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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
ck-Me-Ups" for Tired Animals.

A correspondent of the Pittsburg
Dispatch says the Or.entals are well
versed in nostrums for reviving jaded
horses and cattle. He mentions spe-
cially the "gunjah," the dried Gamma
bis plant which has lowered and from
which the rosin has been removed. 1t
is sold in bundles, about 2 feet long
and inches in diameter. 1t is used
by smokers, who derive intense en-
jovment from its narcotic fumes. He
first learned its value when admins
tered to overworked cattle by witness
ing its effects long before the railway
period. A very arduous and difficult
march was being performed by an un-
finished road through mountainous
country. The oxen had had long
spell of continuous work and the road
was precipitous, and foothold was so
difficult to get that the cattle became
exhausted and tottered about helpless
ly, unable to proceed There could be
no halt, for tigers and bears were all
around. In this emergency the ever
ready and resourceful drivers, produc-
ing their stock of "gunjah," pounded
up handful for each bullock, mixed
with sugar. The effect was almost in
Simultaneous. The cattle picked up
fresh heart aud energy, and trotting
on cheerfully soon reached the en-
campment.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
How the Romans Gorged.

The Romans in the time of Cicero
and Augustus took an early breakfast,
from to o'clock in the morning, a
luncheon at u to |, and at about 3
o'clock the cena or principal meal of
the day, corresponding with our din
ner. A Roman dinner at the house of
wealthy man consisted chiefly of
three courses. All sorts of stimulants
to the appetite We're first served up.
and eggs were indispensable to the
first course.
Among the various dishes were the
guinea hen, pheasant, nightingale and
the thrush. The Roman commands
held peacocks in sreat estimation, es-
peeially their tongues Macrobius
states that they were first eaten by
Hortensius, the orator, and acquired
such repute that a single peacock was
sold for so denarii-the denarius be-
ing equal to about II cents of our
money.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
Working From Habit.

On most prominent corner Of
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, stands
an old white haired man selling papers.
He always stands there, rain or shine,
come snow, come blow, mud or dust,
and has stood there from six in the
morning till nine at night for the last
six years. His hair is white as snow
and his beard is thick and grizzled.
His full blue eyes are shaded by gold
trimmed glasses; his clothes are neat
and tidy. His language is that of q
cultured gentleman.
And that is just what he is. Thirty
years ago he was one of New York's
big builders. He speaks with pride of
the many evidences of his handiwork
still standing, and which do not adver-
tise their insignifcance even by the
side of the noble structures of this
modern day. Now he sells newspapers
on street corner in Philadelphia. He
is fond of talking of his young son,
an artist of some ability, am told, and
his highest desire is to send him to
Rome and to Paris. The young man
has been studing under pupil of
Gerome. His great wish is to take
lessons directly from the hand of the
master. 1t is charming thing to hear
his father, the newsman, huddled in a
corner out of the drifting snow, talk of
"my son, the artist" He just glories
in the subject, of which he never seems
to tire.
| asked the old man once why he
sold papers. He said it was because
he was too blind to do any other work,
and work of some kind he must do or
he would die. What story of life
such man could tell
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
HE SHAWL.
An Article Which, While Out OF style,
Has Yet Great Vogue.

