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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

They stared at him and at each
other. Was the boy mad? If so, it
was madness that must be punished.
Shooting is too easy for a thing
like that" scowled the one who had
lost his sword. Its a case for hang
ing"
mo; hanging's too easy" declared
another, gloomily "You don't know
how hungry am. But there goes the
pursuit" as they saw soldiers scat
tering among the palms. Perhaps
the supper will be recaptured."
The boy shifted. Five minutes
start" he grinned significantly. "a
thousand men couldn't find the boys
now. They know hiding places your
soldiers never dreamed Of
The officer in command looked at
him curiously.
There is something behind this"
he said thoughtfully. you are old
enough to understand the conse-
quences of such an act, and too wise
to throw away your life for a little
meat and few loaves of bread"
The boys eyes began to fash and
for the first time his face lost its
grinning derision.
Il have risked my life for a little
meat and few loaves of bread" he
declared quickly, land do understand
just what the consequences are. But
what is life when my mother is sick
and starving, and when my sisters and
grandfather and grandmother are all
starving. | would risk it, and lose it,
too, hundred times. The boys have
food enough now to last them a
month" his voice ringing with exulta-
ton. You may kill me If you want
to. But you haven't soldiers enough
to get the food back. And it wasn't
stolen, either. You have destroyed
our crops and taken our cattle and
fruits, and they would pay for this a
thousand times over"
He threw his head back and looked
squarely into their eyes.
There is another thing don't mind
telling you" he went on sturdily; my
fathers away fighting, and would be
away fighting too, if were old
enough. AS it is, we boys look after
inc ldully' mere Ine Srlnnlng derf-
sion returned to his face. THE horde
of wild creatures your cook tells
about were just my three brothers and
two of my cousins, the oldest only
thirteen. They'll look after the fam
lily now, and when this food is gone,
they'll find some way to get more
Now kill me if you want to. I'm not
afraid"
A curious expression had been com
ing into their eyes. Above all things
a soldier respects bravery.
Come, gentlemen" said the officer
in command gruhly I'VE must settle
this at once Camp will be broken
early, and there will be no time then.
The case is fragrant one, and calls
for severe punishment But | will
leave the sentence to you, De Guise,"
to the officer whose sword had been
taken; "as the most aggrieved OF us;
the first vote belongs to you. What
is adequate to the Of |
fense?"
The officer scowled. 81 would con-
denim him to perpetual Punishment
from us" he answered harshly. :
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

"A ~ you, Bourmont, to the oWo7'
who hid confessed he was hungry.
"De Guise is too mild, too miid,
this officer said. scowling also. i
would add that in addition to his sen
tence the condemned be made to carry
away a sack of flour as large as nm
self-as large as a man can life.
"And you" "and you, to the otLer
officers.
81 consider the sentence Just, ana
recommend it," said one.
"And l." land !" said others. with
perhaps a little more added to the
burden" finished the last judiciously,
"A prisoner of this kind should be
crushed"
VERY well gentlemen" said the Of
ficer in command, you will see that
the sentence is carried out to the let
ter. And YOU" turning severely to
the wondering boy, 'let this be a les
son. Never do a thing unless you are
ready to do it with your whole heart.
If you had shown white spot, would
have had you shot"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13
His Best Investment.

When | knew old Hunks. years
ago." said the returned traveller. "ba
hadn't soul above dollars and cents
md him now the best read man.
especially in history and the works of
the standard novelists, ever met l
cant understand the change in him ,,
The explanation is easy" replied
the old citizen. HE lent 81 900 10 n
man who wanted to start high.class
circulating library. After a wear mr.
two the man failed, leaving nothing
but the books as his assets. old
Hunks had to take them for the debt
ana as nobody wanted to buy lot Of
secondhand books, he started in and
read all of them to get his money
back"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13
Kinq Edwards pu,I

10 the French people of Canada Sir
Wilfrid Laurier is the greatest if NOT
the only great person living. Some
time ago a "habitant" arriving in tha
city of Quebec met an old friend and
fell TO talking politics. In the course
Of conversation he happened to men.
ton the name of Queen Victoria and
the friend informed him that the
queen had been dead for year.
Dead" exclaimed the countryman
and who, then, rules in England?,'
When 1t was explained to him that
the Prince of Wales had succeeded 10
tne throne he shook his head wisely.
Mon Dieu!" he said, but he roust
have a pull with Laurier."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13
Doing His Best.

