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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16
Beautiful Cora Livingston.

"Under the John Quincy Adams ad-
ministration Cora Livingston was rec
ognized as one of trio of the fore
most beauties of the United States"
writes William Perrine in the Ladies'
Home Journal. During the period
from 1920 to $780, said Josiah Quincy.
who had critical eye for pretty girls,
who has not heard of the three great
bellies of this country-Miss Cora Liy-
ingston of New Orleans, Miss Julia
Dickinson Of Troy and Miss Emily
Marshall of BostonT Indeed, he oh
served that he would need to know
how to paint the rose to describe Miss
Cora. In the first place. he went on
to say, she is not handsome; l mean
not transcendentally handsome, but she
has fine figure, pretty face, dances
well, and dresses to admiration. 1t is
the height of the ton to be her admirer.
and she is certainly the belle Of this
country
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16
DRIFTWOOD.

GIVE walked too far" she said wear
lily. "I'm tired" She sat down ON
a log at the edge of the wood and
looked off at the lake She was not in
her first youth-Janet Long. Her eyes
showed experiences and sorrow; yet in
society she passed for a brilliant wom-
an. Her critics accounted her some
what too exclusive. But her critics
were few in comparison with the num-
Der of her friends. This day, with the
chilly artumnal wind announcing that
the summer was at Its close, she had
walked into the woods with Edwin
Walker, one of the men who had made
up her brothers house party.
1--WE been careless, Miss Long" he
confessed. II ought to have remem-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16

The labor organizations of Connecti-
cut have united to secure legislation
raising the factory age of children from
IA to Is years.
The boot and shoe makers of New
England are hard at work and are sell
ing all the goods they can turn out. The
Industries generally are well employed.
There are $50 India rubber manufac-
turers in the United States, employing
$4,000 operators, who produce 250,0OO
tons of goods valued at $3.50, 100000 per
annum.
The Journeymen Brewers National
Union, according to a recent report Of
its Auditing Committee, has over $4O,-
600 IN its treasury, $4,000 of which is
invested in gilt-edged securities.
One-fourth of the working people of
Colorado are said to belong to labor
organizations, and the State Federation
OF Labor claims that Colorado is the
best organized State in the Union.
Label leagues are being rapidly Or
- INC piiheipdl Clues anu
towns throughout Pennsylvania, and
are creating an immense demand In
that State for union-made goods.
The printers employed In the Govern
ment printing bureau at Ottawa, Ont,
have had their wages raised from S12
to $3.50 per week, an increase of 70 per
cent, through the efforts of the union
Of that city.
The Journeymen Bakers and Confec-
TONERS International Union, nearly 5O,-
ooO strong, will make general demand
for ten-hour day on May l, 1901.
Members are now working twelve to
sixteen hours daily.
The United Association of Plumbers,
Gas and Steam Filters won forty
strikes last year and lost thirteen. The
ofncers attribute their success In q
great measure to the healthy condition
OF the reserve and protection funds
held by the subordinate unions.
In 1892 the finest labor temple in thu
world was built in Paris at a cost of
s4oo,ooo Eighty-two trades and organ
iZations have meeting places and offices
under the roof, for which a nominal
rent is paid. The municipal council APP
propriates $4,000 annually for its
maintenance.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16
MAKE AN EXCELLENT DISH.
Sweet Potatoes Properly Cooked Are
Very Paiatab1e.


