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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-11-15
HAWTHORNE EsNERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA
chool. Then he asked forty-1even QUE,

eSuooh 1ueu ne dskeu tOItys seven uuoo
tons about You, and Jest as was settin'
you up high, who should come a-canterin'
up, with their long-tailed gowns, and hat,
like men, but Ella Campbell aud a grea,
white-eyed pucker, that came home with
her from schoolY Either, Elias horse was
scary or she did 1t purpose, for the
mint she got near It began to rare, and
she would have fell off II that man hadn't
catched 1t by the bit and held her on
with t'other hand. | allus was the most
saugulnary of men, and l was building
castles about him and our little school,
marm, when Ella camc along, and l gin
1t up, for l see that he was took, aud
she did look handsome, with her curls a
Hyin' Wall, as>l wasn't OF no more use,
| whipped up old Charlotte and come on"
when did Ella return9" asked Mary,
who had not before heard of her sisters
arrival.
II don't know" said Mr.. Knight "The
first | see of her was cuttin' through
the streets on the dead rum but mustn't
stay here gabbiu', so goodnight, Miss
Mason-good-nigh Mary-hope you've
got good news in that ar letter."
The moment he was gone Mary rah up
to her room to read her letter, from
which we give the following extracts:
You must have forgotten George More
land or you would have mentioned him
to me. like him very much, indeed, and
yet could not help feeling little Jealous
when he manifested so much interest in
you. Sometimes, Mary, | think that for
a brother, l am getting too selfish, and l
do not wish anyone to like you except
myself, but l surely need not feel so to-
ward George, the best friend / have in
Boston. He is very kind, lending me
books, and has even offered to use his In
fluence in getting me situation In one
of the best law offices in the city,"
After reading this letter Mary sat for
a long time thinking of George Moreland
of the time when she first knew him-
of all that William Bender had been to
her since-and wondering, as girls some
times will, which she liked the best. Billy
unquestionably had the strongest claim
to her love. but could he have known
how much satisfaction she felt in think
ing that George still remembered and felt
interested In her he would have had some
reason for fearing, as he occasionally did,
that she would never be to him aught
save sister.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-11-15
MRS. M'klNLEY, THE WIFE.
Shs fSssized Her Husband and WorkeA
lncessnutly for Him.

lucessnutly Tor HIN.
Il b customary to consider Mrs. Ee-
Kinley woman Of gentle rather than
courageous character. She ls gentle.
but she Is also courageous and deter
mined, for no moro gallant struggle
was ever waged than the one which
she made to aid her husband and to dis
charge successfully the duties that de-
yolved Upon his wife. During his can'
paigns she was accustomed to aid him
In many ways. She always opened hls
mail and arranged 1t In the order Of
Its Importance for replies. She received
his political friends and won innumer-
able adherents to the Mckinley banner
by her charming personality.
She was always hopeful. never des-
pairing about her own condition as
about others, and when In Washington
It secame necessary for her, both as the
wife of the Congressman at first aud n.
the first lady Of the land afterward, to
take upon herself In some measure the
burden of social leadership she refused
to abandon her responsibility ON any
plea of invalldism, and In spite of diff
flculties which would have made an
other woman falter. she acquired an
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-11-15

Secrets, as q rule. are dlsappoint
mentA
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-11-15
CHATTER XII.

