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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14

Among a large class Of craftsmen the
wish has long been entertained for the
discovery of hard, compact and even
grained wood, having all the charac-
teristics of lockwood and for which it
would form an efficient substitute. For
many years past the gradual dimin-
ution in the supplies of lockwood and the
deterioration in its quality have proved
serious facts in more than one occupa-
ton, including engravers, hardwood
dealers, etc., especially the former, on
account of the higher price asked for
the material and the difficulty of Sc
curing it of the needed size and firmness
of texture SO as to insure the artistic
excellence of the engraving.
While by far the most important use
of this wood is for the engraver's art,
it is also applied to numerous other
purposes, such, for instance, as weav-
ing shuttles, mathematical instruments,
turnery uses, carving, cabinet work,
etc. The fact is interesting as well as
important that lockwood Is the nearest
approach to ivory of any wood known
and will therefore probably increase
gradually in value as it becomes scarcer.
Small wood, under four inches, is used
considerably by flax spinners for rollers
and by turner's for various purposes,
rollers for rink skates, etc., and if free
from splits is of equal value with the
larger wood.-New York Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
The Reward of Bridge Builder.

It has frequently been observed that
public benefactors often have no other
reward than the consciousness of their
good deeds. The inhabitants of the lit
tie town of Loschwitz, near Dresden,
are determined that no reproach shall
be leveled against them in matter of
this kind. Their burgomaster is a
worthy man who has ruled over them
with signal ability, and who, in partic-
ular, has succeeded, during his tenure
Of Office, in constructing bridge over
the Elbe at place where several pre-
vious attempts to do SO had failed.
The communal council have assem-
bled in solemn deliberation to consider
what reward to offer to their distin-
guished fellow citizen, and the upshot is
that he has been officially informed
that, in recognition Of his services, he
will be permitted to cross the bridge as
often as he likes without paying the
halfpenny toll.-London Daily News.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14

hoyden who used to gambol about with
you at Shadyshore."
"Oh, no." said Gerald. you were
natural then"
Brenda's blue eyes flashed. I'm al
ways natural she said. "Doyou mean
that you think me hypocrite?"
And then came one of their old hot lit
tie quarrels. Gerald said things which
he regretted, and Brenda said things
which kept her remorsefully and tear
fully awake all that night. After he
had departed from Madison avenue,
Gerald told himself that he would join
with the physicians in forcing his mother
to spend the entire summer at the White
Sulphur Springs.
Mrs. Ravelow, whose digestion was in
bad straits, would have given her finger
to spend the summer with her son in
Westchester county, Notwithstanding
headaches and like bodily ills. The
idea of having Gerald marry Brenda
was dear one, and his trip to Europe
had been taken at the very bayonet
point of her maternal disrelish. But
now that Gerald leagued himself with
medical counsel there was no use in
fighting his decision.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
Why Men Walk in a Circle.

The fact that people lost in desert or
in forest invariably walk in circle is
due to slight inequalities in the length
of the legs. Careful measurements of
series of skeletons have shown that only
10 per cent. had the lower limbs equal
in length, 30 per cent. had the right
limb longer than the left, while in 55
per cent. the left leg was the longer.
The result of one limb being longer than
the other will naturally be that person
will unconsciously take a longer step
with the longer limb, and consequently
will tread to the right or to the left, ac-
cording as the left or right leg is the
longer, unless the tendency to deviate is
corrected by the eye.
The left leg being more frequently the
longer, as evidenced by measurement of
the skeleton, the inclination should take
place more frequently to the right than
to the left, and this conclusion is quite
borne out by observations made on a
number of persons when walking blind
folded Further, on measurement of
the arms, it is found that to 72 per cent.
the right arm is longer than the left,
while in "a per cent. the left arm is the
longer, showing that considerable ma
jority of persons are right handed and
left legged. The inequality in the length
of the limbs is not confined to any par
ticular sex or race, but seems to be uni.
versal in all respects. Parsons Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
The Division Of Time.

