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an English sentry, so he agreed l had
better spend the night in his dugout,
and did not seem to think much about
it.
Shortly after this, when the men
had been well fed with some bully
beef, jam and coffee, they relieved the
men in the trenches. This they did by
advancing under the shelter of small
grove out of which their trench ran
about eighty yards in an uneven line.
1t was commodious trench and the
men pushed along to the end without
being exposed. l told the lieutenant I
would feel safer in the woods, and he
finally let me go into the trench itself.
Talks to Men Under Fire.
1.-THE lieutenant kept near the men,
talking assuringly. When the fight
actually commenced he exposed half
his body a number of times, for the
moral effect, l think. 1t was nearly
two hours later, little after nine,
when the engagement took place. BY
this time l had become quite accus-
toned to seeing in the dark and could
make out the wood held by the Ger
mans. That also explained why it was
impossible to gather in the wounded
after night. The distance was so short
it did not grow dark enough.
"All at once three shells, one after
the other, fell rather near, and after
an interval of few minutes three
more. These were little coal boxes,
making hole in the ground about
three feet in diameter and three feet
deep. The second three seemed very
near, land the lieutenant, sensing un-
easiness among his men, stood upright
beside the trench and said in an easy
voice: They have not found us yet,
have they?' He had hardly finished
speaking when the one fell that did
the damage. My hearing was already
numbed by the sound of the others.
remember l was sitting in the bottom
of the trench when it came. The man
killed must have been standing up, as
the piece struck him. 1t tore a hole
| through his left side, all but carrying
his arm and shoulder away. None of
the others was scratched. They were
in the bottom with me-
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cermanv,s First Letter Post.

The first actual letter post of Ger
many seems to have been established
in the Hanse towns in the latter part
of the twelfth or the early part OF the
thirteenth century. A line Of letter
posts followed connecting Austria with
Lombardy in the reign of Macmillan
(1459-1519), which is said to have been
organized by Franz of Thurn and
Haxis, who established another post
route in 1916 from Vienna to Brus.
sells, connecting the more distant parts
of the domain Of Charles V. The fam
lily Of the prince Of Thurn and Texts
continued to hold certain rights with
regard to the German postal system
until 1906, their posts being entirely
distinct from those of the crown.
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BulIock's Freak Appetite.

A curious appetite has been dis
played by bullock owned by North
Lincolnshire England farmer. The
farmer found the hair had apparently
been cut off the tail of six of his
horses, and a constable was instruct
ed to keep a special lookout. Shortly
afterwards the constable saw a bull
lock eating the hair off horses heels
It Cleaned the heels, and then de-
voted its attention to the horses tail
The tails of the other horses were
then found to show unmistakable signs
of having been bitten off, and hair was
found nearly all over the field.
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Just married to the dearest young fel.
low in the world When l told him
about you, he instantly ordered me to
remove you to our own little home
We will be as your children, tenderly
caring for you all your life
Then the tears of the astounded
and overcome old man mingled with
those of this bright angel of hope, who
had come to his succor at the darkest
moment of his life.
She brought her husband with her
that evening, a stalwart, honest-faced
young man, who moved about and
spoke at the behest of her suggestion,
as though her sweet, loving voice
were rapt, directing music. 1t was
dusk when the closed carriage they
brought conveyed the old man to his
new home. He did not see that it was
located In a poor street, he did not no.
tice that as they tenderly carried him
up the stairs the lower apartments
were furnished sparsely, indicating
rigid economy, il not a scarcity OF
money.
AS they placed him in a wheel chair
and turned on the lights a rapt cry
came from his lips, ending In sob OF
mingled joy and gratitude.
This is your home," said Rhoda,
sweetly.
"And welcome, thrice welcome, sir, y
spoke blunt, plain Ernest Leslie. "We
realized how you could not get about
freely and have tried to make it com
Portable for YOU"
Comfortable! The bedridden old in
valid felt as if he had been lifted to a
new sphere of perfect luxury. 1t was
large, roomy apartment, newly pa
pered. Two neatly curtained windows
looked out upon a pretty garden. There
were soft, warm rugs on the floor, a
fireplace, and as they brought up his
evening meal all this attention and
plenty reminded the old man of the
days when he had wealth at his ready
command.
"You are the best husband in the
world." said Rhoda, as they left their
guest comfortable and content in what
was to be his own special apartment.
st love the old man because he was
good to YOU" answered Ernest simply.
"You are so willing to make sacri-
fees for others, ERNST said Rhoda
fondly.
"Oh, we are young, and the pleasure
of seeing this dear old man happy and
comfortable will compensate for the
loss of few Injuries"
"He must not know how poor we
are" urged Rhoda earnestly. "He can
not leave his room, you know, to find
out"
mo. let him have the fond dream
that we are able to surround him with
the comforts he so appreciates and en-
joys
Fond dream, indeed! To Rufus
Deane there came a, period of ease
and comfort that made life one con
tinuous round of satisfaction. Never
were more ardent friends than the
bright, happy couple who ministered
to his wants as devotedly as though
they were really his children. He
told them mysteriously more than
once that "they should not lose by
it," but they paid no further heed to
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FACES DEATH IN
TRENCH To GET
STORY Of BATTLE
Daredevil Newspaper Corre-
Spondent Describes Night of
Terror as Shells Rain.
STENCIL OF DEATH HORRIBLE
Heaps of Unburied Dead Between the
Trenches-Men Worn From Con-
slant Exposure to Fire Be-
come Nerveiess-"Ducks"
a Shrapnel.

