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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16
The Scouts of the Sea.

Torpedo-boats, however, are designed
for a wider service than simply to carry
and discharge the frightful weapon
from which they take their name. They
are to the navy what scouts and skir-
mishers are to n land army. They
form the cavalry of the sea, of which
the cruisers are the infantry and the
battleships and monitors the artillery
arm. They must spy out the position
of the enemy's fleet, hover about his
fanks or haunt his anchorage to ascer-
tain what he is about and what he
aneans to do next. They must act as
the pickets OF their own fleet, patroll-
ing the neighborhood, or waiting and
watching, concealed among islands or
I'm inlets and rivermouths, ready to has
ten away to the admiral with warning
Of any movement of the enemy.
1t is not their business to fight lex
cept rarely, in the one particular way,
but rather to pry and sneak and rum
Hence they are as small and sleek and
swift as they can be made. When the
fleet goes upon n cruise, they are car
ried en- the decks of the big warshipS,
although they are able to get about in
really rough weather by themselves.
very recent idea Is to build them out
Of aluminium, which would be not only
of great advantage toward ease Of
transportation, but would tend toward
increased speed, by adding buoyancy
and elasticity to the structure, which
seems to skim along the surface and
fairly leap from wave to wave; but it
is doubtful whether aluminium is strong
enough for safety and whether it will
not be injured by the chemical action Of
| The sea-Water-St. Nicholas.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16

ually obtained control. Upon the death
Of the first Robert Garrett, his son,
John W., became the head of the many
family enterprises. For years he was
president of the B. q o. and by his
keenness and sobriety succeeded in
amassing a great fortune. When ne
died In 1888, he left, 1t Is estimated, be-
tween $30,O00,000 and $40,000,000 to be
divided among his children. Robert
Garrett, who was 36 years old when
his father died, and who had been
trained in the office Of the B. q o., in
herited about $4,000, 900 and succeeded
to the presidency Of the great railroad
and its companion properties In which
were invested the fortunes of many
stockholders.
Robert Garrett proved incompetent.
He was fond Of dress and society, loved
wine and women, aped the English in
talk and manner and was boastful
and injudiciously ambitious. One de-
sire was to down Gould and the West
ern Union Telegraph Company by es-
tabllshing rival lines. But Garrett was
no match for the Wall street wizard
and millions were sunk. SO with vari-
GUS other enterprises. For a time he
attracted universal attention by his
meteoric schemes, but soon the world
learned to know him and lost conf
dence In the Garrett management,
which under the wise direction of the
preceding generations had been respect
ed the world over. Stocks In Garrett
enterprises went down and finally, in
1887, Robert Garrett resigned the pres
idency of the B. & o. and kindred or
ganizatlons. Since then he had lived
in retirement-a mental and physical
wreck. His enormous fortune, how
ever, remained intact, and yet amounts
to about $10,O0O,000.
Garrett owned a verltable palace in
Baltimore worth $1,000,000 His love
of dress is shown by the fact that he
owned no less than 100 suits of clothes
ana 140 additional pairs of trousers.
His marble bath room cost $4,000.
The only remaining members of the
Garrett family are brother, who has
been in an insane asylum since early
youth. and an unmarried sister, who is
considered one of the richest women In
the world.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16
TIM HOGAN'S FIREMAN.
His Remarkable Experience Because Tim
Objected to His Color.

