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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-19
Curious Death Customs of Fiji.

The Fijians believe that in case a
marriageable youth or maiden dies
without having gone through with the
elaborate nuptial modifying ceremony
of the islands his or her soul is doomed
to wander about forever in an inter-
mediate region between heaven and
hell. When any one dies, man. wo-
man or child, whales tooth is placed
in the hand OF the corpse, the missile
to be thrown at the tree which stands
as a guide-post to point out the road
tina. leads to heaven and the one that
leads to hell.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-19
Business Enterprise.

A couple of peddlers were about to
enter into large New York store.
when one of them called the attention
Of the other to a large sign which
read: mo Peddlers Allowed in This
Building"
I'VE had better not go in there"
said one of them. Don't you see
that noticep"
Don't be fool. That is the very
reason We want to go through this
building. We are bound to sell some-
thing for we haven't got any compe-
tition, don't you seePn-7eras Siftinqs.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-19
United by Hate.

There were tell-tale burrows in the
powder that besprnkled her cheek.
She had been weeping, beyond the
shadow of doubt. She shivered and
grew sick at heart when the chap for
whose footsteps she had been listening
all the evening rushed impetuously
forward and kissed her hand How
angelic" He pressed his lips
fervently upon her third knuckie.
Sin you to send for me-" She
smiled sadly. "Yes," she murmured,
in voice heavy with emotion, Il have
decided to revoke my refusal. l will
marry YOU" An ethereal JOY trans
figured his countenance. "Oh, heaven
-" 1t was the grateful cry of
happy soul. ~--be praised" With
streaming eyes he gathered her yield
ing form to his breast. And did you
find" he warmly demanded, that you
loved me after alp" No" 1t was
as il an arrow had pierced his heart.
but did find that | couldn't get
your engagement ring off my finger,
do what would, and | was left with
only one alternative" Detroit
Tribune
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-19
Young to Have a Family.

~ saw Inv ,ha .Jo,r,,,,J H., rooo,,,
~ ;rnor,ed E,r,;sh o,ro oaa' So = .eo." ~
anil ,ha neti,inn Co., H. ~ go W
cions m,iestv rho o,ean mhan go go
dnct;,g nor,,no Wv ,r 49," l. we" %t;e oon,
chnroh tho n, ~ p."s % ~ :, Sn,oas1
me Of an exn.r;ancs Of nr 49,
II was an En~l;shnan y, ~ po,
honse his nornin1 Nh 49,
.'Thongh Won Mich, no, ,h;nl 800 nc
inc me in sncb cjose nrox; n,;,, ~ H.
Manhattan mixinre t0> son,t;n W snrs
80 ), -" VI soo'hihS syl-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-19
For Use by Country Editors.

The following poetical appeal won
for its author, the editor of the Rocky
Mountain Gail, the prize of Sl,00 offer
ed for the best appeal poem to news
paper men to pay up their subscrip-
ton: Lives of poor men oft remind
us honest men won't stand no chance.
The more we work there grow behind
us bigger patches on our pants. On
our pants, once new and glossy, now
are stripes of different hue, all because
subscribers linger and don't pay US
what is due. Then let us be up and
doing; send in your mite, however
small, or when the snow of winter
strikes us we shall have no pants ut
all.-NdSAu ADierican.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-19

once asked good grower how he
could attain the best results from a
strawberry bed. His reply was;
Have the bed situated so that | can
water 1t every night while it is in
fruit, 1t is fact that strawberry
roots on light land have been traced
to the depth of two feet.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-19

The good which an article does the
reader depends upon the memory
and application of its teaching, and
The memory depends upon the i'm
preston made, and the impression
ade depends on the attention paid.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-19

A Hannibal (Mo,) man has had an
iron box made all in one piece, with
slit in the top. When he feels like
taking drink he ,irops dime into
the box and swallows a glass of hop
tea. The box holds half bnshel and
he expects 10 I'LL il ny ;. ring.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-19

