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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17

lulu is only 1900 miles. From H..
lulu to Manila 1t is about 1000 nna'
If that Is too great distance or@,
which to operate the wireless svstas
then a way station might be estabIisI
ed on Wake Island, a little piece =,
property something more than hal,
way over to Manila from Hawaii
which the United States owns.
In fact, the possibilities of the On,
tenn, If Marconi keeps his promise ara
almost infinite. The War Department
of the United States has been for somo
time experimenting with wireless fol.
egraphy independent of MareonI
whose system, the officials thougbt
did not meet the requirements of tho
service. So successful has the sigma,
corps been that now all the forts
around New York are connected with
each other by wireless system, which
is constantly being experimental with
and improved. The weather bureap
also recognizing the advantages which
would result to navigation by the es.
adjustment of a wireless electric com.
munication between vessels at sea and
exposed points on our lakes and sea
coasts, and also between islands alon,
the coasts and the mainland, has made
O systematic investigation of the yarL
GUS systems of wireless telegraphy
The progress made has been eminently
satisfactory. New appliances have been
devised by the bureau experts for the
transmission Of signals and receivers
have been constructed that are prob
ably more delicate than any heretofore
made. Messages have already been
sent and received over fifty miles Of
land which presented rough and hilly
surface conditions most unfavorable
to the transmission Of electromagnetic
waves.
Marconi also promises that before
long ships at sea will be able by the
use of his system to communicate with
the shore. Navies are now experiment
success has been obtained. Meantime
in England they are trying to telegraph
without the use of wire from Dover to
Belgium. 1t looks as If in a short time
message might be sent around the
world without the use Of wires, and
that all the parts Of the earth and the
sea would be in telegraphic commune
cation with each other. Deserts, noun
tains, oceans, time and space all seem
to be dlssolving before the advance Of
science. The world could not desire
better Christmas present for 1901 than
the fulfillment of Marconi's promise.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17
A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY.
Some of the Reasons Why Oklahoma's
Claim for Statehood Is Valid.

Some of the Reasons Why Oklahoma's
Claim for Statehood Is Valid.
Oklahoma means Beautiful Land. It
is easily one of the wonderful sections
Of our wonderful country. Only doz-
en- years ago 1t was given up to the
Indians and formed part of the In
dian Territory; but on Apri, 22l 1889, It
was opened to settlement by the procla-
nation of President Harrison, and In
one day $4,000 people rushed upon It
The same day national bank was
opened and its modern history begins.
Behold the contrast since that timel
The census of 1900 shows population
of 39S,245, and in addition there were
1927 Indians not taxed. So here we
have great state springing from prac-
tically nothing to a population of over
100000 within one decade.
That does not begin to tell the story
The taxable value of the land Is now
nearly $1O0,O0O,000. Within two years
four great grain and cotton crops have
enriched the state, and the deposits in
the banks have increased more than 100
per cent. The people have built 500
churches and established nearly 200
newspapers.
The population is described as a SUI
perior one, thoroughly American and
progressive In its enterprises The
beauty Of the country Is drawing more
and more people to it's cofines. 1t has
an average elevation of 1000 feet; Its
climate is delightful, and, to quote re-
cent writer who visited the country, ut
Is not an unusual thing for wheat
farmer in Oklahoma at the close of
good season to realize enough money
from the sale of his product to more
than cover the entire value of his farm
and the improvements upon It,"
1t was considered that cotton would
not grow north of Texas. During the
past year Oklahomas cotton crop
brought nearly 100000 to her people
Saturday Evening Post.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17
LIMIT TO SIZE OF SHIPS.
e e Long the Extreme Carrying a.
pacity of Vessels Will He Reached.

