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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01

Capt J. McAssey. who during the
civil war served in the Ninetieth
Illinois, which was in the Fifteenth
army corps under Gen. Logan, tells the
7 story of how that famous corps got its
motto. my regiment" he says, was
recruited In Chicago, and went to the
! front as the irish Legion. We were
made a part of the Fifteenth army
corps, and after Missioh Ridge and
Tunnel Hill Gen. Logan was ordered to
lead us over to Knoxville, Tenn, to fs'
lieve Burnside. When we got to Knox
vile we found that Burnside had al.
ready been relieved, and then we were
sent down for duty along the line Of
the Memphis & Charleston railroad.
When We reached Stevenson, Ala,
we found some members of the Twen-
tieth army corps on guard duty there
We were tired and dirty, and had had
little to eat for weeks but horse corn
and what else we had been able to pick
up along the line of march. / guess we
looked about as disreputable as 1t is
possible for men to look. Our uniforms
practically barefooted. AS l say, we
met some of the Twentieth army corps
on guard duty at Stevenson. They
were dressed fit to kill. Had stiff col
lars and clean uniforms. and whole
shoes, and everything shipshape. The
Twentieth corps had adopted a badge
and every fellow we met was wearing
it big as life.
Zone of our men. a wild Irishman
whose name l have forgotten. ran
into one of these Twentieth corps
dudes.
" Hello said the well-dressed chap,
who are you? What's your regiment,
and where's your badge?
1 belong to the Ninetieth Illinois,
said the ragged soldier, and as for
my badge it's hanging across my back.
It's a cartridge box, and our motto is
Forty Rounds, U. s." What's yours?'
Gen. Logan heard the story and
sent for the man. He was frightened
to death when he was called up before
Black jack
Are you the man who said our
badge is Forty Ropnds, U. SIP asked
the general.
81 am. sir said the frightened
Irishman.
Well. sir. want to shake hands
with you and to say that we've adopt
ed it as the badge of the whole Fiji
teenth army corps"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
Electricity Used in pr.,nx Cloth.

Among the more recent tasks i'm
posed upon that busy new servant OF
man, electricity, is the acting as an as
sistant In the operation of dyeing
when cloth soaked In aniline sulphate
is placed between two metal plates
connected with the opposite ends of a
dynamo, and an electric current ls
passed through 1t. the sulphate is con-
verted into aniline black. BY altering
the strength of the solution and of the
current, shades varying from green to
pure black can be obtained. In the
case OF indigo, the cloth is impregnated
with paste of indigo blue and caustic
aikai. The electric current converts
the insoluble indigo blue, by reduction
OF oxygen, into indigo white, which is
soluble, and on being exposed to the
air becomes oxidized once more and
turns blue, thus thoroughly dyeing the
cloth with that color.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
Navy Departm MT L,brnr,.

The navy department library is rap
idly assuming its proper proportions
and is regarded as the most valuable
in this country in those branches OF
literature dealing especially with sea-
faring lore, travels. explorations, his
tories of ships and navies, and the aim
for the future is to make here the
naval library OF the country. TIE col
lection of photographs from life of
foreign naval vessels in the possession
of the Office of naval intelligence is
probably not excelled by any similar
collection in the world. Through our
naval representatives abroad this de-
partment has been steadily gathering
information in this form for many
years past, and it is not too much 10
say that with the information in store
here the navy department can inform
itself at once of the exact force of any
nation at any designated point OF the
globe. This information relates 10
personnel and material and is in the
main exact and official.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01

Franks of
.%1udenfs
ONE FORM OF
A TERRIFIC
COLLEGE
SPORT"


ignition. This picture may convey q
slight idea of the facial gargoyles
wrought by the architectural experts
In the pleasant melee.
That more serious work is sometimes
done In such encounters was indicated
In the almost fatal injuring OF Fritz
Wittig, Jr.. member OF the freshman
class at Rutgers College, a few days
ago. He was in the thickest of the
night for time and suddenly disap-
peared. He WAS later found uncon-
scious on the field. A physician said
that he was suffering from conclusion
of the brain. Only the greatest efforts
saved his life. A few nights before this
President Scott stopped a cane rush
Dean Winans OF Princeton disapproves
OF the rushes. and so do most of the
college authorities.
But the students seem Inclined to
continue to fight out the perennial
sophomore-freshman disagreement in
this way, and to display their injuries
afterward-if they manage to get
about-with the air OF much-to-be-sn.
We'd heroes,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
EngIIsh Red.ran,sm-

