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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
sin TaIklna Of pufx,a Run.

Sporting men are still talking of
Arthur F. Duffy's phenomenal run of
100 yards in 0:09 3-5. Says James E.
Sullivan, secretary of the Amateur
Athletic Union: IF there is any man
alive who can run sixty yards in
O:06 1-5 it is Arthur Duffy of George
town university. AS a matter of fact
there is no doubt in my mind that he
broke the existing record of 0:06 rs
in his phenomenal run of 100 yards
in 0:09 3-5 at the intercollegiate games
on Saturday. l was near the start.
ing point when the boys were sent
away in the final heat of the 100.
and Duffy seemed to run like wildfire
in gale of wind. 1 never expect to
see human being again with such
wonderful burst of speed as l saw
that day"
Says Evert ]. Wendell, former in
tercollegiate champion sprinter: CAR
thur F. Duffy's performance of run
ming 100 yards in O:09 3-5 will go
down in athletic history as the great
est achievement on the cinder path
of the present age. / never again
expect to see another man run in
such marvellous time. 1t took a great
occasion, a great athlete and a per-
feet day to accomplish the task,
and it is seldom that there is such
a fortunate combination. In my opin-
ion, the little Georgetown wonder can
secure the records for fifty, sixty and
seventy-five yards any time he goes
for them. He must have broken the
records for these distances in his
great run last Saturday He should
make the attempt while he is in such
superb FORM"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
HereditY DisnIaued.

That a boy with a square chin DOS.
sesses much the same attributes as a
man with similar contour was am
ply illustrated to the parents of Ar.
thur. That young hopeful came in to
dinner triumphantly displaying a four
leaf clover. "'When you find that
kind of clover it's sign some one
likes you" he announced, proudly.
well, l guess it must mean me. l
like you, Artie," put in his sister May,
politely.
mo, it doesn't mean you, May" re-
turned Arthur, regretfully but firmly.
ut means Marjorie Brooks"
But you can't have Marjorie" spoke
up the elder boy, who was two years
Arthur's senior. She's my girl"
Now, see here, Charlie" said Ar
thur, his square chin getting squarer,
when Marjorie got her hair cut you
wouldn't have her COS she looked like
a boy, so l took her, and now, COS
her hair is long an she looks like
a girl again you want her back. But
you can't have her. Can he, pap
New York Evening Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

the members march once a year to the
common where their drumhead cleo
ton is held.
The Ancient and Honorable Artil-
lery company never saw a battle as
such, but has had some stirring names
on its roster. At the annual drills
each member is entitled to wear the
uniform due his rank in some other
service. 1t offers a rare opportunity
for. the old war horse to furnish up
his trappings and show his PAGES once
again. Generals in epaulets and old
time drill masters in marvellous garb
trudge along side by side in the ranks
as privates.
A return visit from the London com
pany, the parent organization, is ex-
pected in 1904 and then hats, even
OF the capacity of those of the Bos-
ton police, will not be large enough
for these northeastern York Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07


pretensions. You go into a restaur-
ant and find that the walters are all
young women. The head waiter wears
spectacles and has probably written a
monograph on beans.
You had expected beans on the bill
of fare and you are not disappointed.
The Boston day is divided CASTRO
nomically into ave periods, breakfast,
luncheon, dinner, tea supper, and you
need not be disappointed about beans
at any one of them
On the whole the Boston car SER
vice is good. The Bostonian knows
it, the stranger knows it, the individ-
ual in blue and brass who opens and
shuts the gates at the Underground
stations knows it. He occasionally
reveals his notion of it's Importance
by shutting the gate when family is
half way on and putting it asunder re-
CARELESS of the scriptural Injunction.
This unseemly haste is made up for
elsewhere, however. Out on the boule-
ward for instance. the cars run in re-
1t starts up while you are alighting
to catch it. This gives you ample
time to rest for the next car, which
is due in half an hour In this way
a trip is made with minimum fatigue.
When a passenger drops his hat, the
motorman stops and holds the process
sion till the hat is recovered. Out
across the marshes beyond Chelsea,
where the haycocks are put up on
stills to keep them out of the Allan
tic ocean, the conductor goes through
the car warning people to hold onto
their hats That is a delicate little
attention and is especially apprecia-
ted since the rage for Panama hats.
You can see these everywhere in
Boston and the better grades of straw
look like a halo when set around the
Puritan cast Of countenance which
vegetables in the Harvard yard and
up and down Milk street. They look
like the withered ghosts of the old
time broad-brimmed affairs of the Pill
lays. The city line takes you to
street station where you are trans
ferred to interurban cars and so on.
A car stands in waiting until your
car reaches the street station. Then
grim Fathers, and it is possible that
some latent instinct has something
to do with their local popularity. 1t
is not an uncommon thing to have
street blocked by a crowd gathered
around a display of two-dollar Pana-
mas.
But then, that is not such a difficult
thing in Boston. The streets are so
narrow that they have to stretch ropes
along to get a procession through. A
few days ago row of men in front
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
The Maoic Eoo.

