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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
INFLUENCED BY MUSIC
EFFECT OF SWEET STRAINS ON
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
Lecturer Urges Farmers to Place
Photographs Near Their Bee
Hives and Stabies-Tells of
Her Own Experiences.

Farmers who want better honey,
richer milk, and more of both, should
put monographs near the hives and
In the pasture or stable. DR.. Alma
Webster Powell, LII. B., NJ. b., A. M,
Phi. D., of New York and Columbia
university is authority for the asser-
ton. She declared to an audience at
the University of Washington recent
ly, while lecturing on Music Is a
Human Need" that she herself had
tried the experiment on her farm, and
that it had proved absolutely success
full.
Nor are bees and COWS the only
creatures influenced by music. Doc
tor Powell and her daughter keep four
or five crickets in their hearth, and
evenings they attract them forth to
dance in the middle of the living
room in their farm home by singing
to them. Madam Powell says she
has had many scientists as her guests
to witness the phenomenon.
Six little crippled girls, of particu-
larly unlovely natures. whom she
found in the slums of New York,
were other objects of Madam Pow
ellis study She gave musical train
ing to these children, putting phono-
graphs in their homes, and not only
succeeded in entirely reforming their
dispositions, but in effecting marked
changes in all of those with whom
they associated.
At Coney Island she said she ran
tent where mobs were melted to
riot every evening by radical
speeches. After a few months of ex-
pertinent in this direction she intro
duced music at the meetings, and
though the speeches became more
fiery than ever the crowds were in
variabIy peaceful.
She contended, as a result of these
experiments, that music stirred the
sluggish and tranquilized the nervous
person, animal or insect.
Madam Powell believes in ragtime
for all who like it, and she is one,
though a highly educated and sue
cessful prima donna soprano and pi-
anist. "a good ragtime piece sets
me beating time, and if l don't do
it on the outside I feel it on the in
side," she said.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Is IL a Djnotherium?

1t is refreshing now and then to &c,
away from daily consideration of the
modern monsters of destruction and
renew suspended acquaintance with
the behemoths of the earliest days
Here, for instance, is the story
of the fossil survival of what may
have been a dinotherium, according to
the discoverer. 1t was dislodged, the
fossil was dislodged, from section OF
yellow clay 15 feet below the street
level at st. George, Staten island.
The foreman of the excavating gang
says the bones look nightly like an
elephants, but the finder scorns this
unprofessional opinion and sticks to
the dinotherium theory. What the
ubiquitous and fee-gathering coroner
will have to say may be known later
Anyway, the dinotherium-if that's
what they decide to call it's calcu
lated to give stated New York rest
from wars alarms and bomb outrages
and scandal stories, which can be re
garded as contamination devoutly to
be approved.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
ExCLUSIVENESS AT NEWPORT
Bottle of Burgundy Was Served Lying
on Its Side in Basket Because 1t
Was So Young.

William Dean Howells, the novelist,
said at a dinner, apropos of declara-
ton that Newport was no longer suf-
ficiently exclusive for the American
aristocrat:
After all, the American aristocrat
Is very young, isn't he? Only a gen.
GRAFTON or so ago he was peddling
clocks or hoeing corn, Ell? The Ameri-
can aristocrat makes me smile.
HE reminds me, rather Of the bottle
of burgundy at the half dollar table
d'hote.
1.-TWO men, you know, were dining at
this table d'hote and, to round out
their dinner, they ordered a bottle of
burgundy. 1t came, like all wines
that throw off a sediment, lying on its
side in wicker basket, or cradle.
THE first man said, as the waiter
carefully filled their glasses:
"'Why is this served in cradle, do
you know?'
1.-THE second man took a sip of the
burgundy. shuddered slightly and an.
swered:
"'Because it is SO young"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Synthetic Resins.

