Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-03-20
RAMBLER'S NOTES.
Plight of Man With De-
fective Memory.
A WOMAN WITHOUT AN APPETITE
knowledge of occultlsm offered In Ex-
change for Board -Dyspepsia as
Cause for Bald Heads.

on SATURDAY nlRHt' Aio hesA Vim
the way from Rochester to consult
specialist ON memory, and he had for
gotten his name and address.
lyon see" said he confidentially,
II am gettin' pretty well along, put
latterly, it seems TO me | don't remem-
Der as well as / ought to. Last week
we were eating breakfast, when my
wife picks up the paper and says TO
me. as near as | can recollect, there,
father, is something you ought to look
into. There's man down IN New
York who mends bad memories ana
guarantees to make 'em as good as
new. Well, | thought something OF
the kind would be just the thing seeing
that had put lump of ice III the
stove oven only a week before, and
left all the doors unlocked when ] went
to bed, so, ] says, Well, mother, I'll
lust remember that. Put that paper
on the mantel and I'll cut that editorial
ont in the morning, and go down and
see that man. ! meant what | said.
but the next day / clean forgot all
about it, and when | did get started
day before yesterday, came away
without bringing that feller's name
along. Isn't that too bad f.? Here !
am in New York looking for man to
make my memory better, and | cannot
remember his name.
When the Rambler left him the old
gentleman was going slowly and
laboriously through the editorial page
of vituperatiye morning newspaper
in the hope of discovering the name of
memory improver. There was
personal in New York paper yes
terday to the effect that the advertiser,
"a student of the occult and a seeress,
wanted a sunny, comfortable home,
where she could exchange her knowl-
edge of the transcendental for plain,
everyday board. Surcharged with the
spiritual, she wanted to trade some of
it off for gross material, even as gross
as ham and eggs and coffee. The word
ing of this long-felt want-for it must
have been-was remarkably like the
advertisement published in a Boston
newspaper by so-called spiritual
medium few years ago. The Ram
bier hopes sincerely that the result
may not be the same. The Boston adj.
reads as follows: 81 need sympathy
and companionship. | am not of the
earth earthly, but soar i'll higher
spiritual plane and enjoy the power of
psychic force. am willing to impart
my knowledge of the occult TO the
members of heightened, sympathetic
family in exchange for a comfortable
home where / will not be disturbed in
my study of the mysterious forces of
nature Address Spirituelle, box,
Boston
The mother of an estimable family
near Danbury, Conn, answered the
advertisement. The advertiser reached
Danbury on the first afternoon train
that day. Her nom de plume scarcely
described her personal appearance, for
she weighed upward of 225 pounds,
and had triple chin and large, red
hands. Her manner, however, was
pleasant, and she made very fayora-
BILE impression on all the members of
the household save two of the sons,
aged respectively 12 and 10 years
81 feel quite sure" she said to the
Danbury woman, THAT | shall like
your home. 1t is charmingly situated
and the little room You have given me
is just the ideal place for a study. |
can sit by the window, and contem-
plate the stars and the illimitability of
space. think we shall be very happy
together. 1t will be my pleasure and
duty to talk with you or your husband
whenever you feel disposed to discuss
matters higher and nobler than this
gross earth life. 1t is glorious thing
to feel that you possess the power to
rise above and beyond the material. "
This little speech quite captured the
heart of the Connecticut matron, and
she talked 80 earnestly with her good
husband that he was won over before
sunset.
Next morning "Spirituelle" came
down TO breakfast. She did not feel
well, she said, and had no appetite.
Still she managed TO consume four
d-boiled eggs, fourteen buckwheat
cakes, half dozen smoking hot
mullins and TO drink couple of cups
of coffee. Between breakfast and
dinner she went into the kitchen and
said she felt her appetite returning.
The servant supplied her with four
slices of bread and pot of raspberry
jam. AT the MONDAY meal she devoted !
herself to roast fowl so assiduously |
that the boys got but drumstick |
apiece, and none of the rice pudding. |
For student in occultism and de- /
spiser of things material the new
boarder was something of a marvel.
She continued to clear the table every
day for week, and then the master
Of the household asserted himself and
a polite request was given TO vacate the
little room where the stars and the
of space were studied.
'Spirituelle'' refused to go at first, and
t was not until she was literally
tarved out that she consented to pack
Ter trunk and seek another home. The