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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
WHY PYRAMIDS WERE BUILT.

Great Plies Erected for Advertise
ment OF the Pheraoha.
The interest of the Delhi and BeRares
obserYatories lies for Us in the fact that
they recall a tine IN the past when
astronomers sought for exaetness by
The erection Of huge structures of stone.
OF these the great pyramid is By far the
greatest ana most perfect example
Britain has lis own recommendations
henge-whieh has been claimed as Il
not indeed ia astronomical observatory,
at least IN astronomical temple, and
many attempts have been made to de-
termine the date at which it was erect
ed. The difficulty. not to say lmpossi-
biiity, aof solving this problem IN the
present state of the monument may be
inferred from the fact that the dates
which different careful observers have
dedueed for its erection extesd over
period of more than 1000 years.
The real work o. astronomy was
never done in edlfces like these, says
a writer in knowledge. Nor, indeed
does It require much knowledge Of hui
man nature, essentially the same 5000
years ago as today. 10 see that the true
secret of the pyramid the amply sufh-
cient cause for its building, was the
vanity of the ruling Pharaoh. Alike at
Delhi, at Ghizeh and ON Salisbury plain,
MS by the Euphrates to make name
was the exciting motive. Astronomers
may have been employed 10 superin-
tend the wors. astronomy, or the cult
of the celestial bodies. may have been
the excuse but the real object was ad-
yertisement
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
SOME FADS OF SMOKERS.
Little Demand for Cigar and Cigarette
Cases and Holders.

Yes" said prominent Washington
dealer in smokers articles. There las
been a steady decrease year by year
for the last decade In the sale of Gig
ars and cigarette holders. also in cases
for both. as well as match safes. In
fact. the trade Is not what it used
to be ten or fifteen years back. The
only reason | can give Is TO say that
each of these things was a fad and had
its day. l do not mean 10 say that
there are no men who still use hold
ers. We still occasionally sell cigarette
and cigar holders. as well as cases 10
carry them in. but the sales are more
rare. There are but few fine goods
disposed OF now, except ON special &C.
casions for gifts. Men no longer seem
to think a holder Indispensable to the
enjoyment of a cigar or cigarette Some
have always claimed that a smoke
was enhanced by not using n holder.
The goods we do sell now are mostly
of cherry wood or the German Weis-
chel. have some customers. elderly
men. who like welsehel cigar holder.
Though holders are no longer the fad
we have TO have them in stock. A store
OF this sort would not be complete
without them.
Twelve or fifteen years ago almost
every young nian. especially If ne went
the proper gait and had social aspira-
tons. felt that his outfit WAS ineom-
plete without a fancy cigarette holder.
Some OF the latter We're exceedingly
pretty and when of amber alone or OF
amber and meerschaum they Were cost
ly. Some had gold bands around
the center or at the end the cigar
cite fitted in. Others were embellished
and ornamented with silver or gold
bugs. the latter being often set with
jewels There We're some very pretty
combinations made In these goods l
have sold a three-inch amber cigar
cite holder for SIS. But then portion
OF it was incrusted with precious
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

hill was by far the best home he had
yet known. 1t was only a story and
n half high. On the ground floor are
two small rooms. sitting room and a
kitchen. while above, reached by a
narrow stairway. are two other rooms,
box OF a place. lighted by tiny win
dows. the other a bed room about the
size OF closet. Mrs. Cove. who visit
ed the Poes here. says: The furni-
ture was OF the simplest: in the clean.
white-foored kitchen. We're a table. a
chair and little stove. and In the 9th
er room. which was laid with checked
mating. were only a light stand with
presentation volumes OF the Brown
ings upon 1t. some hanging shelves
with few other books ranged on
them. and four chairs"
Poe's wife. Virginia. only %. was
still beautiful. her large black eyes
and dark hair accentuating her pallor.
and Poe. proud. Ill. and bitter with a
sense OF the injustice of the world and
his own inability to provide the com
forts required for his wife. was In a
constant fever OF anxiety.
As the summer went on Virginia
failed and faded away daily and the
resources of the household We're being
slowly reduced 10 the starving point
Autumn came. the snow and the cold
and the winter seclusion. and affairs
grew desperate.
Mrs. Cove. who visited them at this
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
Reffer Stick to the farm.

