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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-06-04
DID HIS WORK THOROUGHLY
Central African Explorer We'll
Equipped to Make Lasting Rec
ord Of His Journey.

To make an accurate description Of
the route taken through an unknown
country requires an amount Of hard
and incessant labor Of which few per-
SONS have any conception. An instance
In point may be taken from the ex-
plorations of William Junker In Cen
trail Africa.
This man, Russian by birth, spent
five years endeavoring to trace the
course Of the River Welle, which lies
between the headwaters Of the Nile
and the Congo, with view TO deter
mine the position Of the watershed
between the two rivers.
When actually on the march he
wore a coat designed by himself, hav-
ing numerous large and small peck
cts especially arranged for the handy
use of his watch, compass, anercid.
thermometer and note books From
one Of Its buttons hung three pencils;
one red for marking his route, another
blue for noting the rivers and streams,
the third black for recording the times
Of starting and hating, together with
all the more notable incidents of the
days march.
In a little notebook, ruled for the
purpose, the exact time of starting
was put down, thereafter, at the end
OF every five minutes the direction in
which he was proceeding was deter
mined by a glance at the compass
and carefully noted. while occasional.
ly the readings Of the aneroid and
the thermometer were taken.
A brook crosses the path. With the
blue pencil It is instantly designated,
as well as the direction of its current
and its estimated breadth and depth.
Every change in the character of the
country Is entered, as from wooded to
grass lands, or from desert TO fertile
soil. The prominent objects encoun-
tered on the way, with their apparent
height and distance, are all indicated.
So also are the names of the tribes,
and any local information that may
have been obtained.
The time and duration of every
hah is carefully kept, as it is neces-
time in order to calculate the distance
gone. Doctor Junker's uniform rate
was a little over three miles an hour.
When the night camp was reached
the first duty of the explorer, after
supper, was to copy all the notes
made during the day into a large
book; one page generally, though
sometimes two, being used to record
days march. If the night were
clear the travellers work would end
with an observation for determining
the position of the camp. This done,
he felt that he had earned his right
to rest.
In this manner Junker travelled on
foot 1000 miles through country 9
large part of which had never before
been visited by a white man.-Har
per's Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-06-04
ONE ROOM HIS PRISON
PENITENT YOUTH STUNNED
WORLD TO ExPIATE A FAULT.
For "a Years Residents of Clyde, NJ
", Watched Closed Window, But
II Never Opened Until Its
Occupant Was Dead.

Clyde N. Y.-Thirty-four years OF
penance for grief he caused his father
ended the other day. by the death OF
J. Arthur Hamilton. For more than
. quarter OF century the blinds In
his room were drawn on rusty
hinges and sunlight never flooded the
apartment From small cracks be-
tween the shutters he saw genera
tons grow and pass away. but the
mystery OF his sudden disappearance
was not solved until 1t was learned
that Hamilton's body filled a newly
made grave. His old friends believed
he had gone west on a mining ven
ture and many had forgotten him.
i. Clyde saw the last OF Arthur Ham,
ilton "a years ago. He disappeared
IN night. His absence was the more
noticeable because, up to the time he
disappeared, Clyde had seen SO much
OF him. He was the most active OF
the society and business men OF the
town. handsome In appearance and In
tellectual.. His father. devout mem
Der of the church and a banker, was
disappointed In his son because he
failed to keep pledges to reform and
cease his skylarking.
One night he went to Lyons, be-
came involved with the authorities
and the father was called to go his
bail. The blow preyed on the fathers
mind. He became Ill and died. Young
Hamilton blamed himself for his
fathers death and determined to dc
penance by spending the remainder OF
his days in solitary confinement.
Hamilton lived solely with his
books. his memories and his pipe. 1t
now becomes known that he sat daily
al. his windows and watched the peo-
pie Of Clyde as they came and went
past his self-made prison. He saw
his old friends grow to maturity.
marry and rear children. The tolling
Of church bells informed him of
deaths. and he would miss another
fafnillar face on the street
His face changed His hair whit
ened. He shambled in his gait like an
old man. Then he began to leave his
room by night and walk about the
Hamilton mansion, but none ever
connected him with the Arthur Ham.
ilton of years before. Finally he
needed the attention of a physician
One was sworn to secrecy and the
old man taken to a hospital, but he
died.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-06-04
Here Is a Real VII.

