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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
Strange Money in the Mountains.

1.-THE strangest money l ever saw"
said drummer for Main street mousse
the other evening. was in the mountain
districts of Kentucky and West Nir-
GINA. Last summer | was making my
sem-annual tour through this district
and | stopped one day at a little grocery
and saloon. not to sell goods, but to get
drink of the mountain dew While l
was pouring out my drink big, husky
mountainer entered the place and call
ed for drink. AS he finished gulping
ii down he reached into big, bulky
pocket and drew forth what looked 10
be a coon skin. He laid the skin on the
counter, the barkeeper took the skin,
and. opening drawer. hauled out II
rabbit skin, which l suppose was the
change The mountaineer picked up
the rabbit skin and started to the front
part of the store. which was the gro
Gerry. He there bought twist of to-
baceo and rendered the rabbit skin in
payment. He received big twist of
long green, and | was surprised to see
the storekeeper reach in another draw
or and tender him a squirrel skin. The
mountaineer tucked the squirrel skin in
his pocket walked out, unhitched his
horse. and rode away.
II became interested and engaged the
proprietor in conversation. He told me
that sometimes he would go months
without seeing any real money and
that the mountaineers used the skins n
all kinds of trades, such as buying
horses, etc. He said that four times a
year hide buyer from Lexington or
Cincinnati visited the country and
bought up all the skins, which We're
generally concentrated in the few
stores in the vicinity. Louisville Dis
patch
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

ceiyed from the PRINCESS LOUISE.
Lieutenant's sword in this encounter.
Not long after Princess Louise and
Lieut.. Kegleyitch left for Paris. From
there they went to Nice where they
rented an elegant villa. The Princess
then tried her luck at Monte Carlo.
Her winnings at first were the talk of
the place. but luck at length changed
and she lost all To-day she Is bank
rupt princess. with an impecunious
lover and Il host of clamoring creditors.
Prince Philip himself has not been
all that a dutiful husband should be.
He will apply for divorce, 1t is said,
after the marriage of his daughter,
Princess Maria Dorothea, to the young
est brother of the German Emperor
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18


Reasonable women are about as rare
os peaches without fuzz.
A girls idea of mans revenge Is to
fall in love with the chaperon.
4 womans real troubles never worry
her half as much as the ones she gets up
clubs about.
There are some ideas which woman
can never express properly except with
her mouth full Of halrpins.
No girl has any Idea how much she
cares for man till she begins to have
an idea how little he cares for her.
When a man has curious little dents
In his shrt-bosom they were generally
made by the round ends of hairpins
A woman never cries so hard when
her little child is lost that she hasn't
strength left to spank it when it's
found.
A woman's opinions on politics are
just about as pronounced and reliable
as her opinions on the women her hus-
band knows that she doesn't.
The average woman can do more
with halrpin than man can with a
box of tools and less with box of tools
than man can with a hairpin
A woman is pretty sure to see that
the whole family hears her when she
tells her husband he ought to be
ashamed to talk SO to her before the
children.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
Grandpa's Way.

Grandpa's Way.
Somehow. of all the day we children used
to dread
When night would come. and mother'd
say, Now. children, go TO bed;
Till grandpa came TO visit MS. He was
soldier and you see
He's just as good and pleasant as ever he
can be.
The very first night he asked mother with
smile
If the children ever marched TO bed in
good old soldier style.
Then he commenced to count, "One. two,
one. two" tell you. it was fine,
And you don't know how quickly we all
fell into line
Since then. all day we kind Of look ahead
For night to come, when we like soldiers
can march away to bed.
And grandpa says, If we've task, well
find ii just the same
It's so much easier to do If it has a pleas
ant name.
Orange Judd Farmer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
LOYAL Denial.