The summer was drawing to n close,
and with 1t Mary's school. She had sue
ceeded in giving satisfaction to the eh-
tire district. Mr.. Knight, with whom
Mary was a great favorite, offered her
had decided upon attending school her
self, and after modestly declining his Of
fer, told him of her intention.
"But where's the money coming from?"
said he.
Mary laughingly asked him how many
bags of shoes he supposed she had stitch
ed during the last two years.
"More'n two hundred, I'll bet" said he.
"Not quite as many as that" answered
Mary; "but still have managed to earn
my clothes and thirty dollars besides; and
this, together with my school wages, will
pay for one term and part Of another"
"Well, go ahead" returned Mr.. Knight.
"I'd help you if could. Go ahead; aud
who knows but you'll one day be the
presidents wife"
When Widow Perkins heard that Mary
was going away to school she forgot to
put any yeast in the bread which she was
making, and, bidding Sally Ann watch it
until 1t riz," she posted off to Mrs. Ma
sons to inquire the particulars, reckoning
up as she went along how much fourteen
weeks wages would come to at nine shil-
lings per week.
But with all her quizzing and pump
ing" as Judith called 1t, she was un-
able to ascertain anything of Importance,
and, mentally styling Mrs. Mason, Mary,
Judith and all great gumpheads," she
returned home and relieved Sally Ann
from her watch over unleavened bread.
Both Mrs. Mason and Mary laughed
heartily at the widows curiosity, though,
as Mary said, at was no laughing mat
ter where the money was to come from
which she needed for her books and cloth
ing"
Everything which Mrs. Mason could
do for her she did, and even Judith, who
was never famous for generosity, brought
in one Saturday morning a half-worn
merino, which she thought ''mebby could
| be turned and sponged, and made into
somcthin' decent" adding, in an under
| tone, that ''she'd had it out airin' on the
clothes hoss for more'n two hoursv'
A few days afterward Jenny Lincoln
came galloping up to the school house
door, declaring her intention of staying
until school was out, and having a good
time.
81 hear you are going to Wilbraham,"
said she, "but ] want you to go to Mount
Holyoke. We are going, whole lot of
us-that is, If we can pass examination.
Rose isn't pleased with the idea, but |
am. l think twill be fun to wash po-
tatoes and scour knives. | don't believe
that mother would ever have sent us
there if it We're not that Ida Selden is
going. Her father and her Aunt Mar
tha used to be schoolmates with Miss
Lyon, and they have always intended
that Ida should graduate at Mount Hol-
yoke. Now, why can't you go, toor'
II wish l could" said Mary, "but l
can't. haven't money enough, and there
| Is no one to give 1t to me-"
"It wouldn't hurt Mrs. Campbell to
help you little" returned Jenny. "Why,
last term Ella spent almost enough for
| candies and gutta percha toys to pay the
expense of half years schooling at
| Mount Holyobe. It's too bad that she
should have everything and you nothing"
| (Fo be continucd.)
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-11-15
CnnIInn n nrltish Visitor.

a big British bnttleship coming here
. attend n patriotic function of some
Ilad on the invitation of our govern
lent ran short of coal. and Uncle sam,
Is host, agreed to ill her bunkers free
y charge. This courtesy was done
through the medium of II Jersey City
Merchant, who supplied hnc furnace
wal worth from So to 81 Il ton nhd
p'eSented his bill To the English cap
'ah' Send 1t TO the navy depart-
''nt' sand the latter. and to Waslliis-
rOn 1t went. to be returned by the next
"ail with memoMndunl attached
r'!lhg that AZ error had heen made
r. 'he Charge, "thc government con
c''' calling for coal al $3 Il ton And
C.a' Is al The smart Jeiseylte ever re-
f'"ed.-Sew York Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-11-15
A Colonial Protest.

Japan is certainly In earnest In de-
manding admission for her people to
Australia. Britain, on the other hand,
Isn't in the least degree in earnest about
facilitating the exclusion of the brown
man who is risinsg In the East. Be
ing safe herself from the curse of in
ferlor peoples in her midst to undersell
her artisans and mongrellze her race
and lower her standard Of civilization,
Britain cares very little, or understands
very little, what happens or may hap
pen to Australia in these respects
Sydney Bulletin.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-11-15
Could Not BE Repeated.

81 met Hlgginbee and he stopped me
to tell me what his little boy said, but
I'll bet one thing"
Huh! What's thatT
"I'll bet he didn't tell his boy what l
said. d."-Indianapolis Press.
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
Eugene Fields biography.

The long-eEpected biography of Eugene
Field. by Slason Thompson, of the Chi
cago Record Herald, Eugene Field: A
Study in Heredity and Contradictions. y
is published this week by the scribners.
MIR. Thompson was a personal friend OF
the man whose life he has written and
has endeavored to follow Fields own
ideas of biography writing He says in
his preface:
Not as other memoirs are written
would Eugene Field. were ne alive. have
this study of his life. He would think
more Of making 1t reflect the odd person.
ality Of the man than rehearse the BIRTH
development. daily life. and works of the
author. If he had undertaken to write
his own life, as was once his intention,
it would probably have been the most
remarkable work OF fiction by an Ameri-
can author that ever masqueraded IN the
Quaker garments OF facts. From title
page TO colophon-on which he would
have insisted-the book would have been
one studied effort to quiz and queer Ia
favorite word OF his) the innocent and
willing to be deluded reader. Fields idea
OF perfect memoir was that IL should con-
tain no facts that might interfere with
its being novel and interesting reading.
both TO the public and its subject. He set
little store by genius, as he tells US in one
of his letters. and less by that nonsense
called useful knowledge
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
Another rhicnro ,utbor.

