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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
FORESTS OF STONE.
They Exist in Various Parts of the
World.

Old forests are apt TO get into the
most impossible places and to turn into
the most preposterous shapes. All our
coal fields are ancient forests far I'M
derground, then crushed and cooked
into hard mineral substance They are
forests of plants which once grew as
mighty trees, for outside of fairyland
who would ever imagine a majestic
woodland Of club moss and reeds, and
the little sand weed called the horse
tail?
In Greenland, right under the ice
fields, buried forest has been found
in which the plants We're all palms and
tropical creepers, proving that once
the Arctic regions were as hot as the
Indies.
In the Wash, between the counties OF
Lincoln and Norfolk, there is an old
forest under the sea, with stumps of
fallen oaks and elms still visible In
places when the tide is low. This was
all dry land in the days of the ancient
Britons.
Out in the deserts of Arizona there Is
Il dead forest on the surface Of burn
ing rock and driving sand, where no
plant save the cactus can now find any
water. When the place was first dis
covered Il negro cook thought that ii
would be excellent for camping. So
he took an AK and delivered mighty
blow upon the fallen trunk of big
red pine.
His ax-head was ruined, the haft
smashed, and his fingers SO badly hurt
that he sat down and howled. For that
tree was changed to massive rock.
which looked as fresh as though felled
but yesterday. The whole PROSTATE
forest of big timber had been changed
into valuable and beautiful onyx, jas
per and agate.-Chicago Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
Linked Eyebrows.

1t is popularity believed that if ones
eyebrows meet it indicates deceit.
Charles Kingsley Endorses this belief,
but Tennyson has other ideas and poet
ically speaks of married brows.
In Turkey meeting eyebrows are
greatly admired. and the women use
artificial means to bring the brows to
this condition. and if art cannot induce
thin eyebrows to grow they make up
by drawing q black line with paste.
1t would appear that the Greeks ad-
mired brows which almost met, and
the fashionable inhabitants of Rome
not only approved Of them. but resorted
to pigments to make up the lack which
sometimes existed.
Some proverbs state that the person
whose eyebrows meet will always have
good luck, while others state exactly
the reverse The Chinese say that
"people whose eyebrows meet can never
hope to attain to the dignity of min
lister of state. and in Greece of today
the man whose brows meet is said to be
a vampire. while in Denmark and Ger
many it is said he is werewolf
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS.
The Wonderful Artistic Feats Per-
formed by Jonnne kOetreD.

More than 200 years ago a little girl
was born at Amsterdam, Holland.
whose name was jeanne Koetren. She
was a peculiar child in that she cared
nothing whatever for play and sport,
but fonnd her greatest delight in max
ing copies of things about her, imitat-
ing in wax every kind of fruit and
making on silk, with colored floss, ex-
act copies of paintings, which wero
thought wonderful.
But after she had become very ac-
complished in music, spinning and EN-
broidery, she abandoned all these for a
still more extraordinary art-that Of
cutting. She executed landscapes, ma
rine views flowers, animals and por-
traits of people of such striking resem-
blance that she was for time quite the
wonder of Europe She used white pa
pers for her cuttings, placing them over
black surface. so that the minute
openings made by her scissors formed
the eight and shade. .
The czar, Peter the Great, and others
of high rank paid her honor. One man
high in Office vainly offered her !, 200
forms for three small cuttings. The
empress of Germany paid her 1000
forms for trophy she had cut bearing
the arms of Emperor Leopold, crowned
with eagles and surrounded by gar
land of flowers. She also cut the en-
peror's portrait. which can now be seen
in the Royal Art gallery in Vienna. A
great many people went to see her, and
she kept book in which princes and
princesses wrote their names.
After she died, which was when she
had lived 50 years, her husband, Adrian
Block, erected monument to her
memory and had designed upon it the
portraits of these titled visitors. Her
cuttings were SO correct in effect and so
tasteful as to give both dignity and
value to her work and constitute her an
artist whose exquisite skill with the
scissors has never before or since been
equaled Lewiston Journal
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
Demous When They Fight.