The literal person is sure to furnish
amusement so long as he inha bits this
terrestrial ball." and that, it is safe
to say, will be while the human race
exists.
Mr.. w, NJ. Shoemaker says. in his ac-
count of a voyage in southern seas. that
one night, after leaving harbor. one
OF the passengers. an Englishman, re-
marked on the facr that the vessel had
listed materially to the port side.
"Oh, said mischievous American,
trtts because we have got rid of all
those heavy English newspapers"
The loyal subject of the crown pro.
tested.
"oh, say, now" he cried, they don't
weigh any more than the New York
Herald, don't you knowg'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
CAKE WALK is FRENCH.
When 1t Originated, 1t Also Stood For n
Marriage Ceremony.


The cake walk properly had its origin
among the French negroes of Louisiana
more than a century ago. There is lit
tie doubt that it is an offshoot of some
of the old French country dances. 1t re-
sembles several of them in form. From
New Orleans it spread over the entire
south and thence north 1t was found of
convenience to the plantation negroes
They were not welded by license, and
it was seldom that the services of n
preacher were called in.
At cake walk u man might legiti-
mately show his preference for wom-
an and thus publicly claim her for a
wife. In effect the cake walk was not
different fr0n the old Scotch marriage
which required only public acknowledge
ment from the contracting parties. So
this festival became in some sense "a
wooing, an acceptance or rejection and
a ceremony. This explains its popular
ity with the blacks, outside of its beau
ties, with tho accompaniment of mu-
sic, which is competent at all times 20
command negro support.
Cake walking has improved, as do
most things that are constantly practic-
ed. 1t has lost its old significance in the
south. Negroes now get married, when
they marry at all, in the white folks
fashion. 1t has, however, become pan.
tomime dance. Properly performed, it
is beautiful one. The cake is not much
of prize, though the negro has sweet
tooth. New Orleans Times Democrat
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
GOAT HUNTING IN ALASKA.
Novel Way to Bring Wild Goats Into
Rifle Range.


"They have queer way of hunting
mountain goats up in the mountains
back of Skaguay," said ID. j. MeKin-
ney, the Mayor of Skaguay,' at the
Hotel Northern. "The boys at one of
my camps told me one day that they
had seen some goats up in the hills
and they asked me If ! wanted to go
along TO hunt them. OF course | did,
and we were soon climbing high up on
the mountains. away above the altitude
that | thought any living creature
would live. Still up and up we went
The boys We're trying to get above a
place where they had seen the goats a
few days before. When they had To-
Gated the proper point, they selected a
huge boulder and got me to help them
strength of three of us to get the rock
started. When it did get to going the
havoc ii caused on its way down to the
valley was something fearful. Then
the boys told me to get ready for a
surprise. We all got our rifles ready
and waited. 1t was only short time
until we saw emerging from the scrub
by growth below us three fine goats
They came toward us. bounding from
crag to crag and apparently needless of
the danger they were running into
They came TO within sixty yards of MS
and we brought down all three.
II learned then that the goat always
tries TO get above rolling rocks, and
that that is a favorite way of hunting
them. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
A Tough Route.

"Somewhere in the south, says Con-
gresham Sulloway, "a bright oolored
boy appeared before the civil service
commission to be examined fer the po-
siIion Of letter carrier How far is it
from the earth to the moon:' was the
first question asked Ly those who were
to determine the young mans fitness
tor the place he sought. How fab am
1t from the eaif to de mocn:' echoed the
applicant My Lawd, tuss, If you S
gwine to put lie on dat roEte | don I
want de job With that the young man
grabbed his hat ald left US though he
weIe chased
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
Ont of the Mouths of Babies.

Now. Harry" asked the teacher of
the juvenile class. ''what is the meal
we eat In the morning ealled?" "Oat-
meal was the little fellows prompt re-
Ply.
Eddie's mother was seated on bench
In the park one day and the little fell
low. who was playing near by. found a
horseshoe. Picking it up, he carried it
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

latter part of la st
December. p s.
tolls were first
used. and after a
Ii armless yolley
[ h e combatants
had recourse TO
S W ord s. I Ii e
Pr in ce to day
carries a small
scar on his right
arm which he re-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
Too Quick.

