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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
KITCHEN "KiNKS" OF VALUE
Good Substitute for Eggs When They
Are Scarce-To Separate Whites
From Yolks.

When eggs are scarce a teaspoonful
OF cornstarch can be made to take
the place of one egg. When combined
with eggs it makes buildings, cakes
and pies lighter.
When the whites of eggs are used
and the yolks are not wanted for sew
eral days, beat them up with little
cold water and put them away in a
cool place. They will keep good for
quite while. If they are to be
used for salad dressing the water must
not be added.
When separating the whites from
the yolks of eggs one will sometimes
break the yolk into the white, in
which case the whites do not beat
light Dip a clean cloth into warm
water, wiring dry, touch the yolk
which has been dropped into the white
with the cloth and it will cling to
the cloth.
II you wish to save the shells,
break away just enough of the small
er end of the shell to remove the
contents. Then carefully wash the
shells and put them away in a safe
place. Later you may fill these shells
with jelly, covering the broken end
with paraffin paper. This is a con-
venient way to carry Jelly for
lunches.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Material for Brluuettes.

Peat and chalk are being extensive
ly used, it is reported, for briquetting
in Canada. The peat is mixed with
coal breeze and then pressed into
briquettes. Such a fuel has been
found efficient and economical Chalk,
also, OF which there are large de-
posits in Canada, can be pulverized
and then combined with a certain
percentage of breeze and solidified
tar the mixture being compressed into
small briquettes or pebbles about the
size OF an egg. The briquettes burn
with perfect satisfaction. The fuel
has the advantage of being >smokeless.
has high calorific value and burns
freely.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Madame Ioffra.

She, who had never been separated
from her husband, not even for a day.
before the war, has since the war
broke out, never been to see him, al
though the general STATS headquar.
tiers are scarcely a couple of hours
outside of Paris. 1t is against the
rules for soldier to see his wife, or
for g. wife to try to visit her husband
at the front. therefore, although
Madame Joffre has every facility for
doing so, she will never go to see her
husband. She does not avail herself
OF any privilege granted through her
position, but makes a point of setting
the example. q Paris Letter.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
OLD CLOCK
Invention of John Muir That Was
a Wonder.
Not Only Effectualiy Aroused Sleeper,
but Could Be Arranged to Start
Fire and Deliver Books
When Wanted.

The famous clock OF the late John
Muir. the noted naturalist and ex-
plorer, which not only woke him up
in the morning, but dumped him out
of bed; which delivered his books to
him in regular sequence when he was
studying and which lighted his fire in
the morning, has just been presented
to the Wisconsin State Historical So
ciety's museum at Madison by the
Wisconsin Alumni Association of
Northern California. The Milwaukee
Journal gives the following account,
with illustration, of that extraordinary
clock:
The clock was used by Muir during
his school days at Wisconsin uniyer-
sity in the early sixties. Because OF his
desire to work, he kept late hours and
found it hard to get up. First he tried
tying a string to his toe and having
the janitor pull it at a. m. This
worked until some Of the students
nearly pulled him out of bed. Then
he built clock which would do the
work.
He built a bed of pine boards with
three legs, two at the head and one
at the foot. The leg at the foot was
in two sections and operated on an ell
bow. This elbow was held by peg
30 that il the peg was released the
bed would drop to an angle Of As de-
grees. A strong cord, fastened to the
peg, led to the clock; on the end of
the cord near the clock was a large
stone. Before retiring the cord was
attached to the clock and at five the
clock would do its deadly work. The
noise Of John falling out of bed and
the falling stone awakened everyone
in the building
While teaching in country school
house he used the clock to start fire
before he arrived at school. The clock
upset tube of sulphuric acid into a
mixture of chlorate of potash and
sugar placed under the kindling and
wood the night before. Instant COM
bustion took place.
He also used the clock to open and
shut his books when he wished to
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
TuRRETEO CASTLES

