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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.

1t is practically settled that the
president will recommend no ad-
ditional railroad legislation at the
present short session. This decis-
ion of the president is hailed with
a certain amount of relief by
many of the big railroad inter-
ests, all of which have their rep
resentatives in Congress, but
they recognize it distinctly as a
reprieve and not as pardon.
Effective regulation of the rail
roads has become too settled a
part of the presidents policy to
be lightly dropped. He has made
up his mind to see regulations
that will regulate in force before
he leaves the White House, and
the various reports of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission and
Bureau of Corporation have made
it plain enough that such legisla-
ton is badly needed. But the
times are delicate. The presi-
dent wants to nominate his own
successor, or at least to make
sure that some man does not sue
ceed him who will make all of his
reforms ineffective by failing to
follow them up. He, therefore,
is anxious not to antagonize some
of the powerful men in Congress
upon whom he has to rely in a
for support. Also such
serious legislation as he contem-
plates cannot in it's very nature
be enacted hurriedly, and the
present short session gives no
chance for deliberation. Among
the matters shown to be urgent
ly in need of reform, are not only |
the rates, but the distribution of |
the cars, the relations between
the railroads and the grain eleva-
tors, the safety of passengers, |
and perhaps more than all, the |
intimate and vicious relations be-
tween many of the railroads and
the Standard Oil Company, so
much of whose money is invested
in the control of their stock. The
report of the Interstate Com
merce Commission on some of
these matters has already been
finished. 1t has given the presi-
dent food for reflection. He con-
templates sending to the Com
mission a letter fully discussing
the railroad problem and asking
their views on remedial legisla-
ton. This letter is likely to be-
come a historic document. Sew
eral conferences have been held
between the president
and the chairman of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, and
it is probable that when leglsla-
ton finally is recommended, it |
will take more or less the form
of the Newlands resolution,
which, when it was introduced
last spring, was thought to be
too radical. This reso-
luton, it may be remembered,
provides for federal control of
railroad stock based upon the
actual valuation of the roads
material resources. 1t provides,
incidentally, for unlimited pool
ing, if the railroads so elect, but
it draws their fangs completely
by restricting the amount of in
terest that NAV be obtained on
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
Everybody Should Know

says C. G. Hays, a prominent
business man of Bluff, Mo-, that
Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the
quickest and surest healing salve
ever applied to a sore, burn or
wound, or to a case of piles. I've
used it and know what Pm talk
ing about. Guaranteed by VIM,
Kipp's Sons, druggists, 25c.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
DARKE COUNTY Boy.
The Limit of Life.

The most eminent medical
scientists are unanimous in the
conclusion that the generally ac-
cepted limitation of human life is
years below the attainment
possible with the advanced knowl-
edge of which the race is now
possessed. The critical period,
that determines it's duration,
seems to be between so and so;
the proper care of the body dur
ing this decade cannot be too
strongly urged carelessness then
being fatal to longevity. Natures
best helper after so is Electric
Bitters, the scientific tonic medi-
cine that revitalizes every organ
of the body. Guaranteed by
VIM. Kipp's Sons druggists. Soc.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
Regular as the Sun"

is an expression as old as the
race. No doubt the rising and
setting Of the sun is the most
regular performance in the uni
unless it is the action Of
the liver and bowels when regu-
lated with DIR. Kings New Life
pills. Guaranteed by VIM. Kipp's
Sons, druggists. 25c.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
VOL. rs 75-EstabIished 1892.
Emotional Insanity.
BY LEO.