When man is peculiarly quick to see
a possible advantage, and uses his clear
sightedness solely for his own benefit.
other men are apt TO be afraid OF him.
That was how II was with Ralph Ber-
nal. print connoisseur. He was so
quick 10 see valuable thing and APP
propriste It before anybody else real
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
Cusnion HOrseshOes.

A cushion horseshoe just placed on
the market has fianges formed in Il pad
to surround the shoe, with air chambers
extending around the pad in position TO
bear against the shoe and support the
horses weight.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

Queen victoria, Tor
n lieutenant of the
A us trlan Hussars,
and her new lover
are being much talk
ed about. This &C.
centric daughter of
Belgium's dissipated
monarch, King Leo
pold. has two grown
children. o n e o I
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

Edwin H. Warren and Ernest c..
Warren are two Montvale tMass.)
boys. aged respectively Il and 10.
They are students at the Woburn
High School. from which they will
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
CH1LDREN'S COLUMN.
A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.

Something that Will Interest the Ju-
veniIe Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cute and Cunning Children
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

The telephone girl has speaking =. ~.
quaintance with great many peop"
that she doesn't recognize,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
Orient Wants Our Cotton.

There is such demand for American
cotton in both Japan and China tha'
the steamers from San Francisco 10
those countries have room for nothing
else. They are loaded down with cor
ton. This, 1t is to be noted, is raw cot
ton. Japan and China have their OWN
mills now and are making their own
goods in constantly increasing proper
tiOns
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

1t is said that gold Is so malleatle
that 1t can be beaten as thin as the ham
in a railway sandwich.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

A woman can sharpen pencil abou.
as quick as a man can thread Q needle,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
AN ERRATiC PRINCESS
Louise, Daughter of Beigium's King,
Who Eioped with an Army officer.

Princess Louise Of Belgium, who
some time ago left her husband, Prince
philip of Sake Coburg. nephew of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

Train Loaded with Baking Powuen'
A train OF twenty-one cars all ioaa,'
ed with baking powder, recently iei'
Richmond, Va, over the Southern ia"
way for various points In the South
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-25
PUT ON THE MARCH

Copyright. 1898, by the Associated Press)
On Board the Associated Press Dispatch
Boat Dauntless, off Baiquiri, June %,
Thursday, a. m, via Port Antonio, ia
maica, June "a, a. m.-(By way of the
Halifax direct cable before sunset last
night over 1000 Of the 500 on board the
transports went ashore. General Kent,
with seven transports. will remain west
of Santiago as feint until the remain
der of the troops are landed. General
Garcia arrived at camp before dark and
1900 of his Cubans are expected TO effect
a juncture with General Skaters men
today. AS soon as the various COM
mands were landed yesterday they were
pushed out in the direction of Santiago.
At dark the bivouacked and were strung
out in column three miles long, the
front resting at Demajayaho and the
rear Of the column within a mile of the
base at Baiquiri, in the following order:
Colonel Wagner, with a reconnaissance
party at Demajayaho, a mile in advance
OF General Lawton's headquarters; the
Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth col
ored infantry resting at a small creek.
the Second Massachusetts the Twelfth
infantry, First battalion, two companies
OF the tenth infantry and the Second bat
talon of the Fourth infantry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-25

It speaks volumes for Paine's celery
compound that Of all the many women
who have recovered health by its means
very many were induced TO take il
through the persuasion OF other women
sisters. mothers or friends.
When sick and feeble sufferer is seen
to gain steadily in health and vigor from
taking Paine's celery compound no room
for doubt is left TO the most stubborn
minded person. This Joyous transforma-
ton from sickness TO health is going on
in thousands OF homes this spring.
Here is the experience-like that OF
hundreds of others-of Mrs. X II. Studs
195 n St. n. W. Washington. D. c.
Wells, Richardson & Co:
Gentlemen-Paine's celery compound
was recommended to my husband by his
father, who told him to have me try IT,
for with other remedies 1 did not seem
to be getting better. ! was suffering from
nervousness. and my baby seemed to
nurse it from me. as she did not sleep
more than Is 90 minutes at any time
also suffered from Indigestion and very
torpid liver. I find that Paine's celery
compound not only comes up to what you
say. but that it is. without doubt. the
best tonic and remedy for women ] do
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-25
NEW RECRUITS ORGANIZING

