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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20

In team work, something not allowed
them by any other form of sport per-
mitted In girls gymnasiums, and its
popularity became great In the last few
years. Then the college men and the
other gymnasium fellows who had been
smiling In superior sort of masculine
way at the mild pleasures of basket
ball began to think there might be
something in 1t and formed experiment
tai teams, just for the fun Of the thing.
That settled 1t. When men once or
ganize "teams" in anything of COM
petitive nature there Is no end to it.
The team which wins the early contests
thinks itself invinclble and roams
around looking for easy" and ambi-
tious teams which it may wipe Off the
map. The teams which lose are deter
mined they can do better next time and
cannot be induced to quit. The compe-
tition thus engendered keeps the game
alive and the spectators of the early
matches, seeing how easy 1t looks, form
new teams and leagues and things and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
The WOOdpecker.

Woodpeckers which were long con-
sidered fair game for the gunner are
now recognized almost everywhere as
useful birds. The flicker is so fond of
ants that 1t will alight on an ant hill.
thrust In Its bill to bring out the in
mates, and then gorge itself on the agi-
tated ants as they swarm from the
opening. The sapsucker was consid-
cred an Injurious bird for many years,
but Frank Bodies showed that Its tap
ping trees ordinarily produced no seri-
GUS injury; indeed. 1t is now claimed
that the birds eye formation in the
wood of the maple, which increases its
value, Is tho work of these birds
Woodpeckers are deserving all that
they can ask at the hands of farmers
The downy woodpecker feeds upon the
woolly aphis, often seen on our apple
trees
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20

.rben you went down below anu
sought your bunk, feeling as lili l', a. =
rubber door mat, hey susseS'''
No. l. Hood ont
"And your chestiness was wlpeu o'',
before tbe boat had been rolling anu
pitching for two consecutive ini'u'''
/ s'poseT put in No. 2.
"And your wife had the merry r'ppi-
,nq laugh on you, all rlght| cut IN
No. 3.
"And while you were sick and groah-
ing to be heaved overheard, she was as
chipper as lark, no doubtT saio
No. 4. =,
mot on your prophetic visions'
calmly remarked the Lunch Room Ooh-
yersationalist, drawing with his eye IN
accurate bee line for the door. wv men
the boat began to pitch In the SVEN
got as hungry as a wolf and went 10
the galley and had the cook fix me up
three portions Of bacon and eggs, TWO
tall stacks Of wheat cakes and ABOUT
half gallon O. coffee. | didn't nave
nary aqualm at any stage of the game
although we had heavy weather all
the way up, while my wife had to turn
in with the first little toss Of the boat
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
go out after trophies and prizes, and
there Is no end to 1t.

go out after trophies and prizes, and
there Is no end TO 1t.
In some respects the manner of play
ing the game resembles football-that
Is, the teams line up opposite each other
on the floor of the gymnasium with the
ball put into play In the center of the
hall, the object being to get the ball to
either end. But it differs in that there
are but five players on side instead of
eleven; the ball Is great, balloon-like
affair, almost two feet In diameter,
very light and soft, aud instead of be-
ing kicked over a bar between goal
posts to decide the game 1t must be
passed by the hands into basket hung
at either end of the hall well above the
heads of the players. Such, In brief, is
the manner of playing the game which
is rapidly growing in popularity and
which bids fair to be the rage for in
door sport within year or two. The
ball cannot be kicked or carried as a
football Is advanced. 1t must be tossed
from one player to another and inter-
ference of almost any kind by the oppo-
sition is allowable, although no rough
ness is tolerated. The interference, in
stead of being aimed against the play
err, AS in football, is aimed against the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20

