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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
A Gracious Act of the Queen.

Contrary to her usual insistence upon
barred neck and shoulders, Queen Vic
toria permitted the Lady Sieh and Miss
Sieh, wife and daughter of the Chinese
ambassador, to come to her drawing
room in their national costume. muffled
to the throat in their Chinese court
dresses, with long sleeves and plain,
pearl filleted caps on their heads. They
were also permitted to be seated in the
royal presence on scarlet bench after
making their obeisances, as their tiny
feet did not allow them to stand.
Their court dresses are cut somewhat
Like the robes of priest, and the I'M
married lady wore a tiny Grape shawl,
but with the point in front over her
breast and embroidered in various col
ors. Only the single women are al
lowed to wear this shawl in shawl FASH
ion over the shoulders. In the frequent
bad weather that prevails when draw
ing room is held at Buckingham palace
how many English women must wish
they could wrap themselves up in the
comfortable, high, loose fitting robes of
the Chinese embassadress and not have
to wear the regulation three feathers
and wells on their hair either.-London
Letter.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12

A striking account Of the difficult
ties attending on the attempt to extend
the practice Of vaccination in India is
given by Surgeon General Sir William
Moore. The chief obstacle is supersti-
tious prejudice. The population firmly
believe variola to be matter under the
control of the goddess 'Mata, in whose
honor temples abound and fairs are held,
where thousands of women and chill
dren attend with offerings. The decliv-
tiles of most Of the numerous conical
hills present either Redeemed stone or
temple devoted to "Mata," with most
probably an attendant Brahman priest
Nearly every village has its goddess
of smallpox in the immediate locality.
and in many places a large piece Of
ground is esteemed holy and dedicated
to 'Mata. The people do not pray to
escape the affection, unless in seasons
when it occurs with more than ordinary
virulence. They do, however, petition
for mild visitation but even the loss
of an eye does not appear to be viewed
as a very serious calamity.
SIS there not another eye sufficient for
all purposes?" questioned one of these
stoical philosophers. "If it were the leg
or hand, it would be different, but an eye
is immaterial. Notes and Queries.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
A Pen Picture of Nine. Cottu.

The Paris correspondent of London
Truth says Of Mime. Cottu, who exposed
the French deputies whom her husband
bribed: Picture Mother Hubbard at the
age of 40 and dressed plainly, albeit in
fashionable black clothes. She is small
and witchy. 1t would not have surprised
me to have seen her 1.-THE, angular little
person mounted on a broomstick and fly
ing through the air. The eyes are pierre
ing, and one did not need to hear her
speak to feel that she was hard headed
mite who had more tough fiber in her
than bar, bench, prisoners and political
witnesses put together. There was no
hesitancy about anything she said or did.
The ring Of sincerity in her evidence car
ried all before it. Possibly she was play
ing part, though think not.
After all the limp men it was re-
freshing to hear this high strung WON
an. She enjoyed, one could see, eating
her vengeance cold Her voice rang
clear. Though feeling strongly, she was
mistress of herself and ladylike. She
subsequently held an improvised levee
in the hall of the Palais de Justice, Du
Butt, the batonnier of the Order of Ad.
vocates, presenting the bar to her. The
bar of Paris ever was, and l dare say
ever will be, in opposition to the govern
ment, whatever form it may take.
Hence the enthusiasm for Mime. Cottu
which was suddenly evinced on that Sat.
urdav"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
Beginning to See the Point.

"What have you to say to this charge
of assaulting Michael RAFFERTY," asked
the judge.
''Oi licked i'm, replied Mr.. Dolan,
looking the court in the eye. "An wild
no disrespect to anybody, it's hopin Oh
am that Oh done it good"
'''Was there any provocation2"
''They wor thot same.
"What was it?''
sol have goat, yer anner-a foine
animal too Does yer goat give milk?'
says Rafferty, to me. 1T does, says Oh.
Thin, says he, it's buttermilk. It's
as swate an foine as any ye liver saw.
says Oh. Certainly, but it is butter
milk, says he, an thin we came to-
gether Though Oh must say, yer an
ner, thot when Oh come to repate it
over a few tonnes an consider the ma
ture av the goat Dim compelled to say
Oh wor bit hastily. Bedad, if the
court'll give me lave, Oi'll 'pologize to
Rafferty,, SO Oh will. "-Washington
Star
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
Doubtful About the Doubt.

