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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08

general farmer who cultivates but n
small patch for his own use. The pota-
toes are cut by hand to two eyes, drop
ped In rows three feet apart with the
hills eighteen inches apart in the row
IL they are to be plowed one way, and
two and one-half to three feet apart II
they are to be cultivated crosswise.
Checking, however, Is hardly ever nee
essary except where the land Is very
foul For commercial planting, hand
processes are entirely too slow, conse-
quently inventors have constructed ma
chimes both for cutting the potatoes into
suitable sized pieces and for Planting
them. There Is also on the market a
machine which cuts the seed and at the
same time does the planting. Figs l
and represents hand potato cutter
which will do the work of eight or ten
persons. The potato is dropped into the
hopper, the handle brought over and
pressed down, and the potato Is cut into
pieces of. a uniform size. Fig. repre-
SCENTS the bottom of the hopper, crossed
by six knives, with one running length
wise. The number of knives can be
decreased so as to make larger pieces
of 1t, or can be increased and smaller
pieces obtained. This machine can
also be used for cutting beets, turnips,
carrots, and other roots for stock feed.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08

Many people despise their work,
when they ought to be thankful that
they have something to do. A man or
woman who goes through life loathing
his daily work is miserable mortal,
who makes this world full of hell, and
prepares the way for plenty of 1t In
the next. says Rural Life. A child
that has not been taught to work has
not been half raised. An education
that does not develop habits of in.
dustry Is a curse to its recipient. and
the recipient Is curse to the State.
In this new country of ours there is
abundant opportunity for everybody
who loves to work to get rich. In
dustrious people are the happiest, most
virtuous, and companionable of all So
ciety. Industry begets all the cardinal
virtues, while Incidence begets mis-
cry, want, vice and crime, and these
things follow the rich as well as the
poor. l met farmer not long ago
who had learned to hate his lot upon
the farm. He had determined to sell
out and go to a certain little village
and open n restaurant. The village
has already twice as many restaurants
as the customer needs. The farmer
has never had any experience in run
ming a restaurant or walking in town
life. 1t is, therefore, safe to predict
that he will utterly fail and learn to
hate the restaurant tenfold worse than
the firm
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
The HIercenarY.

The mercenary fighting man is per-
son who seldom receives his due reward
during his lifetime or his just need OF
fame after his death. The character is
one so alien to the age in which we live,
it belongs so entirely to the days when
fighting was the only occupation for
gentleman, that it has forfeited alike our
study and our sympathy. Volunteers we
understand, but mercenaries we do not.
The world apparently has grown to
think that fighting as profession-the
bare trade of arms unconsecrated by
any sentiment of cause or country-ls
not noble thing and should not, how
ever ably and CALAMITY followed, be ad-
judged the highest praise.
Possibly the world is right, but we
suspect that change of system in the
training Of fighting men has had far
more influence than mere abstract hu-
manity in creating this opinion. In
these days Of short service and swift
wars the old type Of professional fight
ing man has become extinct. In every
country the recruit is forced through q
s0l016f euucdtlOu al ulBu pIccouio oh"
returned to civil life as speedily as pos
sible that he may earn money to pay for
the education of others. No man. unless
be be an officer, devotes his whole life
time to the military calling, and conse-
quently the few mercenaries-the name
is too ignoble for them-who are known
to us in these later times are without
exception officers-Gordon. for instance,
Valentine Baker and Hobart. 1t was not
SO of old, when the rule was once SOL
der always q soldier, and the only
school was war. Then few men dreamed
of rising to command except through
tho ranks, and many gentlemen preferred
to stay all their lives in the ranks or at
highest to carry the ensigns of their
companies. Veteran soldiers were worth
their weight in gold, and though by no
means innocent of rapacity followed
their calling from sheer devotion to it
and thought themselves unlucky if they
died in their beds. Macmillan s Maya
zine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08

lad of fierce determination, and the boys
in the neighborhood of Harry's house
insist that the young animal trainer has
hypnotized his pet. Be that as it may,
Harry has succeeded in doing what no
one has ever done before, and he is
reaping his reward in the fun that
Mouser affords himself and his friends
whenever the weather is cold enough to
make an ice pond in fit condition for
skating.
Harry has had several offers from
museum keepers who want to buy the
gifted Mouser, but the boy would rather
part with his ears than give up his olev-
er cat. Mouser is the most remarkable
feline in the world, and if she under
stands her own value she must certain
ly know that she can do at least one
thing that no other cat has ever before
succeeded in doing A skating cat is
worth whole menagerie of ordinary
trick animals, and when Mouser dies
as she probably will some day-a fine
monument erected over her grave will
be the very least that her proud master
can do to let future generations know
how wonderful pussy once lived and
skated in New York. New York Re-
corder
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
Sure of 1t This Time.


