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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28

was quicker In its descent. The farmer
uttered cry Of dismay, and the pho
tographer gave me a look of pain
which clearly indicated his fear that
there would be no photographs taken
that day. After our guide had dsap-
peared over the ledge and reached the
bottom. the photographer followed him,
anxious no doubt, to discover what
was brok II. When the primitive lad
der oselllated no longer beneath his
weight L went slowly and silently
down, landing safely IN about three
inches Of mud. | found my colleague
buslly engaged in cleaning the broken
camera stand.
Good thing 1t wasn't the camera
he remarked and | agreed.
1t had been 100 degrees in the sun up
above. for the day was particularly
fine Down here 1t was cold, damp, dark
and uninviting; so cold that | shiyered
In my shirt-sleeyes, for | had left my
coat above; so damp that l developed
a violent cold next day; and so black
that out of the circle of light that came
down tho shaft one could not have seen
ones hand before ones eyes had 1t
been held there. Our guide shouted,
aud his voice, being in keeping with his
stature. filed the blackness, rumbling
away down the many arteries leading
from where we were standing and COM
ing back again from dozen different
directions. In answer 10 his call there
presently danced In the dark void
ahead of us a couple of lights.
They heralded the approach of u
couple of "champignonnistes," who,
emerging from Their habltual gloom,
disclosed themselves as short, dark In,
dividuals, of none too prepossessing ap-
pearance, attlred, with but scant re-
gard for the temperature, in blue cot
ton trousers, blouses, and "sabots.'
Their coats they had discarded. Look
ing at the condition of the ground |
envied them their substantial foot-cov-
erings, and the more so when, later,
| found myself wading through verit
able moInss of Shiny sand.
Provided with lights-small round
colza-oil lamps fixed on the ends of
sticks and encountered with the pho
tographlc materials, we moved forward
and then the real torture Of the ex-
perienee began,
Minds your heads" said the guide.
Bend your backsl Prenez garde la"
in alarm, as the bewlldered photo
grapher was about to dispute the solid
backs, bent ourselves nearly double In
fact. and yet felt our heads scrap
ing the roof of the passage; and bent
and cranlped like this We were for two
mortal hours. | said that the place
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28

edward Charles, In the Wide World)
With most cities life begins at the
ground floor cellars, sewers and cleo
trio tubes always excepted and ends
at the top story, but in Paris, while
business is being probably conducted
In the bright sunshine of the loftiest
story. it is also being as protitably pur-
sued IN the darkness OF the depths be-
low, far beneath even the sewers and
the famous Meirop Titan Railway OF
which the Parlslans are so proud. For
Paris Is honey-combed with subter-
ranean vaults aud passages. 1t is
literally built upon columns aud walls,
and II one fine morning the world
awoke to learn that the bottom had
fallen out of the Gay Capital and it
had crumpled up Ike house of cards
1t would be no surprising thing TO
those familiar with the underground
world Of Paris. It would seem
as though the former inhabitants had
devoted their efforts to hewing out a
place wherein they might seek refuge
In case of dire necessity, for. though
few are aware of the fact, the entire
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28

was cold, damp, black, and unlnviting;
let me now add that 1t was very un-
comfortable, for the ceiling above u.s.
of solid stone--was not more than 3
feet from the floor. If ever there was
time when l have not been proud of
my height it wac during those two aw-
full hours We formed a weird and
ghostly procession as we moved for
ward through the inky blackness, the
silence broken only by our footsteps as
wesplashed along through the puddles,
the solemn drip drip of water from the
walls and roof, an exclamation now
and then from myself as nearly trip.
ped over one of the mushroom beds.
and strange mutterlngs from the man
who was 10 work the camera
The famous mushroom-beds were Mt
our feet. We were, in fact, walking in
the narrow space between them Il
path perhaps a foot in width, They
ran along tho caves In rows, two
against the sides, and a pair down. the
centre. They seemed to be banks OF
sand some feet IN height, and inclin-
ing up from feet base to round
ed top. The soil was clammy and
crumblng to the touch. aud inlaid with
round white discs, varying In circum-
ference from the dimensions of a quar-
ter to a small-slzed saucer--the pre-
cious mushrooms.
as there much of thls?' | asked of
the farmer leading us, who seemed pre-
pared to walk on for ever
Seven or eight kilometres" he an
swered unconcernedly.
We had arrived at bend. How long
had been creeping EDWARDS, humping
now my head and now an arm, STUN
bling, sprawling and saying things, |
know not; but my back ached fright
fully, aud l appreciated more than ever
before the comforts of being IL short
man.
1t seemed we had walked for ages.
I'VE viii take photograph here"
said, which brought the party to halt
While the photographer made ready
bic camera / explan9ed to our friends
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
SAYING A WORD FOR MULE.
Missouri Animal Shown to Have Many
Points of Excellence.

