Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-09-23
COMMENT
CHARITY IS THE GREATEST VIRTUE.
W. c. Black, Editor

is the result of divergence of opinion. Philosophical
writers have long since agreed that the good Of today is the IT,
suit of the bad of yesterday, People are born into The worl
with an ecceatrnty. It furnishes an object lesson. In doing
this who can gainsay that the eccentrcity, imp easant as it may
seem upon personal contact has not accomplished its purpose for
good. The true worth of every mar must be Judged by his
ability to rise above the little petty things of life; by his ability
to maintain a charity for the eccentrcites of his brother. So
called Southern chivalry is rapidly becoming a thing of the past
1t has refrigerated into moonshining districts, where the animal
is sill paramount, and the true gentleman of the north or
south is a vastly different being from the type represented by the
%gunhghter of decade ago. He is a man who would go further
to avenge a stigma cast upon a lady's fair name than would thu
fire eater of few years ago, but restraint is exercised over the
carnal nature, and the change has been for the better. TIL
Western gun6g ter and the Southern gunfshter are alike ex
tinct species. The blowhard still exist but his caviing draws
noe the admiration that it once did and the type OF gentleman
Of few years hence must be a nan of higher order than society
has vet known. The youth Who would be manly III the
future Shout cultivate selfrestraint rather than the fire eating
qualities that were once recognized as chivaly. They should
remember that the minds OF such men are ruled by their bellies,
and that the existing order of things of a decade ago has not been
subverted by violence but by the olj-c lesson furnished thereby.
HOMESEEKERS arrive in Falon daily, and it is a matte
of much unfnvorabe comment among them that they should bt
unable to find a vestige of information regarding the adaptibiitA
of he section to different classes OF products. Many expect t.
find exhibits MAINTAINED at lne government oHCeS IN lnS IlhC'
and Hazen 1t occurs to us that the producers of the section AND
the government authorities could we'll work hand in hand o.
this matter A little time and Effort would be instrumental IL
doing a good deal of good. Nevadas laxity i'll approaching th'
results for good to accrue to systematic advertising has beer
the cause of much unfay orable comment from the progressiv,
people OF the whole country. 1t is cited that even now we are
inviting wholesale mining and agricultural development, but W,
tail to back our invitation with even a s"mblance of intelligence
Corroboratory of this it can truthfuly be said that our grea,
state missed a chance of a lifetime, when she failed to properly
represent herself at the Lewis & Clark fair. Approximately two
millions OF people will have passed the gates of that exposition
before they have closed and the great majority have been home
seekers who are seeking new locations rather than pleasure
seekers. Many expected to see Nevada's resources properly
represented, or else the wholesale protest that is even nov
finding it's way to our section would not have found voice.
THE army canteen continues n subject of discussion, and
latereports from the war department state that a concerted
effort will soon be made to secure the repeal OF the act prohibiting
the post canteen. The partizans of he canteen urge in defense OF
their stand that il the canteen maintained within the limits o.
the army pos! is an evil, the hel-hole that thrives Just outside.
asa result otits absence is a curse and when the liquor traffic
fails of regulation, as it must when conducted beyond jurisdct iol
the results upon sollierhood is most dep|orabe. One can easily
see the logic of their argument, and no doubt exiss in the minds
ofmost observers as to its justice but heaven forbid that the
army canteen' once in vogue in The regular army of this
country ever be reestablshed.
IN many ways the progress of the centuries has tended to
strengthen SoIomans despairing doctrine of the sta eness of al.
things, and the latest proof is a story from Silvel Bow, where a
Piute maiden is said to have become mumi6ed through natural
processes, and The remains perhaps thousands OF years old are
true to life. Among the relics found was a Masonic charm and
thousands OF beads and Indian raraphenaia, unknown to this
age. The report savors Of the pipe, but allowing that it is true,
The ancient egyptians still have it on us In the meantime. tn,
bards may sing, the Silver Bow people may shout, but show u,
the squaw. The mastoden STORY OF last fall is still fresh in our
memory.