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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-10-07
Travellers to California

Naturally desire to see the grandest and
most impressive scenery en- route. This
you will do by selecting the Denver &
Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western.
"The Scenic Line of the World" and
"The Great Salt Lake Route" in one OF
both directions, as this line has tive
separate routes across the Rocky Noun.
tains between Denver and Ogden. Tickets
reading via this route are available either
via its main line through the Royal Gorge,
Leadville, over Tennessee Pass, through
the Canon of the Grand River and Glen
wood Springs or via the line over Marshall
Pass and through the Black Canon of the
Gunnison, thus enabling the traveller to
ase one of the above routes going and the
other returning. Three splendidly equip
ped fast trains arc operated to and from
the Pacific Coast, which carry through
standard sleepers daily between Chicago,
St. Louis, Denver and San Francisco.
Dining car (service la carte) on all
through trains. If you contemplate such
trip, let us send you beautifully illus.
trated pamphlets, free. 5. K. Hooper
G. P. & 7. A, Denver, Col. (1Smartf(
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Whom Omission Is success.

Clara-Shall / write Cousin Eliza
that we think we will come out to
visit her?
CIarence-No; the last time we
wrote, you remember, she got away
before we arrived there.-Detroit
Free Press.
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WHERE TO SToP. When in Lexing.
ton, the place to stop Is at the Reed
Hotel. 1t is headquarters for Paris and
Bourbon county people, and is under
the management of genial James Con.
nors, formerly of the Fordham Hotel.
in this city. The house is heated by
steam, and the table is at all times sup.
piled with the best the market affords
Make it your home. 14jan-tf
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CHAPTER XXXIV.

DR.. Farnham, driving leisurely
home after his evening call in the
neighborhood of the iron works saw
c thing that made him wonder if his
eyeglasses were not quite as we'll
fitted as they might be. In quiet
street he saw a man whom he made
sure was Griswold stumbling along
like a homing roysterer, and just
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Cheap to California.
The BurlingtOn's Very Low One
Way Settlers Rates.

Every day during March and April,
lnly $50 from St. Louis, $50 from
Chicago to California terminals via Bur
ington Route, Denver, Scenic Colorado
md Salt Lake City.
Special through tourist sIeepers
to San Francisco and Los Angeles
personally conducted over the above
route Through Solorado's wonderful
scenery by daylight) every Wednes-
day and Friday night from ST.
Louis and Chicago. Secure through
berths at the earliest date during this
hush, in these Burlington excursions, the
best of all to California.
Two great Coast trains daily with free
chair cars.
Northwest Rates.
Cheap Settlers rates 60 the far North
vest daily during March and April 1902.
''The Burlington-Northern Pacific
Express" is the only through train carry.
ing through equipments from St. Louis
and Kansas City TO the upper Northwest
region
HOme-Seekers' Excursions.
These are run the first and third Tues
days of each month TO the entire West
and Northwest. Ask agent for details.
Do US the favor to write US of your pro.
posed trip and let us advise you the
lowest cost, the best route and trains,
send you printed matter free and assist
you.
W. M. SIzAW, L. w. WAKELY,
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Cincinnati, Ohio. st. Louis, Mo,
HOWARD ELLIOTT,
General Manager, St. Louis, Mo.
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All the hills round Nice, Mentone
and Bordighera are heavily capped
with snow. Biting north winds swept
the whole of the Riviera recently
Chicago Chronicle
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Accommodated.

Riley-Cassidy asked me to listen
to PLAT his baby said.
Rooney-Did We accommodate him?
"Oi did! Amy mon thot comes to
me looking fer foight kin always git
accommodated. Puck.
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
steel Freight Cars

Europeans are just waking up to the
fact that the pressed steel freight cars
of American railways present great
advantages. The Pressed Steel Car
Company of Pittsburg has delivered.
since 1896. more than 10000 cars OF
this class. which are now In use in
America, Australia, China, Japan, In
dla, Egypt, Mexico-besides a very few
in South America and Europe They
have carrying capacities varying from
fifty to ITO tons, while the ordinary
wooden car carries about thirty tons.
and the freight car of France, from
eight to twelve tons. The steel cars
are cheaper and last longer than the
older form and for load of forty-five
to fifty tons have dead weight of
only fifteen tons, while wooden cars
carrying twenty-seven tons have a
dead weight of thirteen and half
tons.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29

Thomas A. Edison, Jr., has made
some brilliant inventions of his own
the latest of which promises to be one
OF the most important of the decade.
but he calls it an accidental discovery.
With the cooperation of his uncle
William Holzer, Thomas Edison, Jr..
has invented a cheap process for
toughening steel, iron and copper. The
process is so simple that a ton OF
steel, the inventor says, can be treated
at a cost of only about 81. 1t is said
that the whole body of metal is thus
toughened and made homogeneous,
and 1t is claimed the process is su-
perlor to the Krupp, Harvey, or any
known process. Expensive tests are
now being made by the British govern
ment with a view OF adopting the new
process for armor plate. A company
OF which Thomas A. Edison, Jr., is
president, has been incorporated with
a capital of S1,0O0,000. The stock is
being placed on the market by Mr..
John A. Thompson, the we'll known
banker of 35 Wall street, who is secre-
tary and treasurer of the company.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
Grant Nersr HesItatsd.

