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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-13
I'm Draws First Blood.
CHAPTER III.

loan Draws First Blood.
The word of command came full
ord strong from the open doorway of
the hall.
aans Trenck came instantly to the
eoIrte with the ball in his hand. He
mad no difficulty in lifting 1t now. In
fsct he did not seem able to let it
down. Every man in the hall except
+bo two captains of Plassenburg had
risen 10 his feet and stood as if cary
ed in marble.
For there in the doorway, her slim
Agnre erect and exceedingly com
manding. and her beautiful eyes shin
ing with Indignation, stood the Ouch
ess Joan of Hohenstein.
In stern silence she advanced into
+he hall. every man standing fixed
at attention.
"Keep Your hand so, Hans Trenck."
said their mistress, give me your
sword, Werner! You shall see wheth-
er I am called Joan of the Sword for
naught. You would torture prisoners.
would YOU after what have said?
Hold up. | say, Hans Trenck!"
And so. no man saying her nay, the
girl took the shining blade and, with
a preliminary swish through the air
and a balancing shake to feel the elias
tic return, she looked at the poor
knaye fixed before her in the center
OF the hall with his wrist strained to
hold the prisoners ball aloft at the
stretch of his arm. What wonder
If it wavered like branch in an I'M
steady wind?
STEADY, there!" said Joan.
And she drew back her arm for the
stroke.
The young Dane, who, since her en-
trance, had looked at nothing save
the radiant beauty of the figure before
him, now cried out, For heavens
sake, lady, do not soil the skirts Of
your dress with his villain blood. He
but obeyed his orders. Let me be set
free, and I will fight him or any man
in the castle. And if 1 am beaten,
let them torture me till am car
rion fit only to be thrown into the
castle ditch"
The duchess paused and leaned on
the sword, holding it point to the
earth.
by whose orders was this thing
done?" she demanded.
by mine, my LADY, said Werner
Won orseln, a deep flush upon his
manly brow.
The girl looked severely at him.
She seemed to waver. Good, then!"
she said. "the Dane shall fight Wer-
ner for his life. Loose him and chafe
his wrists. Hol there-bring dozen
swords from the armoryl"
The flush was now rising to the
boys cheek.
81 thank you, Duchess" he said. 81
ask no more than this"
"Out into the light" cried the
young Duchess Joan, pointing the way
with Werner's sword, which she still
held in her hand. And going first she
went forth from the hall of the SOL
diery, down the broad stairs. and soon
through a low-arched door with a
sculptured coat-of-arms over it, out
into the quadrangle of the courtyard
Werner followed unwillingly and
with a deep flush of shame upon his
brow.
Meanwhile the lad had been freed
from his bonds and stool- with a
sword in his hand suppling himself
for the work before him with quick
little guards and feints and attacks.
There was proud look in his eyes,
and as his glance left the duchess
and royed round the circle Of his foes
1t flashed full. bold and defiant.
Werner turned to a palish, lean Bo-
hemian who stood little apart.
Peter Balta," he said. will you be
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-13
AN uNsREAkAsLE s-wRENcH.
How an Old Buggy Spring Can Sc
Turned to Good Account.

An Illinois correspondent of Popu-
lar Mechanics sends that publication
a simple means of making what he
tetrms is an "unbreakable" S-wrench-
Here is the way he describes it:
Forge down a piece of old buggy
spring as at A, then work it on the
edge of an anvil to a diamond shape
by slowing as at B. Punch a hole
in each diamond-shaped part q little
in front of the center and cut out
to edge. Drive in a punch to spread
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-13
OFFERED UP TO MAMMoN.
Lives and Health of Children Sac.
rificed to God of Gain.

Irene Macfadyen of England, after
inspecting conditions, a year or two
ago, wrote: The physical, mental,
and moral effect of these long hours
of toll on the children is indescribab-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-13

Marking the Santa Fe Trail.
The famous old Santa Fe trail is to
be marked so that its location will not
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
SHEEP INDUSTRY GROWS
Coming Of Armours Will Mean Muct
- to This Market. ~.

