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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
The Lamb. FOR Wall street.

The bfassy. measly peddler who
stands at the street corner selling brass
shirt studs for j cents apiece and
shouting that he guarantees them
to be gold catches many a wandering
fool The guarantee" is sAven by Il
man who never expects to see his GUS
toners again, and the customers never
expect to trade with him n second
time. But the word guarantee" car
ries weight with it. and the fool and
his money, now as ever, are soon
parted.
Every days mail brings me letters of
inquiry regarding the stability OF Il set
Of Wall street sharks who offer TO
guarantee" profits ranging from 10
to 100 per cent per month to all who
will give up their good money and
trust the sharpers to invest 1t in the
maelstrom OF speculation. Scarcely n
week passes without the report in the
newspapers of the exposure, the flight
or arrest OF one of these sharks.
But the race OF fools seems to be
eternal, and 1t appears 10 be only nee
essary for the Wall street bunko man
to take a new name and to hire desk
room In Wall street or one OF its
lsterals to reap n new crop from a new
line Of eustOmers.-Leslie' Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
Unnlistakable.

A disagreeable truth may be con-
yeyed in u diplomatic manner by the
exercise of little skill. A young man
called one afternoon at the parental
dwelling Of young lady upon whom
he had called several times before. and
who was beginning to grow slightly
weary Of his attentions.
On one occasion it happened she was
not ut home, and he merely left his
card and went away.
He had not walked many blocks
when he met her on the sidewalk, re-
turning home, and the following con-
versation took place:
"Ah, Miss Thompson, how do you
dor
Quite we'll. l thank you. Mr.. John
son. Beautiful day, isn't it?'
1T is, indeed. BY the way. Miss
Thompson, | have just come from your
house. called to see you"
Did you!' she said. 1T Is too bad l
am not ut home
The significance Of the Am" did not
escape the young man. After com
monplace remark Or two he bade her
good day and passed on-and he never
called again.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
The Iunueac. Of the Fiat.

The fiat has made Its mark on the
conditions of modern life. \ good Illus
rrRrion Of this fact Is the following
story OF bright Kenwood youngster
going on g." The boy heard n visitor
say to his grandmother, We'll, | sup
pose you feel very proud these days,
with three Of your sons married and
settled?"
"Only two" corrected the boy, who
was not supposed to understand any
thing at all about the subject. Just to
see what his idea was his grandmother
and ner visitor cross examined him.
The conversation ran like this:
why do you think only two are mar
ried. John? There's your Uncle Jim
he's one"
"Yes ma'am. And he lives In fiat"
whats that got to do with II? And
there's your Uncle Fred-he's two"
Yes maam. And he lives in fiat
too"
why, yes; certainly. And there's
your own father-he's three"
NO. ma'am," cried the youngster
triumphantly. MY papa isn't married.
l know he isn't cause he lives In u
house."-Chicaso Inter Ocean.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
A Woman's Whina.

She was a woman who made prac-
tice of being always amlable to the
clerks In the shops, and there was one
dry goods shop where she had traded
for many years, and the clerks We're
like old friends. But there were some
business changes, and new firm made
offers to the clerks who had been so
long with the old firm that the woman
had patronlzed, and they, almost to a
man and woman, left. The lifelong
patron of the shop was much incensed
at this. 1t was not fair or right, she
said, and In fact almost dishonorable.
So one day when she made a first
visit to the new shop one of the old
clerks who knew her we'll stepped for
ward to speak to her after the old cor
dial fashion. But. no, this mildest
hammered OF women turned her head
away with cold stare and passed on
without recognition. She could not be
cordial TO any one who had acted so
dishonorably. No explanation Is Of
fered of why she herself was in the
new shop. 1t may have been just out
of curiosity. or course one can shop
where one pleases.-New York Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
A EloMer Clock.

In John ID. Rockefeller's grounds,
at Tarrytown, there is bed of flow
ers arranged like the dial of clock.
by which one can tell the time Of day.
The hands, which. OF course, do not
move, are made Of dandeliOns. which
open at $50 q. N. and close at $3.50 p.
III. Among the flowers In the twelve
spaces OF the dial are hawkweed.
which closes at . p. III. exactly, the
snow thistle, which opens at 3 a. m.
and begins to close at IL, but does not
fully close until noon; the yellow goats
beard, which opens ut 4 Il. III. and
closes at 1 p. IN: the blue chicOry,
which opens at 1 Il. III. and closes at
noon; the morning glory, poppy, water
lily. pimpernel and marigOld. opening
Ut ). I, : and o a. M; the Star of Beth
lehem, which closes at / the passion
nower, which opens at noon; the beau
~ Of night. which opens ut 5 p. ~;
white lychnis. opening at 6. and the
blue convulyulus. at . a. III.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
A SMUG0LER'S TRICK.
Many Dia IA Onds Delivered in New York
without Having Paid Duty.

