Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-06-03
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There are only about 80 daily papers
IN Russia.
Education costs S165, 900 aud relig-
ions sacrifices $4,000 a year in Ko-
rea.
The chief source OF wealth OF Japan
Is her coal, OF which 100000 tons
were mined In 1901.
Letter boxes with electric bells in
them as letter-thief telltales are short
ly TO appear In Paris.
Not only hive japanese women
adopted the European costumes, but
some even wear trousers.
The gold dollar of the United States
Is the monetary standard of Canada.
British Honduras and Colombia.
King Peter of Servia has just had
finished one of the finest crowns In ex
lstenee from an artistic standpoint.
The japanese wife shares the coun-
ellis Of her husband and influences his
career to greater extent than do the
wives of the Western land.
There are women lawyers In Toxic,
and although their entrance Into the
medical profession is frowned upon,
that prejudice will give way in time.
Great pains were taken to teach the
present Empress of Japan literature,
to develop her artistic taste, and to
Ochn hal In, ha mrtt
verse
Mrs. Hubert bruce, of San Francis
co, has aided in reviving private the
atrlcals In Paris. She gives theatri-
cal performance every week at her
home In the Rue Herran.
Professor Harnack. widely known
and liberal professor of theology In the
University of Berlin, has made col
lection of the sayings of Christ not
contained In the New Testament.
Transparent umbrellas are late
novelty In London. The substance of
which they are made has the color of
ivory, and its constitution Is secret
of the inventor Collisions are thus rem
dered unlikely.
An irrigation canal nearly Al miles
In length will be the first step In the
plans to reclaim $4,000 acres OF land.
west of Grand Junction. Colo, and
reaching to the Utah line. The work
laid out will cost over half a million
dollars.
The Empress of Japan caused the
frst Japanese girls TO be sent to Amer
lea. In 1871. to acquire Western learn
Ing She suggested the founding of
the National Normal School and pat
ronized the establishment of the Japa-
nese Red Cross Society.
Colorado ranks eighth In the United
States as to agriculture, sixth as to
alive stock, fifth as to coal and iron
/ first In the percentage of sugar In
sugar beets, first in the area of irri-
gated land, and first as to quality of
wheat, potatoes and melons. No State
approaches Colorado in the amounts of
gold aud silver produced.
Portland Me-. has lost its most IA
nous barber In the death of John B.
Pike. In his time he shaved Grant.
Sheridan and Garfield. Ben Butler wa
almost fond of him. Judge Clifford
used to spend a morning hour in the
office to have John tell him the news
aud save him the trouble of reading
/ the paper. Blaine and Tom Reed and
/ Neal Dow were good friends to the
clever barber.
/ Emile Terquem has unique record
/ In the French book trade. in that he
has been chosen by the Cercle de Ia
Iibralrle to direct every large exhibit
of French books at the international
exposltions for the last thirty years.
He is credited with the success of the
French exhibits at the Centennial and
in Chicago: he was In charge Mt the
4 Paris Worlds Fairs In 1878. 1889 and
1900 and he is coming to st. Louis.
/ The sovereign who reigns over the
smallest monarchy in the world Is the
king of the Cocos, Il group of islands
near Sumatra. These islands were dis
covered about 800 years ago hy the
captain of the Keeling, but We're COM
paratively little known till 1925, when
Mr.. Ross, an Englishman. visited them,
was struck by their beauty and took
mp his abode there. 1t is his grandson,
~ George Reiss. who now holds sway
over the Cocos.
CHANGED THEIR NAMES.