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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04
The Marerafs Powder Chests.
CHAPTER XXI.

The Margrafs Powder CHESTS.
Theresa and her conductor stood
within the tent Of the commander OF
the Muscovite army. She found her
self in the immediate presence OF
Prince Ivan, who rose with his usual
1.-the grace to greet her. An older
man, with a gray, pinched face, sat
~listlessly with his elbow on the small
camp table. He leaned his forehead
on his palm and looked down. Be
hind, in the half dark of the tent, a
low, wide divan with cushions was
revealed, and all the upper end Of the
tent was filed up with a huge and
shadowy pile of kegs and boxes, only
half concealed behind a curtain.
81 bid you welcome, my lady," said
Prince Ivan, taking her hand. Sure
ly never did ally come welcomer than
you to our camp tonight. Let us
hear your news, and then will We find
you such lodging and welcome as may
be in among rough soldiers and in a
camp of war"
He went to the front of the pa
vilion and pushed aside the dripping
Zap. @@
"Alexis!" he cried, "call up my peo-
pie. Bid them bring a brazier, and tell
these lazy fellows to serve supper in
half an hour on peril of their heads!"
He returned and stood before The
resa, who had sunk back as if fatigued
on an ottoman covered with thick furs.
Her feet nestled in the b%earskins
which covered the floor. The Prince
looked anxiously down.
Pardon me, your shoes are wet"
he said. we are but Muscovite Doors,
but we know how to make ladies COM
Portable. Permit mel" He encased
Theresa's feet in dainty oriental slip
pers, small as her own, and placed
them d~elicately and respectfully on
the couch.
There, that is b~etter!" he said,
standing over her tenderly.
Theresa did not nswer. She only
smiled at the Prince, leaning a little
farther back and resting her head
upon the palm of her hand. The
warmth Of the tent and the soft lux
ury of the rich rugs had brought a
flush of red to a cheek which yet
tingled with the volleying of the Bal
tic raindrops.
alexis never told me this woman
was so beautiful" Ivan said to himself.
"Who is she? She cannot be a Court
land. Such a marvel could not have
been hidden from me during all my
stay there!"
So he addressed himself to making
the discovery.
my lady" he said, you are our
guest. Will you deign to tell us how
more formally we may address you?
You are no Courtlander, as all may
see!"
81 nm a Dane" she answered. smil-
ing; Il am called the Lady Theresa.
For the present let that suffice. 1
am v%enturing much to come to you
thus! My father and brothers built
a castle upon the Baltic shore OF
1and hat has been the inheritance OF
my mother. Then came the reivers
of Kernsberg and burned the castle
to the ground. They burned it with
fire from cellar to roof-tree. And they
slackened the fire with the blood of
my nearest kindred"
AS she spoke Theresa'sA eyes gilt
tered and altered. Tl~ Prince read
easily the meaning of that excitement.
How was he to know all that lay be-
hind?
"And So" he said, you have 10
goodwill to the Princess Joan of Hob
enstein-and CORTLAND. Or to any of
her favorers?" he added after a pause.
At the name the grey-headed mar
who had bsen sitting unmoved by the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04

Eneased Theresa's feet in dainty
oriental slippers.
table with his elbow on the board,
raised a strangely wizened face to
Theresa's.
"What"-he said In broken accents,
stammering in his speech and crap
ping with the words as if, like a
wrestler at a fair, he must throw each
one OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has a word
to say against the Lady Joan, Prin-
cess of CORTLAND? Who wrongs her
name has me to reckon with-ay, were
1t my brother Ivan himselfi"
mot l, certainly, my good Louis"
answered Ivan easily. 81 would not
wrong the lady by word or deed for all
Germany from Bor.Russia to the
Rh%ine-fall!"
He turned to Alexis the Deacon, who
was at his elbow.
Sill up his cup-remember what
babe you!" he said sharply in an IN
dertone.
"His cup is full. he will drink no
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04

Der, the Prince now added cup to ora
and like a Muscoyite he grew more
bitter as the wine mounted 70 his head
He leaned forward and laid his hand
upon his companions white wrist.
Theresa q~uivered a little, but did not
take it away. The Prince was becom-
ing confidential.
yes" he said, leaning towards her.
you have suffered great wrongs, and
do well to hate them with the hate
that Graves vengeance. But you shall
be satisfied. Tomorrow and to-mor-
rows tomorrow you and l shall have
our hearts desire upon our enemies.
Yes, for many days. Sweet-sweet 1t
shall be-sweet, and very slow; for
l, too, have wrongs, as you shall hear"
'Truly, l did we'll to come to you'll
said Theresa, giving her hand willingly
into his.
"You speak truth" He Kissed the
words bitterly. Indeed, you did bet
ter than well. l also have wrongs
and Ivan of Muscovy will show you q
Muscovite vengeance.
"This Prince Conrad of theirs baked
me of my revenge and drove me from
the city. Him will I take and burn
at the stake in his priests robes, as
if he were saying mass-or, better
still, in the red of the cardinals habit
with his hat on his head. And ere
he dies he shall see his paramour car
ried to her funeral. For | will give
you the life of the woman for whose
eaba he fhuartad Ivan of Muenovy
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04