You would hardly believe that mOles,
clumsy, almost blind, little beasts that
they are, become perfect demons when
they quarrel. No one knows what they
quarrel about, but if they once start
fighting one has to die. This will keep
on Tn the presence of any number oil
spectators, hanging on to one another
like bulldogs, and burying their enor'
mously strong jaws and teeth In one
anotAer's flesh. Hedge-hogs, another
type Of the quiet, inoffensiye ANIMAL
not only fight but always to the death,
and when ore Is killed, the other gen
orally devouIs him. Hares, on the 9TH
er hand, are Droverbially the most TIM
Id Of creatures. Yet they can fight. A
fight between two hares Is ludlcrous
sight, as they skip and jump over one
another. But a blow from the hina
legs Of hare is no Joke to his oppo'
nent. Among birds, robins are the
most pugnacious. More than one case
could be quoted of two robins so fran
tically set on killing one another as
to have allowed themselves to be pick
ed Up In the hands of looker-on, ana
there have lain, with beak and claws
deep buried sn one another's plumage.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08

My introduction to this prince of the
Pacific was ON this wise: My brother
and We're trolling for yellowtail off the
island of Santa Catalina. Suddenly out
of the summer sea flying fsh-the
humming bird of ocean flashed
athwart our bows and then. not dozen
yards distant, the waters parted and a
huge tuna, in its respondent livery Of
blue and silver, swooped with indescrib-
able strength and rapidity upon its
quarry, catching it, mirabile dictu, in
midair. In fraction of second the
deed was done. The ocean, recording
the splash of the leviathan, rippled APP
plause, and our questions battered like
hail upon the somewhat hard under
standing Of our boatman. a son of Al
SAGE.
YES, he said. his white teeth in
curious contrast to lean. bronzed face
Eyes. messieurs, that is tuna. 600
FOUNDER, at least Pail Mall Gazette
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
Maiiciou. interference.

"Ill get even with that printer, :"
said the editor of the Plunkvine Bugle.
Iii it takes me the rest Of my life. )"
"What printer y asked his friend
''That tramp l took ON while my wife
was visiting her mother. got a $40
write up out of old Hiker, who is lay
ing his pipes for the senatorship. and
said that some day his little son would
make as big mark as his father. and
that villain fixed it that the young un
would be as big mark, etc. In
dianapolis Journal
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
The Duplex Questioner.

The treasurer of Il theater wrestlas
with many phases of humanity, all Of
which are more or less interesting
Hugh Quarles. the Bijou's treasurer.
claims 10 have had an entirely new
ono in the person of a duplex question
asker. Late saturday afternoon
gentleman stepped up to the box Office
and asked If Mr.. Aronson was in.
.aHe is In Chicago replied Mr.
Queries.
.JIe is in Chicago? When do you
expect him back
.ro-morrow, sir"
.Tp-morrow? He won't be In be.
forei'
Not until Sunday" said the treas.
urer.
'Ntt until Sunday? Well. have you
any GOOD seats for to-night?"
Yes, sir
"Yes? Are they front seats?"
"Flfth row." answered the treasurer.
"Fifth row? Can't you give me seats
In the second:'
mo, sir"
"NO?' Are they aisle seats?"
aisle Seats answered the treas.
urer.
aisle seats? On the side or In the
center!''
Right side,' said the treasurer,
rather impatiently.
Right side? Can't You give me cen.
ter:''
Not center, sir
Not center: Have you the first row
In the balcony
Second row, We have center"
Second row? How much are theyp
"rhree dollars, please
"Three dOllars?
As the treasurer handed the gentle.
man 81 change out of So the duplex
question asker said:
THANK y0u.'
BY this time Mr.. Quarles had ac-
quired the duplex habit and said,
thoughtlessly: THANK you-thank
God."-New York Telegram.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
Tender RecOllectiops.

