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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13

far short of feeding the people about
them that hundreds of millions of
bushels are drawn from sources thou
sands of miles distant. The three
great wheat fields for this supply are
our own, those of southern Russia,
and the newly developed ones of the
Argentine Republic. The total exports
from these three countries last year
were 270,000,000 bushels. In our great
export years of 1892 and 1893 we had
crops to draw upon of 6So,000,000
bushels grown in 1891 and $4,000, 900
bushels grown in 1899. Last year our
crop was 470,000,000 bushels, and this
year 1t Is believed to amount to $780,
100000 bushels.
From the moment this crop leaves
the hands of the farmers it is the sub
ject of the operations of set of clever
men, whose calculations are made
upon such an accurate basis that the
manner In which 1t shall reach the sea,
board and the ports from which 1t
shall be shipped would be determined
by n difference of 1-16 of cent a
bushel AS result the method of
gathering and forwarding the grain
has been reduced to Il science, and
the cost has been brought to the lowest
possible figure. Preparations for buy
ing the grain are begun months before
1t Is cut. Every buyer knows not only
the exact acreage planted in the sec
ton of country where he operates, but
also the entire acreage it would be pos
sible to plant there. From week to
week, as the crop natures, he gets tel
egraphic reports of its condition, and
when 1t is ready to sell he is informed
to the hour.
Formerly the operators were often
hampered for cars in which to receive
the grain, and this is so in some locali-
ties yet, but within a few years there
have sprung up thousands of small ele-
yators thickly dotting every feeder, as
well as the main railroad lines in the
grain regions. Some of these are mere
roadside bins, where the farmer may
drive up upon an incline and shovel
his load out, but many of them have
a capacity of 10000 to 10000 bushels
and have an endless belt elevator, bins
for different qualities of grain, and big
hopper scales for weighing it. 1t is
chiefly from these wayside storehouses
that the grain finds its way into the
enormous elevators at Chicago, Du-
luth, Superior, st. Paul, Buffalo and
other railroad centers on the way to
the seaboard, east or south.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13
Speed in Walking.

"There's no end Of persons" said a
man who walks great deal himself,
who think they could walk four miles
an hour, and very likely they could,
but they would have to move along
very briskly to do 1t. AS matter of
fact very few indeed do walk four
miles an hour; three miles is very
fair gait, and when one exceeds that
he is beginning to walk fast. If my
recollection serves the old common time
in the army carried a man two and
five-eighths miles an hour. The dis
tances which the soldier covers in an
hour have now increased somewhat by
slightly increasing the length of his
steps, but my impression is that the
common time remains under three
miles an hour. Certainly three miles
would be good, fair walking, and fully
up to mans average speed. New
York Evening Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13
Woman and the Camera.

Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston,
the Photographic artist, writes, In the
Ladies' Home Journal, on What n
Woman Can Do With n Camera" tell
Ing the requisites for artistic and finan-
eial success in the pusuits of photogra-
ply as profession. 1T Is profes-
sion,' she strongly contends, that
should appeal particularly to women,
and In 1t there are great opportunities
for a good-paying business-but only
under very well-defined conditions
The prime requisites-as summed up in
my mind after long experience and
thought-are these: The woman who
makes photography profitable must
have, as to personal qualities, good
common sense, unlimited patience to
carry her through endless failures,
equally unlimited tact. good taste, a
quick eye, Il talent for detail, and a
genius for hard work. In addition she
needs training, experience, some capi-
tai, and a field to exploit. This may
seem. at first glance an appalling list,
but 1t Is incomplete rather than eXag-
gerated; although to an energetic, am
bilious woman, with even ordinary op-
portunities, success is always possible.
and hard, intelligent and conscientious
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13

