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grass. which came originally from Africa
and was introduced here from Johnson
county, Texas, makes an excellent fodder
but the Legislature, at the instance of
former Texans passed bill making the
raising Of it a felony, because of its pro-
pensity to spread far and wide and occupy
the cultivated fields Some farmers keep
on raising it, however, in spite of the law,
and it is one Of the most profitable of
crops Alfalfa is much raised and produces
two or three crops a year. On account Of
the short winters and the abundance of
nutritious cultivated forage crops, stock
raising is a very attractive industry.
There is very little OF the picturesque
remaining in Oklahoma life. There are no
cowboys with wide brimmed hats and pis-
tolls strapped to their waists and the men
are much better judges of plows than of
revolvers. The women wear the latest
fashions. even to the felt hats with goose
duills stuck in them. In every town there
are churches of nearly every denomination,
and life goes on in just as quiet and order
ly a fashion as in Illinois or Iowa. Some
peculiar social interest comes from
the fact that in almost every town one
meets people from nearly every State in
the Union. No matter what State you
yourself may come from, you are sure
to find some one who formerly lived there
No sectional prejudices exist, and men
and women from North and South, East
and West mingle in perfect harmony and
work together for the upbuilding Of this,
the last Of the prairie States, and, as they
all think. the best-New York Evening
Post
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the countryside, both for their brilliant
coloring at this season and for the grace
full arrangement of their leaf sprays in
ranks rising one above another, at any
part of the yernal season. October brought
the first light frosts and a series Of several
cool days and nights, the effect of which
seemed Immediately apparent in deepening
tlnts among the trees and shrubs. Rock
Creek Park, picturesque wooded ravine
northwest Of the city though really in
Maryland, is probably a very fair specimen
OF an average Virginia forest Of this lati-
tude. I have spent some time in its de-
lightful, half-wild seclUsions, studying its
trees and other growths, and must admit
that the glow of color to be seen there now
could hardly be surpassed in the famous
drives about the Intervale or Jackson.
! have been completely surprised at its
richness and variety. The splendor of the
two or three tulips upon Boston Common,
which I have been accustomed annually TO
admire in their rich amber au-
tumnal robes, is multiplied here
many thousandfold, and there are
not many finer things in their
way than the great towering cloud of glory
which wraps tulip in its autumn garment
But there are hickOries and beeches, too,
with variations upon the same theme the
ash becomes a great mass, full of rich,
bronzy lustre; there are the naples, also,
with al their wealth of shades the deep,
rich reds and scarlets and crimsons of tu-
pelO, cornell and sumac, and a host Of small
shrubs. gargeously helped out by the wood
bine, which everywhere hangs in scarlet
festoons from the trees. The oaks have not
yet shown much color, but are beginning.
and often an old monarch is seen shot
through with fire. A week or two later,
when these, too. are afame. the road TO
Chevy Chase and the view up and down the
little glen of Rock Creek, will be simply
one immense confagration.
The dry pastures, too, generally mottled
Of brown, orange and olive shades, fre-
quently become full of color from the num-
bers OF shrubs and saplings which spring
in them, and from the goldenrOd and asters,
and the purple and orange poverty grass
which sometimes cover their thin soil.
Stretches Of this character are frequent
through the rural vicinity of the city, with
here and there cornfeld, its product cut
and stacked and looking like a tented host
awaiting the order to advance One thinks
Of Whittier's beautiful verses as he looks
upon all this autumnal beauty.
The airs Of spring may never play
Among the upeniHg corn,
Nor freshness Of the flowers Of May
Blow through the autumn morn.
Yet shall the blue-eyed gentian look
Througf@ringed lids TO heaven,
And the pale aster in the brook
See its reflection given.
I hs~a not found any gentians, to be
sure, but the poets sentiment seems quite
as fitting here in Virginia and Maryland as
in his own Massachusetts.
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How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned, have known f. J.
Cheney for the last Is years and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
WEST g. TRUAX.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price Is cents per
bottle Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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AN oLD-TIME ADVERTISER.
A Man Who Used Daring Methods
Long Ago.