reached. The fact that many of these
| fantastic structures appear to be fall
| ing into ruin in no way detracts from
the romantic charm of the scene; such
indeed seems In harmony with the ST.
lent, deserted aspect of the region.
Fortress after fortress and en-
battlement after embattlement meet
the eye from different positions
as the traveller wanders here and
there through the Bad Lands, some
sadly In need of repair-long aban-
doned in the Observation-Disclosures
standing out bold and sharp against
the clear blue Dakota sky. Hardly can
there be anything more impressive
than the vast silence and great DESC
lation of the Bad Lands.
Over most of the region few living
things can be seen. Here and there,
in some favored hollow, stunted tree
clings desperately to existence, and
animal life Is equally scarce. A few
springs support little vegetation, WV
idly green in contrast with the sur
rounding grays, blues, pinks and Give
shades of the rocks, while in two or
three places animals are found. A
high ridge of some extent located
near the center Of the region, and
representing probably the original
level of the old plateau, has sufficient
soil and fertility to support a scanty
growth of grass and on this live con-
siderable numbers of the great Rocky
Mountain Bighorn, the noblest of
American wild sheep. This ridge is
some 500 feet above the rest of the
Bad Lands, and is known as Sheep
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
PROUD MOMENT FOR sPEEDER
Man Under Arrest Wanted His Friends
to Listen to Testimony of Police
man in Court.

You are charged with speeding"
impossible, your honorl''
The policeman who arrested you
says you were travelling at the rate
OF so miles an hour"
indeed? l wish some of my friends
were here
Haven't you money enough to pay
your fine?"
'Oh, yes, your honor. They have
made SO many uncomplimentary re-
marks about my car that it would be
source of much satisfaction to me if
they could hear this policeman's ties.
timony."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Nova ScotIa's History,

When discovered by the British in
1497-9S Nova Scotia was not named
A few years later 1t was settled by
the French, who called 1t Acadia. 1t
passed to the English by the treaty OF
Utrecht, in 171S, and they changed the
name from Acadia to Nova Scotia
This name was first used in a grant
made by King James l, who was born
n Scotland, and chose a name In
honor of his native country. The
royal grant under the name was made
TO Sir William Alexander, a Scotch
nan, who wrote poor poetry. and was
created Lord Stirling by King James.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Their Relationship.

Are you sisters?" asked the GEN.
sus taker of two colored women who
sat on the tiny porch of their cabin.
mo, sir" one of the women replied,
'us ain no blood kin. You see
pointing to rather pretentious,look-
ing house on the hill-''hit's dis er
way: Sanders up dar In de white
house, ne married me fus't; den Sis
Liza heah come long, an he 'vorsted
me an put me out heah in de cabin
so he could marry her But bimeby
he fetch her down de hill to de cabin
to make room for dat young gal, Cora
he done married. No, sir, us ain ne
blood KIM guess ives wives-in-law.
-Everybody's Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
~ HE Black Hills of South Da-
kota and Wyoming, which are
1 in fact mountains rising from

kOJa ana wyoming, which are
in fact mountains rising from
the great plains to an eleva-
ton OF 1000 or more feet above sea
level, were millions of years ago, a
small, low island, surrounded by a
vast shallow sea- This sea extended
as far west as the Rocky mountains,
which were mere highlands rising
above 1t, writes Guy g. Mitchell In the
Utica Saturday Globe.
The average traveller today, much
less the bandits and Indians who have
in recent years infested this elevated
region, would probably, according to
their various nationalities, smile
grimly or laugh to scorn the statement
that this portion of the country, now
SO arid and barren, was once the
ocean, and later vast tropical
swamp, among whose rank and luxu-
RANT vegetation lurked strange and
huge reptiles, and on the shores of
which roamed giant herbivorous ami
mails, which were in turn preyed upon
by the terrible flesh-eating monsters of
the early world. Such, however, is the
fact as attested by the vast quantities
of fossilized bones which have been
found imbedded in the rocks and many
of which are now mounted in lifelike
attitudes in various museums of the
country.
Following this age of sea and swamp
the whole region was uplifted thou
sands of feet by the dynamic forces
from within the earth; the hills be-
came mountains and the bed of the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Satisfactory SprinkIinn.

