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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
Southern Illinois Currency.

"A story in the Spokesman reminds
me of an experience in Southern Hi
nois," said Col. Lasher at the Spokane
last evening.
Il was in Springfield the State
Capital, you know, and having a few
hours to spare. decided to ride out to
Lincoln's tomb. Down there the old
fashioned street-cars are propelled by
old-fashioned mules, and you are never
whirled along the road fast enough to
get seasck. After riding the first
hour-about two blocks-I walked to
the bow of the car to deposit my fare
Unconsciously put tive-doliar bill
in the receiver. When l realized my
mistake spoke to the driver.
81 put more than my fare in the
box, said |.
"Wall. that's too badr
""Will you give me the changer
".Nope. You'll have to lose the
change. l haint got no key to the
box
"'Well the five
whats thatP' quickly spoke the
driver. Did you put live regular
dollars in the Doxp'
Certainly, you can see the bill
"Well, jee-whz wait till we get to
the barn and I'll give you the nigh
mule. Hain't seen that much since the
election
And do YOU krow," concluded the
Colonel, Il came very near returning
to Chicago with mule, but finally
got my change. '-Spokane Spokesman.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
Proper Bridal Etiquette.

There are many little things about
weddings that people inquire about says
The Ladies Home Journal. The bride
writes Il personal note of thanks for
every gift received, whether it be a
great one or little one, and if she
cannot do this before the ceremony,
she does it after the bridal trip. In
the church the bridegroom's family
and friends sit at the right of the altar
being on the bridegroom's right hand,
while those of the bride are placed on
the left at the brides left. The BRIDE
groom does not pay for anything con.
nected with the wedding unless he
should choose to send bouquets to the
trademarks and. of course, to the bride,
and presents and boutonniers to his
best man and the ushers. A widow
removes her first wedding ring at her
second marriage, and does not assume
1t again. The engagement ring is
taken from the third finger of the left
hand and worn afterward as a guard
to the wedding ring 1t is not consid'
ered good taste to cut the finger out
nj ne glove for assuming the ring.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
Senator.ElectW Whites Snake Story.

1.-THE only snake story can vouch
for" said Stephen NJ. White, "is one
from the early days of Arizona. A
great python or boa ravaged the land,
killing many cattle and occasionally
taking off an inhabitant. 1t was no.
ticed that the surviving animals were
wounded with great puncture, larger
than would be inflicted by fangs. One
day as man, who might or might not
have been myself, was wandering along
wooded river bank he saw the enor-
nous reptile and took to his heels.
The snake, which was at least thirty
feet long. pursued. Just as the fright
ened man lodged behind a tree the
snake coiled and struck, not with tho
head. but with the tail. On this tail
was horny point, much like the point
of stingray's tail, ouly much larger
and heavily barbed. 1t was this which
had caused the wounds in the cattle.
Well, rs said, the snake struck just as
the man doged behind the tree. The
tail point entered the tree and pene-
trated so far that it could not be with
drawn. The snake wriggled and
twisted. but to no avail. The fright
ened man made his escape and did not
return to the place until next year.
Then he found at the foot of the tree
the monster skeleton of the snake, the
barbed tail still remaining in the
trunk, where, for all | know, it re-
mains to this day."-Sm Francisco
Examiner
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
THEY MAKE J7W'S.HARPS.