The division of time into hours was
practiced among the Babylonians from
remote antiquity, but twas Hipparchus,
the philosopher, who introduced the
Babylonian hour into Europe. The SEX
agesimal system of notation was chosen
by that ancient people because there is
no number having so many divisions as
sixty. The Babylonians divided the
daily journey of the sun, the ruler of the
day, into twenty-four parasangs. Each
parasang or hour was subdivided into
sixty minutes, and that again into sixty
seconds. They compared the progress
made by the sun during one hour at the
time of the equinox to the progress
made by good walker in the same
period of time, both covering one para
sang, and the course of the sun during
the full equinoctial day was fixed at
twenty-four parasangs.-London Tit
Bits
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
Chief Justice Marshall and. Children.

When Chief Justice of the United
his time at his home in Richmond. The
court had comparatively small docket
then and the vacations were more fire.
quent and longer in duration. He would
bundle up submitted cases. go to Rich
mond for the vacation and write his
decisions there. He had a spacious
mansion on the outskirts of the city and
in his grounds was a noted spring of
pure water surrounded by splendid elms
and giant oaks, and in pleasant weather
the great jurist would retire to the
spring to read and ponder the legal
records upon which he was to adjudi-
cate. Nearby was a schoolhouse, the
pupils attending which got water at his
spring. No boy or girl ever went there
for water that the old man did not have
kindly greeting for him or her and
words of advice or encouragement.
He often engaged in their games at
playtime, and it was common sight to
see the boys chasing him after he had
hurled at them that greatest of all af-
fronts to the schoolboy of fifty or eighty
years ago-"school butter" something
the old fellow was almost certain to do
every day when it was about time for
the boys to return to their studies. And
yet, boyish as this man was, full Of
animal spirits as he was, it was said of
him by William Writ that had flower
of fancy sprung up in the train of his
thought he would have crushed it as he
would an adder. On the bench he was
human reason incarnate; in private sta
ton he was the kindliest and most play
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
MoONRISE.

see stretch of shining sky
Like some fair ocean sunset lit.
Peaceful and wide its spaces lie,
And purple shores encompass 1t
A little slender silver boat
Upon its bosom is afioat.
This craft, unstaid by winds or tides,
Slips out across the twilight bar;
Through rosy rpples, soft she glides,
Led by single pilot star:
With shadowy sails and fairy crew
She drifts along the summer blue.
She's filled from stem to stern with howers
And Love and Hope and Happiness.
Win aught of what she brings be ours2
All mel If we could only guess!
She rides elusive and remote,
This little slender silver boat.
Francis Winnie in London Spectator.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
APPENDICITIS is POPULAR.
Nature of the Disease That OF Late HAS
Become Almost Fashionable.

Not many years ago, tolerably COM
mon report of the cause of death was
inflammation of the bowels. 1t was
pretty general term and has since been
little heard of as different forms OF
inflammation in the abdominal cavity
have become better known.
The most startling of all this is ap-
pendicitis, Inflammation of the verml-
form appendix. useless and dangerous
closed pouch which projects from the
cacum. Almost concurrently with the
enormous advance in surgery, winch
makes opening the abdomen reasonably
safe instead of almost certainly fatal,
there has been an enormous increase
in the number of cases of this disease
reported by physicians. The disease has
acquired an interest that it could not
have while it was almost impossible
to treat it successfully. While only
limited range of treatment was open
for any abdominal inflammation it
made little difference just where or
what the lesion was; now there are every
reason to decide promptly and accu-
rately and good hope of surgical cure
in this and some other affections OF the
lower viscera.
At the same time, it is evident that
much remains to be learned as to this
particular affection. Until recently 1t
was usually supposed to proceed from
mechanical irritation of some indiges-
tible substance which became fastened
in this slender blind passage. Now there
is a germ theory for it, which gets
some support from the fact that occa-
sionally in true case of appendicitis
no foreign substance is found in the ap-
pendix. In the great majority OF cases,
however, solid substance is found,
sometimes under circumstances which
make it impossible to doubt that it fur
nished the starting point for the attack.
There seems also to be a distinct diff
ference of opinion among physicians as
to the length of time case may con-
tinue. Some say, or at least imply, that
mild irritation may exist for weeks
or months, while others consider that
the acute and brief stage is the only
one which deserves to be known unde1
the title of appendicitis. -Hartforo
| COurant
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14

Learn from the earliest days to in
sure your principle against the peril of
ridlcule. You can no more exercise
your reason if you live in the constant
dread Of laughter than you can enjoy
your life if you are in the constant
terror of death. If you think it right
to differ from the times and to make
a point of morals, do it; however rus
tic, however antiquated, however Pc
dantic it may appear, do it-not for
insoience, but seriously and grandly,
as man who wears soul of his own
in his bosom and docs not wait till it
Is breathed into him by the breath Of
fashion. -Jenness Miller Monthly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
Tho Value of the Ruby.

