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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

bandaged in consequence of a scurry-
ing skillet which this uncanny spirit
had set flying through the air. There
are said to have been saucepans and
pokers launched upon the innocent,
and even at times they rained upon
the house, but always this doomed
house Of Walton was the scene of
havoc.
Prayer meetings were held regu-
larly in consequence, that evil might
be averted, but long ere these sessions
had been given over the missiles had
ceased to fly, and apparently this par
ticular devil had moved along. Now
even the Walton house exists no more
and only this solemn tree is standing
in negative way, with half its
branches naked Of leaves, a sorry sur
vival of the fiourishing group which
shaded once proud doorstep.
The Oldest house in town is stand
ing as the melancholy background of
lusty cabbage patch. Such patches
have of late acquired much dignity,
and because of the literary as well
as the historic distinction of the old
house the laundress occupant never
"calls round" for the washing, but
with great hauteur receives the week
ly burdens from the boarders down
the lane, and thus it is the Oldest
house becomes the motive Of a pill
grimage.
The brave historians of Newcastle
ascribe to the life of this tiny hamlet
three distinct periods, two of which
are included as the rise and fall, in
Dictated by its historical association,
and the third period of present pros
perity comes to it as one of the thriv-
ing summer resorts of the New Eng
land coast. 1t is quaint souvenir of
the former dignities of the island that
the lordly hostelry which has grown
up here since colonial times should
bear the name of the colonial governor
whom Longfellow has happily immor-
talized in Lady Wentworth.
The favorite diversions of a sum-
mer's day for visitors at Newcastle
are sailing and deep sea fishing, and
there is great fascination in follow
ing this pastime of the ancient resi-.
dents. Like the other Seafaring COM
munities at Salem and Marblehead,
Newcastle still adheres to its mari
time interests, but where once this
life took these men quite round the
world, it leads them nowadays only to
the distant northeast haunts of cod
and mackerel. so that their lives have
become yet more remote and solitary.
Most Of these towns have In conse-
auence degenerated. but not so New
castle. The very isolation of this is
land home, with its spirit of political
independence and sturdy resourceful-
ness, appears to have kept their lives
pure and wholesome. They are still
a primitive people. but the historic as
soeiations they can boast are not dark
ened by a single crime.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
RODZlZA AZ
OLZEzNLE
Atlantic Liner turbine Predicted.

Atlantic Liner Turbine Predicted.
In the English Channel on June q
the new turbine steamboat, the Queen,
made her final trip before being
placed in commission. The average
speed was upward of twenty-three
knots. Expressions of satisfaction
were general. The vessel afterward
took her place on the regular schedule
from Dover to Calais in connection
with the London-Paris service. Per-
sons who were on board on her trial
trip predicted a turbine Atlantic liner
within two OF three years. c. A. Par
sons, the inventor of the turbine en-
CINE, is confident he can clip full
knot off the best Transatlantic speed
record whenever he shall have a
chance to make test of his invention
on so large a scale.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
OLD NEW ENGLAND.
Newcastle, To-day Small Fishing Community, Has IN the
Past Played Important Part in the Life
of This Great Nation

Especial Correspondence

If you say to some people that New
castle, N. H., is a place of historic as
ISOLATION, that once played an import
ant part in the life of the nation, they
laugh at you because the place is so
small. That compact little fishing
community is ludicrously diminutive
with our present standard of national
expansion, but, doubtless, the very
quaintness and charm which CON
stantly attract visitors from the big
rushing world is a survival of the
past, or better still, we like to think
the little town has yet the simple and
wholesome life which made it once
a stronghold of free government.
AS military outpost the tiny town
of Newcastle has always played part
in both colonial and national inter
sests. Doubtless that is the source of
it's name, for not only is the island
grit about with rockbound shore and
buttressed into the sea as if built by
nature as a fortress, but it has nearly
always been surmounted by a walled
fertilization of some kind, which is a
part of its picturesque features.
There was early built IAN earthwork
with certain great guns" but regu-
lar fortifcation was erected there as
early as 1858. There was a great stir
in Newcastle when, in December, 1774,
the Kings colors were hauled down
from this fort, and it is said that the
ammunition which supplied the con-
tinentals at Bunker Hill was stored
here
The site has been alternately forti.
fed and neglected from the earliest
times up to the recent Spanish war
when the fear of an attack from the
Spanish feet frightened all the sea.
coast. At that time the ruins of Fort
Constitution were again rehabilitated
and the soldiers stationed there made
things lively for the quaint old town
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
Feedbao for Horses.