llS Aiet" ~ @AO'
full swing in New York City
We shall hear a great deal about
emotional insanity. There is ne
question as to the killing of White
by Thaw. 1t is undenied and un'
deniable. The whole matter viii
hinge on the state of mind of the
slayer at the time of committing
of the act. Was Thaw at the
time sane or insane?
Emotional insanity will proba-
bly, be the defense. And what
sort of insanity is that? 1t is re-
ally hard to define, because near
ly all evil-doers are to some eX-
tent insane as to their emotions
that is, the emotions cloud the in
tellect and paralyze the will.
White was morally insane or
he would not have been foolish
enough to meddle with the wife
of another man, no matter what
encouragement she may have
given him. If, therefore, emo
tional insanity clears the guilty,
White should not have been slain
for his infatuation.
Harry Thaw did not look at
things in that light. He killed
his man for showing an infatua-
ton for an attractive young Wo-
man, the wife of another. ThaW
never made any allowance for
the emotional insanity of White;
but shot him dead just as if there
had been no emotional insanity
in Whites makeup.
But now, when Thaw himself
is on trial for the wilful murder
of his rival, he pleads for his life
on the ground of emotional in
sanity at the time of killing.
Is this good plea? 1t is not.
If good in this case it is equally
valid in hundreds of cases. 1t
often happens that an evil-mind-
ed person allows his emotions to.
cloud his intellect and pervert
his will, and while in an angry
mood commits some horrid crime.
The other day a young step
mother burnt her husbands two
little girls with a hot poker be-
cause the little innocents made
some noise at playing. She was
very angry emotionally insane.
Did the court excuse her on that
score? Not at all. Many crimes
are committed in an angry mood,
and if fit of anger is a reason
for letting the guilty go free then
anger can easily defeat the law.
Thaw was, no doubt, angry
when he killed White, but his
anger did not deprive him OF his
intellectual faculties. 1t did not
paralyze his will power. He went
about the killing deliberately,
took good aim, fired accurately,
and accomplished what he set
out to do. He was no more in
sane in his emotions than many
others who do wrong deeds un-
der the dominance Of an evil
heart.
It seems to us that whatever
penalty New York attaches to
wilful murder should be given
to Harry Thaw. If he were a
poor man the court would speed
lily dispose of his case; but mo
ney answereth to all things, !"
and may acquit this veritably
guilty man.
"ReguIar as the Sun"
is an expression as old as the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-29
stln a Socialist.

M. Viviani the new French minister
OF labor. appointed by NJ Clemenceau,
has declared in a newspaper inter
view that in accepting office he re-
pudiated nothing of his political past.
II am a socialist" he said, "and
mean to remain faithful to my ideas
and to my socialist friends. Like
Millerand in the Waldeck- Rousseau
ministry, and like BRAND in the Sar-
rien cabinet preserve my freedom
of action and of propaganda. AS min
lister of labor / shall endeavor to Sc
cure reforms which defended as dep
uty at the tribune of the chamber.
want to make the ministry of labor a
workingmans ministry" M. Viviani
then proceeded to speak of the nature
of the work Immediately cut out for
the new minister. He hopes, he said,
with the aid of the minister Of finance,
to create an organization for the set
Element of the long-standing question
of old-age pensions that can imme-
diately set to work" Another mat
ter which will claim his immediate at
tention is arbitration in labor disputes,
as well as the liberty of trade unions.
He is said not TO be blind to the fact
that his task will be a difficult one,
and that in view of the influences
now at work in the French democracy
and parliament. his ministry will not
be the least important of the Gle
menceau cabinet 1t is to be estab.
lished in the premises just vacated by
the department of public worship, a
highly significant arrangement.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-29

man, quarreled with Duke Henry.
threatening to go before the Diet OF
the Empire II we're not Immediately
acknowledged duchess and my son
Maurice Won Lynar made the heir OF
Hohenstein. But |, being true TO my
oath and promise, left my brothef
and abode here alone with my nus
band when he could escape from his
dukedom, living like a simple squire
and his dame. Then in an evil day
l sent my son to my brother to train
as his own son in arms and the arts
of war. But he, being at enmity WIN
my husband, made ready to carry tns
lad before the Diet OF the Empire
that he might be declared heir to his
father Then in his anger, Henry the
Lion rose and swept Castle Lynar
with fire and sword, leaving none
alive but this boy only, whom ne
meant to take home and train with his
captains. But on the way home he
reeled in the saddle and passed ere
he could speak a word, even the name
of those he loved So the boy re-
NAMED a captive at Kernsberg, called
by my brothers name. and knowing
even to this day nothing of his
father"
Theresa Won Lynar sat up and fol
a little space rested her hands on her
lap as she went on.
Then my son, whom, not knowing
you had taken pity upon and raised to
honor, and who is now your faithful
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-29

