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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-11
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.
In the Probate Court of the County of Custer,
State OF Idaho.

In the Probate Court of the County of Custer
State Of Idaho.
In the Matter of the Estate
of
George Coffran, Deceased.
Alice Felkner the Administrative of the Es-
tate Of George Cofran, deceased, having filed
her petition herein, duly verified, praying for
an Order of Sale OF certain real estate of said
decedent for the purpose herein set forthS: 1t
is therefore ordered by the said Court, that all
persons interested in the estate OF said deceas-
appear before the said Probate Court on Tues
day the 25th day of November 1902 at 10 O'Clock
a. M, at the court room of said court, ut the
co urt house in the town of Challis, County of
Custer, to show cause why an order should not
be granted 20 sell the real estate of said deceas-
ed at private sale, and that copy OF this or
der be published at least four successive weeks
in THE SILVER MESSENGER, a newspaper
printed and published in Custer county
]. G. FINNELL, Probate Judge
Dated this 23rd day of October, 1902.
First publication Oct. 2sth, 1902. WI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-11
A SONG OF oHEERFuLNEss.

Let us be cheerfull WHAT'S the good Of
sigh.g7
90 lordyl Thursday next the rent comes
What's to be gained by all our coward cry
20 dearl o dsarl And coal is needed.
tool
Let US look upl The sun ia brightly shin
ing,
q feel that latest sketch is sure TO miss.)
so let us leave our grieving and repinng.
1Did ever mortal have such luck as this y
Let us be cheerful Nature smiles around
q cannot seem to make these poems go)
Remember all the blessings that have
found us.
Il wonder why misfortune haunts me sou
The world is genial. after all, and kindly,
IHere comes an old curmudgeon to col
lect)
SO let us trust It cheerfully and blIndly.
CHere! Where's my change? That's bet
ter; that's correctly
Let us be cheerful Facing what's be-
fore us,
hope that other man won't call to-day)
running our souls TO natures hopeful
chorus.
or this keeps on I'll have to move away,)
observe the birds, how eheerfully they
twitter.
20 what dreary grind thds grows TO be y
Nney do not make their brief existence bit
ter
Gwen my postage stamps are out. SEED
Let us be cheerful We. the poet-hearted,
a can't scare up a cent for Sadies hat.)
Let sordid care be from our spirits parted,
GLOW can l have the cheek to tell her
thatD
A mind at ease. a soul In perfect quiet
tSreat Caesarl must chuck It, i can't
stay,
win every nerve and fiber In a riot
10 write song of cheerfulness to-dayD
denis A. Mccarthy, in N. Y Sun.
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Charles M. Thayer and \
Harry j. Wilkins.
Plaintiffs. |
VS..
Henry Bellamy, John Har- I
vey. William II. Rankin and |
Robert j. Bryce.
Defendants. !
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-11

The Bots de Bologne in Paris Is
now the pedestrians paradise. Auto
mobiles are forbidden TO travel there
except at snail's pace, and must
stop near horses. Horses must not
gallop, even on the riding alleys. No
vehicle is admitted unless furnished
with springs. Even hearses are no
exception to this rule. On the other
hand, pedestrians do what they
please. They are no longer com
PEELED to lead dogs on a string IN.
Y. Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-11
Notice Yankee Fork Gold Mining
& Milling Co.

LOCATION OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
BUSINESS BLACKFOOT RINGH AM
COUNTY, IDAHO
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the
directors held on the 2Srd day of October, 1902,
an assessment of $40 of one per cent per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the cor
poration' payable Immediately to S. D. Hill
hard, Secretary Treasurer, at Blackfoot,
Bingham comfy, Idaho, any stock upon which
this assessment remains unpaid on the 25th
day OF November, 1902, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction. and uun-
less payment is made before will be sold on the
10Th day OF December, 1902 to pay the delin
quent assessment, together with costs of ad-
vertising and expenses OF sale.
L. d. billiard, Secretara- Treasurer.
First publication Oct. 2S, 1902
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-11
s'THE VOLCANOES DEADLY wORK

