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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-03
Tooth Drawing Extrnorslinary.

The fashionable and eccentric physl-
clan, DR.. Monsey, who lived in Sir
Robert Walpoles time, took so keen a
delight in drawing teeth by this par
ticuar process that, in the absence of
a patient with fee for the service, he
would sometimes be his own dentist,
and operate on himself from pure
love of art. The process was this:
Round the tooth to be drawn, the
doctor fastened securely a strong piece
of catgut, To the other end of which a
bullet was attached A pistol having
been charged with this bullet and a
full measure of powder, the operation
was performed effectually and speedily
The doctor could rarely prevail on his
friends to let him remove their teeth
in this singular and startlingly simple
manner Once gentleman who had
agreed to make trial of the novelty,
and had even allowed the apparatus to
be adjusted turned craven at the last
moment.
"Stop! stop~ be exclaimed, " I've
changed my mind"
But l haven't changed mine, and
you are a coward for changing yours, J"
answered the doctor, pulling the trig-
ger
Even at this distance of time it
would be pleasant to discover that the
patient of this comedy was his grace of
Grafton, and that, to avenge himself
for the loss of place in the Lord
Chamberlain's gift, the operator
attached the catgut to the wrong tooth.
Leisure Hour.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-03

"If you had vote" said Algernon to Kate,
Aud he cooed like the doves when they mate !:
" Would il be for the tariff or would you care II
Free trade swept the land like storm?'
Said Kate, as blush her beauty engraced,
Aud II strong, manly arm sought her waist,
"I'm inclined, on reflection, TO think that pro-
lection
Would receive every vote could east.
-N0rristop1l Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-03

TIE izeihter's wife, when asked
about her husbands business, replies
that he is employed in mill.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-03
HAWTHORNE EsNIERALDA COUNTY, NEV. MAY 3,
WHAT THE RHYMsTERS SAY.


Bachelor Musings.
At night as sit in my quiet retreat
And lazily puff my cigar,
The light and perfume that encircle me
there,
The restful repose of my cozy armchair,
Make bachelor lodgings seem sweet.
The world down below often wonders, | know,
How fellow so foolish can be
As to live all alone
In a home not my own,
And so many fair fish in the sea.
Mrs Grundy, severe, tries to make it appear
That bachelors heart is a stone,
But she's of OF her base.
AT least in one case
l simply refer to my own.
No doubter am / this fact to deny.
Since Adam first winked at the sun
4 sweet, loving wife
Is the crown of man S life,
His children are treasures, each one-
And now propose to briefly disclose
My reasons for "holding the fort y
| am not such knaVe
As to purchase a slave
When myself can barely support.
1t is all very well for people to tell
OF love in a cottage you know;
But firmly decline
No, not any in mine
Without a full cellar below. D. II. Field
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-03

SCANDAL MoNGERs are now known
as victims Of the foot and mouth dis
ease.'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-03

The bustling, hurrying man, as
matter of fact, is a poor worker. Too
much of his steanlp power is expended
in kicking up dust. The habit of
hurrying and of feeling in n hurry is
fatal to good work and dimnishes the
amount of work u good man can do.
The friction is too great. So little OF
practical value is accomplished that
he cannot go home at night with n
sweet consciousness of a duty done, of
a days work completed. The men
who accomplish most never seem in
hurry, no matter how much they have
to do They are not troubled for lack
of time, for they make the most of the
minutes by working in cool, method
ical manner, finishing each job prop
erly and not expending their nervous
force in hustle. They never complain
of oyerwork, but are more likely to
hunt up new work in order to give
their faculties more varied employ
ment and to exercise some which are
not sufficiently used,-Herald Of Health.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-03
A Fiirt's Secret Power.

She had no wealth of flowing tresses;
She had no wondrous store or tin;
Her hair and purse, the bard confesses,
Were rather thin.
She had no soul-ensnaring glances,
And in her cheek was ne'er dimple;
She stirred no poets errant fancies,
And looked half simple.
But vet she won the hearts of all men,
And had more offers in week
From good and bad, from short and tall men,
Than fame can speak.
You wonder then. what was her power?
Well, will try to tell you briefly;
1t was her taify-giying power,
Foremost and chiefly. -Ldmp00n
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-03


