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The herald., 1922-07-27

accounts of horse-raceS. unflattering
opinions Of the cattle, strings of pro-
lahlty, the voluminouS text on the la
ueiS Of coffee or condensed milk-cans
mere humming sounds, alike and with
seemingly deep religious fervor, were
. poured on many night into the APP
I preciative ears OF an audience with
! cioven hoof>.
Thus tired men. cat-napping but
/ always grooming. were out in the
| black, their ponies steadily, slowly
/ patrolling. though half asleep; but
/ man and horse We're ready TO wake
| like shot and to act the instant
/ that steer started u roll his tail"
or, in less technical English. to gallop
with his tail bumped up at its shore
end, an infallible sign of confident ex-
pectation to disregard both distance
and time.
All through the journey the animals
had proceeded quietly and rested de-
Gently until one moment when there
came snort, a below. What caused
the snort and below nobody knew or
could stop 10 ascertain. Merely tails"
had rolled and a stampede was on.
From common center cattle were
darting toward every point of the
compass. Ii was "ail hands TO the
pumps" and into saddle and on the
run for every man. Riders armed with
saddle blankets, with doffed coats.
hastily plucked sage-brush plants. any,
thing that could be waved. holding
pistols, the only attainable objects
that would make commanding noise
galloped cut beyond the fleeing ami
mails, headed and flanked them, cut
ting in all incipient. bovine meteors
Finally, the frayed edges of the mass
CONSTRUCTED, and the whole was re-
duced TO ragged, narrow. rushing
coiutnn, one set of gallOping cow
boys guiding its van, another, as flank
riders, guarding its sides and en-
deavOring so far as possible TO soothe
the animals. The forefront of this
column was, under the pilotage of the
attacking hOrsemen, swerved into the
shape OF a shepherds crook. and n
'"ANA lHt ItGu WIS DOnrinU
itself into the form of a capital letter
u"
When Its two ends came opposite
each other, they were welded togetbar
oy a yelling, waving. shooting sat
OF madmen on the backs of fyinp
snorting horses.
ms started milling" n merrv-po-
round which kept up until the mar.
ucipating cattle quit from exhaus-
tlon. or course, milling did not take
place in a circle. an ellipse, an oval
or In any other geometrical form. II
occurred in an irregular chunk of
grunting, believing cattle, overspread
and surrounded by an unbreathable
CLOUD OF biting dust, with cursipo !
cowboys acting as satellites.
\ stampede at night and in a conn. |
Try beset with "cut banks" l. O.. pre-
cipltous hillsides, beset also with deem |
canyons with vertically sided arroyos. |
with gopher and badger holes. killed |
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ROSES OR THSTLES?

no Sot pause sometimes while
IL j6urpeyinS through the fields and
along ~" byyay- Of life. 10 consider
whether sou are gathering roses or
ihistirs? The basket which YOU are
uC"nsripurly carrying is being filed
glih one ~ she other. which you will
lind when son arrive in the gloom of
ihS gathering night ana realize that
y1uF wGnderIpgs are done.
II when sou stop To rest you have
veiestg rGses 10 took upon you will in
sour delight quite forget the purpling
SKY ana all that il foretelIs
You viii De happy in the thought
EbHi you have not misspent your day;
glad thAt you chose the beautiful in
steaj ~ IN" repulsive; grateful that
900 Aid not misdrect your energies
There Is probably scant attention
bestowed by yOu and me To the basket
apps uur arm into which we are plac-
tng every hour of life something
WitEi, Tjll rise up 10 praise or con-
ieiuH US our heads are silvered and
our feet are sired and unsteady.
Bus ga This occasion we cannot re-
trace oar steps.
Shuipws are all about us and the
uair,hli,!cn paths we once knew 50
gei. Gse unfamiliar
ne are alone with the things we
pave EaGHered.
81" would like 10 recall sharp words,
scaHtS gLG trpWGS we have hurled at
our friends, our patient fathers and
tGJth"rs--and sadly recall hot tempers |
and Terrible tongues.
~ fiie scales fall from our eyes. /
thare u something of the nature of .
dismay that takes hold Of us and fills
our souI with tears.
Oh. that we might be permitted TO
live over again those wild, impetuous
days Of youth
We would curb our spirit. hide our
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| Uncommon
Sense s isaz 3; ~
THE BAD START
(Copyright.)