81 see that there is to be an excep-
tionally large crop of sweet potatoes this
wear" observed the Southerner In the
party, land l am sure that the news
would be much more thrilling to New
Workers If they knew the proper way
to prepare the vegetable. Now, fat
ter myself that do know, for the sweet
potato is an appreciated vegetable In
the South and the manner of cooking Ii
has not been carelessly considered. |
have never eaten sweet potatoes In any
but one form since l tasted them first,
and in that way they first become
known to most Southerners, who In
deed continue to eat them so during the
most of their lives. The potatoes should
be peeled and boiled until they are
thoroughly but not too well cooked.
Then they should be cut into four
pieces lengthwise and placed In tin
baking pan. Butter and sugar should
be placed over the potatoes abundantly
before they are put in the oven to bake
slowly. After a while the butter and
sugar, mingling with the juice Of the
potatoes, forms a delicate crust that
should be cooked until it has almost
reached the point at which it is candy.
Under this crust is a thick, rich syrup
of the sap Of the potatoes, sugar ana
butter. Anybody who has eaten sweat
potatoes in this-way will never be sat
isfied with any other way of cooking
them. The principal merit of this meth
cd lies, of course, in having them thor
oughly cooked The fire must be slow
and the cooking must continue until the
sugar and butter on top Of the potatoes
have formed a crust.
at Is this unwillingness to cook
things long enough that interferes with
the success of many New York dishes.
Take boiled ham, for instance. Few
of the boiled hams in New York are
cooked. They are generally more or
less raw in the center, merely because
nobody is willing to take the necessary
time to have them thoroughly boiled.
One hotel in New York had for years
reputation for the ham served at its
free lunch. 1t was good, but merely be-
cause 1t had been sufficiently cooked.
The old rule, and the one that is fol-
lowed in the South to-day, is to boil q
ham one-half hour for every pound.
Thus ten-pound ham ought to be al
lowed to boil for five hours, and In that
way the meat will be kept firm, dry and
sweet throughout, instead of raw and
wet in the center and cooked until 1t
is as dry as bone at the ends. That
is the method of cooking that makes a
ham in the South so very different from
the kind New York eats."-New York
Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16

THE beauty of Cora Livingston Bar
ton had ripened early and it faded ear
~. Long after the days of her suprem-
acy as belle were gone Josiah Quincy
was taken to her home at Montgomery
place, on the Hudson. He had not seen
her for thirty years. viii you come
Into the house and see Mrs Barton ?,
he was asked. He assented. and he
saw an old lady in cap and dress of
studied simplicity. You would not
have known me- she said, and he could
not make reply. Come into the next
room, she then said, and you will see
the Cora Livingston you knew in
Washington There he saw the full.
length portrait of the beauty to whom
he had paid homage a generation he.
fore, and he could gaze upon it only in
silence"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16
THE FOUR WINDS

Wind Of the North,
Wind of the Norland SHOWS,
Wind of the winnowed skies, and sharp,
Rlow cold and keen across the naked
hills,
And crisp the lowland pools with crys-
tai films,
And blur the easement squares with glit-
tering ice,
But go not near my love.
Wind of the West,
Wind of the few, far clouds,
Wind of the gold and crimson sunset
lands
Blow fresh and pure across the peaks
and plains,
And broaden the blue spaces OK tas
heavens,
And sway the grasses and the mountain
pines,
But let my dear one rest.
Wind Of the East,
Wind of the sunrise seas,
Wind of the clinging msts and gray,
harsh rains
Blow moist and chill across the wastes OF
brine,
And shut the sun out, and the moon and
stars,
And lash the boughs against the dripping
caves,
Yet keep thou from my love.
But thou, sweet wind!
Wind of the fragrant South,
Wind from the bowers of jasmine and Of
rose
Over magnolia blooms and lilied lakes
And towering forests come with dewy
wings,
And stir the petals at her feet, and kiss
The low mound where she lies.
Charles Henry Luders
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16
bered that such jaunt would wear

bered that such jaunt would wear
you out You look chilled, too"
Il am" she said. "I'm cold and-and
lonely"
You look as If you were-though for
you to say that you are lonely Is not,
perhaps, much of compliment to me-"
II didn't mean it for a compliment or
. criticism. It's the truth"
He looked at her with sudden fame
coming into his eyes.
''If you are lonely" he cried, "it's
your own fault. If you would let
me"
"The human soul Is always lonely, 1
suppose" she replied. "But I'm stupid!
Please forgive me. said was tired
but l was mistaken. I'm really cold.
Come down to the beach and build a
fire of driftwood."
He couldn't follow her mood-but
that was nothing strange. She had
bafiled and perplexed him for long
time. She ran down the embankment
like girl, and began Juggling great
pieces of driftwood and broken
branches of trees to one spot. He
helped her, saying nothing but noticing
the grace of her tall, slender figure; the
beauty of her tossing hair beneath her
slouched gray hat; the insouciant gay
ETY. of her laughter, and her mood made
her more charming to him than she had
ever been before. They heaped the
driftwood high and sat down before 1t
together and as the flames leaped up,
surprising the dun sand and the gray
water and sky, she fell to talking.
"Old ships, old wharves. old trees
she said musingly, looking into the
heart of the fire.
"Old loves. old memories, old pains"
he said. musingly, too.
81 can imagine the time when the
ships sailed the lake triumphantly, and
when the wharves were staunch and
of much service to men. and the trees
felt the sun and the wind In their
branches" murmured Janet Long.
81 can remember when the love was
full of hope, when there were more an
ticipations than memories. and when
there was no pain" said Edwin Walker
A silence fell between them. The lake
made a melancholy murmur on the
shore. The flames leaped and cracked.
The wind stirred through the dead,
coarse grasses in the sand.
We'll be back in town presently"
aid Janet. with as brisk reopening of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16