II people would take as much trou-
Bile. and show as much ingenuity, In
doing an honest business as they do in
eyading the law, they might be quite
as rich, and with infinitely less danger.
Some Of the methods adopted to grow
rich fraudulently are AS ingenious as
they are dangerous and wicked. \
story Is told OF certain merchant OF
New York who for years was suspect
ed OF smuggling precious stones into
this country.
Every time he returned from Europe
he was carefully searched, and 1t WAS
even proved that he did not swallow
his diamonds, before going ashore, but
nothing was ever found except few
inferior stones, and these he did not
try to conceal. Traps were set for
him, but without avail.
At last a detective, cleverer than the
rest, by carefully watching the doings
OF the suspected man and his partners,
hit upon clew. He found that when
ever one Of the members of the suspect
ed firm arrived III New York upon a
steamer, another member Of the firm,
or An agent, always took trip back on
the same vessel, and always engaged
the same stateroOm. He invariably
had the whole stater0om, SO that he
was alone upon the voyage. This clew
led to the discovery of the fraud.
1t was found that the importer. dur
Ing his voyage to New York, would cut
a small piece out OF the flooring be-
meath the carpet Of his stateroom, and
after cOncealing the diamonds In the
hole, would put back the flooring and
replace the carpet. When he left the
ship he left tho diamonds behind him.
and thus none were ever found upon
him.
A few days after, when the vessel
was about 10 start for Europe, the 9th
er member OF the hrm secured the
stateroom and went on board accom-
panied by his confederate. The latter
would then go ashore, and take the dia-
monds with him. AS there are no GUS
toms officers ON duty when vessels de-
part, he would be allowed to pass I'M
| molested. and 10 carry In his valuable
| cargo.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16

traits, which require a good deal Of -
perience and technical knowledge 7.
the gallery OF an artist one usu.n-
inds that the studio is provided Wi
u skyllght. The amateur is rarelr ohI-
10 command one. However. in rsoons
issue THE Mechanic Arts Maea7,na,
made some excellent suggestions oa
this point.
1t was recommended that an ord,.
nary side window be shaded I'm IN
height Of about five feet from the aoo,
by means of bookbinders' board Th,o
can be cut to fit the window casing In
front of the binders board should h.
hung cambria, of whatever hue gray
or black Is preferred for background
Some subjects require light one and
some dark one. Hence~the material
should be hung in such q way that Il
can be changed readily. In order
get good supply of light from abOy.
rejecting screen is provided. Il
should consist OF white cloth "a shest
for instance. Beginning at distaps
of eighteen inches from the side wall
one edge of the sheet should be fast.
ened to the ceiling. The lower edge
of the cloth should be stiffened With
strip Of wood, like a sail Then the
screen ought 10 be inclined away from
the window az an angle of about Ii
degrees. Another screen, hung from
the ceiling or mounted on feet at one
camera, will assist in lighting one side
of the face more than the other In
full face picture and In illuminating
the face for profile view. The mag
azine here referred TO goes on to say
Where the photograph is to be a
full-length figure or three-quarter full
length care must be exercised that the
upper part of the subject Is not more
strongly lighted than the draperle'
nearer the floor. 1t is well, on this ac-
count, TO spread on the floor q white
sheet or a number of newspapers 50
that the light may be reflected up#sM
against the lower part of the figure
Where a person has light curly 0.
fluffy hair II Is best 10 illuminate the
hair brilliantly by setting the top
screen about as shown in the illusra.
ton and then arrange the side screen
to reflect light on the face In an up
ward direction. SO that as far as posi-.
Bile It's stronger shadows may be soft
ened land too much contrast prevented
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
Boys Who Succeed,