We are justly proud of our jury sys-
tenn, but the IL ''good men and true
are not always the wisest of mankind.
At recent session prisoner was in
dicted for pocket picking, and to most
people in court the clearest possible case
was made out by the prosecution.
Have you anything you would like
to tell the jury before they retire?" said
the judge.
well, all I wanter say is, hopes as
'ow they'll give me the benefit of the
doubt" replied the prisoner despond-
emily
The jury considered their verdict.
They were no little time over it.
Can assist you in any way, gentle
menu" said the judge, at last becoming
impatient.
''We are almost agreed, me lud,
said the foreman, "but we can t quite un-
derstand what the doubt is the prisoner
wishes us to give him the benefit Of.
London Tit-Bits
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
CEREMONIAL MANNERS IN JAPAN.
Etiquette Has Become Second Nature La
the Land of the Mikado.

Given highly initiative race like the
japanese, and let one undertaking stand
ard be set before them Then generation
after generation will no change be wit
messed. The standard will act like that
of the French academy ON the language
of France. Now, at home, in America,
we have 80 standards Of manners-the
reserved and reticent New England
manners, the slap you on the back far
western manners, the demagogue's man.
ners, the drummer's manners, the cut
and dried business mans manners
these and dozens of others might be
specified. And it must be admitted by
even the most patriotic that the man
who should try to model his department
on all these schools at once would come
to somewhat mixed result
Nothing of this bewildering complex
ity has ever existed in Japan. From
mikado at the top TO cody at the bot
tom of the social scale one undertaking
standard has always prevailed. Origi-
nally an importation from China, it has
been elaborated through centuries of
stuuy Va th0 AiSot CiaLOAatC SCkClu
etiquette till at last through constant
practice it has become second nature.
No one ever saw anything else, ever
dreamed of anything else
There was one way of saluting su-
perior, one of saluting an equal, one Of
saluting an inferior. and ones head
would have been cut off had he depart
ed from it. No japanese child ever saw
a drummer-saw only PROSTATE artisans
saluting samurai. samurai saluting dali
mics, daimios saluting shoguns The
whole ceremonial became organized into
them as much as their instructive habits
into our settlers and pointers, perhaps
the best hammered of our population.
Little girls of 10 will one see here
whose finish of breeding would have
awakened the envy Of a duchess at the
court of Louis XIV at Versailles. Fe-
male servants one will encounter at a
dinner in the house of Japanese gen.
tleman whose grace, charm and dignity
are the quintessence Of ladylike refine
ment. 'Trifles make perfection, but
perfection is no trif1e !" The simple fact
is that the young woman of 90 has been
doing the thing for thousand years. -
Christian Register.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
s,.n~bter of Birds of Plumaee.

The Duchess of Portland has for some
lime past been president of the Society
For the Protection of Birds, which held
smeeting, presided over by Mr.. ]. Colam,
1T the offices of the Royal Society For the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to
consider amendments of its rules, which
it is hoped will tend to advance its OBJ
tects. The Duchess of Wellington, Lord
Lilford. Lady Forester and the Hon.
Mrs. Boyle, it was announced, have be-
come vice presidents. and among those
present were the dowager Countess of
Buchan and Lady Lisle. The funda-
mental rule of membership is that the
ladies who join shall refrain from wear
ing the feathers of any birds not killed
for the purpose of food, the ostrich only
excepted.
Professor Newton of Magdalene col
lege, Cambridge, gave some particulars
furnished to him by an American or
nithologist as to the entire destruction
upon the peninsula of Florida of the
great white heron, whose dorsal plumes
supply SO large proportion of the "os-
preys" used in millinery, and Lady Lisle
added some remarks ON the relentless
slaughter of the beautiful Impeyan pheas
ant in India. Mrs. Phillips and Miss
Bernard also spoke, the latter describing
at some length the conditions of the trade
in small birds in London and urging
that all dealers should be compelled to
take out Reconsideration Telegraph.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
Evils of ANXIETY.

Anxiety is the poison of human life.
It is the parent of many sins and of
more miseries. In world where every
thing is doubtful, where you may be
disappointed and be blessed in disap-
pointment, what means this restless
stir and commotion of mind? Can your
solicitude alter the cause or unravel
the intricacy of human events? Can
your curiosity pierce through the cloud
which the supreme being hath made
impenetrable to mortal eye? To provide
against every important danger by the
employment of the most promising
means is the Office Of wisdom, but at
this point wisdom stops. Selected
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
WHAT A CANNON BALL CAN 90.
Chance Shots In the Chilean War That
Went Through Ironclads.

