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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-14

familiar picture of personified Chicago,
and | was haunted by the belief that il
his gorgeous, shawl-like, red handker-
chief had been raised the characteris-
tic motto, al Will," would have been
discovered on his breast. He was a
woman, but his defiant attitude was
altogether out of keeping with the
melancholy insinuation of his liquid
tones.
~ am hunger; am starvation. Oh,
buy something to keep poor woman
from perishment."
"Alas, madam" said l mournfully,
ave have no money; but you shall not
Punishment for food so long as there is
a crust in the cupboard Here is some-
thing for you to eat.
"Oh," she said, 81 cannot indeed eat;
1t is nv ten little motherless children
l have borne who are starvation"
| then offered to prepare lunch
which she might carry to the children;
but she refused that, protesting it was
only medicine the children needed. So
l had no excuse left, and as saw that
she was going to stay till tea unless
bought something l allowed my wife
to select a paper of pins, which had
tain pen, which had no receptacle for
the ink.
The fellow was woman; but .
shameless and persistent humbug.
He has his feet copiously bandaged
and limps painfully. He came out Of
the hospital just yesterday-always
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-14
A Jealous Thief.

There was an occurrence not LONG
ago in the city of Minneapolis which
will illustrate the making of virtue a
necessity and protiting thereby. A
lady, than whose name there is none
better known in the theatrical world.
was playing an engagement ut the
Grand. She stopped. of course, at the
West. One day she was engaged in
looking over her wardrobe, or a por-
tion OF 1t, in her room. and, being busy,
mad her luncheon sent to her room.
when it came her stage diamonds,
made OF the purest paste. were scat
tered about on the table, among them
oeing large cross. heavily set with
sparkling diamonds. 1t caught the
eye OF the waiter who brought up the
tray and by a little juggling with his
napkin he secured it.
he rushed downtown "a soon az
possible to, in vulgar parlance. .hock"
1t, but found that he could raise but 80
cents on it. He was a ..smoothy uuv y
50 he FASTENED back to the hotei only
to hnd that the lady had departed for
the matinee performance. To the the.
ater he went, and. securing admission
NJ the stage entrance on 'pressinU
business from Miss -, Hotel !"
ne found the lady and restored to her
the diamond cross, which he plausiblv
set forth had become tangled in a
napkin. She had never missed the
ornament: but she was so delighted
with the fellows honesty that she be.
slowed on him AIS bill. This is {. true
story and one which will not be in.
sorporated among those in the SUNDAY.
,ehool books under the title The Rs.
S>rd of Honesty" 40 -''
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-14
What the Names Mean.

There are so many odd names given
to colors nowadays that it is rs well to
know just what they mean. These
are the manassas they come on French
color cards, with their meaning: An
ge!ique, pale apple green; beige.
really n beige drab; castor, dark
beige; castillo. bright bun yellow;
coquelict. bright red, like that of the
poppy; diavolo, bright cinnamon;
emerande, n brilliant emerald green;
Aoxine. a brilliant light crimson; gera-
mine. n pale geranium rod; mascotte.
. medium moss green; paradis. bird
OF paradise yellow; piyone, q deep
metallic scarlet; vareche, n deep moss
green.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-14
Is ALWAYS WITH US.
SOME STUDIES OF THE CURRENT
BECCAR.
rhe Repetitionary Professional and the
Ambitious Amateur Hopeful l. How
They Work Their Schemes.

To thoroughly understand the repre-
sentative beggar few types may be
mentioned, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean, in each class, and we have no
doubt the reader will recognize an old
acquaintance in each individual.
This quasi-mendicant is half peddler
and wholly irrepressible. His little
stock Of notions. or his tinkering out
fit, forms his apology. 1t gives him a
color Of responsibility, claim on your
consideration which you may not dis
pute, and he is the most importunate
and impertinent rascal in the lot. He
pushes himself into the house and gives
you clearly to understand that he will
never depart till you buy some
thing His words are humble as he
beseeches you to buy a trife for the
love of heaven. His manner is OBJ
trusive, and you are filed with the idea
that you have to buy, whether you
would or not.
He is usually man, though not al
ways. IN the following case he was
a woman, and his rosy cheeks and
lustrous, bold, black eyes spoke of
Italy. His skirts were short, his ample
feet were placed far apart. He looked
as determined and artistic as that
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-14