The life of Gen. Grant should be
read by every boy of the rising genera
ton. So many opportunities present.
ed themselves for him to decide quick
ly between right and wrong. and he
never hesitated to choose the right.
One instance was at the time he was
a visitor at the French capital
The president of the republic as
special token of respect, invited Gen.
Grant to place on the grand stand to
witness the great racing which oc-
ours in that country on Sunday 1t is
considered a discourteous act to de-
cline such an invitation from the head
official of the republic. Such a thing
had never been heard of, but Gen.
Grant, in a polite note. declined the
honor, and said to the French presi-
dent: 1T is not in accordance with
the custom of my country or with the
spirit of my religion to spend Sunday
in that way" And when Sabbath
came that great hero found his way
to the American chapel, where he was
one of its quiet worshipers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
Aerial Navigation.

M. Santos-Dumont, in discussing his
future experiments with airships re-
Gently, stated that the one he is now
building, No. (which will be the larg-
est he has yet used. will be cigar
shaped like the others, but that it will
have two inner cases instead of one
and be without inside framework, the
gas pressure alone being depended up
on to keep it rigid. He also said it
would be provided with two petrol mo
tors of forty-five horsepower each, and
expressed the opinion that petrol
would soon be the sole power used for
aerial traffic for the reason that with
it half of the power is derived from the
air, thus minimizing the weight of fuel
to be carried. M. Dumont further re-
marked that he intended continuing
his experiments for the present with
machines of one man capacity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
Lincoln's ThourhtfuIness.


The greatest men are masters of the
minutest details. 1t is those who ac-
complished little in life who never have
time for this or that or five minutes
they can spare to do kind or thought
full act. Abraham Lincoln was one of
the great ones, and just listen to what
he had time to think about amidst the
troublous times in 81.
During the campaign of 1860, while
Abraham Lincoln was in Springfield,
ILL.,, youngster named George Patten
was introduced to him and shook him
by the hand. Proud of his distinction,
George lost no chance of parading the
affair before his schoolmates, and for
a time was looked upon as a most
important parsonage. But gradually
his prestige faded. and several of
Georges older companions openly
poohpoohed the story. This stigma
well-nigh broke his Doyish heart, but
he was resourceful and resolved to OBJ
tain clear proof of his meeting with
the great man. So he wrote letter
to Washington, keeping silent the
while, and in course of a month re-
ply came which read:
Executive Mansion, March 10, 1861.
To Whom it may Concern: l did see
and talk with George Evans Patten,
last May, at Springfield, Ill. Respect
fully, A. LINCOLN"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
Rules of Behavior.

When a boy George Washington
compiled book of rules on behavior.
The following are some of them
Every action in company ought to
be with some sign of respect to those
present.
Be no f1atterer neither play with
anyone that delights not to be played
with.
Let your discourse with men of
business be short and comprehensive.
Undertake not to teach your equal
in the art himself processes; it savors
of arrogancy.
When you speak of God or his attri-
butes let it be seriously, in reverence.
Honor and obey your natural parents,
though they be poor.
Undertake not what you cannot per-
form, but be careful to keep your
promise.
When man does all he can, though
it succeeds not well, blame not him
that did it.
Associate yourselves with men of
good quality, if you esteem your own
reputation, for it is better to be alone
than in bad company.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
MISSISSIPPI DRIFTwOOD
A Boon to Many Poor People Who Live Along
the Banks.

A slight rise in the Mississippi up in
Kentucky, said an old river man, is
blessing to many of the poorer classes
of this city A three-inch rise up above
brings down vast quantity of drift.
wood, and at the floating docks of the
ferry landings great RATS are formed.
You can see the boys every evening
armed with long poles, with spike
IN one end and a coil of rope at the
other end, spearing the good pieces of
timber just as a whaler harpoons
whale. They grow particularly expert,
and | noticed one boy day or TWO ago
who could hit a log in the center the
first throw and bring it to bank This
meant a supply of fuel Many Of the
parents of these little ones cannot buy
the fuel necessary to keep them warm,
and the river furnishes it sometimes
and sometimes it does not.
Much of the timber has been freshly
cut and left by the cutters over night,
when the river comes along and lands
it here. l saw two fine ash logs yester-
day, enough to keep a family going
for week, and the water HAD scarce
ly soaked through the bark OF pIanks
there is great plenty, and also some
barrels and all kinds OF things. The
river is no respecter of timber or per-
sons for that matter, and brings down
the farmers barrel half filed with
pork just as readily as water-logged
and useless trunk of a cypress tree. 1t
has often been source of wonderment
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
Wild Horses
Quickly I AIMED

