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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25
FAITH OF A SCIENTIST.

Icannot accept the views of those who
assert that science neither affirms nor
denies the existence of 8 Creator. On
the contrary. science most positively as
serts the existence of creative power.
We cannot escape from this conclusion
when we study the physique aud the
dynamic of living beings and ''dead"
nature which we see around US.
Modern Psychologists again firmly de-
clare that there is something else out
side of gravitation and the physical and
chemical forces. This something is a
vital principle. Science places before
us an unknown. In thinking of this
unknown we all become agnostics. We
only know God in his works, but we
are forced by science to believe with
perfect confidence in other than physical,
dynamic or electrical forces. There is
no middle term between absolute scien-
tiic belief in creative power and the
acceptance Of the theory of haphazard
coming together of atoms. Here scien-
tific thought is forced to accept the no.
tion of creative power. Forty years
ago asked the great Liebig during a
walk in the country if he believed that
grass and flowers grew solely as the
result of chemical force?
He replied, "Not any more than 4 be-
lieve that chemical force can translate
book upon botany describing the phe.
nomena of vegetation" Every act OF
the will is a stupendous miracle fol
chemical, physical and mathematical
science. If your intellect is strong
enough you will be forced to believe ir
God, the foundation of all religion, anc
you will see that science is not at al
hostile to religion. Far from that, il
must be looked upon as its auxiliary. =
! Lord Kelvin.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25
A PRAYER FOR COURAGE.

A man without courage to face every
turn of fortune is a failure. He's
bound to be, for he will let his reverses
throw him down and sit on him. II
takes courage to win anything worth
winning in this world, and a community
is merely collection of individuals.
The chain is no stronger than its weak
est link. A community is no better
than its individual citizens. Without
courageous community can do nothing
worth while.
Moral courage is necessary to mater
ial development. What would our fore
fathers have done without it?' Think
of the discouragements of the men who
settled originally at jamestown. Wha,
are our discouragements to theirs!
With danger from wild beasts foreve,
around them, with starvation staring
them in the face, with everything
to take the heart out of them. they
bore up like brave men and fought anG
conquered.
God of our fathers, give us more OF
that courage as people. Grant that
the very difficulties which seem tc
stand in our way may have the effect
to call forth all the latent manliness
within US and nerve and rouse US tc
action. If so we shall turn our difficult
ties into blessings. s.-Newport News
Times Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25

fiercely, if only he may be near his mas
ter's side. He will kiss the hand that
has no food to offer; he will lick the
wounds and sores that come in encoun-
ters with the roughness of the world.
He guards the sleep of his pauper mas
ter as if he were a prince. When all
other friends desert, he remains. When
riches take wings and reputation falls
to pieces he is as constant in his love as
the sun in its journey through the
heavens. If fortune drives the master
forth an outcast in the world, friend
less and homeless, the faithful dog asks
no higher privilege than that of accom-
panying him to guard against danger,
to fight against his enemies, and when
the last scene of all comes, and death
takes the master in its embrace and his
body is laid away in the cold ground, no
matter if all other friends pursue their
way, there by by his his graveside will
the noble dog be found, his head be-
tween his paws, his eyes sad but open
in alert watchfulness, faithful and true
even to death.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25
THE DECADENT SOUTH.

If it were not officially announced
that it is spread upon the minutes of
the proceedings of the Legislature of
Georgia, no gentleman of the North
would believe that such a bill as the
following, introduced by Representa-
tive Glenn. could have been even re-
corded in the law-making body of any
State of the Sunny South:
eff any woman, whether maid or
widow, shall betray into matrimony
any unsuspecting male subject of this
State by scents, paints, powder, per-
fumes, cosmetics, waters, artificial
teeth, false hair, Spanish wool or any
other kind of wool, iron stays, pads or
padding, hoops or high-heeled shoes.
low-cut waists, lingerie, lace, or by
any other artificial means or artful
practices. the marriage upon conviction
shall become null and void"
Shades of Southern chivalry and gal
lantryl Surely the bodies of the gen.
tlemen of the old school South will be
restless in their sarcophagi, and their
ghosts will walk not only at the hour
when churchyards yawn and graves
give up their dead, but throughout the
livelong night. If this be humor,
it is of CHASTITY sort. If it be a joke,
it is one that not even that greatest
joker of the South, John Allen, OF
Mississippi, would be guilty of. II
upon such ghoulish grounds Repre-.
sentative Glenn hopes to build repu.
tation as humorist. he will find him.
self wretchedly mistaken. Instead OF
making himself a creator of laughter,
he will discover that he has become q
target for universal objurgation. Ht
will be lucky if he escape that fate
which attends so many of the grossel
malefactors of the South Pittsbure
Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25
TIE SOUTHERN GIRL.

