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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-06-10
BIBLE MANUSCRIPTS.
Discoveries of Ancient Writings During
Rocent Years.

Recent Years.
The Oldest manuscripts OF the Dille
are not those of the Old Testament, Lus
OF the New. The earliest New Tesla
mept text dates from the fourth CEN
tu.y, whereas those of the Old Tesla
meEt are not older than the ninth cen
truy.
Thus the Oldest eXtant manuscripts
Of the Hebrew Old Testament are SEQ
Yeas later than the earliest manu-
scripts Of the Greek New Testament.
one eminent modern writer declares
that all the existing Hebrew manu-
scripts of the Old Testament descend
from u single copy made in the reign OF
iladiian "a. D. 1o2-1l7), at the time OF
the great persecution of the Jews by
that emperor.
Some memorials of the greatest value.
completely rcvolutionizing ell pre-
Nious knowledge of the conditions un
der which written documents were pre-
pared III remote ages. have been dis
covered within the last decade or SO by
the Gerest accident. OF such nature
was the discovery of the Tel-el-Armana
ta9lcts, nine years ago.
These We're found by an Egyptian
woman in 1881 among the ruins of a.
ancient temple, between Memphis ans
ihcbes. They are of clay and contain
the engraved correspondence in tn,
Nahylonian tongue Che language of ii.
nlomaey at that age between Kin,
Anenophia ~. OF Egypt and his Na4sa
princes in Palestine. The tablets BIZ
long to the age of the Book of JoabGs
and in part relate to the events recorder
therein. 1t is quite probable that III,
original editions of the earliest boolla
OF the Old Testament were written Oh
clay tablets similar to these.
The history of the text of the New
Testament has its romantic incidents
IS we'll as that of the Old. The story
Of Tiseherdorf's discovery of the Codes
Sinaiticus is one of these. Fifty-one
years ago, in the course of his travels
in the east, Tischendorf put up for the
night in the monastery of st. Catherine,
at Mount Sinai.
While taking look through the Ii
- a. i-t l}0ttNtNi IL 'NdStt I1lIeT plShtl
containing leaves of the most ancient
Gree!, writing he had ever seen. They
wero Part of the now priceless GreoL
Bible. This Bible is, unfortunately, nor
perfect, because many of the leaves
before T.sehendorf discovered it, haG
been gsed by the monks of st. Catherine
% Light the dire.
After great trouble and expense
Tischebdorf discovered the whole OF tne
unconsulCed portions Of this important
document, which frequently contains
the New Testament intact. As soon rs
Tie monks found out that it was valua-
lie they raised such disturbance that
the car Of Russia had to interfere be.
fcre the precious document could he
secured. 1t is now in the imperial Ii
brary of ST. Petersburg.
An earlier Syriae manuscript was dis
covered in the monastery by two women
travellers couple of years ago.-N. l.
journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-06-10
Fer Rebuke Was Just.

Surfeited with wonders, the young
couple from the country had sue
eumbed to fltigac and were seated
on bale of hay in an obscure corner
of the nenagerie tent The band
played in the distance aud the voices
of the sideshow lecturers we're only a
buzz when they penetrated this quiet
nook The man who was carrying
water to the elephant paused to look
at them, but they were oblivious to
his presence.
Well, . she said, Il dunno as !
want to see no more sights fur long
time
That's just how feel, be replied
I'D be satisfied now ter settle down
an ter live quiet all the rest of my
life"
What do you reckon is the most
astonishin' thing we've seed?'
Its hard to make u choice. But
| know which one Id ruther be, this
minute"
:" | reckon ye'd like ter be the f1vin
trapeze man, she ventured
No, sirree
Mebbee the ring master?n
Nope
Which wonld you rather be?'
Do you remember the animal in
the glass tank they called an octo-
pus?"
"Coursel'
He had nigh unto hundred
arms"
Il guess he had; though l didn't
stop to count 'em."
I'D like ter be him. ="
"What fur?"
Sos could use all them arms in
huggin' you hundred times all ter
once
"Josiar,' she said gravely, "that's
very wrong wish"
"Tain't neither"
Yes, It's It's sinful to waste
time wishin' for the impossible, stead
@ maxim the best o sech opportuni-
ties ez you happen to have.
The man who was CARRYING water
to the elephants turned hastily away
and proceeded with his duties There
are moments which defy intrusion. -
Detroit Free Pree.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-06-10
George Box

Has fitted up a livery and feed stable
near his residence, north of the
Courthouse, and he is prepared to
accommodate people desiring buggy
teams or saddle horses at reasonable
rates. Orders left at r. II. Wright's
store will receive prompt attention
He also has large quantity of fire
wood for sale, and will deliver the
same to any part OF town.
At his blacksmith shop, opposite
the BULLETIN Office, all work in his
line will be done at living prices.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-06-10

Rhode Island contains a large num-
Der of inventive geniuses, the proper
ton being one inventor to every l,753
OF its population.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-06-10
School Trustees.

