Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-07-08

 and if a real peril comes along, she'll exhibit more courage in five minutes than the average man could dig up in a hundred years. .. -~. -.....
 "There are scores of different kinds of courage In this world. and you can't expect one man to have them all. A man may tremble and cringe when threatened with physical vio- Hence, and yet stand up serene and magnificent when the assessor comes to the door, and there's nothing finer than that sort of moral courage.
 "There used to be blacksmith in this town who had a wide reputation as a fire eater. He wasn't afraid of anything, people said. If he heard of a promising bruiser anywhere in the countryside, he couldn't rest until he had mixed things with him. And he didn't ask for purses or other induce ments. He engaged in combat just because he loved it, and was happlest when his nose was knocked to one side, and his eyes were bunged up so that he couldn't see whether he was going or coming. He acted the hero on several occasions, rescuing people from burning buildings. and saving gents who were drowning and his nerve became a byword.
 "Well, in the fullness of time his teeth went wrong and his head swelled up until 1t looked like squash. He bought about a million things at the drug store, and they wouldn't relieve the pain. The doctor told him he could have his sufferings ended in five minutes by going to the dentists, but that idea turned him faint. At last he had to go, and the dentist told me he never saw such a doggone coward. That invincible blacksmith just had to be lifted into the operating chair. and as often as he could get his breath, he yelled.
 "The dentists chair takes the starch out of many brave man. I used to have to frequent 1t a good deal before I bought these handmade tOrtoiseshell teeth, and I saw some moving sights when was seated in the waiting room. Women would come in there as calm and cool as though they had just stepped in for dish of Ice cream. Ihave seen a girl graduate sit chatting comfortably until her turn came, and then she'd step into the chamber of horrors without turning a hair; and then some big policeman, who'd think nothing of fighting a revolver duel in the dark with burglar, would come into the waiting room as limp as a dlshrag, sweating ice tea and grooming every time he drew breath.
 "A man might easily get lot of false ideas about courage in the den- lists waiting room.
 "That man Kersmith, who stood and permitted smaller man to twist his nose, has a sort of courage I'd give a lot to own. I've always wished could make public speeches. I've a lot of pent-up eloquence inside of me that ought to be turned loose for the edifl. cation and instruction of the people. But every time I'm called upon for a few timely remarks, Pm scared stiff, and can't say a blamed word. I just gurgle and splutter like a sunstruck lunatic, and hate myself for three weeks after 1t.
 "But when Kersmith is called, he rises without a tremor, and smiles sweetly upon the audience, and goes ahead saying what he has to say as though in his own arm chair by his fire. side. I'd be willing to ,have my nose and ears twisted several times to have his courage"