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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
"CrOwd POisOn.o

"Crowd poison" is the way physician
designates the peculiar fainting fits and
illnesses to which persons often succumb
in rooms crowded with people, or even
in the streets densely packed with hu
manity. Some persons yield much more
readily than others to this combined ex-
halation from many systems, and per-
sons are overcome by it, according to
the same authority, who can withstand
the exhausted air of a room made close
from other causes. During the Column
bian pack in this city the foul air of the
crowded streets was noticeable. To such
as sat slightly above the sidewalk masses
the bad air was easily perceptible. One
realized that even in the open air good
air is not always to be had. And one
saw, too, how much valuable breathing
space will be secured, notably on close
and foggy days, when the thousands of
car horses now occupying it will have
been replaced by electricity and cable
power.-New York Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
Sailors Trousers In Science.

A sailors trousers are the foundation
on which the learned Professor Heilprin,
of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences,
rests his theory that the north pole can
be discovered, and that within a few
years. This garment was the property
of a seaman whose ship entered the
arctic regions by Behring sea- Some
how the apparel got into the ocean cur
rent, was swept away up toward the
pole and finally came down along the
shore of Greenland, where it was dis
covered A ship, argues Professor He'll
prin, can go where these trousers have
BEEN And it is fact that an expedition
is going to start from Norway in the
spring of 1893 to try it.-Boston Journal
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
NO. 30.
HUMAN DETECTIVES.
Methods of Treatment Suggested For Ger
tain Glasses of Public Dependents.

Methods OF Treatment Suggested For Ger
tain Glasses of Public Dependents.
DR.. James W. Walk, in lecture on
Detectives" before the University of
Pennsylvania, defined the detectives as
those members of society having serious
mental or physical defects, either con-
genital or acquired. This group COM
prised six classes-first, the blind; Sec
ond, the deaf mutes; third, insane;
fourth, the feeble minded, or idiots;
6tth, the nebriates-where drunken
hess has become disease-and sixth,
the epileptics.
DR.. Walk took up each of these class
es and stated what he believed to be
the best way to deal with them. OF the
blind and deaf he said: "Blind, deaf
and feeble minded children have as
much claim to an education as others,
and since their defects prevent them
nom receiving it In the ordinary public
schools it is only just that they should
be instructed in schools especially adapt
ed to their condition. Such schools are
also most economical investment of
public money, for by means of the train
ing they give the great majority of the
blind and deaf mutes become self sup
porting in adult life.
"To fit blind children for self support
it Is necessary that their discipline
while at school should be rigid, so as to
impart thoroughness in the practice of
the few industries, such as weaving and
music, which are open to them. The
managers of the best schools for the
blind now insist upon this rigid train
ing, and in this way sometimes incur
unpopularity among those who do not
understand their real motive.
'For those of the adult blind who
cannot maintain themselves in open
competition with normal workmen
there should be founded in each state
industrial homes where they may reside
and labor, the deficiency in their earn
ing being supplied by benevolence.
Where such homes are well conducted
they are nearly self supporting.
"Under the stimulus of the popular
interest excited by the eloquent ad-
dresses of the great philanthropist, Doro-
thea Dix, Pennsylvania many years ago
undertook to make adequate provision
for the insane at public expense. The
first institution for their care in the
commonwealth was the insane depart
ment of the old Pennsylvania hospital.
We have now many asylums for these
people, but not enough yet to accommo-
date them all. Asylums should be so
regulated that the inmates can work
and be self supporting.
DR.. Walk thought that idiots, or the
feeble minded, should not be permitted
to marry. OF epileptics he thought the
same, as their defects are hereditary.
Inebriates should be confined for long
period, during which they would be
forced to abstain totally. This treat
ment, he said, results often in perma-
rent cure.-Philadelph Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
The Great Horse Show.

Recall the horse show. Fairly now,
as between man and man, which was
really on exhibition, the Veneer family
or the horses? What did the boys about
town pay a dollar to see, women and
dudes or horses and ponies2 Why were
5000, 800 paid for the use of box in
the horse show six consecutive nights2
Was it for love Of horses, was it for in
terest in breeding, was 1t because of any
knowledge of thoroughbreds9 1t would
be nonsense to say So Everybody
including the Veneers themselves,
knows very well that the people in the
boxes went to show themselves, and the
people ON the promenade went to look
at the social exhibits.-Howard in New
York Recorder.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
The Pain and Pleasure of Greatness,

