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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28

first place we had our home. Again,
with the exception of the first year,
when l was teacher, acted in a
supervisory capacity. This kept me
moving around the province, but with
rare exceptions l managed to spend
the nights at home. When 1 was
marooned In one of those little vii
lagos could appreciate the loneliness
of the one who was compelled to
spend all his time there, and l felt
genuinely sorry for them.
There isn't any way of lettering
conditions for long time to come, SO
far as / can see. For many years
there will be isolated villages where
the people require instruction. What
the government is bending it's ener-
gies to accomplish is the fitting of a
sufficient number Of native teachers so
that there will be little or no demand
for American instructors, save in a
supervisory capacity. But it will take
years to accomplish this, in spite of
the rapidity with which the natives
LubnS6lNGS Will lu6
fish language, and the eagerness OF
great numbers to qualify as teachers,
There is reason for this rush of
applicants for positions as instructors
"a potent one, although, of course,
other considerations figure. Your Fill.
Pine as rule detests manual labor.
AS teacher he can wear good clothes
and keep his hands soft-and that is
a great inducement The salary paid
a native teacher in the primary grades
runs from ten to fifteen dollars a
month-not princely sum as we un-
derstand 1t, but when the native mode
of life is taken into account, it is found
that in the end the native teacher is
just as we'll off financially as the Amer.
lean instructor who receives several
times as much
Besides, it enables the native to
preserve his caste-whicb is about all
lot of them have to hang on to. This
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28
FAIRY STORIES TRUE.
THEIR ORIGIN HAS BEEN TRACED
BY MODERN THINKERS.
Science Seems to Have at Last Justl
fled Itself by Discovering What
All Little Children Knew
Long Ago.

Science has come to the rescue OF
the fairy story. The little folk"
which common sense has long since
relegated to nursery tales, have been
released by certain modern thinkers,
busted off and placed on earth again
though many hundred years back.
In the folk tales the fairies are al
ways represented as living in green
mounds. They pop up their heads
when disturbed by persons treading on
their houses. They live on familiar
terms with the people about them
when they treat them we'll and pun
ish then when they treat them i'll.
Alliances are formed between fairies
and men and the fairies even hire
themselves out as servants to the
men.
The fairies are remembered as
small race, the men about four feet
tall and the women much shorter.
Both men and women commonly dress
in green, although the men in some
places are now and then referred to
as little red men" on account of the
cone-shaped red hats they wear.
So much for tradition. Now for
science.
Modern archaeology, declares Doc
tor Thorstenburg, has established be-
yond all reasonable doubt the prehis-
toric existence in Europe of one or
two non-Aryan races of pygmies, very
dark, very short, some with long skulls
surviving in the Welsh, some with
round skulls surviving in the Laps.
Years ago j. F. Campbell, the Brit
ish anthropologist, who has put him
self to considerable pains over the
fairy problems, made q sojourn among
the Lapps and found remarkably close
agreement between them and the de-
scription Of the fairies given by the
Scotch Highlanders.
The missionaries who were sent to
preach the Gospel among the Laps
during the seventeenth and eight
zenith centuries all connected the
'slede' Cor "shee") with certain wor-
ship practiced by the Lapps at that
time.
Since ages past the Lapps, as Mr..
Campbell learned, believed in some
mountains or hills which they called
'salvo" there dwelt a race of men
much like their own, carrying on the
same occupations and owning the
same kind of animals as theirs, but
differing from them otherwise in hav-
ing reached higher state of perfec-
ton. The "salvo" race were thought
to be people Of great wealth and
splendor, we'll versed in witchcraft
and In the use of magic drums. while
in comparison the Laps considered
themselves to be but poor, miserable
creatures constantly in need of the
protection, instruction and aid of the
others.
Hence, probably the Nibelungs or
dwarfs or elves or gnomes or other
underground pygmies of fairy folklore.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28
DIDN'T LIKE THE NEW WAY
Old Man Crawford Preferred the Old
style of Getting His Money From
the Bank.

