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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-04-21
The Affairs of School Dis
trict No. a.

The annual school meeting of
District will be held at new
school house Monday, May 2. w.
G. Steele's time as treasurer has
expired and his successor will then
be elected. The polls will open at
o'clock and close at 5 o'clock p.
m. After the close of the polls a
school meeting will be organized
for the transaction Of any business
that may come up.
Clerk Dawley will then make a
report of the financial affairs of
the district for the year up to that
date.
The residents of the west end
of the district will be present with
petition asking for the building
of a new school house west Of
Wyckotf Park artesian we'll or
the division Of the district.
Aspirants for the place Of treas
urer of the school board must give
notice of their candidacy to the
clerk eight days before the elec-
ton.
Too often these school meetings
almost go by default, SO small is
the attendance. As business of
much Importance will come up at
this meeting the taxpayers should
be present in full force.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
Webster and His Herd,

When Falstaff was dying, SO the
hostess reported, HE babbled Of ,reen
fields" Was 1t a "Reminiscences d the
TwGnty-third Psalm-he lost his Yoice
with halloing and singing Of an
thems"-or a reminescence of hisboy-
hood? The touch Of death often wipes
out what has interviewed betweel an
old mans youth and his departure,
making him boy again. Daniel Web
ster was brought up on farm, ami his
ideal of life always was that Of anEn-
glish squire living on his broad ares
farmed by joyous tenantry, andsur-
rounded by choice breeds of Sheppard
cattle. When he was smitten by d,ath
the old love swayed him. Says the
Chicago Chronicle:
An aged husbandman at Marshfeld,
Mass, who remembers Daniel Web
ster in his latter days very well, has
given some one very interesting EN-
iniscence of the statesman as an gri-
culturist, and incidentally draw
touching picture of his farewell tothe
acres and the possessions he lovei SO
WELL
Webster, according to this ancent,
loved every tree and flower on the
place. He knew all the stock, and
could tell the name of every ANNA up
on the farm. He was an enthusiastic
breeder, and fine judge of verifying
pertaining to farm life and live stock,
although he never made financialsuc-
cess of them.
When the end came, and every one,
including himself, realized that he had
but few more days to live, he ordered
the relater of this incident to drive ID
to the farmhouse all the stock, two by
two, and there he reviewed them, pass
ing his hand lovingly over the smooth,
glossy coats and patting their tanks
affectionately.
When the last had gone by, he turned
with sigh into the house, giving one
longing look behind, and never spoke of
them again. Unconsciously the old
farmer has given here picture worthy
of painter or poet.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
Nas1a'~sl1ess''<t~ -
T4Aetey11~

The total number Of Goldfish taken
from the waters of Alaska is %, 725, 900,
of the value of $40 ,S60,000.
A man can hire a horse in Japan, keep
two servants and live on the fat of the
land for about $50 month.
There are many curious things sold
In the Russian markets, and one can
buy cells and snakes and chicken legs,
Lambs feet are sold as great dainty,
and calves feet are bought for soup.
All through last haying season a
Westbrook (Me.) dog brought cool drink
to the men In the hay field. going to the
house for 1t when commanded to do so,
and seeming to take delight in making
himself useful.
Kaiser Wilhelm's Russian Barsol
hound travels in a third-class railroad
carriage, with an attendant, ten tickets
being bought for him, as he will not go
in a baggage ear, and objects to
strangers. He once jumped from
train going at full speed, but was I'M
hurt. A peasant found him, and took
care of him till he discovered the owner,
and that the Kaiser valued the dog at
1890. He then returned the dog with
a bill for $3.50, 'the finders legal ten
per cent" The Kaiser cut the bill
down to S60.-New York Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30

possession of Prof. Bagley, of Abilene,
Kan. He is a native of the island of
st. Helena, and his mother was one of
the intimates of the guardians of Ma
poleon. When the Emperor lay dying
his old nurse stole to his side and
clipped from his head a lock of hair.
Part of the lock she gave to Mr.. Bag
1t is kept in bottle and is black and
gray, with trace of brown. For forty
years the bottle has been kept in dark
room, that the hair may not be injured
by the light. There are about forty
strands in all. The relic is held at a
also some cloth from the coffin, a medal
given by Napoleon and some other
minor souvenirs from the island of st.
Helena.
The only other portion of the body of
Napoleon known to be on this continent
is n single hair that Richard Watson
Glider once owned. He kept it in his
watch case. When the watch was re-
paired he forgot to tell the jeweler of
the precious contents. When he went
to get it he asked: Did you find any
thing in the case?'
YES" replied the workman. there
was a hair In there, but it is all right
now-I blew 1t out"
You blew out piece of Napoleon
Bopaparte," said the editor of the Cen
tury,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
Cogitation.