The village of Bath-on-theHu Hudson,
though its manufacturing interests are
few. can boast of possessing the only
Jew sharp factory in the United States
outside of New York city, says the
Albany Journat. Simple as the jews
harp is it requires nevertheless. no
little skill in construction.
The proprietor of the factory at Bath
is John Smith. The factory is a small
building situated a short distance of
Third street. and although unpreten-
lious contains every facility for the
manufacture of jew's-harps.
Twenty years ago, in England, Mr..
Smith began his apprenticeship ut the
trade. Hearing from friends in this
country that here would he found a
better market for the sale of his spe-
cialty he determined to emigrate.
Arriving in New York he failed to
secure employment and deciding 10
start into business for himself, he
went to Troy and opened factory
there. He was but moderately sue
cessful in Troy. and after short time
moved to Bath, built factory, and is
perfectly satisfied with the location.
The Smith jew sharp is sold princi-
pally to firms in New York. Boston
and Chicago. These firms sell the
goods to retailers throughout the
United States.
When the factory is running ut its
fullest capacity over two gross a day
are turned out. The busiest time of
the year is just preceding the holidays.
During this season the factory employt
five people-the proprietor, his two
sons, and two other Englishmen who
live near the factory.
The first work done on a jew sharp
is to place the frame on a wise. lille off
the roughness, and taper down the
points, so that each side presents 8
sharp edge. between which the tongue
il to vibrate. The most delicate work
then begins. A piece of steel wire is
cut from n coil. hammered Hat at one
end and left round ut the other, and
tempered with the greatest care. The
flat end is then set in the arc of the
frame, and then the two ends are care
fully pressed and hammered until they
come as close as possible to the tongue
without touching.
The round end of the tongue is then
bent in the form of ri ght angle, the
point is turned over. and the harp
is ready to he placed in the hands of a
tinisher. There are seven sizes and
four kinds of tinishing-the common.
gold bronze. lacquered and tin-plated.
The harp can be toned to any pitch.
10 make the tone high the tongue is
made small and pressed back toward
the frame; to make the tone lower it is
bent forward. Mr.. Smith is not only
a good maker of the harp. but can ex-
tract quite little music from the lit
tic instrument. He can also play two
ut once, which he tunes so that they
are in harmony by filing the frames.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
POWERFUL MICROSCOPE.
An object Glass That MsRnIfied Seven
Thousand Five Hundred Times.

Charles X. Dalton. instrument maker,
says. according TO Boston cores
pondent of the ST. Louis G}obe-De,no-
crat r. Is. Tolles of Boston. now dead.
was the greatest maker of microscope
lenses The world has ever seen. He
once made an object-glass that magni-
fed 1900. 1t was the first and only
one ever constructed. and was made
as the result of II long controversy with
other Microscopists in regard to the
possibility of resolving what was
known ms Nobert's nineteenth band.
Nobert was Frenchman who by
chemical appliances ruled on glass
parallel lines ut the rate Of about 100 =
900 TO the inch. No microscope lens
then made was sufficiently powerful TO
count these lines. Mr.. Tolles. rs a re-
suit of statements made during the
controversy. started to make an OBJ
jectiye that should magnify 1900 times.
This he succeeded In doing somewhere
about 1874. This objective was one
seventy-lifth of an inch in diameter.
and was about us large as the hole
of II very small needle. This lens was
alIeTWaru SOU LOT fOOU W MN. WOOu-
ward in the government employ at
Washington. but his bill was not al
lowed by the auditor; and the lens
was taken oil his hands by one DIR.
Hartman. In turn he sold it to DR..
Ephrnim Cutter, in whose possession it
now is. Objeclivcs that magnify 5000
times are rare. and it is powerful
microscope that magniiies even 2, 500
times. These are necessary in bac-
THEOLOGICAL research. and in testing
blood corpuscles to determine, for in.
stance, whether they are of human
blood or not.
A local paper recently told of Bos-
ton physician who examined the tuber-
Gle bacillus with a powerful" glass
that magnilied 900 times. Ridiculous!
You can't see the consumption bacillus
with an objective that magniiies less
than 1920 times. England is the great
rival of this country in microscopes
making. France and Germany are be-
hind. | suppose that some time an OBJ
jeciive will be made that will magnify
10. times. but it will be much more
difficult task than the making of tel
escope-glass five feet in diameter.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
Dramatic Interview with Colorow

