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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-03

tenn. On Saturday nights there was
often sum Of two or three thousand
dollars in the safe The night watch
man was an old man. The safe was
not new one. The Boys part would
be simply to engage the old fellow in
conversation until the confederates
got their opportunity to hit him on
the head and take the keys. For that
$500 was to be his.
And, so strangely is the human
mind fashioned, that the boy had felt
that, to tell Vincent, would be a be-
trayal Of confidence. The atmos-
phere of the packing room was not
good one. The boy had gone home
and flung himself down on his bed,
and his mind was in turmoil.
In the next room the girl had come
home and flung herself into the an
cient armchair with which the land
lady had supplied her when it became
too shabby for use in the parlor. She
felt utterly unwrought after her day
at the department store.
She had worked there as Sc a week
for nearly half a year. When she left
the little country town, equipped with
a good education, she had confident
ly expected to take the city by storm
In fact, she was an artist of rare
ability.
But what is the use of ability IN
less someone has brains to recognize
it? So day by day she had besieged
the offices with her. drawings. Once
she had sold one, and she had lived
on that lingering hope until the re-
mainder of her money was gone.
Then lat her wits end, she had &C
cepted the position which the land
lady told her could be obtained at |
Darrow's.
She had lost all faith in herself. |
She had worked like an automaton |
for four months and had done moth
ing. Her best drawing, one which
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-03

ment, at the beck and call of vulgar.
frock-coated floorwalkers, cipher.
among ciphers. She felt crushed by
this atmosphere that surrounded her.
She felt utterly out of place among
the young women of different type
and education, with whom she came
into touch; and they, sensing the diff
ference, were not slow to let her PERI,
ceive their resentment.
Then temptation had come to her..
too. -
It had been in less loathsome guise
than with the boy. 1t was not one.
of the fioorwalkers, but the son of
the owner, young Darrow, fresh from
college and taking his fling before
settling down in the world. He had
come into the store with his mother
who was making some purchase
there.
With worldly wisdom he had not
approached her while the other clerks
were present. But he had found the
means to see her twice or three times.
And he had asked her to dine with
him the following evening.
She was not ignorant of the world
She saw from his demeanor that it
did not occur to him that she was
anything but one of the underbred,
underpaid drudges in his fathers
store. She had known what Signifi-
canoe would attach itself to her ac+
ceptance. But she was desperately
lonely, and the thought of an evening
in restaurant, and at theater af-
terward, the sight of other faces, the
touch with life was overwhelming.
''Pn have to accept or go home,"
she thought YEARLY. ."
If she could have known at that
moment a letter signed by the editor
of the magazine, enclosing check
for seventy-fVe dollars for her draw
ing and asking for more, lay in the.
wire basket beside the desk of the
editors stenoFapher, ready to be-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
ORIGIN of Onyx.

When waters charged with carlo
nate of calcium derived from lime
stone are allowed to evaporate they
deposit their load In the form of sin
ter, or tufa. This process can be OBJ
served at many thermal and "petri
flying" springs and also in the for
nation of stalactites and stalagmites
in limestone caverns. In this way
large masses of compact carbonate
are formed, some of them of great
beauty. The so-called "onyx mar.
bles," of which the Mexican "onyx"
is a familiar example, are formed in
this way. Some rock of this class
is stalagmatic, in caverns, and some
of it is formed by springs. It's va.
riations in color and texture, to which
its ornamental character is largely
due, are commonly produced by i'm.
purities or inclusions. such as oxide
of iron, or even mud and clay
United States Geological Survey.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
Famous Salt Mines.