A dozen of more women's colleges,
including Barnard, Wellesley, Vassar
and Bryn Mawr, have formed an inter
collegiate association of students
whose purpose 1t is to establish
student government instead of facul-
ty control in all the institutions repre-
sented. Barnard is already practicing
this system and students have almost
everything under their own charge ex-
cept instruction. The plan is said to
be a great success, the girls being
more observant of rules and regula-
tions made by the faculty. And yet
conservative folk will continue to feel
some preference for the old plan of
putting experienced and mature per-
son in authority over these young
women.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04
Japan's ! elate anpng
Worln ! eomers
BY COUNT LEO ToLsroI.

Japan was victorious not because Russia was weak, but because Japan
is to-day, perhaps, the most powerful nation in the world on sea and land.
First, the japanese, through their practicablity and the importance which
they attach to military matters, have mastered all the scientific techni
cal projections which have hitherto given the supremacy to the Christian
peoples over the unchristian peoples; secondly, the Japanese are by nature
Drawer and more Indifferent to death than the Christian nations are to-day
and, thirdly, the warhke patriotism which is not at all in accordance with
Christianity, but which was dragged with difficulty by the Christian gov
ernments into their nations, is still alive among the japanese in all its
untouched power. In a word, the Japanese had and have now enormous
advantage by not being Christians. The Christian nations have for cen
turtles, under the pretext of ~sef-defense, invented one device after another
to exterminate each other, and have employed these devices to threaten each
other and to acquire all sorts of advantages amid the uneiviized peoples
of Africa and Asia. And out of these unciYilzed peoples comes a
military, clever and enterprsing nation, and seeing the dangers
threatening all the mchristian nations. it masters s+
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04

A Connecticut bank failed a few
days ago, and the bank examiner has
Just made the discovery hat it did
business in an irregular manner Per-
haps the examiner fancies that his re.
port will be comforting to the people
who would have taken their money
out If they could have beer appraised
of the banks u%nsoundness before the
collapse came.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04

Whales are considerably in evidence
of late. A number have been caught
off the Long Island coast, and now
comes announcement of the finding Of
one, of the sperm variety. on the
sandy shore of Florida. In the latter
case the cetacean has produced many
barrels of oil, and the ambergris CON
tanned in the carcass will bring a
small fortune to the finders. A few
more experiences like this may lead
to a marked revival in the whale hunt.
ing industry.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04

President Roosevelt, by a proclama-
ton just issued, a added II, 000, 900
acres of forest lands to the reserves
Of the United States. Thirty-two for
est reservations are created or in
creased in area by this proclamation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04
Quite Different

He chides her, %sarcastically, for
turning about to look at the women
they have passed.
You cannot resist the temptation"
he says, ito see what they are wear.
ing"
Not So" she replies, in defense.
II merely turned about to see If they
had turned about to see what my new
dress was made Of"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04
4Mz aA,

The cause of the vic
tory of the Japanese is
not so much in the bad
administration of Rus
STA or in the bad organi-
zation of the Russian
army as in the great,
positive superiority of
the Japanese in military
matters.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04
Trtal 8y bury @aa
Stnnh tlrr Trat nf Ttntr
BY JOHN f. GETTING.
Editor American Criminal Reports.

The trial by jury comes to us from remote an
tiquity. 1t has withstood the reign Of tyrants, sur
yived the overthrow of dynasties, refuted the criti-
cisms of its enemies and remains as one of the best
expressions of free government by the people in their
original and sovereign capacity.
Executive, judicial and ministerial officers and
members Of legislative assemblies generally are to
some degree influenced by party preiudices, ties of
friendship, public sentiment, or ambition but jurors,
not self-nominated, assume a humber but more indie
pendent function. Jurors are summoned from the
community at large; come together as strangers to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04

Admiral Nebotgatoff should be
thankful that he has been sentenced
to serve ten years in a fortress for
his failure to properly give battle to
the Japanese. He might have been
sentenced to serve as chief of police
in Moscow or Warsaw.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04

with remarkable rapidity all that has given supremacy
to the Christian nations, and becomes stronger than.
they, realizing the simple truth that if some one
strikes you with a big, strong stick, you must also
take such a big stick, or perhaps even a still larger
and stronger stick, and strike him that strikes you.
The Japanese have quickly learned this wisdom, and
also the technique of warfare, and possessing be-
sides the advantage of religious despotism and pa
~triotism, they have demonstrated a military power
which has proved stronger than the strongest of
military powers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04

