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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1889-02-20
The Chill Btnat

That sets the naked branches culver
ing, Is not felt by the wealthy vaetu-
GinarIan indoors. but not all the GOV
erlng that can be piled on his wal nj
bed, nor all the furnace heat that an.
thrucite can furnish, will warm his
marrow when chilis and fever runs lis
icy fingers along his spinal column.
Hosietter's Stomach Bitters is the
Thing to infuse new life into his an
guished frame, to remedy the fierce
lever and exhaustive sweats which al
tcrnae with the chill. Dumb ague,
ague cake, bilious remittent-in short
every known form of maialiai disease
is subjugated by this potent anil at the
same tune wholesome and genial med
iclne. Biliousuess, constipation, dys-
pepsia, sick headache, loss of appetite
and sleep, kidney trouble, rheumatism
and debility are also remrdied by it.
Use it with persistence tu effect thor
ongh cure.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1889-02-20

The following are the opening anG
closing hours of Express, until fur.
Their notice.
Wells, Fargo u Co.'s express Office
opens at 9 A. M; closes for north
at 1910 A. NJ; closes for south al s;45
P. NJ. Office closes at 7 80 F. NJ
: a. KNAPP, JN.. A gent
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1889-02-20

The Commissioners met on Monday
to canvass the returns of the late cleo
ton. Esmeralda voted in favor of all
the amendments except Nos .. s. 8 and
90 The lottery amendments received
1l0 majority. Following Is tne full
vote.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1889-02-20

Neat gift ana cbildren's books at 0
+. Taylor's including the Alcott series
Cbat'erboxes aud olher very attractive
Juvenile works.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27

source of the Nile. In the distance. as he
half closes his eyes. he hears the cluck Of
the dodo which has just come on her nest.
with two little new dodos. He also hears
the Tilt of the scaroo and the sleepy voice
of the high behind. The FURNISHED moon
seems to simmer little bit through the
almost Opaque jungle. The yum-yum
tree seems to sigh in the gentle zephyr
The tutti-frutti palm sways in the sof
starlight. while far away in the deep re-
cesses Of the pungent night one can almost
hear Emin Boy.
In the murky depths Of the bush the scor-
butte murmurs its low lullaby to its young
and the lala sinks to rest with low cry.
Hist!
What Is that?
I do not know what It Is.
Is it the croupy moan Of the dewdad as it
rubs its hot back against the gum arabic
tree, or is it the valedictory Of the over ripe
citizen as he drops from the tree into the
vesribule of q straw colored lion with red
gums?
Again It is still until the sleepy voice Of
the hippopotamus is heard as he yawns q
little and obscures the race OF nature. Also
his own. Then as the silence comes there
is a crushing blow in the back Of the ex-
plorer. harsh voice tells him to wake up
and move on or get "a moss agate over the
oye and thirty days on thoiland. He
awakes with q wild start to find himself in
the clutches Of a sparrow chaser.
Central Park. including the menager1e and
the mouth Of the hippopotamus. will be open
each day until further notice. Lohengrfn
boats will connect with park phaetons and
polite policemen will club the caferpillars
OF the trees and try to do everything In
their power to make the occasion q success.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27
Curious Notice 8.

In the railway carriage running be-
tween Calais and Paris there used to
be peculiar device for summoning the
guard or conductor. Behind small
glass window in the wall of each COM
portment dangled q ring fastened to
the end of q cord. Below, in French,
German, and English, was notice, the
English version of which read:
SHOULD at any time the presence OF
the guard be deemed necessary, the
passenger will please break the glass,
pull the cord, and agitate his arms ont
the right hand window according as the
train is going"
Here Is another notice which is de
signed to put travellers on their guard
against unauthorized guides to Mount
Vesuvius, and to warn tourists to OBJ
serve the guides number If they wish
to make complaint:
sThe Vesuvius guides acknowledged
by the company are only those who
have q number of recognition at the
bonnet and an inscription, Guida del
Vesuvia. Travellers are earnestly re-
auested to remember that number Of
recognition to the guide who escort
them, and to declare it II they have
any complaint to do; differently the
company viii be in the impossibitty to
pursue each reclamation.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27
BILL NYE ON ZOOLOGY.