placed. A large transverse bar, about
six feet In length, crosses the reach bar
at its center To this transverse bar
the blowing, cultivating, and other ap-
pliances for farm work may be at
tached. A very important feature OF
the invention Is a mechanism that al
lows the operator to apply the whole
power to any one Of the wheels, thus
making 1t easy to get the wheels
out of any rut or hole in which they
may get stuck. The wheels may be
operated entirely independent Of each
other and by an ingenious steering de-
vice the farm "auto" can be turned
within a very small compass.
1t is said that 1t will do satisfactory
work on rough and billy ground. Ac-
cording to the inventor, flfteen-horse-
power machine can be operated at an
expense Of rs cents day.
A rotating plow has been invented
by Mr.. Crowley. to be used with the
machine, which he says is a great I'm.
provement on the old plow. The pillow,
while 1t does not offer so much resist
ance to the earth, turns 1t up very
thoroughly and has trip beam at
tached that raises the pillow points out
of danger whenever stone Is struck.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
MAKE HARD WORK OF DINING.
English Statesmen Know Little of the
Pleasures of the Table.

English Statesmen Know Little of the
Pleasures of the Table.
When dining at his club Lord Sails
bury is generally very much preoccu-
pied and seems not to know what
viands he Is eating. On recent occa-
sion the Premier and the Duke of
Devonshire were dining at the same
club, but not together. Lord Salisbury
ordered d mutton chop and potatoes
nothing more. The chop was placed on
the table, but his lordship was SO inter-
ested In book he was reading that he
took no notice of his dinner. Twenty
minutes went by and the chop re-
mained untouched.
Suddenly up he jumped, and, appar-
emily unconscious of everything and
everybody, hurrledly left the building
without having had bite. Later the
Duke Of Devonshire, who had Wit
messed this extraordinary conduct on
the part of his chief, met Lord Sails
bury and quite casually remarked,
"Dined YETI"
"Dined? Dined7 Oh. yes, I've
dined," somewhat testify replied his
lordship; "dlned at the club and had
chicken as dry and as tough as Lon
don policeman" When the Duke after
ward told Lord Salisbury about the
neglected chop he replied, "Oh, really,
you cannot make me believe this! I
have not studied the science Of gas
tronomy very much, will confess, but
surely I know the difference between
a chicken and mutton chopp
Lord Rosebery, although an excellent
Judge of a good dinner, cannot bear to
SIT long over meal. Not many weeks
ago he was dining with an old friend
of his, Bishop Creighton. AS usual
Lord Rosebery speedily finished his
meal.
"your lordship appears to be In a
great hurry" playfully remarked the
Bishop. "You ought, If only for the
sake of your health, to take longer
over your meals"
"Oh," said Lord Rosebery, laughing,
sit wearies me to be long over my din
ner. Two things always upset me-a
long dinner and long sermon"
"Ahr' replied the Bishop dreamily,
"ah, if every sermon preached We're as
palatable as this tart am now tasting
what a Christian country this would
hep
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
American Notices.

A soldier In the Philippines writes
home that he has seen some strange
sights, and gives the following in
stance. We borrow 1t from Golden
Days.
A crowd of soldiers attended a
church service in their honor, and there
was much praying and singing, but the
soldiers were chiefly interested In look
ing at the image Of saint. Above the
image was the picture of an eagle, and
on the banner which streamed from
the eagles bill was the following le-
gend:
"The Old Reliable Condensed Milk"
The saint had been decorated in hon.
or Of the visiting Americans, and the
artist had copied the eagle and accom-
panying inscription from milk can.
He afterward explained that he thought
1t an American motto, as 1t was under
the eagle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20

