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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
Ancient Illinois HosteIry.

Situated four and half miles west
OF Danvers, on the old Goodenough
farm. Is an old inn, or tavern, that fifty
years ago was the stopping place for
travellers between Bloomington and
Peoria In the days when the stage
coach was the only means of public
trayel\ 1t was known as the Half
Way House." and is about mile and a
half west of Woodruff. toward Lilly
1t Is large old-fashioned house, in
quite good repair. and is now owned
and occupied by Mr. Christ Oesch, for
merly of Roberts, Ford County. Horses
were changed here, and travellers were
given food. Meals were served for 12l1a
cents, which WAS also the price of a
nights lodging.
All travel between Peoria and Bloom
ington was by stage, unless one had a
private vehicle of ones own and cared
to make so long journey, which was
not light thing In those days. nor was
1t undertaken without due preparation
and much consideration. This ancient
inn has stood where 1t now stands for
the past sixty-fiye years bloomington,
ILL.,, Paragraph.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
Poultry Pointers.

Never feed the poultry near the
dwelling or throw out scraps of any
kind to attract them near the house.
One of the secrets of success with
poultry is not to keep any Improbable
birds; sell them as soon as possible.
AS long as a really good hen is not
too old to lay eggs she is not too old
to keep.
Forty hens can no more eat from one
plant than forty people. Broadcast the
grain and provide long troughs for
feeding soft food
Buckwheat straw Is very good for
scratching material.
The roosts should be low, especially
for the heavy breeds.
Keep the lice off your fowls and they
will keep healthy
Feed plenty of meat scraps If you
want to get lots of eggs.
Keep plenty of fresh water where
your fowls can get it.
A pale yolk Is not ar indication OF
poor qaulity in an egg.
Beware of dfyafts at night and you
will prevent much sickness.
II you can secure milk to mix with
you mash it will be profitable.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
O,nosed TO Going Ahead

A facetious Britisher in the Holland
House cafe last night remarked: 4
er-see that-er-among youah one hun
bred gentlemen of industry who met
Henry of Prussia at Sherrys there
were a great many gentlemen of leis-
ure, self-made. of course. And with all
youah boosted g0aheadness one of the
most prominent OF these gentlemen has
devoted his entire career 10 stopping
the wheels OF progress. BY pursuing
his bent he has accumulated vast for
tune, estimated at $4o,000,000 Rather
odd, Is it not that an American should
grow so wealthy endeavoring to retard
things? or course. you know. | refer
to George Westinghouse. whom met
recently at Washington. He has made
his fortune by putting Oh the brakes
Haw- haw- New York Press
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

with solemn tread the bivousc OF the
dead" sfealfhily sea of gore creeps
over the old battlefields. Blood rel,
the peoples in waves AMI pillows hold
high carnival above the soil that coy
ers the slain. Lord Maeaulay says of
the battlefield OF Neerwinden: "Fbe
summer after the battle the soil. feftll-
lied by 10000 dead, broke forth into
millions Of blood.red poppies.' The
traveller from st. Cloud to Iirlemont
who saw that vast field OF rich scarlet
stretching from l.anden to Neerwinden
could hardly help fancying that the
fguratlve description of the Hebrew
prophet was literally accomplished,
that "'rhe earth was disclosing her
blood and refusing TO cover her slain.
Bayard Taylor, in THE Lands OF the
Saracen," says he contemplated, with
feelings he could not describe, the old
battlefields OF Syria, densely covered
with blood-red peoples, blooming IN
barbaric splendor, gloatins on the gore
Of soldiers slain"
However interesting the poppy may
he 10 men of sclcnce and to lovers OF
the beautiful, 1t is yet more so to the
people of California This beautiful.
weird, old-colored flower Of gossamer
texture belongs to California alone.
Nowhere else In the world has 1t ever
made It's habitat. There 1t Is naturally
80 profuse that 1t Is related as fact
that, coming on turn full face upon
a blooming field Of yellow peoples, daz-
cling Ia the sunshine horses have been
put to flight. as from flames Of Ire
Home and Flowers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
suruestion for Apple Growers.