The horse fancier may advance the
argument that an automobile has to
the horse, but the auto "fiend" will
reply that his machine does not waste
its feed, as the majority of horses are
sure to do. If the horseman should
chance to have one of the devices
which we here illustrate, with which
to feed his horse, he can easily prove
that the argument is false, for it is
the special purpose of this invention
to save the grain instead of allowing
the animal to throw large portion of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

the peoples money" but the governor
built the lighthouse and the assembly
afterward paid for it. The wooden
Colossus at that time was 80 feet in
height, so that it became confused
with the Whalesback. so it was short
ened 60 feet and later, in 1879, dis
placed by the present iron tower.
Martello tower, west of the fort and
lighthouse, is the most picturesque OBJ
iect in Newcastle. Built on a ridge Of
high ledge, it is a favorite object for
artists to paint 1t is said to have
been constructed in a single night by
citizens and soldiers together, who
were hourly fearing an attack of the
British, but romantic persons are apt
to weave legends about SO fine an old
rp.n.
Hardly less antique in its historic
associations than the fortress itself is
he old Jaffrey house which. though
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

pie. Longfellow is said to have here
unused on the ballad of Lady Went
worth. The big parlor was for time
used as meeting place of the ppovin-
cial assembly, and the militia was
drilled there during 1872.
A single Lombardy poplar tree is
famous landmark in Newcastle, since
it indicates all that remains of the Wal
ton house of witchcraft days. The
decisions of Salem did not propagate
extensively in this wind-blown town,
but there was one well-defined cir
cumstance of misunderstanding
devil" which stirred deeply for time
certain pious souls.
One deacon had to wear his head
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
Iron eIrders in use Forty Years.

Well preserved iron Orders and
beams are exhibited by the floor franz
ing OF a building. now being demol-
ished, at the corner Of William street
and Exchange place. New York City.
This building dates back of the civil
war. 1t has brick walls faced with
marble, and floors of earth filing on
all iron framing. This arrangement
and details Of the floor construction
ara notable The beams and Orders
show only spots Of rust. the general
surfaces showing either the original
paint or, where the paint has scaled
OIL, the oxide scale of the rolling mill.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
Wireless TeIearaphy.


The annual report of the superin-.
tendent of the coast and geodetic SURF
vey says, among other things, that the.
development of wireless telegraph sys-i
TENS during the year rendered it inn,
portant that experiments shouis be-
made to determine whether it was
practicable to use the wireless tele-;
graph for the purpose of exchanging
time signals in the longitude work Of
the Survey. The Importance of suc-
cessful wireless telegraph system to al
chart maker organization like the!
Coast and Geodetic Survey can be I'M
derstood when it is remembered that
the method of determining longitude
by lunar distances is unsatisfactory
from the standpoint of accuracy and
that by the chromometrfc method the
creases with the cost OF travel be-
tween stations, and its accuracy de-
creases as the time required to make
a round trip increases. 1t has BEEN
customary in Alaska to obtain the re-
suits from seven round trips of q
steamer for the determination OF the
dsItance of longitude between import
ant stations. The errors pertaining to-
the two preceding methods are either
abolished or reduced to minimum by
the telegraphic method. 1t meets all
modern requirements for accuracy and
is comparatively inexpensive. Unfor-
tunately for the accurate and rapid
construction Of charts, telegraph lines
and cables do not penetrate every
where.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