The EnglishS-h quotes the following
instance OF the red-tapism prevailing
at the British war office: A woman re-
siding at Kidderpur, Calcutta. hearing
from private source that her husband
nas been killed in action in Natal
w.ote to the war office for information
Oh this report. By last mail she re-
celVed formal reply to the effect that
her husband, who was attached to the
Imperial light horse. had been killed
IN action at the relief OF LadvsmitA
On Jan. last. A printed form was
inelosed with the letter in which tbs
loiloWing questions are asked: "Who
was your husband? What regiment
did he belong to? Where 10 he eta.
TONED now? Where was he last hoard
OF? If dead, where did he dlep what
is your object in inouIrine about
him." and some twenty or thirty other
questions of similar nature The
document concluded by stating that IN.
sess these questions were answered
ply. Apece no re-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
Pensions aud Pensinnara.

No pensioner of the revolutionary
war survives. The last one died IA
1869, at the age of 100, but last year
there were and doubtless still are four
revolutionary WIDOWS on the pension
rolls, none of them older than eighty
six. Pensioners widows make little
of the lapse of centuries. Judging nv
precedent, 1t is OF improbable that
$50 years from now there will still be
widows drawing pensions on account
of the services Of their husbands in
our late war with Spain. Only one
pensioner who served in the war of
1872 is left. His name is Hiram Cronk
He is 100 years old and lives in Oneida
county, New York. About 1000 wild
ows of 1912 are left on the rolls. The
pensioners of the civil war hold ont
very well indeed. Every year on June
30, they are counted. In June. 1898
the number on the lists was 993.714
Last year there were about 1000 less
and this year also there are fewer than
in 1898, but the commissioner saws
that in 1901 the list will beat the rec
ord, because an act of congress. passed
last May, has extended the provisions
Of the law of 1890 SO as to let in MANY
thousands of new claimants. About
one quarter of all the pensions go to
widows. July 1, 1900. there were ssS.-
b29 pensioners on the rolls of the pen
sion office, according to the annual
report of Commissioner Evans. Dur-
Ing the year 4O,645 names were added
to the rolls and 1859 restored; 1884
were dropped because of death, sOs bv
remarriage of pensioners and 6,e16 for
other causes. During the past six
years 26O,797 names were dropned
from the rolls. 1904 because of
deaths. The number dropped this wear
because of death is 1920 less than
estimated.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
r,.htsr and Book writer.

General Oliver O. Howard was born
In Maine. graduated at college. and
later at West Point. standing fourth
in the class OF 1850 He was professor
of mathematics when the war broke
ont which place he left to take com
naand Of Maine regiment, He com,
manded a brigade at the battle OF
Bill Run. and in September of the
Game year was made brigaGer gen
eral. He lost his arm in charge at
the battle Of Fair Oaks In May. 1Ses
After rest OF less than three months
he rejoins6 his brigade. and IN No
vember, 1862. was appointed major
general. He led the Eleventh Army,
corps at Charlottesville ana Gettys-
burg. His corps took part in the bat
tie of Chattanooga and in ShernianS
Atlanta campaign. When Mcpherson
fell before Atlanta Howard succeeded
him as commander of the Army and
Department of the Tennessee and was
appointed brlsadier in the regular
army. In 1865 he was brevetted major
general. After the war he led cam
paign against the Indians He is the
author OF several books and has TIE
degree Of LII D. conferred on him by
four colleges.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
FAMOUS Old PRISON.
old Bailey Second Only to the French
Bastile In History.

