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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27
Russian Sect that Honors Judas.

In his last report to the Czar, the
Procurator of the Holy Synod tells of u
new sect discovered In the government
of Yakutsk, Eastern Siberia, and orig
mated by a peasant, FLIP Likhacheff,
who was exiled to that remote region
from the Ufimskaya government for be-
longing to the sect of the "Skoptzi."
The Anglo Russian says that the doc
trines of the new sect are explained In
MS. headed MY Profession" and its
chief points are:
% The first real disciple Of Christ
was Judas, for he repented Of his sin
and hanged himself. The same method
Of death Is recommended to the men,
bers Of the sect who wish to part from
this sinful life. (2) Reverence 10 due
only to God; that shown to any man Is
idolatry. 81 Man being sinful In his
very nature and inclined to induce 9TH
ity over his fellow man. "a Hence no
obedience must be shown to any secu-
lar or ecclesiastical authority. % The
powers that be are from the devil, of
ficials of the state as we'll as priests of
the church. 90 Property is q sin as
the result of the greed, likewise family
ties as the result of the lust of the flesh.
Likhacheff on being arrested openly
acknowledged himself to be the author
of my Profession" The heresy was
spreading among workingmen, espe-
cially among "Skoptzls" exiled to ST.
IBERIA from European Russia.-London
Globe
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27
cosTLlesT RABBITS ON EARTH.
Each One Caught on Plantation was

Each One Caught on ria
Worth Twelve Hundred Dollars
"Tbe most expensive rabbit Oh rec
ord said well-llnown river man.
lived and is probably still living Oh u
big sugar plantation in Jefferson par
isb. No. am not joking; l am III deau
earnest. The place | refer 10 Is o"neu
NV an old friend of mine and Is one OF
the finest on the whole river. IL NAY
been worked of late years almost EN-
tirely by Italian labor and the foremeh
hive had ii good deal Of trouble IN cop
;no with some of the racial peculiari-
ties of the hands. Among other Things
they were exceedingly fond OF wiz
game of all kinds, and had an especial
and particular liking for rabbits. Inc
consequence was that whenever cot
ton-tail would be scared up In the neid
tbe entire gang would drop their hoes
and dart In pursuit. The Italians were
good sprlnters, and the rabbit was gen
orally caught, but every episode OF that
kind meant the loss of at least hair an
hours time.
.There were a great many raDDlts Oh
the plantation, and these impromptu
cbases became so frequent that the
foreman finally realized he would have
to take drastic measures to stop them
Accordingly, he put all hands on notice
one morning that the next man VINO
stopped work to run after rapDl'
would be locked IS pay. About an
hour afterward fine, fat bunnie leap
ed suddenly out Of furrow and started
across the field Instantly the cry went
up and $50 Italians went gaflopine
across the field. After the fugitive had
for a wonder, escaped and the excite
ment abated the foreman quietly re
marked that IS apiece would be deduct
ed from the payroll Saturday night. He
was as good as his word, and that lone
rabbit, which they didn't get, cost the
Italians exactly $3.50. 1t was the last
ever chased on the plantation. When
one appears at present the swarthy Ia
borers look wistful, but keep on hoeing
You costa too mucha num-, they say
sadly."-New Orleans Times-Democrat
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27

"The other day." said Jones. IAN old
woman bounced into our Office, display
ing n notice that we had written to
her to the effect that quarter tax on
some property of hers was due. She
swore she had paid it. had the books
10 prove that she had not and suggest
ed that she had made a mistake.
''She declared that she had not and
said, Don't you ever make any mis-
takes?
II assured her that did not and
jokingly added:
1.-The only mistake | ever made was
when | was married.
"She looked at me a second and then
said: No; Your wife made that mis-
take "-Detroit Free Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27
MAY SOON BE A KING.

