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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08


boyhood | have looked forward proud
iy to the day when you would bring
home bride worthy the name of Ash
by, and you have made love to girl
almost pauper because you were
enamored OF her pretty face!'
Mrs. Ashby sank lower into her rock
err her jeweled fingers stroking the
chair arm impatiently
II have not made love to her, moth
or. | have sought your approval be-
fore mentioning love TO her
have
Howard. let us dismiss this dis
tasteful subject. | canot be reconciled
to your marrying SO far beneath you
Why did you speak OF this matter To-
day. Why thrust this hateful theme
upon ma TO haunt my loneliness during
your absence? Have you forgotten
that you must start for Detroit to-
day"
II have not. | shall go on the colo
aial express this evening" replied the
young man.
Howard Ashby had but faint rec
election OF the stern naughty father
who died when he was child. The
Ashby estate was a fair domain. and
the boys slightest wish had been graf
ihed by the indulgent mother Howard
had taken years course at the Tenn
pieton business college While at
Templeton he fell in love with MAY
Watson, who was employed as a tele
graph operator there. Mrs. Ashby's
OPPOSITION to this love WAS the first
shadow that came into the young
mans life. He could not disregard the
wishes OF his mother who had been so
much to him. While she lived he
must control the passionate yearning
IN his heart. and 1t was with somber
thoughts that he began his Journey TO
Detroit.
May Watson was temporarily filling
the post In the telegraph and switch
Ing station at Templeton. 1t was a
position that would have tried the en-
durance OF man. which required all
her senses to be on the alert. A mis-.
take might mean Instant disaster and
death TO hundreds.
She had to know every order passed
down the lines by the dispatcher. The
orders TO her station had to be obeyed
promptly. There could be no delay. no
hesitation.
On a certain day the clicking key
told her that the night express was ap-
preaching at forty miles an hour She
must have the track clear for the pass
age Of the train The semaphore had
been removed few minutes before to
ssnd . long freight train onto the sid.
Ing 1t must be swung back to let the
express 60 by. otherwise the great yes
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08
After You We're Asleep.

When you went to bed, the rubber
doll still stood on his head. where you
threw him, just as if he enjoyed it,;
the horse whose tail you clipped short
stood patiently, pretending not 10 care
the two little Japanese dolls looked
lonesomely at each other from across
u great pile of books. but never shed
tear-when you went to bed All,
but after you were asleep
| was sitting in the nursery all in
the dark when suddenly there was a
chattering of little voices in the play
house.
open that door, somebody called
Nov, all together: e-two-three"
The door flew open, and out ratified
all the ninepins.
Its good TO stretch Il bit" said the
kingpin. ITS a shame that We aren't
allowed any exercise just because
those children are tired of u.s. I've
been lying In one position until I'm
fairly stiff"
There was putting and snorting,
and the little pony on wheels dashed
by, with his eyes sticking straight out
behind After him waddled the dane
ing bear, growing fiercely.
I've been in such fright all day."
neighed the pony, when he was safe
between the rockers of the big horse.
"Why isn't that bear Gagged? He growls
dreadfully, and he does not belong with
domestic animals, anyway"
The worst of it Is that | can't do
anything but growl," answered the toy
bear. III be glad when they learn to
make us so that we can bite. too, and
relieve our feelings. To be shut up
all day with dolls and Mother Goose
books is enough to make any healthy
bear growlm
Behind the bear came two forlorn
little Japanese figures, and two forlorn
little Japanese voices walled together:
"Oh, take us back to our home DER the
seas,
For not toy here can speak Japa-
npSp.
The toys tried in vain to comfort
them in English.
Then with q rustic and lutter, the
pile of picture-books came sliding to
the floor 1T wasn't our fault" said
one. 1--WE didn't mean to keep them
apart all day"
81 can't even keep myself together"
said another. The children have mix
ed my pages so that l can't tell wheth-
err I'm Hope My-Thumb or Jenny
Wren. I've almost lost my wits"
81 have an Ideal" exclaimed the rub
Der doll. turning a somersault and
landing on his feet.
Suppose we all fix ourselves COM
fortably. and see if those children
won't take the hint
A moan came from the rocking
horse: I never can be comfortable
again. My tail, my proudly waving
tail, Is gone forever
"Why, what's this In the waste
basket?" exclaimed the rubber doll. 81
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08

