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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04

A cat in a Chicago dog hospital has
brought up family of five puppies.
Ostriches are fond of waltzing, ac-
cording to writer in the Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
The male ostrich at time utters a cry
which sounds like an effort to speak
with the mouth shut tight.
Red initiates oxen because 1t is the
complementary color to green, and the
eyes of the cattle being fixed so much
on heritage, anything red impresses
their sight with increased intensity.
If you were cruel enough to cut off
wasps head and put it on the point of
a needle in front of sugar and water,
you would find that it would begin
greedily eating it. quite unconscious
of the fact that the food was dropping
out of Its gullet as soon as swallowed.
Some time ago the experiment was
made of letting loose at Compiegne
swallow belonging to Antwerp, in COM
pany with a number of pigeons. The
swallow Immediately made Decline
for home, and arrived there in one
hour, while the pigeons required three
hours.
After long and peculiar illness, a
horse belonging to Frank Helnen of
Reading, Pa, died the other day, and
a post norton examination revealed
that the animals stomach was partly
filled with broken glass, some pieces OF
which had pierced the tissue. The
glass was Of several kinds, going to
prove that the horse had fondness for
that diet.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04

ter that she was q circus rider--a girl
of the people-that she was shorn or
her pomp and glitter? Though she
were the very scum of the earth. he
loved her. She was his queen-a queen
in rags!
One glance told him old Meg was
dead. and gently he relieved the girl OF
her burden.
You must come with me-" he said
looking into her beautiful eyes. You
can do no more for her. She is dead.
"She was the only friend | had. Oh,
what shall | do without herr sobbed
Cam. II have no home. 1t Is all a
strange, dark mystery; | do not even
know my own namer
Then 1t flashed across Ronald that
those papers-that rambling talk-had
not been deirium after all.
$50 you are really my cousin? 1t Is
you who must reign here, and not l."
and what shall you do"
"IT He met her gaze steadily.
Never now must this girl know that he
worshlped her. 81 shall go back to
Australia he said huskily.
There Is room enough for us both
here, Ron. But. If you must go'-shy-
ly-"you will take me with your
Then she was in his arms.-Answers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04

fact that he was not allowed to be one,
until finally his parents gave him po-
liceman's uniform, complete in every
detail.
Now S-year-old Eddie is the proudest
boy on his street. Every afternoon he
dons his uniform and patrols his beat.
He keeps remarkably good order, TOO
Big boys and girls submit to being ar
rested by him with the best grace in
the world, although he is rather severe.
For instance, the prisoner whom he is
about to lug off in the accompanying
photograph has been guilty of no more
heinous offense than shouting, "Ah,
there! Get on to the dude cop."-New
York Evening Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
ONCE IN A WHILE.

Once In while the sun shines out,
And the aching skies are perfect blue;
Once in a while mid clouds of doubt
Faiths fairest stars come peeping
through;
Our paths lead down by the meadows fair,
Where the sweetest blossoms nod and
smile,
And we lay aside our crops of care,
Once in while. {
Once in a while within our own
We feel the hand of steadfast friend;
Once in a while we feel the tone
or love, with the hearts own voice to
blend;
And the dearest of all our dreams come
true,
And on life's way is golden smile,
Each thrsting flower IS kissed with dew,
Once In while.
Once in while in the desert sand
We find spot of the fairest green;
Once in while from where we stand
The hills of Paradise are seen,
And perfect JOY in our hearts we hold,
A JOY that the world cannot defile;
We trade earfh's dross for the purest gold
Once in while.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
MENTALLY AN INFANT.
The Strange Case of n Strongly Built
Man at Cleveland.