The ruby is valued highest when it
contains the least azure. The largest
ruby that history speaks of belonged to
Elizabeth of Austria, the wife of Charles
TX. 1t was almost as big as hens egg.
The virtues attributed to rubies are to
Danish sadness, to repress luxury and to
drive away annoying thoughts. At the
same time it symbolizes cruelty, anger
and carnage, as well as holiness and
bravery. A change in its color an
nounces calamity, but when the
trouble is over it regains its primitive
luster.-Paris Figaro.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
AN OBJECT OF INTEREST.
The Rem arkable Performance OF Young
Mans Lost Chicken.

The Rem afkdDle - -
Mans Lost Chicken.
"The egg" remarked the doctor IN
Identified and erudite manner, lis the
most nutritious and digestible OF all
foods when eaten raw.
"That's what | always said" corrobo-
rated the young man in blue necktle.
care YOU an expert in dieteticsg' in
quired the doctor stiffiy.
81 guess not" said the young man at
a venture, "but I'm solid on facts, and
I've got evidence to prove what say
"What factsT inquired the doctor
quizzically.
"Well, I've seen what eggs can do,
and can show you or any man here II
he wants to come over to my place IN
the country"
estate the facts" commanded the
doctor
"All right, here goes. About three
months ago fat laying pullet raised
got fastened up under an old spring.
house up in the woods where there
wasn't blame thing to eat but dry dirt
and water. About month ago hap
pened to be poking around the place,
and hearing a noise under the floor l
pulled up plank and there found my
lost chicken.
"She was alive and kicking and l
couldn't for the life of me understand
why she hadn't starved to DEATH
went to the barn to get an ak to chop
her out, and when came back she had
laid an egg and was eating it as fast as
she could. That kind of gave me an
idea, and instead of taking her out |
left her there for day longer. About
the same time next day went up again
and she was finishing another egg.
Next day she did the same thing, and
she has been doing it right along now
every day for thirty days and more.
"Im going to keep her there and see
how long she can support herself. She's
getting fat since gave her little more
light and seems a good deal better salts
fed. You bet, Doc, I'm with you when
you say there's good living in an egg"
The doctor looked at the young man
seriously.
Young fellow" he said. getting up,
Il guess I'll go with you and see that
hen. "-Detroit Free Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14

Emeralds from India, Persia and Peru
are the most valuable. According to
their tints and their luster they are
classed as Prosines, Neronianes, and
Domitianes. According to Suetonius,
Nero used to look at the fighting gladia-
tors in his emerald. The stone is the
emblem of charity, hope, joy, and album
dance. 1t had the reputation of curing
epilepsy by application and of being an
all-round pain-killer. Paris Figaro.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14

