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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
Chancellor of ENGLAND.

Sir Stanley Buckmaster will be bet
ter paid for his services than his
predecessors under the Plantagenets,
when, according to Mr. ]. B. Carriers
History of English Legal Institu-
tions," the chancellor ranked as a
humble parsonage. He apparently re-
sided in the palace and had a daily
allowance of five shillings, a simnel,
two seasoned simnels, one sextary of
clear wine, one sextary of household
wine, one large wax candle, and 40
pieces of candle. The money allow
ance was made only if he dined out;
If he dined at home he got three-and-
sixpence, with slight variation in
the other commodities. He
kept the kings soul and the kings
seal. London Chronicle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
COULD NOT CONVINCE JUDGE
Policeman Going 20 Miles One Way
and Auto 20 the Other Didn't
Make 20 Miles Per Hour.

This man was driving his car in
the suburbs 40 miles an hour, your
honor" said the motorcycle policeman.
What have you to say for your
self?" asked the Judge sternly.
Your honor, l was travelling 20
miles an hour in one direction when
this policeman passed me on his mo-
torcycle going 20 miles an hour in the
opposite direction. That's why it
seemed to him l was going 40 miles
an hour"
Ten dollars fine," said the Judge.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
Many Uses,

Books! Books! They are turned
out by the carload"
Maybe So said the impecunious
scribbler. Still, they are useful
things"
I'm not denying that"
For instance, one supports cor
ner of my dresser where there is q
castor missing, another thin one
placed under leg of my writing table
keeps it steady and this volume OF
Burns here is just the thing to keep
the flies out of my sugar bowl"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15

Have Healthy, strong, Beautiful Eyes
Oculists and Physicians used Murine Eye
Remedy many years before It was offered as
Domestic Eye Medicine. Murine 10 Still Com
pounded BY Our Physicians and guaranteed
By them rs q Reliable Relief for Eyes that Need
Care. Try It In your Eyes and In Baoy's Eyes
No smsrting- Eye Comfort Buy Murine
Il your Druggist accept no Substitute and Is
Interested write for BOOK OF The Eye Eree.
MURINE EYE REMEDY co.. CHICAGO
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
Well Informed.

There goes man who has delved
deep in Roman history"
IAN authority on the subject, Ell ?"
Sure. He knows more about julius
Caesar than the average voter knows
about his congressman
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
OratoricaI Introspection.

Have you made any notes of the
speech you intend to deliver?"
NO" replied Senator Sorghum. 81
am going to speak extemporaneously.
When 1 prepare a speech in advance
I'm liable to read it over a few times
and then, being something of critic
of speeches, 1 lose my nerve
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
SpitefuI Spirit.

you hear people clamoring for their
rights all the time" answered the phil
osopher.
Quite So" answered the student of
human nature, "but they don't seem to
derive much satisfaction from the stu
alton unless the restoration of their
rights involves great sacrifices on the
part of the favored few"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15

LyQla Il. I lIlkndIn 3
Vege table Com
pound. When | was
as a n d h a d tn e
C h a n &c of Life,
a fri end recon-
mended it and it
gave me such relief
from my bad feel
ings that | took
several bottles. /
am now well and
healthy and recon-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
Pottery Made in Thirty-seven States

FUtltTy WduS III ffITty-oeVcI otdtcS
Thirty-seven states in 1914 reported
a production Of pottery, it is an
nounced by the geological survey.
White ware was reported from eight
states, china from four states, sanitary
ware from ten states and porcelain
electrical supplies from nine states
Red earthenware, the commonest OF
pottery products, was reported from
thirty-two states, and stoneware from
twenty-eight states
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
NEW MODERN DANCING.

E. Fletcher Hallamore, the leading
Dancing Expert and Instructor in New
York City writes Il have used ALLEN
be shaken into the shoes, for ten years,
and recommend 1t 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, 1916-04-15
LAUGHTER and Medicine.

"a good hearty laugh is better than
medicine" remarked the CHEEKY citi-
zen.
YES" replied the fearfully calcu-
lating person. "But druggist won't
charge you near as much for little
medicine as it is liable to cost to see
a genuinely funny show"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
Too AbStruSe,

"Have you made any effort to as
certain the principles Of economics
on which your theories of govern
ment are based?" inquired the man
with prominent spectacles.
NO" replied Senator Sorghum
How to land votes is easier found
out and, so far as l can see, more i'm
portant Just now"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
Gone, But Not FORGOTTEN,

Rankin-What did you ever do with
the $4,000 you got from the railroad
company when an engine ran into
your automobile?
Phyle-I invested it in mining
stock.
WAS it good buy?"
"Good-by Is right"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15

AGE NTS-H you want to make from SIS to
$40 daily, write and will prove to your salts
faction. A $2.50 Premium given away with every
81 98 sale makes this possible. | want one man
in every locality to handle this It's something
big for the right man. If you mean business write
at once for your territory.
c. II. DARLINGTON, Sales Mgr.
3i4 Pacific Building San Francisco, Cal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
Artificial Coffee.