Man at Cleveland.
In bed in the Cleveland General
Hospital Is a strong man reduced to
the mental condition of an infant q
months old He is William Murray Of
Erie, Pa, who says he was hurt on
the head and Is unable to give any
other account of himself
Murray's body trembles constantly,
and when he attempts to speak his chin
frequently leaps out of bed and sits
playing on the floor, exactly like child
when it is not yet strong enough to
walk. He has a fancy for toys and
plays with them for hours at time.
When a watch was handed to Muir
ray, he laughed and crowed in an &c.
stasy of baby joy and shook the watch
like rattle box. The next minute no
placed the watch in his mouth. A rat
tie box is one of his prime favorites.
One of the pastimes in which Murray
INDUCES oftenest is to sit on the floor
and play with his toes. He eats and
drinks like baby and tries to put ev-
erything he gets hold of in his mouth.
Every phase of infant life Is depicted
in his acts.
Murray is fine looking man and evil
IDENTIFY has been person of refinement.
He Is strongly built, weighs about 200
pounds and has dark hair and dark
brown mustache. He evidently has
been shorthand writer. The attend.
ants at various times have given him
pencil and paper with which to amuse
himself, and he invariably makes
shorthand characters instead of the
meaningless marks of child.
Some of the physicians who have
seen Murray have theory that he
was confined In hospital as the result
of an injury to his head, and that he
escaped while slightly convalescent
The motion of the train, they think,
agtated the brain and brought on Muir
rays strange condition. His return to
infancy Is an unprecedented mental
phenomenon.-St. Louis Republic.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
Ill.

Ronald King went home, haunted by
the duplication of those beautiful eyes
He hurried over an important engage
ment next day to go to the last per-
Torrance, put reached the place only
to find that the Arabs had folded their
tents and silently stolen away. One
solitary capavan alone marked the spot,
and, lighting cigarette, he strolled up
to where II stood.
The sound of moaning came from
within, and. after knocking vainly, he
opened tho door. A miserable sight
met his eyes. An old woman-lll, dy-
ing, lying on rough straw pallet
turned haggard face to the intruder.
Ronald had seen sickness before. Out
In the bush any one helped a dying
comrade, and soon he had moistened
the parched lips, arranged pillow I'M
der the aching head. lighted the swing
Ing lamp. and sat down In the mlser-
woman gave a packet into his keeping,
and told him a story which seemed to
the young man only the rawlings of de-
lirium. IL was vain to seek a doctor
then; the nearest one was miles away,
In the morning he should come.
Presently the moaning ceased, and
the old woman slept. Then Ronald
slipped quietly out, with a strange
thankfulness at heart that 1t was not
the beautiful Queen Camilla who had
allen N victim To This terrihle scourva
With morning light he was back
again, but paused on the rickety steps
Of the caravan ut the sight that met his
eyes: and In that moment his heart
went out from his keeping.
Seated on the floor in Cinderella garb
of brown rags the woman's head In her
lap, was the girl he loved. What mat
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
| |

Houp-la, She seemed to skim through
the air more lightly than ever that
night, though her face was rigid, and
| it was with difficulty that she sum-
moned smile to her lips. She trotted
round amid even louder applause than
| usual; but her little artificial salute
that sham stage klss-was lacking that
night. Perhaps Queen Cam had forgot
| ten.
At the entrance she was met by Meg
Hudson.
"Come away, my lammie" said the
old woman, folding the girl in her arms
as she slipped from her saddle. i've
got nice bowl O. milk for your sup
per, then we can go straight to your
bed. You shall have no more harsh
words to-night-no, nor any other night
from that old tartar, II can help It,"
A flaming placard on the boardings
next day announced a specially attract
I've program for the last night at Brax-
ton. But before night came the circus
tent was struck, the caravans were
packed, and the travelling company had
fed In sudden panic.
Old Meg had been ailing for two or
three days. No amount of warm gin
had succeeded In banishing the SILVER
Ing which took possession of her, and
that morning she was seriously Ill, and
no doctor was needed to pronounce the
terrible word smallpox" Old Meg
was left deserted In the small caravan
where she lay. The wardrobes, fortu-
nately, were not in the same caravan,
and Leo Salterne's circus company took
rapid flight to the nearest town.
Queen Cam had begged hard to stay
behind, but the manager wouldn't hear
of 1t; so, weeping and reluctant, she
took her place. She would be required
| for the parade, and besides, II she got
smallpox and lost her beauty her ca
reer would be ended. An old woman
| more or less didn't matter, and secretly
| the manager rejoiced that sure and
certain means was at hand of silencing
| Meg's tongue forever. She was the
| only one who knew the dreaded secret.
1t was eighteen years now since Jack
Forrest, the handsome young riding
master, had run away with the only
daughter of the squire Of BraxtOn. The
squire had never noticed his daughter
since, and when Jack broke his neck
over gigantic hurdle in view of a
crowd the shock killed his young wife,
who left behind her in old Meg's charge
IA few valuable jewels, her marriage
| lines and a tiny babe girl. Old Meg
had stuck to those treasures fiercely
through thick and thin, but the secret
would die with her. Camillas Identity
would remain unknown and the man.
ager would take possession of the girl
soul and body.
There was a hue and cry in the camp
next morning, for the queen was miss
Ing. Her rough bed had not been slept
in, but all her tawdry robes and finery
were there. She must have gone away
in the yeriest rags. OF course they
knew where she had gone, for Cam
knew no such thing as fear, and the
manager swore loudly that some one
must go at once and fetch her. But
there was the smallpox-that was a
greater terror than the managers
wrath.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
MRS. n. KARwIEsE.

