Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, October 31, 1919, Page 5

COULD NOT HOLD ARMADILLO Writer Admits Underestimating the Strength of Little Animal He Was Trying to Capture. When he was a small boy, W. H. Hudson, the author of “Far Away and Long Ago,” came to grief while he Was attempting single-handed to cap- ture an armadillo, One day, he says, 1 was standing on the mound at the side of a moat, some 40 yards from where men were at work, when ap armadillo bolted from his earth and, running to the very spot where I was, standing, began vigorously digging to bury himself in the soil. Neither men nor dogs had seen him, and I at once determined to capture him unaided by anyone. I imagined that it would prove to be a very easy task. Accordingly, laid hold of his black, bone-cased tail with both hands and began tugging to get him off the ground, but could not move him, He went on digging furiously, and getting deeper and deeper into the earth, and I soon found that instead of my pull- ing him out he was pul!ing me in after him. It hurt my pride to think that an animal no larger than a cat was beating me in a trial of strength, and 1 held on more tenaciously than ever and tugged and strained more violent- ly, until—not to lose him—I had to go down flat on the ground, But it was all for nothing. First my hands and then my aching arms were | carried down into the earth, and I was forced to release my hold and get up to rid myself of the mold that he had been throwing up into my face and all over my head, neck and shoulders.— Youth’s Companion, EPIGRAM IS NOT GREELEY’S Great Editor Long Wrongly Credited With Advice, “Go West, Young Man, Go West.” The famous epigram “Go West, young man, go West,” so commonly attributed to the pen of Horace Gree ley, was not written first by that ven- erable editor of the New York Tri- bune, but by John L. B. Soule, editor of the Terre Haute Express. In 1851 Richard Thompson, afterward secre- tary of the navy, urged Soule to go west and grow up with the country, and praised the editor's talents as a writer. He wagered a barrel of flour that Soule could write an article that would be attributed to Horace Gree- ley. The result of the suggestion was a column editorial about the West’s opportunities for young men, It de- clared that Horace Greeley could nev- er have given a young man better ad- vice than contained in the words, “Go West, young man.” Although stated merely as Soule thought Greeley might have put it, newspapers all over the country began to credit Gree- ley with the epigram. So widespread did the quotation become that Gree- ley’s paper reprinted the editorial from the Express, with the following footnote: “The expression of this sentiment has been attributed to the editor of the Tribune erroneously. But so fully does he concur in the advice it gives that he indorses most heartily the epigrammatic advice of the Terre Haute Express, and joins in s ‘Go West, young man, go West.’ How Do You Meet Emergency? Your treatment of life’s accidents Is a test of your ingenuity. Things that can be done by rule can be relegated to the clerk, Things that demand the exceptional must be handled by the man who is master of affairs. When the accidental comes there is no time for preparing to meet it. It’s an emergency that demands immediate action. If the note ts not taken truly it brings discord. When life’s notes out of the usual scale are not prompt- ly and properly met they bring dissat- isfaction and calamity. It’s the mark of the master to be able to make the usual contribution to the whole of life. And best of all the man with the right spirit enjoys the challenge the accidental gives in life, It not only affords change but it suggests stages of development by which he can estimate growth. Man Tested by Trials. A man’s dependability can be meas- ured by the way he takes accidentals. The great mass of men can go along serenely when everything goes ac- cording to custom. But the appearance of the accidental throws them out of balance. The same thing Is true of | life. So many fellows lose their heids when they need them most. Tiouble in any quarter seems to flush | the red flag before them, The un- usual unnerves them. Turmoil in the | camp becomes contagious and they bolt | when they should be the most steady. It takes trials to test the man. Any | one who goes wild with the appear- ance of the accidental can never be trusted to meet life’s real problems. Doing. When you have a thing to do, you will do it right in proportion to your love of right. But do the right, and you will love the right; for by doing | it you will see it in a measure as it is, | and no one can see the truth as it is without loving it. The more you talk about what is right, or even about the doing of it, the more you are in danger | of exemplifying how Joosely theory | may be allied to practice. Talk with- out action