Washington, June 24.-Reports received
at the adjutant generals office of the war
department shows that the formation Of
the new organization of regiments, bat
taHons. etc, under the presidents second
call for troops by the mastering in of
volunteers is now fairly under way. In
most of the states the probability is all
the men necessary for the new organiza-
zion should be obtained in Ewo or three
weeks from the present time. when the
regiments and battalions will be ready
for orders from the commanding general
of the army. The rendezvousing points
for the men IN the states have been des-
ignated by the governors and it is under
stood here that they will be the same a.
for the troops raised under the first call
for 900 men. At the same time the re-
cruiting for filing existing organizat tons
to their maximum strength is progressing
rapidly and daily detachments are being
sent to the modifying points. Very few
applications were made to Secretary AL
ger for changes in the apportionment as
originally announced by the department,
which was a source of much annoyance
and trouble to the officials under the first
call.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-25
Of Old rIOrro Castle Gen. Lawton's
Brigade Camps For Rest and
HOSTS the American Flag.
SPANISH ARERETREATING
Twelve Hundred of the Natives Spanish Soldiers
Decamp From Juragua Towards Santiago
Attempt TO Burn the Town.

as Colonel Wagner fell back. Before
General Lawton could bring up the
Twenty second, the van regiment, the
Spaniards had decamped westward.
Juagua was abandoned by General
Linares and 1900 Spanish troops with
such haste that they had no time to burn
thetown, though an Intellectual attempt
was made 10 destroy the locomotives Of
the railroad and the rolling stock Cen
eral Linares retreated to Savilla. six miles
west Of Juragua by road. and nine miles
from Santiago de Cuba
A detachment of 10 Cubans, under Col
onel Agirra, collided with the Spanish
rear guard. The Cubans lost two men
and had seven men wounded. The Span
ish loss is not known. One Spaniard was
machetted
General ChafTee. with the Ninth cavalry.
the remainder of the Eighth and Fourth.
Seventh. Twelfth and Seventeenth lnfan-
try. reached Juragua at dark.
General Bates, with the reserve OF the
Twentieth infantry. and Colonel Woods
rough riders, dismounted with a dyna-
mite gun, hurried forward from Baiquari
at o'clock, proceeding by forced march
es. When the couriers brought news to
US that Juaragua had been occupied, the
troop ships which had not disembarKed
their troops, steamed to Juaragua with
the view of landing them there. But the
heavy sea beating on the beach made 1t
impossible to get the boats through he
surf.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-25

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-25

copyrighted 1893 by the Associated Press
On Board the Associated Press Dis
patch Boat Dauntless. off Juragua. Provi-
ence of Santiago De Cuba, June "a. a. m.
The advance Of the American army has
reached the endge of the table land IN
which the harDor of Santiago de Cuta
lies. Here, seven miles from Moro Cas-
tie. as the crow flies. the main body of
the troops hmave united and the Span
iards are in full retreat toward Santiago
de Cuba They may attempt surprise,
but decisive engagement IS bot ex-
pected for several days.
General Lawton's brigade, which rest
ed last night at Demajayabo. four mics
west of Baiquari, resumed rs march at
daylight Before noon his brigade, con-
sisting of the Twenty-second infantry, The
First infantry, the Second Massachusetts
volunteers. with companies of the Eighth
cavalry, half OF the Fourth cavalry and
several companies of the Twentyfifth col
ored cavalry occupied Juagua five miles
beyond, and the American flag was hoist-
ed there.
The Spaniards retired before the ad-
vance. which was covered by Cuban
skirmishers, burning the block houses as
they went.
Colonel Wagner, with a small recon-
noisance party Of about forty men. brush
ed against the flank of a retreating Span
ish column 200 strong, at Firmesdz. A
dozen shots were fired by the Spanisrds,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-25
GERMANY HAS SOLE RIGHT