''THE VOLCANOES DEADLY WORK
from the fall OF Pompeii 10 the Des-
truction OfSt. Pierre,'' by Prof. Charles
Morris, LII. d. Most intensely interesting
book ever published. Complete, thrilling and
accurate account of the greatest disaster that
ever befell the human race-greater even than
Pompeii. Tells how Martinique, one of the
most beautiful islands in the world, was sud
denly transformed into veritable hell. About
800 pages, profusey illustrated with photo
graphs taken before and after disaster Prac-
tically only Martinique Book" in the field. for
everyone now insists on having Prof. Morris
book and no other. Best author, largest book
best Illustrated, scientifically accurate. Price
Sl5O. Agents Wanted. Enormous profit
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Outfit 10 cents. Don't lose n minute. Send for
Quilt Immediately, and be at work. The chance
OF a life time for making money.
Clark Il Co.. 222 \. 4Ih ST., PhiIadel-
phin, Pa Mention this paper.
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COunty OF custer.
Charles M. Thayer and
Harry j. Wilkins
Henry Bellamy, John Har-
vey. William II Rankin and
Robert j. Bryce,
Defendants.I
The State OF Idaho sends greeting to the above
named defendants
You are hereby required to appear in an
action brought against you by the above named
plaintiffs in the District Court OF the Fourth
Judicial District OF the State of Idaho, in and
for the County of Custer, TO answer the com
plant filed therein, within ten days exclusive
ofthe day of seryice) after the service on you
of this summons, IL served within the county /;
or II served out of this county, but in this dis
trict, within twenty days; otherwise within
forty days, or judgment by default will be taken
against you according TO the prayer OF said
complaint. The said action is brought to OBJ
tain decree forever quieting the plaintiffs in
their title and possession of the certain piece
of land known as the Yankee Fork Fraction"
and Wagon Road" mining claims described in
the complaint on file herein to which reference
is here made and that you, the defendants, and
all persons claiming by, through or under you
or any OF you, may be forever enjoined and re.
strained from extracting and removing ores
from the above described mining ground des-
cribed in the complaint, and from working in
the ground described In the complaint and
from in any manner interfering with plaintiffs
working said ground and that the defendants
be temporarily enjoined and restrained from
committing any of said acts during the pend
ancy OF this action, as will more fully appear
by copy Of complaint hereto attached and made
a part of this summons and for costs Of suit.
And you are hereby notified that if you fail to
appear and answer the said complaint, as
above required, the said plaintiffs will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in the com
plant.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Dis
trict Court of the Fourth Judicial Dis
NON trlct of the State OF Idaho, in and for
SSILLS for the County OF Custer, this LIST day
~ of september, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred two.
GEO. E. KEYES, Clerk.
Milton A. Brown, Attorney for plaintiffs.
First publication Sept. 9th. 1902. w6
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The Barber and FISHERMAN is
located on Main street, Challis,
where you can drop in and get
anything in the tonsorial line you
want to pay for. Thunder Mt.
tourists a specially.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-11

Proper Remedy.-"Pittsburg is laborinQ
under heavy fire insurance expenses in the
downtown district" remarked Mr.. Du.
kane. Now that is something" added Mr..
Gaswell, ito which the water cure 4hould
be applied '-Pittsburg Chronicle.Tele
graph.
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TREAsuREa.s NOTICE.

The following warrants against
Custer county will be paid with
interest to date if presented
within sixty days from date of
this notice
CURRENT EXPENSE FUND.
april Issue 1902
Nos. 20-21-22-23.
Interest at .07 per cent. from
date of registry to ten days after
date of advertisement.
ALICE FELKNER,
County Treasurer.
Challis, Ida., Sept. 20, 1902.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-11-11
ALIAS SUMMONS.