The bank at Pelham City had been
opened for about six months, when old
Jim Crawford walked in one day and
made deposit of $50. He looked
eround In a dissatisfied way and
growled and muttered to himself about
new-fangled notions, but finally took
his passbook and left, and it was three
months before he was seen again.
Then one forenoon he entered the
town on horseback, whooped, and,
hourishing a gun in either hand, and
dismounting at the bank, he entered
with a yell and pointing his weapon
at the cashier, shouted:
Come right down. old man, or off
goes the top of your head"
What do you want, Mr. Crawford?"
was the polite reply.
so you know me, eh?"
"Of course. Want some money!"
That's what want, and you shell
out or I'll load you up with lead!"
How much, Mr.. Crawford?'
Thirty dollars"
You can have $50 If you want it,
as that is the sum to your credit.
Just make check. will you?"
whats a check?"
why, I'll fill this, and you sign it."
And don't shoot?"
Not shot. Just sign your name
there"
Say, don't understand" ex-
claimed the old man as he backed off.
I'm here to hold this bank up for
$780,"
But you don't have to. Just sign
this check and I'll hand over your
money"
And don't yell nor shoot?
NO"
And the sheriff don't come after
me?"
No Put your name to this"
i can't do it-can't do 1t, nohow,"
said the old man. with choke in his
voice. IF that's the new way of dom
things I'm out of it. want my money.
but ! want 1t the old way
We'll, have it the old way. then"
The old man tramped forward to
the cashiers window, rested the muz-
zle of his gun on the ledge and yelled
lout:
Come down or you ar a dead
mani"
"Certainly-here's thirty"
"And-and is that all there is to
it?"
That's ALL
Then I'll be hanged if want it,"
he said as he threw the money back
and went outdoors and sat down on a
barrel of sugar in front of a grocery
and shed tears.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28

Is also an Inheritance from the Span
iards, perpetuated in part by the Brit.
ishers who are encountered in Manila
and all through the islands They are
a splendid class, but they cling to the
traditions of home, and are outspoken
in their criticism of what the United
States is doing for the natives.
Shattered Caste Horrlfies British.
ITO them everything is progressing
backward. They are accustomed to
ruling with mailed fist, and because
Americans handle the Fflipinos with
some consideration, instead of WELD.
ing a big stick, they figure that the
islands are headed straight for the
bowwows.
Fancy an Englishman stripping off
his coat and perhaps his shirt. and
performing manual labor alongside a
class of Filipinos in order that thew
might be shown how 1t could be &C.
complished more advantageously. MOI
in million years would such a spec.
tacle be witnessed, because caste pre-.
vents. Yet that is what the American
teachers do, and they win the regard
of the natives as they could in no other
way.
This matter of caste is pretty much
of joke to one unaccustomed to 1t.
Nowhere else did find 1t better ex
emplified than in Singapore, while /
was on my way home. / was DESTROYS
of visiting the botanical gardens, and
stepped into little shop to ascertain
the direction and the rate of fare.
There are two classes of rickashaws In
every town-first and second. You can
tell them apart, for the first-class carry
sign to that effect, although they are
identical otherwise with the second.
class, and are drawn by men it would
be impossible tc distinguish one from
the other"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28
CURE FOR THE INFATUATED
Revision of Commandment Should
Read, "covet Not the Wife of
Thy Nelghbor Who Shoots"

A man possessed of very charm
ing wife recently moved into a house
near the outskirts of the city. The
couple were very much pleased with
the neighborhood and were soon on
intimate terms with most OF their
neighbors. The only drawback was
that before they had lived there very
long the husband saw that the lord
OF the next door house was showing
marked symptoms of being infatuated
with the new arrivals wife. His at
tentions we're as odious to the wife
as they we're to the husband, but
neither desired to create disturb
ance and nothing was said. Even the
wife of the second husband was aware
of the desire of her lesser half to be
near his neighbours wife as much as
possible, but she, thinking that the
others had not noticed 1t. kept quiet.
Things ran along smoothly on the sur
face. but there was an undercurrent,
which BODIED no good for any one
caught there, until the Fourth of July.
Then the first husband put into ac-
ton a plan he had evolved. He in
vited his next-door neighbors to pic
Mo with him and his wife, and they
accepted. After the dinner the first
husband made the casual remark that
he had not had a chance to practice
pistol shooting since he had moved
to the city, and proposed a little
shooting match. When he drew his
gun the second husband began to be
afraid that he had suspected some
thing, but the first husband merely
adjusted target and sent five shots
within an inch of the bulls eye. Then
he passed the gun to his wife and she
almost duplicated the performance.
Neither Of their neighbors were able
to hit the target The first husband
calmly proceeded to toss up some
wooden plates and broke four out OF
five. His wife was not SO sure and
broke only three out Of the five, and
each apologized for the other not do
Ing any better by stating that they
were badly out of practice.
where did you learn to do all OF
that shooting?" the neighbor asked.
20, we just practiced when we lived
In the country" the husband Of the
attractive wife replied. you see, my
wife had to be prepared to guard
herself against tramps and other un-
desirables who might bother her
when I was away. She got so in the
habit of having her revolver near her
that she still hoops 1t around since
she has moved to town. We really
saould have done better, and could
with little more practice"
Neighbors say that the second hus-
band is becoming more devoted every
day-to his own wife.-Youngstown
Telegraph.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28