hlS themarkADl0 E4perlenCo DocAubo III"
Objected to His Color.
eyes, siree," declared the railroad
man, "those days that are past are the
palmy days l remember well when
fired engines that burned nothing but
wood worked with an engineer, Tim
Hogan was his name, who was one Of
the best on the line. l amt going to
give the name Of the road nor nothing
like that in telling you this tale, cause
Hogan might get in trouble at this late
day.
''In them days the engines had a
draft through the smokestack which
beat the world, and the engine Hogan
run had the strongest draft Of any en-
gine on the road. Many's the time Ho-
gan has had to stop his engine when
she was putting hard going up hill un-
til got and put piece of sheet iron
over the stack. What for? Why, to keep
the fire under the boiler. The draft
would draw it all out.
"Well, about the time speak of the
road wanted to introduce niggers as fire.
men. OF course we kicked, but it didn't
do much good Hogan kicked harder
than anybody and swore he would kill
any niger the road put in his cab and,
not only that, he would throw his life
less body into the flrebox
Zone day Hogan comes to me just
before we was goin out on our run and
said, Jim, they We put nigger in with
me for this run, but ! want you to go
out with me, anyway.
WHAT'S the use?' says 1.
We'll, you come on and don't ask
no questions, says Hogan.
Hogan was a powerful and deter
mined sort of man, and I didn't want
no trouble with him, SO climbed into
the cab 'longside of the niger when the
train pulled out.
"Well, sir, I'll never forget that run.
Hogan was mad and sulky, and he run
that old engine with all the cars behind
her just like he was way behind time.
The nigger heaved wood into the fire.
box, and Hogan kept cussin him and
tellin him to keep 'er hot First thing
l know we'd struck the bottom of the
longest and heaviest grade on the line
Hogan's engine was drawing great
chunks Of wood from the tirebox. and
the stack looked like n volcano.
FINALLY, when the Niger was lean
ing over to lift piece of wood. Hogan
hit him on the head with monkey
wrench, and he fell over just like ne
was dead. was so scared l couldn't
move, but Hogan got off his seat and
chucked tho niger feet first into the
firebox.
II looked out of the window. l didn I
want to SEQ such shocking sight
happened to look ut the smokestack,
and / see the nigger's boots como out OF
it, then his socks, then his pants, and
then he como feet first. When he rose
from tho stack, he yells, 'Goodby, Mr..
Hogan
1--WE saw him light on the ground and
jump up and run. I have never seen
him since, nor neither has Hogan, but
you can't get niger into Hogan's cab,
and that's fact memphis Scimetar.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16

fork longer or shorter, to fit an ear OF
any size. The ear, steaming hot, Is
fastened by slight pressure of the
hand. The fingers grasp the wire, and
do not come at all in contact with the
corn. A screw at one end of the fork
holds the cob fast. A turn of this screw
naturally gives the cob turn, and so it
is revolved until the corn has been all
eaten. 1t is all so simple that the small
est child can understand it, and can be
fitted to portion of an ear just as well
as n whole one. The fork is made of
galvanized steel wire, so that it is easily
washed, but viii! neither collect dust
aor rust.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16
HIDE AND SEEK AT SEA.
Torpedo Boat Practice with the Great
White Cruisers.

|
| White Cruisers.
Mr.. Ernest lngersoll describes "ThG
Tricks of Torpedo Boats" in st. Mich
olas. After telling what the boats are
like and what they can accomplish,
Mr. Ingersoll says: But to insure all
these fine results, both officers and men
must be taught how to manage and
maneuver theIu to best advantage, as
we'll as how to discharge the torpedoes
they carry. Constant drilling is neces-
sary; and lately one of these boats In
our navy, the Gushing" $50 suitably
named after the young hero of the civil
war who destroyed the rebel ram AL
bemarle" by means of Il rude torpedo
boat-one of the first actually usen
has been attached to the naval station
at Newport, Rhode Island, in order to
carry on this practice. One set of ofli-
GERS and men after another is instruct
ed In handling her, and in the making
and firing of her torpedoes; and they
have plenty of fun along with the
schooling.
The headquarters of this work is Goat
Island, which separates Newport har-
Dor from the outer waters of Narra
gansett Bay.
There Is a serchlight which cam
mands the harbor entrances and wide
circle of the bay. One or more war
ships are always there. Those search
lights also can be swung in any drec-
ton. Yet the Gushing arrived one night
and first announced herself by sudden
ly blowing her whistle within pistol
shot of the inner wharf of the island
and 1t was not dark night, either, A
few afternoons later she went down
the bay, and challenged every eye to be
alert to see her return In the evening.
1t was bright moonlight-a time in
which no such boat would attempt n
serious attack-yet Lieutenant Fletch-
er, the Cushing's commander, crept
within n third of mile of the shore
before he was detected. Ii would have
pleased you to see her that night, as
she came plainly into view--a long low
streak gliding silently and swiftly
athwart the mootlit sea, rolling n sill
very furrow back from her plow-like
bow, and seeming more like some great
any sort of steamship.
But 1t Is on dark and stormy nights
that the practice becomes exciting.
Groups of officers stand upon the RAM
part Of Fort Wolcott, or upon the bridge
of each monitor or cruiser, and strain
eyes and ears to obtain some inkling
of the torpedo-boat's presence, the long
white beam of the electric searchlight
sweeping right and left, up and down,
and every man gazing along the path it
Eliminates for some glimpse of the lit
tie enemy. A swing of the beam south
ward brings out the grim walls and
numerous cannon of Fort Adams, and
shows every yacht and fishing-boat at
anchor inside of Brenton's Point. The
main channel, the Dumplings, the far
away shore of Conanicut Island, Rose
Island and its ruined old fortifications,
the upper bay dotted with lazy sloops
and schooners slipping down with the
tide, are revealed one after another, as
the powerful rays are turned slowly
westward and northward until at last
they are shining again in the Naval
War College and Training School, and
on the clustered shipping and wharyes
of the picturesque cid town.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16
A LONG-FELT WANT.

