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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26
Too Previous.

A story of Doctor Sewell. for many
years warden of New College Oxford,
comes from Public Opinion. When
Doctor Sewell was seriously i'll, about
a year ago, the fellows Of the college,
and. indeed all his friends, despaired
of his life.
The senior fellow at the time, wish.
ing to have all things In order. wrote
to the home secretary for leave to
bury the warden in the college chapel
Before the next college meeting the
warden had recovered. He presided
at the meeting, and with no little en-
ioyment read out the home Offices let
ter permitting his own burial
at gives me great pleasure" said he,
ito congratulate the senior fellow ,on
his admirable promptitude and energy,
| cannot. however, truthfully say that
I regret that both were wasted"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26

door as shown, and remove boxes or
packages from any shelf or support,
and, if so desired, as readily replace
them In their former positions. The ap-
paratus will also be useful In handling
bottle and book racks filling cases,
drawers, etc. and Its structure Is such
that 1t Will travel the entire length of
a store and operate on any shelf To
nut the machine in operation 1t Is first
brought to the proper row of shelves
by sliding 1t along the overhead track.
Then one crank is reyolved to lift the
elevator until the proper section shows
ON the Indicator of the dial In front OF
the clerk, after which the second crank
is turned to project thin shelf mem
Der beneath the box. When motion is
reversed the boxes are drawn on the
elevator and the latter is lowered with
in easy reach of the clerk. Thus no
ladders are left around in the clerks
road. and there Is no limit to the
height from which goods may he
brought for the customers inspection.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26
MARCUS, THE SUPPLlANTl
Coiored Mail Carrier Was Getting
Anxious About His Salary.

An old colored mallcarrier named
Marcus Anthony, has grievance
against the Post-Otfice Department, be-
cause although he considered himself
legally hired. he had received no pay
for his services. After waiting what
he considered reasonable length Of
time he went into town to talk ii over;
and this, according TO the Washington
Star, is the story he told:
We'll, bin er carrying de mail
down yonner In Twlggs County, 'twixt
Irma and Billiards, sence last June;
going up an down, an down and up
er sandy road three times er week, an
nobody amt paid me nair nickel
not nair nickel. Huccum I'm hyar Is
| wanter know bout 1t. Is l er work
Ing for wages or is l er working fer
nothing"
who hired your"
"De postmaster down at rma GIN
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26
Indians Sell Their Lands.

Those Indians who are allowed legal
ly to sell their lands are rapidly doing
so. Last year members of the Potta-
watomie, Shawnee, Peoria, Miami,
Wyandotte and Chippewa tribes have
made 305 conveyances, aggregating
10000 acres, for S204,000
The Fort Berthold Indians have
ceded 20S,000 acres for $260,000, to be
paid in stock. cattle and agricultural
implements, after setting aside $50,-
600 for a poor fund and paying out
$4,000 per capita. The Rosebud Sioux
have ceded 10000 acres in Gregory
County, South Dakota. The Red Lake
Indians in Minnesota have ceded 256,-
l52 acres for S1,000,000
The Devils Lake Indians in North
Dakota have ceded 104,0 acres at
about $3.50 per acre, to be paid in cash,
$145, 900 down and the balance in ten
annual payments of $4,000 each.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26

two sang hymns and played checkers
together, in addition to gathering har-
vest apples and reading Shakespeare on
the front veranda after dinner. the
green-eyed monster demanded row.
One was forthcoming. One evening
the clerk drove up to Farmer Davis
with his jaw ''sot," and five minutes
later he was saying to the girl of his
heart:
False creature, how dare you look
into my eyes after the way you have
carried on with that yallar whiskered
old hollyhock.'
His whiskers are not yellow, but
golden" corrected Minnie, land he's
hardly more than young man yet"
"Ha! 1t must be case of love at
first sight, with the whiskers thrown
in."
Il say his whiske ers are golden"
"They are yallar"
"You want to pick quarrel!'
"You want to marry him."
Thence on 1t was easy for the young
man. All he had to do was to call
Minnie a heartless girl, a fiirt and a
coquette and add that he was glad he
had found her out before 1t was too
late
Her feelings were hurt, her indigna-
ton aroused, and she suggested that
he had better look around and find
some one TO suit him better. or course
he drove away with flaming face and
surging heart, and of course 1t wasn't
a week before everybody heard OF the
row and had something to say about
1t.
When he had fulfilled his mission,
which was TO put up the best wind
mills on earth and telr every farmers
daughter that she was the sweetest
and handsomest girl in the country,
the windmill man took his pay and
drove on, and his golden whiskers
were hardly remembered fifteen min
utes after his departure.
Among the people who We're sur
prised that he did not ask for Minnie's
hand before leaving the neighporhoou
was Burt Thatcher. He was not only
surprised, but notified. He was not
only mollfied, but found himself won
derlng II he couldn't make 1t up with
the girl and be restored to favor. Like
many another man, he didn't appre-
ciate a good thing until he had lost IT.
The more Burt thought OF those
whiskers the more he was inclined to
believe that the color was golden, In
stead of .'yallar," but how was he &c
lot Minnie understand his change OF
feelings? He must gently crawnsh the
next time she visited the store u
."trade," and II she showed yleidine
disposition the chasm wouid pe
brldged.
This decision arrived at, he had ON!
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26
STORE SERVICE MACHINE.

