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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-12-17
Some Legends
of Christmas
Celebrations

VIE original "halcyon days"
were at Christmas, and were
so-called because the halcyon,
an ancient name for the king
Usher, was said to build its nest upon
the waters at this time Of year. It was
generally supposed that this bird.
through the influence Of the holy sea.
son, had the power to still the waves
and winds. SO that the weather was
peaceful and calm, and enabled the
halcyon to lay her eggs in her floating
nest apd brood upon them with perfect
safety.
In olden times 1t was believed that
all nature testified in various ways to
a recognition Of the great event COM
mem0rated In the celebration Of Christ
mas. The winds and seas, as well as
the animals and plants and all other
living things. gave evidence of knowl
edge OF the approaching glorious ami
versary and became imbued with the
prevalent spirit Of alteration, Joy and
peace.
Tradition tells us that at the mo.
ment Of the Savior's birth a universal
peace reigned throughout the earth,
that q deep silence rested upon the
world. the birds stopped in their flight.
the cattle ceased to feed, men became
motionless with sudden awe in the
midst Of their labors, and the stars
glittered with added luster. From this
tradition came the superstitions Of the
middle ages relating to the miraculous
phenomena supposed to occur annu.
ally ut Christmas. many Of which sim
survive.
Bells. too. have their legends. In a
village near Raleigh. In Nottingham
shire. England, there II now a VALLEY
where once there was q picturesque
and prosperous village, but IN earth.
quake swallowed It up: yet every
Christmas since, the bells OF the bur.
led church are heard chiming.
Similar tales are told Of Preston. IN
Lancashire. and Been. in the Neither.
lands. This latter city was famed for
its beauty and magniflcence, and also
Tor the sins and avarice Of its inhabi.
tants. On the anniversary Of his birth.
the Saviour came a. beggar and went
from door to door: but although
Christmas festivities were being kent
up. nobody would give him aims. Sin
was abundant on all sides. but there
were no Christmas goodwill and char.
ity. and he called to the sea and II
came and completely covered the I'M.
molly city OF Been. But at Christmas
time even now comes the joyous peal.
ing OF bells from under the water.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-12-17
ssslno Thlnoa.

Flatbush-Y0u know mirrors do
wonders toward Frightening up a
home.
Bensonhurst-I know It. My wife
always seems happier when she sees
herself In q lot Of mirrors around the
house.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-12-17

You always have TINT same wait.
resn In the restaurant, don't your
said the business man.
Always" replied his friend. ~shs's
very careful to bring me clean food
How do you know"
why, today ! saw her brushing ~
dust on my piece Of custard pie Win
her apron. "-Y0nkers Statesman.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-12-17
World Freed From Yellow Fever

W0rto TTeeo From Yellow Eever.
Science has at last vanquished vel.
low fever. 1t is believed. after long
and tedious struggle, in which SANTA
ton was the chief weapon employed BY
the victors. The story of what is de.
cared to have been the last stand Of
the dread malady, in Guayaquil. Ecua.
oor' IS told In recent report from
South America. Experts from tho
United States who fought an epidemic
tnere finally brought 1t under subiec.
tion. and no cases have been reported
IN the city for about three MONTHS
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-12-17
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER.

Constipation invites other troubles
which como speedily unless quickly
checked and overcome BY Green's
August Flower which Ii gentle laxa-
tive. regulates digestion both in
stomach and intestines, cleans and
sweetens the stomach and alimentary
canal, stimulates the liver to secrete
the bile and impurities from the blood.
1t 10 sovereign remedy used In many
Thousands Of households all over the
civilized world for more than half a
century By those who have suffered
with indigestion. nervous dyspepsia,
sluggfsh liver. coming up Of food, pal.
pltaton. constipation and other In.
testinai troubles. Sold BY druggists
and dealers everywhere. Try . bottle.
take no substitute.-Adv.
In the Majority.
Ara Bacon-I zee the judges at .
baby show at Cedar Falls, Ia. did thelr
best to please everybody BY awarding
every contestant prize.
Mr.. Racon-I'here must have beeu 4
lot Of BOBBY prizes awarded. then.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-12-17
EAT0NIC
CE0& your Kci0-ST097ACD
The Sf1ORTfIORN II tlhs
CArmoros Breed

sholthorn cattle are par
needs Of the fsfmefs. ~
gar0leeS Of location, They
are Of quiet temporamont
They take on flesh quickly
eho COWS are - . rule Lis.
efal mixers. They have
An Inherent quality and
reach IN excess Of Wei9ht
et maturity. They an
hardy and thrive ON thu
Ordinary fOughago bro.
0uCed on the farms Nd
ranches. Il pays 10 RrOv
alton write to tho
BREEDER Association
Chicago. III.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-12-17

H., :" INC Par1oF.
terrible wowser, isn't shew
yes she shouldn't accompany mn,
On the piano without a chaneron :.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-12-17

Light Waves Pre..ur.

