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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
A Novel Cure for Drunkards.

What is believed to be the most orig
inal and unique method yet evolved to
bring an intoxicated man back to
sober condition Is that In use at Waiver
ly, an oil town in Wood County, short
distance south of Listerville, w. Va.
When oil was first struck there among
the first people to arrive were the sa-
loon men, and drunkenness was a very
common occurrence in the streets of.
the little city, until one night the chief
of police hit upon happy idea and pro-
ceeded to put it into execution with the
help of a number of men about the
city whom he had put on.
In large vacant lot back of one of
the supply houses there was huge
iron gas tank lying, and in one end of
it there was hole just large enough
to admit of a goodsized man being put
In. A drunk was secured, and the chief
and his assistants proceeded to give
him free dose of new Jag cure. The
fellow was compelled to go along and
he was showed through the hole In the
top of the gas tank, and once in there
the tank was rolled around all over the
lot, and there was no chance for him to
get out until the crowd had got tired
of the sport and let him out of their
own accord.
When the tank Is started rolling a
number of the gang, with stones. pieces
of pipe and clubs, walk around with 1t
and as fast as possible tap the tank
gently with the weapon, and this, Of
course, in hollow iron receptacle
makes terrible noise. The sound Of
the noise from the outside Is ear-split-
ting, and what it is on the inside is
hard to conjecture. Quite number Of
DRINKS have been treated to round of
pleasure in the gas tank, and none of
them has ever been known to get roo
much on board since, and some have
even quit drinking altogether.-Syra-
cuse Standard.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
Wages In England.

The rates OF wages paid household
servants in England are very much less
than those paid in the United States,
writes w. e. Curtis, In the Chicago Rec
ord. and the service is much better.
The official statistics show that the
general average of wages for all classes
Of domestic servants in London Is only
ST6.2o a year, or $685. month Good
buffers are paid as much as $3.50 a year.
Ladies' maids come next, and those
who have accomplishments get very
nearly the same wages.
The official statistics show that the
average for all Of London Is $121.75 a
year. The average for cooks is $10775
a year; for housemaids, SS125; nurse
maids, $3.50, and laundresses, $94. %.
These averages are drawn from many
thousand individual cases reported to
the Bureau OF Labor Statistics by the
employment agencies in London, and
may be regarded as accurate, although
they do not refer to the highest class Of
servants, such as are found In the
houses of the nobility and aristocracy.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
Picturesque Millinery.

The temperance of large gainsbor-
ough hats in chip and delicate fancy
braids, freighted with soft, dropping
plumes in white, pale pink. mauve ana
black, and the wonderful exhibit OF airy
muslins and lace shoulder capes ana
hchus of every conceivable style anu
length, says New York fashion wri1'
er, bespeaks in advance a summer OF eA'
oeedingly poetic and picturesque styles
The new large round hats have nothing
OF the gaudy, overlooked appearance u
the hats of the past winter, us a lew
loops Of broad. lustrous satin rippo"
and a glittering jeweled ornament .,
some description are the only addlliona'
garnitures used with tho plumes 'pu'
far. Later ON the milliners will all su0'
cumb to the great temptation OF the CAV,
giant. natural looking French howe''
sent over.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
Keening Clothes Smart.

1t is the tumbllng about on chairs and
bedposts that ruins quantities of
clothes, and thus dresses are often
"worn out while not being worn In the
actual sense. \ Philadelphia authority
advises women TO hang all dress waists
and skirts, but suspend them on coat
hangers not on hooks or nails. The
way shopkeepers care for ready made
garments is an excellent object lesson.
Ii you can't get the readymade article,
manufacture ii. Half n barrel hoop,
with a loop of string in the middle,
makes Il satisfactory substitute. Hang
ing only serves for heavy fabrics, not
when they are of thin goods. IN that
case. garments are apt to become
stringy. Light materials must be fold
ed. sleeves and bows stuffed out with
tissue paper and all given plenty of
room. Skirts should be brushed when
taken off and then put away at once.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
Briefs About Women.

