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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19
Freaks of Photography.

| have read, with the comments there
on. the account of the spirit photograph
ing of a chld's foot upon window
glass. have something equally strange
to offer Ny father-in-law, Emanuel
Ryder, lives n trlfle over two miles
north and east of here. He and his
family are stanch spiritualists. In the
fall of 1870 they had valuable horse
called Nellie, which was quite favor
lite. L took sick with collie, think, and
Just before it died sat upon Its haunch-
es with the forelegs hanging down, then
dropped over dead Although the day
was clear the sun did not shine on that
(the vest side of the house, n few rods
from which, in front of a window, the
horse died.
About five months afterward the low
er right-hand pane of glass in the lower
sash of that window began to look
smoky, and when the sun shone direct
on the glass the correct picture of the
horse was depicted in the sitting pos
ture mentioned This remained so for
ten years. In the fall of 1889 the glass
became clear and the picture faded
away, and in place were five diagonal
lines, which remained about six months
and disappeared. The glass began to
look cloudy or smoky again, and the
profile of the horse appeared as before
and Is there to this day. 1t does not
look like flaw In the glass, but as IL
pictured in the glass. When the sun
does shine in a direct line on the glass
the image cannot be seen, but In the
night, If Il light Is held against the win
dow, 1t can be seen by person on the
outside, and vice versa. This picture
has been seen by hundreds and Is ap-
parently mystery to everybody. The
fact of this phenomenon remains just
the same, but the query is open for an
swer: How, why and by what was the
picture of that dying horse photograph
ed on that window pane?-Nye, Ore,
letter to the Progressive Thinker.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19

On Haydn's arrival he first took up
his abode at Bland's, the music pub
Usher, at 45 Holborn, but soon after
ward removed to rooms prepared for
him at 18 Great Pulteney street, the
residence of Solomon. Near here, at
Messrs. Broadwood's, is shown room
i'll which Haydn used to retire to COM
pose. At Salomon's he would appear to
have appreciated the arrangements made
for his comfort, especially with regard
to the cuisine, which was under the di-
rection of foreign chef. We find him,
however, complaining of the late hour
at which Londoners dined, though to us
o'clock might seem uncomfortably
early. In March, 1871, he conducted the
first of Salomon's concerts at the rooms
in Hanover square, and in this and the
following year he brought out the first
six of his grand symphonies. For many
years Solomon was among the foremost
musicians in the metropolis During
Mara first season in London he con
Quoted and played solos at all her con-
certs. The Morning Chronicle called
him a genius and asked whose violin
playing approached nearer the human
voice. When an old man, he was still
full of enterprise, and took great inter-
est in the foundation of the Philhar-
monic society.
Great enthusiasm prevailed on the
occasion of the first of the Solomon
Haydn series of concerts Nine. STORAGE
sang, while Salomon led the orchestra
as first violin, and Haydn presided at the
pianoforte. e.-Gentleman' Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19
Xeqatahle EloMNrs.

The far famed vineyards of the Rhine
are great disappointment to tourists
who see them for the first time. Vine
clad hills may have pleased the poets,
but apart from the sentiment aroused
by the remembrancos Of the exaggera-
tions Of such writers they are not in
toresting and it is difficult to see how
any one could have raved over their
beauty. "a potato field is better, )" said
one disenchanted traveller. Many flow
ers produced by edibles are worthy OF
place in our gardens. The scarlet run
ner is too well known to need common
dation. An innovation recently seen il
what is known as the broad bean. Farm
ers use them for food for cattle, though
they are considered table delicacy III
foreign countries. The flower is one of
the most peculiar seen in the vegetable
world, being white with jet black mark
irgs The white being as pure as that
of the sweet pea, the effect is striking
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19
Loneliness of Arctic Ice Fields.

