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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-08-25
Novel Use for Tidal Power.

Various plans have been suggested at
different times for the utiliza ton of the
energy developed by the rise and fall
of the tides, but the intermittent char
acter of the power has usually prevent
ed any satisfactory solution of the
problem There is, however, one in
stance in which tide power has been
quite successfully applied in very
simple manner. Among the river front
at Liverpool there is Il tendency for
the accumulation of all silt against
the dock walls, requiring occasional
dredging for its removal. Instead Of
using scoop dredges, this mud is re-
moved at different periods by the use
of tide power in the following manner:
Along the base of the dock walls Is
laid a pipe, perforated with holes,
directed outward, this pipe being con
nected with the interior of the dock
system, and suitable valves being pro-
yided to permit or check the flow of
water. When the tide is very low, and
consequently the head of water meas
ured from the surface in the docks is
X
connection permits rapid flushing
action of the water escaping through
holes in the pipe at the base of the
walls, securing out the mud and driy
ing 1t out into the river TO be carried
away. AS the tides at Liverpool aver
age about twenty-five feet or more, it
is evident that this simple form of
dredging apparatus may be very effect
i've, and as the times chosen for using
1t may be selected when the supply of
water is greatest, it does not interfere
with the regular use of the docks. Ulti-
mately economical forms of power stor-
age will render the equalization of tide
power commercially practicable, but
at the present time this example serves
to demonstrate the fact that solar and
lunar attraction, as expressed by the
tides, have been harnessed in 4 small
way at least.-Cassier's Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-08-25

Several of these pumps are thus contin-
ually engaged on the different levels. else
the water would collect in such quanti-
ties as to render work impractcable and
ultima tely flood the mine.
A dreadful accident occurred by the last
car of one of those trains becoming de-
tached from its fellows. At a point where
the fifth level branches from the slope one
of the workers was standing when the
detached car went rushing down the slope
with almost the velocity of cannon bali.
Those who heard the roar of the oncoming
car shouted TO the man to move. lie
either did not hear them or became par
alyzed with fear; in any case the car
ground him to pieces against one Of the
pillars.
Ultimately with my conductor I reach
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-08-25
DOWN IN A COAL NINE
TRIP THROUGH GLOOMY CAV
ERNS OF THE EARTH,
Going Down a Slope to the Working
Chambers Where, Amid Powder
Smoke and Perils, the Miner Digs
CoaI-Discovery of the Mineral.
About Coal.


Pittsburg, Pa, correspondence.
Not many of US think as we sit by COM
Portable fires in the zero days of winter
Of the difficulties and dangers experienced
in mining the coal that contributes so
much to our domestic happiness and onr
national prosperity. Yet the handspring
of our very civilization is the coal the
miner digs in the gloomy caverns of the
earth. There ages ago the heat of the
sun, absorbed by the plants from which
coal Is derived, was treasured up aud to-
day we have that same heat, in the form
of coal, ut our disposal and subject to
our control. Without it we would be liy-
ing i'll the past-in the days of the stage
coach and the sailboat, with out present
conditions of life, if dreamed Of, another
Utopia. BY it we can travel almost as
comfortably as if seated in our own
homes over thousands of miles Of noun
tain and valley and thousands of leagues
of ocean, and enjoy conveniences such
as were not within the reach of the
wealthiest and greatest of ancient times.
Such is the value of coal to the modern
world, and it is an interesting subject
how it is mined.
interesting sights is the huge breakers
that are dotted over the region and the
mountains of refuse-the "dumps'-that
have been extracted from the mines.
These breakers are generally, though not
always, erected over the mouth of the
shaft, or entrances to the mines and it is
in them that the coal, after having been
mined, is graded by passing through diff
ferent screens, and cleaned by having
the impurities picked out by hand, those
employed for that purpose being mainly
children. The impurities are the con-
stituents Of the dumps" and some of the
latter contain hundreds of millions of
tons.
1t was my good fortune recently to
spend several hours in the colliery known
as the Little Schuylkill in Mahoning City,
Pa. While the midday sun was shining
gloriously and all nature seemed joyful,
| entered the cage and was rapidly low
cred to the bottom of the shaft, where
all was dark as blacklist midnight. Here
and there appeared fickering lights in the
caps of the miners and when the eyes be-
came more accustomed to the darkness |
saw the outlines of cars on the tracks,
some full Of coal. to be presently lifted
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-08-25

