company
shipped a drove of eighty through
Hamburg en- route for Milan. Italy,
where they are to be used on the tram
ways. Almost every week a long
freight train filled with American
horses leaves the Berliner Bahnhof for
various parts of Germany. In spite OF
expensive freight and a tariff of 81 per
head, the Americans have built up a
very respectable competition in the
German market"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02
STRIKEl
Hundred of Thousands
Are involved.
flon Affects All the Rsst-A r'
Harmonious system hasnS
Thrown out Of Gear.

oreanized labor has reacheo suem
Oas .bat ANYTHING affecting a paIticuhhs
branch OF IL draws all the RESI- A'o '"'
difficulty. vay with differ
y - ~ the human body Woth w
sns eat too much, drink too nhuSh, -
ardsa hit little. be a little irIeSu !"
en1 1,av and the liver quits WolK. ana
Then the bowels become Tha heart is
~ etomach goes on strike. Inc -
affected, the brain follows SUD info the
part in the body is dragged
trouble. u is 10 20 at the
source OF ali this-the liver. 9qua bacL To
self with the liver and all WIN e
Tegular natural work, .oLe things
Tascarets Candy Cathartlc narSSpoe tbs
r,rht with the liver. They p s IN the
hrsath' prevent food from souLiI5 rength.
stomach. give tone to the boNgis'S thev are
en- the Intestinal muscles, whiis ~ re-
Cleaning and stirring up the "'
No matter how long a case mas 20 MT
,,trshle Cascarets are guarantee ~ peatt
ttbinga right as they should ne ~" y,
IL Whole machinery a-goins. Ahu Souu
c cn set them at any drug store OF ~ In
FOR nrice-10c, Csc, or SOC. AduIes9 /,
Bamedy Co., Chicago or New IT tah-
H This is the CAsCAitEi az
~ let. Every tablet OF the only
600 genuine Cascarets pears Us
Il, Il, IL magic letters &c " Lk OOH
W. nj fhe tablet before you puy'
~ and beware of frauds lmlta-
- tions and substitutes
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02
A GIRL NIB BIER.
SHE HAS ASTONISHED ALL
HANDS AT DAWSON.
Winning and Losing BETS That Rud
from $1,000 to 50. OOo aud No Emotion
viii She Meet the Usual End of
UowomanIy Women?
Especial Letter,

A0RNAAaA GElkCAsJ
A girl gambler is the latest sensation
In Dawson. She is only IS years old,
yet her feats at the gaming tables
nightly are so extraordinary in their
reckless daring that even the hardened
sinner who has made gambling his life
long profession stands by in wonder
while the girl who has scandalized
Dawson wins and loses by turns. The
name Of this petticoated plungcr is
Rose Frances Blumpkin, Miss Bump
kin is a plunger in very truth. The
other day she lost $4,000 at the simple
but exceedingly risky game called
craps" And that same night she
beat the bank" by no less a sun than
$4,000. Two thousand dollars won or
lost in a night is nothing unusual for
the girl gambler, whose losses and
gains are just now the absorbing theme
of conversation in the frontier town
a town, by the way, so accustomed to
gambling topics that heretofore 1t has
not reused itself to unwonted interest
in them. Miss Blumpkin is unmarried,
and was an actress before becoming
so infatuated with faro that she mad
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