THE average man is so constituted
that certain amount of discour-
agement is necessary to progress.
That is why nobody should worry
about bad start.
Get a good on If you can. of
course. 1t will help. But remember
If your start was bad, that so was the
start of almost avery other man who
ever attained place of any impor-
lance IN the world.
General Grant got a pad start in his
studies at West Point, and did so Door
ly in the army that he resigned.
AT the outbreak Of the war between
the states in America. he had settled
down TO the business of running a
yard and tannery in al obscure Hi.
nOiS town.
His biographer says that he was Ut
teily discouraged. But he wasn't He
Knew that somewhere in him was a
very great ability. And when he gor
into the war, as al young Americans
on both sides did, ambition awOke in
him.
Everybody knows the rest of the
story.
Lloyd George is one of the few con.
spicuous figures in the world TODAY
who proceeded from success to sue
cess after he once got his start.
The start itself was extremely bad.
1t would have discouraged most rlen
However. determination triumphei
over poverty and lick of opportunity.
The world knows the rest of that
story, too.
1t stands TO reason that If you never
have to use your muscles you will al.
ways be weakling. And you can
,nly use your muscles In overcoming
whether II is job, or your
,~n natural inertia.
Neither can you develop your men.
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MUST BE A MAN

fr A MAN would be happy he must
y DO o Man.
Try a. one may. real enjoyment
cannpt be gotten out of life if one
follows u wrong pathway.
II d man would be satisfied wAh
himself, he must have the proper
ylawpo!nt of what he should be. Ad-
hitting this. let us consider the opin-
ion Of d. ]. Burrell as TO what makes
q man o Man.
mot what a man has or what hap
nans TO him; not wealth, nor noble
blood. nor crowns" says Burrer, "but
che things that are In him and shin
ting through him-his thoughts, mo-
dives, spring of action; those consti-
tata the man."
TOO few have this honest estimate
10 mind when they measure their own
right 10 q place under the sun and
thair own right 10 comfort and hap
plaess. Unfortunately humans are
jnciIned 10 spend much more time
thinking of what they would ike 70
navs. than In thinking what they are
or what they would like to be.
MISREPRESENTATION is the first law
~ Nature" II is true. But too often
we iiad evidence that men and women
place selfishness ahead of everything
else. They do not understand that
thsrp Is wide difference between
MISREPRESENTATION and selfiShness. If
thay do understand they ignore tho
fact, for constantly, though earnestly
seeking happy lives, we find them
seeSlng worldly possessions, worldly
pleasures-most of which are of the
shallowest sort.
When one faces a hard-boiled bur
glar 10 the darkness of the night. he
rightly protects himself by whatever
means he finds AT his disposal. That's
a case Of self-preServatiOn, for the
secdnd.stOry men are usually ready To
slll rather than be caught. But in the
PATHWAYS of life no one can
,ustify any action which is unfair. TO |
he fellowmen In order TO gain some |
-alng for himself. When a man stoops
% upderhand. dishonest methods,
whether they be in buying or selling.
,lther labor or goods. he is certain
oaner or later to LOSE respect for
Iimaelf.
M man can he happy In his own
however exalted, If he knows
hat his thoughts. his actions and his
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WHAT TO EAT

ITO PREPARE Danish beefsteak
take one pound of round steak
chopped, one teaspOOnful of salt, one
fourth of Il teaspoOnful of pepper, one
fourth of a cupful of minced onion. one
and one-half cupfuls of celery. three
tablespoonful of fat and the same Of
-four. two cupfuls of cooked macaroni
Add salt, pepper, onions and meat
shape into small balls, fry in hot frying
pan until well done. Cut celery into
inch pieces, cook in sailed water until
tender, reserYing the water for the
sauce. Melt the fat, add -four and
celery, water and meat balls. simmer
ten minutes, add macaroni and serve
hot.
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Simmer Curry.

