The Cumby Rustler. (Cumby, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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NY weakling can made resolutions.
It needs a strong man to keep
them. That is perhaps why New
Year resolutions are so often
futile. The strong do not wait for
high days and holy days to amend
their conduct or carry out their re-
solves. They obey Goethe’s dictum:
“Seize this very minute.
Boldness has genius, power and
magic in it.”
And so it happens that the large army of peo-
ple who wait for the New Year before effecting
a reformation in their lives are seldom success-
ful in carrying out their intentions. They are
not possessed of the spirit of energy and resolu-
tion necessary to achievement. It may be
argued that it is better to make good resolutions,
even though they are not carried out, than not
to make them at all. Thir is open to question,
however. Unless one is absolutely determined
to do what one has decreed, it is perhaps on the
whole better not to make promises to oneself.
Unfulfilled resolves continually repeated, tend to
weaken the character, and to reduce one’s faith
4in oneself, Just as resolutions put into practice
are conducive to strength and self-confidence.
Very little tends to overbalance the resolutions
of the average person. In fact, many people wel-
come any excuse to exonerate them from the
carrying out of their resolves. One individual
determines, let us say, never to lose his temper.
He comes down on New Year’s morning with a
set smile on hie face. Alas! it is short-lived.
The “whole world seems in conspiracy to drag
him back to his former frame of mind. The cof-
fee to cold, the letters which look so alluring
prove to be chiefly hills and begging epistles, he
falls over the doorstep as he leaves the house.
All these minor annoyances, which, if rightly
met, would have helped him to conquer his weak-
ness, serve but to throw him back into his
original state, and before evening he is as bad
as ever he has been.
His Way.
She—Aren’t you just devoted to
animals?
He—Well, I do like roast lamb when
it’s well roasted and served with
mintsauce.
In Willie's Dream.
“Wasn't that a funny dream I had
last night?” said little Willie to his
mother.
“Why, what did you dream, dear?”
she asked him.
“Why, you know; you wTent with me
everywhere,” was hia reply.
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Or, take another very general New Year’s
resolution, that of getting up at a certain time
in the morning. When the day dawns, any rea-
son whatever is grasped at to evade this. The
weather is too cold, the alarm was not loud enough,
he is sure his watch is fast, he doesn’t really
feel well enough to risk getting up earlier than
usual, and, after all, he asks himself, is there
any real reason why he should? A thousand-and-
one excuses the average individual will make to
himself rather than perform what he has designed
to do. The world is full of wobblers of this kind,
and the more they wobble the weaker they be-
come.
Another reason perhaps why the average reso-
lution-makers so seldom achieve their purpose is
that they attempt too much. They make two,
three, sometimes six resolutions at once, whereas
to carry through one resolution successfully is
quite an admirable feat.
As Thomas a Kempis says:
E MAUPASSANT, describing an officer, said that just to look at him made one feel martial.
He did not say warlike or bellicose; the idea he wished to convey was much more subtle.
In the presence of this officer one assumed the military attitude of mind and body.
This is a phenomenon that escapes the attention of most people—women, however ob-
serve it. Practically every nonmilitary man at the sight of a well set up, fully accoutred
soldier instinctively assumes something of a military bearing. And when the drums roll
and a marching column of soldiers flashes into view the civilian involuntarily throws back
his shoulders and steps out with a tense, measured tread.
And as with civilians, so with soldiers. The ordinary regiment becomes more military in the pres-
ence of the crack regiment. The crack regiment itself gains something more when in proximity to a
detachment of troops of heroic, almost legendary, fame, such as the Foreign Legion.
The Legionaries handle campaigns of their own, and probably no body of troops has ever done such
constant and arduous campaigning. But France over and over again has used them also as leaven
among other troops. They stiffen the mass, and men emulate their actions.
The Legion was sent out to the Crimea and got no special credit for covering itself with glory, as
that had been expected of it, but did reflect great credit on the judgment of those who had sent it out
to help to inspire a whole army.
The queen of Spain 80 years ago was in a hard fix with a civil war on her hands. The Carlists,
whom she was fighting, were Just as good soldiers as her own, if not a shade better. Then the Queen's
generals had an inspiration of genius. If they could only get the French Foreign Legion into their
army they felt the shade of advantage would move over to their side. So the queen bought the Foreign
Legion from the then king of France, and for four years the Legion belonged to Spain.