The Queen of Greece Is the only wo-
man Admiral in the world.
Oulda never shakes hands. She de.
clares 1t TO be the most vulgar form Of
salutatlon.
The little town of Nasso, In Sweden.
has female contingent, $50 strong. in
its fire brigade.
Since the college doors were opened
to women in Scotland the female stu.
dents have shown pardonable patriot.
ism.
New Zealand women have full suf.
frage, the native or Maori women being
allowed TO vote as well as their Euro
pean sisters.
Nine. Payer, Swiss woman who has
taken the degree of doctor of medicine.
Is strongly opposed to tight boots and
gloves, corsets, and long skirts.
Mrs. Zerlsah Gould Mitchell. who died
recently, was the last Indian princess
in Massachusetts. and was a lineal de-
scendant of the famous Massasoit.
Japanese theaters have their boxes so
arranged that the ladies can change
their dresses, as 1t Is not considered
stylish for lady TO appear an entire
evening in one dress and with the same
ornaments.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
How Women Earn Money.

The cleaning of bicycles is, says the
Household, comparatively speaking,
modern occupation, usually taken up
by a man In connection with some 9TH
or business. A clever Englishwoman
has conceived the idea that IL might be-
come a lucrative employment, Tor one
who could go about to the dlnerent
houses daily, or at stated times, ana
make business Of cleaning bicycles.
The greater majority Of the riders are
young people, and such are inclined 10
shirk the proper care that should De
given a machine, or are sometimes 100
tired from the exercise to attend TO 1t,
but are often willing to devote some Oh
their spending money to get rid OF the
work.
This woman has started In the busi-
ness, and goes from house to house. 50
that one need not take the cycle 10
shop. She soaks the chain In Kerosene
oil and, after drying, rubs 1t with
graphite. She carries an assortment Oh
rags. cheese-cloth, free from INT
These. we'll permeated with oil, are
used upon the intricate and working
parts Of the wheel. A bit OF Hammer
polishes the trimmings after there mas
been applied to them paste such as Is
used on harness trapplngs. The clean
err also adjusts the saddle and hanule-
bars, tests everything TO see that 1t Is
firm, Tightening nuts when necessary
She pumps up and fills tires, cleans,
trims. and fills the lamp, and puts it Sc
curely In place.
A New York society woman has add
ed novel venture to the business en-
terprises Of women. She has opened
dainty office, which she calls "a bu-
reau Of social requirements She OF
fers to supply ideas and original de-
signs for entertainments on establish
ed lines, relieving the hostess Of all
WEAKNESS and anxiety. To manage
and order luncheons, teas, receptions,
and other social affairs. and TO supply
menus or recipes. To give information
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
Men as Kitchen Workers..

1t is an interesting development OF the
woman suffrage agitation that Miss
Alice Stone Blackwell. editor of the
Woman's Journal. or Boston, is devo-
ting good deal of her time and atten-
ton TO finding situations for men as
kitchen workers. She says that the
chief difficulty she meets In the way of
getting housework for her proteges to
do Is the conservatism of women. In
her experience there are always more
young men willing to take domestic
service than there are Yankee house
wives willing to give them a trial. She
affirms that 1t Is as hard to convince
some women that men ,an do housework
as 1t Is to convince some men that a
woman can be principal of public
school. But, she continues, the women
who venture upon the new departure
are sometimes rewarded by finding In
1t a perfect solution of the vexed do
nestle problem" Mrs. Isabel c. Bar
rows, who Is one of the innovators. pro.
claims that the young man now doing
her housework is the best help she has
had in thirty years. The man giving
such distinguished satisfaction Is a col
lege graduate, who finds his education
most useful In the kitchen.-New York
Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
A BAD COMPANION.
He Didn't Like to Correct a Lady, but
He Had To.

He Didn't Like to Correct a Lady, but
He Had To.
The man with bronzed skin and long
ish hair was hanging upon every word
that the charming young woman spoke.
says the Washington Star. She was
telling of an actress whom she greatly
admired.
81 will never forget how she looked"
the young woman said. "She was as
beautiful as Juno"
The weather-beaten auditor moved
uneasily, and then said: Il beg yer
pardon, miss, but l amt sure that
heard yer remark jest right"
II said that she was as beautiful as
Juno"
1T amt fer me ter erect lady" he
began In apologize tones.
II am quite willing to be corrected
when there Is any reason for doubt"
she replied, in tone with traces of con-
gealment through it. But l do not
perceive how this can be such case"
II don't persume to conterdict no.
body" he replied. Il haven't no obser-
vations to make further than that there
amt no accountin' fur tastes"
"Have you ever seen this actressT'
mo, miss"
''Then l don't see how you are quail
fed to speak"
might l make so bold as to inquire
whether you was as fur west as Brit
lsh Columbia p
Never"
"Then, miss, you can't re'lize that I'm
standin' up fur the lady's good looks as
much as you are. Ye can't believe half
of what these here miners that come
East tell We. II We amt even been as
fur West as British Columbia, it STAINS
to reason that We can't have no idea of
what lonesome, ramshackle frize-up-
lookin place Juneau Is"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
GEOLOGY OF THE KLoNDikE.
How the Rivers Are Changing the
Country.