The Southern girl of the ante-bellum
period-the rose of the old regime-was
a hearts delight.
She was never flirt.
There is difference between a fiirt
and coquette-the kind of difference
there is between humming bird, max
ing dainty pretense of kissing a jas
mine-and cat playing with mouse.
Coquetry with the Southern girl of that
bygone day was the unconscious chsl-
lenge of feminine woman accustomed
to homage. If never verged upon
coarseness or cruelty-never lost her
the mans esteem, which remained to
her after the hot whirl of the senses
had subsidized under the cool surprise of
her look.
No, the Southern girl was no fiirt.
She was sentimental twas her sweet
est charm-the drop of dew in the heart
of the rose, keeping it fresh forever.
Her sentiment was not sickly. The
girl who cherished a dead flower her
lover had given her would bind I'D his
wounds on n bloody battlefield or ride
through storm of bullets to warn him
of danger-or cook his dinner and iron
his shirt when he was her husband and
had lost his patrimony and beaten his
sword into plowshare.
They were capable of dying with
broken hearts-those girls-but dying
with uncovered colors. Uncle Remus'
Magazine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25
A TRIBUTE TO rHEDOG.

In a speech made by the late Senator
Vest of Missouri, in the course of the
trial of a man who had wantonly shot a
dog belonging to neighbor, Vest repre-
sented the plaintiff, who demanded $500
damages. When Vest finished speaking
the jury after two minutes deliberation,
awarded the plaintiff $500. The speech
follows:
Gentlemen Of the Jury: The best
friend man has in this world may turn
against him and become his enemy.
His son or daughter that he has reared
with loving care may prove ungrateful.
Those who are nearest and de Arrest to us,
those whom we trust with our happi-
ness and our good name, may become
traitors to their faith. The money that
a man has, he may lose. 1t flies away
from him, perhaps when he needs it
most. A mans reputation may be
sacrificed in q moment of ill-considered
action. The people who are prone to
fall on their knees to do us honor when
success is with us, may be the first to
throw the stone of malice when failure
settles its cloud upon our heads. The
one absolutely unselfish friend that a
man can have in this selfish world, the
one that never deserts him and the one
that never proves ungrateful or treach-
erous, is his dog.
Gentlemen of the Jury, mans dog
stands by him in prosperity and in pow
erty, in health and in sickness. Hewill
sleep on the cold ground, where the
wintry winds blow and the snow drives
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25
800 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
eases that science has been able to cure in all
its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catsrrh being a con-
stitutional disease. requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally. acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. thereby de
stroying the foundation of the disease and Civ
ing the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing it,
work The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials.
Address, f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists, Toc.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25
Christmas
Quatrains
By GEORGE CREEL

A GAIN the star dawns in the east
a ern sky;
Again we hear the shepherds
startled cry
AZ waking from his midnight sleep
ne sees
The eamsls of the wise men sweeping
by.
The years have worked their measure
of decay.
Where are tho inn and stable7 Who
can say
SThis 10 the spot" or "There tho very
Where Lord Christ came into the light
of day7"
No more chants caiphas his vcnsefui
song,
And scattered to the winds are all the
throng
held
In memory by reason of their wrong.
The weak souIed Pilate long has passed
away;
Great Caesar, too, 10 now at one with
clay,
Their mighty Rome forgotten save
as theme
To keep the erumbIing sehooIboy from,
his play.
But still the scent Of frarkineenss and
nnyrhh
Steals down the centuries. and as Il
But yesterday, 20 sweet and new Il
seems,
Did Virgin Mary bear the Harbinser.
Let fools with much pretsnss Of ~Is-
dom soout
The truth and was their heads in OWL
ish doubt
OF Great Jehevsh's all embracing
scheme
Because there is . door they stand
without.
Content arc we, the children of his
hand,
To wait, nor insoiently demand,
Assured that in Gods own good time
he will
Unlock the door and let US understand
OF all thy gracious gifts. o God Most
High,
The dearest Of them all Is this clear
eye
OF faith with which we shrine the
miracle
OF faroff Bethlehem and time defy.
o Virgin, wert thine eyes less unafraid
Or didst thou shrink, sore startled ano
dismayed,
When first thou felt that life within
and learned
On thee Gods precious burden hac
been laid?
What must have been thy happy, swee,
amaze
70 see the aureats halo blaze
And from the wide flung gates Of
paradise
To hear the mighty harmoniss of
praissl
Loud sang the golden throated cher
ubim
And all the wheeling hosts of ssra-
phim.
Whose snowy Pinions changed to
canopy
Of virgin white the heavens sapphire
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25
DO II NOW.

