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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
WOMEN LACK GRATITUDE.

E7 VERAGE women are utterly
/0\ lacking in gratitude. This
S~- sweeping statement Is made
from personal observation and person
al experience. Women do not mean 10
be ungrateful. but they are thought
less lot, and the day after service has
been rendered them il somehow be-
comes deadened into the mistiest sort
OF memory, and though they intend
ed to be oh, everlastingly grateful.
they forgot all about their emotion of
that character, and rather take kind
nesses shown them, favors bestowed
upon them and service rendered them
as quite their right and natural due,
and grow decidedly cross and ugly when
hundredth service is denied them, re
tanning no memory of the ninety-and
nine favors that have been their por-
ton formerly.
When one discovers IA grateful wom-
an she appears to be a vertable rare
avis and Is regarded as possessing an
unusually fine character, whereas she
has only the deeency to be properly
apprecative. Men are largely respon-
sible for this defect in woman's make
up. They fiatter her into the belief
that nothing on earth is good enough
for her and then growl when they
have so far succeeded in convincing
her that these views are the right ones
and tell her she demands more than
they can give and isn't grateful for the
small favors they bestow upon her
Let me whisper to the vain little
potentates that they can not always
rule with the high handed insolence of
youth and beauty, and 1t is well to
cultivate characteristic of apprecia-
ton, 80 that what they can not demand
Will be melted out in the true spirit of
friendliness and humanity. The day
may come when on bed of illness
you are left to the mercies of strangers,
your kith and kin having either died or
deserted you. Then it is that the spir-
1t of gratitude comes in very strong
and apropos. Every one likes graft
tude. and it Is a quality worthy to be
cultivated as the rarest flower In the
garden Of woman's nature-Philadel-
phia Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
Destroying the Point.

Every one knows the man who Is
notorious for so telling story as to
destroy It's point. An English noble
man, Lord p, was noted for his sue
cess In thus running the prosperity of
a story. The author of collections
and Recollections" exhibits a specimen
Of his lordship's peculiar art.
Thirty years ago two large houses
were built at Albert Gate. London, the
size and cost of which seemed likely to
prohibit tenants from hiring them. A
wag christened them malta and Glib
raltar because they can never be
taken"
Lord L. thought this an excellent
joke and ran round the town. saying to
every friend he. met:
81 say, do you know what they call
those houses ut Albert Gate? They
call them Malta and Gibraltar because
they can never let them. Isn't 1t aw-
fully goodY
Some one told Lord p. the old rid
die, ''Why was the elephant the last
animal to get into the ark?" to which
the answer is. because he had to pack
his trunk"
Lord +. asked the riddle of the next
friend he met and gave as the answer.
Because he had TO pack his portman-
teau."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
The Architect.

One must wonder why it really Is
that so little is said or thought about
architecture. the grandest. the mother,
of all arts, Il great, a most useful sci
ence, one In which greater revolution
has lately taken place and in which
more progress has been made, with
more stupepdous results. than In any
other, remarks writer in The Inter
national Magazine.
Was It not Richelieu who. paraphras-
Ing an ancient writer, said: IF it Is
versatility you seek, go find an archi-
tect. He must be an artist, or his
buildings will offend the eye; an engi-
neer, or they will crumble into trouble;
a lawyer, or he will get his patrons in
to trouble; doctor, or his buildings
win he hygienically unfit to live in,
and. last. but not least, he must be a
gentleman. or we will have nothing to
do with him"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
Fishes Of the Air.