old Bailey Second Only to the French
Basti,s In History.
odd Bailey" the most famous pris.
on In England. and second only tc
the Bastile in France for historical
significance, is about 10 be demolished
This prison, which For 500 years has
been terror to criminals, will soon be
pulled down and magnificent struc-
ture embodying all the LATEST ideas in
sanitary inventions will be built. In
| 1773 the original structur5 was de-
stroyed and on the site was built a
court house. This, too, fell in the mo
popery" riots Of 1880. as readers of
"Barnaby Ridge" will remember, and
the place was rebuilt and enlarged in
1909. So the "Old Bailey" known to
Londoners today is only about a hun
dred years old. 1t is one of the most
desolate buildings In London and its
mere appearance has probably pre-
vented more crime than any other
agency In the world. Their name is
legion" might well be said of the cele-
brated criminals who have heard their
fate in that historic dock, according to
the New York Telegraph. Among po-
litical offenders sentenced at the "Old
Bailey" perhaps the regicides are the
most memorable. Out of the twenty
one prisoners arraigned in 1860 twelve
were executed, while seven paid for
their part in the execution of Charles
/. by lifelong Imprisonment A tragic
episode In the history of the "Old Bal
ley" was the invasion of the court by
the Jail fever during the sessions of
May, 1850. The fever obtained such a
hold in the neighboring prison that it
forced way into the court, causing
the death of the Judge of the Common
Pleas, Sir Thomas Abney Baron Clark,
the lord mayor and several other mem
bers of the bar and of the jury. These
plaques were directly consequent to
the lax sanitary laws. Little was
known of the art of artificial ventila-
ton. The prisons were in shocking
condition. "Old Bailey" will always
be familiar to those who have read
Dickens, especially the lovery of Bar
naby Rudge," Little Dorrit," Great
Expectations" and "Oliver Twist" The
great novelist made a study of Eng
lish prison life. as he did of English
schools. Nicholas Nlckleby" awoke
the English public to the horrors of
their common school system. Little
Dorrit" raised such storm of indig-
nation that prison classification, the
greatest need of the time, was soon In
troduced. AS Squeers disappeared be-
fore the singing pen of Dickens. SO
Dennis, the hangman. and "Old Bal
ley" became things OF the past, and
today Newgate is model prison. The
old building. now to be demolished,
was made as comfortable and health
ful as the limited space would permit,
and the new edifice about to be erected
will be one of the finest in the world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
Wa. a .roks on the DOCTOR.

Colonel Daniel r. Anthony, brother
of Susan B. Anthony. and the last of
the fighting editors of Kansas, is on
record as the only man who has had
his aorta severed and lived. In a news
paper feud with a gambler of the name
OF Jennison, Anthony was shot. The
doctor told him he could not live. The
wounded man did not say anything,
but babe his sister good-by and went
to sleep. When he awoke he asked
the nurse: What time is it," "Six
O'clock" replied the nurse. The colonel
chuckled for a moment; then said:
Say, there's a good joke on the doc
tor. isn't 1t? He said I'd be dead at
$3.50" He fell asleep again and when
he awoke the doctor acknowledged his
mistake.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
Especial letter.

Especial letter.
With much the same sort of pride
which German students take in exhib-
iting the scars sustained In their col
bEs duels the young men OF American
universities are wont to point to the
bCuries which they encounter in that
t&frifc college sport" the cane rush.
This is not trio of untamed In
eixns after a week on the warpath or
q n. at of the ghost dance. 1t is a pic
ture for which three Princeton stu
dents proudly posed after just fifteen
minutes of energetic operations some
where near the center OF cane rush.
Princeton's last essay In this line oc-
Cured one night recently. Three hun
dred students engaged In a contest
which, spectators aver, contained more
OF the elements of brutality than any
prize-ring exhibition of recent years.
The fight waged around the historic
cannon on old Nassaus campus. When
1t had spent its fury the clothing OF
fully one-half of the combatants had
been torn to tatters and the faces OF
some were battered almost beyond rec
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
suRTLENEss OF RHEUMATISM.
Mild Cases Are Net Suspected of Being
Serious and Are Neglected.

1t Sas been known for many years
that the most fertile cause of heart
disease is rheumatism. Only recently
has 1T been realized, however, that
many cases OF rheumatism which give
rise to heart complications really run
SO mild a course that they are not sus-
pected of being serious and are
neglected. THIS IL especially true in
cases which attack tAe very young. In
children rheumatism often masquer-
AIDES under the rama Of growing
pains" In infants 1t often fails COM
pletely of recognition. 1t has become
the custom to a lamentaSle degree to
give for 1t the coal-tar derivatives. the
various antipyretic drugs, anst-pyrine.
phenacetine, and the like, besides vari-
Gus derivatives of salicylic acid. These
drugs alleviate the rheumatic pain, by
benumbing the nerves; they also les
sen fever. The result of their use Ia
that patients are enabled to move
about much sooner than they other
wise would. and this throws extra
work on the heart. and leads to post
rheumatic heart complications which
may cripple the organ of life. The re-
cent increase in the number of refusals
of risks by life insurance companies is
thought to be due to this cause. Doc
tors here from many parts of the world
deprecate the present excessive use of
these drugs. Pain is natures demand
for rest. To allay 1t without reaching
its suse is to drug the sentinel who
watches over the citadel of health be-
cause his footsteps disturb our sleep
New York Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
LAX ~
So
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.