New synthetic resins have been as
covered recently and are appearing on
the market under many trade Names
says a writer in the Scientific Amerl-
can. The resins are used IN the pro-
duction of materials such as artlhclall
amber, pipestems, toothbrush handles.
beads, transparent jewelry, buttons Of
all sizes. inlaid work, knife handles,
fountain pens, etc., and take the place,
of bone, horn, ivory, celluloid, amber,
casein (gallolith), ebony and hard
rubber. These artificial resins in their
final conditions do not melt or even
soften, appreciably at all tempera-
lures, and do not burn like rubber or
celluloid. When heated in the air to-
temperatures we'll above 500 degrees
Fahrenheit the resins char and burn
slowly without flame. They are
quite insoluble in all ordinary solv-
ents, such as gasoline, alcohol, ammo
mia, washing soda and acids.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Fear Eskimos Slew Priests.

Advices received from Mackenzie
river valley in the Arctic circle by
the Catholic authorities here caused
serious alarm among friends for the
welfare of Rev. Father Jean Baptiste
Rouyiere and Rev. Father Guillaume
Leroux, Catholic missionaries.
1t is reporter they have been MUIR
dered by Eskimos in the vicinity of
Bear lake. 100 miles east of Port Nor
man. They have been engaged in that
field for several years.
News comes to Rev. Father Allard,
the Archbishop's secretary. in a letter
brought from the Arctic Red river and
written by Rev. Father Jules M. Lee
cuyer, Catholic missionary at that
point. The letter was written on Jan
uary Is.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
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In this vast ecclesiastical world FL
Azhar has been for centuries a guild
ing and standardizing power. These
$4,000 Ell Azhar students are the Egyp-
tian 1iterati; their 319 teachers are
the veritable intellectual monarchs of
Islam.
Last year Gel foreign students en-
rolled in Ell Azhar were preparing to
return to their respective Moslem ma
tions to carry as sheiks the authorita-
tive and stereotyped education of the
collegiate mosque.
This primacy of the Moslem univer-
sity on the banks of the Nile has
made Cairo more powerful Islamic
center than Mecca, the cradle of
Islam, toward which the pious Moham-
medan prays five times a day. and to
which he looks forward in pilgrimage
as to the eliminating goal of holiness.
This collegiate mosque has given
Cairo the primacy over Constantine
pie, the political center of Islam,
There is hardly a more vivid or
other worldly experience to be pos
sessed in Egypt than that which per-
vades the traveller as for the first
time he walks over the mats in the
outer court of this venerable temple
of learning. He finds himself in the
midst of forest of marble columns,
majestic arabesque arches in oriental
colors. Thousands of student voices
resound through acres of Enclosures
and deep recesses, rich in mosques,
minarets, and graceful arcades, as far
almost as his eye can see.
Here the "dilapidation and usury of
centuries" are revealed on every side.
The place is rich with the perfumes
of distant years; one feels the re-
ligious East Of the seventh century;
shut away from the whirlwind of mod
ernity that rushes us along with iney-
table swiftness, Ell Azhar says to us,
islam remains unchanged by time!"
1t is veritably the home of profess
sional and passionate and mystic re-
ligion.
All Standing and swayIng.
In the lewan or main court are 40
pillars and each pillar is center of a
class of Mohammedan students vary
ing in size from ten to fifty men. The
teacher or sheik sits cross-legged with
his back to the pillar upon 'dikkus,"
which rostrum resembles a low,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Sell Bomb at Auction,

First Aeroplane Bomb-A contribu
ton to the fund has been made in the
shape of a fragment of the first bomt
which fell on English soil in this Euro
pean war. The contributor considers
that, as an enduring record of the war
the fragment should increase in value
as time goes on, and he has decided
that it shall be offered for sale to the
highest bidder, and the amount rea
lized credited to the Times fund fol
the sick and wounded. The donor will
give to the purchaser of this fragment
of the bomb the authentic history OF
how it came into his possession. The
highest bid received will be accepted
From the London Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15