One disagreeable feature of trade In
retail store Is the necessity which
often arises of climbing to tina upper
shelves on ladders for goods out of
reach from the floor, and there Is no
doubt that the delay often caused by
failure to move quickly In the ascent
and descent loses the sale for the clerk.
The object of the apparatus shown
here is to provide simple and rapid
means for handling merchandise, and
with its aid the clerk may stand on the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26

me de job, an he tell me hit'ud be all
right when de boss man come erlong
But he amt never come erlong ylt,
an hit don't look all right ter me-
did you take the oath2"
. NO, sah ! amt took no oath In my
life. Amt no man ever hear me swear
I'm er wrastlin' deacon In de Shoal
Creek church"
did anybody go on your bond-any-
body stand for your
Yes, sah Mr. Tom Bond down at
de store stan fer me ter git er little
meat an bread"
But what can do for you? Speak
out"
Oats what I'm er doin. l want
you to write letter UP ter Gen'l Rose
well, de head man, an 'splain de case
right Tell i'm Use got de oneasiest
job an de po'est pay of anybody on
de line, an is tired out lookin' up and
down dat road fer de man what pays
off de mail-toter Hyar It's mos
Christmas, an no money yit. | amt
nuthing but a country niger, but hit
do look like eff I'm er working fer de
riches man what is, | orter git er word
FUN i'm bout dat money. Looks ter
me like he done forget Is er workin'
fer i'm.
Hid want so bad long in de sum
mer, when folks was too lazy ter write
an de sack was empty; but bimeby
dey got ter sending out seed by de
bushel. and books what weighs nine
poun's an wild corners on 'em like
er plow pint. and den hit were shoer
sponsible job Long In de summer,
too, hit want so bad bout rations; wa
termelons growed long side er de road
an plums and blackberries was hang
ing in reach. an de squirrels 'ud shake
down de muscadines at every branch
But my foot's on de frost now, an
nuthlng in sight on dat road 'cep'n er
stray rabbit what looks back over es
sholder an teks his foot In es han
when he say good-by!
Il amt gone back on Gen,l Roosevelt
ner de folks what sot me free; I'm still
er toting dat sack; but it looks
mighty like dey have gone back on
me! You write Genl Roosevelt an
tell him; tell him Is poly an mighty
pestered about de stomach"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26
CHURCHES OF MEXICO.
they Are Great Curiosities From an
Architectural Standpoint.

they Are Great Curiosfties From an
Architectural Standpoint.
From an architectural standpoint the
churches OF Mexico are the most won.
derful churches In the world. Archi-
bects from all over the world have
been astonished and puzzled by the
miracles In stone. There are great
arches and domes composed entirely
Of small pieces of stone cemented to-
gether. According to all the rules of
construction, these arches and domes
could not have been built in the first
place, and In the second would not hold
together for II minute. yet they are
there and are as solid as though built
of steel
1t remained for an assayer from
Denver who had settled In northern
Mexico to solve the mystery. He cult
waited the friendship of priest and
persuaded him TO aid In his inyestiga-
tions. Together they went through the
musty records stored in the church
vaults, which run back for two or
three centuries, and there they found
what appears to be a truthful and
very plausible explanation of the won
derful feats of architecture.
1t was recorded that when one tier
of stone was laid about the base Of the
building earth was carried and heaped
up 10 the level of the highest stones;
another tier was then added and more
earth piled up on each side Of 1t. This
process was repeated until the dome
and arches were reached. Then the
earth was rounded off to the desired
shape and the stone cemented together
on the surface of the ground. When
sufficient time had elapsed for the NOR
tar TO set and become as hard as the
stone itself the workmen dug out the
dirt from the church, and 1t was ready
for the finishing touches.
Labor must have been cheap and
plentiful in those days to perform such
a stupendous task, and there is ample
reason to believe that 1t was cheap and
plentiful.-Washingto Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26