London. There has just reacneu
London a story sent from the front oy
the first man in the present war VINO ac-
tually has been with the British ex-
peditionary forces during the hght-
ing.
In order that his story may be per-
mitted TO reach America, and In con
formity with the rules carefully ex-
planned to correspondents by Sir Stan
ley Buckmaster, great care has been
exercised to leave out all names OF
villages, towns, generals, army units
and movements.
The correspondent writes:
Il have just spent the night in an
English trench on the River Aisne and
l have seen 80 men turn the attack OF
a thousand Germans into a rout. AS
the Germans turned and fed for cover
from which they had advanced, Eng
lish machine guns also turned loose
on them from one side and made the
German casualties not less than hun
dred, as could be seen next morning.
There were over fifty more bodies
between the trenches than there had
been the night before, and many of the
less seriously wounded had undoubted-
ly got away.
Stencil of Dead Horrible.
ct was a night of horror, made al
most unbearable by the stencil of dead
men between the trenches that had
not been buried.
"In the morning haystack to
which many had crawled for shelter
caught fire from shell and their
bodies were burnt.
zone man who had been wounded in
the stomach and had fallen into a
swoon from weakness was reused by
the heat and walked back to his own
trenches. He was almost starved, but
nearly well. Going without food and
water had saved his life and his wound
had healed. Not shot was fired at
him as he returned to his lines.
Heavy Cost in Lives.
"This is merely one of dozens of
similar attacks which took place al.
most nightly at many points along the
whole English line of 20 miles. On
the Aisne they have continued for a
month and during that time the Eng
lish lost very little ground, though the
cost in lives was over ten thousand.
AS the Germans were usually the az
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still Goinc Home.