"John John p
Mr.. Billus ceased snoring.
whats the matter, Maria?"
"There's man in the house. Listen !"
"What?"
81 heard heavy foot ON the stairway.
Listen -
Mr.. Billus listened moment.
81 don't hear anything"
"I do Tbere-I heard it again ~
There was no response but snore.
"Johnl"
Another snore. -=5
"John Billus, are You afraid to get
up?"
No response
Mrs. Billus lay down again.
eff you can stand it to have tho house
robbed" she exclaimed wrathfully, II
can. ...
At the end Of half an hour she spoke
again:
"Johnl'
No answer. ..
John Billus" ...
whats the matter now?''
81 was mistaken. There wasn't any
man in the house. And there isn't any
man in the house now, either. Hear
that. do you?"-Chicago Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
Little Wilhelmina.

Juvenile sovereigns can be very trying
to their elders. Notions of their own
Importance are apt to crop up rather
rapidly in their young heads. Wilhel-
nina I of Holland is not an exception.
She had held her queenly title for
scarcely six months when one morning
at an unconsciously early hour she left
her room and knocked at the door of the
queen regent chamber. "Who is there?"
asked her mother. 1.-THE queen of the
Netherlands, was the grandiloquent
reply. "Oh," said the queen regent, 81
am afraid it is too early to receive the
queen of the Netherlands, but if my lit
tie daughter Wilhelmina is there she
may come in. Ladies' Home Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
Draining In Place of Grading.


1t Is often said by farmers that low,
wet places need to be filled In so that
the water that now settles In them can
run off over the surface, says the Amer
lean Cultivator But anyone who tries
to grade up even a small hollow knows
how Ineffective this method proves. A
tile drain dug through the center of the
wet place, II small one, and with two
or three branches IL larger, will do the
work much more cheaply and effect a
permanent Improvement. Where a
large quantity of water runs into the
low place from adjoining uplands the
drain may not at once be able to re-
move 1t. But water standing over n
field even for two or three days, while
an under-drain beneath 1t Is carrying
off the surplus water, does no harm to
any crop. There are, in fact, no crops
on the land in spring excepting winter
grain. We have had winter wheat COW
cred on fat piece of land several inch
es deep with water, which froze over
the surface, but without any injury to
the wheat. The water sank away I'M
der the ice. BY the time a thaw came
the surface was dry and the crop had
simply been saved by the Ice from ex.
posture to the freezing and thawing of
surface soil 1t would otherwise have re-
cpiypd
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08

Machines for planting potatoes at the
rate of four to eight acres per day are
no longer en-. experiment. One man
only Is needed to operate the machine
that plants cut seed, while the auto
matte cutter and planter requires a
man and boy. These implements open
the furrow, drop the seed, and any
desired amount and kind of fertilizer,
and cover evenly with soil to a uniform
depth bringing an even stand. A mark
er indicates the next row and keeps the
rows straight. One of these machines
soon saves its cost on farm where
potatoes are grown to any extent.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
Little Mr.. By-and-by.

Little Mr.. By-and-by,
You will mark him by his cry
And the way he loiters when
Called again and yet again,
Glum IL he must leave his play,
Though all time be holiday.
Little Mr.. By-and-by,
Eyes cast down and mouth awryi
In the mountains of the moon
He is known as Pretty Soon,
And he's cousin to Don't Care,
As no doubt you're well aware.
Little Mr.. By-and-by
Always has fretful "Whyf"
When he's asked to come or go
Like his sister, Susan Slow.
Hope We'll never-you and L
Be like Mr.. By-and-by.
Clinton Scollard in st. Nicholas.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
INHERENT Kinda of Bone Meal.