MANY might he disposed TO ask what
American wears a shawl, just as long
ago the scornful question was raised.
Who reads an American bookPh
Both these questions. however. simply
reveal ignorance. says the Dry Goods
Economist as there is a steady and in
creasing demand for these articles of
wearing apparel. though for ordinary
purposes they may be said to be
wholly out of fashion.
For the usual purposes of Il costume.
certainly for ladies who wish to con-
form to the reigning styles, the shawl
has few attractions. And still, as a
matter of fact almost every woman
ha. one or more shawls. The super
fetal critic overlooks the uumberless
purposes to be served by one of these
articles, quite apart from its use as an
item in fashionable costume.
Take the function which they so
sphere of usefulness which makes
them almost necessary in every home.
They are. moreover, an indispensable
adjunct for the traveller either by land
or sea. They are very handy thing
to have in the house where there are
babies.
For picnic purposes the shawl is of
most practical value; and nothing has
ever been invented that is quite such a
convenient article To throw over the
head and shoulders when out upon a
neighborhood errand.
Apart from these uses incidental in
deed, but universal. there is a large
trade, particularly among American
citizens of foreign extraction aud
throughout the northwest, in the shawl
as an ordinary article of dress. 1t is
very difficult to keep in mind all the
elements in our Heterogeneous popu-
lation.
The broadest minded are apt to for
get that the demands of certain classes
of the population in states like Wis
consin or the Dakotas may be alto
gether different from that to which
the tradesman caters in eastern GEN.
ters.'
Very often an immense trade is
quietly carried on in fabrics and pat
terms which would cause buyer in
these ATTITUDES to be regarded as a
candidate for the lunatic asylum. A
the proverb says, it takes ali kinds OF
people to make the world, and many
of these people are still attached to
their comfortable and graceful shawl
| and wear it habitually.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
PRINTERS +! Van VIII q,
The Candy "Cult."

What somebody happily terms the
cult of candy is one of the modern
developments which really deserves
mention. Bonbons, sweetmeats, COM
hts-all graceful names for what is at
bottom candy-have long since been
emancipated from the chidren's king
dom and are quite current coin OF
the fashionable adult world. At the
beautiful feasts in which society de-
nights to revel candy plays an impor,,
tant part, and so advanced is the skill
Whlch lends itself to its manufacture
That wonderful color effects are posi-
PIE making it rank almost with the
flowers in Importance of assistance.
Candled flowers violets, roses, hello
trope' though still very costly are
common, and in addition there is be-
ginning to be distinct fashion in bon
oohs which changes from season TO
season like the styles of CLOTHES or rib
bons. ~ ::
The manager of one of the large
Broadway establishments said recently
mat his firm served candies regularly
TO many families in New York-a
stated amount per week. Just as the
paker and milkman served them
which seemed at first an almost IN
credible statement. When it is real,
'heo that sweetmeats are an accepteu
"esSert Ut any table, however, it eau
oe understood how they have become
d part OF the regular weekly supplies
N. J. Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
NO QUARREL ABOUT THE BILL.
Herr Briefmann Causes Goodness Be-
tween Mr.. and Mrs. Nseger.

Mr.. Nagger was lying on the lounge
and Mrs. Nagger was sitting at the
fiat window. All of sudden she lean
ed forward nearly out of the window.
smiled ravishngly put her hand to
her heart. looked volumes with her
big innocent eyes, nodded, smiled, and
nodded again with her pretty head.
Mr.. Nagger wasn't feeling just right
anyway.
What fool woman are you making
signs TOP he snapped.
"'Tisn't woman" replied Mrs.
Nagger sweetly. keeping her eyes out
of,the window.
You don't mean to tell me you're
acting that way with a manp' slormed
Mr.. Nagger, struggling to an upright
position.
"Do you s'pose I'd smile that way at
womanpo
We'll, like that. Who is hep
20 he goes by every day"
He does. does he! Mrs. Nagger,
what's that man S nameP'
'Herr Briefmann.n
"A confouuded foreigner, ehp Show
him to mei' Here Mr.. Nagger
DbuHCtu W MS ittt ibh iusHch " lHc
window. Show me your Herr Brief
mannpn
Hes out of sight.n
There you go-slang again. Never
mind. know him. I've seen him
little, black. monkey faced fellow
sneaking BY"
mo. sir. He's tall and blonde and
good-looking and
''Of course. OF course. Now, Mrs
Nagger. | want to know what he said
to you that made you smrk and bob
your head and look so tckled.n
He said he had something for me
and was coming up"
Great Scott! Coming up, is hep
Well, he'll go down-therc he comes
now!"
A manly tread was heard on the
stairs. Mr. Nagger threw off his coat
and got ready for business. He didn't
wait for the visitor to knock. but
yanked open the door and pounced
fiercely out on the postman with letter
for Mr.. Nagger.
OF course it helped matters along
nicely when Mrs. Nagger explained
between commissions of laughter that
she was brushing up her German and
that in the language of Shiller and
Goethe Herr Briefmann" was simply
.Mr. Letterman." Then Mr.. Nagger
tore open his letter and found the bill
and pretty steep one, too-for Mrs
Nagger's Easter bonnet.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
DR. Velie's Discoveries in Florida.