Prince Gustaf, the Future Ruler Of
Sweden and Norway.
Because of his recent expression OF
sympathy for. Great Britain In her
trouble in South Africa, King Oscar, of
Sweden and Norway, may be requested
by his cabinet to abdicate his throne.
Prince Gustaf Is the heir apparent to
the throne and would succeed Oscar
He represents political party diamet
rically opposed to that which supports
the aged monarch. Gustaf is the most
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27

The past hundred years have. eften
been denominated as CONFUSING "the
railway age q1ite as Importantly is il
the great canal era. With the excep-
ton OF some of those crude but mar
velous engineering feats in Egypt. in
Europe, In Mexico, In the way OF con
duits and the Ike, nothing in the way
Of watercourse construction has APP
proximated the gigantic canal enter
prises which have been projected un.
der American auspices during recent
years.
With the foremost of the list-the
Chicago drainage canal-the public Is
entirely familiar. Facts and figures
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27

About September. 1888. Dicky Tur-
ner, the converted weaver. when deliv.
ering one of his feryid speeches In the
Temperance hotel, Preston. the cockpit
where the earls of Derby formerly
fought their cocks for three centuries,
In favor Of the new pledge. declared
with emphasis that nothing but the
tee-tee-total pledge would do" Mr.,
Joseph Livesey upon hearing this i'm
mediately cried out amid great cheer.
ing. THAT shall be the name" The
newly coined word was taken up by
the succeeding speakers and was after.
ward used at all the meetings held In
the town and neighborhood. 1t was
soon adopted In every part OF Lanca.
shire and was eventually accepted as
the true designation of total abstainers
not only In the United Kingdom. but
throughout the civilized world.
l had the above facts from the lips OF
Mr.. Joseph Livesey.-London News.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27
Quite Another Thing.

Perhaps one OF the most delicate ana
tactful remarks ever made was that OF
a Frenchman who had not found u
life on the ocean wave" quite all tha'
could be expected.
He was sinking, pale and disheyelleu
Into his steamer chair, when pas
senger asked cheerily:
"Ah, good morning, monsieur! have
you breakfasted p
NO, monsieur" answered the paiiu
Frenchman, Il have not breakfas'eu,
On the contraryw ,s
When girl stubs her toe. the pau
doesn't bother her II she finds tpa'
she didn't skin her patent leather sn0''
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27
\ Daring Lawyer.

One of the cases which attracted
great attention to Jim Ham Lewis Of
Washington for his daring defense was
that of n Young man named George
Williams, who Drained the superin-
tendent of the Port Blakely Lumber
mill with a fragment of iron pipe. The
deceased was shown to have been a
tyrannical superior Lewis defended
Williams on the ground that the super
intendent. though man in form, was
4 beast in character: that ii was the
Indirect order of God some man should
kill him; that Williams simply per-
formed duty to society. An acquittal
followed, to the utter CONSERVATION of
the county, the jury going 10 the ex-
tent of inQuiriDg If there was no way
in which Williams could be indemni-
fed for the two years and half he
spent in jail awaiting trial.
Paul Page. son of the ex-mayor OF
Milwaukee, while on his way to Alas
ka, killed the proprietor of one of the
principal hotels at Seattle over a dis
pute growing out of poker game.
Page had been educated in Paris.
where he had formed the absinth hab-
1t. Lewis defense was that Page had
been given Cannabis indica. or what
IS known as '.hasheesh," and his vision
had become so distorted that he was
unable to distinguish between the man
who was robbing him in the game and
the proprietor of the hotel: that having
just cause TO kill the player who was
robblng him he killed the proprietor
under a mistaken sense OF identity.
Page was acquitted, The case was
discussed in the leading medical jour
nails OF the world, not one of them
agreeing with Lewis theory, though
he had persuaded the jury to do So
+. ID. Cowen in Ainslee's
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27
Mn ,hs eempletion u these Tires

,.aioc,s the Chicago drainage canal.
Ma ERIE and the Nicaragua, the united
S ~ would score up some SS50,0oo.ooo
ogaInst a trio of waterways not pos
sessed by any other nation on The ear'n'
Tho commercial advantages are ehoi-
Nous while the profits and the presuse
comprehend elements thai MI ,ne , Ia
tional standard to the very highest
nlane of modern progress.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27
Costume of Japanese.

The Woodworking laborers and cool.
les seen everywhere in Japan wear only
a narrow loin scarf and straw sandals
Iii cold and rainy weather they wear a
macintosh Of loose straw over their
shoulders and mammoth rude hat
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27

~ wonder will they miss me?' wrote
the poet in violet Ink on gilt edged pa
per.
And the editor as he tossed the man.
uscript into the yawning gulf at his
side murmured softly. IF they do, they
never ought TO be trusted With a gun
again."-London Telegraph.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27
Artful.