It is said that an artificial coffee
has been invented by a Japanese.
which has a large percentage Of nour.
lshment, the right flavor and low cost.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
Prima Facie Evidence

Professor-You have a wonderful
talent for painting.
Murnel-Dear me, professor, how
interesting; how can you tell?
Professor see it in your facet
Judge
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15

PEOPLE AFFLICTED with Kidney trouble. Brights
disease Dropsy Diabetes should send 81 90 for four
weeks treatment of wonderful discovery. Results
guaranteed Address C Pacific Herb Co., Marshed, Ore.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
Not Consistent,

Not Consistent.
"Dubwaite is plain-spoken man."
Says just what he thinks, eh?"
Exactly. He declares that If there
is anything he hates it's sham."
Good"
N"But | happen to know that Dub
waite wears a toupee."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
The Ideal

Young Dubwaite was a member of
the nine the eleven and the eight
at college,"
II dare say his father is proud of
him."
Not so much as you might think.
The old gentleman foolishly hoped he
would learn a little Latin
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
Perfect Cinch,

yep, l got a job cooking for a
lady"
Gal, you don't know nothing about
cooking"
Don't have to know nothing. She's
q bride and I'm her first cook"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
That Discussion Get No Further.

ut says here in the paper that Won
en- are rapidly taking the places os
men"
THAT reminds me-" said he quietly.
"Have you fixed the furnace for the
night, my dear?"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
ELDERLY WOMEN
SAFEGUARDED
Tell Others How They Were
Carried Safely Through
Change of Life.

Durand, Wis., am the mother of
fourteen children and owe my life to
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15

CHOICE EGGS for setting, from full
blooded Plymouth Rocks and White Leg
horns, $1.5O for Is, parcel post prepaid.
Nice cockerels or pullets for ST.. 90 each
after May l. Orders solicited for
cockerels and fresh eggs for table use.
Jones Kumagen Ranch Poultry Yards,
R. 8, B. 121A, Sebastopol, Cal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-04-15
The Elephant Carving at Copan, Hon
duras-The Ancient Aztecs Evident
ly Copied it From an Asiatic Picture,
Mistaking the Eye for Nostri and
the Meatus of the Ear for an Eye.

America with practically all the at
tributes assigned to him in his Asiatic
home, and that the ancient Mexicans
got their idea of elephants from pic
lures of them brought from Asia long
before Columbus came from Europe.
By what channel those ancient
Americans received these things from
the old world remains one Of the deep
est of the mysteries of history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
OVATION TO BERNHARDT

which gradually sweled into an ovation. Rose Coghlan, another grand woman of the theatre, by the way, stepped out on the stage and read a greeting in behalf of the actors of America. The French visitor seemed bewildered for a moment, then recovered herself, rose to stand- ing position and grasped Miss Coghlan's hand. If she replied at all, which is doubtful, her voice was lost in the hand clapping of the audience
 This demonstration, with variations, was repeated after each of the three pla ys in which Mime. Bernhardt appeared. Candor compels the statement that in appearance she was far too old to suit the roles she. acted But the vigor of her performance the lightning flashes oa emotion with which she punctuated it, and the moments of pathos which she reached, proclaimed that she is still mis- tress of the technical phases of her art.
 The other plays in which she appeared they need not be described in detail- are skillfully contrived to afford the ac- tress moments which are reminiscent of
 