Missouri Animal Shown to Have Many
Points of Excellence.
In many respects the mule Is the
noblest beast that has been placed I'M
der mans dominion, but unjust ridi-
cule for some unaecountable reason
marked the ong-suffering brute for its
own and by obscuring his many vir-
tues and playing upon his few defects
and idlosyncrasies has compelled him
since the day he was discovered by
Anah In the wilderness to live under
the torture of a false and slanderous
report. At last, however. he is being
restored to his proper position in the
social and economic world.
In truth the mule, II he, happens to
be a Missouri product, is valuable,
beautiful and lovely beast. For gen
eraI all around purposes. in compari-
son with the horse, mules are supe-
rior They are easy and cheap to
raise, easy to sell and hard to blem-
ish. They go to the. market early
and bring bigger profits for the time,
WDTk duu uOney eAptluSh III SiOh
Ing than any other stock. Tine and
hard work have less effect upon them
than upon any other kind of flesh.
Disease rarely touches them. Adyer-
sity and hard knocks make them
stronger and tougher
A mule does not wither or weaken
with age. The process of years sim
ply turns his coltish friskiness to coll
templatire sedateness, his silvery
voice to a raucous roar and his OBJ
streperous heels to the paths. of
peace. His habits as they are bet
lei understood, are less feared and
more appreciated. He Is tractalle,
gentle, sympathetic and very intelli-
gent When we'll treated he loves his
master, as Sancho the companion of
Don Qulxote, and many old negroes in
the South have proved.
He eats little and requires no smell
ter and tolls to the bitter end with
out complaint or fatigue. lie quickly
understands the whims of his driver
and will go and can be guided without
whip or rein. He Is dynamo IN
hide, an engine on hoof-a perfect ma.
chine in flesh and blood which rarely
gets out of order or temper.-Kansas
CRY Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
Muscle Comes, Must4che Cos

Tucked away In an uptown side
street under the shadow of a towering
hotel is an athletic trainer who gets
from all his clients the liberal sum of
$50 IL week to keep them in good ph} s.
zeal condition. They are credit To
him and look as II his services were
worth the money. They grow strong
as a matter of course. the fat are re
duced in bulk and the thin made
plumper But there is one other pecu-
liarity of their training which ii not
so much a matter of course This Is
the tendency Of all the trainers eli
ents To dispense with their mustaches
after they have had course or two
under him. He lis the determined
enemy of the mustache. He believes
it insanitary and survival of those
primitive days in which mems faces
were covered with hair.
The trainer talks eloquently of the
imposslblllty of keeping a mustache
entirely clean, especially when a man
smokes During the few minutes of
N''1As R-N'ANASO lAiA HIS SlSttlu requires
the trainer talks on many subjects.
His conversation covers wide range.
But one subject always reappears. He
never neglects the unhealthfulness of
the mustache. SO his patients, if they
are 10 be called that, come to have a
certain distaste for the mustache
even If they have worn one for years.
When he sees sign of weakness the
trainer sticks to the attack. So TO-
ward the end Of their training period
1t generally happens that the mus.
laehe disappears. Some patients have
Withstood the trainers arguments
But most of them emerge from their
course of treatment stronger and with
newly shaved upper lips that are CON
sciously stiff after years of seclusIon
under the sheltering mustache.-New
York Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
AMERICAS MANSIONS
Type of Buildings the Great Veal.
of the Country Has Produced