The town council held a big ban
quet. One Of the. councillors came ar
rayed in tartan waistcoat. He was
subjected to great number OF curl
GUS looks. At length one of his broth
er councillors. unable to restrain his
curiosity. remarked:
Il say, what possessed you to
come in a tartan waistcoat?"
WELL" came the witty answer, I'm
not like some Of you. Always when
1 dine Ike to keep a check over my
stomach"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-06-04
HEAD OF VERY sMARTEST SET

Sadness and gloom have been the
portion of large section OF the
American Society (be careful of the
large 81, since the publication OF
that remarkable book "The 469 Ultra
Fashionables of America" compiled
by Charles Wilbur de Lyon Nichols,
on whose shoulders has fallen the
mantle of Ward McAllister, inventor
of New York's 400" The cream of
the cream of American society have
now been segregated. coralled, re-
concentrated or otherwise distracted
from the common herd and seated on
high In the splendor and dazzling
radiance of Mr. de Lyon Nichols, au-
gust approval. There appears to be,
however, remarkable lack of inven-
ton displayed in the New York list
of 300 notables. 1t is confined prac-
tically to the guests who were invited
to meet the Connaughts and Princess
Patricia on their recent visit. Surely
New York is going to the dogs when
it can only muster a beggarly 300.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-06-04
RULER OF SMALLEST STATE

By the death of William Alexander,
Grand Duke of Luxembourg, which oc-
CURED recently, a demure young
woman not yet Is becomes sovereign
of that little principally. She is the
late rulers eldest daughter, the Grand
Duchess Marie. Luxembourg is a state
OF 1913 square miles in the angle where
Germany, France and Belgium meet.
1t has about 100000 people. From
time immemorial 1t has been an ap-
panage of the House CT Nassau. It
was therefore virtually part of Hol.
land, though separated from it until
the death Of Queen Wilhelmina's
father in 1890. Then 1t followed the
male line to the father of the grand
duke just dead. In 1907 the success.
sion In the female line was instituted
by a family statute.
AT time, some years ago when ~
seemed likely that Queen Wilhelmina
OF Holland. would be childless aba
designated this young grand duchess
as heir to the throne of the Netbor.
lands and was about to ask the nut,
legislation to this end. Shortly aftarv
people for direct heir to the throne ,
Princess Juliana
The grand duchess is described q g
III
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-06-04

made thirty-five years before In order
to get down to the site of the temple
OF Ephesian Artemis What little the
Byzantine builders of churches and
the moslem builders of mosques had
left OF the great shrine, as It had been
In Roman and Hellenistic times, he
carried almost entirely away Below
that stratum something had survived
OF the earlier temple which Croesus
helped to build. OF this also Wood
removed all except some patches of
pavement. drums of columns. and
bits Of walling and foundations. Un-
less there were still earlier temples
below this-and below, as 1t hap
pened, the spring water-level to boot
i had nothing to do put put the
place tidy, make as accurate plan
as possible Of the meager vestiges,
and come away. Therefore. my one
chance was to probe below Woods
lowest. procured a big steam en-
CINE and pump, probed, and found
there were remains of not less than
three shrines below Each had been
smaller than its successor, but all
were built round the same central
point which the greater temples above
them used. That point was marked
by square basis of ashlar masonry
which had four times been restored,
enlarged and heightened; but through
all its changes 1t had supported the
cult-statue Of the great goddess, look
w Qrdc h. H.
ening naves Of her successive shrines.
Probes Rich Shrine.
And had such further reward as a
digger may always hope for If he
probes to the bottom of site once
occupied by very rich shrine. The
floor Of the earliest shrine of all was
found to be Uttered with remains of
offerings in ivory. gold, silver, bronze.
terra Gotta and other materials; and
the rubble core of the earliest pedes-
tai was sown with yet more of these
things-mostly gauds of pious women
who had thrown them in when the
square basis was first being built.
Those which | found on the floor out
side had, no doubt, been trampled In
to the slime when the earliest shrine
was sacked or otherwise ruined, and
they had been left for me because
their existence had been forgotten.
Those within the basis may have been
remembered, when 1t came to be re-
stored; but superstitious piety re-
spected the structure into whose core
they had passed until all memory of
them, too. faded away So got them
as well-nearly two thousand of
them! They have proved of much
more worth than mere loot; for they
have told US what early Ionian art
could produce-have told us, In fact.
just what the Austrian excavations
in the city have failed to tell.
left the site of the Artemisium to
become a morass again. and even a
worse one than of old, for the deep
digging had tapped fresh springs
There was no help for 1t, nor is there
any hope Of fresh discoveries there In
time to come. The site. OF the great
est of ancient shrines must remain
pool in winter and fever-breedinr
hole in summer. All our hope for new
light on Ephesus rests on the con,
tinuation of the Austrian excavation
in the city. May it go deeper as II
goes farther
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-06-04
To Have Woman Police Court.