In the District Court OF the Fourth Judicial
district OF the state OF Idaho, In and for the
County OF Custer
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

nust begin somewhere and talks in his
preface about tracing the Italian influence III
England from the beginning of the n1teehth
century until the death of Elizabeth put II -
clear from his first chapter that ne mas no iteh-
ton of developing his inquiry along hard ana
fast lines He shows his discretion particularly
in dealing with Duke Humphrey of Gloucester
To that enlightened nobleman he rightly gives
credit for an attitude of iiberality toward hu-
name studies. which had immediate practcai
results The Duke a devoted Oxonian' ana
not only gave impetus to the emergence of that
university from medieval conditions by throw
ing his powerful influence in favor OF needed
reforms but was generous giver OF books
when books were hard to procure Further-
scholars which may well have paved the way
for the more serious and more fruitful trans
actions of a later day He was the patron OF
divers men of learning But Mr. Einstein is
careful to avoid exaggeratiOn of the benefits
conferred upon English scholarship by Duke
Humphrey He indicates, instead, with pre-
cision and good judgment. the significance of
the Duke and his friends as. on the whole, art
lessIy unconscious precursors of the Renais-
sancc; ne sketches them men who felt the
breath Of new impulses and titled the soil of
scholarship with vigor, but without making any
other words the influence OF Renaissance ideas
was spontaneously and gradually advanced by
men who had conception Of the manifesto
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

tions to come. and worked simply out of a love
of learning. The student of any historic move
ment, of the Renaissance or of the French
Revolution is tempted to see it too much as
kind OF Independent engine, ploughing it's way
through the crust of civilization from fixed
point to another in time. within a rigidly cir
cumscribed area Mr.. Einstein is content. in the
main. to state the facts and not make them the
basis for argument
Thus he shows simply the doings of this
man that in the steadily increasing company
of cultured Engishmen, briefly relating his
periences and summarizing his achievements.
He celebrates scholars like Linacre, who. after
studying at Canterbury and Oxford. was taken
to Italy in the train of ambassador to the
Pope, and fell into the hands of PoIitian. receiv-
ing from him invaluable instruction in the
classics. He travelled much in the Peninsula
always studying. and returned to England as
Mr.. Einstein says, "a humanist In every sense
of the word He came back a physician as
well scholar. Our author notes his dislike
to appear in print" but his position IN the uni
versity served to make him conspicuous ex-
ample. especially at time when the art of
printing was too young to have hecone an abso-
lutte necessity. without which thought was in
artculate. Linacre Is only one in a long list
This book treats Of Grocyn and Latimer, of
More and Coet, and in his vignettes of in
dividuals the author contrives to let us see
without undue emphasis that what they were
doins was to create. almost without knowing it,
an atmosphere in which little by little the ma
tOnal genius was to expand and blossom in
new forms. He passes from the scholar to the
courtier, and with the help of authors like
Baldessare Castiglione whose famous "Corte-
giano" was discussed at some length in these
columns a short time ago. he shows how the
intellectual inspiration brought across the Alps
was followed by elements of purely social re-
habilitation. The nobleman who had learned to
feel new interest in the dedication to hi1I, of
some translation from the classics was moved
to reconsider his duties toward the court and
himself. Men discussed 1.-The first cause of no.
bilty." wondering whether they were to be re-
garded as gentlemen by virtue OF their birth or
by virtue of their qualities. And while they
went to school. so to say. in the pages of Italian
moraists. they practised under Italian fencing
masters the Southern rules of rapier play. Mr.
Einstein neglects none of the aspects of the
question. If he treats of writer's like Castigii-
one, he treats also of swordsmen. like the
famous Saviolo: Of an authority on horseman-
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
THE IDOL.
BY ERIC II. d. MACLAGAN.

BY ERIC II. d. MACL-AGAN
I dreamed / was an Idol. and L sat
Still as a crystal smiling as a cat.
Where silent priests through immemoriai hou''
Woye for my head mysterious scarlet howers-
Far down the dusty daylight stabbed the air
And kiudled into gold the painted hair
OF those imperious impotent images
That brooded in the perfumed silences
There as waited day by chanSelef day.
MY people brought their gifts and kneit 10 pray
And 1 alone of all that dwelt apart,
Had pity on my people in my heart;
Had pity on the sad that mourned their cetu'
Had pity on the poor that cried for breao.
Had pity most on boy and girl that came
And prayed for love. and loving piest my N'
But In my unavailng pity sat
Still as crystal smiling as cat
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

