Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-31
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amount to S556,300 year.
No bird can fly backward without
turning. The dragon fly, however, can
accomplish this feat and outstrip any
swallow.
A rabbit, chased by dog at Jasper,
Fla, ran into a gopher hole, followed
by the dog, and rattlesnake killed
both of them.
Blackbirds are unusually abundant
in Georgia this year, and the superstl-
tious think they must be sign OF
something or other.
A note Of the Bank of England. twist
ed into kind of rope, can suspend as
much as 800 pounds upon one end OF 1t
and not be injured.
Two cows, two pigs, eighteen hens, a
greyhound pup and bull were given
to an agent by an Abilene, Kan, farm
er for cabinet organ.
Numerous experiments to determine
the best fire-resisting materials for the
construction of doors have proved that
wood covered with tin resists fire bet
ter than an iron door.
In Vanceburg, KY, is a man 30 years
old who has three families. He was
divorced one afternoon recently from
his third wife and he was married to a
fourth on the following evening
An Iowan has invented machine,
which he hopes to have in operation by
corn and separating the ears and stalks
at the rate Of fifteen acres day.
There are forests of leafess trees in
some part of Australia. They respire,
SO to say, through little stem, appar-
emily answering the purpose Of leaf.
The tree is known as ''the leafess
acacia"
One Of the lawyer members of the
Montana Legislature at Helena, requir-
ing the sworn verification of Butte
client of legal paper, called him up
and had the oath administered by tele-
phone.
When lions and tigers are born in
captivity the greatest care has to be
exercised to keep them for several days
wise the mothers will almost invaria-
bly, destroy them.
A French statistician has calculated
that the human eye travels over 1000
yards in reading an ordinary-s sized
novel. The average human being is
supposed to get through $500 miles of
reading in lifetime.
The number of persons in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
who use Gaelic as their native Ian
guage is much larger than is commonly
supposed. 1t includes 100000 in Ire
land, 100000 in Wales and 100000 in
Scotland.
Lighted cigarettes were distributed
the other day among lot of monkeys
at the zoo in Paris by some mischiev-
Gus urchins. The animals pulled
away at the weed in evident enjoy
ment until the advent Of the keeper,
who put stop to 1t.
Fire starting on an upstairs hearth in
the house of United States Marshal
James Mckay at Tampa, Fla, burned
through the floor at 2 a. m. and severed
the cord of picture, the fall of which
aroused the family, who sought burg
lars and found the fire.
Perhaps the most splendidly decor
ated church In England Is that of Whit
ney Court, Worcestershire 1t Is en-
tirely constructed of white marble the
pews are chastely carved and the pull
pit IS of genuine Carrara marble. richly
paneled with precious stones.
Maj. ]. G. Lee, Louisiana's commits
sioner of agriculture, says that from
the 100000 acres in that State under
cultivation there is raised annually
about $75,000,000 worth of different
products, and he claims that no other
State in the Union can show equal re-
suits. The State contains 2S,OO0,OO0
acres of land.
Perhaps the most remarkable art ex-
hiblt in the world is that of the lunatics
in the Ville-Evrard asylum in Paris.
Most of the pa tients in the asylum have
been painters or designers, and the
physicians In charge inaugurated
salon" Of their works. The effect on
the minds of the patients is said to be
excellent.
In the reign of Edward III. there
were at Bristol three brothers who
were eminent clothiers and wooden
weayers, and whose family name was
Blanket. They We're the first persons
who manufactured that comfortable
material which has ever since been
called by their name, and which was
then used for peasants clothing.
Startish commit suicide. When one
is caught with a net it dissolyes itself
into many pieces which escape through
the meshes. In time each piece becomes
a perfect animal. To preserve a star.
fish 1t must be plunged into a bucket
of fresh water before it has had time
to take the alarm. Fresh water is In.
slant death to 1t.
State Senator Holler, of Indiana. who
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