Henry NJ. HYDE, whose book "one For
ty-Two; The Confessions of Reformed
Messenger Boy" has just been published
by Herbert S. Stone & Co, was born
In Illinois and graduated at Beloit Col
lege. For the last ten years he has been
engaged as newspaper man, serving
first as the entire staff of a small paper
In Iowa. and later as reporter. staff cor
respondent and special writer for the
old Chicago Times and the Chicago Tri-
bune. Mr.. Hyde has refused several Of
fers to go to New York, and he declares
the fullest faith in Chicago as the future
literary centre of the country. His pre-
vious publications, outside OF his news
paper work. are child's book OF verse
and a number of magazine stories.
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
stcycn-on's style.

That Robert Louis Stevenson did not
regard himself rs born to his high call
ing but rather considered his achieve
ments due to unceasing labor. seems TO
follow from the following bit Of autobi-
ography from his Life" by Graham Bal
four:
"All through my boyhood and youth I
wns known and pointed out for tho pa.-
tern Of an idleT; and yet / was always
busy on my own private end which was
TO learn to write. / kept always two
books In nay pocket-Cnc 10 read. one 10
write In. As ! walked my mind was busy
ftf!Ag what 1 saw with appropriate
words; when ] sat by the roadside. /
would either read or a pencil and 2
penny version book would be la my hand
TO note down the features OF the scene
or commemorate some hal;ing stanzas.
Thus ] lived with words. And what
j thus wrote was for no Interior r.e: Il
was written consciously for practice. 1t
was not 80 much thai | wished to be an
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
The Presidents Advisers.

"Harpcrs Weekly" says: Among the
| annoyances Of Presidents life are the
intrusions Of well-iutentioncd people upon
his private and personal affairs. He is
the common property Of the nation. He
has no home. or as little OF one as the
/ public is compelled to leave him; he is
worse off than any private citizen in the
! country in this respect. for when he or
! his wife asks some friends to call on
| them On a certain day Of the week, per-
sons who are not asked, and who do not
| know them, accept the invitation which
was not given them and go also. Net so
annoying, perhaps, are the people who
| open upon the President as teachers OF
| personal morality. They have no deli
! cacy: they rush in where they are not
asked and they insist that now the
President is in the White House he shall
conform his life TO theirs, shall live as
they think is right, and is a monster OF
iniquity if he does rot accept their
tutolaEe There is not a President who
has escaped them. and there never will
be until we have score or so of Presi-
dents each of whom will not heed then
who Will not answer their letters, who
will insist on having his own habits. and
on living according to his own light and
not according to the light of another.
We have recently had temperance Presi-
dent who has been called a drunkard be-
cause some enc said he saw him drink
glass of champagne at dinner. Denlals
of the truth of the statement merely
whettcd the appetite for objursation. And
now we have another President. very
ahstemious man, wh0 receives letters |
nearly every day whose writer's express
the regret that we have a 'wine-bibber' |
in the White House. These letters, we |
are told, are not answered, but reply |
was sent to the woman who reminded |
the President of the commandment, six |
days shalt thou labor. and then iec:ured |
him for Sabhath-breaking. The reply was |
written by Secretary Cortelyou. and was |
this:
- am directed by the President TO say |
that he goes TO church ON Sunday morn /
ing. and takes his wife and children into
the country Sunday afternoon.
To which Of these occupations do |
Won object
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
Hunting With the Camera.

In his beautiful work, Camera Shots
at Big Game" published this week by
Doubleday, Page & Co, hr. a. G. Walli-
han tells Of his first successful "shot" at
deer. which. like many other unique
stories OF mountain lions and all sorts
of wild beasts encountered during the
ten years OF camera" hunting in the
widest parts of the Rockies is the thrill
ing tale OF the sportsman. He says: Il
placed myself and camera on a ridge that
runs at right angle with the course OF
the great deer trail that runs from
Black Mountain-the westerly end Of the
Elkhead Range In Northwest Colorado
to Coyote Basin and beyond In the valley
Of the White River. where the deer win
ter. had examined the trails and Sc
lected the one with the most tracks in #,
and going to one side about forty yards. /
placed the camera and tripod as low as
possible behind rabbit-weed and walked
to the hilltop TO peer over and see If
any deer were coming. Yes. Just over the
next ridge a little band is coming my
way and my heart beats faster at the
prospect of shooting game with a new
'gun'-the camera. / watch them come
down the hill and across the little val
ley until they are at the foot OF the hill
where l am and then ] slip back TO the
camera, and, drawing The slide. ! set the
shutter and, crouching behind the camera
and brush, await their coming Suddenly
the head and ears OF a doe are In sight and
the others rapidly crowd along until they
are out in front just where / desire them,
when ! give a low whistle to stop them.
Instantly they are still, every eye, ear
and nose at its utmost tension to dis
cover the cause OF the alarm. The click
OF the shutter is 50 faint that they do not
hear it and after a moment or two they
pass on down the trail unaware OF their
proximity TO mankind "
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
N.,, books Eeeeircd.