over my shoes the sandals without
which / could not cross the sacred
threshold. But now we are ready and
are passing through the corridors
where In many a historic day
A gorgeous flood
OF jeweled sheik and emir fastening
Before the sky tho dawning purple
Their turbans at the caliph's feet to
fling.
This seat of learning, relic of olden
days, has been compared to Oxford,
since the breath and magic of the
middle ages are alike enshrined in
these old world institutions. Both
contain the changeless laws and doc
trines of the past, grown old without
changing. Both were founded in the
tenth century, the one by King Alfred,
the other by the victorious Goher of
the Fatimites. Both began with semi
religious foundation, monastic and
collegiate exercises being carried on
side by side. No discussion of Islam
surpassed in dogmatic vehemence the
contests of nominalist and realist in
orthodox Oxford. Both are still the
centers Of educational and religious
conservatism. Both in very great
measure have set the educational
standards for their respective nations,
But even more potentially signifi-
cant than Oxford is or ever can be to
Anglo-Saxondom is Ell Azhar to the
Islam world. It is the brain of that
vast religious empire which stretches
from the sunrise in the South of Asia
to the sunset in the North Of Africa,
and binds together with an unbroken
chain of communication the Asian
and African peoples from the eastern
shore of China to the western coast
Of Morocco.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
HAS FAMOUS PANTRY
MOST WOMEN WOULD ENVY
QUEEN MARYS TREASURES.
Besides Possessing Great Historic In.
terest, Their Financial Value is
Enormous--Some MarveIs Of
Workmanship There.

Among the famous pantries of the
world Is that of Queen Mary at Wind
sor. This pantry comprises two rooms
of no great dimensions, but 1t contains
treasures In the form OF plate anc
household articles that are valued al
more than a million pounds sterling
Many of these possess historic inter
est. For example, there Is a con
spicuors exhibit In the form of a
table of solid silver. This Is nearly q
yard In length, and its top, with an
area of several square feet, bears the
royal arms and exquisitely chased de-
signs of the symbolic rose, thistle
harp, etc. Every reign since that OF
Elizabeth has contributed to this
table design of some sort.
The most imposing of all the daz.
zling array of plate is the so-called
gold dinner service for occasions of
the highest state.
The walls of the two rooms Of this
royal pantry, the larger of which is 80
feet by 16 feet, and the smaller a
square of 16 feet, are lined with cases
of plate glass and mahogany, and In
these and similar cases, occupying
the center of each room, are some of
the most extraordinary examples of
art in gold, silver and precious stones
that the world has ever seen.
There are tall, graceful epergnes,
each of which would tax the strength
of two men to lift it; there are dishes
in gold and silver, any one Of which
would be too heavy to run away with;
dainty toilet services in gold and sill
yer, candelabra, communion services,
flagons, vases, punch bowls, wine cool
ers, fountains and fonts in silver,
wrought in designs of great beauty by
the most skillful artists.
The most beautiful of all these, 1t
is said, is the Nautilus vase, fash
toned, it is claimed out of pearl, gold
and silver by the hands of Benyenuto
Cellini, himself, although 1t bears the
name of an artist of Nuremberg, Mich
olas Schmidt The shell, which Is of
PSdIl, llOuuttu III bilNSI dlu 6oiu VI
the most delicate chasing, is poised
on the shoulders of superbly mount
ed horseman, and above the pearl shell
another figure Is throned.
Another marvel of workmanship Is
the rose water fountain, in silver, with
its dome supported by columns, around
which are grouped horses and hounds.
In point of interest 1t would be diff
cult to picture any article of the kind
more artistically perfect than the
silver-gilt flagon, that was rescued
from the armada more than three hun
dred years ago. This flagon Is a yard
high and its value runs far into the
thousands.
One of the historic bits that are
highly priced Is quaint pair of bel
lows, mounted in silver and gold, that
once belonged to Nell Gwynn. There
are ponderous silver ''firedogs" of the
time of Charles II, and near by is an
enormous punch bowl, contributed by
George w as an example of the art OF
Flaxman.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15

/ square table with railing on three
sides. Students sit about him, some
on sheepskins, others on mats, often
beneath the white glare of tropical
sun which beats down upon their heed
less heads through the uncovered
court.
All are desperately in earnest; they
seem to be thinking vocally, many oil
| them swaying backward and forward
as though their spinal columns were
on hinge at the base.
1t is somewhat uncomplimentarily
stated that the rise of this traditional
motory accompaniment of education
was for the purpose of preventing the
boys from going to sleep during the
iteration and reiteration of words
which held little meaning for their
undeyeloped minds.
As | walked through these ancient
spaces filled with students, many OF
whom had spent eight to ten years OF
their lives in these monastic inclos
ures, committing to memory the Koran
ana the ancient laws which had
grown about it, l asked the Moslem
sheik who accompanied me what
would be the result of this learning
upon the students.
He replied: These MEN are be.
coming authorities upon the theology
and the sacred laws of Mohammedan-
ism; they will be the priests and jur.
lists of Islam; they will go out to the
various towns and rural communities
of Egypt as well as to other countries,
to be expounders of the Moslem laws
covering all matters of daily living.
But OF the outside world and of the
relationship Of learning to modern
Ire these men will be as ignorant as
when they entered FL Azhar."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15

