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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
Millions in Mining Stock.

Colorado Springs excels all Other
cities in this country as an exclusive
market for gold stocks from a single
camp-Cripple Creek. For the fiscal
year ending with June, 149, 304. 29i
shares of Cripple Creek gold stocks
were sold by the Colorado Springs min.
ing-stock exchange. The cash value OF
these shares was S23, 566, 1921 4. As
compared with the year previous. the
number of shares sold showed a gain
OF lll,62O,S76, while the cash value in.
creased $16,9 1882. The cash han.
died by the clearinghouse in settle.
ment of differences only was So. 979 =.
63l.69, against ST. 44, 327.49 the YEA,
previous. This record does not include
the sales of the board of trade. which
was revived during the year. Cripple
creeks exchange on a single day re.
Gently sold 10000 shares, and Denve,
exchanges 5000. On the same day the
Colorado Springs mining exchange sold
3SO,2l5. The stocks traded in renre.
sent twenty-four producing mines
tw~enty-one developing mines. and
elghty-five unlisted. The total mum.
Der OF public companies doing business
at cripple Creek is about 400.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

"Chinos" up into the mess to take the
wounded to the 1t is a good deal
to ask, even Of a coolie, for so cents a
day, and that Mexican. AS the doc
tors worked Lawton stood and looked
at them %curiously. There were lead
men lying at the side of the road and
another dying. The surgeons could
not work fast enough, and their as
sistants were all busy putting on the
first aid bandages and getting the men
who had been hit in shape to take
back to the hospital. They would no
sooner get one man fixed up than there
would be another hit and needing their
attention. Finally Lawton went away,
walking slowly down the road toward
Las Pinas, and | wondered as he vent
what sort of Anting-anting the Fill
pinos must think he has. Only some
supernatural charm of very great
power can keep so large a mar from
serious injury, in their belief.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

posted somewhere in the woods direct
~ IN our front. That was a thing 70
strike terror to the heart of a wooden
man, that cannon. Whatever II was
they shot, you could hear II comino
before the gun went off. They saw the
scream OF the %shrapnel" can be heard
only after the shell has passed and
nat Mr.. R%emington's sympathetic
picture is based on a theory which is
not borne out by the facts. However
l saw a man this morning throw nm
DOT hands and fall fiat on his face
long before the she'll got even with him
and 1t never did get near him.
The first shell the rebels let go at ne
came just over the heads of the men
Of kenly's battery, who had stationed
two three-inch guns and two of tbe
mountain guns Just at the left OF tha
road at the outpost, and burst a few
feet behind the guns.
There was such a row when It burst
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
SOME BATTLEFIELD STORIES AND SCENES.

and so many things fell to the srounu'
that at first we thought they were nl-
ing cobblestones at us. But when we
looked for the stones we found Una.
they we're iron balls about an lnch anu
a half in diameter. Then we remem-
hered that there had been vast pies
Of such things in the OLD navy yare
at Cavite, and that was probably wnsre
the rebels got their ammunition. There
could be no doubt that the thing they
were shooting was a smooth bore, n
inasmuch as in the first days OF tne
row with Spain last year they were
permitted to take as many such ola
relics as they wanted from the yara
in Cavite. 1t became apparent what
manne of ordnance they were using.
Their aim was all right and they mad
the range down very we'll. The main
difficulty with their execution was ina
the shrapnel were SO old that the pow
der had all gone bad and the bursting
charge didn't work worth a cent. When
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

1t made those who were left more
eager to get" a Filipino. 1t developed
into a rage that found expression once
in a while in a wild yell at the men
behind the Notifications across tho
narrow river. In the midst of the
rumpus Lawton came up the road with
Capt. Sewell OF his staff. Sewell is al
most as big a mar as Lawton, and they
did make a mighty good target for
some Filipino as they came along, ap-
parently unconscious that anybody was
firing a gun in that nelghborhood.
Gen. overshine went out to talk with
Lawton, and the three stood in the
road and talked for what seemed at
least ten minutes, but probably was
not five. The fire did not slacken for
an instant, and l lay at the side of tls
road where / had been trying to hide
getting into the beastly place.
and watched Lawton as he stood there
absolutely unmoved. expecting every
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
A New Ruling in Reg ,rd to Publication
of Forfeiture Notice.

