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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17
cow Keepers. VS.. paIrYmen.

A western writer says that there are
many COW keepers, but few dairymen.
He distinguishes between the two
rather sharply. He says that the men
with dairy instincts come out to hear
lectures on the feeding of the dairy
cow. they read how to handle and
how to improve her, and the result is
that their out-turn of milk is very
greatly increased. The "cow-keep-
ers" he describes as fossilized. They
will not only not improve their dairy
cows, but they will not learn how to
feed to get the best results from what
they have. He cites the instance
where at one large creamery 1t was.
found on investigation that the cows
were yielding only ten pounds Of milk
per day on the average and that, too,
in the flush of the season. One of the
great troubles is that no COW census is
taken by most of our milk-using in
stitutions, and the patrons are thus
not brought to realize that their cows
are giving very small amount of
milk. Probably one of the best ways
to increase the production of milk is
to take a COW census every year at
least If not every six months, and then
show the patrons just what their COWS
are doing. When they have the fig
ures brought home to them they then
begin to wake up to the necessity of
doing something. There are many
COW keepers that can be made into
good dairymen with a sufficient
amount of Earring.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17
Penn Goes in for Fencing.

The University of Pennsylvania will
make a bid for the intercollegiate
fencing championship this year. For
ty men have reported as candidates
for the varsity team, and profes.
sional fencing master has been i'm
ported from Italy to coach the Quak-
ers in the use of foils.
This coach's name is Leonardo Ra-
phael Torreno. He is a graduate of
the school of Rome, and before com
ing to Pennsylvania was fencing mas
ter in the school of Venice. The Penn
sylvania fencers will have dual tour
nament with Cornell and enter a com
plete team in the intercollegiate cham
pionship.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17
Aae Of RreedInn Rlrds.

From Farmers Review In answer
10 your inquiry regarding age Of breed
ing birds, would say have used both
COCK and cockerels with good success,
but where use cockerels / usually
mate them with hens and in using
cocks mate them with pullets. /
ma tnat my chicks are much stronger
than II mate both pullets and cock
erel. OF course there are cases where
use cockerel and pullets, but my
cockerel must be a good early bird,
iully matured. Hoping my advice may
be OF some service to you, relaain as
eVer'-E. Bolton, Vermilion County, IL
linois.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17
Trotters That Have Shown Speed.


No previous year in the history of
harness racing has known the advent
of so many green trotters and PAGERS
to the 210 list To date seven trot-
tiers which began the year without rec
ords have taken marks of 2:10 or bet
ter They are Rhythmic (2:0S), the
seasons largest money winner with
over $4,000 to his credit; Dulce Coe
t2:0S15), the third largest money win
ner, with something like 100000;
Wentworth (2:O9A), winner of over
$4,000; Chase (2:09A), with earnings
of nearly $1,000: Wllque (2:O9A), with
over $4,000; Prince of Orange (2:071a),
also with about $4,000, and Baron de
Shay (2:O9&), whose earnings are
about $4,000.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

for the Cleveland club and won nine.
teen of them, his percentage being
1872. "Rube" Waddell also made a
splendid record during the year. He
pitched thirty-one games for the Ath-
letics and lost but seven of them. He
ranks next to Bernhard, with a per-
centage Of TIA. Old "Cy' Young of
Jimmie Collins Boston aggregation,
won thirty-three games and lost ten.
and stands third among the pitchers
with 1871 Bernhard was formerly a
member of the Philadelphia Athletics
and went to Cleveland along with La
joie and Flick when enjoined from
playing in the Quaker City.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

Fool Tower. There are physicians liv-
ing who remember the time when in
that great building men and women
lay chained hand and foot and none to
go near them. These physicians re-
member discussions as to the utility
OF various instruments of torture
such as the English coffin" and the
fools Wheel"
Yet the Vienna Fool Tower was
built by an enlightened and exception
ally kind monarch, Joseph H., whose
love of mankind guided all his life.
Its construction, and the treatment
given its inmates, barbaric as they
seem now, were triumphs of philan-
thropy at the time
When it was built, in 1888, the in
sane were treated as worse than
criminals. They were kept in cells in
prisons and avoided by all as if they
had loathsome diseases.
Emperor Joseph went as far as
medical science enabled him to go at
the time. There was no thought in
the mind of any one in authority that
insanity could be cured or ameliorat-
ed. Thus. with all his humanity, the
emperor could not, and did not make
of his building anything different from
prison for the insane.
The tower contains five stories,
each with twenty-eight tiny cells
lighted by small windows, scarcely
greater than loop-holes, barred heav-
lily.
Sometimes two lunatics or fools as
they were called, were imprisoned in
one cell. Walls and floors are still
studded with rings and bolts to which
these unfortunate creatures were
chained with iron letters.
The emperor often visited the tower
to assure himself that his regulations
were being observed faithfully. But
his efforts were without scientific
aids, and as result the inmates were
treated as dangerous and disgusting
creatures. The cells containing the
violent ones were not opened oftener
than twice a month, when powerful
men would enter, seize the prisoners
and drag them out to wash them.
At this time the cells were cleaned.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

