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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27
STREET AND CANAL IN DELFT

of banter and fun. Ask one her name
and she is likely to answer that her
mother can tell it better than she,
as Mother knew it first" She has
no objection to your knowing her name
but she Is a great tease at all times,
says the writer.
Girls Particular About Dress.
"a tiny maid Of four, wee laddie
unable to speak plainly wear precise
ly the same costumes as mother and
father-full, long, black skirts, white
cap, gold spiral, coral beads, and
apron for the one; black cloth or vel
vet trousers and jacket, much adorned
with silver buttons, silver-buckled
shoes, and queer black hats for the
other.
'"The tiny baby pats and smooths
and settles its many wide skirts, ad-
justs its beads, and feels it's gold spi-
rails, to be quite sure they are all as
they ought to be, with as much care
as its mother. 1t must be confessed
that this anxiety of dress is much
more developed in baby girls than in
boys. Perhaps it is only another ex-
ample of masculine conceit, this SEEM
ing indifference. The little boer, as
the country boys are called, may think
that he cannot fail to look well under
any circumstances, and his principal
purpose seems to be to have his hat
tilted over his eye at just fathers an
gle. But the little girl simply must
know that her cap is straight and her
skirt even and unwrinkled before she
can be happy
According to Mrs. Albrecht, many Of
claim their adherence to Catholicism
or Professionalism by their dress. The
lace cap coming down smooth and
straight, and ending squarely across
the shoulders, denotes q Catholic wom-
an; the cap that is gathered or plated
to flare widely denotes the Protestant
woman. The Protestant gentleman
wears his beaver hat with brim rolled
up all around; the Catholic gentleman
turns his down in front to form a
visor.
"The iceland farmer takes kindly to
progress" says the author. "in spite
Of his conservation In the matter of
costume. American farm machinery
stands in many farmyard; and he
has quickly adopted the American b.
cycle, the American alarm clock. the
American street car, and the American
telephone"
Land Wrested From the Sea.
The particular isolation Of Holland
as a result Of the war zones estab-
lshed In the North sea by the prin-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27
New and Novel Device.

A big American steel company has
adopted novel device for unload
ing pig-iron from the holds Of freight
vessels. In place Of stevedores, the
company uses powerful magnets each
Of which has a lifting power Of 1880
pounds. Three such magnets were re-
Gently used In unloading a vessel, and
made a record of unloading 100000
pounds In ten hours, ut cost of 500.
This represents a saving of $500, 1t is
said, over the cost of handling by long
shoremen.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27
Brown-TaiI Moth Gone.

Success seems to have attended the
efforts to extermlnate the brown-tail
moth, which has for years been the OBJ
ject of warfare by the United States
government as well as the states which
have been ravaged by this pest. Light
houses along the coast Of Connecticut
and Long island have been examined,
but no migrating moths have been
found. Fewer moths have been found
on trains coming from infested regions
during the season when the moths are
flying than in any previous year.
Hence this serious pest is believed not
to be spreading. If indeed not actually
in its decline.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27

sturdy people from the first. For
when not fighting with swords they
were battling with picks and shoveis.
The Hague's Fine Forest
Mr.. Chaplin tells how, although the
country is largely treeless, one of the
finest forests in the world is to be
found at The Hague, and describes
the affection of the people for it, often
saving it in time of stress by sacrifices
and voluntary offerings. He reminds
us that Amsterdam Is built on SO
islands, connected by more than $50
bridges; that the royal exchange is
built on $4,000 piles and the royal pal.
ace on nearly $4,000. He says that
1900 of Amsterdams Jewish popula-
ton are engaged in diamond polishing,
and that Holland deserves her reputa-
ton of being the most liberal in chart
ties, of all the European countries.
On the front facade of many houses,
hanging between the windows, are mir
rors, placed at such an angle that
those inside, without being seen. may
view the street in any direction, in
Guiding the front door and anyone
seeking entrance. The home life of
amy of the people is said to be so
quiet, that, wishing to see all that is
going on about them, they employ
these "spies."
The Dutch differ from the Chinese
In announcing to the world the birth
Of children only in the article dis
played. The Cinnamon hang a piece OF
ginger over the main entrance to the
house, while the Hollanders indicate
the event by piece Of lace, combining
with the, lace pink background for
boy and tinsel for a girl.
The orphans of some of the cities
OF Holland are quite conspicuous, and
especially so when seen in the streets
of Amsterdam, dressed in what might
be termed half-and-half clothing. The
east half of boys coat, including
the sleeve. is red, and the west half
black. The dresses Of the girls are
topped Off In a similar manner.
MIR. Chaplin states that Holland, one
fourth as big as New York state ranks
third among the countries Of the world
In the number Of Its colonials, and fifth
In the area of its colonies; that she
rules SIX times as many colonlals rs
home people; and governs an outside
area Is times as large as her home
domains; that If France were as dense
ly populated as Holland she would
have 100000 people instead of 3d.
100000. In spite of this lack of elbow
room her imports amount to $26S.A
per capita to our $1S.41. and her ez
ports $203.69 to our $24.66.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27