Brenda felt very lonely and guilty
after leaving town with Louis and his
wife. A certain dim suspicion had crept
into her mind, and, although there were
times when she told herself that she
hideously wronged her sister-in-law, it
still occurred that special moments of
anxiety and alarm would work their
darker spells Louis frightened little
at first, and then grew more languid
and nerveless. Once she said to him:
"Why don't you have a talk with DR..
Southgate, Louis2 He is only country
doctor, it is true, but he knows your
constitution well, having attended you
from childhood"
81 can't see why you should want tn
dose Louis with any more medicine"
said Mrs. Bond, hard note creeping
into her voice. ut strikes me that he
is getting along excellently we'll"
Louis fixed his dark eyes on the speak
er. 81 am not getting along half as
well as | should like, Natalie" he re-
turned. "But IS for more medicine, it
seems to me you're quite right. al
ways feel worse, somehow, after taking
that decoction you prepare for me-"
Brenda believed she saw slight flush
steal into Natalie's cheek as her husband
thus replied. But in an instant after
ward the young wife said in her gentlest
and most solicitous way:
''Ah, Louis, that can only be magma
ton, my dear. The medicine has already
strengthened you wonderfully, think. :"
"Oh, well, suppose you know BEST"
said Louis, with gaze that was in it.
self caress.
"How he loves her." thought Brenda,
land how devoutly he trusts her. Can
it be possible that both his love and his
trust are piteously misplaced"
Not long afterward, on lovely star
light evening, Brenda CHANGED to be TAX
ing little stroll about the lawn. She
had walked in the direction of the shore,
where stood summer house, in which
she would now and then seat herself,
and watch the dim stretch of waters be-
You'd. This evening it was rather chilly
down by the rocks, and she passed in
land among great grove of fir trees
that rose near one of the roadside gates
On sudden she heard the sound of
feminine voice emerge from a specially
dense cluster of trees. AT once she rec
ognized the voice as that of her sister
in-law, and paused, listening in surprise.
"Never come like this again." Natalie
was saying. "Your letter gave me
great shock. should not have met you
here, and you have been horribly impru-
dent in writing for me to meet you as
you did write. The money you needed
was one thing, Archibald; to insist on
seeing me was another"
Then came the unmistakable sound of
a mans voice; already Natalie and her
companion (whoeyer he was had strolled
beyond earshot, and all that Brenda
could now hear was swift succession
of words, few of which conveyed to her
more than faint idea of their meaning
The girl remained for moment quiv-
ering with CONSERVATION. Then she
hurried forward, and, through an open
ing in the trees, presently discerned two
forms that moved side by side along
path leading straight to the outer oppo-
site road
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
The r,me For Him to Laugh.

Mack-You can't blame me for
laughing when you say such ridicu-
lous things. They're enough to make
a horse laugh.
Jack-Then let the horse laugh.
When l say anything sufficiently ridicu-
lous to raise the disabilities of donkey,
why, then you are at liberty to laugh
as long and as loud as you please
Boston Transcript.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14

A hens egg recently opened in local
bakery was found to contain we'll de-
veloped frog nearly two inches long.
1t was separated from the body of the
egg by film Of albulnen. The frog,
attached to the egg shell, is now pre-
served in alcohol.-St. Johnsbury (Vt.)
Dispatch
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14

The brass tubing used for gas fixtures
is fashioned into the various complicated
ornamental shapes required for such
purposes by placing the tube between
two steel molds which are heavily
clamped and then the tube is expanded
by hydraulic pressure reaching as high
as 10000 pounds to the square inch.-
New York Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
ITO BE coNTINUED.)
Admit to His peyotion

"Dabbles is passionately fond of art, " re-
marked the young man.
YES" replied the peppery girl, land yet
not fond enough to stop trying to make pic
lures. Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
They Knew Him.

Robbins Ia very poor shot)-These birds
seem to be very tame.
Lawson-Yes. You must have been out
here shooting before.-Truth.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
A Sure Cure.

Handers-Doctor Pm getting so near
sighted that can't recognize people in the
street. What shall l do for it?
The Doctor-Why not pay your debtsi-
Elmira Gazette.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-03-14
No Alternatiye.

Clara-Don't you think he is too old to
lover
Maud-That may be. my dear, but he's
too wealthy not to.-Hallo.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-04
M1NEns NAY RErunx.
The Etns-staadard Men said TO be COLA.
Work.

The 4EtnS-Staadard Men said TO be 0olns
towOrk
Isii reported,ha:R number Of miners
employed .; the tEo banks a, the .E,na.
Standard mills have decided to return
to work next IIoaday, nsinly because
The mills are receiving coal from else
vhera Yesterday titesn car load. were
received from the Moaoug1h Coal and
Coke Company aud more 10 coming.
Said 4 miner last night: THE com.
p.uy is eS;iln: coal from other mines
aad We might Z, well hare the work.
They offered and were paying Us the
convention price and what more should
We want? Ia going TO WORK"
Mills Nos Z. S 9. u, Il and - and the
guide mills are running. The puidlers,
bar mill, breakdown aud mil!s Nos. 10
and II arc idle Sheet mill No. 3 AID
the S-inch Guids will be OF to-day.
An EFFORT was 10 have been made 10
unioniLe these miners to-day. They
hATo not BELONGED 10 the union for sone
time. but demanded tho union wages
when the strike was iaaugurated and
the company agreed TO pay the price On.
Ill July !. The miners continued to
work untiI they were threatened by
other ninerE
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-04
ANNIE OUT AND IN.