On these island hunting trips an ON
inous silence reigned. We were then
having alternate day and night, and
the spirit of the approaching months of
darkness seemed to hold the day in
thrall. The weird desolation and lone
illness of the great peaks; the intermina-
BILE ice-caps, lustrous and cold under
the gray waste of cloud the wide,
messy stretches, thick-set with irregu-
lar boulders of many hues, and thickly
starred with white, pink, purple and
yellow flowers; the absence of life; the
MINDLESS hush-all these wove web
of awe about ones mental perceptions,
and made the world in which we walk
ed seem a part of strange dreams.-
Century.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19

"Proud beauty" said he, striking an
attitude he had learned by constant at
tendance at the 10, 20, 80 drama
proud beauty, I go from here to the
river, where l shall end my sorrows by
jumping in. a"
"Iwouldn't go to the trouble of jump
ing in and having to be searched for
with grabhooks, " said the girl who had
refused him. "Just take drink of the
water. That will do. "-Chicago Jour
nal,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19
Published Every Wednesday.
A. J. MCCARTHY, Publisher.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION:
KNIGHTS OF PYTHEAS.

Esmerada Lodge, No 16, X. of P. convenes
every Wednesday evening at o'clock, in their
castle hail. Urquhart building. Sojouming
Knights are cordially invited to attend.
GEORGE WOODRUFF c. C.
R. RosENTHAL, X. OF X. and s.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19

some night, for | want to talk to him
with kind regards to Mrs. Bart
lett, believe me, ever your friend,
"WIIKINSON SMAIIEY"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19

Mother-Now, Willie, you've been
eating sweets till you've made yourself
i'll. l shall have to send for the doctor
Willie-I say, if you are sending for
the doctor, may have another sweet?
1t won't make any difference, you
know. Pearson Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

To be had IN the Markef
Mr.. Thomas will conduct nothing but first
class house, and cordial welcome will be ex-
tended to all guests.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19
CandeIaria Hall Saloon

Is well-known and finely furnished and is the
most popular resort in Candelarla The bar is
stocked with the choicest and best brands of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19
Fire Burns Thirty-Eight Years.

There is burning coal mine ar Sum
nit Hill, near the Town of Maucn
Chunk. The fire, which was started
by n tiny accident, has ragged in this
mine since 1858, and all the trials at
extinguishing it have failed.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19

"Why does woman always call her
purse Il porket-book?" II don't know,
unless 1t is because she carries in 1t Il
memorandum telling her wherg TO find
her pocket."-Chlcago Record.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19

With Hall which cannot be equalled in South
western Nevada For terms, Theatrical Mama
gers will address the Proprietor
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-19

W IIIININNVtN NM NIaIII I.
When Roger came home the follow
Ing Saturday, his father handed him
the note, remarklng: Pm afraid
haven't appreciated your football. old
man, but I'm going TO do better in flu
ture; and. by the way, Roger, | hear
that you're to play in the game ut
Springfield next week; is that SOP"
Roger nodded.
Very well, then" Mr.. Bartlett con
tinued, "your mother and | would like
to have you get us the best seats that
can be bought, for we've set our hearts
upon going up to see you make the first
touchdown" n."-Toledo Blade.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-17
that they forgot what they were doing
and banged away

that they forgot what they were doing
and banged away.
Nothing was left then but to give
chase, which we did for a few hundred
yards through the woods, but they got
away in the dark, and we found nothing
except, as we came back to the train,
my friend the informer. Him we found
lying in the gutter on top OF his lantern,
scared half to death. We took him in.
and as the train pulled out explained
his part in the affair, and the million
aires were so pleased with his heroic
conduct in saving them that they made
up pony purse of $500 and presented
it to him on the spot and offered him
railroad job where he might have a
chance to lead q new life.
He took the money and the JOB ana
the next time / saw him he was In Jail
at Sacramento. with bullet hole in
him. Before he quit living, however,
he told me with a laugh that the hold
up was fake from start to finish, and
that his wife did the shooting from the
woods with revolver and ran away as
fast as she could. They figured that
the rich men would make up some sort
of purse, and If they didn't get more
than 800 it would have repaid them
amply for all their expense and trouble.
AS for the risk, there wasn't any. l was
glad nobody heard the scoundrel tell
this story, for it made me mighty sore.
and / never told it until / had been away
from California for five years.
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Americas Most Historic Prison
to Be Destroyed
UNHEALTHY AND TOO SMALL
Where the Black Maria Dumped Gotham 8
Convicts
New York's Criminals rlsfe Than Treble lts
Cspacity-The Egyptian Structure to Be
Replaced by Q Hodern Jail

