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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25
Lcaisa and Clara.

Louisa is young lady of St Louis,
aged six; Clara is another young lady
OF ST. Louis, aged sixteen. She some
times goes to see Louisa, and gives her
good advice, for Louisa is occasionally
rampagions and otherwise naughty.
One day Louisa gave kick at some
thing, under the impression, probably,
that when she grew IA little bigger she
would be u hurlesque actress, and
practice now might be beneficial
Clara saw her and said she knew IL
man who kicked at dog and God
took his leg off Louisa suspended her
kicks. Then Loulsa's mother called
her, and Louisa did not answer. Clara
had another awful warning to fit this
fault. 1t was aboul II little girl she
knew whom God had made stone deaf
because she would not hear when her
mother spoke to her. Louisa con.
cuded that there had been sufliciencv
of these horrible examples, and said 10
her monitor:
"Clara, that's terrible neighbor-
hood in which you live. You had bet
ter move"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25
Why Lincoln Appointed Him.

The Rev. James Shrigiey was ap-
pointed by President Lincoln hos
pital chaplain during the war. Pend
ing his confirmation by the United
States Senate, a srlf-eonstituted com
mittee of the Young Mems Christian
Association called on Mr.. Lincoln TO
protest against the appointment. After
Mr. Shrigley's name hal been men-
toned the Pres dent said:
"Oh, yes; have sem it 10 the Senate,
his testimonials are highly satisfactory,
and the appointment will no doubt be
confirmed at an early day
The young man replied:
But, sir, we have come not to ask
for the appointment, but to solicit you
to withdraw the nomination, on the
ground that Mr.. Shrigley is not evan
gelIcal in his sentiments"
"Ah" said the President, "that
alters The case. On what point of
doctrine is the gentleman unsouud?n
He does not believe in endless pun
ishment.'
Yes" added another OF the commit.
Zee, be believes that even the rebels
themselves will finally be saved, and it
Will never do to have man with such
views hospital chaplain"
The President hesliated to reply for
a moment. and then responded with an
emphasis they Will long remember:
II that be so, gentlemen, and there
be any way under heaven whereby
the rebels can be saved, then, for God s
sake, let the gentleman be appointed" p"
lie was appointed.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25
She Was at the Rink,

You ought to have seen me-" said
a pretty young lady to the minister, mt
The dinner table to-day, I'D just got
the skates on and made start, when
down | came on my"
"Josie!" said her mother.
"Wbat? Oh, it was too funny |!
One skate went one way and the other
went the other way; so | came down
kerflop on my"
Josephine" brovokingly spoke her
father
"Well, what? They scooted from
under me and down | came on my"
".Toseph ineY' yelled both parents.
t., on my little brother who had me
by the hand, and almost smothered
him. Now, what's the mntter?'
The girls mother emerged from be-
hind the cotfee-pot, sigh of relief
escaped from the minister, and the old
man adroilly turned the conversation
into a religious channel.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25
THE IMP OSS BILE

Man cannot draw water from an empty we'll
Or trace The stories that gossips tell
Or gather the sounds of pcaling bell,
Man never can stop the pillows roar,
Nor change the winds till they blow no more.
Nor drive true love from maiden's door
Man cannot o'ertake fleeing lie,
Change his wheat to field OF rye,
Or call back ears that have gone by.
Man never can brhe old Father Time,
Gain the height Of peak that he cannot
climb,
Or trust the hand that has done a crime.
Man cannot 2 crnpl erd recall
Fetter ii thought, be ii great or small,
Or extract honey from drops of gall,
Man cannot backward turn the tide.
Or count the stars that are scattered wide
Or find IL iool Il rusty guide.
Man cannot reap from worthless seed,
Rely for strength on broken reed,
Ur gain heart he hath caused To bleed.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25
The Bright Side.