I'0nt Waves Pressure.
~ the use of delicate apparatus
which ne invented Russian scient,s,
mas demonstrated that light waves ar.
cry measurable mechanical p,es.
sure. pes
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-12-17

VIE original "halcyon days"
were at Christmas, and were
so-called because the halcyop,
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-12-17
V5e
MEANING e
CHRISTMAS

~ REV. T. B. GREGORY

UT for its great days, in
carnating ana flashing forth
the ideal, humanity would
have no more history than
. flock Of sheep.
, 1919-04-22
KILOGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION.
Censored at Jamaica.

Omsk, April 18th. -Indisputable evi-
dence of the massacre by the Bolshevik
of more than two thousand civilians in
and near the town of Osa, has been OBJ
tanned by Messrs. SimmOnd and Emper-
son and DR.. Rudolph Teibler of the Anne
rican Red Cross, who have just returned
from Perm Osa and other reoccupied
Russian territory. Approximately five
hundred persons were killed at Osa and
one thousand five hundred in the sur
rounding district. Osa, which had a popu-
lation Of 10, 900 was so denuded of males
by the Bolshevik, hat General Cas-
agrande, upon the occupation of the town
was obliged to telegraph to Ekatering-
burg for men to administer civic affairs.
In addition to securing verbal and docu-
mentary evidence the Red Cross officials
witnessed the eXhuning of scores of vic
TINS from trenches where they were bur-
led, sometimes several feet deep in
graves revealed by the digging of dogs.
The murders were without prOvocatiOn
and the victims were largely of the thrift
ty and intelligent classes and servants of
the church, which latter it was the an
nOunced intention of the Bolshevik to ex-
terminate. The evidence discloses almost
unthinkable atrocities.
Berlin, April I6th-Seml-Ottlclal French
announcements of the conditions to be
laid down in the treaty Of peace are de-
nounced by the German press. Prince
Lichnowsky, in an article in the Tage-
blatt, declares France ''forgets that in
stead of leading to disarmaments an I'M
justly extorted peace will bring forth on
ly fresh ornaments, throwing into the
shade all former ornaments, because a
IL H-A
ly by the mailed fist. Declaring that
a peace Of violence must be absolutely
rejected. he concludes: Nobody can re-
commence the war against US. Neither
can we be starved out without the com
mon enemy communism and terrorism
throwing all mankind back into its pri-
mitive state". No German Govt. can
sign such terms, the Vorwaerts declares.
The Entente Statesmen must them
selves settle with the inhabitants of the
Sarre valley who are thoroughly German,
, 1919-04-22

even II the last sheet is taken from our
beds"
London, April h.-There was IN I'M
usual scene in the House of Commons to-
night. During a discussion of a labour
motion on per sions two women in the
strangers gallery began shouting: You
are murderers. You have not settled
the last war. You are leading the people
and workers to another war" Theywere
Immediately hustled out by attendants.
A third woman, attired in a long white
cloak, in the same gallery slowly arose
and exclaimed, we want the Soviet.
This woman left quietly on the request
of the attendants.
Copenhagen, April 10th. According to
a despatch from Weimar President Ebert
Of Germany has addressed the following
Easter message to the national assembly:
The National Assembly, as the compe-
tent representative of the German people,
expressed unanimously on April 10th the
expectations that the Govt. would agree
only to a leace based on understanding
and reconciliation, and would reject any
treaty which would sacrifice the present
and future of the German people and
the world. ] welcome this pronounce
ment as a declaration of the inflexible
will of the German people that the com
ing peace shall be a peace Of lasting I'M
~derstanding and Cancellation among the
nations, and that It must thus give
Germany the possibility of permanently
observing the principle Of understanding
and Cancellation. The National Assembly
and the Govt. arc working with de-
votion and energy to fulfill the great
task of giving peace. bread, work
and a new constitution to a great
nation. Task is difficult to fulfil as
long as those who have it in their
power to give the world peace,
allow themselves to be dominated by
feelings of hatred and revenge, and by
means Of the hunger blockade and by
threatening our humiliation, are driving
the German people to despair. The res
possibility for all the developments
which must follow the continuance of
the present situation for US and the world,
must fall on their shonlders,' President
Ebert concluded by denouncing the inter
nal disturbers of the country. whose ac-
tons threaten to completely destroy our
economic life. Tie yearning Of the masses
for human dignity" he continued, is no
excuse for a handful of disorderly agita-
tors, who Systematically endeavour to
disturb the construction Of the German
republic. The new Germany cannot be
created by a jump in the dar., which
would certainly be a jump into the abyss.
A B0lshevik dictatorship Of the p%roleta-
riat minority would certainly ruin indus
, 1919-04-22