The balloon was tugging at it's rope
and bouncing about clumsily In the
puffs of wind. A widow stood regard
ing 1t with streaming eyes. She was
alone, but crowd gathered about her,
attracted by her untimely tears. She
sobbed for ten minutes, while the
crowd restrained themselves, but at
last an old gentleman, whose long
white hair and sanity face declared
his belief that he was privileged to
thrust himself into anybody's business,
stepped forward and said:
Madam, why do you weep? Why, oh,
these tears?"
The woman snuffied loudly and then
replied:
Its the balloon"
But" queried the old gentleman.
''why does the spectacle of balloon
cause you to weep? Did loved son
once perish as an aeronaut?
NO" replied the weeper, at wasn't
u son-it was my husband"
"Ah, your husband was killed while
ballooning!'
mo, he wasn't; my husband died in
his bed, but he weighed twenty-one
stone, and that jumping balloon re-
minds me of just how Henry looked
the last time | saw him a-danclng. His
figure was like THAR And the widow
dissolved In a new burst Of tears
Judy.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08

OF all great conquerors, writes Marion
Crawford in "Studies From the Chron-
icles. of Rome" he was the least cruel,
for he never sacrificed human life with
out the direct intention of benefiting
mankind by an increased social stabili-
ty. OF all great lawgivers, he was the
most wise and just, and the truths he
set down in the Julian code are the
foundation of modern justice. OF all
great men who have leaped upon the
world as upon an unbroken horse, who
have guided it with relentless hands
and ridden it breathless to the goal of
glory. Caesar is the only one who turned
the race into the track of civilization
and, dying, left mankind future in
the memory Of his past He is the one
great man Of all without whom it is
impossible to imagine history. We can
not take him away and yet leave any
thing of what we have. The world
could have been as it is without Alex
ander, without Charlemagne, without
Napoleon. 1t could not have been the
world we know without Caius julius
Caesar
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
GHOSTS PHOTO.
The Developed Negative Discovered
Legless Body.

The Developed Negative Discovered a
Leg1ess Body.
This is the latest thing In ghost stor-
les. A lady took a country house for
the summer from an acquaintance, and,
either because she liked it greatly OF
because she wished to send pictures OF
II 10 relatives abroad. took number
of negatives outside and inside. and
having no mind To do the developing
and printing herself sent them 10 pro
fessional photographer.
After waiting IA week or two she ap-
piled for results. and was Informed
thai all the negatives were satisfactory
bur one. and that one was being 'inten-
sitied in order TO bring out the legs and
feet of the old gentleman In the arm
chair"
To this the lady replied that the pho
tographer was making IA mistake. her
photographs having been taken when
the rooms contained only furniture,
and that in which an old gentleman
appeared was not hers.
The photographer for answer return
ed batch of prints, assuring her that
hers were the only negatives he had
received from outside for some little
time, and drew her attention 10 the de-
fective print, which showed the sitting
room which had been the lady's favor
lite, and therein very old man with a
long white beard.
Above the waist his figure stood out
clearly enough, but there were no legs.
The lady dissembled her feelings-hav-
Ing now given up her summer quarters
and called upon the proprietor to ask
II there was anything peculiar about
the house, or II he had ever heard any
uncanny stories connected with it.
He assured her that the house bore
an unenviable reputation, she produced
the photograph with the portrait afore-
said, explained the circumstances I'M
der which it, like the rest, had been
taken and asked what the owner OF
the house made of it. He glanced at
the photograph and instantly identified
the old gentleman as his brother, who
had succumbed to amputation of both
legs few weeks after the operation.
The deceased gentleman had been a
constant visitor to his brother, and had
often expressed his preference for the
room in which the camera saw him.
Comparison of notes proved the photo
graph to have been taken on the day Of
his death-Grand Rapids Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
ngeniOus.

