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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
HER REPLY WAS PERPLExlNG
ReoinaId Is Unable to Decipher Mis-
sive From Sweetheart In Answer
to Marriage Proposal.

Gladys Helen Montague, her trans
parent red-gold hair glittering In the
sunlight, sat at a mahogany desk WITT
ing her answer to Reginald f1tz-
maurice's proposal Gladys's CALL
graphy was of the style which makes
three characters perform the duty Oh
twenty-six. In reply came;
my Dearest Girl-Your answer mas
made me the happiest man III lne
world How did | dare to hope that
you would stoop to bless such as IL!
l pray that l may be worthy OF YOU
my darling long to press you TO my
heart.-Thine, Reginald"
my Dear Miss Montague-on Wed
nesday l start on tour round the
world. II at any time you should
change your mind a word from you
will bring me to your side. My letters
will be forwarded from the club
Faithfully yours, Reginald Fitzmaur'
ice"
Dear Gladys-After a sleepless
night spent in the vain endeavor to
decipher your note, | rave written
these two answers. viii you kindly
return Immediately the one which
does not fit? l cannot stand this
strain.-Your anxious Reginald
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29

I can't find words to express my thanks
for the good your medicine has done
me. You maypublish this if you wish"
Mrs. HERMAN SETH, Pound, Wis.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, intlam-
nation, liberation, fbroid tumors, IT.
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial.
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should
it not cure you?
If you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for it.
1t is free and always helpful.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Reasonable Rate,

1t was on little branch railway in
southern state that the New Eng
land woman ventured to refer to the
high rate. 1T seems to me . cents a
mile is extortion," she said with frank
ness to her southern cousin.
ITS big lot of money to pay If
you think of it by the mile" said the
you just think how cheap it Is by the
hour, Cousin Annie-only about So
cents. Can you ride any longer than
that for S5 cents up Moth ?'-Youth's
Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29

Ing and her cheeks burning long be-
fore the story was finished. When it
was quite ended she said:
1T Is the most monstrous thing of
the century! I shall not leave it to
the police, but take the matter into
my own hands,"
But what can you do?" was asked
DO? Do? Tomorrow morning I
take the dog in the park myself. | meet
the man and his dog. | hit his dog as
hard as | can, and l tell the man what
think of him. Oh, I'm not afraid to
talk up. III make his ears burnt"
But he's a very sassy man."
Il don't care. | can wither him with
just one look!"
When Bobby started out next morn
Ing, the maid was apprehensive, but
his mistress was ready for the fray
She had said nothing to her father, pre-
ferrfng to fight her own little battle
alone. There could be no mistake.
Ihat is, she could not mistake a tall
man with St Bernard for a medium
sized man with a terrier. She did not
She was walking along the path where
Bobby had trotted the day before
when she came upon man and dog.
The terrier sat at the mans feet, and
was blinking in the sunshine. Again
1t was the poodle who was the aggres-
sor. He had been well licked the day
before, but that was when he was with
the parlor maid He was now with
mis- mistress, and his confidence was
great. He turned aside and attacked
1t was the same gymnastics over
again, except that the man jumped up,
raised his hat to the young lady, and
then grabbed the stumped tail of his
dog and hauled him out of the fray
and cuffed his ears and exclaimed:
Why, Dick, I'm ashamed of youl"
You ought to bel" came from the
young lady
But I have hardly ever known him
to fight before"
And only yesterday he picked a
fight with Bobby right up by that
bench, and you encouraged it, and
talked very impudently-"
Il beg your pardon"
"Oh, yes you did, and know it,"
But, Miss, you see
Your dog is a menace and a nui-
sance, and l shall notify the park
police. Keep him away! If he at
lacks Bobby again l shall demand his
instant DEATH"
There is some mistake here" said
the man as he still hung on to his dog.
1 was not in the park yesterday. You
could not have seen me. My dog.
here, was in charge of my valet. If
you saw him you must see that there
is no resemblance"
1t was my maid who was here"
replied Miss May in less aggressive
tones.
And Charles said nothing to me of
DICKS conduct. If my dog misbe-
haved, am very sorry for it. If he
was the aggressor today | shall sure
~ take him elsewhere for his airing.
he Is rather old, and has perhaps be-
come quarrelsome. All. seei They
nave got over their tiff and would he
friendsl"
Then there was a talk about dogs:
then an interchange of Identities:
then apologies; then the terrier and the
poodle frisked and gamboled and
agreed this was a good world for
dogs.
NO, no! Not yet! However, there
Is hope. Two people on a bench
Two dogs gamboling-Cupid hiding be-
mind the big bushl Could the sur
roundings be more favorable? Doesn't
Miss May blush beautifully every
morning when the bouquet of roses is
handed in?
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
AS a Last Resort.

