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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-28
WRECK OF A PIPE LINE
Dynamiters Destroy an Institution
That Cost q Million.

Ell Paso, Tex. May 2S.-Dynamiters
Yesterday wrecked the big pipe line
that conveys water from Bonita noun
tains. New Mexico. to Carizso, n. NJ.
where all the engines of the Ell Paso
e. Southern railway system are sup
piled. This pipe line which diverts
the entire water supply of the Bonita
river cost about ono million dollarA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-28
Dixon F1iesl eslatsCclun,bus,.l ]

Columbus, O., May 28--Cromwell
Dixon, the boy aeronaut, made a sue
cessful fight at the state fair grounds
in his new airsfip. The wind was very
strong, but Dixon seemed to have per-
feet control of his machine, sending It
In every direction Tor an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-28
Weather Indications

Chicago, May 2S.-Forecast for
Kansas: Generally fair tonight and
Friday. Cooler tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-28
FYrst Train of American Cars.

First TfdIm OF AIneFICzfH Cafs.
Toxic, May 28.-The first broad
gauge train Of American cars on the
South Manchuria railroad made q suo-
cessful trip on May ~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-28

The most valuable portion of the
Rock Island Is between Topeka and
Mcfarland where the valuation Is s59.-
67S per mile. The lowest value is from
Bucklin to Dodge City where the valua
tion is 1924 per mile. The general
average of the Rock Island, however.
ir high
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-28

The Santa Fe line from Kansas Citv
to Holiday is valued at s95, ,2S7 per mile.
which Is the most valuable on the Kan
sas lines Of the company. next to the
K. c. Belt. The line from Holiday to
Topeka averages s64.309 per mile. The
Emporia branch is the same. The low
est valuation per mile is on the Usage
City, Little River, Great Bend ana
Larned branches on which the value is
N~NS -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-28
MISSOURI PACIFIC

The Atchison division has the high
est yaluation-$51.0 .042 per mile. The
lowest valuation is $22,74S on the Grouse
Creek division. The central branch
goes in at $36, S95 per mile
ROCK ISLAND
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-28
UNION PACIFIC.

The Kansas CityTopeka line is val
ued at $75.163 per mile and from this
the valuations run down to $24, ,76O on
the Colby branch.
The Topeka and Northwestern goes
in at $780, ,222 per mile.
MISSOURI KANSAS q TEx Ac
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-28

DetalIed hgures given out by the
state tax commission concerning the
railroad assessment show Just how
much each company was assessed on
each class of its property, and how
much on each division and branch line
of the road, In the state Of Kansas.
Some of these figures for the six
biggest roads in the state follow:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23

alone.-to consider my talk with ma.
rian Devereux at st. Agatha's, ard her
return with Pickering. Why co Id she
not always have been Olivia, ranging
the woodland, or the girl in gray, or
that woman, so sweet in her mghty,
who came down the stairs at the Arm
strongs'? Her own attitude toward
me was so full of contradictions; she
had appeared to me in so many moods
and guises, that my spirit ranged the
whole gamut Of feeling as l thought of
her. But it was the recollection of
Pickering's infamous conduct that col
ored all my doubts of her. Pickering
had always been in my way, and here,
but for the chance by which Larry had
found the notes, l should have had no
weapon to use against him.
The wind rose and drove shrilly
around the house. A bit of scaffold
ing on the outer walls ratified loose
somewhere and crashed down on the
terrace. l grew restless, my mind in
tent upon the many chances of the
morrow, and running forward to the
future. Even if 1 won in my strife
with Pickering l had yet my way to
make in the world. His notes were
probably worthless,I did not doubt
that. 1 might use them to procure his
removal as executor, but I did not look
forward with any pleasure to a legal
fight over a property that had brought
me only trouble.
Something impelled me to go below.
and, taking a lantern, / tramped som
berly through the cellar, glanced at
the heating apparatus, and, remember
ing that the chapel entrance to the
tunnel was unguarded, followed the
corridor to the trap, and opened it
The cold air blew up sharply and
thrust my head down to listen.
A sound at once arrested me. J
thought at first it must be the suction
of the air, but Glenarm House raj NJ
place for conjecture. and 1 put the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
Good
A REIMBURSEMENT.