The great rock salt mines of Hun.
gary are among the wonders of the
world, for the illimitable deposit of
practically pure salt enables the work
men to cut it out in heavy blocks,
much as marble is quarried. after
which it is loaded ON trucks and sent
to the mills for grinding. Rock salt,
it may be said, constitutes the worlds
principal supply of refined salt, and the
Hungarian mines furnish q large
portion of this commercial necessity.
Underground passages of considerable
width, resembling streets, have been
cut at regular intervals. and the whole
is well lighted In one of the mines
near the Roumanian boundary a large
chamber, with benches and seats, has
been cut, where occasional gatherings
are held, and perhaps in honor of this
fact it is known as the ballroom.
Here the colorings arc beautiful, the
walls of the cavern or hall partaking
of the many shades of rare marble and
color-grained onyx.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
COTS AND BUoluN CULTURE
Los Angeles Matron Had Trouble In
Making Her Wants known-Fin-
ally Secured Small Bed.

"Apropos of Boston and her RS"
said Los Angeles matron, 81 had q
very funny experience with them both
last year. We were living in a cramped
fiat in Boston, and / needed small
cot-bed for Harry, who was four years
old So I went to furniture dealers,
where l was told that they didn't keep
cots. The obliging clerk, however, di-
rected me to a store on another street,
where, he assured me, l would find
plenty of cots.
at turned out to be an ordinary toy
shop, and though slightly taken aback,
walked right in.
ado you keep cots?' said l.
"'Yes'm
"'Well, l want one for a small boy
of four
1.-THE clerk came back in a moment,
trundling little red wagon after him!
"'When I want a cart | explained,
as soon as | could catch my breath,
I'll say so. What l really would like
to get today, if the purchase is posi-
BILE in this town of excessive culture,
is cot, cot
81 was politely told that they kept
cots, but not cots-and when | was
directed to the store | had just left,
where they kept cots, but not cots!
81 was confused, but determined,
and l finally got cot that had casters
instead of wheels"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
10 CENT "CASCARETS"
IF BILIOUS OR COSTIVE
For Sick Headache, Sour Stomach,
Sluggist Liver and Bowels-They
Work While You Sleep.

Furred Tongue, Bad Taste, Indiges'
ton, Sallow Skin and Miserable Head
aches come from torpid liver and
clogged bowels, which cause your
stomach to become filed with undi-
gested food, which sours and ferments
like garbage in swill barrel. That S
the first step to untold misery-indi-
gestion, foul gases, bad breath, yellow
skin, mental fears, everything that is
horrible and nauseating. A Cascaret
tonight will give your constipated
bowels thorough cleansing and
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist will keep you feel
ing good for months
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
GIVE 'SYRUP OF FIGS''
TO CONSTIPATED CHILD
Delicious Fruit Laxative Can It
Harm Tender Little Stomach,
Liver and Bowels.

Look at the tongue, mother! If
coated, your little ones stomach, liver
and bowels need cleansing at once.
When peevish, cross, listless, doesn It
sleep, eat or act naturally, or is fever
1sh, stomach sour, breath had, has
sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold,
give teaspoonful of ''California
Syrup of Figs" and in a few hours all
the foul, constipated waste, undigested
food and sour bile gently moves out of
its little bowels without gripping, and
you have well, playful child again.
Ask your druggist for 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
contains full directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
HOW TO HEAL SKIN
AND SCALP TROUBLES

A Baltimore doctor suggests this
simple, but reliable and inexpensive
home treatment for people suffering
with eczema. ringworm, rashes, and
similar itching skin troubles.
At any reliable druggists get jar
of Resinol Ointment and a cake of
Resinol Soap. With the Resinol Soap
and warm water battle the affected
parts thoroughly, until they are free
from crusts and the skin is softened.
Dry very gently, spread on thin
layer of the Resinol Ointment, and
cover with a light bandage. This
should be done twice a day. Usually
the distressing itching and burning
stops with the first treatment, and
the skin soon becomes clear and
healthy again.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
SOUR, ACID STOMACHs,
GASES OR INDIGESTION
Each 'Pape's Diapepsin' Digests 5000
Grains of Food, Ending All Stomach
Misery in Five Minutes.