"Shrewd fellow. that Bliggins." said
one young man. Hes a natural dip
lomat."
How did you find II out?'
81 asked him to lend me dollar
and he got away from itT'
'sNo. He said he hadn't dollar. but
he'd lend me FIVE. might forget about
81. But he could remind me OF So
washington Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27

The deserts of Arabia are specially
remarkable for their pillars of sand
which are raised by the whirlwinds
and have very close resemblance in
their appearance to waterspouts-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27

Spanish beggars do not think 1t nee
essary TO conceal their cigar when ask
ing aims. Smoking is considered as
necessary as breathing to every human
being out of the cradle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27

Pursuit of knowledge.
The Wearisome Caller-Is that clock
going:
The Cirl--Yes.s Are youf-Syraeuss
Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27
THREE BIG CANALS.
PROJECTED AND ENGINEERED
BY AMERICANS. =

Vast Snme Expended and Enormous
Expenditures oors1e ma piated-Greates+
Artificial Waterway Is a-Sanitary
Canai-Pians for Erie Enlargement.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27
The Plague In Canton

In 1884 the plague destroyed sOOoo
OF the 100000 Inhabitants of Canton
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-06-27

a dollar VIII buy a lot OF necessities
but few pleasures.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-12
War Between France
And England Is
Likely.

Apropos of France, in trying to
reflect clearly English sentiment at
Il e present moment, it would be ON
itting one strong point were it not
mentioned the rapidly growing sent
iment constantly expressed that war
with France at later and not re-
mote date is inevitable when this
war is over. The opinion is growing
verg fast that England is speedily
drawing close to a day Of reckoning
With France, and that war will have
to come. Such is common talk.
That time is placed after the exhi-
bitivn. Not one item Of frances
taunts or gibes will be forgotten.
England, with Chamberlain at the
helm, filled with Barlike sentiment,
which at present saturates all, even
women and children, will certainly
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-12
News OF The Island.
Mr.. FRENCH'S FUNERAL

John w. French, of New York,
was buried yesterday afternoon in
the cemetery at Puerta TERRA.
The funeral was from the Military
Hospital, and a large number of
Americans accompanied the remains
to their last resting place.
MIR. French was recently admit.
ted to practice by the U. s. Provis-
ional Court.
He had previously been an attor-
ney in New York, Chaplain Brown
of the 11th Infantry conducted the
services and Judge Nc Adam, in
an endorsement on the certificate
paid a high tribute to. his ability
aud standing as lawyer in New
York.
Mr. French was well known and
had many friends in San Juan. He
was graduate of Columbia College,
New York, having taken degrees in
hoth its academic and Law Depart
ments.
At the outbreak of the Spanish
American War, Mr. French, who
was a member of the Seventh Reoi.
ment, New York National Guard,
offered his services to the Govern.
ment.
They were accepted and he was
appoint a second Lieutenant in the
list New York Volunteers. He
served with his regiment in the as
saudi on Santiago Cuba and made
go1d record as an officer.
The District Court of Ponce has
condemned Tomas Rodriguez to one
year and one day hard labor.
He was the driver of car that
ran a cross an old woman near /" the
CotO" on the month of September
last.
Captain Clarence E. Dentler, 1lth
U. S. Infantry, has been granted
leave of absence for fourteen days
with permission to return to the
United States.
The DemOcracia " of Ponce is
being pursued for libel.
Thursday night house near the
Station house of the Mayaguez rail
road took fire. 1t was easily ex-
tinguisted.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-12
Lord Chamberlain's
Personal Triumph.