The boy who does not like 10 fish Is
rare product. The boy who does not
know and seek to know about fishes Is
almost unheard Of
In the tropical regions for the most
part are found the most varied kinds
of fishes. The most wonderful of these
are the amphibious fishes. When we
soon dies of suffocaton for it cannot
breathe In the air; but these amphib-
Gus fishes have set of cavities which
are air storehouses and can live for
days on land. What a convenient fish
for the market! In India especially
the natives esteem them highly, for
they can be carried for two or three
days in dry basket without injury.
For many years we have known, too.
OF fish that climbs. The climbing
perch was first discovered by Daldorf,
the naturalist. 1t makes slow progress,
TO be sure, but by moving alternately
Is side and lower fms it does actually
climb trees. The reason for this re-
markable provision of nature seems to
be that the pools where the perch live
often dry up in the hot season, and
they must move on in search of other
water and must be able to surmount
obstacles.
Another fish of Indi- with a long Lat
in name, the protopterus, spends the
dry season In a different way. 1t buries
itself in the dry mud of the river
banks, sometimes a lt and a half
from the surface. and there lives until
the water rises again. or perhaps I'M
til the native digs it up In a shoyelful
of firm clay.
There are also fishes which crawl up
on dry land to feed. These are found
in the FIJI Islands. They are small,
only Ave or six inches in length, with
large heads, and are so lively that they
can only be secured by shooting them.
4 very good fish story is told of
these air fishes of party who were
travelling In India upon elephants. They
We're overtaken by heavy storm, but
were afraid to stop for fear of floods.
The storm increased In severity until
finally the travellers became conscious
that heavy objects We're falling upon
them. There descended a veritabIe
shower of fishes, which in great num-
beers struck men and elephants, slid off
and scuttled away through the grass
Chicago Record.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
CLEVER, BUT SOULLESS.
One woman's New Way In which to
Pay social Debts.

IL don't know much OF the ways of
fashionable people" said a young ply
sician not long ago, for | am not In
society. but If many society women are
Ike one | know here In town l think
I'm safer TO be out of II. 1t was not
this season. but 1t wasn't so long ago
hut that plenty of people can remem-
Der the circumstances. | had among
my patients an elderly woman who
lived with The daughters family. The
daughter lived, II not beyond her
means, at least up TO the very edge,
went out great deal and was enter
tanned a great deal
THE mother fell sick with a COM
plant which knew would prove fatal.
] did not inform the family till one
day the daughter asked me TO tell her
frankly what her mothers condition
was and just how long she could live.
| told her that the old lady could not
possibly last more than a fortnight.
She begged me not to let anybody
know how serious the case was. She
didn't want her young daughters dis
tressed, she said.
''Of course / told nobody, and just
week after that | read In the papers
that Mrs. Dash, the daughter of my dy-
ing patient. had sent out invitations
for Il large dancing party, to be given
on an evening a fortnight away. Ny
patient did not live as long as | had
expected. The day after she died |
read in the papers that owing TO the
sudden death of her mother Mrs. Dash
had been compelled to recall her invi-
tations.'
"Sbe had never intended to give a
ball. She could not have afforded II,
and she bl1ffed.' | have cold shiyefs
every time | see her. cleveland Plan
Dealer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
Men as Housekeepers.

It is rather humiliating fact that in
occupations which custom specially
relegates' to women, the greatest sue
cesses are achieved by men. In the
highest development of cooking and
dressmaking it is the men, not the
women, who have become most prof.
cient, says the New York Evening Post
Similarly the man who has been what
may be called an official housekeeper,
who has looked after the Institutions
that are conducted by the state. can
often give points to all other house
keepers.
The essentials of state housekeeping
are economy, system and health-prin-
ciples which apply as forcibly to every
day housekeeping. The wife of a for
mer state housekeeper is indebted to
her husband for many time and money
saving and health-promoting sugges-
tons. some Of which have been bor
rowed for the benefit of other house
keepers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
Peruvian Army pi.eip,in..

This military story Is printed in a
Lima paper: man belonging to the
Peruvian artillery was ordered TO be
logged, and there was no regulation
cat handy with which to infiict the cas-
tigation. The officer in charge. who
was severe discipllnarian, decided to
defer the carrying out of the order IN
til the official scourge, which he at
once requisitioned. should arrive. 1t
was about year before the cat was
supplied by the authorities. By that
time the soldier had been dead several
months.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
A Field of Work for Women.