Take pint of wate- and dissolve
in 1t as much common salt as it will
take up; with this brine half fill a tall
glass; then fill up the remaining
space with plain water, pouring it
in very carefully down the side of the
glass or into spoon, to break it's fall.
The pure water will then float upon
the brine, and in appearance the two
liquids will seem but one. Now take
another glass and fill it with common
water. If an egg can be put into this
it will instantly sink to the bottom;
but if, on the contrary, the egg is put
into the glass containing the brine
it will sink through the plain water
only, and float upon that portion
which is saturated with salt, appear
ing to be suspended in a very re-
markable and curious manner.
This trick has caused much aston
ishment when publicly exhibited. al
though its principle could be explain
ed by every housewife, who, before
picking" tries the strength of the
brine by observing if an egg will
float on it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

ct a certain angle the looking glass
told different story.
How that line of men collected down
that angle and took a turn at first
place is a secret of the sex. Whether
the merchant sold any lingerie there
by is a question. But it was certainly
a bold step in a shopping quarter
where the corset forms wear nose
glasses and are the acme of propriety
For severity and general dignity of
presence there is nothing that APP
proaches the Boston corset form ex-
cept the statutes of the Hon. Daniel
Webster. There are seventeen stat
ues of Daniel Webster in Boston.
They are all counted in the state cen
sus to increase the municipal repre-.
sentation.
In every one of them the eminent
statesman stands with two sturdy fin
gers straddling a button of his but
toned-up frock-coat. The impression
conveyed is that the button is about
to fly off.
1t is an extremely nervous matter
for good housewife to watch one Of
the statues for any length of time
There is tradition that if ever they
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
rhe rhouahtful stork.

On tree close to house, within a
short distance of the river or canal.
there was a stork's nest, with young
ones. The roof of the house caught
fire one day, and, though the flames
did not actually reach the tree, the
heat became scorching, says a writer
in the Cornhill Magazine. So the
mother stork few down to the water.
got into it, and drenched her breast;
then, returning to her young, she
spread the mass of cool wet feathers
all over them. This she repeated over
and over again, flying to the river, go.
ing down into the water and return.
ing, her plumage drenched with wet
And thus the nest was saved, and the
tender nestlings were preserved alive
until the fire had been gotten under
and all was safe. The truth of this re.
markable story was Eouched for by
more than one eyewitness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Ancient and Honorables.

do fly off, the seventeen buttons will
go simultaneously. A revolutionary
society has, it is said, appointed
committee of seventeen danes to sew
them on again without delay.
The dowager corset forms and the
Hon. Daniel Webster have other ri
walls in the realm of sculpture. There
are twenty-eight iron hitching posts at
the main entrance to Boston common
and never procession goes by that
historic plot but every one OF those
pedestals is occupied by an animated,
bright-eyed boy.
They were there a fortnight ago
when the Rochambeau procession
rode past and they watched the Bos.
ton lancers joggle along in their dinky
red riding habits. They were there
last week when the Ancient and Hon.
orable Artillery company of Boston
celebrated its 264th anniversary-not
only the Oldest but certainly the odd
est military company in America.
Their barracks are in the third story
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
dc Rarometer Bow.