When you've got job to do,
II it's one you wish was through,
Do it now!
II you're sure the jobs your own,
Don't hem and haw and groan-
Do it nowl
Don't put off a bit of work.
Do it nowl
1t doesn't pay to shirk.
Do it nowl
If you want to fill place
And be useful to the race
Just get up and take brace.
Do it nowl
Don't linger by the way,
You'll lose if you delay.
Do it nowl
If the other fellows wait,
You hit up faster gait
Or postpone until it's late,
Do it now!
Frank Harrington, in New York Sun
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25
FIRE AND WATERPROOF CEMENT

Mix together ten parts of finely sifted
iron filings mot iron that has been
oxidised or rusted, but clean filings }
with five parts of finely pulverized, per-
fectly dry clay, the mass being moistened
with pure vinegar, work this up until
it is of the consistency of putty. Use
this at once, as it hardens quickly, and
it will make cement that is both fire
and water proof.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25
THE DIFFERENCE.

A goose eats corn and grows feathers.
A horse eats corn and grows hair. A
coon eats corn and grows fur. A COW
eats corn and grows milk. A hog eats
corn and grows fat. A sheep eats corn
and grows wool. A man eats corn and
grows tired of it, and that's all he does
grow.-Exchange.
But he may use the corn-juice and
grow merry, can't he?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25

And straightway journeyed forth
across the world,
With ne'er q question of where or why.
Thy place within the heavens ever
hold,
o blessed star, and like those men Of
old,
May we have faith and hope to fol-
low on
And at our journeys end the Christ
behold
Kansas City Independent.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25

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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25
IN Christmas Land.

In Christmas Land.
Mistletoe just overhead
Touch one spray abovei
Holly berries Just as red
AS the lips OF Love.
Christmas skies of blue and gray.
Heaven I'm bright view.
And the sweetest gift today
Just tho lips OF you'll
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25

o friend. my bosom said.
Through thee alone the sky is arched.
Through thee the rose is red:
All things through thee take nobler form
And look beyond the earth.
The mIll-round OF our fate appears
A sun-path in thy worth.
Me. too. thy nobleness has taught
To master my despair:
The fountains of my hidden life
Are. through thy friendship. fair.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-12-24
A Christmas Warnino.

I'm giving Christmas presents to
children said Mrs. Frederick Schoff.
the president of the National, Mothers
Congress. 'our first aim should be to
transport, to overjoy, to enrapture.
II once knew little girl who, on fire
with excitement. rushed in from her
bedroom TO see her presents on Christ
mas morning and after one look burst
into loud sobs of disappointment and
disgust.
ut was some such experience, have
no doubt. that had befallen little girl
friend of mine.
Are you going to give me anything
for Christmas?' she said one day to her
aunt.
Eyes, if you're good the aunt re-
piled.
The little girl gazed at her aunt with
wistful earneStness. Then she said:
PLEASE, auntie then, nothing use4
full "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-12-24
A Christmas Hvnn.

No tramp of marching armies
No banners flaming far;
A lamp within n stable.
And in the sky star.
Their hymns of peace and Eladness
To earth the angels brought
Their Gloria In Ecxcelsis''
To earth the angels taught
When in the lowly manEer
The holy mother maid
In tender alteration
Her babe of heaven laid.
Born lowly in the darkness
And none so poor as he.
The little children of the poor
His very own shall be.
No rush of hostile armies then.
But just the budding sheep
The angels singing of the Christ
And all the world asleep.
NO flame Of conq9ering banners
No legion sent afar:
lamp within a stable
And in the sky a star
Margaret K. San:5Eter in Golfers Week
IL
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-12-24
A Christmas Hone.