Il have a vivid remembrance of the
old Ute chief. Colorow. whose connec.
ton with the Meeker massacre some
how failed to bring his neck inside the
halter" said Pittsburg wSman TO a
Dispatch reporter. "A party af US had
gone up in the Pinies, not far. from
Genwood Springs, the two men to
hunt and fish and three of us women
to cook the game and enjoy the Clio, :
GUS climate and scenery. The second
morning out | was alone in the tent
preparing breakfast. the others having
gone down the creek piece to get
some trout. if possible. Suddenly a
shadow fell across the entrance of the
tent. and. looking up, | saw a dirty
and disheveled Indian looking mt ME.
My blood did not run cold, but con-
TESS let pot of coffee fall. The H.
dian did not advance, but said HowP'
knew enough to answer 'Howp Still
standing on the threshold. the Indian
said that he was heap good Indian
and wanted some sugar. considered
it best to give him some. Then he re-
peated he was heap good Indian and
wanted some tobacco. l didn't know
where the tobacco was. and said so.
This displeased my disagreeabe visitor.
and in broken English he plainly in-
sinuated that l told an untruth-in
fact, he wound up by saying fatty:
You lie As he said this-and l was
getting very nervous by this time-a
welcome voice rang out: You ID
old scoundrel, what are you up top
and our guide, veteran mountaineer
and crack shot, came between me
| and Mr.. Colorow, for it was the old
chief himself. Colorow shuffled off
backward, spreading his hands and
muttering: Heap good Indian; heap
good shot! as he retired Our guide
did not mince matters with Colorow,
whom he told TO git and git mighty
sudden or he'd put bullet where il
would interfere with his rascally heart
When Colorow had disappeared think
l tainted. but guess was lucky to
escape as easily as did, for Colorow
has a fine reputation rs a murderer at
retail or Wholesale"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
The Cars Watch Dog.

One of the striking figures in the
Russian palace at Gatschina Is tne
great Danish hound that stretches MS
powerful frame in the hall leading 10
the private apartments oil the car.
This great dog, said to be the largest
of its species in the world. was present.
ed to the czarina about four years ago
by her father, the king of Denmark.
1t Is said that the czar took liking TO
the animal from the start, and never
goes on any prolonged journey with
out its company. Having but little
confidence in those about him. he
seems to center his faith in the dog as
a guardian of unfailing fidelity, and
the dog apparently reciprocates the at
tachment.
1t was reported last summer, when
nihilist rumors were rife, and doch.
ments of threatening nature foonu
their way to the very table OF the car
private cabinet, that the autocrat OF all
the Russias permitted the hound &c
sleep in the hall adjoining his bea'
room. For some unexplained reason
the dog became very suspicious OF one
oI tue SudruSuieu' duu Sio"iN
tinually when this man was PIT OF
duty as sentinel in the palace. Moth
ing could be shown and nothing wa:
suspected against the man, but to salts
fly the dog he was withdrawn IRON
sentry duty. In the case of another
sentinel it is reported in St. Petersburg
that the hound leapcd upon him ant
nearly tore him to pieces the first TIME
ne saw him. The car, hearing The
cries for help. went to the door OF III
apartment and hastily called tue dog
which obeyed his summons. The sen
tinel was found to be sadly lacerated
The car directed that the injured mar
should be cared. for and compensated
but also ordered chat he never be per
mitted to enter the palace again.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
The Old Way Of Catching Whales.