ty-ninth street and are always crowded
with employers and employees. In time
the society hopes to have its own home.
At present it occupies two floors Of a
private house. The top floor has been
transformed into home for respectable
girls out of employment, supplying
them with good bed and plain, whole
some food. The fondest wish of the off,
GERS, however, is to establish cooking
school, and it will probably not be long
before this idea will be realized. Mrs.
L. Rosenberg is president of the organ
ization, Mrs. X. Karwiese is vice presi-
dent and Mrs. S. Hirsch and Mrs. Will
liam Knoepke are among the directors.
New York Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
STORY OF A FAMOUS FIDDLE.
A Stradivarius Which Has Beeu Very
Little Used.

Little Used.
In connection with the death the 9TH
er day Of Mr.. Laurie, the Glasgow VIC
lin expert, reference was made to his
having had through his hands the fam
GUS Stradivarius violin, which has come
to be known, somewhat irreverently, If
not absurdly, as ''The Messiah" The
instrument is now in the possession OF
Mr.. B. Crawford of Newpark, Trinity,
Edinburgh, who few years ago paid
no less than $4,000 for it. As recently
as 1872, Charles Reade (who knew as
much about fiddles as about the trade
of letters had valued the instrument at
alone at 1861 Villaume, the high priest
of matchmaking in Paris, had 1t at this
time. He kept it till his death in 1875
From Villaume the treasure descended
to NJ. Alard, the great French volinist
who gave IL 900 for It, He died in 1883,
and two years later Mr.. Crawford risk
ed his $4,000 for it.
There Is some reason for the high ng-
ure. The instrument Is the only one
that has come down from Stradivarlus
own hands in state of perfect preser,
walton. 1t has been very little piayeu
upon, and its glowing, ruddy varnlsh u
as fresh as II 1t had been put on onl!
a week ago. Mr.. Crawford has sec
ond "Strad," and also very fine Guar
nerius. 1t is but a question of few
years. and the instrumental 1t Is ever
sold-will fetch considerably higher
price.-Scots Pictorial.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04

Two little girls, Mary Grey and Kit
tie Kendall, were seated in the school
room together. Mary was reading a
story book under cover of the desk
when Kittie suddenly said: Here
comes the teacher" The story-book
was at once pushed out of sight and
both girls were busily engaged In the
study of their history lesson, when the
teacher got to their desk, and with a
smile said: u am pleased to see two
such studious girls.
After she had left the room Kittie re-
marked: WASN'T it a good thing saw
her In timer
mo; think l would rather she had
seen me, and told me how wrong it
was. | don't think l should feel so
mean," replied Mary.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
What 1t Was Made Ont OF.

kindergarten teacher was recently
reviewing her little class on the in
struction given the day before. The
following are part of the questions
and answers:
Teacher-Now, children, told Won
yesterday about the various materials
from which your dresses are made
silk, wool and cotton. Let me see how
well you remember. Margie, where did
the material come from of which your
dress Is made?
Margie--It once grew upon the bacl,
of a sheep.
Teacher-Very good; and yours. LII.
liam?
Lillian-My dress once grew upon the
back Of sheep and part Of IT was
spun by the sllkworm.
Teacher-Correct! And yours. Lucv ?
Lucy with evident embarrassment
My dress was made out of an old one of
mammals.
Out of the Mouths of Babes.
Little Mamie was trying to write
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
Won Their Fortunes,