In dwelling upon the wonderful pow
err of the guns Of the Indiana, Albert
Franklin Matthews, in an article on
'The Evolution of Battleship' in
The Century. gives illustrations from
the recent Chilean civil war, showing
the effectiveness Of the smaller sizes OF
breechloading rife guns.
A shot weighing $50 pounds from an .
inch gun Of Fort Valdivia in Valparaiso
harbor struck the cruiser Blanco Enca-
lada above the armor belt, passed
through the thin steel plate on the side,
went through the captains cabin, took
the pillow from under his head, dropped
his head on the mattress with thump,
but without injuring hair, passed
through the open door into the mess
room, where it struck the floor and then
glanced to the ceiling. Then it went
througha.wooden bulkhead an inch thick
into a room % by AZ feet. where 40
men were sleeping in hammocks. 1t
killed six of them outright and wound
ed six others, three of whom died, after
which it passed through steel bulk
head inches thick and ended its course
by striking battery outside. in which
it made dent nearly two inches deep.
It was filled with sand. Had it released
deadly gases no one knows what dam
age it might have done.
A 400 pound missile from 10 inch
gun in the same fort struck the same
vessel ON its s inch armor. 1t hit square
ON a bolt. The shell did not pierce the
armor, but burst outside the vessel. 1t
drove the bolt clear through, and in its
fight the bolt struck an inch gun,
completely disabling it. Such is the
power of the smaller sized guns.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
ON THE ROAD TO DALLAS.
They were talking about Texas.

They were talking about Texas
20. yes, have been down there, "
said the traveller, land l remember it
very we'll. ought to remember it
very we'll. was invited to git into
a little game of poker, and when got
up from the table hadn't dollar in
my pockets, nor cent.
"Of course" said some one who was
believer in hospitality, 'they enter
tanned you and then gave you a ticket
to your home"
%, no." answered the traveller
thoughtfully. ''The man who owned
the house in which we were playing left
the room when l announced that I was
broke. Presently he returned with a
lantern and beckoned me to follow him.
/ stepped out of the room. going care
fully, so as not to disturb the players.
Ny host led me out the front door to
the road. Placing the lantern in my
hand he pointed into the blackness of
the night.
4" Here is lantern. he said, and
this is the road to Dallas.
Dallas, my friends, was 100 miles
away. IN. Y. Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
GRAINS OF GOLD.

They can conquer who believe they
can.-Virgll.
Travel makes wise man better, and
fool worse. -Feltham.
Let every eye negotiate for itself, and
trust no agent. shakespeare.
Sin may open bright as the morning
but it will end dark as the night. Tai
mage.
The happiness of your life depends
upon the character of your thoughts
Marcus Aurelius.
The highest learning is to be wise,
and the highest wisdom is to be good.
Marcus Antoninus.
1t Is in those acts which we call
trivialities that the seeds of JOY are
forever wasted. George Eliot.
Modesty is to merit what shading is
to figure in picture. 1t makes 1t
stand out in strong relief.-La Bruyere.
The moment an i'll can be patient
ly borne it is disarmed of its poison,
though not of its pain.-H. w. Beech
or.
Never let us be discouraged with
ourselves. 1t is not when we are con-
scious Of our faults that we are the
most wicked. -Fenelon.
No one should sit down to his own
meals until seeing that ali the animals
dependent on his care are provided for.
The Talmud.
If all men were such that mere
spoken or sworn contract would bind
them, all men were then true men, and
government superfuity.-Carlyle.
A man may be wrecked as is ship.
Conscience is an anchor. Terrible it
is, but true that, like the anchor, con-
science may be carried away. Victor
Hugo.
Oil many shaft at radnom sent,
finds mark the archer little meant;
and many word, at RANDOM spoken,
may soothe or wound heart that 8
broken.
What is the essence and the life of
character Principe, integrity, indie
pendence, or, as one of our great writ
ers has it, "That inbred loyalty unto
virtue which can serve her without a
livery. '-Bulwer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
BY No Means Convinced.

