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Woman Who Makes Graves.

In the town of Lewes, England, there is lady who fills the office of sex ton. Everybody knows her, and until recently she dug all the graves in Lewes cemetery. Now, at the age of 60. she contents herself with filling them up and attending to the mounds and flowers. Mrs. Steel-the name of the sextoness, if one can use such term-is a healthy old lady, and she has been heard to say that she will never leave her post until if is her turn to have grave dug for her. May the time be far distant! It is a wonderful sight to witness the old lady use the spade. The skill and energy she dis plays would put many of our gar deners to shame. She throws the earth into the grave with astonishing vigor, and in the summer time many inhabitants watch her at work with amused interest
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Men who work in the erection of the great "sky-scrapers" carry their lives in their hands. A false step. a careless motion, or the thoughtless act of fel- low-workman may preeipitate them into great danger. or hurl them to their death. The records show that but very few of the giant steel-ribbed structures that have reared their tail forms in New York have reached com pletion without serious accident to some one, and accidents frequently re- sulting in immediate or subsequent death.
 These accidents form a sad chapter in the history of a hard5worling, dar- ing class of wags-earners, who in their employment daily raise themselves higher and higher from the ground, on frail supports, narrow walks and slen- der scaffolds. until they reach dizzy height where not one person out of a thousand could stand for single sec
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more impregnable. She is destined to take a very high rank among the worlds famous singers of the time. It is relief to everyone who reads the papers to know that she has amicably settled her old quarrel with Jean de Reszke.
 Van Dyck, Campanari, Bispham and Van Rooy have also been secured for the Metropolitan, and Marie Engle and Suzanne Adams will be members of MT. Grau's great company. and the omni- present well-beloved Mime. Bauer meister is sure to put in her appear ance before the curtain rises.
 PAUL HESTER.
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many of the musical pilgrims gathered at Bayreuth as the chief event of the festival.
 Jean Schumann-Heink has been upon the stage for nearly 20 years, but she is not vet 40. Her debut was made at the Court theater in Dresden when she was IT years of age. The opera was III Trovatore," her role that of Azucena. the date the 18th of October 1878. This first is described as having been brilliantly successful. She re- mained in Dresden, studying new roles, working diligently. and singing at the Court theater for nearly five years. In 1883 she made her first appearance at the Stadt theater, in Hamburg, which was to be the scene of so many subsequent achievements. It was only n few months ago that she severed her connection with the Stadt theater 10 accent an engagement at the Royal theater in Berlin, where she IS under contract to sing for number o1 sea sons. However, her contract permlts her long vacations, and she will take advantage of one of these to come to America this winter. Jean Schumann= Hefnk is the daughter of an Austrian army officer. She has been twice mar ried. and is described as being de- voted wife and mother, a woman ot the simplest tastes in private life. ohe Is accompanied always by her husbana' an actor and stage manager, to whose coaching is attributed{no small share of the great contralto's success Tor, like Mme. Calve, she eXeels as an actress as well as singer. Jean ochu- nann-Heink's repertoire is very eX7 tensive. It ranges from Erda to Prince orIofskv. She has sung ortrud, Car men. Orfeo, Elvira, Adriano, seStus, Branraene and Magdalene. No artist ever came more highly commended oy critics, public. and fellow singers.
 Hisa satisfaction to be sure that the ne Reszke,s are coming back to us. Dcsnite the rumors to the contrary, Iean de Rcszke will sing in several Wagnerian roles. He is certain to De heard in 'Lohengrin,' "Meisterslng, err and probably Tristan and Isolde He will also delight his legion of aa-
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tween the iron beams; but fortunate ly he clutched at the supports as he fell and held sufficiently long to stay the first momentum, and then dropped to q platform ten feet below. landing without injury. Had it not been for the intervening platform he would have been killed, even before reaching the first story of the building.
 An unfortunte man named Antonio Barton, was pushed from the top of a column 60 feet above the ground while assisting in the handling of swinging steel column, through the swaying of the derrick to which it was suspended. I found him in Bellevue hospital re- covering from severe injuries result ing from his fall. and he told me of his experience. Had 1t not been for pile of sand on wAich he alighted. after
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ond in security. Yet thousands of men are daily in these positions of danger; sometimes 300 feet over the street, walking, climbing. creeping, working, amid a tangle of beams, girders, braces, scaffolddngs, steel ropes and tempo rary wooden supports, looking like great spiders in huge web.
 Is there any wonder, then, that we frequently read of accident and death coming to the workers in these great structures? To go among them, ob- serve their work and surroundings, talk to them and to their employers, is to come to the conclusion that the great wonder is that there are not more serious accidents.
 Nearly every great modern building in New York is monument to some poor fellow who lost his life in it's erec- tion. In the daily press between the dates of the beginning and completion of each one of these modern towers of Babel we read of casualties within and about its walls; and yet there are many more of which newspaper read CTS do not hear, for there is always a strong effort on the part of owners and contractors to keep quiet any ac- cident that might reflect on their man. agement.
 In one of the latest steel structures, the Commercial Cable building, on Broad street, just completed. there were several accidents, of which the most startling was the headlong plunge of James Waters for II stories, which resulted in very severe, though not fatal. injuries. How he escaped with his life is a miracle; but there have been many similar escapes. No human being could have survived a sheer, uninterrupted fall for that dis tance; and as it happened Mir. Waters struck an intervening object in his descent, and though severely injured during his fall the final shock of it was sufficiently lessened in force to leave life in his body.
 Across the street. in the Mills build- ing. occurred another chapter of ac- cidents, and a most marvellous escape of four men who fell four entire stories from a defective scaffold that gave way under the feet, hurling them from the eighth to the fourth floor. Though all were severely injured not one was killed.
 You seel" said Michael Cleary, one of the victims, "it was only one story for each of us; so we hadn't so very far to fall"
 Not so fortunate were the same num- Der of men on whom an overweighted foorfellin the great Havemeyer build ing; for two Of them were instantly killed, and the other, two severely in jured.
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oahcult to secure B conductor to sue seea man so eminent as Seidl, but it a .. believed that Herr Schalk will prove
 lllSelf In every way worthy succes- s0r' Until recently, Herr Schalk has oeen the assistant conductor at Berlin. summoned in haste to London, where, 'On'rary to his expectation, he was Saled upon to lead Lohengrin, when Ae mad supposed Tristan would be the upsfa given, he conducted the difficult pece without sufficient rehearsal, but to the entire satisfaction of Mir. Grau,
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= = ------------------- Denies That He Is Dead.