A recent explorer in part of Alaska
as far removed from the newly discov-
cred Klondike region as Washington is
from Boston has said: That country
Is one-half made; the glaciers are slow
ly doing their work, the mountains are
smoking and the rivers are vomiting
out quantities of quicksand.' What Is
true of the Cooks Inlet country or
Southern Alaska is also true, In
measure, of the valley of the Yukon.
There are, however, some differences
In the region of the gold fields there
are no glaciers. Active volcanoes, 100,
are so far away that it Is only by the
occasional reports of Indians or pros
pectors who have made longer trip
than usual that their existence Is
known. And yet one can see, through
all the valley of that great river OF the
north, abundant evidences of the I'M
formed character of the country.
The one thing which strikes the trav-
eler, be he layman or geologist, Is me
immense amount of work which the
streams are performing The Lewes
River, down which he takes his way TO
the diggings, rises, as Is known, IN
series Of lakes, the largest of which Is
over thirty miles long. The country in
the upper lake region is mountainous,
with torrents plunging down through
rough valleys from the eternal snow.
The contrast between this water OF
the lakes, which is clear, and that of
the stream emerging from them Is re-
markable. The latter soon becomes
turbid, being full of sediment, so that
one cannot see more than a quarter OF
an inch below the surface. A baslnSul
taken out and allowed to stand clears
itself in time, and thick deposit Of
mud is found in the bottom of the re-
ceptacle.
The current boils and flows very rap
idly, and as the boat floats along a
sound is heard like that of frying fat.
Upon searching for the cause OF this
sound 1t Is found to lie In the grating
against the bottom Of the boat of the
very fine particles of sand carried in
suspension. From the moment of en-
tering the Lewes River until the end Of
the trip this sound is never absent. A
truly enormous amount Of material Is
thus borne along by the Yukon and
finally emptied into the immense delta
at its mouth In Norton's sound.-Ies-
lies Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
SHAKESPEARE IN SHORTHAND.
c.rmau Rewriting tho Plays In Eliza.
bethan TachygraphJ.


DR.. Eduard Engel has written the ioi'
lowing letter to one of the Berlin news
papers; lam,
I'm a lecture l delivered some years
ago TO the Berlin Society OF stehosra-
nbers. who use Stolze's system, L sus-
aested that those accurately acquainted
with the oldest English shorthanu s!
TENS of the sixteenth century snouio
fry TO ascertain whether many OF the
deficiencies of the text of Shakespeare
might not be explained by stenograph
ic mistakes. The idea was suggested ~
me by the old and well-founded conJec-
ture of Shakspearean scholars that Tue
oldest copies of Shakspeare's plays-rhe
so-called quartos-were printed from
stenographc notes, taken in the thea-
FER. and that many of the unintelllglpin-
lies of the text are due TO this. MY
suggestion fell on fruitful soil, ana
have now the pleasure OF making tue
excellent work Of young savant' VINO
has thus sprung at one leap into the
ranks of our best Shakspearean schoi-
ars. known to wider circles. In series
of articles on Shakespeare and the De-
ginnings of English stenography, Herr
Kurt Dewischeit has proved beyond the
shadow of doubt that the quarto edi-
tons of Shakspeare's plays were pira-
ted editions printed from stenographlc
notes, that the stenOgraphic system
used was that Of Timothy Bright, who
was born in 1850, and that innumerable
mistakes in the quartos, innumerapie
contradictions between them ana the
first authorized folio editions, can be at
once and most simply explained by the
defects of that stenographic system and
the indexterity of the stenographers Oh
that time. Herr Dewischeit has con-
firmed my conjecture almost beyond
my own expectation. He Is at present
the only person who possesses all the
requisite qualifications for this quite
new kind of text Investigation and 1t Is
to be wished that he, with his accurate
knowledge OF the oldest English STEM
ography, combined with solid Shak-
spearean scholarship, would subject
the texts of the dramas to thorough
DEMONSTRATION. The publication OF the
text of Shakespeare is raised by him for
the first time from arbitrary fantastic
atty to the rank Of strict science,
with which, however, only Shakspear-
can scholars theoretically and practic-
ally trained in stenographic questions
are at liberty to busy themselves. Sell
dom has higher, never has more de-
lightful, task fallen to stenography.'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
Types of NebrosIxa Bcauty.