Here is method for sprinkling
clothes which will be found very sat
isfactory. This saves a lot of trouble
and prevents the hands from getting
chapped in cold weather. Take ali
ordinary cork and cut a small fiuting
In it lengthwise. Fill a glass bottle
with water and put the cork in it.
When the bottle is shaken the fluted
cork acts as spray, sprinkling the
water evenly over. the clothes.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Vexatious,

Il presume every man has little
Ananias club of his own
mo doubt. Still, l find it rather
difficult to keep tab on the members
in nine"
"Yes?"
Every now and then some fellow
who has been a member of my Ana
MAS club for years puts over hard
luck story on me and l lend him
money"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
The RiQht Ratio.

pessimists."
mo doubt They are the leaven of
life, SO to speak,
Il don't quite agree with your def
milton, but by striking a happy me-
dunn between the snarls of pessimists
and the cheerful idiocy of optimists
one is enabled to appraise life at its
true value"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Too Painful.

did you visit Vesuvius the last time
you were in Italy?"
NO" replied the travelled man.
Not interested, eh?"
THAT wasn't the reason. knew
that if l saw so much steam going
to waste in Vesuvius the memory of
the trouble have every winter in per-
suading the janitor to heat my apart
ments sufficiently would make me bit.
ter"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Dense Ignorance,

''If there is anything that makes
me tired it is an egregious landlubber
finding fault with the United States
navy"
Il know the type. He's the sort of
fellow who thinks the captains bridge
is a private gangplank"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
But IL Didn't.

"That will do Henry" said Mrs
Twobble, coldly. "The yarn you are
telling me won't hold water"
81 wasn't trying to make it hold wa
ter, my love-" replied Mr.. Twobble,
somewhat peevishly. 81 hoped 1t
would hold you for a WHILE"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
ENDED THE ARGUMENT
REALLY THERE WAS VERY LIT.
TIE MORE TO SAY.
Cupid Simply Had Repeated and
Daughter Preferred to Do as Mother
Did Instead of as She Was
Being Advised.

Listen to me, Abigail" said Mrs
Wise to her daughter. Remember
please. that I'm older than you. Wis
dom comes only with age"
Eyes, mamma"
"Why are you 60 cold to Mr.. Willing
so distant?"
Am II"
"He says SO. He has my indorse
ment as a sutton"
yes. He proposed"
what answer did you maker"
II declined. But he said he wouldn't
take that as final"
"Of course not! He'll persist-with
my consent, child Why did you re-
fuse to go motoring with him? He is
dissatisfied over your manner, which
l fear isn't nice. Has he done any
thing to offend?"
HE wanted to kiss me-"
"And didn't? You refused? Child,
when man pays court to woman
to a girl-and is serious about tt
when his intentions are honorable
thCIC III III III hlob.
But, mamma, isn't kiss some
thing that should be mutual?"
What do you mean?"
Should a girl let a man kiss her
when she has no wish to kiss the
MANI"
Certainly, when the man is a man
of character and honorable purposes.
You mustn't forget that such a match
as you can make isn't the fortune of
every girl. If your dear father were
with us, he'd advise you as I'm advis-
Ing you"
as a girl to marry man much
older than she is because he's honor
able and has money!"
Perhaps not solely, dear. But Mr..
Willing isn't so old. Only forty-five."
And Pm twenty. When I'm forty
fve-which you say isn't so old-and
he is still alive, If l should marry him,
he will be seventy. Surely that's old
enough"
Abigail! What nonsense What has
arithmetic to do with it?"
"But figures tell the truth, mamma
You were twenty when you married
papa, weren't you? | think you told
me So"
Eyes"
"And he was twenty-two?"
EYES,"
"And you were both poor in worldly
goods, and grandma wanted you to
marry rich baker, who wanted
YOU"
But, my child. you don't realize
that times and manners are very diff
ferent now-very different. Now
everything is money = everybody
wants money-and persons without
money are absolutely submerged"
But people fall in love still, don't
they-young people?"
"They may think they're in love
sometimes, child, but life these days
dissipates romance. Look at the di-
vorce courts"
"But I'm talking about man l
don't care box of candy about. When
thought just as I'm thinking now.
you've even told me you eloped Win
papa to escape marrying an old man.
You we're in love-"
you aren't in love. And the situa-
ton is different"
Eyes. The situation is different. But
I am in love-"
''In love! With whom?"
with Charley Lyman"
THAT boy? With no money, no po'
sition, no"
But haven't we money enough?"
Fudge! What foolishness! And /
let you go to the tennis court with
that chap yesterday"
1--WE didn't go to the tennis court"
"Where did you go. them"
"We-we-got married"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Italian stew.

One pound ground round steak, cool
ten minutes; one can tomatoes, few
potatoes cut in cubes, cook ten min
utes more couple of onions cut up;
cook about two cuptuls of spaghetti
in boiling water for is minutes, then
put in stew.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Eoo Sauce.