The present inability to offer the
prizes for sheep growers given by Wis
consin, Indiana and other states &C.
counts for the fact that the exhibit
of sheep at the state fair this year is
not much larger than last, in: the opin.
ion Of G.. H. Kerr, assistant superin.
tendent of the sheep department.
HThe sheep-growing industry is rap
idly increasing in this state and there
are plenty Of good hocks in almost
every part Of the state except the Red
River valley he says. 'slThere is, Of
course, no limit to the number of sheep
the state can produce If the attention
of farmers is given to that department
and if the market were nearer and more
active.
Wisconsin has become great
sheep-raising state, principally because
the hilly country in the south and cut
over lands in the north are excellent
grazing territory for sheep. As people
in northern Minnesota begin to realize
our local sheep territory. The only
this, the cut-over lands will be added to
handicaps on the sheep industry in Min
nesota now are dogs and wolves. and
both Of these are being rapidly thinned
out.
"The building Of the Armour pack
have Stimulating influence on the
sheep industry, both in Minnesota and
Wisconsin. At present much Of the
Minnesota product goes, either to the
Sioux City packing plant, from the
southwestern part Of the state, or to
Chicago, from the southeastern. With
another big packing plant in the local
field and q few more buyers out among
the farmers the inducements to the pres
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
HEART UNBROKEN,
HEAD ]! D. NOT SORE
MIR. Perkins Wakes Facetious in
Personal Card to Fellow
Newspaper Men.
special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. Sin reply
to the statement OF many newspapers
turnout Iowa, that he has bolted Gov
ernor Cummins because Cummins de-
feated him for the denomination,
Geodge D. Perkins published in his
newspaper this mornings, signed
"card' addressed "to the newspaper
fellows of Iowa, good, bad and indif
ferent,' in which he says: -57 y
The undersigned has been to sec
the doctor. The doctor says there is no
indication Of a broken heart. In fact
the doctor says; the heart is in good
shape: in better shape than might be
expected, considering it's years. There
mas been SO much said about its being
broken that it is pleasure to know
that the report Is untrue. Medical
science has not yet found g. way to
supply a new heart and it is important
FOR every one to take such care. of the
one he has as he can. ....
The doctor also examined the head
Tor sores, and he found none. He said
what slight irritation there was was
caused by dandruff. He was questioned
about the blood and said the blood was
not bad SO far as he could discover. u
Mr.. Perkins adds that the "doctor'
didn't advise a change of climate or
a vacation. The editor also 5congratu-
lates the newspaper men on their pros
perlty, and says: "Not everything can
have the county printing, but the re-
ward OF the righteous is sure.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
AER0NAUTS PLAY
TAG WITH DEATH.
Malleray's Thrilling Trip from
Oconto, Wis, Ended in
Swamp. --. ...%~
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Cheboygan, Mich, Sept. S.-William
Matteray, the aeronaut who made an
ascension at Oeonto, Wis, with a dis
abled airship, alighted at Wolverine in
the southern part of this county, yester-
day, after one of the most thrilling
/ trips in the history of aeronautics.
Twelve hours suspended between lake
or earth and sky, between, life and
death, Matteray fought for his life. A
dozen times he thought his end had
come, but each time retaining his pres
ence of mind, he threw out ballast or
cut off some portion of the airshib g
machinery and allowed the balloon to
rise again from the water below.
When Matteray and the airship rose
into the air at Oconto. he found that
his machinery would not work. While
trying to start the engine, he found he
was dangerously near the lakeshore, and
feared to try to descend.
After being out for several hours
Matteray found he was becoming ex-
hausted and, sending the balloon as far
as he dared into the air, he bound him
self to the frame and went to sleep.
When he awoke after an hours sleep.
he realized that he was approaching
land and decided to make a landing
When the machine descended, it was
in dense swamp. It was twelve hours
walk to Wolverine, where he reached
the nearest telegraph station.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
CUBAN REBELS
FAVOR PEACE
Leaders of Two Provinces Outline
Terms Guerra Likely to
-ll-. Stand Alone.

Havana, Sept. s-General Menocal
said today that the leaders of the re-
bellion in the province of Santa Clara
had intimated that they would negoti-
ate for peace on the basis of new
municipal elections. new general cleo
ton, amnesty for, all insurgents and the
appointment Of special commission
to Investigate the death of Congress.
man Villuendas, the national liberal
candidate for president, who was shot
and killed in a fight with police at
Cienfuegos, Sept. 90, 1908, and who is
said to have been deliberately muir
dered.
When questioned regarding the rebels
in Havana province, General Menocal
said they also had intimated that they
would agree to practically the same
terms, leaving the force commanded
by Pine Guerra the only one in the
field. Menocal positively declared that
if Guerra did not agree to accept rea-
sonable peace terms, all the rest of the
country would be against him.
Meanwhile Guerra s attitude is in
creasingly warlike i~.+:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
PREMIUMS FOR SCHOOL WORE
Manual Training Is Seen at It's Best in
Pretty Exhibits.

