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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-29
.RELISHES FOR SPRING
TEMPTING MENU NEEDED AT
THIS SEASON.
Condiments Liked in the Winter Have
Lost Their Savor and Others
Must Be Provided to Take
Their Places.

Springtime appetites should be as
fresh and unspoiled as is the spring
itself. But too often the spring appe-
tite is dulled and it is only by dint
of constant care the housekeeper or
cook is able to provide a tempting
diet on the spring table.
Winter fare pals at this season.
And the usual winter condiments and
appetizers fail to work successfully.
Mustard pickles, chowchow, cole slaw,
olives-all have lost their winter trick
of whetting the appetite. Celery has
literally lost most of it's crispness and
sweetness by spring. New appetizers
and relishes must be relied on to give
point to the daily diet.
Cucumbers are one reliable spring
relish There is, of course, much oh
lection to cucumbers on the ground
of indigestibility. They are usually
digestible-that nobody can deny.
But some people do not find them SO.
and eat them without fear. So if
they are not taboo on your table.
make use of them. 1t is a good plan
to slice them thinly and place them
in iced water in the refrigerator for
an hour before using them. Then
dress them with oil and vinegar and
serve them with fish. Or dice them
and mix them with diced green pep
per and celery, with mayonnaise, in
cups of lettuce leaves as a salad.
Tomatoes, too, can be made to serve
admirably the purpose of whetting
the appetite. A very good appetizer
with which to begin dinner is round
of firm tomato, half an inch thick, on
which is placed pepper, celery or Gu
cumber, mixed with mayonnaise
dressing. Sliced tomatoes, iced in the
refrigerator, are another good dinner
accompaniment. They may be served
with fish or with the meat course.
And of course all sorts of tomato
salads are delicious in spring. And a
good sherbet for dinner can be made
of equal parts of strained tomato
juice and meat stock, to which a little
softened gelatin has been added,
frozen in an ice cream freezer to
sherbet consistency.
Radishes should always be served
very cold. Clean them and chill them
thoroughly in iced water and then
cut in attractive shapes. Make roses,
sometimes, by cutting back the red
skin in points. Again, slash the rad
ishes from the pointed end down
three or four times. Slice radishes
and serve with other vegetables on
lettuce leaves for salad.
Sweet green peppers are as useful
in warm weather as in cold. Chop
them and mix with an equal amount
of celery, chopped fine, and moisten
with mayonnaise. Serve a spoonful
on a lettuce leaf for salad, or serve
a spoonful on a slice of thin, crisp
toast in the form of canape for an
appetizing beginning to dinner. Stuff
pepper, one end of which has been
removed, with cream cheese and
chopped nuts and slice to serve With
salad.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-29
Lights From the Drug Store.

The general darkening of the lights
OF London has nearly quenched the
rich glow from chemists windows that
used to appeal so strongly to one OF
Robert Louis Stevenson's friends
Walter Ferrier," records Stevenson
had a romantic affection for all phar
macies, and the bottles in the window
were for him a poem. He said once
that he knew no pleasure like driving
through lamp-lit city waiting for the
chemists to go by"
The reigning sultan Of Morocco ap
parently possesses similar tastes
When Muley Yussef last visited Cas-
ablanca he departed with an assert
ment of green, blue and red jars, pur
chased from chemists. These caught
his eye as he passed through tht
streets, and were promptly purchased
to adorn his residence.--Pall Mall Ga
zette.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-29
Small Leaks.

A writer in the Scientific American
has figured what we lose by leaking
faucet. If faucet leaks to the ex-
tent of two drops of water second,
the leakage would amount in month
to little over eighty-four gallons. II
the water rate is twenty-five cents a
thousand gallons, the money loss
would be about two cents month. If
the leak is from hot water faucet,
the loss would of course be larger, for
fuel has been wasted in heating the
escaped water. If coal costs S. ton,
the loss in water and heat will be
nearly ten cents a month 1.-THE fact
that the loss is small" says the Scien-
tific American, should not allow us to
neglect small leaks, because by disre-
garding them we tend to become SLOW
emily In all things. Furthermore, small
leaks do not stay small. The constant
leakage of faucets wears small pas
sages through the seats, and makes
tightness impossible. The next thing
is a new faucet with the accom- pany.
ing plumbers bill, which is notorious
" not small. "-Youth's Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-29
Saws Cat Caused Wreck.