From the Albany Press and Knickerbocker)
Some of the nabobs of the present day
advertising world who think they are "the
only pebbles on the beach ought to take a
trip down to Poughkeepsie and listen to the
advertising narratives an old man there
may recite to them. And the old man can
substantiate his narratives with facts and
proofs, and is not a mere yarn spinner like
many OF his degenerate successors. His
name is De Linton Wing, and years ago he
won for himself the title of 'progenitor of
liberal advertising" by his extensive ad-
Yertising of a famous brand of flour of
which he was the proprietor It is said
that at one time he was worth $50, 600, 600,
but lost his fortune partly by speculation
in buying newspapers.
One of Mr.. Wings greatest advertising
feats was the insertion in the London
Times" much TO the surprise of the slow
going Britons, of a full page advertisement
of his famous brand of flour. 1t was claim
ed as joke that Mr.. Wing who alone had
the secret and the patent for the Julian
Mills flour, introduced in the ingredients
moistening of alcohol and hops that gave
pungency upon which many family was
mildly exhilarated every morning at break
fast, and he had, as part of his business
accounts, letter from Lord Palmerston,
Prime Minister of England, In which the
latter expressed the thanks of Queen Vic
toria and her ministry for bags of his flour.
because, as the minister said, of its elevat-
ing effects on each meal.
In the advertisement in the London
Times" Mr.. Wing had such striking lines
as these: Julian Mills sees the Queen"
"Palmerston gets his Julian cakes early
and saves England's honor by reason of
the daring spirit they infuse in him.e In
the middle of the page was a wood cut-a
most terrible innovation for the London
Times of Mr.. Wing seated between the
Queen and Lord Palmerston, who are both
begging him to come to England and live
at Windsor. To this Mr.. Wing responds:
Il am an American sovereign, greater than
the British Crown
One of Mr.. Wings greatest enterprises
vas during the celebration of 1858 over the
Atlantic cable. Albany turned out in great
procession, at the head of which was the
great wagon Of d. L. Wing, made entirely
of -four barrels. Sixteen -four barrels
served as wheels and thousands of barrel
slaves formed an awning over the body of
the wagon, on which fifty young ladies in
bakers dress were conducting a mimic
bakery of the Julian cakes. Thousands of
Albanians were gratuitously served with
bread that day from the Julian mills flour,
and at the home of nearly every poor fam
lily in the ward in which Mr.. Wing lived
were left that night a barrel of flour and
a photograph of Wing and Queen Victoria.
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Trans-Pncifc MniIs.

Mails for CHINA and JAPAN. via Vancouver
close here daily at G:35 p. m, up 10 October 81
inclusive, for despatch per 5. 5 Empress Of ia
pan.
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN. via Seattle
close here daily at G:35 p. m. up 10 November
., inclusive for despatch per s. s. Rioiun Maru
Mails for CHINA JAPAN, and HAWAII. via
San Francisco, close here daily at 6.35 p. m. up
to November 4, inclusive for despatch per s. s.
China
Mails for HAWAII, via San Francisco. close
here daily at 6:35 p. m. up to November 10, IN
elusive, for despatch per s. $ Australia
Mails for AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES (except
West Australia which goes via Europe. and New
Zealand, which goes via san Francisco, HA-
here daily at 6:35 .. m, after October %. and
up to November II, inclusive, for despatch per
$ s. AGOwerra
Mails for SOCIETY ISLANDS. via San Fran
cisco, close here daily at 6:35 p. m. up 10 No
vember %, inclusive, for despatch by ship Cali
lee.
Mails for AUSTRALIA Except West Australia.
NEW ZEALAND. HAWAII, FIJI and SAMOAN
ISLANDS. via san Francisco. close here daily at
8:35 p. M. after November H. and up t0 Novem-
Der q. inclusive for despatch uer s. s Moauo.
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN, via Vanr ouver
close here daily at G.25 p. m. up t. November
os. inclusive, for desatch per s. s. Empress OF
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Commercial Main. 5es-
patched the same as that for CHINA and JAPAN.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS GttIrv Naib des-
patched TO san Francisco at all closes for that
Office TO connect with Government transports, the
sailings az which are irregular.
Mails for COCHIN, CHINA. arc forwarded to
New York for connection with European steam
e-s
d) Registered mails close at 100 p- m same
55c) Registered mails close at SEQ p M same
Id Registered mails close at 500 a. M same
d Registered mails close at 100 p m. previous
day
ih) Registered mails close a. 1900 p. m. pre-
vious Saturday
d) Registered mails close at 500 p. m. pre-
(o) Registered mails close a. $500 p. m. pre-
vious day.
JOHN A. MERRITT, Postmaster.
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DR.. A. H. TAYLOR,

