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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
Ammunition In Africa.

'All of the native Uganda soldiers
l notice, had well filled cartridge belts
round their waists In my innocence
as thought of all the thunders OF the
general act of the Brussels conference
and all the ordinances, enactments and
regulations which had been published
thereafter by different powers having
possessions on the African coast. Won
dered how, in the very center of Africa
these people were enabled to keep their
belts so well replenished with cartridges
of different and of the most modern
patterns.
81 had not been a month in the coun-
try before l learnd that, for those who
had the wherewithal to trade, guns
powder, lead and all the instruments
Of destruction thereunto appertaining
could be as easily purchased in Uganda
rs in Pail Mall. 1.-THE British Mis-
sion in Uganda $685." Rennell Rodd.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
1t Meant Mutiny.

One morning q British man -of-war
was seen entering Hongkong harbor
with the ensign inverted, which is the
usual sign of ''mutiny ON board - I'm
mediately this was noticed a couple of
man. of-war cutters put out, full of blue
jackets, and dashed across the harbor
toward where the newcomer had anchor
ed. Perhaps it was little regatta en-
thusiasm, or perhaps it was purely the
spirit of duty which stimulated them,
but anyhow most exciting race ensued
in fact, there was a narrow escape of
bad smash as they reached the vessel.
There the officers and some of the crew
were at the taffrail, shouting themselves
hoarse and reckoning to the two boats
to come ON faster. At last, half dead
with their exertions, yet eager for tho
fray with the mutineers, the tars
tumbled on board and were warmly
complimented on their rowing pace. 1t
must have blown them badly. Would
they have drink?
"a what? Where is the mutiny?"
gasped the senior officer in charge of
the boarding party. 'Mutiny! There's
no mutiny in this ship. We are all the
best of friends, was the reply. ''Then
why did you want us? You yelled loud
enough. eve thought it was Hong
kong regatta day and were cheering the
winners. Staggered for moment, the
officer pointed inquiringly to the ensign,
still Haunting its appeal for aid that
was not required. ''Oh, d--n the boy |
He always puts it up wrong if we don't
watch him--simply out of stupidity.
Let's all go and punch his head. st.
James Gazette.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
An Expert,

The physician had employed an as
sistant to an old gentleman who was
partially paralyzed, but who took a
walk every day supported by the
nurse.
"Now," said the doctor, you must
be very careful with the old gentle
man and watch him closely SO he
will not fall"
Eyes, sir" was the respectful re-
Spouse.
"And you must go very slow, very
slow indeed, for it will injure him to
walk at any ordinary gait"
II can do that, sir, replied the new
man confidently. Il have always
lived in Philadelphia. Exchange.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
NEW CURE FOR DIPHTHERlA.
European Hospitals Practicing Method OF
Blood incubation,

European Hospitals Practicing Method Of
Blood incubation.
So many thousands of children are
annually carried off by diphtheria, the
sufferiugs caused by the disease are so
agonizing and the remedies hitherto at
the disposal of the medical profession so
inadequate that the news of the intro
duction into the Berlin and London hos
pitfalls Of a new and efficacious cure for
this fell malady cannot be regarded
otherwise than as matter of public in
terest.
Very little has been heard about this
remedy, owing to the fact that the dis
tinguished psychologists engaged in
its discovery have been unwilling to
subject themselves to the same disad-
vantage as DR.. Koch, whose cure for
consumption has been unjustly pro-
claimed failure merely because it
was published to the world prematurely
and before it was ready for medical ap-
plication. The new cure, briefly speak
ing, is one of incubation, with this
difference-that, instead of injecting
the poison into the system of the pa
tent, one injeots the blood of an ami
NAL which has been inoculated with a
weak culture of the diphtheria baote-
ria, the virus of the latter being, how
ever, Of SO weak character that it does
not affect the animal with the malady,
but merely renders it immune thereto
Repeated experiments made Of late
have shown that a few drops of blood
from horse or any other animal thus
rendered immune injected into hu-
man being suffering from diphtheria
are sufficient to arrest and cure the dis
ease Of course it is too soon as yet to
quote the statistics of the few hundreds
of cures which have been effected in
Berlin and London by this treatment,
which is to be fully discussed in all its
complicated scientific aspects at the
forthcoming international congress Of
hygiene in September at Budapest. But
whatever the ultimate result Of its ap-
plication, it has at least one advantage
over all other forms of incubation hith-
eTto scovered-namely that the matter
injected into the system of the patient
is free from poison and consequently
harmless. New York Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
TO BE A BRAKEMAN.