Il. Halls Pulmonary Balsam cures
coughs, colds, and bronchitis. Price 50
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-14
ONE DOLLAR
every HOUR

ID easily earned by any one of either sex In any
part Of the country, who Is willing to work indus.
triously at the employment which we furnish.
The labor Is light and pleasant, and you run no
FISK whatever. We tit you out complete, that
TO Yourself For those willing to do n little work,
this Is the grandest offer made. You can W ,rk
all day, or in the evening only, II YOU are EN-
ployed, and have u few spare hours at your dis
posal, utilize them, and add TO your income, =
our business will not interfere NJ all. You viii
be amazed On the start AT the rapidity aud ease
by which YOU afnass dollar upon dollar, day In and
day out. Even beginners are successful from the
nrst hour. ANY one can run the business none
TAIL. You should try nothing else until you see
Tor yourself what you can do ut the business
which we offer. No capital risked. Women are
grand workers; nowadays they make as much
as men. They should try this business, as II Is so
well adapted to them. Write NJ once and for
yourself. Address IL. HALLETT \ CO,
Box $50, Portland, Me.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-14
Preferred Death to Flight.

AT Neuendorf. Prussia. the lightning
hred the gable end of II barn where
palr OF storks had built their nest for
years. Inc flames soon caught the
nest in which the brood was screaming,
nut the mother stork.. refusing to leave.
spread her wings over the Young ones
and was burned alive.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-14

Thomas Lloyd of Richmond. NO..
took his spade and dug under the rot
ten stills of IN old smokehouse. where
he discovered glass jars filled with
money aggregating 1900 in gold aud
$50 in silver.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-06-14

A homing pigeon flew from Spar.
tansburS. S. c.. to Baltimore, 42O
miles. in fourteen hours.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

slaves will make the legs. Use the
head of the barrel for the top, or, if
you like, buy piece Of wood any
size or shape you fancy. Get
square piece of timber few inches
long and about five and half inches
square. Take off the corners for
about an inch, making an irregular
octagon, and fasten on the sides the
four barrel slaves, with the ends well
squared and Smoothed off. Between
them, where the corners were. fasten
on some brackets to support the top.
A small hoop placed between the
slaves near the floor will make them
more firm, and coat of paint or var
nish will complete quite presen table
little table.
A kind of round cabinet table can
also be made by saving out zigzag
panels in the sides above the lower
hoops and inserting a round shelf in
side at this level. Put a round cover
on the top and paint it white, first
filing the cracks and imperfcctions
with putty and rubbing down with
sandpaper.
The cabinet of shelves is built of
well-selected barrel heads, whose
parts are held together by broad
cleat nailed on the under side of each
head. These are supported by four
upright pieces, with grooves sawed in
the edges at different levels. Brack
cts strengthen the frame and secure
the shelves properly. The edge is
finished with a fringe or some other
ornamental decoration about three
inches deep
A useful stand may be made of
barrel sawed in half lengthwise and
resting upon a framework of plain
boards with shelf below. This may
be filled with earth for a winter win
dow garden or may have a cover
hinged on for table and be draped
with cloth to hide the barrel shape,
which affords a spacious receptacle.
Still another may consist of two
ends of a barrel with the heads in
each part being sawed off just at the
second hoop. Through four holes in
the lower one run the supports of the
frame and let the top part rest upon
their ends. Some small brackets
under each barrel head will strength
en- the whole Covered and decorated
with cloth and plush and with cush-
toned sides and pockets, this makes a
very convenient work table, or, deco
rated in rustic fashion, a very pretty
plant stand.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

