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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26
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Professor Boofelt says: The average
amount of sickness in human life Is
nine days out Of a year.
Indians never use profane language
until they learn English and become
civilized. So says Bishop Leonard Of
Nevada.
A canary Of Germany has been
known to continue single trill for Il
minute and quarter. with twenty
changes of note In 1t.
How fast can bee fly? A hive on
the roof of a train was carried at the
rate of thirty miles an hour before the
bees were left behind.
Clocks and watches are not so much
required In Liberia. The sun rises. all
the year. at u Il. M. sets at q p. m, and
Is vertically overhead at noon.
Vegebarans will be interested In a
new food, claimed to resemble ordl-
nary meat extracts in every respect.
that has been obtained from malt and
hops by C. O'Sulliyan, principal chem
ist at Bass brewery. Nothing is EN-
ployed in the preparations that is not
a product Of the vegetable kingdom.
The natives OF Persia have an odd
way of testing Il carpet to see If 1t IS
true Persian product. A piece Of
red-hot charcoal is dropped upon It.
which leaves u round single spot If
the carpet is the first quality the sing
ed wool can be brushed off with the
hand without leaving a trace of the
burn discernible.
In experiments with the compressed
air pipes at Westphalian coal mines
II. >Schab has found that the greatest
distance to which the sound of the
voice could be conveyed In straight
pipe was between fifteen and seventeen
hundred feet. For moderate distances
a pipe of about twenty inches In diane
ter gave the best results. slightly
larger one being better for long dis
tances.
The great cause of heat In room Is.
of course, the glass. which, under the
suns rays, will become too hot to bear
pressing the fingers. 1t Is shown that
those who cannot enjoy the luxury OF
an outside sun blind can extemporze
n good substitute by simply lowering
the upper half Of the window frame,
and turning the curtain outside. This
not only screens the window, but Gre
ates a strong draught between the
panes and the linen, and thus makes
the glass comparatively cold.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26
Woman and Her Purse.

Il will agree to give you $40 for eT'
cry day that some woman does not
lose pocketbook, remarked one OF
the officers on duty ut the Union sta
ton, in speaking of the large number
of cases of this character which fall un-
der his observation. Continuing, he
said that something ought to be said
about the matter in the newspapers 10
warn women of the great danger they
are running while travelling and alb
sorbed In the scenes of their journey 70
such an extent that they forget all
about their pocketbooks until some
person has been tempted to become
thief and made off with the book.
He cited the case of woman VINO
had just come In on train and report
ed that her pocketbook was gone. she
could remember that man had showed
with his foot what she then thought
was piece OF carpet, but which she
was now certain must have been her
pocketbook. She could call TO MIND the
circumstances, but could give no de'
scription of the man. The men on tie
train were searched, but no pocKer
book was found The worst of the troV-
BILE Is that the losers cannot tell where
they laid their books, for all they KNOW
is that they are minus their money
Columbus Dispatch.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26
An Extraordinary Automaton.

In the eighteenth century lived NJ.
Naucanson, Frenchman, perhaps the
most wonderful OF all makers of auto
mata, and the creator of the famous
duck, which first appeared before the
public In 1Ii1. This duck was vau-
cansons masterpiece, and completed a
reputation already made by his me-
chanical hute-player and an automatic
musician who not only blew upon the
fiaeeolet, but also kept time to IL on n
tambourlne. The bird was Of life size
and not only was 1t outwardly an ex.
act Imitation To feather OF a real
duck. but its internal anatomy was alb.
solntely true to life. So indeed. were
Its movements, for II walked. quacked
swan. Owed, ate, drank, and. by an
ingenious device, even seemed TO di
gest Its food. This automaton disap.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26
RECENT INVENTIONS.

