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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
GLARS GREAT ROAD.
MANCHOORIAN BRANCH OF BIG
SYSTEM COMPLETED.
Advantages of the New Liue, Which
Opens a Vast Territory-The Time of
a Journey Around the World Will
Now Be Cut in Two.

Russia's Manchoorian branch of the
Siberian railway has been practically
completed, says United States Consul
Smith ut Moscow. This indicates that
Russia has not allowed the Boxer up
rising seriously to retard the work OF
constructing her railroad through Chi
nese territory to the ice-free port ut
Port Arthur, and 1t also indicates that
the longest railroad in the world Is
nearing completion to provide an all
rail route from Europe TO the Orient.
This work has been going forward for
ten years under the direct control of the
Russian government. and while it has
met many apparently insurmountable
difficulties the resources of the Cars
government have been equal to over
coming them.
Ten years ago, while the rest of the
world was reading about Siberia as
penal colony to which were banished
the nihilists, the Gear Of Russia was be-
ginning the construction of the great
est railroad in the world. In May, 1891,
the present Gar, then the Czarowitz,
was In yladivostok, and drove the first
spike In the road begun from the east
ern coast, which was to be built west
TO Join with the road under construction
from the Ural mountains east through
Southern Siberia.
The subject of the building Of rail-
road across Siberia had been under
consideration and discussion In Russia
for many years, but 1t did not take
definite shape until the success of the
transcontinental roads In the. United
States had been assured. Russian
statesmen watched with eager interest
the construction of these transcontl-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
Exhilarating Exercise.

To the unaccustomed a drive In the
automobile coupe In which most yisI
tors decide to see Washington, is ex.
hiliarating to a degree. The man at
the helm makes a practice Of MISSING
the wheels of coal carts by a hair,
breadth and of swerving only the sec.
ond before It seems that his vehicle
must be struck by trolley car.
II 1t were not for the taclt admission
1t would convey that an automobile is
not her everyday equipage at home. the
feminine visitor to the Capital would
feel much like leaning from the window
and shouting directions in forcible Eng.
fish to the uniformed coachman Az
1t Is, she calmly keeps her seat and
says.
isn't that a pretty hotel?" when
she's passing park and vice versa
But when she alights she does NOT faIi
to the pavement in frenzy of PRAYERS
of thanksgiving. She's restrained INV
Twentieth Century shame, but ber
gloves are worn out from the fright grin
her fingers have had of each other dur.
ing the ordeal from which she has ,rst
been delivered.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
A Substitute for Pockets.

Everybody knows that British sailors
wear their trousers wide at the bottom,
but everybody may not know that they
can either make. mend or wash their
own clothes. Now. at one time every
sailor had sufficient cloth given out to
make the articles in question, with just
bit left over for future repairs. But
here came the difficulty. He was not
allowed to have any pockets. So. quite
naturally, he kept the repairing bit in
handy place, where 1t could not get
lost. If he wanted to mend hole In
his jumper all he had to do was to cut
q piece out Of his trouser ends. 1t will
be readily seen, therefore, that by the
time the trousers We're altogether worn
our they had become the same width
the whole Of the way down, or, better
still, the much-desired peg-top shape.
The navy is so conservative, that's why
sailors trousers still continue to float In
the breeze nowadays.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29

division of the Trans Siberian railroad
is 1872 miles, of which 945 miles Is III
Chinese territory. 1t makes Port Ar
thur the eastern terminus of the roau'
This port is one of the most Valuable
in China, opening on the gulf OF re
chilli, within easy reach of Tien-tsln anu
Pekin. 1t Is an ice-free port, and Wnen
within another year or two Russia coln-
pletes the section of road between IT
kutsk and the Amur river, the Car VIII
have a military road which will carry
his troops from st. Petersburg to Por'
Arthur in ten days, while the other ma
lions of Europe will have to follow the
old Suez canal route, which consumes
from thirty to forty days.
But Russia had other and even great
er ambitions in building this road, and
those who are studying the commercial
relations with China are impressed
with the business foresight of the Gar
Alexander, who planned the enterprise.
That it will save from twenty to th1r-
ty days travel between Europe ana
China Is the best indication that the
road will draw to 1t the travellers who
go to the Orient on business. for time is
money. Consul Monaghan says that In
1895 there were 216,g38 passengers who
went the Suez route to China and Aus
tralia. If one-ha1f of these are busl-
ness men, as Mr.. Monaghan assumes.
they will prefer the cheapest and quick
est route. The first-class fare from
Moscow to Port Arthur will be less
than $50, and the fare from London to
Moscow Is about the same, making the
railroad fare from London to Port Ar
thur about 800. A ticket from Japan
via Brinddsi and the Suez canal now
costs $42S, or more than four times as
much as the ticket by rail.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
clusiveiy TO the manufacture q, -,