prove very effective against torpedo
boats and launches attempting to
work mischief under cover of night
or a fog. Charged with grape and
canister, trained by daylight, and
placed in circuit with the electric
system through electric primers and
insulated wires extended to the oper-
ating station, any effort to raise a
mine or cut a cable will at once auto
matically draw a volley that would
disable or greatly harass the boats.
In the absence of high-power guns
an ironclad will move steadily for
ward and attempt by countermining
to open safe passage for a beleauger-
ing fleet, and here the adopted Sims
Edison electric fish torpedo would
prove a valuable auxiliary to the de-
Tense. The range of this aggressive
torpedo is over two miles, while it's
speed exceeds eighteen miles an hour.
1t is steered, propelled, and exploded
by means Of comfortable electric
current, and carries a charge capable
Of disabling the most formidable
ironclad.
The complete torpedo consists Of
two distinct parts, the float and the
hull. The former is filed with an
unsubmergible material and is prac-
tically Indifferent to the bullets Of
rapid-flring guns: the latter, cigar
shaped hull sheltered from fire under
seven feet Of water, carries in the
bow section the explosive, in another
an insulated cable, which pays out
without strain as the torpedo pro-
ceeds, and in the stern section the
electro-motor that revolves the pro-
peller and powerful relay that ac-
tuates the steering gear.
The electric current, produced by
a dynamo on shore, and conveyed to
the torpedo through the cable, is UNI
der control Of the operator through
the keyboard switches by which he
can at will start. stop, steer to port
or starboard, or explode the charge.
Movable torpedoes of this type will
prove formidable assailants to the
| enemy's vessels moving cautiously in
INSTRUCTED channels, and will re-en-
force the fire of the mOrtarS.
Ignorance or Jnc nature anu ODJeCU
of torpedoes has led the public to
believe that harbors can, in an emer-
gency, be protected by this branch
of the defense alone. Heavy bat
teries and submarine mines are but
correlative terms Of a good defense.
The function of the latter is to SO
obstruct the channels that the enc
my's vessels shall be held under fire
of the former. But at least it can
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

ton of the steel cases and cOnnec-
tions. AS the work advanced it was
found that certain general conditions
must be fulfilled.
The torpedo cases should be light.
easily handled, and sufficiently buoy
ant to support the charge, mooring
rope. and electric cable in sensibly
vertical position against the depress-
ing effects of swift currents, or the
torpedoes will sink below the touch
of passing vessels; and the mechan-
ical arrangements should be capable
of resisting the shock from the ex-
plosion of neighboring mines. The
adopted spherical case meets all these
requirements, and with anchor, wire
mooring rope, electric cable and con-
nections constitutes a complete mine
ready for action
From bomb-proof operating case
mates seyen-colored cables will be
laid to junction boxes placed at Sc
lected points in the channel. Ihence
the copper cores will dlverge into
cables radiating toward the advance,
and terminating in three mines, SO
connected that each will explode
sinclv if struck, while all three can
be exploded simultaneously at will.
To fill the gaps between the lines, to
menace the enemy far in advance OF
the main defenses, and to compel him
TO extend countermining operations
over q wide area, lines OF skirmlsh or
single-cable mines will cut the waters
well to the front.
Insshallow channels or anchorages
+ho coast line available for occupa-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
How He Knew.

Before the fish commissioners of
California decided to stock the
streams of the State with that much
despised but powerful fish, the Ger
man carp, they were greatly con-
cerned as to whether it would live IN
certain waters. The question was
debated at several meetings, and was
finally submitted to Professor H,
an eminent authority.
Samples Of the water were obtained
and turned over to the professor, who
in short time submitted favorable
report, and the carp were accordingly
turned loose in the rivers.
The commissioners were greatly i'm
pressed by the professors knowledge,
but one of them had question to
ask.
"How could you be sure that carp
would live in the water submitted to
you?" he inquired.
why" answered the professor,
with an amused look, Il bought a
carp for ten cents and put it into the
water. It lived.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
ROQuefort and Its Cheese.