Different Kinds of Bone Meal.
Bone meal Is not confined to one
name, but Is known also as ground
bone, bone flour, bonedust, etc. We
find In the market raw bone meal and
steamed bone meal. Raw bone meal
contains the fat naturally present in
bones. The presence of the fat Is OBJ
jectionable, because 1t makes the
grinding more difficult and retards the
decomposition of the bone In the soil,
while fat itself has no value as plant
food. When bones are steamed, the
fat Is removed and the bone Is more
easily ground. Moreover, the chemical
nature of the nitrogen compounds ap-
pears to be changed in such manner
that the meal undergoes decomposition
in the soil more rapidly than In case of
raw bone. The presence of easily de-
caying nitrogen compounds In bones
hastens, in the process of decomposi-
ton, to dissolve more or less of the
insoluble phosphate. Bone meal should
contain from to 5 per cent. of nitro
gen, and from 20 to 25 per cent. of phos-
phoric acid About one-third to one
fourth of the latter appears to be in
readily available condition. Raw bone
meal generally contains somewhat more
nitrogen q or per cent? and rather
less phosphoric acid than steamed bone
meal. The fineness of the meal affects
Its value; the finer the meal the more
readily available Is 1t as plant food
Bulletin New York Station.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
Planting Potatoes.

In planting potatoes, either for nome
or for market, the first essential, says
the American Agriculturist, Is we'll
drained, rich plat of land. A heid
which has been two years in clover Is
usually the best. To this apply heavy
dressing of well-rotted barnyard ma
nure. Break the sod in the fall or the
winter three or four inches deep, then
In spring turn 1t over to depth OF eight
or nine inches, and cut up thoroughly
with a disk harrow, continuing fhe
operation until the seed bed is wei
fined and In the best condition. Use q
smoothing harrow to compact 1t suffi
GENTLY, so that 1t will not be dried OH
unduly. The ground Is now ready foi
planting. The old method of hand
planting will probably continue for tho
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
GIGANTIC TURTLE FOUND ON EGMoNT ISLAND.

visited the Islands for that purpose He
found the monster after short search.
1t was captured without a fight, but
great care was used to prevent it from
being hurt in any way. The natives
regarded it with the greatest awe and
could scarcely be induced to lay hands
upon 1t. 1t weighs u little over 500
pounds and Its back shield measures
nearly six feet across. This Is the only
specimen that has ever been captured
alive. 1t will probably be sent to Paris
at an early date to be added to the sol
lection In the Jardin des Plantes.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
A Boston Preacher.

The Rev. Robert Macdonald is one of
Boston's clergymen who may be describ-
ed as sympathetic preachers. He has an
easy presence in the pulpit and face
whose character denotes sympathy.
When in the midst Of warm passage of
his sermon, his words pour ont in tor
rent and by the very impetuosity with
which he himself seems carried away he
holds his hearers and pnts his thoughts
into the minds Of those whom he has
brought into sympathy with him.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08


of Harlem IN. W Boy.
Harry Summers is Harlem boy, and
his greatest boast is that he has sue.
ceeded in teaching his pet cat, Mouser
how to glide along an ice pond on
skates. Mouser did not learn how to
skate in day. As may be imagined
she was Glow pupil, and it was quite
a month before she could be induced to
keep the little pieces of steel and wood
(Which Harry had specially made for
herr attached to her feet. Even when
Mouser had grown accustomed to her
shackles she had to be taught to stand
upright, and after that she had to be
coaxed into using her skates on the ice.
Poor puss had many bad fall, and if
her skates had not been so firmly at
taohed to her hind legs she would have
run away from her terrible task long
before she had grown accustomed to her
unnatural sport.
1t was only with the utmost patience
and kindness that Mouser was taught to
look upon her daily exercise as part of
her existence. Today she rather enjoys
spin ON the littlo pond in the back yard
of Harry home. Mouser's first real les
sons in skating were given on miniature
roller skates; it was only step from
roller skating to glide on the ioe
Mouser is big white and yellow cat,
not at all handsome, and more inclined
to fight than to skate, but Harry is O
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08

the animals should not be allowed to
run In pastures which were frequented
by diseased stock. If necessary, SOW
a patch of clover, which will take the
place of a regular pasture field. Lots
can usually be moved at comparative
ly small expense. Unless precautions
of this kind are taken, another out
break may occur at any time. Proper
sanitation, food and good care may
ward 1t off.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
She Smelled Them Whole.

