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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08

and in every battle they do effective
work In clearing the guns, sweeping
the decks and superstructures, and
picking off the officers and leading men.
1t is hazardous work. There is an
overhead shield, but these and the bar
bettes give protection more hazardous
than real. There is not much danger
of the mast falling, for 1t would take a
well-directed shot with big projectlle
to bring it down. But If it did fall
there would be a great crash and the
damage would be great. 1t would be
rough on the men In the tops, who
would come tumbling down to certain
death. Yet even If the masts do not
come down, the men are in a dangerous
position. being living targets for shot
and shell. The thin plating affords pro-
lection against a rifle bullet. but any
thing larger would pierce 1t and end
the lives of the men behind the
barbette.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
DANGEROUS POST IN BATTLE.
Men in "Fighting Tops" Arc in
Position of Extreme Peril.

The men In the greatest danger dur
ing n naval engagement are those sta
toned in the military masts or tight
ing tops" of the big ships. 1t Is posi-
ton of extreme peril. The men STA
TONED there play hide and seek with
death during battle. Exposed to the
fire of the enemy with but little protec-
ton. the chances of their again reach
Ing the deck below are extremely SLIM
There are slight barbettes behind which
the men crouch while loading and mr.
ing their guns, but these are of hut III
tie practical use In warding off the nre
of the enemy. and the smoke and heat
of battle rising in the air make the sit
uation even more disagreeable.
Masts are not used on modern battle
ship to support sails, but as stations for
lighting and to display signals. Fight
ers were stationed In the tops long be
fore steam supplanted sails. 1t was Il
shot from the mlzzeniop Of the He
doubtable that put an end to Nelson
life In the moment of victory. Long
before that they were used as sta
ton for marksmen. The sailor nova
days doesn't have to climb the mast.
1t is of steel, not wood, and of great
diameter. Access to the fighting tops
is gained from the interior. In the
same way ammunition is passed up to
the men who are doing the fighting IN
the dangerous station.
These masts vary greatly in construc-
ton, some ships indeed being without
them, and on others they are mere Sig
nal poles. But on the big battle ships
they are elaborate affairs. Some are
equipped with an upper top for the cleo
trio light, peculiarly shaped edifice
below to enable three quick-tiring guns
to be discharged right ahead, and n
species Of coming tower below, from
which the captain can oversee the
smoke clouds, and thus see to direct the
movements on his ship In action. This
coming tower is not always present,
but all the battle ships have three or
six FOUNDER rapid fire guns, and cleo
trio light projectors, and one or two
lighter machine guns in addition. These
guns are supported by expert gunners,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
Linen and Shoes.

Women are endowed with strange
vagaries, and while extremely fastidi-
GUS in many ways are very neglectful
In others Even the SWEETEST society girl
is not as particular as to the freshness
If her collar and cuffs as the plain
everyday man of business To change
his linen at least once day is sort of
religion with most men. With woman
1t is different They will inspect their
collar and cuffs after days hard wear
and decide that they will do, not reoog-
nizing the fact that il any doubt exists
ON the matter they should be consigned
to the laundry without demur. Again,
q man is much more concerned as to the
state of his shoes than woman. Even
the poor clerk on meager salary spends
his nickel day for shine without
grudging, and If 1t be imperative that
the nickel be saved he gets up earlier
in the morning and Yields the backing
brush himself. The woman will gown
herself in Worth's or Paquin's latest
creation and forget to look at her shoes.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
Highest Authority.

An excellent story is told of q former
president Of Dartmouth College:
He one night caught student help
Ing himself to wood from his wellhh
ed shed, and collarlng the offender, he
demanded, sternly, Young man, what
authority have you for taking away
that wood?"
well, SIR" replied the student, mind
full of his Latin syntax, ''opus and usus
signifying need, require the ablatlve.
The presidents eyes twinkled II
spite of himself. but he said, grayely
Take 1t, my boy, take 1t and welcome
But when you have need again, come
to me, and l viii give you even better
authority than that
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
a SYMPHONY.