Thirty years ago Mr.. H., nursery
man Ia New York state, left home for
a day or two. Ii was rainy weather,
and not n season for sales, but a Gus,
TONER arrived from distance, tied up
his horse and went into the kitchen
Of a farmhouse, where two lads We're
cracking nuts.
rs Mr. II. at homer
NO, SIR, said the oldest, Joe, ham.
mering al nut.
when vial he be back?'
Dunno. sir. Mebbe not for week"
The other boy. Jim, jumped up and
followed the man out. The men are
not here, but can show You the stock, 4"
he said. with such II bright, courteous
manner that the stranger. who was a
little irritated, stopped and followed
him through the nursery. examining
the trees, and left his order
You have sold the largest bill that |
have had this season, JIM" his father.
greatly pleased, said to him on his re-
turn.
I'm sure" said Joe, I'm as willing
to help as Jim II Id thought In time"
A few years afterward these two
boys were left by their fathers fail
ure and death with $500 or $500 each.
Joe bought an acre or two near home.
He has worked hard. but Is still a Door.
discontinued man. Jim bought an emf
grants ticket TO Colorado hired as a
cattle driver for couple OF years. and
with his wages bought land at AZ cents
an acre, built himself II house and mar
ried. His herds OF cattle are numbered
by the thousand, his land has been cut
up for town lots. and he Is ranked as
one Of the wealthiest men In the state.
Il might have done like jim" his
brother said lately, III I'd thought In
time. There's as good stuff in Inc as In
him"
There's as good stuff in that loaf of
bread as in any | ever made" said his
wife, but nobody can eat It, There
Eot enough yeast in It." The retort
though disagreeable. was true. The
quick, wide-awake energy which scts
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
THE LAND OF SWEET SOMETIME.

Over the water We'll sail some day
To the land OF Sweet Sometime
And we'll anchor there for a year and a
day
In the ripp!es Of gold on the lower bay
In the sunsets rays sublime!
It's over the river in Somedayyille,
BY the lake of SoontoBe,
And Later On is the mighty hill
That rises out of the laughing rill.
The river OF Wait and See.
It's always SUMMERTIME whole year
through
In beautiful sometime land,
There are Happy skies that are deep aud
blue
There are roses waiting TO bloom for you
To blossom at your command
So out TO the breeze let US spread the sal
Til! ii beats in merry rhyme,
And off We'll @ in the moonlight pale,
Till We reach the lai.u Of the fairy tale,
The land of Swee. Sometime.
Criterion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
HOW MOROCCO is MADE.
Sim pie Description of a Very Interest
esting Process.


The manufacture of morocco. as
every one knows, Is the art OF u!eihS
leather. True morocco is goatshlh
tanned aud dyed Oh the side OH whieh
the hair grows. Sheepskins are treat
ed in the same manner, and are then
called sheep morocco.
The first knowledge the French had
Of the way in which Leyant morocco
is manufactured was obtained from
Granger. a surgeon OF the royal navy
who made voyages in various countries
by order of the minister, Maurepas.
description OF the art was the subject
of note by him addressed to the
Academy In 1875. The first morocco
factory In France was established at
Paris by man named Garon. In lI49
The first thing 10 be done with goat
skins. in order to make them available.
Is to soften them, as they reach the
morocco maker hard and with the hair
on. For that purpose they are stepped
for several days In stagnant water.
Then they are rinsed in fresh water,
cleared of every particle Of flesh ad-
herring to the skin, and are drained ana
put into a solution of lime.
The object of this last operation Is
to swell the skins and open their pores,
la order to facilitate the removal Of the
hair. This is effected by means Of a
round knife. with which the operator
goes over the surface OF the skin with
out cutting the hair, which then falls
out. Then, in order to rid them OF the
lime. the skins are cleaned IN water.
and to remove all moisture they are
pressed on wooden frame with kind
of knife called querce.
Between each of these operations
they pound the skins hard in tubs with
wooden pestles. Lately. for this
pounding has been substituted violent
agitation In tub filled with water, the
interior surface Of which Is covered
with wooden spikes, and turns rapidly
on horizontal axis.
When these preliminary preparations
are finished they give the skins baths,
which neutralize the action of the last
particles of lime and draw the textures
closer together. Then they have batl
Of red dye, after which they are rinsed
and the tanning is proceeded with
When the tanning is completed, they
receive their final color, black, blue, oil
violet
The dyed morocco Is dried, deprived
of all superhuous parts, and then pol
ished with piece of slate. Finally. II
must have what is called the grain
This is obtained by rubbing the pol
ished skin with piece of cork. By
crossing the strokes Of the cork. or by
giving final polish that 1attens the
grain in certain parts, are produced
the various kinds Of grain called the
"broken grain" the barley grain,
and the 'Quadrille grain"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
STALKING A PEACOCK.
Brilliant Birds Are Fascinated "
Leopards and Tigers.