Take tw" cupfuls OF diced potato,
three cupfuls of diced carrot. two
cupfuls of diced turnip. two cupfuls
OF cooked peas, three cupfuIS of milk
one tablespoonful of parsley, six table.
sp"onfuls each Of flour and fat, one.
half cupfUl Of chopped onion. one tea.
spoonful of curry, one-eighth of a
teaspoonful of pepper and one tea
spoo nful of salt. Leftover vegetables
may h" used. Cook the onion slowly
in the fat until soft. add -four and
seasonings, mix well. add the hot
milk. stir and cook until smooth. then
add the vegetables; heat well. turn
into the serving dish, sprinkle with
parsley and serve Serve with meat.
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7%IDDIES SIX
~ win NJ. Maupin
siiIIIiIIiiIIIIiIIIIIUIHIIIIIIIIlIIiIHIIInIII
SMILE

NKTIIEN you think life's not worth
w while
Sit straight up and force smile.
Smile and shake your head AT fate
Hit the line; don't hesitate.
Smile and SAY "WoJld. hOWd'y do;
Heres a-lookiug straight at You ~
Shake yourself and force a smile
You'll see clear Sky after while.
When you meet a brother smile;
Grasp his hand walk double file.
Smile and say Hello, old chum;
Cheer up; don't be sad and glum!"
Smile and every time you do
II pays interest To you.
Waste If time salt tears To she'd
Smile and keep on straight ahead.
In the crowded market place
Keep n glad smile on your face.
FrOWn. and you give birth To doubt
Next thing you'll he down and out.
Smile and say. Things coming fine
only carload lots in NINE"
Waste of time IL sigh and soh-
Smile, and stick tight tn the job.
tCopy-IEhtD
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materials of which rocks. minerals aud
other substances are composed.
They called themselves "Hermetic
Philosophers" If they melted the
mouth of glass tube so as to close
1t, it was spoken of as secured with
"Hermes' Seal" Even today one
speaks of bottle, or jar which is air
tight as being Theoretically sealed"
One of the first things these original
chemists discovered was that by heat
ing some substances, such as inter or
saltpeter, they drove something out of
them which was invisible. They also
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ARABS WE'RE ORIGINAL CHEMISTS

l'ed before them to turn other metals
INTO gold. 1t was said that Hermes.
VINO lived 1000 before Christ, had ac-
compiished this. For many years thou
sands of clever men had tried to dis
cover now this can be done. These
ola Arabs, whom they called alchem-
ISIS. spent their lives In melting up
inherent substances and watching
what changes took place. In this way
tney learned a great deal about the
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discovered that they could corr" "A
invisible something into OO."' .'~,
reduce it 10 liquid form. rm
cases. if they put light 10 IL la,
ploded violently. Since II wa. q.
and yet powerful, they though. ..aIdr,'
a spirit, and thus named u ...' sra
That is why such terms as spun ?. ~
inter" spirits of camphor, s,'- .,..-
still used today. Evei the ~"S =. ~
comes from a similar IDEA as
coyerer, a German, though. :, 900
spirit and called it ''gelst." The 's'
name for spirit-bence ga
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tai possibilities without overcoming
obstacles, and 10 the poor In spirit all
obstacles are discouraCemcnts.
Don't feel blue about bad start. II
ought TO make YOU determined to
atone for II. and in atoning for il you
will gain strength and character.
(COpyriEbt.)
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Blu F. A. UALKER

dislikeS and give instead or pain heap
ing measures of pleasure.
We would make sure that we would
gather nothing but roSpS-nothing but
the sweet, the fine ana the lovely.
From those who have gone before
it is for the Inexperienced starting
aiield, 10 learn wisdom. 20 pick the
choicest flowers, and To leave the
thorn. tine briar and the deadly night:
shade untouched.
(CopyrightD
The herald., 1922-07-27

