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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
The Lady aud the Cobra.

An English woman residing In India
one evening found to her horror that a
huge cobra had coiled itself about her
veranda rails, near which she sat play.
ing the violin. She was too near the
snake to run with safety. so she contin-
ued playing while she gradually edged
away. At first her only idea was to
keep the creature thus engaged while
she escaped, but when she had gained
safer distance and perhaps fascinat-
ed by the unwonted sight a strange In
SEPARATION seized her. She played air
after air of different characters.
The effect was magical. That snake
behaved like an ardent, hot bloodcd
disciple of Paganini. Every variation
in the music, whether of volume or Of
tone, produced instantly a correspond
ing change in the attitude of the COBRA
Ii she played lively dance. it swayed
its body Sideways In quick time and
yet in graceful curves. Once she struck
number of false notes in rapid sue
cesson on purpose. The cobra WINGED
and writhed in pain as II suddenly
struck with whip.
Thus the creature behaved like a
mad musician till the lady, getting
tired of the sport. gradually worked
herself farther and farther and then
made sudden bolt into her room and
banged the door, leaving the cobra to
wander 6isconsolate to it's lair in the
fields
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19

Although the present fashion of chris
tening children with family surnames
is much to be commended for many
reasons, 1t carries with it some aw full
possibilities unknown in the days of
Mary AIMS and John Hcnrys. A
glance at the following list each name
of which is genuine, will illustrate suf-
ficiently well the possibilities of no.
menclature resting with parents In
their choice of names for the men and
women of tomorrow:
Edna Broker Mothershead, Marian
English Earle. Sawyer Turner Somer.
set. VIII w. Upp. Nealon Pray Daily,
Benton KILN Savage. Owen Taylor
Money. lima Little Lamb, Broker Hus-
bands Hart. II. L. Phelan-G code, Marie
\. bachelor, May Tyus Upp, WIN
Waltz Withcr, Warning Green Cotes,
Iva Winchester Rife Eta Lolita Ham,
mond-Degges Barber Cutting Mann,
Weir Sick O Bryan, Maxim Loud Noyes,
Hurd Copp Cumming, Rodenor Pull
man karr, DooGY Spies Sourwlne and
Knott Worth Reading Life
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19

In certain North Dakota town there
are two physicians, one with long
record of cures and the other popularity
rated as mo good"
The favored doctor found his services
IN great request. but MS payment was
rot always Forthcoming he made rule
chat certain class OF his patients
should pay in advance.
One winters ulgl.t lie was reused by
two farmers from a hamlet ten miles
away. The wife of one of whom was Sc
riorSly III. He told them to so to the
other doctor, hut they refused. saying
they would prefer his services. Very
we'll" replied The medico. in that
case my fee is $40 the money to be
pGd now
The men demonstrated, but the doc
tor was obduSite and shut down his
window. He waited. however. to hear
what they would say. "Wcll. what will
we do now" asked the farmer whose
wife was ILL., And the reply that was
given must have been as gratifying as
Il was amusing to the listening doctor.
IT was: Il think yon would better give
II The funeral would cost you more"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19

The experiment was not a success.
Frequently she had complained that
ne was not rs he used to be, that his
love seemed to have grown cold and
that he was too prosaic and matter of
fact. So when he found one of his old
love letters to her he took it with him
the next time he was called away from
the city. made copy of 1t and mailed
1t to her
John Henry" she exclaimed when
he returned. you're the biggest fool
that ever lived. believe you have
softenlng of the brain, What did you
mean by sending me that trash?"
Trash, my dear" he expostulated
'Yes. trash-just sickly, sentimental
nonsense"
That isn't how you described II
when | first wrote 1t and sent it TO
you," he protested You said then IT
was the dearest. sweetest letter ever
written, and you insist now that have
changed and you haven't thought
would try to-
We'll, you didn't succeed" she in
terrupted, and she was mad for two
days Sometimes II is mighty diGienlt
to please woman.-Chicago Post.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19

