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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
THE SPAN OF LIFE.
LONGER IN AMERICA THAN IT
WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Insurance Statistics Show Gain of
One Year in Every Ten We
Livs--Intereating
Changes.


The other day, at meeting Of the life
insurance experts Of New York, we
We're told that the span OF life in Amer
lea is growing longer, that the average
American OF to-day lives to be about Ave
years older than the American OF 50
years ago. That Is, we have been gain
ing year in every ten. Statistics also
show that the race Is producing larger.
stronger, finer men and women. We are
taller. weigh more, DO more work than
our grandfathers, says Psarsons Mag
azlne.
Why? Many influences are, OF course.
Mt work in producing these interesting
changes; advanced medical science has
practically conquered the contagious
diseases and has largely decreased in
FAINT mortality; improved sanitary and
hygienic science has saved the lives OF
thousands OF city dwellers; but. after
all. no single influence is so important
TO the welfare OF our physical being as
the food we take into our bodies. "As
the coal is. SO is the engine"
No study then. could be more inter
cSting and important. as bearing on thjs
question. than an investigation OF the
changes In our food fashions. Do we eat
the same Thugs that our grandfathers
did, n not. what Is the trend OF our
diet--toward the food OF the vegetarian.
which includes the advertised
modern food products the cereals or
toward the old diet of the meat-eater?
Upon this point the last census gives
US striking and conclusive informA-
ton. II shows, indeed. the most ex-
traordinary changes in our diet. and
changes that point to single, consis-
tent tendency.
In short. we are becoming more and
more nation Of vegetarians.
In tho matter OF mutton for instance
every 100 Americans in 1850 consumed
~ sheep. nearly sheep to each man.
woman and child; In 1900 the consump-
lion had been reduced to so sheep TO
every 100 persoDs-a reduction OF almost
half. More remarkable still has been
our turning from pork-11s hogs to
every 100 persons In 1S50--more than
one hog for each man, woman and child
to ~ hogs in 1900. We are still large
eaters Of beef, however, though here.
too. there is reduction OF 20 per cent.
from Is beeves to 100 persons in 1850, to
20 beeves in 1900
But what OF milk. butter. cheese. eggs.
and poultry which must be considered
as meat foods In contradistinctlon to
those which are strictly vegetarian
Here. too. though the statistics do not
cover the whole period OF so years. we
md interesting changes: mostly large
Increases. For example: In 1880 the
fupply OF eggs was 800 dozen for each
100 persons, and in 1900 II reached
700 dozen In the same period the sup
rlv Of dairy products increased by more
than threefold. The only dairy product
showing a decrease is cheese. so years
teo each person ate Az pounds annually;
N 1900 the amount had dropped to one
half pound.
Reducing all these various meat prod
nots 10 a common Observation-Disclosures
lars and cents-we find that our meat
diet IS a nation has decreased in so
Fears by about &c per cent.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
COLLEGE MEN WORK.
STUDENTS SEEK EMPLOYMENT
IN MAINE LUMBER WOODS.
Young Men Of Education Take the
Places Of Frenchmen and
Indians as Fire
Watchers.