Ia n Few Hour OF Liberty She Literally
"Plays smash"
TIE "geule Annie" Costello GOT out
Of Jail yesterday morning after serving
a thirty-day sentence on 8 cit? charge.
About ten O'Clock she dropped in 81.
Mckinley & Dsyiin's saloon. on South
Chapline street, and demanded drink,
which vas refused her. She then vent
out in the street and broke Two large
plate glass windows with powders. The
glass COS; $40, and va, completely
ruined. 0aicer O'Brieu arrested Annie,
and Squire Gillespie sent, her to Jail il
detEuit Of bond 20 await the action OF
the grand jury which co1yenes rext
Monday. Annie claims tina. q man in
the saloon struck her in the iace because
she would not treat
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-04
THE PECULIAR IDEAS
OF n Cameron Crank Who Wa. Put In JAN
~ NInnnh..AlIn

OF n Cameron crank Who Was Put In JAN
1T MoundSVilIe.
Henri Pauline was b,ouzh. TO
Moundsvilleyesteriay from Cameron for
luuacy and adjudred in,aao By Justice
Davi. Following Is letter written by
him supposed to be meant for the Pres
itsut Of tho United States:
Mach 8, 1881
F-s.sz; }. P. E25Au. En-, Fasi-.+aa, D C
DEIR SiR:-I managed 10 jump OUT Of
4 windoE last evening and get chased
with sho: gun, but finally got down
10 the railway about thirty minutes
after your train had Left AsIhayo
only thirty cents left l will be greatly
obliged il you will send me pas TO
Washington and IS Il believe there
sho1ld be SOD coming TO me, anyhow,
SO can get away from here. hope
you will get over your INAUGURATION day
all o. k and find yourself happy.
Very respectfully yours,
HEXEr PAULINE
The papers will be sen. o. 70, bis ai-
mission 10 Weston.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-04
a PLEASING PROGRAMME
OF Gymnastics and Music 4; the Y. n. C
4. Last Evening.

OF Gymnastics aud Music n, the Y. n. C
4. Last Evening.
An enthusiastic audience OF members
and their lady frionds crowded the
Young Mems Christian Association hall
last evening to witness gynasstic ex-
hibi:!oa aud entertainment The pro
granue was opened With some good
music By the Ariel Banjo, Mandolin
and Guitar club. The gynnastic iea-
ture consisted OF wand drill, club swing
ing, parallel bar work. fencing and
dumb bell drill By d;feren. classes.
Twenty different members participated
in the drills. The club swinging BIZ
Harry Bacher was 4 feature OF special
interest The exercises we're inter-
sperzed with effectively rendered piano
and covre, solos by Miss Anna Shaw
and Miss Olga BOILER.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-04

4 local board Of the German Aueri-
can Savings and Loan Association has
been organized at West Grafton, where
the plan has met with great approval.
The officers OF the board are: Dr.. r D.
Mackin, president; Alonzo Bartlett,
vice president. Il 4. Spies, secretary
and treasurer. John II. Holt, atto,neT.
Two hundred and iity shares we're sub
scribed before the organization. J. O.
Chenowith represents the association
Is general agent.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-04

Mozart Park continues to be scene
OF constant activity. The variou. i'm
provementa at this resort are las. NOV.
ing toward completion, including the
bowling alley and restaurant building,
which. it is claimed, will be q top
notchcr, and the one-ihird mile track
around the hilltop. The poles To-, the
electric lights have all been put in
place aud many OF the arc lnmps are
already fitted on the poles. 5Ir. Horst.
man, OF the schmulbach company. eI.
poets that the electric oui6t will be
completed within q week, when Mozart
will be most beautiful spo. at night.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-04

Isaac Newland, OF Martins Ferry, sued
Capt Booth, OF the steamer Liberty. for
$500 damages alleged TO have been
sustained in getting of the boa, Al.
Cla-ington some time ago, when IIr.
Nevlaad and stallion lie was leading
both fell into the river and NJ. New
land had three or four ribs broken. The
case was tried 10 a jury in 81. CIairsrille
on the ground that the stage-plank OF
the boa. was insufficient, bu, the Jury
returned q verde; for Capt. Booth.