Mounted on Stills Of Great Height.
quired no little moral courage to do
the thing you have accomplished.
Most boys would rather face a loaded
gun than the ridicule you encountered
to-day"
And / am no exception, sir; but
was determined to face it even as
would loaded gun, and the anticipa.
ton was far worse than the reality.
There was plenty of ridicDle, but 1t
was the good-natured article"
you have not yet told me how
you ever came to think of such a
thing"
Il was reading lately of how the
Scottish shepherds used enormous tall
stills in tending their flocks. both for
the convenience of seeing r great dis
lance and of getting over ground at
rapid rate. | then remembered that
| was the champion stllt-walker
among the boys of our village few
years ago, and as l had in view apply
ing for the position that you have
since so kindly secured for me. 1t
occurred to me that If the practical
use of stills were feasible in Scotland
1t was equally so in America. The
more | thought of it the more prac.
teal the idea seemed to me, and /
determined to carry it out il / should
be made carrier. / had to put in a
good bit of practice to perfect myself
sufficiently TO undertake it, but /
think l succeeded fairly, for l made
the distance here to-day in marvellous.
ly short time"
well, / admire your grit. Now
there is another matter want set.
tied"
And before Kent left Chetney it
was arranged that on the days he
brought the mail to Chetney he
should remain with Judge Dent as
long as possible, studying under his
guidance to fit himself for the junior
| class in college.
For whole year Kent went back
and forth on his stills with the mail.
and so well did he apply himself to
his studies under the direction OF
Judge Dent that he easily entered the
| junior class, where he soon became a
favorite with student and instructors,
even as in the ead days at Senola
high school.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-29
ONIONS CURE FOR RABIES.
Victim Bit Into the fearful Bulb and
Slowly Recovered.

NlStIm bt into the fearful Bulb and
Slowly Recovered.
A resident and business man of New
York told me yesterday: "In one of
our growing western towns which 7
occasionally visit l knew a young man
who was engaged to marry a beautifuT
girl. He was suddenly seized with an
insane desire to injure her. She called
for her father and brother and the
latter ran for the family physician
who, upon his arrival, ordered a glass
OF water to be brought. At sight Of
1t the young man frothed at the month
exhibiting all the symptoms of rabies
He was taken to the attic and fastened
with chain around his body to ring
in the floor.
zone day, after many weary weeks
of watching. favorable change was
noticed. How do you feel?' asked the
doctor. oh, I'm much better was
the reply, but you didn't cure me
doctor. 1t was that pile of onions in
the corner. See! Every time I felt
crazy desire to bite anybody I womb
bury my teeth in one of the onions and
they have gradually drawn out all the
poison. am entirely WE'LL Upon
examination an onion was found which
had turned green with the poison
perhaps the first one bitten. The
physician frankly acknowledged that
the onion had saved the patients life -
A veteran of the civil war saws: "a
soldier was stricken with smallnox
and unknown to the physicians a
bunch of onions was hanging in his
tent. We expected him to die. bnt be
suddenly got better and in short time
was entirely recovered. A few davs
after he got out the onions were taken
down and they were found 10 no
mushy, which the doctor said was
caused by their drawing the smallpov
out of the patient AS they were
inoculated with the disease they were
destroyed. New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-29
Where Theresa WILL P"
(copyrlEht. 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles)
By M. E. BOWMAN.