The above trains are run daily and make
close connection at Mound House with
trains Of the Virginia and Truckes Railroad
FOR Virginia City and Reno, and with the
Central Pacific at Reno, via the Virginia and
Truckee. for all points Eass and West.
Stage Connections.
At Hawthorne with the United States Stage
Company's coaches for aurora &c miles;
Bode, 81 miles; Lundy and Bridgeport, and
stages for Coreyyille, IL miles.
At Luning, 125 miles from Mound House,
with Gilmer, Salisbury & Cos tri-weekly
stages leaving Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays for Downeyville, Grantsyills and
Belmont.
AT Candelaria with the stages for Colum
bus, miles; Silver Peak, Nontezuma, Aida
Valley, Gold Mountain, etc.
At keeler, with stages for Cerro Gordo, 6
miles Darwin, ~ miles, and Panamint.
H. M. YERINGTON, Gen. Supt.
r. j. LAWS, Assistant superintendent.
ID. A. BENDER,
General Fl Height and Passenger Agent.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-05-03

"WuY,n some writer's ask, ais a
brilliant man less brilliant with his
wife than any one else?' Well, we
supposed she asked him for money
oftener than any one else. You take
to borrowing money regular and CON
stantly of your dearest and most brill
liant friend, and see what will become
of his brlliancy in your presence.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17
PRICE THREE CENTS

forts experienced eli route, such as an
inn infested with bugs, "infamous
coffee" Jew peddlers, "some princess
es' from the Reesenjasse. and an OBJ
trusive privy councillor (geheimrath)
VINO Travelled in the same coupe.
When the title of "count" was about to
be offered to him, he hesitated for
lon9 time whether or not he should
accept it; for he knew that number
of Pomeranian families which had ac-
duired the title had become extinct IN
a comparatively short space OF time.
"rhe country cannot afford it," he re-
marked. when mentioning the matter.
On the evening of the 23d of Novem-
Der, 1870, as we were sitting at tea IN
Versailles, he began to speak about his
death, and stated definitely the age to
which it was appointed that he should
attain. and the year in which it was
appointed that he should die. 81
know it." he insisted, when | remon-
strated with him on the subject; "it is
a mystic number" Seven years later,
at Varzin, he repeated the same assur-
ance to the narrator of this remarkable
circumstance, but added, "God, how
ever. only knows"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17
BiSmarct's SunerstijiOuS.

After the battle of Gravelotte,
writes Moritz Busch in Harper's Mago-
zine, there was some speculation one
day at dinner as to what would he the
result of complete conquest OF
France, and the chancellor concluded
an exposition of his views on the sub
ject with the words: "But we should
not speak of the bearskin before we
have shot our bear | admit that l
am superstitious in these matters"
Perhaps something crossed his mind
about the grudge of the old Greek
gods "There are not thirteen of us
for dinner?" inquired his cousin,
hunt Bismarck -Bohlen, counting
the covers one day at Rheims. mo.
that's right, for the minister has an
objection to that" Another time,
when there were really thirteen of us
at tablet drew the attention of Bucher.
who sat beside me, to the fact. But
he bade me not to say anything about
1t, as it would put the chief into low
spirits. On the 18th of October, 1870,
General Boyer met the chancellor at
Versailles to negotiate on behalf of
Bazaine. But Bismarck does not seem
to have arranged anything definitely
with him on that day. He asked in
the bureau what day of the month iG
was. "The 1lth, your excellency."
"The 14th That was Hochkirch and
Jena. No business should be conclud-.
ed en- that day" Perhaps it occurred
to him. too. that this 14tl of October
was Friday. In 1852 he writes from
BlankeIburg to his wife: II had not
as good sport at Letzlingen this time
as l had three years ago. 1t was
Fridayp And in the same year he
writes to her from Halle: 81 kept cog
itating all during the journey yester-
day whether. after all. it were not FRI
day. 1t was Il dies nefastus at any
raie." lNulToof of which h goes On
to mentioata . serieslpf small disean.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17
Regularity of Habit.

One of the most difficult of all the
minor habits to acquire is that of reg
ularity. 1t ranks with that of order,
"a place for everything and everything
in its place" is not more important
than "a time for everything and every
thing on time" The natural inclina-
ton of most persons is to defer until
the last possible moment, or to put off
till another time where this can posi-
bly, be done. Yet habits of regularity
contribute largely to the ease and COM
fort of life. A person can multiply his
efficiency by it. We know persons who
have multitude of duties, and who
perform vast deal of work daily, who
set apart certain hours for given duties,
and are there at tie moment and at
tend rigidly to what is in hand. This
done and other engagements are met,
each in order, and vast deal accom-
plished, not by strained exertion but by
regularity.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17
The Dimensions of Heaven.