To Indicate stoppage In drains. sinks,
etc., a flexible diaphragm is placed In
the outlet trap, which rises as the
! water backs up and closes an electric
circuit to ring a bell.
Rowlocks In English boats are being
pivoted on bolt. which carries cones
to engage the balls In cups In the sock
ct attached to the boat.
An improved horseshoe Is formed of
two halves hinged at the toe and draw
| together at the rear by bolt TO cause
the Tugs at the side to clamp the hoof,
no nails being used
70 prevent the entrance Of vermin
Into pianos and organs by way OF the
pedal groove a piece Of sheet metal is
attached to the pedal inside the case
to cover the opening and move with the
pedal.
To allow steam to escape from tea
kettles the lids are made with one or
more perforations in the flange. and
corresponding holes in the rim, the lid
being applicable to other kettles.
Buttons are displaced by new gar
ment attachment for suspenders. a
metal strip with eyelets for hooks In
the ends Of the braces being sewed to
the band of the trousers by means of
perforations along Its edges.
A new English puzzle Is formed OF n
closed box. with transparent lid, In
which number OF perforated balls are
placed, with pins projecting from the
sides OF the box, on which the balls are
to be threaded.
Pillows and mattresses for ship
hunks are being made of rubber or
other water proof material In a num-
Der of separate sections and inflated.
the different sections having lines at
tached which can be used for life-say-
Ing
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26

A rustic went round the court; the
doubling expert pricked up his ears,
the prosecuting counsel, with Lord
Lambton and the treasury solicitor,
were whispering over the ring
"M'lud." said the counsel. Il ask per-
mission TO recall the expert"
l stepped out of the box and the ex-
pert stepped In. The new ring was
put into his hand, friendly ray OF
sunshine lighting up the Jewel.
This Is very remarkable" he said.
at last. IFS the first time | have ever
made a mistake. This stone is genu-
Inc. | cannot doubt it,
And so the prisoner was free; but
when the verdict of Not guilty was
pronounced faint groan echoed IT,,
and dead man was taken from the
dock. A spasm of the heart had
proved fatal.
Six months later Nell and I We're
married. On our honeymoon we were
walking In lane near 1lfracombe.
when we came face to face with Lord
Lambton, who was stopping with his
bride In a nelghboring country house.
"Ah, Mr.. Wade.' he exclaimed, II
haven't seen you since that very mys-
terous case of mine. Do you know |
have always since thought OF you-as
-a-very-clever man"
THANK YOU" | said. quietly. "Nill
you allow me, my lord, to present you
to my wife-the only daughter Of the
late Mr.. Nugent."
Lord Lambton raised his hat. looked
keenly Mt pretty Nell, shook hands with
us both, and murmured:
"Ah, | understand"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26

Jerome X. Jerome's favorte amns0
ments are tennis horseback riding ana
boating. and he is said to be fairly
skilled In all three.
AIacmillans viii bring out an edition
de luxe of Tennysons Life and
Works in twelve volumes. 1t Is 70
be limited TO 1850 copies.
William s. Walker, nephew of Roll
Boldrewood, the well-known Australian
story writer has written a volume Of
bush stories, which will be published
under the title when the Mopoka
Calls"
Goldsmlth's "Vlcar of Wakefield" il
the latest volume In Heath's English
classic series. 1t Is edited by Profes.
sor william Henry Hudson of the Stan.
ford University and contains seventeen
illustrations.
Out of the ten volumes which con.
stitute the new and complete edition Of
Rlley's works will be compiled a sin.
gle volume of Child Verse" which is
to be published simultaneously In this
country and In England
A literary gosslper for the London
Mail says of w. w. Jacobs, author Of
The Shippers Woolng," that he elves
at Stoke Newington, is unmarried and
wears the sad and chastened express
sion of an elderly maiden aunt"
Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons ara
about to issue II most important book
upon Dante. by Edmund G. Gardner
Of Cambridge. 1t Is entitled "Dante's
Ten Heavens" and Is confined to a
study Of the Paradise Based upon
medieval and modern commentaries
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26
MAKING WOOD ALCOHOL.
The Deadly Substance That Thirsty
TOpers Sometimes Drink.