BOG + ST. y. ".
Gold allings and bridge work speciality. AZ
the lowest pricess aualgam ulling, soc; full eta
Of teeth on plates, IS; extracting, either By sas
or local spray. absolutely painless, SOC; WITH
out PC; all work done by experts and gar
snteed the best; open on Sundays from 10 20
O'clock mh22-tf-em
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Heurich's is always sought by the people who
can distinguish a superior article from an in
ferior one, which accounts for the popularity Of
Maerzen, Senate, and Lager. Phone 634, Airing
ton Bottling Co, for case of beer brewed from
malt and hons nnlN
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Everybody asks for HeUrich's, drinks Heurich's,
and always warts Heurch's For bottled beer
phone 0S4, Arlington Bottling Co.
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AFIHLD IN OLD VIRGINIA
Beauty Of Autumnal Color in Wood,
Field, and Fen.

no Radical Difference Between the
Topography and the FIOrH of the
NIassachusetts. Yet There Arc
Many Variations of PIant-Life.
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rosToFFICE NOTICE.

~
WASHINGTON, D. c. PoSToFFICE NOTICE.
any time
FOREIGN NAILS are forwarded to the ports Of
sailing daily, and the schedule OF ciosiugS is ar
ranged on the presumption Of their uninterrupted
overland transit. For the week ending November
:; the last connecting CLOSES VIII be made from
tuis office as follows:
Transatlantic Mails.
AoNDAI-tel At 9l5 p. M for EUROPE, per
3 $ Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse from New
York, VIA Cherbourg southampton. and Ham
TUEsDAY-(9 At o:15 p. m for EUROPE. per
s, s 1t. Louis from New York. via south
anpSln. i IN Letters Tor IRELAND must be di-
reettd Per $ s. s.. Louis
tc) AT HOO p. n. for EUROPE, per s. g
Ieutonlc,' from New York, via Queenstown
Iel At I;O5 p m. foF BELGIUM direct,
must be directed 'Per s. 5. Noordlaud -
NEDNESDAN-tc) At 9;15 p m for FRANCE
glrect SWITZERLAND, ITALY, SPAIN. PoR-
9. TJGAL TURKEY. EGYPT, and BRITISH
INDIA, per S. s. la Toursine.- from New
York, VIA Havrc. Letters for other parts Of
~ ROPE must be directed per S. s. Ia
FRIDAY-tb) At 7:l5 p. m. for EUROPE. per :.
town.
(e) At HOS p. m. for NETHERLANDS di-
rect, per s. s. Rotterdam, from New York via
s. 5. Rotterdam"
Co At HOS p m. for ITALY. per s. :
Auguste Victoria from New York. via Va
pies Letters must be directed per s. s.
Auguste Victoria"
SAIJ RDAI-(c) At 9:l5 p. m. for AZORES ISL
ANDS direct, per S. $. Pcninsular, from New
PRINTED NATTER. Erc.-German steamers
sailing from New York on TUESDAYS take Prilted
Matter etc, for GERMANY. and specially ld-
dressed Printed Matter, ETC., for other parts Of
europe. American and White star steamers sail
ing from New York on Wednesdays German
steamers from New York on Thursdays. and Gun
ard, French, and German steamers from New
YORK on Saturdays, take Printed Matter. etc. for
an countries for which they are advertised to
carry mails
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FOR SALE-Oyster house and cafe. rent SIS;
clearing SIPS month; owner compelled 10
leave city, NEW YORK BUSINESS BRORERS,
IO0G f. Cc1y-3t
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FOR sALE-FARMs.