The customer had spent two hours
in pricing and inspecting the various
types of furnace kept for sale at the
big establishment.
We'll" she said, turning away at
last, I've got to find some cheaper
heating plant than any you have in
stock"
I'm that case, maam,' the salesman
said, bowling her out, permit me 10
suggest that you try red pepper
Chicago Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
COUNT WANTS AN HElRESS
Austrian Noble Ready to Take Bride
to London for Coronation
Fetes

New York.-If you are an American
hefress, good looking, a blonde, well
educated, companionable and willing
to become the wife of Count Hugo
Christalnigg, you may marry the
count and attend the coronation of
King George V. In June.
Fraulein Yrma Bleyer, nobility bro
ker of New York, confldante and cor
respondent of princes. counts and
other mobiles. is authority for the state
ment.
In proof of the assertion that the
count Is good looking. she forwards
his photograph.
You see," said Miss Bleyer, In ex-
planning her plans, the coronation
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Walks Ear TO Cure Leo.

Chico, Cal.-0ver six years ago NJ
f. Crookum, now night Waterman
here for the Diamond Match company
injured one of his legs. Physicians
told him that complete cure could
be effected only by walking.
Six years, four months and twenty.
four days ago Crookum was given his
present job. Since then he has walked
27,006 miles on duty, and. besides this
two miles day to and from work.
He says his leg is almost well.
Crookum has one-mile beat to
cover hourly, IL times a night, seven
nights week. He missed only two
days work.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29

one of the first recorded services held
on this continent.
To properly memorabilia this his
torical-religious event, the late George
w. Chllds of Philadelphia presented
this huge cross to Golden Gate park.
This was done at the time of the open
ing of the mid-winter fair that was
held in the winter of 1894.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Put Out of Business.

you poor man" said the kind
hearted lady, what brought you to
your present condition."
"The development of civilization"
replied the mendicant. 81 used to
have business that paid we'll"
What was it?"
"Buildin' cigar store Indians"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Taking No Chances.

my son, don't be in such a hurry
about marrying this girl who you
say has SO many other lovers. Re-
member the old adage about marry
ing in haste"
Yes, but If l don't marry in haste,
now she's willing, she might change
her mind"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Where She Started.

She may be very masculine in
some things, but she is very feminine
in some others"
What others, for instance?"
well, in reading novel. l asked
her the other day how she liked a
novel had loaned her and she replied
that it was splendid, that it gripped
the attention of the reader right in
the windup."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Another Kind.

Il had to laugh at that fellow with
the new automobile the other day
the one, you know, who boosted he
had such influence"
why did you laugh at him?"
Because he was sitting by the
road with his machine stalled, waiting
for man to come along with a pull. !"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Bidinu Her Time,

Mamma" said little Bessie, look
ing wistfully into her mothers face,
may l carry the baby awhile?"
mo, indeed, my little darling; you
are too young and small; you might
let it fall"
well, mamma" was her disap-
pointed response, " then may | have
it when it is worn out ?"-Metropol
tan Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
IRRIGATION WILL GIVE A
MILLION PEOPLE HOMES
Facts and Figures Showing What May
Be Accomplished With Water