A Missouri man tells of an Irishman
named Coughlin, who lived in a shanty
standing in a field near the main
highway from Kansas City. The foun-
dations of the shanty were lower
than the road, through which ran a
big Waterman. As the living door
of the place was raised on posts to
make it level with the highway, it left
a large cellar underneath, where
Coughlin kept a dozen hens.
One day the Waterman burst, food
ing the cellar and drowning the hens.
Whereupon Coughlin took steps to en-
ter a claim for damages against the
city. After much delay influential
friends succeeded in securing the
sum of s25 in settlement of Coughlin's
claim.
1--we got me money!" shouted the
Irishman to a neighbor sitting on the
steps of the next shanty.
tits glad / am to hear thot," was
the reply. 'And how much was it,
Coughlin?"
"Twinty-foive dollars"
"And phwat are ye goin' to do with
the twinty-foive, Coughlin?"
I'm going to buy t~winty-foive dol
lars worth o. ducks" said Coughlin.-
Harper's Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
PEANUTS FOR YOUNG CHICKS.
Good Where Peanuts Can Be Grown
cheaply.

Crushed raw peanuts are good in
the baby chick ration. Last year I
used IL bushels of peanuts to feed
my first brood of pure-bred Barred
Plymouth Rocks, IA in number. I
shelled the nuts by hand, crushed
them with a wooden potato masher
and ground them in a coffee-mill, says
a correspondent of Farm and Home.
To be sure, it was slow work to manu-
facture a quart of peanut meal. 1t
was then mixed with stale light bread
that had been moistened with sweet
milk.
This mixture was lightly worked in
to a crumbly mass with a table fork.
placed on pie tins. and given to the
chicks once on alternate days. As it
was sailed to taste, they devoured it
heartily and grew amazingly.
They were yarded in a small in
closure until six weeks old. being
moved to fresh ground twice or thrice
a week, and not a puny one among
them. Corn bread, stale light bread,
millet, curd, boiled potatoes and pea
nut meal formed their bill of fare,
with plenty of pure water, milk and
green grass in their yard.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23

but it doesn't strike me as being so
awfully funny. Suppose those had
fallen into chickering's hands; then
where would the joke have been, 1
should like to know!"
"On you, my lad, to be sure! The
old gentleman wanted you to study
architecture; he wanted you to study
his house; he even left a little pointer
in an old bookl oh, it's too good to be
true!"
That's all clear enough" observed
Stoddard, knocking upon the despatch
boy with his knuckles. But why Go
yoS suppose he dug this hole here with
it's outlet on the ravine?"
"Oh, it was the way of him!" ex-
planned Larry. He liked the idea of
queer corners and underground pas
sages. This is a bully hiding place
for man or treasure, and that outlet
into the ravine makes it possible to
get out of the house with nobody the
wiser. It's in keeping with the rest OF
his scheme. Be gay, comrades! To
morrow will likely find us with plenty
of business on hands. At present we
hold the fort, and let us have a care
lest we lose it."
We closed the ravine door, restored
the wall as best we could, and re,
turned to the library. We made a list
of the Pickering notes and spent an
hour discussing this new feature OF
the situation and specializing as to the
hiding place of the remainder of my
grandfather's fortune. Larry anc
Stoddard both declared their intention
of remaining until my troubles were
ended in spite of my protests. Stod
dard stayed for dinner, and afterwarC
we began again our eternal quest fol
the treasure, our hopes high from
Larry's lucky strike of the afternoon
and with a new eagerness born of the
knowledge that the morrow would Ger
tainly bring us face to face with thu
real crises. We ranged the house from
tower to cellar; we oyerhauled th'
tunnel, for, it seemed to me, the hun
dredth time.
1t was my watch, and at midnight
after Stoddard and Larry had recon
noitered the grounds and Bates and
had made sure of all the interior fas
Jennings, l sent them off to bed ant
made myself comfortable with a pip
In the library.
/ was glad Of the respite, glad to b.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23