FOR SALE-I50 acres, Is miles from city in
Montgomery county, Md, small house and
barn: stores. schools, and churches nearby, au
authorized TO sell at the low figure oi So per
acre.
200 acres in Prince George county. ND, 8
miles from White House. Groom house and out-
buildings, good soil; bargain at SIS per acre.
POS acres Groom house and all outbuildIugs,
everything in Grst-cl8ss condition and being now
run as q dairy farm - mile from station, On
AexanSria and Fredericksburg r. r., 81 miles
from Washington p mile from Potomac River,
friIit in abundance. q place that needs no im-
provcmeuts and snap 40 $500; also q large
list Of others equally low
ABRAHAM FISHER. so z ST. NV
oc25-3t-cOd
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The 3 DAYS" Cure

ttor men> leads al remedies n this city:
prompt and permanent cure OF nc charge Con
sultatioa free. DR.. McKEEHAN. SIG I2th 81
NV. Office hours. al day, till ?. N. Sundays
included.) ocIq-sst
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DRY GOODS store: viii invoice $500; price $500
NEW YORK BUSINESS BROKERS, IoJG ST.
O0ps
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SPIRITUALISNE-Nrs H. T. Nipple has moved to
6l5 Sheridan ST.; sittings usual Wednes-
davs and SUNDAYS. 10
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LADIES-Your bust enlarged 6 inches. failure inn
possible: harmless; SI00 cash guarantee; proof
free. LEONARD MEDICINE CO. Kansas City,
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HOTELS.
THIS PAPER is PRINTED

With Ink furnished by JAENECKE BROS. FIR
SCHNEEMANN. New York City. my2A.u, EN-
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AlIABLE, unencumbered generous hearted lady
with a fortune looks tx happiness through
husband and adviser. AAiIABLE. 3l26 Forest
ave, Chicago. IL. Il
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HAVE cash buyers i0r sal0ons and IuuChr10uIs.
NEW WORK BUSINESS BROKERS 1905
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MAIE- DAVIS. born clairvoyant and card reader,
tells about business, removes spells and evil
influences, reuniIes the separated and gives luck
to all; cures piles and drunkenness. l22s 18th 50.
nv. ocg-Irno
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IF YOU wish TO be among the lucky oues, now is
your chance for We have Just opened big case
Of winter suits and overcoats all custom made
and but slightly vorn; you can save big money
for our prices are fixed 10 suit the working man
! JUSTH'S OLD STAND. 619 D ST. oc24-7t
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$50 WILL buy cash grocery and fixtures
prominent street Address BOX 3s3. this Of
foo
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GYPSY FORTUNE TELLER removed from 607
st. to SIS G st.; hours from 10 a m- to 9
D. N. oc26-1t
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nUsINEss CHANCEs.