It is conceivable that great, a really
great man, of a certain type-for great
men, like little men, are of every kind
can derive satisfaction even from the
penalties of his greatness while those
penalties are fresh. 1t is when their
freshness has worn off that he begins to
realize that they are penalties which
shall be with him always, and from which
he never shall escape. Byron was de-
lighted when he woke and found himself
famous. 1t pleased him to know that
his name was the topic of every tongue.
He was amused, at least, to find himself
the lion of the London season, the hero
of the day. Then his pleasure was
turned into pain; he had to pay the pen
alties of greatness. And he had to con-
tinue to pay them, with, as it were, his
hearts blood, his whole life long.
Only few years ago an American au
thoress wrung q monstrous payment
from his ghost. We little ones are often
as bad as and worse than Byron; but,
thank heaven, no man is likely to at
tempt to wiring payment from our ghosts.
All the Year Round.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
THEM WAS HIS SENTlMENTS.D



Took Palms to Make Them Known.
Very many of the early settlers of
Montana were natives of Missouri, Ken
lucky, Arkansas and the border states
of the war. They came by the Missouri
river to Fort Benton or by coach from
Omaha and for many years were in the
majority at elections, when they held
the flag of Democracy to the masthead.
The result of this immigration was
strong sentiment for the confederacy in
the early days, and in 1878, when Gen
eral Phil Sheridan and staff made an
official visit to the northwestern posts,
the sentiment had not disappeared.
Helena, Mon., was just emerging from
the garb of mining camp, but a few
enterprising citizens with Ex-Governor
Hauser at the head determined to give
fitting reception to the visitors. A
delegation met Sheridan and his party
in stagecoach several miles from the
town ana escorted them to the leading
hotel. On the following afternoon a
banquet was given in the First National
bank, located then in the present gam
bling district.
The menu consisted mostly of canned
goods, jack rabbit meat and fresh game,
because the town was remote from civ
ilization. There was, however, plenty
of champagne, since that wine is usu-
ally found in mining camps even when
nothing in the way of food is left but
flour. The gathering was very demo-
cratic. Everybody in town was invited
to see Little Phil, though there was
much grumbling among the unrecon-
structed Confederates over tho display
made for a Union general. There were
lawyers and mining camp politicians
mingled with gamblers, miners and ex-
road agents, many of whom wore six
shooters at their belts. Among them
was one old time Confederate soldier,
who had turned his talents from the
chivalry of war to dealing "bank." He
was restless and uncomfortable during
the feast, and when the toasts began
this restlessness increased. His face
darkened and his eyes famed with an
ger as various toasts were given to the
United States, the president of the
United States and the army of the
United States.
Finally he could stand it no longer.
He arose with wineglass in one hand
and six shooter in the other, and in a
voice hoarse with rage shouted:
Here's to all mankind, SO that no
id fool will be overlooked.
With that he dashed the wineglass on
the floor and emptied the six shooter
into the ceiling SO that the room was
filled with smoke. The guests reached
for their revolvers, but the gambler,
with look of contempt, returned his
gun" to his pocket and walked out.
General Sheridan afterward said that
1t was one of the most dramatic and
suggestive scenes in all his experience
New York Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
The YOUNG QUEEN VICTORIA.
Her Majesty's Actions on Being Notified of
the Kings Demise.

the Kings Demise.
William " was dead. The arch.
bishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyng-
ham were dispatched to inform the
Princess Victoria of the fact. 1t was a
warm night in June. The princess was
sleeping in her mothers room, her GUS
tom from childhood, and had to be sum-
moned out of her sleep. The messen-
gers awaited her in the long, unlofty
room, separated only by folding doors
from that which was inhabited by the
Duchess of Kent and her daughter. The
young girl entered alone, in her night
dress, with some loose wrap thrown
hastily about her. The moment she was
addressed as Your majesty" she put
out her hand, intimating that the lords
who addressed her were to kiss 1t and
thereby do homage. Her schooling and
her instincts were admirable from the
first. Self possession combined with
perfect modesty came naturally to her.
A few hours later, at II O'Clock in
the morning, the child queen met her
council. In the corridor at Windsor
there is a picture which commentaries
the event. Never, 1t has been said by
an eyewitness, was anything like the
first impression she produced or the
chorus of praise and admiration which
was raised about her manner and be-
havior, certainly not without justice
Her extreme youth and inexperience
and the ignorance of the world concern
ing her-for she had lived in complete
seclusion-excited interest and curios-
ity.
Asked whether she would enter the
room accompanied by the great officers
of state, she said she would come in
alone. Accordingly when all the lords
of the privy council were assembled the
folding doors were thrown open, and
the queen entered, quite plainly dressed
and in mourning, and took her seat for
the first time, a young girl among a
crowd of men, including al the most
famous and powerful of her subjects.
She bowed and read her speech, handed
to her by the prime minister, Lord Mel
bourne, in clear and firm voice and
then took the oath for the security of
the Church Of Scotland.
Immediately the privy councillors
were sworn, the royal Dukes Of Cum
berland and Sussex first by themselves.
1t was observed that as these two old
men, her uncles, knelt before her, swear
ing allegiance, she blushed up to the
eyes, as ii she felt the contrast between
their civil and natural relations Her
manner was very graceful and engag-
ing, and she kissed them both, and ris-
ing from her chair moved toward the
Duke of Sussex, who was too infirm to
reach her.-Fortnightly Review.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
Tho old and the Nav