fatalities are numerous. We are all more
or less familiar with the great disasters
of the coal fields, in each of which ten,
twenty or more persons have been killed.
But outside the coal regions themselves
the news of the minor tragedies seldom
penetrate, or if it does it is overlooked or
forgotten. But they are always occur
ring.
Surely the coal miner is engaged in
perilous work. He deserves n better fate
than want and the contingency of starya-
tion-a fate that is confronting thousands
of miners and their families in the anthra-
cite regions of Pennsylvania to-day.
The Romance of Coal.
Considerable of romance attaches to
the early use of coal in this country. Its
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-08-25
NATIONAL PARKS.
Beauty Spots Which Adorn Uncle
Sam's Domain.


The project To again turn Alackinae
Park over to the care of the federal
government has given rise to genera!
satisfaction, independent of the local
qualification with which the State of
Michigan relinquishes n task assumed
some years ago apparently without
counting the cost. There is no finer
natural demesne in the United States
than the park on Mackinac island aud
none that is deserving of more careful
preservation not alone for its historic
associations but for the delight and In
struction of visitors in all the years of
the future.
National parks have their uses aside
from the purely aesthetic or even from
the utllitarian conception of what the
rehabiliment of old Fort Maekinac
might mean In ease of another dispute
with Canada or Great Britain. They
are valuable as tending TO shut out
personal or private ACKNOWLEDGEMENT on
territory that by common consent
should be reserved as the property OF
the whole people.
The coming years Will show the wis
dom of setting aside Yellowstone Park
from the cupidity OF promoters and
spectators, who would fence around
every spot of natural beauty II left to
themselves. No greater advance has
been made in the preservation of public
rights than when the Niagara Falls
Park was taken out of the hands of the
private speculators and made charge
of the whole people.
There is something lntrinsieally Just
In preserving for all time the right to
view, without extortlonate charges, the
beauty spots of America, and in the
compleXity of modern civilization II
falls to the lot of the central govern
ment to preserve this freedom from
sordld ownership and special taxation
of visitors.
The battle fields of Gettysburg and
Chickamauga, the national cemetery at
Arlington and kindred spots have In
their turn special associations that will
as the years go by become more and
more sacred to American sentiment and
the source of patriotic. inspiration. 1t
Is peculiar commentary on the aver
age tendency to dlsparage private
ownership of historic grounds that
wherever such ownership exists the
people soon learn to stay away.
There can be no better illustration of
the wisdom of national parks than the
] record of constantly growing vista
tions and public interest in every case
where such parks have become the care
of the federal authorities There Is
still another reason for such care, as
private ownership, or even association
ownership, has been proved utterly in
efficient against vandalism and desc
Grafton.
There are countless beauty spots In
the United States that future genera
tions will gratefully continue to pre-
serve in their pristine beauty If the
present generation begins the task of
preservation with wisdom.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-08-25
Candelaria Hall Saloon

Is well.known and finely furnished ana IS tne
most popuiar resort In Candelaria. The par IL
Stocked with the choicest aud best brands oil
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-08-25
Every Preparations.

EYES," said Tieut. Peary, as he look
ed about him preparatory to starting
for the north pole again. "Yes, we
have made every possible arrangement
for our journey. We are prepared to
face the coldest kind of climate"
He paused a moment and added
sternly:
1--WE shall even start from Boston -
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-08-25

With Hall which cannot be egialiea IN III s9u.n- N',
,yesier,, Nevada For terms, Theatrical Mama
Ners will address the Proprietor.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-08-25

Trying position-The judges.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-08-25

Possibly it is the mean people who
people keep them going.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-08-25
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

To be had III UIe MHIhe's
AIR Thomas will conduct nothing but nrst'
c,a,s house. aud cordial welcome Will be sK'
tended to all guests.
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20
Maine Central R. R.
TIMETABLE,

On and after Oct. 4, 1896, trans connecting a,
Burnham and Waterville with through trains for
and from Bangor, Waterville Portland and Bos
ton will run follows:
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20
The Ideal SchooIhouse.

