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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
The Old Army Surgeon and
What He Had Learned

Two of the surgeons were young. The
third was old; he had seen service in
the Civil War. One of the younger sur
geons had rejected pale, slender boy,
who was about to leave the tent, weep
ing bitterly, branded as unfit.
Here, son." called the older surgeon.
Let me look you over"
The boy came over to him eagerly.
The old surgeon pulled back his shirt
and applied the stethoscope.
"Huhw he said. Heart all right;
lungs all right. What's the natter"
mo meat on him." replied the sur
geon who had done the rejecting. Hes
almost under weight for his height"
LET him pass" said the older sur
geon. Hell do. / tell you that it was
the pale, skinny boys like him who stood
the hardest work In the Civil War. You
younger chaps may have beautiful
theory that it is the well fed, muscular
heavyweight who can stand the gait.
Well, you're wrong, and l know it.
1--WE seen companies of the finest
looking farm boys in the world go to
pieces in the field, without being put to
much strain either. You see, they were
used to their regular feed and their
regular hours. They couldn't stand be-
ing routed out in the night and they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
Photos by American Prsss ASS

couldn't sleep in the muddy bitches.
They died, while the skinny rats lived
and fought-and they fought like hell.
"When Pm picking my regiment |
don't want athletes, and | don't want
the husky, regular living, beefy kind.
| want lot of pale-faced hoodlums
from the city, who can miss meal or
two and stay awake for two nights run
ming. Your farmer boys and athletes
are good barrack soldiers, but for the
field give me the underfed city young
ster. Life in the field is unnatural, and
so is life in the cities. The city boy
doesn't expect everything in the way Of
food and sleep to come with the clock.
You've passed a lot of recruits who are
going to get sick on the government and
maybe die, and you've let the one man
who is practically sure to live it through
go by"
There was something in the mild
TRADE of the old surgeon. AS Jess VII
lard, one of our own superathletes, OBJ
served: Regular hours, good food and
plenty of fresh air have given me my
wonderful strength and endurance"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
Bv W. o. MCCLELLAN

"HE advocates of athletics as a
part of a preparedness scheme
- will always bring forward the
statement credited to the Duke of Well
ington: Waterloo was won on the
playing fields of Eton.
To which one could retort, "And the
battles of the Marine, the Somme and
Verdun were won on the boulevards Of
Paris"
This is in no way intended to dispar-
age the value Of athletics as an impor-
tant factor in the development of an
efficient citizen-soldier. Major Palmer
Pierce, an authority on the Swiss meth
DDS of military training, made a most
convincing talk on the value of athletics
in the preparedness scheme before the
annual meeting of the National Collegi-
ate Athletic Association in this city last
month.
While Major Pierce was delivering his
address the non-athletic French armies
were charging on the Somme and with
standing the battering of absolute mill
tary efficiency at Verdun. To date, IN
the greatest war, the Frenchmen, who
always have been Indifferent to outdoor
sports and their benefits, have shown
themselves the greatest soldiers of all
time, enduring more and accomplishing
more than any soldiers before them
have endured or accomplished.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

trench bombs. He is not track man,
yet he can run forward over she'll
torn field with all the dash of an athlete
springing over a cinder path. His arms
lack the strength and pliability of the
boxer, yet he handles the bayonet with
marvellous effectiveness.
What is it that has made the French
soldier the greatest in the world under
the supreme test? Surely it cannot be
claimed that physical preparation
played any particular part in the max
ing of the poilu. One can only believe
that it is the force of the Frenchman's
indomitable spirit which made of him
in q moment super-athlete for the
game that is most worth while. Slim
boulevardiers and soft and flabby shop
keepers have in two years time become
men of STEEL The Frenchman of to-day
is an athlete and a sportsman of sorts.
| do not mean to imply that the ath-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

been an absolute requisite for soldier
The Frenchman would have shown up
the poorest soldier in the world instead
of the very best. With the possible ex-
ception of Hungary, France made the
poorest showing of the entrants in the
last Olympic games.
But it does not need the evidence of
the Olympic games to show that the
Frenchman has not the zest for track
and field sports that is born in his An
glo-Saxon, Celtic and Scandinavian
brethren. His Indifference to athletics
generally is admitted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

statement TN a [
the non-athletic
Frenchmen, so
far, have done
the hardest fight
ing.
What moral is
to be drawn from
the fact that the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

preme trial, his inclination to sing some
hoarse refrain at the critical moment of
the chase or to light the eternal pipe.
In connection with what makes or un-
makes a soldier | often think of the
days of '98, when the United States was
hastily collecting recruits and muster
ing in new regiments of raw and UNI
trained volunteers. / spent an after
noon in one of the recruiting tents at
the Preside, San Francisco, where three
army surgeons were hastily examining
applicants for enlistment. Reflections
were not frequent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
An EngIishman'S View of French
SpOrfSmen i'm 1853