Powerful and large as are the great
est of modern United States warships,
they are all of low stature compared
with the towering structures of go or
70 years ago. The United States steam
ship Pennsylvania, built about 1928 and
supposed at the time to be one of the
largest warships ever launched, was 220
feet long and SO broad. She carried 220
guns and lowered aloft with five decks.
Her complement of men was 1,400.'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
THe STRATEGIC VALUE OF EGYPT.
How the Ancient Country Appears to n
Trained Military Eve.

To the trained military eye Egypt pre-
sents itself as the eastern bastion of the
i'll shaped African continent-a bastion
naturally strong and capable of resisting
attack, whose broad moats are the Medi-
serranean and the Red sea, together with
she dry moat of the desert. The bastion
ut once commands the narrow strip of
coast extending to Tripoli and the cur
tain stretching along the Libyan desert
to the Soudan. 1t sweeps the peninsula
of Sinai, and its influence covers the
whole coast of Syria from south to north.
The profile of this Egyptian bastion is so
shaped that its fortunate possessor either
has dominated or will dominate Tripoli,
Syria and Arabia.
The weakest side of the fortress is the
south, where it overlooks Nubia and
Abyssinia, the African Switzerland.
where no laurels are to be won, but on
account of its arid wastes armies may
readily be lost. So it was in 1888, when
Hicks Pasha perished at the three days
fight of Obeid, and none Of all his troops
were saved except the reserve command
ed by Ala-addin Pasha. Even the Nile
expedition of the victor of Tel el Kebir
undertaken to rescue the heroic Gordon,
in spite of the support it obtained from
advancing alongside the river and in
spite of the remarkable gallantry and
endurance of its officers and men, had
to exhaust itself against the same diff
culties which the Persian King Cambyses
was unable to overcome 1900 years be-
fore.
Cambyses went up the Nile in order to
take possession of Ethiopia, but his vict-
uals soon ran down, he could get no
water to quench the fiery thirst of the
climate, and when the soldiers began to
cast losts which of them should be eaten
by the rest, the king returned to Thebes
and Memphis. The traces of both expe-
ditions have been blown away by the
sand of the Soudan. The difficulties
they encountered were the hostile hot
climate, which parches every living
thing, and the wild character and the
tough make of the inhabitants; for If
the desert is limit it has no obstacles
that are insurmountable to men who
have the camel's power of living on lit
tie, and can go for months together on
nothing but maize cakes.
Then the elastic method of fighting of
the Soudanese, their cunning tactics, are
all devised for the purpose of exhaust
ing the enemy first by fatigue, in order
thus to annihilate him, for their own
forces quickly come together again after
they have been scattered like sand.
Nevertheless history has shown incon-
testably that the Soudan, which has al.
ready drunk in so much blood, is so
closely bound up with Egypt that no
complete settlement of the Egyptian
question is possible without an arrange
ment of the affairs of the Soudan.-Con-
temporary Review.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
An international women's Congress.

The Hon. Ettore Socci, member of
the Italian parliament, through the
pages of The Humanitarian asks if it
would not be possible to hold an interna-
tional women's congress in Rome in
1895 in order to give prominence to the
women s movement, which is spreading
its ramifcations throughout the world.
He is an ardent advocate of the move
ment. The emancipation and higher
education of women, he declares, would
not destroy in her the feeling Of wife
and mother, and still less would it un-
dermine family life.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
A SYmpathetic Burglar.

A Marshall county (Ala.) man discov-
cred burglar in his room one night.
He watched the man ransack every
drawer and trunk in the house, know
ing that he would find nothing. Then,
when the disappointed burglar was
about to depart, he called to him and
asked him to lend him dollar. The
burglar, though taken by surprise,
threw him dollar and left the house.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25

JIMMY was walking in the woods,
when all at once l came on the biggest
kind of rattlesnake.
Pa-How do you know it was rattle
snake, Jimmy!
Jimmy-By the way my teeth ratified
AS soon as | saw him m--Texas SiftinRa.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
Philadelphia as Monument to Mcclellan.

William Waldorf Astor has sent to the
Mcclellan association, payable to Gov
ernor Pattison's order, certified check
for 81 600 Sculptor Ellicott gets $5, 900
for his completed model The state pays
$1,000 for the pedestal, and the entire
work is expected to cost $4,000. Bids
will be opened in few days, and the
present intention is to unveil the statue
in May.-Philadelp Inquirer
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
Charitable Distributions.