Little Ethel had run across the road
to make her usual call upon Aunt Jen'
ME and stopped suddenly in the Kitchen
exolaiming, "Oh. myl I smell apples
auntiel" II should think you might
dear; there is q pan Of parings. - But,
auntie. I,smell whole applesl'-Youths
Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
Cold and Clothes.

People who are susceptible to the cold
should make point of wearing loose
clothing in cold weather. Loose gar
ments are always warmer than tight
fitting ones, not only because they allow
room for circulation, but also because
they permit layer of air between the
skin and the outside cold. -
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
The Right of Way.

In crowded street keep to the right.
Should you wish to break this rule re-
member that you should turn aside to
the right when others wish to pass you.
1t Is courteous. whether You or the
stranger has the right of way, to turn
aside for your elders or for those who
have n hurdan
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08

The opportunity should not be missed.
These parties afford rare fun if properly
managed Tho boys invite the girls and
the girls ask the boys to accompany
them. The girls choose their partners
for dancing and for supper. In short,
reverse the usual order of things and
you cannot go astray at leap year par
ty. Plan it all beforehand SO that 1t
may work smoothly. Brooklyn Eagle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
Potatoes for Stock.

Exhaustive experiments are reported
by the French Society of Agriculture
In which ration composed chiefly
of potatoes afforded rapid gains In live
weights of both sheep and cattle, n
large percentage in dressed weight of
excellent quality. Cooked potatoes
proved more effective and profitable
than uncooked
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08

American Gardening very truly says
that shelter belts in certain sections are
as much of necessity as they are
ornamental to the home. These afford
desirable protection from cold blasts
of the north and west, and from the Lot
winds of the south and southwest.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08

Young Wife-John; mother says she
wants to be cremated.
Young Husband-Tell her if she II get
ON her things I'll take her there this
morning. Spare Moments ..
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
BIG TURTLE OF THE ORIENT.
One Weighing Five Hundred Pounds
Found on the Egmont Islands.

A Frenehman named Antelme, travel
ing In the East, heard from some ma
tives recently that on one of the Egg
mont Islands, group of Insignificant
dots In the Indian Ocean northeast of
Madagascar, there was an enormous
turtle. NJ. Antelme, surmising from the
description that the creature belonged
to species supposed to be extinct, de-
termined to capture 1t II possible. and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
Good Fences on the Farm.

Good fences are an important thing
on every farm, and they need to be
kept in good repair. Keep weeds and
brush we'll culled out OF the eorners.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
Guard Against Hog Cholera.

Z
On farms where cholera appeared
last summer and fall new hog lots
ought to be provided this spring, and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
ALL ABOUT THE FARM
SUBJECTS INTERESTING TO
RURAL READERS.

Potato Planting with Modern Mn
chinery-Good Fences Are Import
ant-Many Pleasures In Farm ork
How to Guard against Hog Cholera.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-04-08
FOR LITTLE FOLKS
A SKATING CAT.

Her Name Is Mouser, and She Is the Pet
of q Harlem IN. " Boy.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-13
The Mystery of n Railroad Train.

! WASHINGTON, July l3.-Harry j. Po-
cock, for many years register of st. Louis,
died suddenly Saturday night on train
in Ohio, between Athens and Parkers-
burg His remains were loft at the latter
city. Mr. Pocock retired apparently in
good health. About II o'clock deputy
United States commissioner of pensions,
was awakened by an agonizing shrek
from the upper berth occupied by Pocock.
The latter tumbled from his berth into
aisle and died soon after The lower part
Of the berth occupied by Pocock contained
two women, who were discovered in the
ect Of ransacking the dead mans clothes
They claimed to be relatives of Pocock,
but later admitted this to be false. They
were arrested on the charge of petit lar
ceny, with the assumption that that they
had doped Mr.. Pocock for the purpose OF
robbing him. They had s5ls which was
supposed to have been taken from the
dead mans S clothes.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-13
Yellow Fovnr's Ravases In Cuba.