DIR. Velie of the Chicago Academy of
Sciences has been visiting the beds
of phosphate of lime in Florida. New
discoveries of this valuable fertilizer
have been made on the west coast near
Tampa Bay. Many thousands of acres
are already known which are worth
more than average gold mines. At
Ocala, eight miles south of Tampa. they
have mined fifty feet and then bored
down to 1872 feet, finding rich eposits
all the way, with an unknown depth
still deeper. In the Caloosahatchiea and
the Pease rivers the phosphate consti-
tutes, in places, the whole bed of the
streams and is brought up IN large
quantities by sand pumps. DR.. Velie
brings specimens OF the mines.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH GIRLS.
According to This They Must Look In
the Face Like Greyhounds.

To female Anglomaniacs the follow
ing description of the typical English
girl will be interesting. although per-
haps disheartenng. for who can hope
to initiate itp 1t is taken from an arti-
Gle going the rounds:
The aristocratic English girl has a
face of remarkable shape. The better
her position. according to 'Burke's
Peerage,' the longer is her counten-
ance. An expert might distinguish
an honorable Miss from Lady Mary.
daughter of hundred earls. and Lady
Mary again from her grace by the
simple process of measure ment. The
face is not oval, it is merely elongated,
and the chin is apt to be pointed. The
more marked this characteristic in the
individual the more certainly is the
hair pinned high on the head, fitting
the stiff sailor hat down over the eyes
and exaggerating the northeast to
southwest diagonal.
'In evening dress a bunch of plumes
or tall pin is thrust into the hair up
on the very crown, producing the
same effect. The eyes are rather
long, and often. in proportion, mar
row, the neck extensive and made
much OF by the tight, high-dress col
lar.
AN English girls shoulders are
broad aud square, arms long waists
long, general effect in the tailor gown
angular, only partially redeemed by
the clear red and white complexion
and general air of health and we'll
being No other woman In Europe
has her physique, but measured from
Greek standards she is far from beau
tiful."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
LUNcHEoNs FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS.
PAlatable Dishes That VIII Make tho
Noon Hour More Endurable.

Very few of the large body of public
school teachers live near enodgh to
their schools to admit of a trip home
ward for noon-day lunch. There is
ample time for the pupils to 90 home,
get a warm lunch. and return ere the
afternoon bell has rung. But the
teacher, who must see the last pupil
depart and be present at least quar-
ter of an hour before the time for re-
assembling, cannot go home, even a
few squares away, and return in time,
says the N. Y. World
AS result the teacher often goes
lunchless or partakes, at hest, of a
hasty meal consisting of just the things
which are hardest to digest and which
should be taken, if taken at all, slowly
and sparingly.
Here are some excellent recipes for
luncheon dishes. And each article,
when prepared. will have the added
merit of being such that it can be cas-
lily carried in the paper package which
most teachers prefer to IA lunch bas-
ket.
For bread cake add to one pint of
bread dough saved from the family
baking two cupfuls of sugar, half a
cupful of butter, three eggs. one tea
spoonful of soda we'll dissolved, and
cinnamon, currants, and raisins as de-
sired. Beat we'll, let rise and bake.
1t is excellent sliced and buttered or
eaten dry like rusk
Crab sandwiches are very nice as a
variation from the regulation sand
wiches of which one gets so tired.
Boil large crab, mnce finely and rub
into it lump of butter and table
spoonful of chopped parsley. Add
three hard-boiled eggs, chopped, and
spread thickly upon thin slices of
bread.
To make ham and chicken sand
witches mince the meat very fine from
a cold roasted, not boiled, chicken.
Add to it half pound of lean ham
chopped, half grated nutmeg, a
tablespoonful of butter and saltspoon
of pepper; mix well and pack in bowl
or jar, where it can be sliced when
wanted. 1t will keep IA week or more,
and is much to be recommended for
those who need something appetizing.
For branded tongue sandwiches boil
a beef tongue until very tender, skin
1t and place in saucepan with half a
cup OF butter, TWO wineglassfuls of
brandy or port. or even claret, a Ia ble-
spoonful of made mustard, and dash
of pepper. Leave the tongue in the
saucepan until it is Drowned, and then
remove, letting it cool in the gravy.
Tongue sandwiches made in this way
do not get dry and are, moreover, very
nutritious.
To the large and highly respectable
family of sandwiches NAV be. added
chicken jelly sandwiches. Their merit
is that they keep moist all day in hot
room. and are well favored for even
the delicate palates that tire of almost
everything. Boil a chicken until the
meat falls from the bones. Pack the
pieces of chicken in deep creased
dish, and pour over all half package
of gelatine dissolved in the chicken
gravy. Add a little pepper and salt,
and moisten with the fat skinned
from the top of the liquid.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
Under Government Central