The national reclamation act, adopt
ed by Congress in 1902, has given the
country twenty-five projects, represent
ing the reclamation of 3,198,000 acres
of land at cost of more than $780,
100000, while thirteen projects, held
in allegiance until the completion of the
foregoing, will add 3,270,000 acres more
to the crop producing area of the
United States. This total of 6,46S,O0
acres will furnish homes for $780,
600 persons and add several hundred
million dollars to the taxable property
of the various States.
In the States from the Missouri
river to the Pacific ocean, there are
fully 100000 acres under irrigation
or to be watered in the near future.
Allowing an average of twenty acres
to a family and five persons to fam
lily, this acreage will support 10000
persons. To this number might be adj
ded 100000 more, representing the
number of persons needed to supply
the wants of these tillers Of the soil
and to transport their products. lrri-
gationists claim that an average of ten
acres to the family in high enough;
but to be conservative, an average of
twenty is used. On that basis these
100000 acres would furnish a living,
directly or indirectly to at least l.
100000 people
Planted to wheat, producing an av-
erage of thirty bushels an acre, this
irrigated area would yield 90,000,O00
bushels or 24,000,000 tons of hay, if
planted to alfalfa, while if in apples, as
grown in the Northwestern States, the
yield would be 30,000,O00 tons.
This enormous tonnage would call
for more railroads from the Great
Lakes to the Pacific Coast, millions of
dollars worth of new equipment and
the employment of hundreds of thous-
ands of skilled mechanics and laborers
in mills and factories all over the
country. 1t would also mean more
business for the banker and the mer-
chant.
One hundred and fifty million dollars
have been invested in irrigation canals
in sixteen arid States and territories,
and the harvest valued at 250,000,000
is the former deserts response annual
ly to the intelligent application of
water to the sun-scorched valleys.
The possibilities of reclamation and
its bearing on the future welfare of
the nation can be better realized
when we consider that fully 35,O00,O00
acres of arid or semi-arid land can be
reclaimed by irrigation, in addition to
the acreage now irrigated, and approx
imately 100000 acres of swamp land
by drainage.
Between 100000 and 100000
persons are now engaged in agricul-
ture in the United States, and practi-
cally all of the arabic land in the hui
mid regions is embraced in the 6,000,-
900 farms under cultivation. The aver
age size of these farms is lag acres.
France is country of only 207,054
square miles and has population of
nearly 100000, yet it is the banker
nation of the world and supports its
people comfortably. The German EN-
pire has 20S,o0O square miles and
population of 60,000,0O0. Austria-Hun-
gary has 261, 900 square miles and
population of 47,000,000
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon
tana have 396,700 square miles and not
more than 100000 population.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Grave Difference of Opinion.

Meyerbeer and Rossini, in spite of
all their rivalries. were the warmest of
friends.
Rossini once said, "Meyerbeer and
can never agree" When some one in
surprise asked why, he replied, 'Mey-
erbeer likes sauerkraut better than he
does macaroni."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29

did you enjoy the scenery in
Italy?"
"Oh, we did not see the scenery I'M
til we got home and looked over the
post cards We had collected. You
know we motored through"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Giddv Girl.

rs your daughter of practical turn
of mind?"
mo, she is very frivolous. Wants
to take cooking lessons instead of
perfecting her game of bridge"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29

pepSla ana female
troubles b Y your
me dicine. l had
been troubled with
both for fourteen
years and consulted
different doctors,
but failed to get any
relief. After using
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e ge ia BILE Com
pound and 10 cd
Purifier l can say L
am a well woman.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
SIiqht jolt.

YES" said the callow youth, 81 al.
ways speak my mind"
I've noticed" rejoined the matter
of-fact maid, that you have little to
say"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Some Hat.

Il asked her to remove her big hat
so l could see the STAGE
Wouldn't she do it?"
No; she said if she held her hat
in her lap she couldn't see the stage
herself. st Louis Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
a Man of Parts.

rs he dishonest?"
NO. indeed. He has a rare faculty
for discriminating between graft and
perquisities."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
His Business.

