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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

The last sitting given by Washing
ton was for S~harpless, who made a
automatically correct profile which
furnishes the authority for the pro-
portions of the subjects features.
Of all painters, none achieved more
than Gilbert Stuart, who, it is general
ly agreed, has given to the world the
best likeness of the man. Stuarts
success was probably due to the fact
that he kept his subject from self
consciousness by entertaining him. In
the two originals of this artist, and in
the twenty-six copies which he made.
he left noble personification of wis
dom apd serenity to the American peo-
pie in the person of the first president
Of the nation.
In color and finish, as we'll as in life
IKE resemblance of features, no Wash
ington artist has approached him. AT
the time Of the Stuart sitting Wash
ingtoD's mouth appeared rather unnat-
ural on account of two new seahorse
ivory front teeth which substituted for
the generals own. The failure Of the
first portrait, which was destroyed,
was probably traceable to this fact.
The Stuart picture of Washington
standing with a sword in his left hand
was made expressly for the Marquis
of Lansdowne, who was 80 delighted
with the canvas that he declared it
was only his advanced years which
prevented his crossing the Gee to
thank Washington for allowing this
picture to be taken.
Although several copies of this paint
ing were made by Stuart, the painting
in the White House, so long consid-
cred his, was not done by that master.
1t is the work of an obscure artist,
who substituted his own copy for an
original which the government pur.
chased for $500.
Another interesting fact about this
picture is that during the time when
the British were in Washington in
1914 it stood out in inclement weather
for several days. This was because
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

the man to whom it was intrusted was
afraid to keep it in his house for fear
of being punished by English invaders.
AS Stuart did not excel in represent
ing Washington's figure, this picture
does not meet all the requirements of
a good painting. The hand is said to
be too small, as Stuart used the
model of his own hand in making the
picture.
Stuart's famous Washington por-
trait, made for Mrs. Washington, was
never entirely finished, because the
artist always managed to delay COM
plotting the background. Finally,
Washington, after frequent sittings,
became annoyed and told the artist
that he would sit no more, but to send
the picture home when it vas finished.
Later, when he saw the advantage
which having such an original AFFORD
ed Stuart, who was thereby enabled to
make lei copies, he told the
artist that he himself would be salts
fed with a copy.
1t has been the original of this pic
ture which has been perpetuated by
thousands of copies distributed
throughout the world. 1t is now the
property of the Boston athenaeum.
Stuart's freshness of color, his skill
full modelling of the forehead, the dig
nifty yet kindness shown in the pic
ture, image all that a grateful people
expect to find in the sublime character
of the father of his country.
The artist realized that he was
painting for future generations, for
when someone suggested to him that
he had made Washington's eyes too
blue, he answered that in a hundred
years the color would be just right.
With the excellence of Stuart's fea-
lures, with the exactness of Peale's
and Trumbull's figures, and the life
cast Of Houdon, it remains for a mod
ern master to make a composite pic
ture Of Washington which shall salts
fly all demands.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02
FUNS FABLES UP TO DATE
This Is About the Literary Man Who
insisted on Writing Just What
He Wanted to Write.

Once there was a literary mar who
decided to write for posterity. He re-
fused to be guided by what the editors
said the public wanted, but wrote what
he thought they ought to want.
According to all the rules of the
game he should have starved to death
in very short order, but for once, the
rules didn't work.
Did the public suddenly wake up to
the fact that a genius was in their
midst? And did the editors camp at
his door clamoring for the product of
his pen?
oh, no, dear reader, nothing like that
at all.
A rich aunt died and left him half a
million dollars, and he kept right on
writing stuff that nobody wanted to
read.
Whether posterity will read it re-
mains to be seen.
AS for the moral, we'll, you've got us
guessing.-Magazine of Fun.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02
Colorado.