elicts during their stay in the Philip
pines. Whatever views one may have
entertained regarding the uselessness
of society as we know it, you speedily
revise your notions when you see what
isolation has done in these cases. At
home conventions place a certain re-
straint about man that he is bound
to respect. Association with others
of his kind buoys him up, even though
he may be naturally weak.
But take a man of this type and
drop him down in little Philippine
village, perhaps many miles from the
nearest white. where there is nothing
the day, and everybody goes to bed
at dark except during the time when
the moon is full, and it is not hard to
understand why he annexes all the
Scotch whisky he can lay his hands
on, and nightly pays court to q half
quart or more, that he may forget his
loneliness, and that he speedily slips
down the moral scale. The awful soil
tude of such an existence must be ex-
perienced before one is in a position
to understand just what 1t means.
After you have had taste of it you
wonder that the excuses practiced
by some of these fellows, who have
left home and friends and society be-
hind and plunged into a wilderness
populated by strange people, are not
more serious, and marvel at the self
restraint they display.
"Of course. not all the men who go
to the islands as teachers turn out
that way. Many lead exemplary lives;
but the temptations are there just the
same, and it takes lot Of moral
stamina for single chap to maintain
the standards that would pass muster
at home.
| Il was fortunately situated. In the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28
Love One Another

There is beautiful legend of st. John
the beloved. which relates that when
he was feeble old man, too weak to
walk to the assemblies of the church,
he was borne there by his disciples;
and addressing the people as he spread
abroad his hands, repeated again and
again these words: Love one an
other"
When asked why he said ever the
same thing, he replied. Because there
is nothing else; attain that and you
have enough"
Yes, love is enough. 1t is measure
less. 1t is creative of all things high
and holy
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28
if This Keeps On.

Robert w. Chambers had attended
theatrical performances brilliant
oomedy-wherein the leading lady
wore skirt slashed quite to the knee.
Mr.. Chambers, discussing the per-
Torrance afterward over welsh rare
bit at the Century club in New York
said:
And the leading lady's skirt!
Slashed-slashed incredibly. AS l
looked at that slash, through which
the long, slim, silken limb moved In
and out, | said to myself:
II this sort of thing keeps on
well begin to call the legitimate drama
the legitimate
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28
GREEN TOMATO USEFUL
IN MANY WAYS EXCELLENT FOR
COOKING PURPOSES.
Other Vegetables That Might Be utll.
lied to Better Advantage Than
They Are at Present-Some
Suggestions That May Help.