conversation. II shall have new gowns
and you'll make visits to your tailor
I'll see people, and hear music, and go
dancing, and will repeat poetry at teas,
and commit other sins.''
And l shall never see you except for
a moment when you are talking airy
nothings. l call on you at the opera for
moment, or troop in with a dozen
others at your evenings. You'll have on
all manners of furbelows-and they
won't become you half so much as that
roughing outfit you have on now. You'll
pretend you are intellectual-and you
know you INDEPENDENTLY. You'll
affect a heartless gayety-and you
know you are neither heartless nor gay.
I'm saying good-by to you to-day, as
matter of fact"
you're saying good-by to my sum-
mer self. My winter self is far more
improving"
1.-THE flames are getting low. We
might as well be going home"
you are in a hurry"
"Yes, for If we stay here any longer
III tell some things which l would rath-
er not say"
"Say them"
"You have forbidden me to do So"
'.But now give you permission"
"You give me permission? You mean
| that may tell you that my whole life
is being embittered by your refusal to
let me tell you how love you? You
realize that when l leave here to-mor-
row leave all that makes life attrac-
| tive or even endurable? My whole life
has become conferred in you. There Is
something haunting and subtle about
your personality which has bound me
| as with an enchantment. You are the
core of the world to me. 1t Is mysteri-
GUS, l confess. Why, out OF millions
of human beings should you be the only
one who can give me joy? Why must
l read book with your eyes and listen
to an opera with your ears, and care
| only for beautiful morning because l
think the radiance of it shines on you?
l can't tell. But 1t is So"
She got up and heaped more pieces
of the driftwood on the flame. Then
she sat down by 1t again, folding her
arms about her knees.
81 am not young" she said, "nor
beautiful, nor gay, nor of the best
courage. l am inclined to ask CUES
| tons of life. II were married might
be inclined to ask questions Of love.
l should be for saying: rs this the best
that life can offer? Is this the ulti-
matum of lover"
II don't care how much you ques-
tion," he answered, throwing himself
forward In the sand SO that he could
look into her eyes, "if you will stay
near me. If can see you in my home,
you may question as much as you
please"
She looked down at him for mo-
ment, and then her whole face changed,
breaking into an expression of radiant
joy.
Il believe ought to be able to get as
much out of life as any one else" she
said. 1.-THE truth Is, l love you. love
you-do you hear? But was afraid to
test my capacity for joy
He put an arm about her with tense
clasp.
DO not be afraid" he said. BY the
light Of the flaming driftwood they saw
joyful love each in the eyes of the
other.-Chicago Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16

PROVED TO BE FoRGERIES.
Tanagra Figuriues in the Boston Mu

Tanagra Figurines in the Boston Mu-
scum Are Base limitations.
The discovery that twenty-five of the
twenty eight Tanagra figurines in the
Boston art museum are forgeries has
attracted much attention from artists
and art critics, largely because the Bos-
ton figurines were the best specimens
of the peculiar Tanagra potteries In this
country and have been widely copied,
cheap limitations of some of them being
found in the shop of almost every
dealer in art goods and bric-a-brac.
The collection has been valued at $780,
600 and was given to the museum In
1879 by Thomas Appleton, whose au-
thority sn art subjects was so great
that the genuineness Of his gift was
never questioned. 1t is not believed
that Mr.. Appleton knew that the fig
urines were forgeries, as the museum
Judges at the Louvre. at Berlin and
New York were also deceived by forged
figurines made by the same persons
who are now known to have faxed the
Appleton pieces.
Inc niSt ihtiiiauou thut inc pOStOu
figurines were forgeries was the state
ment of John Marshall, an English au-
thorlty, that he believed them to be
spurious. Later Greek shopkeeper
from New York told the museum au-
thorities that the figurines were part
Of lot made in Athens in 1874, and
that he knew the maker. He produced
proof that fifteen of the men engaged
In the manufacture of the fictitious fig
ures were now in prison for the offense.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16