1t is necessary first to convert wood
into liquid. The strongest hydraulic
pressure would not squeeze one-half of
per cent of the moisture from dry
wood, but by putting the same material
into an iron retort and converting 1t
into charcoal by means Of heat the gases
and smoke, to the extent of fully IS per
cent of the weight of the wood, may be
condensed into pyroligneous acid, from
which are obtaiAod wood alcohol, acetate
of lime and wood tars. A cord of wood
weighing 4, 900 pounds produces about
1850 pounds of pyroligneous acid and
700 pounds of charcoal. The pyroligne-
Gus acid from one cord of wood pro-
luces 8 gallons of so per cent crude
wood alcohol, 200 pounds of acetate Of
lime and about % gallons of tar, besides
30 bushels of charcoal After the pyro-
Hgneous acid is neutralized with lime
the wood alcohol is distilled off, the
lime holding the acetic acid i'll solution.
After the separation of the wood spirit
the remaining liquid is boiled down in
pans to a sugar which is dried, and be-
comes the acetate of lime of commerce.
Acetate of lime is used for making acetic
acid.
Fully three-fifths of all the wood al
oohol and acetate of lime produced in
the world are made in the United States.
Over 10, 900 acres of forest per year are
cleared i'll the United States Wood al
cohol affords IA perfect substitute for
grain alcohol for manufacturing and
mechanical purposes, and at less than
one third the cost. 1t is used principally
as IA solvent in the making of shellao
varnish and in making celluloid and
Photographic paper. 1t makes beautiful
dye tints, is antiseptic and is used for
liniments and for skin rubbing i'll bath
houses Wi inc and Spirit Gazette.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26

1t is a lofty and sympathetie discussion
Of Dante's conception of the eternal
glory Of paradise. Longfellow's trans
latlon Is the English text quoted
throughout.
Rudyard Kipling has settled down In
his new English home at Nottingham,
a quiet little Sussex village near the
sea. 1t Is called The Elms from It's sur.
roundings of beautiful elms and Hex
trees, In this quiet retreat he is lead
ing the life of the English gentleman
of time immemorial, varying his rou
tine of work and reading by ride Of
three hours later In the day-an aggre
gate of physical activity sure to have
outward expression in the virility of his
coming books.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26
THE NAMING OF JOHN BULL.
DIR. Arbuthnot Was the Man Who
Thus Dubbed Great Britain.

Thus Dubbtd treat brifain.
DR.. John Arbuthnot, one of the many
royal physicians to whom the Scotch
city of Aberdeen has given birth, was
the author of John Bulls being. AL
most forgotten now by all but the
erudite, who remember him as tho init
mate of Pope and Swift. ArlNthnot
ehristened tho British nation i'll bulk rs
John Bull in the political strife Incl
dental to the dismissal of the Wing
ministry of ITO, when the able and
avaricious Marlborough saw the begin
ming of the decline of his brilliant for
tunes
"The History of John Bull" was a
satire on the political events preceding
the treaty of Utrecht i'll 1713 written
by Arbuthnot. In 1904 he had been Gre
ated physician extraordinary to the
queen in recognition of his services in
saving the life of Anne's husband,
Prince George of Denmark. He had be-
come the queens medical attendant.
position of no mean Importance at
time when so much depended on the
succession to the crown, and he WAS
closely in touch with court life.
For the better understanding of the
following history the reader ought to
know that Bull in the main was an
honest, plain dealing fellow, oholeric,
bold and of very inconstant temper.
He dreaded not old Lewis, either at
backsword, single falchion or cudgel
play, but then he was very apt to quar-
rel with his best friends, especially il
they pretended to govern him. If you
fiattered him, you might lead him like
child. Johns temper depended very
much on the air; his spirits rose and fell
with his weather glass.
John was quick and understood his
business very WELL but no man alive
was more careless in looking into his
accounts or more cheated by partners.
New York Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26
The Sun Was Late.

They were telling stories about
watches, and the man who always
waits until last had just concluded Il
wonderful story of how watch of the
same make ms the one he carried had
disclosed an error In the fall Of the time
ball at Greenwich, england, supposed
to be the most accurate time recorder
In the world-when minister spoke
up. That is not SO bad. but they tell
a story equally good on DR.. -" nam
Ing Il well-known Columbus divine.
whats the storyY he was asked.
"Why, You see. DIR. - owns a very
accurate watch, of which he Is quite
proud. 1t happened one winter even
ing that he was looking over an al
manac, as the sun was about to set.
According to the almanac the sun was
due TO set In a very few minutes. al
though IL was still somewhere above
the horizon. Pulling out his watch.
the doctor exclaimed. You had better
hurry up, old sun, or you won't get
down on time. Since the almanac and
the watch could not be wrong. it fol
lows that the sun was behind hand"
The minister's story was voted the
prize, and no more watch stories were
told that evening.-Columbu (Ohio)
Dispatch.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26
ice.wATER IS HARMFUL
Water at a Temperature of About 90
Degrees 10 About Right.