Tho whale being we'll harnessed to
the boat by means of the tow-line,
which is fastened to the Hesh-im bed
ded harpoon, it may either turn hukes
and sound, or. believing at times like
bull-with greater volume of voice,
however,-it may run. as it is termed,
taking the boat in tow at a rate, it has
been estimated, all the way from tif-
teen to twenty miles an hour, when it
first starts off, but settling down to
about eight knots per hour, when it
gets warmed up to its work. This is
the old Nantucket sleigh-ride."
The whale having tired itself by
running, the boat is hauled up by the
line, and side by side the crew, with
hair standing on end, and the alright
ed whale, startled anew by the close
proximity of so strange load, rush
through the surging and fast-recedng
waters. The officer gets set" With
his hand-lance and plunges about five
or six feet of cold iron into the lungs
of the victim. and perseveres without
ceasing in the up and down motions,
Familiarity known as "churning," as
the boat persistently clings to the
whale, until the spout of the unfortun-
ate cetacean is tinged with the GRIM
son of its own life blood The mus
cles of the strong arm now relax upon
the lance, the boat is laid off, and the
dying whale swims round in an I'M
broken circle. This is the "hurry."
Death is now merely question of
time. The blood elected through the
spiracles now becomes as thick as tar.
1t is not only belief of whalemen,
but it is usually the fact, that the
whale, during its dying moments. so
times its encircling path as to place
its head to the sun. 1t now makes a
heavy Nrch, the sea is dashed into a
melstrom of bloody water. and the
ponderous whale rolls heavily on its
side, or partly on its back, with the fin
projecting above the water. This is
thinning out"
A one-sided jury would say that the
whale died of hemorrhage of the lungs.
To use paradoxial expression, some
dead whales are not always dead. 1t
may be in a comatose state, but averse
to vivisection; and when the men
again approach it, and cut holes
through the lips to make the line fast,
to tow it to the vessel, a demolished
boat or loss of life and limbs may be
the reward. Hence the more cautious
whalemen "prick his eye" and if the
whale does not finch it is supposed to
be dead. Several boats take their po-
sition in line like tandem team of
horses; the tow-ropes are properly adj
justed; and the men, with merry boat
song begin the laborious and monoton-
Gus task of towing the whale to the
vessel. A dead whale may be lowed
more easily head first, and it is also
worthy of mention that dead whale,
when cast adrift, will beat to wind
ward, the natural motions of the tlukes
having tendency to propel the body.
james Temple Broom, IN the Century.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
Give Your Pen a Rest.

Joseph elliott, a member of the
well-known firm of makers of steel
pens, is now in this country and has
been giving a tip about the use of
pens. He says steel pen will last
four months with careful use, but the
important thing is this: IF your pen
gets scratchy and doesn't write well
don't cast il aside for new one. That
is folly. The pen is not worn out, but
simply tired. Give it rest for day
or two; then hold it in a gaslight for
perhaps fifteen seconds, not longer,
and resume your writing. If you are
not pleasantly surprised at the results
I'll set myself down as a poor prophet"
Detroit Free Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
UTTER NUISANCE OF THE BORE.
He Never Seems to See When He h on
the Wrong Track.

The man who is not bore, If he hits
on an uncongenial subject. very quick
ly leaves it. SAYS the Spectator. The
bore rasps on oblivious of the mental
opposition which he is encountering.
The bore has no notion of what is the
line of least resistance. He does not
pick the smoothest path he can find,
but snorts with the utmost unconcern
down the road of maximum friction.
The man who is not bore sees in an
instant that the story of how the viii
lage pump was painted contrary to
the order of the wears church warden
is not interesting to his audience and
Immediately changes the subject. Not
so with the bore. He knows, or thinks
he knows, what is really good story,
and, therefore, oblivious of the far
away look that has come into the eye
of Miss Jones and Mr.. Smith. he makes
them drink the anecdote TO the dregs.
Unaware that he is not sailing down a
pleasant stream of talk, he does not
spare the smallest detail and recounts
verbatim what the clerk said to the
pew opener or to the groeer's assist
ant who sings alto in the choir. 1t is
this fact, that lack of sympathy and of
ability to enter into other peoples
! feelings constitute the bore, that
makes it possible for some men to be
both bores and not bores.
Carlyle took friend much younger
man. out walking with him, and in his
usual way INDUCED in monologue.
| in which, nevertheless, his companion
was much interested. Once or twice,
however, the friend ventured to pat
in word or two of objection in regard
to something said by Carlyle. This
annoyed Carlyle intensely. and when
they reached home he turned upon his
companion and addressed to him the
following warning: young man, I'd
have we know that we've the capacity
for being the greatest bore in Europe"
The poor man had hardly spoken q
dozen words, but since these had been
critical they had made him seem to
Carlyle potential bore of colossal
proportions.
Many men in this way get unjustly
called bores. They venture to doubt
some statement made in conversation
and are at once branded with the most
terrifying OF names. These unfor-
tunate persons are, in truth, not bores
at all, but merely the innocent detect
ors Of the latent capacity of boring in
Others. Carlyle showed by his speech
what was indeed the fact, that he, not
his friend, possessed the potentiality
of boring. 1t is true that his great
Imagination generally saved him, but
he often was perilously near the line.
Had he not been the man of genius
that he was. he would assuredly have
been the greatest bore in Europe.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
Considerable Women.