1t went the two clean shirts a.
clutched against a riders chest
There were jerky. vertical sr..
mods of heads, Jack supplemental /
own nod by one later, slow, horrrf
turning of his head to right and ths
10 left. \ gentle sigh rose from d
arriving punchers, two hands rs
tently opened and let two shirts Hurg
To the ground. Jacks lnquirng III
was answered by Ike's slight na.
of the handle Of the shovel. which ttS
far he had endeavored to conceal n
came the first spoken words III
commenced the conversation and b
part It ran: Hes up at the cod I
the big draw, right by the split nt
Went over that high cut bank VI
and a mess Of cattle He's lyln' U
der 'em. He never knOwed whist L
him. No, | warnt with h1
Just now seen his sign as was %
ing acrOst. | seen il was headed Il
the cut bank, so chased over there
The foreman added: swell, boys ~
get ut it,"
Then the little funeral cOrtege h.
ing silently smoked cigarette OF Va
fell into juggling trOt and headea "
the big draw.
The funerals Of the men who On
in this way, OF many Western ne
were deeply affecting from Their G''
sincere simplicity. About the ~
grave, which was at merely s'f
where on the plain" would game
serious-faced little group. The e'a
wrapped in a saddle-blanket VOW
lowered gently into its restlnspas
and then would come a pause b'
attendant strongly wished thai w
appropriate statement might DC ~
either to God or about the deaa' "
each man felt himself unequal y
task, and stood nervously wpAs
forehead. Perhaps the strain s'''
from some one person suooen ~
latlon. If so, the Requirement y
utterance had been satisfied anu
the mourners felt a bucyant SEM
relief. If nobody spoke, some s,D~
ing eye fastened on the e.
When the filled-in eartn nav
pounded 10 smOOthness ana hau "
overlaid with rocks, as q OalI'e
marauding animals, II was w.
leave. That parting would not
accomplished or even begun un'' =,
had terminated the strained y.
ward silence under which mos A i',,
can men cloak their deeper ieeln' !,
The silence usually was enaeO :, 80
expression spontaneously emitted D :,
overweight nerves, and ol'sI ..,s,t
fame in form though not ID Nv
At the foot of one OF tne Nv v..
peaks in the Rocky Mountains y. ',.a
grave. Its occupant died Id = '.,,,
pede. All that was said at The .I az !,
ment came out hesltatinsy Tn
follows: ITS too bad, too oaa 40 80
-Iig a little deeper there. Hen IA ss
he was a man." and presently ~. s
he burial had been comp'e'eI "a d,
we boys leave you to God n az T.
Good,by, Bill. Dan'
linn, look out for your brOnc
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Founded the Science and Really Ac.
quired a Great Deal of Most
Useful knowledge.