BUSINESS CHANCES.
FOR sALE-The best money making saloon in
town. W. j. DUGAN, Basement $50 La ave
Sl6o WILL buy cash grocery and fixtures On
FOR SALE-Oyster house and cafe; rent SIS;
clearing SIPS month; owner compelled TO
leave city. NEW YORK BUSINESS BRONERS,
1905 f. oc2y-3t
DRY GOODS store: will invoice 5000; price $500
NEW YOKR BUSINESS BROKERS, IoJG ST.
oc2s-3t
HAVE cash buyers for saloons and Iuuchro0uls.
NEW TORk BUSINESS BROKERS 1905 F
st, ocs-sJ
GROCERY: fine trade; price. S275 NEW YORK
BUSINESS BROKERS. 1000 F st. lc2s-5t
FOR SALE-Cigar store and newsstand, central
location; good tradei low rent Address Box
$50, This office oe-.-3',ein
FOR SALE-Good paving diniuE-ro0m, cheap;
owner has ether business, easy terms % nee
essary Address Box S54. this cr6ee- orz7-'t. en-
DARLING does do popular-priced printing. 454ls
9th ST. NV oe1'-ateln
FOR SALE-I4-room house nicely furnished, fued
with r0lmeTs, price, $780, cali 1900 New
York ave nv ee-.Sl
FOR SALE-Bicycle repair shop clearing so
month; stock wheels, sundrIcs, etc; owner
going West. Box s-i. JHis Office oc2t-5t-em
FOR SALE-Grocery and fruit store. sI5 Pa ave.
CHURCH NOTICES.
REFORM CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHI RCH-Serv-
ices in Confederate Veterans Hall, 43l IlJh ST.
NV, at O'Clock sunday afternoon All are cor
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HAVE FOUND a positive cure for drunken
ness; can be giyen secretly; viii gladly tell
you what it is; don't send money. MRS. NAY
HAWKINS, Lock Box ]. H., IsI, Grand Rapids,
Mich. au5-we&Su-tf
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FOR SAI.E-The best money making saloon in
town. W. j. DUGAN, Basement $50 La ave
NV ue.1-5t
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Mails for CHINA and JAPAN. via v5ncouver
close here daily at G:35 p. m, up TO October 81
inclusive, for despatch per 5. s. Empress Of ia
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VICTORY or SCIENCE over disease; cancer bsf-
fling general practitioners skin Yields readily
to our scientific methods. MASON MEDICAL Co,
III W. i2d ST., New York; book and advice free.
saII-enSu.I3t
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GYPSY PIANIST. I022 7th Il. NV. 10 cents.
past. present, future; Cd aoOr, walk Up. luck
c-lLms. Tie .euara.el hrnngh- tneaLhar nc.o--L
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IF MRS NARY TUCKER viii leave her address At
this Office she viii hear o. some thing 90 her
advantage. Address Box 500, this otice- Item
IT is too late when you have to see the doc
tor; for sLo0 we VIII give YOU information
and material TO forever protect YOU For further
Inflammation. address BOX 235. this ofice. oc2l-3E
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MADAM MONDE-7l7 9th st. NV, palmis5 aud
card reader; 25e and SOC oc2g-5t
Ml8IE. DREAMER. born elairvoyant and card read
er; guarantee satisfaction; prices, 25c and sec
s01 7th So. nv. oc2g-3r
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SUNDAY--(h) At 1900 m for ST. PIERRE
MItt ELoN, per steamer from North Sydney
(hl At ll:05 p. m. for la PLATA COtTN-
TRIES direct, per S. :. Hellopes, from New
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GROCERY; fine trade; price, s275. NEW YORK
BLSLNESs EEnkERS. 1000 & 1857
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CHURCH NOTICES.

ices IN Confederate Veterans Hall 43l IlJh ST.
NV, at 8 o'clock sunday afternoon al are cor
daily invited Item
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CAN YOU HYPNOTIZE?

