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ON THE LIFE MASK OF LINCOLN.
HIS bronze doth keep the very form
and mold
Of our great martyr’s face. Yes.
this is he—
That brow all wisdom, all benig
nity;
That human, humorous mouth; those
checks that hold,
Like some harsh landscape, all the sum
mer's gold;
That spirit lit for sorrow, as the sea
For storms to beat on; the lone agony
Those silent, patient lips too well foretold.
Yes, this is lie who ruled a woild ol men
As might some prophet of the elder day—
Brooding above the tempest and the fray
With deep eyed thought and more than
mortal ken.
A pov.tr Was Ids beyond the touch of art
Or armed strength; Ids pure and mighty
heart. —H. W. Gilder.
<; i:\TI.K ,\KT OK \(«.
Nattging your husband is a special
gift and while some women are tal
ented in that direction, while others
can only acquire it tty constant appli
cation. A husband in a house is
something like a hippopotamus. He is
often a dull, placid creature, hard to
move or dislodge, especially if he
gets accustomed to a favorite chair.
He often becomes toughened by ex
posure to constant nagging, and it.
takes a powerful weapon with a fairly
high trajectory to do him any dam
age. Occasionally, however, he de
velops war zones and sensitive areas,
and can become a constant source of
pleasure to a woman proficient in the
art of nagging.
Every woman knows, of course,
1hal her husband is more s usccpiible
about half tin hour before dinner,
when lie lias come home from the of
fice tired out. By studying him can
•fully she will also discover certain
days In the month when she can nag
him with the highest percentage of
bullseyes. The art of nagging, how
ever, Is not all objective. Muoto can
be done from the subjective stand
' point. By intimating to her husband
in many ways, which she can easily
learn to practice, that she is the most
abused lady on earth she can derive
| a whole program of amusement. The
historical method—that of dragging
up some dead, forgotten thing and
talking about it over and over again,
and still over and over again—is al.-o
a splendid form of nagging,
i Some wives, however, so blfr.d are
they, never see this at all. Tlity just
go on, hopefully trying to make Dmir
husbands happy. The high art of nag
ging is not given to every wnnai.. —
From Life.
1
I WOULDNT it be possible to have
simple operation performed on some
of our vociferous politicians that th<
i French have discovered makes Amer
ican mules brayless?—Philadelphia
Ledger.
THL untimely death at Seattle of
i Samuel Blum of Valdez, takes from
: the list of Alaskan pioneers a man
who was doing his full share in de
veloping the great northland. He will
be missed and regretted by all who
knew him.—Douglas Island News.
I PAPERS of Interior Alaska tel', of
several eases where men have started
out alone this winter on long trips
and have not since been heard from.
In one case the body of the man was
found frozen still and near it were his
hve dogs, all so badly frozen that they
were killed by the rescuing party. And
yet it is difficult to convince an old
time Alaskan that he is unable to
take care of himself at all times and
under any circumstances. While their
self-confidence is admirable, their
: judgment, in many instances, is very
poor.— Douglas Island Mews.
DOVER Mi KIM Its Ills
KIV \R ON STKEI i
SAN BKKNAKDINO, Calif, Feb. (!.
Frank Jiminez today shot and killed
Delphin Montez, in front of the home
of Viola Monroe, for whose hand both
men had been suitors. Both are
Portuguese. Upon hearing tiie shot
Miss Monroe ran into the street ami
went to the assistance of Montez.
The latter quickly expired, dying it:
tin arms of his sweetheart.
Jiminiz ran a couple of blocks but
then returned and surrendered to
it in* officers. He declared that he oni>
meant to frighten his rival hut the
bullet intended to act as a scare sev
Vied an artery just below the heart.
I
Huddles and Buchanan, two of tin
operators out the line, leit Wo.'imaii
this morning en route to town. v. ilh
a dog team.
Mrs. Kurassard anil her daughter.
Mrs. Knude.on. of Natalia, who have
'been here for severa’ weeks past, left
•ins iii! ruing on tli" launch W nil tor
their home.