District Attorney Crocker has APP
pointed Mrs Smith and Mrs. Hayes
as School Trustees of Pine Grove and
James Fl. Wright and H. S. Morgan
as Trustees of East Walker District.
Jas. Compston and Geo. A. Cur
ran were elected School Trustees for
Sweetwater at the recent election.
J. G. Booker, George Davidovch
and T. G., Watterson were elected
Trustees for District 8, Sodaville.
c. Joaehumsen and Ben Cottrell
we're elected Trustees of District |,
Aurora.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-06-10
Women on Wheels In War.

One of London's daily papers recently
published a letter signed: "A Colonel's
Wife, in which the proposition is made
in all seeming seriousness that should
the prophecies of continental comb!na-
tons against England be realized, the
duties OF the army in the rear may be
performed by lady cyclist ordcriies.
The colonel's wife announces herself
prepared TO assist in the organization
of lady cyclist corps, to help resist
our many enemies" Womankind has
no means of knowing how England
viii receive such a proposition, but III
America, for the most part, woman Is
willing to let man, the devil, and
Dynamite do the killing, and she busic :
herself in caring for the wounded, or
in sending Clara Barton to rescne
the oppressed deserted by civilization.
--Wonankind.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-06-10
AN AFRICAN PARROT.
Eighteen Years Old and Yet Shows No
Signs OF Age.


Signs OF age.
Cur parrot was The present Of Il
kind friend in the summer OF 1877, hav-
ing been brought from Africa only
Few months previously. Her plunage
is The same IN color as we've her predc-
eesEors. She vas, when she first came,
evidently young bird, and has grow
since we have had her. In spite Of hef
IS years there is no sign Of age abol4
her; she B'nGs, dances, climbs and
wh,eiies with all the yigor of youth,
ard though perhaps smaller than tic
other two birds, is quite Us noisy. Il
many ways She is, however, very differ
eut lrom thcin, being, fer iEatalct,
nuc.1 u.ore shy in the presence of straA
gels, lefore v hon she will very rarely
talk at all. ard is more curious in her
habits, taking great farcIes 10 some
people and dee 'dod dislil5es % others.
She las IN unpleasant habit of some.
times wishing visitors good-by when
sic Goes net approve Of item. She
also, II she cannot get what she wants.
gives angry Nhaeks and double knocks
upon tac I'm floor Of her cage. Moth
iHg appears 10 delight her more than
i.i,sciI.si. She positively revels in it
and q &C; hold of anything she ought
not 70 have is unmiXed joy. Evidently
the lind has been at some time yer,
cruelty treated; for many months shc
was terrified ut the sight IF q man or
boy, and for years a broomsticl was ar
object Of horror to her. Since getting
over tins fear she has shown decide,
liking Tor the sweep and the goldman.
and the latter has left the house with
the bird wishing him pleasantly good.
by, and aifectionately requesting him
io.kiss her, which gives rise to the ques-
ton whether she may have had, in her
African Tast, Il kind negro friend. Any
one who has ever had opportunities OF
studying the parrot tribe must have
been tuck with their extraordinary
gift of memory, SO long ago observed
by Plutarch. Chainbers' journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-06-10

For your Protection Catarrh "Cures" or
TONES for Catarrh in liquid form to be taken
internally, usually contain either Mercury or
Iodide of Potassa, or both, which are injur-
ious if too long taken. Catarrh is local, not
a blood disease, caused by sudden change to
cold or damp weather. 1t starts in the nasal
passages, affecting eyes, ears and throat.
Cold in the head causes excessive flow of
mucus, and, if repeatedly neglected, the re-
suits of catarrh will follow; severe pain in
the head, roaring sound in the ears, bad
breath, and oftentimes an offensive dis
charge. Theremedy should quick to allay
inflammation and heal the membrane. Ely's
Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for
these troubles and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, SO cents.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-06-10
Filed for Record.