Type of Buildings the Great Wea,.I
of the Country Has Produced.
Readers will recall how many navas
of the Architectural Record have haan
devoted III recent years to the ranra-
sentation of costly city houses and
country places erected not only by tha
Vanderbilt family, but by the Goulds
the Astors, Messrs. Poor, Whitney
Wetmore. Huntington, Benedlet
Bourne, Foster and others-a register
of the great opportunities that have
been provided for the American arcbi.
tect by the astonishing increase Of
wealth in this country, and an indica.
ton also for the world at large of the
new and interesting development Of
American social life. which as Yet has
attained to barely more than It's be.
ginning Nothing comparable to it ex-
lists elsewhere In the world, writes III.
W. Desmond, in Architectural Record.
The buildings 1t has produced land In
the future will demand) are very decid.
edly dlfferenced from the English eoun-
try house, their nearest contemporary
analogue. They differ even more from
the American homes that arose after
the war and when prosperity returned
to the country. Neither are they at all
kindred to those old colonial houses
which added the chief charm to our
early social life. the remaining exam
pies of which still retain an indestruc.
tible atmosphere of delight. The squire
of the old days, or, rather his Ameri
can counterpart in the Southern plant
err and the New England trader, has
been replaced by the merchant prince,
and the homes the latter Is now Great
Ing, especially along the eastern lit
toral, may best be likened to those
which the merchant princes Of Medi-
clan days erected in manner and
with a purpose not entirely dissimilar
to the manner and purpose OF their un-
dreamt-of American successors. These
buildings are the registers, and, let us
hope, enduring chronicles Of our very
latest days, of our rapidly accumulat-
Ing wealth. of the prodlgious rewards
of high finance. and the extraordinary
degree of luxury that has become COM
pattble with American life.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
.rd nrasse. The materials down to an

and presses the materials down TO an
even height in front Of him. Thus he
is ALWAYS provided with a seat Ere
the spawn IS sown the temperature of
the beds must have reached about L
degrees 10 IA degrees Fair. (No Won
der we had been cold in our shirt
sleeyes) The spawn sown, the manure
is covered with sand, and then every
two or three days the beds must be
literally watered. At the end of three
months the buttons poke their heads
through, then gradually the beds be-
come covered with white hoods, which.
On attaining the required size, are col
lected for market Unless, however,
metre Yields four kilos Of mushrooms
at the least, the proprietor of the cave
has little occasion 10 be cheerful, for
its creation and care account for an
outlay of three francs, while the har-
vest only fetches a franc per kilo.
Winter Is the best season fer the
"champignonniste." Then NJ. Sauya-
geot told me, he sends to market no
few than one hundred baskets a day,
which means l, 100 kilos, while during
the other seasons OF the year forty
baskets or 40 kilJs is the daily output.
In the production of this perennial har-
vest thousands of workmen find EN-
ployment round Paris alone-men Who
pass their days in damp and darkness
with only spiders and flies to keep
them company, and yet seem to ex-
perienee no evil effects as the result of
their strange surroundings.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28

surprised that he has lived ms long as
he has. Arthur's head has not grown
any for the past year, but IT Is now
large enough to cause the boy great
deal of Inconvenience and may result
In his sudden death almost any day.
The head measures thirty-two inches
In circumference and Is said to be the
largest Uranium on a human being In
the world. Local physicians say the
enlargement Is due to water The
head is so large that the spinal column
has been affected, and young Jennings
is compelled to use cane when he
walks to keep from losing his balance.
His body Is far below normal size.
Jennings has already received $1,000
ON the deal. The remaining $1,000 Will
be paid to his heirs after his death.
Young Jennings laughingly refers to
the sale OF his head and thinks he has
perpetrated good Joke ON the col
lege. Il feel all right and do not be
lieve am going to die very soon,n he
says.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
An Unfortunate Investment,


The story Of the man who paid the
minister his marriage fee in yearly
dividends according to the value OF
the matrimonial goods. is matched by
one which the Philadelphia Telegraph
relates.
A Southern clergyman had married
a pair Of negroes. After the ceremony
the groom asked, How much yo
change TO dis?"
WELL" said the minister, Il usu'
ally leave that to the groom. Some
times | am paid five dollars, some
times ten, sometimes less"
Oats lot OBJ money, pahson. Ten
you what Ohfl do. Ah'll glib yo' two
dollahs. an den eff l fin | amt got
cheated, I'll glib yo' mo- in a mont.
A month later the groom returned
"Ahs yere, lax All promised, pan
son."
Yes" said the minister, expectant
ly.
"Ah tor yo' dat eff 1t was all right
Aid glib yo' mo- money, didn't Ahr
"You did"
"Well, pahson, as dis we're am
sort of speculation, All reckon yo' owe
me about dollah an elghty-nVs
cents. an All come ter git it
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
ReYonti Helm.