saps the very will. Some- thing you have to do is waiting un- done all the time, and getting more and more undyne. The only refuge is {| ber | wife ts willing, | such EASTERN POETRY RANKS HIGH Fine Order of Literature Frequ: may Evolved by Writers of the Ovi Says Well-Known Author. Many persons seem to think that the Poetic literature of the East is fitted to yield only a barren crop of verbi- age, or a tawdry mass of sentimental extravagance. It often has these char- acteristics. It also possesses all kinds of wealth, in their most exalted de- grees, and in their most wonderful profusion. The poetry of the unimag- inative Chinese Is noticeable for eth- {cal good sense—a wholesome vein of homely truth, Its beat Is cireum- scribed in the ranges of practical ex- perience, The muse of China is a ground sparrow. With the Arabs... their ideas seem to be transmuted in- to sensations, Sanscrit and Hindosta- nee poetry is characterized, in its most peculiar phases, by an unrivaled idealization. Imagination often takes the reins from judgment and runs riot, and language breaks into a blossom: ing wilderness of metaphor. But the richness and originality of the result | are frequently grand and exhilarating. The most distinctive Persian poetry exhibits an exquisite delicacy of sense elsewhere unparalleled, a vast and ethereal play of fancy and sentiment, a fetterless jJubilancy of reason and faith, the very transcendentalism of wit.—William R, Alger, in “The Poetry of the Ortent.” AUTUMN WILL COME LATER New York Judge Hands Down Deci- sion That Man of Eighty-seven Is Net Too Old to Marry. Men everywhere should take heart at the {mportant decision of the su- preme court of New York to the effect that a man of eighty-seven is a fit and proper subject for matrimony, ob- serves the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, An old boy of that age recently mar- ried a young woman of eighteen, and subsequently the thought occurred to him that he was too old to marry; so he took the doubt to the court, and asked for a decree of divorce on that ground, and the judge wouldn't believe him. “Out upon such pessimism !” de- clared the court, in substance, and forthwith declared and asseverated that he could not be released from his marriage bonds on such an ephemeral plea; hence we have the declaration of the court that a man of eighty- seven is not inherently, by reason of his years, to old to wed; and what the court says goes in this country. ‘Thus there is a new rainbow of hope in the sky for old gentlemen who might otherwise despair of a happy home. There are many, no doubt, who will seize their canes and hobble forth, inspired by the court with a new am- bition to be up and doing, breadwin- ners for happy homes, and a part of the great, busy world around them, in- stead of fir le recluses sitting by the cooling embers of the past. Wedded on a Stump. Tt was in Mariposa county, Call- fornia, a locality noted for trees of enormous growth. The top of a red- wood stump, smooth and level as the woodsman’s saw had left it, and over 20 feet in diumeter, was the place chosen for this wedding ceremony. Decorated with the wonderful wild flowers of the region and surrounded by giant trees, no places chosen could be more beautiful or impressive, The bride and bridegroom, the min- ister and 50 guests, ascended a few flights of steps about six feet to the top of the stump and found seats provid- ed and ample room for all. After the ceremony seats were re- moved and dancing took place, the mu- sicians occupying a place on the stump as well as the dancers. Ss Losing Their Loved Ones, The strangest wedding I can remem- was just like a funeral. Every- body was erying. The bride was an only child, the bridegroom an only son. Both mothers were widows. Each wanted the young couple to Hive with her, so they finally consented to live six months each year with each one. All you could hear between sobs, first one mother, then the other, would say: “Oh, my, what a great loss; how can I live without her!” until no one pres- ent had the heart to congratulate the young couple, and were*more than glad when it was time to go home.— Exchange. Lawyer Too Eloquent. His client was being sued for di- vorce by her husband and the attor- ney was trying to get her as much all- mony as possible. Right in the mid dle of the flow of eloquence the attor- ney was interrupted by the husband, who said to the court: “Your honor, I hi suddenly decid- to withdraw my suit, and if my I would like to have her come back to me.” Pressed for explanution he sald: “Mr. Blackstone has presented her in an attractive light that I'v fallen in love with her all over again.” —Pittsburgh Chron Telegram. ed Did Their Own Raising. Iam much interested in my garden and therefore was considerably an- noyed when I saw a coop of chickens being carried into ny next door neigh- | bor’s back yard. But as the days passed and no chickens showed up, I | interviewed the in this way: have started to raise chickens on your neighbor's little boy place.” “They raised themselves,” he an- awered. “They flew over the feuce an’ got away."