The epitome of the Frenchman as a
sportsman given by /. Hope, barrister,
n his book on Brittany and the Chase,
with Hints on French Affairs" written
in 1853, seems to have held for France
at the time of the last Olympiad.
Barrister Hope, evidently an ardent
sportsman, wrote: "The Frenchman'S
inferiority Tin the chase) is great; no
resolute following of the object with
quiet and skill and firm determination
10 get at it, enjoying the while the free
air of the hillside, the open scenery, the
charms of dell and glade, but all noise
and buster, talking, now singing some
hoarse refrain, now bawling to the dogs
or diverting to rest or to light the eter-
nal pipe"
One can picture the disgust of the
serious minded Barrister Hope, start
ing in pursuit of the fox or the hare in
Brittany with company of Frenchmen
who did not realize that the hunting of
the fox or the hare was a matter not to
be trifed with. Good old-fashioned
English squires would have slain men
for less and felt that they had done
pious act.
Yet if Barrister Hope were alive TO-
day he would eat his words, which were
uttered against the French character in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

England, who stroked such
and such an eight or cap
tanned such and such a team,
having won the supreme lau-
rels. So many of the British
athletes who appeared in the
same Olympian games with
the lone athlete of France
have been killed or MANNED.
But no one will contest the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

In the mighty game that is
being played in Europe to-day
there is neither noise nor
buster about the Frenchman.
In the greater chase he GER
tainly does not lack the reso-
lutte following of the object
with a firm determination to
get at it. He is the greatest
huptor of thenn all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28


The Frenchman
is neither 4
cricketer nor a
baseball player,
yet there is no
criticism from
German sources
Of his accuracy
in throwing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-27
WORK STARTED
ON THE MAUD 8
Oaks Company Begins Pre-
liminary Work to Operate
Property Extensively.

Nogollon. \. II, March 24-Prelim-
mary work At the Maud s mine IS well
in hand, and some prospect mining
IS being done 20 determine the better
points AZ which TO begin active deveI-
opment- Much Is expected OF this prop
erty, IN view OF It's excellent record
Of production in the past from only a
partial exploitation OF RS vein limits.
The oaks company i exercising q
bond and lease on the mine.
v. Rowland Cox, consulting enzi-
ueer for Socorro Mining d Milling com
Dany. Is again in camp
E 9. Palmer. manager and one
q the owners of the Alberta group OF
claims adjoining the SOcorro's property.
has a party OF prospective investors
here inspecting the ground. Rumor Is
current that the early future viii see
Al active campaign Of development
started Work already done has dem
20 this group.
The Oaks company IS rustlinE bu-ros
20 make another shipment Of ore TO
custom mill. obtained IN course OF de-
yelopment work on the Clifton and
Eberle mines.
Socorro Mining & Milling company
shipped Il bars of gold-silyer bullion
70 the mint from operations covering
the first half OF March It's aerial wire
rope tramway from the Pacific mine
Is IN daily operation. transporting a
good tonnage OF ore from the latter
property
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-27
DAILY RECORD
BulIdInr Pernits.

P Kirk, lot %. blocI, y. Summit Height.
sour room bungalow, $500
P R Rushing addition 70 James - D-ck
Co. warehouse: $4,000.
". N. Asher. bungalow. Montana and Ste
vsns street. $4,000
L W Hofsscker. adobe building. as stills
street; s1eoo.
Alturs PARK sddition-w. c. and Lois Den
ton TO H c. Dunlap. lots 4, ;, c. block 81,
SO: March Is. 1917.
Campbell sddition-Csrolins DeaGy 20 Il
Y. Broaddus and Geo. R. LeBsron. lots s. ..
10. block I42. March 20. 1877 $500.
East e Pssc-J ". and Aloyss PhilliPs
March Il. 1917: $4,000
Automobiles Licensed.
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s5s@Luis Ramirez :e7 We. Overland.
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Buick.
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s4oe-V. B. Gilberts. 701 Florence. Fcrd-
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Indian motorcycle
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Studebaker.
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Ford.
Licensed to Marry.
Pedro sIagsns and Rodia Andauacla.
Ray L Tslba and Lillian I Draper
Births-GirEs-
70 Mrs P. Marley. 30 Campbell. March
To Mrs D. Kensra. 500 Campbell. March
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To Mrs. II. Yturrfza. 40 T.xa. ys-ch s,
70 Mrs. A. Avila. 1910 South santa Fs.
Births-Boys.
70 Ars- A Corilio. sS05 F-utas March
To Mrs a. Mcknight. Providence hos
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To Ms. G. Cordova, Ssis Findley. March
%, 1917.
Deaths.
J. '. Irvine. Hotel Dieu, March q 1q1-
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Daniel MARTINEZ county Hospital, March
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-27