The Duke of Portland, in accordance
with custom which he began last year,
has distributed among the various char
table institutions in Nottinghamshire,
Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire
the amount received during the summer
as entrance fees to Welbeck abbey. The
receipts this year amounted to e1 ,OSS.-
London Tit-Bits.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25

The title mayor comes from the French
and originally signified lone who Keeps
guard" He was the head steward OF a
city, administering its affairs in the
name of the king.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25

General Longstreet will soon have the
manuscript for his book in the hands of
the publishers. 1t will be remembered
that it was nearly finished when de-
stroyed by fire few years ago. His
handsomely furnished residence, with
library, war records and manuscripts,
was entirely consumed, and he had to
rewrite the book. Exchange.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25
Crimes Among the English Clergy.

Labouchere recently printed in Truth
the following as a record of years do
ings of the British clergy: "Breach Of
promise, ID; cruelty to animals, 18; bank
rupts, 254; elopements, II; suicides, 12;
drunkenness, 121; assaults, 100; various
other charges. a."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-07-25

Statistics show that mild winters are
much more conducive to health than
severe ones.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-11-16
NOT BADLY NEEDED.

1.-THE Maryland Democrats after their hu.
initiating defeat will now turn to the dis.
tinguished leader who invariably conduct.
ed them tO victory.
"SeAator German has remained inactive
permitting his critics to have their own way
But he is as staunch a Democrat as ever. -
He has not sought to intrude his advice, but
the defeated and demoralized Democracy Of
Maryland will soon discover that they need
him. "-BdLtimOTe Herald
Need him for whatr TO again demoralize
the party, to betray it and defeat it. When
has he Tor q moment ceased to boss the ma
chine in this State? Yes, "he remained in
active" while the Democracy of this State
was fighting heroic battle for tariff reform
he remained inactive and permitted and
caused Maryland to go Republican simply
because the result did not affect him. II ID
eminently proper that he should be called
to build anew the house he helped to burn
down. His favorite henchmen from the
moment many Of the nominations were
made. took special delight in predicting
the defeat Of some of the Democratic can
didates. Now, when it shall become neces-
sary for him to save himself he ought to be
called upon to lead. Whe he will lead ia
quite a different question.-AnndpOlis Re
publican, dem
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-11-16
THE PEACE PROSPECTS.

No mutual friend Of European complex
ion having been found capable of instituting
the preliminares of peace between China
and Japan, the task, comparable TO that OF the
peace. makers, will likely be consented To by
the United States government. The desires
responsibilities and jealousles of Europe are
so pronounced that it is not likely that'any
one power could or would undertake the
work of receiving propositions which each
party is willing to concede TO the end that
peace may be re.estabished. The United
States being outside the range Of influences
indicated can naturally undertake the diplo.
matte courtesy.
Whether anything will come out of the
present attempt is not yet known. The
main point is what japan may ask, outside
OF mere money indemnity. Modern Gus.
tom limits this TO the expense incurred. 1t
is hardly probable that Japan should have
such modest conception OF her rights. She
will probably demand some territorial &C.
QUESTION Corea, itself the bone of conten-
ton, should, as a matter Of course, come
into consideration, but such would give
mortal affrunt to Russia. The new Gar
would hardly open his reign by such sur
render of well founded ambition or pursuit.
Nicholas II. has European sympathy on his
side in this.
The progress of the war, during the estab
lishment Of the peace preliminaries, will
also have quite an important bearing on
ultimate terms. What Japan conquers is
hers, and giving up tangible results will be
voluntary act hardly to be compensated
by money
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-11-16
NEW BOND ISSUE.

The circular announcing an issue of bonds
as given out from the Treasury Department
on Tuesday, calls for bids for $50,00O,000 OF
5 per cents bearing date as of February to
agree with the issue of last February. Bids
will be opened November "a, and the allot
ments will have been completed before the
meeting of Congress in December The issue
will be held, doubtless, to % per cent basis
that is to say, such price will be set upon
the bonds as TO make them in effect 3 per
cents.
The minimum price demanded by the
treasury in February last was III 1913, at
which rate the 100000 of bonds then is
sued brought in over $5S, 660,917 of gold, in ?
creasing the gold reserve TO $l14,0 100000. AS
$20,000,000 of the gold paid for the bonds
was Withdrawn from the treasury the net
gain was but $38,O00,000. AT present the
gold reserve is about $61 100000. The net
cash balance is, however, somewhat greater
now than it was in February last. Doubt
less the new issue of bonds is made very
unwillingy by the administration. A con-
viction that the situation demands an in
crease of the gold reserve, in the interest of
the maintenance OF all our forms of money
at par with gold, forces the taking of step
which could be justified only by necessity
The sky is at present still clear, but pru-
dence requires that provision be made for
every contingency.