AS Dr. Blister was driving out in
the suburbs of Austin lady ran out of
a house, and, halting the doctor
called ont:
Doctor, how is old Mrs. Peters
coming ong"
"She is very sick woman, but l
think she will pull through all right"
replied the doctor
You do! Why her son,in.law. Bill
Smith, told me there was no chance
whatever for her recovery"
"Well, you see he is hopeful kind
of a fellow. He always looks on the
bright side of things.'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25

New York cores spondent of the Bos-
ton Globe; Mrs. Bloodgood, nee
Gunther, is very pretty, very fash.
ionable little woman, who is very
clever with the brush, and has been
amusing herself recently, by painting "a
large ard realistic tapestry of Tam
hauser and Venus, which was first
exhibited to her friends at tea, few
days ago.
We'll, my dear, how do you like 1t ?"
| overheard her ask young woman
who had been gazing at it with much
interest for several minutes Do YOU
think | have got my Venus Venusy
enouehY"
"Woll, I don't know what to think
of course was the reply, "but If she
were any more Nenusy'-wilh sever.
ity-"you couldn't show it,"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25
An Old-Tim q Conundrum

One of the pupils IN the House of
Refuge school raises her hand, as the
teacher comes in.
Teacher" What is it?"
Pupil" Why Is opium like Abra.
ham ~
Teachcr-"I shall have to let you
tell me-
Pupil" Opium is the juice of the
poppy. and Abraham is the poppy of
the Jews" qas sl .tlt tr
In repeating this, the teacher eX.
planned that poppy is vcrnacular for
papa in that particular place
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25
Stage Connections.

Stage CONTRIBUTORS.
AT Hawthorne with the United States Stage
Company's coaches for Aurora, 26 miles; ;
Bode 81 miles; Lundy and Bridgeport, and
stages for Coreyville, IL miles.
At Luning, 12J miles from Mound House,
with Gilmer, Salisbury u Co.'s tri-weeky
stages leaving Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays for Downeyville, Grantsyille and
Belmont
Al Candelaria with the stages for Column
bus, miles; Silver Peak, Montezuma, Aida
Valley, Golu Mountain, etc.
At Keeler. with stages for Cerro Gordo, =
miles; Darwin, - miles, and Panamint.
H. NJ. YERINGTON, Gen. Snpt.
r. j. LAWS, Assistant Superintendent
d. A. BENDER,
General Fl eight and Passenger Agent.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25

SUBSCRIBE for the BULLETIN; s.
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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25

The above trains are run daily and make
close connection at Mound House with
trains of the Virginia and Truckce Railroad
for Virginia City and Reno, and with the
Central Pacific at Reno. VIA the Virginia and
TrIckee, for all points Eas. and West.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25
Helping the Cause.

They were trying to raise money
enough TO pay Oft the Indebtedness of
the church. -
Deacon" Have you called on old
Mr.. jones, yet?'
Minister" No. He is very sick,
and thought | would wait until he
gets better"
Deacon (earnestly)-" Dontyou wait
minute. Strike him while he is very
sick. 1t will be too late when he gets
better.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25

whose Postofice address is CARTEL,
Esmerada County, State of Nevada, have thi
day led their application for II patent for iii
zen hundred linear feet of the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-02-25
ARCHIBALD HARRINGTON AMI
WlLLIAM HARRINGTON,

WILLIAM tAnniWu UNs
whose postonicc address is Garfield
Esmeraldu County, State of Nevada, have this
day iiled their application for II patent for hf
zen hundred linear feet OF the
ATHERToN MINE OR VEIN
Bearing silver and gold. with surface ground
six hundred feet in width, situated in Garfield
Mining District, County of Esmeralda, and
State of Nevada, and designated by the field
notes and official plat ON file in this Office as
Lot No. 81, in Township seven north, range
thirty-three east, of Mount Diablo Meridian,
said Lot No. 81 being described Us follows, to
wit
Beginning at a post marked No U. s.
Survey No. 81, whence the ives; a corner Of
Section u, Township north, range 33 east,
Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, beara south
49o wesI 553 feet; and the location monument
upon this lode bears north 7S4e east 698 feet,
and the mouth of the west tunnel bears north
% east l61 feet ,and running thence first course
south G5di' east 6SS feet to post marked No.
L. ). Survey No 81: thence, second course,
north S2Za' east S07 Clio feet to post marked
No. 3 U. s. Survey No. 81; thence, third
course, north 7140 west GEO feet, crossing CEN
ter monument in 300 feet. to post marked
No. U. s. Survey No. 81: thence, fourth
course, south s21as west 69a 4-l0 feet to post
mark ed No. 5 L. :. Survey No. 81; thence
fifth course, north 153ie west el2 feet to post
marked No. 6 L. S. Survey No 81 thence,
slNtn course, south "a east Ol0 rect cross
ing center post IN 323 feet, to post No. the
place of beginning.
Magnetic " riaiion 16ai0 east containing
90 66-l00 acres.
The location of this mine is recorded in the
Recorders office of Garfield District, in Book
A, on pages 1853 and 164.
The adjoining ciaimants are, on the east
the Great Western lode, and on the west the
Bolton lode
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of said
Ath erton Mine or Surface
Ground,
Are required to file their adverse claims with
the Register of the United States Land Office,
at Carson, in the State of Nevada, during the
sixty days period of publication hereof, or
they will be barred by virtue of the provisions
of the Statute
c. A. WITHERELL, Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-06-20
A Georgia Quilting.