Any apple grower within reasonable
distance of large city will find it
profitable to sort his fruit carefully and
make up small packages of the finest
1t makes little difference in what form
the package is, although 1t should. so
far as possible, conform to the shapes
familiar In the city where the fruit is
to be sold. Small baskets holding n
half peck of fine fruit will bring the
grower much more money than half
again the quantity carelessly selected
and packed in an ordinary basket. The
second grade OF fruit. or rather the
best grade after the finest specimens
are taken out, may be put up in larger
packages for market BY the use of
the selected fruit and the small pack
agr the hlgh-class trade is reached and
the grower puts into his pocket the
profit that usually gets into the pocket
Of the middleman.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

peculiar complaint when being
driven. One call Is used in bushes and
another In the open, particular sig
nal ut night, and special tone for
common conversation.
Chickens are more laxative. A hen
sings one song on the way to her nest
another to her mate, and third when
grooming to herself or getting a meal
Some of the ROSTERS notes are not
commonly known. For instance, he
gives low, ne whistle sometimes, on
a dark day. while going to roost. His
main talking. however, Is done to 1.-THE
other fellow" when ne gets into a
fight with rival. 1t ranges from a
defiant chuckle which says as plainly
as words, Come on IL you dare; I'm
ready for you,' to henlike Groom
showing that he is afraid and wants to
get out of the scrape.
The brightest talker of all birds, per-
haps, Is the parrot. Mr.. Wood says
that many birds of this kind fully un-
derstand what they are saying for In
stance, one always greeted him with
Good morning early in the day and
Good night In the evening.
Crows, as Is we'll known, have vary
ing caws. which express warning, fear,
affection, and so on,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
Milking by Machinery.

One of the greatest and most laporl-
ous tasks Oh fine farm is milking. MANY
persons have addressed themselves 10
the problem of performing this werk
nv mechanical means. but thus far no
machine for the purpose has come
generally into use. \ late device is eN-
hibited in the accompanying cut from
the Scientific American. 1t comprises
can provided with an air-pump by
which the air in the can may DC eN-
haused to certain degree of rarehca-
ton. as indicated by the vacuum
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27


1t Is now generally understood thar
the great need III the ration of COWS il
protein and because it is expensive
when one has to buy grain containing
it. tie cows do not have the grains 10
make the balanced ration
OF late years experimcntcrs have
urged farmers to grow the crops that
would give the balanced ration and
have shown that it may be obtained
by the growing of what are known as
forage crops so that one becomes
practically independent of cotton seed
meal and other concentrated feed. Cow
pea hay and silage will take the place
of bran largely, III the ration. but far
better combination TO grow is alfalfa,
although With silage. COW peas and
corn meal one may meet the need for
tit to cut.
The SOY bean should also have a
place on every farm where 1t can be
grown to advantage. 1t Is of the same
nature as the COW pea but on some
farms gives better results hence should
have a space in that experiment plot
referred to some weeks since. This
question of growing the feed that may
be given to the stock to the best ad-
vantage Is one that should have the
attention of every farmer and dairy
man
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

through a piece Of tumbling rod. Put
your wheel through uprights and slip
the bolt through and place the frame
in line with corner post, sink your
wheel until the hub will be in line with
the center of patent fence and so the
wheel will revolve. Clamp on the
fence, pass log chain around spoke
back to clamp and hook ends together.
Put brace from the top of corner post
to top Of frame. When ready to stretch
use your wheel as lever and pull down
ward and have a piece of 2xf ready to
lock the wheel. which will be placed
in between the frame and top Of spoke.
1t will be found equal to fcur-ton
stretcher."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
How Birds Talk.

In England Is man who has good
grounds for claiming that he cannot
only understand what many birds say
but can tell them things that they I'M
derstand. He Is Nelson Wood, the
naturalist. who has made a lifelong
study of bird language. Some of the
things he relates about the converse
ton of feathered creatures are very in
teresting.
Turkeys. chickens and others that do
not fly much talk more than birds Of
the air. The reason is that the ground
birds are always in more danger, and
have many notes of warning. Bird
talk is confined to simple expressions
OF danger. hunger. warning. pleasure,
and such common sensations.
The turkey has one note for over
head danger. another for danger on the
ground, a third for distant hawk, and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
said Lazy-Lad, II will seek till l find
The Land of Nothing -to-do.