ne Ihinks The Elephant Should Shorten
nus Sespesders-Whyt the Kangaroo Car
fsss HIS vitals In the Base or His System
The Pungont Black Bear.
10 indeed great delight to the busy
LUCK. driver and other BRAIN workers OF
New Aork. on quiet Sabbath afternoon. to
stIon about our great free menagerie and
congress OF living wonders near the Sixty
t0urtn street and Fifth avenue entrance to
Gentra Park. writes Bill Nye in the Chicago
Herald. Here the great waves Of civil
cation along the celebrated avenue break
upon the shores Of an artificial wilderness.
lew PAGES from the wealth and refinement
OF the great thoroughfare the great gray
rocks and spreading elms of the primeval
forest extend themselves. as ono may say:
while the roar OF the Fifth avenue stage and
the rattle ofthe silver harness and the trap
pings OF swollen prosperity mingle with the
sweet song OF the paroket and the low PUNK
OF the hippopotamus.
Here the worn husbandman and stock:
grower from Wall street may be discovered
on quiet afternoon engaged in keeping of
the grass. Here you may see the weary and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27

dav Of her visit, while alene in the mt
tinr-room. her entertainers be1ng DuSy
With household affairs. she picked mp .
Richmond newspaper, IN OLD one, -
which something had been wrsPPeu'
In flaming headlines she saw the e
count of terrible accident on the A. q;
Y r. r. In great type she read 0!
the heroism of the engineer. and that
mans name, Walter Holmes, st&ed
her in the face.
When her friends entered the room
she was living senseless. Soon revived,
she read the whole story, how her
brave lover had stuck to his engine
hand on lever, when death seemed IN
eyitable: how he had saved his train
while the opposite and offending one
was made a mass of splnters and man
cled humanity. But the story told
also. that while Walters train was
saved his engine had been overturned,
and he crushed beneath it. Terribly
hurt" the report stated, and there
ended, and that was three months
back.
Puss must hurry home now in order
to prepare and 60 to Walter. These
simple folks never thought OF tele-
graphs indeed, there was not wire
within thirty miles of them. The mail
was all too slow and uncertain for her.
She must go.
But she did not, for the strain proved
too much, and when she reached her
home, brain fever Frustrated her for
weeks.
Old Father Holmes made the trip of
his life and went to look for his boy.
The wife had died some six months
before, and he did not return nor
write, so they knew nothing of Walter,
and there was little but SORROW in the
Puryear household.
Youth helped Puss to again recover
in a measure, and she moved istlessly
about her home and its duties, ever
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27
Goodness in Danger.

Lord William Lenox, in his "Reco1-
lections, tells story of the GOODNESS
of the Duke of Wellington. The
French, with fresh force double that
of the Duke, were closing in upon his
jaded troops, one stormy night in
Spain. Wellington completed his pre-
parations and then turning to scout
asked: "How long will it be before
they can reach us?"
Half an hour" was the reply.
"Then 1 can go to Sleep" he said,
and then wrapping his cloak about
him, he dropped where he stood in the
muddy trench and in an instant was
asleep. He woke when the bugles of
the enemy sounded in his ears.
Napoleon, his soldiers We're accus-
toned to declare, not only slept sound
ly when under fire, but even when rid
ing on horseback.
General Grant also had the same
faculty of falling instantly asleep, even
in the face of danger.
This singular physical trait is not
more proof of courage than cause of
it; the brain, in those brief moments
of sleep, finds new vitality, and wax
ems ready for the conflict again.
A story is told of q famous English
Admiral, Sir Sydney Smith, whose
ship, the Antelope, in terrible storm
in the North Sea, was driven among
the rocks. Sir Sydney summoned his
officers to the cabin.
Gentlemen, you know our condi-
ton. We are driving on to the break
ers. I acknowledge that can do moth
ing more. If any of you can make q
suggestion, now is the time"
There was unbroken silence.
"Then there is nothing to be done
but to await our fate" He touched the
bell. "Pierre, bring up the coffee"
A story came from Switzerland
year ago of mountain-guide, whose
name was not preserved. He, with two
others, was leading a party over one of
the most precipitous passes OF the
Higher Alps. The men, as is usual,
were tied to each other bv long rope.
As they scaled the wall of ice they
slipped on the edge of the frightful
chasm. This man was at the end Of
the rope. Without his weight there
was chance for the others to regain
their footing; with it, there was none.
He cast glance down at the dark
abyss, filed with fathomless SHOWS,
then drew his knife from his belt, say
ing quietly to the man next him:
"Tell mother how it was, jose"
He cut the rope and fell, never to be
seen of mortal man again.-Yoalths
Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27
The First Greenback.