the Aztecs throw great masses of 1t
upon strip of bog to the thickness
of n foot or more. The water hya-
cinth is provided with large cellular
floats, a natural provision for its dis
semination, which has made it an OBJ
struction to navigation in some of our
Southern rivers.
upon this bed of floats the natives
spread layer of muck, dredged from
the bottom of the canals. Perhaps
before the plant floats have decayed
these gardens may drift away should
the water rise. Even now on portions
of the lake square miles of vege-
tation cover the surface like the 'sudd'
of the Nile, and the canal roads have
to be staked at the sides to keep them
from disappearing.
''The term floating gardens was
properly applied by the early his
torians of Mexico TO masses of water
weeds covered with q thin layer of
soil. employed by the Mexicans at
period when the fluctuating waters
prevented the formation of permanent
chinampas, and so in the New World
the Indians repeated the famed gar
dens of the lake of Cashmere.
''The Xochimilcos are expert garden
ers and assiduous at their work. Most
of their plants are started in seed
beds, from which they are transplant
ed 20 the chinampas, and 1t Is strange
to see boatloads of corn sprouts
brought to be planted in this manner.
Curiously enough, these morass gar
dens sometimes require irrigation,
which Is accomplished by throwing the
water from the canal with a wooden
scoop.
at cannot be said that the Xochimil-
can man has an open and ingenious
countenance, but 1t shows force Of
character and lights up quickly In re-
Spouse to kindness and recognition.
The young women have round, often
rudy, but rather expressionless faces;
the children are pretty and the older
women are better preserved than the
women of the Pueblos Of the South.
western Initial States"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27

fens, dug out canals and developed an
indigenous commerce and transporta-
ton to the fullest extent.
Long before Cortez came, the In
dams of the valley worked in the bog
gy lake lands and dug canals hither
and thither-main canals between the
lakes and to the great city of Tenoch-
titan and smaller canals between the
fields. Through this maze of water
ways. then as now, they sent their
boats and in the fens built their
matched houses.
ain the Field Of Flowers"
"Pere Sahagun. the Franciscan, re-
cords that the City of Mexico is like
another Venice and the people them
selves are comparable to the Vene-
tians in urbanity and savoirfaire.' This
was written in the sixteenth century,
but In the lapse of several hundred
years the city's wonderful water en-
vironment has become dry ground, and
the seeker for lake jewellers will have
to look farther afield In the enhancing
valley of the sky.
1.-THE way to the present Aztec Ven
ice, which bears the name of Xochi-
milco lin the field of flowers is
through one of these ancient canals
prehistoric water road from
Tenochtitlan to the capital and seat
of one of the group of seven Aztec
tribes which long ago came from re-
mote Aztlan to the rich Valley of
Mexico.
'"The life on the canal, vivid and
picturesque, Is as striking now as 1t
was then; it may even be suspected
that the change from that time to this
has not been very great. 1t is hard to
get start to the land of the cens in
more ways than One-the negotiations
for passage in q barge with boatmen
who display the characteristics of that
tribe known the world over; and the
conflicting claims also of all the cos
tunes, incidents, shipping and so
forth. of the boiling, squirming
Kaleidoscope canal and shore popula-
don on its multifarious quests bewil-
der the beholder and make him forget
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27