Needs No Nails to Fasten It in Place.
that once in a while a nail splits or
turns while being driven into the hoof,
causing it to enter the tender upper
portion and temporarily Gripping the
animal Then, too, the shoes are apt
to get loose on the feet, and may
strain the tendons of the leg before
the driver discovers that anything is
wrong. If the inventor of the nailless
horseshoe shown in the drawing has
succeeded in designing shoe which
will take the place of that which has
been in use Cor so many years he will
be assured of finding plenty of driv-
ers ready to give it a fair trial. The
wearing surface of this shoe differs
from the ordinary kind only in being
minus the nail holes, but at the front
and ends of the new shoe will be seen
metallic straps rising to a common
point near the top of the hoof. These
straps are hinged to the shoe, and are
connected at the ends by a threaded
bolt, which can be turned with a small
wrench to clamp the straps over the
HOoA- IL 10 ASSSSSdiy that Inc DOIlOn
of the hoof be pared down evenly be-
fore the shoe is put in place in order
that smooth fit may be insured, but
aside from this there is little work re-
quired to put on set of these shoes,
and this suggests the idea that the
horse may yet have its shoes put on
in the morning and removed at night
to rest the feet
Josiah Serfass of Hazleton, Pa, is
the inventor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

somewhat remodeled, has yet in its
structure great timbers like a ship,
so it may stand the wear and tear of
two or three more centuries.
1t was built previous to 1880, though
just when is not known. and in its
picturesque location it has always
been a center of romantic interest.
1t is favorite resort of lovers, many
Of whom have been married there, and
it has been much visited by noted peo-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

the Uncompahgre Valley, Col. Eighty
five miles Of irrigation canals will be,
fed by this tunnel The section of the
tunnel will vary somewhat, but will
average ~ by IL feet. The Reclama1
ton act, which passed both houses
and was signed by the president A.
year ago, provides for this great work.
TIE tunnel will start at point in the
Gunnison canyon, about twelve miles,
northeast of Montrose.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
Want a Special Stamp.

me postof1ce department is con-
stantly IN receipt of requests for the
issue of mourning stamp for use
ON plack-edged stationery. Persons in
ali grades Of life assert that there is
no harmony or appropriateness in an
envelope with black edge and a red
stamp in the corner and they beg the
department to issue a black stamp
Inc department has given much con-
sideration to the subject, but has been
unable to comply with the requests on
account OF the rules of the universal
postal union, which prescribe that our
lowest value stamp shall be green;
Vnar the stamp used for domestic use
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
Convertible Chair for the Baby.

People who are blessed with plenty,
Of money can afford to buy any num-
Der Of chairs for their children, the
latter generally having their own lit
tie rockers and high chairs, entirely
independent Of the ones used by the.
older people. This is well enough for
the family with plenty of cash and
room to place the furniture, but for
the poor man who has little of either
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
Horseshoe cIamps over the Hoe.

Horseshoe Clamps Over the Hoof
There is just one good reason why a
horse should have steel shoes nailed
to its hoofs to prevent them from
wearing out rapidly while the patient
animal is covering the miles of streets
and country roads which its owner
compels it to traverse for his own
business or pleasure. That reason is
the failure of the inventor to discoN IT
more practical means of attaching
the shoes to the feet 1t is well known
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

shall be red and the stamp carrying
foreign mails cent-shall be blue.
In view of these restrictions it has not
appeared possible to meet the require
ments for a mourning stamp as the
department does not deem it advisable
to print stamp in red and also in
black. However, the suggestion has
been made that the Scent stamp, now
printed in purple, might be issued in
black, so that persons desiring to use
a black stamp upon their mourning
envelope might do so by paying the
additional cent. The department may
take up this suggestion later and act
upon it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

it on the floor of his stall, or on the
pavement if being fed while on the
road. The horse has no chance to
swing it's head away from the recep-
tacle in which the feed is placed, and.
consequently, whatever drops from
its mouth falls directly back into the
receptacle. 1t will also be seen that
the feed is not poured directly into
the eating trough, but is placed in a
tubular hopper depending from the
animals neck, finding its way slowly
into the trough through a pockss at
one side. AS the feeding apparatus is
suspended from the neck and does not
depend on the bride for support it
viii not interfere with free movement
of the animals jaws while eating.
George H. Nissen of Brooklyn, N
Y, is the inventor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
Tunnel to Aid Irritation.