~ AR ia II AAAo 10 thC 6ASNS oANAAAt
- g said my Moslem friend as
b we stopped before the
IL carved gates of the col
legiate Mosque Ell Azhar,
and this" he added solemnly, is the
most famous university of the Mo-
hammedan world"
For at least a half hour we had
oeen in transit to this revered insti-
luton, writes Clayton s. Cooper in
he New York Times, INDUCING in
.eptilic scurryings through the mar
row and congested streets and lanes
Of old Cairo, where only persons, rot
to speak of donkeys, carriages and
camels, can travel together who are
very much agreed; now and then look
ing up, we could discern In the dis
lance the six fantastic minarets of the
university mosque from whose towers
the muezzin call to prayers five times
each day $4,000 Moslem students.
Indeed, one can scarcely picture
wildly enough such wanderings
through the ancient city of saladin, a
city as deep in the Orient as Canton
or Benares, a city which seems in
deed made for Immortality, as I'M
touched by civilization as was Ora
NADIA before the Moors were driven
out of Spain.
On this day we were making our
way as best we could through the
confused tumble of men and things in
the streets where East and West
flow together, but never mix, where
the proud Arab, turbaned and robed
as In the days of Mohammed, walks
majestically beside the half Occi-
dentalized Egyptian and the half ORR
entalized Leyantine.
Escorted by Shek.
My escort through these medieval
precincts was himself one of the sheiks,
graduate of Ell Azhar. My ways, there
fore, were ways of pleasantness and
great honor. The encourage grew in
volume, il not in quality, as we tar
ried moment at the gate of the
mosque. Students, teachers, artisans,
donkey boys in blue galabeighs, sher-
bet sellers, goats, camels, all In a vari
colored panorama threatened to over
whelm us by their kindly, democratic
proximity.
Meanwhile, mosque attendant was
doing his best in the confusion to tie
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Exclaimed.

81 don't understand this picture, Mr..
Dauber," said Mr.. Hibrow There is
nothing to it but man wearing blue
suit and a cap, and you have named
the picture 'Friendless.' Who is this
man, and why is the picture named
'Friendless?
THAT" replied the artist, repre-
sents an umpire after the home team
has lost a close game"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Before and After

Jack" said the young wife afte
she had just danced with her hus
band, you've certainly improved won
derfully in your dancing. Don't you
remember how frightfully you used to
tear my dresses?"
YES replied Jack, Il wasn't buy,
ing them then"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
His Counter-Thrust.

The Other Sides Counsel, fiercely
I suppose you were brought up to
tell the truth?
The Goaded Witness-No, l wasn't.
The Lawyer-Not brought up to tell
the truth? What do you mean by
that?
The Witness-My folks intended me
for a lawyer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Winds Favorable to Forest Fires.

The weather bureau has recently
made some study OF the meteorolog-
ical conditions favoring the occur
renee of forest fires and has tenta-
lively established special service for
Issuing warnings of the hot, dry WHO'S
which seem to be a frequent antece-
dent and accompaniment of such hres
In the valuable timbered regions OF
the West.-Scientifi American.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Riuht In His Line.

Tramp-Please, mum, dye wanter
buy anything in my line?
Housekeeper-Your line, Ell? You
don't mean to say you are trying to
earn honest living at last?
"Yes'm''
"Well, / declare! What are you sell
ing?"
DOG chains, num-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Homes and Clubs,

Men should not go to clubs and
spend their time in political discus
sions,' said the energetic woman.
rs that what men go to clubs for?"
exclaimed the observant girl. 81
thought it was to be able to avoid
hearing discussion of the latest polit.
ical topics at home"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Money Spirited AWAY,

"How did Jones come to lose his
money!" asked the Old Fogy.
ut was spirited away" replied the
Crouch
what do you mean?" asked the
Old Fogy.
He spent it on BOOZE" replied the
Crouch.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Perfectly Tame.