The following paragraph entitled
'The dimensions of heaven" is from
Lewis's Penny Readings: "And he
measured the city with a reed, $4,000
furlongs. The length and breadth
and height of it are equal. Rev. xxi
l6. Twelve thousand furlongs equal
100000 feet, which, being cubed,
is496, 793, ,0SS, 900, 100000, O,OO0cubic feet
Reserying half of this space for the
throne and court of Heaven. and half
the balance for streets, we have the re-
mainder of IN, los. .292, ,000,000,000,
900 cubic feet. Divide this by 4006,
the cubical feet in room sixteen feet
square, and there will be 30,32l, ,S43,-
750,000,000 rooms. We will now sup
pose the world always did and always
will contain 990,00o,000 inhabitants,
and that a generation lasts 33 Is
years, making in all 2,070,000.000,000
every century. and that the world will
stand 100,000,000 years, or 1000 centu-
ries, making in all 2,070,000,000,000
Inhabitants. Then suppose there
were 100 worlds equal to this in the
number of inhabitants and duration
of years. making a total of 2,979,00O,
000,000,000 persons: and there would
be more than a hundred rooms sixteen
feet square for each person.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17
UOne TOuch of Nature"

A burglar entered house in which
q mother was sitting up with sick
child. Sir she said, in whisper. as
soon as she could compose herself to
speak, there is nothing of value in
this house except that child's life, at
least to me, but you may find other
wise. Here, take my keys, search
everywhere, take what you want, but
speedily and without noise I implore
you" She handed him the keys
placed her fingers to her lips. and
pointed to the door. The burgla
moved quietly away. then turned and
said in low voice: as lie very slckg'
Ills life hangs on the continuance of
this Sleep" "Then he will recover for
all the noise I'll make the robher
answered. laying down the KEYS and
noise,essiy taking his departure, but
absolutely nothing else.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17
Bombay Street Scenes.

bombay, says a correspondent, Is eX-
ceedingly interesting to me. l love to
soak my handkerchief in camphor, and
then start off in the edge of the eve
ming for long ramble on foot, obliv-
lous Of the danger from cholera and
other prevalent pestilences.
Here is a single, lone Chinaman-
the only one have seen in all bombay
who is stepping along to his shoe
shop. Here is a group of my esteemed
countrymen, as ! Immediately gather
from the gilt inscription, "U. S. S.
Trenton" around their hat bands, and
also from their sailor suits. They are
Slightly moiStened with benzine, can
see, and have grave doubts as to the
nature of their mission ashore; but
they compare so favorably with the
men from the British ships in conduct,
that l do not rebuke them as pass by.
Here are some bootblacks, the first l
have seen since leav ng San Francisco.
Your shoes are always blacked by the
hotel porter, or the boarding house
orter, or the steamer porter in these
arts, so that the business of the street
urchin is sadly injured. l do not hear
the familiar American cry, "Shine yer
boots?' These Hindoo bootblacks
should visit New York and see how it
$ done.
here a great crowd of natives are
looking off at the sky over the bay. l
look also, but see nothing. l move on
further until come in sight of the sea-
shore, when l discover thousands and
thousands Of people sitting down and
gazing at the blank cloudless sky. l
ferret out a Parsee (the Parsees almost
always speak English) and he explains
it all to me. This is the first day OF
the Hindoo New Year, and it is a great
national custom to look for the new
moon. After much looking discover
the queen of night-the smallest cres
cent l have ever seen.
The streets are thronged with men,
women and children, all attired in cos
tunes that are more snowy than any
have ever seen elsewhere in the world.
A series of terrific shrieks now rise
above the babel of street cries. /
elbow my way along to the scene Of
operations and find that a Hindoo is
piercing the nose Of one of his daugh-
ters, aged perhaps ten years. This is,
of course, a part of every Iindoo girls
education, but it is medicine that is
not appreciated in the taking. The
means adopted for performing the
operation are rather primitive. The
child's head is held by one person,
while another jams the wire of the
Jewel through the shrinking cartilage
of the nostril.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17
LONDONDERRY THURSDAY 1884

meet--not her aunt's faded eyes. but
Vane Farrar's admiring gaze and out
stretched hand,
1t was poor little room, with bare
floor and unpainted walls, but the
clusters of scarlet bean flowers shad-
ing the low windows were not brighter
than Phyllis Trescote's cheeks as she
turned to meet the admiring smile in
Vane Farrar's handsome eyes.
Explanations and apologies wero
soon made, and Phyllis learned for the
iirst time of her friends trcachery.
Il was never engaged to Mr.. Saw
age" she assured her lover. 'And
when our fortune took wings he was
the first to desert us.
Miss Olive Derringer was astounded
when she received an invitation to
the wedding reception Of Vane and
Phyllis.
But though 1t was one of the most
brilliant affairs of the season, she was
not one of the guests. Saturday
Vjghk
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17
Crime Exposed.