Morton B. Smith, an American horse
trainer, has been astonishing the ma
tives in Paris by his wonderful meth
DDS of subduing wild, unbroken and re-
fractory horses Twenty minutes is
considered time enough to break in the
most unruly animal for riding or dr1v-
ing
The method employed is exceedingly
simple. though none the less vigorous.
The horse to be broken is lassoed,
thrown and held down while being
bridied. To stout girth strapped
around the horses body are fastened
several cannon balls weighing about
six pounds each, few sleigh bells and
other noise producers Mr.. Smith
takes tight hold OF the end of a pair
OF long reins attached to the bride.
gives signal to his assistants. who
release the animal, and braces himself
for the shock that follows.
Every wild plunge of the horse is
followed by dozen thumps from the
swinging cannon balls on the back or
ribs. No animal handled by Mr.. Smith
has fought for more than five or ten
minutes against this treatment. Tired
out and subdued they have submitted
quietly while being harnessed and
driven around the arena.
Six hundred French officers of all
ranks assembled a few days ago to
watch Mr.. Smith attempt to tame a
number OF vicious and refractory
horses provided by the French mill
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
Tales of the Nronronse.

In the Philadelphia Zoo there are
five little mongooses, which attract
much attention because of their pecu-
liar habits. A few years ago a large
number of these creatures were
brought over from India tc some Of
the West Indies to destroy the rats,
which were very numerous on the
islands. They did the work expected
of them, but also a great deal more.
They soon left some of the isles en-
tirely without birds or fowls. The
mongoose became a bigger nuisance
than the rats were.
The mongoose is about the size of a
cat, with long. slender body some
what like a weasels. 1t is easily tam
ed and is kept in many Hindu houses
to rid them of snakes, rats, mice and
other vermin. 1t fearlessly attacks
and kills the terrible cobra, and has
been said to avoid death from snake
bite by eating a certain herb which
counteracts the poison, but really pro-
tects itself by the extreme quickness
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
smothers Flame of Explosion.

in handling the materials and the wis
dom of employing the best safety de-
vices to prevent accidental discharge
and to extinguish the resulting flames
In case the explosion does take place.
A large percentage of the damage from
such accidents results from the spread
of the flames instantly after the con-
cussion, and when no one is prepared
to combat them and they easily take
hold of the splintered woodwork. The
special object of the invention shown
In the drawing is to surround each
Individual cartridge with a fire ex-
inguishing agent, adapted to smother
he fame arising from the explosive.
the cartridge and case is shown.
In the illustration a sectional view
Q cartridge being suspended in the
uter, with its electrical firing mech
ism, the bottom of the case rest
on projection secured in the end
the case, while the wires leading to
sparker pass through the center
he sealing cork. The projecting
Id is preferably made of paraf-
coated pasteboard, which can be
ufactured at low cost and will
ain either a liquid or gas to ex-
lish the flames. The patent on
safety blasting cartridge has been
ed to Thomas F. Durham of
1elphia, Pa.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29

10 me how many people do actually
live from the products of the river. I
have never seen the figures as to what
proportion of the population CT the
valley subsist on fish and get their
wood from the overflows 1 have been
from ST. Paul to New Orleans several
times, and at all of the river towns
you will find the boys ready for the
overflow season. This however, ap-
plies more particularly to the section
of the river below St. Louis But all
along there is the fishing industry, less
of it here than elsewhere. because OF
the proximity of salt water, but above
here it is flourishing business.
Seeing the boys spearing logs re-
minds me of the case of man who
agreed to pay the negro fifty cents
day if he would collect driftwood for
him. The negro worked faithfully, and
the man was selling the timber at
big profit, of course. Finally, at the
end of two years, after the white man
had grown too proud and too wea of
to work, the negro found he had just
the same right to the timber the white
man had, and he was the maddest crea-
ture in the boundaries of the United
States. He is not over 1t yet. In fact,
he was so Disguised he will not catch
wood even for himself
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
To Bund Magnificent Cathedral

A movement is on foot in the town
of Loughrea, in the diocese of Clon-
fert, in Ireland, to erect a cathedral,
which, it is the idea of the promoters,
shall be built and adorned by the best
builders and artists available. Theirs
is a sort of Ruskin ideal that every
brush and ehise1 stroke shall be made
by a genuine artist. Father O'Dono-
van, the leader. is now in New York.
I'VE are going to make an attempt to
bring back real art into the church,
he said last night. MANY hundreds
of thousands of dollars have recently
been spent on the construction OF
churches. but the work has been
'sweated.' and hence, though costly,
inartistic. The church we will build
up is already partially built, so its
style, Gothic, will be followed. We
would if building anew, choose some
more native style, perhaps a Celtic
Romanesque. The stained glass will
have real artistic merit, and the sculp-
ture will be executed by John Hughs,
an freshman, now engaged in Paris
with the Irish memorial to Queen Vic
toria. All the work, so far as posi-
BILE. will be. done by native artists in
a spirit Of love and reverence.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
Food from Trees.

