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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
Onion Taken Of Pedestal.

Another old-fashioned medical su.
perstition has been exploded. The
odorous onion can never again be
used as a therapeutic agent In tn.
berculosis. Old timers who have
sworn by the virtues of this tear.
producing product have humbuggeu
themselves, for the onion has been
Investigated, classified, analysed
and everything else has been done
to 1t that the learned men of sci.
ence could think of. and in the end
1t was found to be only an onion
pleasing to the palates of some,
however displeasing 70 the noses of
their friends, but absolutely and
unqualifedly without any medicinal
qualities or prophecies that make
1t an aid In the treatment of tuber-
culosis. The white plague victims
may as well use boiled potato peel
ings or beet tops for all the good
1t will do them.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
Leek Lovelier Than Lily.

Vegetables are not usually regarded
subject for eloquence. But Sir
Charles Wakefield certainly attained
some fine flights recently on the pre-
sentation of basket of fruit and
vegetables to the lord mayor of Lon
don. The master Of the Gardeners
company first declared that the pos
session of an allotment was an almost
certain test of good citizenship, and,
growing alliterative in his enthusiasm,
said he saw more beauty In the potato
than in pansy, more lCNcliness in a
leek than in lily, more honor in cul-
hvating the humble cabbage than in
causing the cultured carnation to fur
Their displays of pride. 1t is to be
noted, however, that the delegation to
which Sir Charles acted as spokesman
presented the lady mayoress with a
bunch of orchids and not of leeks such
as Sir Charles statements might have
led the lady to expect.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
FIRST USE OF GAS IN WAR
In Crude Form That Weapon Was
Employed Centuries Before the
Coming of Christ.

The earliest use of deleterious gases
IN siege warfare is recorded in the his
tory of the Peloponneslan wars from
ADJ 404 Il. G. During this struggle
between the Athenians and Spartans
md their respective allies the cities of
Palatea and Delium were besieged.
Wood saturated with pitch and sui
phur was set on fire and burned under
the walls of these cities In order to
generate choking and poisonous fumes.
which would stupefy the defenders
and make the task of attacking forces
less difficult. Another form of the
same method of attack used about this
date was to fill caldron with molten
pitch, sulphur and burning charcoal,
and to blow the fumes with the aid of
a primitive form of bellows and air-
blast over the defenders lines.
Greek-fire, about which much was
heard In the wars of the middle ages,
was a liquid the composition of which
is now unknown. that was spurted
through the air. chiefly in sea fights,
in order to set fire to the ships of the
enemy, and 1t was used by the Byzan-
tine Greeks at the sieges of Constan-
tinople In the years 1881 and 1412.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
INSECT POWDER GROWN HERE
Americans Lost No Time In DeveI-
oplng Industry Once the Secret
Was Discovered.

In our grandfathers' day the So
called Persian insect powder (com-
monty sold nowadays under the name
Of "pyrethrum') cost $40 pound.
Pretty dear for bug-killer.
The stuff was a mystery. Beyond
the fact that 1t was of vegetable ma
ture, nobody knew what 1t was.
As matter of fact, 1t came from
Transcaucasia, where its production
was a very important industry. For
centuries 1t had been widely used in
Asfatic countries, and the source of
the material was secret carefully
kept.
Eventually the secret was revealed
by an Armenian merchant, who, trav-
cling through Transcaucasia, discoy-
cred that the insect powder was SIM
ply the ground-up flower-heads Of a
plant nearly related to our own field
daisy.
Later on, attempts were made to In
troduce the plant In the United States.
but the seeds refused to sprout. This
Gas finally ascertained) was due to the
circumstance that the persons from
whom they were bought had baked
them.
At the present time we grow all our
own insect powder in California.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
Flower Friends.