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THURSDAY “THE SUNSHINE” THURSDAY
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THE “FIGH1IG”
' FORTY-SECOND
A TALE OF INEFFICIENTY.
This article was handed to us by
a citizen with the request that it he
published. It was written for the
Ragle Magazine by a non-commission
ed officer stationed on the Border.
;His regiment is fictitiously named as
| he has no wish to get into difficulties
| with the political powers that be. Tha
'writer served several years as a non
commissioned officer in the regular
army and is thoroughly competent tc
write on the subject. The conditions
he quotes were universal among the
troops from every state in the Union,
i The writer is a firm believer in less
politics in the militia and more effi
ciency. His story is a good one, and
'should be taken to heart by all who
desire the militia to be composed of
men fit to go into war. It is claimed
by the writer that it would be sui
cide to send the men into war offi
cer through political pull, with no re
gard for fitness. What do you think?
‘‘The Fighting Forty-Second,”
said the t’olonel to the newspaper re
porters, as lie pounded the table with
I his fist—a business man's fist, and
rather soft-looking—"the Fighting
Forty-second is ready. In forty eight
hours we can turn out, twelve hun
dred strong, equipped for service on
the border. We lack only a few
horses, which can be easily procured.
The boys are all keen for going."
This was in May, 191(3.
A little later, the “boys” went.
From that time to this they have
patrolled,tlie border.
If you folks “back home” were
down here, with the “Fighting For
ty-second." as I am, you would find
the regiment, down to the Iasi man.
lighting mad. Their tight isn'l against
the Mexicans (practically all tin
Mexicans they have seen are the
friendly ones who have blacked their
hoots and sold them vegetables), but
against the present system, or lack of
system, in the militia. I hear one
question on all sides: "When we
a:e mustered out of the Federal Ser
vice* will we have to go back into
the militia?" It is certain that if
we should be given our choice, not a
,thud of us would hold up our hands
for a second hitch.”
Why not . Here is u oriel outline 01
'.vital has happened during our five
months on the border. It will giv-5
you the reason for our discontent.
Like most other militia organiza
tions, outs had long awaited an order
to go to the .Mexican border. Many
factors bad attempted to influence
the administration to send troops
there; the newspapers habitually
played up each bit or Border news
with relish; and fresh raids had made
danger imminent. Most of tile mem
bers of our regiment, eager for novel
excitement, lluir minds full of the
supposed “romance" of war, wen
anxious to start. Only a f* w ' those
who had seen something oi the miliioi
in the Spsiiish-A.merican War or had
observed the state troops on their
short summer hikes, tempered titer
enthusiasm with doubt.
At iast the order came.
On a Sunday in early June, a few
jot’ us had been for the wee!-end a1
[■he Rifle Range a very I'm a> usu
al: it lias always been hard to gel
the state soldiers to train themselvs
in shooting and as we dropped off
the train upon our return to the city,
ji.n officer was waiting to order us
| immediately to the armory. He didn't
j need to tell us the reasons for tin
i summons: Newsboys every wliet e
; were shouting, "Kxtra! Militia fall
led Out."
! At the armory was great excite
ment. The Colonel was hanging the
table; quarter-masters were chocking
lover equipment; and dozens of appli
cants for enlistment lined the hall
I young fellows hectic with war fever,
i We packed at once.
Two night later as we lined up
j before the Colonel for our last “check
roll-call" at the armory, we were a
I motley crowd. The roster had been
j increased over night to war strength,
jund so half the men were raw re
I emits. As there was not enough
equipment to go around, they ap
peared in khaki hats, or service leg
jgings, or perhaps, olive-drab breeches
Jin a vain attempt to disguise their
summer civilian suits. A man witii
a rifle still wore his white ducks,
another had managed to scrape up a
complete army uniform except for a
hat. He wore his derby. So it went.
But everybody was happy. The ex
citement of the service was in the
air. There was a slant of shouldered
rifles and the clink of officer's spurs.
