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a ships side or bottom and explode

a ships side or bottom and explode
the torpedo.
She was painted slate gray and
her ballast was so adjusted that with
the eight men VINO manned her on
board, one to steer, one to look AFTER
the torpedo, and six to turn the pro-
peIler crank, her low hatch scarcely
rose above the water. In that con-
dition, and especially at night, she
looked like a plank floating on the
surface By hard and conscientious
labor her man-power engine could
shove her along at about a speed OF
four knots. Altho the order Of Gen
eral Beaureguard that she should not
be submerged again had materially
diminished the risk which experience
proposed expedition was nevertheless
hazardous in the extreme,
In the first place. an excellent look
out was kept on the union ships on
account Of the several attempts
which had been made against them
byr similar boats. IF she were dis
covered, one shot striking the boat as
she approached, even a rifle shot,
would suffice to sink her. No one
knew what she would do even If she
succeeded in exploding the torpedo.
Tt was scarcely hoped that she could
get away from q sinking ship in that
event.
The little party Of soldiers grouped
on the wharf babe good-by to the
men who entered the deadly affair as
If they were saying farewell to those
about to die. Every preparation had
been made, the artillery officer had
finally and carefully inspected the
torpedo to see that it was in good
working order, the men had descend
ed into the cramped narrow little hull
of. the boat and had made ready to
start the propeller. None of them
wore any superfuous clothing, for il
was oppressively hot In the confined
area Of the little iron shell, and they
might have to swim for their lives
anyway-perhaps they would be lucky
IT, they got the chance. In short
everybody was ready and everyone
was there except the commander O.
the expedition.
Great secrecy had been observed II
the preparations lest there might b.
a spy in the town, who, learning o
the attempt, would communicate tn
valuable information to the fedora
fleet and so Illustrate 1t. Genera
Beauregard had caused the wharf t
be cleared and guarded early in tn
evening. It was quite dark in Feb
ruary at 6 o'clock, and no one excep
his trusted staff officers and Lacy
who had so magnanimously surren
dered his opportunity to Semplant
were present. At a quarter before
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23
CHAPTER v.
The Hour and the Man.

The Hour and the Man.
HE David, so named because
altho she was small it was
hoped she would strike
terror to the huge Goliaths
Fl of the Union fleet, was
built Of boiler iron. She
was thirty feet long and OF
cigar shape, her greatest diameter
being a little less than six feet. she
was propelled by a hand engine
worked by members Of her crew, and
could be submerged at pleasure but
experience had shown that once down
she usually stayed down with all on
board. A resume of her history has
been given. She was q floating, or
sinking, death trap.
Originally she was intended to drag
after her q floating torpedo in the hope
that she could pass under a VesseIs
keel and explode the torpedo when she
reached the proper position. General
Beaureguard, however, had positively
forbidden that she should be used as
submarine any longer on account OF
her disastrous behavior, and on this
occasion she was provided with long
spar sticking out from her nose, on the
end Of which was 100 pounds of pow
der in copper cylinder provided with
four extremely sensitive tubes Of lead
containing highly explosive mixture
which would ignite upon contact with
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away at last, "for Mr.. sempland: I
do not understand it. I never thought
him a coward
"Nor am I, sir!" painted a voice out
Of the darkness as a pale and breath
less man burst thru the group sur
rounding the general.
"Mr. Sempland!"
For Gods sake, sir, am In time?
The boat?'
Gone
"How long? Call her back!''
cit is too late. She has been gone
ten minutes. Where were you, sir q
Who took her out?"
ton, sirI'
"He! My God! I am disgracedl
! Dishonored And She
Where. were you, sir?"
| The young man hesitated.
why don't you answer? Do you
realize your position? You begged
this detail. Why were you not here?"
ooh, General Beauregard-"
GLOW could you forget your honor,
the south? Where were you, I say !?
Answer or will have you shot in the
morning"
'Is that your only excuse, sir r
sternly.
| S0lup1dlO w DIS Ill q ACot1 III NJ SoASo-
ment. To have restrained him by
force was an act of high treason. He
could only explain himself by impli.
eating the woman he loved. The con.
sequences in either case were dreadful
Fanny Glen a traitor to the south
/ Beauregard was a stern, memorable
soldier. He would not scondone suc1
an offense as hers. That she hal
failed in her effort to prevent the ex
petition would mean nothing to tn
general. Fanny Glen, the pride o
Charleston, the woman who had dom
more for the south than any othe
woman in the Carolinas, perhaps, to b.
disgraced, certainly to be punished,
: might be-shot! She had rutne'
. him. but he had kissed her. II
could not say the word which woul
lincriminate her and leave him free
He was disgraced already, he would b
: cashiered. Well, what mattered It
His chance was gone, the woman di
NOT love him. His heart was he
against her. Yet he remembered tn
scene In the strong room-had sh
Indeed returned his kiss? He close
his lips firmly and said nothing. II
I, would not, he could not betray he
9 even to himself.
t. sYou do not answer, sirl What e
: tcuse have you to offer
e .'None."
"You sought this detail, you force
|: iyourself into the expedition. HaA
r Iyou nothing to say for yourself e
I'll Nothing.
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CHAPTER v.
The Hour and the Man.