The Arabian alchemists found some
thing among the old Greek writings
ABOUT the way to melt stones and
minerals so as to get out Of them
iron, mercury and other metals. But
the chief thing that interested them
was the continuous effort of many who
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fenced ranches. But 1892 saw the
end of the open Range" and the hey
day of the cowboy.
Anyway, Philip Ashton Rollins in
his new book. The Cowboy" speaks
Of the cowboy in the past tense. He
says in his preface:
The American cowboy, by reason OF his
picturesqueness. has been a frequent SUB
Jet for the dramatist. the novelist. the
Illustrator, and the motion picture pho
tographer
All these producers have been limited
by the technical requirements of their
arts, and have stressed the cowboys pic
turesqueness to the exclusion of his other
qualities. They have done this so def
nitely and attraCtivelY as to create an
ostensible type which rapidly is being
accepted by the American public as an
accurate portrait of the now bygone
puncher.
The portrait is often charmingly pre-
scented, but II is not accurate. The cow
boy was far more than a theatric char
acter He was an affirmative. construc-
tive factor in the social and political de-
velopment Of the United States.
Consequently he desires to be assured
more kindly treatment by ultimate history
than presumably he will receive unless
while the testimony of eye-witnesses be
still procurable, such testimony be gath
cred and recorded
Mr.. Rollins, a college man and now
New York lawyer. IS not Of those
who seek experience to get local color
for book. He is of those who write
down his experiences because con-
be lost to pOsterity. The writer homes
he is among those who convinced Mr..
Rollins that "The Cowboy" should be
written
Following is the story of a night
stampede during cattle drive-one
of the many dramatic incidents which
an adequate book on the cowboy neces- !
sarily contains:
All through the darkness men of the !
might herd" working in shifts of
from two TO four hours. rode about |
the animals; and as the men rode |
they constantly serenaded the beasts |
by grooming to them songs or chants |
which, when so used, were entitled /
hymns This serenadlng was done
partly to hold the cattle under the
compelling spell Of the human voice.
and partly TO disabuse from the mind
OF any fearsOme member of the herd
suspicion that either puncher's
silhouette against the skyline or else
the noise Of his moving pony might
represent a shopping dragon. The
rider, when singing to the cattle" as
his vocal efforts were STYLED. dis
gorged all the words he knew set 70
all the tunes he could remember or
invent. but omitted any sound or in
Election which might startle. Sacred
airs were usual, for from their simpIa
melodies they were easy of remem.
brance, and also they then still held
the national popularity which since
mas passed to the tunes of the music
nails; but tive words set to these
churchly airs well might have SIR
prlsed the clergy. The proper words
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were waved in air To straighten out the s-,,
and were slapped onto cringing backs win ,
sound like that Of Stating sail on wind, AZ
At times like this when men were fierce ana !.
killing mood. their horses seemed 70 sons A
situation. The most chronic buckers Would sr,
their pitching avocation. and squaitIng low !
tremOr would receive their load and psvp, M,
a single jump
Inc camp moved out TO waiting Jack ana IA
The herald., 1922-07-27
1other!5CookBook

Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream
The herald., 1922-07-27
Come-AQains-

Sift two cupfuls of -four with One
half teaspoOnful of salt, and TWO tes.
spoonfuls of baking powder. Add one
cupful of chopped raisins and Oceans
mixed in equal parts and one cupfuI
of brown sugar. Beat one egg very
light, add one-half cupful of milk and
stir this into the dry ingredients. Last.
ly stir in two tahlespOonfuls of bur.
ter. Drop by spoonfuls on a creased
baking sheet, sift over them a mixture
of sugar and cinnamon and bake In q
quick oven.
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heart are conferred on what he hOpes
TO get rather than on what he hopes
TO do.
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and wonderful combination of Don QUiXote AMI
Sir Lancelut; who always ride the best horse Ola
the range wear two guns and beat the head vii
lain To the draw; who rescue distressed maideus
from cattleru>tcrs or Mexican bandits.
In the heyday of the ranchng industry-1S1J-
1S92-the cowboy dotted the plains from Central
Nebraska 10 the foothills of the mountains of the
Pacific slope and from Montana 10 the Mexican
border. Then came the humeSteader, the farm
and the fence In 1892, during the "RuStler War"
open Range" surrendered To the United States
army and the farmer. In this year of grace 1922
"A d.. there still unfenced areas OF grazing
land open to the public. There still! large
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-05-04
George May Of Hardin College.
VAS Member of Il St Battalion

