Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-01-24
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Weight for weight, Oriental ruDles
are valued ten to twenty-fold the price
of diamonds. The best come from Chl-
nj, Ceylon and India.
The late Bishop Whipple's diocese
contained 10000 Indians, and 1t was MS
self-imposed task to keep in frequent
communication with all of them.
An ordinance has been adopted by the
Town Council Of Yorkyille, ). u, max
Ing 1t a misdemeanor for any person TO
be seen staggering on the streets OF that
town.
"Why didn't the tenor sing tonight!
He has such sympathetic voice.
well, the reason he didn't sing was
that his voice wasn't sympathetic
enough to touch the manager for
weeks salary overdue"
The election expense statement or
woman candidate for membership on
the school board in Newburg, \. L., is:
NO talk, no money, no promises, no
solicitation, no intimidation, no brib-
cry, no cigars or 'schooners.
A man named Ferris, employed at a
pumping station near Barstow, on the
Santa Fe Railroad, is the latest victim
of desert loneliness. For nine years he
saw hardly anything except passing
trains, and finally he became insane.
1t Stands 1.-THE death Of Ii Hung
Chang has been reported so often that
l didn't believe it this time, until the
news had been confirmed" remarked
the Observant Boarder. ooh, this time
his death proved fatal" declared the
Cross-eyed Boarder
An inventor has secured a patent on
a device to take the place of a hitching
post. 1t is in the form of stiff leather
shield which is to be strapped tight tc
one of the horses front legs, and, as
the shield will not permit the horse tc
bend his knee he cannot move.
Norway is the most healthful country
in the world. The death rate for many
years in succession has been as low as
Is per 1000. Sweden comes next and is
a close rival of Norway. In 1893 the
death rate was less, being 15.1 pei
1000 in Sweden and 1872 per 1000 II
Norway.
The Palestine exploration fund has
been for the last two years carrying OF
excavations in western Judea. Remains
extending In time over fifteen centuries
! have been unearthed. We have here
two well-defined pe-Israelite periods
and also the Jewish Seleucidan an(
Roman periods.
| During the past summer Galveston
has been disinfecting with a sprinllinl
cart To the alleys, the low streets, tht
fronts of market houses and the refuse
Of fish and oyster shops the cart has
paid almost daily visits, and it is gen
orally admitted that the practice has
done much to preserve health.
Georgia will need an appropriation O
$S25,00O next year to meet the claims
of the pensioners whose application
have been granted. This is an increas,
of $4,000 over the amount appropri
ated for the current year. The tota
number Of pensioners on the roll i
14,415, of whom 9,S42 are soldiers, tn
others being widows.
When King Edward presented
cashmere shawl to Lady Victoria Gre,
upon the occasion of her recent mar
riage, 1t was an evidence that he in
tended to continue at least one of tn
customs of his mother. In the reign o
Victoria there were few young ladie
high in royal favor who escaped cash
mere shawl when they were married
Southerners who do not live in til,
long-leaf pine country like to have tn.
scent of the pines about their person
therefore they wear piece Of pint
root In their pockets Once in q Will,
they bite off a chew and masticate /
as they do tobacco. Many regard /
as a panacea. To sleep on a bed o.
dried pine needles is better than al
medicines for rheumatism and kind
red ailments.
The banking business of Canada Il
on a different plan from that in thi.
country. The headquarters of mos
Of the banks throughout the Dominic,
Is in Ontario either at Hamilton
Kingston or Toronto. Each bank hal
Its central office, generally in one of tn,
cities named, and as many branches a.
1t cares to maintain in different part!
of Canada, some of these branches be
ing as far distant as Dawson.
In the last twenty years the hote
business in the South has drifted int,
Northern hands. Reference is had par
ticularly to resort hotels having com,
under the management of Yankees
Northern tourists demanded the change
If there is one thing that Southern
man can do worse than another 1t /.
running a hotel. To-day we find {
string Of great cdravansaries all tn,
way from Richmond to Palm Beach