A correspondent of the Farmers Re-
view writes: The silo has become a
necessary adjunct to a large proper
ton of farms. especially dairy farms.
Various styles of silo are constructed,
but a very simple stave silo within
the means of almost anyone is de-
scribed by the Virginia Experiment
Farm. A circle 16 feet in diameter is
marked on the ground and covered
with short pieces Of plank. Four
pieces of plank 16 feet long, 6 inches
wide, and 2 inches thick are then set
on end on the circle at equal intervals.
These are held in an upright position
by braces in various directions. An
iron band is placed about l foot from
the bottom of the silo and held in po-
sition by nails driven into the plank
and bent up and over the band. A Sec
ond band is placed about / foot from
the top. The rest of the slaves are
then set in place, a nail being driven
into each to support the bands. The
latter are then frightened somewhat and
8 more put on, the distance between
the bands being about 4 feet. Instead
of hoops of round iron ordinarily used,
bands made as follows are recon-
mended; Procure (as can usually be
done) partially worn tire iron from
heavy wagons. Get a smith to rivet,
not weld, these together so that two
bands will go around the silo. Rivet
to the ends of these bands short pieces
Of iron one-half inch thick by 2 inches
wide. Turn up 3 inches of this thick
iron and punch three-fourths inch holes
in the ~turned-up portion. For each
band procure two bolts a foot long
and three-fourths inch in diameter.
Have threads cut on bolts nearly the
entire length, and place these bolts
through the holes in upturned ends;
put on nuts and tighten the silo. These
are stronger, cheaper and easier to
work than the round bands, and con-
sidered a great improvement over the
latter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02
LION
n an Express Car and DsvoureS .
Cargo of Poultry.

" AZ
Cumberland (Md.) Special TO New
York Journal: Terrifying growls is
sued from an express car of q train
that passed through here the other day
bound for Philadelphia. A lion was In
possession, freed from his cage. slaugh-
lering chickens by wholesale. Con-
luctor and brakemen kept as far away
as their duties would permit. Half a
aozen Hagenbeck's men were gathered
In the caboose, gloomily wondering
what they could do to restore the mon
ster to confinement. When the train
STOPPED here for water they were at
their wits end. Many of the inhabit-
ants Bocked to the station to listen, at
y safe distance, to the pandemonium
that ragged in the express car. There
was a continuous iutte-ing and
Ecreaming-the hysterical distress of
a barnyard-punctuated by one crash
after another as the big brute destroyed
the poultry rates around him, amid
vibrant roars that sent the crowd
staggering backward. No one dared to
enter the car. The animal trainers In
the caboose were only too thankful to
be divided from their charge by stout
wooden walls. Accustomed as they
were to subdue wild beasts, they real
lied that this lion, which had glutted
himself on living prey, would rend any
man who approached him. Through a
grating in the side of the car they
could see him from time to time, his
muzzle stained with blood and bristl-
ing with feathers. All about him lay
the mutilated bodies of birds he had
seized without deyouring them. The
survivors few hither and thither fran
ideally, sometimes hitting the roof and
dropping back again to the floor. None
Of those responsible for the lions safe
keeping could imagine how he had
broken from his cage. but 1t was easy
10 conceive he had been maddened by
the heat and darkness and joltlng OF
railway travelling, aggravated as 1t
must have been by the sound and smell
of life In the crates all about him. 1t
was agreed that the only thing to do
was to continue the journey to Phila-
uelphia with all possible speed, and
there take steps at leisure to either
capture or kill the bloodthirsty animal.
And so the train rumblsd on with the
lion In possession.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

give her the characteristics of the trot-
ting horse. We have no desire or
object in developing in her linty bone
or leathery muscles and sinews like
steel. A good many fowls are injured
for sSg production by their owners
overriding the matter of exercise. They
ere worked to the limit Of strength
and tins and their rations are kept 80
short to induce work that the fowls
seldom are completely satisfied with
the food they get. If fowls are to be
given the run of the farm and made
to work for a living, they should have
at least one kind of food that they can
fill up on whenever they so desire. We
would suggest that this n kind OF
food be oats, as the hens will not eat
too many oats, but will eat them only
to satisfy their hunger.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02
JAPANESE CRABS GAME.
Seem to Dream of Nothing But Fighting
and sayagely Delight In 1t.