Following deeds and mining loca-
tions were recorded last month
Mining Locations
G A Barrett April II
John SIM April y
LR Knowles April ii
L Bacigalupi April Is
] Obenderf-2 April II
CD Brierlv April Il
Jas Burke April II
CA Howard April Is
Will Box April Is
IA McComb April Is
John Murphy April 20
A Cohn April 20
L A Briefly April "a
Jas Carrigan April "a
A Webber April "a
A c Dwelle April "a
Jas Merrigold April "A
JP Leonard-5 April 25
Jerome Farrier April %
John Collamore April q
CB Briefly April %
RI Whitaker April 80
A w Thomas-2 May 3
J A Leidy April 9
Deeds
M Caravantes to J e Adams, Apr l
NJ Caravantes to S A Knapp, Apr l
M A Knapp to S A Knapp, April |
RID McAfee to May S McAfee,
April 2
Jas Prout to Sam Mesitich, Apr 10
B f Mills to ] p Harrington April
II.
G B Laiola to A Laiola, April 27
Rock German to Geo Olsen, May | |
Chas II Barrett to r r Roper,
May II
] A Waddell to A Summerfeld-2,
May IA
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-06-10
SAMPLES.

butcher shop in Bodle
il. Hanchett was passenger for
Peak on Fridays train.
Ben Rosenthal left on Monday for
q brief visit to Virginia.
NJ. A. Church has been appointed
Station Agent at independence, vice
]. F. Beale
Ed Knapp arrived from Reno
Monday. He will spend his vacation
in Hawthorne,
Rev. Mr.. Eddy of Carson held re-
ligious services at the school house
Monday evening,
Assessor ingalls, started out Mon
day morning to assess the southern
end of the county.
HIP. Stevens, familiary called
bob is very, and his friends fear
he cannot recover.
J. R. Shaw, for many years resi-
dent of Dayton, dropped dead in Reno
last Friday from apoplexy.
The cost of producing 100000, 900
pounds of copper in this country last
year was 5.28 cents pound
Ted Brodigan has accepted posi-
ton in the Grant Mountain mine on
the other side of Mt. Grant.
The Weekly says that Frank Oil
yer will be candidate for District
Attorney of Ormsby county next
Fall.
James W. Small, for many years
prominent citizen of this State, died
in Placerville, May Gath, aged "a
years.
Read the Peoples Cash Store new
ad. in this issue. A carload of Las
sen county -four at bed brock prices.
Try it.
mines will not be taken in ex-
ceange for meals or lodging in this
hotel, is familiar notice at Cripple
Greek.
Jim Compston, the Sweetwater
granger, came to town Monday. He
says there will be big fruit crop in
kis section.
VIM. Zirn, the discoverer of the
Pine Nut mines, was killed by cave
while at work in one of his mines last
Saturday.
Greek George wants to know what
the minister means when he says at
the funeral services: 4" Dirt-e to
dirt-e; asses to asses.
Brick Pomeroy died in New
York last week. After the close of
the war he was notorious figure in
the United States for short time.
Colonel William J. Sutherland is
confined to his rooms at the Palace
Hotel, San Francisco, serious in
jury to his left side received in fall
A party consisting of Mr.. and Mrs
H. Nj. Yerington and Mr. and Mrs.
Jewett Adams came out from Carson
and Mondays train and proceeded
south.
Registration books will be opened
July l, 1895. At the next meeting
the Commissioners will appoint Reg
istry Agents in precincts where there
is no Justice of the Peace.
The a. O, y. W. of this division
are making an envable record There
was no death benefit assessment in
April and now the word comes that
there will be none for May.
Elmer Dunlap was in town Satur-
day. He says he is getting some
very rich silver ore in the Western
mine at Garfield, and if it continues
he will make a stake. Hope so.
Work on Bob Stewards mill at
Soda is progressing. All the franz
ing will be done at McConeS foun-
dry in Virginia. Reports from his
mine are to the effect that AN Is
inch ledge of rich ore has been dis
covered.
The Southern Pacific Company has
granted amnesty to the strikers who
refused to work three ysa"e ago. A.
Fillmore has issued an order to the
various division superintendent to
employ ex-strikers whenever vacan
aies exist,
Grafton A. Johnson <colored) died at
the hospital last Thursday. Deceased
bad been resident OF Aurora for over
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21
A HOME INDUSTRY FAIR.
Mechanics Institute and Manu-
facturers' Association
Combine.
They Will Make Most Radical
Departure From All Previous
ExpositionS.