IF my children weren It too old I'd
put 'em in school at MINNEAPOLIS an
when they came out I'd open furni-
tuFe factory an have 'em all work in
it, laughed man from the southern
part Of the state, when he grasped the
fact, that all Of the handsome furniture
IN the MINNEAPOLIS school exhibit room
= been ! made a by the pupils. "Girls
the name Of Ethel Broadbent on the tao
Of q writing desk.
1T don't know about that,'' said his
wife plaintively. ''The world seems
to be turning upside down, what with
men taking the prizes for cooking and
sewing and the girls for carpenter work.
It sI wash t 80 when I was a girl" she
"Maybe not, said the farmer as
he looked carefully at the workmanship,
than these school girls I'd like to see
him try. =" IN surer every year It
live that education pays if you get the
right kind, and SO, as say, if nv chill
dren weren't all voters I'd send 'em
factory" -. = -
The work Of the manual training de.
partment has held the interest Of the
fair visitors, for it is something that
tAey Cdu odSlly uuuerSCInQ.A - Ii YOU
were to buy that chair one of them
remarked after gazing at Neal Kings
tley's big Morris chair, "you'd pay SIS
or $40 if you d pay a cent. It wouldn It
cost a boy half that to make ito And
everybody agreed with him.
s, Mr.: Kingsley is from the East high
school and Axel Lundquist of the South
high and Will Schaeffer of Central,
have also big comfortable Morris chairs
en- exhibition. There are tables of
different sizes by Morton Leonard and
Allan. Hockenberger Of the East high,
Josephine Cantieny Of the South high
and Paul Thayer. Of Central Albert
Warren of Central and Alfred Simmon-
son Of the Eats high and Martin Lund-
quist Of the. South high sent ii desks
as well as. Miss Broadbent, who also
shows q tabouret as does Charles Doty
of the East high.
One Of the most pretentious pieces Of
cabinet work Is the cabinet with loaded
glass doors. made by Arnold Larson Of
the South high. Miss Cantieny has a
pretty lantern in metal work, as well as
q table. Oscar Long Of the East high
has a wall cabinet and Fridolph Youn.
gren a STRAIGHTFORWARD chair.
The work Of the manual training
students is also shown in the craft
ease outside. where are The stunning
Ewooden cardtray US, handsome Leather
work in mats, purses, penwfpers and
blotters, and dozen other articles, az
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
CAN DRI Nix TROUBLE
That's One Way to Get It.

Although they won't admit it many
people who suffer from sick headaches
and other ais get them straight from
the coffee they drink and 1t is easily
proved if they re not afraid to leave it
TO a test. as in the case Of a lady in
Connellsville
IT had been a sufferer from sick
headaches for twenty-five years and
anyone who has ever had a bad sick
heaGache knows what I suffered. Some
times three days in the week I would
have to remain in bed, at other times
couldn It lie down the pain would be
80 great. My life was torture and if
went away from home for a day I
always came back more dead than alive.
III Zone day | was telling a woman my
troubles and she told me she knew that
1t was probably coffee caused it..
She said she had been cured by stop
ping coffee and using Postum Food Cot
fee and urged me to try this food drink
That's how l came to send out and
get some Postum and from that time
I've never been without it for it suits
my taste and I have been entirely cured
of all my old troubles. All I did was
to leave off the coffee and tea and drink
well made Postum in its place. This
change has done me more good than
everything else put together.
Our house was like a drug store for
my husband bought everything he
heard of to help me without doing any
my headaches ceased and the other
troubles quickly disappeared I have
q friend who had an experience Just
like mine and quitting coffee and using
Postum cured her Just as it did me.
The headaches left and my general
health has been improved and I am
much stronger than before. l now
4 enjoy delicious Postum more than Il
tum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
There 'sa reason and it Is worth
finding out. ID
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
PARACHUTE FAILED TO OPEN
Woman Aeronaut's Terrible Fall After
Saving Negroes Life.