little maid, Little maid! heard Jour
voice calling
Away back in the years of my boy
hoods first dreams;
It sang in the lisp of the shy waters fall
ing
In sun-dimpled ripples in wild woodland
streams.
It piped in the call of the bird Of the
meadows
And laughed In the Tilt OF the bird on
the wing;
1t lurked in the drowsily whispering
shadows
OF green-arbored summer and light
hearted spring.
And then. maid OF mine, when my boy
hood departed,
And Its drealnings gave place TO the
bright quests OF youth.
| still heard the call OF my love. tender
hearted,
Far up on the pathway of progress and
truth.
1t is well that at last you are sitting
beside me;
Yet. through the long years l had
known that a place
/ BY your side, dearest heart. could not
long be denied me;
That soon, love, my eyes would behold
your dear face.
They say that | met you and won you.
not knowing
| Tint your voice in my heart was my
childhood's first song;
And that song In my heart, dearest love,
il bestowing
A blessing that shields me from weak
ness and wrong.
Little maid! Little maidi May l hear
your voice calling
Away down the hills and the wales of
the years;
May It's song on my heart be, oh. tenderly
falling
When life's journey ends In the valley
of tears!
| Chicago Record.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
RICHES IN TRIPLES.
Some Zig Fortunes That Have Como From
Little Inventions.

Some big Fortunes That Have Come From
Little Inventions.
II has become almost an axiom with
the majority that larger fortunes are to
be raised from some simple invention
than from difficult and expensive inyen-
lions that involve great outlay OF
money to manufacture. This Is to a
certain extent true. A certain Ameri-
can patent for fastening kid gloves has
Welded "a fortune of several hundred
thousand dollars for its fortunate owner,
and the inventor Of collar clasp enjoys
$40, 900 royalty a year rs the reward
for his endeavor. A new kind of sleeve
button has made $50. 900 IN five years
for its patentee, and the simple twisting
Of safety pins IN such way that there
Ia no possible danger OF the point stick
ing in the child promises to enrich its
owner beyond any Of his early dreams
of wealth A man one day turned a
piece Of wire 80 AZ to hold a cork more
securely in bottle and forthwith some
body saw brilliant idea and patented
the modern wire stopper holder, which
il now used annually on several million
bottles. The accidental bending of a
hairpin by woman to prevent 1t from
sliding out of her hair so easily produc-
cd fortune for her husband, who i'm
mediately saw the possibilities of a
orinkled hairpin for women.
Instances could be multiplied indef-
nitely of large fortunes being made from
small inventions, but fortunately for
those inventors who make life study
of intricate problems of mechanics and
disdain to waste their talents upon
trivial, popular articles of the day
there Is often also ample reward held
in store for the products that take years
TO produce and which revolutionize ex
listing methods of industry and me-
chanics.
Edison has reaped honors and riches
of princely character from his discoy-
cries; Mccormick has realized in his
reaper tho fortunes of millionaire; the
Corliss engine brought honors and dec
oIations to its inventor and enabled
him to amass great fortune in few
years; Professor Bell found in his tele
phone not only the contamination of his
early hopes and ambitions, but sub
Rtantial peouniary reward: harveyized
steel armor has become synonymous
with the inventors name. and it brings
an annual income of huge proportions
to its discoverer; Elias Howe, the in
ventor of the sewing machine. realized
over 81, 600 from his inventions,
and Nikola Tesla, though still young
and rich in promises. finds an abun
dance of money in his work.-George
Ethelbert Walsh in Casters Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
Buried In Her Piano.

The dying wish OF a poor music
teacher recently was that her body
should be buried In her piano. The
piano. she declared, had been the best
friend she had ever had. In its sympa-
thetic ears she had poured out all her
sufferings and sorrows; all her little
joys. She could not, she said, bear to
part with 1t In death. Accordingly,
this curious request was carried out.
For two days after the poor woman's
death the piano, from which the legs
and mechanism had been detached,
draped in white, served as a bier. 1t
was then carried out, and, holding in
It's embrace the mortal remains of the
little music teachers body, the instru-
ment was reyerently placed In the
grave.-Glasgow Weekly Mail.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
Like Mother. Like Son.