Capt. Roland f. Quillan, whose three
masted schooner William J. Quillan
was sunk off Cape Hatteras after col
lision with the Norwegian steamship
LAZY, never again will take cat to
sea- He attributes the accident which
nearly cost his life and the lives of his
crew. to a gray cat which he had
aboard.
1--WE shipped for 25 years and al
ways have taken along dogs" Captain
Quillan said Just before l started
from Baltimore for Mayport, Fla.
somebody stole my dog, so l got a
cat-a gray cat. Cats are bad luck,
guess. This was my first accident
The cat was lost"
The LAZY, which brought the Quill,
lan's crew to Newport News, is under.
going repairs, due to the collision, be
fore resuming her voyage.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-29
TOY CASTLE HELD TOGETHER
Building Blocks, Designed by Indiana
Man, VIII Resist Ordinary Assault
-Dovetail Securely.

Toy castles, like dream castles, are
not very stable. Nobody has devised
a way to make the latter stand, but
an Indiana man has designed a set Of
building blocks by means Of which a
toy castle can be built that will hold
together under an ordinary assault.
These blocks consist of top and base
pieces and panels with grooves and
projections that dovetail together.
Each piece that is added contributes
to the stability of the whole, and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-29
At length Midnight had washed him.

At length Midnight had washed him.
self all over and looked at SNOWFALL
to see what he should do next.
you have done pretty WE'LL" said
SNOWFALL, "for kitten that was as
dirty as you were to start with, and l
guess that we will go in to breakfast,
but l want you to spend the day today
in getting your coat in first-class con-
dition, and don't forget that hereafter
no bath, no breakfast. A cat is never
good cat unless he is clean cat"
And SO saying he led Midnight toward
the kitchen.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-29
Chocolate Fudge.

One cupful brown sugar, one cupfui
white sugar, one-half cupful milk. two
squares of chocolate, boil five minutes
not too hard, but keep boiling all over.
Just before removing from the fire add
a small piece of butter about one-hali
size of egg. Remove and beat, add
few drops of vanilla, turn into
CREASED pan before it gets too hard.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-29
orris Root for Laundering.

When washing handkerchiefs, break
up quarter of an ounce OF orrls root
and tie 1t in a piece of muslin, boiling
it in with the handkerchiefs for
quarter of an hour.
When dry, iron them carefully, and
they retain delicate violet odor that
is very refreshing.
Use about three pints Of water for
this quantity of orris root.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-29
Toy Castle.

when the entire structure has been
put together it is very substantial
toy. 1t can be moved around from
one part of the nursery to another
and the small architect, or rather
builder, may crawl inside and fight"
from this vantage point without hav.
ing to be too careful Of where his
feet strike.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-29
BEST OF APHORISMS
AMERICAN HAS GATHERED SEN
FENCES THAT ARE ALIVE
Have Epigrammatlc Quality Surpris-
ingly High-For Instance, "Never
a Great Saint That Lacked
Sense of Humor"