Enables One to Eat Hot Corn With
out Burning the Fingers.
What lover OF hot, sweet corn who
likes to eat from the cob, has not wish
cd for some means to partake of the
succulent ear without soiling his fingers
Or burning them? He may rejoice now,
for corn fork has been invented to
supply the want so long felt. Though it
is called fork, it does not look n bit
like the conventional article of that
name.
1t is a little device OF wire made
somewhat longer than the average ear
of corn. 1t consists of two pieces that
slide back and forth, so as to make the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16
FOR THE RUIN HE WROUGHT,
Robert, the Last of the Baltimore
Gnrretts, Will Be Remembered.

Robert, the Last of the Baltimore
Garretts, Will Be Remembered.
The death Of Robert Garrett, expires
i1ent of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, which occurred last week at Deer
Park, Md, removed the last notable
member of family which for nearly
three generations was a ruling power
In the financial world. Though at one
time he had control of enterprises in
which millions upon millions of dollars
were invested he will be remembered
Chiefly as having ruined these enter
rrlses, which 1t took his father and
grandfather nearly half century 10
b1ild up.
The Garrett family, of Baltimore,
first became influential in the '40s,
when the banking house of Robert Gar
rett & Sons was established In Balti-
more by the grandfather of the man
who died Wednesday. When the Bal
.imore and Ohio Railroad was built the
CARROTS became interested and grad
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16

tlfe principles. and In that country hac.
terlal cultures have come into general
use in the creameries. Already such
cultures have been placed on the mar.
ket in the United States, and small
quantities of them are obtainable by
farmers, put up in bottles and hermet
ically sealed. Among them perhaps the
best known is Prof Conn's culture of
Bacillus No. A." the original germs
for which were obtained by that seien-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16
Late Tomatoes often Pay.

While the very earliest tomatoes al
ways bring the highest prices, these do
not continue long, and the glutted sea-
son begius when the crop in years of
iplenty can hardly be given away. We
have often found ready sale late in
tthe season for tomatoes for picking at
better prices than the best-ripened
would bring a few weeks previous. The
advantage of this late crop is that the
green tomatoes are even more salable
than the ripe ones. 1t Is always GUS
tomary to wait until late in making
pickles. After the hottest weather Is
lpast the pickles keep better.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16
BACTERIA THAT SPOIL BUTTER.

list from jar of preserved cream from
South America, sent to the Worlds Fair
at Chicago.
The notion that Philadelphia butte.
may be made to order out of any sort
Of cream merely by the addition of a
few microbes of n particular species
seems surprising; yet it is fact. 1t
used to be imagined that the pure arc
matte flavor peculiar to fresh butter of
specially fine flavor resulted chiefly
from the feed consumed by the COWS,
and that the great difference in quality
between winter butter and summer but
ter was due to the difference between
the winter feed and the fresh grass
feed of the summer. This Idea proves
to be wholly mistake. The difference
Is due to the varying species of bacteria
that find their way into the cream.
There are a good many kinds of bac-
tpria which are foes of the dairyman
They get into his cream and spoil his
product In the shape of butter or cheese.
Did you ever taste milk that was sour?
Probably you have. Well, the souring
is the work of certain species of bac-
terium. But there are ever so many
other species which give bad taste to
the cream, even causing the butter
made from 1t to smell badly. Two OF
these are represented in figures and 3
accompanying this article. Figures l.,
2 and 3 are the sort of bacteria which
make first-rate butter. Without such
as they you would probably forsake
that agreeable edible and take to oleo-
margarine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16
SOME BUTTER MYSTERIES.
Improving the Flavor of Butter by
Certain Kinds of Bacteria.