The prelininaries for one of the largest
home-industry fairs held on this coast
were begun yesterday at a meeting of COM
mittees from the Mechanics Institute and
the Manufacturers and Producers Asso-
citation. Messrs. Denicke, Thompson,
Lewis and Presson represented the insti-
tute, and Messrs. Kerr, Sbarboro and Tacy
the association. The purpose of the meet
ing was to devise ways and means by
which the two organizations can unite in
conducting a grand exhibit of California
manufactured and natural products next
fall.
After considerable disc ussion the COM
mittees decided to recommend that the
exposition be confined to the manufac-
lures and products of the Pacific Coast
States. Mr.. Kerr was very anxious that 1T
be confined to this State and be strictly
California fair, but the others decided to
include the other States on the coast as a
matter of courtesy. The next matter con-
sidered was what management the fair
should be under, and the recommendation
will be that the exposition be held under
the auspices of both organizations; also
that the management be vested in board
consisting of the board of trustees of the
Mechanics Institute and three of the di-
rectors of the Manufacturers and Pro-
ducers' Association, acting as an advisory
committee.
The question of the amount to be
charged as an admission fee to the fair
provoked long discussion. Those of the
association want the charge to be as small
as possible, so as to induce everybody in
the City to attend and as often as possible
that they may become familiar with all
articles of California production. The in
stitute people, or some of them, main
tanned that small admission will not pay.
The committees will recommend that the
price of single admissions be 25 cents for
adults, day and evening and Is cents for
children under IA years of age.
A number of other important questions
were to have been discussed, but the COM
mittees thought best to report to their re-
spective bodies the progress made so far
and to discuss the other features later.
From all appearances the proposed ex-
position will be a radical departure from
any fair held in this City before. The
purpose is to not only show what is made
in California, but to show how it is made.
In order to do so it will be necessary to
make part of the exhibit a school of in
struction. The manufacture of cloth,
shoes, harness, furniture. ironware, boat
building, electrical apparatus, etc., will be
one of the most interesting features of the
affair. 1t has been said that local manu-
ufacturers have been holding aloof because
most OF the fairs held in late years have
been too much exhibits of the products OF
the East through local agencies, but from
the present prospects that cannot be said
this year and the local ind ustries will have
the entire field to themselves, and the
only rivalry will be to see who can pro-
duce the best goods at the most reasonable
prices.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21
Testator Was Conscious When
He Gave His Property to
Violet Gratz Brown.
LAST HOURS OF THE EDITOR
Richie, the Executor, Explains Why
He Resigned-C. M. Palmer's
Memorial Tribu'e.

A few hours before his death at South
ampton, Eng, February 2, 1894, Fred M.
Somers signed will giving all of his prop
erty TO Violet Gratz Brown, young lady
residing near st. Louis, Mo-, to whom he
was engaged to be married. The will was
not offered for probate until some months
after Mr.. Som ers' death, when an action
contesting the will was brought in the
Surrogates Court, New York, on behalf OF
the mother and sisters of Mr.. Somers, set
ting forth undue influence and incapacity
on the part of the testator.
A two-coiumn story published in the
New York World of April 13 has caused q
deal of comment among men in circles oi
San Francisco, where Fred Somers was
particularly well known. They had heard
of Mr.. Somers' death at Southampton,
and were not surprised to hear that w. J.
Richie, fellow passenger on the steamer
New York en- route to England, and also q
member of the Bohemian Club of San
Francisco, of which Mr.. Somers was ar
honorary member, had been appointed
executor under the will. To most of the
members of the club the announcement o.
Mr.. Somers' engagement to be married was
q surprise. Several, however, knew OF the
tender attachment, having been guests al
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21
Statement That Judges and Post.
master Disagree Rid
iculed.
ROOMS ON DIFFERENT FLOORS
There Is No Knowing When the
Plans Will He Ready That
Bids May Be Called For.