Cripple Creek adds daily to the list
of leasers who are shipping ore.
Breckenridge reports a new strike
of lead ore, carrying both gold and
silver, made in the Germania mine, IN
Little mountain.
Boulder tungsten companies have
announced "A schedule according to
which they will pay $40 per unit for
60 per cent ore.
At Ouray Edward Caravan has been
awarded a contract to drive not less
than 100 feet on the Legal Tender
property, about two miles south Of the
city.
H. II. Kaser and John Loss, leasing
on the twelfth level of the Granite
mine, in Cripple Creek, have one of
the most promising blocks of ground
on the mine.
AT Idaho Springs the management
of the Bride Company states that the
new compressor plant recently or
dered shipped to the mines is now be-
ing installed and viii soon be ready
for operation.
The stockholders of the Wellington
Mines Company were surprised to re-
ceive their seventh dividend early in
June instead of in July. The total
dividend amounted to $4,000.
1t is an exceptional day in the Grip
pie Creek district when some long
idle" property-largely the result Of
Indifferent mining-is not restored to
the actual list, either on company &C
count or by groups of leasers.
The Rnla Gold Mining Company,
which is developing a group of twelve
lode claims on North Star mountain,
nine miles south of Breckenridge, has
completed a mile of new road connect
ing the mine with the county road.
Bateman and Hansen, leasing on the
4OO-foot level of the Specimen, have
uncovered an unusually rich streak OF
smelling ore. The values appear in a
six-inch streak of tao, and assays
show from 25 to $50 ounces gold a
ton.
In the Georgetown, Silver Plume,
Lawson and DAILY districts, Clear
Creek county, the high prices for
lead and zinc have favorably affected
mining and claims that have lain ida
for years are now receiving atten'
ton.
The Saratoga mine ore, East Argen-
tine district, gives satisfactory re-
turns at the smelters and the lessees
are making from $3.50 to $500 to the
man per month. The streak is large
and is worth more than 500 per ton
in the various metals.
Carnduff and Duncan, operating on
the eighth level of the Dead Pine
mine, on Battle mountain, Cripple
Creek, have uncovered a body of ore
that is eight inches wide, assays
showing values varying from two to
eight ounces gold to the ton.
The Primes mill at Lakewood, the
Wolf Tongue at Nederland, the plant
Of the Colorado Tungsten Production
Company at Carrie Nation park, and
the Boulder mill under the manage,
ment of II. ]. Holmes, are all in oper
alton. Eugene Stevens, manager Of
the Rogers trset, the oldest and big
gest producer Of tungsten in Boulder
county, is pushing work in the prop
erty and has a number Of lease oper
ators In the workings.
The Carbonate lease on Mount
Badly has a couple Of carloads Of
heavy lead ore ready TO ship.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02
NJ. n. D. pENvER. Nd. az-1e15.
WANTED THE REGULAR TOOLS
At Least coIored Man Was Sure Of
One Thing, He Wouldn't Work
With the Pie.


An old negro man was standing by
a grassy yard in front of a Chinaman's
washhouse when a woman walked to
the street corner near by to board a
car. The old mar approached her and,
lifting his hat, politely said: Lady,
can you tell me where l can obtain a
job?"
He held in his hand a loosely wrap
ped package, FROM which protruded
the edge of what was apparently a FIVE
cent pie.
The lady replied that he might ask
the Chinaman for the job Of cutting
the grass. So the colored man bar
gained with the Chinaman to cut the
grass, for which he was to receive rs
cents.
Then 1t turns out that the Chinaman
has no tools, and the colored mans
lawn mower is a long way off at his
home and he is disinclined to go after
it, for the way is weary, the flesh tired.
The lady finally suggested in a mat
ter of fact way: Are you going to cut
the grass with the pie?" The colored
man drew himself up with great dig
nifty and replied, reprovingly;
Lady, l eve cut grass with a pie"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02
wyoming.

Valuable oil lands near Basin have
been %reopened by the government.
1t would be a hard thing for the
shares in the Bitter Creek Coal Min
ing Company to go below par. This
company filed articles of incorpora-
ton in the office of the secretary of
state with a capital stock of $4,000,
with 100000 shares selling at n cent
each.
County Assessor Streed of Wheat
land reports that the tax schedule
turned in by the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Co. shows a reduction of about 30 per
cent in the production Of the Sunrise
mines for the past year. This reduces
the assessable valuation of that prop
ert S220, 900.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02
Indian Forced to sucoumb.