Lacy tore off his coat and vest,
threw them on the wharf, saluted the
general and stepped into the boat.
Some one in the group lifted lam
tern. The Pickering light fell on the
pale faces Of the determined men.
"Good-by, sir" said Beauregard;
ssyou. at least, are an officer, soldier
Of whom the south is proud. Remem-
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A HABIT.
washington Star.

- Wash1ngt0n Star.
.swhat's dc matter wifi Mistuh .Erastus Pink
Typ isaid Uncle Raspberry. He dom seem to
Be dom no work at all, no mo; .,,,.. ..uo
heard bout de 9prodigal one time, an he
tried 1t hisself. An it turned out SO satistac,
tory dat he amt been. doin' muffin but takin'
encores ever SINCE
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ORIGIN OF THE JOKE.

Noah was chuckling with suppressed n'na'
ment, when his wife inquired the Gauss .u .,,Y,
have that umbrella borrowed from Smith
still laughing at the Joke on Smith. no Wsus
below to feed the other hogs.
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EVIDENCE,

Washington Star.
'.whah is Mistah Pinkley. gwine to r
dice an dat pack 0, cyahds? What's de use o
askin' foolish questions? He's gwine fshin'.'
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THE FIRST STEP.

philadelphia Public Ledger.
asI hear YOU hope to make a great musician q
your son. Whom have you selected to teaon
A"oh. he hasn't got as far as the music. yet.
He's Just being treated by scalp spsciahss
"a mako his hail luxurtant.W
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HIS LINE.

Master Of House Ito applying butler)-Can
you open a beer bottle neatly ~
Applicant-Um, not SO very. SIR. You Zee,
IRE lived mostly In champagne famdNeA.M
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A LITTLE TRAITOR .:: =:
Va a. Time Go. essi %{.,.,, TO THE SOUTH
BIZ CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADT


Of
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THE RULING PAssIo,

New York Bun.
Knicker-so old Bookts was horsy y sns
.- Bocker-Yes, he left directions that his burial
should be printed under Turf Events.
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WOULD THE WOODLAND
ssDid you ever meet a meatman r.
Asked the steel man Of the wire MAJ
emo: but In anger's heat, man.
was known to frs fireman..
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
RAILROAD TO THUNDER.