blue sky? AND yonu-r. # O Will
twist your necks a bit, is the boat
house"
We'll, let the scenic effects go and
show us where you found those "a
pers," l urged.
Speaking of mysteries, that is
where throw up my hands, lads. It's
quickly told. Here is a table. and
here Is an old despatch box, which lies
just where l found it. 1t was closed
and the key was in the lock. / took
out that packet-it wasn't even sealed
saw the character of the contents,
and couldn't resist the temptation to
try the effect of an announcement of
its discovery OF your friend Pickering.
Now that Is nearly all. / found this
piece of paper under the tape with
which the envelope was tied, and ]
don't hesitate to say that when 1 read
1T l laughed until 1 thought l should
shake down the cellar. Read it, John
Glenarm!"
He handed me a fragment Of legal
Gap paper Ou WHICH was MTllLGu IN L0e
unmistakable handwriting of John
Marshall Glenarm, these words:
HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS
LAST.
What do you think is so funny in
this?" l demanded.
who wrote it, do you think" asked
Stoddard.
"Who wrote it, do you ask? VIII
Jacks grandfather wrote it! John
Marshall Glenarm, the ~cleverest
grandest old man that ever lived, wrote
it," acclaimed Larry, his voice boom
ing loudly in the room. TITS all
great big game, fixed up to try you anC
Pickering,-but principally you, you
blockheadi Oh, it's grand, perfectly
deliciously grand,-and to think i
should be my good luck to share il
it!".
"Humph! I'm glad you're amused
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
POULTRY NOTES.

Give n feed of good sound grain
daily.
Old plaster furnishes good lime ma
terial.
When a chick frequently picks itself
it is lousy.
Late Matched pullets will rarely lay
before spring.
Put a few rusty iron nails in the
drinking water.
Breeding geese should be kept
rather thin in flesh.
The best layers are generally In
different table fowls.
Crusts of bread wet with warm new
milk are unsurpassed for feeding young
chickens.
Giving meat as a stimulant and
changing the food will keep hens in a
laying condition
Geese begin to lay early in March
and will lay from IA to Is eggs; II
the goose does not show signs OF be-
coming broody, set under hens.
Dry ashes and lime sprinkled plentl-
fully under roosting perches daily is
highly recommended as a deodorizer
and preserves and increases the value
of manure.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23

lantern aside and jumped down into
the tunnel. A CLEAN of light showed
far away for an instant, then the dark.
ness and silence were complete.
1 ran rapidly over the smooth floor,
which l had traversed so often that l
knew its every line. My only weapon
was a heavy hickory club. Near the
Door of Bewilderment 1 paused and
listened. The tunnel was perfectly
quiet. 1 took a step forward and STUN
bled i've a brick, fumbled on the wall
for the opening which we had closed
carefully that afternoon, and at the
instant l found it a lantern flashed
blindingly in my face and l drew back,
crouching involuntarily, and c~lenching
the club ready to strike.
Good evening, Mr.. Glenarm!"
Marian Devereux's voice broke the
silence, and Marian Devereux's face
with the full light of the lantern upon
it, was bent gravely upon me. Her
voice, as l heard it there,-her face, as
1 saw it there,-are the things that ]
shall remember last when my hour
comes to go hence from this world.
Her slim fingers, as they clasped the
wire screen of the lantern, held my
gaze for q second, The red tam-o'
/ shanter that 1 had associated with her
youth and beauty was tilted rakishly
on one side of her pretty head. TIC
find her here, seeking. like a thief in
the night, for some means of helping
Arthur Pickering, was the bitteresi
drop in the cup. l felt as though l had
been struck with a bludgeon.
81 beg your pardon!" she said, an6
laughed. There doesn't seem to be
anything to say, does there? Well, we
do certainly meet under the most un
usual, not to say unconventional, cir
cumstances, Squire Glenarm! Please
go away or turn your back. I want tC
get out of this donjon keep"
She took my hand coolly enough anC
stepped down into the passage. Their
l broke out stormily.
you don't seem to understand the
gravity of what you are doing! Dom
you know that you are risking YOU
life in crawling through this house a
midnight?-that even to serve Arthur
Pickering a life is a pretty big thing
to throw away? Your infatuation foI
that BLACKBOARD seems to carry yol
far, Miss Devereux."
CTo BE CcNTINUEDl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23

The block next to the can is securely
nailed in position, the heads of the nails
then being soldered to prevent leaking.
The handle-bIock is bolted tightly to make
a good fit.
made from 1A-inch lumber, about four
inches wide. The block next to the
tab or tank is cut out accurately to fit
and nailed on from the inside of the
tank. On arriving home l needed an.
other strainer tub, so l made one with
a homemade gate as shown in the
cut. While this worked very well on
honey at ordinary temperatures it wal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
No Divided Allegiance for Her.