Washington. June 24.-Cnitei States Cor
sui Fowler at Chez Foo has informed the
state department Of the action Of the
Chinese government on the petition of Dr..
Yuns Wing for permission % construct a
railroad from Ten Tsin TO Shanghai
through the whole length o The province
OF Shan Tung. L appears tha- the peii-
tiCn was granted by tls ers?o-.,-. uut
was subsequently, reCousids-ed and the Pc
tiJion Withdrawn upon rep-es eaJ85 3ns
made by the German minister that this
government had the sole right . all
commercial enterprises in Shan Tung DR..
Yung Wing proposed that hs sn9uld Sc
cure the aid OF American capitalists 10
carry out -he undertaking.. and the Ger
man minister said that Germany had Oh
tanned the sole right ID sHve>. "a .jal and
supply enrlreers FOR railroad co0Struc-
ton n every part OF SaAn Tuag. and
strenuously opposed the schems proposed
by Or. Tang Wing The latter there
fore altered MS scheme 50 as 70 p-ovi5e
that te pref Csed railway sSUld not e.5Sh
Win the interests OF Jae Use which ire
Germans are going d ousjd frou kiao-
Chou 10 IchoW. with %hicn alteration tas
German minister processes himself sz1Is-
.leo.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-25
LANDING COVERED BY SIMPSONS GUNS

Off Santiago, June 22.-The landing goes
on under cover of SIMPSONS guns. The
Texas and Brooklyn will exchange block
aiding stations, the Texas going inside to
be near Cabanas The Brooklyn. Mas
sachusetts, Iowa and Oregon will keep a
vigilant watch on the harbor mouth. The
Indiana will take the New Orleans posi-
ton in the blockading line east of Santa
go de Cuba and between the flagship New
York and the shore. This is only tenn
porary assignment, for the Indiana to
strengthen the blockading line during the
landing and to avoid any possibility OF
the enemy's breaking through should he
attempt to get out of the port.
The SuWanee, Osceola and Wampatuck
will be prepared to tow boats. Each viii
be provided with two five or six inch lines,
one on each quarter long enough to take
in tow a dozen or more boats. These yes
sells will report at the New York at a.
m. on June %, prepared to take in tow
the ships boats. which are to be used in
the landing of troops and to convoy them
to Baiquiri.
The Texas, Brooklyn, Massachusetts,
Iowa, Oregon, New York and Indiana VIII
send all their steam cutters and their
pulling boats, with the exception OF one
retained on board each ship, to assist in
the landing. These boats will report at
the New York at a. m. Each boat
whaleback and cutter, viii have thee
men; each launch five men, and each
steam cutter its full crew and an officer
for its management. In addition TO these
men. each boat will carry Eve men, in
Guiding one capable to act as coxswa'n
to manage and direct the transports boats.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-25
BURIED HIM AT SEA

Copyright. 1898. by the Associated Press)
Playa del Este. Guantanamo Bay, Prov
ince OF Santiago de Cuba, June 24-The
remains Of F. o. Blakely, the apprentice
Of the battleship Texas who was struck
and killed by a 6-inch shell while the
Texas was Smelling the batteries Of San
tiago de Cuba on Wednesday last, have
been buried at sea, off Santiago de Cuba.
Four Of the eight others who were
wounded at the time Blakely was killed
have been brought here and placed on the
hospital ship Solace. The other wounded
men will remain on the Texas. The bat
tleship was not seriously damaged by the
Shell.
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius attacked
the Santiago batteries last night, throw
ing three dynamite shells. It is believed
the projectile did great damage to the
intrenchments.
The Texas fought the battle alone and
after It's conclusion the officers and men
OF the battleship were complimented by
Rear Admiral Sampson for the excellent
work they had performed. The names Of
the men wounded on the Texas include
the following: J. Simpson, ]. z. Mel
son, H. A. Lee, r. Russell, r. C. Engel,
G. D. Mullin, J. z. Lively.