In Shakespeare's name lies the key
to wonderful cryptogram. The spell
Ing Shakespeare was the poets nom
lie plume. while Shakespeare" was his
name, an evident change from Shakes.
pear" In each of the two spelllngs
last given are ten letters-four vSweis
AMI six consonants. Combine these
two figures and we have the number
10. the key to the mystery.
Turning to the Forty sixth Psalm in
the revised version. it is found that the
psalm Is divided into three portions,
each one ending with 'scfah." Renem-
Der the numher-46
Counting 46 words from the begin
ming Of the psalm, one reads the word
shake" in the first portion. and count
Ing 46 words from the end of the psalm
one reaches the word spear" There
Is "Shakespear" as plainly as letters
ean make it, London Answers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
THE STORE DETECTIVE.
At Times lie Makes II Unpleasant
For Others Than Thieves.

For Others Than Thieves.
A young woman who sings In church
choir In this city was In one of the de-
partment stores the other day when
the detective employed there stopped
be.sie her and, pointing to woman
with long cape and a bag at IN ad-
joining counter. said:
Just watch that woman work.
The singer saw the woman take two
shopglrl was not looking and drop
them into her bag.
"Why. she is stealing" she said.
YES" said the detective, land If you
will follow her to the next counter with
me you will see her take more things"
The singer was interested, and she
walked along with the detective. Two
more articles were dropped in the bag
and then the detective arrested the
shoplftcr. She made the usual scene
and protested her innocence. The de-
tectiye asked the singer II she would
step back to the Office with him and
corroborate his charges. and she went
unconscious of further trouble. There
was no doubt as to the shoplifters
guilt. She came Of respectable fam
lily. and she convinced the singer that
she took the articles not because she
needed them or the money that they
would bring, but because she had the
shoplifting habit.
When these facts were settled. the
detective thanked the singer for her as
sstance and told her that she must be
In the police court at o o'clock on the
following morning as witness. 1t
was the singers turn to make n scene
She protested against being dragged
Into police court and said that such
notoricty would seriously injure her in
her work. The detective insisted, and
had the charge against the sioplifter
not been withdrawn before the case
reached the court the singer would
have been one of the witnesses. She
denounced the detective and the store
which employed him for imposing on
Its patrons in that fashion, and she is
going to make 1t her business hereafter
TO keep out of the way of store detect
ives. Had the singer been forced to so
to court her punishment in the conse-
quent notoriety would have been al
most as hard as that inflicted on the
shoplfter.-New York Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
0ulclSaIIXer.

The ora from which quicksilver Is OBJ
tanned Is n brilliant red rock known as
cinnabar. When of high purity, it Is
actually vermilion in color. Cinnabar
Is the original source of the pigment
known commercially as vcrmilion. II
Is n compound of sulphur and quick
silver. and In order to separate the lat
ter from the sulphur the rock is roast
ed Passing off in the form of gas,
the mercury is afterward condensed
and flows out in fine stream, like a
continuous pencil of molten silver.
The discovery of the famous califor-
MIA mines came about in an odd sort of
way by observation of the vermilion
paint with which certain Indians In
that part Of the country frescoed their
bodies. 1t was ascertalned where they
got the pigment, and thus were revealed
the rich deposits which subsequently
became OF such commercial impor-
lance Like gold and silver. mercury Is
occasionally found In native or pure
state. Sometimes the miners pick
penetrates n cavity that contains a cup
full or more of the elusive and,beauti-
full fluid.
Miners suffer much from the poison
u5effectsof the quicksilver fumes. Elk
tremc cleanliness Is the best safeguard
for workers in this dangerous occupa.
ton. Use Is also made of sort of lem
onade which serves to certain extent
as IN antidote, strong acid taking the
,l.,,. t,.4
of the drink. Saturday Evening Post
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
The American Is Vulgar.

