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Walker Lake Bulletin
John A. McCarthy, Pub.
Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nevada.
OLD FRIEND GONE
ED 8. ELLIS, “FATHER OF THE
DIME NOVEL," 16 DEAD.
No Doubt There Are Many Gray
Headed and Highly Respected
Members of Society Who Will
Remember His Books.
The father of the dime novel died •
short time ago ut the age of seventy
six. Many of us are old enough to re
member those Beadle A Adams dime
novels with the salmon-covered paper
covers, not too lurge to slip inside a
pocket nnd hide there until favorabl*
chance came to devour Its pages, for
our ciders hud a strong prejudice
against th« “yellow backs,9 and be
lieved that n boy who rend them was
hiking straight down the center of the
road to perdition,
Ed S. Ellis, the man who died re
cently, wrote the first of the dime nov
els that made a lilt, and he wrote hun
dreds of them afterward, nnd many
other hooks beside. He wns nineteen
years old when he wrote “Seth Jones,’’
In 1859, and sent It to Beadle A Ad
ams, New York, who had just begun
to publish their dime novels, but had
not made n success with them. They
saw a winner in "Seth Jones.” Before
they sent it out they plastered the
country with posters, dodgers and
painted Inscriptions with the ques
tion : “Who Is Seth Jones?” nnd
when the people had guessed and won
dered for weeks the whole country
broke out tn unother rush of posters
hearing the picture of a frontiersman
In coonskln cap, with the Inscription,
“I am Seth Jones.” The book made
the fame of Ellis nnd the dime novel
and the fortune of Beadle A Adams.
It wns translated Into 11 languages
and a million copies were sold.
A queer thing about It was that
Ellis wns brought up to be a preacher
and that he was teacher of a Sunday
school class when ho wrote this first
dime novel. He used to clothe Bible
stories In Imagery of his own, vivid
nnd exciting, and alwnys closed (he
lesson with the tale unfinished and
the remark: "Boys, we’ll continue the
story next Sunday.” All the boys In
the village were In his Sunday school
class.
Ho wrote so many stories for boys
andk girls that he lost count of them.
He wns the author of the “Boy Pio
neer," “I.Qg Cabin,” “Deerfoot,” “Wy
oming” and "Forest and Prairie” se
ries, nnd he'wrote many serious-mind
ed books, such as a history of this
country In eight volumes, of which 100,
000 sets were sold.
It Is sal^l pf him that he was a good
man, of kindly nature; that children
loved him, and that, in spite of the
preaching that has been done against
cheap novels, there was not an immor
al situation nor anything that would
tend to influence for wrong In the hun
dreds of novels he wrote. Ills heroes
were manly nnd clean-niinded, his mor
als good and he exulted the nobler
qualities of honor, loyalty and courage.
He said just before he died that he
did not regret anything he had written
and he felt he had contrlfiuted to the
joy of living for millions of boys and
girls. The Star knows from experi
ence that this Is true, so here's a
wreath to the memory of the father of
“Seth Jonis,” the hero of a boyhood
long past.—Kansas City Star.
Horrors of War.
One of Germany’s most noted sur
geons, who has spent months at the
front and In hospital service, In writ
ing of the effect of the terrible strain
of war ns depicted upon the faces of
thos6 released from the firing line,
suys: “Physically these soldiers may
be as hard as Iron, yet. they are not
Intact. The officers nearly always de
velop an uncanny, marble, staring look,
as though they hnd been accustomed
to gaze shudderlngly at all the terrors
nnd desolating orgies of destruction,
as though they had been obliged to wit
ness this with unblinking eyes nnd
finally felt that their eyes hsd become
a mirror of the horrible. It Is as though
the claw of n demon had seized their
faces nnd made their eyes sink deeper
Into their hollows. The more highly
civilized a man Is, the better educated,
the deeper his feelings, the more does
In- bear the indefinable something In
his face, the sign that he has seen ter
rible tilings.”—Christian Advocate.