Articles of incorporation of the
Big Creek and Thunder Noun.
tain railroad will be filed with
the secretary of state this week,
The contemplated road is to start
at Payette lake and follow the
Payette river to Secesh summit,
then down Secesh creek to the
south fork of the Salmon river,
then to the east fork of Profile
creek, then along Profile creek
to Big creek, thence along Big
creek to Monumental creek, and
thence on to Roosevelt, a dis.
lance of 1870 miles.
The capital stock of the com.
pany is placed at $3,5O0,OO0, di.
vided into $4,000 shares at the
par value of 800 each. The di.
rectors for the first year are w.
II. Powell, New York; Joseph
Devere, of New York, and M. B.
Jacobs, F. w. Hunt and G. J.
Perkins of Boise. F. w. Hunt
is named as president of the road
and M. B. Jacobs as secretary
1t is expected that either the
Pine or the Dewey road will be
completed to Payette lake in
time to make connection with
the new road as soon as it is
ready for operation.
New York mining men inter
ested in Thunder Mountain are
supposed to be behind the new
road. Information was given
out this afternoon that work
would be commenced on the new
road early in the spring.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
BONANZA IN CUSTER.

Upon the Sawtooth range. in
Custer county, w. G. Page and
his associates have acquired a
group of mines, the characteris-
tics of which are identical with
those of the Occur d'Alene coun-
try and that hold out possibilit-
les as great as any in that re-
gion, says Edward P. Jennings,
who has just completed an ex-
animation of them. Embraced
within the locations are as MANY
as four lodges running parallel
with each other, said he, the
ores consisting of silver and
lead, occurring IN a galena and
yielding readily to concentration.
Indeed, the average contents are
such that a smelter market might
be afforded were the haul to
transportation not so long.
These lodges have been punctur.
ed at intervals for nearly mile,
while erosion has exposed the
lodges along the walls of a can.
yon for 1900 feet vertically. In
his conclusions, Mr.. jennings
has recommended that a tunnel
be driven in upon the strike of
the main ledge and that the
proposition be equipped with a
concentration. Over it he is very
enthusiastic and with develop-
ment he has no doubt that every
interest will be enriched. Some
of the lodges, said he, show a.
width of so feet between walls
and on a basis of five tons of
crude into one of concentrates
the product should compare fav-
orally with any that is coming
into the market. Among Mr..
Pages associates are several
prominent railway men with
headquarters at Salt Lake, and
that the recommendations of Mr..
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
A MOTHER AT TWELVE

Columbia, Tennessee, dispatch
A negro named Henry Ray was
tried and held over to the grand
jury for violating the age of con.
sent law. The prosecuting wit.
ness is a young negress named
Pearl McNairy, and the case in
one respect at least, is perhaps
the most remarkable one on rec.
ord. The prosecuting witness
is the mother of child, the pat.
ernity of which she LAYS to Raw
and she is no doubt the younoest
mother living today. She is now
only II years of age, and at the
time of the birth of the child was
only IL years and 10 months old
Her age is authenticated beyond
dispute, and she is thought TO no
the youngest mother living.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
HORSESHOE MINES.

d. E. McCallum. a we'll known
mining man from Mackay, is IN
the city today on his way to ST.
Louis, says the Capital News IN
the interest Of mining company
in which he is interested, and
which is located in the Idaho
copper camp.
The Mackay district is still
very dull, he states, on account
of the shutdown of at the White
Knob mines, which came recent
ly as a result of extravaganza and
incompetent management. The
receiver is still in charge of the
mines and smelter and nothing
is being done as yet in the way
of taking steps towards the re-
sumption of operations. The
affairs of the company will prob
ably be in the courts for some
time.
Mr.. McCallum has great faith
in the future of the country and
believes as firmly as he ever did
that Mackay is designed to be-
come one of the greatest copper
camps in the country.
The ores are principally low
grade and must necessarily be
handled on an extensive scale.
This was the opinion of Joseph
Giroux, at the time manager of
the Arizona properties of Sena-
tor Clark of Montana, who said
that at depth or below water
level, high grade concentrating
ores would be encountered. AS
far as the camp has been de-
veloped, Mr.. McCallum says, the
opinion expressed by Mr.. Giroux
has been borne out.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