Talking about emergency. | know
9 man who is always ready at .
pinch.
Who is he?"
Hes a policeman"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Letter to
Or. Kiln er 6 Co.,
Binghsmton, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp Root viii Do For

YOU.
Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, n. Y, for a sample bottle. 1t
will convince anyone. You will also
receive a booklet of valuable informa-
ton, telling all about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing, be sure and
mention this paper. For sale at all
drug stores. Price fifty-cents and one
dollar.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
The Hunt steepIechase Season.

Sportsman (assisting jockey who
has been knocked out)-Stand back,
please; little more air. and hurry
up with that brandy
Faint voice from patient - Never
mind bout the air.-Punch.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29

The Glasgow fire department uses
four motor driven and operated en-
gines, one truck with 35-foot ladder
and a first aid hose wagon.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Mistaken.

"A man doesn't learn what happi
ness is until he has lost it,
II thought you were a bachelor"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29

Policeman-Whyd did you throw that
joke writer out of the window?
Magazine Editor-He came in here
and asked me if duck pants were
made out of feathers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29

FAILED TO
HELP HER
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Pound. Wis. II am glad to an
nounce that l have been cured of dys-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
PHYSICAL WRECK RESTORED TO
HEALTH BY GREAT KID.
NEY REMEDY.

| feel it my duty to furnish you
with my testimonial as to what your
remedy Swamp-Root did for me when
| was a physical wreck from kidney
and bladder trouble.
Some years ago | was not able to
do any work and could only just creep
around and am satisfied that had it not
been for DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root l
would not have lived. After using
the preparation for one month l was
able to work some and when | had
used $500 worth of Swamp-Root l
could do a good days work. | used
about $1,000 worth altogether and
would not take $4,000 for the good
that it did me. l consider it a Cod
send to suffering humanity for the
diseases for which you recommend it
and have recommended it many suf-
ferers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
Should Keep a Cow to Do H.

Onoulo Neep Cow TO Do II.
Does it cost much to dress a fam.
ily?"
IF you believe that time is money.
have seven girls to hook up the
back"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-07-29
H l.. HIGGINS

WEIGH, Ark.
Personally appeared before me this
goth of September, 1909, H. L. Hug
gins, who subscribed the above state
ment and made oath that the same is
true in substance and in fact.
w. A. PAGE, J. P.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Gilman News Notes.

Mrs. Mayme Hunter, who teaches in
the Red Oak schools. arrived home Sat
urday evening and will spend the hol-
iday vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. S. Hunter.
The ladies OF the NJ. E. church We're
very successful with their bazaar and
chicken pie supper at the G. a. r. hall
Saturday night, the total receipts be-
ing s1s2.
S. E. Robinson and family. of Grir
nell, spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends here.
Robert Tone. who is student at
Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, arrived
home Saturday evening for the holiday
vacation.
Miss Olive Sawyer and Ray Cannon
were married Wednesday at l O'Clock
at the Presbyterian parsonage at To-
ledo by Rev. G. E. Chapman. They went
that evening to the home the groom
had furnished on the Mrs. w. d. Fan
ton farm, west Of town. The bride is
a daughter of Oliver Sawyer and the
groom son of Peter Cannon, OF this
place.
Miss Gladys Crissman. who teaches
at Knoxville, spent Sunday here VII.
her aunt, Mrs. ]. S. Hunter, and family
aIter "nicn she went 10 ner nome at
Cedar Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Ensminger are
spending the Christmas holidays at the
home Of Mrs. Ensminger's sister, Mrs.
H A. Beedle, and family, at Kansas
City.
Curtis Stansberry. who is attending
business college at Des Moines. is Wis
iting at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Stansberry.
Mrs. Earl Willcutts and children.
Janet. Merle and Donald. left Wednes-
day for Chicago to join Mr.. Willcutts,
who went there two weeks ago.
Miss Esther Dunkle arrived home
from Menominee. Wis, Saturday
morning and will visit her relatives,
the r. A. Dunkle family. for two weeks.
DR.. G. B. Ward, wife. and daughter
Helen. went to Sigourney Tuesday 10
spend Christmas with Mrs. Wards pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. McLanahan. DR..
Ward returned Thursday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Nelson left Tues
day for their home at Pacific Junction.
where they will spend their vacation.
Fred Pence and wife. Of Waterloo,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Distinguished Epilepties.
tGnlaila Worid-iie