I'VE must all agree that the American
has beyond other men an innate respect
for women and for helpless things"
writes IAN American Mother" in the
Ladies' Home Journal. He has usu-
ally, too, a wide acquaintance with the
world which binders him from lntoler-
ance and vanity. He has also tact
too fine to blurt out unpleasant facts to
his companions, as does the English
man, who, quite unprovoked, hurls dis
agreeable truths at you with ferocity
and n gusto that Is indecent. A week
with your dearest English friends Is
enough to make you in love with lying
The dearer you are to them the more
likely are they to talk necessarily of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
JUST COMMON Folks,

II shly sweetest bells we're rung
How we should miss the minor chimes
IL only grandest poets sung,
There'd be no simple little rhymes:
The modest clinging vine adds grace
70 all the forests giant oaks;
And mid earth's mighty Is place
To people with just common folks.
Not they the warriors who shall win
Upon the battlefield a name
To sound the awful din;
Not theirs the painters deathless fame
Not theirs the poets muse that rings
The rhythmic gift his soul inyokes;
Theirs but to do the simple things
That duty gives just common folks.
Fate has not lifted them above
The level Of the human plane;
They share with men fellow love
In touch with pleasure and with pain.
One great, far-reaching brotherhood,
With common burdens, common Jokes,
And common wrongs and common good
GODS army of just common folks.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
RUSHING INTO THE CITIES.
Young Men Invite Failure by Essay
ing Untriei Fields.

NIGH 4hsltC dduTc ny HSSay
ing Untrie1 Fields.
Some published fragments Of the new
census statistics are very depressing to
the old-fashioned, yet very sensible,
people who have been hoping that the
movement of villagers and country peo-
pie to the large cities had been checked.
What Is the meaning of the continu-
GUS rush to the cities? The old expla-
nation was that farmers sons and
daughters wearied Of work that was
never finished; they had heard of city
demands for labor and of city wages,
payable always in cash and at stated
dates. They had also heard of city
pleasures, some of which were said to
cost nothing, while others were very
cheap. But young people do not con-
stitute the whole body of people who
are crowding into the cities, for me-
chanics and artisans of all kinds are In
the throng, for in the villages and coun-
try districts employment is irregular
and pay uncertain. The more aspir-
ing of them hope for the larger oppor-
'tunities and recognition that the coun-
try dares not promise; they know, too,
that such Of their children as incline to
study may become fairly, even highly,
educated in the city without special
cost to their parents. OF the "seamy'
side of city life they know nothing,
for their acquaintance who went to
town" have not returned to tell of it;
few of them could return If they would.
The few who go back to the old home
steads are the men who have succeed
ed, and in any village such a man in
effect resembles a gold-laden miner
from Cape Nome or the KlondilSe-his
example threatens to depopulate the
town.
Nevertheless the rural districts are
not going to be depopulated, except
when their soil is very poor and their
malaria overrich. A countryward
movement started in some cities n few
years ago and 1t has been increasing in
volume, 1t may be almost invisible in
some localities, for 100000 square
miles is an area so great that any city's
overflow might be lost In 1t. The men
who are trying scientific farming are
all from the cities and they have car
ried their city ideas with them. AS a
rule, city brain and city money are
suggesting and backing the rural at
tempts to have good roads, pure wat
er, perfect drainage, high farming,
high-grade schools, free libraries and
many other ameliorations of old-time
conditions. Yet in one respect the city
man In the country is disappointment
to all classes of the dissatisfied, for
when they talk of going to the city he
persistently says, Don't" and he sup
ports his advice with dismal array
of facts and figures.-Saturday Even
ing Post.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
Key to the working-Girrs succsss


Whatever vocation the girl wage
worker settles upon she may as we'll
accept the fact, first as last. thai sin.
shod performance and inadeouat 70
equipment will win no favor. will not
even secure foothold," writes Marpa.
ret Il. Sangster in the Ladies' Home
Journal. THE ranks are everywhere
crowded, and the second-rate work
must go to the wall In most fields tba
supply is well in excess of the demand
and only the capable. the efficient tho
competent and the trustworthy NAV
hope to find their niche. AS grain If
satisfaction let it be added that those
possessed of these desirable qualities
those who are ready for service ana
are responsible in their work, are sure
to be appreciated and will never caosa
to be wanted
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
If / WERE KING OF IRELAND.