lated upon the probability Of Kent's
doing this or that; but all agreed on
one thing, that II Kent Trevor said he
would take the mail back and forth
he would do so, even If he had to
crawl.
At length the day came when he
was to make his first trip. His ap
pearance in the village as he called al
the post Office for his mail bag was
the signal for such shout as had moi
been heard in the rather sedate vii
lage Of Senoia for many a day.
Where did you get your seven
league boots?"
When did your legs grow SC
long?"
What did your mother feed you
on to make you grow so tall?"
Lie down, Sonnie, so as to let US
pat you on the head"
you expect to drink water out Of
the clouds, don't your"
mo, no; he's going to sweep the
cobwebs out OF the sky"
These we're few OF the exclama
tons that greeted his first appear
ance. 1t really seemed as II the vii
lage had resolved itself into one
laugh, long and loud. But KEN
laughed with the rest, tossed saucy
replies to those who addressed him
and stalked on the even tenor of his
way.
He dismounted at the post office
strapped his mail bag firmly to hi'
shoulders, remounted and set of at s
pace that augured well for the speedy
delivery of the mail at Chetney, fol
lowed by the cheers of the crowd. As
he passed out of sight one gentleman
was heard remarking to another
Not one boy out of a thousand hai
the pluck and determination to do 1
thing like that. Mark me, we will
hear from him yet in way to make
us proud of him."
Kent's arrival in Chetney caused
little less commotion than his de
parture from Senoia. Judge Den
was on hand to meet him and afte
the delivery OF the mail insisted upol
taking him home with him as h,
wanted talk with him.
After dinner as they stood on tn,
shaded veranda he put his hand OF
the boys shoulder and said: "Kent
my boy, l am proud of you! 70,
have this day proven that now an
henceforth you are the master an,
not the slave of circumstance. 1t re
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-29
Doc. as Policemen.
"a. ~. SWEET. Publisher.


A writer in the Century magazine
gives an interesting account Of the use
of dogs as assistants to the police In
Belgian cities and In Paris. In the
latter city they have proved efficient
in rescuing from the Seine many vic
tins of accident and would-be suicides.
while in other lines of work connect
cd with the police department their
services are valuable. But 1t is In the
Belgian cities that the employment
of dog police seems to have been
brought TO it's highest efficiency. IL
the city OF Client the training and
maintenance OF dogs for police duty
has proved to be a profitable invest
ment. A dog costs the city of Client
a little over five cents per day for
maintenance. and 80 dog police cost
S.2s5 francs per year 1t is claimed
that 80 dogs do more than four times
the work that would be accomplished
by IL men. who would cost the NUM-
cipality 10000 francs" The idea of
dog policemen semes to be good one,
all right One distinct and obvious
advantage of the system, not men
toned by the Century writer, would
be that they could go on the dog
watch" without difficulty or friction.
And in this connection the thought
occurs that it would be good idea
for San Francisco to investigate the
dog police question. If that city needs
one thing more than another, it is an
efficient police force. The question of
reorganizing the force is now under
active discussion, and the time for the
experiment is opportune. There can
be no reasonable doubt that the add
ton of few good dogs to the San
Francisco police force would add
greatly to its efficiency Some per
sons may think that the force would
be a dog-gone sight better If it were
composed entirely of dogs, but we do
not go SO far as that.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-29

Smart society, disporting itself in
country houses this season, is mixing
bridge with childish games. such as
hunt the slipper, leap frog. puss in
the corner and blind mans buff, and
getting lot OF fun out of the pas
time. Gambling is all very well for
dowagers, but the younger set would
fain vary the excitement of cards with
a little rough house." even to tear
ing up and down stairs, secreting
slippers or rushing madly from cor.
ner TO corner pursued by some cat"
1t is an artless craze. and II no bones
nor bric-a-brac are shattered. one to
be approved.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-29