that he is on o journey to see the lake
jewellers in their primitive homes.
Tardily then, the barge comes into
the clear pool in front of the medieval
toll-gate fortress, where all shipping
must go under low bridge and where
the old-time toll collector, armed with
pike, could threaten the recalcitrant
without much effort
Busy Scene on the Canal
Beyond the gateway begin more
vistas of a new world On this canal,
bordered with trees and spanned with
quaint bridges, is perfect stream of
craft. from the slender dugout cha
loupe to the square-bowed flatboat,
hurrying on with everything to feed,
repair and adorn the great city.
Freight is of all descriptions, but one
looks curiously on the small bundles
animal feed, the pulque barrels, vege-
tables and flowers. The Indian boat
men, clad in white cotton shirt and
trousers, are working with a will,
sometimes wading in the canal and
drawing the heavy-laden boats after
them; and, alas returning to their
paradise, woman plotting her hus-
band who is the worse for pulque
"Flotsam and jetsam in the canal
are vagrant bulbs and flowers of wa
ter hyacinth, wicked, beautiful plant
whose reproductivity makes men work
to keep it down, but here it has met
its match and is made to be useful for
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27

W IVA DIOOuS ONct anu
the "See-America-First"
campaign is made to en-
brace the wonderful scenic beauties
of the southern republic, one of the
most popular resorts for tourists will
probably be "The Venice of the VAL
ley" thus described in a communica-
ton from Walter Hough to the Ma
tlonal Geographic society:
zone of the pleasurable experiences
among those that delight the traveller
In Mexico is a visit to the home of
the Aztec lake dwellers. Much of the
charm of the great Valley of Mexico
where they live, is due to the stretches
Of water among the trees and verdant
fields in a landscape framed in beau
tiful mountains and bathed with clear
est air of heaven.
"Their lakes-Texcoco, Xochimllco
Zumpango, and Chalco-do not reveal
themselves except from the high noun
tains encircling the valley. They are
shallow bodies of water in the midst
of extensive marshes, unapproachable
and lacking the effect of our lakes
with their definite shorelines. For
this reason they have never been
highways of civilized commerce, nor
has navigation fiourished in their shall
low waters; but they were from these
very hindrances destined to be jealous
mothers of ancient and remarkable
states, whose people, protected in the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27
II RTTERDAr

cipal belligerents brings worlds SYM
pathy for the brave little kingdom and
her people, who are receiving SO many
of the ills of war with little chance
of ever sharing its benefits. In this
connection an extract of study pre-.
pared by William Wisner Chaplin for
the National Geographic society is
full of interest.
Here Is q section of the globe which
was almost entirely overlooked by ma
ture in the original distribution of iron
and other metals, of coal, stone and
wood. In fact, to a great extent even
the land itself was wrong side up at
the start. The existence of Petrograd
and Venice is regarded with wonder
ment, although they are cities covering
small areas. What, then, can be said
of Holland, where the land, made and
reclaimed from the sea, spreads out in
great fertile plains and meadows thou
sands of square miles in extent.
The wind has furnished the power in
the battle through which the land was
wrested from the sea while even the
water, against which Dutch ingenuity
so long and successfully plotted, has
repeatedly obeyed their summons and
come to the rescue of besieged cities,
overwhelming their enemies and pre-
serving the nation.
One-Quarter of the whole kingdom
lies below the normal level Of the sea
while 30 per cent of all the territory
for the bikes.
For a time Holland was one Of the
three leading powers Of Europe. War
fare has marked the existence of her
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27