oLD-TNiE GARDENS. BY Alice Morse Farlc.
Tluet ,ated. New York; The Macmillan Com
pany. Price. = so nett
The CORSAIR KING. Gy Maurt' Jokai (Boi-
ton: l.. C. Page & Co. Price, Sl-0OJ
TILDA JANE By MARSHALL Saunders. Illus
trated. Boston: L. c. Page & Co. Prizes.
SHE STANDS ALONE. By Mark Ashton. (Bcs-
ton. T.. C. Page S Co. Price sl53)
A BAD PENNY. BY john r. Wheeirighr. Ilui-
tratcd. Boston. l.. {. Page Co. Price.
OUR LITTLE RUSSIAN COUSIN. By Mary Hazel
ton Wade. Illustrated. Boston; L. c. Page
& 60. Price, t0c.)
THE FAIRY OF THE RHONE. By 4. Comyns
Carr Illustrated. (Boston L. C. Page &c
Co. Price, JOcl
GAT'rY AND l. BY Francis z. Crompton. Illus
trstrd, Boston: L. c. Page & Co. Price,
MADAM LIBERMIrY. By Julina Horatia
Ewing. Illustrated. Boston: /. c. Page &
Il Co. Price 5ocl
\ SMALL SMALL CHILD. BY T. Livingston
Prescott Illustrated. Boston: L. O.. Page
4 Co. Price. 5Oc)
4 GENTLEWOMAN OF THE SLUMS. BY Ann.s
Wakeman Illustrated OIoston: L. c. Page
& Co. Price. SlO)
FAMOUS ACTRESSES Lewis G. Stang IL
lustrated. Boston: L. G.. Pnse & Co. Price.
sI50O
PRINCE HAROLD. Nv L. F. Brown. Illustrated
(Ro,ton: /. c. Page Go. P.iee sLt9)
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
Lafcadio Hearn.
The Chicago News" says:

The Chicago News" says:
Lafcadio Hearn, whose voluL,e "a
Japanese Miscellany has just been pub
lished. has had a most uncommon and ro-
mantle experience. His father was an
Irish surgeon in the seventy-slxth British
Regiment. his mother a Greek lady from
Cerigo. He was born at Leucadia. Santa
Maura, lonian Islands He was sent 10
France at sixteen to be educated. came
TO America when nineteen. became a
newspaper reporter in Cincinnati and
later went to New Orleans. where he did
editorial work for ten years. In 1887 he
visited the West Indies, with which he
was charmed; went to Japan against his
wish, but was quite reconciled to his
fate, for he married Japanese lady.
studied the Japanese people with mar
VeIous success and has produced books
OF rare charm and remarkable value. He
is now lecturer on English literature in
the Imperial University of Tokyo.
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
Entcrp.ising Publishers.

An error OF n new clerk in the mailing
department OF Harper q Brothers was re-
sponsible the other day for the mailing
Of prospectus to a world-famous states
man who has been dead Tor some years.
The letter was returned the other day
with the following endorsement:
IN Heaven, -. 1901.
Gentlemen: As your publications are
not permitted to circulate here, believe
II would be useless for me TO subscribe
for them Yours respectfully"
And here followed the name of the IA
nous statesman.
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
Scotch Humorists.

Mr.. Andrew Lang has dug up out OF HI
desk this bit OF rhyme by an unknown Cal
edonian:
THE SCOTCH APPRECIATION OF HUM0R.
The sense 81 hum0r in tie Scotch
Some say Is rare indeed,
Because a ScotChnan seldom smiles
When English jokes are made.
But find a dozen Enclishmcn,
As witty as you can.
And try them with joke in Scotch
VII they all see the fun?
Besides I've heard some Scotchnen say
The cause s1netine5 may be.
We do not see the point because
There is 10 point TO see.
The Washington times., 1901-12-15

tlcles or brochures descriptive OF Madame
Recamier's life and character. her re-
markable beauty even into old age. her
unique salon, where noble and citizen
freely and graciOusly mingled and
touched elbows as they did nowhere
clse-why IL # that the character Of the
woman he-self has not been popularly
understood ct its true worth? There is a
tendency IL the general conception oi her
- Place hr- "a little lower than the
angels. Hhe CTS, In fact. she was
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
DUDLEY PHELPS, Publisher, Evanston, Illinois.