IA said Tint the increase of Chcagos population
from, 60OD0 10 20 and the corners
r are xounc men from the country who victims of the
norton that opportunity awaits them in the cities alone In
denson they condemn themselves very probably TO
oyercrowded labor market If they
work small salary they must live in cheap
pass from them cheap tenements If they
The courage marry find and that their posi-
tion anxious dependence and that the imaginary
of city disappear leave nothing but the depressing
reality buildings jamsned together 10 the exclusion of light
and air apervadng noise and dirt of routine which
gives little subsistence in the and holds
60 promise for the future
In the majority such be the result and
country life have serious drawbacks 1t is plain
that these young capita mistake when they
to consider question of opportunity through ignorant
contempt familiar surroundings If instead of indug
ing building the city they
thoroughly all the work of farm cultivate interest in
IT. add intelligence It. take the lands of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

stalled along the river face OF the fore
bay in the power-house. Because OF
this expansion the water issuing from
the canal at once dlsperses and enters
the turbines at a velocity of two feet
per second.
The river front OF the forebay is
closed by the power-hOuse. the dupli-
cate of which cannot be found Ia the
United States. II is constructed OF red
sandstone, Is forty-eight feet over
quarter of a mile In length. is 100 feet
wide and 125 feet high. The energy TO
be developed by this immense engineer
ing achievement IS estimated at 10000
horse power. developed by $50 turbines.
After converting the water power into
electrical power the latter will be trans
mitted to various plants.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

egress. From a distance these hablta.
lions looked not unlike haystacks that
dot the prairies Of the West. But civil.
cation took root easily in the tropical
country. The brown-skinned. sunny.
disposltioned people we're apt at imita.
ton, and the manners and customs Of
America soon became the manners
and customs Of Hawaii Now the isl.
ands are modernized and Amerlcanized.
The huts have given way 10 handsome
palaces and well-built domieiles The
dirt floors have been replaced with pol
ished woods and glancing marble The
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
Value Created By Labor.

HE relative efficiency of capital and labor in the pro
l. ducton of wealth is difficult determine proha bly,
economists would agree f they attempted
state il in precise terms. 1t is commonly held that
capital and labor equally Indispensable that the,
independent and that either is helpless without th
other Under existing conditions that may be in
degree conceivable labor should produce wealth
without capital while it Is nconceyabe that capital should
produce anything without labor Capital unconsuned
product of labor stored enable labor live while engaged
in producing wealth.
There fund until labor capital Labor
not helpless alone but capital is inert and dead without
labor All the gold in the world make blade grass
grow
How labor creates value is shown strkingy in manu-
features Labor takes bit of the earth mpart-
ing TO 1t value of seventyfve for example Turned
into bar iron by expenditure of labor Of ore
worth So Made it worth $40 bur if
made into needles 1t worth $4,000 Put labor into the
iron convert II into hair springs for watches and its
jumps to $400.000.-Philadelphia North American
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
The Omnibus.

In the newly issued double part" of
the New English Dictionary, Or. Mur-
ray gives two quotations under the
word omnibus" which neatly tell the
birth-story Of the vehicle. In a memoir
andum to the chairman of the Board of
Stamps. dated April 3, 1920, Mr..
Shllibeer stated: Il am en-
gagged In building two vehicles after
the manner of the recently established
French Omnibus, which when complet.
eel propose starting on the Paddington
Road" Mr.. Shillibeer was as 20 Il as
his word. In Saunders News Letter of
July 4 appeared the paragraph: The
new vehicle, called the omnibus. COM
meneed running this morning from Pad.
dington to the city"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

period. found the dying wife In the
summer sitting room, which had been
taken for her use. The scene Is thus
pictured by her: There was no cloth
ing on the bed, which was only straw.
but a snow-whlte counterpane and
sheets. The weather was cold and the
sick lady had the dreadful chills that
accompany the hectic fever of con
sumption. She lay on the straw bed.
wrapped in her husbands great coat.
with a large tortoiseslYell cat In her
bosom. The wonderful cat seemed con
scious of her great usefulness. The
coat and the cat were the sufferers
only means Of warmth. except as her
husband held her hands. and her moth
er her feet. Mrs GLENN was passion
ately fond of her daughter. and her dis
tress on account of her illness and pow
erty and misery was dreadful TO see'
Mrs. Poe died In the little sitting
room on Saturday. Jan. 30. 1877: and
from here her husband. wearing the
military coat that had but lately been
Ter bed covering, attended by few
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

