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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-02-26
Killed in Nina Railroad Yards.

Killed in Nina Railroad Yards.
Macario Bonillo, Mexican about
26 years of age, fell from freight
train on which he was riding in the
Nina yards, the wheels passing over
both legs, one of which was COM
pletely severed at the hip. DR.. Pache
was called, but was unable to save
the life Of the unfortunate man.
Mike Zuzanne of Randsis spending
a few days in town.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-22

but a strangely dressed woman.
ed her feet. A curious cap covered
her head. A veil that hung under
her eyes concealed every part of her
face. From the figure of the woman,
whose looseness and fat the hang
ing robes could not hide, Sydney
thought her old. One of the Egypt
ian servants! The woman made no
sound, and Sydney thought again of
the silent door opened by the silent
woman at the grim looking house in
the Peck Slip district. He tried to
see her hand, but the darkness Of
the hall prevented him. Cotton had
ordered him to see the hand, and
there would be no move until he did.
For a minute the tableau remained
unchanged. Then the irrepressible
Shrimp broke the spell.
Gee, Mister Cotton, dere's a
hoochy-koochy woman from Coney!"
Sydney thought he saw a sudden
change of expression in the eyes. Then
the woman stepped to the threshold
of the door and waved a hand in a
command to enter. The veins on the
back of her hand did not form a
~" They crossed diagonally, over
the fat, big hand that looked SO like
the hand of a man.
Take the crow. Sydney" ordered
Cotton as he jumped down. Stay
where you are, Shrimp" The boy
made a grimace at being left out, but
he did not demur audibly. Sydney
took the box that contained the bird,
and followed the blind man up the
steps.
Cotton walked with maddening
slowness. But Sydney saw the red
spots on his white cheeks over the
cheek bones; he saw the grim, omin-
GUS set of the chin, the tenseness of
the thin lips. He had seen those signs
before. He knew they meant the
steel-spring tightness of muscles held
in leash by the brain back of the
dead eyes.
without turning his head toward
the woman who stood holding the
door open the blind man walked past
her. Sydney followed. The door clos
ed behind them. The woman took q
step forward with surprising agility
Her hand fumbled in the folds of her
dress. Colton's shoulder almost
knocked Sydney down as the blind
man ieaped past him. The blind
mans weight sent the woman crash
ing against the wall. A blue-stee
pistol clattered to the floor.
Il want you, Norman" the blind
mans voice rang out in the empt,
house Quiet! Take the handcuf.
from my pocket. Sydney"
Thames obeyed mechanically. The
veil had been torn from the face, ant
| Sydney recognized the man from hav,
ing seen him around the Beaumonde
Cuff him to the newell post of tn,
stairs!" ordered Cotton sharply. To
gether they dragged the painting
cursing man to the heavy post.
| So this was the murderer!
/, "Noi" Cotton seemed to read Syd
ney's very thoughts. This is only tn,
tool" He spoke to the raging man
Where is he?" he demanded
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-22

most noiseless. Sydney knew that even
Colton's wonderful ears could not fol-
low the footballs of the man in the
robes, who was twisting and turning
in the narrow paths between the pines
whose branches swept the ground.
-Four! Left! Right! Left!' The
guiding words fairly ran together so
fast did Sydney say them
Never mind! Drop back!" ordered
the blind man suddenly. Hear him
painting"
Sydney would not think of letting
the blind man go alone, but he could
not help himself. Cotton seemed to
have become the sudden possessor of
wings He leaped out of sight around
clump of pines. Sydney kept dog
gedly after. He could hear nothing;
see nothing in the thick trees. But
ahead of him was a murderer, and he
was a blind man!
Suddenly Colton's voice rang out:
"Ill firei"
Came a growled, animallike curse
that ended in a sudden, choked- off
scream. The fall of a heavy body.
Sydney Thames rounded the last tree,
and stopped dead in his tracks.
On the ground was a silent figure.
The robes had beeM torn and the
trousers showed beneath them The
veil that had covered the face was
beside the path. Cotton was leaning
over the man. He spoke, without
looking up:
Flung the pistol at the sound of his
painting. Caught him in back of the
head"
He turned the unconscious man
over. The man who murdered John
Neilton," said the problemist quietly,
Sydney Thames could not choke
back cry of stupefaction. The mar
on the ground was Manager Carl, OF
the Beaumonde!
(To Be Continued.)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-22

