Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-27

4,ODU TO 0,UUU 1eeI ABOVE tne sea, anu 10
mostly level, with some low ranges OF
| hills. The surface Is bare of wood, ex-
cept in a few sheltered spots along the
streams. but Is well covered with herb
age The air lie pure and bracing, much
like that of Colorado or Wyoming.
There are, happily, no billiards., but
violent thunder-storns are not uncom=
mon and the haii-stones which fall dur
ing such storms sometimes kill the
smaller animals, and even men.
When one Is lying down the heart
makes about ten strokes less minute
than when one Is upright. That means
a saving of 600 strokes per hour, or
about 5000 heart beats during the eight
hours spent in bed. The heart pumps
six ounces of blood with each beat. 1t
therefore lifts 10000 ounces less Of
blood in a night of eight hours spent in
bed than when one Is In an upright po-
sition. The blood flows just so much
the more slowly through the veins
when one is lying down, therefore one
has to use extra coverings to supply the
warmth usually furnished by circula-
ton.
The statistics of crime in France are
several years In arrears; those relating
to 1893 were published about month
ago. They are complete and special at
tention has been paid to the ofenseS
against the Established rules of society
| by French women. Criminologlsts may
be interested to know that of 1859 ac-
cused persons In 1893 in France, 1878
were males and 500 were females, a
proportion Of six to one. In other
words, women were responsible for IA
per cent of the crimes committed
which, according to the statistics, Is a
! diminution since the period Of 1S71-76
when the percentage was IT.
In pursuance of a traditional custom
of the court of Spain, magniticen,
royal coach, drawn by six horses, ac
| companied by grooms and outriders in
| full livery, was recently driven to the
palace ON the Castellana, occupied by
| the Duke of Hijar. Within the coach
were functionary of the royal palace
and a royal valet who held on rich
silver platter the clothing worn by the
young king, Alfonso XIII. on the last
Epiphany Day. The privilege of pos
sessing this clothing and of sitting at
the kings table on that day was
granted in 1431 to Don Rodrigo de
Villandranda, who saved Juan XII. at
Toledo from falling into the hands of
the prince royal, Don Enrico, who had
conspired with the grandees Of CASTLE
to assassinate him.
Apropos of the new census of London
writer says: 1.-The suburban move.
ment has in recent years become un.
fashionable. Property has deprecated
In value In suburbs that were smart
but few years ago, and the tendency
of the richer folk is to return to the
squares and fats of inner London But
ticular mode of life shall be fashiona BILE
| or the reverse are very small fraction
of the whole, and their movements have
no appreciable effect upon the aggre
gate. If the upper classes are mi
grating back from the suburbs to town
the middle and working classes are
| flowing out In an infinitely broader
stream. The large suburban villa Is
pulled down and It's garden dug up to
make room for the rows of little houses
which accommodate the clerk and the
workingman."
There Is a group Of islands TO the
south of New Zealand called the Sis
ters, or Seven Sisters, which are re-
puted to be subject to practically con-
slant rainfall. The same may be said
of the islands and mainland of Terra
del Fuego, saving for the difference
that the rain often takes the form Of
sleet and snow. On a line running
around the world from four to eight or
nine degrees there are patches over
which rain seldom ceases to fall. This
is called the zone of constant precipi-
tation," but at the same time there are
several localities along 1t with very lit
tie rainfall. Thus, for instance, while
the town of Panama has a six months
dry season and very fine wet one,
Colon, on the other side of the isthmus
about thirty-seven miles away, is
deluged with rain during the wet
season.