E-e Long the Extreme Carrying a.
pacity of Vessels Will Ee Reached
Naval constructors and shipbuilders
now agree that as to size and carrying
capacity the limit of the ocean steam
ship is still long way off. They pre-
dict that steamers 1000 feet in length
will be built in the near future. The
Hamburg-American line has ordered
vessel to be launched in 1903 which will
be 100 feet in length, forty-six feet
longer than the Oceanic, and 76 feet
beam, or eight feet wider, while the
vessel building for the North Ger
man Lloyd at Stettin is 49, feet in
length and is inofficially reported to
have correspondingly great beam.
The old theory of two decades ago that
the long steamer was in danger of be-
ing broken in two in a heavy seaway
is now untenable. improvements in
marine architecture and science make
the modern steamships hull strong
enough to resist any shock the sea may
give it.
Coincident with this evolution in the
size and capacity of the modern Allan
tic passenger steamship speed has been
increased. And the intense rivalry for
public patronage has spurred the great
companies concerned In the traffic to
endeavor to excel in this respect. Each
of the chief corporations engaged in
trade strives to secure the record for
the quickest passage from port to port,
for its achievement Is considered as an
immense advertisement for the line
holding 1t. A writer in Casters Ma
gazine represents that some of these
Atlantic greyhounds are run at an act
ual loss to the companies owning them,
but 1t Is borne for the sake of the ad-
vertising which their record as fast
sailers secures. The difference between
the record holding Deutschland and any
one of the other four fastest vessels
owned by other companies amounts to
only few hours in the ocean passage,
but 1t has a commercial value in the
trans Atlantic trade CT sufficient mag
everything to exceed it. AS result of
this keen competition the following
highest daily. runs have been obtained
In knote: Oceanic, 524; st. Paul, $40;
Lucania, 562; Kaiser Wilhelm der
Gross, $50, and Deutschland, 5S4. But
to maintain this speed it cost the st.
Paul, with only half the displacement
of the Deutschland, 300 tons of coal
daily, and the latter which is the larg-
est coal consumer in the Atlantic trade,
$40 tons. The Oceanic made her record
of 524 knots with coal consumption
of 4SO tons.-San Francisco Chronicle
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17
A Rude Prince.

1t has not always been wise to look
to a royal court for the etiquette of po-
lite society. Witness this quotation
from the Countess Potocka," recol-
lection of Princess Czartoryska, an In
cident Of the court life of Joseph H., at
Berlin.
One day, at the end of dinner, she re-
lated that she had known Prince Kal
nitz, who had a varied reputation, ana
incidentally one for impudence. Hav-
ing fine teeth, he attended to them
without the slightest regard for his
guests. AS soon as the table was clear
ed his valet put mirror, basin ana
brushes before him, and then and there
the prince began his morning toilet
over again, just as If he had been alone
In. his dressing-room, while every one
was waiting for him TO finish to get up
from the table.
81 could not suppress my astonlsh
ment," says Countess Potocka, anu
asked the princess If she, too, had wait
ed.
" Yes, alasv she replied, was 50
put out of countenance that ! only re-
covered my senses at the foot OF III,
stairs; but later on 1t was different.
complained of the heat, and left Tue
table at dessert"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17

on the great oceanic telegraph lines.
Repairing cable is work of skill,
science and money. A defect in the
cable having been located by means
known to the telegraph experts, the
cable ship steams away to the part of
the ocean where the difficulty is and
drags the cable with Its graphing
irons. When finally the cable Ia
picked up the repairs are made and it
Is again deposited upon the oozy bed
Of the sea. The initial expense and the
cost of maintenance make it expensive
to talk with Europe, but 1t does NOT
cost much to erect two poles and buv
a Marconi outfit. 1t is obvious that If
the great italian keeps his promise the
cost of talking with the old world will
be trifiing compared with what If 10
now.
The United States Is now preparing
to lay cable across the Pacific Ocean
from the California coast to Manila Ip
Marconi can make his promise good NJ
telegraphing without wire across tba
Atlantic, then there would be no neod
for laying the cable. The wireless svs-
TEN could be used and all the fireman
aous cost of establishing cable comm.
nication obviated. The distance from
Montauk to Southampton is over 2 900
miles. From San Francisco to Homo
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17
AN ARDENT SWEETHEART.