In quick, negotiable value" said For
est Commissioner Edgar Ring, the tim
Der standing on the wild lands of Maine
is worth more than all the other hold
ings in the state
We have more than $4,000, 900, 900
board feet Of spruce, which should be
worth at least four dollars a thousand
on the stump. Then we have millions
OF feet in second growth pine, some OF
which is very large-to say nothing Of
hemlock and hemlock bark.
TO this we must add the young tim
Der which Is not yet big enough to cut,
but which is coming on SO rapidly that
in many townships It is making for It's
owners from five to eight per cent. every
year Now, II you will add to these the
vast area OF hard woods, many of which
arevery valuablefor flooring and cabinet
work, you have combined valuation
that will nearly pay of the entire gov
eminent debt"
II Is the realization OF this fact, says the
New York Sun, that Is leading owners
Of forest lands to give more and more
IACSNNNsCAA
Several OF the men who have large hold
ings in wild lands have contributed to
hire men to patrol the woods constant
ly from late in May until the fall rains
set in
The average pay OF these patrolmen
is about $3.50 a day and all found.
The outdoor life and the strange
scenes have induced college students
and students Of natural history topics
to seek this kind of employment, 40
that instead OF having Frenchmen from
Canada or Indians from Old Town on
duty, the fire watch OF Maine is com
posed OF young men OF education.
Now and then an employee grows
weary Of the solitude and gives up his
job on account of Inconsistencies, but a
majority are delighted with the work.
and say they are the only persons in the
world who receive pay while enjoying
an outing
1t is away ahead OF a gymnasium for
keeping chap in training" said an attn
letic undergraduate from Harvard. "No
man can do his duty as fire patrol and
keep any flesh on his bones.
Il am carrying an ak, big blanket,
and five or six days rations on my back
most of the time. and when l do not
cover my 80 or 40 miles day am called
down for loanng.
II find that simple foods stand by
me much better than the chicken fx-
ings you buy at the restaurants. Bacon.
corn bread and tea are my standards.
and when | cannot find bacon, strips OF
raw salt pork that are fat and sweet will
serve as we'll
When one has to lug his grub on his
back for days at time he becomes eau
tious about taking on big load. A
half-pound OF bacon and a pint of corn
meal-the latter, TO be cooked on a strip
OF bark or fiat stone in the form of a
hoe cake-will stand by me longer than
a meal at Young's or Parker's. These
two, with big dipper Of hot tea that
Is strong, and used without milk, or
sweetened, will put one in shape to win
medals or most anything"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
"aUIck LUNCH" TRAGEDY.
GOOD Bolted by the Hurrying Ameri-
can Hastens Him to His
Death.

Who can write the life-tragedies that
may be traced to the boiling" of lunch
cons at quick lunch" counters?" Yet
it would seem that even a quick lunch"
is becoming too slow for us. Recently
saw sign in the windows and over the
door OF a New York restaurant. an
nouncing "The Quicker Lunch" "The
quickest lunch" will probably soon fol-
low. Indeed, many young business men
do not take time to even go to lunch
counter. They take luncheon brought
TO their ofices, where they talk business
while they dine, says Success.
Has life become so rapid that a man
cannot take time to eat? Is II possible
that he can allow himself only ten min
ntes for luncheon; and that. even while
eating, he cannot take time to smile,
or to turn of the steam. but must keep
the throttle valve OF his thinking ma
chine wide open-planning, planning,
thinking. thinking?
We have become mad in the matter
OF dollar-chasing. Not long ago heard
a business man say that his partner,
who had recently married. took his
wedding trip on an elevator in New
York sky-scraper." II was the only
time he felt he could take to celebrate
such a minor affair as his marriage!
A man cannot be normal. and cannot
reach his best while living at such a
aigh rate OF speed. We Americans can
not. under existing conditions, attain
that exquisite poise of character. that
mental balance, and that harmonious
bearing which should distinguish a
great people, OF highly civilized race
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
Flats for Children.

Children have long been unwelcome
tenants in apartment houses But
there is always some one to turn pre-
vailing idea upside down, especially II
1t is bad idea. A New York man has
built in his city a slx-story block Of
flats designed primarily for the COM
fort and happiness OF chlluren. He has
equipped the back yard with swings
and sand beds, and reserved large
play-room on the top floor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
RAISING an Important auestion.

AT what point" said delegate to
the contest of mothers. would you
consider boy too old or too large to
take upon your knoe?"
when he becomes SO big that you
cant lay him across your knee, face
downward" replied a large. resolute.
hard-featured delegate from the far
northwest. Chicago Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
Only One pimcuItx.

Scholar-Professor your mnemonic
system Is wonderful. and am sure that
anyone, after mastering the rules. can
learn to remember anything. But am
handicapped by one dIfficulty.
PROFESSIONALISM is it?
~ can't remember the rules Town
and Country, .---...-...
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-09-26
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MRS. E. F. KIRK, Prop.