In the present war, part of the French Legion has been sent to the trenches of France and Flanders
and Alsace and to the Dardanelles. Part of it remains in Africa, its normal habitet, doing some mighty
rigorous campaigning in the Moroccan part of France’s wonderful new African empire.
The Americans and other foreigners who are enrolled as volunteers in the French army are put in
contact with the Legionaries, and this, while giving them scope for their fighting qualities and assuring
them an opportunity for genuine campaigning, is the highest measure of protection for them. It guaran-
tees them against foolish rashness, as well as against being led into traps or losing their head in critical
moments.
Fighting is routine work with the Legionary, Just as sailing a yacht is to the expert mariner. The
winds may be different on each trip and the craft is never handled twice in the same way. but the ex-
pert knowledge of the technique of his trade makes the Legionary and the skipper each acquit himself
of his task in finished fashion.
Officially the Foreign Legion is composed of eight thousand men. In reality it is understood it has
nearly double that number, and the Legion becomes readily a whole army corps, with the addition of
some of France’s colonial troops.
France for hundreds of years had regiments of German, English. Irish, Scotch, Swiss, Italians and
other foreigners enrolled in her armies, but the present Foreign Legion may be considered as dating
from 1831. One brief rule in its constitution says that the enlisting coronel may accept a man even
though he does not present a birth certificate or identification papers. Wherefore the names of the
English and American Legionaries have been Smith, Brown and Jones; of Germans Muller, Schwartz
and Weiss; of the Italians, Rossi and Gross!; of the French, Petoit, Legrand am. Leclarc, and so on.
The recruiting officer reads the candidate a warning lecture. “Don’t you know what the I^egion is,
a monsieur? Surely there is something better you can do. Severe campaigning in Africa or in China for
a sou a day, or a few sous as you begin to advance, is no bed of roses. You had better think it over
a day or two. No? You already are aware? Very well, mon cher enfant,” and his tone changes as
*he now speaks as a colonel to his soldier: “There is a glorious career down there for the right kind. If
you are a good and faithful soldier you may go far. Good luck!”
The recruiting colonel can generally tell at a glance what army the candidate has served in and
If he has been a sergeant or an officer. In the latter case he is discreetly questioned on the point, and
It Is suggested, for his own benefit, that he confidentially inform his colonel when he arrives at the
training quarters in Africa. One who has been an officer in a European army is usually taken Into the
[O'^norals’ class and may be advanced within a couple of years to be a sergeant of the Legion.
"’If every year we could root out one vice we
would sooner become perfect men.” Impatience
is at the root of many defeats. It is customary
nowadays to sneer at the virtue for which the
name of Job is synonymous, but those who say
that patience is the virtue of an ass or a beggar’s
virtue are not so wise as the Spanish proverb-
maker, who said:
“Patience! and shuffle the cards.” Most people
shuffle the cards eagerly -nough, but the patience
is lackirig. Seeking to grasp the stars at a bound
they fall back to the earth.
And so, if people at Lhe commencement of a
New Year adjusted their desires in accordance
with their abilities, and instead of sighing for the
unattainable made the very most of the oppor-
tunities vouchsafed to them, one would hear less
of broken resolutions and wasted lives.
“Do the duty which lies nearest to thee which
thou knowest to be a duty,’ said Carlyle. “Thy
second duty will already have become clearer.”
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The Turning of New Leaves.
Good resolutions have almost gone out of fash-
ion. On the last night of the year we no longer
sit down to review our past lives and resolve to
be “better and wiser” than we have been in the
past. “It is of no use making resolutions, I never
can keep them,” is the plea that is usually prof-
fered. This is a mistake, however. It is com-
mendable to resolve (an alarm clock helping one)
to get up half an hour earlier than usual in the
morning, even though it results—as, alas! it too
often does—in one getting up half an hour later.
It is what one aspires to be that counts.
If people could live more in the present it
would help them enormously in the keeping of
good resolutions. So many people persist in be-
ing just a little ahead all the time.
“Tomorrow,” they say, “we will reform,” but
the tomorrow of their imaginings never dawns.