"My wife is the most ingenious wom-
an who ever lived, said Ripper
81 believe you, returned Nipper po-
litely.
''But you don't know why You be-
lieve me-, intimated Ripper.
ITO tell the truth, don't. F" replied
Nipper, looking bored.
'Well, I'll tell you. We've been
married 12 years and lived in the same
house all the time, and this morning
shs found new place in which to hide
my slippers. London Standard.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08

Why are redheaded people less sub
ject to badness than those with fair or
brown hairs An English physician has
answered this conundrum.
The hair Of the redheaded is relative
ly thick. one red hair being as thick as
five blond or three brown hairs. With
so. 900 red hairs the scalp is well
matched With the same number of
blond hairs one is almost bald. 1t takes
100. 900 blond and 105. 900 brown hairs
to cover adequately an ordinary head
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
short Aesson in English.

A tiresome caller who had spent the
evening at the home of friend, Il
young lady, and had devoted nearly
all the time W a description of trip
to Europe, from which he had recently
returned, said " her, as he rose to go'
Il beg pardon for being so laxative
fear my long story about my adyen'
lures abroad has entertained you bur
lily"
ION the contrary" she replied, po'
lltely, at has entertained me quite
elly."-Youth's Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08

combat. "This.' remarks the ReichS
desires to dispute England supremacy
of the seas Anything more ridiculous
can hardly be conceived. Ii this squad.
ron was in the least degree representa-.
tive of the Russian navy Russias com.
petition for the supremacy of the world
may be regarded by England as neg.
ligible quantity
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
oapes Made from Historic Garments

The cape used in the Edinburgh uni
versity graduation ceremony is made
out of the seat of an old pair of George
Buchanan's trousers, just as the cape
of st. Andrews university is made ont
of an old pair of John Knox's trousers
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
How a Snake Climb.

A snake does not climb a tree by coil
ing around 1t, but by holding Oh with
the points OF its scales. A snake eould
not climb glass pillar.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08

prefer could endure the strain no
longer. and. turning with a gesture OF
fierce resentment 10 his exclted EN-
ployer. he Kissed Madam. | am walt
Ing for the verb
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08

A man Is never alarmed about his
sickness until people begin to sit UNI
with him at night
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08

Cold weather naturally makes tns
alcohol Thermometer low-spiritsA
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08

There are more good women In this
world than great ones.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-09
OUR SUNDAY SERMON
By fhe Rev. r. Leighton Gerhari, IF
BeIICfoRtes Pa.

oAs the heaven is high above the
earth. 50 great is His mercy toward
them that fear him. AS far as the
east is from the west, 50 far hath he
removed CIR transgressiJn5 from US.
Like IS a father pitieth his children,
SO the Lord pi,ieth them That Tear
Him; for He lnOWeth CIr frame, He
rem mbereth tn@t we are dust. -l03rd
I Psalm.
II Is, perhaps. some striking event in
Che psdInist 5 life that has stirred hlm
tC . profound sense OF the goodness o.
( God. Or it may be- that in looking
back upon the long course OF his lie,
as we are went TO do, he saw as he had
never seen before how the Lord had
cared fcr him. His heart cVeIflCW5
with gratitude and he breaks forth in
10 praise, He seeks form of speech
to set before him the measure of the IL
finite mercy, and he finds tlat meas
urt in the height OF the heaven above
the earth.
Many little child has imagined that
+ if ne could climb 10 the tops Of the
mountains he would be very near "a
/ heaven, might, in fact, lay ais hands
upon it Bat from the higheat noun
tain top he would find himself as far
/ from heaven as before. with the light
azure deep a vast distance above him.
And should his chud-mi1d long TO
reach one Of those white ships OF the
( blue ether. thinking surely i should
be near to heaven then" he must be
told that, were he there, the Blue arch
CT heaven would still be found curving
aGove him a. far beyond reach as ever
Could he mount YET higher and take
his stand Oh one of the stars-even the
s-ar most remote from earth-sG many
millions OF miles away that is light
required thousands of years to reach
us beyond him and above him, depth
on depth CT illimit3bIa space would
open. and a. higher heaven beyond all
would meet his gaze. The distance IS
infinite, yet that infinite distance 11ls
is sufficient 10 measure Jhe mercy Of
/ the Lord, for that mercy is Infinite
1t would not have beeI aII prisin6 if
tla inspired seer had rested on this
grand thought. But no; he makes a
still more wonderful declaration by an
| CHER striking comparison: IS FAR rs
the e It is from the west
Arizona republican., 1899-04-09
FOURTH AVE. FIRE
CONTINUED From First Page.)