Apart from the dramatic change
that came over the situation in So.
nth Africa, the most important poll
tical even of late has undoubtedly
been Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's vi
gorous self-defenCe in the House OF
Commons. The Colonial Secretary
met the accusations of his foes with
one OF those terrible fighting spe-
eches for which he is noted. In the
heat of debate, and with an Overwhel.
ming majority ready to cheer every
bitter phrase, Mr. Chamberlain car
ried all before him.
But after reflection many of those
who believe Mr. Chamberlain to be
untainted, and place no Importance
on the letters stolen from Mr. .Haw-
kesley, counsel for the British South
Africa Company, regretted that the
Colonial Secretary took up the mat
ter in such personal spirit. Voic-
ing this feeling the Saturday Re-
view, while deprecating another raid
inquiry at the present juncture, de-
plores Mr. Chamberlain'S "undigni-
fed attitude" and reminds him that
the good faith of Secretary of State
is not personal but public mat.
ter.
Lord Rosebery, the forsaken ora
Gle of ''lugubrious Vaccinations. /"
has been bantering the lords of the
government this week upon the fix
they have got into by the unexpected
change of the Wemyss resolution,
Which originally proposed to enforce
the existing statute, providing for
conscription, but was at the last mo-
ment altered to read that the statute
be amended in order to make it ava
liable to be put in force. This chan
ge upset Lord Lansdowne's and the
Duke of Devonshire's carefully pre-
pared speeches to such an extent
that Lord Rosebery satirically moved
an adjournment to enable them to
prepare new speeches. Even Lord
Salisbury laughed.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-12
Thinks The War
Will Collapse.

A authority on South Africa, Mr.
Pardy, who has lived all over that
country, said that the crushing out Of
CrOnje means that the war will not
last three weeks. His opinion is
echoed by those who have had ex
perience of the Beers.
The city, of London which is NOT
often at fault, takes the same view,
backing its opinion with its money.
The rise which has taken place
brought Rands almost to their for
mer palmy position in the market.
This has been done entirely from
the inside, for the public apparently
will not come in at any price. Ber-
lin, it is true, has helped, fairly hea
Wy buying orders having come from
there.
The Berllng Stock Exchange ia
kes the strategical view of the situa-
tion, and is buying.
Perhaps one of the most eloquent
signs of the times lay in the smiling
faces of African financiers. They
have been in depressed spirits fol
some now time past, but they are, as
one might say, buzzing about, much
in evidence, smiling, chatting, and
showing general signs of happi
ness.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-12
England Wants The
United States To
FOrtify The Ca
nal OF Mica
ragua.

An important London paper, spe
aking of the Nicaragua Canal said a
few days ago:
" British interests are entirely on
the side of the fortification of the
Nicaragua Canal by the United Sta.
ties. Any one who takes the tro-
uble to think the matter out will see
this at once. What we want is
complete and absolute naturalization
of the Nicaragua Canal.
We want our ships to be able to
pass freely through the canal in case
of war with any continental power.
We want to see our enemies preven-
ted from converting the canal and
its entrances into hostile ports. The
re is only one way to secure absol-
ute neutrality of the canal-to place
it in the hands of a power strong en-
Ough to enforce that neutrality aga
inst all corners.
" That America should be the
power is the most fortunate 1or us,
for barring the possibilities of civil
war, which must exist in the Anglo
Saxon world just as they do else
where, we Go not intend to go 20
war with America, but having he'll
ped to make America the guardian
of the canal, we are not such idiots
as to Want to tie its guardians
hards behind his back. On the CO.
untrary, we want to see its guardian
hold the canal so strongly that no
one be able to challenge his right.
" Though theoretically the neu-
trality of the Snez Canal is a very
doubtful point in international law,
in effect the Suez Canal has always
been treated by the powers as neu.
tral. We, by reason of our position
in Egypt, are guardians of that neu-
trality,
"During the Spanish. American
war "a portion of the Spanish feet
desired to pass through the canal in
order to prosecute the war against
America. They were perfectly free
to do that as long as they observed
the neutrality of the canal. They
wanted badly to use Port Said as a
coaling station, and accordingly be-
ga2 to take on not merely enough
coal to get them to the next port,
but to repleniSh their bunkers.
"Lord Cromer, however, acting
for Britain, at once took action, for
bade this violation of neutrality and
insisted that as the Spanish cruisers
had when they reached Port Said
enough coal to get through the canal
every basket of coal just put in must
be taken out of their bunkers. The
Spaniards were desperately anxious
to get their bunkerS filled, and the
continental powers, being secretly
friendly to Spain and hostile to
America, made no protest against
the violation of neutrality, and pri-
vateiy discouraged the enforcement
Of neutrality.
"Under such circumstances, if
Great Britain had not possessed con-
siderable military power in Egypt
and had not in fact, of not in theory,
been in strong military possession of
the canal, the Spaniards would have
had their way and the violation ot
neutrality would have passed practi
cally unchallenged.
"When similar circumstances arise,
as they very easily may in the case
Of the Nicaragua Canal, it will Gle
arly he to our advantage that Ame
q
rlca should be able TO enforce neu-
trality. But if America is only
allowed to police the canal and not
to defend it the So called neutrality
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-12
France MenaCeS
Siam.