A w. hNAANN vi
of Forfeiture Notice.
What promised to be the most i'm
portaht mining suit brought before
the courts of that section for years was
suddenly terminated last week by n
ruling by Judge Stevens of the District
court at Gunnison upon a point which
has no precedent.
Inc u Domingo mine was recent
~ sold to 5. |. Hallett for S5OOOOO bv
william Haynes and others under n
pohu ana lease a portion of the amount
pelng paid down. Haynes originally
ihd Il partner in the claim. G. O. Bris-
coe' VINO Tor years assisted in the de.
VeIopnnent of the property. In 1896 il
WIS alleged that Briscoe failed TO cob.
rlpute MS proportion of the expendi-
lurc Tor annual labor. and i'm January
1921, Haynes caused the usual notice
oi FORFEITURE to be published in the
MINER, printed at pitkin. The claim Is
located on Italian mountain and mac.
ceSslOle ny wagon roads, only trails he.
ing $ TO transport sunnlies for Tho
laSt eight miles. From the mine ON an
AR line crested Butte is abont fonrtoen
hllies, Aspen eighteen miles. CRYSTAL
smelty-tWo miles and Pltkin twenty
oINen mlies' All roads and trails were
eloseu except that to Pitkin. and for
sua, reuson Haynes personally took the
nu,lve OF forfeiture to that place for
pupncatlon, although newspapers were
regularly printed In all of the towns
mentioned. """'
me case finally narrowed down TO
.ne question of air line" or CASUALLY
raveled Route" for publication of for.
lecture notice. County Surveyor nof.
nemyer made triangulatlon surveys 70
ascertain the distance from the mine
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

The United States government Is an
extravagant book publisher. About
eighteen years ago it began the COM
pilation of the records of the Union
and Confederate armies, officially
known as the Rebellion Records. More
than one hundred and twenty volumes
have already been printed, as a cost
of nearly three million dollars, and the
series Is not yet complete. Few per-
o n would question the historical
value of this great work, but many
might doubt the wisdom of so free a
distribution of the volumes at public
expense. In country public libraries
the books are rarely used enough to
pay for the space they fill. In Lisbon.
N. H., for example. the librarian re-
lates this incident: A small boy stood
before the hundred massive volumes
and said, "Myl wouldn't l like to read
theml' The permission was speedily
granted. The boy took one OF the
books from the shelf, but for some rea-
son did not carry It away. That"
concluded the librarian, lis the only
call for these books that | can remem-
Der In years to have had"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

The American c~ollegian is fast gain
a deliver. Through the long winter
and the balmy spring he digs into his
Greek and Latin in class and study
room; during the summer season he
digs for fossils in the bad lands and
the lava fields. n when the crisp
autumn breezes blow he digs holes in
the football field with his own and his
opponent craniums. The last-mep-
toned kind of excavation, 1t may be
added, is easily the most popular OF
all.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

The Japanese government has de-
cided to recognize Christianity as one
of the religious organizations of the
country. and to give Christian minis
ters the same rights as are granted to
Buddhist and Shinto priests. A new
law. however. puts the affairs of all
sects, including the building of
churches. the holding of meetings, the
settlement of preachers and methods
OF maintenance. under the control of
local governors. Some solicitude is
occasioned by the large powers Of these
governors. who will be able, If so dis
posed. to hinder missionary operations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
The agrIcultural department q

The agricultural department at
Washington is making elaborate prep
arations with a view of making that
department Of the census of 1900 very
comprehensive. Advance forms of
census reports are being sent out for
the perusal of farmers so that by June
l next (the date on which the census
taking is to begin) every farmer in the
land will have a clear understanding
Of his part of the contract. The de-
partment is to be complimented for the
manner in which 1t has set about its
work.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