"a the principal matter Of interest.
:. No unnecessary accessories. The
camera takes in with too great sharp
ness all the details within range aud
the tendency OF the inartistie amateur
is 10 help il make a record Of all his
possessions AT once.
S. There should be n proper balance
between the amount of light and
shade
.. Don't omit u get some sort Of
sky into the picture. even # It is no
more than stunning the print after it
comes from the printing frame. so that
the sky shades up from bright hori-
zon 10 n somewhat deeper color above
10 Look out for the foreground and
the lower corners. They ought not 10
look Ike a barren waste, nor ought
anything OF Importance to appear in
them.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

Britain may be viewed as one farm
extending from county to county. in
terrupted by towns. 1t is true. but sur
rounding them like the ocean surrounds
an archipelago OF Islands. Great Brit
ain possesses a total area Of 50. 437 $50
acres of cultivated land. of which
:. 325, HOS acres are under corn. the rest
being in permanent pasture. temporary
pasture, root crops. fodder crops. and
so ON. 1T includes over 81 900 acres of
hops. 1900 acres of fruit. and Sos. 900
acres OF bare fallow. The capital en-
ployed IS enormous. and can he roughly
estimated at f22T 100000 while the
amount paid in wages has been esii-
mated at $50. 900. 00e per annum. There
are at least 100000 men. women and
boys employed in agricultural pursuits
in Great Britain, who not only cult
yate the ground, but attend 10 500. 900
horses. GS05, 600 cattle. 26.5o0.000 sheep
and 2.SS1, 600 pigs. besides countless
poultry.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

- HI who : of himself IS safe
Selfeonhdelce IS Of inesmabe throu Oh
life for gives him initiative and enterprise which
AZ the lotion Of all Tmdity. dis
Of ones powers. the thought of failure
unmannins- The who is bashful walking into
viii appear ike clown than gentleman The
whose knees An * together and whose voice shakes
when he addresses convention viii be heard with some
of The who into project
into tub of cold time with grim
and Withdrawals will make il But the man
who first having weighed project well and studied from all
sides punges boldly into il. swimmer into the
food tide and makes straight for his goal without hesitation
looking back is the who. chances will
coed
has for the coward the backward For
requires that coued and that her suors
forward boldly and declare their intentions The who
fears propose lest she dismiss him will wait and
daily and hang around until reader fellow it TO the
touch win lose it ALL and wins likely thereby cut
procrasfinating rival Women like bodness in
lover They forgive easily for going too far thar
for using all the they willing give him. They
and the masterfu the successful
politics. business society and all the
affairs of life.
60 ahead do what wish TO do do it boldly, and ii You
very sefconhdence will repair II and
Don't nuke habit of apoogizing for most
people, of fault until beg pardon for it.
Don't yourself. Demand rights and little more
dark Never let other people manage
which you interested And let another man
usurp credit work Above ALL be positive Do
something than nothing Don't wait for honos and
drop your lap while sitting downSan
Francisco Bulletin
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19