the car. There are iron gratings over
the pit to keep out coarse objects and
for the workmen to walk upon. Down
at the bottom of the pit is the open enc
of an iron shaft, inside of which works
an endless belt faced with steel cups
set foot apart. When the belt starts
the grain is caught up in the cups and
delivered in an almost unbroken
stream at the top of the building.
where the cups tip over as they start
to return. In half an hour a car is un-
loaded and the last vestiges of grain
are swept out and another car takes its
place. All over the elevator floor are
other cars unloading.
No wheat is loaded directly from the
elevators into ships at harbor, but goes
to them in barges. Beside the elevator
lie tiers of vessels, built like canal
boats From the scales the grain
comes pouring down 100 feet or more
through chutes which end with steel
telescope pipes foot in diameter.
There are two or three of the chutes,
and two pipes to chute and the pipes
dGe Tie lltO lllt uOlu Oh
the barge at every hatchway. If a
man were to hold his arm under one
of those streams of grain it would be
cut off as with a saw. In each hatch
way of the barges is man with his
mouth and nose protected by muslin
to keep the dust out. He IS armed
with big wooden butter bowl, mount
ed on a handle. You think at first
that he is going to shovel the wheat
with this, but he knows better trick
He places the butter bowl under the
stream of wheat, and this stream,
turned by the smooth rounded inside
of the bowl, shoots off 20 one side just
as stream of water would, and the
trimmer, by turning the bowl from
time to time, sends the wheat wher-
ever he wants it. A barge holds about
5000 bushels. In an hour or less this
is loaded, and then a tug takes her off
to the ship.
A floating elevator lies alongside the
latter. The barge ties up beside the
floating elevator, a leg of an endless
belt is thrust down into her hatehway
and a dozen men shovel the grain up
to the elevator to keep it supplied. In
about nm hour and half the barge is
emptied. The elevator does not de-
liver the wheat direct to the ship
Midway is another set of weighing
hoppers, and it passes through these
and is weighed before second ele-
yator carries it to q chute which sends
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13
HAWTHORNE EsMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA OCTOBER 49, 1884,

The biggest elevators are those ut
Chicago and Buffalo, and the greatest
of all grain routes is that over the
great lakes to Buffalo. From Buffalo
half dozen trunk line RAILROADS carry
the crop to the sea. In addition to New
York wheat is shipped from Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore. Newport
News, Norfolk, New Orleans and
Galveston. At each port are elevators
in which the grain is received. graded,
stored, and finally passed out to the
ships which take it across the ocean.
Wheat is shipped in only one kind of
car-the box car-,for it must not be
size holds 1000 bushels or 10000
pounds. A few cars are made which
hold 10000 pounds. Regular grain
ears have an inside door of light plank
ing, which is hung on hinges that slide
down rods set in the car, one on each
side of the doorway. When this door
Is not in use 1t is raised to the ceiling
where 1t lies fiat and is hooked fast
When the car is to be loaded 1t Is run
alongside grain bin and telescope
chute Is lowered into one doorway.
The grain doors are closed valve is
opened and the grain pours into the
car until 1t is two-thirds full. the reg
ular load. The railroad contracts to
bring the grain from Chicago and de-
liver 1t alongside n vessel anywhere
/ In New York harbor for 20 cents a
bushel. The car is run into the ele-
yator structure there on the ground
floor. a man with crowbar prizes up
the grain door and the wheat comes
rushing out and falls into pit beside
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13
OUR BIG WHEATCROP.
HOW 1T is TRANSPORTED FOR
EXPORT TO EUROPE.
Methods Employed on the Railroads,
In the Elevators and at the Harbors
America May Export 2oo,Ooo,ooo
Bushels During This Grain Year.
Handling a Wheat Crop.

The worlds eye is upon the United
States looking for its wheat supply,
and there is every indication that we
will have wheat enough to sell to make
us all feel rich and happy. Late in
August and in September the heavy
movement begins, and thereafter the
grain goes to Europe in constant
stream, amounting in ordinary years
to about S5,00o,000 bushels, and 1t has
run up to 1872, ,s59, 1886 bushels during
this period. 1t would not surprise any
OF the more experienced wheat oper-
ators II the United States were called
upon this year to supply the world
something like 200,000,0OO bushels of
wheat. AT so cents a bushel this would
bring into the country $160,0000,000 In
gold or its equivalent. Such enormous
sums. however, are not earned without
an enormous amount of labor. Part of
this is that of the farmer, but another
part, and one that forms a large share
or the total cost to the consumer, Is
that of transportation.
The wheat fields of Europe fall so
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

To be had IN ule MHrktI.
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, 1897-10-13
A HARVEST OF HUMAN HAIR.
Millions of Pounds livery Year Get
Tangled Up In Commerce.