I.lLG(02ZlES(G

AL Neil has agreed to meet Tommy
Riley in Seattle on Dec. 10. The men
are to meet at 154 pounds ringside,
and the contest is limited to twenty
rounds.
George Monroe of New York and
Joe Cherry of Saginaw went twelve
rounds to draw at Saginaw, Mich.
Cherry, in the fifth round, scored the
only knock-down.
Charles Burns, flushed by his VIC
tory over Buck" Montgomery, issued
a challenge to meet any welter-weight
in the world. Burns says he is in bet
ter shape than he has been for several
years. He is anxious to meet Mike
Schreck, Al Neill or "Rube" Ferns.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

The feeding was done by means of
tin utensil, triangular in shape, the
pointed end of which was inserted in
crevice in the door of cell. AS the
food was entirely liquid. the prisoner
was expected to take the nourishment
from this direct.
Lunatics who were exceptionally
noisy and violent were thrown into
cells that were entirely dark, and if
that did not quell them, they were put
under cold shower baths and douches
until they we're exhausted.
Chains and cold douches, and dark
cells were used until nearly the mid
die of the last century, and it was as
late as 1863 before the violent insane
we're removed regularly to asylums
that were really adapted for the pur-
pose according to modern ideas.
This Vienna Fool Tower, even in its
worst days, was a haven of rest com
pared with many Of thu other pris-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

these were unearthed recently from
the cellar of the insane asylum in
Andernach, Germany. and preserved
by the present director of the institu.
ton,
Two of them look exactly like the
wire fencers' masks worn when using
the foils. The third is far more mas.
sive and made entirely of extremely
heavy sheet tin. 1t has two holes
pierced for the eyes and one tiny
aperture for the mouth. To give the
wearer air there are few very small
holes in the top OF the helmet.
These appliances were used for
patients that had the habit of biting
or splitting. The offenders had to
wear them constantly
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

contract with J. r. and F. p. Keene,
binding the crack jockey to ride
Keenes' horses for two years at $780,
900 year. The salary is to be paid
monthly and placed in a fund until he
becomes of age.
John d. Creighton, Omaha, Neb.,
has sold to Harry Orr, Reading, Pa,
for the reported price Of s4,750 the 20
year-old trotting stallion Ashland
Wilkes, 2:17A, by Red Wilkes, dam
by Administrator.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17
Judging of Quality and Condition.

- NAHiiNJ anu SOTOiliQns
Quality is indicated by the hair,
bone and nature of flesh The hair
should be fine, straight, thick and lie
close to the body. Coarse, why, swirly
hair is not desired as it is usually as
ISOLATED with coarseness of frame and
undesirable feeding qualities. The
bone should be medium fine, enough
bone to carry the body is all that is
desired. Coarseness of bone is dis
eliminated against by the butchers;
it is an indication of a tendency to
dress out a large percentage of offal.
The flesh should be free from Jumps
or krinkles, both of which are very un-
desirable The indications of good
condition are a deep even covering of
firm flesh, especially over the back
loin, hams and sides as they are the
region where the valuable cuts are
found.-Prof. Kennedy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17
Baseball PLAYERS in Glover.

The minor league organization EN-.
ploys over $500 ball players, and to-
day is factor never before known in
baseball. The game has flourished un.
der the new conditions until the land
fairly swarms with professional base.
ball players while the men receive
wages ranging from 500 to $500 per
month. fully as much in some cases
as was paid by the National League
but few years ago.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

The wire masks were taken off only
at meal times, and then clapped right
on again. The still more violent pa
TENTS who had to wear the tin he'll
met often were not relieved of it, even
to eat, but were rcd through the hole
that served for e mouthpiece. The
front of this gruesome head covering
was so arranged that it could be open.
ed like a visor
The old times of frank, unreason-
ing brutality, when lunatics were
treated as hateful things, had passed
away long before it struck any one
that the use of these helmets and
similar instruments was vicious and
harmful. 1t was a regular part of the
treatment of the insane until 1867,
when a royal decree forbade it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17
EARN .,
-4NE1;..IAIL2Ags
'ZssA~
Value Of Pediqrees.