How He Was CaughL
He hud no stomach for the army,
•but-presented himself for examination
with n “sure trick” up his sleeve to
“work Ills ticket.” He was physically
perfect, but his eyesight was shock
ing—so bad, Indeed, that the sergeant
thought the doctor should see hint.
"First class physically," pronounced
the doctor, but when the medical man
applied the eye tests the would-be re
cruit’s sight appealed much worse than
1 ?n ‘1 ( fi t*n: ha’ Mis In AivL
'No! no my max; ntth ilgti Ilk*
that you’re no use for the army,” said
the medico. “But you ought to get
glasses. Stay, I've u pair like micro
scopes, and if you see with them yon
cun have them.”
The spectacles were produced and
fitted on, and the recruit nt once cried,
^ “Gh.'l see splendidly!”
“Do you now?” said the doctor, with
sarcasm. "Take h'm along, sergeant,
and get .him sworn In. There’s no glass
In the spectacles.”—London Tlt-Blts.
THE CAPITAL AT MONTEVIDEO
RECENT dispatches stating that
the republic of Uruguny was
planning to adopt commission
rule, Indicate the rapidity of
progress In some of the South Amer
ican countries, a progress with which
| few dwellers in North America are ac
quainted. Uruguny, the least of the
Independent South Amerlcnn nations,
; Is In some respects the most advanced
country on either of the western con
tinents.
The lowest percentage of poverty In
either of the Amertcus belongs to Uru
guay’s distinctions. The nenrest ap
proach to a universal eight-hour day
In Its Industries of any country on the
American continents ulso Is to be found
I In Uruguay. The charities of the coun
' try are administered by a governmental
i commission, which has a method of
reaching each individual case. The
little republic has a public Insurance
system, owns a large share of the elec
\ trie and power plnnts In the principal
I towns nnd plnns a sweeping economic
program that will bring every public
utility under government ownership.
Uruguny Is tired of political pnrties;
that Is why It yearns for commission
i rule. It dow has a president and a
two-house congress. The representa
tives are chosen by direct vote every
four years, the senntors by electoral
vote. The two houses of the congress
elect the president, who serves four
years. A permanent committee com
posed of two senators and five repre
sentatives takes the place of congress
during recess and assists and advises
the president on legislative matters.
In this respect, at least, the Uruguayan
congress Is on the job more than that
of the United States. Under Uru
guay's proposed commission plan both
the advisory committee and the presi
dent would be dropped and a commis
sion of seven men would rule, all of
Luem being constantly on the job. Each
would have a six-year tenure of office
countries. Not In any other land are
to be found such splendid horsewomen
as those of Uruguay; they learn to
ride when children and they equal In
feats of riding the daredevil guachos
of the plains.
The country Is given over mostly to
cnttle raising and kindred Industries,
ulthough the soli Is said to he admir
ably adapted to agriculture. There is
an ubsence, however, of the great
ranchos that distinguish Argentina—
the Uruguayan lands are more broken
up Into small holdings. Frequently
the guachos or cowboys are part own
ers of the herds, serving only in sub
ordinate capacities because the
rnnchero Is better fitted for handling
business. The Swiss colonists, be
sides taking with them the customs of
their own land, have established the
dairying and cheesemnklng Industries
with which they were fumlliar In Eu
rope. They also took with them a
knowledge of vineyards thnt has re
sulted In the Introduction of a new
source of wealth to Uruguay.
Manufacturing has made little prog
ress outside Montevideo, where live
nearly a third of the country’s 1,500,
000 people. However, many of the
factories In the busy seaport capital
would do credit to any flourishing
American or European city. It Is In
the workshops and manufacturing
plants of Montevideo that the govern
ment hns Imposed the eight-hour day,
not alone because of the greater effi
ciency brought by the short day, but
because of the feeling that the work
ers must have ample time for recrea
tion. Montevideo is one of the lead
ing cities In South America, both In
natural advantages and the beauty of
Its architecture.