We are a nation OF ice water drlnk-
ers. 1t is said that more ice-watef Is
taken as a beverage IN the united
States In one year than III ali the rest
of the world in ten. This fact Is IN
part due to the facility with which Ice
can be obtained and the comparatively
low price ut which 1t Is sold--yet our
national craving for ice-water cannot
be altogether the result OF Its cheap
ness, for we find that IN Norway ana
Sweden and in the high regions OF In
lia South America and switzerland
ice-water as beverage is almost I'M
known. But. Is the drinking Of so
much ice-water healthfult
DR.. William A. Hammond, the IA
nous surgeon, says most decidedly that
It is not. so far as the appetite for Ice
water Is concerned, says he, 1t certain
ly is the result of education. III me
prOclyity were an innocent one there
would not be much Ia say against IT,,
but that 1t Is extremely harmful DR..
Hammond declares, Is not II matter Tor
doubt. He then goes on 10 assert that
"ln The first place, ii may cause sudden
death, especially II INDUCED In when
the body is oyerheated. A very I'M
portant part of the nervous system.
called the solar plexus, Is situated I'M
mediately behind the stomach: Il big
drink Of Ice water reduces the tempera-
ture of the plexus so suddenly that the
action of the heart Is greatly lessened
sometimes so great as TO cause in
persons 10 feel faint and to become
pale Immediately after drinking glass
Of Ice water They attribute these
effects to heat or over-exertion, or to
some other cause which has nothing to
do with the result, not knowing that
they have SO weakened the heart as to
prevent Its sending due amount of
blood to the lungs and brain. BESIDES
being one Of the most prolific causes of
neuralgia affections, very cold drinks
lnjure the teeth. The effect upon the
stomach of ice-water drinking is very
Injurious As soon as the cold liquid
reaches this organ, the blood vessels,
which are enlarged during the process
Of digestion, In order that due amount
OF gastric Juice may be secreted are at
once contracted, and the function Is
accordingly more or less completely
arrested. Confirmed dyspepsia is u
necessary consequence, and this fire.
quently assumes the form of gastric
catarrh. than which few disorders are
more intractable. There Is some rea-
son to believe that cancer of the stom-
ach, disease certainly more frequent
among Americans than other people, Is
likewise one of Its consequences.
Water for drinking purposes should
never be below fifty degrees. We can
almost always get 1t, even In the hot
test weather, as cool as this by letting
1t run for minute or two from any
household faucet, or draw 1t from any
well. / am quite sure that II Ice water
should be generally discarded as
drink, the average duration OF life
would be heightened, and existence
rendered more tolerable.'
The eminent doctors words may be
needed by few, but 1t Is quite prob
able that the great majority of people
viii continue TO indulge In the tenn
pOrarily refreshing beverage.-Boston
Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26
A Eighting Diet.

In some remarks en- vegetables as u
fighting diet q. b. Shaw says: mine.
ty-nine per cent of the worlds fighting
has been Done ON fariuaceous food
Compare the Tipperary peasant
of the potato and buttermilk days
with the modern gentleman who georges
himself with murdered cow. The Tip
perary man never read bloody minded
novels or cheered patriotic music hall
tableaux, but he fought recklessly and
wantonly. Your oarnivorous gentleman
is afraid of everything, including doc.
tors, dogs. disease, death and truth tell.
ing :"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26

I glanced at 1t. but I only replied:
81 don't call myself an expert In prec-
ious stones, and all | can say is that
this one precisely resembles In size,
shape and appearance the one given
me TO set"
While this statement was practically
true, that one glance had been enough
to show me that | was not looking at
the Lambton diamond.
The detectives left, saying that l
would have to tell all | knew in the
witness box, and then. just as | was
about to lock up the place for the night,
Nell came In 1t was the first time she
been taken away.
The face which thought the sweet
est on earth was marble white, and
there were dark shadows under the
lashes.
"There's something I must say TO
you" she painted, something I've been
wild TO say all day, lest 1t should be
too late, but | dared not let anyone
suspect A month ago father contided
to me that he had lost a great deal Of
money-and he showed me how TO
open a secret drawer in his Chippen-
dale bureau. III ever anything hap
pens to me, he said, don't lose a mo-
ment, but look into this drawer; throw
away everything that you will find In
the left-hand partition, and keep what
may be In the right
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26
SLEEP SONG.