the aid of the city, whose protection
he declared he did not need he came
out unscorched.
The loss of Mr. Campbell could not
be definitely determined. The two
burned buildings were almost new
brick cottages worth, one about $4,000,
and the other abCut $1,000. So little
OF the contents of the Campbell resi-
dences were saved that Mrs. Campbell
was left without bonnet. She is a
brave woman. She did not give way to
nervousness even after it was all over
and made no public lament Of her loss.
Her little boy, wEci was as brave as
his mother, stood with his arms about
ner and took a sensible view OF the dis
aster. MIR. Campbell himself was at
Flagstaff. The most regretted loss
was that of his handsome and valuable
black PAGER, which was burned in the
stable. a 5000 buggy, a set of double
harness and a lot CT machinery were
also destroyed there. The insurance
was $4,000, but on account of the alb
sence of Mr.. Campbell and E J. Ben
nit, WHO had written it, it could not
be ascertained how it was distributed.
The origin of the fire is not known.
There is little G-ubt, though, that it
was started by boys playing in or near
the barn. A few minutes before the
flames broke out two boys were seen
going away from the barn.
This thing almost happened a year
ago instead of yesterday. M. ". C.
Foster was then living on Third av-
enue opposite the Campbell property.
One day he discovered a fire started
by a couple of boys near CamDbelIs
barn and succeeded in eXtinguishing
it after it had commenced eating the
building.
There was one Other casualty yester-
day. A neighboring woman who was
assisting in the removal OF furniture
from one of the burning buildings had
her right hand and arm painfully
burned.
Against all this loss there is only
the insurance. There are 4 few con-
versions to annexation, though
Asrangely some of the opponents in thar
neighboIaood, angered by the hest
nancy CT the fire department at the
pitts, were more bitter than before
were talking about organizing a
rtment of their own. They had,
Aver, not slept Over the matter OF
" cred the difficulty and even i'm
poN G1y of operating a department
in a idence neighborhCod in which
the meYIbers would be asleep at
night fire and away from home if it
should break out in the day time.
VIEWS ON EXPANSION.
Several gentlemen who had not
Arizona republican., 1899-04-09

r
f CAM: OF course 7-9 sJmpathi11
With The sufferer. nut At the aaidc
time We cannot II p mini af the man
nor in which some oi the people lt5iai
attempts to induce them 70 come inid
the city. Ii they consulted then own
advantages hey would certainly take
the step, bat it seems the t9ousat o. p
ll5tle extra taxation oVeTse2tao|s all
reason ihey are looilaA ana III c.-
way they tut Ell their noses TO SpiIe
th6lr faces. One thlnS .W2lcn hee- IS
them cut OF the city IS that tney nae
heeh lIe&1ed 100 Wen. III Ilie NJ
place the insurance com I.-llies i--''
9een to9 70 oe az t, l45 t com l;itq 7.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-09

VIEWS ON EXPANSION.
Several gentlemen who had not
Arizona republican., 1899-04-09

His loving kindness, o how great!
His loving kindness, O how free.~
For you, fol- me, It's infinite
Through time and tor eternity"
Arizona republican., 1899-04-09

are not scarce In this store and at the
same time they make your pOcketbook
smile all over
VELVET Flour is a sure winner at
80 pounds for Csc.
MOCHA & JAVA COFFEE at CSC is
fine.
And cur 20 and 25c Butter is guar
anteed to be o. K. or money refunded.
Is pounds pure Cane Granulated
Sugar is still one of our main attrac-
lions.
Some of our customers have got Of
Tended because we have refused them
credit fc, day or two. We will nct
credit any man, woman or child that
lives in this or any other country. SO
if you ask it, you must not get Of
Tended when you're refused. Every
body is equal The richest CT the poor
est man in Phoenix can't get credit at
this store. I'VE sell cheap because
we sell for cash"