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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
THE MAGIC ROCK.

Once upon a time there was little
old woman who lived in a little old
house. She had little dog and q
little old pig.
People called her a witch, but II
she was, she was good witch, fol-
she loved the dog and pig very much
and sometimes you could hear heI
singing to the pig:
You shall have silver pail
And a ribbon for your tail.
And the pig would say ugh, Ugh,
as II he understood. And then she
would sing again:
You shall have a feather bed,
And a pillow for your head.
And the pig would answer ugh
again. Then she would sing to the
dog:
Doggie, you shall have collar of gold
And eat your food from silver bowl.
And the dog would say Bow wow
Not very far from the old lady who
lived in the little old house with the
little old dog and the little old pig
hFOu q iitlic 6Hl udMSu Mdi 6ui Ct
with her sister Sarah. Margaret was
a pleasant girl, but Sarah was dis
agreeable and cross. They were very
poor, and Margaret would tell Sarah
that some day they would be fortu-
nate, but Sarah was cross because she
could not have pretty dresses and live
In big, house,
One day Sarah was very cross, and
Margaret was feeling sad, and stood
by the gate, crying, when the old lady
came along with the little old dog and
the little old pig.
What are you crying about?" she
asked.
Margaret told her.
"Dry your tears" she said, land
listen to me. Tonight at IL o'clock
walk down the road until you come to
a tree where an old owl is saying
Who, who Take the path by that
tree and follow it along through the
woods until you reach a big rock.
Tap on the rock three times and re-
peat this:
Open, rock at break of day;
To what l ask donot say nay.
''Then you must ask for the things
you want, and wait for the break of
day, but if you are asleep when day
breaks the spell will be broken. A
fairy told this to me, but I am too old
to walk such long distance, and, be-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
Hollands Water Trenches.

The war department of the Neither
lands has developed a new sort OF
trench for use in the low and marshy
parts of the country where, in case
of invasion, the chief battles might
be expected. Fighting along the
User has taught the strength of a
water defense above all others. For
this purpose, as is we'll known, the
so-called "waterline" has been brought
into readiness. But a great deal of
fighting might take place upon the
endless tracts of meadows which lie
all around the capital of the kingdom.
The trenches which viii here be con-
structed will be arranged In such a
way that at a moments notice they
can be turned into flooded bitches.
In the warfare in France and Rus
STA a conquered trench means an add
ed strength for the enemies. who I'M
mediately turn the trench into for
tress of their own, The Dutch trenches,
when it is necessary to abandon them,
will almost automatically become a
deep flooded ditch, which will be no
use to anyone and will merely form
another obstacle on the way forward.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13

cracked 1t open, and a red ribbon
dropped out. She was glad, for she
wanted the little old pig to have the
ribbon for his tail, the little old lady
had promised it to him so many times.
Margaret took all her good fortune
and ran home.
Sarah was just getting up. well,
the lion did not eat you" she said,
but / am sure you ran as fast as
did. The little old woman is a bad
old witch"
Then Margaret showed her the bag
of gold. Sarah became very angry, for
she thought Margaret would keep all
of 1t, as she would have done, but
Margaret emptied out half of the gold
and gave it to Sarah, who was very
much pleased and surprised. Then
Margaret hurried to the little old
house, where the little old lady lived
with the little old dog and the little
old pig, and gave the little old lady
the cane, and the gold collar for the
little old dog and the ribbon for the
tail of the little old pig.
The little old lady was SO pleased
that she danced around the room and
the little old dog ran after her barking
"Bow-wow," and the little old pig fol-
lowed, granting ugh, ugh" Marga-
ret was very happy because the little
old lady and her little old animals
were pleased, and when she reached
home her sister met her at the door
and kissed her. Il have been a very
selfish girl" she told Margaret, but
I will try to do better in the future,
and shall live here with you, and not
spend my money for clothes" And
they lived in peace and plenty ever
after.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13