trial Germany in a few months. A
speedy external peace based on under
standing and a league of nations is a
vital question to US, but no less does our
salvation rest on the necessity for peace
and work at home. | therefore in this
grave hour exhort all classes of our peo-
pie to cease tearing one another to pieces.
Open your eyes and see the abyss"
taris, April 10th Delegates of the
eighteen States which declared war
against Germany, exclusive of the five
Great Powers, were called to meet at
3 O'Clock this afternoon at the Foreign
Office with representatives of the five
Great Powers. The matter for discus
sion included the question of calling in
the German plenipotentiaries and the
making known Of the peace pre-
llminaries to these eighteen States.
The meeting of the delegates of the
eighteen Powers this afternoon was pre-
sided over by M. Clemenceau, who com
municated to them the date on which
the Germans would be invited to be at
Versailles. One question considered was
whether the invitation should be issued
IN the name of the council OF five, or in
the name of all the Allied and associated
Powers represented at the Peace Con
'C1CiNC' SSSlOu pI0NdllIlg al
ter the meeting was that all should Join
in the invitation. The council of ten met
after the meeting of the delegates of the
eighteen Powers, and considered the pro-
cedure to be adopted at Versailles, and
also a number Of collateral phases of the
peace treaty that had been referred to
the foreign ministers. The council was
held at the Foreign Office on the call of
the council of four. The report of the
foreign ministers showed that various
articles of the treaty had been put into
the hands of the drafting committee.
The remaining articles are to be disposed
of tomorrow. Two questions, one in
volving a slight addition to military
terms, and the other concerning the pay
ment of Allied soldiers in the occupied
territory, were referred to the Supreme
War Council.
Berlin, April 10th.-A general strike
has been proclaimed here. 1t is effec-
tive in most of the large works and ON
the tramways. The gas and electric
lighting systems, however, are operat-
ing.
Paris, April 10th At its session this
forenoon, the Council of four heard Nj.
Paul Hymans, the Belgian Foreign Min
lister and head Of the Belgian deleoa-
ton to the Peace Conference.
London, April 16th-The Council of
four, saws Reuters Paris correspondent,
has decided that Heligoland shall be
L. Ill
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-11
BOOK LOVERS IN TRANSPORT
Expect Literary Treasures TO Be Un-
earthed From the Volumes Stored
at Constantinople.

Some of the books of Livy undoubt-
edly will be found among the great
number of volumes asccrtaincd To be
stored in crypts under the public build
ingS of Constantinople. but viii the
lost books of Livy he found?
IN" report that the long-awaitcd dis
coVery Is about To be made may rest
on no better foundation than the
vague impression of some uncducated
Turkish under official. And, indeed. In
the absence Of any information what
ever, on the subject, what more natu-
raj conjecture than that the lost his
torical works will be restored to the
world when the vast eOllection OF an
Client books whose existence was pre-
viously unsupported come to be e1-
amined?
or the 35 books OF Livy preserved
TO us out OF l42, two are incomplete.
or the other lOI books the summaries
remain, so that their contents are
known Their fun text probably would
not add 50 much To the sum Of knowI-
edge, but their recovery has been the
dream Of ClaSSiCistS for centuries. The
occasional discovery of even frag-
ment in the Vatican or other Libraries
has been sensation for scholars.
These tons and tons of books. which
II was supposed the Turks burned dur
Ing their ConQueSts, but which. ii ap-
pears, they took back to their capital.
may Increase stores OF learning and
make more definite our knowledge OF
particular men and particular periods
1t IS agreeable To think that forgot
ten authors of great merit and for
gotten works of undisputed value will
gain new recognition.
II the missing works of the Roman
historian are among the volumes fur
ther cause will be given for congratu-
lation over the Turkish downfall.-St
Louis Post Dispatch.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-11
CHINA NOT LAND OF HUSTLE
Traveller In That Country Must Possess
Generous Amount Of Patience
and Tact