Curator Robinson of the museum, after
hearing the Greeks story, recognized the
man named as the principal maker of
the forgeries as one known to him for
similar work in other lines. The man
Is now dead. To the credit of the mu-
scum authorities, they at once decided
on an investigation of the figurines
themselves, and Mr.. Marshall, who had
called their attention to some of the
evidences of forgery, was called in to
assist Curator Robinson. The figurines
We're scraped and the forgery at once
revealed.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16

this continent is almost exclusively the
result of work in the nineteenth century.
But there is still much darkness in regard
to this continent, and the classic ques-
ton Quid novi ex Africa! will propapiy
be repeated for many years. A territory
little known is between the Niger IN the
south, the chain of oasis of the Ildlkeit
in the north, the route of LEM IN the
west, and the routes of Barth and Du-
yeyriers in the east. Much remains to be
done in the Congo State. Here the
courses of the larger rivers have been
surveyed, but the vast territory between
the water courses is unknown. Hard
work for courageous travellers also Is re-
quired to explore the region OF the
sources of the Congo and the adjoining
part of British central Africa, Portuguese
west Africa and British east Africa. The
south of Madagascar is also unknown.
1t may be surprising to many people
that explorers have wide range of work
in North America, yet glance at the
black spots on the chart will show this
to be the fact. Researches in the far
Northwest and in Alaska, caused by the
gold finds, only begin to show how much
remains 10 DE uOHe mere, utSpIte tue en-
ergy with which the government of the
United States and of Canada push sur
veys year after year. Much territory
in Labrador and in the regions between
the great rivers and lakes of the North
is also still unexplored.
Much in South America.
A glance at the chart of South America
shows that this part of the western hemi-
sphere is almost as unknown as Dark
est Africa" OF the Andes in Peru, the
peaks in Bolivia, and the central noun
tain chains in the south of Venezuela
and Guiana nothing is known. A large
number of rivers have been explored
within the last twenty years, but others
still are waiting for the courageous tray
eler.
OF Australia, Anthem Land in the
north and the extensive deserts in the
east of West Australia are unknown,
and the north and south Of South Austria
liza have only been crossed by few routes
at great distances from each other.
The face of the earth is known in great
outlines, but to portray it in its detailed
features Is still impossible.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16
A Marat Relic.

Literary Paris is greatly agitated
over the difficulty Of deciding which Is
the genuine copy of "L'Ami du Peu.
ple,' which was stained with the blood
OF Marat when the revolutlonist met
his death at the hands of Charlotte
Corday. SO far seven copies have turn
ed up, all solemnly accredited and all
bearing the blood stain.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16
Wonderful Telegraphy.

Two Hungarians, Messrs. Pollak and
Virag, who some little while ago dis
covered system of very rapid telegra-
ply, are now said to have invented n
system by which 10000 words per hour
can be transmitted and. what is more
wonderful, printed in ordinary charac.
tiers ON slip of sensitized paper at the
receiving end. The slip comes out OF
the receiving instrument ready TO bp
gummed on to form for delivery.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16
Crushing.

Hospitable Host-Does any gentle
man say pudden?
Precise Guest-No, sir: no gentleman
says pudden.-Boston Courier.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16

When girl gives a concert, she
makes nearly as much from advertis-
ing on her program as she makes from
admissions at the door.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16
Race Betting in England.

Eight million pounds are computed
TO change hands In England yearly
through betting on races.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16

"id rather have my way" we heard
Y man say lately, than be President"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16