To begin with, says Mrs. Henry Whit
man in the May Atlantic, the entrances of
a scho lhouse should be made as inviting
as those of home. If there be yard
no ma tier how small, it should have, first
of all, evergreen trees in it or some bit of
LEAKAGE which, winter and summer, would
bring message from the woods;it should
have flowers, in their season; and vines
should be planted wherever possible.
Within the school every color should be
agreeable and harmonious with all the
rest. Ceiling, floor, woodwork, walls,
are so to be treated as to make rational
and beautiful whole. In entrance halls,
for example, where no studying is done,
a fine red or cheerful yellow is an excel
lent choice; in bright sunny rooms dull
green is at once the most agreeable color to
the eye, and perfect as background for
such objects as casts or photographs. In a
room where there is no sunlight, soft
yellow will be found of admirable use.
The ceilings should be uniformly of an
ivory white tint, which will by reflection
conserve light and will be refined and in
key with all other colors. The treatment
of wood is study in itself. Briefly and
for practical use wood can be treated in
two legitimate ways; either it can be
painted with relation to the wall colors,
or it can be stained to anticipate the re-
suits of time upon wood surfaces.
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20
New School Superintendent.

State Superintendent of Schools Stetson
is hustling TO get the new law passed by
the last Legislature into operation by the
first of July. From the large number of
inquiries which the State Superintendent
is receiving it is evident that the pro-
visions are not very well understood, not
outstanding it affects every town in the
State.
The rural schools of Maine have been
drifting along for years with the old
school agent. They have not now and
never had expert superintendent. Su-
perinJendent Stetson is sanguine that the
new arrangement will prove success.
1.-The superintendent he says, 'are
often able under existing circumstances
to give but very small share of their
time and thought to the work. The object
of the new law is to allow the school com
mittees of two or more towns to unite for
! the purpose of employing as superintend-
ent of their schools person thoroughly
equipped for the position, who shall give
all his time to the work.
at has been arranged that the towns
shall pay the superintendent not less than
5000, and half as much more shall be
paid by the State, provided that no more
than $50 be thus paid by the State to any
one union of towns.
''Thc law goes into effect next July. 1t
is not compulsory, but permits towns, by
vote in town meeting, to authorize the
school committees to unite for the pur-
pose stated. 1t is expected that the towns
of Maine will quickly see that is of great
benefit tC them thus to unite in groups of
three or four, and the fact that the State
pays the superintendent elected to have
charge Of their schools, half as much as
they raise for his salary, will prompt them
| more quickly to this action.
1.-The persons employed as superintend
ents must hold certificates under the act
of 1895, providing for the State examina-
ton Of teachers, and must devote their
entire time to the work. | hope that this
arrangement will result in the employ
ment Of about 100 expert superintendent,
devoting all their time and attention to
the welfare and advancement of the rural
schools of Maine. l regard it as the best
school law passed for MANY years. -
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20
To Repopulate Lobster Grounds.

An attempt is being made by the U. s.
fishery commission to increase the num-
Der of Holsters at different points along
the Maine coast. Shippers of lobster
smacks are given special permission to
buy all the seed Holsters offered, and they
are delivered here to the commissioners.
The design is, as far as possible, to popu-
late the depleted lobster grounds.
Every indication points to the conclu-
sion that this, followed up, in few years
will result in greatly increasing the num-
Der of Holsters, and will probably save
the valuable lobster fisheries to Maine.
The report that an attempt is to be made
to bring seed Holsters to Maine from Nova
Scotia is pronounced incorrect. The
Nova Scotia law regarding the preserva-
ton of the lobster is in the main the
same as the law here, and the fishermen
there are not allowed to take seed lob
sters, and so they are not sent here or
elsewhere.
The Nova Scotia authorities are making
an attempt along the same line as that
followed by the U. S. commissioners, to
increase and preserve the Holsters The
U. S. schooner Grampus is engaged in the
work Of the commission here at present
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20