Libertyville, ILL.,, Sept. 8.-After saw.
Ing the life of negro who had been
caught in a balloon netting and dragged
head downward about forty feet into
the air, Mary z. Keyes, a woman aero
naut Of Chicago had a hairbreadth es-
cape from death yesterday afternoon at
the Lake county fair.
Just as the ropes were being cast
aside by the atte ndants negro, who
failed to let go in time, was caught
and lifted by the feet into the air. His
cries were heard half a mile away.
The aeronaut succeeded In releasing
some Of the gas in the balloon and.
calling to the negro to hold fast.
brought safely to earth the balloon and
the negro. She resumed her flight at
once and when the balloon had attained
an altitude Of 500 feet, cut loose and
made the 'parachute jump" The par
achute failed to open.
Horrified at the spectacle, the crowd
awaited in suspense. When about fifty
feet from the ground the parachute.
to which Miss Reyes still chung, opened
with swish and arrested the force Of
her fall. She struck the ground, how
ever, with great force, and is badly
hurt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
HT SW4MsZR0M

h EV. P. E. swANsTROM, Swedish
~ Baptist pastor, box 22S, Grants
burg, Wis, writes:
II feel that it is my duty as we'll as
pleasure to let you know that I am
perfectly well,-entIreIy cured OF. chronic
diarrhoea and catarrh.
II thank you for your directions how
to use Peruna and for your kindness to
me-
II have used Peruna according to your
personal directions and I am very glad
that found medicine which would cure
me after three years suffering.
Stomach Trouble After typhoid. s
Mr.. D. c. Prosser, R. F. D. 2, Shelby,
Mich. writes: -.5
Il had a run Of Typhoid fever and
was very depleted. I could find MOTH
Ing I could eat without Its causing dis
tress and sour stomach.
II consulted our physician He said
he did not know what 1 could do except
being careful as to what I ate, and as
everything I ate disagreed with me,
that was not much consolation.
II finally came to the conclusion that
had catarrh of the stomach and seeing
Peruna advertised. began taking it,
1T helped me soon and after three or
four bottles was entirely cured of stom-
ach trouble and now eat anything"
The rational cure for. stomach and
bowel troubles caused by, catarrh is the
removal of the catarrh. ,s-.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
A SWEDISH MINISTER
Regains Health BY the Use of Pe-ru-na After
Three Years Illness

@ EPTEMBER is the month of bowel
- diseases, Typhoid fever and malaria.
Catarrh Of the bowels is very COM
mon at this time Of the year. It pro-
duces the condition ordinarily called
diarrhoea~ Catarrh sometimes affects the
mucous membranes lining the bowels very
extensively.
Catarrh Of the internal organs pre-
disposes Its victims to malaria. Typhoid
fever and bowel diseases. Peruna pre-
vents these autumn ailments by Kidding
the system of catarrh
Good sound mucous membranes pro-
tect the internal cavities of the body
from infection the same as the skin pro-
tects the outside of the body.
So many people have experienced re-
lief from bowel troubles by the use of
Peruna that there can be no doubt Of the
efficacy Of PerIna in such cases.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
GUERRA sCORNs ARMIsTIOE
Rebel Leader Rejects Overtures Of
Government