by loves a match in beauty
For every Howcr that blows;
Her little cars lily
Her velvet clisek rose.
Her locks. like gillygoNans.
Hang golden 10 her knee;
II | were king of ireland.
My queen she'd surely be.
Her eyes are faad targetmenots.
And no such snow Is seen
Upon the hraylng hawthorn bush
As cresis her bodice green.
The thrushes. when she's talking,
Sit listening on The tree;
II | were King OF ireland.
Ny queen she'd surely be.
Her folk look more above for her;
know the darling better
30 I've set down my love for her
All In one seeffy letter.
And here's her answer hack 10 me;
Ny heart, my heart keep steadyi
II were king Of Ireland;
I'm king-l'm king already.
Alfred Perce,al Graves in Cornhill.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
He Taught Us
To Hold
In Loving Reverence
Poor Men and Their Work
Great Men and Their Work
God o,,J III Wat.

Great Men and Their Work
God and His Work.
In connection with this competition it
is interesting to quote what Ruskin
himself said on epitaphs: Take care
that some memorial is kept of men who
deserve memory in a distinct statement
on the stone or brass of their tombs
either that they were true men or ras-
cals-wise men or fools. How beauti-
full the variety of sepulchral architec-
ture might be, in any extensive place
OF burial, if the public would meet the
small expense Of thus expressing its
opinions in a verify instructive
and If some Of the tombstones accord
ingly terminated in fools caps. and 9th
ers, instead of crosses and cherubs.
bore engravings of cats-o -nine-tails as
typical of the probable methods of en-.
tertainment in the next world of the
persons not, it is to be hoped, roposing
below.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
Barter.

Il should like to subscribe to vour
paper. Would you be willing 70 tola
it out in trader"
Country Editor-Guess so; what's
your business?
I'm the undertaker."-B rooklvr re.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
An Epitaph for Ruskin.

The London Academy has awarded
prize of one guinea to ]. Il. Anderson,
Lairbeck, Keswick, for the best in
scription suitable for the proposed me-
dallion of John Ruskin in Westminster
Abbey. Mr.. Anderson's epitaph is as
follows:
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19

Ebony was esteemed as an article of
laxury by the ancients. In India 1t
was employed 10y kings for scepters
and images and as it was supposed to
annul the power CT poisons was often
made into drinking cups.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
English Public RuiIa;nna

The public buildings of England alone
are valued ut sum approaching
81, 250, 100000. 20
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
Guards on European ROYAL,

Every royal palace in Europe has its
special private police, who, in one cuise
or another, are always on the lookout
for suspicious persons.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19
leave you to lunch alone and shall find
q home elsewhere

a home elsewhere
while puzzling about what this
might mean, heard terrific yell from
Della, my parrot; opened the store
room door and Della, my wife, fell into
my arms.
AFTER explanations had been made
I restored her to brother Henry as
housekeeper, but claimed her In five
weeks for my own. Now do you be-
lieye that you are matchmaker
Boston Post.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19

A woman IL never SO proud as when
her boy voluntarily asks for a fork
with which to eat his pic.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19

Capital represented by him. $500, OO0, 900
His personal wealth ....... 22,0OO, 600
Copper interests represented 10000, 900
First price paid for his cop
per mine ................ $4,000
His annual wage roll paid. 100000
His horses cost. 100000
His works of art cost. 100000
His private car cost. 49,. 10000
His hotel cost ............ 100000
His personal living cost per
annum .................. 5000
His annual income was APP
proximately .......... 2,5oo,ooc
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19


a lionaie
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-12-19

Reported the Lincoln Douglas debates
Reported the first Lincoln campaign.
War correspondent, the Civil War.
Foreign correspondent of American
newspapers.
In 1861 owned New York Evening
Post and Nation.
In 1875 president Oregon Steamship
Company.
Receiver of Kansas Pacific Railroad
Company.
Completed in 1883 the Northern Pacific
Railroad.
President Northern Pacific Railroad
Company.
President Edison General Electric Com.
pany.
Chairman in 1889 of the Northern Pa.
cific directory.
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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1900-05-03

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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1900-05-03
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