Certain Kinds of Bacteria.
Among the most remarkable of recent
discoveries is the fact that bacteria are
responsible for the flavor Of butter and
cheese. After all. the popular notion
that these organisms are enemies of
mankind Is a mistake. Nearly all of
them are harmless, and some are ex-
ceedlngly beneficial. 1t is only a few
eccentric species that have adopted par
asitic habits, and, feeding on the body
tissues of mankind and other animals,
produce thereby unpleasant diseases.
The United States Patent Office has
tust issued to Wilhelm Storch, a citizen
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16

of Denmark, patent for certain bac-
teria "cultures," which are designed
for use in the artificial flavor of butter.
Added to fresh cream, these micro
scopic organisms multiply in incalcula-
BILE numbers, and give to the substance
the peculiar taste quality that is de-
aired by people who eat butter. In Den
mark dairying Is conducted on scien-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16
The Soured Bachelor.

st wonder" said the vealy boarder,
"if there is any truth in the theory that
the advancement of woman to an equal
intellectual plane with man will destroy
her beauty"
"Of course there is" said the soured
bachelor, "aud there are more pretty
women than ever nowadays. Indian
onolis Journal
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16
Look Ont tou tt,nVoice.

You often hear bosa. and girls say
words when they are vexed that sound
os If made up of snarl, Il whine and a
bark. Such a voice often expresses
more than the heart feels. often even
in mirth one gets voice or tone that is
sharp, and it sticks to him through life.
Such persons get sharp voice for home
use and keep their best voice for those
they meet elsewhere. say to all boys
and girls, use your guest voice at
home. Watch it day by day rs a pearl
of great price, for it will be worth more
to you than the best pearl in the sea.
A kind voice is larks song to Il heart
and home. Train it to sweet tones now
and II will keep in tune through life"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16

First Wheelman-"I always get rat
tied when l see a woman crossing the
street ahead of me-" Second Wheel
man-"So do l. They have so many
pins In their clothes that If fellow
'collides with them he is almost sure
to puncture a tire. New York Mer-
curry,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16

Here is some Trocadero fun:
"What was that awful noise in the
room next to mine last night?"
"Oh, that was only the new boarder
falling asleep.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16

The best way to remove sand and
grit from small fruit, when washing is
necessary, is to lay the fruit loosely in
q clean basket and dip the basket into
fresh, clean water
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16

81 have remarked that the older | be.
come, the more people yawn when
talk."-Drake Watson.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-16

To be had in the Market.
Mr.. Thomas will conduct nothing but first
class house, and Il cordial welcome Will be ex-
tended to all guests
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-28
M0RTGAGEES SALE,


will be sold at public auction on MONDAY,
Arril Q. 1885, at 10 o'clock ID. M, at boarding
house, No. ~ fountain street, Moonsockei,
II. L., by virtue of n power OF sale contained
In certain mortgage deed ~ personal prop
eTty, executed by John l.. Nichols. or said
Woonsocket, dated January 20. 1890. and ~
recorded In safa. Woonsocket registry OF
deeds, personal property mortgage book No.
Z, pages 3o4 and 1856. the conditions OF said
mortgage deed having been broken.
ono hundred chairs, chamher sets, IL
chambers, 10 carpets ia tables. 23 lamps and
hangers. rocking chairs, 10 pitchers, 10
bowls, 90 bedsteads, 20 sets OF bedding, 27
stands, 10 mirrors, clocks. commodes.
sofas. II curtains, 10 stoves eud stove pipe, 4
euspidors, Of. cloth, pictures, ice chest,
o castere. al dishes. Tin and crockery, =
bureaus, quilts, carpets, etc, lO-gailon oil
cans, tubs. baskets. clothes lines. clothes pins.
glasses, tins and chairs.
Also, all and singular all the goods and
Nichols by Elizabeth briggs by bill OF sale,
dated September g. 1874. Also ali the crock.
cry, furniture. bedding, rugs, carpets and
other articles az pc rsoIai property placed by
Nichols in the rooms OF said boarding house
or in the wash room cellar OF said house
since purchasing said property from said
Hriggs Also all articles oil personal property
that have been added 10 or substituted for
any or the above described property.
by oruer Of the mortgagee, who hereby
gives notice OF his Intention TO bid on said
property at the sale thereof or at any ad.
jourpmept thereof.
woonsocket, Il. l., March 25, 1906.
mar26- o. -3f.anr3
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-28