Gaddis, a Cincinnati hack-driver,
treasures a dollar bill of the first
greenback issue. The Enquirer of
that city tells that Salmon P. Chase,
while Secretary of the Treasury, visit
ed Cincinnati.
"Shine, sir!" shouted Gaddis, then q
bootblack, to a stranger in the Burnet
House lobby.
"Do your prettiest," said the gentle
man, with smile, "and I'll give you
my photograph"
The boy did not fall in very heartily
with the proposition, as he had no par
ticular use for photographs of his Gus
toners, but after little bantering he
took the job. At the finish, the gen.
tleman handed the boy brand-new
one-dollar bill.
@That's my photograph" said he.
walking away.
The boy glanced from his customer
to the bill in momentary perplexity.
Then the strong resemblance which
his customer bore to the vignette in
one corner of the greenback caught
his eye, and he knew that the Secre-
tary of the Treasury had been having
q little fun with him at his own ex-
pense,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27

Tho use Of . mirror for reiiectinaxh,
sun seems to run from the extreme n
boyish roguishness in flashing the ann.
rays upon the eyes of some compan;cn
-evdh older persons, if the distance h
suficient-and then reaches to ~
other extreme Of using it to fash tbs
suns rays for heliotrope signals in The
coast survey or army service, or to meas
ure the DETECTION of galvanometer
needle. But there is a vast middle
space of practical usage of mirrors
apart from that of individual vanity
which is rarely thought Of
A gentleman in Boston, calling at an
Office in the upper part of building
stated his intention of calling upon a
man in distant part of the city. and
was told that his party had recently
opened an Office on the other side of the
same street, and in the upper part of a
building of the same height.
On looking across to the opposite
window, the gentleman was seen, hard
at work and too busy to look up. How
ever, large mirror was unhung in the
toilet-room, and the suns rays flashed
upon his face in manner that startled
him and dazzled his eyes, first causing
him to jump and binding him.
At first he was indignant at the i'm.
proper liberty taken with his visual or
gans, and looking out of the window as
fierce as q forty-pounder, threatening
and breathing out slaughter upon the
youngster should he be in sight. A few
gesticulations, however, soon made the
party across the street understand that
he was to be called upon.
In the boyhood days of the writer,
he remembers looking into new pump
which had been thoroughly spiked the
night before it was to be placed in the
well, by means of some rocks which
were pushed in about midway and
wedged against each other.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27
Fray HucK
n ELLA wHxKLxs wneox. Z

Pray muchi God loves swsst, independent
spirit,
That owns itself too weak to walk alone.
No plea goes forth but listening angels hear it.
6ometfmes in ways mysterious end unknown
Their answers come; but surely IS the light
Hears the dawn calling, and dispels tbs night,
SO do those blessed messengers on hi
Hear when We cry.
Pray much! The friends with whom we hold
communings,
Exert a subtle influence hour by hour.
Turn often, them with soulful importunings
To those celestial comrades. By their power
Thou shalt be girded for the times of strife
That try the strength of every human life;
Thou shalt become victor in the field
Where others yield.
Pray much! Each day allow thyseH q season
For close companionship with minds above.
Put by thy will thy pride, thy stubborn reason ;
Keep nothing but humility and love.
As one is charged by magnets, SO thy soul
Shall feel divine electric currents roll
Thro' all its chambers, till it CLOVIS with faith
That conquers death.
MERIDEN, CoNN.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27