clusiveiy 10 the manufacture -,
bands. " rubber
1.-THE process by which the ho,s
made is simple. The rubber in : ~ az
state is nodded into tubing 80 nqud
suitable for forming the small ma a's
dunn varieties Of. bands wh1 u NE
tubing is ready for -use 1t f. mn ~ u, 'as
rapid running machlpe having k ,p,o
which cut Or sTce-..the .rubher ru''e'
bands. l-.Pte hrrger bands sta a.. 'ln
machinery from fiat sheets Of nj. ~, y
and Joined together with the Aid os sVOei
and a paessing machine, '''
Rubber bands are made In on,-
colors, black and brown. They -. "o
In size from one-quarter of an lna Suse
six inches In length. The smsn 70
bands are one-sixteenth of nm ,N
wide and the largest are one and 'a
half inches wide. The smalles+ hos
are worth "a cents per gross, Will ~
medium-sized bands sell at from AZ !.
90 cents per gross wholesale. Isr.'
sizes cost from 81 up to SO per gross ~
1.-THE greatest consumers of rubb,,
bands are druggists and grocers. Rs,
use the smallest and medium 0i,.'
bands In place of Irvine for putting =,
small packages. The large flat and q,
pensive bands are used by court an
GERS, lawyers, bankers and mercbsDt
for filing documents and papers. n
rubber bands are imported into FIJI
country, but a few American ruhh'
bands are exported to the West India
and South American countries
Washington Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29

mental roads In America, and when the
Union Pacific, Northern Pacific and
Southern Pacific roads had been built
and put In operation, developing our
great West and populating 1t In COM
paratively short time, the Russians con-
cluded that they could follow the Amer
lean example with like success.
In 1894 there were 10000 men at
work on this great undertaking, which
was estimated to cost $3.50, 900, 900. The
world began to realize that way off In
Siberia the most gigantic railroad en-
terprise had Its theater, and that Rus
sia was doing what no other govern
ment in the world had ever under
taken. This road was to be nearly g.,
600 miles long. and 1t was crossing n
country so little known that any story
of Russian cruelty practiced there
found ready belief. TO the world at
large Siberia was land of Ice and
snow, and banished nihilists, but the
Siberian railroad promised to develop
new markets for German as well as
Russian goods and 1t also promised an
outlet for the greatest wheat field In the
world. People In every country began
to take new interest In Siberia.
Opening Up Siberia.
The road was built rapidly, and as
the western division was pushed into
the interior Of siberia 1t made travel
easier, and the country became better
known. Not only Russians, but other
people, realized the future possibilities
Of Siberia. 1t resembled our great
Northwest, with grazing lands for great
herds and fiocks, and, what was more
surprising, immense tracts Of wheat
land to make the country a rival of the
United States and Argentina In supply
ing the food products OF Europe. The
western division of the Siberian road
was opened to Irkutsk, on Lake Baikal,
In 1893, and trains have been running
from st. Petersburg to that point regu-
larly ever since. The eastern section
from Vladivostok to Khabarovska,
where the railroad strikes the Ural riv-
err, was opened in 1897, and 1t has been
doing large business ever since, the
river being used above Khabarovska
to transport passengers and freight In
to the interior Of Siberia from the Pa
cific coast.
In 1896 the Chinese Eastern railway
was organized and secret treaty with
China negotiated In that year provided
for the construction Of this road across
Manchooria. The Russian government
guaranteed the resources Of the COM
pany. The total length of this branch
Of the road. for 1t Is to be the Eastern
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
MAKING OF RUBBER BANDS.
Process IL Simple and the business Ia
of Large PrOportious.