and savagely Delight In 1t.
The most savage specimen OF the
crab species is found in Japan, SEEM
ing to dream of nothing but fighting, TO
delight in nothing half so much. The
minute he spies another of his kind he
scrapes his claws together in rage, chal-
longing him to the combat. Not a
moment is wasted in preliminaries, but
at 1t they go, hammer and tongs. II
sounds like rocks grinding against one
another. The sand flies as the war
riors push each other hither and thither
until at last one of them stretches him
self out in the sun, tired 20 death. But
he does not beg for mercy or attempt
to run away, only feebly rubbing MS
claws together in defiance of the foe.
That foe comes closer, and with his
claws trembling with joy at his VIC
tory, the conqueror catches hold OF one
claw of the vanquished crab, twists It
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

glittering eyes turned to the stacks o.
gold before her and the cards as they
are dealt out upon the green. VIII
the girl gambler of DAWSON
in her reckless devotion to the god 81
chance, or will she prove the one ex-
ception to the rule Of women gamblers
and forsake the haunts of dissipation
before MIND and morals are irretrieya-
bly, wrecked? Which fate is In store
fer Miss Blumpkin-the suicides fare
well to the world, the lonely cell OF an
asylum, or timely rescue of mind, body
and soul?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02
CHINESE HISTORICAL METHODS
Work of Writers Not Published TIL long
After Dynasty's Close.

~ dynasty W
! The Chinese court historians work
Aces not see the light until the reign
sng dynasty comes to an end, says
The st. Louis Republic. In this way
these celestial historians have an OPP
p~ortunity to describe most truthfully
the virtues and vices Of the various
rulers and the real significance of the
events which take place during their
regime. They can write what they
please without fear of censure, for they
know that their work will not be pub
lished as long as the ~reigning dynasty
lasts. This has been the rule for
more than 1000 years. The duty OF
these historians Is to write a plain ac-
count of all vents that occur during
their tenure of office. At regular in
tervals their completed work is taken
from them and locked up in an iron
safe or vault. There 1t remains until
the nrst member Of a new dynasty as
cends the throne. 1t is then given,
with all the other histories In the
vault, 10 the court historian who Is
then living. and from the mass OF
documents he is expected to prepare
a truthful history of the dynasty which
has Just expired. The present dynasty
has been reigning since 1914. and,
consequently. no court history has
been published since that time.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02
Would Applv -

o.,d AN. she would exclaim, as she laid
aside the little volume with the crazy.
~ is so full of hidden
ins s; IL is written in such seem
s,mrIa s.ery n yet is SO clear and
simple once you understand ~" Her
orother looked at her for a -. snd
men asked What ara vo, ta,ti1s
nrsscr,ntsoa piece Of poetry or a doc&ars
Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02
SALOONS in tho Philippines.

Bishop Thoburn, writing to the In
dian Witness concerning the Philip
pines. says: Every alternate place OF
business seems to be a liquor shop OF
some kind, and the soldier has tempta-
ton before his eyes whichever way he
may turn. Drunken soldiers meet me
everywhere, and 1t is painful in the ex-
IRENE to remember that many of them
have come from Christian homes"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02
East INDIAN. Learn English.

In many Indian schools now the Eng
lish language is being taught to the
little dusky subjects of the empress
queen. G. Gill & Sons of London have
designed a chart for helping the pu-
pills to acquire the language. The prq-
nunciation OF the English charaetess
is given in both Persian and Nagri.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

until it ome off, and bears away the
palpitating limb as a trophy of his
prowess. Such is a battle between war
rior crabs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

NI-F' |hHbItNI y" TIINL'
order, which was inaugurated at
Charleston, S. c., and the grafton will
be delivered by James d. Richardson,
member of congress from Tennessee.
one of the most distinguished Masons
in this country.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

Farmers that feed large quantities
of wheat screenings to poultry should
be careful that the screenings do not
contain too large q proportion Of seeds
of the corn cookie. These seeds are
poisonous, but are so only when eaten
in some quantities. They will kill any
kind of farm stock, but are seldom
eaten by any farm stock in quantities
to kill except by poultry. There is
little doubt that many a farmer has
lost fowls by mysterious diseases. as
he supposed, that have really been
killed by the innocent looking corn
cookie seeds fed in his screenings.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02
JASON CROW, osoARvILLE. GA.