Women who do not look lovely In a
wet bathing suit will eagerly adopt a
notion which is being advocated by a
society OF hyglenists In London. That
Is that. generally speaking. sun or
afr bath is much better for health than
an ocean dip. THE truth is" says an
English doctor. 'the popular idea OF
sea-bathing Is absurd. 1t Is so far
from being eyerybody's tonic that in
many cases 1t is a menace to life. The
dip that even frail women herolcally
force themselves to take, believing 1t
Is the right thing to do, Ia too severe
q shock to nerves and systems unac-
customed to sudden or violent exer-
lions" In place of sea-bathing the
London hygienists recommend air or
sun baths, taken lying on the beach,
says Harper's Bazaar II Is a fact es-
tablished In medical science that mere
exposure of the body to the air pro-
duces physical changes that go far to-
ward counteractlng the degenerating
effect OF civilized life. The course rec
ommended. therefore, by this latest
health fad Is to lie at ease on the sand,
oathed IN sunshine and fresh air, and
srterward have a thorough rubbing
down. which process further invigor-
ates worn body. Happily for those
who are poor In purse as well as In
health, this fresh-air cure may be
taken without the expense of travelling
to summer resorts
A wonderful new hospital has Just
been built In Paris which promises to
make revolution In the world OF
medicine. 1t was the dream OF Pas
tours life, and, strangely enough,
Few days before his death the large
funds necessary for the purpose were
onered anonymously to this great man,
so that he had the pleasure during his
last days on earth of knowing that one
OF his dearest ambitions would be full
nlied. The hospital is now nearing
completion and stands opposite the
Pasteur Institute. The building con-
sists OF isolated blocks Joined by un-
foreground corridors.
There Is a beautiful winter garden
$3.50 - ouhhiCi BdIutu lot the putlc0LS.
The whole system is worked on the
plan OF "disinfection and isolation"
On entering the hospital the patient
has a bath. Having been put into hos
pitai clothes, he then gets into bed, in
which he Is wheeled or taken by
lift to an isolation room. The
room he has just left is disinfected; SO
are his clothes. Each block contains
twenty-four rooms containing one bed
each and two wards for convalescents
with twelve beds. The air space Of each
room Is thirty-nine cubic meters in
stead of the regulation thirty. At the
present moment diphtheretic patients
and persons bitten by rabid animals
tre being treated, but the hospital is
Tot by any means to be confined to
these cases when the entire building is
complete. 1t is a splendid memorial to
one OF the most wonderful men the
world has ever seen.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01

cy Gerard, a colored woman, In New
Augustine. Upon meeting the woman
he began to beat her, and after the
scuffie that followed the woman was
found to be severely cut, and 1t is
believed that Bell used a knife. The
woman's side of her story has not
been heard yet, but Bell says that he
came upon the woman suddenly in a
dark and lonely neighborhood. She
was dressed in white, and as she ap-
preached, Bell says he thought she was
ghost, and becoming frightened he
made the attack. 1t seemed to take
him some time TO discover his mistake.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
STOPS A SHIP QUICKLY.

The necessity for stopping vessel In
short distance often occurs and has
led Friedrich Wendler. of New York
city, to devise the drag brake shown
In the accompanying cut. Its use may
be the means of saving many COLI
sion or the grounding of ship when
shoal water appears suddenly. In
either case the vessel cannot be
stopped In too short space OF time,
and this device would be material
aid In accomplishing the desired result.
The illustration shows the device
housed on tho stern of the vessel. in
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
A rhos phors.csnt Gran

There was recently added to the
aquarium at Calcutta a gigantic crab
about two feet IN diameter across its
shell, and having legs three feet long
which was captured in a drag-net in
the Indian Ocean about mile from
the shore and at depth OF forty-fiye
fathoms. After being placed in large
tank 1t devoured the fish and smaller
crustaceans that were its fellow-pris-
oners, and later. in the evening. sur
prised its keepers and visitors by emit
ting white phosphorescent light
strangely Illuminating the gloomy cor
ner where 1t had concealed itself be-
tween two boulders.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
KS CZENGE AND
PRoGRESs
RAPID BUTTER CUTTER.

