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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
The old Prison Now DIsused.

The old Prison Now Disused.
men awaiting death there will be cleo
trically lighted offices, open and airy,
and tenanted by Industrious workers
The contrast could hardly be more
complete.
The structure that is now being de-
molished is by no means the original
Newgate. Several prisons have occu-
pied this part of London, the first be-
ing one of the towers of the old city,
which was at the new gate of the town
wall, and which thus gave its name to
the prison. 1t was first mentioned in
1905. The building now falling before
the wreckers' hammers was begun in
ITO, but the Gordon rioters in 1880
partially destroyed the unfinished
structure.
Newgate was then rebuilt, and here
were imprisoned the chief criminals
of the metropolis, while those convict
ed of murder were publicly executed
before its doors. When public execu-
tons came to be considered democrat
izing and evil in their efforts upon the
multitude who witnessed them, the
murderers were executed within the
prison and buried beneath the paving
stones of the hall leading through to
the Old Bailey. This hall was com
monty known as the Graveyard"
Those who paid the penalty of death
within these grim precincts were OBJ
liberated by means of quicklime placed
in their collins, but token of their ex-
istence was left in the shape of an
iron letter, representing the initial of
their surnames and fastened in the
wall over their graves.
OF late years Newgate had only been
used for prisoners awaiting trial at
the Central Criminal Court building
and for those there condemned to
death. At Newgate, moreover, only
murderers whose crimes had been
committed in the metropolitan district
were executed. Transporting murder
ers are hanged at Wandsworth gaol,
unless otherwise ordered by the au-
thorities. 1t was in 1858 that the in
terror of Newgate was rebuilt on the
single cell system. In crowded times
the prison held nearly two hundred
convicts.
1t was out Of old Newgate that the
notorious Jack" Sheppard broke, and
the story of his escape, although it is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
The Burial Ground.

now nearly two hundred years old, is
being retold by Londoners at the pres
emit time. Jack" Sheppard, like many
another criminal, owed his downfall
to the company of bad women. His
father was carpenter, and man of
sterling honesty. The boy was also
apprenticed to a carpenter. Owen
Wood; but he fell into the society of
bad companions near by, at the Black
Lion, in Drury Lane. Here he met
"Bess" Lyon and "Polp' Maggott, who
began TO incite him to theft.
After many robberies of increasing
holiness, Jack" Sheppard was cap
tured, tried and sentenced to death in
Old Bailey. But he had been supplied
with a file by "Poll' Maggott and
"Bess'' Lyon. and he adroitly man
aged to escape. His liberty was of
short duration, and ten days later he
was recaptured and placed in the
strongest cell of Newgate, known as
the Castle. Here he was chained
with two ponderous staples to the
floor" Nearly all London fiocked to
see the prisoner. who. despite all the
care that was taken, had secreted a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
Has Seen thn WnrId.

Count Rocko Dianovich, an Aus
triaS globe trotter who is now in Bos-
ton, has visited every country in the
world, doing all of his land travelling
on foot. He speaks dozen languages
and is intimately acquainted with the
history and customs of every country
he has visited. The count is mine
of interesting experiences, all Of
which he verifies by letters from con-
suls diplomats and other incontes-
able authorities. He fought against
the British in South Africa, has been
mixed up in several San Domingo
revolutions and has participated in
various disturbances in Central
America.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