The selection of the two Nebraska
girls, whose faces shall be part of the
composite photograph to adorn the
trans Mississippi Exposition medal,
proved to be greater task than any
thing yet undertaken by the directors.
After three months delay the selections
have been made, and Miss Maye o. Shea,
of Lincoln, and Miss Meta Hammer, of
Syracuse. are the young women thus
honored. According to the test, the facial
expression of these two young women
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
FashionabIc Stays Costly.

An American authority on woman's
dress, commenting on the fact that a
London court recently expressed anus
ed establishment because woman had
paid $50 for Il pair of corsets, says that,
rs an actual fact, considerably more
than this sum is constantly paid for
stays made to order. Then, again, Il
pair of corsets are often but part of
regular costume, owing to the fact that
the brocade of which they are made
matches exactly the material of which
is composed the understands to be worn
with them. The very plainest eorsets
made to order nj any good house cost
between $40 and $50, and they are
worth the money paid for them, for
they last Il great deal longer than
ready-made stays, being composed,
down 10 the thread with which they
are stitched, of the very best materials.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
One Can Always Give Himself.


One of the pleasantest of day dreams
Is to imagine how charitable you would
be II you had plenty of money. The role
of bountiful master or mistress is
delightful one, and it is easy to imagine
how, il you had command of for.
tune, You would make people happy
and with what grace you would receive
their gratitude. OF course few persons
can venture to indulge the hope that
they will be rich, but while we are
dreaming these dreams it is we'll enough
to think whether we are showing our
selves charitable in the use of what Is
really within our command. Take, for
instance, ones thoughts. 1t is natural
enough to put a hard and bitter con-
struction upon the actions of Others
Possibly, from superficial point OF
view, their conduct warrants it. But
thoroughly charitable person-one who
would use money benefcently if he had
twill certainly make allowances for
others and only reluctantly come to the
severe judgment. 1t is mistake also
to suppose that money can do every
thing. There are good many persons
who would not if you were as rich as
Barnato take penny from you. They
do not want your money, even though
they are not rich themselves, but they
would prize considerateness, sympathy
and fellowship. If we withhold these
things that are surely within our pow
er, probably we should not be SO very
generous if we had plenty Of money
Philadelphia Ledger.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
THE FOODS WE EAT.
Various Kinds and What They Are Sever.
ally Good For.

various minus d1N w Ahcy Aro sever.
ally Good For.
Nature supplies us with two complete
foods, milk and eggs, which contain in
the proper proportions all the necessary
dement's for the sustenance of our bod.
les As these are the ccly complete
foods it is necessary in the absence to
have mixed foods, and it is in the mix.
ing that mistakes occur, because the fat
forming, muscle forming and other
parts are taken in wrong proportions,
some in excess and others the reverse.
Left to his own taste primitive man in.
variably selects the best food This in.
stinct, however, is defective at the pres.
emit day. For children food rich in bone
forming substances is necessary. Among
muscle forming foods the following are
the best and most common: Oatmeal
porridge, with rich milk and whole
meal bread buttered; meat is highly
condensed food of this class. TO men OF
sedentary occupation free use of meat
is injurious. For men engaged at hard
manual labor a generous meat diet is
admirable.
Vegetables contain but little nourish.
ment, but are useful as blood purifiers
and also supply bulk to the food, which
is necessary to give the consumer salts
faction. Milk should never be taken
with meat, because they are both rich
in one substance Tea should not be
taken with meat either, because it
renders the meat tough and indigesti.
BILE. Beef ranks first as muscle former
and mutton next. Pork makes very
digestible dish, and fowl and bacon are
very useful and palatable dish. Cere-
ais enter largely into our diet and are
of much value, because they supply food
or starch as we'll as muscle food. Pota-
toes provide little nutriment, but with
plenty of milk, WHICH supplies the pre-.
else Ingredients they lack, good diet
is formed.
Sugar is we'll worthy of notice, and
the child's love of it is a perfectly
healthy instinct and should always be
gratified in reason. Fruits are good
blood purifiers and should be considered
as essentials rather than luxuries. Beef
tea contains scarcely any nutriment
whatever and is almost purely stimu
liant A dog fed on beef tea starved to
death, while another fed ON refuse meat
throve. Tea, injurious if taken in ex.
cess, provides, if taken in moderation,
most refreshing drink. Many scientists
recommend its use about two hours be-
fore our principal meal and without
food. Coffee is a stimulant, unlike all
others, in fact that it is followed by no
reaction. 1t stimulates the brain and is
called an intellectual drink. Cocoa de.
serves to be classed as food. Pitts.
burg Dispatch.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
THE MINISTER'S WIFE.