of instances on record where strength and
vitality were completely gone; the body
weak and emaciated the digestive organs
| powerless the nervous system shattered !;
| and all human hope of recovery apparently
exhausted when that marvellous resource of
medical science DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery by its wonderful blood-vital-
izing, strength making, fesh-building prop
critics restored complete health, vigor and
activity.
This remarkable discovery gives the di-
gestive organs power to make rich pure
blood full of the life giving red corpuscles.
! Its nutritive properties are vastly greater
than cod liver oil emulsions. 1t does not
make habby fat, but solid muscular flesh,
nerve-force and vital energy.
| Ralph Green, of Williamsburg, Mo-, writes:
| before commenced your treatment could not
A., take drink of water without great suffering in
not obtain more than three or four hours sleep at
night. was fast sinking. had five different
| doctors to examine me, and each one treated me,
| but without doing me any good At last my
| friends advised me to call for your advice. did
| so, and took four five bottles of your Golden
Medical Discovery and to-day am in better
health than have been for five years. I weigh
| 157 pounds"
A great deal of sickness may be saved by
| keeping on hand a copy of DR.. Pierce's
thousand-page illustrated book, The Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser Sent free,
paper bound, for twenty one one cent
stamps to pay cost of mailing only; ur cloth
| bound for thirty stamps. Address,
Worlds Di5pensary Medical Association,
No. o63 Main Street, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20
Commissioners Notice.

WALDO S., May 4, A. ID. 1897.
We the undersigned, having been duly appoint
ed by the Honorable Geo. l.. johnson, Judge of
Probate for said County, Commissioners to receive
and decide upon the claims of the creditors of
BARNABAS M. ROBERTS, late of Stockton
Springs, in said County, deceased, whose estate
has been represented insolvent hereby give public
notice agreeaby to the order of the said Judge of
Probate, that six months from and after the sec
ond Tuesday in April, 1897, have been allowed to
said creditors to present and prove their claims
and that we will attend to the duty assigned us at
the Office of Joseph Williamson, in Belfast in said
County, on the thirteenth day of July, and the
thirteenth day of October, 1897, at ten of the
clock in the forenoon of each of said days.
VIM. 2. THOMPSON, Co,u,
3w18 FRED w. BROWN eomrs.
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20
THERE Isl CLASS or PEOPLE

Who ale injured by the use Of conee. Recently
there has been placed in all grocery stores a
preparation called Grain-o, mace of pure grains,
that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate
stomach receives it without distress and but few
can tell it from coffee. 1t does not cost over IA
as much. Children may drink it with great bene
fl. l5cts. and 25 cts per package. Try it. Ask
for Gran-o.
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20

Rich and poor alike suffer the tortures
that come with that terrible plague, Itching
Piles rich and poor alike find instant re-
lief and permanent cure in Doan's Oint-
ment. Your dealer keeps it.
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20
RIcklen,s Arnica Saiye.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores. letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positive
ly cures Piles, no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price % cents per box
For sale by Kilgore & Wilson.
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20
House for Sale.

IT HE subscriber offers for sale at a great bargain
i his house on Northport avenue. The place is
one mile from the posto flee, with sidewalk the
whole distance; house 2 stories, new, IL acre
of land, city water. One of the pleasantest loca-
tons in the city, overlooking the bay. Inquire of
CIV. CROSS, 3S7 Broadway, Bangor, Me-
Or of c. E. TlBBEI1S, Belfast, Me. loft
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20

fFIdS StatlOn.
Limited tickets for Boston are now sold at Sc. 90
from Belfast and all stations on Branch.
Through tickets to all points West and North
west via all routes for sale by F. E. CROWLEY,
Agent, Belfast. GEORGE F. EVANS,
General Manager.
+. =. BooTHBY, Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent.
Portland, Sept. %, 1896.
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20


