Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-01-14


Pert Proverbs.
Every back has its pack.
To live simply is great art,
Home is rainbow OF life.
Signs are poor things to fly with.
A white lie often makes black
story.
Egotism is an alphabet with one
letter.
When girls grow fond, men alb
scond,
The surest road to honor is to de-
serve it.
Water isto the skin, what air is to
the lungs.
He, who would eat the egg, must
first break the shell.
Don't complain of the baker until
you have tasted his bread.
Gymnastic exercise is the antidote
for excessive mental work.
The present is the child of the past
and the parent of the future.
Look after your wife; never mind
yourself she'll look after you.
A small stock of health, like q small
fortune, hes its compensations.
Prejudice is the mfldew of the mind !;
it is only found where light does not
enter.
A crust in the open air makes more
blood than roast of beef in close
room.
If you would know a mans Char
acter. follow him home.
Better is line of sense than page
of nonsense.
They who live in a worry invite
death to bury. =,
Pens and ink, out of reach avoid
many breach.
It's poor musician who can't blow
his own trumpet.
As one makes his atmosphere, so
must he breath 1t.
It's not the clock with the loudest
tick that goes the best.
As the air is, so is the blood; as the
blood is, SO Is the health.
1t is better to take care of ones
health than of ones malady.
The man who wishes to continue be-
lieving in his friends should never put
them to the proof.
Ones health, like households and
empires is depleted by little daily eX-
penses.
If people would give to the care of
their own health one.tenth of the time
they devote uselessly to other peoples,
everyone would feel much better.
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Forget the Main Feature.
The other day while Major Dot.
ridge was sitting in his door yard, the
gate opened and "a stranger hastily en-
tered
as this Major Dodridge?"
"Ycs, sirn
"Of the Eighth Arkansas, during
the war?'
"Yes," beginning to look with inter
est at the stranger.
Don't you remember me, Major ?"
mo, | can't place YOU
"Take look at me- showing back
his hat.
Don't remember that | eyer saw
you before
"I am Hank Parsons," exclaimed
the man braclng himself, as though he
expected the Major to rush into his
arms.
Don't recall the name,n said the
Major.
"Is it possible y did not think you
would ever forget me. I'll refresh
your memory. AT Shilo, while the
battle was raging IN murderous fury. l
found you lying on the field, shot
through both legs. | took you on my
back and carried you to spring IN
the shade Now, don't you rememem-
ber mcen
"Let me see" mused the Major. e
remember having been wounded, but L
can't recall the fact, if it be fact, of
anyone taking me to spring"
THAT is indeed strange" said the
disappointed man. Il looked forward
to meeting you with such anticipations
of warm greeting. Well, well, the
world has indeed reached an migrate
ful age. The occasion is as fresh in
my mind as though it had taken place
yesterday. l gave you a drink of
whisky and
Whats! exclaimed the Major,
springing to his feet, "Gave me a
drink of whisky oh, yes, remem-
Der now,' seizing the mans hand.
"Oh, III never forget that drink,i
The whisky was so new that corn meal
was floating around in it, but we en-
joyed it. Remember you! why, j
should cavort. Why didn't you guard
against possible embarrassments by
mentioning some Of the main features
of the occurrence?"
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