JASON CROW, OSCARVILLE. GA.
Writes us, May 81, 1899: 81 feel it my
duty to write and let you know what
your medicine. IS Drops has done for
me. have had rheumatism about
eighteen years, but was able to be I'D
most OF the time until a year ago last
May, when | was taken down and not
able to move about. About six weeks
ago saw your advertisement and
"rote for a sample bottle. After TAX
ing a few doses it did me so much
good hat | ordered some more for
myself and friends. and in every case
1t mas done wonders and given perfect
satisfaction.
"Dr; Woodlif, my family physician,
who has had rheumatism for ffteen
years, is taking the g Drops, and says
it is the most efficient rheumatic med
icine he has ever used"
% Drops" is the most nowerr,,, sne-
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perleSIly harmless. 1t is a perfect cure
LOT rheumatism, Sciatica. Neuralgia.
dyspepsia, Backache, Asthma Catorrh
La Grippe. Neuralgia Headache etc
II you or any of your friends are snf-
teIing' 40 not delay, but send Tor a
oottle OF . Drops" Laree.sizaa hot
ties 600 doses), 81. For the UT
samry uays we will mail a 25-cent
sample bottle for 10 cents sWATS0N
RHEUMATIC CURE CO $50 70 1s1 n
Lake street, Chicago. nj
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

Late fall chickens should be pushed
forward by every means in the reach
of the poultry grower. Both meat and
ground bone should be fed in consid-
cradle quantities, SO that the birds
will have got q good growth and good
supply of feathers before the end of
November. Probably the best single
food to help attain this result is ground
beef meal. 1t is rather expensive, but
goes a good ways. If reserved for the
use of the late chicks ten pounds
would last them till well along into
the winter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

The lazy hens are the ones to kill
off. Generally they are the fat ones
that have stopped laying and have got
into habits that will make them poor
layers in the future. They will be the
last ones to leave the roosts in the
morning and the first ones to go to
roost at night. Often through the day
they will be seen perched up on the
roost resting. Such birds are Of no
value except for the pot, and the
sooner they are sent there the better.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

The authorities of a South Wallet
railway were on the scene of accident,
investigating the cause of a collision
between two coal trains. "How do you
account for this?' said the superin-
tendent to n of the drivers. "Well,
sir" replied the driver, i've been
thinkin' a good deal about it, and ]
can only come to the conclusion that
two trains can't pass on a single
line."-StraY Stories
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

Every kind of business tends to seek
a level of profits. 1t is therefore IN
reasonable to invest $500 in the poul-
try business and expect it to return
an annual income of 5000 or $500. A
man should expect a profit only of 6
or Z per cent after deducting from the
total receipts enough to cover all ex-
penses, with an additional amount APP
piled for deterioration of buildings
and for repairs. The man that credits
himself up for all work done and then
has a net profit of 6 per cent on his
investment is doing as well as he can
reasonably expect to do. Some people
get discouraged in raising poultry be-
cause they are not able to realize the
fancy profits they had figured out be-
fore starting in the business.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

Too much hard work for the hen is
not desirable. 1t is possible for the
hen, even in the fall months, to make
a living on the farm without being fed,
but she will lave to be continually on
the scratch to do 1t. She will roam
over a vast area of land and gather in
all the stray bugs and weed seeds and
lost grain. But In doing this she will
expend more muscle and heat than 10
desirable. The hen can have too much
exercise as well as can the dairy COW.
It must be remembered that in devel-
oping the hen we are not trying 10
The Conservative, 1901-03-14
J. B. FORAKER.
WILLIAM P. FRYE,
M. A. HANNA"

The tone and purpose of these politi-
cal banquets lead me to speak of very
great defect in our national system,
namely, the absorption of state issues
by national issues. Ever since the
formation of our government there has
been the most jealous defense of state
rights against Federal encroachment,
and yet, under the influence of party
machinery, every state in the union has
been robbed of its highest political right,
the right to devote it's uninfluenced poll
tical energies to the solution of it's own
state and municipal problems. Why
should our differing opinions on the
tariff or on the Philippine question con-
troll our votes when we select men to
The Conservative, 1901-03-14
Che Conservative.