Baron Hesse Wartegg published
a letter from Singapore in the Colog-
ne VOlkszeitung, in which the writer
says that an expedition is being pre-
pared in the French Indies for the
purpose of seizing Hainan, and the
rewith threatening the independence
of Siam. The Baron added that the
matter was brought to the attention
of Prince Henry of Prussia when
the latter was in Bangkok.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-12

is very likely, or rather certain, to
prove d farce on the first occasion
any great power has really strong
temptation to violate neutrally,
Many Americans think the
French, German and Russian gov
ernments must be willing to do any.
thing America likes, because their
ambassadors at Washington are al
Ways so friendly and sympathetic;
yet, in reality, there is latent poll
tical dislike for the Government of
the United States among all the
great powers, which some day will
astonish America from New York
to San Francisco.
"trance owns Martinique and
GuadelOupe in the West Indies, be-
sides French Guiana on the South
American Continent, and has, great
interests in the Pacific Islands and
the far East. She also has, owing
to the Panama Canal scheme, very
great sentimental and, in sense,
financial interest in piercing the
isthmus. 1t is most unlikely she
would have been content to sit with
folded hands and make no comment
ou he new arrangement.
Germany, with far more Oc can
going shipping than the United
States, and with her great aspirations
in South America, as well as in the
far East, would not be likely to
consent to America having all her
own way in the matter ofjoining the
two oceans.
elf America likes to risk foreign
friction by claiming the right to
sortify, tbs not for us to object. If,
then, America asks us to give up
the clause fOrbidding fortifcation,
we ought to, and most certainly
should at once agree. But unless
we are greatly mistaken, the United
States will not care to stir ND
hornets nest; she will probably be
content to remember that as the
guardian of the neutrality of the
canal she will have a right-uay, a
duty-impOsed on her to do what is
needful effectively to enforce Reutra-
lity.
SAT any rate, the Americans must
remember that this fortification is
not forbidden in British interests. 1t
is against those interests. If Ameri-
ca did not ask that the new agree
ment. should differ in this respect
from the Suez Canal agreement it
was because she had good reasons of
her own, reasons to be found in TIE
determination of the great powers
to be consulted in all matters of such
magnitude as an interoceanic canal.
Great Britain has no doubt in
effect admitted and acknowledged
the Monroe doctrine, but remember
that the rest of the world has done
nothing of the kind"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-12

give France the opportunity which
her newspapers profess her to be
anxious for-that is, to try conclu.
sions with this country.
This feeling is all the more streng-
thened by the knowledge of an un-
destarding between tie Kaiser and
Queen, which leaves Germany free
action in Asia Minor in return for
Eneland's free action in South
Africa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-12
Organizing British Troops To
Suppress Rebellion.
New York, March 18th 1900.

The Governor Of Cape Town has requested the imme-
date despatch of troops to suppress the rebellion.
is also reported that orders have been issued to all
the British troops in that territory be ready to march
the rebel territory
The farmers making all possible efforts induce
the few Dutch residing in the Colony who have not vet
joined the rebellion, to rise
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-12
NOTICE.

Any person who has left any re-
pairing or pawned articles at the
American Jewelry Store, will ple-
ase call at 45. Cristo st. until April
LIST as l quit business then on acco-
unit of sickness.
s. L. GinSbarg.
American JeWeler.
The Government of Washington
has authorized the building of several
large frame houses on the Moro
Camp grounds.
These buildings will be utilized
for officers quarters.
Mr. Jose de Choudens has been
appointed Major Of Patillas.
Have you seen Hardie Bros Pho.
tographs of the Island 7 Also the
fine book of views containing eighty
six views of Porto Rico. They will
interest your friends in the States
Plaza Principal. ZIP. s.