For twenty years my sweetheart mas
been counting me-she can
Use the ardent efforts of the most emu
sive man;
In these years she's tried to win me py
the art that love displays,
And | confess she pins me by the sweet
ness of her ways.
She has no hesitation to embrace me OF
to kiss
Me on my lips a hundred times-am
wrong in telling this?
She's a wooer most affectionate and she
always says that she
Wouldn't take the trouble OF this liyine
but for me.
ought to fall In love with her, and In
certain that l would
II were but as honest and as true blue
as she's good;
For true enough she Is to me my only
bright sunshine
My sweetheart Is no other than that gen
tie wife of mine.
Denver News.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17

She looked at him, the tears glisten-
ing In her eyes.
what a tumble Fate made of our
livesp she sighed.
ut did not matter; you are the Prin-
cess Zandra."
"Oh, | am tired, tired to death of it
air. she cried In a tone of WEAKNESS.
ITO have to live In an artificial world,
among people who are not my people
there Is no one left to me now-and to
have to begin 1t all over again." she
added In half-sorrowful, musing Tone
He understood. He remembered the
words he had overheard at the cafe. 1t
was all true then. She looked up at him
quickly with a smile
But you, Ralph-what have you
done?" she asked, gently.
"For years nothing. Now. at last, I've
got small estate in Ceylon. It's a fair
living whilst worked hard-not a bad
life, too, for man who has lost his am
bitions."
mo, not bad life," she repeated.
"a lonely one. though" She gave a
little laugh; there was an infinite note
of sadness in it. "As lonely as mine has
beenw
She lifted her head, and their eyes
met He read something in her gaze
something that sent him trembling
from head to foot.
"My God, Esmew he cried. Tiff
you were not the Princess Zandrar'
He saw her eyes suddenly shine, the
color rush to her cheeks.
Remember only that | am a poor
woman againr she whispered THAT
I've never forgotten. never could for
get" Her voice died away.
His brain was in whirl-it seemed
hardly possible.
But the lifew he cried. "Think. af-
ter all, you've"
~ only loved once-it was you |
thought had forgotteA-"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17
CHAT ACROSS OCEAN.
AN ITALIAN ELECTRICIANS WON
oERFUL INVENTION.
Will Make 1t Possible for Us to have
Conversation with Our Kin Beyond
the Sea without the Medium OF
Cables.

Great things are promised for the
new century by G. Marconi, the author
of wireless telegraphy, says the New
York Press. Before the first Christmas
in the twentieth century he will, he de-
clares, have England and America on
speaking terms without the aid of sub
marine cables. One big pole erected at
Southampton and another at Montauk
Point will, he says, be all that is need
ed. The cables which now connect Eu-
rome with America will, If Marconi full
fills his promise, become as obsolete as
the stage coach became when the rail-
road came in. The optimistic electri-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17

clan is confident that he can establish
telegraphic communication between
the eastern and western worlds by his
system at hundred-thousandth part
Of the cost of laying cable and main
tanning 1t. Marconi says he has discov-
cred method Of controlling the sound
waves so that the messages from con-
tinent to continent will be flashed back
and forth close to the surface of the
ocean over the whole distance.
Heretofore the curvature Of the
earth has presented dreaded diff
Guilty to be overcome in the transmits
sion Of wireless messages over long
distances. Marconi's new control of
the sound waves, 1t Is asserted, has OBJ
Waited the difficulty. How it is done
Marconi does not explain-that is his
secret-but he says that he is confident
he has found a method of doing it. He
contends that the masts erected at
Montauk Point and at Southampton
need not be higher than New York
"skyscraper" in order to make the
working of the system effective. He
has invented a new appliance by which
he says he can lengtben the air waves
to an almost unlimited extent.
A Commercial Revolution.
If Mr.. Marconi can fulfill his prom
lses, what a revolution there will be
IN the commercial world! The millions
Invested in cables would become lost
capital, for no one would use a cable
at the rates charged for messages when
for fraction Of the cost he could tele-
graph by the wireless system.
1t not only costs millions to manufac-
ture and lay cables across the Allan
tic, but keeping them In repair costs
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Gable ships are kept in commission all
the time, and they find continually
something to do in the way of repairs
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17
EAGLE FIGHTS A MAN.
Fierce Attack on a Maine Farmer by
Big Feathered Robber.