"iihons or rounds hVery Year Get
Tangled Up In Commerce.
Perhaps there is no staple article
about which less Is known by the aver
age person than human hair as an ar
tcle OF commerce. 1t will doubtless
surprise many when 1t is stated that
the dealers In human hair goods do
not depend ON chance clippings here
and there, but that there is regular
hair harvest that can always be relied
upon. 1t Is estimated that over 12,-
100000 pounds of human hair are used
annually In the civilized world or
adorning the heads of women. In New
YORK city alone over four tons of this
class of goods are imported yearly.
mot little of the hair used in this
country" said New York dealer to
the writer, comes from the heads of
American women and is fully as fine
In shade and texture as the imported
article. We had big harvest during
the craze that the fair sex had not long
ago for having their hair cut short.
Many thousands of women who then
had their locks sheared have since bit
terly regretted 1t, rs In many instances
their hair has grown SO slowly that
they have been compelled to wear Il
wig or Il switch since the fashion
changed. After the majority Of wom-
en- reach the age of thirty the hair
seems to partially lose It's vigor, and
If cut 1t will not grow long again.
'Two-thirds of the ladies' nowadays
use false hair more or less. The de-
cree of fashion, or the charm, is the
reason, of course. One woman, for In
stance, has high forehead and wishes
to reduce 1t In appearance. Another
fas Worn Off the front hair by contin-
ued frizzing, and would like to conceal
the fact. Both make use of n front or
top piece, with II choice of many
styles.
Ladies' wigs cost from $40 to 5000
Half wigs, top pieces and switches,
from $40 to $780, according to quality.
1.-THE largest supply of hair comes
from Switzerland, Germany, and the
French provinces. There is human
hair market In Merlans, in the depart
ment Of the lower Pyrenees held every
Friday. Hundreds of hair traders
walk up and down the one street of
the village, their shears dangling from
their belts, and inspect the bralds
which the peasant girls, standing on
the steps of the houses, let down for
inspection. If a bargain is struck the
hair is cut, and the money paid on the
spot the price varying from 60 cents to
$5 in our money
"a woman's hair may grow to the
length of six feet. And l know a lady
who has been offered and refused $500
for her crown of glory, which is over
six feet long. A single female hair
will bear up weight of four ounces
without breaking, but the hair thus
heavily weighted must be dark brown,
for blonde hair breaks under a strain
of two and one-half ounces. There
are some 1000 importers, manufacture
ers and dealers in human hair in the
United States.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13
GERMANY NEW AMBASSADOR.
A Diplomat Who Once Before Repre-
sented the Kaiser at Washington.

DR.. Won Holleben, who comes to
Washington as the ambassador from
Germany, is one of the best known
diplomats In Europe. The doctor is
also well known and highly esteemed
in Washington, where he filed the post
of German minister from March, 1892,
to September, 1893. The mission was
then raised to an embassy, and DR..
Won Holleben was replaced by Ambas-
sador Saurma-Jelsch. The new am
bassador is highly educated and most
suave man. He speaks English with
rs much fuency as born American or
Englishman, and during his stay in
Washington five years ago he won
many friends in Washington society;
where he was known as one of the few
bachelors of the diplomatic corps. DR..
vol Holleben has had wide and varied
experience as diplomat. He has rep
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13
Cande|aria Hall Saloon

Is well-known aud finely furnished and IS the
most popular resort In Candelaria Tue par IL
stocked with the choicest and best brands oil
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13

IT into the ships hold. II there is a
discrepancy between the railroad
weights and the floating elevator
weights, the railroad pays in cash for
what is short or collects in cash for
what is over. A loss of more than two
bushels to a thousand would, however,
require an explanation.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13

With Hall which cannot be cqualled in South
western Nevada For terms, Theatrical Mana
gers will address the Proprietor.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13
An Indian Actress,

An Indian girl is playing Puck in
Marie Wainwright's production of "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" Her name
is Ollie Heath, and she was born and
raised among the Cherokee tribe. Sus-
sequently she attended seminary and
there gained her first knowledge Of
stage art.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13
Morphine Habit in France

The injection of morphine is habit
in France, especially among the mid
die classes. On statistics furnished by
the pharmacists it is estimated that
there are in Paris at least $4,000 vic
tics of the morphine habit the major
ity Of whom are women.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13
work seldom fails to develop small be

work seldom falls to develop small be-
ginnings into large results.
Good work should command good
prices, and the wise woman will place
paying value upon her best efforts.
1t is mistaken business policy to try
and build up trade by doing something
badly cheaper than somebody else. AS
to your personal attitude, be business.
like in all your methods; cultivate tact
an affable manner, and an unfailing
courtesy. 1t costs nothing but lit.
tie selfcontrol and determination to
most circumstances. A pleasant, OBJ
liging and business-like bearing will
often prove the most important part OF
Il clever woman's capital"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13

resented Germany at Santiago de Chile
and at Toxic. That was before his ap-
pontment to the American mission
He is about 50 years old and has an in
clination toward the pleasures of liter
ature. He will replace Baron Won
Thielman, who is TO be secretary of the
German treasury. DR.. Won Holeben Is
now minister at Stuttgart.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-10-13
A Iiiphr Iunch.