The gentlemen of the bar, who not
infrequently have to take rebukes from
the bench, greatly enjoy a chance to
make a legitimate retort against the
court The story is told that certain
judge who during the plea of a rather
prosy lawyer could not refrain from
gently nodding his head in sleep was
caught at this by the lawyer, who look
ed significantly at him.
perhaps, said the judge testify and
overwhelmingly, 1.-THE counsel thinks the
court was asleep, but he may be assured
that the court was merely cogitating."
The lawyer talked on. Presently the
judge, again overcome by his somno-
lency, nodded off and aroused himself
with a little sudden snorting snore.
If it please your HONOR" said the
lawyer, Il will suspend my plea until
the court shall have ceased to cogitate
audibly."
"You may go on" said the judge,
and he did not fall asleep again. -Ex-
change
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30

take you to the favorite haunts of the
gamy black bass. Incidentally he will
see that you get few big fish weigh
ing from fifteen to twenty pounds each,
that you may take th'm home and
astonsh your friends.
What you really get is some pickerel
and perch, possibly a couple of wall
eyed pike, few rock bass, and some
sun fish. There is always an explana-
ton for this vast discrepancy between
hope and realization. They day is too
bright; it's too windy; the lakes too
rough, or the appetite of the fish has
been taken in their desire to get further
upstream. You have the same expert
ence every day, for these guides are
wiser than serpents and keep you in a
fiutter of joyful anticipation through
an entire season. Figure it up and
you'll find that most of your money is
spent in going to and fro from the other
side of the lake.
Last season l dissected some bass
that | bought, found that they were
feeding on crawfsh, hunted out the
rock bottom In the lake, and took Is of
the gamy beauties in one afternoon.
The guides acted just as though l had
jumped gold claim of theirs, but |
kept quiet and caught bass while the
guides kept taking the other fellows
across the lake in the morning and back
at night. Just to make the whole thing
plain, prospect till you find out where
the fish are and then go after them."-
Detroit Free Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
PHOTOGRAPHY.
A Critic Who Says That 1t Has Lowered
the Standard Of Art.


Has photography accomplished any
thing? Yes; 1t has cheapened art great
ly. II has lowered the standard with
public that instinctiyely prefers the
sham and the machine made and the
microscopic 1t has reduced the artist
to demoralizinR struggle with the
amateur simply to get his bread and
butter. In the beginning Of the century
England was celebrated for its beauti-
fully illustrated books, in which the
greatest artists, engrayers and printers
collaborated to produce perfect
whole. Today the place of these books
has been taken by The Strand Magazine
and The Sketch, thanks to the services
of photography. In the making OF books
however. the tendency has always been
toward the survival OF the cheapest, and
the cheapest--usually the newest-has
always interested artists for awhile
though for other reasons than its cheap
ness.
Steel engravings succumbed before
wood engraving and TYPOGRAPHY, and
they, in turn. have succumbed to the
oheapness of the process man. In many
ways until lately process was great
advance upon any other form OF repro
duction. Now process block makers are
mostly photographers, who are killing
each other in the race for cheapness. !
do not want any one to think l would
imply that photography is not useful to
the artist. On the contrary, it is, and
especially in illustration, since it pre-
serves the illustrators original design
for him. 1t enables the architect to get,
at small expense and without the trou-
BILE of going to see and draw them, bits
of detail in foreign lands, though this is
questionable advantage. The worlds
greatest architects managed very we'll
without it. One critic has said that if
photographers would turn their atten
ton to the recording of historic events,
like the jubilee, or of vanishing build
to art. In one way this is true, III an
other it is not.
Surely this critic would be the last to
suggest that the cinematographio pic
tures'-the whole $4,000 of them,
shown at the Empire, think-are equal
to one picture of a procession by Carpac-
clio, painted centuries before we had any
photographs. No doubt $4,000 artists
would be required to secure as many
views of the jubilee procession as were
obtained by tho cinematograph, and
their employment might have been too
much of a good thing. But if, say, half
a dozen accomplished artists had been
commissioned and allowed to do what
they wanted, might we not have had a
record of some artistic Importance? AS
to the photographing of old buildings,
which would the architect rather have
An etching by Piranesi or photo.
graph by one of the most revolutionary
of the Salon photographers Joseph
Pennell i'll Contemporary Review.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
A Days varianc. In Weight.