DIR. ". f. wooDEND tional one that he
knew little about the intricacies of
stock business he made nearly S600,000
the first year. and though subsequent
years were not so prosperous he man
aged to live as luxuriously as king
He was lavish spender, a sumptuous
entertainer and one of the best dress
ed men In the metropolis. With his
% magnificent horses, Is carriages. IS
servants, two automobiles, one town
and two country houses. with his 100
suits of clothes and his hundreds of
employees he made n brave show for a
man who started with what Wall
street calls 'shoestring Ills of
fees in the financial district were more
finely fitted up than any other in the
city. His home at bS West list street
was filled with statuary and paintings
that must have cost fortune. In the
basement was an artistic grotto, with
a playing fountain.
Most of the Doctors lavish display
was for the purpose Of getting himself
and his wife Into society Their din
ners were the finest money and an
epfcurean taste could provide. Not
withstanding this, however society
held back and the ambition of DIR.
Woodend and his pretty wife was not
grRtifed
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08
HIS DEAR CHILDREN.

Look at his hands, they are knotted;
see how his shoulders are bent.
In toiliug and gathering riches
AL of his years have been spent:
81 living for gain has deformed him.
But great is the wealth he has won
IL leave TO his care free daughter
Aud give TO his polished son,
Ard they blush for shame at the manner
In which their father began.
Fer she has Il maid to attend her
And Reggie possesses a man.
pleasure,
He has steadily turned aside;
All OF his wit and his power
To gaining have been applied;
The poor little shop where he started
Stands idle beside the way,
And the papers are publishing pictures
Aud stories thereof to-day,
He shayes himself in the morning
And saves wherever he can
A French maid dresses his daughter
And Reggie possesses man.
He Is proud to think that his children
Have right to the pride they show;
He is proud of the way he has risen,
Or the start he made long ago
And they are impatiently waiting
10 build him a monument,
To buy the old shop and destroy II
And boast OF proud descent.
For his hnnds are knotted and clumsy,
Showing us how he began
A maid serves his glorious daughter
And Reggie possesses man
Butte Mont Miner
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08

She In a daughter Of the late Jay
Gould and was born in New York
June 90 1868. At the beginning of the
war with Spain she gave the govern
ment 100000, and for the care of sick
and convalescent soldiers at Camp
Wikoff she furnished $4,000. Miss
Gould is a sister of George Jay Gould
and of Howard Gould. distinguished
men In the financial operations of the
country.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08
Saving His Negatives.

The man who made big hole in the
barn door for the old cat to come
through and smaller hole for the
Englishman who went fishing with
Capt. Andrew Haggard in the Lake
St John country, and whose adven.
ture Is related in Sporting Yarns"
The two men. with Indian guides,
We're about 10 shoot terrific rapid in
two canoes. Captain Haggard. who
could swim, had little fear Cham
bers. his companion, who could not.
expected certain death.
What shall | do IL we upset?' he
called.
Tie the camera under your chin"
called back his companion. ITS hol.
low and will make a good life-presery-
err"
He was vastly amused TO see Cham.
bers adopt the suggestion. and hang
the camera under his chin. A moment
later. however, as they came into the
most dangerous place. Chambers
snatched it from his neck again. and
placed it carefully right side up In the
bottom of the canoe.
What was the matter was the life
preserver:' asked Captain Haggard.
when they had safely descended.
why, l Just happened to think. Z"
said Chambers. In all innocence that
IL we upset should get the pictures
wet SO put II back in the boat"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08
------------ -----------------------
HELEN MILLER GOULD.

Through Her Influence RaceTrack
kilograms Have Been Discontinued.
Helen Miller Gould. through whose
influence the sending of race track dis
patches by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company has been stopped La
distinguished for her benevolent work.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08

was one of the
m o s t picturesque
figures who ever
flashed across the
financial district
of New York. In
1901 he opened u
brok era ge o I'll c e
with a capital of
So 900. Notwith-
standing this ha D.
dicap and the add
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08
The Mistaken Mice.