"It's a ne most FOUL" she cried.
servant, sent secret messenger that
you would come to abide secretly with
me till certain dark day had over
passed Kernsberg. And then there
sprang up in my heart a dreadful
conceit that he loved you, knowing
young blood and hearing the fame of
your beauty, and was afraid for the
greatness of the sin-that one should
love his sister.
II thought, being a woman alone,
and one also who had given all freely
up for loves sake, that he would GER
tainly love you even as l had loved
And strange terrible anger and mad.
ness came over me, darkening my
soul. For a moment would have
slain you. But l could not. because
you were asleep. And, even as you
stirred, heard you speak the name OF
a man, as only one who loves can
speak it. The name was"
Hold" cried Joan of the SWORD
Hand. 81 believe you'll forgive you
"The name" continued Theresa Won
Dynar, was not that of my son! And
now" she continued, slowly rising
from the couch to her height, 81 am
ready. I bid you Stay me for the evil
deed my heart was willing for a mo
ment to dol"
Joan looked at her full in the eyes
for the space of breath. Then sud-
denly she held out her hand and
answered like her fathers daughter.
Nay" she said. 81 only marvel that
you did not strike me to the heart.
because of your sons loss and my
fathers SIM"
Ito be continued.)
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-29

Somehow. said woman cashier at
the late bankers convention, when
the Lord made woman he gave her
peculiar insight that always ena.
bles her to discern whether a man or
a proposition is good or bad. This
was her point in maintaining the
proposition that her sex is better
equipped by nature for the RESPONSE
BILE duties that bankers are called
upon to perform than the masculine.
And yet how often we hear and read
about her being taken in and done
for by gay deceivers!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-29

10 nan9 suspended IN tne oark ABOVE
her.
in the dark above her. The features
were lit up by the pulsing lightning
which shone in the wild eyes and gilt
tered on knifeblade about the han
die of which were clenched the tense
fingers of a hand equally detached.
In a moment Joan's right hand had
grasped the dagger under her pillow.
Her left shooting upward, closed on
the arm which held the threatening
steel. Almost without rising from her
bed she projected herself upon her
enemy. and she felt her fingers sink
deep in the soft curves of woman's
throat.
Then a Shrek. long and terrible,
inhuman and threatening, rang
through the house. AS Joan overbore
her assailant upon the floor, the door
opened, and glancing upward she saw
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-29

Matrimonial tickets are supplied by
the Canadian Pacific railway to set
tiers in the northwest territory WAC
wish to make a journey in order to
secure a wife. On presenting the re-
turn coupon and the marriage certifi.
cate the settler is entitled to free
transportation for his bride.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-29

You cannot hope to accomplish
much in the world without that "a.
polling enthusiasm which stirs your
whole being into Success
Magazine
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-08-09

to new home, the lumber that was
used for Grating the furniture gave
him plenty of material to work with.
Eis father thought he could plan a
bridge that would be the same in prin-
ciple as a real truss" bridge, and vet
would be simple enough so that Sid
ney could build 1t, even though he
were only twelve years of age. There
was no real need Of bridge in the
backyard, but river could, of course,
easily be imagined as flowing across
the path to the barn, A pencil draw
ing of the bridge was made, and it
looked rather hard to build before he
started; but, like most work, as soon
as he had made a beginning, it COM
menced to seem easier.
All the tools he used were a brace
and bit for boring the holes, saw, a
hammer, and a try-square for mark
ing straight across the boards to saw
their ends square. The lumber was all
four inches wide and one inch thick,
and it came inR various lengths Ex-
eept for the flooring and four side
braces, all that had to be done to any
beard, after saving it the right length,
was to bore two holes in it, for they
were simply held together by bolts
and were not nailed in any way.
The bridge is what is known as
truss" bridge, like most railroad and
highway bridges. The first thing done
was to saw the eleven boards for each
of the two sides, or "trusses, making
each board three inches longer than
the distances between the two bolt
holes it was to have and then to bore
the bolt-holes an inch and half from
each end Sidney got 50 interested that
he could hardly sleep. and he was up
and at work before breakfast, boring
the bolt holes in all the boards, as
this could be done without making
noise to awaken the older peo-
Pile When the boards, except the
flooring, were all ready. the boards ts