The white mar and the Indian never
could mix, and the Indian has had to
succumb. All of us admire the Indian
and would like to see him survive for
all time; but It appears impossible
that with advancing civilization he can
continue. The Indian simply will not
submit to the changed conditions; he
still dreams of the happy hunting
ground and the forest and stream, and
nothing the government can do for
him can reconcile him. The automo-
mile and other things have helped him
along in his reckless career, but tu-
cuberlosis has been the most destroy
ing element in the life of the Ameri-
can abOrigine.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

The Socorro Mines Company, op-
Grating at Mogollon, has declared a
dividend of $4,000.
The Gallup Coal & Clay Company
of Albuquerque, which will operate
in the Gallup section, filed articles Of
Incorporation. The capital is 2 5000,
and the amount paid in 5000.
Reports from Bland mining camp,
west of Santa Fe, say that nearly $50
men are now employed at the mine
and plant of the Coassack Mining
Company alone and that the old time
activity and prosperity of this famous
camp is fast returning.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02
Arizona.

Arizona.
Fine ore has been found on the sos
foot level Of the United Eastern mine
In the Oatman district.
A number Of men are at work on the
old Moss mine, in Silver Creek, for
the Gold Roads Mines Company.
The Ivanhoe mine, in the Silver
Greek section, north Of the Tom Reed,
has struck a splendid body Of ore at
a depth Of 100 feet.
A. b. Rogers Of Aspen, Colo, has
taken over the group Of mines owned
by J. Harrison and A. &. McDugall,
contiguous to the Boulevard mine, in
the Union Pass section.
One Of the richest discoveries Of
tellurium ore ever made in the state
is reported from the Enterprise group
of mines, eighteen miles east of King
man, at the north end Of the Wallapai
mountains. Samples taken to King
man ran from $4,000 to $4,000 in gold
and far into the hundreds Of dollars
in silver.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02
WOMEN CAN
HARDLY BELIEVE
How Mrs. Hurley Was Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Eldon, Nc. -"I was troubled with
displacement Inflammation and female

weakness. For two
years l could not
stand on my feet
long at a time and I
could not walk two
blocks without en-
during cutting and
drawing pains down
my right side which
increased every
month. / have been
at that time purple
inthe face and would
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02
CLEAR YOUR SKIN
BY Daily Use Of cutieura Soap and
Ointment. Trial Free.

You may rely on these fragrant
supercreamy emollients to care for
your skin, scalp, hair and hands. Moth
ing better to clear the skin of pimples,
blotches, redness and roughness, the
scalp of dandruff and itching and the
hands of chapping and soreness.
Sample each free by mail with S2-p.
Skin Book. Address postcard, Cuticura,
Dept. Y, Boston. Sold everywhere. ADV.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02
DE IOYOUS FOURTH
By Winiam Gerard Chapman

Gee. don't I wish the Fourth WIZ herSl
Il seems ike l can't wait
Until the days jest catch up with
That blame red-hsger date.
! GOT a lot o fireworks.
Oh, more'n you could think,
A bully cannon, too. Of brass.
So shiny makes you blink
The minute when / get avyal1e.
Bout four o'clock or 50.
You bet Ill hustle IN my clothes
An,srab my box an go
A-littn' out benin the barn
An light my punk - an. say
You won't hear nothing much but noise
The rest O that whole day.
But, soshi that amt q circumstance
To whatn happen when
II gets right dark. You jest be there's
Youn see some dotn's. thenl
Wen break in ST. the blacksrnitn's. shop
An get his anvts out
An shoot them all around the town.
Then theren be noise. don't doubtl
Afore each house wen set one down
An pour the powder in,
An set the other top of it -
Then Jest you hear the dinl
Some folhsn come a-runnin' out
IAN raise an awful row
But mostl laugh like fun an shout
Jest get elons. boys. now"
Oh, gee, l wish the Fourth wuz hereI
But Ma SEE. Mercy mel
m you're so set on settin' burns
An blisters. l can't see."
But shucksl who cares for things like thatS
A boys Ma never learns
AS how he has jest loads o fun
A-settin' of those burns.
Copyright. 1915. by W. G. Chapman)
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