The great fault with which the coun-
try has to contend may be summed up
in the words individual Irresponsible
ity. Could every voter understand
that In him and him alone reposes the
welfare OF the nation her institutions
would be safe. Let every man do what
is right according to his conscience,
and regardless of what others believe
to be right, and the greatest good will
certainly accrue to the greatest num-
Der.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
Tales Of the Big Battle Of zapOte lOld Dy
an Eye Witness.

second to see him hit. He wore his
usual big white helmet and made him
an extra fine mark. The only thing
to show that he knew he was where a
battle was going on was that he had
dismounted. Perhaps that was be-
cause he was afraid of losing his big
black horse.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

Two wonderful fossil specimens
have just been discovered in Germany
and delivered to the museum of the
University Of Tuebingen. One of
them, found in a N%usplingen lime
quarry in the heights of the Heubergs,
is the perfect skeleton OF a large,
shark-like fish, imbedded in the lime
stone In such a way as to show accu-
rately its anatomical structure. The
other, found in the slate quarries OF
Halzmaden, near Kirchheim, is the
skeleton of a small icthyosaurus, with
every smallest bone in its natural
articulation, the dorsal and caudal fms
intact, and the skin covering of the
webbed feet plainly distinguishable.
This latter specimen is declared to be
the most nearly perfect specimen of the
icthyosaurus yet found.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

A very pretty dish for cut flowers ,s
a silver bowl with perforated cover.
This is particularly suitable for long
stemmed pausies which should be ar
ranged on a bed of feathery green. and
IN sueh a manner that the blossom e.
self does not touch the water.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
The Men Got Angry.

Strangely enough, too, you could see
the men getting more and more angry.
They talked among themselves more
than before they had lost so much. 1t
was THAT was JONES'" when a man
was hit, or THAT was Smith," or
They've got Brown" and every time
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

Surgeons Busy with the Wounded.
AS the two generals stood there the
surgeons were as busy with the wound
ed as they could be, and the men in
charge OF the coolie l~itter-bearers were
having a hot time getting their
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
Hubby

before marriage it's all billing and
cooing; after marriage It's all bill-ing
and cussing," said the obseryant draas-
maker as she signed a receipt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

State Senator Emory from Pennsyl-
vania blames the railroads for the
trust. II is not apparent that States
man Emory Is off the track.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

Electricity makes heat, light and
power interchangeable. This is strik-
ingly suggested by the arrangement
which a deaf and dumb couple have in
their home for receiving signals.
Wherever electric buttons were intend
ed to ring bells, they have been made
to turn on lights instead. In this way
callers make their presence known.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

The man who faithfully struggles to
hnd the truth and then sticks to what
he believes to be the truth is the nan
whose name oftenest adorns the pages
OF history.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

There are men COO offensive to sven
strike a bargain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

the thing blew up instead of scattering
those little iron balls all wei a ten.
acre lot, there was hardly enough force
to separate them one from another.
and they fell all together.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
Matrimonial nimnnl.i..

TOO many wives will soon spoil the
pest laid plans. Anyone who doesn,,
believe has only to ask William 49,
strong at present s~oiourning in a
Seattle jail.-Chicago Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

The sslf-made man is usually proud
of a very poor job.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
The Rebels. Noisy old Cannon.

About the only diversion we got was
once or twice when the insurgents
shot at us with a cannon they had
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

A woman's club is generally un-
wleldy from a parliamentary stand
point. at least.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
w
MINING IGNITION


TO points where paD.. |
and upon the shoTISs
further distant BIZ !.
other point. judo
t1e publication Of t5s
70 be void. This s est,lS
that such notices I @sa
the nearest paper I,
graphically.
A large number n,
oeen in md /.
testimony was taken
Judicial knowledge A.
tween the mine and n n.y.. !
papers are printed. m.
Brlscoe with his orion
est. Suits for royaiiv
lease and bond, etc =,
yet to be determined
taken.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

When some women make up their
mind to do a thing they make up their
face accordingly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

The nan who is ruled by his inclina-
tions invariably travels in a zigzag
course.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

Gossips are receiving %tellers, but one
can't bank on their statements.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