GOT CLEVER AT BALANCING.
There was once Pussy who said.
I'm determined to stand on my head,"
SO he practiced lot.
And he presently got
SO clever at balancing that he was able
to keep upside down for ten min
utes at time, even on days when
he had been uncommonly we'll fed!
The Mice gathered round him. and thus
Chuckled they, This is lucky for US.
He's too busy. you see,
To take notice of WEI
But they were punished for using such
bad grammar for the Pussy drop
ped on to his four feet, and before
the Mice could escape he had COB
bled them up, without making tho
least tiny bit of fuss.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08

DRESS FOR PHOTOGRAPH

How to Secure Perfectly Satisfactory
Pictures.
The sort of clothes Worn by Il per-
son when posing for Photograph
has great deal TO do with the sue
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08

After toiling ten years at the wash
tub to support worthless husband an
Ohio woman sued railroad company
because II let one OF its trains run over
him.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08

Down In Panama a woman doesn't
cut much Of figure In society unless
She Is the daughter OF at least fifteen
OF twenty revolutions
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08

A man naturally has more warm
friends In summer than he has In win
ter.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08
A FINANCIAL METEOR.

Lavish and Picturesque Career OF
Broker Woodend, of New York.
DR.. William Z. Woodend, whose
brokerage firm recently went under
with liabilities estimated at 81 Ooo. 900
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08

Its n poor patent medicine that
can't get Itself initiated
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08

Women always chide their husbands
for working overtime, but they never
spurn the money which Is earned that
way.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-08

Howard Ashby was returning home.
lie had been absent four months.
When he left home he intended to be
gone only few weeks. but his restless
spirit demanded continued change of
scenes, SO his absence had been pro
longed.
When autumn drew near he became
tired OF rowing life. and fastened
homeward As he beheld familiar
scenes from the car window as the
train sped through his native State. he
realized how dear the old home and its
associations were to him.
1t was short drive from the sta
ton to the Ashby residence When
the carriage entered the spacious
grounds he saw his mother coming
across the lawn TO welcome him.
Mother" he said. as they entered
the house, Il have visited many fair
places but this is the dearest spot
OF all
Then why have you stayed away
from it so long. Howard? My loneli-
ness became uncomfortable, and l sought
the companionship OF dear young
lady who has been with me many
weeks, and has done much to relieve
the tedious monotony OF the dull
hours" said Mrs. Ashby.
"A young lady? Who is she. moth
err" inquired Howard.
Mira Ashby did not reply, but open
ed the library door. To Towards
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-17
DOCTOR ADVOCATED OPERATION
PE-RU-NA MADE KNIFE UNNECESSARY

Mrs. Eva Bartho, 1873 East 18th St..
New York City, N. Y, writes:
II suffered for three wears with
leucorrhea and liberation of the womb.
The doctor advocated an operation
which dreaded very much, and
strongly objected to go under it. Now
am changed woman. Peruna cured
me; 1t took nine bottles, but 1 felt SO
much improved 1 kept taking it, as l
dreaded an operation so much. | am
today in perfect health and have not
ielt 80 well for fifteen years. Mrs.
Eva Bartho.
Mrs. Senator Roach, of Larimore,
n. Dak.; Mrs. Senator Warren, of
Cheyenne, Wyo.; Belva Lockwood
and Mrs. General Longstreet, of
Washington, ID. c., are among the
prominent ladies' who endorse Peruna.
Miss Helen Rolof, Kaukauna, Wis,
writes:
Several times during the past two
years or more my system has been
greatly in need of a tonic, and at those
times Peruna has been of great help in
building up the system, restoring my
appetite and securing restful sleep. -
Helen Rolof.
Miss Muriel Arimtage, SO Greenwood
Ave-, Detroit, Mich, District Organic
er of the Royal Templars of Temper
ance, writes as follows:
81 suffered for five years with utter
inc Irregularities, which brought on
hysteria and made me physical
wreck. tried doctors from the differ
ent schools of medicine, but without
any perceptible change in my con-
dition. In my despair 1 called on an
old nurse, who advised me to try Peru
ma, and promised good results if l
would persist and take it regularly. i
kept this up for six months, and stead
lily gained strength and health, and
when had used fifteen bottles l con
sidered myself entirely cured. am a
grateful, happy woman today"-Miss
Muriel Armitage.
Miss Lucy NJ. Riley, 33 Davenport
St., Cleveland, Ohio, writes:
81 wish to add my endorsement tc
thousands of other women who have
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-17
REBUFF WAS CUTTING ONE
Fitting Retort of "Mad Poet" to an
UngentIeman1y Remark.