Have you ever tried this experiment
of weighing yourself in the morning and
again in the evening? 1t is one of the
best ways, so doctors say, of finding
whether your health is good or not. If
you are thoroughly well there should
not be difference of more than two or
three ounces either way in the twelve
hours. If you lose or gain as much as
eight ounces you should Immediately
consult doctor. while the gain or loss
of pound indicates you are on the
verge of serious illness. This, of course,
does not apply to one just recovering
from Illness. for convalescents who
have been much reduced may some
times gain Is to 20 ounces day.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
ORIENTAL SHAWLS.
Great Care Taken in Their Mauufac.
ture and Shipment.

In Bokhara, where the finest and
most expensive eamefs hair shawls ara
manufactured, the camel Is watched
while the fine hair on the under part
of his body is growing, says the TEX
file World" This is clipped so careful
" that not a fiber is lost, and 1t is put
by until there is enough to spin into
a yarn which is unequaled for softness.
II is then dyed in all manner of beautl-
full. bright colors, and woven in strips
eight inches wide of shawl patterns of
such exquisite design as with all our
study of art and all our schools of de
sign we are not able to rival. These
strips are then sewed together so Gun
ninglv that 1t is impossible TO detect
where they are Joined. Russia is the
principal market to which these beau
tiful Bokharan creations are sent. From
Russia they find their way all over the
world-London, Paris, Vienna and
New York being the heaviest importers.
Besides these Oriental shawls there
are beautiful woven shawls of Paisley,
Scotland. and the printed shawls Of
Lyons and the filmy Llama lace crea-
lions, which, unlike the Oriental works
of art, are within reach of the moder-
ate purse. Special artists with pencil
and brush are engaged in making de-
signs for these shawls. While years,
and sometimes lifetime, were and are
required for the manufacture of the
Bokharan and Hindu shawls, at Pals
ley, if the pattern requires months In
its designing, the weaving of the most
elaborate pattern occupies only week.
The cutting of the threads from the
backs of the shawls, which was form
erly process requiring the Continued
labor of two girls an entire day for
each shawl, Is now done by french
machine in ii minute and half Few
of the grand danes who boast OF costly
Oriental shawls, rugs, and potieres,
know that these same articles have
probably seen service before they came
into their possession; that the mgnifi-
cent shawls in which they wrapthem-
selves have enveloped the women Of
| some harems, and the rugs andporti-
eres have draped their luxurious apart
ments. 1t Is not uncommon to ind
tell-tale darn that confirms this suspi.
| cjon
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
A Safe System.

A young man of perhaps not too hon
est purposes in life was in pursuit of a
tailor who would not be likely to press
him too closely for his bills, and was
recommended to a certain man.
NO" said his tailor, Il never send
bills to nice people"
You're just the man fer mer' said
the youth.
But added the tailor, ST people do
not pay without being pestered with
bills, l conclude that they are not nice
people, and send the bills right alonpp,
The young man concluded that he
would try another tailor.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
WINTER IN HOLLAND.
Cold Winter Fun In "a Country Where
Skaters Abound.