By GUsTAyE FLAUBERT

colonial furniture. including specimens OF
seventeenth century furniture which fully
carry out the idea of development insist
ed upon in Mr.. Lockwood's book.
Historians have never been very ener-
getic about portrsying the House OF Han
over, and Caroline Of Anspach. Queen
Conscrt of George II. has been neglected
with the rest. Fer ten years before her
death she practically ruled England with
tho aid OF Walpole, and during these years
the great principles OF civil and religious
liberty were firmly established in Eng
land. Now comes the announcement that
the life OF the Queen is 10 be treated in
a separate work Of some pretensicns,
which Will be published in New York
next week by Longmans Green & Co. 1t
will be called Caroline the Illustrious,
and is the work OF w. II. Wilkins, author
of THE Love Of an Uncrowned Queen.
In a competitive contest to name the
twelve best novels Of 1901, before No
vember /, the readers of the London
Academy" give the first place to Rud
ward KlpIiugs Kim" American titles
are conspicuousIv few the only ones
being "The Octopus" and The Crisis.
The Academy" also gives an editorial
estimate. which likewise places kim
in the first place, and includes no Ameri-
can titles at all; though two novels from
''the lau5 Of literary booms" are mon
toned separately as two OF the finest
novels of the YEAR These are The
Octopus and Sister Carrie Thus the
consensus Of opinion OF the "Academy'
and its readers Is that kim" is the
best English novel. and The Octopus
the best American novel of the year up to
the time OF the closing Of the contest.
L. De V. Matthewman contributes the
following aphorisms to the January
Smart Set"
we can always see why others should
set a good example.
Any fool can find fault: most fools do.
IL is easier to buy the good opinion OF
the world than to merit It.
Appreciation Is not always shown In
manner in which it is appreciated.
Empty barrels make the most noise;
after them come those who have emptied
Lhem.
Every man has In him the capacity for
some Enthusiastically some
other mans business.
Every mln who shows that he thinks rs ]
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
Personal MENTION.
Tulsfni'N son.

Count Leo Lyoych Tolstoi, a son OF the
great novelist, recently made his debut
as a playwright at the New Theatre in St
Petersburg. with a play called Nights Of
Folly" 1t is felt that there is not much
promise of young Count Leos ultimate
success. The son. moreover, went out Of
his way to ridicule his father fact
which promptly cooled any willingness on
the part OF the audience to afford him
favorable reception The incoherency OF
the play was so absolute that all the pas
sages calculated to bring tears provoked
laughter.
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
With the Authors Of the Day.

author Cthough l wished that, tool rs
that l had vowed that l would learn to
write.
Whenever / read book or passage
that particularly pleased me. in which a
thing was said or an effect rendered with
nropriety, in which there was either some
conspicuous force or some happy dis
tinction in the style. must sit down at
once and set myself to ape that quality"
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
highly Of himself as we do of ourselves we
set down as conceited.

John Kendriek Bangs has dedicated his
latest book. "Mr Munchausen." to "Mr.
Corridor Walkingsticl. of Gioomster Alb
bey." Mr.. Bangs says:
We all remember the glow of satisfac-
tion with which We read Mr. Walking
sticks great story Of the love Of the cler-
gyman. John Stress. for the charming lit
tie heroine. Glory Partridge. Here was
something at least that rang true. The
picture was painted in the boldest of col
ors and. regardless of consequences to
himself. Mr.. Walkingstick dared to bo
real when he might have givel. rein 10
his imagination. Mr.. Walkingstick was.
thereupon. lifted UP By popular favor to
the level of an apostle-nay he even ad-
mitted the soft impeachment-and now as
a moral teacher he is without a rival in
the world of literature. Vet the same
age that accepts this man as a moral
teacher rejects Baron Munchausen who.
in different manner. perhaps. presented TO
the world as true and lfelike d picture
of the conditions Of his day that given
to us by Mr.. Walkingstick."
The Washington times., 1901-12-15
Joel Chandler Harris.

Joel Chandler Harris has been occupied
for several years in writing the most i'm
portant work that has yet come from his
pen. and which he has only just finished
II lie a rather lengthy novel, and the first
installment will appear in the January
number OF THE Era !"
The Washington times., 1901-12-15

FolIambe Hall. and will be published be-
fore the end Of the year by E. 7. Dut-
TON a. Co. Most OF the letters were
written at odd moments during Napo-
Icons campaigns, and reflect the scenes
Of action with which the writer was sur
rounded HIS love for Josephine Is
poured out IN many passages. There arc
extensive historical. social and chrono-
logical notes from contemporary sources.
Why is 1t that, despite the many ar