A quilting was organized at the house
of very bashful young man by the
young ladies of this settlement, with a
view of getting him into society. The day
being arranged and everything in readi-
ness, the girls met and commenced the
fun. The young man thought, to evade
the crowd, he would 60 to the back side
of the plantation to work, and he took
himself thither and commenced opera
tons in a secluded spot. He had not
been there long before he encountered
huge coach-whip snake which made
fight The young man fought braveIy,
but his snakeship got the better of it.
and the young man had to hit the grit
lively. He started homeward and the
snake after him. As he moved he
looked back over his shoulder occasion
ally, but his snaksship was there He
opened his throttle and got up railroad
speed, and at last reached the yard
fence exhausted. He fell into the yard,
when one of the girls rescued him and
killed the snake. The snake had struck
at him and fastened its fangs into his
coat so it could not get it loose until he
reached home.-Moral: Young man,
don't be bashful, not too much so.-
Jackson (Gd.j argus.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-06-20
A Dollars Worth.

That's one of the benefits of being
an orphan" he said to the bootblack at
the postoffice yesterday. II was coming
across the street.when horse driven by
aplumber knocked me down and walked
all over me-"
''Who are YEP" says the man, as he
pulls up.
Jim Taylor" says /, as I digs up
through the mud.
''How much are We hurt?"
"a dollars WORTH"
who's yer pap?"
Haven't got any. Yon must settle
this ere case with me alone"
HE settled and gin him a receipt.
Now if ! had any old folks he'd have
gone to lawyer, and we'd have had to
sue, and if the case ever got before q
jury his lawyer would have proved me
blind in both eyes and horse-thief to
boot. Nothin' like bein' yer own boss
and settlin' all fatal injuries on the spot
fur ready cash. Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-06-20
SCHOOL AND chuRch.

Pope Leo XIII. thinks that the evil
Of the working classes arise chiefly from
the abandonment of religious principles.
AT Yale thirty per cent of the
Freshmen room in the college buildings;
at Harvard forty-eight per cent; and
at Princeton eighty-four per cent
The sexton of New York church
has a crank in his pew. by turning
which he regulates the temperature OF
the house during service.-N. Y. Sun.
The University of Cairo. in Egypt,
said to be nine hundred years older
than Oxford, has ten thousand students,
who are being educated as Mohaw~
medan missionaries.
"A church paper makes the positive
assertion in regard to Christian workers
that in most churches ''about nine
tenths of the work is done by less than
one-tenth of the members. "-Chicage
Herald
During 1883 the six faculties OF
medicine in France conferred 662 diplo-
mas of doctor of medicine, viz: Lille
20. Nancy 81. Lyons 43, Bordeaux A,
Montpelier So, aud Paris 465. During
the same year 692 diplomas of medicine
were conferred in Germany.
The total cost of maintaining the
common schools of the State of New York
last year was 81. 834,911. The number
of pupils was 1000, 057. These figures
acquire peculiar interest when one con-
siders what New York was when Sir
Moses Montefore was boy.-Cnrrent.
Russia is so far behind in educa-
tional matters that in the rural districts
the village priest is the only teacher
available for the education of the chill
dren of the working classes. while even
in such city as Moscow, with 100. 900
children of school age, there is only
school accommodation for 1000. In
technical education, however. the two
great schools in Moscow and St. Peters
burg are among the finest in Europe in
point of equipment and endowment.
schools for education in mining and en-
geering pursuits.
President White. of Cornell Univer-
sity, believes in the value of athletic
sports as part of college life, and cites
the fact that while he was at Yale the
sixteen men who composed the boats
crew were not only the best men in col
lege physically. but were also the best
mentally. While this may be true
enough, the tuition-paying public may
still properly insist that the college
authorities shall see to it that the stu
dents shall be continually reminded that
the chief business of college-life is
Chicago Current.
General Booth, of the Salvation
Army, having been interviewed by one
of the staff of the Methodist Times, gives
this report of the financial condition of
the army: "Our own people contribute
about 81. SOC, 900 year. We get about
800, 900 from outsiders, The last two
years we had very heavy expenses. We
had to spend $3.50, 900 on Clapton. the
Grecian and other special undertakings.
That withdrew some subscriptions from
the ordinary work. We have not yet
recovered from that great effort. But
$25. 900 is all we want now to put our
selves in easy financial circumstances
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-06-20
PuNcENT PARAGRAPHS.