Sometimes a girl makes a fool Of
herself over a man, and sometimes
she marries the man and makes a fool
of him.-Indianapolis News.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02
Imnnrtant 10 Mnthara

Penn Family Claims Llquidated.
The claims of the Penn family to
Pennsylvania we're extinguished at the
time Of the revolution. The common
wealth paid PENIS heirs to ~relinquish
their proprietorship.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
IN 5RiEF

Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices Quoted for Metals.
Lead. New York, $3.50.
Bar silver, 4S%c.
spelter, ST. Louis, s21.37h
Copper, casting, s19.62h.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

well, here is a question settled Of
great national Importance"
Tell me quick"
81 see men of fashion this summer
are to wear ow-necked shirts"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

Peruvian balsam, known the world
over for it's excellent properties, does
not come from Peru at all, but grows
along a stretch of the coast of Saliva
dor.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

sergeant-Anything doing in the
trenches, today?"
Corporal-No; 1t was so quiet you
could hear a shell drop.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

When a political boom is launched
1t frequently comes home to roost In
the shape of a boomerang.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

II it is necessary to make enemies,
choose lazy men.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy, for Red, Veal, Matery
Eyes and Granulated Eyelids; No Smarting-
lust Rye comfort. Write for Book OF the Eye
By mali Free. Murine Bye Remedy Co., Chicago
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

II you wish beautiful, clear white
clothes, use Red Gross Bag Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

Most of us who attempt to wear the
mantle of greatness are disappointed
in the At.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-07-02

The candidate who gets the vote Of
the fair sex ought to receive a hand
some majority.
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
SENECA IS TOWING
M0NGOL|AN TO PORT
Allen Line Steamer. Disabled at
Sea, Is Believed to Have Hit
an Iceberg.

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland. Feb. CT
The Allan liner Monaghan. reported in
distress off Cape Race, is being con-
royed into this port by the United
States coast guard steamer Seneca. The
Red Cross steamer Stephano wirelessed
this information here.
The Stephano. was speeding to the
Mongolian's assistance. she messaged.
but received a wireless saying that her
help was not needed. She reported that
the liner would be able to make port
MONTREAL. Feb. ",.-Passenger
Agent Bradley. of the Allen line. which
owns the liner Mongolian. reported in a
sinking condition about 400 miles of
Cape Race, declared that fragmentary
reports he has received indicate that the
Mongolian hit an iceberg and that the
first hold was full of water.
"HoweVer, the Mongolian will be able
to stay above water. even If her first
hold is full of water" said Bradley.
Allen line officials made this state
ment:
THE Mongolian is expected TO arrive
| in Halifax noon Sunday"
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
ARRANGING FUNERAL
OF GEN. HEYWOOD
Former Commandant of Marine
Corps Dies at Residence in
This City.

Arrangements for the funeral. with
military honors. of Mai Gen. Charles
fteywood. formerly commandant OF the
United States Marine Corps. are being
made today. General Haywood clad
late yesterday at his home in the Port
ner. He was eighty-four years old,
and entered the service as a lieutenant
IN 1867 He Is survived only by his wife
General Heywood's first advancement
IN the service took him from the lieu
tenants grade to that of brevet ma tor
and came as the result of gallantry in
action at the time he was one of the
onlcers on the old steam frigate Cum
perland. He fired the last gun in the
action which resulted in the sinking OF
the Cumberland off the Atlantic 600 .,
atter being engaged with the Merrimac q
Following the defeat of the Cumberland
ne volunteered for service on the Hart
tord with Admiral Farragut. and wa
on that vessel during the battle nj
Mobile Bay 'S VI
AFTER the war he commanded a hat.
taiion or marines during the Reading
i,hiladelphia. and Baltimore labor riot
or 1871. and in 1885 he commanded .
detachment on the Isthmus of panam,
tie was made commandant of tho Mo
rine Corps with the rank of ma ior oen.
eral in 1892, and during his admtnistra
ton that branch of the service WA
enlarged and reorganized.
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE
"CORNER"