Hotelkeepers and restaurateurs win
appreciate the merits of the little ma
chine shown below, which will rapidly
cut brick OF butter into parts of any
desired thickness. The machine is OPP
Grated by turning crank and has a
traveller which Is automatically moved
forward short distance at each revo-
tuition. the movement being easily ad-
Justed by screw to vary the thickness
OF the pats as desired. Across the face
OF the cutter are strung two or more
wires which can be set to divide the
Drick lengthwise into four bars. II
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01

How sleep the brave who sink to rest,
BY all their country's wishes blest!
When spring. with dewy fingers sold,
Returns to deck their followed mould,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
BY fairy hands their knell is rung,
BY forms unseen their dirge is sung;
There Honor comes. a pilgrim gray.
To bless the turf that wraps their
clay,
And Freedom shall while repair.
TO dwell weeping hermit there!
William Collins.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
DRAG BRAKE FOR MARINE YES

position to be dropped instantly into
the water by pulling the lever located
adjacent to the winding drum. The
brake is shaped like an immense scoop
and is supported by an arm attached
to either side Of the hull near the
water line. When the lever is pulled
forward 1t releases the rachel and al
lows the drum to revolve. the scoop
falling into the water of It's own ac-
cord. 1t instantly exerts such re-
sistance to the water that the vessel
is readily brought to standstill After
accomplishing its purpose the brake is
returned to it's housing by the revolu-
ton of the drum on deck. winding up
the cable connected to the top of the
brake.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
BUTTER-cUTTE FOR HOTELS.

BUTTER-cUTTER FOR HOTELS.
will be seen that the crank has a
curved arm extending across the face
OF the machine, with a thread stretched
from the tip of the arm to the base.
In operation, turn OF the crank forces
the brick OF butter forward and the
thread cuts into the end. Then the
thread on the crank machine will cut
up an entire brick in remarkably short
time. and 1t will be found very con.
venient and clean in Its operation
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
English Soldier. Ea. nor..f..,


DR.. E, Oliver Ashe. surgeon TO the
kimberley hospital, tells this story Of
the siege in recently published vol
ume' The first day horse was served
out some of it was cooked for the
omcers mess at the mounted camn
AT the table Col. Peakham Gwbo was
IN command of the mounted mem
tsl Gentlemen. am sorry to saw
- s' we We're unable to get ali our
ta,-o In beef today. and had to
, lake part of it in horseaesh This
S Snlcn | am now carving is beef the
Nurse wha IS at the other end. and anyone
Nh %mU prefers a, it can help himself No
S pouy did prefer it, and so thew all ate
t ueer and ma made good dinner When
s saey na "a finished Peakman suddenly
sa,a; By iove, gentlemen. find /
nav nave made mistake in the Joints:
b ta,s Is, horsefesh and the other 10
s Uee.. II was Just dodge to yet them
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01

Aaron Bell, colored. is in JAN in st.
Augustine. Fla, and he gives pecu-
liar story as the cause OF his trouble.
Bell is grave digger. and while re-
turning from his work shortly after
dark on recent evening. he met Nan
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01

The quartermaster' department has
practically decided upon the new dress
and undress coat for the enlisted men
OF the army Samples have been re-
ceived at the department of the new
garment as devised by Maj. Patten Of
the qusrtermaster's department. which
viii soon be acted upon by the secre-
cary al war. says the Army and NAVY
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01

"Julia's engagement is broken"
Dear me! How did 1t hapren?"
We'll. 1t was one OF those awfully
hot nights; Jack dropped his last ci-
gar and she stepped on it."---Indianap-
oils Journal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01
Blind Hish from Mammoth Cav.

For the first time some blind fish
from the Mammoth Cave OF Kentucky
have reached England alive and been
placed in the London Geological Gar
aeus
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-01

""0eler's Battle Record.
un General raj Joseph Wheeler has bean
has comm e more than 800 times and
mas commanded in 200 battles