-s'Will the coming man work."
asks social scientist. That will de-
pend good deal on the wealth of the
coming woman Chicago Tribune.
If advertisements were allowed on
the Washington monument every
body, for a wonder, would not want
their cards ''at the top of the column
PHILADELPHIA Call.
Josh Billings: when I was a
young man wus alwas in hurry to
hold the big end of the log and do all
the lifting. Now l am older seize the
small end and do all the grunting."
-'Shall take your love to your
mother?" said lady visitor who was
going to see the mother in question to a
little child of three years. ''She has
my love" was the quaint reply.
-Brown-"Yes, I'm going to take
short trip through the South. l don't
care so much about it myself. l only
go to please my wife. you know"
Fogg-"Ah! see. You leave Mrs.
Brown at home, then. "-Boston Trans.
cript.
Ibid you say that your wife never
gave You a curtain lecture after you
came home late at nightP" ''She never
did, How is that?'' 'She always
goes along with me when l go OUT
TEXAS Sittings. !
Those persistent purists who claim
that one should invariably say: The
lamp was lighted" will of course make
no definite or vigorous kick against say
ing 1.-THE young man chased out Of the
garden gate BY the Infatuated mastiff
was bited. - Chicago Telegram.
The brain of an adult man weighs
on an average forty-eight ounces while
that of the average adult woman
weighs forty-four ounces, and yet wo-
man is far superior to man mentally
have obtained this information from a
lady friend who is entirely trustworthy.
Bill Nyc.
1t is said that bees will never STING
a person whose head is smeared with
molasses. The bother of it is, when
man has incurred the animosity of q
colony Of bees, he doesn't have much
time to 60 home, get molasses and
spread it on his epidcrmis The old
fashioned way is the bsst-just rum
Burlington Free Press.
Too sad to be continued:
There was q little man,
And he had little can,
And quart or more Of kerosene was in It.:
And upon the kitchen fre,
To make It burn still higher,
He poured the oil, and In much less than
quarter Of . minute
There was no little can,
There was no little man
The tales too sad-I can't 20 ono, why
did begin ft2
-MarOoret Etttn0e, IN Detroit Free Press.
In Montgomery County, says
Macon (Ga.) Journal, there is pear
tree eighty-seven years old, which has
not failed to bear q crop of fruit in over
eighty years. The tree was set out by /.
Stafford Davis in 1898. The fruit re-
sembles the sand pear in shape and
flavor. The tree is six feet in circum-
ference. BY the way ii would not be
amiss TO state that Mr.. Davis is now q
resident of Worth County, where he re-
moved from Montgomery many years
ago. He is now 107 years old. He
married four years ago (at the age OF
1O3) young lady of eighteen years OF
age. Mr.. Davis Is . farmer, and made
% good crop last year. He plowed reg
'ularly through the working season.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-06-20

The western weed. loco. acts upon
horses and cattle almost the same as
alcohol does upon man. Upon eating it
they lose all appetite for normal food,
become apparently intoxicated at times
and finally die from disease strangely
like delirium tremens. From the vice
comes the California expressions: "As
bad as q locoed horse. ~ CHICAGO 7ri6-
uns.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-06-20
CHOW. Johnnie. ;, said the teacl