Fierce Attack on a Maine Farmer by a
Big Feathered Robber.
One of the fiercest battles between
man and bird of which there Is any re-
cord In Maine took place the other day
In a Washington county barnyard.
Rufus Berry, of East Machias, and an
eagle of great size were the combat
ants.
The eagle, whose wings measured
eight feet from tip to tip, had previously
visited the barnyard and carried off one
of the farmers sheep and had returned
for more mutton when Berry happened
to be around with a gun handy.
Berry's first shot knocked the big
bird over and thinking the eagle was
dead he ran to secure his prize. That
was where Farmer Berry made a great
mistake. No sooner had lie touched
the bird than it rose upon him. clawing
andpecking fiercely at his eyes and face
and finally sinking its talons deep into
the flesh of his arm, so that, although
more than willing to cali it draw, he
could not get out of the ring.
For half an hour Berry stood the
pecking and clawing and gouging and
the fearful beating of the eagles wings
and then backing up to fence he man.
aged to get hold of club with which
he killed the bird.
The eagle was mounted by Bangor
taXidermiSt and sold to n Milwaukee
man, who placed it in a museum.
Eagles are common in the eastern and
northern parts of Maine and when at
tackled are very fierce.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17

,oors ,rho 90 Ion,, ;nsos+od and ravaoed
tho Snonish Main Rofore steamships
,-oro ,nrantad g. Thor,os vas moro than
n is to-day roodbonsa of the seas. A
sor, ~ ocoon ho,s-u,ov house between the
aa..;ront, IT, e., oroot borbor Snan.
;sb aollaons and boov;lv Laden slave sbins
ron Co.. sbaltar ond tho buccaneers hang
inc cIo.o ohou+ ,yoro cortain of good nick
inc son,atinos tho nirate Sims even
nnrsuad tha;r nrov into tbe land-locked
harbar and ,ndar tho evas of tbe town
.antnrad II
All thraa 30 tho Islands ore Thought to
ha tha tons - rrhat wore once volcanic
mountains In annaaronce thev are typi-
oollv +-oniooI When shin sails into
the borhar 81 Charlotte Amelia for in
stonco Tho MESSENGER COOS n fringe of low
wbito houses along tbe shore. shining
400 met a hocL oro,,d os glossy green.
wb,la heb;nd ond ohova towers a line of
st.to,. Hills oouorad Cor most of their
beiobt with tbick tronical foliage. AL
most oil tho houses have bright red roofs.
and the whole landscane ia riot of vivid
color Cborlotto Amelia Ia remark able
omono troniool cities In that If l. ex-
tran,a1v clean foot which must he laid
80 49, oaIt 80 tho Danas Tie straigbt
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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17

himself up to his reflections. 1t was q
perfect morning, a cloudless sky, the
air soft and pregnant with the perfume
of the roses that grew right to the edge
of the tiny cliff. Some thirty feet be-
low him was the sea, not ripple en- Its
smooth surface. the clear blue tints
cleaning in the sunshine.
Presently he was aware of a woman
gazing curiously at him. The next mo-
ment they had recognized one another.
She went suddenly pale and her lips
parted in wonder.
"Ralph!" she gasped.
He looked at her mutely. He was face
to face with her at last, and the blood
went throbbing through his veins.
"Yes-just Ralph" he said mechani-
cally.
She held out her hand, and he took 1t
awkwardly.
And to think 1t is you after all these
years." she said softly.
Hippesley did not speak. His
thoughts had flown back a dozen years
TO the night when he had left her An
lndefinable Idea came TO him that she,
too, was thinking OF the same thing.
81 won't liew he said abruptly. IL
am not here by chance. l heard you
We're on the Riviera, and after all these
years, wanted to see you agaln-just
to see you. had no notion OF speak
ing"
She gazed at him steadily, as If try
ing to read his thoughts.
you have loved me all this time ~
she asked, slowly.
He bowed MS head. She turned away
with Il little Sob
"And you never wroter' she cried.
"Oh, why didn't you write?
IL was failure-such an inter fall
ure could not write to claim you," he
said. hoarsely. "You did well; l wasn't
worth waiting for"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17
A Philadelphia Charity.