small file in his Bible, and a complete
set of tools in the rushes of his chair.
The guards inspected his chains on
September is, 1924, and left him at 2
O'Clock in the afternoon for the re-
mainder of the day. Sheppard then
made his last and most wonderful
escape. After freeing himself of his
manacles and swapping the chains
which held him to the floor, he re-
moved stout iron bar from the Chin
ney and climbed up the fiue. After
forcing several heavy bolted doors by
an almost incredible exertion of
strength and ingenuity, he found him
self upon the upper leads.
But, just when his escape was all
but accomplished. the convict was
compelled to retrace his steps to his
cell to get his blanket, by which he
might let himself down to an adjoin-
ing roof twenty feet below. The re-
turn trip was made in safety, and,
dropping to the roof, he entered gar
ret window, and thence slipped unob-
served into the purlieus of Smithf1eld.
4 oS@AhS hOWA 0idJ 1nn ldHC W Tic
fields, he spent two or three days in
an old house by Tottenham Court.
Five days after his escape he went to
cellar by Charing Cross, where all
We're talking about Jack" Sheppard.
He then broke into a pawnbroker's
shop, decked himself out in smart
clothes and drove past Newgate in a
closed carriage The next day he
treated his mother to three quarterns
OF brandy, and then drank himself
silly at Sheer's tavern, Maypole alley.
In this state he was captured and
taken back to Newgate. The turkeys,
despite their disgrace, turned the occa-
sion to one of gain, and charged the
multitude of curious visitors 3s. Cd.
head to see their capture. He was
watched night and day until Novem-
Der 16, when his execution was wit
messed by over 100000 persons, at Ty-
burn. A riot, which broke out over
the disposal of the corpse, had finally
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
After Twenty Years.

Rip Van Wrinkle came down the hill
after his twenty years sleep,
But my friends and relatives" he
inquired, where are they?"
Dead and buried" replied the
strangers as they led him away weep
ing.
And the coal strike" he faltered.
They are thinking of arbitration"
Shrieking with joy, he realized that
one link yet bound him to the past,
and his life was later made happier
by knowing that the original coal
strike Jokes were still dinned into the
public ear.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20


ner with smiling eyes. Except in
the noyelists' hands the stories end
badly"
you are thinking of one," said the
debutante; tell it,"
Il was thinking of fellow, of a
youngster met one winter at Mardi
Gras," the lieutenant said. TITS a
sad little story-it could only be
lightened by a story-teller's art"
The guests had settled themselves
in listening attitudes and were wait
ing for him to begin.
Seeing that the story was forced
upon him the lieutenant spoke re-
luctantly:
He was a handsome, generous fell
low. l helped him out of trouble that
winter, he was always in trouble, and
he was grateful.
Il met him in the Philippines and
knew that something had gone wrong
with his life-all the boyish impul-
siveness was gone. He was reckless,
as If life wasn't worth the fight.
1T was after sharp skirmish that
he sent for me. His face lighted
when he saw me, he stretched out his
hand hungrily-poor boy-in a for
eign land and with death in his face.
| sat Town beside him and he told
me his story between long pauses of
weakness. He had been attracted by
girls youth and beauty. There was
opposition by both families-opposi-
ton with not unusual result-a flight
and marriage.
"At first they were happy, but both
were spoiled and too young for much
forbearance-they separated within
the year"
The lieutenant lifted his eyes to
meet Mrs. Trezevant's troubled ones.
"The girl had ideals. He could not
reach them. Poor fellow, he did not
spare himself-he said that he was
intemperate-brutal took all the
blame. He drifted from Cuba to Ma
Mia. He told me, with pitiful at
tempt at smile, that he was always
vagabond at heart.
THE girl was impressionable and
he entered her life Unexpectedly.
He loved her at the last-I think
he loved her always. l know that he
was glad that he could give her free
DOM"
Poor girl" the debutante said
softly. Her eyes were full of unshed
tears. Didn't he send her message
or some little tokens"
NO" said the lieutenant.
Il wish he had" there was a note
of pain In her soft young voice.
Il am sure he wanted to send her a
locket that held their pictures, sure
that he wanted me to tell her of his
death. but he died just as took the
locket, There wasn't time for an ad-
dress"
And you carry the locket with you.
and hope to find her some day?" The
debutante's voice was very gentle.
"Yes." the lieutenant smiled into
her eyes, II carry the locket with me.
The wife is hardly more than a child
the loveliest child"
"Will you let me see it7" asked the
cebutante.
The lieutenant hcsitated-the de-
butante's smile Wa ard to resist--he
took the locket IRON his pocket and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
The Lieutenant's Story.