A patient in an insane asylum inn
agined himself dead Nothing could
drive this delusion out of the man 8
brain. One day his physician had hap
py thought and said to him, Ibid you
ever see dead man bleed?"
NO." he replied
Ibid you ever hear Of dead man
bleeding?"
mo"
do you believe that dead man can
bleed?'
mo"
"Well if you will permit me, I will
try an experiment with you and see if
you bleed or not. " The patient gave his
consent The doctor whipped out his
scapel and drew little blood. "There, :"
he said, 'you see that you bleed. That
proves that you are not dead"
''Not at all, +" the patient instantly re-
piled. THAT only proves that dead men
can bleed. Yankee Blade.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
A NEW NAUTICAL VOCABULARY.
Additions Made by Young Women From
Fresh Water" Regions.

Additions Made by Young Women From
Fresh Water" Regions.
The yachtsman's vocabulary is Ian
guage in itself, and the landsman often
runs afoul of it. He doesn't see why
one rope should be called sheet, an
other halyard, third a downhaul and
a fourth clewline. One boat owner,
whose hospitaDle deck is trodden by
many Of his friends, has modified his
terms to conform with the suggestions
Or mistakes of his guests who are not
expert sailors.
For instance, one landlubber who had
gone below for drink of water was
asked what he had done with the cup
~ hung it on the post, he said in
nocently.
Every one roared at the idea that he
could be SO green" as not to know
what the mast was called, but on that
yacht the mast is now known as ''the
post. "
A pretty girl from fresh water"
district was responsible for another nau
teal word The strips of canvas used in
tying up the sails are called stops.
Some one wanted the stops and could
not find them for the instant.
what are you looking for?" asked
the young woman.
81 am looking for the stops They
were here little while ago"
''The stops? Oh, you mean the tapes.
They re under this rug"
And now the sails are bound with
tapes.
Another young woman from an in
terror state had read enough nautical
stories to have caught few phrases
here and there. For one thing, she
knew that "hard tack" was staple ar
ticle of diet at sea. On visit to the
east this damsel went sailing. She was
anxious to learn, and when she heard
the man at the wheel say "hard lee"
she asked some questions and found out
what it meant.
A little later the steersman said the
yacht was going about. Some of the
guests were paying no attention and
seemed in danger of being struck by the
boom as it swept over to the other side
| of the yacht
Hard tackl hard tack!" cried out
the young woman excitedly.
All managed to duck their heads in
time to escape the spar if they didn't
know what the maiden meant by "hard
tack" and another joke was added to
the yachts store of them. York
Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
"The Paradise of Tips"

1.-The paradise of tips" as we are
told by writer in The Kleine Zeitung,
is Carlsbad. His estimate is that not less
than million marks must be paid dur
ing the season in the questionable shape
of voluntary" gifts or gratuities to
walters and others, which do not appear
in any bill. Everybody who does you
any service in Carlsbad looks for his OF
her "trinkgeld' before you depart The
waiter gets upon an average from Q to
10 florins az shillings to 9D. The
maiden who serves you with water at
the Brunnen expects and mostly receives
8 forms, the postman gets form. and
there are various other male and female
benefactors to whom you pay what you
please.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12

The following is true copy Of an in
dictment found few years since by the
grand jury of Lawrence county, Ky. :
Lawrence criminal court. Common
wealth of Kentucky against -. de-
PENDANT. Indictment. The grand jury
of Lawrence county, in the name and
by the authority of the commonwealth
of Kentucky, accuse - of the offense
of malicious mischief, committed as fol-
lows: The said -, ON the - day of
-, A. D. 49,. in the county and cir
cult aforesaid, did unlawfully, willfully
and maliciously kill and destroy one pig,
the personal property of George Pigg.
without the consent of said Pigg, the said
pig being of value to the aforesaid
George Pigg. The pig thus killed
weighed about 90 pounds and was a
mate to some other pigs that were owned
by said George Pigg, which left George
Pigg a pig less than he (said George
Pigg) had of pigs, and thus ruthlessly
tore said pig from. the society of George
Pigg's other pigs against the peace and
dignity of the commonwealth of Ken
tuoky. Green Bag.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
TOO MANY SPARROWS.
The English Bird Is Not Even a Favorite In
His Own Home.