Once he was pure as the beautiful snow.
but now. BY q careful scrutiny OF his plu-
mage. he finds that he Is not 50. He looks
like q detected door mat. and. on not Gay.
his pants are checked somewhat Dy the
heat.
We now pass on to the kangaroo annex.
where We find also the coon. both American
and African. The kangaroo Is ruminaun8
marsupiaL But 1t is hereditary ana tnere-
fore not so yeprehensible as It might %
otherwise. There are two or three varie-
ties Of this pleasing beast. and all OF tne
genus Micropus. think. though wouio
not have any ono take my word Tor II on
such . matter as that. involving e II docs
the peace Of 30 many people. There are
the micropus gieanteus. the yellow-tooseo
kangaroo. also the rat kangaroo ana tne
kangaroo itself. The kangaroo has been 20
sedentary all his life that his leading vita!s'
seem to have settled into the base OF MS
system. He II Of q long wasted turn OF
mind and springs with great agility nom
place to place. Ike bogus nobleman seek
m for . bride. Some kangaroos are Rre-
oSrious in their habits. while others are not:
Whether anything can be done for It or noe
I do not pretend to cay. am not here 20
moralize. Ny duties simply embrace
teroe description Of the animal ITSELF Ine
only Gases. however. whore the ksng1oo
hac not been gregarious sgs isolated.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27
Various plans for their removal ha

Various plans for their removal had
been suggested, the most practicable of
which was to saw the pump in two and
join it together again somehow. The
writer suggested that a mirror be
brought, and the sunlight flashed in
to reveal the position of the stones. A
bar of wrought iron was bent to hook,
suitable to the condition of affairs, and
extricated the stones one by one, the
mirror showing the openings of light
so that the person could work eff
GENTLY and intelligently.
Objects lost in wells have been dis
closed by means of the suns rays
thrown down upon them by mirrors.
Dark easements in cities are lighted by
means of mirror surface or total reflect
ing prisms, made out of decidedly
cheap glass, and held in proper posi-
lions in racks placed in alleyways,
under gratings forming part of the
walk.-ELectTicdL Reyie1D-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27
The Old One Is Mum Now.

They had both lost their husbands /;
one was a widow of so, the other was
about %. The older one called on the
younger one to condole with her, and
they wept upon one another's necks
and recalled the merits of the dear
deceased. It was astonishing how
much the old husband and the young
one had been alike in their disposition
and character-at least they both saw
distinct resemblance in every point.
Which shows that matrimony does not
really change man, nor age either
when he is dead. But they had Q
most delightful time until the young
one, putting her arms around the old
ones neck, sobbed through her tears :
Il know it is selfish of me to say 50
much about my own sorrow. But,
really, I do not feel that it is so much
worse for you than for me. I don't
know how I would have felt If this had
happened to me when I was your
age and had no chance of getting an
other"
The tears froze suddenly, and the
old one does not speak as she passes by.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27


] : J J ! ! :
- NE Of tho New York papers
published, not long since,
. picture Of . cowboy in
XTN full regalia, with long hair
kAc and spurs, who is recoling
N&A in horror from huge bear.
NA The ferocious animal Is one
Nw1 Of these stuffed bruins that
AIN are used by furriers as bust
n.y. ness signs in front of their
80 stones Tssl. i. popu,.. i'm
preston that the average
cowboy is not really as dangerous as
he would like to have people believe.
A little affair occurred at Staten ISL
and'when Forepaugh was exhibiting q
Wild West show in connection with his
menagerie.
Captain Bogardus, the champion off
hand shot, and Suspender Jack were
rival attractions, the latter being q
cowboy of the most pronounced type.
They got into dispute, when Bogar-
dus suddenly seized Suspender Jack by
his luxuriant switch and slammed him
down on the hard ground with con-
siderable force, after which Bogardua
jolted the cowboys tournure with
several kicks from q well-developed
brogan.
Now, according to all the traditions
of the frontier, Suspender Jack should
have, as an overture to the subsequent
performance, shot an aperture about
the size Of general delivery window
of country postofice into the anatomy
of Captain Bogardus. Then the in
trepid cowboy, with q whoop, should
have removed the dandruff in the Cap
tain's hair along with his reeking scalp.
For dessert, Suspender Jack should
also have bitten q chunk about the size
of frog out of the Captains cheek.
This, in view of the traditional
ferocity of the cowboy, was the least
that was expected of him; but Sus-
pender Jack went back on all the ira
ditions of the border. The cowboy
disappeared almost as suddenly as q
broken dollar bill, and he didn't stop
running until he reached the office Of
justice of the peace, his wild, luxu-
RANT switch swapping viciously in the
vacuum caused by the velocity of his
fight. Bogardus was arrested and
fined $40 and costs. During the ex-
animation Bogardus tainted Suspender
Jack with being a dime museum cow
boy, and still Bogardus didn't have to
spill any of his gore.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27