She's little and modest and purity.
As fresh as a rose, aud as sweet;
Her children don't ever look dirty,
Her kitchen amt no way but neat.
She's the kind of woman to cherish,
\ help TO a felltr through life,
Yet every old hen in the parish
Is down on the minister's wife.
Twas Mrs. 'Efge Hawkins begun it;
She alters hez had the idee
That the church was built SOS she could
run il,
Cause Hawkins is deacon. you see.
She thought that the hull congregation
Jest marched to the tune Of her fife,
Bnt she found twas wrong calkerlation
Applied to the minister's wife.
Then Mrs. ledge jerks got excited,
She thinks she's the hull upper crust
When she heerd the Smiths was invited
TO meetin' she quit in disgust.
"You may have all the pnupers you choose
TO-"
SEE she, jest as sharp as a knife,
'But IL they go TO church, / refuse to-
'Good-by!" SEE the minister's wife.
And then Mrs. Jackson got stuffy
A her not comm sooner to call,
And old Miss MacGregor is huffy
Cause she went up TO Jackson's Mt all.
Each one Of the crowd hates the other,
The church hez bin full, of their strife;
But now they're all hatin' another,
And that ones the minister's wife.
But still, all the cackle unheedin',
She goes in her ladylike way,
A givin' the poor what they're needin',
And hclpin' the church every day.
Our numbers each Sunday is swellin',
And real true religion is rife,
And sometimes feel like a-yellin',
'Three cheers for the minister's wifer
New York Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
Managing the Woman with a Whip,

1t has always been a question with
the country newspaper man what he
would do If an indignant woman set
out to horsewhip him. Some years
ago w. w. Wick of Topeka was run
ming country paper and woman as
sailed him on the main street of the
town. He gathered her up under his
arm and paraded around the square,
She kicked and squlrmed, but he march
ed laughingly along, displaying her to
the crowd that had gathered. 1t mortl-
fed the woman so much that she left
town On the first train and never both
cred the editor afterward.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
What Would BE the IJsep

He-To sit here forever and hold your
little hand in mine would he heaven
enough for me.
Shelves; but II you held my hand all
the time nobody would ever have a
chance TO see my engagement ring.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
An Obedient Son.

Father-Tommy. why did you beat
neighbor Smiths little boy so shame.
fully:
Tommy-You told me to.
Father told you to. Why, my son,
what do you mean?
Tommy-Didn't you tell me the other
day II was more blessed to give than
TO receive?
Father-Yes, but
Tommy-Well, | had to give him a
llckin' or receive one.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
His Linguistic Limit.

He had been q Latin scholar,
And had mastered modern Greek,
For paltry wagered dollar
He learned Hebrew in a week.
Sanscrit and antique Phoenician,
Or the scripts Of Yucatan
Were as simple as addition
TO this language-learned man.
Patois, race pronunciations
And the Chinese alphabet
He knew well-to fifty nations
He could speak their tongue; and yet
Finally his learning failed him
And his thought and speech were 'off, >
For no language gifts availed him
With the dialect of golf!
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-27
on social matters, where any knotty
point Is yexing the unnitlated.
Must Supply Bath Money.

Among the Turks bath money forms
an item in every marriage contract, the
husband engaging to allow his wife a
certain sum for bathing purposes. If IL
be withheld, she has only to go before
the cad and turn her slipper upside
down. If the complaint be not then re-
dressed it Is sufficient ground for di-
vorce.