A suburban train was slowly work
ing its way through a blizzard. Fl
nally it came to dead stop and al
efforts to start it again were futile
In the wee, small hours of the morn
ing a weary commuter, numb from
the cold and the cramped position in
which he had tried to sleep, crawled
out of the train and floundered
through the heavy sIcwdrift to the
nearest telegraph station. This is the
message he handed to the operator:
"Will not be at Office today. Not
home yesterday yet"
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the remark than to feel that his grail
tude well repaid them for their exer-
! lions.
Then came dark days. Ernest Les
| lie lost his position. It had come
about through the firm employing him
learning of his negotiations for little
store. These fell through because he
could not arrange for the payments
required.
One month, two months, passed by
and Ernest found no work. Bravely,
however, the devoted pair saw to it
that their hOnored guest, the old man
upstairs, never suspected their real
condition. They denied themselves
every luxury. All they had to support
themselves with now was what Rhoda
earned by some fine sewing, and a
baby was coming, too.
The old man never surmised how
hard the shoe of poverty was pinching
until one morning, and then quite acct
dentally. Under the kind ministra-
tions of Rhoda and her husband, good
food and sanitary surroundings, Mr.,
Deane had got so that he could move
slowly about the room. AS he neared
the open doorway that especial morn
ing he was amazed and then startled
at a conversation going on below.
Rhoda was pleading with the land
lord of the place for respite of an
other week on rent payment. Her
hard-hearted creditor twitted her with
keeping lazy burden, not even rel
ative, upstairs. Amid her fearful
emotion Rhoda told of the love and
duty they felt towards her former
| benefactor.
"The rent tomorrow, or out into the
street you go!" roared the implacable
| old landlord.
"The coarse scoundrel-my poor,
little Rhoda!" raved Deane, and hob
bled to a corner of the room, pulled
open the top of his old trunk, and after
fumbling over it's contents, brought
into view a well-worn tin box. Then
with this he stumbled to the head oil
! the stairs.
He could hear Rhoda sobbing bitter
ly. he could catch the rough cenSur-
| ing words of the landlord. He started
forward. A scream rang from Rhoda
lips and her creditor gazed agape, as
Mr.. Deane lost his balance and came
rolling down the stairs. The tin box
came down with slam and he on top
of it. Remarkably tive was the OLD
man. Excitement seemed to arouse
| his energy. He sat up, shaking his
| fist at the landlord.
"You insolent ruffian!" he shouted
| "Rhoda, my dear, pay this man all
up and ahead if he wants it, and he'd
better keep out of my way, after be-
rating you the way he has!"
And Mr. Deane opened the tin box
and took out roll of bills, and besides
| these there were a dozen. valuable
seeming documents.
Yours" he said, rendering Rhoda
the box as the landlord retired-"you
! brave, unselfish dear! / never sus'
pected that you were poor, and kept
silent about the little fortune | had
1t is all yours, now"
And Ernest Leslie got his little store
and Rufus Deane saw to it that they
| shared the Injuries of life with him
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spirit of love and veneration for the
women who crossed the plains and,
amid the hardships of pioneer life,
faithfully played their part in the
settlement and civilization of the west
of America.
In its design and execution, its free
dom from conventionality and espe-
cially in its harmony with the theme
portrayed, the monument is pro-
nounced by ablest critics worthy of
the sculptor, who, in his career of
20 years at home and abroad, has
achieved many signal honors.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19
Missourian Slew His Tempter,

Corning, Nov. E. Hudson o
Corning shot and killed William Reed,
er of Sioux City, Ia. as the cuimina
ton of series of quarrels and fightl
between the two, arising from the facl
that Hudson refused to participate il,
series of robberies planned by Reed
er. AT the inquest Hudson was OK
onerated, as it was shown the shoot,
ing was in self-defepse.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19
DEAD DOG BROUGHT TO LIFE
Animals Heart Stops After Loss OF
Blood, but Physicians Re-
Vive 1t.

Pullman, Wash.-To obtain dog Sc
rum for archaeological purposes Drs.
]. w. Kalkus and P. Dirstine OF the
State college veterinary faculty, OBJ
tanned a yellow mongrel dog, weigh
ing about fifteen pounds, and after
anesthetizing the animal drew ten
aunces of blood from the veins and
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Poor Material In His Promises.

when we were married." sobbed
the young wife, ''he said he loved me
with a love more enduring than the
everlasting granted"
"And 1t didn't last?" queried the
sympathizing friend.
Last" echoed the young wife, dry
ing her tears; cit didn't last as long as
a wood pavement"
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arteries, leaving not more than two

arteries, leaving not more than two
or three ounces in the system.
The dogs heart action stopped, his
breathing ceased, and after few
gasps he ceased to live, apparently.
The veterinarians for ten minutes bus
led themselves with the blood which
they had been forced to obtain, pre-
sumably at the cost of an animals
life. Then, recalling the feat of DR..
Alexis Carrel, who brought to life a
dog from which the blood had been
taken, by injecting blood from another
animal. together with salt solution.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19
How Ice Man Got the Booze.