An enterprising young lady who was
one OF the first amateur opponents Of
the gentle art of skirt dancing in Dub
lin has just opened ladies' club in
Grafton street. to whisper it
low, lest Mrs. Grundy hear-men are
also to be admitted! 1t is to be very
select and respectable. and yet en-
inently social so let the London
"mixed" clubs hide their diminished
heads while Ireland leads the way.
You should just see the list of llustri-
Gus patronesses. Society.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
Why a Girl Cant Throw Stone

The difference between girls
throwing and Il boys is substantially
this: The boy crooks his elbow and
reaches back with the upper part of
his arm about at right angles with his
body and the forearm ut 45 degrees.
The direct act of throwing is accom-
plished by bringing the arm back with
sort of snap, working every Joint
from shoulder to wrist. The GIRL
throws with her whole arm rigid, the
boy with his whole arm relaxed. Whv
this marked and unmistaknble differ.
ence exists may be explained bv the
fact that the clavicle or collar bone in
the female anatomy is some inches
longer and set some degrees lower
down than in the masculine frame
The long. crooked. awkward bone in.
terferes with the full and free use NJ
the arm. This is the reason why a
girl cannot throw stone
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
Philosophy of the Street.

Sensitiveness is often a mild form OF
lunacy.
The first man to tell story places
himself at serious disadvantage in
crowd. -
lie who judges from distance places
too much reliance on luck to be per-
manently successful.
1T takes more hard work than The
result warrants to attain an end by
any thlng except straight course.
It's poor specimen of II creature
that can not figure out to his own sat
isfactlon that he is of great use in some
way.
When man looks back, favors he
mas done appear larger, while dement's
he has received seem TO decrease ID
size.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07

The Brazilian forestmen initiate the
ant bear. Lying down by an ant hill
they poke Il stick into it and place the
free end in the mouth. The ants run
up the stick and when his mouth is
full of them the forestman sets to
work to chew and swallow. As for
insects generally and the like many
are eaten. The Australians and other
half starved desert wanderers greedily
devour certain beetles and grubs out
Of rotten wool. English men eat cheese
mites
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
How the Salvation Army Was Named

General Booth was preparing his
annual appeal for Christmas, 1877, and
was pacing the room, discussing the
various particulars. Seated at the
table were his two indefatgable aids
de-camp, Mr.. Bramwell and Mr.. Rail-
ton. "What is the christian MISSOURI"
was the question propounded by the
circular. To this was proposed the
reply, "A volunteer army" Pausing
for a moment. and leaning over the
shoulder of his secretary, the general
picked up pen. passed it through the
word volunteer" and wrote above it,
salvation" All the trio agreed that
the new name was nothing short of an
nspiration.-PaUM Mall Buiget.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
Do We Pronounce Missouri Property

The Indians have not the sound Of
e." All their SIS are sibilant. The
French missionaries and writer's are
always strictly phonetic in their trans
cription of words. Note the mistake
in the word Missouri" the name of q
large state. n great river, and famous
Indian tribe. Always and invariably
Americans pronounce it as Mizzouri
while the natives of the state do like
wise. Montreal Gazette.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07
Dogs and Cats In Hot Weather,

Observation reveals the fact that Of
all our domestic animals the dog is the
most easily overcome by the heat. and
the cat is the least susceptible to sum-
mer weather.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-07

Pains in the chest, coughs, colds and
all bronchial troubles are quickly cured
with r. Halls Pulmonary Balsam. Price
so cents.