Havana, Sept. S.-All peace over
lures are blocked by the refusal Of
Pino Guerra, the insurgent leader in
Pinar del Rio province, to enter, into
any arrangement for an armistice.
Guerra g answer to the government q
announcement Of its readiness to grant
ten days. armistice is the blowing up
of two bridges on the Western railway
Pnar 5 de RSS cfy and
attack on San Juan de Martinez.
1t is believed that San Juan de Mar
tinez is in the hands Of the insurgents
and that the garrison, consisting Of 100
government recruits and small force
Of mounted rural guards, has been de-
feated or captured.
The fact that other leaders are will
Ing, to agree to an armistice can have
little. effect SO long as Guerra is de-
there is slight doubt in any quarter
that Guerra can control the situation in
his region.
His force is reported by all those who
have visited him recently as ranging
from 5000 to 1000 men, all of them
we'll mounted and some of them we'll
and others indifferently armed.
The government force opposed to him,
which is under command of Colonel
Avalos, comprises about 1000 men. It
was reinforced at o'clock this even
ing by Lieutenant Colonel Cleys with
80 men and three machine guns from
Havana. Of Colonel Avalos' force not
more than 400 are mounted.
No Sign of Peace.
General Menocal said tonight that
Guerra evidently had not been in.
formed that the government had act
ually, altho informally, granted an
armistice, adding that a second commit.
tee had been sent to him.
Guerra, however, refuses point
blank to accept an armistice except on
condition that the late elections be an.
nulled. That the government should
consent to this is out of the question
and so tonight every prospect points
to the continuance Of the war. ,
Britain Likely to Act. -
English company's railroad bridses as
a serious matter, and likely to invite
international action by Great Britain
or at least an Interrogation Of the gov:
eminent at Washington by Great Brit,
ain as to whether the former intends
Cuba.
Rebels Hold Up Train.
General Manager Livesty of the
Western railroad last night informed
the Associated Press that the specia
train carrying machine guns and troops
from Havana had not arrived at Pinaa1
del Rio. Upon reaching Las Savas il
was found that freight train preced
Ing 1t was held up by large number
OF rebels. The troop train was unable
to pass and after exchanging fire Will
| the rebels it returned to Los Palacios
Late yesterday. it was announced thai
the liberal leaders declined to hold an,
further meetings to consider peace, ow
ing to the action Of the government i,
arresting prominent liberals while tn,
negotiations were in progress.
Two more bridges on the Western
railway were blown up last night, one
ct them twelve miles east of Pinar de-
Rio, near Puerto Golpe, thus cutting
off railroad communication with PIMA
| del Rio. '''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
BRYAN ! / And FOLK
TO HELP AHW Ard
rr-. i.s&{s Il 49,. e.
Wisconsin Democratic Candidate
Actually Has Hope Of Win
ming Out. = : ..as.. I.
Special to The Journal.

opooiAI 70 Inc Journal q. .1a. ~.
Madison, Wis, Sept. 8.--John A.
A:ylward Of Madison, democratic can
didate for governor, announced today
that William Jennings Bryan and Gov
ernor Folk of Missouri would cam
paign for him.
When Folk was here this summer to
speak at the assembly he told Awkward
II he were nominated he would gladly
come to Wisconsin to talk for him.
When Bryan reached New York he
was seen by a national committeeman
and said II Awkward were nominated he
would talk in Wisconsin for him if it
were possible for him to come. Both
Bryan and Folk have been notified Of
AylWard 8 nomination, and it is ex-
pected they will be heard from soon.
Democrats feel that the coming Of
Bryan and Folk will be- the means of
bringing back 10000 La Toilette dem
ocrats into the party. IF this proves
the case and Aylward swings some of
the Lenroot votes and democrats say
he will, Davidson's seat is in danger
and it will take the united efforts Of
the republicans to defeat Aylward.
La Toilette. still, declines >. to be in
tervleWed relative to the defeat of
Lenroot. The senator has remained at
ms h1ao+ country home since the primary
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08

IN MsNE iI vad,. N Ma y Sept; s-with
victories, to her credit and the Boston
boat AUX, one, it was today or nevor
for the other four aspirants for the
Roosevelt cup, including the three
German .challengers. Today was fixed
for the fourth race and under the con-
ditions only the winners Of the -four
events could continue in the contest
for the trophy. Altho the chances of
the Germans capturing the Roosevelt
foreigners did not seem discouraged.
The course for today's race was q
beat to windward, east-southeast, three
miles and a run home and repeat,
making the total distance twelve
miles. The wind was not more than
six miles an hour. There was a heavy
roll to the sea.
At the starr Of the race the Amsri-
can yacht Vim, winner of Wednesday 8
and Thursdays races, fouled the Amer
lean yacht ,Caramba and withdrew.
lead with the Caramba second while
the. German yachts battled between
themselves for third place. Finally the
German yacht Wannssee passed the
Caramba; and nearly caught the AUX
at the turn. All five boats were around
the weather mark within four minutes
Of each other, the AUX leading at
12:19:05. The Wannssee rounded ut
12:1O:54 and the Caramba little over
a minute later. Then came the Glueck-
auf and the lilly: .'-' .'', &c.,. -.
After an exciting run back to the
starting point, Wannssee got the wind
Of the AUX, took the lead and rounded
the mark ahead. This was the first
time a German boat has led at one of
the marks. The AUX was second and
the Caramba third.