One of the street phllanthropists
who always has an eye and ear for
childish troubles stopped to comfort
a stout little boy who was filling the
air with lamentations.
What is the matter, you little
dear?' she asked, solicltously.
"M-my b-brother's got vacation
and-and | haven't" roared the af-
fiicted one at last.
what a shamew snid the COM
forter. Then you don't go to the
same school. of courser
IL don't go to school an-anywhere
YETI came from the little boy with
fresh burst of sorrow.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
Song of the Silent sand.

Song of the Silent Sand.
Into the Silent Land
All. who shall lead us thither2
Clouds In the evening sky more darkly
gather
And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the
strand.
Who leads US with gentle hand,
Thlther, o, thther,
Into the Silent Land
Into the Silent Land!
To you, ye boundless regions
OF all perfection. Tender morning
visions
OF beauteous souls, the futures pledge
and band;
Who In lifes battle firm doth stand,
Shall bear Hopes tender blossoms
Into the Silent Land?
o, Land! o, Land
For all the broken hearted
The mildest herald by our fate allotted
Beckons, and with inverted torch doth
stand
To lead us with gentle hand
To the land of the great departed,
Into the Silent Land.
Henry w. Longfellow.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
OLD
FAvORiTES

~No-O0No~


Lost Chord.
Seated one day at the organ,
| WAS weary and III at ease,
And my fingers wandered idly
Over the noisy keys.
/ do not know what | was playing,
Or what | was dreaming then,
But | struck one chord of music
Like the sound of a great Amen
1t flooded the crimson twilight,
Like the close OF an angels psalm,
And It lay on my feyered spirit,
With a touch of infinite calm.
1t quieted pain and sorrow,
Like love overcoming strife;
1t seemed the harmonious echo
From our discordant life.
1t linked all perplexed meanings
Into one perfect peace,
And trembled away into silence,
As II ii were loath 10 cease.
l have sought, but | seek ii vainly,
That one lost chord divine,
That came from the soul OF the organ
And entered into mine.
1t may be that Deaths bright angel
VIII speak in that chord againi
1t mny be that only In heaven
| shall hear that grand Amen.
Adelaide Anne Proctor.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
The old.Fashioned Woman.


Oh, well l remember the home of my
childhood,
The hill that l climbed in the sunlight
and dew;
The rabbits that hid at its base in the
wildwood,
The hunters that often would trouble
them, too.
But better than these was the ivy grown
dwelling
Oh, why did / ever away from it
roam?
Where lived the dear woman whose story
I'm telling,
That old-fashioned woman who made
1t home.
That love-fashioned woman,
That sweetfashioned woman,
That old-fashioned woman who lived In
the home.
Oh, where has she gone with her aprons
and knitting.
Her calico gown and her sunbonnet
dear?
She never was one that was given to
fitting.
Her home was her temple, her empire,
her sphere.
She cared not for riches, nor travel,
nor pleasure;
The wealth that she craved was be-
meath her own dome,
Her husband, her children, her friends
were her treasure,
That old-fashioned woman who lived in
the home.
That dearfashioned woman,
That soul fashioned woman,
That old fashioned woman that lived in
the home.
The ivygrown walls of that homestead
are falling,
The brambles have choked out the
blossoms-the weeds
Grow wild and unsightly-the night
hawks are calling
When day into darkness and silence
recedes.
Oh, never again shall | haste there to
gather
The flowers that grew in the sweet
scented loan
When my heart and my steps were as
light as feather
To greet that loved woman who made
it home.
That old-fashioned woman.
That home fashioned woman,
That God-fashioned woman that lived IN
y the home.
Chicago Record Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28

which he entered some
time ago wltha we'll
known Eastern nedl-
cal college for the sale
of his head after
death.
I h e | a d through
sickness when very
young, was affected
with an enlargement
of the Uranium and
has long been an OBJ
ject of study for local
phvsipinne whO nra
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
Canadn,a Trade in Cn,1lo

The Increase in Canadian cattle sent
to Great Britain is enormous--,rom
10 lob in the first four months Of 100
to 1890 in the tirst four months This
year.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
AT High Attitudes.

