Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-01-18

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samples OF the contents:
The pioneer! Who shall ftlv tell
the story of his life and work? The
soldier leads All assault, it lasts but a
few minutes; he knows that whether he
lives or dies, Immortality will be his
reward. What wonder that there are
brave soldiers.
But when this soldier OF peace as
saul,s the wilderness, no bugles sound
the charge, the forest, the desert, the
wild beast, the savage, the malaria,
the fati que, are the foes that Turk to
ambush him; and if, against the un>
equ.l odds. he falls, 10 volieys are
fred above him; the pitiless world
merely sponges his name from its
| slate.
rode for couple OF hours. = : =
II you never experienced it YOU don't
know what the silence Of the desert
means.
Just then, out yainst the sun and
apparently mile away, saw some
thing was sure saw
500 Indian warriors, all mounted /.
They were wheeling in black squad
rons on the desert-whecling and
forming, as l thought. Il Il
They evidently had seen me; I ex-
pected every moment to hear their
yell and wond cred that | did not feel
the tremble Of the earth beneath their
horses fet; | was too nearly para
lyzed to try to escape. *
On they swept, and | watched them
coming. But somehow they began
to grow smaller and smaller, and in
an instant more the squadron van
shed.
This was a mirage on the Desert Of
the Humboldt. Here is little bit Of
sentiment which is "true as Gospel"
The next time you feel provoked
because the children shout aud shy
rocks as they return from school, you
may all remember that could the
world be carried on without children
it would not require more than two
generations to transform men into
wild beasts.
| was the guest OF miner who
had lived in the same cabin for more
than 20 years. He was his own cook
and housekeeper, and seldom had any
company except his books, his daily
papers, his gun, and some domestic
animals. He had little orchard and
| harden. Il
Within doors he talked upon every
subject with peculiar terse shrewd-
ness all his own. He had had many
bouts with the world He knew men
thoroughly; he had, in a measure
withdrawn himself from them, and
found serener comfort in his pets,
his hills and trees.
In public life these emotions are
marked, and the world applauds. In
the humble life they are generally
unnoticed, but they are frequent, and
the enchantment OF the perfume be-
comes like incense, and it is softer
light that dawns. When the poor
man who lays aside daily but pi.
ance from his earnings, finds at last,
after months and years, that the sum
has increased until it is certain that
he can build little home for his
wife--a home which is to be all his
own-and that he can educate his
children; then the perfume and lights
OF new world entrance him; and in
his sphere he is as great as was the
dark'eyed Italian Columbusl.
Mans first duty is to provide for
himself, and for those dependent
upon him, by honest toll, either of
hand or brain, or both.
The book abounds in such gems,
and there is not dull line in it. Yet
i, is not all as earnest or elevated in
thought as the paragraphs above cited.
The author occasionally drops into a
lighter ven, when he illumines his
pages with the very brightest of hu>
mors, with the very quaintest of con
ceits that irresist;bly excite the
rlsihilities. In fact, the reader is
continually kept alternating between