We do not pretend to be prophets,
but we can all dare to hope. And this
is what we hope: That some day the
strong Will help and not exploit the
weak; that some day fraternity will
be more than rhetorical flourish; that
some day love will beget justice rath-
er than charity. And Christmas is
the one day in the year that such a
rentureso'ne hope seems more than n
vTill-o'-the- wiSp.-World Today
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-09
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Walter Powers, his heirs or
assigns +:

To Walter Powers, his heirs or
assigns :
You are hereby notified that I
have expended eight hundred
dollars ia labor and improve
ments upon the Silver Queen No.
1. Silver Queen No. 2. Silver
Queen No. 3 and Silver Queen
No. 4 lode mining claims. situate
in Seafoam Mining District,
County of Custer, State of Idaho,
10 order to hold said premises
under the provisions Of Section
1924 Revised Statutes Of the
United States. being the amount
required to hold the same for the
year ending December 31st. 1906.
and the year ending December
31st, 1907.
And if within ninety days from
the service Of this notice Tor
within ninety days after this
notice by publication. you fail
or refuse to contribute your pro
portion Of such expenditure as
co-owner, your interest in said
claims will become the property
of the subscriber under said Sec
ton 2324 j. L. HILL
First pub. April II. 1908.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-09
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Boise, Idaho. Jan. n

Boise, Idaho. Jan. End, 1905.
To TIE HEIRs or JOHS 10. r Bees:
YO- are hereby notified that I have
expended during the years 1896 and
1897 Two Hundred Dollars in labor and
improvements upon each OF the follow
ing mining claims, viz The John
Mahau and TON Petit located on
Sheep Mountain, Seafoan Mining Dis
triet. Custer county. State Of Idaho. in
order 10 bold said claims under the
provisions OF Section 1924 OF the Revis-
ed Statutes of the United States and
the Amendments thereto approved jan
uary 22nd. IsS9, concerning annual
labor on mining claims. being the
amOun required to hold said lOde for
the period ending December 3ist. 1907
And If. within the period of ninety
DAYS after the full publication hereof.
you fail 10 contribute your portion OF
such expenditure as eO-Owner, /, who
have made the required expenditure,
will claim your i~uterestin the property
bv the terms of said Section
Z. H. HASBR0UCK-
Z Firss publication January 9TH. 1905
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-09
NOTICE OF FoRFE1rURE.

To Lee Bunch. D. s. Bunch. Oliver Car
pentier and Dion O'Brieu
You and each Of you are hereby mott
fed, that We have expended during the
year 1906 s3e6.56 in labor aud improve
ments upon each of the following des-
eribed placer mining claims. situated
in the unknown Mining District, il
Custer county. Idaho, to wit
The Stanley Placer Claim, Lucky
Boy Placer Claim, BONANZA King PIac-
er Claim. Kaceno Placer Claim, Arrow
Head Placer Claim, Bulge Placer
Claim, BONANZA Bar Placer Claim.
Notices of location of which are re-
corded in the Office of the Recorder Of
said Custer county. said work and
improvements were made upon said
claims in order 70 hold the same under
the provisions Of Section 1924, of the
Revised Statutes Of the United States
aud the Amendment thereof approved
January %, 1850. concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the
amounts required to hold said claims
for the period ending December sIst
1906, and hal we have also performed
s566-66 worth of work and labor on
each of the above described mining
claims for the year ending December
31st, 1907.
And if within 90 days from the per
sonal service of this notice. or within
90 days after the publication thereof,
you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of said expenditure as a Co
partner, it being the sum Of s7s5-32-
on each OF said claims being the IN
divided 40 interest in each OF said
elaims-the same will become the
property of the undersigned. your co
owner, who has made the required ex-
penditure according 10 law.
g. F. MATHEWS,
J.. z. ATKINSON.
GEO. w. SCHARF.
Dated at Boise, Idaho. March l., 1905
First publication March 10th. 1905
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-09