An English naturalist, Mr.. A. b.
Swinton, has collected and analvzed
over one hundred notices-ancient and
modern, true and fictitious to
the great sea-serpent. He is thus forced
10 the conclusion that the creature Is "a
venerable sailors yarn derived from
ocular impressions, while, quite apart
from all other considerations, 1t Is
mainly impossible that species OF air
breathing serpent should lie at the
bottom Of the ocean and be so seldom
seem. He finds that the enormously
long tentacuIar arm of the giant squids
or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from tie
better known cuttle-fish by their cylih-
drieal bodies-hav given rise ~ 3
story Of the great searserpent.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27
looking and longing for what it seemed

looking and longing for what it seemed
would never come.
It was nearly five months after the
departure of old Holmes that one even
ing she slowly sauntered down the
river path where she had met and so
often wandered with Walter, her
thoughts and heart all full of love and
sadness for him, now; her eyes dimmed
with tears and her mind far away,
when she felt an arm clasped about her
waist and knew in that second-even
before she could turn her face around
that she was in the embrace of her
promised husband.
She did turn, with appraised arms to
clasp about his neck in welcome joyous
beyond words, when she was staggered
by the sight that met her eyes.
It was Walter, her Walter, but what
wreck; no glorious curls were ON that
shaver head, his face was pale as death,
his cheeks and form shrunken, his eyes
dim, and at his side hung an empty
sleeve.
He saw the look of terrible astonish-
ment with which the girl regarded
him, and, losing his grasp he fell back
pace, saying:
81 beg your pardon. forgot what
fragment of my former self I now
am. Of course you"
ooh, Walt! My Walt! Don't talk
so, my poor, poor boy" and her arms
were about him and she was crying
over and kissing him in a strange
medley of sorrow and JOY.
She soon treasured him that her love
was true as of old, and then listened to
his story of how he had been in charge
of a special train bearing the Presi-
dent and Directors of his road with a
large party of friends; how an excur-
sion train, run in violation of orders,
had collided with them; how he had
managed to save his party but been
buried in the ruins of his engine, suf-
fering injuries to his arm which neces-
STATED its amputation, and to
his head which rendered him par
tally insane during all the
blank months she had waited, an
operation finally restoring his senses.
His father had found, watched, and
tenderly cared for him, but with his
peculiar ways had never thought to
write to the people at home.
This was the substance of the tale it
took o long time to tell.
And now DEAR" said Walter, @the
President has offered me the General
Managership of the road, with big
salary and fine house. You'll have
no grimy faced and handed husband Of
an engineer, but a fine gentleman,
with only one arm for two broadcloth
sleeves. Will you be satisfied, do you
| Think"
Il suppose I ought to be good enough
to be sorry for your awful misfortunes
Walt, but I can't be so very sorry, be-
cause 1 am going to have you now al
ways to myself, and not be trembling
all the time with fear of those terrible
engines. You I love, the empty sleeve
I honor" And she kissed it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27
An Adviser.

always bear in mind, my boy"
said the father, as he laid down the
book he was reading-@Gory William,
the Prince of Pirates ALWAYS bear
in mind that idleness is q sin, that
time is money; never waste q moment
in proftless pursuits. You will live
to regret it. Now run away and don't
disturb me. I must have nap; had
only eleven hours sleep last night.
But remember my words, waste not .
moment"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27
A WITTY as well as a soft answer vii

A WITTY as well as soft answer will
sometimes turn away wrath. Charles
Burleigh, the Aboitionist, In the midst
of an anti-slavery speech, was struck
by rotten egg full in the face. Pausing
to wipe away the contents of the mis-
sile, he said. calmly: Il have always
contended that pro-slavery arguments
are very unsound" The crowd reared,
and he WAS no longe -molested.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-07-27

WHAT is good feed viii make good
manure.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-22
What on s1srth

Is the reason people will not, can
not, or do not see any difference in
cheap nos trums put up by Cheap
John houses or irresponsible parties
at enormous profits, rather than
take a medicine of world wide repu-
tation and one that is giving uni
versal satisfaction at equal price :?
No medicine in the world is giving
such unparalleled satisfaction for
purifying the blood as BEGG>'
BLOOD PURIFIER & BLOOD
MAKER, and every bottle that
does not do its work, will cost you
w. II. Chedic, Druggist.