Listeners seldom hear any good OF
themselves, or anybody else.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-04

but electrified the people OF the other
colonies and, as has been well claimed,
was one of the initial and effective blows
in favor of American independence.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18

The term humble pie originally car
ried no opprobrium with IT, 1t was a
pie made out Of the 'humbles" or
''numbles." from the Norman French
''nombrils''-i G.. the entrails of deer
To this day II is highly esteemed in
Scotland and In northern parts of Eng
land So late as the time of Pepys
tumble pie" was served as part of the
menu OF a gentleman's table on an ex-
traordinary occasion. Some writer's
derive the cOntumelious use of the
phrase "to eat humble pie" from an al
legged custom Of serving umble pie be-
low the salt. or at the second table.
But this is not supported by authority.
IL more probably came into use simply
through the similarity Of sound, there
being no similarity Of meaning what.
ever between the noun umbles or mum
bles and the adjective humble.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18
A HusLin RemcdN.

A letter written by the late John
Ruskin 10 Sir oliver Lodge says: rs it
still impossible TO get into any human
head nj your universities that the eco
monte crisis is because people will dix
iron out OF the ground and build iron
clads, instead Of raising corn and wine
and giving them to whose needs them?
That is the one plain two plus two
equals four that / have tried 10 teach
these twenty years-the Thing of all
others indisputahlc and ueedful, and
no mortal yet has taken up the word"'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18
The Hungarian Crown.

The Hungarian crown, the royal head
dress worn at their accession by all the
Austrian emperors, is the identical one
made for Stephen and used by him at
the time of his coronation, more than
800 years ago. 1t is of pure gold and
weighs nine marks and six ounces
about fourteen pounds avoirdupois).
1t is adorned with 50 sapphires, 90
rubies, / emerald and 33S pearls, but
no diamonds, it being a notion of the
royal Stephen that diamonds were I'M
lucky.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18
THE LUNGS ARE LIFE.
An Odd Little Essay on the Subject
of Breathing.

Everything on, in and under the earth
breathes-animals. minerals. yegeta-
bles. etc The tides are caused by the
breathing of the earth itself. This old
globe must take two long breaths
day, each inspiration requiring six
hours and each expiration the same
period Of time. If Mother Earth did
not breathe she would in all probabili-
~ bust and blow up. When she
breathcs too hard. as If in a panic. or
because of some geological excitement,
she cracks the ground and we have the
earthquake. Her ordinary respiratory
movement merely expands and con
tracts the water volume
Singularly enough. air is the most i'm
portant element provided by nature
\ man can live forty-fve days without
food, several days without water and
about three or four minutes without
air. Take away his lungs. as by pneu
monia, and death is as certain as sin
Does the heart beat make the circula-
ton of the blood or does the circula.
ton make the heart beat? What
causes breathing? Does breathing
make the heart beat? Does breathing
make the circulation? Important vi
tally important, are these questions
You MAY remove a mans liver, kid.
Heys. stomach, intestines: you may sew.
or arteries and veins: you may even
stab him through the heart or with
draw his brains and he will still live
but take away his lungs and he is
dead The lungs are the life.-Nev
York Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18

Reporter Now that have desert led
your dress and those Of your maids,
the house decorations ana the presents,
what shall | say of the bridegroom
when we print the account of the we'd
dingI
Bride Elect-Well. / suppose his name
must 90 in You might say that he
was among those present.-WOman's
Home Companion.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18
They Go Toward IL.

'There are some men," said the chron-
&c kicker, whom good fortune seems
to follow always"
81 think you're wrong" replied the
happy hustler You will find good
fortune meets them; it doesn't follow
them. "-Philadelphia Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18
Better Late Than Never.

Intelligence has just reached me-
began Mr. BlOdger as he sat down to
the dinner table.
Thank goodness if it has at last"
exclaimed Mrs. BlOdger, and the food
was partaken of in silence.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18
Plenty of Reason.

Il don't see why that tune haunts me
constantly" complained a dull man
who was always humming.
Because you are forever numbering
it!' came the quick reply from Foote.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18

"Acre" once meant any field. 1t is
still used with this significance by the
Germans who speak of Gods acre, al
luding to the cemetery.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18

One time a Jail reporter was sent to
report a wedding. He began his report
by saying:
The condemned man ate a hearty
breakfast Of ham and eggs. Chicago
Tribune
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18
Fnroritc Musical Instruments.