A field of work for women which
seems especially suited to them is the
profession of trained librarians. and as
vet it is by no means as overcrowded
as many of the others to which they are
called. There are thousands of public
libraries In the United States, besides
private, reference and college and
school libraries, and In all of these there
is said to be an increasing demand for
the services Of graduates of library
training schools. There are three of
these large training schools in the Uni
ted States, and all of them are open to
women on equal terms with men. At
the largest of them preference is given
college graduates, and thorough high
school education is essential for all can
didates.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
REVOLUTION IN CLOCKS.
An Interesting Exhibit of Systei
1af Meet riclfx

An Interesting Exhibit of a System
of Electricity.
In small Office in Broadway Is an
interesting exhibit Of system of cleo
tricity applied to clocks which bids fair
to revOlutionize the older fashioned
timepleces, says the New York Herald.
In point of fact, with one single clock
as the master clock the exhibitor pro-
poses to reproduce the exact time upon
any number of what he calls electric
secondary dials. -Four of these second
airy dials are on exhibition, all working
IN unison, connected by wires with the
master clock. The system, 1t is claimed,
can be indefinitely extended
Three of the secondary dials look like
ordinary clocks, but in one of them the
deus ex machina is apparent. 1t shows
very simple mechanism, consisting Of
two magnets, positive and negative,
and drawing shaft, connected with a
cog wheel. which moves the hands. The
magnets are connected why wires with
the master clock.
The electricity is generated by bat
teries and Is conducted through the
coils Of the magnets whenever the sec
ond hand of the master clock Is at the
point of sixty seconds Then the cleo
tricity is automatically shut off until
the second hand Of the master clock has
again performed its revolution and is at
the sixty-second point again. Through
the magnets the electricity works upon
the drawing shaft, which, through the
cog wheel, moves the hands of the Sec
ondary dial just a minute forward.
There is no other machinery connect
ed with the secondary dial, consequent
ly the dial can be placed upon the mar
ket at much less cost than any other
electric clock. 1t Is also asserted that
it is impossible for the simple mechan-
ism to get out of order and that as long
as the master clock Is correct all the
secondary clocks will be correct.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
A Lack of Manners.

The authoritative tone that the ma
jority of young women take with their
mothers nowadays is not precisely an
Indication of good breeding; but then
good breeding seems to be rapidly going
out of fashion, complains woman of
the world. A few relics of it are still
left, just enough to show how delightful
thing 1t was. A really courteous man
is now described as being 'of the old
school, A really high-born woman Is
called "old-fashioned.
Nobody would like to see children go
back to the stilted stiffness of the days
when they called their parents Sir
and Madam" But their present de-
meanor is the reverse of polite or gen
tie, and reflects but little credit on
themselves or on those who have
brought them up. The mothers seem
to get accustomed to this kind of
brusquerie from their daughters, and
do not perceive its effect upon people
who hear and see 1t for the first time.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17

Massachusetts in company with sew
eral other young women of Brooklyn.
1t was then she first met Ensign Mar
shall, who fell in love with her The
ensign was sent to Manila during the
Spanish war. Some time ago Miss
Finn surprised her friends by an
nouncing her engagement and her in
tention of crossing the Pacific to be
welded in a Chinese port. She left
home, going by the way of San Fran
cisco to Hong Kong. Miss Finn Is a
young woman of rare beauty and clev-
erness, and Ensign Marshall, who is
from Texas, is one of the most popu-
lar young officers of the Asiatic squad
ron.-New York Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
A "f<nOck-turn."

When ]. \. MacNeill Whistler lived
in Chelsea, his peculiarities soon made
him familiar figure even among the
bargemen. who got to know him as the
artist of their beloved Thames. One
afternoon. while sauntering along the
embankment, Whistler was confronted
by man who had one eye most ef.
fectively hlackened. The artist stop
ped and inquired. whats the matter
my good fellow" The man touched
his hat. "Oh, nothing. sir-merely n
knock-turn in blue and green!'-San
Francisco Wave.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
That Inuudent Capital a."