BY SARA LINDSAY COLEMAN.
Copyright. 1902. by Daily Story Pub. Cob
The windows of the dining room
stood open and the soft summer night
wind fluttered the candles under their
crimson skirts. There was low muir
muir of talk and of laughter.
The lieutenant had just come home
from the Philippines. He had come
back to the beating of drums, the
clash of castanets, and had been re-
ceived into the arms of an admiring
people-a hero.
The lieutenant took the feteing and
dining calmly enough, meeting Mrs.
Irrelevant he took not so calmly. But
the lines of dissipation and reckless
ness had given place to the bronzed
look of the warrior. II unuttered
thoughts whirled in his brain, II I'M
hidden words crowded his throat the
soldiers self-restraint held them In
lash.
Mrs. Irrelevant sat across the table
from the lieutenant. In the rosy light
her face was pale and pure. Her
eyes were carefully guarded by the
long lashes. that swept her cheeks
Just before dinner the lieutenant
had been presented to Mrs. Irrelevant.
He ate his soup in silence, and the
neglected woman who sat beside him
decided that heroes were very stupid
creatures indeed.
Two years before the lieutenant had
been plain Jimmy Livingston, and a
dissipated chap who had lost faith In
everything matter why.
1t was a little thing that changed
the current of his life, and If you knew
him in those old reckless days reform
your memory of him, please.
One morning as he waited In a
livery stable for mount he saw a
girl standing in the doorway. She
asked for a mount and trustworthy
attendant, and he unhesitatingly offer
ed his services.
He knew that the girl had mistaken
him for the livery man, but it wasn't
in the nature Of Jimmy to let such
a lark escape him.
The lark, though, was not forthcom-
ing. The girl was accompanied al
ways by an older woman. They rode
together many mornings Living
ston rode little in advance of them
or just behind, and longing for ties
he had relinquished, for the world
of his old friends, old habits, old am
billions came to him. at
Sometimes the girl gave him mo-
ment's grave looking over, while her
brow knotted not so much in disap-
proval of him as of his calling. Once
Livingston's heart leaped, for her eyes
had paid him unwilling tribute
young, clear eyes that brought him
the restfulness of quiet, harbored wat
erS after stormy sea.
Strange that the earth had grown
sweet once more, that it was good to
be young and strong and to believe
again in woman's white innocence.
But this had come to a fellow who
had heard only few quiet words
from the lips of a girl who regarded
him as little more than an upper SER
want, who sometimes looked straight
into his eyes with cool, keen glance
that stung like whip lash.
A morning came when the ladies
rode alone; Jimmy Livingston was
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
The Bench Was Barred.

A Kings counsel was appearing in a
case of SANDER, which was being heard
before a certain Judge, with whom.
outside court, he was on the best Of
terms.
The chief witness was woman, who
appeared to testify to the alleged SLAM
der.
Now, madam" began the X. c.,
please repeat the slanderous state
ments made by the defendant on this
occasion just as you heard them"
"Oh, they are unfit for any respect
able person to heart" was the emphat-
ic response, as she looked Indignantly
at the barrister.
Then" said the K C. coaxingly.
suppose you just whisper them to the
judge. london Answers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
Against Duty on work. !, 4 :.

). Plerpont Morgan, Chas. T. Yerkes
ana other wealthy men have formed
an association the object of which is
10 secure repeal of the tariff duty ON
paintings and works of art imported
into THIS country. An appeal is to be
made to President Roosevelt and in
dlvidual members of Congress will be
asked to use their influence TO have
tne law changed. Mr.. Morgan has
more than s1,OOO,OOO worth Of paint
ing stored in London, Paris and Ber-
IN. ~. Yerkes has paintings to the value
ol 1o'ooo in his London apartments,
ano avs he will not bring them here
until the duty is taken on
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
Testimonial to Henrik Abel.