Process Is Simp pie and the business Ia
of Large Proportions.
'"The little elastic rubber band that Is
nowadays used in various businesses in
place Of Irvine seems a simple sort of
thing, but there are few, II any, of the
multitudinous articles made out of rub
Der for which there IL such an enormous
demand, especially in the United
States" remarked wholesale dealer
In rubber bands In New York to tho
writer the other day. an this country
the number Of rubber bands sold in ono
year amounts to about 100000 gross or
100000 single bands. At least GO nor
cent of the goods are made in New York
and the rest are produced In factories
located In New Jersey and New I'm.
gland. In New York there are n haIs
dozen factories devoted partly or ex.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
Pawninr the Grown.

At least four times the crown of Eng
land has been In pawn. Henry III
and Henry ", Edward III. and Rch'
ard IL. all resorted to this means OF rais'
Ing money. The merchants of FLANDERS
once had possession Of the crown, enc
City Of London held 1t rs security for
$4,000, and 1t was pledged at another
time for 100000. Edward III. dis
posed Of 1t to the Bishop Of Winchester
for $67 800, and Charles II. would nave
used the crown as a personal asset II DC
had been able to turn 1t into money
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29

Colds: In making hot lemonade for
cold remember that glycerine instead
of sugar will make the remedy more
valuable. Drink the hot lemonade at
bed time.
Antidote for Lead Poison Barley
water is recommended as a curative
In case men are loaded through working
In a mine or smelter. Sulphuric acid
is an antidote for lead poisoning and
one drop In glass Of water should
afford relief.
Smallpox: The worst case can be
cured in three days by using one ounce
of cream Of tartar dissolved in a pint
Of hot water and drank at Intervals
when cold. This Is said to be certain
and never-failing remedy-does not
leave a mark, never causes blindness
and avoids tedious lingering. In using
never put 1t In an iron or tin vessel.
Change Of Altitude for Consumption.
Prof. Weinzirl, of the University Of
New Mexico, has evolved what is be-
lieved to be cure for consumption.
By careful testing he has determined
that the transitory effects upon the
blood corpuscles Of person passing
from lower to higher altitude are
renewed by frequent changes of altl.
tude. BY occasional visits to the sea
level, he says, the system can be rein.
vigorated, even when the effects of the
higher altitude have worn off.
Appendicitis Due to Grippe: DIR. Lu-
cas- Championniere has demonstrated
that one Of the common causes Of ap
pendicitis Is grippe or influenza. Al
though this theory had been advanced
by the late DIR. Simon, DR.. Champion.
niere's statements have produced pro
found sensation. He calls attention to
the fact that an epidemic of append.
citis has always followed grippe cpl.
demic or that the two often co-existed.
He says that appendicitis is but local
ization of the grippe affecting the in.
testines and often the appendix itself.
Burns: Scalds and burns are of fire.
quent occurrence IN childhood. The
air as quickly as possible Carbollzed
oil is clean, soothing application and
should be covered with absorbent cot
ton. Flour or whiting dredged over the
burn makes a good covering. Strips OF
lint or canton flannel answer well,
soaked In saturated solution of wash
ing or baking soda and covered with
cotton. This dressing is very soothing.
Great care should be used In removing
clothing that adheres to burned sur
face. 1t should be soaked, not torn
away.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29

England, In 1927. He became con-
vert to the Mormon faith and Joined
his fellow believers In this country Id
1874. He was among the pioneers I'M
der Brigham Young, who founded Salt
Lake City, In 1847. He did missionary
work for many years and was elected
delegate to Congress from Utah in 1877.
He was deprived Of his seat by the
House Of Representatives after serving
for eight years, because PROOF was
given that he was a polygamlst. he
was then made an apostle In the Nor
mon Church. He was It's real leader
during the polygamy prosecutions from
1880 to 1890, and is credited with nav
Ing outlined the manifesto OF 1871, ID
which the leaders of his church pledged
themselves to abandon the teaching OF
polygamy. This manifesto and other
pledges resulted In the admission OF
Utah into the Union.
With the elevation Of Lorenzo Snow
to the presidency of the church, In 1897
Mr.. Cannon's power waned, his health
having been poor for several years. his
advice, however, was always eagerly
sought by the active leaders. Two
years ago Mr.. Cannon was candidate
for the United States Senate, but waf
defeated. Mr.. Cannon had several
wives and numerous children. A suburb
Of Salt Lake City was peopled exclu'
sively by his family.
One Of the most interesting Incidents
of Mr.. Cannon's life took place during
the polygamy prosecutions. While Fed.
eral officials were active throughout
the Territory in 1885, Mr.. Cannon, In
common with the other high officials OF
the Mormon Church, was In hiding. He
was captured, however, and while be-
ing taken to Salt Lake evaded his
guards and jumped from a train which
was running at the rate Of twenty miles
an hour. The train was stopped, how
ever, and as he had been injured by
his fall he was soon recaptured.
He was arraigned on charge Of liv-
ing in polygamy, and ball was fixed at
$4,000. His lawyers and the Mormon
leaders protested strongly against this
action, but bail was furnished by
wealthy churchmen. When the time
came for trial, however, Mr.. Cannon
had disappeared. The Mormon people
raised the amount necessary to indem-
Nifty his bondsmen, and special act OF
Congress In recent years restored the
money to the church.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29