Fitting Retort of "Mad Poetv to an
UngentIeman1y Remark.
Many stories are told of Mcdonald
Clarke, known fifty years ago in New
York as the mad poet" which show
that he had a vein of great shrewd-
ness, such as is often possessed by
people who are counted insane.
One day he was seated at a table
in New York hotel quietly eating
his simple dinner when two young
men took their seats at the same table.
Mcdonald Clarke was a well-known
figure, and the young men at once
recognized him, though he did not
know them
They were not gentlemen in the best
sense of the word. end it occurred
to them that they might have some
sport with the poor poet. Conse-
quently one of them said in an I'M
necessarily clear tone:
81 have seen almost everything and
everybody in New York except Nc
Donald Clarke. l have a great adj
vibrations for his poems, and 1 would
give a great deal to see the man."
When he passed the mad poet
leaned forward and said with evident
qualification:
''Sir, am Mcdonald Clarke, whom
you say you wish to see."
The young man stared at him with
much rudeness for a moment and
then drawing a quarter from his
pocket, he laid it on the poets plate
saying, "That's for the sightr'
Clarke looked at the coin for an in
slant, and then placing it in his pocket
he took out a York shilling" 12H
cents. This he handed to the young
man. saying gravely, children hall
price"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-17

been cured through the use of Peruna.
| suffered for five years with severe
backache, and when weary or worried
in the least had prolonged headache.
1 am now in perfect health, enjoy life
and have neither an ache or pain,
thanks to Peruna. Lucy M. Riley.
1t is no longer a question as to
whether Peruna can be relied on to
cure all such cases. During the many
years in which Peruna has been put to
test in all forms and stages of acute
and chronic catarrh no one year has put
this remedy to greater test than the
past year.
If all the women who are suffering
with any form of female weakness
would write to DIR. Hartman, Column
bus, Ohio, and give him a complete
description of their symptoms and the
peculiarities OF their troubles, he will
Immediately reply with complete di-
rections for treatment, free of charge.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-17
Would Float a Big Fleet.

According to a report of the geo.
logical survey of the United States
government, now nearly ready for
publication, petroleum was first dis
covered by Colonel Drake less than
half a century ago in Pennsylvania
near T1tusville Men in those days
had no notion that petroleum was
among the necessities of existence
A tallow dip or wax candle illumln-
and a blazing log wood fire left no
room for desire for another kind of
heater. Petroleum might have been
counted a superfluity, but instead it
sprang into immediate favor, and now
its list of popular byproducts grows
longer every year.
The total production of crude petrol
cum from 1859 to the end of 1902 has
been no less than 1,165, 2S0, 727 barrels.
That means that If two and one-half
feet were allowed for the height of a
barrel, and If these barrels filed with
all the domestic oil that has been pro-
duced were laid so that their heads
touched they would encircle the earth
two and one-quarter times.
OF this total Pennsylvania and New
York produced $50 per cent; Ohio, 24.3
per cent; West Virginia, lib per cent;
Indiana, $50 per cent; California, 80
per cent; Texas, 81 per cent, leaving
o per cent to be supplied by the States
OF Kansas, Colorado, Louisiana, ILL
nois, Missouri, Indian Territory,
Wyoming, Michigan and Oklahoma. e
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-17
WATER IN DESERT CACTUS.
Natives Are Accustomed to Tap Plant
When They Are Thirsty.