The burglars. the lutte; the scold's,
the harp: the aurist's, the drum; the
card fend's, the trumpet; the apothe-
carys, the viol: the mathematician
the triangle.-Life.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18

1t takes ten pounds of common sense
to carry one pound of learning.-Per-
sian Proverb.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-11-01
MEDICAL EXPERTS IN FAIRBANKS CASE
Respondent Rated as Middle Class mbece with Little Power
to Withstand PredspOsng Causes Of Insanity Trial
Will Continue Through Next Week.

The battle to determine the guilt or in
nocence of William Fairbanks of Grafton
who is charged by the state with having
fatally shot Mrs. Mary Page Grout with
premeditation and malice aforethought at
SaNtons River on the night of NAV 25.
and TO determine whether the respondent
in this case shall meet the same fate that
overlook Mary Rogers or shall spend his
remaining days behind prison walls has
been waged with vigor through another
week at Newfane, and the end Of the-ini-
tial clash is not yet in sight. The de-
tense has had its inning this week. and
as the case now stands it is the general
opinion that such an impression has been
made upon the jury as would preclude 1t
from saying that beyond a reasonable
doubt William Fairbanks was guilty of
wilful and premeditated murder. But the
state has not finished. 1t will examine
from 20 to 80 more witnesses in rebuttal
extending the case probably to the end
OF next week, possibly beyond that time
so that to hazard a guess al this time as
to the outcome of the trial would be but
wild speculation However fate may deal
with the prisoner, it has been pretty
thoroughly proven that he is moral de-
generate and one of coterie of human
beings, including both sexes, who occupy
positions low down in the scale of
morality. The taking of expert testimony
was begun yesterday by the defense,
which Will close its side of the case to-
day. This testimony and other interesting
features of the trial are set forth here
with
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-11-01

loud enough so that she could hear what
was said.
Charles Aiken of Saxtons River was the
first witness Saturday for the defense
He arrived at tho scene of the shooting
before the principals had been carried into
the house and just before Deputy Sheriff
G. =. Alexander arrived. lie testified
that the revolver lay on the top step near
Mary Grouts body. Mr. Alexander had
testified that it lay on the ground. Aiken
said he heard Fairbanks say: Somebody
finished me- He was not cross exam
ined. John Wyman, who moved from
CambridgepOrt to Saxtons River three
weeks ago, was next called He knew
Mary Grout by sight and had known Fair
banks year. He said he met Fairbanks
I'm Bellows Falls at l o'clock on the after
noon of the shooting and that they went
to dinner together and afterwards walked
to North Walpole, n. H.. where they
drank one drink Of beer each, returning
then on foot to Bellows Falls, where each
drank another drink of beer. He said
they separated between 2.30 and o'clock.
He said neither was under the influence
OF liquor and that two drinks Of beer was
all the liquor he drank that day unless he
drank something before he met Fair
banks. When cross examined by Mr.
Fits he was not able to remember
whether he drank anything in the fore
noon.
In its effort to impeach Mrs. Tuttle's
testimony the defense thus brought from
several witnesses, Aiken, Markham and the
railroad men, testimony that Fairbanks
was not at the railroad station at the
time he was said to be there by Mrs. Tut
tie. but it is noteworthy fact that those
witnesses disagreed in their testimony as
to where Fairbanks was at that time and
for two or three hours afterwards
Next came Mrs. Fairbanks and
throughout her testimony Fairbanks took
no notice of her, any more than he had Of
other witnesses but sat gazing upon the
floor and appeared wholly Indifferent as
TO what was going on. The witness on
the stand when court adjourned for over
Sunday was George Townsend formerly
Of Putney, but now Of Dummerston. Mr..
Townsend carries on the Sholes farm.
Fairbanks worked for him some each
year for 25 to 30 years. Mr. Townsend
said he was called from the hay field one
hot afternoon in July, 1906, because Fair
banks had sustained a sunstroke at the
barn. He said Fairbanks had been taken
to the house and placed on a bed, that
Fairbanks was pallid and cold and trem-
bled so violently that he shook the bed
Fairbanks was treated through the night
and was not able to return to work until
the second day afterwards, and then was
able to do only light work. He complain
ed about his head all the time he was
there. Fairbanks returned to work for
him last May, about two weeks before the
shooting, and appeared to Mr.. Townsend
to be hardly able to get around, being
broken down and having a wild and star
ing expression in his eyes. He went away
one night and returned at 8 o'clock in the
morning, which was unusual. He left
Mr.. Townsend's employ the Saturday be-
fore the shooting and said he was going
to Bellows Falls.