TO travel and TO study in Italy. that she had
entertained many Italians and embraced so
many of their ideas. The tide turned, and
Italian ''conceits'' were denounced where the
same things had once been received as bless
ings. But by this time the Renaissance had left
its mark upon the country. Mr.. Ein5tein goes
perhaps a little too far when he says that the
new spirit of rational inquiry in state affairs.
the historic sense and illustration" be
traced to the influence of MachiayeIli's writings.
The observation is only half true While the
influence of the Italian writer in England is
undeniabIe. the qualities Just mentioned were
latent in the race But it is true that English
life and thought clearly felt the impact OF
Italian example. and that by the time at which
Mr.. EinStein brings his book to a close English
society. with it's literature and art. had gained
great benefits from the south 1t is testimony
to the strength OF the national character. and
to the natural process of absorption whereby
tine Renaissance was developed in England, that
in all the departments of human activity trav-
ersed iE this clever little volume the distin-
gushing accent that remains is essentially
English.
This is effectively brought out in Mr. GOtch5
work on Early Renaissance Architecture in
England" in which a subject to which Mr. Elm
stein could not. of course. give very much space
is treated broad scale and in comprehensive
detail. In architecture the English learned
much regards proportion from southern
precedent, and their taste in ornament was also
affected by Italian models But the drift OF
Mir. Gotch's text and the evidence of his numer-
Gus Illustrations so to show that the English
architects and builders were faithful in general
to their native instincts. These were. at the
outset. the side of simplicity and dignity
Italian influences gave them trend toward an
exploitation of neo-classicaI forms more effective
than it would. perhaps. have been without the
aid Of direct reference to Italian buildings Yet
the charm of even the most ItaIidniZed of Eng
lish architecture can scarcely be Characterized
alien. The porch of CranbOcne Manor House,
in DOrsetshire, reproduced in this book, might
have been lifted bodily from FlOrentine villa.
but the general effect of the facade is intensely
English. as is that of many another equally Itai-
ianate building illustrated by Mr. Gotch Ihe
latter has done his work remarkably we'll IN
scope this book is wider than any of its excellent
predecessors. The text is clearly descriptive
minute where necessary. but never too proIes-
sionaI in tone to confuse the general reader
and the illustrations are uncommonly practlcat
and artistic This should prove. indeed. an IN
dispensable handbook to the student
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

assemble within the bounds OF mildly critical
narrative certain facts. salient or obscure which
have not hitherto been put together in one
handy compendium. For doing this in Il work
manlike manner he deserves praise His book
reflects credit upon Columbia University under
whose auspices it is printed, and the publishers
have testified to their appreciation of this fact
by giving in addition to their usual excellent
presswork. especially satisfactory reproductions
of the ten well chosen Illustrations.
While the author invests his facts with no
new significance. he discloses in one respect
sagacity which is none too common among COM
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

ship, like Grisone. and if he introduces Italian
players into his pages he also introduces the
diplomats and artists. the public servants and
merchants, who came from the South to Eng
land bringing with them tastes. manners and
aptitudes which their hosts emulated with en-
thusiasm.
When emulation became thoughtless.
thusiasm went beyond bounds. England began
to regret that she had sent many of her sons
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

Once more a dissatisfied reader lifts his voice
In supplication to the publishers who bring out
the classics in cheap series another
and what publisher is without such series in
his list? There is, indeed, no excuse for the
neglect of the classics among the least
prosperous of readers. But the dissatisfied
person aforesaid, who writes from Dundee to
the bibliographical editor of '"The Academy and
Literature" considers that sufficiently
supplied with Shakespeares and SCOTS, Thack
erays and Sternes and wants to know why we
should not be granted inexpensive little edi-
tions, not simply of the masters of the past,
but of copyrighted books which have been
published only in limited or expensive editions.
cheap edition of Trench's Study of Words"
of the poems of Thomas Lowell BeddOes?
We have ourselves pressed this point more
than once, naming many books which might
cannot bring it up too often OF course, it is
true that in many cases the publisher would
not reap much, If any, profit But it is, we
believe, a well established maxim of the trade
that it pays publisher in the long run to
include in his catalogue works not particularly
remunerative in themselves, but of value as
increasing the prestige which attaches to his
imprint; and it is argued that what is lost I'm
up by the sales Of more popular books
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
THE RENAISSANCE.
IT'S INFLUENCE UPON ENGLISH LIFE
AND CULTURE.