Scientific, practical lessons given in hypnotisIn,
vital magnetism healing, also the secret how to
control Others. DR.. ". RIhER, 705 sth St nv.
Oc26-7t
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WASHINGTON, D. c. POSToFFICE NOTICE.
should be read daily, changes may occur at
any time
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-11

For many years | was teacher In
Afgbanlstan, and during my stay In
that country l was often an unwilling
witness of some horrible exhibitions
of torture. Here is one they use in the
case of women to extract testimony
1t consists In prying off the finger
nails by means of Il small chisel or
bradawl, which Is showed In slowly
but firmly from the finger tip down
ward under the quick of the nail, which
Is then lifted up and out.
This Is another that l once saw used
In the case Of small child who would
not own up to some petty theft: Sticks
were thrust between Its fingers and
the fingers then squeezed together, so
that the sticks crushed into the bones.
So much for women and children.
Here is method of eliciting informa-
ton from an unwilling man: The cul-
prlt is stripped to the waist, and then
boiling oil Is flleked on to his back.
This seldom fails to find the mans
tongue.
The above are the chief forms of
"fahana," or torture, for the purpose
OF ellciting information, but 1t must
be stated that such infections as
nipping of noses, tearing out tongues
or splitting eyeballs do not come under
the heading Of ''fahana," they being
punishments rather than tortures.-
London Standard.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-11

The Posfofiioe Business.

Many people will be surprised to
learn that the postal establishment of
the United States is the greatest bust
ness concern in the world. Charles
Emory Smith says that 1t handles more
pieces. employs more men, spends more
money. brings more revenue, uses more
agencies, reaches more homes, involves
more details, and touches more interests
than any other human organization.
public or private, governmental or cor
porate. The postoffice department Ill
reefs 1851 postoffices. musters an army
of 100000 employees. spends this year
S105. 000. 900. and counts receipts Of
nearly the same amount. 1t handled
last year 6,214.447 900 pieces " mail
matter, OF which 1925. 767 900 were let
tiers. 50 that every minute contides H.
900 new messages to its hands. 1t man
ufactured and delivered postage stamps
to the number Of 1923. S21 sos. aud the
value Of 1885, 33 1t carried 2,069,-
742. 900 newspapers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-11

the nut and put on handles the same
way YOU did for the teapot. When com
pIeted you will have d tea set nj Tor
fairy queen.
OK course there ara los OF hi'ie
mothers who never see the use II any
thing unless 1t can be converted lnt"
doll, 50 ! think they will be lhlereslt"
la knowing how TO make poppy dolls.
First get poppy that has gone to see"
and outline q face in ink. You will not
need TO provide hal for This doll, a.
the poppy Is already provided Win Que
Ia The shape Of huted green ridge
which makes a very becoming piece or
headgear A strip OF bright colored MS
sue paper forms the dress. and another
little piece the cape. Two pieces of
match eau be inserted for arms.
Very pretty flower dolls can be made
from hollyhockss and daisies. Pick one
Of the hollyhock flowers aud take on
the stem, then take y small bud. select
ing one IN proportion 10 the body, ana
make eyes. nose and mouth with lux.
The head can then he fastened to the
body with long pin or piece of
broomcorn. which also serves to fasten
on u gay little bonnet made OF PINK
or any other flower you may wish TO
use. All you have TO do to turn daisy
into doll Is to mark the lace on the
yellow center with ink, then pull out
some OF the petals around the sides,
leaving enough Oh top TO look like
t,alE l.oi flls
strings. BY adding paper gown you
will have before you typical old lady
in her sunbOnnet.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-11
A Nice Little EIopement.

There's a rather funny clrcum-
stance connected with the elopement
here last week." remarked the To-
quacious landlord of the tavern In a
remote Sussex village, says an English
paper, addressing a cyclist who had
stopped for refreshment.
"A young man who hadn't known
her so very long ran away with the
squire's daughter, and a day or two
later the old gentleman sent this mes
sage by letter to his new son-in-law
"'An Is forgiven. Come home
40 this the young fellow tele-
graphed the reply:
"'All won't be forgiven until have
kicked you well for letting me elope
with your daughter. You'd better not
be at home when l come, that's all!