How Ice Man Got the Booze.
The day was hot and the patient ice
man had taken his usual care In get
ting the ice In the box just right ana
then hopping up the little water THAI
got on the floor in the operation. he
really was q good Ice man and de-
served to be rewarded.
Here is a bottle of beer; you need
1t on a hot day like this" said the
housewife.
II can't accept anything from pa
irons, lady," the Ice man said. as no
eyed the bottle lovingly.
well, if that Is orders, all right
the customer said.
Still the iceman pondered. but"
he added, as an afterthought, IF you
put 1t on the back porch I'll steal It.
There isn't any rule against stealing
things. "-Indianap News.
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TRIBUTE TO PIONEER WOMEN
Monument at San Francisco Exposi.
ton Designed to Perpetuate
Love of Motherhood.

San Francisco.-The women of the
pioneer era will be exalted in thee
Pioneer Mother monument, the work
of Charles Crafty, one of Americas
foremost sculptors, at the Panama-Pa-
cific exposition. This monument, in
bronze, is designed to perpetuate a
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Lucky HUBBY.

Mrs. Green-Do you ever fatter
your husband?
Mrs. Wyse-Yes, l sometimes ask
his advice about things.-Boston Tran
script.
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BRIGHT TOTS FROM ITALY
Interesting Children of the New Ital-
ian Ambassador Recently Arrived
In Washington.

Washington.-Two interesting addi-
tions to the juvenile section of the
diplomatic circle in Washington are
Count Stephano and Countess Ag
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Money for Christmas.

Selling guaranteed wear-proof hosi-
cry to friends & neighbors. Big Xmas
business. Wear-Proof Mills, 5000
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19

The average woman may not be
much at mathematics, but she does a
lot of figuring in trying to perfect her
figure.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19

It is better to be able to turn your
hand to anything than to put your foot
In It.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Bye kennedy , for Red Veal W.astsry
lust Eye Comfort. Write for Book of the Rye
by mail Free Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19

The hardest work some people do is
to figure on getting money without
working for 1t.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-11-19

Arm yourself with a dark lantern
when looking for honor among thieves.
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they decided to make a similar OK.
pertinent.
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nese di Cellore, the children of the
new Italian ambassador to the United
States. The little count is five years
old and the countess is twelve.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-01-30

THE benevolent despot. Col. George
W. Goethals, who built the Panama
canal, is wanted by the mayor Of New
York for commissioner Of police. Col.
Goethals is the most wonderful and
successful handler Of men known in
the history Of the world. and the po-
lice commissioner Of New York has
the hardest job of handling men in
the country. Col. Goethals agrees
10 take the position II certain laws
are passed, giving him more power,
and II he can be retired from the
army. President Wilson wants him
TO remain, and be the governor Of
Panama, but the colonel has been
there for several years, and wants to
get away from the climate. He has
done such good work that he is n
titled to any thing he may ask Of the
government.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-01-30

THE people Of Silver City have got
a new slant on the depot question.
For many years 1t has wanted a new
depot, and for an equal number of
years the Santa Fe has been promis-
ing to build It, but before the time to
begin the work arrives the ~appropria-
ton Is exhausted, or something else,
equally serious, happens, and the work
is postponed till the Silver City peo-
pie make a new kick. The Silver City
people new let mp when they want
other peoples money spent in the
town, and have taken a new line on
the depot business. They have gone
to the corporation commission, told
them 1t is absolutely necessary tC
their happiness that the Santa FL
company build them a new depot, anC
asked the commission to order II
built. The commission has ordered
the Santa Fe company to build a new
depot, pronto, or on the 2sth Of Feb
rurary TO show reasons why a depot
should not be built at Silver City.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-01-30