A Topeka boy with the army at San tiago has written to his home folks as follows: T have received the paper which says wae killed and was buried in Cuba. l am not feeling so bedog- gedly lively in this hot hole. but still I am inclined to disbelieve the report. In fact, l am pretty certain that am alive, but not so sure about not being buried. ltlooks nightly like a grave yard aroundher
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Square on Sunday onIv.

A certain schoolmaster. who used q round snuffbox during the week and square one on Sunday. was aecus- tened to point to his snuffbox when speaking of the shape of the world Now, when the examiner came along and asked the class what was the shape of the world, little fellow an- swered: Round during the week and square on Sunday! !"-Current Litera- ture.
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r,o season of grand opera promised
 i4 4b;s winter will be one of the most y s,;ant America has ever known. ,T;le if is too early to announce the l.ssIties that may go toward making ag.somorable in the annals of the Met l.DoIitan opera house, yet enough is san 'sf to excite the interest of music ' syers throughout the country. For
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s..,.naa xvith the Rntfons.

A Kansas volunteer wrote home the other day that Uncle Sam is feeding hls soldiers "a lot better than the farmers of Kansas feed their hands, and that the felloes who do the kicking prob ably want to make it appear that they fare plutocrats at home and had pie all the time"
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ns las audience, and the London critics. ~. ss made deep and very favorable inn Hs.ssslon. sos New York will await with iss'siaerable isa interest the first Wagner |p;i, opera, the presentation of which
 n m al eroduce Herr Schalb to America. \, ne !, appearance of Mime. Sembrich i. sAe great stage of the Metropolitan 'lo,.1h ano1her event Of importance to the t.,s.s of grand opera. Mme. Sem
 1ca Is not unly one Of the highest
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Kew York will. before the winter ends, share it's great company with Boston md Philadelphia, and probably with Chicago and St. Louis.
 It is definitely settled that Herr sehalk will conduct the Wagnerian operas, filing the, place made vacant bF Anton seidl's death. It was very
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-01-19
HE COULD KICK.
A Mule that Would BE Very Unpop'
uIar on the Avenue.