The successful aphorist is about
ten thousand times scarcer than the
successful essayist or story teller or
Assyriologist, remarks the New YORK
Sun. The man who without borrow
ing directly from the few really great
maxim makers of the worlds litera-
ture, or without appropriating the
1etter or the spirit of those folk
proverbs which contain the quint-
essence of human wisdom, can put In
to eight hitherto uncombined words
the entire pathology of human hypoc-
risy and cant merits especial notice
and more or less gratitude Of man
kind:
In the truly good all govt Is rheu-
matism."
We commend to the discerning
everywhere the small and perhaps not
very happily named book, "Keystones
of Thought" in which DR.. Austin
OMalley of Pennsylvania has gath.
cred from fifteen hundred to two
thousand of these Conclusions which
spare you the labor of tramping in
moist relentment thoughts syllogis~
tic mazes." This small army Of aphor-
isms are not all SO good as those
which we now proceed to exhibit as
examples; but the average of cpl
grammatic quality is surprisingly
high:
~, fs, TIT nnd m 0I1
Age.
A fallen lighthouse is more dan
gerous than a reef.
We are plated with piety, not al
1oyed with it.
Style is not the setting OF the dia-
mond thought; it is the glitter itself
of the diamond. 5.
Atheism is q disease of the mind
caused by eating underdone philoso-
ply.
1t is long snake that has no tail.
If you snub conscience a few times
she will cut your acquaintance.
Memory Is crazy woman that
boards colored rags and throws away
food.
Writers on the spiritual life are
constantly mistaking the liver for the
devil.
Possess your soul without fussing;
your guardian angel does not lose
half the sleep over you you think he
does.
1t is as easy to give advice to your
self as to others, and as useless
Cunning is short blanket; If you
pull 1t over your face you expose
your feet.
The new is what has been forgot
ten.
In holding an eel a gentle grip is
foolishness.
Distance lends amity to cousins
The most dangerous savages live
In cities.
What is called weak will is COM
monty flabby intellect
There never was a great saint that
lacked a sense of humor. A
A gentleman never heard a story
before.
Many social visits you think paid
to yourself are paid to your bottles.
Most women wear their looks like
trousers.
A college can bluff like any poker
player.
Humor without effort, wit without
bitterness. philosophy without preten-
sion; Doctor O'Malley has printed a
book that is worth possessing.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-29
Marmalade Sandwiches.

Make these just before eating them.
Butter white and brown bread ana
spread with orange marmalade, rather
thinly. On each slice of brown bread
put a slice of white buttered Dreaa'
and on the white put brown slices.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-29
The Boys Complaint,

"Oh, no; there amt any favorites
in this family!" soliloquized Johnny.
"Oh, no! II bite my fingernails, /
catch it over my knuckles. But if
the baby eats his whole foot, they
think it's ute."-Boy's Life.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12
Long Drawn Out

Uncle JEFF, an aged negro driver or
Augusta, was plotting several north
ern visitors around just after the first
golf links had been put in there. Uncle
jeff was little short in his knowl-
edge according to st. Andrew, but long
on local pride.
How many holes have they" in
quired a visitor, "eighteen?"
Uncle JEFF pulled up to make his
answer more impressive.
"More'n dat, suh." he said. "dey's
got a pascal er land and de holes
amt bigger'n tin can-I reckin dey's
got thousand holes already, sub"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12
Isl CHILD CROSS,
FEVER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give california
Syrup of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels SO nicely
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat.
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen.
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
tenn, and you have a well child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12

The window was not more than fifteen
feet above the ground. There were no
bars and no restraining walls. Only
the sentries. passing busily upon their
rounds. restrained the captive from
escaping.
Morton calculated the distance crit
ically- But for those armed men in
front of the prison 1t would be the
work of a moment to spring to the
ground, mount the horse and escape
The task was easy precisely because
it was so difficult. Without horse
Morton could not hope to reach the
limits of the encampment; with one,
everything is possible
The rider did not come back Night
had fallen. The horse whinnied and
sniffed the night air. The smell of
burning wood from the campfires made
the prison room fragrant. An intense
sadness filed Mortons heart as he
thought of his Virginia home, and
freedom. He heard the tramp of
marching men, he saw the Confeder-
ate flag waving above the serried hosts
OF Lee.
Suddenly a single shot rang out
from wood little distance away.
Shouts were heard. then followed
fusillade. A bugle blast rang out.
And instantly armed figures sprang
from the lines of tents and rushed
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12
Oklahoma Man Tells About
Kidney Remedy

Several years ago l was taken with
severe pains in my back, due to diseased
kidneys and was forced to give up my
daily labors. l heard of your great kid.
ney remedy and resolved to try it. did
so with wonderful results.
Since taking DIR. Kilmer's Swamp
Root have had no trouble from my
kidneys. l am giving this testimonial
of my own free will to let others know
the wonderful merits of Swamp-Root.
If you should care to, you are at liber.
ty to publish this testimonial whenever
you choose.
Very truly yours,
j. A. PARRISH,
Saltwater Okla.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this sth day of March, 1912.
II. S. HAUSSDER,
Justice of the Peace.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12
Obedient Tommy.