want 10 be a brakeman,
Doggone.
Legs hangin over the edge of a flat car
Train goin bout twenty-five mile'n hour
Lickin the dog fennel long the track
That's what a brakeman does.
want to be brakeman,
jing.
Maxim the boys git off the platform,
Cussin the drayman il the skids Is lost.
Hollers, Back 'er q length" and the an.
gineer has to-
That's brakeman for vel
Noconductor for me, just brakeman
By henl
Can make couplin on dead run.
Has spring bottom pants n braid on his
clothes,
Carries lantern at night n cap over hi,
That's brakeman, I'll tell vel
Iwanl to be a brakeman,
Geeminentlyl
Stand in with the agents and OPERATORS,
GIFTS to Peru every night n sees the show.
Knows the number Of the trains, chaws ter.
hacker
He's regular one, you betl
N want to be head brakeman,
Gol-lee!
Twistin 'er hard, smoke rolling round va
Country people stoppin work to look.
Girls wavin at ye all the way to Peru.
--.~,u11ll be one. ,oo. sofhe day. --zs-zz----
Chicago Record.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19

The natives of Lucca, in Italy, assert
that the scorpion will destroy itself If
EXPOSED to a sudden light, and writer
in Nature said that his informant and
her friends. while residing during tho
summer months at the baths OF Lucca,
were much annoyed by the intrusion OF
small black scorpions into the house
and their being secreted among the bed
clothes, in shoes and in other articles OF
dress; that they soon became adopts III
catching the scorpions and disposing OF
them in the manner suggested. This
consisted in combining the animal under
an inverted drinking glass or tumbler
below which card was inserted when
the capture was made and then waiting
till dark, suddenly bringing the light OF
candle near to the glass i'll which the
animal was confined. No sooner was
this done than the scorpion invariably
showed signs of great excitement, run
ming round and round the interior of
the tumbler with reckless velocity for
number of times.
"This state having lasted for minute
or more, the animal suddenly became
quiet, and turning its tail, or the hinder
part of its body, over its back, brought
its recuryedrsitsng town .pon me MD MD
die of the head, and piercing It FORK
ul-2. few seconds became quite motion
less, and in fact, quite dead This OBJ
servation was repeated very frequently
i'm truth, it WAS adopted as the best
plan of getting rid of the pests, and the
young people were in the habit of han
ding them with impunity Immediately
after they were SO killed and of preserv-
ing many Of them as curiosities. 1t is
known that scorpions kill themselves
when surrounded by ring Of fire.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
Yearly Income of Paris Theaters.

The Paris Temps says that the income
of the So theaters of the French capital,
including the circuses and panorama,
was last year 2,533,816 francs, 1,0OO, 900
francs less than the income for 1891. The
list is led by the Grand Opera House,
whose receipts amounted to 3,068, 467
francs. Next to the opera house are the
Coincide Franchise, with ,97s ,525 frances
the Opera Comique. with 1888, 0s1; Va
rieties, with 1,185, 018, and Bouffes Pali-
siennes, with 1,1S0,t51 francs. The in
come of the Hypodroms was 1853, $3.50
francs.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19

There is movement on foot to relieve
the home of tho late General Kirby
Smith of mortgage that rested upon II
at the time of his death. It is most
worthy object, and we hope and are
sure that the response will be ready and
generous. General Smith lived and died
a poor man. He was one Of the most
scrupulously honorable men that ever
lived, and was too proud In his poverty
to ask or accept pscuniary aid.-Mem-
phis Commercial.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19

S NJ Andree, Swedish scientist,
has collected tabular information show
ing the average weight of peas in their
pods. The lightest peas We're always
found near the ends of the pod. The
average weight of pea was greater the
larger the number of peas in the pod,
so that the largest pods contained the
heaviest peas. The weight of the peas
next the point of the pod increased with
the increased number of peas in the pod
With the exception of the first and last
peas there was but a very small differ
ence in the weight of the peas in the
same pod.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
Couldn't Smell In the Dark.