Said LazyLad, Il will seek till ind
The Land of Nothing to-do.
So Lazy-Lad he sailed to the west,
And then to the east sailed he,
And he sailed north and he sailed south
over many league OF sea.
Aud many a country fair and bright
And busy came into view;
But never. alas. could he find the coast
or the Land OF Nothing-to-do.
Then Lazy-Lad sailed back again,
And wiser lad was he,
For he said. I've wandered to every
land
That is in the geography.
And in each and all I've found that folks
Are busy the whole year through,
And everybody in every place
Seemed to have something 10 do.
$50 il must be the best way after all
And | mean to stay on shore
And learn my lessons and do my tasks
And be laZy-lad no more.
The busiest folks are the happiest,
And what mother said was true.
For Eve found out there is no such place
As the Land of Nothing to-do.'
Rams Horn.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
Queer Way Of Telling Time.

A boy who does not own watch
need not go without any knowledge of
the time of day. There is boy who
works in a wheat elevator in an Iowa
town, and this is how he manages 1t:
A big window almost fills one side of
his little office. Into corner of the
window creeps the sunlight early in
the morning. and /, shines all day long
and creeps out of the other corner in
the evening. In the floor, where the
edge of the shadow from the window
sash falls just at noon, the boy has
placed long chalk mark. and little
farther away there is another mark
for / o'clock, and so on up to G. The
forenoon Is similarly divided on the
floor. Each day, by simply looking at
the edge of the suns light. he can tell
what time II is. Once in two weeks
he changes all these marks because the
shadows change rs the sun gets higher
in the spring or lower in. the fall
Pluck.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
Exercise Wisdom.

Every breed has Municipalities Pc
culiar to itself. These show them
selves in ability to assimilate food,
susceptibility to changes of climate
and weather and general surround
ings. He Is wise man who recog
nizes this fact and pursues his inyestl-
cations steadily until he arrives at a
conclusion as 10 the breed most nearly
suited to his conditions and then sticks
doggedly to his conclusions regardless
of men who have other pet notions OF
their own.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

both of these Sits from the back run
the part "A" Of the arm. Bend the
stand on the dotted line "B B.. and Mr.
Brown will be able to keep himself
erect with no ones aid Then with
the finger work the arm up and down
from behind him, and I'm sure you
will find that the old gentleman can
bow very nicely and won't slight any
Of his friends. Mr.. Brown will have
more backbone to perform his duty
and his pleasure If you paste the figure
ON light piece of cardboard.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
In the Flowcry Kingdom.

Ilenpecked husbands are common in
China, and Chinese literature abounds
with references to them. The following
Is a sample story: Ten henpeeked hus
bands resolved to form society TO re-
slst the mpositions OF their wives. The
ten wives heard OF the plan. and while
the meeting for organization was In
progress entered In a body. Nine of the
rebellous husbands incontinently bolt
ed. but the tenth one retained his place.
quite unmoved by the frghtfui appari-
ton. The ten ladies. merely smiling
contemptuously on the one man left be-
hind. returned to their homes. satisfied
with the success OF their raid. The nine
husbands ihercupon returned and re
solved to make the heroic tenth the
president of the society. When they
went, however. to inform him OF the
honor II was found that he had died of
fright
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

Golden blossoms that Greeted the
California Pioneers.


Golden blossoms that Greeted the
California Pioneers.
Far out at sea, cleaning sheets OF
dazzling gold arrested the gaze of the
early explorers of California Blazing
along the Pacific coast. embroidering
the green foothills OF the snow capped
Sierra Madres. transforming acres and
acres of trceless plains Into royal cloth
of gold, millions of flowers of silky
texture and color of gold fascinated
the Spanish discoveries. An eminent
hotanist, Eachsholtz, at once lassiiled
the plant, and his followers conferred
his name upon this. the only native
American papaver.
Dream-like IN beauty, fascinating
from sheer loyellness. spreading its
soft undnlations over the land. the
California poppy bloomed above the
richest views and arteries of gold the
world has ever known, all unsupported
Gree, with powers to please, dazzle
aud charm by its entertainments. while
It allures, lulls and mystfies, this flow
err of sleep seemed to draw by some
occult process from the earth the
elixir OF gold. unfolding its blossoms Of
gold as beacons proclaimlng: I'VE are
blooming above rich mines of gold"
There is never a mystery about the
poppy. 1t is a weird flower. 1t Is al
mots sentient. with life unknown TO
human kind. "While glory guards
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