Benny Bloobumper-"Oh, papa, the
goat has swallowed Rom.n candle"
Mr.. Bloobumper-"rhat's all right.
He merely wanted light lunch. -
Life.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-05-08


por entire las abrasadas sespigas la TERRA he
formes de carne humana, ojos saltones pegados
a Ia tierra, bocas entreabiertas por carcai aiadas
de ir6niea looura que ataj6 el pesado martillo
de Ia muerte, miembros hechos pedazos como
81 alguna ciclopea maza descargara sobre ellos,
vfrgenes con el alberto vientre al aire, ell her
moso seno magullado, ni7ios muertos con el es-
panto en- sus abiertos ojos azules, azules como ei
sc copiase ellos el azul de aquel hermoso Gle
10, viejos con Ia venerable barba chamuscada
sel debil cuerpo lleno de costras. alumbrado
todo por el rojo rehejo de los inoendios, por el
espantoso ehisporroteo de los campos hechos
brasas, salmodiado TODD por ell gemir de los
moribundos cretenses, por los gritos de los
asesinos turcos, por ei romeo graznido de los
4cueryos, que sc ciernen en- la altura, mientras
ALA, en- ell mar, resuena Ia poderosa voz del
canon prusiano, del can6n frances, del canon
russo, por encima de todo, la voz del Sultan
que RE con atronadoras ir6nicas carcajadas,
mas arriba al1n, Ia voz de las naciones euro
peas que invocan la civilization, el adelanto, Ell
progreso en- su nombre cailonean los creten-
ses amparan a los turcos. Bravo
En- eata question de turcos y cretenses es-
toy !. por los turcos. Valiente cosa harfa
yo declarandome por los cretenses, para que
me cailonearan me pusieran en- la carcel! Yo
no soy tan bobo como parece. Lo prueba, que
de los cretenses, que .es pleito perdido, y estoy
por los turcos, que es pleito ganado.
(Arecibo FRA DIAVOLO
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-05-08

motivado este viaie son muchas, pero ninguna
De aproxima = Ia verlad. Informes fdedignos-
dice Gel n oticiero Universal1, de Barcelona
aseguran que q sefor Sandoval lleva importan-
tes documentos encontrados en- Ia isla y que
comprometen gravemente la Junta flibustera
de Nueva- " ork, cuyos documentos seran entire
gados nuestro Representative en- Washington,
Sr. Dupuy de LONE, e,para los efectos q.procedan.
NADIA menos que l57 millones de frances
han votado las CAmaras francesas para obliga-
clones de instruction primaria
Los republicanos presos en- las oarceies
de Liria por eldevantamiento de Ia partida de
Pedralva, han sido puestos en- libertad mediante
nanza de mil pesetas por cada indivlduo.
Ell escutor aleman Begas, autor de La
estatua del emperador Guillermo |, eriglda re-
cientemente en- Berlin, ha cobrado por su traba.
jo la respectable apetitosa suma de un million
de marcos.
En- la estacion de Belmez Sc incendi6,
hace pocos dias, un wagon cargado de carbon
vegetal. La alarma dur6 breves momentos,
mientras Sc pudo aislarle de los demas coches,
evitandose que Sc propagaran estos las llamas.
-Dicen de Madrid que en- la pr6xima Ex-
posici6n Nacional de Bellas Artes, una de las
secciones que contendran mayor numero de
obras sera Ia de arte decorative, va de iecora
clones muraes, va de ITALIA, incrustaciones, ce.
ramica orfebrerfa
---En Ronda un gitano apodado Gibbs, ha
inferido cinco pufaladas otro individuo COR
quien questionable, q consecuencia de negarse
entregarle cuatro cigarrilos que le hsbfa CANA
do jugando a la baraja. El agresor Sc did a Ia
fuga aun no ha sido capturado.
Ell ayuntamiento de Sevilla tiene ell pro
p6sito de adquirir, con destino al cementerio dt
San Fernando, ell magnffco Cristo Crucifcado
fundiio en- bronco, obra del malogrado escultol
Susillo. Tamtien proyecta la Hermandad dc
Cristo del Gran Poder, la adquisici6n del mo
delo de Martinez Montailez, con objeto de ele
varle una estatua en- ell paseo de San Lorenzo
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-05-08
junta de Dalnas