1t somehow seems little enough when you
say
That fellow is doing his best"
1t means that he tolls and he hones d.,
by day
That Heaven will attend to the rest
He is jostled aside by the hurryinR crowd
Unsought by the lonely; forgot bv he
proud.
He earns what he gets, and no more ia
allowed
To the fellow who's doing his best"
But whenever a crisis arises. we look
To the man who is doing his best
The prince with his splendor the sage.
with his book,
Full oft fail to answer the test
And when there's home or country to
serve,
We turn to the man with the heart and
the nerve,
The man whom adversity's touch could
not swerve,
The man who kept doing his best.
Washington Star
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13
oRADYs FEAST OF Pc ssuM.
Rival Ruined His Chance for the Col

Rival Ruined His Chance for the Col
ored Vote by Mean Trick.
During a heated campaign in Geor'-
gia some years ago the late Henry F.
Grady was opposed by an editorial
associate, Captain Evan Howell. They
were warm personal friends, but on
the issue at stake we're dlametrical-
ly opposed to each other. Recalling
that campaign, Representative Living
ston tells funny story.
The result of the election depended
largely upon certain ward in which
there was a very large negro popula-
ton. Grady bethougnt himself Of a
scheme to capture these colored vot-
ers, and, securing a vast number Of
possums, provided a great supper, at
which they could eat. 1t was a mas
ter stroke and Howell knew nothing
OF it until the night the supper oc-
Cured Then he was at his wits end
until an inspiration came to him. He
sent for some of his negro supporters,
gave them instructions and waited for
the result.
An hour later while the colored
CARRIERS were having a great feasting
time one of Howelps supporters cried
Meow" Another man repeated the
cry third man was apparently
taken sick and the fourth man ex-
claimed: Deed boys, think we are
eating cats!" That broke up the sup
per and Grady never did quite CON
vince the possum eaters that they had
been imposed upon.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

tripped Jose, and when we recovered
there were no meats, no breads, no
fruits. Oh, SENIORS! Oh, senors!"
Two or three of the officers rushed
into the mess room. When they re-
turned their faces were blank.
"Garcia's right" they said, "the
place is stripped as clean as though
visited by locusts."
Then they stopped abruptly, as
though making a discovery, and
glanced at the captive. You are re-
sponsible for this" one of them de-
clared.
The boy grinned. Isl, senor," he
said composedly, "why not?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13
GU would be done by"

is the
puked brushy
put them his Having sinister motive
foxtaigrass up and
zap down? The
mat utatng brush climbs upward Like the drink whisky
foxtaigrass
peng the until clothing There
thing
that
the Bengal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

for the first time that their mess cook
and his boy assistant were shutting
about wringing their hands.
What are you doing here, Garcia?"
one of the officers demanded impa.
tiently. 60 back and hurry up sup
per-"
But Garcia continued to wiring his
hands.
There is none," he walled. "No
meats, no breads, no fruits. Oh,
senors oh, senors! What shall we do?
Me and my boy Jose were finishing a
beautiful supper-oh, so beautiful
and horde of wild creatures rushed
in and threw -four into my face and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

People in Machias. Me-, who
laughed impolitely when they heard
westerner refer to the gunboat
Mackey-us are now looking in the die
tionary to learn how to pronounce the
name of the cruiser Des Moines.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

The visiting English fire chief who
has been so impressed that he says
he viii Americanize his own depart
ment at once doesn't seem to realize
that the word means something more
than a method.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

A woman is bride as long as there
are only two events of interest to her
In the day. When He goes to work
DIN the morning. and when He comes
home at night.-Atchison Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

Glad newsI A railroad company
and an ice company have clinched
and are biting. kicking and gouging
each other in entire defiance of the
Queensberry rules. Go 1t, husband;
go it, bear
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

Horse racing is described as "the
sport of kings" Perhaps this is why
so many kings have been put to the
embarrassing necessity of borrowing
money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

When President Roosevelt discov-
cred that an army deserter had been
newly married the commander in
chief pardoned the erring soldier. Per
haps he thought the act would bring
ats own punishment.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

An editor says that kissing is a
pretty bad thing. when you come to
think about it." Don't think about it.
She who hesitates is lost-he who
hesitates is chump.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

One man has been fined $40 for
swearing into public telephone. Per-
haps the Judge in the case never
dropped in his dime and then got the
busy signal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

The latest fad in trusts is com.
bination of manufacturers of candy
with capital of 100000. This is a
case of sweetness long drawn out
sure enough. But will it stick?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

The Ohio Legislature has declared
that ping pong is just as bad as bill
1iards, pool or roulette. Stout men
who have tried 1t say 1t is worse.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

1t is said that Grand Duke Boris
complained of certain breaches of
etiquette in Newport Perhaps none
of the ladies offered him slipperful
of champagne.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

The revival of stories about poor
boys who return from the Klondike
with millions in their grips proves
that Alaska is trying to start new
mining boom.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