Here is a picture of old Mr. Brown
walking quietly along the street one
beautiful morning. He meets great
many people he knows. and, being n
polite old fellow, Is anxious to take his
hat off and bow to one and all. Let's
see If we can help him. With the scis-
sors first cut him out, being sure not
to snip off that square piece beneath
his feet, and alse not to forget the arm
and hat. Then cut through the dotted
lines on the old mans waistcoat mark
ed "A" In the picture. and through
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
To Secure Good Calves.

Warm, sweet milk, fed in clean buck
cts, with access to cornmeal or Kattir
corn meal bright hay, fresh. clean WA
ter salt. plenty of sunlight. shelter and
bedding in cold weather. shade In sum-
mer and regularity and kindness IN
treatment will usually insure good
thrifty calves that will gain from =
pound and half to two pounds daily.
Kansas Experiment Station.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

A prime requisite is to keep the poul-
try house dry. AS fresh air leads in
this direction. il goes without saying
that plenty of fresh air should he cir
culating all the time. If the houses
are dry, that dreaded disease. roup, IS
not apt to get Il foothold. The houses
should be thoroughly aired every day.
rain, hail or shine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
Cnbhnge Growiu~.

Cabbages always do best on a freshly
turned sod and should be set before
the land has had time To dry after
blowing. The secret of success in get
ting large yield OF cabbage is to start
with rich land and put in all the ma
nure obtainable. Clean out the hog
yard for this purpose Exchange.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

third of the feeding value of his cron
From this the farmer will learn the
lesson that lie eapnot afford to waste
one hill of his corn fodder. 1t should
all be cut and shredded and fed the
next SUMMER to save his pastures for
the dry fall weather which so often
impairs them With barn or shed
fun Of shredded fodder the stock can
be kept growing all the time and will
be in good condition for the feed lot
or to enter the next winter.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

Pennsylvania man..
Rural New Yorker
prints the picture
as a good likeness
OF Il business Leg
horn and quotes the
owner as follows:
wv b lite Leghorns
are among the best
of poultry for broil-
ers, as they grow
f.rf ,a.l n,aft,pA na-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
REALM OF MENELIK.
GREAT PUNCTll.lOUSNESS ABOUT
SALUTATlONS.
Greetings Depend Upon Rank ana
Time of Day-How Population Is Di-
yided-No Traffic in Slaves lie Car
ried on In Abyssinia.

vided-No Irahhc In sia'e
ried on In Abyssinia.
"Indet adru!" This Is not a curse.
hut Abyssinlan for Good morning.
The words mean literally, How have
YOU spent the nIght?" The people OF
King Menelik are very punctilious IN
their salutations and have II carefully
graded scale OF greetings according 10
the person addressed and the time OF
day. Thus to nm inferior or TO an init
mate friend instead of "lndet adru'
they would saw. "lndet adreh' pro
nounced aadrech"--ch as In loch).
"Good afternoon would be "lndet
watu," or watch" meaning, How
have Won spent the morning." And
.Good EVENING", .Indet mashu," or
"masheh.. |. e., How have you spent
the dayYv
There is n similar complete series of
good bys for people separating at differ
emf fines. Two friends parting IN the
avanlnc sny one going home and the
ntber going 10 his club (only they
haven't clubs In Abyssnia- except
woodeu ones. perhaps), would say 10
eacb other. ..Badehna adar" C"May you
s,and tho night well'). which we might
translate GOOD night; be good
Tbe AbysslnIan calendar Is Il fearful
.na wonderfuI thing. Nearly every
day il saints day and IL known by
its nroper name and not by Its date
For instance. II YOU ask an Abyssinlan
,vbatber n certain thing happened on
the 14tb of uodar lthe equivalent of
our Nov. %, lie will not understand
wb.t vou moan. but IL You say. "Wasit
nn hunt Arauwe nhe name for that
dsv1 tb,t Won stole that sheepf" n com
pretending smile viii oyerspread his
handsome and intelligent features.
The year Is divided into twelve
months OF thirty days each and ut the
end Of the year, to make up the 800
days, are added five days, called 'Quag
me-" Each year In succession Is called
Matthews, Markos, Lukos, Johannis.
Matthews, Markos and Johannls have
each II "Quaglne" OF five days. but Lu-
kos or leap year. has "Quagme' OF
six days. The AbyssinIan year begins
on our Sept. Il and although, dating as
we do from the birth OF Christ, they are
nearly eight years behind us In time
Sept II, 1900, was In their calendar LIST
Maskaram, 1893. Their method of
reckoning the hours OF the day is also
peculiar, to our notions. They count
the day as beginning at sunrise and not
at midnight. as we do. Thus, our a.
III. Is their | o'clock day. and our q D.
IN. their II o'clock day; p. III. with us
would be o'clock night with them and
our Il. m. would be their 10 o'clock
night.
The wboIe nonulation CONSISTS Of two
fifths soldiers two-ffths nriests and
one-f,fth merchants. at least as far as
tbe AbvssInians-tbe dominant race-
are concerned All the other necessary
work Of tbe community il performed
Inv subject races like the CaIlas or
Somalis or domestic slaves-mostIv
prisoners of war on injured In tho west-
arn negro nrovInces All Abvss,pians
axcent Tho worry noorest cmnIov s,avas
for domestic nurnoses Those are we'll
cored for and are regarded flor time
as memhars or tho family
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