Time It'll In five minutes all stomach
distress will go. No indigestion, heart.
burn, sourness or belehing of gas, acid,
or quotations of undigested food, no
dizziness, bloating, foul breath or head
ache.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in regulating upset stomachs. Il
is the surest, quickest stomach remedy
in the whole world and besides it is
harmless. Put an end to stomach
trouble forever by getting large
fifty ease of Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store. You realize in
five minutes how needless it is to suffer
from indigestion, dyspepsia or any
stomach disorder. It's the quickest,
surest and most harmless stomach
doctor in the world.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
Farm Notes.

Wandering Jew, climbing nastur
tiums, German ivy, ground pine and
several other plants, will grow very
satisfactorily if the branches are cut
and placed in water. They make novel
show plants for the winter window
garden.
Among the best known of Luther
Burbank's productions are the gold and
Wickson apple, the double daisy, a
the Australian star flower and several
varieties of roses and lilies.
Great producing ability comes from
the modified form best suited to do
the work
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
All He Wanted.

Carefully Abelard Wilks scanned the
fair countryside for a suitable spot.
After much thought, he stuck his easel
up, got out his paints and started.
Oblivious to his surroundings, he was
suddenly startled to see a red-faced,
perspiring motorist at his side. Don't
put another stroke to it," urged the
newcomer. I'll give you SIS for it as
it stands Something in Abelard
Wilks snapped. Tit is very kind
of you," he stammered, but it's not
quite finished Don't matter one
jot," said he of the motor garb, as he
got his money out 81 only want the
canvas to mend burst tire"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
Getting a Start.

How do you want your eggs?"
soft boiled"
"Yessuh. I'll boil 'em about five
minutes"
Five minutes!"
"Yessuh. Desc is cold storage eggs
an it's liable to take EN- a couple O.
minutes to thaw."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
Didn't Mean Il That WaY.

I'm sorry can't go to the theater
I'm already engaged for the evening
But as long as you have the tickets
I'll introduce you to a pretty girl and
you can take her."
"But l don't want to go with pretty
girl" sorowfully protested Mr.. Lamb.
II want to go with you."-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
His Objection,

What's your objection to women
voting?"
They haven't got industry enough"
said the man with short hair and a
large diamond pin. 81 used to see
men who would willingly vote six or
seven times in day. I've never
heard a woman talk who would think
of voting more than once at the same
election"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
True Enough.

He had received a dollar in change,
and was examining it closely. Finally
he turned to his companion and said:
Here's dollar back that I marked
and put into circulation only day be-
fore yesterday. Surprising, eh?'
"Oh, don't know. A dollar doesn't
go very far these days." replied the
other.-Judge
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
NEW MODERN DANCING

e. Fletcher Hallamore, the leading
Dancing Expert and Instructor in New
York City, writes: ~ have used ALLEN S
FOOT EASE, the antiseptic powder to
be shaken into the shoes, for ten years,
and recommend it to all my pupils" 1t
cures and prevents sore feet. Sold by all
Drug and Department Stores, Csc Sample
FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE
Roy, N. Y.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16

Howard E. Burton, Assayer and Chemist,
Leadyiiie, Colorado. Specimen prices: Gold,
Silver, Lead $l.00; Gold. Silver. 75c: Gold. Soc;
Zinc or Copper Sl.00. Mailing envelopes and full
price list sent on application. Control and Umpire
work solicited. Reference: Carbonate National
Rank.-Adyt.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16

my dachschund here is pedigreed
beast"
How can you say that when any
body can see for himself the dog is q
low down pup"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
Half the Pleasure,

Mrs. Exe-But don't you and your
husband take your vacation together?
Mrs. Wye-Oh, dear, no. If we did
we wouldn't have to tell each other
when to get home"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
Case of Thrift.

"a reception today, my dear. when
you gave a party only last night?"
"Yes; had a bowl of fruit punch
left over, and didn't see any use of
wasting it."-Kansas City Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put
up 40 years ago. They regulate and
invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
Sugar-coated, tiny granules.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
Suppressed Inclination.