head. The guitar buzzed, buzzed In a
prancing rhythm, the gypsy coiled
about the floor In her trailing dress
never so much as showing her ankles
with rapidity concentrated upon It.
self; her hands beckoned, reached out
clutched delicately, lived to their finger
tips; her body Strengthened, bent, the
knees bent and Strengthened, the heels
beat on the floor, carrying her back
ward and round; the toes pointed
paused, pointed, and the body dropped
or rose into immobllity, smiling, sig.
nihcant pause of the whole body. Then
the motion began again, more vivid
more restrained, as If leased by some
unseen limits, as II turning upon itscl'
in the vain desire of escape, as
caught in its own toils.-Arthur Syn
in London Saturday Review.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29

an English school boy, who in turn
will send back an answer written In
more or less faulty German. In the
same way French and American pupils
may correspond, or any two pupils
who speak and write different Ian
guages. So far as he has already gone,
Mr.. Stead has succeeded In getting
more than 5000 school children-Eng
hsh, French and German-busy in
numbering each others languages on
paper. He works through the school
teachers. For instance, he finds a
dozen pupils who would like German
correspondents, and he puts him In
communication with a German teacher
who wants an equal number of Eng
lish correspondents for his children.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
INTERNATIONAL FLIRTATIONS.

Latest Organization to Come from w.
T. Stead's Idea Fac Org.
The latest organization to come from
the idea factory Of william T. Stead,
the English editor, Is one for promot-
ing what he calls international firta-
TONS" Primarily the scheme is inr
tended to promote correspondence be-
tween the school children of all ma
tons. he would have a German school
girl write a faulty letter In English to
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
.TnEsE IDLE DAYS"
I have read from the great book OF n

I have read from the great book OF ma
ture,
How the seasons increasingly roll;
And where myriads of stars are unfolded
BY night, on the heavens wide scroll.
have learned that their law Is TO LABOR
Inaction would wreck the great plan
That holds worlds upon worlds In their
orbits.
And governs the frail life Of man.
There Is never night In the summer,
So still but the dew dripping air
Is keen with the singing of insects
At work in some cool grassy lair;
And the day, rising bright-eyed ana
rosy.
From the depths of the green eastern
sea,
When 1t trails down the western horizon
Will be morning on some distant lea.
When winter lies chilling around US,
Each snowbound, and skies sullen gray
In the heart of the trees, gaunt and lear
less.
There's a song of the sunshine Of May
And the flowers that dropped in the au-
tumn,
Are waiting to grow up anew,
When the springtime shall smile brigh'
welcome
To brooklets and grasses and dew.
30 these days that seem clouded by walt
ing
With listless and sad folded hands,
While all of llfes brightest endeavor
Has fed with times vanishing sands'
May be only some wise preparation
For a part In the infinite plan
That has governed the worlds since crea'
tion,
And considers the brief life Of man.
Boston Globe.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
She Dances Like a Siren.

l held my breath as I watched the
gypsy in the Seville dancing hall; felt
myself swaying unconsciously to the
rhythm Of her body, Of her beckonlne
hands, Of the glittering smile that came
and went in her eyes. l seemed to be
drawn into shining whirlpool In
which l turned, turned, hearing the
buzz of the water settling over my
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
After Conversio /.