Sooner or later, writes l.. II. Wilson
In "A Naturalist In Western China"
the traveller in China must dispense
with the comforts and luxuries OF
modern occidental methods OF travel
and adapt himself TO those more primi-
tive and decidedly less comfortable OF
the oriental.
In the regions with which we have
to deal there is nothing In the nature
OF wheeled vehicular traffic save only
the rude wheelbarrows in use on tile
Chengtu plain. There are no mule
caravans, and scarcely a riding pony
TO be found. For overland travel there
Us the native Sedan-Chair and ones own
legs; for river travel the native boat.
Patience. tact and abundance OF
time are necessary and the would be
frayeler lacking any of these essentials
should seek lands where less primitive
methods obtain. Endowed with the vir-
tues mentioned, and having unlimited
lime at his disposal, he may travel
anywhere and everywhere In China in
safety, with considerable pleasure and
abundant profit In knowledge. With
her industrious tolling millions. her old.
old civilization, her enormous natural
wealth and wondrouS scenery. China
alternately charms and fascinates. irrl-
iSGsISs and plunGcs into despair. all who
fSurn long within her borders.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-11
CLAIM DESCENT FROM CELTS
Writer Asserts Scotsmen Are a Unit
in Denying Stories of Their
Saxon Origin.

1t was that deadly flower of Saxon
chivalry, Edward |, who caused the
early records of Scotland to he de-
Stroycd. Fortunately, the Irish Celtic
annaliStS' writings remain, and as his
toranS none were more competent or
able to form an impartial Judgment of
Scotland'S early history than they were.
Nowhere in their annals do they make
the slightest mention of the silly
theory of the Saxon origin of the peo-
pie of southern or eastern Scotland,
and they also know nothing of the
fictitious division of IIighlanders and
IowlandcrS. Hector Bocce is also ST.
lent on the supposed Saxon descent of
the LOwlander and the expulsion of
the Celt. Instead he says we who have
our abode on the confines of England,
through much commercial intercourse
and wars, have learned the Saxon
speech. and have forSaken our own
Our place names prove the essential
Cclticity OF Scotland, as the Celtic
forms outnumber the English by ten to
one, and the latter are mostly modern
or corruptionS of the Gaelic. The Eng
lish language pushed out our native
Gaelic, but neither Saxon nor English
displaced the men, and any outsiders
who fifteen hundred years ago were
permitted TO survive within our bor-
dcrs would soon be fused into the
whole, and today we are n nation or
race or breed second to none, and as
Professor Keith, the eminent ethnolo-
gist says, "the Scot Is the fertilizer
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-11
Appreciated American Spirit.

Here is an anecdote from Maj. Ian
Hay Bcith's "The Last Million" that
shows the feeling of one British Off.
Ger toward the American doughboy.
81 like the young Americans passion
ate affection for his country" said the
officer, "and his fixed determination
to boost everything connected with her.
One day ] was waiting In village for
an American stan car which was be-
ing sent for me from Chaumont. 1
found one standing at the corner OF
the street, so ! asked the chauffeur,
thinking he might he from hcadquar-
tcrs. 'Whcr" arc you from? And he
sat up and replied all In one breath,
as II ] had pressed button, "S!r, |
am from Marion, Ohio, the greatest
stcam-shovel producing center In the
world" Just like that. That is what
call the right spirit"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-11
ALL THAT HE WOULD ADMIT
But Old Vermonter Did Unbend Slight
iy When His Visitor Presented
His "Credentials."