OldiS AlDIcCHI III u pdptT pre-
pared for the National Geo
graphic society, in which she describes
the tidy housewife, shows how the lit
tie girls exactly duplicate their moth
ers in dress and the little boys must
be appareled exactly like their ia
theirs or be hopelessly out of fashion.
The writer shows how formerly ev-
sryOne of Hollands many islands and
most of her many towns had their own
particular and distinctive dress, and
how, even to this day, in little coun-
try less than fourth as big as New
York, one may still recognize the
places from which many people come
by their costumes. She draws q pic
ture of the Walcheren danes who
drive to the butter market at Middle
burg, descend from their wagons and
chaises with much shaking of volumi-
nous skirts and aprons, much patting
of their comely Dutch caps, and much
smoothing of wrinkled laces.
''When the farmers wife comes to
town she replaces her workaday apron
with one of black sateen," says Mrs.
Albrecht, almost as long and full as
her skirts; 1t is close shirred at the
waist in many fine, even rows. Her
bodice is black likewise; but shield
shaped tucker is frequently of gay
colors, and the sleeve is but an apol-
ogy, ending far above the elbow in a
broad and very tight black velvet
band"
and bearing, the Dutch girls are fond
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27

PLEASING picture of Dutch
life is drawn by Mrs. Florence
Craig Albrecht in paper pre-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27
Compromise.

Never marry a man with a cham
payne appetite and a beer income"
said Naude.
Certainly not" replied Maymie.
"Ice cream soda for mine. Wash
ington Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-01-27

" " YHEN peace once more
M broods over Mexico and
the Observation-Disclosures
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-06-15

1t was pointed out in the debate
that this meant that there being a
three-year supply of whiskey in the
storehouses, while beer is only
brewed for immediate consumption,
the country would be placed on a
whiskey basis and the American
workman, deprived of his accus-
toned wild beverage, would be forced
to turn to the bonded poison.
Now it is intended that new bill
il to be introduced forbidding the
use of the grain that is needed for
breadstuffs in the manufacture Of
spurious liquors.
AS Senator La Toilette pointed out
in the debates over the proposal to
stop the making of any sort of intox-
icant, the barley that is used in the
manufacture of beer Is not used to
any extent as human food, which did
away with the argument that the con-
version of food stuffs was involved.
The vote against the Cummins
amendment was forty-seven to thirty
seven. 1t clears the decks for the
campaign for legislation that will put
whiskey in the same class as NOR
phine and opium and leave beer and
light wines in the category of such
indulgences as tobacco, which is
practically the courts taken by both
France and Germany.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-06-15

for Indianapolis, Ind, Sunday morn
ing to visit her sister Rev. f. A.
Smith has finally accepted the call
to the First Baptist church at South
Carrollton in Muhlenburg County Rev.
Smith will begin an eight or ten days
meeting at the above stated chuch
Monday night, June 18th. The public
schools of Hardin County will open
Monday, July End. There will be but
few changes made in teachers places
OF labor this year. Many happy faces
Will be seen to peep in at the house
open door and greet their loving
teachers. Rev. Vim. Hawker passed
through this city Saturday evening
en- route to West Point to hold service
for the people Of the First Baptist
Church there. Rev. Hawker will ne
doubt receive a call to the Passionate
Of the church. Little Herbert Lee
Smith, on Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Smith OF this city, has been seriously
Ill for several days and seems to be
in a dangerous condition. Mr.. Joe
Curtis has opened a refreshment par
lor in the east end, Sunday afternoon
and will serve cream and soft drinks.
The public is rocdially invited. N.
Curtis will close his place of business
before service time each Sunday eve
ming that no one may be hindered
from going to church. Mr.. and Mrs.
VIII Denison of Upton, KY, were in
town Sunday evening, June Srd and
spent a few hours. Mrs. Bette Kirk
patrick Of Nolin has been suffering
with rheumatism for the past week.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-06-15

The resources Of the Industrial
Savings Bank, May /, amounted 10
S54,627.45 This report to the Con-
troller of the Currency was signed by
John w. Lewis, president, and w. A.
Bowie, Logan Johnson and John H.
Simms, his associates on the Board OF
Directors.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-06-15
National News Notes.
Brief Bits of News and Comments on