An old gentleman too impatient for
his hot water and light to be brought
rushed into the kitchen, seized hold OF
the first pan on the stove and dashed
away with it to his dark room. On
plunging his hands into the wash
hand basin he was amazed to find that
it contained something thicker and
stickier than water-that he had, in
fact, spoiled the first course of his dim
ner by trying to wash in the soup.
Boiling over with passion, he began
to upbraid his wife, and on her suggest
ing that he might have smelled it was
soup he thundered, "How in the name
of fortune could I smell in the dark?'
London Answers
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
HAD TO GIVE BONDS.
Delaware Marriage Formally That
Struck Terror to One Bridegroom.


Struck Terror to One Bridegroom.
To get married seems an easy thing
to the young man whose fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love, but when it
comes to the actual ceremony there are
thousand and one terrors which sur
round and threaten to overcome him.
Marriage in some states is easy. In
others it is difficult us obtaining a di-
vorce.
A well known Philadelphia was
about to be married to beautiful
young woman who lived in the state OF
Delaware. He had no idea that the mar
riage laws of that state were of an ap-
palling nature He had secured his IL
cense and thought that was all that was
necessary.
Have you filed your bond YETI" said
some one to him the day before the we'd
ding
'What?' gasped he.
Your bond," repeated the question:
er. "You know every man who is mar
ried in this state has to file bond for
tho protection of the state.
The bridegroom was rather dubious,
but was finally persuaded that this was
fact
"I'll see lawyer about it in the
morning." said he So he went to a
friend, who was legal light. and said:
''See here They tell me 1 have to
give bond to the state when / get
married.
Certainly. Haven't you done SOP"
in surprised way.
mo; | never heard of such thing
before. What kind of bond is it?'
"Oh, any real estate will do"
But haven't any real estate"
The lawyer looked at him moment.
Then he solemnly said
Haven't you any friends who own
property"
"None that care to ask to bind it
up that way. can't ask my BRIDES
relatives, you know"
His friend looked at him pityingly.
"You can't postpone the wedding, can
your"
"Whatp" fairly shrieked the unfor-
tunate.
"Of course, of course not" said the
legal light soothingly. But the poor
bridegroom looked stricken.
"I'll tell you what I'll do, old man.
I'll tend to the matter for you. Don't
give yourself any more concern about
it,"
The young man about to be married
grasped his hand. He could not speak
for moment, and then he poured forth
his thanks. He picked up his hat in a
relieved sort Of way and walked to the
door. Then he turned.
"By the way, forgot to ask you how
large is the amount of the bond re-
quired?"
FIFTY cents" said the lawyer. -
Philadelphia Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
Xienna's Bachelor Club.

Our Vienna correspondent is able to
contradict a misleading report. 1t has
been said that club of men of position
has been formed in that city for the as
sistance of young women of humble sta
ton who may aspire to marriage with
them. A new club has indeed come into
being, but it is of quite another sort. 1t
is club of professed bachelors-a cell
bate order Of handles. 1t derives its
origin no doubt from well known Lon
don institution which bears the same
name. But our Bachelors club binds its
members by no self denying ordinance
in regard to the future, and we believe
it demands not more than that candi-
dates shall have been single at one time
in their lives. That might be tolerated
as passing condition, but it is very
different thing to shut the door to re-
pentance forever.
The Viennese women are justly in
censed, and some threaten to retaliate by
forming another society pledged to a
stern refusal of all offers from the Bach
elors' club This implies the belief that
the bachelors cannot possibly keep their
vows, and it proves to be in singular har-
mony with experience. They have broken
them by anticipation. An indignant wo-
man has openly charged the president
with frequent promises Of marriage to
herself and has demanded his deposition.
In all probability the institution will
have to change its title and become the
Sour Grapes.-London Telegraph.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
CHARACTER IN THE INSANE.
A Deeply Interesting Study, Though at
Times Attended With Sadness.