~ and have white, tender meat AS
for eggs, they are acknowledged by all
to he the heaviest layers Of any breed
Of chickens known. They lay large,
white eggs and lots of them. and with
made to produce a large quantity of
high priced eggs"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
Don't Waste Corn FodIc-

In view Of the fact that the annual
crop of corn will yield some 10000, 900
to S0,000,000 tons of corn slower, all Of
which may be utilized. the American
farmer can, II he Is thrifty save one.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

hub In between,
rs shown In the
/ ii u S tration. on
both sides. Now
b o r e h oil e 5
through the Kiss
one inch from the
front edge large
enough TO pass
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
Relics of Early Days.

one of the remarkable features of
country life in America is the singular
persistence OF the rail fence and the
dug-out canoe. No matter how thlckly
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
Wire Feuce Stretcher.

A correspondent of the Iowa Home
stead writes:
ITO make fence stretcher take
wagon wheel for frame. nail your
Kiss far enough apart 10 admit wagon
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
Favorable Argument.

1T looks like Il poor automobile, .
complained the prospective customer.
why. the thing would break down be
fore 1t ran mile"
Yes" agreed the dealer, but look at
the advantage OF that. You would not
have to walk so far to get home as you
would II ii would run us far as the
others before blowing up Baltimore
American.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
The Quest of Lazx-Lad.

Have you heard the tale OF Lazy-I.ad
Who dearly loved to shirk,
For he ''hated' his lessons aud hated
his tasks.
And he "hated" to have to work?
SO be sailed away on summer day
Over the ocean blue;
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

Many man can trace his ruin to his
enemies and many another man could
doubtless trace the origin of his down
fall to his pretended friends.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

1t costs the average young man a
lot of money to trot on the course OF
true love.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
Gnnd White Lerhnru.

The White Leghorn pullet shown in
the cut has scored % and 90 at vari-
Gus poultry shows and is owned by Il
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

Beauty draws with but single hair
and 1t "a sometimes dyed hair at
that.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

1t Is too bad that in this craze to beat
records man doesn't try to buy his
wife handsomer dresses than her faith,
er ever gave her.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27
Potato PuHs,

Two cupfuls of mashed potatoes. two
teaspoonfuls of butter. two eggs. one
cupful of cream and salt and pepper to
season. Beat the eggs until light, and
after melting the butter stir 1t into the
eggs. Beat this mixture into he mash
ed potatoes. then add the cream and
seasoning, and beat the whole until
light Grease popover pans or gem
pans, and have each half full of the
mixture. Bake the puts in quick
oven Until brown. and remove them
from the pans with n flexible knife TO
prevent their breaking. They should
be served Immediately upon being re-
moved from the oven.
The largest volcano Is Elna. Its bass
is ninety miles In circumference and
the mountain Is 900 feet high.
When child dlsobeys his mother
the mischief Is transparent.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-06-27

When child dlsobeys his mother
the mischief Is transparent.