Keep* Its Currency Value Up.
Uruguay Is financially one of the
most substantial countries in the
world. It has a paper currency, but
its peso can be exchanged for slight
ON A URuouayan ranch
and all would be selected by congress,
whose powers would be greatly cur
tailed under the proposed rule.
Its Climate and People.
Gifted with the nearest to an Ideal
climate to be found In the western
world, Uruguay has done much to de
velop Its natural resources and to
make life congenial for Its people. The
average temperature for the summer
Is only 72 degrees nnd for winter Is
66 degrees. As a result of the highly
favorable climate the physical char
acteristics of the Uruguayan people
are remarkable. They are tnller, finer
set-up and have clearer complexions
than any of the other South American
peoples. There Is less of the Indian
In them, too, than In any of the other
dwellers on the southern continent.
The country has a fairly complete sys
tem of railroads, three of which are
guaranteed by the government—thnt Is,
a certain not Income Is assured to
them each year. The country Is going
In for good roads vojy rapidly and
macadamized roads extend for about
forty miles outside of Montevideo, the
capital and1 chief city.;
As Uruguay has made efforts to at
tract a sutrstnntlal tyj>e of Immigra
tion, the population Is of diverse ori
gin. At present the Spanish, and Ital
ians predominate, Spanish being the
language of the country. There are
several Swiss and Gejunnp colonies,
however. The immigrants are closely
scauued, for the country wants none
that will swell Us low rate of pauper
ism. At one time the Uruguayan gov
ernment offered to Immigrants not
only free laud, but the means to pur
chase the needed farm stock and Im
plements. However, the lncreuse In
population has been so marked of late
.years that no extra inducements are
now offered to new settlers.
Women Are Beautiful.
The Uruguayan women are said to
be more beautiful even, than the wom
en of Chile. They are mbre democrat
ic, more Inclined to th^ new order of
things than the womeij In most Latin
ly more than par value of the gold
coin of any country. Its exports huve,
for a number of years, kept well ahead
of Its imports. In n recent year they
stood : Exports, $05,142,000; imports,
$50,600,000.
The combined acreage of the coun
try Is about 60,000,000, of which about
40,000,000 acres is devoted to grazing
and pusture land. A serious effort Is
being mude by the state to reforest
a purt of the land and rewards are
offered to private persons who-.plant
and care for trees on their laud. The
government also appropriates a large
sum annually for agricultural shows
In each of the .'10 departments or
states. The government has given
$100,000 for buildings for the Iturul
association of Uruguay, which holds
un annual gathering at Montevideo.
Europeans enjoy equal rights with
natives under the Uruguayan laws,
but these laws are strictly enforced.
Owing to.the low percentage of pov
erty and the prevailing-temperance of
the people, the percentage of serious
crime is suid to be below that of vir
tually all other Aigerlcan countries.
W. II. Koebel, oue of the widest-known
authorities on South America, says:
"in the inntter of sobriety Uruguay
can easily allow points to nlinost any
other nation. Only u small proportion
of crime is caused in Uruguay by
either dishonesty or drink.” Uruguay
an laws dealing with corporations and
investments have been lenient In the
past, but a movement has been under
way for same time to give private
capital fewer advnntagi ut the saim
time extending state ownership ami
control.
Education is compulsory and the
schools are under state supervision,
even to the normals and universities:
The voting age begins at twenty years,
only men being perndtted to vote.
But the right of franchise is not so
freely or rashly given as In this coun
try. The would-be voter must pass n
literacy test before ho is permitted
to register.
* Erskine’s Casej
«* I
By MARY PARRISH |
(Copyright, by W. G. Chapman.)
Andrew Carr agreed to take young
Erskine into his law office because
he was the son of his old friend. He
kept him there because he was mak
ing good.