Balloonlsts who assembled about ~
600 feet in Europe. the other oay'
found temperature Of - degrees De-
low zero.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
BOY SELLS HIS HEAD FOR $4,000.

Arthur Jennings, a 17-year-old peanut
vender of Florence has achieved ma
tional publicity because Of deal into
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28
Thirty sihles a Minute.

The Bible publications of the Oxford
University Press have been issued for
300 years, and can be published in $50
languages and dialects. Every year
fully 900 tons of paper are used for
this purpose alone. Orders for l00,-
900 Bibles are quite common, and the
supply of printed sheets is so great
that an order for 100000 copies can be
readily filed. On an average from
thirty to forty Bibles are furnished
every minute.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28

AT the end Of hard day, when you
look over your work, how llite you
have ACCOMPLISHED.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28

When a boy isn't in mischief # 10
because he is being compelled 10 take
time to repent
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28

When there are no men IN the fam
lily, woman occasionally gets turn
at being sick without feeling that she
is stepping on some other PERSONS
privilege.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28

Whenever boy sees dirt he wants
to get into 1t
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-08-28

OF the Olu Deu entirely, not q particle
of il must be left, for with all the
mushrooms aptitude for lightning
growing. it is something of a dandy
in the vegetable world. There are GER
tain things ii does not like: that it pre-
fers death to, IN fact. and amongst them
may be mentioned dead rats, old iron.
and a parasitical insect with a special
weakness for the nutritious mushroom
When this insect gets in its deadly
work, the farmer has good reason to
Sigh. Dead rats are frequently found
In the caves with dead mushrooms all
around them, for the mushroom ap-
parently cannot tolerate dead rats any
more than 1t can rusty horse.shoes or
any other rusty pieces of iron. Such
things spell loss TO the "champignon-
niste."
Now beds are laid down every five
or six months, and as they do not bear
until three months have passed, the
harvest need be a rich one, for the
average cost of bed ere II shows
signs of produce is 21a francs per
metre. First the manure has to be
secured. and then. ere It can be used
II has TO be prepared the work taking
from three to six weeks. When ready
il is carried into the cave or shoyelled
down a shaft, as occasion requires
The building of the beds is a peculiar
and laborious process. Sitting astride
the portion of the bed he has first made
the worker gathers armfuls Of manure
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-03-28

IT may be that u politico-social
club, composed of conservatives and
radicals, of gold Democrats aud free
silver Democrats, of protection
Democrats and free trade Demo
Gratis, of pro trust Democrats and
antitrust Democrats and of imper-
ialist Democrats and snti-imperial-
list Democrats, rs Judge Tuley in
the opening speech at the banquet
described the lroquois club to be
it is possible, we say, that a social
club SO constituted may flourish.
But similarly constituted, the Dem.
ocratic party cannot flourish and
ought not to flourish. While these
diverse elements may live in peace
and harmony within the precincts
of the Iroquois club, they cannot
unite within political party to
direct the legislation OF the coun j.
try. Republicans in sentiment be-
long with the Republican party.
not with fhe Democratic. no matter
what social club they may choose
to join.-The Public.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-03-28
SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP
Cured by One Bottle Of Chamberlain's 8

Cough Remedy.
Nv hen I had an attack of the
I grip last winter tthe second one) l
actually cured myself with one
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy" says Frank w. Perry,
Editor of the Enterprise. Shorts
vile. n. Y. "Ths is the homes
truth. l at times kept from cough
ing myself to pieces by taking a
teaspoonful OF this remedy, and
when the coughing spell would
come on at night l. would take a
dose aud it seemed that in the
hriefest interval the cough would
pass of ani would go to sleep
perfectly free from cough and its
accompanying pains. To say that
\ the remedy acted as n most agree
able surprise is putting it very
mildly. l had no idea that it
would or could knock ont the grip,
simply becnu,. | had never tried
It for such "a purpose, bu, it did.
and 1t seemed with the second
attack OF coughing the remedy
caused 1t not only to he OF less
duration, but the pains were Tar
less severe, aud Ind not used the
contents OF one bottle before Mr..
Grip had bid me adieu." For sale
by all druggists.