TO ALvAn LEuIs. Heirs or Assigns

TO ALvAH LEWIS. Heirs or Assigns:
You are hereby notified that l.. the
undersigned, your co-owner IN the
Nv. J.. Bryan situate on Custer
Mountain. in Yankee Fork Mining
District, County Of Custer, Safe OF
Idaho, have expended Seven Hundred
tS7OO.OOj Dollars ia assessment
work for each Of the years. 1901.
1902, 1903, 1904, 1905. 1906.
1907, upon said claim for the purpose
Of holding same as required under the
provisions of Section 1924 and Amend
ments thereto of the Revised Statutes
Of the United States, together with
cost Of publication Of this notice. a
total Of Seven Hundred and Fifteen
Dollars ls7I5.OOL
You being equal owner in said claim
the O of your Indebtedness for
said expenditure is Three Hundred and
Fifty Dollars is550.OOj and cost Of this
advertisement $500, making a total
Of $685. 90.
II within ninety l9O) days after legal
publication Of this notice you fail OF
refuse to contribute your proportion OIL
said expenditures as herein stated your
interest in said claim will become ths
property Of the undersigned. your co
owner, who has made the lawful ez
penditure to hold said claim.
HARVEY LESTER.
Dated at Bayhorse, Idaho. this s3rd dal
of May, 1908. 46wl4
First publication May 26, 1905.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-09

n@se expended One Hundred Dollars
.SiD'I Ia b and improvements for
Tue year ending December sIst. O
Inc aLove sum being the annual a.
sessnent for the year 1897. You are
hereby notified 70 contribute won~
share Of the above amount which i
4hirly-Ihree Dollars aud thirtv-three
cents ss5-s3i, besides the cost Of tbiS
advertisement which IS Fifteen DolIars
Unless you. your heirs or assigns nav
the above amount within NINETY davs
after the fuii publication Of this uotie@
you will forfeit your right 70 The sbove
named claim, and il viii become the
property Of the subscriber accordingly
Section s5z4 Of the Revised Statutes Of
the United States and the Ameudments
thereto.
Lost Packer Mining Company.
BY p J. SHEAHAN AGENT
Ivers Custer County, idaho. January
End, 1908.
First publication January 7th, 1905.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-09
II OF COURT.

Fol owing are the terms OF Court Of
the 9th Judicial District for 1908 :
Bingham County.
Feb. 3----------May 49, Oct. %
Custer County.
April September IA
Fremont County.
Lemhi County.
April IS
JAMES NJ. STEVENS, Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-09
STATE.

SUPREME COURT.
James f. Ailshie,
J.. n. Sullivan,
George IL. Stewart.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-09
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To MYRoN SHANEoUs, YOUR HEIRs Oh
ASSIGNS
You are hereby notified that L. Lost
Packer Mining Co. your in
the Lode Stone Fraction quartz min
ing claim. situate in Loon Greek Min
ing District, Custer county, idaho,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Interior.
Land Office At HALEY. Idaho.
AurfI 24th rQnz

Department Of the Interior.
Land Office at HALEY. Idaho.
april z4th. 1905.
Notice IS hereby given that the fol-
ioVviHg-uamed settler has Sled notice
OF bis intention to make fnal proof n
support Of his claim. and that said
proof will Be made before George
steel. Probate Judge and Clerk Of the
Probate Court at Salmon. Lembi coun-
y. Idaho. on June 18th. 1905. uz-Elwiu
r. Campbell, on Homestead ApoIica-
ton No. z140. for the EE SW4. W.
SE4 Of sec 80, in TIP. Is North of
Range p Fast Of b. n.
De names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upou.
and cultivation Of said land. viz
Charles g Natley. of Patterson. Ida
Thomas Shannon. OF May, Idaho.
Stephen F. Horn. of
James II. Campbell. of .
A. l. MCMAHON. Register.
First publication May 5th. 1905.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-06-09
DESERT LAND. FINAL PROOF
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office. ,
HALEY, Idaho April -, 1905. !

Notice is hereby given that Elizabeth
Wells. of Challis, Custer county Idaho.
has fled notice Of intention 10 make
proof on her desert-Iand claim No1s-s.
for the SEA SW4 See q. wv Me-
NE4 wv Sec -. TIP. IA Y, 2 >
L, B.. NJ, before L q. Johnston c. ;
Commissioner, at his office siu ChalIiS.
Custer comfy, Idaho, on Wednesday.
the 10th day Of June. 1908.
She names the following witnesses
70 prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation Of said land.
Crish Wells. Of May, Lemhi Co. Ida
Richard Blackburn
Valentine M~aeizer.of Patterson, Ida.
Rufus A Wells,
Al MCMAHON, Register.
First publication Mag 5th, 1905