The Barometer Boy.
THE rain will come down in tempest
to-day;
The wind is so dreadfully cool.
And df you ask mel ! should certainly
Hay
That it's wiser TO stay
Al home in the dry than go roaming
dway
To the horrible school,"
Said Freddy Mcguire
AS he sat by the fire
On a beautiful stool.
I'm sorry for that" said mamma, "for
you see
There's a trip up the river to-day.
1 meant you to go with your father and
me,
At a quarter to three
The steamer, l hear, will be leaving the
quay,
But then, as you say
Such a trip would be vain
When there's sure to be rain
And the clouds are so gray"
"oh. motherw said Freddy, "I fancy,
you know,
Ano, family, the sun is beginning to
show;
While the meadows below
Are surely more bright than a moment
ago,
And on looking again,
think it would do
For an outing. Don't you?
Yes; I'm sure it won't rainl"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
The "Jimtownu Break.

Almost every horseman knows what
is meant when horse makes a Jim
town" break, but few have any idea
of the origin of the expression. Start
ing Judge Frank Ballard gave a yer
sion of the affair the other day that
seems plausible enough. Way back
in the early SOS Mr.. Dan d. Moore
of Xenia, Ohio, had a sorrel pacing
horse called Coon that used to be
trained at the Jimtown track, a short
distance from Xenia. This horse had
a habit, either natural or the result of
a trick taught him by his driver, of
making jump into the air when be-
ing passed by another horse, and a
single shifting of the bit, or at most
a see-saw, would land him on a square
pace. The distance he would gain
by the single jump was such that Bal
lard would nat care to state, for fear
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
PeII calico a ProfessIonaI.

Charles Pell of Drake university,
conceded to be the best all-around
athlete in Iowa, winner of the hammer
throw at the Western intercollegiate
athletic meet at Chicago last
month, has been declared a
professional by the games COM
mittee Of the Iowa Collegiate Ath-
letic association. and the fourteen
points won by him at the recent state
meet thrown out. He once partici-
pated in an open race. though there
was no stake ami only amateurs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
30o-oo-oooo-ooootooooooooo-oooQ
Amusing Things Noted 3
in Streets of Boston 2
oooooooo-oo-o-o-oto-ooooooooo

The Boston policeman wears a do
Unacceptable helmet.
Dollchocephalic is slang-respecta-
Die and anthropological slang, to be
sure, and hence as pleasant to a Bos.
ton palate as baked bean. 1t means
long-headed, and the piece of head
gear which tops the Boston policeman
Is not only long-headed, but high
crowned. No matter what may be the
nationality of the wearer, it gives an
air OF seemly and official recognition
OF the intellectual traditions of the
town.
The policeman and his scholarly
helmet are quite typical of present
day Boston-typical of the compro-
misses which this staid old town has
made with the modern conditions
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

ter, and in order that they may cleave
the air while they are rotating they
are beveled on one side.
Furthermore, with the object of in
OF the vanes are thicker than those in
front. At the ends of the vanes are
weights, which are of greater specific
gravity than the material of which
the vanes are made.
A boy, it is claimed, can soon learn
to become an expert marksman with
this toy. Another merit which it pos
sesses is that it admirably illustrates
the manner in which it's prototype,
the deadly boomerang, should be
handled and thrown-a subject about
which European and American boys
know very little.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
cresceus to Go to Cuba.

Lee M. Boda, manager of George
H. Ketcham's theatrical interests, was
in New York last week to arrange the
seasons bookings, and incidentally to
make some arrangements for Cres-
ceus' exhibitions this season. Mr..
Boda told reporter for daily paper
that Cresceus earned $4,000 last
season. 1t is the intention to send
Cresceus on a rather comprehensive
tour of the West and South this
summer and fall and wind up the
season with him late in November at
a big meeting to be held in Havana.
Cuba.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