 appeared in the past. In Cleopatra" she impersonates the Egyptian Queen at the feat of Marc Antony and the victory of Octavius, she applied the poisonous , asp to her bosom. In IL, Holocauste" she impersonates. in a confession scene of infidelity, one of the repentent sinners. in the denotement of whose despair she was formerly so prolific.
 But it remained for 'Du Theatre au Champ DHonncur' C'From the Stage of the Field of Honor'D to lift tho audience to its greatest enthusiasm. This little play, another by French army officer at the front is a propagandist drama of the present war, In it Mme. Bernhardt al peared as a wounded and dying French actor. whose recitations of pa triotic poems in the trenches had inspired his fellow soldiers to deeds of glory. It permitted Mime. Bernhardt in her de- livery of Victor Hugo's ''Patria" to rise to the most inspired moment she reached drrlns the night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
A TOWN THAT DIED
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 When the office of the secretary Of
 state at Augusta had received the returns except Hurricane Isle. in Knox county, it waited as long as it's official dignity seemed to warrant and then gently prod ded the delinquent town clerk. The an swer was prompt: "As I am now the only voter here 1t did not seem worth while to hold an election.
 Yet not long ago, as older people reckon tho passing of time. Hurricane Isle was town of some 800 persons and 1t had more than 200 voters to take part in its cleo tens. As recently as the last census the population was o56 and its voters S9. The story of declining population is an un- happy familiar one along the Maine coast. but thus far Hurricane Isle is the only town to decline to the vanishing point The reason may be summed up III one
 word-concrete. For Hurricane Isle in it's days of prosperity was little more than a gi eat granite quarry, standing we'll out in the waters of Penobscot bay. though not so Tar out lnto the open sea as Isle au Haut or Matinicus or Criehaven. l F'rcm it's great cliffs of granite we'll paid
 workmen took out the blocks that built the custom house in New York. the post ! office in St. Louis and great public and commercial buildings in many other cities.
 Then dawned the age of concrete. Now Hurricane Isle has more than 150 empty dwelling houses and only one or two that are inhabitated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

be found in any political performance by any group of males. If there was one quality apparently left out, it's omission was instantly supplied by the breathless irrurtion into the press gallery, simul- taneously with the unfurling of the pan ner, of a messenger with 100 mineographed copies of a statement giving the names of the women guilty of the performance, and a statement in the first person by the female organizer of this assault on good taste.
 Members of Congress from the woman suffrage states privately deplored the in cident." If they really desire to see the glories of their system extended to other states, we do not wonder. Those glories will never be extended if the voters in those other states continue to be offend- ed and disgusted by exhibitions of child ishness like this. This particular exhioi- ton almost seems to have been designed by some enemy of suffrage intent on spectacularly proving the worst that has been said about the puerility of the suf- fragist mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
LATEST PADS IN GOTHAM
New York Correspondence Cincinnati

New York Correspondence Cincinnati
 Times-Star.
 1A VIEW YORK is a city of sudden and llW violent fancIes. Thus, sometimes,
 e marvellous and surprisingly for tunate things occur to the person of the
 place or the article which is the ob-
 ject of the sudden regard. but, on the other hand, sometimes the quickly shift ing fancy of the big town leaves a lately flattered favorite sadly stranded. For a
 couple of years, for instance, a regu- lar Broadwayite couldn't sleep well with out having been in Bustanoby's at some time between midnight and 5 a. m. Yet, declined from delirium of reckless spend ing to nothing at all That's but one recent and notable illustration. There
 have been similar cases without end.
 Just now New York has several fads.
 One is a little tune written by Ray
 Hubber, who started writing music in the front part of Sol. Neer's sewing ma
 chine store, in Urbana, O., and kept right on until he got a job writing all the music for the New York Hippodrome
 They call this little tune Poor Butter
 fly," because it was written especially
 for a Japanese prima donna and was
 supposed to carry some sort of vague allusion to the unhappy little heroine of
 Puccinfs opera. But if ever song suf- fered from an absolute nisnomer this one does. In the first place, Ray Hub-
 bell couldn't write anything unhappy, and in the second place this is the happiest
 little tune he ever wrote. It's such a sprightly and cheerful and frolicsome lit tie march that you can best imagine it the processional song of jolly lot of
 girl graduates walking in the sunshine
 In white frocks-or something of that sort.
 It was accepted as something very pret- ty and nice when it was heard at the opening of the Hippodrome. That was all
 fo, the moment. But New York sur
 denly discovered that Poor Butterfly ,' played as a fox trot, was about the steppiest and stirringest thing that any one ever danced to- So, now, instead of just hearing itsin the Hippodrome show, you hear it everywhere you go, and constantly. In the dancing places they play it dozen times night. The sales of printed copies have run up to such an enormous total that there is even hore that Ray Hubbell will spend some of the royalties buying himself 2 new dress coat that runs less to tails and more to waist line But that may be a too optimistic hope. MT. Hubbell has deflantly expressed satisfaction on sevs eral occasions with coat whose gener- ous proportions have made it a notable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
0. HENRY