THE MAN OUTSIDE

O -

IA yERYBoDY for ten miles
JcJa around knew that Burt Thatcher
and Minnie Davis were engaged.
She was the daughter Of farmer
and he was clerk In village store.
and both had many friends and ac-
quaintances.
The course of true love was running
along as smoothly as pair of bob
sleighs in winter time when wind
mill agent came along and sold Farmer
Davis mill.
This agent was middle aged man
with golden whiskers and a great deal
of cheek. and as lie had to direct the
setting up of the mill he was at the
attention was early attracted to Min
ME. and he posed for an old bachelor
and uttered more words of praise and
fatteryr in ten minutes than she had
ever heard in month before.
The knowledge that she was en-
gagged together with sight of the
young man who was to lead her to
the hymeneal altar, animated the
agent with a spirit of deviltry, and he
sung the praises of Minnie Davis till
Burt Thatcher's jealousy was aroused
and he was ready for quarrel
When once young man lets his best
girl understand that he Is Jealous of
her she feels 1t her bounden duty TO
make him as uncomfortable as she can
for a few weeks.
Young Thatcher might as well have
been jealous of Minnie's grandfather
as of the windmill man with his golden
whiskers, but when he heard that the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26

VIM, H, THOMAS, Prop'r.
The Proprietor of this Newly Fitted and Com.
modous Hall is now prepared To furnish

with n Hall which caunot be equalled in south
western Nevada For terms, Theatrical Mana.
gers will address the Proprietor.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26
CandeIaria Hall Saloon

Is well known and finely furnished ana is the !.
most popular resort in Gandelaria The bar In
stocked with the choicest and best brands OF
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26
PAINTING THE WORLD.
Indian Legend of the Way Spring
Came Into Existence.

Indian Legend of the Way Spring
Came Into Existence.
Once. long before there were men in
the world, ali the earth was covered
with snow and ice.
White and frozen lay the rivers and
the seas; white and frozen lay the
plains. The mountains stood tall and
dead, like ghosts In white gowns.
There was no color except white In all
the world except In the sky. and 1t was
almost black. At night the stars look
ed through 1t like angry eyes. ~
Then God sent the spring down into
the world-the spring with red lips and
curling yellow hair.
In his arms he bore sprays of apple
blossoms and the first fowers-crocus.
anemones ard violets, red, pink, blue.
purple, violet and yellow.
The first animal to greet the spring
was the white rabbit. The spring
dropped d red crocus on his head, and
ever since then all white rabbits have
red eyes aa
Then the spring dropped blue vio-
let on a white bird, the first bird TO
greet the spring, ana that Is the way
the buebird was made. Ever since
then 1t is the first bird to arrive when
the spring comes down from heaven.
So the spring went through the world.
Wherever he tossed the leaves from
his fragrant burden the earth became
green. He tossed the blossoms ON the
frozen seas and the ice melted, and the
fish became painted with all the tint
of his flowers. That is the way the
trout and the minnows and the salmon
became gaudy.
Only the high mountains would not
bow to the spring. SO their SUBMITS
remain white and dead, for they would
let the spring paint only the sides.
The snow owls and the white geese
and the polar bears fed from the
spring, SO they, too, remain white to
this day
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

= To De had IN the Market.
MIR. Thomas will conduct nothing but hrst.
class house, aud cordial welcome viii be ex.
tended to all guests
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26
Penanee for Sins,

As Il self-inhicted atonement for
sins committed thirty years ago a
Moscow beggar has ever since worn
an iron chain from which two heavy
weights depend.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26
Birds Make Fog Signal.

The cries of sea birds, especially
seagulls, are very valuable as fog sig
nails. The birds cluster together on
the cliffs and coast and their cries
warn boatmen that they are near land.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-06-26

Wealth is something that ena bles g.
millionaire to stand up in meeting and !
say it is no disgrace to be poor.-Chica-a
70 News. :. =
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-16
Indians Know a Coward.