This Popular and Health Restoring Resort is situated
miles east of Challs. on Salmon River These wat
ers are of good temperament for bathing and pos
sess strong medicinal properties.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26

offer the following as curios of oul

, offer the following as curios of our
past, membranes of childhood.
A Bridegroom Victim.
1t was Sunday afternoon in the
early spring when flowers were bloom
ing, birds singing and love and peace
seemed all alive, even in the atmos-
phere, that | was playing around a
recently married couple, when an In
dian approached the stoop (now the
residence of Judge Whitfield, Talla-
hassee) offering a basket of early fruit
for sale, and Mrs Campbell was about
TO bargain for them when her husband
said: Don't buy them for / must
leave home tomorrow on urgent bust
ness, and | wish you to stay with your
uncles family (that of Gov. Duval'sJ
while | am gone" In twenty-four
hours from that time the young hus-
band was brought home dead, killed
in duel, and the wife was told that
his death was owing to a fall from a
horse. and the facts of the case she
did not learn for year or more, but
finally gathered them from an old
newspaper, and it was long after that
| heard the cause of the duel myself.
which was that three brothers (Hamb-
ly) had sworn to challenge this man
Ia lawyer for advocating the extreme
ton for debt. which result ruined them
financially, and the brothers pledged
themselves to kill Mr.. Campbell IT
consequence, one failing, the second
and third should challenge him to a
duel. These brothers we're merchants
of Magnolia, town southeast of Tai
lahassee. The youngest, not married
claimed the privilege of the first en-
counter, and the result is here stated.
The story went that on the morning
of the Sunday first referred to, the
! challenged man accompanied his wife
, to the church door, and then left he
nnsuspecting and proceeded to an adj
jacent forest to practice with the pis
tol, the wife as unconscious of thu
contemplated deed as the husband was
resolute in preparing for the fatal
! meeting.
Another time I remember hearing
a shot not very far away, On anothe:
Sunday morning. it was sharp and
quickly followed by two or three more
and at the sound, my mother at my
side, fell back fainting. Later a
wounded man, bloody and weak, was
! brought into an outer Office of the yard
accompanied with doctors and friends
| was little child, not five years old
/ and moreover a delicate girl with
/ curiosity. l mingled with the crowd
straining my little body to catch sighl
, OF what | could not understand Later
IN life / learned it was duel fought
: between a brother of Delegate White
and Leigh Reed, the latter demanding
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26

onel Aston wheeled he lost his bal
ance and did not recover to send his
fire, and consequently ii went aimless-
ly into the air. The seconds, astonish-
ed, ceased to count, but Reed shot
on time. and fatally, and there was NO
claim of Unfairness, as the seconds
forgot to count four.
The family of Colonel Aston were
so confident of his safety that a great
feast had been prepared in recogni-
ton Of the occasion. and all friends
were invited to the adjacent home.
Knowing what the shock would
prove, messengers were hurried to car
ry the unexpected news. The wife
swooned, but the sisters refused to be-
lieve il, and were only convinced Of
the fact when the solemn procession
approached which bore the dead man
to his late home. Doctors were en-
ployed TO perform miracles, but they
could only place the fatal bullet in
the hands of the distracted sisters,
and with imprecations one of them
swore that the same bullet should
avenge sthe brother so helpless in
death
But subsequently it was claimed
that the established laws
duello had been violated and assassi-
nation was deemed fit for assassina-
ton. This is why Col Reed died with
his boots on.
And Col Reed, what of him?
An Avenger From Texas.
An avenger away in Texas. which
was almost a foreign country at that
time, had heard of the duel and call
cd it assassination.
He came at once and the first even
ing of his arrival on entering Browns
hotel, south of the capitol. for sup
per, Willis Aston recognized Col.
Reed at the head Of the table and fired
upon him at once. more in a spirit OF
,wa-Eing than otherwise. Again in
seemingly the same spirit he fired
upon his carriage within which he and
his wife were driving, but this trifiing
soon ended Near the corner of Mum
roe street lived one Ledwith, and on
the opposite side of the street were
law offices, etc. On an occasion when
all seemed peaceful and orderly there
| issued from one Of these Col. Leigh
Reed, calmly possessed with his own
affairs, when there came from Led
with's house the fatal bullet that kill
, ed Reed, which was supposed TO be
the same that had killed Augustus
Aston and preserved for this purpose,
but it entered the unprotected back
of its victim, which was deemed scan.
) dalous. The shot was fired by Willis
/ Aston concealed who Immediately
made his escape to Texas leaving Col
Reed to die after a few hours sur
rounded by sympathizing friends in
/ the gloom of his law office. Ledwith
was indicted as an accomplice and
convicted but after time petition
for pardon signed by citizens so uni.
versally as to secure to him peace
and respectabllity-but of Willis Ais.
! ton ask Texas?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26