Mr.. Joseph Letter has been telling
some plain truths about the manage
ment of the wheat market. He has
accumulated, at very handsome ex-
pense, much information on the sub
ject; and he defends dealing in fu-
lures, as most business men with the
wider view of the subject do. In
the matter of cotton, for instance,
a very careful report from the
Bureau of Corporations few years
ago made very clear that dealing
in futures was necessary to steady
market conditions and enable manu-
facturers of cotton goods to hedge
against future conditions.
Mr.. Letter suspects that a large
share of American wheat is raised
at loss; and there is an impressive
array of expert agricultural testi,
mony that bears him out. Wheat al
$l.5Q. with the producer getting the
money, is profitable in average cir,
cumstances; wheat at 81 for a few
! minutes in a speculative pi, witt
The Washington times., 1915-02-27

Of the court to all persons under
eighteen years. This is in line with
the statutes governing such courts
in progressive cities. UP to that
age, at least, a judgment should be
corrective rather than punitive. In
day when men like Henry Ford
are making pleas for the hardened
criminal of mature age, the COM
munity can afford to give the young
er offender every chance to become
law abiding citizen.
But the spirit in which the details
of the proposed law was worked out
is best expressed in the report which
states that the proposed legislation
"rests upon the broad principle that
henceforth the child who finds his
way into court is not to be regarded
as criminal, but rather as the ward
of the nation, whose individual well
fare comedies with the well-being of
the state, and who is to be saved
to it, rather than prosecuted by it"
Not cent must be appropriated
to put this new program into effect.
The machinery is already provided.
The efficiency of the court would be
enhanced by the modern methods
and operations provided in the bill.
That the measure is not simply the
dreams of theorists is best proven
by mention of the names of those
who have been working on it-C.
Bernard Flexner, Miss Julia Lathrop,
the Rev. William ]. Kerby, Walter
c. Clephane and William H. Bald
win.
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
Y. w. c. A. Campaign to
Come to Close Tonight

The membership campaign of the Y.
w. G. A. will be closed tonight with a
supper and celebration. Final report s
are to be made, and the names Of those
workers who have brought in the
greatest numbers will be announced.
Today ninety-one new members were
entered on the association rolls, NAL king
a total brought in so far during the
campaign of 4s9 The "aeroplanes'' en-
tered Sc today and the automobiles" 3d.
Aeroplanes-Division A, Miss Susan r
Cults, commodore. %: division B, Mrs
Fannie MacAllister. commodore. Is; d.
vision c. Miss Estelle Foster commo.
dore. ~.
AutomobileS-Division A, Mrs. T. H.
Mitchell, general, 4; division b. Miss
Ellen Love, general. 20; division c, Miss
Ida johnson, general. II.
The program for this evening includes
several addresses and musical numbers
Mrs. Woodbury. Pulsifier, chairman O,
the. membership committee who ha!
acted as comma nder- CHIEF durinl
Lhs campaign. WI! 30 tosstmistress.
The Washington times., 1915-02-27
PROPHYLACTIC DIVING

Annette Kellermann wishes SWIM
ming taught in the public schools.
That is not so startling. Physical
culture teachers in Washington have
been urging the same thing. The
diving lady herself is an excellent
example of the beneficial effects Of
swimming. From a weak, sickly
child she developed into robust
young woman by the aquatic route.
Aye, but here's the rub. Not only
would she have us all doing Keller
mann dives, but she would have both
sexes wearing their Kellermanns,
too! Chicago tried that, and the
costume went the way of September
Morn. Carter Harrison's esthetic
sense could not justify such an ap-
proach, on the municipal bathing
beaches, to the picture he barred
from his shop windows.
If swimming develops. the human
form, not necessarily divine, but at
LEAST the human form Kellermann,
as we'll as the health, then let US
have the Kellermans and more, or
rather less, of them. Trixie Frigan-
"a, Marie Dressler, Emma Carus,
and other ladies of generous en-
bonpoint may drink, or bathe, in this
modern miracle-fount of Ponce de
Leon. Every diver may become a
warranted perfect &c." and all else
that Edna Ferber describes.
Does the diving, and now the dane
ing, Annette, really hold forth such
a hope? If so one expects to see
her the first suffragist candidate for
Congress, running on a diving plat
form.