where's the brains of the devilish
thing?"
Find him!" snarled Norman sui
lenly.
II Wilt" Colton's cane guided him
around a heavy settee that lay on its
side. Sydney noticed that the whole
hall was disordered and pulled apart
as though vandals had been at work.
use your eyes!" Cotton shot out
the words How many steps to that
back door? Keep at my heel and count
every turn!"
"Five!" Sydney answered without an
instant of hesitation. For ten years
he had practiced judging distance with
his eyes and reckoning steps for the
blind man.
Cotton ran. Sydney followed. A
turn.
"Three!" Sydney shouted the word
in time. Cotton swung around. He
had dropped his cane in the hall. In
his hand was a pistol.
"Door!"
Cotton flung it open. Sydney
caught the flash of a robe in the dense
grove of young pines at the edge OF
the yellow sand.
"Fourteen Left"
The blind man dashed in pursuit of
the robe flash that he could not see.
He ran with all the speed IN MIN
ahead in the darkness that had been
his always. The sun was shining
brightly overhead, but to the blind
man it was midnight. He was rum
ming with a pistol in his hand to get
a murderer. And the only eyes he
knew were two PAGES behind him,
guiding the wonderful body that God
had made guideless. Painting, Sydney
put the last ounce of strength in his
legs to gain the pace necessary to see
ahead.
"Fivei Right" he hissed. The
chase went on. Their footsteps on
the soft bed of pine needles were al
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-22
A MECHANICAL MAssEUR

machine has been invented for
the purpose of reducing weight. II
weighs but two hundred and thirty
Ave pounds. and has only forty-eight
roller-wheels hung on an oscillating
frame to travel over the human body
from the knees to the neck. After
one has undergone treatment at the
hands of this mechanical monster
falling under the wheels Of railroad
cars no longer contains an element OF
danger. - Popular Science Monthly
for October.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-22

dry tub. and it is also provided with
an outlet at the bottom. to which a
hose can readily be attached to draw
off tho water. Besides giving very
satisfactory service as a bathtub, the
trunk is a clean storage place for
laundry. - Popular Science Monthly
for October.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-22
BATHING IN YOUR TRUNK

A combination trunk. laundry bas-
ket and bathtub is the novel invention
of Ole C. and Hannah Lee, Roman,
Montana The trunk is made of sheet
metal, enameled inside and outside to
adapt it for use as bathtub or laun-
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
E~XCUSABLE NEGLECT.

Attorney for Plaintiff-You have
testified that your conduct toward
YOU wife was always affectionate and
punctilious. Now, isn't it a fact that
you left the house one morning with.
out kissing her good-by?
Perkins (who is defending a sep.
aration suit ON the ground of cruel
and inhuman treatment)-Yes, sir.
Attorney (triumphantly) - All, l
thought so. Now will you tell us why
you left your wife without kissing
her good-by?
Perkins-Because she had just hit
me in the mouth with a fatiron, and
my %osculatory apparatus was tempo
rarily disabled.-Judge.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
He Knew Il Was There.