Chestnut groves, with full grown
trees, produce six times as much food
per acre as any cereals, and Humboldt
estimates that a banana orchard will
feed twenty-five human beings, where
a potato field of the same size would
support two and a wheat farm only
one. A time may come when the
staples of human food will be derived
chiefly from trees, thus increasing the
DEMONSTRATING capacity of our planet
more than fivefold, not to mention the
saving in drudgery, nor the beneficial
climatic influences of tree plantations.
No ploughing, hoeing and moving, no
worrying about winter food for hun
CRY cattle. no deserts oyer-spreading
vast areas of tree-deprived territories
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
WORKlOF INVENTORS.
Adtest Discoveries of Importance in the World
of Science
of Science.

sensational claims have been made
~ tne English press in the past few
Gays In respect to an invention OF a
new valve mechanism which has been
tlled on the Great Northern railway.
II IS asserted it will reduce coal con-
sumption 20 per cent, and that the
locomotive thus filled at lao pounds of
steam viii do more work than an or
binary one with 21O pounds. The
president of the road told stockholders
yesterday that its Importance was
probably exaggerated.
IT may be said in this connection
that another invention which is really
epoch making, was recently perfected,
ana VIII be soon announced. 1t has
Deen tested by the highest authorities,
VINO affirm it will revolutionize the
motive power of the world. 1t cannot
yet be described, but it comes from
Germany.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29
FROG AND COTTONMOUTH
Sudden Reprieve of Snakes Half Swallowed
Dinner in the OzaPks

almost white. 1t painted hard and the
throbbing of its little heart could be
seen.
Then its wonderful vitality returned.
Gathering its muscular thighs under
its belly it leaped straight out a good
six feet and struck the water head
downward.
AS it sprung it uttered one deep note
of praise, thanksgiving and gratitude.
Nichols swears that there was a trium-
plant boom in its basso. He wishes
that he had learned how to carry
camera in a pirogue.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29

Early in the fall C. S. Nichols OF
Chicago went to the Ozark regions as
the guest of the st. Francis club. This
is the place to which Col. Nose Wet
more of Nebraska takes Col. w. j.
Bryan of Lincoln, Neb., when the lat
ter colonel wishes to pillow his head
upon the bosom of Mother Nature and
revivify his worn frame with the
Juices of earth.
The st. Francis preserve includes
the st. Francis river, clear, bold
stream which contains red-eyed bass
sunfsh, jackfsh, catfish and dogfsh.
1t includes also a wilderness of morass
and under water swampland which is
great for ducks, turtles and snakes.
1t was in the swamp that Mr.. Nichols
had a queer bit of luck.
Sitting, or squatting in the prov of
a pirogue with swart Missouri guide
padding in the rear, a way was forced
through a tangle of watsrgrowth and
trees. Four feet of muddy fluid was
under the craft.
The strokes of the paddle were noise
less. The silence was dense. Then a
queer sound came, half moan of
pain, half a gurgle.
Nichols looked at the guide. start
led. The guide motioned with one
hand for stiffness and forced the pi-
rogue forward and to the right. A half
dozen strokes brought them to the
edge of an opening, perhaps twenty
yards across.
On large lily-pad in its center a
great cottonmouth moccasin was
coiled, its eyes closed. From its hor-
rible distended lips projected half Of
the body of a bullfrog which was un-
Gergoing the slow process of being
swallowed alive.
From it the means came. There was
something babylike in the terror of
its voice. AS they looked it struggled
feebly and slipped half an inch down
the noxious gullet.
The guide shot the pirogue behind
the spake with one dig of his paddle
and smashed its vertebrate. 1t squirmed
violently, relaxed its jaws and the frog
fell upon the lily-pad near it.
The snake rolled into the water. The
frog sal dazed for minute. The lower
part of its back and its hind legs ware
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-29

An apparatus recently described in
recent publication is intended
especially for use in measuring the
ventilating current in a mine or other
place where it is desired to ascertain
the amount or velocity of the air pass
ing, such velocity providing the es-
sential data from which the volume
can be calculated at any distant point
or station, thus -oftentimes acting to
save the lives of miners when the ven
tilation fails to carry off the explosive
gases from the mine.