Dr. Walker and Mr.. Rueckert. oil men of
intelligence, and three of the i've ply
sicians. In addition, the report was
tacked by the expert opinion OF the su-
perintendent OF health, DR.. Chaplin.
What stronger evidence could the COM
mittee on city property desire; and what
stronger reasons did they need TO warrant
them in instantly making report to the
City Council that the change should be
made.
Since the committee on city property
have been directed by the City Council
to report on Eridgham school, they have
bestirred themselves to ,ome extent. and
in The NEWS OF Friday, 9th inst, it is
stated that they have decided To recon-
mend that no change be made. They
base this conclusion on letter from the
principal of the school, and further re-
port by DIR. Chaplin. but Investigation
has brought out the fact that Dr. Chaplin
was requested by this committee to report
Oh the general subject of heating and
ventilation in the Brigham school, and
that his advice was not asked on the SUBJ
ject of the privy vault, which is the mat
ter under discussion. Ii has also tran
spired that while the chairman of the
committee on city property has visited
Rridgham school house recently, be has
not been down to the privy vault. Priv
ate citizens have made more thorough
inspection.
This reluctance to make the change re-
commended by the school committee is
leaving your children exposed TO a
danger that will increase as the weather
grows warmer. Last year, in the warmer
months, sickness, closely approaching
dipht heria in character, removed several
children from the school, and at least one
severe case of typhoid fever occurred i'm
the fail of last year. This may not be the
case this year, or, on the other hand,
sickness may be more general and more
pronounced in character. II the COM
mittee on city property persist in recon-
mending that no change in the face OF
all the testimony in favor of the de-
cency OF sewer connections, we must
hope that the Council will give the
needed relief.
Dr. Sawin, surgeon at the Charlestown,
Mass. State prison, said in the course of
a recent similar investigations ''ff more
attention were paid at the present time
to a proper development of schools, and
less to that of criminals, insane and paup-
ers, much better results would be at
taiped.p 1t seemed to him that the school
children had been neglected, and he
thought there was great opportunity 10
secure proper treatment of the school
children without overlooking the import
ance of taking care of the crim inals,
paupers and insane.
Aneirvestigation at our Rhode Island
State prison, almshouse and insane
asylum will show sanitary precautions are
in advance of those In many of our school
buildings.
EDWARD G.. JONES.
JAMns III. SMITH,
CHARLES II. STARK,
WILLIAM A, SPICER.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-28
Red Men.

There was large attendance at the
meeting of Wamsitta Tribe Monday even
ing, when the chiefs degree team of Ca
nonchet Tribe OF Central Falls with Past
Sachem L. j. Stevens as degree chief,
conferred that degree on two candidates.
The work was done in a careful and PAINS
taking manner, and was treat to the
membe and visitors. A tempting sup
per was served at the close of the cere-
mony.
Great Sachem Alfred Mowry and suite
made an official visit to King Phillip
Tribe Tuesday evening.
Moshassuck Tribe will hold a grand
ball In Music Hall assembly rooms, Paw
tucket, Friday evening, April /.
Chief'of Records George r. Brackett OF
Tahoma Tribe who has been sick for a
numb Der OF months, is out again.
preliminary meeting of the charter
members OF the new tribe being formed
In the city will meet at 45 Eddy street,
room %, Tuesday evening, at O'Clock.
The adoption degree was conferred
upon six candidates and two applica-
tions for membership were received in
Moshassuck Tribe Tuesday evening. The
great chiefs will make an official visit to
this tribe Tuesday evening, April IL.
AT the last meeting OF Weenst Shessit
Tribe permission was given sixty-one
candidates to receive the adoption degree,
and thirty-one applications for rember-
ship were received. The tribe expects to
have 100 candidates for the adoption de-
gree Friday night.
Pettaconsett ,1ri be will hold ball in
Temperance Hall, corner OF Eddy street
and Potters avenue, Thursday evening,
April o.
State Organizer Charles w. Mercier
visited Bristol Monday evening and found
that the prospects for new tribe In that
town were good.
Ossemequin Tribe will hold ball in
Music Hell -asse m My rooms, Pawtucket.
Wednesday evening, April q.