the view in many other subjects a
thousandfoud. A single coin has often
yielded much instruction in the his
tory of nations and tribes whose writ
ten records have been lost.
A few specimens of the most an
cient and valuable rarities of coinage
cannot fail to interest those who have
not studied the subject. The branch
of numismatics that is most interest
ing to the American must be that
which deals with the early as well as
the most valuable coins of his own
country. The Indian sewam and
wampum, the Colonial cents and shiI.
lings, the Bar cent, Rosa Americana.
pine tree shilling, and Washington
cents are full of interest and in
struction to the student of American
history as are the knife and spade
money of prehistoric China, the Ro-
man pecus and aes, the Egyptian and
Celtic ring money, the Babylonian cyl
inder and the Hebrew shekel to the
student abroad.
The rarest of all American silver
dollars, which commands the largest
premium, is that issued in 1904. There
are only three or four genuine speci.
mems known. Some even question
their existence. The one have seen
was in the possession of friend in
Baltimore. After his demise it was
sold at an auction in that city for
$1,000. l am informed that it has
since changed hands for $1,000.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
EneIlsh perbx Is IL Years old.

English Derby Is 1872 Years Old.
The English Derby was inaugurated
in 1880, and the American Derby is
the only racing event which compares
with this historical classic in respect
to racing conditions and social fea-
lures. Lieut.. Gen. Burgoyne, who led
the English troops which surrendered
at Saratoga in 1778. indirectly started
the derby. He eloped with daughter
OF the eleventh earl of Derby and
purchased as home a place formerly
used as a rendezvous for the Hunters
club at Lamberts Oaks. Later. afte.
a family reconciliation and the pass
ing of the estate to the twelfth earl
of Derby, the latter, on May IA, 1779.
founded the English Oaks, and he won
the first race with Bridget, by King
Herold-Jemima. This so pleased the
earl that the following year he es-
tablished the Derby, which was SO
called in his honor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

of Faneuil hall,
where revolutions
airy drums, some
atrociously b a d
paintings and old
invitations from
his royal highness,
t h e Prince of
Wales, are pre-
served in an at
mosphere t h a t
smacks of patriot
ism and of the
odor of the mar
ket stalls below.
From Faneuil hall
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Noted coIIeae Athlete.

Clifford Ward is without doubt the
best long distance runner and pole
vaulter that has ever entered a NJ. l..
A. A. contest.
He won the mile in 1900 and this
year at Albion broke the NJ. l. A. A.
record in the mile run and set a new
mark in the pole vault He also es-
tablished a record for the two-mile
run.
Ward is a senior at Hillsdale coll
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
The Presidents Aduie.

1t is so important to have forests
preserved that President Roosevelt,
who knows our country from one end
to the other, has made special men.
ton of the work in his very first mes.
sage to the Congress of the United
States. He feels that trees should be
planted, and protected, so that new
ones will all the time be growing up to
take the places of the ones that are
cut down.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
orrin Hiokok,s care.r

orrin Hickok, who will campaign
stable Of trotters and PAGERS through
the grand circuit this season, was by
no means a young man when he
drove st. Julian to his championship
record of 2:11A, twenty-five years
ago. He has long been termed the
Talleyrand of the turf, and is proba-
bly, the oldest trainer and driver in
the first class.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Boomerann for Bows

Novel among toys is a boomerang,
and the principle on which it is con.
structed is highly ingenious. Three
or more vanes, which are so formed
that they can be readily grasped by
the hand, radiate from a common cen.
creasing their impetus the rear edges
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

II would discredit the story. AT all
events, the Coon's habit OF breaking
got to be styled "Jimtowns," after the
track where he was trained, and grad
ually the term was applied to other
horses exhibiting the same peculiari-
W. There may be other versions of
how the term came to be applied. but
this one has the benefit of age and
plausibility.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Coming of Earl Of RossIvn.