A hash Of scrambled eggs, red pep
pers. and picked cucnmbers Is now re-
garded as Il great braccr in the fashion,
able clubs. PHI ateiph a Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-04

gifted with a distinct elocutionary
sense and he preserved the tone, the
dignity and the self balance of gen.
tleman.
Above all else, he represented the
conservatism of dramatic art and was
looked upon as the honorable exponent
of Shakespeare at time when the
stage had gone altogether to frivolous
entertainment.
He has become so identified in the
popular mind with Hamlet that art
unconsciously represents the royal
Dane on all pictorial occasions with
Edwin Booths face, and his reading of
the lines of that play are accepted in
cottages, the classrooms and the dra-
matte schools as the highest stage
reach of elocution.
1t is remarka BILE that Mr. Booth was
never didactic or doetrinaire; he never
that | know of wrote an essay on act
ing or delivered a lecture on elo-
cution and he never took pupils. Alto
gether, | think he had a modest idea
of his own abilities.
Whatever those abilities NAV be, it
is certain that at this moment there is
no name on the American stage that
has the same charm to draw conserva-
tism to the play house and at the same
time exact the praises from the hab-
tues NYM CRIEKLE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-04

| luncheon for which a single dollar had
to do duty in the purchase of flowers.
And after much delibera ton and pric-
| ing of cheap blossoms she selected for
her table a single beautiful rose, per-
feet of its kind, and paid for it the en-
tire amount. This she set in a rare old
vase of shimmering Venetian glass. and
no scheme of ella borate decoration ever
received more genuine admiration than
did this single queenly flower, that
rose to the occasion and shook out its
fragrance and held up its handsome
head most proudly. One thing to remem-
Der about your rose is that it will
last longer If you can contrive to wear
it with its head downward. The rea
son is hard to account for save on the
general principle that roses, like the
women who love them, have little WAYS
OF their own past finding out Every
one knows how graciously flowers will
keep their freshness when worn bv
some women; how quickly they lose It
on another woman's bodice. The why
has never been satisfactorily explained,
but experiment has proved that roses
viii retain their beauty longer when
worn il they are wired, though the
wired blossom is short-lived and unsat-
isfactory for the house. OF all roses
the American beauty Just now takes
the lead in favor for personal adorn-
ment, for it tones in so harnioniouslv
with the seasons color.-N. Y. Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-04

moro OF the genius OF his father, and
others invariably pronounced his Pes
cara and his Richard his greatest roles
But criticism aside. the American pub
lie regarded his Hamlet as more dis
tinctively his and more unassaila 5ly
great than anything else tina. he did.
They did, indeed, hock to see him play
Richelieu, but they insisted on his
Shakespearean superiority.
Ii would be curious TO follow that
popular idolatry from is start IN The
NInter Garden 10 its close a the Broad
way Theatre. But it Is dou btiut r one
could analyze il in rapid sketch It
Is sufficient, perhaps, 10 say that i re
ceived its great impetus when Mr..
Booth opened his magnificent Metro
politan Theatre in Twenty street
Here we see the status Il not the genius
OF the actor He had honored New
York and New York honored him as t
had never honored any other native
actor
The first night Al that new theatre
was unlike any other that had ever
been seen in a New York play house.
The whole OF shat Pompeiian parque,
was given M to people who were not
regular thcatre-goers- Ministers. com
mentators, hterateurs, statesmen, his
torisns werc. printed il the list me next
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-04
A SOLEMN SCENE.
Jefferson Davis Taking Communion in
) Fortress Monroe.