NEW YORK, May 8.-The other day,
In the course of his official duties in the
city's behalf, Mayor Strong placed his
signature on very ordinary piece of
paper. The mayor writes quickly, and 1t
only took him about five seconds to do
that particular piece Of work. Yet in
that five seconds he destroyed the most
interesting public building in New York
and the most historic prison in the
United States. This piece of paper
called for the destruction of the Tombs
prison, which has held more noted Grim
inals than any other six places of its
kim. in the land.
There are few great criminals in the
United States today that have not had
ior of the Tombs. The ghosts of the
would fill every cell in the old prison.
In it's fifty-eight years of existence 1t
has confined nearly half a million pris-
oners. Hundreds of marriages have
taken place within its heavy deep gray
walls. Innumerable babies, some Of
them now respectable men and women,
and others-criminals, like their un-
happy mothers-first saw the light OF
day behind its heavy bars of iron and
steel. Suicides by the score have made
the dark plunge into eternity while in
the midst of the misery the Tombs al
ways contains. What the Bastile has
been to France and Newgate to Eng
land, the Tombs has been to this coun-
try.
The reason of the destruction of the
Tombs is simple. From an architectural
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The box was placed on a schooner, but
the vessel was delayed by great storms,
and as the weather was warm the box
emitted an awful stencil. The remains
were discovered and in time the box was
traced to Colt as the shipper. When ac-
cused of the crime he confessed, and
after a long time was condemned to the
hangmanS moose.
Before the crime, Colt, who was about
80 years of age. was engaged to be mar
ricd to an accomplished young woman
named Caroline Henshaw. From first TO
last this Womans devotion was unshak-
en-. On the day set for the execution
Miss Henshaw. accompanied by Colts
brother and John Howard Payne, fam
Gus as the author of Home, Sweet Home
went to the Toombs and was there mar
ried to the condemned man, the Rev.
Mr.. Anthem performing the ceremony.
Half an hour after the marriage cere-
mony the bride. SO soon to become wild
ow. took her leave. An hour before the
time set for the execution an alarm OF
fire in the prison was raised. The cupola
was ablaze. AS soon as it was eXtin-
guished the sheriff went back to the cell
to bring Colt out for execution.
The sheriff found John Colt lying OH
his cot, his hands composedly crossed
on his breast, and knife buried in his
heart A few weeks later Miss Hen
shaw, or Mrs. Colt. disappeared from
New York. Then it was said the sui
cide's body was not that of Colt. and that
the latter had escaped. This may have
been fiction and it may have been fact.
Ed Stokes was confined in the famous
murderers row of the Toombs for the
Croker for the alleged killing Of pollt-
ipa1 rival
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THE DREADED THIRD SECTION


The third section of the Russian police
service is unusually active at present,
owing to the approach of the coronation
ceremonies of Car Nicholas H., and
every o<e coming under the ban of sus-
picion is feeling it's influence and power.
This popularity dreaded section is one
Of three divisions of the Russian police
system. The first division, or section,
Is the ordinary street police force the
members Of which are uniformed and
patrol the streets of the big cities just
as they do in this and other countries.
They arrest the petty offenders, the
thieves, thugs, murderers and black
legs in general, who always infest cities
of Importance. There is nothing unus-
ual about them except their willingness
to be bribed on every occasion. They
are miserably paid; In fact. the me n
bers of the three divisions are under
paid, and as a result blackmail, bribery
and extortion thrive in Russia to an
extent unknown in any other country
the world over.
The second section is made up of the
rural police, the chiefs of which are ap-
pointed by the state and the ordinary
officers of the different villages. These
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are the most rapaciouS wretches on the
face of the earth, and the way they
grind down the helpless people in their
! control would bring tears to the eyes of
man of stone.
The third section, whose chief is
spoken of in whisper as the White
Terror, is made up of the dreaded secret
police. The organization of this force
is well-guarded mystery, and therein
lies its vast power. 1t is under the i'm
mediate control of the minister of the
interior. and it's one particular business
| is to ferret out enemies of the car and
of the imperial government
Secrecy and mystery from it's foun-
Qatlon. How many men compose the
force is unknown. They may number
| 5000, and possibly $4,000 The section
includes men placed in every walk of
life. from the humblest to the most pow
erful. the artisan and the diplomat, the
high army officer and the common SOL
dlef, the laborer and the society man,
the merchant and the thief. In every
big city the world over are men of the
| Third Sect6H. They are in New York
Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, and ali
| the large towns of the country They
swarm in Loxdon, Paris Berlin Vienna.
Constantirople and the great capitals of
Europe The cities of Asia are full of
F., them.
Those in Russian cities have no regu-
lar hours for reporting for duty as is
F.! the case with members of the detective
force in the ordinary city. They are on
duty all the time. Few of the agents
know one another. This is regarded as
a great advantage. An agent could be
! IN the company of nine other agents
i and not one in the group of ten would
know that he was in the presence of
fellow officers. Their superiors confer
with them in secret, and they never
meet at one place. 1t is an everyday
occurrence for anagent to rurn in a re-
port accusing another agent of sus-
picious conduct. The latteris simply fol-
lowing up some case, and the other, not
knowing him to be a secret officer,
makes his report. So elaborate, COM
plete and extensive is this organized
spy system that little goes on does not
change
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FAKE RAILROAD lOLD-UP