w. M. McFadden, in an address be-
fore Iowa swine breeders, said:
only by the intelligent use of the
knowledge Of pedigrees have the best
results in breeding been obtained, and
vet nothing has been attended with
such disastrous results as the pedigree
craze. It seems quite impossible for
the average breeder to know just how
far to go with the use of the pedigree
He learns to study pedigree so as tn
derive the information he wants in re-
gard to what it means and to note the
effect of blood lines in crossing and to
determine what might reasonably be
expected from an animal after the
proper study of it's ancestors. Having
attained some little success along this
line, a breeder is almost sure to be-
come intoxicated with the pedigree
craze, and then comes the disaster,
both in a financial way and In the
breeding results. No man ever yet
made a success who bred for pedigree
alone, and, on the other hand, no man
has ever made a permanent success
who disregarded pedigree. A peulSree
should be valuable for the purpose Of
showing the commingling of blood
which produces certain results. A
well posted breeder soon learns that
certain families have peculiar char
acteristics and he may want just those
characteristics, or he may wish equal
ly as much to avoid them. 1t is unfor-
tunate, however, that the study of ped
igree frequently leads to the use OF
an animal simply because it is well
bred. In no way is it more possible to
perpetuate a certain undesirable quail
ity than by the use of well-bred, or
so-called well-bred, scrub. A thorough
knowledge of families will enable a
breeder to forsee certain results of de-
velopment in an animal that is of
great advantage in determining it's
value.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17
Fool Tower to be Raced
Viennese Relic Of Old>TIne Barbarity-
Institution IN Which LunaticS We're Treated
with h1s Most Revolving Cruelty.
Especial correspondenee.l

Vienna's famous Fool Tower" is to
De razed That means the removal Of
enc of the last remaining reminders
Of the cruel and ignorant treatment of
The insane that obtained in Europe
even as late as the beginning of the
last century.
There are many Viennese living
to-day who can remember hearing the
shrieks and yells issuing from the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

ons for lunatics in Europe; and the
Vienna treatment of caring for the
lunatic was enlightened compared
with the ideas of such eminent and
well-disposed men as Profs Ideler and
Horn of Berlin, who wrote learned
reatises in which they argued for the
useful and beneficent physiological
and psychological effects of instru-
ments of duress.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

They had faith in the mechanical
treatment. Their favorite implement
was a frightful thing known as the
English coffin. 1t was long, narrow
chest, into which the maniac was
forced.
Then the lid was fastened down.
The only opening in it was just large
enough to expose the face of the
patient.
Another utensil was the fools
wheel, which was to all intents and
in design nothing except a magnified
squirrel cage with the familiar wheel.
The raving lunatic was imprisoned in
this wheel and left there until it
stopped revolving, which fact was
accepted as indication that the mania
had worked itself out.
Still more brutal were the iron
masks used as late as 1867. Some of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

Application has been made by 1850
Swiss bicyclists for permission to
bring their wheels into the United
States from Canada free of duty Why
not? Numerous individuals with
wheels are admitted to this country
annually without charge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17
The Show Riro

The show ring should be $40 con.
structed that each representative
breed could share equally in tine ad-
vantage Of being close to the entrance
to the ring.
rms could be accomplished by plac-
ing the show ring in the center OF the
pavilion; with four entrances. This
would give the four leading breeds
immediate access to the ring, which
would be advantageous in two ways.
FIRST Il would assist the superirten-
gent and judges to expediate business.
second, 1t would make more credit
able show-W. G. Huey.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

The hero of the hour in the ranks of
the trotting horse drivers is Edward
Benyon. He is the first and only
driver to win both the Kentucky Flu
turity and the great Pennsylvania
Stake at Lexington. Benyon is the
trainer ard driver of L. V. Harkness's
Walnut Hall Farm string. He won
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

Austria is trying to legislate a set
Element Of the language question, but
to non-linguist it would seem that
peace and the Polish tongue were
pretty nearly incompatible.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

The National Household Economics
convention should take note of the
fact that a Chicago woman has just
vanquished thief by using feather
buster as a weapon
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

This is the royal month for diseases
that the patent medicines can cure
ana the cereal foods prevent. 1t is
also the season when the doctors can
devote their energies to the collec.
ton of old accounts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

One OF Hayti's revolutions has been
taken aboard the United States cruiser
Cincinnati and will be landed on some
other island This may be good for
Hayti. but what about the other is
lands.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

The Castellanes are having more
trouble over their debts. All, why
will these tradesmen who belong to
the canaille insist on vulgarly trying
to get what is coming to them?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

1t appears that certain members of
the South Omaha school board have
been selling their votes for IS apiece.
That's almost as slow as working for
a living.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

A herd Of from 40 to so buffaioes is
ranging in one of the most inacces-
sible regions of Colorado. We had
missed some of the members of the
order of late and didn't know where
they were.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17
Ed. Benyon.

the Two-Year-Old Futurity in 1899
with Fereon and the next year drove
her to victory in the Kentucky Futur-
ity. In 1900 he also won the Two
Year-Old Futurity with Walnut Hall,
and this year he annexed the Tran
sylvania with Ozanam.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