Nov, Thomas" said the teacher. Sc
verely, 'how many times must l tell
you not to snap your fingers? Put
your hand down and presently I'll hear
from you"
Five minutes later she said: Now,
then, Thomas, what was it you want
ed to say?"
There was man in the entry a
while ago." said Thomas serenely,
"and he went out with your new silk
umbrella."-New York American.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12

Fundamentally these Ills of ours are
proving to be functional. not organic
in origin. and they are very largely
due to bad habits of mind. as carefui
investigation and thought will clearly
show. They rest in the relationship
between the primitive co-ordinating
plan and power of our bodies as now
manifested through the action of our
ductless glands and that of our later
acquired brain power which we have
not yet learned to use only because we
are not properly trained how to use it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12
SOFT WHITE HANDS
Under Most Conditions If You Use
cutIcura. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify. the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Nothing
better or more effective at any price
than these fragrant supercreamy emol-
lients. A one-night treatment will test
them in the severest forms of red,
rough, chapped and sore hands.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12
Prudent Woman,

81 thought you said we were going
to share everything equally after we
got married." said the husband of a
rich woman.
THAT was merely your own sugges-
tion," she answered calmly. 81 have
decided to retain the balance of power
until find out what division you are
going to make of love and affection"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12

had connived at his capture in order to
rid himself of hated rival had driven
him to a white heat Of frenzy against
the man whose sudden appearance
seemed the answer to his prayer that
they might come face to face again.
Morton took a step toward his en-
emy.
"Lefevre," he said, will you swear
to me that can go to my death know
ing that you are guiltless of my muir
der?"
He saw the answer In the others
eyes, and silently the two men shook
hands. Then they waited in the dark
ness that had already fallen.
Suddenly the galloping of horse
was heard. A rider dashed up to the
military post, tethered his horse be-
meath the window, and ran hastily
toward the house of the commandant.
The horse was Immediately beneath.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12

toward the outskirts, where a surprise
attack by the southern army seemed
imminent. The two men heard the
cries of the combatants, the cheering
OF their leaders. Then followed si-
lence.
The prison guards had gone. The
captive was orgotten-everythin was
forgotten in that supreme necessity to
preserve the Union outpost against
an attack which. once il succeeded.
would drive wedge into the center Of
the forces that were defending Wash
ington. 4. .
Morton turned and looked at Les
fevre. The eyes of the Northerner
were fixed on his with understanding.
Good luck" he said quietly.
Once more their hands were clasped,
and Morton leaped from the window.
Lefevre, watching. heard the thud Of
his body as he alighted on the soft
ground beneath. He saw him spring
into the saddle. A moment later horse
and rider were away like the wind.
A shadow in the night. they passed.
"Betty!"
She stood before him. radiant with
happiness. and Lefevre, stunned by
her appearance in the prison, looked
at her uncertainty; he had not under
stood the meaning Of tie joy in her
eyes.
You are free" she said "The com
mandant told me that l should be the
first to bring you the news"
But how did you get here?"
"a permit from the president" she
answered. "And it is he who has re-
leased you. You are to rejoin your
regiment Immediately"
"Betty!" Lefevre took step nearer
her. you know that Colonel Morton
escaped last night?"
yes. All the camp is talking about
it, and the strange thing is that no
body but is glad. Somebody fired
shots from the wood. 1t was a false
alarm. He escaped in the confusion. "
"Yes. l was with him, Betty Who
connived at it? The southern army
is not within score of miles"
81 saw the president yesterday"
said Betty. II pleaded with him to
pardon Morton. He said he was DOW.
erless. But-he gave me this pass
he sent it to me later. Do you know.
l fancy he is somehow responsible for
Morton's escape! / know his heart
is too great to let him send an limo.
cent man to death by reason of a
technicality of military law. be-
lieve we have to thank him for it
that great-souled man in the White
House for whom nothing is too small
that involves the life of fellow being,
and justice"
Her eyes were sparkling; and sud.
denly Lefevre. approaching, took her
in his arms.
Betty, it was not because you love
Morton that you did this?" he cried
Dear" she answered. "I gave you
my heart long ago. Didn't you trust
me? Did you suppose could be un
faithful to the man / lover"
Forgive me-" he cried, bending his
lips to hers. And after the war is
over. Betty. Morton will rejoice in oui
good fortune, and the old friendship
will be established more firmly
And do not forget one who IL
happy today because of us ALL" sale
Betty gravely. His happiness is the
most unselfish of all, and he, too
after the war-after the war"
1t was well they could not know
that the great heart of Lincoln wouls
| be stilled after the war.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12
Seems So.