Trains on the Panama railroad now
carry rs bluejackets and quick-fring
colt gun, and nobody tries to stop the
cars unless he has ticket.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

A medical journal kindly tells us
now to climb stairs. you should go
slowly" 1t says, "and tread on the ball
of the foot" A better way still is to
take the elevator.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

A Kansas paper announces the en-
gagement of Mr. Robert Swallow and
Miss Maria Worms. Mr.. Swallow
must be an early bird.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

The gentleman who argues against
Miss Jane Adams will be likely. here
after, to be more careful about the
way he talks in the presence of la
dies.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

Lieut. Peary came back without the
tpole.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

The last feud in Tennessee, which
resulted in the death of, three men,
was caused by the depredations of a
"a shoat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

A London man read one of Marie
'Corelli's books and then killed him
self. The wonder is that suicide was
necessary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

It's mighty nice man who will
actually wear a golf vest which his
best girl knitted for him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

OF course 1t is sad to read that a
violinist has gone insane, but one
never hears of the other victims.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

Weep not for Mr. Rockefeller. He
has another house or two.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

After a careful survey It has been
decided that the Alaskan boundary
lis where 1t was.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

]. Pierpont Morgan has secured a
new steamship line. But what is one
line more or less to him?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

The tongue of woman is said to
be smaller than that Of man. but 1t
does more work.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

Colombia is trying to terrify the
revolutionists by buying an American
built vessel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

Somebody says that lemon juice
ts a cure for rheumatism. 1t is well,
however. not to mix too much whisky
and sugar with it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

: The college that hasn't 'the largest
entering class ever known" this fall
isn't letting anybody know it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

The seasons debutantes will soon
he ready for the annual matrimonial
market.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13
Philosophical Observations
By BYRON WILLIAMS

The October seal of vareoo the valley by
air. rbb0ned
s s n nsng upon the dark treeuns all tell the story
t VINO nastsns past the signs of rude nfed unpublished
essen Of alment is too
love and affection
Is ripe and peaceful glory from the heat of activity
the woods the oaks mocng Fate the
even men do who long defy Q earthly man.
The bated bee finds little
meeting Joys OF earth the sweet is honeyed Mans
The lethargic insects seek the
neat before the book this life closed The
nsy ~n naT0ws in warmth from hour minutes
way no suerranen or aerial ntecea the
The bosoms Of the Calmly they
and long ago mothers @ @ @ S thoughts youth
n0'A on~ a p o and fn sympathy as great as mothers love
nF seors en to the dried and Blended
head beneath light day fright Of what the
plenty snug hid and guards with Jealous care @ e mSer ne has
with gun and ypng dogs Startling the
and the tiny quail 0ung logs and sending
and form Even In such panorama of peace and quietude
night the colonel conservative in
ma the Of in h am T s ya e. 9 e guide the ship Of
gs shrewd quick the
The store small there where
asking prices on the harresta yield ey p %a Grant P now
strain 0a5nn % president Through their home
are keeping vigil waiting death by fire and mastcaon
duled tiny posto fixtures and the bundle
comfort and holy % ee
that binds the the dmea
thankfunes in
public has been an oftu text An editorial write,
aseSssns the aconstant people calls attention the
and seems not to promise completion
oSa th snd IsDgmana the criticism Yet
Is WISE Far easier is it to be as Henry VI
there R hnre too often become cync because of the
Ireland was received with honor
eu It's Htinst value Some one remarked What
hce why not the public be nonsant The
multitude Many young man has spent his
nares for their OWN feet an h @ Husbands grow tickle
contracts the disease and Jail eDen MAN exposed
% S e 1e n s n s but @ We all
@ Of the same stigma The eaTnestness Of life nothing
Of living all absorbing Under awakening emotions are
hearts right but the things dapen
RACES In the heat the are some
D Smoking kim Mas ss through am through
as he tribute a0rosan Of the weed Of which Hood
The my v oiS1s may afs1 "as 60 At ta viii
,d sssy sn xIens e. Tns
Maggie written a letter to give me my choice between
great god Nick oTsen
for nal
pghtng point until the Benedictto
70 qut smoking is not true that
bacco? An extract from BuwerLyon IT.?
GU thy
weigh them BOTH and If thou give the woman say is
the next time June rufe theeO he weed"
To be chvarous however,
veil" - 49, " ~ NY
the
and let breed within their
this when the most human
practice being
done by man who is kind and who
by needs no other religion He need
church. but If
be Will have been truly great and good
Mnat
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-13