Anoche, eegdn 10 anunciamos tuvo lugar
en- los salones dc la Casa Consistorial la junta
de damas aneXas Ia Soeiedad Economica de
Amigos del Pals, de que hablamos en- ndmeros
anteriores. La reunion fu6 sclectfsima contain
dose entire Las sonoras presentes la del general
Marin. La session fu6 presdida por S. E. ell
Gobernador General en- persona, alberta por
-el sefor don Julian Il. Banco, director de la
Sociedad dc Amigos del Pals, pronunciando- un
eocucntfslmo discuTso alusivo al acto trascen-
dental que Sc ceebraba. Seguidamente sc pro-
cedio por el Sccretario dar lectura de los ar
tfculos del Reglamento de la Junta de damas
y desrues Sc procedi6 por votacion nominal 4
la election de la directiva, resutando electas:
Presidenta honoraria, Excma seilora do.
iia Matilde de Leon de Marin
Presideuta efectva, doila Josefa Pardo de
Laguna.
Vice presidepta, do1a Belen Zequera viu-
Ia de Cuevas.
Cengora, seilorita dofa Ana Otero. Vice
Censora, seforita doha Julia Pcnado de Leon.
Secretaria, seiiorita Obdulia Cottes.
Vice Secretaria, senorita Amparo Fernan-
da2 Mater.
Terminadas las elecciones bajo Ia presi-
dencia honoraria dc la generaa Marin, ocupa-
ron las seforas senortas elegidas sus cargos
rcsPeotivos. La selecta concurrencia antes de
letirarse fut obsequiada con dulces refres-
cos,
III aeto resulto de todo en- todo impo
nGnte,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-05-08
Ell Comt9 local liberal ha hecho circular
hoy ell siguiente manifesto:
A les IibaraIes de la Capital

En- session del lunes nltimo acord6 ell Conf
t6 local, por nosotros constituido, votar la can.
didatura de la disidencia autonomista, sin inte-
res ninguno; sin exi gir compensaclones; como
acto de tolerancia con La agena conducta: como
prenda de confanza personal en- los candidates
propuestos como demonstration de que, prescln-
diendo de enconos egoistas, estamos con los que
en- polftica tienen nosotros mas ahnldades
No Sc entenda, sin embargo, que hay en-
esa actltud nuestra nj la menor sombra de de-
bilidad: q la lucha para diputados provlnclales
llev6 este Comite cincuenta y tres votos; hace
seis dfas intervino tres colegios que funclonaran
mailana; dispone de algunas fuerzas; cuenta
con algunos sufragios, nunca, en- esta Capital,
hiceron mas que hoy los elementos democra-
ticos.
De modo que ST ofrece ell Comite con-
curse a la candidatura disidente, solo ha de
interpretarse su proceder atribuyendolo una
gran altura de propositos, 4 una refexiva apre-
ciacion del problema polftico presente y, sobre
tolo, al deseo de probar que, entire llberales, la
transigencia, que favorece al adversaric CO.
mum, es siempre censurable perniciosa.
81 nos dan elegir, poniendonos delante
a un Unconditional y un autonomlsta, elegl'
mos este dltimo, porque nj directa, nj lndl-
rectamente, consideramos dlgno utll coadyu-
var s la victoria del primero.
Tai era el case que debfamos resolver.
10 resolvimos, por acuerdo unanime, que acepta
ell Comit6 provincial. No nos faltan hombres
que nos representen en- las curules del Consis-
torio; pero nos abstenemos de presentarlos, "a
que, divididcs liberales disidentes, el trinnfo
es impossible, unidos disidentes y hberafes,
81 Sc trabaa, 81 Sc realiza ell esfuerzo, sease nos
corresponds ell sitio, de las minorfas EN- un
pueblo, como este, en- que de una manera tan
notoria predominan nuestros adversarios.
Esperamos que no reciba equiyccadas in,
terpretaciones la resolucion del Comite. Libe-
rales somos; nuestro partido posee un cuerpo
de doctrina; obedece a un programa; sdoptd
| mantiene un plan de conducta. De 81 no nos
| apartamos. De suerte que hoy, 10 mismo que
aver, nos separan de los disidentss distancias
| que ellos acortaran algdn dfa, en- virtud de Ia
attraction que ejercen los principles. Mientrae
no las acorten, cada cual permanecera en- su
campo, al amparo de su bandera al calo'
! de sus convicciones
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mayo de 1897
Secundino Melon.-Eduardo Lopez Cepero. D.
Alberto Maria Gonzalez. z.-Alfonso G. Zerbi.-
Francisco Maimf Cruells.-Francisco J. Vega
-Mariano Acosta.-Ramon II. Patron. ost
Soliveras. Francisco J. Marxuach