"Wombat used to be great outdoor
man and all around sport. Is he recon
ciled to married life?'
Il think so. | called on him re-
Gently and found him sitting ashes
with an old tennis racket"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
He Had a Collection of Them.

I've just got a little note from
Cousin John" she said. Shall read
it to your"
NO." he said quietly. ut won't be
necessary. I've got six of his notes
now and they're no good Detroit
Free Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
She Makes Him.

Mr.. Blobbins goes to church every
Sunday morning"
"I'Je noticed that"
DO you suppose he will keep it up
as long as he lives?"
That depends on whether or not
he survives Mrs. Blobbins."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Heartless Hoax.

my wife gave a reception yester-
day.
did you attend?"
Eyes. l played a practical joke on
ceiying and before she knew it she
was smiling and saying she was glad
to see me-for the first time in three
years"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
Possible Reason,

81 don't understand a woman getting
a divorce Immediately after the honey.
moon ended"
Perhaps her husband spent all his
money on the wedding trip"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15

wings as well as the balloon-shaped
canopy are ordinarily folded against
the body, but unfold automatically ana
act against the air in case OF faii'-
Popular Mechanics.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15
SAFETY DEVICE FOR AVIATOR
Wings and BalIoon-shaped Canopy
Unfold Automatically in the
Event of Fall.

The parachute is attached to the
body by straps passing around the
waist and over the shoulders. The
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15

She-Yes, this is the first time l
have been in love, but
He-But what?
She-It's SO nice that hope it won't
be the last
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-15

= <YE1 HIS is the great sheiki"
81 said my Moslem friend as
81 we stopped before the
carved gates of the col
lapiate Mosque Ell AZhar.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-07

All $3.50 Mems Woo, Underwear now S2.l8
All 800 Mems Wool Underwear now f0S
All z9O Mems Woo Underwear now 1873
All 2oO Mems Wool Underwear now 1.48
All LOO Mems Woo Underwear now 79
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-07

All $500 Vassar Unioa Suits now S3.A8
All $50 Vassar Union Suits now 2.A6
All 300 Vassar Union Suits now 1913
All 2.oO Vassar Union Suits now 1.78
All 2Oo Vassar Un]oa Suits now 1.18
All l59 Vassar Onioa Suits now 1.15
All LOO Vassar Uni 4 Suits now IS
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-07

All $3.50 Boys Suits or Overcoats now S6.98
All 1000 Boys Suits or 0vercoats now 5.98
All $50 Boy Suits or Overcoats now 5,48
All L30 Boys Suits or 0vercoats now 4.98
All 500 Boys Suits or Overcoats now 3Q2
AL o.o1 Boys Suits or OVercoats now 3.48
All W Boys Suits or Overcoats now 2.43
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-07

All $500 Mems Pajamas now S1.08
All 2.oo Mems Palamas now 1873
| All 200 Mems Pajamas now 1AS
All $50 Mems Pajamas now 1.TS
All 100 Mems Pajamas now "a
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-07

All $3.50 Mems and YOung Mems Pants S4.48
All 800 Mems and Young Mems Pants 1888
All 800 Mems and Young Mems Pants 3.A8
All 45o Mems and Young Mems Pants 2.98
| All 400 Mems nd Young Mems Pants 2.l8
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-11-17
BUY AT, HOME.

Bemidji merchants are making
special preparations for the Christ
mas trade. You will be able to find
practically anything within reason
within some or other OF, these stores,
and at prices as low as, you can Sc
cure the same goods elsewhere.
BY trading with home merchants
you will be getting what you want
at the right price and will be doing
your share toward keeping as much
as possible of our money in circula-
ton among our own people, where It
belongs, and where you will have an
opportunity of seeing some Of 1t
yourself. ......
It is no hardship for us to do this.
It is what the people are doing
in every prosperous community in
this state, and it is one of the e1e-
ments that contributes to their con-
tinued prosperity.
s We can not expect to prosper our