Friends were there to wave flags at
us; “best girls" touched handker
chiefs to eyes quite fetchingly; the
band blared forth the national an
them. It was a drama—the “movies”
_action! A thousand citizens were
diopping their plows to grasp mus
ket.
Then something happened. It rain
mJNot
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of Shelf Hardware, Granite Ware, Cuttlery,
Tools, etc., is the most complete in town.
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Furnishing Goods, Clothing,
Shoes, Underwear, Caps, Bedding, etc., you
will find assortments priced right.
See the Khaki Covered Down Comforters
for trail use.
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jdi: That wouldn't have mattered
indeed we were rather pleased to
i show our willingness to brave the
element—except that due to a slip
: somewhere we were forced for three
hours to stand in the drenching down
| pour, mud oozing up over our shoe
'while railway cars were collected for
us. Somebody had blundered.
When our (rains were finally ready
they took us to the mobilization
center, where we became actiu.tinted
| with camp life. For many of us i*
i was a first experience at “roughing
| it," but everybody worked willingly
land hard. We lived on rumors. Con
iinitially someone was getting news
: "straight from Washington” coil
: corning the plans of the President os
| was hearing of fresh Mexican out
breaks, or had a "sure tip" about
I when we would be sent to the front.
At last the Colonel announced that
'orders had come. We were to he sta
> i jotted at a seat of possible trouble,
.right on the Uio Grande, and near
the Gulf of Mexico.
Cheers arose. The regiment was
jubilant. We were going to war!
With "i will we struck camp and
'marched to the railroad.
Hut again something happened.
Tne sleeping cars were there alt
tight: but for some reason we could-:
'i get into them. At their doors.
'
,iu the middle of tlit* street we siept
all night. Again .-omoone had hltttid
i ored.
Our journey to the Bo; *h r was a
tout of triumph. Once men a north
H ru army was invading Dixie, hut this
11hue to help the south. At every
i at ion picked village holies hi 1 t! ■«
j trains with ice-cream and t ake, sund
jwiches, and picture postcards. Inar
ling a one-cent. stamp.
Already we were heroes. !>y me
'lime we readied our destination, wi
! would have l'ouglit for Texas a .ainsi
i lie world al the drop of the hat.
I Concerning our own organization.
I however, we were beginning to have
'doubts. That ••somebody" was liluti
<iering too many times.
| When we detrained, for example,
(there was no one to lead us to our
tamp site. And. insofar as we were
j"soft,” and unaccustomed to the in
| tense heat which at onci fell upon m
we did not enjoy walking two miles
lout of our way encumbered as v:<
|were not only with our personal kits,
but with our horse equipment, as well.
On that day we began to grumble.
Our camp was in a swamp. That
we discovered after the rain came.
For two years it had not rained in
Texas (the natives admitted it) and
since that downpour 1 am sure it will
not have to rain for at least four
more.
We tried to dig ditches, hut too
late. The flood engulfed us. It rush
ed down troop streets and the water
was soon deep enough to swim.
Over by the picket line we saw our
stable sergeant vainly attempting to
hold his tent above the water with
one hand while with the other he at
tempted to prevent his cot from float
ing over into Mexico. Piling our
clothing in dry places, we sallied out
claid in our shoes, to dig frantically
with pick and shovel.
Such mud! Sticky, heavy, black
stuff that soon embalmed everything.
During tbis period in addition to
the heavy “fatigue duties” which had
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been increased on account of the raiii
a drill schedule was kept up morning
and afternoon. As we flocked to the
skirmish line muddy water splashed
all over us. This program was hard
er than that the regular army de
manded of its men at the Fort; so it’s
no wonder that it seemed a bit heavy
to us, fresh from in-door occupations.
Dissatisfaction increased. We be
gan to see how incompetent our “nou
come” and officers were. A sergeant
would decide to move all the quarter
master’s stores to a certain place and
sixteen men would work all day at
the task. Then the very next day, the
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