An Oklahoma man once told an In.
dian that desperate white man was
after his scalp. He smiled and shook
his head. "a few days later" con-
tinues the narrator, "we were talking
to the white man, when the Indian
came up to the group. He had spot.
ted the stranger and knew him by
sight. Without saying a word to him
he walked up within arms reach and
struck the white man in the face with
a rough, heavy glove. He paused for
a few seconds and hit him again.
'Ughv he exclaimed as he wheeled
around and walked away. The white
man looked at the Indian in amaze
ment, but made no show of resent
ment. Later in the day, when we ask.
ed the Indian why he didn't follow
up the insult with blows, he told US
the white man. was q coward. In
explaining how. he knew it he said
the mans jaw dropped when he
struck him in the. face the second
time with the glove, and that this, with
the Indian, was an nnfailing sign Of
cowardice. kansas City Journal.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-16
Cornorntiona 20 Cnntrol.

1t is believed that In the near fu.
ture farms are to be controlled by
great corporations. In Missouri re-
Gently an 8,000-acre farm was placed in
the hands Of company to be man.
aged, and this company Is now buying
surrounding lands to make a gigantic
farm ranch. In North Dakota the
Dalrymples own a 2Oy000.acre wheat
ranch, which Is managed In the same
manner as any mercantile establish
ment. The general trend outside OF
agriculture has been toward consoli
dation, and the present captains OF
the farming and ranching industry
have already caught the fever, and
they, too, Will perhaps consolidate
their interests. Whether a unity OF
capital will be successful In carrying
on crop and beef production can only
be determined by trials and expert
ence.
Competition In farming is getting tc
be more and more intense. The man
who understands the soil the best ID
the one who succeeds. Modern farm.
ers do not trust to luck In sowing
their crops on fresh soil. They use the
information secured through the ex
pertinent stations, and, as result
each kind Of soil now receives the croE
best adapted to Its nature. Crop rota
tion is followed on every well-regulated
farm; fertilization is part of the an
nual Improvement.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-16

they do not understand that u is CO.
tarrh which Is the source OF their III.
ness. In female complaint, ninety
nine cases out of one hundred are moth
ing but catarrh. Peruna cures catarrh
wherever located.
Chronic invalids who have Ian.
guished for years on sick beds with
some form of female disease begin 10
improve at once after beginning DR..
Hartman's treatment.
Among the many prominent women
who recommend Peruna are; Belya
Lockwood, OF Washington, d. c.; Mrs.
Col. Hamilton, Of Columbus, Ohio;
Mrs. F. 4. Warren, wife OF U. 8. SEN
ator Warren, Of Wyoming.
II you do not derive prompt and sat
isiactory results from the use OF Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement Of your case, and he
will be pleased to give you his valuable
advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President oi
The Hartman Sanitarlum, Columbus,
Ohio.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-16
UNCLE BEN'S NEPHEW.

Uncle Ben"-the gOod-natured bach.
elor brother of the family-had been
smoking silently while the other men
were swapping stories. At last he
took his pipe out of his mouth and
drawled:
You married men think you know
it all. But your experiences pale in
contrast to mine with that kid nephew
In the other room.
II rashly offered to stay with him
the other night while all you folks
went out, and actually the things that
kid did in the hour was with him
would make a list a mile long, more
or less.
He yelled twenty minutes without
stopping for breath. I'm willing to
swear on that.
pulled enough hair from my head
and whiskers to stuff sofa pillow.
Decorated the wall paper as high
as he could reach with the poker.
Broke a vase by sitting down on 1t.
Swallowed several buttons and q
lot of thread.
"Emptied his mothers work-basket
things into the fireplace.
Punched the head of the cat into q
cup, and was scratched badly in the
attempt.
knocked the head OF a fine wax
doll belonging to his sister by trying
to drive a tack with 1t.
Fell of the sofa anG howled.
"Broke three panes of window glass
with my cane.
Fell into the coal scuttle and spoil
ed his white dress.
''Set fire to the carpet while l was
out of the room hunting up something
to amuse him.
"Crawled under the sofa and re-
fused to come out until / gave him
candy.
"Got twisted in the legs of chair;
they had to be broken to get him out
Poured water into his mothers slip
pers.
FINALLY when he saw his mother
coming, he ran to the door, tumbled
of the steps, cut his nose and tore a
hole in his dress.
pretty swift record, isn't it? Still,
the kid'l come out all right. He's
the proper stuff."-Chicago Record.
Herald.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-16
America is the land OF nervous