The long delay in the beginning of work
on the new Postoffice and United States
Court building can now be safely attri-
buted to the willful neglect of the Treasury
Department at Washington. An attemp
was made to saddle the responsibility on
the Supervising Architect at Washington.
He in turn gave it out that Postmaster
McCoppin and Circuit Judge McKenna and
District Judge Morrow delayed the enter
prise by withholding the floor plans for
their respective apartments and which
had been submitted to them for any
changes they might deem advisable.
1t he's been shown by the letter of the
Postmaster to the architect at Washing
ton, and the statements of the Federal
Judges. all of which were printed in THE
CALL, that the assertions eminating from
the Office of the Government architect
were absolutely without foundation.
The Postmaster and the Judges made
their reports in February last. They made
many suggestions as TO how they wanted
their rooms arranged and these changes
could have been made and the plans fin
ished since the original reports were made.
Mr.. Aiken sent another letter to the post
master in March. 1t was accompanied by
q second set OF plans. -Four days later the
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21
child born to-day may live to see the
foundation laid.
SUING FOR SUPPORT.
Della Beretta Thinks Her Husband
Should Help Her Out.

Della Beretta Thinks Her husband
Should Help Her Out.
Della Beretta is suing Angelo Beretta
for $50 month alimony.
She alleges that they were married on
July 80, 1871, and that since that time they
have been able 10 accumulate properly to
the value of $e0,000 She says that on
May last. without any provocation. her
husband drove her from her home, and
then filed a petition to have her declared
incompetent and have himself appointed
her guardian. This was done, she says,
solely for the purpose of securing from the
savings bank sum of $1,000 which had
been deposited there and which was their
joint property. When this money was Sc
cured the order declaring her incompetent
and that appointing her husband as ner
guardian were set aside.
Since May, the plaintiff alleges, she has
been trying to support herself, and the
only assistance she has received from her
husband has been 800, which he gave her
at different times in September, October
and November. She has no income ex-
cept $50 month from the rent of a house,
the plaintiff continues, and being in
straitened circumstances she applied to
her attorneys, P. T. Benson and w. H.
Chapman, for advice. They gave her pa
pers to sign, and she afterward found that
she had signed an agreement not to ask
her husband for support nor to see her
children.
She asks that the paper be declared null
and that her husband be compelled to pay
her $50 month for her support; also that
she have the care OF her youngest two
cbilHrnn
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Jack Schroeder's country home, when
Miss Brown and Mr.. Somers were there
What excites most comment in San Fran
cisco is this from the World:
Mystery began to gather about the case di-
rectly the announcement was made by cable
from Southampton that dying passenger on
the steamship New York had been taken ashore
at Southampton, and his death ON the follow
ing day, February Q, was announced From
this time Mr.. Somers' intimate friends both in
New York and in London sought Tor weeks to
obtain particulars of their friends death with
out getting any satisfaction beyond the fact
that Mr.. Somers had been buried on February
g in Southampton; that he had left will and
made his friend Richie executor and that he
(Ritchie) was attending to everything.
The first account in detail of what is said TO
have taken place came by way of San Fran
cisco in the shape of a letter dated Bourne
mouth, February Is. 1894, and signed C. NJ.
Palmer. A copy of this letter was forwarded
to a man in New York friend of Mr.. Somers
of years standing. This letter was afterward
printed as leatet and circulated among the
members of the Bohemian Club, San Fran
cisco, of which Mr. Somers was nonresident
member. A letter from the late Frank NJ. Pix
ley, editor and owner OF the San Francis co
Argonaut, which accompanied this copy, states
that it was written 10 William Greer Harrison
hEy
Somers and president of the Bohemian Club.
Mr. Palmer told how Mr.. Somers grave at
Sou Hampton had been decorated with palms
and flowers, according to Buddhistis rites. on
the anniversary of the Bohemian Clubs revel
He also told of the elaborate funeral which
Mr.. Somers had had
The Worlds narrative then proceeds to
relate that copy of this letter was sent to
friend of Somers in London A few
weeks afterward, in the month of Septem-
Der, this friend went to Southampton and
saw the head nurse at the Rockstone Hos.
pital, and also the undertaken, Mr.. Creed
The latter said Mr.. Somers was not buried
near any parish church, but in the large
cemetery. The undertaken added that
there is a small mortuary chapel there for
those awaiting burial but Mr.. Somers had
been brought directly to his establishment
and was laid out in an upper cham ber.
where the body rested until the funeral
on the following Tuesday. To question
about the appearance of Mr.. Somers, the
friend was told:
~ don't suppose he could look very
natural. sir, being laid out all in white,
sir. Just a nightshirt and sheet wrapped
all around him.
The curator of the cemetery showed the
way to grave set so closely between
others that there was barely footway