summer time when there are almost as
many fishers as there are fish.
In the mind of the small boy there
Is an inseparable connection between
summer time and fishing, but fish have
10 live in the winter as well as In the
summer and consequently they must
eat and swim. The man with the pole
and line throws In as tempting badt on
his hook as he can lay hands on, and
the men with nets let them down into
the water in the places where the fish
swim the same as In hot weather.
These fishers who keep up their fishing
all winter long make fair, regular lit
tie fortune, 1t Is said. They take their
catches to the keepers Of small mar
kets and readily dispose Of them, for
the demand for fish keeps up steadily
even through the winter months. A
number of the fishers do not depend on
sales to the retail dealers, but carry the
fish from door to door and dispose of
them at little less than the regular
retail prices. Some of these fishers
have established regular line Of Gus
toners and know just what they can
sell on certain days to certain custom
ers. Fishing In winter in Lake Erie
is not confined by any means to the
fishers who use hook and line or wind
lass nets. There are number of small
boats and tugs which are used exclu-
gvely In the winter in the fishing In
dustry. The operators of the tugs run
out every day and sing nets not far
from the government pier and on the
following day the tugs run out to haul
In the catch. Goodly catches of hum
dreds Of excellent fish are often made
and It Is said that, taken as whole,
the tug owners are doing quite thirty
ing business. The fishermen are care
full to lay their nets In places which
are not in the course of the regular
steamers. A buoy Is made fast over
the nets SO that the fishers can easily
find them again. The nets are sunk
deep in the water, so that even If yes
sells did come by they would not In
ture them in the least. They might
strike the buoy and cut 1t loose, but the
nets would not be touched by even the
deepest draught vessels on the lake.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
"AuTO" FOR FARMS.
W. F.Crowley Invents q Machine Likely
to supplant the Horse.


to supplant the Horse.
City people are not to enjoy monop-
oily of the festive automobile in the fu-
ture. A novel kind of ''auto" Is about
to invade the agricultural field, where,
according to its inventor, 1t will speed
lily supplant the horse for farm work.
The machine referred to is the inyen-
ton of William T. Crowley, Of Holly,
Powers County, Col, and. 1t Is said,
will do the work of several teams or
horses. After long study and many
experiments, Mr. Crowley says he has
solved the problem of the substitution
of mechanical power for that Of horses
In farm work.
The motive power for this machine
may be either gasoline or electricity,
although 1t Is expected that gasoline
will be more commonly used.
1t Is adapted to blowing, cultivating,
seed planting or harvesting. The en-
CINE or motor Is on the forward or
drive wheels, which are Joined by a
long reach to the smaller rear wheels,
over which the seat Of the driver 10
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
HAD NO TERRoRs FOR HIM.
seasickness Did Not Trouble tho Lunch
Room Converse tiona1ist.

Seasickness Did Not Trouble tho Lunch
Room Conversationa1ist.
"Queer, isn't It," remarked the Lunch
Room Conversationalist, "how reluc-
tant some folks are to admit that they
have ever been victims Of seasick-
ness?
Nope" remarked the other four at
the table, glowering.
Yes, Stree" went ON the Lunch
Room Conversationalist you will
only find about one person in thous-
and who will freely admit having been
sick after having completed an ocean
voyage. There's nothing disgraceful
about 1t that ever could see, but most
folks seem to think that they'd be as
sisting In the smirching of their own
characters If they owned up to NAL de
mer. Peculiar phase of human nature,
heyT
ut is not" remarked the other four
In unison.
Now. l took my first ocean voyage
last week." continued the Lunch Room
Conversationalist, Ignoring the OBJ
vious lack of interest of the other four.
"When with my wife on a little coast
wise trip from Baltimore to New York
She didn't want to take the trip, being.
as .,he said, deathly afraid of getting
seasick. She had never been to sea be-
fore, either. AS for me, wasn't a bit
afraid of getting seasick, and con
fdently boosted that the mountainous
sens had never yet reared their heads
that could put me under the weather
even little bit. You see, I've a pretty
strong sort Of constitution, and flgur.
ed on that to keep me from suffering
from seasickness, not knowing then
as do now, that the most robust folks
In the world have to succumb to- the
nauseating Illness that comes to nov.
Ices In heavy weather at sea.
"Well. my wife was pretty skeptical
about my not getting sick-you know
how women are In these matters-bui
/ stuck to 1t that l didn't intend to lei
any old sea get me under and suffer tor
lures from seasickness, but, as | haC
passes for the voyage and she didn',
want them to lapse for want of usine
you know how women like to gel
their moneys worth In these affairs
she consented to 60 along.
Nov, It's certainly queer how some
things come out. We were both on tn,
deck of the steamer all the way dow
the Chesapeake from Baltimore. boil
feeling as comfortable as bugs in rug.
and nary a sign of seasickness. Pass
Ing out between the two capes, how
ever. we struck the long ocean swell
/ and then"
The other four at the table grinnet
| each other.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
sneeze without Winking.