sides, have all l need, and am con-
tent"
Now, Sarah heard what the old
witch told Margaret, and that night
she locked ner in the house and went
to the rock herself. She tapped it
three times and said:
Open, rock, at break of day;
To what l ask do not say nay"
Then she said, q want a lot Of
money, pretty clothes and hig house,
and coach and four black horses"
She lay down by the side of the rock
and took a nap, and was awake be-
fore the break of day, and as the
| light came, she saw the rock open,
and big lion put out his head and
roared at her. She ran as fast as
she could, and did not stop until she
reached home. Then she unlocked
the door and let her sister out.
You can go to the rock, if you
like she said, "but l will warn you
that you will find a lion, who will eat
you If he catches you"
This did not brighten Margaret, and
the next night at midnight she walked
down the road. "Who, who,' said
the owl, and she took the path as the
old lady told her. When she came to
the rock she tapped three times upon
It, and said the words,
open, rock, at break of day;
To what | ask do not say nay.
Il want money to make my sister
and me comfortable, and / would like
goldheaded cane for the little old
lady and a gold collar for the little
old lady's old dog, and a ribbon for
the tail Of the little old pig" she said.
Then she sat down beside the rock
and waited for the daylight to come,
but she remembered what her sister
had said about the lion, and when it
began to be light, she went behind a
tree and watched, but when the rock
opened she did not see lion, and
she looked into the opening. There
was bag or gold for her, and gold
headed cane for the little old lady,
and the collar for the little old laay's
little old DOG lay beside it, but where
was the ribbon for the tail OF the
little old pig!
Margaret saw large nut. and she
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
TO CAN FRUIT IN OVEN
BY This Method Fruit Retains Its
Shape, Color and Flavor to
Remarkable Extent,

Cooking canned fruit in the oven ia
easily and quickly done, while the
fruit retains its shape, color and fla.
vor better than when cooked in a pre-
serving kettle.
Cover the bottom of the oven with
sheet of asbestos, the same as used
by plumbers for covering furnace
pipes. This is very reasonable at any
plumbing shop. If it is impossible to
purchase the asbestos, use a large pan
in which there is about two inches
of boiling water. Thoroughly sterilize
the jars and utensils Make the sirup
of sugar and water as sweet as need
ed. Prepare the fruit the same as
for cooking in the preserving kettle.
Fill the hot jars with this, pouring in
sufficient strip to fill the Jar. Run
the blade of silver knife around the
inside Of each jar. Never use steel
knife.) Place the Jars in the oven
pan of water.
The oven should be moderately hot.
Cook the fruit ten minutes. Remove
from the oven and fill each jar with
boiling strip. Wipe and seal. If the
screw covers are used, tighten them
after the glass has thoroughly cooled
Large fruits may require pint of
strip to each quart jar of fruit. The
small fruit will require little over
half a pint of the sirup.-Ladies'
World.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
Minced Chicken, Cream Sauce.

Put into saucepan one tablespoon,
full of butter, one gill of stock and
two tablespoonful of stale bread
crumbs and stir until boiling. Then
add one pint of cold chicken, chopped
fine; teaspoonful salt, dash of pep
per and teaspoonful of chopped pars-
ley. Remove from the fire and add
two well-beaten eggs; fill into small
creased molds, stand in hot water and
cook in the oven Is minutes. Serve
hot with cream sauce made from
rich milk, thickened to the consist
ency of cream. Very nice.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
SOME SIMPLE FOOD TESTS
Row Ptomaine Poisoning Can Be
Avoided by Testing Contents of
Can for Copper.

Chicory is not harmful and some
like it, but when we buy coffee we
don't want to pay coffee price for chic
DRY. To find out whether you are buy
ing the real thing, put tablespoonful
of the coffee in glass; pour cold wa
ter over it, and watch.
If the coffee is pure the water will
hardly be stained. If chicory is pres
ent it turns the water deep brown
color.
Here is a good test for canned
foods: Put bright, clean steel knife
in the contents directly you open the
can. Leave for minute. If copper is
present it will be seen on the knife's
blade and you've escaped ptomaine
poisoning.
Fresh eggs will always sink in wa
ter. Stale eggs have smooth and
CLASSY shells; fresh eggs have lime
like surface.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
JAPs KNOW NO PROFANITY
Their Language Contains No "swear.
words" Unfortunately So Conn
mon In the West.