Only few months ago the papers
gave an instance of the acuteness of a
French detective. A man had murder
ed his female companion and buried
her body in cellar. The corpse was
discovered, and the man said that the
woman had killed herself by falling
down stairs, and that he mad buried
her secretly, fearing to be accused of
her death. He asserted that this "accl-
dent" took place in the autumn. in
October. The detective observed the
traces of smoke on the ceiling. "1ou
hal Il candle when you buried the
BODY" he remarked, and was answer
ed in the affirmative. "And you say
you only entered this cellar on that
one day in October?' The suspected
man again averred it, "You are speak
ing falsely" retorted the detective, and
showed the murderer, between the
crevices of the ceiling, the half con-
SUM- ed Larvae of certain insects which
only lay in the spring, and which had
been burnt by his candle at the time
when he had actually buried his vic
tim. How often has clever forgery
been defeated by some keen observer
who noticed some very trilling over
sight in the skilful fraud. Forged
wills have been found out from the
water-mark of the paper not tallying
with their date. There is story of a
forged will being propounded in a
French court, and the forgery was so
skilful that it appeared impossible to
deny the documents authenticity,
though certain circumstaL ces caused
its genuneness to be susl ct /. 1t
was drawn, not on ordinary paper, but
on the back of map of France pro
fessedly over century old. The name
of the publisher of the map was in the
corner, together with the date, and the
words, photographer to the king.
Though the relatives who were injured
by the will felt convinced that fraud
was being practiced upon them, redres
seemed hopeless. But a clever lawyer
discovered that, at the time of the sup.
posed publication of the map, the
dignity of "Geograp' er to the kings
had not been conferred upon the map,
maker. The name was correct, that of
a well-known publisher of charts in his
day, and he had been permitted tC
assume the title the forger had added,
but not till some years after the date
of the forged map. Investigations
clearly proved that the geographel
never assumed the title till it was
legally conferred upon him, and never
afterward published map without
adding it; the map, as well as the will
written upon its back, was forgery
detected by an observer of unusual
acuteness. s.-LOndon Standard.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17
The Ashes Upon the Hearth.

1ne AsneS upon tne iteurtns
] went to the old time cottage
Where dwelt in childhood days;
Hooked through the dear old window
That seemed to return my gaze;
] sought FIR some sweet reminder
To bear from my place OF birth.
But ah! there remained no token
Iut the ashes upon the hearth
TheShambers were baro and en- PITY
And the echoes seemed to say:
"oh! where is the busy household
Oh! why do the children stay?'
A branch of the veteran oak tree,
That now was o century old,
Still cuttdned my little window
That inirrored the sunsets gold.
I wandered to "mothors chamber"
To the room where father wrote.
No sound broke the mournful stillnesl
But the chimney swallows note.
Then again I sought the kitchen,
Once place ofjoy apd mirth,
And naught brought the past before mo
Like the ashes upon the hoarth.
How often we merry youngsters,
For our chestnuts sweet and brown,
Made bed in the hot "wood ashes,"
With the live Goals dropping down,
While the girls pulled molasses candy
And tossed it with glee on high.
And the golden pippins roasted
In an earthen pan near by!
Since those happy days of childhood
1t is fifty years or more,
And the "boys and girls" have scattered
To many distant shore,
While some dear hands were folded
And sheltered by Mother Earth,
AS they dropped away from the spirit
Like the ashes upon the hearth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17
Melon Brandy.

The newest addition to our already
long list of intoxicating drinks is
melon brandy. NJ. Levat. French
chemist, is said to have succeeded in
causing that watery fruit to yield
potent spirit. He took the juice of
six pounds of watermelon pulp, and,
having added certain quantity of
Tree sulphuric acid, he warmed the
mixture, upon which the sugar became
transformed into mixture of glucose
and levulose. This product, which
ferments directly, yielded ten quarts
of perfectly normal alcohol.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17
An UpseIEsll Boy.