Brief Bits of News and Comments on
Men and Observation-Disclosures
by Negroes Urged.
President is Asked to Remove Re-
strictions so That Members of Race
May Be Accepted in All Branches.
New York, N. Y, June TT know
of no law that precludes the Negro
citizen from enlisting in the Marine
Corps or the artillery or any other
branch, other than that unwritten
law laid down by militarists in the
United States of the German stripe
This sentence is taken from a let,
ter by Robert Lewis Warning of this
city to President Wilson, urging, on
behalf of the 100000 Negroes In
this country, that he remove all re.
strictions that prevent them from en-
listing in any branch of military SER
vice. Mr.. Waring believes that the
President, as ommander-in-chief Of
the Nations military forces, has the
right, in time of war, to open all
branches of that service to all Ameri-
can citizens.
Although it may be said," wrote
NIL WdIlHS, IudJ Jne L WenJy-IOurLn
and 25th Infantry and the 9th and
10th Cavalry are open to my people
for enlistment, Negroes who are
abreast of the times are Inundated,
outraged that they must be held up
10 the world falsely as a race of cit
liens lacking courage enough to
lead in battle. Bless the hand that
will give me, and the thousands like
ne, free hand to serve my country
as other men at permitted to serve
it,"
Whiskey Dealt Hard Blow.
Washington, D. c., June 1.-THE
United States Senate dealt the first
hard blow to whiskey last week by
knocking out the Cummins amend
ment to the Espionage bill.
This amendment Jumped up the
beer and wine industries with the dis
tilleries and forbade the employment
of any cereal in the production Of
intoxicating liquor during the war.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-06-15

it, no matter how much or what you eat,
your food merely passes through you with
out doing you any good. You don get the
strength out of it and, as consequence, you
become weak, pale and sickly looking, just
like plant trying to grow in a soil deficient
in iron. If you are not strong or well you
owe it to yourself to make the following test:
See how long you can work or how far you
can walk without becoming tired. Next
take two fve-grain tablets Of ordinary nux-
ated iron three times per day after meals for
two weeks. Then test your strength again
and see how much you have gained. have
seen dozens of nervous, rundown people who
were ailing all the while double their strength
and endurance and entirely rid themselves
Of all symptoms Of dyspepsia liver and other
troubles in from ten to fourteen days time
simply by taking iron in the proper form.
And this, after they had in some cases been
doctoring for months without obtaining any
benefit
DR.. Schuyler G. Jacques, Visiting Surgeon
Of st. Elizabeth's Hospital New York City,
said 81 have never before given out any
medical information or advice for pubca-
ton, as l ordinarily do not believe in it,.
But in the case of NuXated Iron | feel | would
be remiss in my duty not to mention it.
have taken it myself and given it to my
patients with most surprising and salts
factory results. And those who wish to in
crease their strength power and endurance
will find it most remarkable and wonder
fully effective remedy
DR.. Howard James, late Of the Manhattan
State Hospital OF New York and formerly
Assistant Physician, Procllvn State Il oS-
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-06-15

pital, said: "Nuxated Iron is a most sur
prising remedy. A patient of mine remarked
to me (after having been on a six weeks
course Of it): SAY DOCTOR, THAT
THERE STUFF is LIKE MAGIC Pre-
vious to using Nuxated Iron l had been
prescribing the various mineral salts of iron
for years, only to meet complaints of dis
colored teeth, disturbed digestion, tied-up,
hardened secretions, etc. when l came across
Nuxated Iron, an elegant ingenious prepara-
ton containing organic 'on, which has no
destructive action on the teeth-no corrosive
effect on the stomach, and which is readily
assmilated into the blood and quickly makes
its presence felt in increased vigor, snap and
staying power. 1t enriches the blood, brings
roses to the cheeks of women and is an I'M
failing source Of renewed vitality endurance
and power to men who burn up too rapidly
of the great business competition of the
day.
NOTE: Nuxated Iron, which is prescribed and re-
mended above by physicians such great variety of
is not a patent medicine remedy but which
is well known druggists and whose iron constituents
widely prescribed by eminent physicians both in Europe and
America Unlike the older inorganic iron products it il
easily assimated, does not nJue the teeth, make them
black upset the stomach the contrary. il il
potent remedy in nearly all forms of indigestion, well
for rundown conditions. The manufacturers have
such great confidence in nuxnted on that they offer
forfeit 10000 any charitable institution il they canno
take any woman under 60 who lacks IRON and IN
their strength 100 cent week.
time provided they have serious trouble The
also Offer refund il does douh
strength and endurance in ten days time. 1t is
pensed an this city by ali good druggists.