This story / see going the rounds Of
the newspapers about a gang out west
scheming to hold up a train with Van
derbilt, Depew and other rich men on
ii" remarked detective to Washing
ton Star reporter, reminds me of one
similar that occurred in my bailiWick
when 1 was working in California"
las to how?" questioned the reporter
"A chap out there came to me just as
the fellow did in the case of this detec-
tive and said that he was one of a gang
that was going to hold up train with
a lot of San Francisco millionaires on
board. but that as had been friend
to him when he needed it, which was
true, or he would then have been wear
ing the stripes, he was going to give the
snap away. 1t looked to me to be the
chance of my life, and I at once began
operations to thwart the robbers. / told
the chap to go ahead and help the gang
get ready for the train, and when it
was held up they would hear something
drop, and that he had better keep in
safe place or it might be him along with
the others. The train left San Francis
co one night at 9 o'clock, and was in
formed that the holdup was to take
place in a lonesome spot about an hour
out of San Francisco. I had a carload
of armed men ready
LAS we struck the dangerous place
was pretty nervous, and so was every
body else, but we meant business and
braced up with drink or two for what
ever work we might have. 1t came at
last. with light on the track, where a
man stood swinging a lantern and the
train pulled up. AS it stopped there
was a volley of half dozen shots
poured into the train from the woods
near the track, which my men respond
ed to on the spot, much to my chagrin,
for I had wanted the robbers to board
us, where we could have them in good
shooting position. My men were green,
though. or at least most of them were,
and they We're so ratified by the volley
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ty skylght, but is fast closed; and
from the roof there dangle limp and
dropping, two useless wind sails.
Nothing about the Tombs pleased
Dickens. He thought 1t terrible because
the cells were not fitted with hooks Tor
the inmates to hang their clothes on.
When the matter-of guard told him
the prisoners would use the hooks to
hang themselves on. he thought that was
worse than ever. He dislfked the smells.
and when he poked his head into one
of the cells and the prisoner paid no at
tention to him whatever, but Kept on
reading a big book, Dickens regarded
the incident as an example OF the des-
pair occasioned by confinement in the
Tombs.
AS a matter of fact the Tombs then
was paradise to what 1t is now. Then
there were cells to spare for the prison.
ers. Now three men have to sleep in
the cells at times. 1t is very seldom
that less than two men sleep In cell.
There are 143 cells in the old building
and 1928 in the new prison, built in the
Tombs yard In 1886. In the 143 cells there
are usually 300 prisoners. This makes
two inmates for nearly all of the cells
and three for the remainder.
One peculiar thing ABOUT the Tombs is
its lack of light. On the brightest days
It is necessary to keep all the gas jets
burning, and even these are insufficient
vors to follow the lines of the ancient
Egyptian tomb the builders gave no heed
to the need of sunlight or ventilation.
The evil of this is readily seen in the
fact that all of the old keepers have
rheumatism and malaria and not a few
have died of consumption.
To record the number of famous pris-
oners the Toombs has held would re-
uuire volumes. The first man hanged
there was Edward Coleman, Philadel-
phia negro, who murdered his wife, and
paid the penalty on the 18th day of jan
uary, 1885, Coleman's wife was pretty
mulatto woman, known Is the "hOt
corn" girl. She discarded Coleman, who
was a worthless fellow, and he. becom-
ing jealous of her, cut her throat with q
razor while she was selling on Broad
way the commodity which gave her the
odd sobriquet.
The first suicide in the Toombs was
the final act in great tragedy. John c.
Colt, brother of the inventor of the re-
volver which is famous the world over,
killed Samuel Adams. a printer, on the
afternoon of Friday September II, 1841
They had a dispute over money matters,
and the killing was probably done in
self-defense, but Colt was terrified and
tried to concNal all evidences of the
crime. He cue the body up, placed it in
a box and had it shipped as merchandise
to q fictitious address In New Orleans.
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Tan Spots Over DOGS, Ever