Rev. Charles Minnigerode, D. D., rec
tor of St Paurs Church, Richmond, in
an address in that church at the time of
jefferson Davis death, in giving brief
sketch of his life, said:
Soon after he was arrested and con-
fined in Fortress Monroe, / wrote to
President Andrew Johnson, petitioning
for permission to visit Mr.. Davis as his
pastor and to minister to. him Mr..
johnson deigned no answer In Octo-
Der following | received a communica-
ton from some friends to the effect
that they thought the time a favorable
one to again make application. There
were ladies acting with me, and, upon
| the advice of judicious friend, they
gave my papers to the Rev. DR.. Hall,
rector of the Epiphany and pastor Of
Mr. Stanton, the Secretary of War. He
at first was averse to acting in the
matter, but the ladies begged him to at
| least read the petition He did SO and
consented to take it TO Mr.. Stanton,
and he got me free leave TO visit Mr.
Ddvis as his pastor
cannot describe nv meeting with
Mr. Davis in his cell. He knew nothing
Of my coming. and it was difficult for
us 10 control ourselves
At last the question of the holy COM
rnrnion came up ! do not remern Der
whether he or | first mentioned it
He was very anxious 10 take it
He was purely pious man and felt the
need and value OF the means OF grace.
But there was one dificultv Could he
take it in the proper spirit-in the
frame OF forgivins mind after the
treatment be had been su bjected to?
He was too upright and conscientious a
Christian man TO eat and drink IN
worthily," j. Q, not IN the proper
spirit, and, as far as Tag in him, in
peace with God and man. left him 10
settle that question between himself
and his own conscience and wha. ne
understood Gods law to be
In the afternoon Gen Miles took me
TO him again spoke 20 the general
about the communion and he promise
to make preparations for ne ! found
Mr. Davis with MS mind made m
knowing the honesty Of the man and
that there would De- conId be no
shamminz. nor mere supe-stitious be-
lief IN the ORD finance, I vas delighted
to find him ready He had laid the
bride upon MS very natural feelings
and was ready 20 pray. Father, for
give them
Then came the com nunion -he and I
alone. bit with God II y~as one %
those cases in which he RGbric cznno.
De binding f. was night The for
tcess was 50 still vou could hear a pin
ID Gen Miles with his baca 70 rs.
leaning against the Fireplace. N the
ante room, his head on his hands not
MOVING: tbs Scotine3s ordered 20 stand
stlll and they stood ike statues
cannot conceive more solemn scene
Hurried 20 Get Oue-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-04

the waist was q linen bolt stitched IN
fancy colors at both ends.
A navy blue sail cloth frock came
ashore this morning from d ssucy craft
that lay with her nose up the Hudson.
II landed on the person Of n plump
pretty girl who Immediately went
shopping TO complete her outfit for
sea II wa. braided ia cable knots os
cream cord and gold. and the reve-E on
its smart coat were faced with cream
cloth. o. which stuff. too, it, very
smart vest was composed.
Do yoa get tired Of Brobdignagiar
sleeves and gorgeous coloTings amt
tsl-laIs Of all The ccnturies1 do when
too many 81 them persist IN eroweinsS
together in one gown. Then I turn
for comfort 20 simple six blouse with
q left over last years Skin. - 70 viii.
IL. There are wonderfully soft pretty
silks for bioHses ;bis vesr. red striped
vith white. blue and white pink All
white. Tnau~c and white or ia three
colors pisided- Whipcord with fOlts
and made quite fall
could talk hats for syea-isoHna
De-flgf3- li7ES EffrltFSEE Ff.s on Fst1sF1
and IL the windows J ike them bess
in the windows. tecsn>e then - j. r@rs>
sible 20 imagine The right s0saen buy.
ing and wearing them II real Iifs.
you knox. they never or almost -
DO
TIE sailor hat has broad srirn tkis
sutniuer- or sofseti rsses > straight o1s
tanned Up al rou=sd. Bizc< II tau e
white are ia coln-s. trimmed -ita
SHADED rioogns Bet the isghorus ars
trettier. crossed ard recraas~9 With
narrow fo.as - black velssf. zvhi!e IA
frout rise convincing sprays ~ pias
ross ConTincing q WHAT Whv. .
u sare. ot thssr right 20 h. IN view.
J meant ssAeu ! bF-1a - talk atout
coat. bu. = viii so0a D. too no. -
tbeE1- zals,ist spare s-o-sl f1g a 4zr<
r,sd JACKIE; ro,.cs4 las eveaiay- IL
had err1esssss~ fssi slir;s ga,hsssi from
fae hip~ and hsa4esi e. = bznd u black
ailsE vshicA e&fne !ro-n lie AIDE s@suss
AID ss2s bs<rs y kaostea u fryats tho
long ends beiag faisbea with . Tag a
gold IL had very "a. E,eeves. ;s-o. yslta
fEl.lcs4 cuff. ii black b~Egslins-
L.LEx osBoEs-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-04