N. lola. when In England, was much
impressed with the English use of the
capital 81" why Is It," he says, that
the Englishman, when he writes OF
himself, should Invariably use capi-
tai letter? That tall Il which occurs
so often In personal narrative strikes
me as being very arrogant A French
man, referring to himself, writes 'je'
with a small - a German, though he
may crafty all his substantiyes with
sapltal letters. employs a small T. In
writing 'ich;' Spanard, when he uses
the personal pronoun ut all, bestows
Il small " on his 'yo,' while he honors
the person he addresses with n capital
" | believe indeed, though | am not
sufficiently acquainted with foreign
languages to speak with certainty on
that point. that the Engllshman Is the
Dnly person In the world who applies
Il capital letter to himself"
NJ. Zola might have enforced his con-
trasts still further by referring to the
a." In speaking of oneself In Japa-
nese self depreclatory terms are used,
such as Servant" "the awkward per-
son." Junior" while in speaking of or
to other people complimentary terms
are employed, such as Senior" mas
ter" ''prince" fused by young men in
addressing each other familiarity. The
most usual Japanese equivalent for
81" Is "watakushi." which means liter
ally "selfshness. Buffalo CONNER
cial
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
A GOOD STORY.
What the Cele brity Said to the Giddy.
Cushing Girl.

What the Celebrity Said to the Giddy,
Gushing Girl.
There Is story going about town
just now concering famous man of
letters who visited Washington recently
and was fairly deluged with invitations
to breakfasts and luncheons and dir
ners and suppers, and goodness only
knows what else during his stay, says
the Washington Post. He accepted
almost none Of them and appeared, so
Tar as | know, at but one dinner party.
There he sat next the young daughter
of noted naval officer Her vocabula
ry Is of kind peculiar to young girls
but she ratified away at the famous
man without. moments respite. He
for his part wanted to talk to his
hostess on the other side Of him, but
the laxative girl didn't give MIN
chance. She asked him all sorts of
questions. 1t was during pause in the
general conversation that she said to
him:
I'm awfully struck on Shakespeare.
Don't you think he's terribly interest
ing?"
Everybody listened to hear the great
mans brilliant reply, for as Shakes.
pearean scholar he has few peers.
yes" ne said, solemnly. Il do think
he Is interesting. think he is more
than that. | think Shakespeare Is just
simply too cute for anything"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
THE MILL RUNS ITSELF.
Economical Way of Doing business
on n Connecticut Fsrm.

Economical Way of Doing Business
ON Connecticut Fsrm.
Joe Mccormick of the Interna tlona,
Pulp company tells delicious story Of
paper making in Connecticut. which
shows that operating mill is not such
n serious matter as these big proprie-
tors would have us believe. Strolllng
along the countryside in haymal>iul,
time, Mr.. Mccormick happened on Il
little paper min which buZZed merriiy
in a shady dell, with everything clean
and sweet around it. A look in the
office showed no one there, and the WIS.,
itor then wandered over the mill. hop
ing TO find some one TO whom he could
talk business. The machine was hum
ming along, and it seemed impossible
that there should be no one in attend
ance But even shouting failed TO bring
forth signs of life, and Mr.. Mccormick
was about to leave when he spieG
some men in bayfield, some distance
away.
81 say" he called out to the neares.
one when he got within hearing, "whS
runs this MILF"
II do was the reply.
"Well, who's the owner?'
"Why, am. to be sure"
"Do you mean to say that the mill
runs itself?"
Cert. We start her up at G in the
morning, and she runs till In the
evening. This mills been weaned
stranger; she don't need a nurse.
While I'm getting in hay she puts half
n ton of paper on the roll. Gee up,
Bess."-Paper Trade Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17

Don't be offended. The admoniuon u
not meant as reflection upon youi
talkatiyeness. Talk, but keep your
mouth shut when you are not taiklhs
People who keep their mouths cioseo
except when they are talking, eatins
Or drinking, rarely contract coughs vi
colds. Savages. even those living ~
northern ATTITUDES, seldom take cola
Scientists say 1t is because they hrt
close mouthed.
Disease germs floating In the air mo
a direct route into the lungs or per
son who breathes through his mouth
They are arrested by the hue, sieve
like network of hair in the nostrlls Oh
persons who breathe through the nose
Keep your mouth shut, and you mag
defy pestilence.
The teeth suffer from too much and
too frequent exposure to the atmos
phere Sudden changes of temperature
whether liquid or atmospheric, are
hurtful to them. The best teeth IN the
world are those of savage tribes, VINO
always keep their mouths shut except
when talking or eating. Throat and
lung diseases are often contracted by
persons who go about open mouthed
The frosty air Of winter, inhaled dl'
rectly into the lungs through the
mouth, is a frequent cause Of bronchial
disorders. Taken through the nose II
is modified and sifted of many OF Its
dangers. Keep your mouth shut
Healthy Home.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
.s.ss1a ss's g.;
D0|NGS OF W0|\EN
49,