fast locomotive railroad few con-
sderaons will show this In the first place the steam loco
motive fncedn right of way and has the exclusive
of its pair of steel rails IFS controlled
by elaborate of signals which arranged that
engineer except of extraordinary emergency finds
provision made assist him in controlling his train ard
proper position relative other rain
there 200 300 feet through
which ether trains unheraded his track
there Of vehicular pedestrian traffic that
quickly gather and the track in front of him.
stating exquisite judgment and distance If he would
avoid continual the charge of culpabe homicide
The motorman. the other hand. his public
thoroughfare; he has signals him Of DISTINCTIONS
carefully markedo distances and
nas clearly painted sign boards giving him the pitch Of the
hills in the curvature of the line he has
depend his Judgment speed and dsance and
time when he is speeding his in the effort keep
with the companys schedule he is liable find the track
ahead of him INSTRUCTED by numbering
pecting bewdered pedestrian We that
of the two the motorman holds the difficult and
responsible position and find that while in
the railroad engineers subjected apprenticeship
of before they graduate to the throttle and by that
time highly intelligent and welpaid body of the
trolley the other hand rushed
his job with absurdy inadequate preparaon that his pay
barely half much that of the locomotive engineer
that In point of intelligence training and reliability he does
with the who, of fact have tbs
less difficult and exactng work doScentifc
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
THE 500 POWER CANAL

Cost s5,oo0.ooo and Required Four
Years to Construct.
1t has taken four years TO construct
and S5.0O0000 to build the great water
power canal which has been finished at
Sault Ste. Marie. This canal is consid-
cred by engineers as the most magnlfi-
cent work of its kind in the world Like
an immense river. 40 feet broad. and
deep enough 10 float the biggest vessel
that sails the lakes. Il divides Sault Ste.
Marie into city of two parts. with the
island portion now for the first time
completely surrounded by water, the
business section and the balance of the
city being given over 10 the homes of its
citizens.
The canal Is two and third miles
long. from the mouth Of the intake
above the rapids TO the overflow far be-
low the entrance TO the ship canals. The
intake has an area of more than 1900
square feet. through which VIII flow a
volume which is estimated TO be 10000
cubic feet per second. with a velocity of
about two feet per second or about one
and half miles per hour The entrance
is sol feet wide and eighteen feet deep.
In its excavation some 100000 cubic
yards of material we're removed.
At the lower end the canal widens ont
into the forebay, or mill pond. for the
purpose of securing sufficient frontage
for the uniform distribution of the wa
ter to all the turbines. which are IN
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

The followinI rules have been COM
Piled FOR amatdrs:
l. DO not puk he principal object Of
Interest In the Tact center of the pie
ture.
2. DO not hap the light and shade
In patchy spoisiil over the picture
3. Do not hat the lines IN the pie
fure slipping OF 10 one side nor have
figures apparently walking OF the pa
per
1. DO not hale prominent objects
In straight LIE. nor with equal
spaces between Dem.
.. Remember hat an effect of dis
lance is produced by lack of sharpness
OF outline as wen as by diminishing
size
y. The picture should tell but one
story. 80 that the beholder may never
be In doubt what the author intended
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
Can Poor Men Save 2

~ AN Poor Man Saver There are no new and impossi-
obstacles thrift that did not exist when our faith
ers grandfatbers practced that virtue Poor men
who wish to will save as they have done before
Abernethy saved though he had live upon bread and
spples in He the doctor for
the hard school of The prob
lem is inability our inability to suh-
do II wish that we shall have to Guilt
hope that the discussion in or columns VIII do
something the practice of thrift We do not wish
virtue dead dying On the contrary
all the facts commandthe development of
savings banks the increasing attention given insurance the
cooperation the large proportion of the working
Classes who their houses proportion which
some Lancashire especially is surprisingly large and
80 oa go that the world is and more disposed
rascay lagos advice and in Its purse
But there for improvement and our answer
insist that is impossible 10 save in these days Is
that in the bare of living apart from rent must
be when accounted passing rich
an a-,v mounds YEAR enormously increased
uh;Ia the cost Of in instances substan
tally declined of all Injuries such as books are
o cheaper than they other days If tempted
TO part with superiority in exchange for the hundred worth
less gewgaws Vanity Fair much the worse for u.s. But
the fact the question: Can Poor Men Saver
London Daily News.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
Becoming Too Scientific,