the top of the bodice 70 show white
neck most amiably.
Garden parties and flower luncheons
continue to be the order of the day. A
white tulip" festival on Staten Island
recently was as pretty as anything Of
the sort / have seen. / don't know
how tulips ever were grown with long
stems Tall old-fashioned china Jars
were put about in the halls and the
drawing-roorns to hold them and they
stood fup straight and imperious and
dominated the rooms. Some Of them
were double, but most were single and
large and glorious as floral queens
The hostess wore white brocade,
striped with pale pink and gray lines.
Round her shoulders was set a collar
Of cobwebby lace, surrBounted by
frilled collar, set in square points in
the front and made Of pink velvet 50
pale as 70 he white. just flesh warmed
The lace collar fell in lA1els 70 the
bosom and the sleeves were entirely 81
lace worked in gold thread and lined
with faint peach color IT the waist
was draped belt II peach velvet
which fell al the back IN long wing
like ends u was really a beautiful
costume, breath ing II the May time
Another gown that moved soft and
slow among the flowers was silver
gray silk shot with yellow. Is deep
cape and fail sleeves we're edged ~sth
frills Of the six and lace iussrtions.
and the vest WAS 81 yellow six. lace
striped A. the Press club far the
other night a pretty gown was 81 gray
and heIio;rope silk. shot Overwhelmingly
and closely patterned. On tie hem 81
the skirt were two fo7nccs edged with
lace. and the bodice vas lace flied ~
the throa; and had belt and roset,.s %
velvet peach tinted
Another dress which imagine
should b good rights call ''ezrly F.c-
torian~ wza Of vciloy~ brogva satin, (
covered fro18 waist - skirt with ia /
Vulnerable frills. and with double ,
onss arranged aehH fashion GREG TIC !
shoulders and overlapping the les o /
mutton sleeves 3 narrow hiSek satin 4
fold edged every rl1Ze, and oraz-cSs I
OF white dozzSood was tAruEt into tie 4
belt, azuat5rg side 10 g3orlofas far
resa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-04
FROCKS FOR FAIR JUNE.
A White Tulip Party and Its Show
of Clothing.
Some Novelties for Yachting and \ Lot of
Suggestions About Millinery The
Summer Blouse aud the Dress
Eads of the DresSy Girl
iCOPYRiGHT. 1921


feel little diffident about frocks
this week, the air is SO full of bloom
ers, but it will take us some time to fit
US all out with Syrian trousers" and
meanwhile here are some more or less
interesting gowns that were arraqed
10 figure at one OF the quieter recep-
tons planned for the mueh-talked-of
Spanish infanta.
Pale mauve duchesse satin was chosen
by one of the blondest of New York S
society danes, with folds of green vel
vet brought fichu fashion over the
bosom. A cape of Irish point lace was
drawn about the shoulders, and about
the skirt was point lace hounce with
green velvet rosettes looping il high.
Violets and lilies of the valley were the
matron's flowers, and you couldn't inn
agine more serenely dignified bodice
and train if you shut your eyes and sat
down in the dark and tried.
For a young girl who was wonder
fully flattered by the prospect of her
first encounter with royalty was a
peach pink silk frock, with 4 gored
IlOuuSe uc<tutNI dOONc tAc hhtSS WAtfi u
quilted ribbon. The low neck was
filled in with dainty lace, and below
the decoIletage was a capelike lace
collar. A ribbon belt at the slender
waist was tied with rosebuds.
These things were modern, but for
variety there was also something early
Greek and pale blue. Satin was the
stuff that composed it. Whether satin
is early Greek is more than l can say.
Folded and draped diagonally it gave
the desired classic effect to q tall girl
with willowy figure and very I'M
classic bun of hair. The prettiest
feature of this outfit was its full open
sleeves of blue chiffon, with deep Lace
rufus that dropped over the hands.
The next prettiest feature was the hem
of pale blue silk that turned down over
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-04

his dramatic power. l have never seen
him play Hamlet. Iago, Othello, as he
played those parts there.
Never again did he have the same
spur applied to his ambition. When the
venture proved failure and he went
upon the road TO retrieve his fortunes
he became subject to the conditions OF
al itinerary, let himself down, save on
ftful occasions, to. the unexacting de-
mands of provincial audiences
But he went out of New York with
social and professional acclaim that the
country recognized as exceptional He
had become fixed as the Shakespearean
actor, and profound consciousness ex-
tended from Bangor to Baton Rouge
that it was both privilege and a duty
to take your mother and your daughter
to the theatre when Edwin Booth came
to town.
1t is to Edwin Booths credit that he
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-04
SPRING FLOWERS.
Blossoms That With Pomp of Color an,
Bcautr Init Sweet Earns To L.