Cheese, which has been the fortune
of Roquefort, has destroyed it's pic
turesqueness. 1t has brought specu-
latOrs there who have raised great,
ugly, square buildings of dazzling
whiteness, in harsh contrast with
the character and somber tone of the
old houses. Although the place is SC
small that it consists of only one
street and a few alleys, the more
ancient dwellings are remarkable for
their height. 1t is surprising TO see
in Village lost among the sterile
hills houses three stories high. The
fact that there is only ledge on
which to build must be the eXplana.
tion. What is most curious in the
place is the cellars. Before the cheese
became an important article Of COM
merce, these were natural caverns,
such as are everywhere to be found in
this calcareous formation; but now
they are really cellars that have been
eXcavated to such a depth in the
rock that they are to be seen in as
many as five stages, where long rows
of cheese are stacked one over the
other The virtue of these cellars
from the cheese-making point Of view
is their dryness, and their scarcely
varying temperature Of about 50 c.,
summer and winter.
But the demand for ROQuefort
cheese has become SO great that trick
cry now plays a part in the ripening
process. The peasants have learned
that time is money" and they have
found that bread crumbs mixed with
the curd causes those green streaks
of moldiness, which denote that the
cheese is fit for the market, to appear
much more readily than was formerly
the case, when it was left to do the
best it could for itself with the aid
of subterranean atmosphere. This
is not exactly cheating; 1t is CONNER
cial enterprise, the result of compe-
tition and other circumstances too
strong for poor human nature. In
cheese-making, bread crumbs are
found to be a cheap substitute for
time; and it is said that those who
have taken to beer brewing in this
region have found that box, which
here is the commonest of shrubs, is
cheap substitute for hops. The no.
ton that brass pins are stuck into
Roouefort cheese to make it turn
green is founded on fiction. Temple
Bar.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
Origin of the God Hymen.

Danchet, the French poet, tells us,
respecting the dedication Of Hymen,
that he was a young man of Athens,
obscurely born, but extremely hand
some. Falling in love with young
lady of distinction, he disguised him
self in female habit, in order to get
access to her and enjoy the pleasure
of her company. AS he happened to
be one day in this disguise with his
mistress and her female companions,
celebrating on the seashore the rites
of Ceres Eleusina, gang OF pirates
came upon them by surprise and car
ried them all off, The pirates, hay-
ing conveyed them to a distant island,
got drunk for JOY and fell asleep.
Hymen seized his opportunity, armed
the virgins, and dispatched the pi-
rates: after which, leaving the ladies
on the island, he went in haste to
Athens, where he told his adventure
to all the parents, and demanded her
he loved in marriage, as ransom.
His request was granted, and so for
tunate was the marriage that the
name of Hymen was ever afterwards
Invoked on all future nuptials, and
IN progress Of time the Greeks en-
rolled him among their gods.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

comprising plans for bomb-proof cleo
URIC stations, tunnels to protect the
protect the insulated wires, and
maps showing the number and pro-
posed location of the mines. And as
the handling of high explosives held
In leash by the electric current al
lows no margin for ignorance, care
lessness or neglect the establishment
OF a school Of defensive submarine
mining was recommended, where en-
glneer soldiers could receive a thor
ough training in this special service.
The magnitude of the work outlined
can only be appreciated by those who
were associated with Gen. Henry L.
Abbot ia the development of a prac-
tlcal working system from meager
data and an absolute lack of material.
At that time reliable insulated ca
bic was not manufactured in the
United States, and the electrical ap-
paratus had for some years to be pur-
chased in Europe, while special plants
had to be established for the fabrica-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
Publication of Sewage.