San Francisco.-A police court en-
clusively for women is planned for
this city. The purpose Will be to pro
tect female prisoners and witnesses
from crowds that throng the ordinary
police courts. Only women offenders
will be tried except In cases in which
women are called as Witnesses. II
II planned to have q woman bailiR In
attendance. The police judges viii
take turns in presiding.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-06-04

prominent nnanclers
time the great Gould properties that
in OF
ciers and rairo men, with she will advise
remained free of the financial enterprises
chief phin
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-06-04
KING PETER IS IN TROUBLE

Is the bloody drama of 1903 about
to be repeated in Belgrade? That is
a question that all Europe, including
Servian people themselves, are ask
ing. For weeks reports have emanat-
Cd from Belgrade that a conspiracy
has been formed among the officers of
the army having for its purpose the
dethronement of King Peter, if nee
essary, by as violent means as those
of the terrible night nine years ago,
when King Alexander and Queen
Draga were murdered in the palace.
King Peter is paying for whatever
guilty knowledge he may have had Of
the regicide plot with uneasy days
az 4 sleepless nights. Now in his
sixty-eighth year, he is wondering If
it was worth while after all, to trade
lis reace of mind as private citizen
n Switzerland. for the bloody crown
Of Servia. Through the palace still
stalks the restless ghost of Alexander
and the kings ears must still resound
he ooh If a1,, til -
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-06-04

Even Ward McAe enlightened
ton and that those unfortunaes
slowness who do fully subscribe
and be for die Possibly
compes wisdom did not wholly him
stormy the
and support by the precedent already
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-06-04

At foreign
conspiaces denied
Official
tons existed between Peter people
with
ask representative
finds little
the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-06-04

HELEN GOULD TO THE RESCUE

Miss Helen Gould, philanthropist
one of the best loved among Amer
lean women and possessor of millions
has come forward to save the family
fortunes from possible wreckage and
to restore the prestige of the family
name.
At the very moment when the f1nan.
cial downfall of the family Is impend.
ing she has offered to cast her per
sonal fortune into the breach to stay
the threatened calamity.
In so doing she has chosen to for
get and to forgive all that has &C.
Cured to ALLEVIATE one member of the
family from the others. She is in.
spired by her own bounty of heart
and by the deep reverence in which
she holds her fathers memory.
Miss Gould left New York the other
day In her private car for San Fran.
cisco, for 1t is there that the arrange
ments will be made by which the
family finances will be Strengthened
out. She Is going to look over things
lie prominent financiers.
{ time the great Gould properties that
18th her are a number of eastern finan
will advise.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-11

Generally when n hears OF a wo-
mar competing with men II is q wo-
man who has entered an occupation OF
profession requiring long years OF
study and preparation We hear OF
Miss Blank. the famous lawyer or Mrs.
So-and so. who Is teaching doctors
new things about their profession But
II is not alone III the arts and profess
sions that women are winning their
way More n more OF them are en-
terinR the humber trades and ousi-
nesses America has not yet seen. save
In a few isolated cases. the spectacle OF
women working IN the fields or har-
messed with dogs to draw milk carts
a familiar sight IN Belgium, for IN
stance but Keen competition for i've
lihoods may drive them to such occu-
pations also
There are in the United States about
so. 600. 900 persons OF both sexes en-
gagged IN "gainfui occupations"-tha
Is. in earning their livelihoods by the
labor of their hands or brains. or both
combined or these about 5000 900
are women-that Is. about 20 per cent
OF the workers are female and the re-
naming 80 per cent are male There
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-11
France Also Elects q President This Year

TEP this way. you folks who
think hat the comlng presI-
~ dental election II the United
~ States Is the biggest thing of
It's KIND in the universe 1t is, by the
way. but rest your minds for a few
minutes IN contemplation of the fact
that France. the second biggest repub-
lie on earth. Is also going to elect a
president soon
In the first place, o ought to know
that a candidate for the French presi-
dency does not address his beloved
fellow citizens" on the banks OF the
Loire or the Rhone No. indeedy! 1T
wouldn't do him a bit Of good If he did.
Why? Because his fellow citizen" has
nothing to do with the election. unless
he happens to be a m OF the
French senate or chamber OF deputies
There are no First Ward Progressive.
Democratic or Republican Marching
clubs throughout the length and
breadth of fair France. When the time
comes for the election OF a new presi-
lent to sit in the seat OF the Bourbon
kings, the Bonaparte emperors n the
later presidents of la republique. which
happens once In seven years. the W
houses get together and Indicate their
CHOICE II secret liO lis SiiOHCo
off quite a lot OF popular enthusiasm.
such as throws the United States into
Mysteries. real or feigned, every four
years. Then. of course, there's the
further fact that the constitution of
France says a mar may not aspire to
a second term for the presidency. no
matter how much he may fancy him
self as an occupant of the Palais de
rElysee, the official residence OF the
president One term for the French
president and no more.
Not every French statesman. how
ever we'll fitted he may be for the
presidency. wants to breathe the rare,
thin air of the official height, You see.
the French president doesn't rule
things as a man with the strong hand
does in Washington Everything he
does in an administrative way has to
be countersigned by a minister French
ministers of state are extremely vola-
tile personages. given to throwing up
their portfolios ~fvoila!) at a moments
notice. or without It Then things be-
come messy. an entire ministry re-
signs, Bonaparttst and Orleanist pre-
tenders ak about restoring q mon
archy IN thai dear France. n there L.
trouble all around
However this vear-President Fall
Heres term OF office expires next Janu-
ary-thsre 10 no lack OF candidates for
the position OF monsieur 10 president
A. least i've mon nave each . good
chance OF succeeding NJ Clement Ar
mand Failieres who has been presi-
dent OF France since Jan II. 1906
They are Ray ynond Polncare. prime
minister OF France and tavortte in the
presidential race. Antonin Dubost.
president OF the senate. Paul Deschan-
ei speaker OF the chamber OF deputies.
Leon Bourgeois. minister Of labor in
the present ministry. and Alexandra
Ribot. former premier OF France
OF tbs ave, Dubost - the most active
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-11