Bjornson was the author of the text
OF the cantata which was sung at
Christiania the other day by way of
celebrating the hundredth birthday OF
Norway's famous mathematician, Hen
rik Abel About 300 guests from for
eign countries were invited and Prof
,. hansen presided at the banquet
Although Abel lived only twenty-sev-
en- years, he was repeatedly invited to
a professorship In Berlin, but his pa
triotism caused him to decline the In
vitation, Notwithstanding his poverty.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
Famous Old Prison
Is Being Torn Down

Famous Newgate prison, where So
much of London's criminal history has
been enacted, is being torn down. An
though the present structure wan
erected in the eighteenth century, the
gloomy building belonged more to
medieval times, and its Graveyard"
and cells were veritable vaults, In
which the unfortunate occupants may
truly be said to have been buried
alive.
The destruction of Newgate has
been contemplated for long time,
but the actual work was not begun
until the present time because of nu-
merous obstacles. On the site will be
erected business building, and In
stead Of gloomy cells filled with idls
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
The Magic Crystal.

There is a path which no fowl knoweth
Nor hath been seen by vulture's eve.
Where not the whelp of lion goeth,
Nor the fierce lion passeth by.
where Is the place of understandings
The deep saith, 1t is not in me.
where wisdom found? To all demand
ing,
1t is not with me. saith the sea.
knowledge cannot be bought with traaa-
ure,
Nor gold of ophir may suffice;
not pearls nor coral mark its measure.
Far more than rubies is price.
Death and destruction say, The rumor
solely thereof hath reached our ear
1eI sorrow in prophetic humor,
main all seen imaged-in a tear.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20
ENDU RANCE.

How much the heart may bear. and yet
not break!
How much the flesh may suffer, and
not diei
I questisn much II any pain or ache
OF soul or body brings our end more
nigh;
Death chooses his own time; till that is
sworn,
All evils may be borne
We shrink and shudder at the surgeons
knife,
Each nerve recoiling from the cruel
steel,
Whose edge seems searching for the
quivering life. fet
Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal,
That still. although the trembling flesh
be torn,
This also can be borne.
We see a sorrow rising in our way,
And try to fee from the approaching
Ill:
We seek some small escape; we weep and
pray;
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

going as fast as steam could carry him
to serve his country-and this is how
he came to enter the army.
The hostess Of the dinner party
glanced at the silent lieutenant with
much disapproval-she had never
thought him stupid before. Tue lieu
tenant looked at Mrs. Trezevant.
He was gentleman, and he had
left her without word, but having re-
deemed the past he had hurried across
the world to find her and lay his
bcst at her feet-and she was mar
riedl Perhaps she had been married
all the time.
There had been night at sea when
the men had given up, they were tired
out, 1t seemed useless to prolong their
agony, for they we're going to &c.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

The editor of the Pail Mall Gazette
objects to speed restrictions for auto
mobiles. This naturally leads to the
inference that the editor is not one
OF those who have had to dodge.
That makes a great difference.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

Some OF our esteemed contempora-
ries are greatly shocked because beer
costs 81 bottle in johannesburg.
Well, let them keep away from such
places.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

None OF these explanations why
the price of bituminous coal is so
high mentions the perhaps unimport-
ant fact that the dealers think they
need the money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

A New York woman has just re-
ceived $4,000 for kindness shown to
a sick man years ago The moral is
perfectly plain: Let us all be kind
to sick men.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

Somebody figures that the world
viii be crowded beyond the limit of
sustenance only 1S9 years from now
but nobody we ever saw will be here
then.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

A subscriber asks what to do with a
nose which has assumed the color of
an Italian sunset. We have referred
1T to another subscriber who has had
experience, who says: Keep on
drinking; II will turn blue In due
time"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

There are 5000 football players In
the United States. The hay crop is
going to waste because there ia a
scarcity of strong men 10 gather 1t
into barns. Here is flaw in our
political economy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

A New York stock exchange seat
has Just been sold for $4,000, and
another is wanted at the same price.
You could buy a good many whole
furniture stores for that.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

One of the vanderbIlts, before de-
Gliding upon candidate for 1904,
wants to know how the president
stands on the question of limiting the
speed of automobiles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