The English Bird Is Not Even q Favorite In
His Own Home.
1t appears that the detested English
sparrow is by no means a general favor
lite in his own home across the water.
where his habits have been more care.
fully noted.
In the course of his paper ON "Wild
Birds, Useful and Injurious" in the
Royal Agricultural society's journal,
Mr.. G. F. Archibald says: 'The sparrow
has received an overlooking measure of
abuse from farmers and gardeners, and,
notwithstanding all that has been urged
in its favor by enthusiastio advocates,
there can be little doubt that it deserves
large share Of the vituperation be-
slowed upon it. The keynote to the spar
rows character is to be found in the
delusion under which it labors that
corn growing is carried on for its es-
pecial benefit Grain is undoubtedly the
mainstay of the sparrow. This it OBJ
tains in the fields at seedtime, when
sprouting, in the unripe, milky condi-
ton, and when fully matured. At this
last named period quantity Of grain is
wasted by being shaken out ON the
ground by the birds, in addition to tho
amount actually consumed. At this
time, too, numbers of sparrows which
live for the greater part of the year in
towns are tempted to visit the field,
their grimy appearance proclaiming
their usual haunts.
SIN gardens the sparrow finds full
scope for its destructive propensities in
devouring peas, of which it Is very fond,
as we'll as a few gooseberries and cher
ries. In the most mischievous way, too.
it pulls to pieces the flowers of the
croous, dahlia, primrose, polyanthus,
hepatica, heartsease, wistaria, the shoots
of pinks and carnations, the pods Of the
laburnum and the blossom of fruit
trees 1t also does considerable damage
to beds Of young radishes and lettuoes,
besides levying toll ON the grass seeds
sown on lawns On the other hand. II
must be freely admitted that the spar
row does great deal of good.
"Among the pests destroyed by the
sparrows are wireworms, daddy long
legs, weevils from peas and beans.
aphides, caterpillars of various kinds,
houseflies, blue beetles, black beetles
and white butterflies In some districts
choviss, otherwise known as Maybugs,
occasionally do immense damage, and
at such times sparrows have been seen
with their mouths crammed full Of
them. The quality of weed seeds which
the sparrow eats must also be placed to
its credit, for in this way is helps to
suppress such Objectionable plants as
charlock, corn bind weed, goosefoot.
knotgrass, buttercup, dandelion, chick
weed and dock.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
CULTURE IN THE CITY OF MEXICO.

Mexico is a city of students and col
leges. 1t is thecentre of learning for
the republic, with outlying centres of
study at Guadulajara and Oaxaca.
The high, thin air breeds intellectual
activity. People read and think, but
are not inclined to do much. A fam
Gus doctor here says: "We are apt in
the conception OF ideas; we are nery-
Gus, brain-active race. but the lack of
oxygen renders us incapable of reso-
Lutte endeavor in practical things"
Mexico is quite as musio-mad as
Boston. Just now the student of the
divine art. at least SO it is termed,
although piano-players should not come
under the category of students of divin-
annual examinations at the Conserva-
tory of Music. These examinations are
very severe, and, if one passes, he or
she receives diploma of professorship,
which means, in this country. genuine
excellence. Young ladies of the most
aristocratic families strive for these
diplomas, which imply thoroughness.
The competition for diplomas is by no
means confined to the teachers.
Young Mexico, in his studies, is
thorough going. If he says he speaks
French, he does not have stock Of
twenty sentences and mangled recol-
lection of the grammar. If he nows
Latin, it is ten to one ne can even
talk it. A friend of mine, a lawyer,
who knew many languages, but did
not know German, had learned Ger
man client. They transacted their
business in the tongue of ancient Rome.
The Mexicans have time to know
things well and prefer to know some
thing rather than to talk about it.
Another Mexican lawyer speaks Ger
man so well that, ON his trips north,
the Germans he has met have taken
him for German and his French de-
ceives Parisians. while l can testify
to his wonderful command of English.
slang and all. and quite up to date at
that. In many Mexican families of the
upper class the young ladies will talk
in three or four languages and with a
good accent. English now is all the
Cor. Boston Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-12
Webster's Portrait.

Daniel Webster once sat for his por-
trait to the late G. P Healy, and the
senator's remark when he surveyed the
completed picture became one Of the
artists favorite anecdotes in after years.
II think" said Webster as he looked
at his counterfeit presentment, "that is
q face l have often shaved" Healy
found Andrew Jackson a disagreeable
and unwilling Subject, and he COM
pensated himself by painting Old Hiok-
DRY with absolute fidelity to nature. not
CLOSING single defect The portrait
gives Jackson an ugly, savage and pal
lid face. Chicago Herald.