Brilliant Bride Are Fascinated W
Leopards and Ti9ers.
"rhe gods made nine gems, but only
one peacock says u proyerb Of India,
the native and ancient home OF the
beautiful bird. The prOverb, however,
Is not strictly in keeping with facts.
There are two peacocks-the bird or
India and Ceylon, and second species,
the peacock of the Far East, OF Java,
Burmah and Siam. 1t Is legend Of
the Indian jungles that leopards and
tigers can fascinate peacocks. and a
writer in the London Spectator refers
to the experience Of Colonel Tyler to
show how strong Is the faith OF the ma
tives In the story.
Colonel Tytler, while stalking pea
cock. was surprised to see how near 1t
allowed him to approach. The bird
paid no attention to him, but was gaz-
ing intenly, as II fascinated, at little
patch Of jungle just In front.
Looking in the same direction, he saw
leopard stealing OH Its belly toward
the bird He WAS surprised, but his as
constituent was greater when, on rails
Ing his gun, one barrel OF which was
loaded with ball, and covering the AMI
NAL, the leopard threw up Its paws.
and shrieked In voice hOarse with
terror, mo, Sahib, no, don't fret
Colonel Tytler for q moment thought
he must be going mad. The next mo-
ment he saw man disguised In a Loop
ard skin, with we'll stuffed head and q
bow and arrow In one paw, standing
before him. The man 80 dressed was u
professional fowler, who said that In
that disguise he could always approach
near enough to shoot the birds. and
sometimes catch them In his hand.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
The Father OF Arixon.

Charles u. Poston, upon whom the
Territory OF Arizona has conferred a
pension Of $50 month, is known "A
"fhe Father Of Arizona" He ia tha
first delegate To Congress from that
section. He has been Worldwide
traveller, and Is full Of stories OF China
sea pirates and how he governed his
little kingdom Of Tubac.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16

When a girls engagement TO al o',,
of-town man Is reported, II Is prsl ,''.
that she is to marry king. AS wv.
progresses, the girls mother cohie'', =,
that the young man is prince y
leaks out later that he works Oh ~.
AIRY, and has to work Saturday hlsp.'
and later. Just before the wedulhs !,
one is surprised at learning tha' ne - :,
a clerk, and gives dancing lessons v
the side to make a living.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16

which Is said to afford the animal relief
The shoes are made recessed al NV
ends for the purpose of receiving pr0aa
rubber heels. which not only take Wy
the force of the blow as the foot slrA''
the ground, but also acts as pfoses
ton for the frog of the foot which =
exceedingly sensitive. The rubber pioeA'
are interchangeable and are held hlu,
ly In place by means Of pin pass'Ns
through the shoe.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS is THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Sayings and Cute Doings of the
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered
and Printed Here for All Other Lit
tie Ones to Read.

Little Dick and Elsie live in a little
house not far away from the railroad.
and twice every day an engine goes
past that whistles just for them. II
whistles this way: two toots and then
three toots Then Dick and Elsie run
and wave their hands to a big man In
blue waist who rides OH the engine, FOR
the big man is their papa.
One day they had ride on their
papa's engine, and Dick blew the whls-
tie while Elsie rang the bell when their
papa said SO. and they both felt very
big. Once their papa turned handle.
and the engine went Ssh. Sh. Sh.
~" and Elsie said:
why is the engine telling us to hush
up. papa? We are keeping still
But their papa only laughed. 1t was
the most fun Dick and Elsie ever had,
and they had dinner out of papa 3
lunch basket. which was fun, too. ana
when they got home their mamma said
''Oh, what dirty babies mamma has
GOT
Then she washed them and gave
them nice, warm supper and put
them TO sleep, and they were glad to
get to bed. for they were very tired.
How would you like TO have ride
like that?
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
City Boys idea.