Mule that Would BE Very Unpop.
uIar on the Avenue.
At rare intervals along the mountain
roads of West Virginia and Kentucky
the traveller may come upon black
smith shop, but he is much safer In the
shoeing of his horse If he will carry a
few nails and tools In the bottom of his
buggy. On trip by Round Gap on one
occasion | found a blacksmith shop at
the forks of the road, and, as usual, a
half dozen or more men sitting around
it In the shade. My turnout needed
some repairs and as the smith was pot
tering about it inside, made talk with
the men outside. One of them wanted
to sell me mule which ne had hung up
on the fence and | started in for dick
or. After we had been talking for per-
haps a quarter of an hour, the smith
asked me to step inside and show him
something about the work he was do
ing. As soon as he got me away from
the crowd he came close and grew con-
fidential.
sY'ain't thinkin' Nv buyin' that crit
ter air your" he asked in all sincerity.
"Well, | don't know. | want mule
and that one looks all right" said.
"You can't tell mule by his looks,
mister Mules is fer all the world like
women.
whats the matter with him?' | in
quired quite Ignoring the comparison.
"He amt safe. Course | amt got
nothin ag'in' the mule ner the owner
and I'd be glad enough fer him to git
the money fer him, fer he owes me fer
the shoein' NV him, but | don't like ter
see stranger tuck in an done up like
he's tryin' to do YOU
But you haven't told me what's the
matter with the mule" insisted. will
he kick?"
That's his weakness, mister" re-
sponded the smith, letting his voice fall
to whisper. "You won't believe me,
p'raps but I'm tellin' you he's the kick
in'est critter In the mountains. He
shore is, mister, and l hope l may die
right here, eff he can't kick the sody
outen u biscuit, an never crack the
crust. He kin, mister, er I'm brother
to him."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-01-19
A Rainbow in the Moonlight.

The great lunar rainbow seen from
the houses on the cliffs at Nahant and
along Marginal road on the night of
recent great storm was, on the word of
an astronomer, a most unusual, as ii
was most splendid and impressive,
sight. Halo rainbOws about Lady Luz
mar or bits of rainbow on 1.-The little
clouds sailing around the moon are
not uncommon, but a full bow span
ming the heavens is not often seen by
night 1t needs full and brilliant moon
and small shower. The one which
hung in the heavens above Swamp
scott and Beach Bluff showed with pc
culiar radiance across the water TO the
people at Nahant whose backs were
to the big bright moon that came out of
her flying storm clouds long enough to
show q quarter hour of the phenome-
non. The red and blue in the great
bow were fairly pronounced, the or
ange was fainter and it required help
from the Imagination to distinguish
any of the other four prsmatic colors
before the rainbow began to fade. Then
the most distant right end Of 1t glow
ed with increasing yet Intellectual
fires" II rainbow at night is the
sailors delight" It's surely the solar
bow which is so often seen before sun
set. The astronomer who has never
seen but one full arching moonbow in
his observant career notes that the
chances are few indeed for mortals
to observe this glory of the Lady Luna.
In the first PLACE, there must be full
moon, and there are only about thirty
six chances in a year, a tenth of the
chances to see solar rainbow, and
these may be quartered by the fact
that most people are, pot up all night,
as they are all day If there We're quite
as many moonbows as sunbows propoc-
tionately-and this Is improbable
have only one-fortieth as much oppor-
tunity to observe them.-Boston Even.
ing Transcript.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-01-19

an Iron ring, which Is pivoted to the
side arms so that the kettle can be read
lily tipped and its contents poured out
into pals. These arms could be omit
ted by bringing the end support nearer
the kettle, and having the iron ring
plyoted to crosspiece secured to these
ends This would be a more stable ar
rangement but would not give so free n
space for building the fire, although
this would not cause material trouble.
The principle involved will be found
very convenient, however the ring,
which may be made from an old wag.
on tire, is pported.-Amercan Agri-
culturist.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-01-19
NO USE FOR soRRoWFUL SONG.