These spots are believed to afford an
example of protective markings per-
petuated by natural selection They
seem to nave been acquired at a COM
paratively recent period, when the do,
had become semi-domesticated The
original dog was red and did not pos.
sess these spots. When he slept he hid
himself from possible enemies, but this
the seml-domesticated dog could not
always do. Now, when the color chang.
ed by domestication and selected breed
ing, and dogs became pied and black.
those which had spots over their eyes
would look, when asleep, as though their
Eyes tE were open and still on watch.
Therefore their enemies would be de-
ceived, and they would be less liable to
be killed during sleep than dogs which
had not such spots. Thus they survived,
and transmitted their popularity to their
offspring. These spots are supposed to
be the most, if not the only, permanent
markings on dogs.
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standpoint it is an interesting building.
1t is credited with being the truest rep
resentation of ancient Egyptian archi-
lecture in the country. From a prison
standpoint it is vile. 1t is terribly in
adequate to meet the demands of the
criminals of the city. AS it was built
for prison and not for architectural
interest, it has got to come down.
Why it was called the Tombs is a dis
puted question. Some of the old guards
in the prison say that a great many
suicides took place there when 1t was
first built, and in consequence it came
quite naturally to be known as the
Tombs. The real reason is this: When
the city officials were looking around
for design in 1884. one of them ran
across a book of travel written by John
i. Stevens of Castle Point. ~ ]. This
book contained fine picture of an an
cient Egyptian tomb. 1t was a ponder
Gus looking building, strong, gloomy
frowning and terrible. 1t looked like an
ideal prison, so the builders were or
dered to reproduce it in heavy granite
from the Maine quarries. This granite
was a light gray at one time. but it is
almost black now. The builders fol-
lowed the design as closely as they
could. All of their endeavors were con-
centrated upon presenting true repro
duction of the exterior. They knew
nothing about the interior. so that be-
CtIIlt 1t StCOIud1y COISlueTdLlOU. But IL
more attention had been given to the
plans for the prisoners and less to the
ancient Egyptians it would not now be
necessary to deprive the city of its most
interesting structure.
More than generation ago the Tombs
was the target of much adverse criti-
cism, particularly by foreign visitors to
the city.
Thackeray hooted at it, Dickens ridi-
culed it, and George Augustus Sala con-
demned it. Dickens poked fun at near
ly everything he saw in America, wheth-
er it was merited or not, but what he
wrote about the Tombs was justified.
In part he wrote:
What is this dismal-fronted pile of
bastard Egyptian, like an enchanter's
palace in melodrama? A famous pris-
on, called the Tombs. Shall we go in?
So. A long, narrow, lofty building,
stove heated, as usual with four CALLER
les, one above the othdr, going around it,
and communicating BIZ stairs. Between
the two sides of each gallery, and in it's
center, bridge, for th\greater conven-
fence or crossing. On each of these
bridges sits man. doing or reading,
or talking to an idle companion. On each
Tier are two opposite rows of small iron
doors. They look like furnace doors.
put are cold and black as though the
nres within had all gone out Some two
OF three are open. and women, with
cropping heads bent down, are talking
to the inmates. The whole is lighted