degrees and vaporizes at 44se. and you
see what must happen to a meteor
Still, unless the meteor is q very
small body. which is indeed the case
with ordinary falling stars" il viii
not be entirely vaporized during its
flight through the air. II It is a mas
Stye body. Weighing many pounds, O.
even several tons. only the exterior
part viii be swept off in boiling vapor,
while the major portion Will reach the
surface OF the earth. remaining actually
very cold within, since II comes from
the regions Of interstellar zero.
There are two principal classes:
First, the stony meteors. and second,
the iron meteOrs The first class con-
different minerals. all well known on
the earth. but which present peculiari-
ties Of structure that render them rec
cgnizable even when their fall has not
been Witnessed. The second class COM
prises masses OF almost pure iron, al
loyed with a few percent of nickel.
Even the stony meteors usually con-
tain some iron, but the true iron ne
teors are entirely metallic, ard they
Comprise about one n 20 OF the entire
number that reach the earth.
While the velocity OF q meteor IN
the air is always sufficient to melt
and vapOrize more or less OF its sub
stance = high velocity produces upon
stony meteor an effect seldom II ever
Eoticed with iron ones. The stony
meteors- being less compact and
by their imDacJ with the air. Moving
say 80 or 40 miles per second the com
preston OF the air in front becomes
very great. and they dash against II as
II against n solid obstacle.
From this arise the numbering eN-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-27

own personality. He knows he has
done Il thoroughly. and need not be
constantly taking 4 slant" az himself
He can afford to accept himself calmly
and give his attention 10 the outside
world.
All o. this is part OF having the
courage OF your convictions Once in
so often you make a careful analysis
OF how you feel. OF what changes are
going on n you and your viewpoints
and then. having decided where Won
want 70 20. what you desire and what
you wish to be. you go ahead with
quiet perseverance. calm assurances
and high serenity OF purpose You are
not Ike the boy IN the elevator who
let the first individual who came
across his path with standards Of good
manners other than his own swing
MIN away from his own convictions
OF courtesy and his own idea Of HIM
self as p gallant gentleman"
Examine yourself. find out what
your convictions are-and then. s YOU
long TO be an individual standing out
YictiOnS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-27
DR.. Beck Says Hot Sun and Heat
Weaken The Eyes; Tells HotU To
Strengthen Eyesight 5Os6 In One
Weeks Time In Many Instances

reasonable time and multitudes mora
VIII be able TO strengthen their ewes
90 as TO be spared the trouble and ex-
peuse OF ever getting glasses Eve
troubles Of many descriptions NAV he
wonderfully benefited by following the
simple rules Here is the prescription. .
90 70 any active drug store and get a
bottle OF Bon-Opto tablets Dron one
Bon-Opto tablet in e fourth Of a glass
OF water and allow to dissolve. with
this liquid battle The eyes two 70 four
times daily You should notice your
eyes cleal up perceptibly right from
the start and inflamms tioa will quick
~ disappear your eyes are bother
ing you, even = little. take steps 20
save them now befo II IS too late.
Many hopelessly blind might have beer
saved II they had cared Tor their eyes
NOTE; Another p-olniLsat Physician 70
whom tine above article was submitted said:
Bon-Opto Is very remarkable remedy. It's
constituent ingredients are well known 10
eminent eye specialists and widely prescribed
BY them The manufacturers guarantee IL 10
strengthen eyesight 50 per cent ia one
weeks tins IN many instance OF refund the
money L ca1 be obtained from any good
druggist and l. one Of tbs fevf rreDarafioas
feel should be kept CT hand for regular vse
n almost every farlily. Il Is sold n Fl Pas5
b kelly e PollsT2.-Ad-.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-27

was as much q man OF the world as
vas the other chap,
The whole incident = q simple. Yet
perfect little statement OF the week
lneed instability which has not the
courage Of its conviction. had far
more respect for the man who kept
his hat on because that satisfied his
IDEAS Of himself. than for the shiny-
shallying youngster who first tried 20
impress himself and me with his good
manners and then tried 20 impress the
next conner with his Worldliness.
Be Independent.
There IS no success or strength pos
slble TO the individual who IS so rnuch
taken up with what his neighbors
VIII say OF him that he has neither
time nor force nor inclination 10 find
out what lie thinks Of himself
To give yourself over 20 constant
and ceaseless analysis and introspec-
ton is to become q very ~egocen t-ic"
person But not to take an occasional
good look at yourself anad never to
probe down into your own soul Is to
know nothing OF your real motives and
desires. You can't know life ard your
self. Not 10 find all about yourself
IS slovenly. and the sort OF sloven who
doesn't find out what he really IS IS
constantly harping on himself when
ne ought TO be giving his attention 10
something else.
The woman who Is neat enough to
put on her clothes carefully and 10
make the very best Of her apeparance
before she leaves home generally has
q serene consciousness that she has
done all she can and need not give
any more or her attention to herself
So she IS free to devote her thoughts
10 what is going on around her.
Il is not she who keeps peekf0c
al the mirrors and fussing with her
hair or dress. So for the man who
has made the best OF investigating his
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-27