Publisher have read your nam
script and will publish it. l believe
the book is destined to fill a long-felt
want.
Author Con the verge Of starvation)
I am glad to hear you say so. By
the way, could you advance me $40?
Enthusiastically But what do
you intend to use it for?
Author-I am anxious to begin fill
ing that "long-felt want"
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21

to me at times. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills re-
stored me to health and l want to thank
you for the good they have done me. /
have had quite a bit of trouble and
worry but it does not affect my youth
full looks. My friends say why'd you
look so young and well?' I owe it all
to the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies"
Mrs. RoBT. SToPIEL, Moore Avenue,
Washington Park, Illinois.
We wish every woman who suffers
from female troubles, nervousness,
backache or the blues could see the let
tiers written by women made well by Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If you have any symptom about which
you would like to know write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given free Of
charge.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
CHINA'S NEW RULER

Gen. Ii Huan Hung, who has long
been recognized as one of the ableSt
soldiers in China, is now president of
the Oriental republic, having succeed
ed the late Yuan Shih Kai, and it is be-
lieved the change of rulers has put an
end to the plans of the Marking trium-
viSate and the Peking mandarinate to
r~e-establish the empire. The southern
Chinese are solidly behind the new
president.
At the same time, there is great
anxiety concerning the attitude which
Japan will take toward China. Cen
eral Ii spent two years in Japan in
the study of military affairs, and he is
looked upon as favorable to japanese
influence in China. He is regarded as
the representative of the japanese stu
dent element in Chinese politics, as OPP
posed to the American student ele-
ment, which always was very infuen-
tial under the rule of Yuan Shin Kai.
The Chinese who were educated in
Japan have been prominent in the thre
natural that they should come into pow
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
Of Course Not.

A somewhat befuddled individual,
who evidently had been lunching a
trife too freely. climbed on board the
car with difficulty.
"What,s the matter?" he asked.
mildly, as he observed the conductors
Impotence.
"Ain't this car the one I want?"
"IIow do 1 know whether it is or
not?" grOwled the conductor.
"Oh, you must have known It, or
you wouldn't have stopped to let me
catch it," said the befuddled one.
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ILIN 11liIt LLlENIIITGIHl11
WAR CHIEF OF BRITAIN

From servant to head of the think
ing machine Of the British army in the
greatest war in history, this is the
record of General Sir William Robert
son, who a few months ago was APP
pointed chief of the general staff at
the war office in London and virtual
commander in chief OF the British
armies.
Robertson's rise to the very high
est possible position in the British
army is unique. There is no other case
on record of a ranker attaining the
highest command in the British army,
and only one other case in which Il
ranker even came within measurable
distance of it.
Robertson is a genuine ranker, of
Scottish descent. He is the son of Il
farm laborer in Lincolnshire, where he
was born fifty-six years ago, and his
preliminary education was received at
the village school. When he left school
he worked in the fields for a time, and
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
CLAPP LIKES DAY TRAVEL

Although he does a good deal of
travelling over the country, Senator
Moses e. Clapp of Minnesota rarely
travels at night. This is not due to
any prejudice against sleeping in one
of the Pullman company's berths,
either. He journeys by daylight sim
ply because he likes to do so. Not long
ago he and a younger man had to go
on a trip of IA hours or more, ana the
other man naturally proposed that
they go on a night train.
'Why do you want to go at night?'
asked Clapp, as if the idea of night
travel was a brand new wrinkle.
'To save time, of course replied
the man. zone has to sleep anyhow.
Otherwise one wastes an entire day.
waste a day :" exclaimed Clapp.
ION a train! What're you talking
about? Why, a trains the very place
of all places where you don't need to
waste your time. You sit in your
Office and people come in II interrupt
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
A FEELING of Doubt.

"Of course, you can't expect to get
education for nothing" said Farmer
Corntossel. But l can't help wonder
ing"
Wondering about what?" asked his
wife.
Whether it was worth losin' half q
days work listenin' to our boy Josh
arguin' that we ought to say ''spara-
gus instid O. 'sparrowgrass.'"
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
She Got Then All.