In Philadelphia a charitable society
that has been in operation eigtty-three
years has given away every day for
fourteen weeks during each cold sea-
son seventy-five gallons of soup and
three hundred loaves of bread. The
superintendent has been connected with
the work sixty-four years.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17

An invention for polishing hard wood
floors has been brought out in Europe.
This new idea consists of brush, call
ed the sandal brush. which is made to
fit on the shoe. 1t is fastened TO the
foot by straps of soft material. The
polisher skates over the floor and is
thus enabled to do his work better and
quicker than by any other process.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17

The low, soft voice came to a stop.
They stood looking into one anothers
eyes.
Don't send me back to the old lie
again. Ralph" she murmured.-Gilbert
Dayle, in Mainly About People.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17
The Man with One Million.

"Do you subscribe to the assertion
that man with 81 100000 can do what
ever he choosesW
NO." answered Senator Sorghum, 81
do not. These days man with 81 ,O00,-
600 wants to lie low and keep out of
trouble or the first thing he knows two
or three men with billion apiece will
take his money away from him.
Washington Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17

There probably never was woman
who could pass neighbours wash
hanging on the line without staring
at II.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17
PreCautiOn.

What are you. doing for that bapys
'I'm simply avoiding all the adVl,e
my friends have given me.'-Harpe' .
Bazaar.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17

1t is terrible shock, but the truth ia
that our mothers and fathers married
their ideals.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-04-17

1t is now up to Mr. Markham 10 VIZ
n poem about "Thc Woman with tn'
Ax."-Buffalo Express.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-12

New Orleans, Feb. 11.-Our market OPEN
ell slightly higher in response to fairly
good early Liverpool advices but the
business there later, coupled TO the weak
ness of spots, and the heavy interior re-
ceiptE, caused decline of to 8 points
from the top, making the net loss on the
day to points. Gables from Liverpool
were not encouraging, some claiming
grade was not satisfactory, and spinners
were resorting to short time. Trade con-
ditions in our country are not good, and
press kilograms from Charlotte state the
Southern Cotton Spinners' Association is
called to meet there on Feb. 16, to ar
range for a curtailment of production,
probably from 80 to so per cent. While
port. receipts are relatively light the in
terror points continue large, augmenting
their stock in consequence of a restricted
demand, which prevents the cotton show
ing up at the out ports. Spectators cam
not be induced to take hold evidently be-
ing aware of the large stocks being held
throughout the South. From present in
dcations the crop looks like it has been
underestimate by the trade and con-
sumption overestimated, therefore the
proba bility the market will be dull and
inactive with a tendency to lower values,
unless something new develops in the
situation to bring about reduction.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-12

New York. Feb. 11.-Europe showed a
weaker tone than expected from the
firmer American markets of Saturday.
The weakness in Liverpool is ascribed to
the falling off in the home trade due to
the depression in the iron business of
Great Britain and the consequent decline
in speculation. Here the market opened
steady and slowly declined on the advices
from the spinning centers North and
South, where the accumulation of yarns
is becoming oppressive This prevents
outside buying, where the local trade,
having bought last week, not liking the
movement at the interior towns, parted
with their holdings. So far the semi
weekly towns show an increase in the
stocks instead of decrease as last season.
Some curtailment in the production of
yarns seems probable. The deadlock,
however. between spinners and planters,
is not yet broken.