Concerning this part Of the history of
the Lost Battalion Their are more
false rumors than perhaps any other
incident in the entire a The story
current at the time was that whites
ley tore the message into pieces and
told the messenger to tell the Ger
mans to go to He'll" Members of
Whittlesley's command however in
dignantly edny this. What Whites
ley really did according to Mr.. May
was to ignore the message as he did
not deem a reply necessary.
When the allied forces realized the
almost hopeless situation of the bat
talon they tried to make a wedge
through the German line and in max
ing these attempts lost more men
than wede in the battalion. Finally it
was decided that it was impossible to
save the lives Of the Americans but it
was necessary to make the Germans
retreat. When this decision was
reached a barrage was sent over. Mr..
May said that the only comforting
thing about being under the barrage
OF your own forces is that you realize
then how effective your own fire may
be. Up to this time many Of the SOL
diers had considered the barrage of
the Germans more effective than the
American. Although many Americans
lost their lives, the barrage was eff
fective in making the Germans re-
treat and on October II the so called
Lost Battalion was released from the
trap, only $50 Of the 800 who went
into action remaining.
Mr.. AMY was atthat t iemnoesacd
Mr.. May vas at this time a second
lieutenant and was fourth in COM
mand of the battalion, having charge
of the scouts and snipers. Major
Whittlesley was in charge and Cap
tain McMurtry second. The officer
who was third in command was a
first lieutenant, whose name Mr.. May
does not recall.
Major Whittlesley committed sui
eide several months ago, the cause
generally being conceded to be the
fact that he could not dismiss from
mis- mind suffering he saw during the
war. Whe his will was read it was
that the message sent him by
German officer was still in his
.possesisan ad according to the prov
of his win was bequeated to
Captain McMurtry.
The day before the battalion found
tself in the trap, it captured the
Sriern Hulde Sfellung or the crown
headuarters, These, accord
ng to Mr.. May, were most luxurious,
'eing equipped with electric lights,
,aths and other c~onveniences and dec
rated with pictures and sculpture
which they had looted from the
french homes and eathedrals.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-05-04

George May Of Harsin College was
one Of the members Of the Lost Bat
TALON. which during the World War,
was hemmed in by the Germans and
cut off from all communication with
the allied forces for FIVE days and
four nights.
Mr.. May was reticent in regard to
telling his experiences to the repre-
sentative Of the Ledger but finally
did so as q matter of historical in
terest rather than personal aggran-
dizement.
Mr.. May served with the American
forces for twenty-five months, nine
teen Of this number being in service
overseas. He landed in Liverpool on
Christmas day and was sent to the
front almost Immediately, first being
transferred to the Seventy-S Seventh
Division.
The particular offensive which re-
suited the surrounding of the battal-
ion was begun the last of September
1918. The battalion later known as
the "Lost Battalion" was composed of
part of the first and second battalions
of the 30Sth infantry of the second
division. The objective Of this bat
talon vas a small French town by
the name Of Grand Pre-. They reach
ed their objective and halted for rein
forcement to come up. For over
twenty-four hours they waited and
finally $50 mel who had never been
in the line before were sent up. These
men, according to Mr.. May made
their position doubly difficult as they
did not realize the danger they were
in and constantly exposed them
selves.
las the advance continued, the in
fantry of which Mr.. May was a men,
Der, was supported by some colored
which acted as runners carry
ing reports from the rear and next to
these were the French. The Lost
forged ahead and when it
had advanced farther than its sup
ports waited for orders. On the
morning of October II, the officer in
Major w. E. Whittlesley,
found to his horror that the Germans
nad pushed back behind them and they
unable to send any messengers
back to the American line.
This condition came as much of a sur
rise to the Germans as to the Amer
cans. Both sides tried to strengthen
heir positions but the Americans
we're caught in the apex of the tri-
and because of a deep ravine on
me side were unable to better their
'ondition.
On the second day after the
of the situation was
called the Germans sent a messen-
,er, a captive American soldier, to
Vhittlesley, to demand surrender.