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Show HARD LUCK. While the heavy fall of snow interfered inter-fered with the Christmas festivities in this vicinity to some extent, our annoyance annoy-ance was slight, indeed, when compared with tiie sufferings of the soldiers on the border and in the camps of the punitive expedition in Mexico. Tucson, Arizona, celebrated the first white Christmas in thirty-two years, and, of course, the. four companies of the First Utah cavalry at Nogales, fifty miles or more distant, Mere out in the same storm. At El Paso tho storm spoiled a considerable part of the Yule tide celebration. cele-bration. It was in Pershing's camp, however, that the-eal calamity occurred. In that portion of the wind-swept and sand-cursed country a gale started on Christmas day, tents being leveled,) adobe houses unroofed, the kitchen fires blown away and the air filled with ; choking, blinding dust. Everyone sought, shelter, and, instead of being able to enjoy the good things furnished by the government and the folks at home, the soldier boys put in the most miserable day since they crossed the line iu pursuit pur-suit of tbe bandits who raided Columbus. Colum-bus. It was the hardest kind of hard luck, but the celebration should be held just tho same, even if it is delayed. |