Eugenists insist that epilen+ics
should not be permitted to marry hut
now come the doctors and historians
and declare that most of the men of
supreme genius the world has known
were epileptics. They produce evidence
to show that Napoleon Handel. Pae.
mini, Mozart. Schiller. Richelieu, Flau-
bert, julius Caesar, Paul, Frederick the
Great, and Mahomet were all epileptics.
Talleyrand tells Of Napoleon's fits.
They declare that the account that
Paul gives Of his visit to Damascus
shows that he was an epileptic. Sue
tonius says that Caesar had fits Maxim
du Camp gives long account of Flau-
bert's malady. DR.. Havelock Ellis SAYS
a large proportion Of British men Of
genius had ut least one parent that
showed abnormality. He declares that
the character of Micawber was a cor
rect account in detail Of the character
istics of Dickens father
This discussion reminds one of tho
conversation Of the old Quaker with his
wife when he remarked: Everybody
is a little crazy except thee and me. and
sometimes think that thee is little
queer"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
A REAL PAVING TEST.
Detroit inspector Built a Machine to
Wear Payments Out,

wear PAvomontS Out.
City Boiler Inspector J. C. MoCabe
has completed the machine for making
practical tests Of the surface wearing
qualities of various kinds OF pave.
ments. the idea OF which he conceived
at the time OF the lively contest over
brick pavements and the rAttlsr test
last spring.
The common council appropriated
5000 to give McCabe a cha to put
his idea into practice. and the first 40
tual experiments with tine new ma
chine We're concluded Saturday.
The machine which is the first at
tempt of its kind in the world, con-
sists OF two large and weighted metal
wheels, one on each end Of a. shaft,
which revolve from q central pivot
around a circle paved with the kinds
OF material to be tested. Each wheel
is equipped with five metal plates
faced with regulation steel horseshoe
caulks, so that as the wheels reyolye
the caulks strike the surface of the
pavement in the manner OF horses
hoof.
Thus the weighted wheels corre-
spond to the tires OF vehicle and the
caulks to the tread OF the horses and
as the machine can be run with any
speed or with any Load desired, Nc
Cable claims that a few hours oper-
alton will show the actual wearing
Qualities of any pavement as Well as
tho 1t were laid in the streets and
used Tor years. He has figured 1t out
that by running the machine slowly
with moderate load thirty days Of Its
It's operation will show the actual wear
Of twenty years.
In the first experiment with the ma
chine 1t was run at Compare lively
hlgh speed to give a severe test, and
me pavement that stood up the best
under this punishment was the COM
mon concrete laid under the specifica-
tlons OF the county road commission.
Inc wear on the surface was hardly
perceptible. while the same wear on
the surface OF granite block and All
onands OF brick tried was as great an
one and one-half inches. Another thing
tnat the test showed was that the
orlcks tried whose average abrasion
loss Is highest according to the RATHER
test. stood up the best under this
strain.
me champion block which was re-
oected py the city last spring because
us average OF abrasion was about 27
per cent. made the best showing, while
,he Townsend block which shows
low abrasion percentage in the rather
fiiaoe the poorest showing here. Metro
po1ltan and Medal block also made
poor showings. Cedar block went all
10 pieces under the test. while c,eos,te
DOCK showed almost no wear. altho
oiie DOCKS We're forced down into the
saho CUSHION where the wheels passed
over them. o"
me tests will be continued continu-
ously. and McCabe is now certain thu,
the machine will save the city thou.
SANDS OF dollars by pointing the way
10 the best paving material and tho
pest way to lay h.-Detroit Free Press.
Sept. %. 1912