Lil-So you rejected that young
fireman, did you?
Mini surely did. Do you suppose
I'd marry a man who might leave me
at any hour of the "a to dance attend
ance on some other fame?-Chicago
Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
CHAPTER xxi.
A promIer Of the Nlqht.

Down we plunged into the cellar,
tl@ough the trap and to the Door of
Bewilderment.
Don't expect too much" admon-
ished Larry; Il can't promise you a
single Spanish coin"
Perish the ambition! We have
blocked chickering's game, and nothing
else matters" l said.
We crawled through the hole in the
wall and lighted candles. The room
was about seven feet square. AT the
farther end was an oblong wooden
door, close to the ceiling, and Larry
tugged at the fastening until 1T came
down, bringing with it a mass of snow
and leaves.
Gentlemen" he said, I'VE are at the
edge of the ravine. Do you see the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
Guile.

They don't worry me with their
savage dogs"
How do you get round EN-.
Weary"
when I hear a dog bark, l gifts out
me memory-ander-book, an pretends
to be looking round, an takin' notes.
dyer seer"
Eyes"
"An' they takes me fer the man
come fer the dog Icense."-RoyaI
Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
H0me-Made Honey-eate cI0sed.

inclined to leak with hot honey. l
then soldered over all the nailheads
and holes inside the tub. made a tin
tube to fit snugly in the twoinch hole,
and soldered it neatly on the inside.
But even then it is not so good as the
regular gate, for hot honey; but for
cold honey it works as well as one can
wish, and will serve very well for
temporary purposes, while the cost
is next to nothing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
The unIversaI FEMININE Law.

THAT clever Miss Penne conhded to
me such high journalistic ideals, and
here she has gone to work on the
most sensational daily in town"
yes. l know. Her ideals were all
right, but you see, yellow is so becom-
ing to her."-Baltimore American.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
Hardened.

Did you feel at all when
you got up before that crowd to make
your speeeh?"
No. 1 had just interviewed the
father of the girl 1 intend to marry.
and felt after having dealt with him
that 1 could face anything."-Chicago
Record-Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
setting a Hen.

In making up a nest to set a hen
or turkey l take a barrel with a few
holes bored in one side. / first put | n
some fine earth, then a thick nest OF
straw or excelsior. l have the nest
fat that eggs may not roll together.
Barrels are fixed to close them up,
and open them each afternoon. that
the sitters may come out at their
will.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
Wrono Selections.

why doesn't that man get on in
politics? He seems capable and in.
d~ustrious."
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum;
"he is all that. But he showed bad
judgment in selecting his opinions
Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
Not Unnecessary.

"And the name is to be-" asked
the suave minister, as he approached
the font with the precious armful Of
fat and 1ounces.
Augustus Philip Ferdinand Codring-
ton Chesterfield Livingstone Smith"
Dear, dear!" turning to the sex
TOM "a little more water, Mr.. Perkins,
if you please. Royal Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
HOMEMADE
u Works First Rate Except with
Honey That Is Heated.

Sometimes we need a ~honey-gate on
very short notice; and. If not near
a large supply house. we hardly know
what to do.
One day l made a brief call at the
home and apiary Of F. A. Powers and
was at once interested in his home.
IA honey-gate. The general con-
struction will be clear from the cut,
says a writer in Bee Culture. 1t is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
An Epicure.

Customer = What is this tough,
~tasteless substance in this custard
pie?
Waiter-Thats cocoanut, sah-cus-
tard topped with cocoanut.
Customer-Humi Well, take it out
and bring me custard topped with rich,
juicy white pine sawdust.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
Unconscious Trsth.