of corsets and other denominations of
so-called civilized apparel. Her head is
usually bare, indoors and out, and her
black thick hair hangs in braids, often
reaching to her heels. Her garments are
only two, guipil and sabana. The
first is square piece of cotton, of coarse
texture but always clean, covered with
embroidery in different colors but simple
design. There is a slit in the center of
the guipil like thatin the Gillian poncho,
through which the head goes, but in this
case the aperture is wide enough, when
worn. to expose the shoulders and form a
decollette waist. The ends are tucked in
the skirt at the belt; the arms are bare
and when she raises them, the brown flesh
of her sides is exposed. Her skirt is a
straight piece of plaid cotton, of brilliant
colors, and is wound tightly around her
limbs and secured at the waist by a sash,
usually of scarlet, woven by her own
hands of the tbres of pita-gras These
belts are really wonderful, resembling
the camels- hair shawls of Persia in tex
ture, and often costing months of labor.
The name of the owner, or some motto,
or ornamental device is woven into the
texture, and they are in great demand
with tourists to carry away as souvenirs
of the country. The Indians of Guatemala
are fond of bright colors, and have a re-
markable dizziness in their fingers, whether
welding the embroidery needle or the h oe
and machete.
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.
The Republican journal., 1897-05-20
C. ii. PARSONS, Manager.
n. H. cOBBETT, Agt., Belfast,
OPPOSITE POST OFFICE. 3mlS
STATE OF MAINE,
WALDO IS.
Petit Manan | and Cnmpan in Equity

Petit Manan Land Company in Equity
Petit Manan Land and linda stra Company
IN THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
All persons interested i'll the above named suit
are hereby notified that it has been ordered by
Hon. VIM. Z. WhitehouSt, Justice OF the supreme
Judicial Court, that final hearing all claims
against said Petit Manan Land and Industrial
Company be held before the undersigned at the
Supreme Judicial Court room in Belfast, in said
County of Waldo. OIL Wednesday, the ninth day
of June, A, ID. 1917 at ten o'clock in the fore
noon, and by adjournment thereafter from day to
day until said hearing is completed.
JOSEPH WILLIAMSON, JR.,
Master in Chancery.
Augusta, April "a ls97-3w1S
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-15
EXODUS FRoM MOBILE.
Three New Cases of "BIack Jack" Re-
norfed hv the Roard of Health.

MOBILE Ala, Sept. H.-Three new
cases of yellow fever were officially an
nounced to-day by the Board of Health
The announcement caused much more
alarm than did the discovery of the first
case, which was regarded as sporadic. The
people who can are leaving for points of
safety. Some seven hundred dollars worth
of tickets to Atlanta were sold to-day by
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and
the trains are leaving crowded. The same
is true of the trains on the Mobile & Ohio
Railroad. DIR. Guiteras left to-day for
Edwards Miss, ordered thither TO investi-
gate the disease prevailing there. He de-
clined to tell what have been his observa-
tiOnS here to-day, saying he had first to
report to the surgeon general at Washing
ton. 1t is learned, however that he finds
four suspicious cases here to-day, all in the
south central district When asked upon
what he based his telegram to the surgeon
general that there would be a spread or the
disease here, he said that the city has had
long immunity from the disease, and
there is much material for it to feed upon.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman to-day received the following
dispatch from DR.. Guiteras, the government
expert at Mobile, Ala, concerning the yell
low fever situation there:
Patient at City Hospital is still living.
The case of Basarge, reported by me as
suspicious. have not been able to see
again. The subsequent history makes the
case more suspicious. iSaSarge has not been
out of the city nor in amy apparent way
connected with people from Ocean Springs.
| have just been shown another case which
l have pronounced without doubt yellow
fever He is a motorman; no apparent con
nection with other cases. have heard the
history of another case whicn is very sGs-
picious. The cases are not grouped IN any
one quarter of the city.