0N an exhaustive article in the Clio
bus, a well-known German periodical
Sdevoted to geography, DIR. Rudolph
Andree sums up the achievements of the
country in regard to geogra ply, and while
he claims that the nineteenth century
may we'll be termed the century of dis
coyeries, he comes to the conclusion that
it will still be the work of many years
before the surface of the earth is known.
The unknown parts of the globe are illus
trated in series of charts in which the
terra incognita" is represented in black.
Concerning the regions around the
north pole about which nothing is known,
the tasks of future explorations may be
briefly indicated as follows: In the Ash
attic European Polar Sea, from Wrangel
Land in the east to north of Spitzbegen
in the west the unknown is bounded by
the drifts of the jeanette in 1881 and of
the Fran in 1S94-1S96. In north Green
land geographical knowledge does not ex-
tend, generally speaking, beyond Lock
woods farthest point in 1882. Cape
Washington, and Peary's searches in the
vicinity of Independence Bay, 1892, but
beside these that part of the eastern
coast from cape olSilurch (ltdyer, 10 lO,)
to Independence Bay, with the ocean in
front of it, is unknown. Nearly determin-
ed is the extent of Grinnell Land toward
the west, while of the extent of the Files
mere Land south of it and about the
ocean north of Parry archipelago abso-
lutely nothing is known. Large parts of
the coast of Baflin's Land also need ex-
ploration. In this respect the next few
years are likely to add materially to the
geographical knowledge of the north
polar region, for not less than four expe-
ditions on a large scale are nearly ready
to start
Search for South Pole.
The south polar region, where the most
extensive unknown territory is located,
will also be attacked next year all along
the line. Most of the land in this region
Is fixed by supposition upon the maps.
Actual knowledge of land around the
south pole reaches only at six points be-
yond 20 degrees latitude; at ITO degrees
east longitude, where James Ross in 1910
discovered Victoria Land and its volca-
noes and Borchgreyink in the winter of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-01-16

Her Sole Support: Miss Stagestruck
Is starring now" said Colllncwood 70
Throckmorton. 'Who is supporting
herr Her father Detroit Free
Press.
The sun., 1901-08-11
SHOOTING BUTTERFLIES.
How Specimens Of Some Of the High.
Flying Kinds Are Obtained.

From me Youths Com pdrion.
In the forests Of Northern Australia lives
a butterfly which is always hunted with
powder and shot. This IL a brilliant-hued
creature. highly valued by collectors. 1t is
very shy. and hovers about the upper branches
Of the trees. seldom approa ching within 20
feet Of the ground. For long time the only
specimens In collections were frayed and
hsr Snss Sad below
their zone Of flight. travelling. American
naturalist went 70 Australia determined
to get For dS. ae so1e ii S' ws
,ong nets md short nets TO entrap some of
H. beautiful creatures Of the upper aIr
peril Of life and limb, but the wary butter
iIles kept beyond the range Of his swooping
net Yankee nSsngitty was not 70 be e., beaten
30 tSc efSiYI fbrIIi,nt nfT idea Of deeoy NV 'p'"
Loading his gun with the smallest shot he
had he brought down one Of the high-ni"r~:
i was badly battered. but he patched pt an, ard
bilty and spread II on a bush top in con-
splcuous spot ten feet above the ground.
hIrn"e hhIIrn"stS 10 lIfc as possible Curiosity is
brsctting falling Of butterflies. Presently
two of them NOTICED their departed comrnde
hush Others Joined the investigation and
finally the patient collector was Able to capture
ono Of them by swift movement. This
sent the others soaring away In alarm, but IN
n few moments they were back again. md
before the day was over tho nnturnist's
ingenuity was rewarded by tn" capture Of
half a dozen perfect specimens. which after
ward became the property Of various museum.
since thnn this has been the recognized
method Of taking that species Of insect
Somewhat similar was the capture OF some
rare south American butterflies several
wears ago. An entonologist travelling IN
The Orinoco failed. after many attempts,
10 take single specimen Of swallow-tail
butterfly. which haunted the upper foliage
Of the forest. One day his party came across
n band Of half-savRge natives armed with
hlow-gun-. bows and spears. ono Of whom
offered o supply tho collector with n number
OF the desired Insects at prico. An sncr
Of 15 cents n specimen represented opulence
10 the native, who returned on the following
evening with Fix Of the butterflies. all perfect
or nearly 50. How the Indian could catch
tho shy and delicate insect which hc him
sef with all the implements of the chase
could not capture wns problem TO tho
traveller. Noi until he was about to leave
would the native explain. Ills method was
very simple. he said, and pointed To his blow
gun, n weapon with which these people are
mnrvellously accurate and deadly marks
men, even killing big game with darts blown
from them. lie bad marked down his
butterfly. waited for II 70 nlight and thcn
shot pellet to the leaf upon which II was
poi-ins The impact was sufficient TO stun
the prey and bring II to the ground without
injurng its fragile wings