definite, unforeseen way. and in
larger amount than would be
possible by the slow process of
working for a stipulated daily
wage, and saving each day a
portion of their earnings, no
matter how small. The average
prospector is willing to face un-
certainty and endure hardships
and privation, but the idea of
building up a fortune by the
practice of self-denial and long
continued patience is almost un-
known to him. He may subsist
upon plain and sometimes scant
food, but his outdoor life and
hard work make him strong and
healthy and self-reliant, and he
lives in the future. He goes out
on his search for fortune with
a light heart, and with optimistic
faith in his own ability to win it
from the rocks. This is written
of the real prospector-he who
actively engages in the business
and work of looking for new
veins and deposits of ore, but
does not apply to so great an ex-
tent to another class who might,
perhaps, be styled '1ocators"-a
class of men who rush precipitat-
ely into newly discovered dis.
trict and locate everything in
sight, taking advantage of the
result of the pioneer work of the
prospector who made the first
discovery, The aim of the first
is to find a new deposit of miner
al, develop and work, or sell it,
and thereby secure the long
hoped competency. The aim of
the other is to secure all the
ground he can which he hopes
he may be able to sell to his own
advantage to some one who de-
sires to emulate in a measure the
real prospector by mining in
search of pay rock. The pros
pector of the first class is neces-
sary to the development and ex-
tension of the mining industry. !
He of the second class is newt
able. He, too, is useful, but not
to so great an extent as the pion-
eer prospector, who has nothing
but his knowledge, gained of ex-
perience, TO guide him. The
second fellow has the way paved |
for him, and although entitled to
less than the former, he often
gets as much or more. He is in
evidence in every attractive and
rich camp, and doubtless he will
be as enduring as the other, for
to a great extent the mining
laws give him the same privileg-
es and opportunities as his broth
er, the pioneer, and seeing this
he often takes more.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

The Chicago Babylonian ex-
petition has excavated statue
Of King Daddu. They report
that the face looks ike that of
Senator Depew. King Daddu
lived 5000 years ago which is
about the vintage of some of
Mr.. Depew's jokes. Perhaps
they are family heirlooms.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

General Grlppensburg's nous.
tache is fourteen inches from tip
to tip. If the Russians were half
as vicioos as they look the Japs
wouldn't come within thousand
miles of them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

Old King Coal" is squeezing
millions out of the public anru-
ally. That is the reason why we
sing "A merry old soul is old
King Coal"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

One of the Massachusetts uni
versities had to hog a whole class
Of it's students. 1t seems neces-
sary to beat knowledge into
some millionaires' sons.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

About the best way to get an
accurate list of the trusts of the
country is to take a peep at the
list of Cortelyeu's campaign CON
tributors,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

A dispatch from Russia states
that the Russians are fighting
among themselves in Manchuria.
1t is much easier to fight each
other than it is to fight the Japs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

The gas companies of Boston
have just effected a $4,000, 900
trust. A $50, 900, 900 merger is
considered light affair in the
city Of Boston.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

We have just found out what
the trouble was with that Baltic
fleet. 1t did not know which
side of the earth Japan was on.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

The Y. M. G. A. in Wisconsin
has inaugurated school for the
instruction of chauffeurs. An
automobile running on the Gold
en- Rule would be a welcome
novelty.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

In a recent pugilistic contest
in SanFrancisco one of the com
batants had his ear bitten off.
SanFrancisco ought to adopt the
Marquis of Queensbury Rules.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

The "fellers" who have air.
ships that really do fly, are go
ing to call them something else,
so as to differentiate them for
the other kind of air-ships.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

An Evansville, Indiana, is
suing railroad company for the
loss of his nerves. The suit
would indicate that he still has a
little left.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
young.

Chicago announces that New
York shall not out-do her. The
former says she will have a sub
way also.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
THE PROSPECTOR.