are more men than women IN the
United States. the proportion being los
men to every 100 women
Books About Women Workers.
Under authority OF IN act Of con-
gress IN 1907 the United States COM
missioner OF b prepared not long
ago a Report on Condition OF Woman
and Child Wage Farmers In the United
States" This Is called on good au-
thorlty "the most comprehensive and
detailed report ever made upon labor
conditions IN the United States" II
comprises nineteen volumes and covers
all phases OF the employment of wom-
en- and children IN all parts OF the
United States Some idea OF the wide
extent to which women toll daily in
the United States for their bread and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-11

United States probably Miss Stella
Dickerman of Hog Hollow. N Y. has
the most appropriate name She Is q
trader in horses n her "dickerlng" is
SAID to be equal at least to any mans.
Folks h have seen Miss Dickerman
SIZE up the good and bad points of a
horse say no veterinarian can teach
her anything about the ANNA II Is
believed that Miss Dickerman is the
only woman in her line of business ID
America
Probably Mrs Daniels OF New York
city. the woman who runs a cobblers
shop. and runs II successfully. too is
| unique. Mrs Daniels inherited the
business from her husband and, as the
picture shows. she employs several
men to do the work She does not Oft
en- don the apron herself to stitch up
pers or resole shoes. but she can do 1t
| when occasion arises. for she has taken
a course in theoretical and practical
shoe repairing New York has also a
woman "iceman" in the person OF NJ RS.
| Ruff.
Mrs. Goodwin. Detective.
New York boasts mi OF the few wo
men detectives OF the country connect
GU WIN reg uld pOllCe CITY uepdTb~
ments The private detective
sometimes employ women ,nvestIga-
tors. but Mrs Isabella Goodwin. re-
Gently appointed to the New York
force Tor excellent detective work IN
catching robbers. wears a reguiaI shield.
She was formerly a police matron but
the authorities decided II was a pity to
waste such a keen mind as hers ID the
routine work OF a police station
In order to succeed IN the case in
which she made her first mi as a de-
tective Mrs Goodwin was compelled
to play the part OF a general house,
worker 10 a dive for more than e week.
She Is a short, slight woman with
black hair. gray eyes n an especially
broad and Intelligent forehead She
dresses very quietly in black and looks
as lnconspicuous as possible She has
had some interesting experiences In
running down fortune telling takers
n other breakers OF the law
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-11

ing and other branches Of the black
smiths craft. She IS a comedy young
woman and her toll at the forge has
not affected her w~omanliness.
Two Women Fire inspectors.
New York has two women fire in
spectors. one operating IN Manhattan
and the other in Brooklyn They are
Mrs Sarah w H Christopher and
Miss Laura ] Grant They and their
male coWorkers have much to do with
the efforts the big city Is making to
eliminate p~reventable hre risks. es-
pecially to the workers Their daily
reports deal with such subjects as light
and ventilating shafts. N Smoking"
igns dumb waiter shafts. exit signs.
fire doors. fire escapes electric hight TIT
tings. tanks. standplpes the DISPOSE
ton OF refuse. heating systems fire
hooks. axes. fire buckets. ~extlnguishers,
water supply etc Much OF the work
is technical in the highest degree but
Mrs Christopher and Miss Grant have
| proved their competency to deal with
them Among their duties are the
climbing OF ladders to the tops OF tall
water tanks on the roofs OF skyscrap-
ers TO ses II there Is a sufficient supply
OF water
OF women aviators. who make a
| o%uslnes OF risktn9 their ives and their
limbs Tor money there are not vet
many. but II ls predicted that the num-
ber will increase. in spite OF the terri
bic fate that has sent Miss Harriet
Quimby and others to their deaths.
Mile Aboukana. a pioneer avlatrIce. in
her "coutume d'air." is shown / the
| illustration
OF all the women workers OF the