Stephen Leacock, in the New Republic
 O. Henry in his real work could write only by the light within. There was no elaborate scheme of preparation to take the place of the inspired word. He read nothing, or next to 1t. He investi- gated nothing. He saw nobody. He had no propaganda, no views to expound, no lesson, in the meaner sense to teach His was not the dull industry that investi- gates, notebook in hand, the slum. the factory and the market place. and turns the mass of accumulated fact into the vast contemporary novel that pours its slow current of alluvial mud through the channel of thousand pages.
 Igporant-undoubtedly. except of life it. self-gloriously ignorant he was. No col lege, not even a theological school. could have matriculated him. Even of New tically nothing. But of little threads and patches, vision of a haggard face seen for a moment in a crowd, fallen word. the chance glance of an eye-of such as this interwoven with the cross thread of his marvellous imagination, he did his matchless work
 Let 1t so rest as his best monument. The little bookings of the critics about the base will but serve to keep clean the stone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

and familiar feature of the Hippodrome performance.
 Then there is the fad which women have suddenly developed about coats without fur on them. Early in the season the demand for fur trimmings was so extreme that it promised the externina- ton of every halr-clad animal in the fauna of America, and even made gen tlemen with well grown whiskers feel somewhat nervous. The varieties of fur which appeared as trimmings for wonl- ems garments were endless and aston ishing. On the cheaper grades of coats, acct rdng to the solemn statement of a dealer, they used cats, rats and rabbits. Then suddenly, in the windows of the best shops and in the 'ateliers" of the artists who create fashion, costly coats appeared which were absolutely suspicion less of fur. Now, the smartest women wear coats which are faultlessly cut from a cloth of luxurious softness and unbelievable cost. The smart women are entirely satisfied with the change The coats without fur cost more than the coats with fur on them. That makes 1t al. right.
 This year, for the first time, the four hundred have taken up moving pictures as a fad. The amateur production of moving pictures at Newport last summer Is probably accountable for it. In the past seasons people in evening clothes were seldom seen in the picture houses. 
 Kellerman picture, "A Daughter of ths Gods" and at the new Griffith picture, Intolerance frequently look like the bunch at the Metropolitan Opera house. At each of the theatres where these pictures are playing they have uniformed "announcers" to summon the motor cars of patrons. The Brook club, the most utterly exclusive social organization in America, has a standing order for 10 seats nightly for the Kellerman picture.
 Still another of the new fads of wom- en is the use of long, elaborately dec- orated and often bejeweled cigarette hold CTS. At the Ritz-C Carlton, the Plaza, the Biltmore, Delmonico's and other resorts of the society set, merely smoking has become ordinary. Apparently every wom- an smokes. The smart women distinguish themselves by their cigarette holders. Some of them use amber or tinted hold CTS, studded with jewels and five or six inches long. There are also holders, of the same size, made of beautifully dec orated porcelain or of gold, decorated with arabesque designs. But, whatever the variety may be, you have cigarette helder at least six inches long if you wish to smoke with comfort, nowadays, i~ the domain of the fashionables.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

From the New York World.
 N ARAH BERNHARDT will have to N look far back through the long se- L=> ries of her farewell American tours to recall time when her appearance in New York was a signal for such tremen- dous jubilaton as it was at the Empire last night.
 The instant the curtain rose to dis- close her in the role of Cleopatra recfin- ing on the couch of leopard and lion skins the expectant audience was on its feet. For nearly five minutes the up- roar of braves and applause continued, while the more impressionable among her excited compatriots stood out in the aisles and waved their hands.
 Meanwhile, as the indomitable genius of the French stage watched the excite ment with glow of satisfaction which entirely destroyed the illusion of the dy- ing Egyptian Queen whom she was inn personating. you would see that in spite of infirmities and sorrows time has dealt kindly with her. At 72 Mime. Bernhardt is vigorous and fit The ''voix dor" over which poets have sung and critics have raved, may not now be what it was in other years. Last night Mime. Bern hardt was further handicapped by bad cold and frequent fits of coughing inter- rupted the delivery of her lines. But her enunciation was clear and bell like as before, and the bits of dramatic tech nique which she is now able to employ are still superb.
 Mme. Bernhardts triumph over the dis ability caused by the amputation of her right leg is one of the remarkable fea- lures of her present appearances. The three short plays in which she was seen are so arranged that they permit her either to recline, sit or stand. They require no movement about the stage But even thus handicapped the subtle art of the star makes one forget the disad- vantage under which she struggles. When the curtain had fallen upon Cleopatra the performance suddenly took on the appearance of reception
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

months, and they can give liberally without missing the money.
 Contributing to an anti-tubercu- losis fund is something like paying for insurance, or, better still, pro tecting against the attack of an in- sidious but deadly foe.
 Much has been said and written about the white plague, but as terrible a menace as it is, only comparative ly few individuals have seemed to re- alize the gravity of the situation here in Alabama.
 Appeals will be made this week and next for many worthy institutions, but no appeal will be so gripping as that for the anti-tuberculosis cause. It comes at once under the head of protection to life and great be- .nevolent movement.
 Remember the stricken and the vast multitude of men, women and children who are exposed to tuberculosis in- lection.