Oh. what Is the use of a sorrowful song
The world knows enough of sadness.
Cares press YEARLY, troubles throng,
Toll is bitter and grief is long,
And never is too much gladness.
Oh. what Is the use Of a sorrowfui song,
When we might sing one Of thankss'V-
ing
That never soul is too deep in wrong
Though years nre heavy aud sin is strong,
10 climb to truest liyingi
Oh. what is the use Of a sorrowfni strain
That brings but tears and grieylng.
There's never Il life SO full Of pain
But hope in some corner may bud again,
And bloom into sweet believing.
Oh, what is the use Of sorrowful song
That eases not one hearts aching.
The hearts that are happiest pass 1t along
For mirth is needless and JOY is strong;
But ii bides in the heart that Is break
ing.
Detroit Free Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-01-19
Cob Coal for Hogs.

One who raises from 100 to 15o pigs
should aim to save at least 200 bushels
of corncobs for charcoal. Make pie
Az to ) feet deep, u to 1S inches In
diameter at bottom, AZ to . feet at top.
Have a sheet iron cover made large
enough to cover the pit and Project six
inches over the edge. Start a fire In
the bottom with shavings and add by
degrees bushel of cobs, and let them
get well aglow. Then add three to four
bushels more, and when well on fire
add more and 50 on, until the pit Is
ronEdin. !lil When all the cobs are
well aglow, even blazing freely, cover
the hole with sheet iron and seal the
edges with earth alright and leave 1t
until the next morning, when the char
coal can be taken out, and If the job Is
well done there will be from nine to
twelve bushelss-Farm. Stock and
Home
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-01-19
folks. an 7 haln't golnter allow no

folks. an haln't golnter allow no
such"
just a monftnt, If You please. Mr..
Johnson" interrupted Jerry Braut.
drawing himself erect, with proudly
flashing eyes, and still retaining Mays
hand Haven't | heard you allude to
the women as queer critters, consumed
critters, plaguey critters, and | don't
know how many other kinds of critters
during the past two years and upwards
that have been with you?"
Yes. | s'pose We have" aeknowl-
edged Mr.. johnson, "but-er--
"All right, SIR interposed Jerry,
briskly. You promised me the best
critter on the place, and this is the one
| want-and the only one"
Farmer johnson gazed at the hand
some and smiling young couple before
him. in half-lndignant, half-indulgent
sort of way for a moment, and then the
latter feeling got the better of the
struggle, and he quietly remarked:
WAL, bargain Is a bargain, an /
s'pose I'll halter keep my word; but |
say, young man"-and Mr.. Johnson's
eyes twinkled mischievously-"d don't we
think We sorter missed yer vocation,
not bein' a lawyer instead of a farm.
erY-Utlca Globe.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-01-19
.JERRY'S CHOICE

Now, see here, jerry" exclaimed
Farmer johnson to his man of all work,
Eye needn't git Uneasy jest because old
Podgers hez offered ye a dollar month
more'n I'm payin' ye. reckon I've got
about ez much money an kin afford to
pay ye about ez much ez Podgers Kin
or mebbe little more.
Yer fust-class worker, Jerry, I'll
admit that, an | don't want ye to be
gittin' dissatisfied or thinkin' OF dlggin
out. so III make a bargain with We
right now before we go any further. III
We stick to me an work ez well ez we've
bin workln' right along fer the next
two years, I'll pay We the same as Pod
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-01-19
Real Farm Profit.

The profit from n farm may be larger
than supposed II the family, accredited
with all that Is received. Profit is not
altogether.that which Is sold from the
farm, for the farm itself Is to a Ger.
tain extent market for the products
grown thereon. Every article consum.
ed by the farmer is equivalent In value
to the sum that would be received for 1t
if sold, and strict keeping Of accounts.
In which the farm Is credited with ev-
erything taken therefrom, may show a
fair profit. If farmer supports his
family, and also has something left, he
Is more fortunate than many.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-01-19
Whole Grain for Fowls.