The Engineering Record quotes the
reported results Of Investigations
made by officers of the Hygienic In
stitute Of Munich upon the growth of
certain plants in the River Isar as
indicative of the process Of self-puri-
ticatiOn in that stream in it's down
ward flow after receiving the sewage
of Munich. Prof. Won Pettenkofer,
the chief of the bureau, believes that
in running streams moderate guam
tity OF human eXcreta is decompoSed
and rendered harmless in the course
of few miles of flow. He suppOses
this does not depend on mere dilution
or subsistence, but on the velocity of
the stream, and particularly on the
presence of free oxygen in the water,
this being connected with the action
of green algn and other water plants.
Observation shows that a peculiar
form of vegetable life, sometimes
called the sewage fungus, grows lux
uriantly about mile below the point
where the sewage enters the Isar,
abounds seven miles lower down, and
disappears farther off. The inference
is that after about twelve miles of
flow the turbulent stream is SO far
purified from heterogeneous organic
matter that it no longer contains
enough of it to support the growth Of
the sewage fungus. Also it has been
found that at the mouth of the sewer
the cubic centimeter of fluid con-
tanned 1913, 600 bacteria, while twenty
miles lower the number had dimin-
ished to 1902, and mere trace a
few miles farther. But the puritica-
tion here referred to applies only to
residential sewage, that is, to water
fouled with human excreta, and not
to that fOuled with industrial waste
products of various kinds of manu-
facture, many of which are directly
poisonous to both animal and veget-
able life in water. 1t is objected by
another writer that probably the pu-
ritication produced by alga is insight
ticant compared with that due to
acrObic bacteria, entOmOStracea, and
other forms Of animal and plant life.
He holds that the Importance of the
presence Of oxygen is undoubted, but
that it's influence on the organic mat
ter is exerted by favoring the growth
Of those organisms which require it's
presence as condition of life, but
that it does not act directly.
If mass of typhoid bacilli were
discharged into rapid current they
might be carried to a greater distance
before succumbing in the struggle for
existence with other organisms than
would have been the case with a
slower current. The editor thinks
that though much has been learned
in regard to these things within the
last ten years we are not yet sutfi-
GENTLY well Informed concerning
them to be justified in saying that a
stream that has been polluted by
sewage will be safe source of water
supply after it has flowed a stated
number Of miles, although people al
along the Ohio River and the MisSiS-
sippi use the water for potable pur'
poses-some filtering it to remove the
sediment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
Evolution.

Who doubts that acknowledgements
kinds of knowledge, at least-is large
" matter of intuition?
Little Sarah, years old, came
running into the house the other day
in state of great excitement.
20, mamma" she said, Mrs. Tay-
lor has killed an old hen to make a
chicken Of"
And yet Sarah has never lived in a
boarding-house.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

tion in conducting a dlstaho uou
h tru large and carefully located
ground mines so charged ana eie c,
s1rically controlled that their re nova
Nv :, sweeping or graphing would prove
both ditiicult and dangerous VIII re-
entorcc the mortar batteries In very
effective manner. ~ ,i,es
The primary defense OF the mines
osts with the guns of the batteries
aaee So1 the channels, where the
main lines will be SO arra ,pa'.+h h' hv
he swept throughout their iens'n ,n ~
4 thanking fire. Inc mao, ,na have
rapid-fring guns, when we n,r rat iu
them. will play an importans pa a. 80 ~
such operations. But, sn 1'd'tas han cd
declared tomorrow, our old-la ss ,ro,,ld
EIGHT and ten-inch smootnoores "ouiu
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

~. NY coats haraSsed the fleet block
.,,, Ohar.eSton: while the gallant
~10S leapcd Il small steam launch
.,. d barrier of floating logs and
~9 ,oe formidable ironclad Abe
,"T oy the explosion of an iron pot
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23
rrR OF TORPEDOES.
MODERN SHIPS OF WAR
Il LAVE TO DREAD.
r,rst Device of This Nature
How IL Has Grown in Ability
,.ov The Variety Adopted by the
:, states Governments.
, formidable ASSailant.

.,oc our war of independence,
New York correspondent,
4 Bushncll, the father Of Ameri-
~nbmarine warfare, threatened
o,itisb war vessels in New York
.,r with torpcdoes carried in a
Shared boat that glided to the
!. beneath the surface of the
NJ tbc first authentic record of
r,rtical efficiency of torpedoes
prognincd means of attack and
o,e is found in the river and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

powder dashed to the end OF a
IA M, mat time, stimulated both
ss.; adpld advance in electrical en-
losi" "S ana by the study of high
sdo 'eS' the development of the
p< ~ Of sea mine, has been rapid
ANU G'o forward both in this coun-
! '1 1l1 in Europe.
ria ooS The Board of Engineers for
.mo ,a''onS was instructed to ex-
~ff4la'ly study the general sub
d, .,orpedo defense and to pre-
roro ."I'ed plans of applying the
r,n, w methods to the several inn
.Dno, nafoorS Of the United States.
.fnH,S rivers and anchorages were
for studied. and elaborate prof.
'neir defense were submitted,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-23

Abestoes plates are sold at some of
the house-furnishing shops. They
are of use in very hot ovens and on
very hot stoves to protect the bot
toms of baking pans and sauce pans.