A little less than two years ago rich
grain merchant If Odessa died, leaving
fortune of 1000, 900 rubles to his
three daughters, under peculiar condi.
tions. They were only 10 inherit the
money IN condition that they became
servants, washerwomen CT farm work.
ers for Is months. Tho time has Just
passed, and tho young women have
come into their fortune. Two of them
were chamber.naids and the third a
girl IF all work in Odessa houses They
did not have much trouble in securing
situations. In the course OF their servi-
tude the two younger daughters receiv-
ed each more than geo proposals CT mar
riage, and the eldest 400. They declin
ed all. and now assert that they will
continue to live in single blessedness.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04

There may be laws concerning the
age of policemen and stupid regula-
lions concerning their weight and their
height, but of these Greater New
Yorks youngest policeman knows moth
ing and cares as little.
He Is Little Eddie Williams. His
admiration for the big men in blue is a
kind of exalted ambition. His longing
to be policeman was an intense as
the average small boys desire to be n
bugler or drummer. He resented the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
Tapestry Made by Mexican Moths

At recent meeting of the st. Louis
Academy of Sciences specimens were
exhibited of kind of tapestry said tc
have ben woven by the larvae OF
moths on the ceiling of corn loft In
Mexico. The silken sheet seems tC
have covered the entire ceiling. 1t was
composed of fine threads crossing and
recrossing in every direction, was near
ly white in color, and resembled piece
of soft-tanned sheepskin. The insect.
that made 1t destroy corn stored IL
warehouses.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
The Foolish Chimney Sweep.

Not being able ito see himself as
others saw him" the sweep broke the
mirror that reflected his own black
ness into hundred bits and walked
down the street more content. But a
man accosted him with the remark
that his face was black as SCOT.
"Oh, what Ounce | am" cried the
sweep, greatly irritated, and, going to
work at once with plenty of soap and
water, both his temper and his looks
were greatly improved.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
GERMAN HOUSEWIVES.

They Have an Organization which Is Ben
efioiaI to Mistresses and Servants.
The first entertainment given by the
Deutscher Hausfrauen verein has prov
cd SO successful that already plans for
another performance for next season are
being made Meanwhile the society Is
continuing its work of trying to supply
families with good, reliable servants.
The society rooms are at 12l East FIT
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
Kangaroo Sizes.

The average size OF the kangaroo u
from three to four feet In height. Specf
mems from six to seven feet are Ire,
Quently met with on the Austraiia"
plains. A kangaroo has been KNOW
to make leap Of 80 feet.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT Or
THE PAPER.

Quaint Sayings and Cute DoinSs Oh INC
Little Fc,ks Everywhere, Gathereo
and Printed Here for All other LII
tie Ones to Read.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04

Girls should not run around and foil
about 1t when they are cutting their
wisdom teeth; it gives away their age.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04

People will pay more for quarre
than for anything else.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04
Their Nicknames.

Their Nicknames.
Some children that | know, possess
Of nicknames half score;
One is -"Teddy''-"Ted,"
Though christened -.
The next scarcely is called Alright
By any haps or chances;-
IT'S Fanny Frankie''-"F'rank" ana
Fan
Though her real name is -.
Then LAIR" 'Laurie"-"Lanty' comes
Though he always writes it -;
And his sister twin, whom most address
AS Flo or "Floy" for -.
The last is "Lizzie''-"Betty" -"Bess'
..Bettina" and 'Elspeth'-
sRetsy"-.List''-" Beth"-"Bet'-"
And she's -.
st Nicholas
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-04

Ont of the Mouths of Babes.
Little Mamie was trying to write
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-04-07

TIE following is list of eight
classes Of people that do a town DO
good First, those who go out Of
town TO do their trading. Second,
those who oppose improvements.
Third. those who prefer quiet
town TO one of push and business.
Fourth, those who think business
can DO done slyly aud without adj
vertising. Fifth, those who deride
public spirited men. Sixth. those
who oppose every movement that
does not originate with themselves.
seventh. those who oppose any
public enterprise that does not APP
pear to benefit then. Eighth.
those who seek to iDjure the credi,
OF an individual.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-04-07
OUR DUrY TO cUBA.