When the Hungarian government
TOOK the operation of the railroads in
hand 1t reduced rates 50 per cent. Bv
the purchase of communication tickets
oo-mlle trip costs five and a b,lf
cents ana more than one can % IN
a Dook together. The increase in
'r"mc amounts TO 1000 per cent.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
Charles Was a Spaniard.

King Charles V. said that 1--WE al
ways ought to employ French to con-
verse with statesmen. Italian TO speak
with ladies, English to answer birds
and German to address horses, bul
Spanish was the only language to be
used in addressing kings. queens and
the Almighty
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
Miliionaires.

New York is ahead of all other cit;os
u individual riches running up into
seven or more figures is meant. /, ia
said that New York has over ! oo0
m n while London has 600
rarls QUO, Berlin POO. and Vienna loo
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03
A Statesman's Problem.

When Senator Lamar, who had just
married young wife, was appointed
Secretary of the Interior by Cleveland
his bride spent a week househunting,
and finally found what seemed to be a
suitable residence for "A cabinet officer.
She drove to The Senate. of which La
mar was still member. to tell her
husband the news of her discovery.
His first question was:
"What is the rent, dearp"
"Seventy-ive hundred year"
The Senator lapsed into deep thought
and the young wife said, rather nerv-
ously:
DO you think it extravaganza"
ut is not that" returned Lamar,
slowly. 81 was wondering what
should do with the other 800 of my
salary"
The ministers of Port Jervis, N. Y,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03

1t is estimated that there are fully
5000 families vino live in >hantv boats
along the Ohio river. floating along
from town Ia town. and feeling as
happy AS though they owned the
earth.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03

Pains in the chest, coughs, colds and
all bronchial troubles are quickly cured
with r. Halls Pulmonary Balsam. Price
so cents.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-03

The ministers of Port Jervis, N. Y,
have combined with the undertakers
and are to discontinue the holding Of
funerals on SUNDAYS.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-01-18