Flowers cost so little and they
mean so much. We need not go to
fashi able florists for our messengers.
One rose bought from tray on the
street may mean more than the hand
soonest design on Fifth avenue. 1t is
these little things, these beautiful per-
sonal expressions, that make our flow
ers worth while. But they must have
a message or they cannot deliver 1T.
Remember that-New York Telegram.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
Gold In the Head"

Is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh. Per.
sons who are subject to frequent cold,
in the head" will find that the use n
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE viii
build up- the System cleanse the Blood
and render them less liable to colda
Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrh raw
lead to Chronic Catarrh
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is TAX.
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the system.
$4,000 for any case of catarrh thai
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE viii nos
cure.
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
81
o!','llNE ;
Ws>s2SsE

There was never time when the sac
fifces and the help of women were moro
appreciated than at the present tirpe.
Women should learn war-nursing ard
nursing at home. There is no better
way than to study the new edition Of the
"Common Sense Medical Adviser -
with chapters on First Aid, Bandaging,
Anatomy, Hygiene, care OF the Sick,
Diseases Of Women, Mother and Babe, the
Marriage RELATIONSHIP be had at some
drug-stores or send Soc. to Publisher, 654
Washington Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
If woman suffers from weak back,
nervousness or dizziness-f pains affiict
her, the best tonic and corrective is one
made up of native herbs and made with
out alcohol, which makes weak women
strong and sick women well. 1t is the
prescription Of DR.. Pierce, used by him
in active practice many years and now
sold by almost every druggist in the
land, in liquid or in tablets. Send DR..
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, 10c. for trial pkg.
Dr. Piorce's Pleasant Pellets are also best
for liver and bowel trouble.
There is nothing that will bring comfort
and renew hope to the invalid so surely as
good news.
Doctor Pierce has good news for every
suffering woman. Write him to-day and
tell him your troubles, and he will send
you just the right advice to restore you
to health, and that without charge. His
Favorite Prescription ;" has been the
rescue of thousands of suffering women.
Many grateful patients have taken DR..
Fietce's advice.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
Part American.

A shorehound met French lieu
tenant on Michigan avenue.
YES" said the lieutenant, during
the conversation, II was born in
France, but l am part American"
FLOWS that?" asked a COB. "This
glass eye of mine was made in New
York Great Lakes Bulletin.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
oriain of "Lawyer.u

? The word lawyer is said by authori-
ties to be a modification of the old
English "law-wer," literally claw
man." the second portion of the word
being a corruption of the Latin "vir,"
man.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
Why Visitor Left Hurriedly.

Willie (to laxative caller)-Well
now that you've come, | suppose J
shall have to go for doctor.
Talkative Caller-Why, Willie?
Willie-Father says you always
make him Ill.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
Somewhat Dazed.

There's man on my beat in a
dazed condition" reported the patrol
man.
what seems to be the trouble?" in
quired the inspector.
He says something struck him, bur
he doesn't seem to know just what"
Probably 1t was a political land
slide."-Kansas City Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
Destructive Grasshoppers.

Nowendoc, N. S. W., is periodically
plagued with grasshoppers, and dur
ing their visits the local hen eggs can
not be eaten. Yolk and white are
blood-re6, result of the fowls swal-
lowing the insects.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
DISCOURAGED Frenchmen.

A Frenchman complained that he
had difficulty in learning English. lie
said that after he had learned TO pro-
nounce typhoid fever" a doctor pro-
npunced Ii fatals
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
Probably Didn't.

There is one good thing abop,
Adam"
"What is that?"
HE never wore his trousers turned
uL"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26

Life is a great map, and most of 10
are vainly trying to figure out the
scale Of miles.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
FOREIGN.