The marvellous strength Of desert
plants is well known. but we are at
loss to explain the source or rea-
sons of their luxuriance in regions
where only few inches of water fall
during the year, and that little is i'm
mediately drunk up by the torrid sun.
What enables the yucca to thrust its
head through thirty feet of gypsum
and sand or the barrel cactus to store
enormous quantities of water and to
hold the water for months, perhaps
years, or the sumach to cling so ten
aciously to its ground when every
thing else is swept away, are ques-
tons which none can satisfactorily an
swer. No less marvellous and mex
plicable is the mesquite shrub, which
sometimes has roots over fifty feet
long, and other desert plants whose
hairy coverings and resinous coatings
prevent the evaporatio of moisture.
These secrets may soon be discovered,
however, as the Carnegie institution
has established a desert botanical lab
dl utSOu " SAuuy
1t was among the desert hills west
of Torres, Mex. The Indian cut the
top from plant about FIVE feet high
and with a blunt stake of palo verde
pounded to a pulp the upper six or
eight inches of white flesh In the
standing trunk. From this handful
by handful, he squeezed the water into
the bowl he had made in the top of
the trunk, throwing the discarded pulp
on the ground. BY this process he
secured two or three quarts of clear
water. slightly salty and slightly bitter
to the taste, but Of far better quality
than some of the water a desert trav-
eler is occasionally compelled to use.
The Papago, dipping this water up in
his hands, drank it with evident pleas
ure and said that his people were &C
customed, not only to secure their
drinking water In this way in times
of extreme drouth, but that they used
it also to mix their meal preparatory
to cooking 1t into bread.-National
Geographical Magazine.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-17

ing, shot one woman in the head ana
the other in the heart and then tried
to kill himself, but did not succeed be-
fore being disarmed by the police In
statement Dodge said he meant to
kill his wife and her companion be-
cause his wife had been untrue and
the woman with her was responsible
for leading his wife astraY.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-17
HE KILLS TWO WOMEN.

Pueblo Man Also Tries to Commit Sui
eide.
Filbert P. Dodge, a livery keeper,
shot and killed his wife and Mrs Maud
Mckinney on the principal business
street of Pueblo, Col. Dodge dismount-
ed from a horse ON which he was rid.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-17
AN INVISIBLE ENEMY
TO HEALTH

Malaria is a slow poison, but the most stubborn and
deeply rooted when it takes possession of the sys-
tenn. We breathe into the lungs the polluted germ
tainted air. the little microbes then enter into the sys-
tenn, and feeding upon the red corpusces of the blood
soon reduce this vital DEMONSTRATING fluid to such
weak watery state that the patient becomes lstess
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-17

Blessed is the baldheaded man; he
never gets his hair cut on Saturday
night.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-17

pale and an3mlc, and men,
tally and physically de-
pressed. Malaria may be-
Gin with slight rigors or
chilly sensations, followed
by fever and thirst; but
gradually all parts of the
system are affected; the
liver becomes torpid, and
dark or yellow splotches
appear upon the skin; the
and there are frequent he
constipation aud a general
from Malaria can describ
are apt to follow where thi
tration, palpitation, sleeple
and risings and dangerous
the more dangerous becaus,
an invisible atmospheric pc
lodged in the blood are pre-
while, clogging the circu.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-07
NO MAILS OUT TODAY.
The Service at the Postoffice Is
ParalyZed.

The last mails which were dispatch
ed from the Topeka postoffice were
sent out last night. The authorities at
the poStOff1ce announced today that
they understood that the east bound
mails which were sent out at about 6
O'Clock last evening reached Kansas
City, but that they have no informa-
ton how far the west bound mails
which were sent out last night were
carried.
No mail has been received from the
east since about 8 o'clock last night
Two trains from the west reached
Topeka this morning over the Santa
Fe between 4 and o'clock bringing
mail which should have reach ed To-
peka yesterday morning.
The postal authorities announced
today that they could not say when
any. more mail can be sent out or re-
ceived. The railroads will not guar
antee anything definite, and it is not
expected that any mail will be sent
out from Topeka today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-07
Council Begins the Investiga-
tiOn of State Journals
Exposure That the Topeka
Capital Had Been
OVERCHARGING CITY.
Wednesday Nights Session
Shows Official Amounts.
Illegal Charges $139. in June,
$97. in May, $50. in April.

At the official investigation of the
Daily Capitals city printing bills,
which was commenced at the council
chamber committee room Wednesday
night by the ways and means commit
tee it was ascertained that the Capital
had overcharged $139.21 on it's June,
1904, bill. s97.S7 on it's May bill, and
S55.76 on its April bill, total for the
three months of $292.S4. If this ratio of
overcharge was maintained throughout
the year. it would mean a total for a
year of 81, 171.36
The committed decided. on the ad-
vice of G. F. Kimball, not to make any
specific overcharge of the padding
which was inserted into the council
proceedings. For the three months, this
padding amounted to the following