Ancient and modern philosophers have agreed
as to the dangers of procrastination. Such wide-
ly diverse people as Horace, the Latin poet who
flourished in 65 B. C., and pushful persons who
flourish (exceedingly) at the present day, Join
issue in this particular.
“Who begins, possesses half the deed,” says
Horace.
“Dare to be wise; make a commencement.”
“Do it now,” Is the curt command of the mod-
ern apostle of “Hustle.” Again, Horace says, “If
you are ignorant how to live aright, give place
to those who have learn ;d the lesson.”
“Get on or get out,” says a manikin, following
in more concentrated, if .ess courteous language
the same line of thought on a somewhat lower
plane. The one was concerned with the things
of the soul and the spirit; the other with worldly
advancement. There are some who contend that
the two cannot go together, but if (as has been
contended by many men of wisdom) what a man
is is of more importance than what he has. it is
well to make spiritual advancement as the years
go by. If we have not made progress, we have
gone back. The soul never stands still. Time has
no terror for those who have learned wisdom.
Pass thou, wild heart.
Wild heart of youth that still
Hast half a mind to stay.
I grow too old a comrade;
Let us part.
Pass thou away.
Some people drag the follies and immaturities
of youth into old age. There is wisdom in ad-
justing oneself to time, to profit by past experi-
ences, and to acquire that sense of proportion
which refuses to magnify trifles into tragedies,
and to worry over the inevitable.
To Fortify the System
Against Winter Cold
Many users of GROVE’S TASTELESS chili
TONIC make it a practice to take a number ol
bottles in the fall to strengthen and fortify the
system against the cold weather during the
winter. Everyone knows the tonic effect of
Quinine and Iron which this preparation con
tains in a tasteless and acceptable form. It
purifies and enriches the blood and builds up
the whole system. 50c.
Expensive Roofing.
“Nice hat you have. How much did
ft cost you?”
“Can’t say yet. I’ve had it three
weeks, and it’s cost about $14. I
suppose it will stand me a couple of
hundred before I get through.”
“Couple of hundred?”
“Yes, getting it back every day from
the tip boy at the restaurants.”
WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY
Is her hair. If youra is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use “La Cre-
ole” Hair Dressing and change It in
the natural way. Price $1.00.—Adv.
60-Year-Old Telescope.
A telescope sixty years old does
duty in the customs boarding office at
Long wharf. This instrument has
picked up thousands of foreign ar-
rivals in its time, having been used
all those years either in the custom
house block or in the present office.
When new, the powerful lens brought
Shipping in President’s Roads almost
within hand’s reach, but it is getting
shaky now through infirmities inci-
dent to age.
fails your money will be cheer-
fully refunded. That's our
pledge of confidence, our guar-
antee that HUNT’S CURE will
cure skin diseases. 50c a box.
AT ALL DRUG STORES
A. B. Richards Medicine Co.
SHERMAN, TEXAS
Absent-Minded Physician.
“So you’re going to get a new’ fam-
ily doctor in place of your old medi-
cal adviser, Mina, dear?”
“Oh, yes, he is too absent-minded
for me. The other day he was exam-
ining me with the stethoscope, and
while he was listening he suddenly
called out: ‘Hello, who’s this speak*
ing.’ ”—New’ York American.
Obliging, at Least.
"13 Alice musical?”’
"No, but she always sings if you ask;
her.”—Boston Transcript.
Make the Liver
Do its Duty
Nine times in ten when the liver ia
right the stomach and bowels are right.
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gently but firmly com-
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Sick
Headache,1
and Distress After Eating.
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LADIES!
. —Take CAPUDINE—
For Aches, Pains and Nervousness.
IT IS NOT A NARCOTIC OR DOPE—
Given quick relief—Try it.—Adv.
Ready to Promise.
“Do you promise to love, honor and
cherish this woman?”
“Yes,” said the politician. “What-
ever the platform is, I subscribe to it.”
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Weary—Always a-grumbling! Why
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And cured in 6 to ta days by PAZO OINTMENT,
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Druggists refund money if it fails. 50c.
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A toilet preparation of merit.
Helps to eradicate dandruff.
For Reatorin* Color and
Baauty to Gray or Faded Hair.
60c. and *1.00 at Druggists.
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Youth Is going to do things to-
morrow that old age didn’t do yester-
day.
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