What do you think of that tender
foot's having the nerve to spring
deck of marked cards on me?" ex-
claimed Broncho Bob.
ibid you shoot him?"
What's the use of killing the goose
that lays the golden egg? l held a
gun in front of him and made him
show me how he marked EN-"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
LADIE s

Take the agency in your town for tailored
corset. No money required. Do business from your
home Only one agency to a town. Send references.
RANDALL CORSET SHOP
TIA South Grand Avenue. LOS ANGELES CAL.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
Extreme Popularity.

you seem to stand we'll with your
wife's relatives
"I'll tell you something that will sur
prise you"
"All right"
There's hardly one of them I
couldn't strike for loan with reason
able expectations of getting it,"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
BANK DIVIDEND NOTICES

HUMBOLDT SAVINGS BANK, 1888 Market St,
FOurth.-For the half year ending December 81,
1914 dividend has been declared at the rate of
four "a per cent per on all savings deposits,
payable on and after Saturday January 2, 1915.
dividends not called for added to and bear the
same rate of interest the principal from January
/, 1915. -
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16

why did you throw up that job I
got you as collector FOR jones'?
why, hang it. / owed money to
about all Th| - to dun"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL you
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery
Just Eye Comfort Write for Book of the Eye
by nail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
Weeks Break-Up-a-Cold Tablets

A guaranteed remedy for Colds and
La Grippe. Price 25c of your druggist.
It's good. Take nothing else.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
Household Economy.

you shouldn't permit the butcher
to throw away all the trimmings after
he has weighed your meat"
Il don't. take them home and let
theecook throw them away"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-01-16
The Accomnaniment

Who told Billy that the champagne
supply would not give out after ALP"
Il don't know, but / guess it was q
little hot bird''
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-02-18
A DIFFERENCE IN HUMOR.

The Englishman's alleged lack OF
humor has long served the American
for his best jokes. The lack-humor
reputation which we give the English
is not consistent with the actual out
put of English humorists. We have
no American wit to match that of Ad-
Olson. There is no American
Thackeray. If we except Irving, We
have no American Dickens.
The American who enjoys Irving IS
not the one who depreciates English
humor.
The English probably would con-
slider our jokes too expensive. Too
often the American joke means los
ing of respect for our most sacred
institutions, lowering OF our stand
ards of morality and dulling of our
sensibilities to coarseness and vulgar
ity. Americans may be satisfied with
American wit, if they like, but let them
not say that because the Englishman's
wit differs from theirs, he lacks a
sense of humor.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-02-18

versities and colleges. He presents
sharply to the reader the possibility,
the importance and the responsibility
of life.
Learn to think, he says, by found
ing thoughts on truth; learn to speak
with sincerity; learn to see with per-
spicuity; learn to serve with proper
spirit; learn to win by fighting; learn
to wait for the slow reward of ear
nest enterprise. The book contains
many helpful thoughts in each chap
ter, drawn from the full life of the
writer, that should inspire readers of
all ages. (Cloth cover, 160 pages;
price 81; the Macmillan Company,
New York;
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-02-18
WHY THE SMOKE?

Smoke, until recently, has been one
of the inconveniences of the large
cities. Smoke, black and thick,
rolled and settled over the city to the
distress of the tidy housewife and
the annoyance of the well dressed
man on the street-especially his col
lar. The laundries did a good busi-
ness, but of course the man on the
street paid the bill.
In st. Louis, it was said that the
girls eyes were not so bright, as in
other towns, and. that they had the
appearance of coquettes: continually
glancing from beneath almost closed
eye lashes in a demure way. 1t too,
has been said that often a man did
not know the color of his beloved's
eyes-due to the squint, which was
caused by the smoke.
Today, thanks to the automatic
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-02-18
LIBERTY BELL OWNERSHIP.