ply TO the cneckS irrespective OF their
| value.
FOREIGN.
Allied forces have occupied the town
of kadish in the province of Arch
angel, and have advanced for a dis
lance of six miles to the south of that
place along the Archangel-Vologd rail-
way, according to an official state
ment on operations in north Russia.
Independence OF the Czecho- Slovak
nation was declared formally on Oc-
tober Is by the Czecho-Slovak national
council, recognized by the United
States and the entente allies as a
| belligerent de facto government.
Arrangements for feeding the civil
population of Belgium as rapidly as
| the allies take over the territory is. be-
ing made by the Belgian relief COM
mission.
| Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungarian
optimistic manner of the prospects for
an early peace in addressing the for
eign affairs committee of the Austrian
delegation at its meeting on Wednes-
day, says Vienna dispatch.
| Tidal waves which followed the
earthquake in Porto Rico added to the
death toll and devastation. The city
of Mayaguez, the third largest in the
island, practically was destroyed by
the thrush of water, while the town of
Agudilla was badly damaged.
| Austria-Hungary is IN the throes of
a crisis which either will compel Ger
many to accept President Wilson's de-
cision or make it imperative for the
dual monarchy to act on its own ac-
cord for peace.
A dispatch from Amsterdam says in
Prague the streets from the suburbs
to the city proper are occupied by
troops armed with hand grenades and
machine guns in consequence of IA
threat by the Czechs to call general
strike throughout Bohemia.
Emperor William has issued decree
saying that martial law in Germany
can only be administered by an agree
ment between the civil and military
authorities, according to report re-
ceived at Amsterdam.
With the Berlin onstantinople rail-
road cut by the allied occupation of
| Nish, Germany is relying upon its
Black sea fleet to hold Turkey in line.
Information has been received that
the Turkish government has been told
by Berlin that the fleet will open fire
on the Ottoman capt., at the first
sign of detection.
Refugees from northern France and
Belgium, who are fleeing before the
hope of making their way into Holland,
may be taken care of in eastern Sec
tons of Belgium.
The Austrian emperor has declined
to accept the resignation of the cabi-
net of Premier Wekerle, according to
Budapest advices received here. The
emperor said he had full confidence In
the cabinet.
Another attempt has been made
upon the life of Nikclai Lenine, the
Bolsheyik premier. Lenine received a
bullet in the shoulder from revolver
in the hands of NJ. Dwanitzke of the
information bureau of the soviet.
According to figures compiled ut Is
,ay, Scotland, and carefully checked
with army records, the total loss OF
life as result OF the disaster to the
transport Otranto is 527. These figures
represent one American officer, 35e
enlisted men, 49, of the Otranto's of.
ficers and crew, and six members OF
| +l,x, 1..o,,. of Erauch fiahinn hoat
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-26
Officers and men at Camp Kearny

Officers and men at Camp Kearny
are being put through rigorous
course of calisthenics daily during the
period of quarantine, with the idea of
keeping the men in the lest possible
physical condition.
One hundred German sailors in
termed at Camp Deyens, Mass, for the
duration of the war, subscribed $500
to the fourth Liberty loan.
In a Liberty loan address at Proyi,
dence, r. l. Theodore Roosevelt de-
clared the United States will ger
peace with a machine gun and not with
typewriter" I'VE are going to see
this war to a finish if it takes three
years more, our bedrock dollars and
the last man." declared Colonel Roose-
welt.
Congressman Jacob Z. Meeker died
at st. Louis, October 16, of Spanish
influenza, after his marriage at mid
night the previous night to his private
secretary.
WASHINGTON.
The $6000,0O0OO0 military de-
ficiency bill was passed by the house
without a dissenting vote and sent to
the senate in practically the same form
that it came from the appropriations
committee.
The senate finance committee in re-
vising the war revenue bill struck out
house provisions taxing the salaries
of the president, members of the su-
preme court and superior courts and
state officials.
Fuel Administrator Garfield has
lifted the request for gasolineless Sun
days effective at once. In announcing
the withdrawal of the request, the
fuel administration said through the
loyal response of the public 100000
barrels of gasoline was saved for the
military forces.
Protest against the Americanizaticn
of German-owned business concerns,
ships and other property by Alien
Property Custodian Palmer, has been
made by the German government to
the state department..
No further effort will be made by
congress to continue existing daylight
saving law and the hands of the clocks
will be turned back an hour on Octo-
Der 81 as originally planned.
A new section providing for tax
of 2 cents on all bank checks payable
on sight or demand was written into
the revenue bill by the senate finance
committee Tuesday. The tax will ap-
ply to the checks irrespective of their
value.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-20