Complaint is entered against the rec
tor of an Episcopal church in New
York that he sleeps too much. That
is trenching upon the privileges of the
parishioners in the pews.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

Prof. Howerth If Chicago, says no
woman should allow man to call her
his" He has reference to the Gus
tom existing before he entered his
professional den.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

The king of Siam has very small
standing army, less than 10000 men.
When he wants to attract attention to
something numerous he points to the
royal harem.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

1t is still pretty hard to get grouchy
old men who don't like the boys their
daughters have selected as future hus-
bands to agree that arbitration is a
good thing in all cases.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

Mrs. Galloway of Ohio has discover
ed new way to get a new stove. She
soaked brick in gasolene instead of
oil, and applied the match After that
her husband couldn't question the ne
cessity OF partly refurnishing the
Kitchen.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

AS betwixt blushing bride chew
ing spruce gum and blushing bride
groom chewing tobacco, give us the
sweet boon of single blessedness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

Nearly all of the new plays are
first tried in Washington. 1t is figured
that whatever department clerk will
stand for is good for long run else
where.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

Nearly every country town now has
its carnival queen, and she is sener-
ally all right if her picture tells the
truth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17
q. n SWEET. Publlahs.

Another eye has been put out by a
golf ball. To golf players: Mind pour
eye.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

The cable reports that the sultan
has resolved to reduce his harem ex-
penses. Suppose the inmates form
union and strike?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

Over in Australia sheep are selling
for shilling head. The Australians
had better watch or the meat trust
will be getting after them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17
Pitcher VICES for cIeveIand.

The Cleveland club has signed Pitch.
er Wigs of the Pacific Northwest
league He played with the Helena
Mont, club, with which he made a
good record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

A Kirkville. Mo-. farmer owns
mule that is "a years old How did
he happen to let the British remount
agents get past?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

A volcano has broken out in the
Mexican state of Tabasco. A hot
time is anticipated
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

DR.. Newell Dwight Hollis advocates
devoting 80 minutes each day to laugh
ter. Well try it after we secure some
hard coal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

The scent of the moth ball betrays
the man who pretends his fall over
coat is just from the tailor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

The proposed United States Of Eu-
rope might be the means of dsiving
William Waldorf Astor into exile
again.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

There are any number of young men
who start out to get rich by buying
lottery tickets.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

A lady of 40 has asked $4,000 for
damaged affections. What would she
have demanded at 20?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

The sultan of Turkey has written q
book, they say, on hypocrisy. Expert
testimony.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

American Leagues Leading Pitcher
William Bernhard of the Cleveland
team, has the honor of leading the
pitchers of the American League in
the matter of games won and lost.
Bernhard pitched twenty-four games
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

If you lose your reputation it takes
a pretty handsome reward to get It
back.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-17

A few trees should be left in the
pastures for shade.
The Washington times., 1903-11-18
CAPT. G0ULD'S MEN WIN
IN THE 7. NJ. C. A. LEAGUE

CAPTAIN Gould's team bested Captain
Roesch's Eve IN the interclass series OF
the Y NJ. c. A League last night, IN
Two game- in three. Captain Roesch' s
team had little trouble in winning the
frst game, but thereafter could not get
within hailing distance OF its opponent
Captain Roesch knocked over 202 pins,
which was high single while Captain
Gould had the best average for the
set, with 10 Tomorrow night the most
exciting series of the season is prom
ised. when the captains OF the assOcia-
ton bowling teams viii meet in cOmpe-
fition The Quints viii be composed OF
4he following players: Eiker, Davies,
Gould. McQuade. Hilton. Baldwin (cap-
fain) ThOrsOn. BaldinEer. WhiIfOTd
Overacke Earlee. and ROesch tcaptain).
Scores OF last nights game:
The Washington times., 1903-11-18
Los ANGELES TOUTS
GET A ROUGH DEAL
Ugly Treatment for the Human Leech
Fraternity On California
Tracks.

Los ANGELES. Cal. Nov. 1s.-The
way Of the tout here is hard. Quite
number of men who were here at the
race track are now walking lame The
track detectives have found neat and
original method of breaking the touts
strangle-hold on sucker. These smooth
specialists hook onto a good thing and
nothing short of a block and tackle will
persuade them to let goa bulldog isn't
in the money with them when II comes
to staying qualities The sucker is in
luck if they let him bet his own money.
When detective spots one Of these
clever operators doing the human leech
act he quietly sidles in behind the tout
and hands him a swift kick or the an
kle. 1t has never been known to fail.
and the tout limps away as quickly as
possible So, if any friendly stranger,
who wears a large-size limp, approaches
you and attempts to gain your affec-
tons you will know how to treat him.
This is a straight tip. and may explain
why the toUts passed up low shoes this
season.