Times Attended With Sadness.
If it is deeply interesting to study
character among the insane, it is also at
times both saddening and humiliating.
We often look with indulgence upon
what we call harmless vanity or nat
ural love of admiration in rather friv-
olous girl, but look at the same girl
when by some accident or misfortune
the mental balance is overthrOwn. Now
she believes and does not hesitate to say
that she is perfectly beautiful, has an
exquisite figure, is in every way charm
ing and attractive and that every man
who sees her Immediately falls violently
in love with her. 1t is only an absurdly
exaggerated sense of self Importance
that produces the very common delu-
sion that the patient is king or
queen, even deity.
Again natural humility and tend
ency to self depreciation are frequent
ly exaggerated by disease into the de-
fusion that the patient is an object OF
dislike and contempt to every one, that
he has committed some crime, and that
consequently he is beyond redemption
and is regarded with horror by all
around him. If he is of religious turn
of mind, he believes himself to be eter-
nally lost and sinks into state of chron-
ic melancholy and apathy. On the other
hand, natural self reliance, no longer
controlled by common sense, expands
into a belief that the patient has done
and can do feats beyond the power of
any mortal man.-Hospital.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
THE FAMILY DOESN'T MIND.
A Peculiar Domestic Scene In German
Saloon In New York.

A Peculiar Domestic Scene In q German
Saloon In New York.
There is popular German resta'1rant
and saloon ON upper Third avenue which
is much frequented by families living in
the neighborhood. The saloon is sepa-
rate from the restaurant proper. The
cooking is very good, and the prices are
very reasonable, and as result the pro-
prietor has grown wealthy
An odd and interesting feature of this
resort is the family dinner, which &C.
ours about Z o'clock every evening. The
family consists of the big, broad shout
dered host; his small, angular wife; a
jolly sister in-law, three little girls, a
small boy, and a governess whose fea-
lures clearly indicate her New England
origin. They all sit down together at a
long table, which is placed not in the
restaurant, but in the center of the sa-
loon. All around are tables at which
sit jolly jewellers, and frequently during
the dinner hour crowd stands leaning
against the bar.
The family does not seem to mind the
saloon surroundings, and, i'll fact, rarely
does any one of them glance up from
the table. The only Interruptions are
when some of the habitual frequenters
come up to talk with the host or his
wife. The children chatter and carry
on just as though they We're in a phi
vate dining room. 1t gives homelike
and domestic air to the saloon which
probably could not be duplicated in any
other hostelry on Manhattan Island.
The only person who seems to be ill at
ease is the Yankee governess. New
York Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
The Pottery Tree of Para.

One Of the curiosities of Brazil is a
tree whose wood and bark contain SO
much silica that they are used by pot
tiers. Both wood and bark are burned,
and the ashes are pulverized and mixed
in equal proportions with clay, produc-
ing a very superior ware. The tree
grows to a height of 100 feet. but does
not exceed a foot in diameter. The fresh
bark cuts like sandstone, and when dried
is brittle and hard.-Demorest Maya
zine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19
The confectioners have been revengin

The confectioners have been revenging
themselves in the past few days. 1t is
the custom Of the majority of girls who
enter to buy five cents worth Of candy
to eat from the trays about as much
more. A Fourth street confectioner
filled his counters with all kinds of April
Fool candy. Some of it was red hot;
other pieces had small Jumps of soap in
side and others cork and rubber. TWAS
very amusing to watch the young women
as they helped themselves to the sweets
The faces they made would have dam
aged looking glass. One piece was
enough. The trick caused great deal
OF merriment among the clerks Of tho
stors.-Louisville Ceurisr-J ournal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19