The Jap is always polite, but once in
a while he slips from grace-and when
he does he is up against 1t, for there
are no swearwords in the Japanese
language, says a writer in Leslie's
Weekly. When a Japanese meets you
he bows three times and takes off his
hat, but does not shake hands. When
he greets you his first concern is
about your ancestors and next about
your stomach. 1t would be almost an
open insult for one Japanese to meet
another without asking him how his
stomach Jared. On the third bow he
asks: This morning, how is 1t with
your honorable inside?" AS you come
up on your third bow you answer to
the effect that the place mentioned Is
doing as well as could be expected
and In turn ask him what news he
has from the front. Then he lifts his
hat again and says: Your delightful
head this morning, l hope it have no
commotion." When you tell him that
YOU are pleased to report that 1t feels
we'll this morning he asks about a
few generations of honorable ances
tors and then you are free to take up
the weather.
Even though they are deliberately
polite, once in while one Japanese
will get mad at another. Their anger
l1indles slowly at first, finally tanning
to blaze that knows no staying. But
even though there is a torrent of emo
ton seething in his soul there are no
words to give it vent; it keeps surging
harder and harder until it throws
aside all restraint and gives up all
idea of decency by putting into one
phrase all his bitterness and swapping
squarely into the other mans aston
isbed face the worst thing that can be
said in the whole language: Your
stomach Is not on straight" This is
the final insult; nothing more can be
added-he has cast the glove. There
is nothing left for him to do but to
give his enemy cutting look, turn on
his heel and haughtily clap-clap away
on his wooden shoes.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
An Easily Made Hut.

thatch it with branches or brush
wood.
Where you have no poles available
you can do as the South African ma
tives do-pile up a lot of brushwood,
bushy stuff, etc., into small wall
made in semicircle, to keep out the
wind, and make your fire in the open
part.
If your tent or hut is too hot in the
sun, put blankets or more straw, etc.,
over the top. The thicker the root the
cooler the tent in summer. If it is
toe cold make the bottom of the wall
thicker or build small wall of sods
about a foot high round the foot of
a good drain all round your hut, SO
that if heavy rain falls in the night
your floor will not get flooded from
outside.
Zulus make their huts by planting in
the ground a circle of long whippy
sticks standing upright, then they
bend the tops all down towards the
center and tie them together, then
they weave more whippy sticks
around, in and out Of the uprights
horizontally, until they have made a
kind of circular bird cage; this they
then cover with straw mat or
thatch, or with straw woven on to
the sticks. Sometimes small hole
is left at the top where all the sticks
join, to act as chimney.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
Kitchen Tables.

Two tables in the kitchen lessen
work, one preferably uncovered to
be used for such rough work as pre-
pairing vegetables and meats and dish
ing up meals, the other for general
convenience. Close to the first, which
should be on castors but stand near
sink and stove, should be meat-block,
meat-saw, meat-knife, small cleaver,
food-chopper or bowl and chopping
knife, pairing knife, vegetable cutters,
skewers, basting spoons and such
other articles as are frequently used
at this table.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
Frosted Peaches.

Select firm, good peaches. Rub care
fully to remove fuzz. Beat the whites
of six eggs, with scant cupful u
water. Dip the peaches in this, tneh
roll in powdered sugar, lay on paper
In sun to dry. Repeat until there 10
thick coating of the sugar around rie
peach. If entirely covered, these VIII
keep for long time, and this Is
favorite English method OF preparing
peaches.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
Candied Peaches.

Weigh the peaches, and to each
pound allow three-quarters of pound
of sugar. Cut each peach into about
six pieces. Add just enough water
to moisten the sugar and melt it over
the fire. Boil each piece OF peach in
it until it is tender, but not until it
breaks easily. Remove from the thick
strip again and then in sugar and re-
peat until the peach is thoroughly
dried. Pack in covered glass jars.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
Swiss Steak.

Lay thick round steak on board,
sprinkle with salt and pepper and
pound in all the flour the meat will
take. Treat the other side in the
same manner Put little butter into
the frying pan and when smoking hot
brown the meat quickly ON both sides.
Fill the pan two-thirds full of hot wa
ter, cover closely and let cook one
and half or two hours. Onion may
be added If desired. When done the
gravy will be already thickened.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
Rhubarb Pudding.