Representative Frank Green Of Yer
mont, who makes the best aftcT.dinner
speech OF any man in congress. and
does not like TO because il interferes
with his train of serious thought. has
brought new Vermont story to town.
1t is based on the care with which his
fellow NermontcrS take strangers into
their arms.
While ambling around the state
during the recent recess Green visited
town where several of his ancestors
were born. Finally he came up in
front of Il village store and cncoun-
tering one of the Oldest inhabitants
he tried TO start conversation.
Looks as though II might rain"
Green suggested
The oldest inhabitants response
was quick glance.
"Who are you, young man?" he
asked.
oh Green responded, "Im young
Green. My grandfather used to run
the quarry out yonder My grand
father, too, was born in these parts"
'Is That SOP"
Yes" Green continued. 81 had a
lot OF relatives born up here, too
One OF my unclcs ran the livery
stable for years, a cousin was In the
furniture business one OF my aunts
was the champion bread baker OF the
county for six consecutive years and
/ don't know how many of my folks
took other high honors hcreabouts."
Tn" resident was impressed. Look
Ing Green over carefully and obsery-
Ing that the young fellow appeared to
be telling the truth, the old man
agreed:
"Wcll, young man, II may rain."-
New York Times.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-11
The Stories They TeiI.

They say on Broadway that one of
the best-known wOrkmen took a con-
tract to write book for a new comic
opera and received an advance fee of
$1,000. When the time came to deliver
the work he had not written line.
He did not want to admit this and he
did not want to give back the $1,000.
So he went to bookstore, bought the
book OF an old opera, had 1t typewrit-
ten and read 1t to his patron.
That" said his patron. SIS the
worst ever heard, Harry. I can't take
that mess OF junk. 1t wouldn't last
two days on Broadway"
LET me try again he begged
So he turned In the book OF big
success when the amended date came
around. The first book was that Of
Patience" by Gilbert and Sullivan.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-11
To Teach Marksmansbin

Students In educational institutions
In all parts OF the United States are
10 have an opportunity to graduate as
expert rifemen from government
training school next summer. Those
who take the special course will get
certificates comforting upon them the
authority to teach others.
The director OF civilian marksmnn.
ship plans, as means OF encouraging
craftsmanship as n sport, to extend a
special invitation TO representatives. Of
all student bodies 10 enroll for lnstruc.
zion In connection with the national
matches of 1919, a congress of rifle and
pistol shots-militarr naval ana civil
ian-which Will be held under the aus.
plces OF the navy department on the
rine range at Caldwell. y. j., few
'niles from New York, during August.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-11
BRITISH ADVANCE IN AFRICA
Plan to Open Country Which the Huns
Had Picked as Worthy of
Exploitation.

Railway development in Africa Is
evidently to be prosecuted with vigor.
At any rate, preliminaries are under
discussion for a branch railway into
Ruanda from the trunk line that Ger
man engineers had but just completed
yika. The new line will advance into
Il country where the war In Europe
probably saved the natives from Ger
man attack. Ruanda had remained an
undereloped part of the German pos
session, but had been examined and
written down as particularly worth
while to develop for the variety of it's
products. The new railway had
brought German military force within
striking distance, and the history of
German management in Africa gives
every reason Ia believe that the open
ing up of the Ruanda country would
have been u disaster for the WatuSSi
who inhabit II. From the British
viewpoint. these natives are to be con
CiliatCd rather than antagonized They
are, in fact. one of the superior races
of Africa. held to be related to the
Egyptians, ASSyrians, or some other
ancient African people, and should he
benefited rather than injured by the
coming OF the iron horse and the
opening up of their country under
British auspices. Christian Science
Monitor.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-11
Las Vegas Has Future.

Las Vegas was founded by some Mex
leans when New Mexico was a part of
old Mexico, In 1875. and the Mexican
government granted TO the new com
munity an area OF some 100000 acres.
The MeNicanS took UP what they need
ed Of this land and built village in the
middle of the settlement. II remained
sleepy Mexican town until some time
In the seventies. when IL was struck
simultaneously by several Yankees and
Jews, and by wave of prosperity.
The MeXiCans. who had been squat
ting on part of the community grant,
showed that they were capable of learn
Ing modern business mcrfpoGs by claim
ing the whole 100000 acres. After
long contest the courts confirmed them
In their titles to the lands they nctu-
ally occupied, but decided that the rest
oN the area belonged TO the community
And so ii ia today. This town owns
great grazing areas, which are open TO
all citizens, and valuable timherlands
Ultimately Las Vegas will be rich and
her people tax free.