Have you noticed any change ID
Smithers since. he Joined the church,
Eyes. He uses n jointed fshpole III
stead Of the old long one" ..,.
What has. that to do with IT,.
ssOh, he entries thunder his coat when
he goes fishing on sunday..'-New YORK
Herald. tx,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
Bermuda's Revenue from Lily Bud.

Bermuda's Revenue from Lily Bud.
The Bermuda lily was introduced In
to this country In 1875. Two plants in
bud and bloom were brought to Phila
delphia by lady and given to the flor
list. This florist, approaching their
beauty and value, cultivated the plants
for the bulbs. Since that time the ex.
porting of the lily bulbs has been one
of the industries of Bermuda. Very
few lilies are exported, as the cut flow.
ers do not arrive In good condition. Nor
does it pay to export the growing
plants, because of the duty and the cost
of freighting so delicate a cargo. The
bulbs are exported all over the world
and are valuable source Of revenue.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29

the most noted OF
the Mormon lead
ers since the death
Of Brigham Young.
Until. a few years
ago he was the
real leader Of the
church and his
counsel was eager
ly sought by its
president.
Mr.. Cannon was
born IN Liverpool,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
Defined.

Willie-Pa, what's an ''old flameY'
Pa-My son, when a man speaks Of
Ibis old fame" he refers to something
over which he used to burn his money.
philadelphia Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
A Matter of Appare,,

"Then you don't believe that one can
tell character by physiognomy and
bearing?'
mo; when a man has on his old
shoes 1t gives him cringing mir"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
Nothing Agreed with Her.

Mrs. Bixby-I don't believe the noe'
tors medicine agrees with mother.
Bixby-The medicine would be more
thnn human II II did.-Town Topics
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
MORMON LEADER GONE.

c.o-ge q. Cannon, Church Apostle
Died Recently in California.
The death of George Q. Cannon 0.
Salt Lake City, whose death occurred
IN Monterey. Cal, has removed one Oh
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29

When a man is homesick, he begins
to refer to his old home as Goods
Country"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29

1t Is great pity that the government
doesn't organize a department to nna'"
tain a censorship over love letters
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29
Ocean Freight Rates.

Within the last twenty years freight
rates from and to England have de-
creased from 80 to IS per cent
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-05-29

Time well arranged indicates a well
ordered mind.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-02-15

MRS. NATIONS work is bearing
fruit. In Topeka, Kansas, a mass
meeting was held Sunday, and the
whiskey dealers were notified that
if they did not close up and quit by
next Friday, thousand armed men
would demoiish every joint in the
city. This shows the power of a
good example. IF the jointists in
Kansas can be abolishe /, so can the
Sunday saloons and gambling bells
in Columbia be abolished.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-02-15

If Mrs. Nation will eschew the
platform and stick to her work, she
will drive the saloons out of Kansas;
but if she quits her work, even for a
season and takes to the lecture plat
form, she will lose the vantage
ground she now has. She has right
and public sentiment behind her
now and now is the time for her to
force her fighting; fighting with her
hatcbet, not with her tongue
waging the war of destruction, not
OF abuse. If she ever allows her
work to lag, or the enthusiasm of
her followers to wane, public senti-
ment will change in a night, and
she will wake in the morning shorn
of her power. She should let Kan
sas City, Chicago, and other cities
and states severely alone until she
has first driven the rum devil en-
tirely out Of herown state.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-02-15

THE burglars, footpads and police
OF Chicago are said to be in a COM
bine. The footpads hold up a man
and go through his pockets; a
friendly cop chases him to a safe
distance, then gives up the chase.
But when the shades of evening
come the cop and the hold-up man
meet and divide the swag. Such is
life in a great city. All of which
goes to show that whenever and
wherever the law is fiagrantly
violated, there is something rotten
in Official circles and the people
should make general change. One
of the causes for many of our minor
troubles is that the law has lost its
SAVIOR.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-02-15

AN honorable defeat is better than
a dishonorable victory. Now and
then good man gets mixed up with
a corrupt and dishonoraDle crowd.
When he does he must share in part
the stigma of disgrace that attaches
to the company he keeps. The sup
porters of the Peeler bill will face
their constituents and the world
without blame or suspicion, while
their "victors" must smart under
the bane of an official investigation.