Mr.. Bacon-I understand it requires
about fifteen days for the human body
to recover from the loss of two con-
secutive nights sleep.
Mrs. Bacon-And don't you suppose
those fiendish cats in the back yard
know that?
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12

ton. considering that his duty was to
aid his state. departed for Virginia.
You know how this war has sepa-
rated those nearest and dearest.
Colonel Morton's old mother was dy-
ing. ! heard of it. and knew that
he loved her more than anyone on
earth. / contrived to get the news to
him through faithful black servant.
He came through the Union lines in
disguise, not as spy. but to see her
before she passed away. Colonel Le-
fevre knew of Colonel Morton's pres
ence. He would not betray him. but.
as in duty bound, he reported the fact
of his presence in the vicinity. Colonel
Morton was captured at his mothers
bedside He was tried. And he has
been condemned. VIII you not save
him, Mr.. Lincoln?"
Betty always remembered that ter
rible moment. Washington hummed
like great dynamo outside; in the
slanting light of late afternoon the
buildings the crowds that cheered
the marching soldiers made an indel-
ible impression upon her as the back
ground for the dreadful, intimate
drama that was being enacted there
on the White House lawn beside the
whooping boy, driving his goats. And
the issues of life and death lay in the
hands of this sad, gaunt man who laid
fatherly hand ON Bettys shoulder.
"Thay would not listen to my evi-
dence." pleaded Betty, with catch
in her voice. They were bent on con
victing him. on leaving one solder the
less to fight against the Union. 1t is
shameful thing, Mr.. Lincoln. and you
are his last hope-my last hope. VIII
you set him free?"
Il cannot" answered Lincoln.
His face seemed to swim before her
eyes. you can do anything" she
gasped
81 am helpless" answered the pres.-
dent. and strobe away.
You. Lefevre?"
Colonel Morton looked incredulously
at his old comrade, as the door of the
prison opened and he WIS ushered
inside.
Yes. /, Norton"
The two old friends, now bitter enc
mics. stared at each other.
you have come to gloat over me
on the last evening of my life?" ques.
toned the Southerner bitterly.
81 have been imprisoned" answered
Lefevre, because | am suspected of
completely in your appearance within
the Union lines" He grasped the
other by the hands 81 know why you
came" he continued. 81 would have
aided you, had that been possible. |
denounced you because it was my
duty, but l told them why you had
come And so, !. too. am under ar
rest"
But not under sentence of death"
said Morton gravely.
And his thoughts went back to the
letter he had received from Betty, tell
ing him of his mothers Illness, then
to the perilous journey, his arrest at
his dead mothers bedside. his trial
sentence and removal to the lonely
prison In the rear of the fighting lines.
where. he was informed, he was to be
shot on the morrow. And 1t was not
the bitterness of death that shook his
fortitude, but such a death as this,
alone, in front of a firing squad. in
stead of in the field, leading his men.
He knew that Lefevre was Betty's
afiianced lover Once he had,loved her
passionately, but the outbreak of the
war had turned his thoughts into other
channels. Now he had grown able to
bear the thought of Betty as Lefevre's
bride. But the thought that Lefevre
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12
Letter to
DR.. Kilmer & Co.
Binehamton. N. Il.

Prove What Swamp Root VIII Do For You
Send ten cents to DIR. Kilmer & Co..
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable in.
formation, telling about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing, be sure and men
ton this paper. Regular fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12

husband to accompany her to church
of he talks in his sleep.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-02-12

Most men wouldn't do a thing u
they didn't need the coin.