“Fred hasn’t done anything extra
ordinary so far,” he confided to his
chum, “but I trusted him with a pret
ty important cnse the other day, and
he put it through. The trouble Is he
has a bee in hl3 bonnet. Well, I sup
pose you’ve got to expect it. Like all
young fellows he has fallen In love,
and wants to get married.”
“Well, what’s to hinder?” asked the
other.
“The trouble is the girl has just been
graduated from a law school, and he
wants me to take her Into the office.
Well, I won't have it. I don’t believe
in woman lawyers. I won’t have the
office all upset. If she wants to marry
him let her stay home and make a
home for him. If he persists In his
fool notions I suppose I’ll have to part
with him.” And the old man heaved
a sigh of regret.
Fred Erskine had begun work on a
very Important case. It seemed rath
er strange to him that Carr had en
trusted him with such a big under
taking, only stipulating that he was to
be occasionally, advised as to the prog
ress of the affair, and consulted if
necessary.
He confided the matter to Edna Fer
ris, his fiancee, in whom at this stage
of his career he confided everything.
“I believe," he declnred, “the old
gentleman Is just trying me out. If I
win this case, he may take me Into
the firm.”
“Fred!” exclaimed the girl delight
edly, "wouldn’t that be wonderful I
Why you could work alone for years
before you could get such a start I”
“Yes, I know that. But you want to
practice—and you know we must be
partners.”
“Perhaps he will let me come In the
office,” she said.
Then Erskine was forced to tell the
girl Mr. Cnrr’s aversion to women in
the profession. “I told him,” he add
She Found the Young Man With Band
aged Head, Arm and Leg, Stretched
on a Cot.
ed, “I thought those ideas went out'
with the Victorian age. But you can’t
budge him.”
“Never mind, dear,” she said consol
ingly, after the manner of women,
though her own heart sank within her.
"We’ll bide our time. It will corne.”
Then Fred kissed her, and wondered
If there ever was another such a girl
In the world.
Edna became so interested In the
case, she urged him to let her help
hint, and so Instead of the ordinary
talk two young people very much
In love with each other the evenings
were given up to points of common
law and jurisprudence. The young
man became more and more Impressed
wlfh the clear thinking and logical
brain of his counselor.
One day he confided to Edna: “I
can see that Carr is beginning to be a
bit anxious ar.d doubtful about this
case. Re has got on to that evidence
Vernon hus dug up, and It doesn’t look
quite as clear sailing ns It did.”
"Well It hasn’t come Into court yet,”
smiled the girl.
“No, but if I should lose this—Edna,
I’ve got to win! There’s too much at
stake! It means everything to me.”
A few days after this, Edna received
a telephone call to come to the Ben
volt hospital. Mr. Erskine had met
with n slight accident, and wished to
see lier. Almost distracted, the girl
hurried to the hospital. She found the
young man with bandaged head, urn;,
and leg stretched on a cot. Re had
• con struck by an automobile, and
was ns lie expressed "rather run out
of commission for the present.” lie
tried to reassure Edna by sn.vlng it
was nothing serious, nnd he would be
out In two. or three days.
“Don’t tell anyone, least of all,
Carr," he Implored. "It he thought I
couldn’t go on with the case, he'd get
wild, and call in someone else.”
“But,” objected Edna, “he’ll find
•ut."
“Not If ■ me. Jn«t e«il
turn ou the phone, and tell him I havt
suddenly been called out of town on
business about the case, and that I will
wire or write him. If he asks who
you are—”
“I’ll tell him I’m a typist who has
been doing some work for you.”
“Good!" smiled Erskine. “What a
splendid little brick you are!”
Edna did as she had agreed, not for
getting also to account for his absence
at the hotel by the “out-of-town" story
so that they could answer any in
quiries, and Erskine’s name, by his
own foresight had been kept out of the
newspapers.
The third day after the accident, Ed
na found her patient flushed with fe
ver, and much worse Instead of better.
She did not allow him to see her.
alarm, but sought an Interview with |
the nurse.