In Holland the fun of winter life
takes many forms, and winter facili-
tates locomotion as the highways of
summer available for boats become the
best thoroughfares for those who skate
In this way, directly the Ice bears,
visits are made and distances Travelled
which cannot be done in summer; and,
instead of going round and round as
We do here on small confined space,
the Dutch make up party and pay
visit to some neighboring town or VII
lage. A bright winters morning is al
ways celebrating; how much more so
when cheerful company, free exercise,
variety of character, and constant
change of scene all tend to make the
day rs Il red letter one. Should the
frost be sufficiently severe, river is
most interesting, being on large scale
and partaking more of the character
of fair, which is the case, for in
stance, on the Mas, at Rotterdam.
The Mas runs very strongly, and
the difficulty Is for the first coating of
ice to form. When severe frost catch
es the still water during the night, then
'once begun. soon DONE" and the crews
who turn into their berths at night,
wake up in the morning to find them
selves frozen in. The canals naturally
soon freeze over, and the boat traffic
is supplanted by baggage sledges, large
and small. Near dwelling houses are
seen little boX-sledges for the children.
These are the same as the seven
teenth century CONFERENCE.-The child,
sits with just room for its feet. and,
with stick in each hand. pushes astern
and propels itself ahead. The adult
sledges are in some cases simply gor-
geous. as the opportunity affords great
body, the driver perched at the back, as
on the tail, the sweeping-irons follow
ing the curve of the swans neck; over
these run the reins. One horse gener-
ally constitutes the team.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
SALT FROM THE SEA.
Preserved from Death, the Nan oa'e
II, His Life to Religious WORK.

Up His Life to Heiieious
man. called the Sailors Friend
was rugged out in his best suit Vi
clothes on a Sunday morning not long
ago. He carried under his arm a large
roll of magazines and papers, ana Went
from desolate rooms In cherries poaru-
ing houses, all along the city streets
and alleys where the sailors lived
Take this, Jack, my boy he SAID 10
a half-drunken Swede, who was iouns-
ing on broken sofa. There was Ten
der solicitude In his voice as he toucheu
the stranger on the shoulder ana salu'
Read il, read it, Jack, Ii VIII trlh
your sails for a better port than this.
Jack did not accept the gift migrate
fully. He looked half-pleased ana hall-
ashamed.
Hey We any of em with pictures III
'em?" asked a grizzled old sailor VINO
looked as if he might add, III ye don
give me one, I'll take it, whether you
will or no.
THANK We, thank yer' he added has
tily. as an illustrated magazine was
offered to him. Then he burst out sud
denly, addressing the Sailors friend'
"Ye're good man,
Il hope | am" was the frank reply
IF everybody wuz tryin to do ez
much good ez you are, this world would
be better world"
Il hope so, my friend was the quick
answer. "When go to heaven, | want
to sail in under full cloud Of canvas,
and not with a jury-rig.'
1t was very apparent that the sailors
Danes, Swedes, English and Portu-
guese-appreciated this quick and apt
reply.
Over thirty years ago man shipped
in Portsmouth on the brig Rockingham,
bound for Cuba. There was a strong
breeze from west-nOrthwest, and it was
very cold. That night sail had to be
shortened. The next morning the gale
had increased to hurricane, the vessel
scudding before it like a race-norse.
This lasted for four days.
On the fifth morning, at o'clock, a
sea broke over the ship from stem to
stern, stove In all the boats, and swept
everything movable from the deck.
The men were ordered to the pumps,
among tmem the recently shipped sea-
man. The brig soon began to leak
badly. In an hour it became evident
she could not last long If the gale con-
tinued. Notwithstanding the terror Of
the sea and the thunder of the storm,
blasphemy from some of the men was
heard as they bent to the clanking
pumps.
Darkness came, and in the horror and
despair Of the night and the storm one
man dropped, in sheer exhaustion, to
his knees. 1t was an unusual attitude,
and perhaps by force Of some old asso-
citation, he began to pray. There, cling
ing to the rail, dashed at by the ocean,
he resolved, with a sincerity like that
of the robber on the cross, that If his
life were saved, he would give 1t wholly
to the service of God.
The vessel rode out the storm. "And
don't you think" said the sailor who
has told the story, that the captain
noticed difference in my attention to
my duties after that, and spoke of it?''
A few months later the rescued sailor
began the work for which he is known
on the Maine coast as the Sailors
Friend Youths Companion,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
How to wheedie a Librarian.

note that an Oxford scholar of my
acquaintance, If he wished valuable
book to be taken from the Bodleian
library into the Radcliffe reading room
that he might continue reading it after
the library was closed, used to begin by
asking leave for some unique manu-
script. and when that was refused a
book somewhat less valuable, coming
gradually down scale and being re-
fused with less emphasis, until he
reached the book which alone he want
ed. when he would say, AT least you
can have no objection to my taking
this. "-Cornhill Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
A Sober-Faced Humorfst.