shrewdly .foiled his purpose nv profess
ing to know much less than they
really did. So deenly interested in mil
itary matters" and such earnest stu
dents of maps In these days, are many
American civilians that their natural
assumption would be that the men per-
sonally taking part In the war and ex-
posed to all it's dangers would be still
more keen in such matters, and would
at least have strong opinions in regard
to them. sJs.
And some of our soldiers. ,privates as
we'll as officers, certainly do lot OF
thinking about what Is going on and
are able to discuss intelligently the
events that so deeply concern them. Yet
the German officers assertion may have
had more than little Justification For
it is a fact that by nd means allof our
soldiers show the interest that might be
expected to take in the broader aspects
OF the war. Their attention is keen
enough for happenings in their immedi-
ate neighborhood. but they have so
many things to do and are worked so
hard that. as a rule. they are content to
leave discussion of the war as whole
to those whose business 1t Is to conduct
the larger operation. They know, and
are content to know as much. or rather
as little. about the enormous aggregates
in which they are minute units as they
do about the colossal battles in which
they participate.-N. y. Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-20
Their Work ENOUGH For Them,

A curious and enigmatic passage in
the report made to his superiors by a
German Intelligence Offiicer of the con-
illusions he had reached from question
ing American prisoners. is the one in
which he wrote. after referring to the
"alert and pleasing impression" they
had made on him, the following:
Regarding military matters, however.
they do not show the slightest interest.
Their superiors keep them purposly
without knowledge of the military sub
jects. For example. most Of them have
never seen a map. They are no longer
able to describe the villages and roads
through which they marched. Their
ideas on the organization of their unit
are entirely confused.
Ones first impulse on reading these
statements. is to deny their truth-to
say that while the German officer un-
questionably tried to get and pass on
to the High Command correct inferHia :
tic.. - es...S e III. sue IT. - .i r,
American troops. as shown by the spec.
linens he questioned, the men had
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-20
fBy David cory.ll

Now, before 4 commence this story
I'll explain Fight away that the "rill'
speak OF In this little verse is the
Babbling Rrook, only "brook" doesn't
rhyme with IT'LL" which is the reason
4 used that word.
.'da, ha." laughed little Billy Bunny
as Mrs. Cow shook her head till her
bell made 80 much noise that her little
calf came running toward her, II heard
what the little breezes said" And then
Mrs Cow gave a long 'sMoo!' which
meant something I'm sure. for after
that the little rabbit hoped away and
by and by ne came to the BARNARD
where Cocky Docky every morning
sang his cock "a doodle do song to
wake the sun. Mr.. Happy Sun, you
know, who goes to sleep In the west
and gets up every morning in the east.
wonder how he does 1t. don't YOU!
guess You and / would feel very funny
II some morning after going to sleep in
our own bed we should wake up in an :
other. =
Hello" said Kenny Jenny. the little
white hen. as Billy Bunny hoped thru
the Old Snake Fence. Where have
you been all this time. little rabbit?
"Oh. lots of places. he replied. Uncle
Lucky and I have been automobilins
and the Old Red Rooster has sprained
his left leg and the Old Brown Horse
has a new collar, and Old Mother Mag
pie has gone away to visit in Birdville,
u. 8. A"
And just then Duckey Doodle came
waGdling by. He had just been down
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-20

not know that Mr.. O'Connor could
qualify by examination. He also has
admitted by inference il not in exact
terms that Mr.. O'connor Is not COM
petent to hold the office of building
Inspector. And yet Mr.. O'Connor is
all the building inspector that the
city has today?
The situation in which the city OF
Sioux City is lef. by this state Of az
fairs is not pleasant. To any man
less stubborn than Mayor Short the
heavy responsibility. the possibility Of
grave consequences, which it involves
would be appalling. No one can say
with certainty that the collapse of the
Ruff building would not have oc-
CURED had the city had building
inspector chosen in the regular mani
ner. hut the possibility is there. No
one can predict that other disasters
will not follow because of the want
of an efficient building inspector, but
the possibility is there also.
The responsibility that the mayor
and city council have assumed il one
that few men would care to be bur
dened with. II has more the appear
ance of downright perversity than OF
good sense.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-20
"LEsE MnEs1ar" DOESN'T GO IN AMERICA