Good night, my care and sorrow!
Good night, IL not good by;
TIL the breaking of the morrow,
At my feet, your fardels lie.
Good night, my care and sorrowl
| am launching on the deep
And, till the dawning morrow,
Shall sail the sea OF sleep.
Good night, my care and sorrow!
Good night-perhaps, good by!
For ! may wake tomorrow
Beneath another sky.
Good night, all cares and sorrows.
Welcome, my boatlike bed!
None or many my to-morrows,
This one night is overhead!
-Harper's Bazaar
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26

peared after its inventors death h.,
turned up again In 1910 in a CARA, -
Berlin, and was purchased BY VI
Geo. Tiets. who took four Years to nm,
IL in proper working order again A.
the end of this time II was exb,h,,as
in room In the Palais Royal, PART
where N. Houdin, the celebrated oon
jurer, saw 1t, and, indeed, Afterwards
when something happened TO one az II,
wings, took charge of and repaired 4,
No doubt it is still in existence.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26

Some great nan was taking n party
OF friends over his newly built house
One OF the party would not admire it
aud complained that there were too
many anachronisms "Oh, said lady
who was noted for her toadyism and
who had been unstinted in her adlnira
ton, don { you like anachronisms? !
think they are such beautiful orna
meut ''-Spacfator
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26
Avoiding Dangerous Ground.

THAT man I.evoles never ceases to be
a perfect gentleman" said an admirlng
acquaintance.
Yes" was the reply; she absolutely
refuses to be led into conversation
about the weather. Washington Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26

Everyone puts Off as much work fol
tomorrow as II he expected the day t,
bS week long.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26

Twenty-n.ne sheep introduced into
the Australian colonies in 1883 are now
represented by leo, 700. 700 Of the finest
wool sheep ia the world.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26

So many people who start out to be
great wind up as gossips.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26

Kentuckians would never water their
lawns II all flesh were grasA
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-26
Her Unfailing Instinct.

Manlike, he had often resolved ina
when the time came to marry ~
would sell his liberty dearly. But wheh
the fateful hour came and he under,
took to pop the question he felt cheap
enough, yet she accepted him.
How little men understand the fenip
nine nature, anyhow! If he hadn
acted cheap like as not she would ha'e
refused him.
She hadn't frequented bargain suie'
for nothing. She knew when lu'ns
Is dear, and when 1t Is cheap. misp''
sight better than he dld.-Trulh'
Every unmarried man Is looReu upv ~
by the women as so much pntty pa'''
In need OF moulder.
It's easy for men who drink 10 pi'''~
themselves-but not Of the hap1-
The Progress., 1898-06-25

an energetic and impartial appli-
cation of the law must operate to
the benefit of all concerned and
remove all cause for complaint
AS time develops the usefulness
and advantages as well as
any necessary extension Of
the powers Of the commission,
intelligent and comprehensive rec
COMBINATIONS must be made to rhe
general assembly to be enforced
under statutory powers. AS l
have had some experience in pub
lie affairs, and as I am not labor
ing under any of the disqualifica-
tons named under the provisions
of the constitutional article crea-
ting the commission, or connected
with any corporation, firm or bus
mess that would in the least influ-
ence anyone, [ can bring to the
discharge of the duties and the al
m1nistration of the law a mind en-
tirely free from bias and aid to the
best of my ability in making the
measure equitable, useful and
popular to the people.
Kindly soliciting the suffrage of
the Democotic voters of the twen-
ty-seven parishes comprising the
third railroad commission district,
am very truly and respectfully.
A. CURRIE.
The Progress., 1898-06-25
A JUST SENTENCE.

The trial of Patrolman G.. c..
wainwright and sub-roundsman G..
b. Harkey took place. before the
Police Committee last Friday. 1t
Will be remembered that the
charge against them was conduct
unbecoming officers; fighting on
the public street, the former while
on duty.
We are informed that the Com
mittee gave the matter thorough
and impartial investigation, and,
rendered the decision that Mr..
wainwright be suspended for fiji
teen days, and Mr. Harkey be
prohibi ed from serving as substi-
tute for thirty days
This, we think a very just and
righteous Judgment. Mr.. Vain
right has an excellent record to
his credit: he is cool and care
ul officer; but discipline must be
maintained, the law of restraint
must be upheld. 1t would have
fiesta blishod too dangerous a prec-
edent to have dismissed the char
GEES against him.