The Gunnison irrigation tunnel is to
be begun within a month, according
to report. The tunnel win cost ST..
000,0 900 and win be in two sections.
one two miles long, through a spur in
the cliffs, ard the other four miles
long, through the ridge dividing the
waters of the Gunnison from those Of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
Right and Wrong Times.

VIII, ~ 'o"9 ilHles'
why 40 some people invariably say
Flease could you tell me the right
timeF" How many wrong times are
there and what would be the advan-
tage OF knowing them? These are
questions only fit for mathematicians
and lunaties. They are like a story
Lady Gregory heard in the West of
ireland workhouse and tells in her
new book Of Poets and Dreamers:"
There was man in Ballinasloe asy-
lum that was not very mad-just a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
For Irrloatino Texas Lands.

A project is on foot in Laredo. Tex,
to install an electric plant at the coal
mines, twenty-five miles above Laredo.
OF sufhcient capacity to convey power
up and down both sides Of the river.
to be used IN irrigating many thous-
and acres of valley land.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

little mad-and he used to be raking
about the gate. And there was a
clock over the gate; and one day the
doctor was going out, and he took
out his watch and looked up, and he
said to himself, "That clock is not
right" IF it was right It wouldn't be
here" said the man who was raking.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

Harsh measures are not always
best-as the woman who marries
man to reform him is apt to discover
to her sorrow.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-03

Some time since we received copy OF
Prof Wizards "Story OF the Prairies"
but laid it by until we could find time to
readit. We find that it amply repays
perusal. 1t is written in a simple style
SO that it can be understood By q:l;te
young people and yet the most learned
could find much of interest, especially if
he were resident of this state. 1t tells
about the time in the centuries ago when
this valley and adjacent country were
covered with an ice glacier about mile
thick; which went crowding and crushing
along blowing up here and leaving great
masses of debris from its melting sides
there. forwards and backwards, until its
fin nal retirement to the polar regions, but
leaving its history written in indellible
lettering, on the hillsides. along the val
leys and among the streams of the sur
face of the state. 1t is book of peculiar
interest to all North Dakotans and is
specially Of interest to teachers. Theie
is much of the science OF geology genel-
ally to be found in the book that is easy
reading and yet all OF which it is desir-
able to know, even ii the student goes no
farther. 1t is published by the the author,
Prof. D. E. Willard, now of the Agrl-
cultural College, Fargo, N. d. Price
81 Is.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-03
STATISTICS.

And now comes the annual farce of
assessors taking statistics iu addition 10
their other duties. As measure of econ
omy the state requires the twp. assessor
to take an annual census Of crops, acre.
age, ETC., to be summed up for the use
OF the agricultural department and used
in its statistical tables. 1t costs the state
nothing and is worth just about what it
costs. as i, usual with unpaid labor.
The assessor is about the poorest in
strument that could be chosen for this
sort of work, for many reasons, but par
ticularly because the nature of his legiti-
mate business makes the taxpayer, who
is always shy in giving up to the census
official the details of his affairs,
more afraid of telling the assessor than
any other person, for obvious reasons.
Statistics, to be of any value at all,
must be correct; anything else is worse
than nothing; and any well-informed
man can see of-hand that the so-called
statistics gathered by the assessors are
worse than nothing, by just using his
own and others common knowledge.
The assessors are not to blame; in
most cases they do the best they can,
but they know that the figures they get
from the taxpayers are wrong and mis-
leading, and they naturally feel like get
ting through with disagreeable job
with as little trouble as possible. AS a
matter of fact, the personal estimate of
the assessor as to the totals required by
the state for his township, would IN most
cases be of more value than the figures
that he obtains from the people.
A better way would be to give the job
to the township clerks, give them small
sum per farm, and give them good
long time during the winter to gather
the items required, and the results
would be far more satisfactory. OF
course it would cost something, but the
people in private business have discov-
cred that we have to pay for value re-
ceived, and the government will have to
do The same as the rest of the people
the government will get what it pays for
and no more.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-03
THAT CH1NAMAN.