And you say your teacher threat
ened to pull out n of your teeth ev.
cry time you d~isobeyed herr" asked
the uncle.
Yes, sir" replied the boy.
And did she do it,"
'She certainly did"
And now you are afraid II go back
to SCHOOL,"
I'm not afraid to go back; but
what's the use? I'm all out Of teeth. u
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rercentenary Means Something.

eve are now passing through a
neighborhood which has more culture
to the square foot than any other part
of town"
We'll! Well! Everybody about
here, l suppose, is a higbrow."
Yes. Why, the people in this neigh
borhood talk about Shakespeare as if
he hadn't been dead more than a
week"
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
Had No Kick Coming.

Guest Tin restaurant)-Say, waiter,
| ordered a spring chicken, did l not?
Waterfall am what yo' did, sab.
Guest-Well, this fowl you brought
me is n of the pair Noah had in the
ark.
Waiter-Yassah! but yo-all amt got
no kick comm, sab. Eff dat chicken
hadn't bin pow'rful healthy hit wouldn't
neber done reach'd dat advanced age,
sab.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
No Rival.

Mrs. Flatbush-It is said that French
monograph records, made on a recent
ly invented cloth, which can be mailed
like letters, threaten to rival stenog-
raphers.
Mrs. observation-disclosures! I'm
agine your husband being kept at the
office late by a piece of cloth!
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21

Speaking with a young lady, a gen
tlepan mentioned that he had failed
to keep abreast OF the scientific ad-
II of the age. For instance" he
said, q don't know at all how the in
candescent electric light is produced"
ooh, it is very simple" said the lady.
"You just press a button and the light
appears at once. Christian Register.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
"OLD SHACK'S" POSER

Representative Warren Worth
Bailey of J~ohnstown, Pa, is a person
with definite views about things. When
he favOrs or opposes a proposition he
does so with much e-arnestness and in
t~enseness. For example, he has long
been strongly in favor of an adoption
of Henry Georges single tax ideas, and
is equally strong in his opposition to
the presidents program for naval and
military preparedness.
One night Bailey sat in the lobby
of the hotel where he lives in Wash
ington talking gravely about the good
things in store for this nation just as
soon as single tax comes to be gener-
ally applied throughout the country.
Congressman Dorsey w. Shackle-
ford of Missouri was sitting close by.
"Old Shack as he is called, has q
sense of humor, though he doesn't
look it.
II would like to ask you Just one
question" said he to Bailey, and Bailey
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
War and Necessity.

Assuming an DIR of sage Importance,
the fat plumber calculated:
"War is a necessity"
'Yoh How do you make that out?"
demanded the thin carpenter, depre-
catingly.
"Did you read that Edison is going
to devote his energies to American
protective measures in time of warp
Eyes. What of it?"
"That proves my contention"
"How?"
"War makes invention necessary,
doesn't it,"
"And necessity is the mother of in-
vention."
"Huh!"
Therefore, wal and necessity are
synonymous"
The thin carpenter is still thinking
it over.-Youngstown Telegram.
Army service is compulsory In Hol-
land.
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he had a great stroke OF luck for m of such humble origin. He became
a butler in One of the great houses in the neghbOrhOOd.
At eighteen the military fever seized him and he enlisted. He chose a
crack regiment the Sixteenth lancers, and he must have made an ideal cavalry
man, for even now he is the beau ideal of Il dashing soldier tall, well set up
aud he served in the ranks for ten years, but before long his ambition was
reused, and he probably foresaw that inh his case the soldiers knapsack really
did contain the field marshaTs baton.
He began then the study of languages and of military history, both of which
have stood him in such good stead in his subsequent career.
He is much like Kitchener and possesses some of the characteristics
lightning, dispenses with red tape, is a mastery organizer and will have none
but efficient, hard workers under him. Like Kitchener also he cal say mo" to
Il peer OF a prince and if he considers a decision necessary he doesn not hesitate
to announce it. He is a strict dscpnarian, and while greatly admired and
respected for the honors he has won, he is at times feared by the officers.
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The Skeleton-Bughouse is in a
towering rage. He says he is going
TO sit all over the new freak.
The Glass Eeater-Is the freak wor-
ried?
The Skeleton-Hardly. He is the
human pincushion."
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considerations Without Weiqht.