Looking for Copper AH ),
Henry Farthing Of ~
certain that there is
western slope Of We ,
Conejos county. He
pecting in that sea
months this summer
more than forty place ?
showing. the rock be- nc'
stained. | did the as GO
two claims and got ~ ie
per cent copper, and
a little more depth a
will be found. Tier !
men in there this suns "a
exception Of one MAJ III
don't think any wen ~
copper. | didn't tel
doing, for l wanted . -
and | think he felt 'E
per indications eoyd !
and if anything Is 20. ers
it will make a produs- roi
of the surface ores tn
carried a little gold e.
don't think these "a acc
large. The indicaIA tie
opening of a cope ce
rough country. but e i
will soon open il uIl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
MosauIto ~

Mosquito pass, VII h.,
siderable mention
during the past mont wiz
Leadville Miner, i 40
tention at the hans . Of
p~r6spectors, aud sN
neglected for years
and development -
thereon by those v@
spread of the blank al
Continuity cer of ore ~
of ground adjacent ar
Little Corrine. SlnT
strated to be on The ~
taken up and ! @ eHPts g
guIch being full Of l!rr
fires at night suggN
of ~. Every
taken up, and issss
Iodes is being stiAN
lake ioIts county 70 mines
Park county n.y. conisd - q
tam that NV nollie r I'D. al
other Little Ellen IT. ~
over into PARK 4 e
lieve that It is sllns 'eoe !
m.orl, IN make an a. Q pla,
of FIJI the II theory. Ins the
niacent achieysfi",,Gn III pie 8
their reputation. s !, smely
perts t maj ! he found the
tory. in tn
on the Pacific .. s. L sho,
beach sands u and Thu
tSrni Shores %ss Of Btt the
AlaSN"' mon at ne ths
l'''od tbe sands sort,
W., ortained q sIu Die wi
M enough es. them
ed eases TO pay sf strul
ting up aud tn Siss
gold actually err
ISOLATED with sssi
part magnetic, hs 1ri
ed by the waves
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

nexico NJ. u&
Since the purchase !, lows,
Tue ortlz grant with \ the
by the corporation wbls sou,
placer ground viii
process, there has
able activity in
in Southern Santa q
New claims have been q, p'a
possible and old Claim. le6 J
vlyed. A number If ret
claims will have Ia /. the
courts. Squatters hsr, the
to the Ortiz grant ami 4 Of /
be invoked in oustiDg 4 let n
The Torpedo min a. !
mountains, which has !
Il corporation of Cbl.s
Las Cruces capitalist Y,
ernor Thomas OF Cos-. ai'o
or, and whose capltal M IAN
be employed mostly h place
niue. was discovered > ago
last six months. aItbr 'estin
have been continuallv ng ur
the last twenty yesn itelle
eighty feet Of deyelm- Mons
been done so far. bu . nh
of the vein has been Ia ~
walls on either S@
been reached. The orb
of copper. Ma
Colonel Henderson Tar
work on the old Stera1D TO
Organ mountains. and ,ty, o
good ore. The Stepb sook D
first mine patented IN In 1E
1871. and was then ks7pheol
Augustine. nod !,
\. X. Mandy and /. Thor
Os county gave a bond :,
group of claims at Rel z
ing of the Fairfax. Wal e
Fra and Tunio claina Ioef
investors from Criwt anion
claims are rich in gOM litti
a strike Of 500 gol led st
was made on the w his 81
property on Trujillo d was
county. res n
The Silver Cell and q toea,
Grant county are M -
S2j0.000 to Chicago ,ss.
mines We're diScOversl :
by the Dimmick brOthF ~ w
derfully rich In pure ~ ea'
of ore six by eight ID IN IN
$3.50 in silver. The ar er per
il was melted with a little
lead in a cupOla fuHRs and
yer was taken out in the e.
The new company has I, liter
for buildings. actin,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-19