Our boy was Ill and the doctor called IN;
He felt his pulse, but his ewes looked of'sh''
"A warm foot-bath, dose OF oil,
And he will be all right"
We prepared them both and to Willie went,
"Come, darling, take it like man.
He looked up smiling and said, mamma,
I'll be good as l con."
Then he threw his hands around her necS
And whispered as he kissed her,
81 don't want both, so I'll take the bath
And give the oil to sister"
-.Nep York JournG'.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17

Wisconsin is the leading, dairy State
in this country. its products in that
line last year amounting in value to
Sl9.500,000. There are in the State
1000 creamer.es and chee 9 1actqries
aaa 100000 COWS,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17

Marriage often unites for life two
people whosca rcely know each other.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17

"Two gallons Eve picked to-day.
Aunt Euniee-that'll BIZ a dollar. A
pretty good days work. isn't it?"
Phyllis Trescote flung her calico
sun-bonnet on a chair. and tusned,
with the last crimson rays of the set
ting sun lighting up her blonde hair, to
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-17

Horses an. Carriages at all hours. Persons
carried 10 all surrounding points upon arrival
oftrains. Special accommodations to excur.
sion parties. Good teams and attentive dli-
vprs. ly
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-08
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH,

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 5.-Exchange on
London, 22a.
HAvANA, March 7.-Spanish gold, 232a232I{
Exchange weak; on the United States. 60
DAYS, gold, 6l20G7 premium; ditto. short sight
797la premium; on London, l7159ls pre-.
MUM.
NEW ORLEANS. March T.-Exchange, 81 S7I5.
NEW YORK. March Z, nOOn.-StocKs lower
Money easy at 1902 per cent. Exchange
long, 81 Sd34(G4 81; short, ~ o9A(g4 30. State
bonds dull. Government bonds quiet,
500 p. m.-Excnange, 81 S634. Money la
IL per cent. Sub-Treasury balances-COln
Sl22 493, 900: currency, Sl0,000.000. Govern
ment bonds steady; four and half per cents
llal4i four per cents, 1884 three per cents, lOl
bid. State bonds steady,
There was little more doing on the stock
Exchange to-day. but the market was far
from active. At the opening speculation was
firm, with Erie as the feature. The stock was
in good demand, selling up to 25lS on rumOrs
that the company had concluded contracts
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
and the Delaware and Hudson Canal Com
pany in connection with the coal traffic over
its " yoming line. AT II a. m. the market be-
came weaker, on rumOrs Of passenger rate
cutting at the West and on the heavy engage
ments of specie for Saturdays steamers, and
prices declined hGl5s per cent, the latter for
Lackawanna. Central Pacific declined Ia,
Northwest IA, Denver and Rio Grande rs,
Lake Shore l, Reading l, Union Pacific l5s,
Wabash preferred per cent. Near the close
there was { rally Of 14(g12 per cent, and the
market closed firIner. Michigan Central, az
fer selling down rose q per cent. COMPARED
with yesterdays closing, prices were 5sglz4
ner cent. lower. Sales $4,000 shares. the mar
kef closing at the following quotations:
"a class x 2to5. Sltz Manhattan Elev 5f1e
Ala; class A small slss Memphis 4 Char. %
1ia, elass b. s. ,lO01z Metropolitan Ell.
Ala. class c. As $50 Michigan Central VIA
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-08

Emily F Northam, s35 tons, stetson, New
York, ldg-J0s A Roberts & Co.
John z Schmidt 495 tons, Van Glider Phila-
delphia. ldg-Jos A Roberts s. Co.
caroline Hall, $50 tons, LOllis, Philadelphia,
Idg-JOs a Roberts & Co.
Jos A Roberts & Co.
Chas 4 schmidt, 5l4 tons, Sharpe. BOOthbay,
dis-JOs A Roberts & Co.
dis-R B Reppard.
Buslrls sBr), 249 tons, Pinkham, st Johns. n
T, in distress-Host & Co.
York, dis-Master.
Adella Corson, S9S tons, Corson, Wilmington,
Del, dis-Master.
Cassie Jameson, 899 tons, Collins, New York,
ldg-Master.
VIM Jones, 3l2 tons, Collins, Barren Island,
dis-Master.
John Il May, 3i5 tons, Riggs, Philadelphia dis
Master.
Fifteen schOoners.