Egg sauce made in this way is de-
licious. Beat the whites of three eggs
stiff. Beat the yolks until creamy
and sweeten with three tablespoon
fuls of powdered sugar. Just before
serving fold in the stiff whites and
serve Immediately.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Peruuisites.

'Will you leave office poorer than
when you entered it,"
NO" replied Senator Sorghum. 1T
is a mistake to say that republic
is ungrateful to it's servants. A repub-
lie will loosen up all right, If you
know how to convey a gentle remind.
,r when a tip is DUE"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Good to Know.

To bake potatoes quickly boil them
in sailed water for ten minutes. then
put in the oven. The boiling water
will heat them through so they cook
In short time.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Valued Seclusion.

do you enjoy your magnificent new
library?"
Eyes," replied Mr.. Cumrox; for
while l didn't get much good out Of
it. But you don't know what a nice,
quiet place 1t is TO try out tho latest
records on the monograph"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08

study. By arranging his books In a
small car which operated on his study
table they arranged themselves in a
certain order and were placed before
him at stated time by the move
ment of the CLOCK.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-08
Removino TOP From MIIk Bottle

1t is often hard to get the top out
of the milk bottle without a deluge
The next time it sticks use the point
of a can opener for the purpose. A
large pin is also effective
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
TO alter POLICY
AS DEFENSE step
Disarmament Proposal ofu S.
Prompted,by Considerations
of Safety in War Time.
CHANGE IN RULE LIKELY
State Department Virtually Makes Up
Mind to Acquiesce in Teuton
Contention.

Considerations Of vital Importance af-
fecting the safety of the United States in
time of war are declared by high officials
of the government to have been res
ponsible for the action of Secretary OF
State Lansing In urging the entente
powers to agree to disarm all their
merchant ships.
These same considerations, it is stated,
are responsible for the fact that, whether
or not the allies agree to the proposals.
the American government has practically
made up its mind to change its rules
and acquesce In the contention made
by Germany and Austria of their right
to attack all armed enemy ships without
warning.
This contention. based on the ground
that armed merchant ships are to be re-
garded. in the light OF submarine war
fare, as auxiliary ships of war, is de-
clared to have the unanimous backing of
the authorities of the American navy.
In entente diplomatic quarters the talk
is growing of reprisals which may be
undertaken against the American govern
ment by the allies II the United States,
subscribing to the German contention as
TO the changed character OF armed
merchant ships instruct its port officers
to deny the customary habor facilities
10 such ships Officials of the State De-
partment. however. continue to discount
these threats as ridiculous.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15

generation of playgoers gets the same en-
joyment out OF this kind of entertain
ment as did those of some years ago.
It's the same Weber and Fields, it's the
same line of tomfoolery, and it's the
same outburst of laughter that greets
their every effort. @. e. ID.
The rest OF the bill Is par excellent.
Josie Heather serves several songs 'in
London style" and gets by In great
shape. She has a way all her own. and
everybody liked her way. William Casey,
jr., and Bobbie Heather ably assist her.
Bert Melrose, with no makeup and a
phoney skirt, does his rough-and-tumble
stun again and continues TO convulse his
audience. An act that is a plea SAINT sur
prise is that OF Will Burns and Ed Lynn,
who do any kind OF dance-that is,
almost any kind-that the audience re-
quests. They were baked when a kid
in the gallery called for the ST. Vitus.
Arnold and Ethyl Grazer open the bill
with a lively musical and dancing num-
Der that goes well. Marshall Montgom-
cry, assisted by Miss Edna Courtney.
presents a new ventriloauistic act, and
gets big laughs throughout. Gertrude
Long and Spencer Ward have good vau-
devillian voices. A somewhat-out-of-the-
ordinary musical offering is presented by
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic Yoelker and COM
pany. 1t goes well. The weekly pictures
wind up a good bill.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
Po1i's-"'Old Heideiberg.-