The object which men have in
view when locating new mining
claims is, primarily, the making
OF money-making it in some in.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

People who love liberty and
humanity will rejoice that Gov
Peabody of Colorado, went down
to defeat by 10000 majority.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

A fashion writer says little
checks will be the style for wo-
men this winter. "Checks" have
always been popular with wo.
men.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

Panama has just celebrated
her first birthday. She has been
a troublesome brat for one so
Young.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

1t seems now that Teddy was
playing politics when he attack
ed "race-suicide" -he was fish
ing for the Mormon vote.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

A few more speeches by Grow
or Cleveland and Parker would
have not carried a state in the
Union.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22
COURT REvERSEs ITSELF.


mine, once owned by William
Norton, now dead, against JohI
z. Dooly, trustee. The courf
decided in favor of Dooly. Jus
tice Baskin dissenting.
The matter has been in the
courts for over a score of years,
ever since the death of Mr.. Nor.
ton. The deceased owned the
Charles Dickens mine, which he
had mortgaged for $4,000 tc
Mccormick and Dolly. The lat.
ter was an alleged friend of Nor
toms and was made trustee OF
the estate by the deceased short
ly before he died. After Nor
toms death Mccormick and
Dooly foreclosed their mortgage
on the mine, it being past due.
Dooly, it is alleged, hired r. G.
Chambers to bid in the mine for
him at the public sale for the
amount of the mortgage. Short
ly afterwards creditors of Nor
ton began to present claims to
Dooly for settlement, arguing
that, as trustee of the estate, he
should pay them from the fore
closure sale OF the mine. Dooly
answered, it is alleged, that there
was no money left with which to
pay the claims.
DR.. Hamilton, Norton's physi-
clan, then brought suit for his
services against the estate. In
his answer Dooly repudiated the
trust in so far as it dealt with
the Charles Dickens mine. Dooly
had meanwhile sold the mine to
eastern capitalists, it is claimed,
for several hundred thousand
dollars. DR.. Hamilton and 9th
er creditors of the estate alleged
fraud. They claimed Dooly had
no right as trustee, under the
law, to deal in the property of
the estate without accounting to
the heirs. Dooly said he had re-
pudiated the trust, so was not
obliged to pay over to the estate
the profit he had made from the
sale of the mine to the eastern
syndicate.
In the case just decided, Felix
ner and others, held mechanics
liens against the mine. The
supreme court decided that the
statute of limitations barred
these creditors from securing
payment of their claim. Dooly,
the court said, had announced to
the world in his answer to the
Hamilton suit a dozen or more
years ago that he had repudiated
his trust in regard to the mine.
He really had no right to do
this, but inasmuch as Felkner
had waited twelve years before
bringing suit against Trustee
Dooly the bill was voided by the
statute of limitations. If Felix
ner had brought suit Immediate
ly after the Hamilton case had
been decided he might have been
able to make good his claim.
The only redress Felkner now
has is to bring suit against Dooly
as trustee of the remainder of
the estate-Norton's property
exclusive of the mine.
Judge Morse of the Third dis
trict court, who tried the case.
rendered a decision against
Felkner, giving him no relief.
Justice McCarty states that
Felkner may be able to satisfy
his claims out of the residue of
the estate if the statute of limi.
tations does not bar his lien.
The decision is a modification
of the one handed down last
March, in which the decision of
Judge Morse was reversed. The
court reverses itself in so far as
it takes back what it said last
spring in deciding that the stat
ute of limitations did not hold in
regard to any of the estate, the
Charles Dickens mine included.
The statute of limitations invali.
nofnS q nlo on,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

Gen. Steessel is still anxiously
awaiting for the Baltic fleet to
relieve Port Arthur.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

The fact that Rojestvensky
lost his head caused two of the
English fishermen to lose theirs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

Jennings will be approved there
is no doubt.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-22

Entered at the Challis post-onice as second
class mail matter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-13
Sharks in Europe.

Superstitious people. If any such re.
main, will probably hold that it is as
a portent of the war that sharks have
again appeared in the Baltic Sea, after
an absence of nearly $50 years. Sharks
are still to be met with in the Medit-
erranean, but in the northern seas we
have long been rid of them. But now
fishermen report that in the narrows
of the Cattegat and the Belt these dan
gerous fish are once more to be seen,
and that they follow the boats to at
tack the nets as they are being hauled
in. 1t is also said that some of the
fishermen have had narrow escapes of
their lives. There are shoals of
sharks in the North Sea and along the
coasts OF Germany and Norway they
are TO be found in considerable num-
bers.