A Galladn County farmer hired a
boy from the city to assist him through
the summer. The farmer told the kid
to 10 out TO the barn lot and salt the
calf. The kid took quart OF salt and
industriously rubbed it into the calf =
hide. The colts got after the calf for
the salt and had about all the hair
licked OFF the animal before its condi-
ton was ed.-Montgomery H..
News
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16

Any Time You Want at the Pole.
Those who are conyersant with the
use of globes know that all The merid-
fans OF longitude starting from the
equator converge toward and meet ut
the pole. They know, too, that longi-
tude signifies time and that difference
Of longitude Is difference In time. They
know very we'll that when 1t Is neon In
London 1t Is about o'clock IN the
morning In Boston, and that when 1t Is
noon In San Francisco II Is about a
quarter past In the afternoon In New
York.
Now, as the meridian Of London ex-
tends to the north pole, 1t necessarily
snsues that when 1t Is noon In the Eng
lish capital 1t must also be noon at the
north pole. In similar manner when
co. or at Picking. or any other place
situated In the northern hemisphere,
It follows that It must also be noon at
the pole, because all the merldians Of
those places unite ut the north pole.
Therefore II Is noon all day long at the
pole.
Thus there Is an entire absence Of
time at the pole. But 1t would be just
as correct to say that 1t Is place
where there Is n preponderance OF
time, for 1t Is practically any time Of
day during the whole "A hours, or In
deed through the year. In fact, a resi-
dent at the north pole could make 1t
any time OF day he might choose to Sc
lect, with the consciousness that 1t
would be the right tlme.-Youth's Com
panion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
Coeful Anita.

Our young friends who make collec-
tons Of natural history specimens may
make use of the busy ants in the same
way the naturalists do. A beetle or u
mouse, or any other small animal left
near an ant hill will be found In a few
days to be nice. clean skeleton. with
Its little white bones nicely polished,
the ants having picked off every bit of
the flesh.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
PORTRAITS AT HOME
Suggestions for Handling tn. -,
Two Simple Scre. hSh,

Although all kinds OF interior y,
are much more difficult than "ofi
work for amateur photograobs,.
ing to the difficulty of manao,, Wv
light. nearly every one Who nav 'as
era tries the former sooner nr Ia, ,a4'
Is aot al all uncommon to begin ON L
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16

as heaven In a character is partly nat
ural. But 1t can be ineulcated by par
ents and acquired by a boy II he
chooses to keep his eyes open ana ACT
promptly and boldly ia every emef'
gency.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16

Twelve systems Of mechanical trac-
ton are used ON the street RAILWAYS of
Paris. None OF them is a cable. Most
OF them use electricity, In one form or
another, pr compressed an
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
RUBBER HEELS ON AORSEsHoEs
Cnshion that Lessons the Pounding
on the Animals Feet.

The cushion principle has been "
successfully applied to vehicles that e.
forts are being made TO utilize 1t asa
means of saving the horses joints By
devlsing some sort OF horseshoe
which will relieve the animal OF tho
many rapidly succeeding shocks as be
pounds the hard roads with his hoOfs
Elias A. Powers of Chicago has recent
ly patented a shoe having rubber heels
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16

morning and now to sell the whole bas-
ket, and mamma SO much needed some
little luxury. and now she would have
II. Happy tears filled her lustrOus eyes,
and she said la tremulous voice: 20.
sir, you are 50 kind
Not yet sure as to The correctness Of
the deal which had taken such posses
sion of him. he asked in low voice, ia
which the eagerness was hidden: What
is your name?' My name is Erla Sey-
mons. SIR" This WIS the chance he
had coveted; it was his time. "Erla Sey-
mons!" he calculated in well-feigned
surprise; II used TO know a man by
the name OF Leroy Seymons."
That was my dear father" replied
Erla In choking voice.
Where Is he now?" he asked In ex.
element which be could not suppress.
He Is dead, sir" This was. indeed,
hard when he thought himself 50 near
his desire.
And your mothery' he asked, with
hesitation.
"She is feeble"
Two years have passed. Mrs. Sey.
mons has regained her health and IL
living comfortably thanks TO her
friend Frederick Nelson. Erla IL a
lovely. talented maiden of 20
There Is soon to be grand wed
ding. The happy couple are Harold
Nelson and Erla Seymons. - Boston
Post
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16
American Religious Statistics

In the United States are seven :.
llgious denominations each OF VIZ,
has over one million members.
are: The Disciples OF Christ VINO n oaa.
Der Loss, 815 members; Jews, l'-oo,s .us
Lutherans, 1,52o,552; Presoy'e,,a 'no.
1912, 401; Baptists, 1864, AZ; M ,-a
dists, 5,S9S, O94; Catholics, s,aso'i'N
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-08-16

As soon AS man gets little mou Dn.
saved up, some VI his folks nave s,af
BILE. and he has TO spend II on
expedition to save them