plosio1s which frequently accompany
the passage Of . large meteor. But
a compact mass OF iron, especially II II
is OF 3 rounded shape, instead Of being
shattered into many pieces simply
wastes away at It's surface by the rapid
rehabilitation Of its substance under
the tremendous heat As professor
Elihu Thomson saws n the American
Museum Journal, the flight Of q meteor
in the air IS so short although its sur
face is highly heated u has not Suffi-
Client heat couductiviry 20 allow the
heah to pass from its surface to the
interior 1t enters the air in very
cold state and at no time possesses
more than thin skin OF heated metal.
torn off,
The wonderful effects produced upon
rneteorites by the blast Of heat 10 which
they are subjected IN passing through
the ssrth's shield Of air may be studied
in the many specimens 10 be seen in the
American museum OF natural history.
With regard TO the tremendous me-
teor that made the crater already men
toned n Arizona = nay ne said that
nothing is known concerning the time
when II fell. There Is no tradition to
throw light upon il. II has been cal
cuiated that an iron mass soc feet in
diameter, moving with q velocity OF
five miles per second at the moment
OF striking would have sufficed 10 pro-
duce the existing crater. $500 feet
across and 900 feet deep. Boriugs
the broken strata 500 feet below the
crater,s bottom. It's general appearance
resembles that Of many Of the giant
crater rings on the moon and also re-
calls the impression OF a steel 1ro1ec-
tile shot into sn armor plate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-27
BUYS EQUIPMENT
FOR NACOZAR|
John G.. Alexander, Presi-
dent, in Ell Paso, Tells
Of Ore ShoWings.

John c. Alexander. president Of the
Nacozari Consolidated Copper COM
pany. was in FL Paso purchasing sew
eraI thousand dollars worth OF ma
chinery for the compzny's mining prop
erty, located q few miles south OF
Douglas. Ariz.
Mr.. Alexander said that the COM
pany's mill IS 70 be thoroughly
equipped and a motor truck bought
for ore transportation. New tram cars
will also be purchased for the main
development tunnel The company
plans to speedily extend the main
tunnel and expose an enormous copper
reef. y hich is said to extend from the
Pilares through the NacOzari Consolt-
dated property, and which has enabled
the Piiares TO yield many millions II
annual profits
UncOVers Fine Values.
NJ. Alexander reports that g station
has been cut IFS feet from the collar
OF the new San Pablo working shaft
on the company's property, and that
selected sample OF ore Al this level as
sayed IS 80 gold: 39- ounces silver,
5.73 percent copper and 29.s percent
lead. 4 total value os $404-70 per ton
\ recent sample from the high grade
vein in the main tunnel showed values
Of $3.50 gold; S94 ounces silver, SIC
percent copper and 49, percent lead,
or Ss2114 per ton. The copper reef
outcrop about 500 feet wide assays
soc gold: 1872 ounces silver and 7.5S
percent copper, or S64-si per ton.
The company has ample funds in the
bank TO complete the necessary
equipment and begin substantial pro-
duction IN about 90 days, Mr.. Alexander
said
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-27
Repeat Advice
About Spring
Blood Purifier
Proves Many Serious Ailments Due
to Poisons in System
Says Nothing Better Than Sulphur,
Cream Of Tartar and Herb Ex-
tracts in Tablet Called
Sulpherb Tablets"

The wisdom of ages placed in a
little sugar coated tablet-Sulpherb
Tablets! Remember grandma's rem
edy-sulPhur and cream of tartar
mixed IN molasses-it was a nauseous
dose, but II saved thousands of lives
BY purifying the blood in the Spring
Thousands avoided rheumatism and
serious fevers by taking It. Now you
can get the benefits by taking little
tablet regularly contz; sing the blood
purifying, system regulating medicines
that grandma relied on.
Constipation, inactive kidneys are
overcome and catarrh, neuralgia, rheu-
matte pain and many other poison
symptoms" vanish after a cours. OF
Sulpherb Tablets. The best medicine
for spring lethargy and thick, sluggish
blood Every package is guaranteed
to satisfy or money back SOC in
sealed tubes Of druggists everywhere.
Be sure to get genuine Sulpherb Tab
lets not sulphur tabists).