—Chicago Zetbang “Buddy, I hear you folks | TRIBUTES FROM THE Work of the American Red Cross Is Praised By Noted Men. “It is on membership more than money contributions that the stress of the present campaign is laid, for the Red Cross seeks to associate the people in welfare work throughout the land, especially in those communities where neither official nor unofficial provision has been made for adequate health and social service.”—President Wilson. eeee “The American Red Cross is the mobilized heart and spirit of the whole American people.’—Henry P. Davison. eeeoe “A magnificent spirit breathes in the American Red Cross."—Marshal Foch. eee In giving prompt and efficient relief the Red Cross has won the eternal gratitude of millions of people.”—Gen- eral Pershing. sees “It requires no organization to al- low one of us as an individual to buy a dinner for a hungry man. It re- quires the greatest degree of organi- zation to deal with the foes of a | world. The Red Cross seems to be essentially demanded. With- out the Red Cross I do not know whether the world would have been able to bear the horrors and devasta- tion of this wearful war.”—Newton B. Baker. eee @ ; “The Red Cross is the great Neigh- bor. If the world is made a little more comfortable, a little hap- pier, a little stronger for the struggle of life through its effort, the Red Cross is content.”—The Secretary of the Navy. eee “The Red Cross is not going to turn j its back on its responsibilities.”—Liv- ingston Farrand, Chairman, Executive Committee, National Red Cross, eee e “I don’t know what we would have done without the help of the Ameri- cans. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” — Ignace Paderewskti, Premier of Poland. se ee “Mr. Davison has spoken to me of how the Red Cross hopes to continue work even in peace time, This is a noble enterprise, Wonderful results could be obtained if all coun- tries would join hands, especially in all questions concerning smail chil- dren, tuberculosis, and sanitation in general,”—Queen Marie of Rumania, ete “We surely can do no better than to emulate the human and social work of our sister organization, the Amer- ican Red Cross.”—Signor Ciraolo, newly elected President of Italian Red Cross. eee “Our heartiest thanks go out to our American friends.”—Union des Fem- | mes de France. eee “The help given by the Red Crose is but another proof of the great heart and sympathy of the American peo- ple.” — Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia, eee “The Polish people look upon the American Red Cross as their salva- tion. It holds in its hands the des- tinies of nations. This world war has been fought in vain if there is no early restoration of normal physical and moral conditions in the newly born Republic of Poland. Poland is the keystone of the world’s perma- nent peace.”—Lieut. Col. Francis E. Franczak, etree “I wish to express to the millions of Americans, who have made the work of the American Red Cross possible, the deep gratitude of my people.”— The young King Alexander of Greece. eee “Y have confident hope that the American Red Cross’ world-wide plans for charity and mercy will be largely realized, bringing the grateful appre- ciation of suffering millions as a par. tial recompense, and a greater reward, the richest blessings of God.”—Canr dinal Gibbons. eee “One is honored by the privilege of membership in the Red Cross, and blessed in being permitted to make any kind of contribution to its work.”— William Fraser McDowell, Presiding Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church. eee “The Red Cross is America at her best. Money given to the Red Cross is not an investment, nor is it acharity. It is a sacrament.”—Charles A. Eaton, Pastor Fifth Ave. Baptist ; Church, N. Y. n.0 4 “It is extraordinary what can be ac complished when a free people all | unite and work together for their com mon good and for the good of human. | ity.’—Cardinal Mereier. ——— The Red Cross—a work of the heart on a sound business basis. Membership in the Red Cross is insurance against regret. The Red Cross never intrudes —but she has a mother's sensi- tive hearing. Red Cross is not a responsi- bility—it's aa opportunity. JOIN WORLD'S LEADERS. lO eee eT Pa ne. | Le END Scratch Your Head and Wonder THAT IS, IF IT IS NOT PERFECTLY PLAIN THAT IT IS RUST AND ROT THAT ARE PUTTING YOURSVALUABLE IMPLEMENTS IN THE SCRAP HEAP MUCH FASTER THAN THE USE YOU GIVE THEM WHAT'S THE USE. WHY NOT MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO BUY A FEW BOARDS THE VERY NEXT TIME YOU COME TO TOWN AND BUILD SHEDS FOR EVERY MACHINE ON THE PLACE? 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