Two pounds of rhubarb, wash anu
cut in pieces. Don't peel. Then cover
with water we'll and stew until very
soft and all color is stewed out OF me
rhubarb. Then strain and put back
on stove with one and one-half cup
fuls of sugar, added and thicker with
two tablespocafuls of eornstarcn, Boil
about ten minutes and then set In ice
chest in q mold Nice with cream ana
sugar. sis vi
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
For Spending Money.

A great deal is said about keeping
the boy on the farm. The boy can be
kept there If the girls are there. Then
why not give the girl a chance fol-
making spending money by haying 9
flock OF chickens?
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
"pon,t Squeeze Your Face

Katharine, aged three, was frown-
ingly reproved by her father. She
looked pleadingly at him and begged:
Please, daddy, don't squeeze your
face at me. it makes me want to CIV"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-13
MAKING HUT OF BRUsHWO0D
Lean Pole Against Tree, Then Thatch
It With Branches-Thicker the
Roof, Cooler tho Tent.

A very simple hut can be made by
cutting pole and leaning it against
tree, binding its end there; then
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-07-22

partitions. Sometimes the stadoinss
are extended to meet the raIters
When this is done very solid mousse
frame is the result. -.
There is a big cellar under tnis ~,
tie cottage that may be made useiul
for storage by running partit,ons
across to separate the heating pan.
from the other rooms. The laundry
in the basement of cottage house OF
bungalow should amount to more tnah
the laundry in a two-story house. pe-
cause the extra space should pc liiaue
to count for as much as possible
The laundry under this house snouio
be fitted with the usual stationary
tubs. but 1t also needs laundry STOVE
and large work table. mangle anu
good ironing boards. There shouid 10
a good thick rug on the concrete MOOR
to stand on while doing the ironing.
Such laundry room needs gooo
deep windows that may be easily
opened for ventilation when necessary.
1t then makes a shop where tools ana
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-07-22
Gives Impression of Real, Genu-
inc Hospitality to All Who
Approach 1t.
PORCH VERANDA A FEATURE
Housewives Delightful Task to Trans
form II Into Most Homelike Sum-
mer ParIor Some Advice
About Paint-Advantage
In the Roof Described.
Rx WILLIAM A. RApFoRp.

| Mr. William A Radford will answe
| questions and give advice FREE Or
| COST on all subjects pertaining 10 tne
| subject of building, for the readers or TINS
paper On account of his wide experience
| as Editor, Author and Manufactures, ne
| Is, without doubt, the highest authority
| on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1897 Prairie
| avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
First impressions go long way to-
ward shaping ones liking for house.
When approaching bungalow like
this, the visitors first impression
takes the form of thorough appreci-
alton of its clean, bright appearance.
In addition it possesses an atmosphere
of hospitality, as though real human
beings live there and that they enter
tain their friends in a friendly, honey
manner. Real genuine hospitality
turks about such a home and radiates
In every direction.
In summer time there is q warm
weather invitation to enjoy the loung
ing furniture on the front porch, that
seems to be offered almost as soon
as you step from the street to the
private cement walk that leads to the
front door.
This front porch veranda is II by 8
feet in size, planned SO that the main
front entrance door comes almost op-
posite the front steps, thereby leaving
the wing of the porch free for the
outdoor sitting room furniture.
A woman likes to transform such
veranda wing into coy summer par
lor, furnished with wicker-work
chairs, and probably small reading
or sewing table, made of the same
material. in such way as to make
very comfortable outdoor reception
room. She selects rug for the floor
that is in keeping with the other fur
nishings, and there are numerous pill
lows in suitable colors to carry out
the general decorative scheme.
White used to be the universal paint
| for wooden houses in the country and
the smaller houses in the towns or
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-07-22
| At the Turn-
| ing Point
By Ella Marcia Bracket
By Ella Marcia Bracket
Copyright. 1915, by w. G. Chapman.)