All kinds of poultry have very strong
digestive organs, provided they have
the gravel. with which to fill the glz-
yards, and have enough exercise to
keep In vigorous health. They are pos
itively Injured by having. the bulk Of
their food ground, moistened or cooked
so as to make It's digestion easier.
Young chicks are most apt to be In
jured In this way, the popular idea be-
ing that as they are very small their
gzzards cannot digest hard substances.
We always began feeding young chicks
with cracked wheat, giving in addition
some milk curd pressed hard, which Is
quite as difficult of digestion as the
wheat. They will not eat much wheat
at first, and it IS best they should not.
Little and often should be the rule with
all young animals, chicks included.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-01-19

also Mt the ends until the bottom Is OF
the desired width. On this build the
rick as you would wheat or rye, only
keep the center higher by letting the
,ops of the middle row of bundles lap
little. In feeding from such rick take
the fodder from the end, beginning at
the top and going to the bottom. This
will not expose the heart of thesstack
4o tlYT xveafher.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-01-19

illustration. Two stout pieces Of joists
are dashed together at the end and
placed above the bowlder, as shown.
Chains are then put about the stone and
fastened to the jolsts a third or SO OF
the distance up from the ground. A
long rope or chain from the top OF the
sticks TO the whffietree of the team
gives the connecting link. On starting
up the team the bowlder will be lifted
out upon the ground very easily, for
reasons that any one with a mechani-
cal eye can readily see.--New York
Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-01-19

gers offered ye, an at the end of the
two years I'll give We the best critter on
the place. Yes, Stree. Jerry, We kin
take yer pick of any crltter on the hull
place, from a sheep up to horse, or
even a giraffe or elephant, If happen
to have one of em on hand when 1t
comes time to take yer choice.
What dye say to that, Jerry? Is 1t
bargaln?'
"l'll do It," answered Jerry Brant.
quietly, land there's my hand TO bind
the bargain"
No further mention was made of the
bargain between Jerry and his en-
ployer until they were seated at the
dinner table, later In the day, and
then Mr. Johnson, with merry twin
ile In his eyes. glanced across the table
al his better fraction, and said:
well, mother, l had to discharge
Jerry an hire him over agln to-day"
you seem TO be in very good humor
about 1t, so | judge the difference
couldn't have been very Serious" COM
mented Mrs. Johnson, who used to be
Yankee schoolma' am before she mar
ried and therefore didn't handle the u.
$. dialect with the off hand familiarity
of her husband.
Serious? Ye kin bet 1t is" ejacu-
lated Mr.. johnson. why, I've got to
pay him IL month more'n did be-
fore, an at the end of two years, II he
stays right along, he's TO have his pick
out of the critters on the place to take
along with him and keep for his own.
expect he'll take a horse, but l can't
help 1t. l wasn't gon' ter let old Pod
gers hire him away from me, an then
go around chucklln' over it behind my
back for the next six months"
"Mr. Podgers made an attempt TO hire
him, did hep
Yes, an purity neryy attempt at
that. Offered him 81 more a month,
but | settled the matter in a hurry by
pllln' the best crtter on the place on
top of that. But II he stays the hull
two years | reckon he'll earn Itch,
jerry"
Jerry blushed, and answered that he
would do his best.
Didn't you exempt my pony, papa?
| really can't think of allowing Mr..
Brant to run off with that, even IL he
does earn It,, exclaimed Farmer John.
sons pretty 1S-year-old daughter. May,
with Il sldelong glance of admiration
az Jerry's broad shoulders and manly
features.
%. Jerry wouldn't be mean enough
10 take the pony, guess" interposed
her father.
NO" 1ald Jerry, Il don. want the
pony-u less the rider goes with H." he
added, soto yoce.
"Eh, what's .that?". demanded Mr..
johnson. Unless what? didn't ketch
the tail end of that remark, exactlc."
Jerrys face turned crimson, and he
WAS about to repeat the remark, when
the quick witted young lady came to
the rescue.
Mr., Brant'-she always called HIN
by that title, because she considered II
mere becoming and dgnhed than Jer-
ry-"AIr. Brant says he doesn't want
the pony unless the bride goes with Il.
+! believe she explained, lngenously,
Hugh, | reckon halter Is all he'll
get with her IL takes that pony. There
want anything In the writin's about
THROWN In a Bride" said Farmer
Johnson. -.
You needn't worry. father. think
Mr.. Brant VIII be generous enough to
spare me my pony" said May. reas.
suringly.