considerable talk has been OCCASION
Ell, and not at all lattering, either, by
the arbitrary manner of some officials at
Pembina, who jailed cousin of Lee Jim
Sing, our laundry man, and persist in
keeping hun in durance vile, notwith-
standing that the situation of affairs has
been fully explained to them. 1t appears
that one of Lees cousins from Winni-
peg was coming to Emerson to visit him
and boarded the train last Thursday with
ticket for this point. Arriving here he
asked if this were Emerson and smart
Aleck belonging to the drummer fratern-
ity said mo, the next station" The Ce-
lestial remained in the car till Pembina
was reached, when he was nabbed and
marched off to Jail. The authorities
across the way are not disposed to give
him his liberty without lot of red-tape
being worked with high officials at
Washington. Our sympathies are not
very strong for the Chineesers," but at
the same time we think they are entitled
to small particle of justice. Emerson
Journal.
Under the Chinese Exclusion Act, no
Chinaman is allowed to land on Ameri-
can soil, before legal proof has been
given showing that he has right to
come into the country. This Chinaman
came. here without making proof. He
was therefore taken into custody. He
claims that lie can prove that he was a
merchant in New Orleans for year or
more, which, if it prove to be true, will
allow him admission. Meantime he will
have to be- held in custody. He is not
sent back to Canada because the Canad-
ian Government requires Sl0O head tax
on each Chinaman that comes into that
country. If there is any Chinaman or
rich newspaper man over in Emerson
that pities Lung Yee enough to put up
the SlOO fee necessary, the customs offic-
ials here would doubtless part with him
very willingly. Meantime, he is getting
three square meals day at the expense
of the U. s., and is spending his time in
elegant leisure until the government has
looked up his case through the special
Chinese agents at New Orleans, and it
what he says is true, he will be allowed
to proceed, otherwise the government
will send him back to China.
Ofoourse, it is quite probable that
Lung Yee did intend to stop off at EN-
erson ito see his cousin" and later some
nice evening, when the moon did not
shine too bright, to proceed On his way
to New Orleans without giving the au-
thorlties here any trouble whatever, and
in that case the smart Aleck" played it
pretty rough on the poor, simple China-
man. Anyway, it is New Orleans and
not Emerson that lie now claims that he
wants to 90.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-03
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

q. Representative, Thos. F. Marshall.
Senator'S, II C. .Hansbrough p. McCumber
Governor, Frank White.
Lieut.. Governor, David Bartlett.
Secretary Of State, 3: F. Porter.
State Treasurer. D. II. McMliian.
State Auditor, d. L. Holmes.
Attorney General, G. N. Erich,
Railroad Commissioners, +, Shea, q. ).
Snnerintendent OF public Instruction, W.
Commissioner of Insurance, Ferdinand
Commissioner OF Agriculture and Labor,
Judys: y; supreme uprsai Court, N. G. Young, D.
E. Morgan. ]. NJ. Cochrane.
SENATORS.
First District, Judeon Lam oure, Pemplna.
Second District. Albert Garnett 81. inom-
REPREsENTATIvEs.
, First District, w; J. Was' nV" rs.a s'
l. Chevaier, Bathgate. &. A. McCrae.
sscS,%i Daay,2ni District. John r,umner, Cava-
lier, G. X. Wig. crystal r. D. eKJola'
Jndge of the District Court, Seventh Ju.
dicjaI District,W J. Kneeshaw, Penn
clerK ao Of District Court, A. L. Airth.
COUNTY oFFIoERs.
States Attorney, NJ. Brynjolfson.
Sheriff. Chas. Atkinson.
Auditor, swain Thorwadson
Treasurer, W. A. Murphy:
Register Of Deeds, } +. G,ll.
County Judge, ]. y. Wallace. u Ala
Superintendent Of Schools, J. W. Alex
Surveyor, F. E. Hebert
Coroner, DR.. u. F. Ersklne.
COUNTY ooMMIss1oNERs.
First District, F. G. Myrlck, Pembina.
Second District. s. Sigurdson, Gardar.
Third District, Geo. Taylor, Batnsale.
Fourth District, j., MOrin, Neche.
Fifth Dist, A. T. Cox, Bowesmont.