That delightful story of the prince who
loved a lOwly maid, "Old Heidelberg, 8"
is the happy choice of the Poll Players
for revival this week, with A. H. Van
Buren in a portrayal of Prince Karl
which adds materially to his reputation
as a very capable exponent OF romance,
and the usual well-balanCed production
expected at the Avenue playhouse.
old Heidelberg is particularly hap
py selection for revival now that the
vogue of the crime play has passed and
the lOng-eXpected return of romantic
comedy to favor on the American stage
is at hand: and last nights audience
seemed to find new charm in this ever
popular fairy tale of loves dream
troubled by a difference in the social
scale
Theatergoers are so familiar with the
incidents of the pleasant play through
its frequent performance here by the
late Richard Mansfield. and others, that
it seems an impertineuce to repeat them.
Prince Karl. the youthful heir to a
throne, is introduced to college life at
heidelberg as a difldent youth: but un-
dor the benign influence OF university
life he becomes a manly, natural. and
altogether admirable young student
During his student days at Heidel-
berg, the young prince lives in a
Kathic. the innkeeper's niece. There
develops charming romance, fresh
and untrammeled by thoughts of
caste. but soon the prince is called
away from Heidelberg to ascend the
throne Of his ancestors. He remains
true to his love pact with Kathie,
however, and it is seen that they are
indeed,
Two souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one"
The Poll company has changed the
mood and type-so to speak-of their
acting from the thrill OF last week to
fit the mood and tempo of this pleas
ing bit of sentiment, interest center
ing chiefly in the Prince Karl of Mr..
Van Buren, who makes a fine appear
ance. and expressed fervent love.
Howard Lang is in his element as
Prince karIs devoted tutor. and Flor
ence RittenhOuse played Kathie with
n persuasive tenderness and unaffected
simplicity that made strong appeal
to the sympathies. Ralph Remley
contributed one of his "old men
characterizations with much attention
paid to makeup, and J. Hammond
Daley is excellent as the valet of the
prince. Cecil BOwser is effective as
the innkeeper, apd Ben Taggart en-
tered fully into the spirit of the scene.
John NJ. Kline. Marguerite Starr,
Blanche Frederici. and Howard
SchOppe made the most of their oppor-
tunities.
The scenic equipment showing the
quaint inn garden in "OId Heidelberg -
where the students congregate to sing
! their songs and tell tales of their duels
and romantic cOnquests, has scarcely
been surpassed upon this stage; and the
student songs OF college days aroused
memories in many au auditors heart and
mind. Notwithstanding the largely aug
mcnted company, the opening perform
ance last evening moved with smooth
ness and effectiveness. thanks to Mr..
Van Buren's capable stage direction.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
SUSPECT JAP SPY OF
NAVAL CODE Theft
Department of Justice Seeks Stewards
Who Disappeared Shortly After
Loss Of Cipher.

Suspicion that the secret naval bat
tie code of the American Navy. which
disappeared from the destroyer Hull
at San Diego, California. was stolen
by a Japanese spy, has caused the
Department of Justice to direct it's
agents on the west coast to use every
effort to recover the missing book.
The Navy Department had been in
formed that a Japanese and a Filipino
who were employed as stewards on
the destroyer. disappeared immedi-
ately after the loss of the code. was
discovered, and have not been heard
from since.
Two naval officers attached to the
Hull have already been court-mAr-
tailed for lhe loss OF the code, but
the Navy Department has been in
formed that the court has suspended
final action pending the outcome of
the search which has been under
taken for the missing stewards.
The code book contains the key to
the secret cipher which would be USE
by the ships of the navy in communi-
eating with each other in time OF bat
tie. The department is understood to
have started already the preparation
Of a new code.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-15
WAVES DRENCH DINERS
IN STEAMERS SALOON
Bersensjford Arrives at New York
After Stormy Passage
from Norway.

New York. Feb. 1.-THE steamer Ber-
gensjford reached port from Bergen, Nor
way. after battling against the worst
gales she has been forced to fight since
she was launched. Waves sixty feet high
and a wind that registered eighty miles
an hour met the liner as soon as she
had safely negotiated the North Sea.
In the height or the gale, a huge sea
swept over the BergensjfoTd's bows and
flooded the dining saloon, where psssen-
gers were at luncheon. The vessel was
so badly battered that she may have 10
go TO dry dock before sailing for Bergen.
On board was Ray Baker, secretary 10
the American Embassy at PetroErad. In
his charge was fve-year-old Nsnita Miles,
granddaughter OF Gen. Nels Miles. ana
the daughter of Capt Sherman Miles,
attzche at Petrograd.