In the midst Of a war between de-
mocracy and majesty attempts t, in
troduce the autocratic principle OF "lese
majestat" as upheld in Germany lacks
patriotism as it lacks good sense.
A Mr.. Myers, candidate on the demo
cratic ticket for attorney general Of
Iowa trothed at the mouth over certain
criticisms of the partisanship of the
president and then proceeded 10 tongue
lash the governor of Iowa to the delec-
tation Of other Iowa partisans present.
His doctrine of lese majesty is adapted
only to his own purposes and the pur-
poses of his fellow partisans In short
none are majestic but democrats
Now there is no good reason why the
acts and policies OF the governor Of
Iowa should not be subject to discus
sion and sincere criticism. There is
nothing sacro sanct about the chief
executive Of a state. And that extends
to the president Of the United States.
Harding is being backed up as governor
by those who bitterly opposed him as a
subernatorial candidate. So is Wilson.
No democrat president has ever had the
extra ordinary support from republicans
that Mr.. Wilson has received. No re-
publican president ever received 1.-THE
of snch support from democrats. The
democratic attempt to make lese ma
jesty out of criticism offered and i'm
tended to be helpful will fail Of course
One reason it will be dismissed without
consideration is that the criticism of
which the democrat politicians COM
plain was needed and effective in
awakening activity and bringing about
effective organization for war
Some newspapers, anyioIs 70 curry
favor at Des Moines have been preach
| ing sort of isss ma tSsty against or
binary criticism Of the governor and
! some Of his public pronouncements.
They should learn something of adj
vantage to themselves and the state by
the horrible example Of MT. Myers.
J There is such q thing as order in the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-20

ranks and complete support Of the
country at war which does not include
subservience to any man or the poll
cies of any man or any party, Inc
peanut should be laid aside until tho
war is over. Suggestion as to policies
and criticism Of policies and persons
offered in the proper spirit are not oniy
permis ible hut, advisable.
To be sure the Myers cutlery VIII, not
count for anything of itself. He meant
Ia be sublime and managed to become
ridiculous-not an uncommon -oocnry
ence in conventions by the way. hal
the proposition of lese majesty upon
which he hung his hat goes farthef
than Myers. We are not ready tor thc
GermaniZation of politics or the press
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-20
Billy Bunny and His Friends

ID = Y q r
| for swim In the Old Mill Pond where
Uncle Bullfrog lived
u saw Tommy Turtle just now" said
the little duck Hes very proud, for
Mrs. Turtle has laid some eegs in q
hole In the ground which she covered
up with dirt, and ne says pretty soon
there will, be some little turtles just
like himself" 5
"Ia, hal" said the little rabbit.
don't tell that to Peter Postum, for
he loves turtle eggs" So Duckey
Doodles promised he wouldn't, and
after that the little rabbit hoped away
altho the Weathercock on the Old Red
Bar masked him to stay little longer.
NO won't" said Billy Bunny, I'm
afraid Old Sic'em will wake up and he
might chase me-" But even II that old
dog had. the little rabbit could have
gotten away. for Old Sic'em had the
rheumatism and couldn't run fast at
all. s Il
Well. after while, not so very long
the little rabbit saw Prof Crow sitting
on tree.
"Wait minute, Billy BUNNY" he
said, II want to read you something
out Of my little Black Book" So the
old gentleman crow turned to page
2sk-after he had put on his specta-7
cles, Of course, for he couldn't see very
well. And then he cleared HIS throat
and said. "Caw. cav" two or four
times and then he looked at the little
rabbit and what he read out OF his
little Black Book I'll tell you in the
next story. for Their is no more room
in this one for another word