Blossoms That With Pomp of Color and
Beauty Upturn Sweet Faces TO the sun.
Even in the matter of posieS history
repeats itself. and the rose. so dear 70
the Roman emperors. who used it in
such profusion. is TO be the blossom par
excellence Of the approaching season.
As the orchid predominated last year.
so this summer the rose will reign su-
preme. Since it came over to us fom
Persia, in days long gone by. confined
as it was then TO one species. TO the one
tinge of yellow, most marvellous re-
suits have rewarded the culture of
the florist, until now the quaint conceit
is for a single rose OF rare and
beautiful type for the corsape. and
for household decoration an artistic
arrangement of few choice flowers is
preferred to profusion of commoner
varieties Indeed, at luncheon les.
winter. when flowers were costly and
scarce. lady gifted with an orchid
taste and a daisv pocLethnaL ~. .
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-04
GHOSTS OF THE TROPICS.
Strange Animals That Spend Their Lives In
the LoftieSt Trees.

Strange Animals That Spend Their Lives In
the Loftiest Trees.
To the naturalist. the most marked
feature of the great tropical fores-
south of the equator is the Inequality
III the balance of nature between vege
table and animal life. From the forests
of Brazil to the forests of the Congo
through the wooded heights of north
ern Madagascar to the tangled jungles
OF the Asiatic archipelago and the i'm
pepetra BILE woods of New Guinea, the
bctadless profusion of vegetable
growth is unmatched by any similar
abundance in animal forms. A few
brilliant birds of strange shape and
matohiess plumage. such as the toucans
OF Guiana amid the Amazon, or the
birds of paradise in the Moluccas or
the Papuan archipelago haunt the
Ioftiest trees, and from time 20
time fall victims to the blow
pipe or arrow of the natives,
who scarcely dare to penetrate
that foodless region. even for such
spoils, until incarnation and sacrifice
have propitiated the offended spirits of
the woods; but, except the sloth and
giant ant-eater, there is hardly to be
found in the tropical regions of the
New World quadruped which can ex-
cite the curiosity of the naturalist or
form food even for the widest of man
kind.
In the corresponding tracts of Africa
and the Asiatic archipelago the rare
four-footed animals that live in the
solitary forests are for the most part
creatures of the night. Unlike the
lively squirrels and martin-cats of tenn
perate regions they do not leave their
hiding places till the tropical darkness
has fallen on the forest. when they
seek their food, not on the surface of
the ground, but, initiating the birds.
ascend to the upper surface of the
ocean Of trees. and at the first approach
OF dawn seek refuge from the hateful
day in the dark recesses of some aged
and hollow trunk. There is nothing
like the lorls or the lemur in the
fauna of temperate Europe We NAV
rather compare them to a race of arfo-
real moles, the condition of whose life
Is darkness and invisibilitv. But. un-
like the moles. the smaller members OF
these rarely-Seen tribes are among the
most beautiful and interesting crea lures
OF the tropics. though extreme difficulty
OF capturing creatures whose whole life
Is spent on the Hottest forest trees IS
further increased by the reluctance of
the natives TO enter the deserted and
painless forests. The beautiful lemurs.
most OF which are found in Madagascar.
are further believed by the Malagasi to
embody the spirits of their ancestors.
and the weird and plaintive cries with
which they fill the groves al night. ut
tered by creatures whose bodies as they
cling TO the branches are invisible. and
whose delicate movements are noise
less, may well have left doubt on the
minds of the discoveries of the island as
TO whether these were not N truth the
cries and wailings Of true lemures. the
unquiet ghosts of the departed.-Lon-
DO Spectator.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-04

never disturbed that trust in his ideality
and propriety by eccentric experiments
or unworthy plays
When at his own theatre he did for a
time entertain the idea of having play
made in which he could impersonate
Napoleon Bonaparte, and he talked
with me several times about the posi-
bility OF dramatizing one of Muhlbach's
novels.
With that single exception / do not
know that he ever in his after career
thought seriously Of studying new
role. The fact is his artistic mbition
declined steadily under the drudgery
OF an itinerant life. in spite of the re-
Enumeration, ana / heard him say once:
What is the use OF doing any thing
new when the public are satisfied to
see me in the old roles; let Barrett do
it.
No actor that ! ever knew createa
such a discreet hailucination in the
minds Of well bred and unhysterical