Mamma-Why did you pray that God
should stop your sister from telling sto-
ries?
Small Son-Because she promised me
she wouldn't tell that took the cakes,
and she did tsll.-Good News
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19

A curious present for deaf person
has been introduced in Germany fan.
deity concealing tiny ear trumpet in
its end stick.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19

The manuscripts Of Tasso, which are
still preserved, are illegible from the
immense number Of erasures, changes
and emenda.ions
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-12-19

Biganiy is only misdemeanor, not a
crime. according to the laws of New
Jersey.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-21

from Nicaragua and one from Costa Rica.
Three government engineers will have
charge of the work. It will be provided
that dividends shall not exceed five per
cent. SO that sinking fund may be es-
tablished. The government share of
dividends will be credited to sinking
fund. Some members of the committee
think the debt can be raised in 25 years
on the lines laid down. Bonds were
practically decided upon today for the
whole amount, as the proposition to
coin silver involved troublesome COM
plications and opposition. However,
that section of the bill is subject to
change, SO that if any plan involving
the use of silver seems practicable, it
can be adopted.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-21
THE DIAMONDS CUT
And They Cut the RothSChldS Family
Badly.
THE NIGGER IN THE wooDPILE
The O. R. 6 N. to Have Its Own
Receiver, and to Issue Bonds
for Rebuilding.
A London Sensation.

New YORK, June 20.-The Press this
morning prints the following: London,
June Ex-senator Tellers' proposed high
tariff on diamonds is causing sensation
here where the Rothschilds have re-
Gently bonded four and half million
sterling (nelrly $40 .00o, ,000) of bonds for
the South A ..ican Diamond Trust. Be-
sides bonds, the Rothschilds are known
to be very largely interested In the
stocks of the diamond trust. The pro-
posed high tariff would produce a great
fall in the value of the immense stock of
unsold diamonds on hand, and greatly
reduce the dividends to holders of the
trusts stocks, which for years past has
been 25 per cent. A cable received hv
the officials of the trust from Prem, r
Rhodes, of Cape Colony, it is stated, de-
clares that Secretary Carlisle promised
last March that the senate would modify
the high duty put on diamonds when
er's amendment increasing tne duty to
80 per cent is regarded as a blow aimed
by the leader of the American free silver
men at the Rothschilds, the leading
bankers in the Europe, who have done
80 much to maintain the single gold
monetary standard. The Colorado
senator and ex-Speaker Reed have con-
sidered various forms of discriminating
duties against those countries which op-
pose an international agreement for free
use of silver.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-21
A Town Flooded.

WICHITA, Kan, June ia heavy
storm visited this county last evening.
At Mulvaney, II miles south, a cloud
burst flooded the county. Water COW
cred the Santa Fe railroad tracks so as
to put out the fires in ,he engines.
Mulvaney was under water to depth OF
eight or ten feet and many houses were
moved off their foundations. Boats
were improvised from wagon beds and
RATS made of lumber were launched and
twenty families rescued by this means.
There were no casualties, but the prop
erty loss is heavy. The water subsided
rapidly.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-21
To Repair Damages.

OMAHA, June 19.-Today it was an
nounced at Union Pacific headquarters
that one of the first problems Mcneil
will have to solve will be the repairs to
the road between Umatilla and Port
land, distance of 1s7 miles, which has
been seriously damaged by the recent
high waters in the Columbia. 1t is
thought the receivers first action will
be to issue receivers certificates for the
repairs of the system, which it is esti-
mated, will cost anywhere from 81 ,O0O,-
600 to 81 SOC, 900, these certificates to be-
come first lien upon the property.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-21
Struck by a Cloudburst.

LOCK HAVEN, Pa, June ia cloud
burst in Penna valley last night washed
away entire fields of growing grain.
The damage is greater than that in
ficted by the recent flood. The down
pour was accompanied by a severe
electric storm. Three boys, William
and Eddie Lore and Charles Hunter,
who took refuge under a tree, were
struck by lightning. Eddie Lore and
Hunter were fatally injured.