Quite regardless OF the RESPONSE
bilities for the Maine incident, it is
apparently true that the great ma
jority OF the American people are
hoping that President Mckinley
will promptly utiIizs the occasion
to secnre the complete paciiicalion
and Independence of Cuba. There
are few people in the United
States-we should not ike to be-
lieve that more than one hundred
could be found out of population
OF seventy FIVE miIlions-who be-
lieve that the United States ough.
to join hands with Spain in forcing
the Cuban insurgents TO lay down
their arms and to accept Spatish
sovereignty az permanent condi-
ton, under the promise Of practical
home rule. 1t needs no argument,
of course, to convince the Ameri-
can people that such proposal
reaches the lowest depths Of inTamy
1t is much worse than the PROPOSE
ton made by few people ia Eu-
rope last year that the victorious
Turks should have the countenance
and support OF the greas nations OF
Europe in making Greece part Of
the Turkish empire. For the
Turks bad fairly conquered The
Greeks; and II Europe had kept
hands of, Greece would have been
reduced very quickly to the posi-
ton of an Ottoman province. Bnt
in Cuba it Is otherwise. The in
surgenis, with no outside help,
have held their own for more than
three years. and Spain is unable to
conquer them. The people of the
United States do not intend to help
Spain hold Cuba. On the contrary.
they are now ready, in one way or
in another, to help the Cubans
drive Spain utof the western hemi-
sphere. II the occasion goes past
aud we allow this Cuban struggle
TO run on indefinitely, the Ameri-
can people will have lost several de-
grees Of self respect and will err
tainly not have gnined anything in
The opinion 81 mankind.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-04-07

Nov young feIlers." said tho
Hon. Spud Hooper, in his address
at the Pine stump Sunday School
"when you begin to sprout a mus
tache like the faz on - green
'backen stalk, don'tget excited an
Try 20 exhaust the entire cigarct
stock Of the earth. llit's hope
less job. They will be here after
you have done flung np the sponge
an gone out o. the smoSin' bizzi-
ness. An don't think iest bek se
you csn blow smoke thro your nose
an your daddy haz you 20 feed
that the government il jest cechin
to git your pio,ua' on the postat Q
stamps. Oiconrse everybody knows
your air about 40 degrees sharper
than Solomon, but the world could
manage to worry along without you
II It had 70. They hez been graf
stocks an cords o. jest sicb felIers
es YOU before, an when they kicked
the bucket the sun didn't bust ner
The earth git out % socket. She
mout a wobbled a little, but she
stuck to her proper place, az
fekia che vail kontinue to stick
THAR
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-04-07

Al this time when there is u
strong possibility that our gov
eminent will get into trouble with
Spain many persons are curious t.,
know to what extent the pationsl
guards of the various states can b.
used. Under the law the president
for limited time each year ca,
call the guard into services to an,
part OF the United states for the
purposes named in the law, to-sup
press insurrection. repsl invasion
and snch things. bit he cannol
send them ont of the country.
The guards, as national guards
cannot be sent to Cuba. If the,
90 thew must volunteer for thai
purpose. the same as any citizen.
But they can be called and sent 10
any part Of tbs United States.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-04-07

A Cracker" boy in he Atlantis
Constitution 1--WE don't want n,
war. My Pa says War an Whisky
is Hell. But if Whisky il. my M.
says Pa must like bein' in bell.
Pa had one leg shot off in the las,
War. He wears a Woodea leg now.
which Ma locks mp when he gifts
full. SOS he can't go out an gi
fuller. Pa says il they's War he
hopes they'll sem all the revenoo
Detectives to the Front. SOS he kin
make moonshlne ticker an Twin
Pa is agin the guyment."