such opinions on national issues influence
us in the slightest degree when, for ex-
ample, we vote for a district judge, or a
county treasurer, or an alderman, or q
road overseer? If it were not for the
federal patronage which is to be be-
slowed, and if the professional poll
ticians did not seek to keep the state Or
ganizations constantly drilled and exer-
cised for use in the national campaign,
would such foolish and unjustifiable
perversion of the highest interests of the
state and of the municipality ever be
tolerated? Every state should seek to
regain it's political independence by
bringing about the widest possible dis
association Of state and national politi-
cal parties. No state, county, or city
official should ever be voted for at q
presidential or congressional election.
We have, in this state, banished the
party emblems from our ballots. We
should also remove the national party
names from every ballot for state, coun-
ty, or city officers. In other words, we
should adopt every possible expedient
to prevent the unnecessary sacrifice of
the states welfare which is now made
for the purpose of building up the
national party machine.
Returning from our slight depression,
let us consider the other influences
which hold our citizens firmly fixed in
the traces of one or the other party.
First, as to our foreign-born voters. The
German immigrant is likely to
drift to the German farming COM
munities of the Western and Mid
die states. If so, he will in all
likelihood become republican. The
son of Ireland is almost sure to settle
down in one Of the large cities. In
fuenced by the overwhelming majority
of his countrymen, he will doubtless
become a democrat. The Swede or Nor
wegian will probably find his way to
states like Minnesota, in which his coun-
trymen have gathered, and the republi-
can party will very likely win his
allegiance. Once started with party,
the newcomer will soon become the
reader of partisan newspaper which
will naturally present only one side of
public questions. In this way he be-
comes firmly welded to his party, the
tendency to allegiance steadily growing
under the force of habit, until he be-
comes the component part, however in
significant, of political machine.
Another element of party-fixity is
geographical location. In the last forty
years the southern states have been
solidly democratic. Opposed to this
solid south there is a very solid fraction
of the northern states. In these same
forfx %ho c%o 80
The Conservative, 1901-03-14


perience of nearly half century, it would
seem unnecessary, for any practical
reason, to hold a presidential election in
twenty-three of our states, representing
over fifty-nine per cent. of our entire
electoral vote. When state is once
recognized as being invariably on one or
the other political side, it's tendency,
under present influences, is to become
more and more bound by it's political
harness. Young men, aside from the
pleasant experience of being in harmony
with their neighbors and fellow citizens,
realize that the avenue to political
preferment lies in agreement with the
political majority. In this way, unless
some great wave of sectional feeling
should happen to intervene, there will,
in such one-sided states, be constant
tendency for the predominating majority
to grow larger and larger. Let me
illustrate by an example which has come
under my observation in this state.
About twelve years ago, when Colorado
seemed to be firmly harnessed to the re-
publican chariot, an eminent jurist, who
had been the recipient of great party
honors, spoke in substance as follows to
a young man who was just beginning
his legal career:
eff you want to win success you had
better ally yourself with the republican
no NJ md ,to%n
normally republican. The party may
not always be right, but the only way to
achieve anything is inside the ranks of
a party. Try to reform from the inside.
All other efforts are impractical. Stay
with your party and try to make it
better. That will keep you in line for
political honors if you want them, and
at the same time, your public efforts
have chance of gaining practical re-
suits"
This advice was repeated to me by the
recipient soon after it was given, and
consequently have watched his career
with unusual interest. He is superior
citizen, man of character, and gifted
with high intellectual power. Never
theless, I have realized that the advice
aforementioned has weakened his moral
fibre, has brought conscience into con-
flict with policy, and has again and
again stood in the way of his voicing
his honest and deep-felt convictions on
questions of great public concern. This
is type of what would have occurred
with increasing frequency if the state
had remained fixed in the republican
column. The sectional demand for
"free silver" however much opposed
and still oppose it, and despite, as I
think, it's great injury to Colorado,
nevertheless brought this benefit: that
it induced many men for the first time
In L.