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE IN ENGLAND ND
vcrsity Studies in Comparative IiteratureD
EARLY RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTUItE IN
ENGLAND. y Historical and Descriptive Ac-
of the Tudor. Eliza bethan and Jacobean
Periods. 150O-lGZ5 For the Use of Students and
Others. by J. Alfred Gotch. +. S. A. With
EIGhty-scVcn Colotype and Other Plates, ana
go Illustrations in the Text. Octave, pp- XXI
2SI. Imported by Charles Scrbner's Sons
Information concerning the influence of the
Italian Renaissance upon English life and
thought has been vOuchsafed to the general
reader by many writers. but never in quite the
compact and convenient form which Mr. Elm
stein has given to the fruits of his reading. He
has brought to that reading Iatient industry
and 4 lively sympathy for his subject; his book
is skilfully constructed and is perspicuous In
style written with admirable restraint where
opportunities for fine writing await the mex
perienced author at every turn. We miss the
force Of original thought, as we miss the charm
Of a original style. Yet the very limitations OF
Mr. Einstein are in keeping with his main pur-
pose. This Is not, infer. to contribute mat
ter Of weight to the philosophical discussion of
memorable phase OF European civilization. but to
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

mentators his theme. He perceives what is
too often ignored. that the historian cannot find
for the Renaissance a point Of departure SO
definite to seem totally unrelated to all that
has gone before; he recognizes the impossibility
OF pdEeonholing Englands relations to that
great movement might pigeonhole
collection OF documents, according to date. He
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

The autobiography of the later Sir waiter
Besant which has just been published. con
tains some Interesting statements regarding his
own literary experience, from which conclu-
sions are drawn and offered for the considera-
tion of the candidate for literature AS n
bachelor with an income of s. 500 n year,
earned as secretary TO the Palestine EXplOra-
ton Fund he was enabled to engage in literary
work without being anxious about the money
it might or might not bring in. The great
thing, in his opinion, was to be independent,
and he wrote: Il would urge upon everybody
who proposes to make 4 bid for literary sue
to do 50 with some baching-a mastership
in 4 school. Civil Service clerkship. post as
secretary TO some institution or society," any
thing, anything rather than dependence on the
pen and the pen alone" He tells how, being
himself titus provided for, he began by produc-
ing book on q special subject, and thereby
opened the doors of the magazines and reviews.
He was launched That first book he thought,
made his literary fortune. The whole scheme
works out, as it is stated in his autobiography,
with the logic of a mathematical problem. Yet
it is difficult to how his idea, faultless when
abstracIy considered could well be erected into
a kind Of philosophical dogma, on which
beginner cOuIu SalciS start Il
In the current number Of "The Chicago Dial"
Miss Lizette Woodworth Reese asks, with feel
ing, Are we so method-mad that we are be-
ginning to leave out the personal equation in
our educational problems? Or is there really
no place in our hard and elaborate system for
aught except machnery?' She pleads for the
"true individualiSm" in education for which she
fears the great teachers of the past are
only cxemplars. She is sick of 'the kind that
you may dig up out of the desert of u textbook,
from the cant phrase growing more incOn-
sequent at every repetition, that you hear
tossed from the lips of one educator to an
other" We welcome this protest against that
common educational practice which would
make drill, routine, mental adroitness photo
graphic attention to detail" sufficient in them
selves; and we may note also that it is called
for not simply in the schoolroOm, but in the
wide field of contemporary literature What
has come over the novelist and biographer, the
poet and the essayist Of the day? Clever work
is never lacking, but seldom does it bear the
impress Of individuality. Seekers after star
tlingly new effects undoubtedly appear frcm
time to time, but they ordinarily self-co
scious writer's whose idea of originality con-
sists in imitation of some celebrated artist
in words OF Individuality of temperament in
the true sense there is very little. Some of
the new books are nothing less than amazing
in their colorless excellence. They reflect
knowledge, they are not without feeling they
are well put together, and they written in
unimpeachable English. But the authors
names on the title pages might often be shaken
together in a hat and then redistributed with
out injustice being done to single author in
the lot.