Comparatively few housekeepers
know that green tomatoes are just as
good for cooking as the ripe tomato,
and, being quite different in flavor,
thus provide a variety and new arti-
Gle of food at little cost
Cucumbers also may be utilized in
many delightful ways, not generally
known. Green peppers, now in the
market, have qualities which should
be understood and made use of at this
particular time and season. Southern
people are well versed in their virtue
and use, and understand that their
warm, peppery quality is conducive
to health and comfort in warm
weather
Likewise the tender little green
okra should be eaten frequently and
while the pod is quite young.
Spinach is still in market and is al.
ways a valuable addition to the die
tary, fresh or canned, but is apt to
be like all late summer green's, rather
tough In fiber and therefore better
served In some of the many ways
which require it thoroughly chopped
or in a PURGE. Garden lettuce of late
summer growth is coarse and often
rather bitter, and most people discard
1t for this reason, but this Is wasteful,
II you have your own vegetable gar.
den, to allow 1t all to go to seed or
waste, for there are many very nice
ways Of serving 1t.
A few suggestions from other house
wives and good cooks give us an idea
of the possibilities of these vegetables,
and 1t may help many to solve the
food cost problem, In individual cases
at least.
SteWed Green Tomatoes.-Pare six
large green tomatoes and peel three
good-sized onions. Slice the onions
very thin into saucepan, in which
has been melted a tablespoonful of
lard or butter Let them fry five min
utes, but do not scorch, then season
them with teaspoonful of salt and
two dashes black pepper and mix
well. Slice the pared green tomatoes
Into the saucepan and add half cup
ful OF hot water. Stir all together and
let them stew under cover for ten
minutes or until the tomatoes are
soft. Add heaping teaspoonful but
ter and serve on hot dish.
Fried Green Tomatoes.-Cut six
large green tomatoes into slices about
an eighth Of an inch thick. Beat the
yolk of an egg with a tablespoonful
Of cold water. Dust the slices with
salt and pepper dip into the beaten
egg and cover with fine dry bread
crumbs. Fry them in good bacon or
ham fat or butter until a nice brown
and tender. and then serve with fol-
lowing gravy.
Gravy for Green Fried Tomatoes
Rub together tablespoonful of flour
and two of butter, and when we'll
creamed, brown in a frying pan or
saucepan in which tomatoes were
tried. Then add a cupful of milk.
stirring constantly until It boils IN
thick. Season to taste with salt and
paprika and serve. A teaspoonful of
Worcestershire sauce improves this
sauce.
Green Tomato Cysters.-Slice green
tomatoes and remove the seeds and
lay slices in sailed water for 20 min.
ntes, then take out and drain. Wipe
dry, and dip each piece In beaten egg
then roll in flour % cover well and
ny in drippings or butter.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28


ment in conditions which has been
wrought in the Philippines under
the beneficent reign of Uncle
Sam, instructing the natives Of the
Islands in the three RS is not all beer
and skittles, according to Morton l.
Netzorg of Detroit, Mich. Mr.. Netzorg's
conclusions were reached as the result
Of personal knowledge. For three
years he and Mrs. Netzorg taught the
brown people of our far East posses
sions, only recently returning to De-
troit to make their home Their stay
In the islands was not of sufficient
length to warp their perspective, while
Doth were able to accurately gauge
conditions in the line of endeavor with
which they were identified. That great
good is being accomplished both agree.
lncalculable benefits are being con-
ferred on the natives by the education.
al system instituted by the United
states, and the enlightenment of the
masses through this medium Is the
leaven which will eventually dispel the
ignorance and discomfort bred by long
years OF Spanish oppression, and fit
the people for an even greater meas
ure of self-government than they now
enjoy. But the man or the woman who
goes to the Philippines as a teacher
with the idea that 1t is going to be
perpetual holiday stands a splendid
chance Of being disillusioned before
the task has been fairly undertaken.
Not because the work is so hard, but
from the fact that the awful loneliness
gets on the nerves after a time and
causes mental depression that some
times leads to demoralizing excuses.
Americans Degenerate.
"One of the sad spectacles in the
Islands" said Mr. Netzorg, recounting
some Of the experiences that befell
him while away. Is the number of
young Americans who have degen-
Grated to little better than human der
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28
Filling for FLOR Cracks.

Tear up some Newspapers into
trips. Cover them With boiling wa
'er. If after a little while the news
PAPER has not ABSORBED all the water,
lid few more strips. Mix together a
luarter of pound ead of alum and
iour for each three pint of water, add
% the newspaper pulp when 1t is quite
'oft' stir, place over gentle heat and
COOK until the mixture \ as thick as
putty use while warm pressing 1t
well into the cracks with pliable
tnife. IL must dry thoroughly before
ne noor Is sta1ned.-MissA A. L., B. G.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28
Cold Water Cake.