After the oranges had been marked a
catalogue OF about half the cargo was
made up and announced for sale on De-
cember 9Th. Messrs. Campeon & Good
sell had thoroughly advertised the sale,
SO that when it opened the room was
pretty we'll filed, which was something
we had not seen at any of the previous
sales.
METHOD OF SALE.
After the catalogue is made up a SAM
pie box is taken from each lot and car
ried to the show room in Monument
Yards for the inspection Of the buyers An
intending buyer looks over the entire lot,
marks such as he thinks he wants, and
bids it in at the sale if some one else does
not want it worse than he.
THE russell A STRANGER.
1t did not take long in the sample room
to see that the russell was not much
sought after. In fact, they were looked
on with good deal of disfavor. One man
made the inquiry as to how the russell
was produced, asking if the orange had
not been crossed with the russell apple.
He might have been a good fruit mer-
chant, but his knowledge of pomology
was sadly lacking. The sound, bright or
anges were the ones sought for, and at
the sale the difference in price wss from
3s. to As. per box. For instance, taking
lots 3S, 80 and 40, brights brought lbs.
Cd 1924, while lots ~, 43 and Al only
brought7s. ($1.68), difference of about
$3.50 per box, although the russets were
in just as good condition and pack as
the brights.
OUTsOLD SPANISH FRUIT.
Considering the overcrowded condition
of the market and the fact that all the
fruit merchants who had been advancing
on Spanish oranges had been losing from
Is. (.24) to 2s. (.48) per case, the first
sale turned out much better than was
expected. 1t must be borne in mind,
when comparing prices of our fruit with
the Spanish, that their cases are much
larger, holding about twice the number
OF oranges that the Florida box does. The
popular case holds 400. and from this to
ia, and even up to 1000. The latter
size, however, is very small, and is only
bought by the hucksters or costermon-
gers for peddling on the streets.
We secured catalogues OF nearly all the
sales of fruit, both in London and Liver
pool within a few days Of the sale of Flor
ida's December 8th), and the highest
price realized was los. Cd ($246), with
the exception of one lot of few cases
which brought 13s. ($3.12). being extra
fine, large cases OF TIA pack, while our
highest price reached las. ($3.36) for
1876 to 200 pack. There were thousands
of cases OF Valencia oranges in sound
condition that sold for 3s. (.72), to 5s
ISL 92) per case of 42Os and 714s. These
facts lead US to believe that there is a
good future for the Florida orange in the
European market up to February LIST.
at which time the Valencia and Jaffa or.
anges are so much improved in quail
ity and can be had for so much less,
that the extra high price would not be
paid for but d limited amount OF Floridas
DEMAND WILL INCREASE.
The fleet of this cargo will be to in
crease he demand for our fruit, for here
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-01-18

careful and should use every vigilance
to prevent anything of the kind, for they
may rest assured that the buyers are
going to be perfectly satisfied that they
know what they are buying. This not
only applies to the European market,
but any market to which it may be sent
FUTURE CARGOES.
We were asked many times when an
other cargo would be sent oyer. This of
course we could not answer, only that
we did not think that another cargo
would be shipped direct until next sea-
son although small shipments could be
made via New York as heretofore. In
conversation with Mr.. B. Shaw on this
subject he expressed himself as con-
fdent that by another season a d.
rect line of fruit steamers would be
established as he was satisfied that the
Florida fruit would carry we'll enough
to make it a profitable business espec-
tally if cold storage steamers were used.
Mr.. Shaw is one of the oldest fruit mer-
chants ofEurope, and his experience in
this line covers period of many years.
California fruit such as aprico is, grapes,
pears, etc. ,are taken to Europe by means
of refrigerators. Beef, mutton, etc., are
brought from Australia to Europe by
means of cold storage and why not Or
anges from Florida? With these boats
the holds could be closed whatever the
weather and an even temperature main
tanned thus preventing any possibility of
heating. Our people should do what
they can to get this line established as
the State will need all the possible out
lie is for fruit, that she can get. With
our fruit firmly established in Europe
the early shipments of Spanish oranges
must fall eff, giving Florida's tie field
as has been the case in other places.
Our people were very reluctant about
gathering their fruit to ship to England
by the Ethelwold on the ground Ct its
not being ripe and sweet. The impress
sion was given out that they were just
what the English market wanted, and
many shipped wondering low Eng
lishmen could like sour orarge any
better than any other people. The
whole gist is this; all of the oranges
that reach the English market are so
intensely sour that Florida orange
in comparison tastes very sweet,
though our people who know them
at their best term them sour. Again
the orange ripens up consideraaa
bly, on the way over. Oranges that
went into the hold of the ship at Fernan-
dina comparatively green came out
very pretty yellow. We did not see a
green orange in the whole cargo in Lon
don.
After the last sale was over we spent
two days sight seeing before leaving
London. One day We spent with Mr..
Henry Foster, who, with his brother,
owns large grove at Lake Weir. With
his guidance we were enabled to see
more points of interest in a short time
than by days alone. Our stay in Len
don was made very pleasant indeed and
We shall ever rene mber with u great
deal of pleasure the friends We made.
To Mr.. E. J. Margetson, London man.
ager of the CampeCn l. Goodsell Co.,
and to Mr.. G. F. Fenton, of the same