From the present Lord Tennyson's
Memoirs of his father we take the
following story:
Another most amusing friend Of
mine was Edward Fitzgerald, an Irish
man, the speciality of whose humor II
was that, the more comical were his
words, the more solemn his face always
became. l remember an illustration
of this. After a large evening party,
when nearly all the guests had depart
ed, the rest remained to smoke. In that
party was man celebrated for his
passion for titles. On this occasion he
exceeded himself. All his talk was Of
the rich and great. Yesterday, when
l was riding with my friend, the Duke
of = ON Tuesday last the Marquis
of - remarked to me-"
TT went on for a long time; the
party listened, some amused, some
bored. Edward Fitzgerald was the first
to rise He lighted candle, passed out
OF the room, stood still with the lock
of the door In his hand, and looked
back. He could change his counte.
nance into anything he pleased. II
had then exchanged in moment It's
usual merry look for one of profound
nay, hopeless-dejection. Slowly and
sadly he spoke
II once knew lord, too; but he Is
deadn
Slowly, sadly, he withdrew, clos
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30


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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
WIlES OF THE GUIDE.
Somehow the Best Fishing Grounds
Are Always on the Other Side.

Somehow the Best Fishing Grounds
Are Always on the Other Side.
Being scientific fisherman, he is an
oracle on all matters pertaining to pis-
catorial pastimes. He carries three
tackle boxes and every tray is full. He
has the finest rods, reels. flies, spoons,
trolley lines, and hooks. He is pre-
pared TO take anything from muskel-
,unge 10 mlnnows.
lone thing | want TO tell YOU" he
said to the comparative novice: AT all
these island lakes the fishing is on the
other side. Stop Off at any resort, hire
a guide, tell him you want the best
there is, and it's 90 to l he'll pull for
the otner shore. no matter how many
miles have to be trayersed. He Will
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30

$50 Jones was not reelected.
mo. he was fired out -
az wonder if he still believes office is
q public trust.
II doubt 1T. He regards it more in
the light of public thrust. New
York World.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30

To prevent the pedal OF bicycle
catching In the chain as the crank re-
wolves curved guard Is attached to
the inner end of the pedal to strike the
chain and push 1t back If 1t flies out of
line.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30
A Lock of NapoIeon's Hair

A unique souvenir of the great Napo-
leon is kept in the family of his old
nurse and attendant. being now 10 the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30

~ APT. CHARLES d. SIGSBEE'S
home-or rather the home of his
~ family, for navy officer has no
home but his ships In a pleasant little
house In Riggs place, Washington, ID. y.
Sigsbee married daughter Of Gen. LOCK-
wood shortly after the close of the war,
and they have three children. The eldest
daughter was married a short time ago TO
Ensign Kittele of the navy, who IS sta
toned on the dispatch boat Dolphin. The
home life Of the Sigsbees always has been
exceedingly pleasant, the captain himseit
having had several pleasant assignments
in Washington, where he has been hg-
ure of note. Mrs. Sigsbee comes OF mill
tary stock and is used to the alarms OF
war. Her house ut Washington is the
rendezvous for naval officers at the cap
ital, by whom she is highly esteemed.
or medium height, with broad shout
ders, spare frame, and hair and mus
tache just beginning to turn gray, Capt.
Sigsbee looks like a man capable of coping
with almost every difficulty which might
arise in the service. In fact, his expert
ence in almost every branch of the navy
has fitted him for emergencies. Born in
Albany, Oxford County, Me-, 81 years
ago. he moved to New York and was ap-
pointed us cadet In the naval academy
from that State In 1859. After being
graduated in 1868 he was appointed en-
sign and stationed on the Monongahela,
where he remained year. Then he was
sent to the old Brooklyn. and took a gal
liant part in the battle of Mobile Bay I'M
a In,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30

Out Of Che enormous number of wom
en- in Constantinople-tho population is
nearly 1000, 000-not more than 5000
can read or write.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30

A wife never hates to ask her hus-
pand Tor money any worse than he
hates TO have her.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-30

When girl takes care of the altar
linen at church, 1t Is safe to wager
that she spends no time ON the linen
ut home.