Bobby came home one day covered
with dirt and bruises and trundling a
broken bicycle.
"What on earth have you been doing,
my child?" exclaimed his terrified
mother.
Iran over big dog and took fall
explained Bobby.
Couldn't you see him and give him
the roadT
Eyes; Isaw him and was turning out
but when got within about ten feet OF
him shut my eyes, and before l got
'em open again I'd run into him."
"For the lands sake, what did you
shut your eyes FORT"
Couldn't help It. Had to sneeze. II
you think you can hold your eyes open
when sneeze comes, you just try il
some day."
If the reader thinks Bobby's excuse
was not valid one, let him try it some
day when the sneeze comes."-
Youths Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
BASKETBALL is POPULAR.
Game Has Recently Found Much Fav-
or Among Athletes.

Game Has Recently fOuuu Nlucn raw
or Among Athletes.
1t seems to be the fate of the fair sex
that when anything In the line of sport
or exercise Is devised which Is especial
ly adapted to girls their brothers look
on In amusement and contempt for a
while, gradually realize the advantages
Of the new idea and then calmly appro-
pirate 1t, shoulderlng the girls into the
background or magnanlmously allow
Ing them to take part under revised
rules and other restrictions. This was
the history Of the safety bicycle, origin
ally referred to as the ''woman's Wheel
with much contempt by riders of the
old neck-breaking high machines.
When the riders of the Ordinary
wheels realized the advantages of the
safety" they put the high wheels in
the discard and adopted the "woman's
wheel"
Basketball seems to be rapidly fol-
lowing the same route. Designed as a
good exercise for gymnasium classes of
women, which offered plenty Of run
ming, reaching and throwing without
the dangerous features of football 1t
was looked upon with amused tolera-
ton by the husky athletes of the col
leges and gymnasiums for several
years. 1t was good enough for girls"
but there was not enough of the rough
work In 1t to meet the desires of the
average athlete. Tossing great big
mushy ball around gymnasium and
striving to pass it into basket was too
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20

On Lake Erie there Is more or less
fishing done all winter long. 1t is very
seldom that the mercury shrinks far
enough down in the tube of the ther-
mometer to drive the fishers complete
ly Off the shore. Fishermen are there
with poles ard lines and with nets, and
any fish that comes near the shore in
the hopes of finding a little warmer
water for thawing out its fins will
make bad move, for he doesn't stand
a much better show of swimming away
alive and happy than he would In the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
WINTER FISHING IN LAKE ERIE.
Coolest Weather Does Not Stop the lndnstry-Fish Are
Caught Almost as Easily as in the Spring.

much like child's play, they declared.
No ones neck was broken and no ribs
were caved in, so far as the basketball
records go, and, therefore, the sport
was too quiet for the men to take much
interest in 1t.
But the girls did not mind the criti-
cism of the football players and club
swingers. They liked basketball and
nearly every girls seminary and col
lege In the country has basketball
team. 1t gave the girl athletes the ex-
element of personal contest and pride
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
VIII by PhOnoOranh.

A wealthy engineer recently talked
his last will and testament into a pho
nograph. Then with q hot copper
wire he signed his name on the wax
roll of the phonograph, the witnesses
doing likewise, and the "documenty
was therenpon completed.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20

and the way she did suffer until we
warped into the dock in New York was
sure a eau"
He escaped the flying glass and
crockeryware by lodging out the side
door after leading them to suppose
that he was going to escape by the
front 'way.-Washingto Post.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
Unpleasant Reminder.