women are 50 because they are
suffering from some form Of female dis
ease.
Mrs. Emma Mitchell, $50 Louisiana
street, Indianapolis, Ind, writes;
''Peruna has certainly been blessing
in disguise to me, Tor when first be-
gan taking il fer troubles peculiar to
the sex and a generally worn out sys
tenn, had little faith.
''For the pastfi five years have rare-
~ been without pain, but Peruna has
changed aIl this, and In q very short
time. think ] had only taken two
bottles before ! began to recuperate
very quickly, and seven bottles made
me well. do not have headache or
backache any more, and have some
interest In life. give aIlcredit where
Il Is due, and that Is TO Peruna. -
Emma Mitchell.
By far the greatest number Of ier ale
troubles are caused directly by catarrh,
They are catsrrh Of the organ which
is affected. These women despair ol
recovery. Female trouble is 80 COM
mon, go prevalent, that they accept II
as almost inevitable. The greatest OBJ.
stacle in the way Of recovery is that
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-16
In Earnest Then.

II have noticed" said the of-hand
philosopher, that woman will get a
golf dress when she has no intention to
play golf"
THAT'S So" agreed the man with the
inca ndescent whiskers.
and" continued the ofr-hand phil
6sopher, "she will get ball gown when
she cares nothing about dancing, and
tennis dress when she wouldn't play
tennis for fear she win freckle, and a
bathing suit when she has no thought
of going into the water, and a riding
habit when the very thought of climb
ing on horse gives her the chills,
and" IT,,
YES" interrupted the man with the
lncandescent whlskers, but when she
gets a wedding dress she means busi-
ness. Ever notice thatT-Judge.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-16
IsrAMus OF rEHUANrEPEc
Short Reuts fer shlpmsnts 20 the ~
Eaae.

short Eoute Ter shipments 20 the Fef
Eaat.
The completion Of the extensive port
works at Coatzacoalcos, on the gulf,
and Sallns CruH on the Pacific side,
connected by a well-eQuipped railroad
across the narrow Isthmus OF Tehuan.
tepec, promises to provide a short route
for shipments to Pacific coast ports
and the far East that win be an Inn
portant factor long before the Ques,
ton Of an isthmian canal Is settled,
says Modern Mexico. The cooperation
Of the Mexican government In the
building Of this transeontinental line
is a satisfactory guaranty that the ex'
tenslve undertaking win be carried to
a successful end The location of q
connection between the great oceans ID
question that does not affect to any
great degree shipping between North
Atlantic and Southern Pacific ports,
but when the saving In time between
Atlantic and gulf points and Central
and North American coast cities and In
shipments to Asia are considered, the
advantages Of the northern route ars
striking.
From Panama to Salina Crux the dis
tance Is 1908 miles, which Is a clear
saving for freight to northern ports
shipped via Tehuantepec. The saving
win be made upon all shipments tC
Central American ports. varying IN
importance from 464 miles to Junts
Arenas. Costa Rica. to 1.O02 miles 4
San Jose de Guatemala. From SalinS
Cruz to San Francisco the distance !,
only 2,170 miles, and shipments tC
the Orient VIII save over 1000 miles
by the use OF the Mexican rail transfei
to the Pacific In preference to golns
through a Panama canal. II is q
fact not generally known that from
New Orleans to San Francisco by the
Mexican isthmus II Is 100 miles shortes
than by the line Of the Southern Pa
cific Railway. With such shipping
facilities as It Is intended to establish
the Mexican short cut across the back
bone Of the continent viii doubtless
divert much commerce from all-rai
lines. 1t viii from the start furnish
an attractive route for the growing
export cotton trade of the Southern
American States to the Orient, and
1t will at once become a powerful fac
tor in the development Of Mexico'l
rich west coast.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-16
ALvcky Fellow,

Young Million (sadlyl-My cousin
George is q mighty lucky fellow-hand-
soonest chap in town.
Friend-Handsome, yes; but he ID
as poor as q church mouse.
Young Million (enviously)--Thats
the beauty Of 1t. He has a new girl
every season. and not one OF them
makes fuss when he casts her of.-N,
Y. Weekly. 8.