Don't you know that Shakespeare's
chirography was poor, and that he
spelled his name as his fancy hap
pened to dictator" inquired the Ba-
conite.
Il don't recall" replied the loyal
admirer. I'm an advocate Of the
use of the typewriter and spelling
reform"
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
A Happy Thought.

Tommy, how many times must l
tell you to wash your face?"
But, ma, I've just washed it."
Nonsense. One side is covered with
dirt"
That's all right, ma If you will let
me play on the front veranda I'll keep
the clean side toward the street."
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Desperate.

DoctOr-My good sir, your wife
needs some change.
Husband-What can I do about Civ
ing it to her, doctor? You got all I
had.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
In the Snhurhs

81 hope you will have plain sailing
with your new cook"
"From the way she handled the
breakfast dishes the first morning, 1
am afraid there are breakers ahead"
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
Sometimes.
Power of Music,

Mrs. Flatbush-Did you say her hus
band has a passion for music2
Mrs. Densonhurst-Oh, my yes. Ev
cry time she sings he flies into one."
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Convincing

Policeman-What are you standing
ere for?
POliceman-Well, tust move on. If
everybody was to stand in one place,
how would the rest get past?-Tit
Bits.
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Hunters Item,

Redd-There is a heavy penalty for
killing deer out of season in Maine,
you know.
Greenland is there any penalty for
killing a guide out of season?
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
Chronic Bore.

He who gets off a stale joke,
Devoid of wit or mirth,
Would make a hit if he'd choke,
And thus get off the earth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
or Mems?

Myles-This paper says that st.
Paul merchants bought 100000 hats
t one time.
Styles-Well. say; was it around
Rster or election time?
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21

Clerk-Do you believe in prepared
ness?
Clubleigh-Sure! I never go home
late without having an excuse all
framed up.'-Boston Evening Tran
Scrint.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
PuZzIinu.

Mrs. Flatbush-Does your husband
speak any language but English?
Mrs. Bensonhurst-I think so. He
often speaks a language in his sleep I
don't understand.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21

Tered with female
trouble, backache,
V spells and
the blues. My chill
dren's loud talking
and romping would
make me so V
l could just tear
everything to pieces
and l would ache all
over and feel so sick
that l would not
want anyone to talk
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The FIivver Boom.

"The timber used to build fivvers
may be all right" remarked the OBJ
server of Events and Things, but it
isn't exactly presidential timber"
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
Way of the World.

Som folks let out an awful groan,
When they talk of others sins;
But when the talk turns to their own,
Their groans are turned to grins.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
Their Abnormality,

Dark horses have one unnatural
quality"
What is it?"
you never hear a nay from any of
them"
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21
Judging From Experience.

Pop, are bald eagles a distinct vari-
ety."
Il can't say positively, my son, but
I rather fancy a bald eagle is simply a
married one"
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21

you and you can frtter away a n hour II two without accomplishing a thing
But o a tan-theres the place to devote yourself to quiet reflection and think
things out Nearly every good thing ever did 1 carefully thought out first
while looking ut the window If a train. No, indeed, you don't get me to go
by night unless have TO. The chance to have a nice long day IN the train is
too precious tO let go by"
SO they jouTneyed by daylight.
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Relief in Sioht.

do you smile when a comedian on
the stage says, I feel that I'm going
to sing?'"
Sometimes"
Yes"
las a rule when he makes an an
nouncement like that he is nearing the
end of his monologue."
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21

babe him 90 ahead. He was fairly certain that he could refute n argument
might have against the singetax doctrine.
What want to know" propOunded ShacklefOrd, sis this: Why is it that
there as never a single case of appendicitis in this country until after Henry
George began to talk his single tax? Just answer me thatr"
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| owe
my HEALTH
To Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.

Washington Park, III. - ST am the
mother of four children and have suf-
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-21

Spain has a paper famine.
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London has an all-women hospitai.
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Army service is compulsory In Hol-
land.