are invited and others left out. At the
same time. in the case of weddings in
church and for larger general affairs Il
hostess should be careful to send invi-
tn tions TO all the members of a family
to address the envelope inclosing an in
vitation Mr. and Mrs. Brown and fam
lily There should be Il separate invi-
II ton for The Misses Brown" and
another for the brothers in the house
hold.-Leah Lanceford in the Woman's
Home Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
Helped the Doctor.

The intelligence of the elephant is
well known, ard is Illustrated In an In.
teresting incident as follows: A young
baby elephant had received severe
wound in its head, the pain Of which
rendered it so frantic aud ungoyernable
mat 1t was found impossible to per
suade the animal to have the part dress.
ed. Whenever any one approached II
ran on with fury. and would suffer no
person to come within several yards OF
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
Killed by swallowing Pins.

1t is usual for women employed in silk
ribbon mills to keep quantity of small
pins in their mouths In order that time
may not be lost in reaching for them,
~ would be the case If the pins were
kept in traps. The women say 1t is no
infrequent thing for them to swallow
some of the pins. Among those EN-
ployed in Simon's silk mill, at Union
Hin. \. j.. was Mrs. Jennie Smith. A
few months ago she,was taken ill and
recently died from what was supposed
to be consumption. A post norton ex.
animation showed that her lungs con
tanned several pins.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
1t Was Fastened.

put your tongue out" said the doc
tor to 4-year-old Gilbert
Little Gilbert protruded the tip of his
tongue.
mo, no, put 1t right out said the
doctor.
The little fellow shook his head weak
ly, and the tears gathered in his eyes.
Il can't, DOCTOR" he ventured at last;
cts fastened on 10 me-"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17

Ii is n general rule that not more
than three persons in the same house
hold should accept an invitation. This
rule may of course he broken when
special circumstances seem to justify
it. 4 daughter may accept an invita-
riop 10 Il house where her mother has
never been asked. and members of IA
family should not feel hurt when some
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
Nasou,s Two Daughters,

Misses Ethel w. and Ruth w. Mason,
daughters of the Illinois Senator, are
studying law at Washington College.
Ethel IL "a and Ruth 81. Both are
singers of more than ordinary ability
and culture and are well versed in all
these sisters are prominent students.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
The man who had charge of 1t at

Il. The man WHO ndu cHdTge OF tt dt
length hit upon a contrivance for secur-
ing it. BY few words and signs he
made the mother know what was want
ed. The sensible creature seized her
Young one with her trunk and held 1t
tirmly down, though groanlng with
agony, while the surgeon completely
dressed the wound, and she continued
to perform this service every day until
the animal was perfectly recovered.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17
Wee Isabel is such a pet

Wee Isabel is such a pet
At school among the rest! ?
'The baby" Lou and Charlie say,
Who love her quite the best.
They show her how to string her beads
And weave her paper mat.
They laugh at all her cunning ways
And kiss her fingers fat.
At noon they lift her from her chair,
And help her with her things.
They button up her little coat,
And tie her bonnet-strings.
They watch and tend and talk to her
Just like doll alive.
Because. you see, she's only four,
And they are nearly FIVE.
Youths Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17

THAT was a pleasing afterthought
OF yours" remarked the old preacher
who had listened to sermon by one
Of his youngest brethren, when you
prove the immortality OF the soul"
IAN afterthoughtY said the younger
clergyman in some perplexity.
Yes. You thought of it about .. i0(
years after Socrates. "-Chicago Trib-
une.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17

They were refused admittance to the
Columbian Law School because of its
antipathy to co-educaton, but at Wash
ington College they are expected to
take high degree. In addition to her
school work Miss Ethel fills position
In the Congressional library.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-17

Papa" asked a 4-year-old youngster,
-"are all little boys made of dustT"
Yes, my son." was the reply.
well, then" continued the little fell
low, Il wish you would make nurse
stop busting me with that clothes brush.
I'm afraid she'll brush me all away"