"A thirty-hOur limit is placed on the
lobbyists stay in the city.
Lobbyists Submission.
This is Folks unique way Of LETTING
the people Of the state know that o..
reign Of corruption in Missouri is
come 70 an end. and of warning '.-
lobbyists that the gun is loaded. R.
ports from Jefferson City indicate thai
no doubt exists in the minds OF ar
one, even in the minds of the per--.
sive gentlemen Of the third house ---
Folk will be able to enforce his four
rules. They are reported TO be mo-
~ submissive. Not many of -l"
wear the white lily of a blameieS~ q.
teal life in their coat lapels. Fob e..
their records. and if they refu-a o..
submit to his sensational rules h. r.
DauEIrate Investigations thar
make them still more u1cOmf1r-d
Il is reported that when the -- ca
were posted up the lobbyists e.
getner and decided there wa r.
in trying 10 buck against the ---
able. and that The exodus bc-a.
once. Headquarters have been REM.
ed to s.. Louis, where they Wit --
callers during the recess OF Tho ..-.
laturC.
The Missouri agent OF enc %
railroad interests, according % the -
ports, Immediately called upon
governor, after the sromul za-.-l
the rules, 10 find out how H--a
earnest FOLK was about the Ua
There will be no eXcepJi.- .r
rules the governor told him
you come here you must repor- -. ..
ar once, and tell me what you sr-
for. If a bill is pending which ~
the interests Of your employ. .
have a right 10 appear before --.
mittee in whose hands &c s. BIZ
~ hours is ample time for You -" -.t..
act your business. After rsF
must vanish"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26

satisfaction for remarks made upon
his friend, Richard Keith Call, by
young White.
When Prince Murat Fought.
The son of the king Of Naples, Prince
Achile Murat, also fought duel with
Judge Baltzell previous to his seat on
the bench. II resulted in the loss OF
little finger to the prince. r. X
Call was his second, and to him he
said, few minutes before he took his
stand: Il want you to know that
believe in no future" but when death
really came, twenty years later, the
Catholic priest was at his bedside.
And then there was another duel,
the particulars of which | do not re-
member; but the wife of one Of the
party. suspecting the absence of her
husband, pursued, TO find the conten-
ders for honor arTayed face TO face
1t is enough TO say that her precipita-
ton arrested further progress. And
there were othes. among them one
Hackley, a Virginian, rendered help
less for long years os life.
But dueling in Florida ended with
the desperate feuds and fights connect
ed with the Aston family, race Of
most respectable people. brave, gener-
ous-hearted, genial and most high
toned in all respects, wealthy and hos
pitable. Leigh Reed, who had been i
law student of r. X. Call and member
of his family, had grown ambitious.
Entrusted with high command during
the Seminole war by his former friend.
in matters connected with the Block
House rescue, made for his own eX-
| cuse and protection certain remarks
rslative TO the directions received
from the commander, r. X. Call
The AIston-Reed Duel.
In those days friends fought for
friend, and these invidious remarks
being addressed to Augustus Aston
he resented them and in behalf of his
friend, r. K Call. sent a challenge to
Leigh Reed, demanding satisfaction.
1t was a chilly, misty morning; the
sun itself seemed to shrink away
from the direful scene, and men stood
apart in groups. silent and solemn,
, but neither love or law whispered
condemnation. Dignified and quiet
oOll -pOSoGSSiOn vi tuG peltt "a LhO VI III
cipals hid all emotion, if any existed.
Back to back" And the seconds
murmured their, fearful directions, and
then came the awful order.
Wheel" after the regulated steps,
and then the count. "One. two. three.
But the seconds, aghast counted no
more, for Aston had fired and stood
hugging his gun TO his heart, and
Reed, deliberately aiming, sent the
/ ball through the handle of the trigger
of his opponents gun, who fell dead
! before him.
| Even those looking on could not
account for it. Colonel Reed had been
regarded as a doomed man, not only
for his want of skill, but for the not
ed reputation of his antagonist as a
shot. Be that so. there lay the first
in rigid death. the other untouched
and sorrowful, for impulsively he rush,
ed toward the fallen man. But he
was held back, for it did not seem
right that he should put his hands on
him. Explanations and interpreta
] tons followed. 1t seemed that as Col
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26