The question of taking the Liberty
Bell to San Francisco is not local
question. In its own setting It prob
ably is more effective than 1t would
be in any other place, but the sentr-
ment concerning the Liberty Bell is
one OF the few traditions which is
shared by the whole country North
and South alike.
This country, unlike the older ma
tions, has few traditions. Everything
that means nationalism for the Unit
ed States should be used to the best
possible advantage. The fact that
Philadelphia questions the right and
the interest of the. people Of the Unit
ed States in the Liberty Bell is sur-
ficient proof of the local selfishness OF
the country.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-02-18

stokers, used in the factories and
mills, the large cities are practically
free from smoke. The smaller cities
are now the smoky offenders. Colum-
bia is one of them.
Smoke literally rolls out of two
smoke stacks in the business section,
which is anything but a pleasant
sight, to say nothing about the dis
comforts of good house keeping in
those districts. Should the wind be
from the west-no fresh breeze finds
its way through those homes-because
of the smoke. If the windows are
left open by accident, there must be
a house cleaning the next day.
Should you walk down the street
and see two men pecking at one
another with their fingers, don't be
alarmed; its not nght, tney are just
picking SCOT from each others collars.
Is the smoke avoidable? Certainly.
The Water and Light plant which
burns more coal than the other two
plants combined has practically no
smoke. An automatic stoker is used
which burns the smoke, thereby in
creasing the power efficiency of every
ton of coal approximately twenty-five
per cent. Can the smoke spreaders
down town do the same? We don't
know, but we wish that they would
try.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-02-18
The Literary Trawler

Childhood must pass away, and
then youth, as surely as age approach
es. The true wisdom is to be always
seasonable, and to change with a
good grace in changing circumstances.
To love playthings well as a child, TO
lead and adventurous and honorable
arrives, into a green and smiling age,
is to be a good artist in life and de-
serve well of yourself and your
neighbors.-R. L. Stevenson
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-02-18
The Open Column
What About Your Talk!

Editor The Missourian Value,
Value, We think it, speak it and
write it. Do We talk it. or is our talk
mostly gossip" How much is all
the talk you do in a day worth? Do
you merely kill time or do you bene-
fit yourself? Do you bore someone
or do you help him? How would 1t
be if you talked in public?
Now seriously, Mr.. or Miss Student,
is it fair to yourself to say: Il don't
care anything about it." Do you ex-
pect to attend a banquet, Sunday
school, mass meeting, class rally,
young peoples union, lodge, social
gathering or anything of the kind?
"Sure, every American is In some
kind of an organization from the la
Dor unions up,every body is organized"
Then you will have an opinion some
time if you are not a jelly fish, and
it will be a great satisfaction to be
able to express that opinion in a pleas
ing and convincing manner. If you
get up and stammer and cough or
finger with a button or look at the
floor you never can stamp your per-
sonality on people.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
are made on the chautauqua platform.
Many pastors and professors are
tried out before they are accepted.
Every lawyer must talk. Women are
getting votes by it. Audiences are
captured by outbursts of serious men
and laugh at the humor Of others.
Politicians owe their very lives to 1t.
Many professional men owe their f.
nancial success to an after-dinner or
picnic speech. Every responsible
position demands few words spoken
in public at times. Aside from the
responsibility and money, there is
great responsibility and money, there
is great personal satisfaction which
can no more be valued than the thrill
of a good piece of music. X. F.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-02-18
One Good Story
Two Nuts.

Godfrey Turner wrote in one of the
Christmas ANIMALS, then in great IA
vor, a description of a meal at the
Cheshire Cheese. The thing was
wonderfully we'll done, and gave con-
siderable umbrage to the proprietor,
and to some of the literary gentlemen
whom the writer introduced. The
waiter in the room downstairs was
one Tom Brown, who used to drive
up from his place in the suburbs in a
smart dog-cart. William, who had no
other name, was a short red-haired
man with appropriately enough)
mutton-chop whiskers, very promi-
nent teeth, pink-and-white complex
ion, and a perennial sheeplike smile.
Diners gave him their orders with
minute particularly, assured tcat he
would communicate their wishes TO
the cook which William never did.
This is the sort of thing that would
happen:
First Customer: "A mutton chop
very well done, please. waiter"
william: well done, sir? Yessir."
Second Customer: "Underdone
chop, William"
william: Chop underdone, sir!
Very good. sir"
William (heard without.) Cook
two nuts down together, cook"