team, will you. of good size and long ! will
select that piece of brown plaid in the COR
ner of the window with the stripes loud
hand organ and wide the Potomac.
Trim them in red and send them up to this
address at once. Why, what is the matter?
Aren't You in business to sell goods? You
ought to know me, anyway. Make me an
exercising hood of that intensely brilliant
scarlet flannel in the other window for my
black mare. My wife says bright red is
becoming to brunettes. What are you get
ting mad about"
The tailor was lingering the sharp edges
of his cutting shears very much in the
same manner the hero on the stage.
preparatory to running the villain through
the heart. fingers the edge of his sword.
The horseman had spoken truly. The tailor
was mad.
Sir said he with sartorial dignity-"sr,
you are in error. Your knowledge of cloth
does not equal your knowledge of horses.
We do not make up horse blankets. There
is a place up the street where they do, but
here we make mems clothes. Those bolts of
cloth in the window are the very latest
styles of patterns for go,fing suits for men
and women. I pity your ignorance, sir;
pity your ignorance"
The horseman looked uncomfortable.
"A plaid for golfing suits cannot be too
large nor loud as you inaccurately said
The larger they are the larger time you will
have playing on the green and chasing
yourself from tee to tee, and the bigger
you will appear in the estimation of the
other tee chasers In ladies' skirts espe-
cially these big plaids are very fetching.
They must be cut full and roomy. coming
just above the ankle bone, with a double
row of large buttons in front on each side
plait, cut to appear open And then swing
your shiny stick, make a drive and let
her go.
THE same styles prevail for men. The
scarlet coat with wide plat across the
shoulder blades and the small of the back
| is the very pink of golfng style. These
| bright red jackets are for ladies, cut man
| fashion. with wide black velvet collar with
| half an inch of the goods showing around
| the edges. These styles are the most strik-
| ing and picturesque that golfers have ever
| worn. 1t would be hard to improve upon
| them for effect and color"
| By this time the horseman was half out
of the open door. Golf styles were not in
/ his line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-19
A RAILROAD TALE.
Engine Rounded Curve After the
Inside Rail Was Removed.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
The wreck on the Valley road Monday
evening is regarded as something of
curiosity in the line Of casualties said an
old engineer because the cars left the
rails on the inside instead of the outside CT
curve. AS every school boy knows. the
tendency of body moving in a circle is TO
fly away from the center, by the operation
of centrifugal attraction. The consequence
is that a train Of cars going around curve
at a good gait will be certain to hug the
outside rail, and if it happens to jump the
track one would naturally infer that II
would be on the side where the pressure is
greatest. For some reason or other. how
ever, the train on the Valley road reversed
the accepted order of things, and took
header In the opposite direction. all of
which reminds me of a singular bit of his
tory. 1t may surprise some OF you younger
gentlemen when l say that an incident
based on the principle l have just described
played a star role in what was possibly the
most dramatic passage of the entire civil
war. 1 refer TO the pursuit Of Andrews
raiders when they made their desperate
dash through north Georgia to destroy rail-
road communication with Chattanooga.
The raiders. as you know. stole freight
train at Marietta, Ga, and started north
ward at top speed. They were pursued
almost Immediately by a detachment OF
our boys on a locomotive, and then ensucd
the most thrilling running fight on record.
Time and again Andrews and his men at
tempted to obstruct the track behind them.
but they were so hard pressed that they
were obliged to take to their train before
they could do the work. At last they made
a squirt that gave them a few moments
breathing space and tore short section OF
rail out of a curve. Their pursuers were
coming on at full tilt. and 1t seemed abso-
Iutely certain that they would be ditched
| when they reached that point. but incred.
| ible as it may appear. they passed straight
| over the gap and held their way as If moth
Z ing had happened. The explanation of the
| seeming miracle was simply that the raiders
| in the excitement of the moment had taken
/ the rail from the inside instead OF the out
| side of the curve. and when the locomotive
| swung around it was going so fast that all
| Its weight was practically on the sounc
i iron. In other words. centrifugal attraction
| saved the day, and instead OF burning the
| Chattanooga bridge Andrews was caught
and hanged spy. If II hadn't been fol
/ that fatal b.under in removing the rail the
| raiders would doubtless have accomplished
| their purpose. and what such a disaster
| would have meant to the confederacy give.
| the imagination unlimited leeway for spec
1 ulation."