Now, Johnnie" said the teacher.
'.if your father Dorrows 500 and
promises to pay $40 week, how much
will he owe in seven weeks?'' "One
hundred dollars" said Johnnie. I'm
afraid You don't know your lesson very
well, p" remarked the teacher. II NAV
not know my lesson very well. Johnny
frankly acknowledged, "but know my
father. ~ y Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-06-20

The first apple orchard in Kansas,
according to Secretary Bracket, con-
sisted of $50 apple trees, brought all tho
way from Illinois In q wagon and
planted in Douglas County in 1855.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-06-20
-Anciently, in many parts of France

-Anciently, in many parts OF France,
says a writer, when sale of land took
place it was the custom to have twelve
adult witnesses, accompanied by twelve
little boys, and when the price of the
land was paid and its surrender took
place, the ears of the boys were pulled
and they were severely beaten, so that
the pain thus inflicted should leave an
impression upon their memory, and, ii
required afterward, they might bear
witness to the sale. Later. when a
criminal was being executed, parents
whipped their children so that they
might take warning by the example and
keep in the path of virtue.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-06-20

Il asked physician if there really
were any structural difference between
the tongue of woman and Of man.
Certainly" he replied; 1.-The organ is
attached to the floor of the mouth at
one extremity, and it is fact that in
the females the controlling muscles are
much more pliable than in males.
Those muscles which control the acts of
taste, prehension, and deglutition are
not appreciably diverse in the sexes,
but those relating to articulation are
enormously developed in woman as
compared with man." / told him that
he was a real mean old thing, and that
/ didn't believe word of it; but, pri-
vately, shouldn't wonder if it were the
gospel Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-06-20

d SOiid nucleus and solid external
crust. between which there still re-
mains residue of liquid matter.
In objection to both these views it has
been shown that for the earth to maintain
its rigidity under the moons attraction,
such crust must be of enormous thick
ness, OF SO great a thickness, indeed,
that Sir William Thomson. who investi-
gated the matter, prefers to consider
the earth as a solid globe cooling by
contraction. On this view of the earth s
condition, volcanic phenomena are ex-
planned as the result of the conversion
into heat of the mechanical force of
contraction; while earthquakes may
themselves be regarded as proceeding
from the crushing and bending of the
rocks by the stress of contraction itself.
Again, there are those who regard the
earth as globe mainly solid through
out, but with lakes of liquid matter in
various parts near the surface. remnants
of its former heat, and believe that it is
from these lakes, as the earth continues
to contract that matter is forced into
volcanic vents to feed their intermittent
fires; whilst, looking at the fact that
earthquakes so frequently precede an
eruption. these earth-tremors may from
this point be regarded as Intellectual
efforts by the pent-up subterranean
forces to establish volcanic outburst;
and since the observations of Mr.. Mallet
in earthquake localities have demon
sfrated the fact that shocks emanate
from centers near the earth's surface,
being sometimes nearer. andsometimes
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-09
WISE WORDS.

Character is the diamond that scratches
every other stone.
If thou desirest to be borne with, thou
must also bear with others.
Good thoughts are no better than good
dreams, unless they are executed.
A lovely life behcld and loved is worth
a thousand sermons that are only heard.
He travels safely, and not unpleasantly,
who is guarded by poverty and guided
by love.
In condemning the vanity of women,
men complain of the fire they themselves
have kindled.
1t is only when one is thoroughly true
that there can be purity aud freedom.
| Falsehood always avenges itself.
1t is in the determination to obey the
! Truth and to follow wherever she may
lead that the genuine love of truth con
ssts.
Do not let the evening of life be less
joyous than the morning. The freshness
of the morning gave you vigor to work
for all time, and the quiet of the evening
should give you peace to 90 through all
eternity.
The evident consequences OF crime
long survive its commission, and, like
the ghost of the murdered, forever
haunt the steps of the malcfactor, while
the paths of virtue, though seldom those
of worldly greatness, arc always those OF
pleasantness and peace.
We should carefully cultivate the habit
Of active attention on which all the
higher qualities of mind depend; the
difference of the intellect in man depends
more upon the early cultivation of this
habit of attention than upon any great
disparity between the powers of one in
dividual and another.