In the recently published Life of Sir
James Nicholas Douglass" a we'll
known English civil engineer, many
interesting stories are told of English
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
A Good Annie Crop

1t is reported that the apple crop in
Baden. Germany. was so abundant that
the assistance Of soldiers had to no
asked for Its harvesting.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20

When woman marries, she dearly
loves to think she has thrown herself
away.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20

The training man receives before
doesn't go after he is married
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-20
shorthand Lessons 10 soldicrs

The French Minister of War pro-
poses giving shorthand lessons to
soldiers In all the French garrisons.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-04

The ~semi-annual sessions of the con
ference of The Latter Day Saints
church, which were attended by dele
gates from every section of the Pitts
burg district, closed with devotional
services yesterday at the chapel in
North BenWOod. In the morning there
were prayer services in charge of the
Rev. Francis Ebeling, of Co%nneaut-
vile, Pa, and Elder Carlisle, of New
Philadelphia, Ohio, and also a session
of Sunday school directed by General
Superintendent Hongas, of Henderson,
Iowa. A sacramento and social meet
ing was presided over by the Rev.
Conan T. Griffiths, of Kirkland, Ohio;
F. G. Pitt, Of Pittsburg, and c. E.
Miller, at 2:30 o'clock In the after
noon, and quite a number of the mem
bers attending participated in ne SER
vices. Last evening Elder Pitt con-
Quoted special services with the assis-
lance of Elder j. F. Mcdowell and
preached an interesting sermon.
The Rev. G. T. Griffith, one of the
prominent and most active workers of
the church in the Pittsburg district,
drew a line between the Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints and the Utah Mormons in an
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-04

FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.
Riverside Workman Seriously Injur-
ed at His Boarding House Yester-
day Morning.

Riverside Workman Seriously Injur-
ed at His Boarding House Yester-
day Morning.
Robert ]. Sheekey, an employee of
the Riverside tube works al Benwood,
while walking up a fight of stairs at
his boarding house on Marshall street,
opposite the plant Sunday morning at
2:SO O'Clock, slipped and fell a distance
of several feet. He sustained injuries
of a serious nature. having his left
leg broken in three places below the
knee. A South Side physician was
summoned and Mr.. Sheekey was taken
to the North wheeling hospital, where
he received the necessary surgical aid.
He was reported last evening to be
resting comfortably, and his chances
for a speedy recovery are considered
very bright.
Mr.. Sheekey is peculiarly unfortu-
nate, having sustained a disloeation of
his right shoulder and a fracture of
the shoulder bone less than a year
ago.. while stepping from a street car
in Benwood.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-04

that position ever snce. Nearly IA
these factions. excepting the Utah
Mormons, have united with the reor-
ganization. and thousands of the Utah
Mormons have since come under the
banner of truth and virtue, and we
live in hopes that many more will fol-
low their example. The reorkanized
church has put forth a special request
that the government fully enforce the
laws, prohibiting polygamy and we
have strong reasons to believe that the
Utah people are still practicing poly
gamy secretly. We are living in hopes
that the intelligent people will learn
the difference between the two organi-
cations and will cease to disgrace US
by CHASING us with the other organiza-
ton"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-04
BELMONT CENTRAL BODY
of Organized Labor Representatives
Held a Short and UnimpOrtant
Meeting Yesterday.

Of Organized Labor Representatives
Held a Short and U~nimpOrtant
Meeting Yesterday.
The Belmont Trades and Labor As
sembly of the Ohio side held their
regular meeting at Bridgeport yester-
day afternoon, the attendance was up
to the standard, but little business
was transacted owing to the fact that
this body has few grievances before
it and that the unions on the Ohio side
are in a good condition and owing to
this condition this body has had little
to do in the last few meetings, and the
delegates feel that they have done some
valuable work in the last few months,
and are now reaping the benefit, as
they have to their credit several new
unions, and all are in a prosperous
condition.
The union obligated Mr.. Chas. Mont
gomery a delegate to the Bellaire Bar
bers' union.
lIC COIliuiUlCo oh 0L4lOlI
made a report and suggested that the
matter of entertainments be deferred
until August, and that a regular lee
ture course be arranged, and that the
best labor speakers be secured also
that a ticekt for the regular course be
sold by a committee, the report was
received and the committee was con-
tinued and the suggestion accepted.
The auditing committe had no report
to make and was continued.
The other committees had nothing
new to report and were still continued.
Under the welfare Of the Union a
number of the delegates talked. the
main subject being that of the knights