~ NE OF the evils of the day is horoughnes applied to
sports and recreaons There game however dim.
cult or however simple but it about by din
cultes which actually turn pleasure into pain Time was
when whist, for example. was a genuine d.
version now 1t has become scientific that hard
work TO play good So icycng golf png-pon
everything In word We have got into the hni Of
taking pleasures seriously that those pleasures are no
receaons at least the they might be- were
perfection not persstenty insisted upon Oh for game
that cannot be made scientific that will
and which will always be Just good fun
and nothing morei-Boston Transcript
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS

fathers acquire others By purchase put into this life all the
ambition of their Dreams they would DO better the end than
50 Of city people have greater intellectual
stimulus in their employment get greater enjoyment out Of
living. and attain 20 enYiable independence.
The opportunity close hand if they will only it. and
il adds the anomaly of situation that while they
lecng their advantage dsusoned city the
prime of life retiring farms where they waste their
substance in foolish experiments owing belief that
be farmer But these poor competitors DO count aud
if the farm boy will stick the and make science of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
FROM HUTs 70 PALACES

improvements Have Entered Into =.
Lives Of Hawaiians.
Il IS a far cry from grass hateba1
I'M = modern palace with pillars ana
roraeoes, stone foundations and marAIs
d9oas. but few short years has VII
messed this change IN Hawaii The bean.
tiful summer garden Of the Pacific
Ocean. It IS less than a decade glHaa
the people Of that country lived almost
exclusively IN huts. windowiess AMI
with but one door for iueress and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
wA1RE EDGAR ALLEN POE LIVED.
Tragic story Of the Fordham House,
Where His Wife Died.

Few homes associated with men Of
genius have attracted more sympa-
thetic and melancholy interest than
the little cottage in Fordham. \. y.
where the bitter tragedy OF Edgar
Poe's life was played nearly to the
end
He established himself at Fordham
In 1916 with his young wife and her
mother. the long-suffering and patient
Mrs. GLENN, hoping by his work on
various newspapers and magazines In
the great city near by to make enough
to afford the necessary comforts for
his invalid Virginia and himself. The
little cottage on the top of Fordham
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

friends followed her body to its last
resting place.
For some time after his wife's death
the little house remained the home Of
Poe and Mrs. GLENN. Now there Is a
movement On foot TO purchase the
house and establish It. as a memorial 10
Poe
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

matched roofs are supplanted by those
OF tile. slate and shingles. The towns
have been changed as if by magic from
sloyenly, irregularly massed houses to
straight streets. handsome dwellings,
and Hawaii Is now abreast of the
world
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
Iong-Iaved Fish.

There are now living in the Royal
Aquarium III Russia several carp that
are known TO be over 600 years old.
and it has been ascertained in a num-
Der of cases that whales live 10 be over
POO years old.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

1t takes the average man us long to
straighten up after paying FOR daugh
ter's wedding as If cyclone had
struck him without insurance
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

Every mans love affairs play a big
ger part in his history than any man
would be willing to admit.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

When a man squeezes a woman's
hand, 1t doesn't mean anything unless
she sQueezes back.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
The Filinino band.

1t will be noted TINT several Filipino
bands turned out TO help welcome Gov
ernor Taft upon his return 70 Manila.
These who are in & position to know are
Of the opinion that a welcome that
could be planned without the assist
ance Of a Filipino band would be much
more acceptable 10 the one who re
ceived the welcome. \ Filipino band
is said to be a cross between a hurdy-
gurdy and a creaking farm wagon. II
is 4 mingllng Of the tender notes OF
the fuzzy guzzy with the more strident
tones of the tree toad. A Filipino band
when playing en- masse can be heard
clear across a narrow street, but while
it may not be ar-splittlng it is peculiar
ly Irritating to hearing appliances that
are not accustomed TO It's liner atroci-
ties. The natives claim that one can be
acclimated in comparatively brief
time. more or less. And YET persons
who have lived there several years stil
insist that when they hear u Filipino
band they want 10 30 rlghE away ana
hide IN the rofrIgarator-Cle
Plain Dealer.
The number OF consumpuVes In Ger
many Is D,afn,afpf nj oyer aa5.U0Q.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
Motormen and Engineers.

w r.: e: .: {. !:
- - nd md than he Of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19
The Value of SeH.Confidence.

Fl who Is Of himself safe in any company
Seeonfdenee IS Of inestnable a through
fe for it gives him initiative and enterprise which
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-12-19

IL msu is inclined TO be foolish
SILK hat won't save him.