"He has worried himself into this
fever about some business,” said the
nurse. “I wish you could find out, and
suggest something. There’s got to be
a slight operation on that leg, and we
don’t dare to undertake it with him in
this nervous condition.”
The very word “operation” struck a
chill to the girl’s heart, but the life in
the other room was to her so dear,
she nerved herself to do anything to
save it.
"I know the case so well,” she said
to him as she sat down by his cot.
“Just let me go on with it. I’ll mail
letters from all kinds of places from
you to Mr. Carr. I have friends who
will see to that. Lucky your right
hand is all right so you can sign them.
I’ll go on with the hunt for that wit
ness, and I’ll come here, report prog
ress to ycu, and get your advice. Now
don’t worry the least bit. That case is
as good as won.”
The next morning Edna heard in an
swer to her telephone inquiry that the
patient was much improved. By her
request he was moved to a pleasant
room and every day she consulted with
him as to the work done. After about
five days, she found that Mr. Carr
was growing restive. There was noth
ing for it, but she must face the ogre.
She introduced herself as Miss Town,
the typist, and presented a parcel of
neat papers, which she said Mr. Ers
kine had sent her in handwriting, re
questing her to type and take them to
Mr. Carr.
“Strange!” he mused, “he stays
away like this. But the next moment
he became so engrossed in the papers,
he said no more.
It soon became a common occur
rence for the girl to visit the office
with a new batch of papers. One
morning to her dismay, Mr. Carr asked
her to type a letter to Erskine to get
back as soon as possible as the case
was liable to come up within a week.
It seemed to him now so well prepared,
he had agreed to the time.
"Erskine has done some good work
on this,” he chuckled. "Now It’s up to
him to make as good a figure before a
jury.”
Edna feared to tell the young man
of the early docketing of the case. The
operation had been successful, but he
had not yet been allowed to stand on
the Injured leg. But her reports of
Carr’s confidence smoothed the way,
and he declared he would get there.
Two days before the time he limped
with a cane into the office. Then he
had to explain that he had met with
an accident, and had not wanted to
worry him so had gone on with the
work till he was well enough to ap
pear without bandages.
Erskine won the case. As it in
volved several millions, it made a sen
sation in the papers. The next day
Carr offered him the long-desired part
nership. Erskine’s heart gave a great
leap, and he put his hand into that of
other man, not being quite able to
speak. Then he pulled himself to
gether, and said: “I’ve got. to tell
you—I’d be a miserable sneak if I
didn't. I didn’t win that case. The
big point, the one that turned the tide
for us was made by Edna Ferris I”
Then he told all she had done.
Carr, dumfounded, observed that he
would like to lay eyes on that girl.
“You have," answered the young
man.
“Not that smart little typist?" Ers
kine nodded. “Well she can come in
to this office just as soon as she
wishes. We need her In our business.”
French Woman Farmera.
Among the war recompenses that
will be handed down with greatest
pride from generation to generation in
French families are the diplomas, now
framed and hanging on the walls of
many a farmhouse attesting how the
peasant woman and farmers’ wives,
widows and daughters overcame war
difficulties.
The actual cash returns will equal a
record year in time of peace, though,
excepting oats and potatoes, the yield
was below the average.
This country of Brie, which is gen
erally second only to the Beauce in
wheat production and first of all for
oats, stands at the head of both, yet
this crop was sown almost entirely
by women, girls and boys too young
or men too old to shoulder the rifle.
German prisoners of war, volunteers
from the camps of interned civilian
Austrians and Germans, a few terri
torials on leave, a good many Parisian
schoolboys and, last, but not least, the
American self-binder, helped with the
harvest; but with the exception of
the self-binder, the help was avuiluble
only In scattered spots.
That's Different.
“What’s the matter with me, doc
tor?”
"You have a stitch in the back,"
"Deur me, that is so prosuic. I can’t
tell my stylish friends thut. They
would laugh at me."
“This is one of the fashionable new
“♦Itches" Louisville Courier-Journal.