One and one-half cupfuls pf sugar.
,pequarter cupful of butter, two
md one-half cupfuls of fur, two
Eggs, one cupful of water, two tea.
lpoonfuls of baking powder sited with
he -four. Flavor to taste AM frost II
rou like. This is a good recpe for a
aver cake.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28
Softeninq New Rope

To soften new ropes that are ex.
remedy troublesome because Of their
FITNESS, the Following Is excellent:
Cover the ropes with waterIand heat
he water until II almost boils,
traighten and dry them. Ropes treat
I'd In this manner work satisfactorily
Us soon as dry.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28
RYe Drop Erltters.

Two tnblespoonfuls sugar, pne-half
mp molasses, pinch of salt, to we'll.
,eaten eggs, one cupful eithe rye or
,raham flour, one teaspoonfl soda
White flour to make a dror batter
Drop by small tablespoonful. into
leep hot fat. Serve with molsses or
arup.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28
For Flower Pds

To prevent water from seeping
through pottery bowls or vases intend
I'd to hold flowers, and thus marring
polished wood, coat the imide with
white shellac.
After It DRIES, the jar VIII 10 longer
De porous
This has been tried with some of
he ornamental ginger jars.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-28

HN SPITE of the marked improve
ment in conditions which has been
wrought in the Philippines under
the beneflcent reign of Uncle
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-15
Bank Crash Blasts MeteOriC
Career of Ex-Messeneer Boy
Born in an Illinois Village
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
CHICAGO, June 15.-Climax of the
career of G. B. Munday, one time poor
messenger boy. and now high fnancier
is at its highest:
A million dollars Of public funds OF
the city Of Chicago, caught in the SEN
sational crash of a string o. ''poltitcaI'
banks: small depositors' savings TO the
extent Of S3,0OO.00O more tied up; pol
iticians running to cover; rumors OF
scandal involving high Illinois officials:
revelations Of Illicit dope" traffic by
the biggest distributor OF cocaine in
the middle west-a Munday enter
prise; and exposure of very dubious
dealings in a dozen other Munday
concerns
c. B. Munday's get-rich-quick ca
reer. which ended in an almost hys-
terical collapse when the state bank
examiner entered his Lasalle st. bank
in Chicago and demanded a million
dollars or closure of the bank, was
begun as a country town telegraph
messenger.
Munday. wizard Of politlco-financial
banking. was born in Litchheld, Ill. In
very few years he had begun his
dramatic rise to riches First he be-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-15

came a messenger boy, and hung
around the railway station.
His first upward step was to the po-
sition of telegraph operator. At the
key and Sounder he was in close touch
with the world of finance. He heard
the big men talking over the wires
about deals, in stocks bonds and grain.
Thus was the field Of his future re-
Vealed to him. He entered the grain
business, buying in a small way on the
exchange and selling at a small profit.
Then he entered a grain elevator con-
cern, and soon owned ii himself, as
well as elevators in a dozen other
towns
He added a bank to his possessions.
and in time he had established banks
in nine other small towns in southern
Illinois.
1t just chanced that William Lori
mer. of Chicago, was planning at the
same time to break into realms of
higher finance in the United States
senate.
AIunday, with power among the
southern Illinois democrats, whipped
them into line for Lorimer, republt-
can. And their votes elected LOrimer.
a year later William LOrimer'S LaSalle
St bank was fOrmed-and Munday was
called up to Chicago To be its vice
president.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-15
.INT|MATES A SENATOR
TOOK 100000 CHECK
Counsel Folk May Have Sen
SatiOn to Startle Nation
Under His Hat.

WASHINGTON, June 15.-That
proof has been secured that a Unit
ed States senator had accepted a
81, 100000 check from the New
York. New Haven and Hartford rail
road was intimated by Chief Coun-
sci Joseph w Folk of the interstate
commerce commission today. De
tails as to this transaction are being
kept secret by Mr.. Folk. but proba-
bly, will be revealed within a short
time and cause one of the greatest
sensations that has ever startled the
country.
IF ! should tell you that a Unit
ed States senator accepted a million
dollar check from the New Haven
railroad. the cat would be out of the
bag, so / won't give you any names
or details" said Mr. Folk when ask
ed for Information concerning de-
velOpments in the New York. New
Haven and Hartford investigation.
Folk then told a story of how the
lieutenant governor Of Missouri had
confessed to him some years ago that
he had accepted bribes Folk said
he told the story in confidence to
him.