Copyright, 1919, by w. u. Chapman.)
Dance, you tenderfoot.''
Bang-bang.
Big Bill Bluff worked at the trig-
ger of his great seven-shooter. The
bullets lined circle around the MIN
BILE figure, perforce keeping step to
the whanging snarl of the broken fid-
die played by the tipsy, worthless
brother of the proprietor of the Ra-
ven Gulch tavern.
Bill Bluff dominated the occasion.
He was down from the diggings with
all kinds of mint dust" and distribut-
ing 1t literally whenever the drunken
fancy took him. He had noticed the
thin, seedy young man who imbibed
thirstily at every round of drinks.
Then he had suddenly singled him out
as stranger.
Therefore, victim. 1t made no diff
ference to Bill that the object of his
interest resembled a poet, an artist,
rather than the simple denizen of the
settlement. He was "a tenderfoot.
Pay your toll-that's the border
rule" yowled out Bill. "Dance!"
And Leslie Burr danced. 1t was
not with chagrin or any sense of Of
Tended dignity. Time was when this
would have been, but in the past, the
dim past, alas! far. far away!
He had been going down hill for a
year, lower and lower. He had drift
er farther and farther away from
mother, home and responsibility. He
had worked only to secure drink. He
craved it now. He was filling up on it,
free. Hence he danced. There was
fleeting memory of rhythmic steps
where saneness and grace and elevat-
ing companionship had ruled. All
this, however, was blurred, indistinct,
vague, for he was anxious to forget
all save the present, the sad, wretch
ed moment at hand
Good as a vaudeville!" roared Bill
Bluff, when the dance was concluded.
AL hands," and there was another
round Then Bill brought to view
his second shooting iron.
Now sing, stranger"
Leslie Burr hesitated. There were
some things sacred to him-a remem-
brance of the sanctity of his great gift.
He had led choir. He had been the
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WHAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS.

Life is getting to be too compli-
Gated for the use of narcotics" said
DR.. S. P. Kramer, the noted surgeon,
in a recent address at the Ricketts,
Research Laboratory, Cincinnati. "The
time was when the farmer could drive
to town and get tanked up and his
friends would put him In the buggy
and the sober horse would carry him
home. But you can not do that now
with automobiles We know that
most of the automobile accidents are
after dinners where alcohol has been
served, and that not always In ex-
cess"
After describing the effects of alco-
hol as similar to those of chloroform
or ether, except for the fact that 1t
works more slowly, he considered its
effect upon efficiency In various fields
of endeavor, and showed charts prov
ing the lowered working power of
compositors, bookkeepers and soldiers
after they have taken liquor.
But friend said to me-" remarked
DR.. Kramer, continuing the same line
of argument, Doctor, you must know
that Mr.. Blank, the jury lawyer, is
more eloquent in his cups, and that
the celebrated actor was more i'm
pressive when drinking / asked this
man if he would want his chauffeur,
his locomotive engineer, his surgeon,
to drink. He said he would not. Now
the orator and the actor are in vocal
pursuits. Alcohol makes them more
passionate. But the judge on the
bench knows that the lawyer is less
capable of keen analysis when in his
cups, and the trained dramatic critic
will tell you that the drinking actor
is not coming up to what he should.
These men are like the court testers.
The fact is that the higher centers
are off the job. The governor is not
acting and the engine runs wild.
That Is all.
mo one nowadays thinks drunken
ness is well. What the public needs
is instruction about the destructive
effect of moderate indulgence"
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Deaths From Cancer.

There is absolutely no reason why
we should not face the cancer mys-
terry without either apprehension or
panic. Cancer Is a serious disease,
but even at it's most modern worst
it ranks only seventh among the
causes of death, claiming about as
many victims as summer diarrhea of
children at one end of the life scale
and apoplexy at the other. And there
is no valid evidence that it is increas-
ing.
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BOYS AND RREWERIEs.

A man was trying to convince an
other that because of the vested inter-
ests involved the people had no right
to close the breweries. His friend
answered thus: 81 have, three boys
By the time graduate them from col
lege they will have cost me about ten
thousand dollars apiece. Every In
terest of the brewery and everything
that the brewery stands for is diamet-
rically opposed to and threatens the
investment that / have made in my
boys. No doubt the brewer has more
than thirty thousand invested in his
plant. but am going to safeguard my
own interests first. I shall vote dry
within ten minutes after the polls
open if can get my ballot by that
time"