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WJWfCWHAM BONNER
GNOMES’ SKATING PARTY.
To skim o’er tbs to*.
It la no nice.
Bo akatluc wv’ll go.
Heigh ho, belgh-no.
The Gnome* sang this song, and
some of them blew bogles for they
were to give a skating party and they
bad Invited the Brownies and the
Fairies.
From all over came the Brownies
and the Fairies. Some of the Fairies
flew along over the ice tn their new
Iceboat, while the Brownies came run
ning and tumbling In their eagerness
to get to the party quickly.
And Mr. Moon was op Id the sky
beaming down on everyone and grin
ning from ear to ear.
I shall see some fun tonight.
Bo I’ll give you a good bright light.
That pleased the Gnomes for they
were very anxious It should be Ugbt so
they could have a better time.
Everyone sat down by the side of
the frozen lake and after the skates
were all on, off they started.
The Brownies had been given their
skates by the Fairy Queen and al
though the Gnomes had warned them
not to try any tricks, off they started
holding hands.
They had no sooner got out a little
way on the Ice than they fell down!
How the Fairies and Gnomes laughed.
And when they got up again they fell
down once more.
“I don’t suppose we’d better take
hands,” said Billie Brownie to the rest
of the Brownies.
“No, we'd better not," the others
whispered.
So they all started off by themselves.
Billie Brownie thought he’d try a curve
but after having fallen down slxty
nlue times trying it he had one
near success. He hoped, of course,
that tills would be a Incky time, and
not like one of the sixty-nine times he
had fallen while practicing.
But alas and alack, this was not a
lucky time, for he not only fell down
but he rolled over three times, as he
had tried to skate with such a flourish
he could not stop moving.
The Fairies and Gnomes ran races,
but after a while Billie Brownie said:
“Now well give an Ice circa* If the
Fairies and Gnomes will do some of
their beautiful fancy skating for os
afterwards.”
“Agreed I" said the Fairies and
Gnomes.
The Brownies all got together and
had a circus. They had masks In their
pocket* which they put on their faces,
and they were so covered with snow
from falling down that they looked
very clownlike.
“There will be no bareback riders In
thl* circus,” said Btllle Brownie. “And
there will be no tricks worth seeing. It
will simply be a circus that is a cir
cus !”
And Indeed It was a clrcuqj Such
funny things as the Brownies did do!
Fairy Queen Did Moat Marveloue
Figures.
They fell down and rolled about and
they didn’t try one trick that was suc
cesHfulI
The Fairies and Gnomes sat around
and watched, and how they did laugh!
The Gnomes said they would surely
split their sides If the Brownies didn’t
stpp doing such funny things, and the
Fairies laughed until great tears fell
down their faces I As for Mr. Moon hli
grin looked so wide that the Gnome*
were a little afraid he might fall In
halves. But as they had never heard
of Mr. Moon doing thnt they were not
quite so worried as they would have
been otherwise.
After the circus was over the Fairies
and Gnomes did very lovely fancy
skating. The Brownies who were quite
worn out and breathless sat and
watched and clapped their hands.
The Fairy Queen did the most mar
velous figures on the Ice and some of
the Fairies danced together.
“Well,” said the Gnomes, when the
skating was Just about over, “we will
now have some of the Gnomes' good
hot soup."
“Hurrah," shouted the Brownie* and
Fnlrles. "This Is a real party.”
"It's too bad,” said Mr. Moon, “but I
don't ent soup. However, I'll enjoy
watching you have a good lime."
“Thank you for coming," said the
Gnomes, “and we’re ever so sorry you
don’t like soup. But we didn’t know
what sort of goodies you did like I”
"I don't ent," said the Moon, “but
I’ve loved your party and think It was
a great success."
Accounted For.
Aunt—My goodness, Kddle, why did
yon tnke the biggest apple In the dish?
Kddle—I was afraid someone
would get It I—American Boy.