Many and
RED tape as long as the string Johnnes kite
and let within
this when the belief anc
practice OF being
done BY by
church.
will Nzare
what practical
world kndier
enough
ennobling o. brother hood 'N'
Be
DO others be doneb
s noughl
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

which drives a four-pole dynamo. A
current of 90 amperes at 500 volts is gen
Grated. A small two-pole dynamo is en-
ployed for electric lighting, the current
generated having an intensity of 80 am
peres and pressure of 220 volts, or an in
tensity Of IS amperes and a pressure of
800 volts when it is used for charging
POllak storage battery of 12O volts.
The electric lighting plant is so de-
signed that the lamp capacity can be
doubled by the utilization of a secondary
dynamo. 1t Will, however, hardly be
necessary to use supplementary lamps.
For cooking and for heating the living
rooms electricity is also used.
Three electric motors drive the agricul-
tural machinery. One, having a horse
power Of 21z. is used to drive a. carrot
cutting machine. The other two are
portable, and can be employed as may be
desired for driving milling machinery, a
machine for crushing haxseed, a pump,
circular saw, a threshing machine, and
other purposes. On the Quednau farm an
electric plow is also employed.
The Simmern farm differs from that Of
Quednau chiefly in the manner of gener-
ating the current Turbine driven dyna-
mos are employed, the Simmern River
furnishing all the water power that can
be desired. The turbine used is Of the
Beche type. and drives a Helios dynamo
OF II kllOWdLIS, generating a current at a
pressure OF 10 volts. Since the transmits
sion distances are not great, direct cur
rent is generated. The dyamos are also
employed to charge a Hagen storage bat
terry Of G. elements. In installing this
farm it was sought to do away with man
ual labor as much as possible. For that
rea son ii became necessary TO design mo-
tors which should be small, light and
readily portable The Simmern farm has
two such motors. The first is Of 10 horse
power and has a voltage of 10 with a
speed Of 1900 revolutions per minute
When mounted on wheels it usually
drives four small machines, namely, a
carrot-cutting machine having an output
Of 600 kilogrammes C51S pounds) an hour:
machine for crushing faxseed having
an output Of 500 kilogrammes Q100
pounds) an hour; a stTaw-cutting ma
chine having a capacity OF 100 kilo-
grammes (41S pounds) an hour, and a
pump. By means of a fast and loose pui-
ley, the four machines can be set in
operation at once or can be worked inde-
pendently. The same motor also drives a
threshing machine having an output Of
900 kilogrammes Q9S0 pounds) an hour
The second motor is fastened to a bed
board and is portable. II has a horse
power Of three quarters and drives a cen
trifugal cream separator having a ca
pacity Of $50 hters Of milk per hour, or a
mechanical winnower placed in the wheat
bin.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

Ga LECTRICITY is constantly
growing in Importance as a
factor in our industrial life.
Its applications are manifold
60 and every day brings some
new device to meet some need.
The newest field which # has entered is
that Of agriculture, and there its work
heretofore has been TO an extent limited
IN character and confined TO the larger
farms.
Besides the electrifcation Of seeds to
accelerate termination. which has now
been practiced for some years, and the
protection Of the soil from insects and
worms. II has been used. as stated above,
on larger farms that could afford TO in
stall plant as tne power TO perform the
real heavy work. Electric plows have
been found 10 do their work better than
draft animals harnessed to the old time
share. In harvesting, too. II has been
found that work can be Iightened and re-
suits improved by the judicious use Of
electrically-driven apparatus. Threshing
machines, winnOwing machines, saws,
pumps. etc. have been driven by electric
motors with great efficiency and econ
omy- By use Of electricity the wine
grower finds that he can age his wine,
the olive grower purify his oil and the
turf cutter carbonize his peat
To bring about the more general use of
electricity in this field and show how a
plant can be installed al small ccst, says
the Scientific American, three German
firms, the Union, the HeliOs and Schue-
keCt & Co. have installed model farms. on
which nearly all If not all Of the work
IS done by means Of electricity and meet
the case Of the small farmers
In order 10 cut down expenses central
stations have been built which distribute
The current for many miles at a very rea-
sOnable rate Transformers are, of course
necessary. For electric pIOws threshing
machines and for movable agricultural
implements in general, the Helios Com
pany has designed a special portable
transformer for the purpose Of stepping
down the high-teHsion current before il is
sent 10 the motors. The same comrany
has recently installed two model electric
farms. one at Quednau and the other
at Simmer
The Quednau farm is superintended bv
Professor Backhaus Of the Agricultural
Institute Of the University Of Koenigs-
berg. The farm is situated near Koenigs-
berg and covers about Isl hectares (447
acres). The enterprise not being very ex-
tensive, q dairy is operated in conjunction
with II, the output being 10, 0e9 iiters tZ20O
gslOns) Of milk per day The central
station comprises two divisions-the one a
generating plant. the other an electric
lighting plant. The power house is euuip-
ped with an engine Of 80 horse power,