KEY WEST, Fla, July l3-Advices from
Havana state that panic prevails in the
Spanish army in consequence of the terri
bic Increase of yellow fever in the last few
days. 1t is estimated that fully 4Oper cent.
of the cases prove fatal. In Santiago dc
Cubn there ore 1900 soldiers in the hospi-
tails, Major General Linares is stricken,
and his life is despaired of. The epidemic
Is very serious all along the trocha. In
some cases entire companies have been
stricken. In Matanzas the mortality Is
about 60 per cont, and 1t is becoming diff
ticult to bury the dead Tho hospitals of
Havana contain nearly 5000 patients, and
every day the number is being increased.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-13

Mr.. c. W. Stewart. 2 E. Eighth street,
says: by using the Mexican Cough Cure
l was relieved of cough and hoarseness.
Mrs. Davis. 10 Pine street, says: MY
son, George Wales Davis, was relieved Of
cup full Of worms by the use OF the
Mexican Worm Lozcnges." Mr.. Charles
Wilbanks, 705 Buttonwood street, works
in Jackson's shops, says: II have been a
great sufferer from indigestion and rheu-
matism in my left shoulder; had to give
UP work Tried all sorts of druggists So
called remedies and spent lots OF money on
doctors. To-Ca, the Mexican Blood Tonic,
Is the only thing that found to be a rem
edy, for 1t has made my case a perfect
cure Largo s1oO bottles OF To Ca, ESQ.
Samples free. 5ec. box Of Worm Lozsures.
Zoe. Cough Cure, 2Gc. Cf1as, Gt Market
street,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-13
NUGGETS OF NEWS,

Ex-Mayor Edmund H. Turner, Of Al
toona, Pa, died in that city yesterday.
Fire in Galveston, Tex, last night de-
stroyed wharf property valued at $50, 900
Meade Deitwoiler, of Harrisburg, Pa,
has been elected grand exalted ruler Of
the Elks.
At noon on Saturday five men armed
with revolvers entered tho office of the
New York Biscuit company at Chicago,
capped.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-13
Ex-Congrassman Shonks Suggestion.

WlLKEsBARRE, Pa, July 49, Yostsr.
day was n very quiet day at the Twin
shaft, Pittston, and there were very few
visitors, The resruers made fair progress
in the work of clearing away the debris
in the passage way. ExCongressman
Shonk, who is coal operator of wide OK.
perience, offers Il suggestion which he
thinks it would be well to act upon He
says committee of experts should be
appointed to make an estimate of the cost
that will be incurred by the Newton Coal
company in searching for the bodies This
ascertainod, II proposition should be made
to tho relatives of the entombed men that,
instead Of prosecuting the search, the
money be equally divided among the fam
lilies He is Of the opinion that the men
are dead beyond question, and that even
if the bodies should be found, thoy would
be beyond recognition. He thinks the
miners are buried under thousands of
tons Of rock
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-13

The managers Of the Atlantic League
met on Saturday and revised the schedule
The change was made necessary by the ex-
pulsion of the Nets and the sale of the
New Haven franchise to Lancaster. No
games will be seen in Wilmington this
week as the result Of the change Hart
ford was to have played here the first
three days, but they have been thrown to
Philadelphia. Lancaster will be seen here
for tie first time on July %.
The Athletics will make their first ap-
pearance on August G.. When Lancaster
Plays here for the first time large dele
gatiou Of Lancaster folk win witness the
game. The league 10 greatly streng. hened
by the addition Of the new clubs:
The new schedule is as follows: At
home-Hartford, July 20, q, 90; August 20,
81, %, %; Lancaster, July 90, "a, 25, 26;
September II, IL; Paterson, July 81 2S, 20;
August II, Is, 10; Newark, August 27, 2S,
20; Athletics, August 6. 7, 8. "a, %, 26.S
AbrOai-Phiadelphi July 1S, IA, IS;
September ., 10; Paterson, July 16. Il, IS;
August 2, 30, 81; September /, q; Newark,
July 10, August 8, 4, 5, l6 September 6;
Hartford, July 80, 81; August 1. 10, H. Is;
September I; Lancaster, August 10, II, 12;
SePteaes 8, 4. 5.