Don't you eve go to Madame Chit
fon for our gowns?" inqstred one so
ciety girl of another.
mo. indeed!" emphaticelly replied
the other. IF l went to that woman
and she made a gown to suit my figure
I'd have a fit baltimore American.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
Frenzied Finance.

WedderlyI made the mistake of
my life when 1 gave my wife a $40
gold piece on the first anniversary Of
our marriage.
Singleton-How's that?
Wedderly-Fve had to give her $40
a week ever since to keep her from
spending it.-Chicago Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
Extended Hours.

you used to hold me on your lap
every day when we were first mar
ried." complained Mrs. Bloggs.
YES" asserted MI. Bloggs. You
used to sit on my lap for an hour at a
stretch. Now you sit on me most of
the time."-Cleveland Leader.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
ArhoreaI.

$50 your son-in-law has a family
tree"
YES" answered Mr. Cumrox, but
I'm kind of suspicious that some of us
American citizens aren't going about
the work of preserving the forests the
right way."-Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-23
the time.

Bronson-Easy seems rather vexed
because Mrs. Easy bought a spring
bonnet. That isn't a pretty way for
a bridegroom of a few months to act.
Woodson-Yes. But she insisted on
having the hat trimmed with mistle-
tee.
Bronson-What about that?
Woodson-Nothing; only Easy says
If he hadn't kissed her under the mis-
tletoe last December he wouldn't be
paying for that hat now.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-16

Mr.. and Mrs. John Currier and Mrs.
Mary E. Bean have gone to Sandy
point, Me-, where they will pass Mr..
Curriers' vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Savage and dau
ghter, returned Monday to their home
in Greenville after visit here W ith
Mr.. Savage's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Savage.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Clough and little
daughter, Dorothea, are passing the
present week at Owles Head, Penob
scot Bay, guests of Mr.. and Mrs A. P.
Barton of Waterville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Thompson of
Brunswick passed portion of last
week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jos.
p. Oak at their beautifully located
summer home, at Hayden Lake.
Among the good things from their
garden, enjoyed by the family of
John Walker for their Fourth of July
dinner, were tomato pickles. They
expect to have ripe tomatoes by
August first.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Thibault ar
rived home Saturday from a two
weeks vacation passed at Sebasco,
Me. They were accompanied, dur
ing this time by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Prince of Auburn, the two families
taking cottage together.
Mr. and Mrs. L. II Steele of Mil
ford, Mass, arrived here Tuesday,
and are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. F. P.
Huntley at their farm home in the
southeastern part of the town. Mrs.
Steele was formerly Miss Alice Smith
and worked for year in Miss Withee's
millinery store about three years
since.
John Is. Morrisette left here for st.
Martin, P. O., Tuesday morning.
News of the serious illness of his sis
ter, Mrs. Adelaide Vigue, was the
occasion for the journey. st. Martin
is in Beauce county, short distance
from st. George, where Mr.. Morris
cite was born. This is the first time
he has been in that section for forty
years.
Mrs. g. w. Hayden, who has been
critically Ill with pneumonia at the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
A. Wills at Kents Hill, returned home
Thursday on the afternoon train.
Mr. Hayden was there two weeks and
assisted the nurses in caring for her,
and accompanied her home. A sad
feature of her illness is that she was
called to Kent's Hill six weeks ago to
care for her father, who is now lying
in a critical condition, and she was
stricken with this illness while caring
for him.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-16
House Boat for Sale.

have a house-boat on North Pond smith
neld,T wish to sell at once. Accommodate five
or six people furnished with beds and all
necessary equipments will sell on the install
ment plan. Write or call on,
Iws J. EDWIN TAYLOR. Skowhegan Me-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-16

Thelma, the exquisite perfume, at
Fogg's drug store only.
"Skeeter Scoot". Keeps off the
flies. At Bucknam's drug store.
Lightbody's famous headache pow
ders, the guaranteed kind, at Samp-
fon & Avore's only.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-16

Buchanan sells Porto Rico bay rum,
genuine, for fifty cents pint.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-16
Will Set Your Tires

1--WE set 'em hot, we set 'em cold,
We set 'em just as we are told"
At BEN CAYFORD'S.