A dispatch from Havana states that
policeman became suddenly insane
Ia the Alhambra theater and fred
several shots from his revolver at the
actors. Are they sure he was In
sane7
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

With call money at IS per cent
in the stock market In New York, the
man who has to borrow borrows
trouble.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

Chicago's FOUNDERS will now die con-
tent. Grand Duke Boris gasped as
he landed In Paris: Il have come
here to rest"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

The University of Chicago has adj
ded the chair of Japanese language
This is the first intimation from a re-
liable source that the Japanese ever
use chairs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

1t now costs 500 to say a swear
word over q Chicago telephone and
the apoplexy death rate is therefore
on the increase.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

Active volcanoes are the latest ad-
ton to the delights of life in the
Philippines. This, however, Ia only
another indication that we can pro
duce anything that any other people
whatever, an sient or modern, have
ever produced
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

The people who are surprised that
money is worth IA per cent In Wall
street have evidently never had occa-
sion to apply for salary loan without
publicity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

It would be sad state of affairs
IL every man who loses money on the
races should try to get even by blow
ing up hotel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

Kaiser Wilhelm says the trolley car
is an enemy of humanity The kaiser
must have been having a dispute over
transfer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

An automobile is well enough as
far as it goes. but II the gasoline
gives out ten miles from town, 1t does
not go far enough
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

An enthusiastic exchange says
Senator Quay is never without q
book In his pocket" Pocketbooks
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

II is going to be hard winter for
the stingy man who owns block OF
steam-heated flats.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

The Russian bear is moving out of
Manchuria, but 1t knows the way
back.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

Colombia is trying to terrify the
revolutionists by buying an American
built vessel
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

Prince Dhuleep thinks $4,000 a
year allowance "ridiculously insufi-
Client" He ought to try earning 1t.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

Folks who suffer from insomnia
and nothing else are quite likely to
die of old age and nothing else.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

We need large navy, the President
says, but not large army-on land
we have the trolley cars.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

"Devery'' has become Mr. Devery TO
some of the New York papers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

If trust would corner ping-pong
balls the act would cover multitude
of bad breaks
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

But when the blow falls, then our
Not that the pain is OF its sharpness
shorn,
But that IT can be borne
We w'nd our life about another life:
We hold IL closer, dearer than our own:
Leaving us stunn'd, and stricken, and
alone;
But ahl we do not die with those we
mourn
This also can be borne
Behold, we live through all things-fam-
inc, thirst
All woe and sorrow; life inhlcts its
worst
On soul and body--but we can not die.
Though we be sick, and tired and faint,
and worm
10, all things can be bornel
Elizabeth Akers Allen.
But out of the blackness and the
night, the waste of water and swift
death that doomed, her face shone like
a star. The lieutenant lowered above
the men, he called on them in the
name Of her that each one loved to
fight for -lfe, to refuse to drown like
rates in hole. then he rushed below
and his voice came to them, clear and
strong-he was singing Annie Laurie.
To man they responded. The dawn
brought ship in sight-and life.
The dinner moved on through its
courses. The ices were brought in.
You are very silent. lieutenant"
a sparkling debutante leaned across
the table, in her flashing eyes and in
her smile challenge, tell us story.
There must have happened something
OF intense interest in two years of
war"
A story" the lieutenant turned the
stem of his wine glass and looked at
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-20

to be quelled by the military with
fixed bayonets Such was the end of
the career of the most notorious pris-
oner of Newgate.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-04-30

speak and act magnificently for his
race, or Senator Tillmap to thunder
against it, he has in few words pres
ented solution of the problem that
must appeal to all who have followed
the recent developments of the ques-
ton as downright sensible. He says
through the editorial columns of bis
paper;
"Our idea is, for the negro to
make himself as little of a problem as
possible. The less he is in evidence
as disturbing element the better for
himself and the country; and there
is really no valid reason why the
negro, as a negro, should upset the
tranquility of his white neighbors or
the equanimity of the nation"
Long live John Dickerson.