stain with human blood is, doubtless
horrible. but such was the tyranny OF
custom that actually in the long age
a code of laws for the regulation o!
personal encounter or arbitration
were compiled, which were studied
and practiced as a necessity. Duelling
was not a modern expedient. The
ancient classics tell of many desperate
encounters in single combat, but these
were generally trials of sinew and mus
Gle, and though seemingly more brutal
the natural forces brought into test
seemed to palliate and equalize cOndi
tions-so with the sword, battle axe
spear and other instruments of war
fare. But the more modern pistol, how
much more quick and undertaking IL
its fearful work,
The Vendetta is said to be of Vala
rec origin, but it was the Knights Oi
Tara in the Lex Pugnandi of thirty
six commandments, who made the life
of a human being as nothing in the
settlement Of personal difficulties
aginst which civil law is not entire
! ~ adequate, for the most noble-heart
ed and strong minded, and whose
| courage is above suspicion, yield tC
! this arbitrary rule of satisfaction, as
vide the course and sacrifice of the
great and gifted Hamilton.
So il has been. and may be again
! that society may be shocked and start
| led by other dUels?
Very early in life | was familiaTiZe,
with the facts of several personal en-
counters.
Florida Newly Amerieanized.
Florida was newly Americanized, bu
its people were representatives of old
er localities, whence they had com'
with new plans in life but bringing
with them old prejudices, pro and con
Commerce had little to do with thest
/ pastures new in chOice-but the i'm
petus was a rush from crowds or sc
we're climate. or that ambition t
grow up" politically with the coun
try.
These people denounced the bowl
knife of the roughs as vulgar, tn
rapier of the French as frivolous-bu
| the pistol was advocated as the hes
means OF control to society, and tn
man that referred TO the law for pr
lection was stamped as a poltroon. L
| demand satisfaction made a hero, {
| refuse. a coward, and this was S
much of the atmosphere as to max
this a possible truth. Pistols OF thi
hereditary use we're preserved as he'll
looms; even children were quieted b
the promise of these as toys, and tn
pistol that had killed was preserve
and loaned for its distinction.
Education in civilization and refine
ment has changed all this, and | onl
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26

The title of this paper, ITO
Die With Boots On" is ambiguous,
hut the expression is 50 identical with
accident, violence and personal COM
bat. that it particularly attracts lndl-
vidual interest.
The fact that one dies with his
-Eboots on" implies unnatural causes,
and we are shocked because of the up
permost desire in the heart OF man To
live and the law of self-preservation
is so dominant, that we wonder what
strange forces are involved in the TAX
ing of human life.
The desperate alternative of homi-
eide has its palliatives, and the Sc
cretfyeness of suicide seems to sancti-
fy the deed; for love and sympathy is
aroused for one so Indifferent to the
laws of existence. and in charity we
fear TO impugn the motive.
These occurrences are daily, and
will continue to be so as long as hui
man passions prevail. But for that
order of custom known as the duel
one can but feel indignation, and dis
REGARDING all other situations | shall
only write of those wherein a man
fights TO vindicaJe his honor, a resort
10 teach good manners and punish
SANDER. and society has never deter
mined that such law was indispensa-
bic. or more hOnOred in the breach
than observance.
Men are not always Nrong who
quarrel. and there are Lenses for
which there can be no forgiveness;
but the alternative Of wiping out the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26

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utes Almost miraculous. DR.. Thomas
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26
RULES FOR THE
THIRD HOUSE
HOW GOVERNOR FOLK PROVIDES
FOR THE LOBBYIST IN MIsSoU-
ri AND WHAT THOSE GENTRY
THINK OF IT.

True to his reputation for original
ity and effectiveness in protecting the
interests of the people, says the Bar
tow COurier-Informant, Gov. Folk has
applied the big stick to the lobbyists
who have hitherto infested the capitol
OF Missouri
The legislature of that state is going
to be made TO take a dose of reform,
whether ii likes the taste of it or not
The lobby as an institution has been
kicked out.
The governor has promulgated four
rules for the guidance of the prOfes-
sional buttOn-hOlers. and a glance at
them will show why lobbyist tracks in
the snow around Jefferson City are
mostly pointing away from the capitol
towards the tall timbers. The rules
are:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26
Governor Folks Rules.

"On arrival at Jefferson City. or as
soon thereafter as possible. any pro-
fessionaI lobbyist must report his pres.
ence in the city by presenting himself
at the governors Office.
Such lobbyists must report 10 the
governor the object of their visit.
"A report must be made 10 the news
paper representative the same as
that to the governor.