The lost gold mine near Bedrock
has been causing considerable excite
ment this week. Last summer A. A.
Branch secured a job for a Mexican
herding goats for DeMoss s. Conner.
The Mexican had been working In the
mines, and spent all the money he
drew for booze. Branch told him to
go out into the mountains, where he
could not get any booze, and he would
sober up, and be able to take care Of
himself. When he went to work An
thony Conner told him about the lost
gold mine, and told him to keep an
eye out for 1t. Recently the Mexican
came into town and told Branch that
he was very grateful for what he had
done for him, and to show his graft
tude showed him some rock, which he
had found. He said he had found a
platform made of cedar. laid cross
ways and appeared to be covering an
old shaft. He got this rock from
under the edge Of the platform, which
he covered up. Mi. Branch had IL as
sayed, and 1t only run about five dol
lars, and he thought 1t did not
amount to anything. The first Of the
week he told about It, and 1t created
considerable excitement among the
people vino knew something Of the
history of the lost mine. Tuesday j.
A.. Leahy, B. B. Ownby and @. W.
Marsalis went out to interview the
Mexican. Anthony Conner told Branch
that he had a big chance, and he had
better go out and locate the mine.
When he found so many people we're
excited about the story he concluded
he better take a chance. Wednesday
he laid In a supply OF location papers,
and went out with Conner, to find the
place, and make an Investigation. 1t
will probably be Saturday before he
returns. He was confident that the
goat herder would tell no one else
where the platform was located.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-01-30

David Mcknight, chief clerk Of the
railway mail service at Ell Paso, was
in the city last Thursday afternoon,
coming up here to meet his superin-
tendent, S. j. Gaines, who was on his
way from Los Angeles to his head
quarters at Fort Worth. Mr.. Gaines
is a member of a standing committee
Of the department which examines
all new inventions to see II they are
practical, and Of value to the depart
ment. He had been TO Los Angeles
to inspect a new device for throwing
mail off a moving train, and catching
mail from the station by the same
train. While talking about recent
removals of postmasters Mr.. Nc
Knight said he thought it would not
be long till postmasters, at least Of
the first, second and third classes,
would be done away with, all of the
employees Of the department would
be under the civil service rules, emit
tied to promotion and subject to
transfer, as the railway mail is now
conducted. The country would prob
ably be divided into districts, as is
the railway mail service, and con-
Quoted by a superintendent, who
would practically supercede every
first class postmaster, and most Of the
second class ones, most of whom do
little for the service besides drawing
their pay. The scheme could be
worked out so as to save large am
cunts of money and give much better
service. The recently organized ter
minal railroad postofices at import
ant terminals and important juno
tions is the entering wedge of the
scheme. They a show how 1t can
be worked out. or course this will
be a great revolution in politics.
Take politics out Of the postofice de-
partment and it will double the work
of the employees, and take away half
the fun of being postmaster. If the
government is to take over the tel
egraph and telephone service, to say
nothing Of the railroads, they will
have to be divorced from politics, and
it might as we'll begin with postotfice
department.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-01-30

r. c. Johnston, who is working the
Good Luck mine at Gold Hill, the
mine formerly owned by Otto Wer-
ney, and in which he was killed by
falling rock, has just made a fine
strike at IT'S feet. IL is ore carrying
native silver, and considerable Of il.
He has some eight or ten inches Of 10,
and has strong hopes Of getting a
good body OF 1t by development. He
has not yet had it assayed, but It does
not require an assay to show 1t is
rich. The LIBERAL has a fine sample
on exhibition which was presented by
Mr.. Johnston, and not high graded.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-01-30

On Thursday night Of last week
there was the first ring exhibition
that has been pulled of in Lordsburg
I'm a long time. IL was at the Knights
OF Pythias hall, between Young Will
lard, Of Lordsburg, and Scotty King,
OF Yuma. 1t was to be a ten round
match, but did not last that long.
King weighed In at la and Willard
at 122. Although much the lighter
willard had the best Of it in the first
two rounds, and made a stand-of In
the third. In the fourth round Will
lard went to the floor, but was up i'm
mediately. In the fifth round King
went to the floor for a count Of seven.
He seemed to like the floor for he
went there again for a count of nine,
and then he went down again, aud
stayed there till Referee Cannon
counted ten, and held up Wizards
hand. The go has interested the
fans, and they r figuring on more
work Of the same kind here.