The Earl of Rosslyn will act in this
country next season under the name
of James Erskme. He spent a fortune
of $1,500,000 and has since been
church singer, organist, travelling
salesman and female impersonator.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

of dry goods store window reached
quite across Washington street.
Just why they were standing there
and just what they saw did not ap-
pear to the passerby. The merchant,
it seems, had wished to advertise
some especially fine lingerie. Now the
good taste Of Boston forbade his dis
playing 1t broadcast in his window.
The pieces were slipped over his
best wax model and dressing gown
added; a mirror was placed in the
further corner, and the model stood
up so as to face it. The back of a
wax figure in dressing gown could
not offend even fastidious Boston, but
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
switchman's Puzzle

On railway, DEF, with two sid
ings DBA and FCA connected at A.
The portion of the rails at A which
is common to the two sidings is long
enough to permit of a single wagon
like P or Q running in or out of it;
but it is too short to contain the
whole of an engine like r. Hence. If
an engine runs up one siding, such
as DBA, it must come back the same
way.
A small block of wood, P, colored
to represent a wagon is placed at B;
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

a similar block. @, is placed at G; and
longer block of wood, R, represent
ing an engine, is placed at E. The
problem is to use the engine, r, to
Interchange the wagons, P and O,
without allowing any flying shunts,
This is affected thus: ID r pushes
P into A. Gid. r returns, pushes @
up to in A, couples Q to P, draws
them both out to F and then pushes
them to E. Gid. P is now uncoupled,
r takes Q back to A and leaves it
there. QV). R returns to P, pulls p
back to G, and leaves it there. CV).
r running successfully through f,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Habits of the Robin.

Let us hide behind that clump of
blackberry bushes and watch the par
ent birds as they come to feed their
young. There comes the father
robin now; you can distinguish him
from the mother by his darker plu-
mage. You will notice that in coming
with the food he alights on a particu-
lar twig, hops along a particular
branch and alights on a particular
side of the nest. If you watched him
for week you would probably see
him approach the nest in precisely
the same way each time. Now here
comes the mother-a lighter colored
bird, with gray on the back of her
head. You see that she reaches the
nest by quite a different route and
alights upon the other side of it, and
she will do this over and over again.
Like men and women, birds acquire
habits which they rigidly adhere to,
unless something happens to prevent
Home Companion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

which have seeped
in and percolated
to its very core.
S u C h changes
are not expected
by the ordinary
visitor who gets
off at the Boston
terminal. He ex-
poets Revolution
airy relics and bits
of family skele-
tons displayed at
every turning.
Usually he is not
disappointed, for
the old school Bos-
4 -. 1
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
What Your Bank NAV Hold.

Coins are priced by the true collect
or for their variety, apart from their
intrinsic value, and are invaluable to
the student of archaeology. Even the
less important science of philately is
of manifold use to the youthful gem
GRAFTON in enlarging geographical
knowledge, but numismatics widens
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
College Girl Breaks Record.

At the annual field meet at the III
mira College campus, Miss Bertha
Burgett '02. broke the American rec
ord for college girls, by throwing the
baseball ISL feet The beat previous
record was 16S feet
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Ace of the Puoilists.

There always has been curious de-
sire among the sports to know the cor
rect age of Robert Fitzsimmons. but
so far no one has been able to find out
just when old Fitz was born. 1t has
been taken for granted that he first
saw the light of day at Cornwall.
England, 40 years ago, and is. there
fore, the oldest fighter in active SER
vice to-day. Fitz was raised in Aus
tralia, where he learned the trade of
a blacksmith. The fact that Fitz
comes from Australia brings to notice
a striking feature about the fighters
from the Antipodes. Comparison
proves that with few exceptions the
Australian boxers are far more rugged
than the Americans and last longer
in the ring. AT least such are the con-
illusions that must be drawn when we
stop to consider that nearly all the
old-timers in the ring to-day are from
the land of the kangaroo. Bob Fitz-
simmons, Dan Creedon, Joe Goddard.
Frank Slavin, Billy Murphy and sew.
eral others, including George Dawson
"iN AOuhS blllo, Can De taken as eX-
amples. Critic was until few
months ago fighting every week, but
is now down and out Jim Corbett is
the oldest of the Yankee boxers still
in service, and he is but SO years of
age. John L. Sullivan, who always
comes in on the list of old-timers, has
had his forty-fourth birthday, but it
has been years since he took part in
a real glove contest.
A table is presented herewith giving
the ages of some of our most prom
inent knights of the padded mitts:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
ID ElgIA

d. B comes to A, draws Q out, AMI
leaves it at B.