One of the most remarkable among
the feats Of the postoffice In finding
people-and such feats are many-is re-
corded by a New York paper. A letter
was received at the postoffice in that
city addressed simply: "To my mother,
New York, America"
The letter come from Ireland, but as
there are in New York several women
who have sons in Ireland, the postoffice
people despaired of finding the right
one. However, the letter was turned
over to the deciphering department.
Now 1t SO happened that ON the very
day of its receipt there an Irish woman
came to the general window and said:
'Have ye letter from me by"
The fact that woman with the cast
of mind required for such an inquiry
should come at that time, struck the
clerk, who had heard of letter for a
woman whose name was not given, as
something more than a coincidence. 1t
was quite possible that such a woman
might be the mother of such a son.
So he took the letter, observed the
postmark, and asked the woman where
her "b'y" lived. She gave the name OF
the place with which the letter was
stamped. Some other questions were
asked and the answers noted down.
Then the clerk gave the woman the let
ter, on the condition that she should
open 1t on the spot and return it If It
were not for her.
She opened 1t, and 10! Its contents
proved conclusively that 1t was really
from her son In Ireland.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
SILK Petticoat Elegance.

The newest silk petticoats are marvels
of elegance. The richest and most ex-
pensive silks are utilized for making
these dainty and delightful accessories
Of the feminine toilet. All of the new
retticoats are much flounced and very
iull. The foundation skirt is narrow,
but immense width is given the knee
flounce which trims this foundation
skirt. Flounces are tucked, plated ard
cut In vandyke points, and ruffies are
put upon ruif.es. BY this means the new
dress skirts are held out withou. any
stiffness and the full fiounce effect
the petticoat gives delightful frou
frou about the feet.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
WAITING FOR RELIEF.
Whaier Officer Travels 1000 Miles to
Bring Aid to Arctic Colony,


Bring Aid to Arctic Colony.
George Tllton, third officer of the
steam whaler Belvidere, Travelled 1000
miles over snow and ice to bring aid to
an Arctic colony. His companions and
the crews Of the Orea, steam whaler,
the ]. II. Freeman. steamer, and the
Rosario, a schooner, and from four 9TH
err vessels form the colony on the Son
Morse Islands. They were the ships
caught In the ''young Ice" off Point
Barrow.
When the ships crews had been res
cued from the Ice that crushed the YES
wells; when the provisions had with In
finite labor been transported to the Isl.
and where the men had to live; when
the wood and the sails left from the
wrecks had been built into huts for the
800 men who had been wrecked, TIlton
started for civilization.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08

During the excavations being made at
Pompeii by the Italian government the
workmen disinterred a lot Of articles
used by Roman woman in her toilet
nearly 10 centuries ago. One novelty,
which so far as is known is not employ
ed today, was sandal to be worn while
asleep. 1t is so constructed that soft
cords or straps run from the ends in
such a manner that when the sandal
was put upon the foot upon retiring to
rest it kept the toes apart and SO tended
10 make them resemble those of the
Greek statues; which shows tho differ
ence between Pompeiian and lin de sic.
Gle standards of beauty.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
Employed Indians as Fighters.


The employment Of the Indians, who
had been ravaging and scalping from
the day the British crossed the frontier,
had reused the people of the North as
nothing else could have done. The
frontlersmen and pioneers rose In
all directions, for the sealping Of
wounded soldiers awakened In the
Americans a fierce spirit of revenge,
which would stop at no danger. The
Idea that the Indians would terrify the
Americans was foolish dream. Moth.
ing In reality was calculated to make
them fight so hard. Perhaps even Bur
goyne may have had glimmerlng Of
this truth when two of the allies of his
clement King tomahawked and scalped
Miss McCrea. There was nothing I'M
usual about the deed. but the unfortu.
nate girl happened to be loyalist her.
self and betrothed to a loyalist In Bur
goyne's camp, whittier she was travel.
Ing under the escort of the Indians who
murdered her.-From 1.-THE Story OF
the Revolution" by Senator II. G..
Lodge, In Scribner's
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
Wool from Persia.

Persian wool is going to Russia,
France and the United States. Our i'm.
port of that commodity Is made via
Marseilles. A small portion only Of
that clipped from the millions of sheep
goes for manufacture Of carpets. The
chief centers Of carpet manufactures
are Suntanabad, Korassan, Chiraz and
Kurdistan, one house In Suntanabad
employing more than 10000 workmen.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
squelching a Pompous Bishop.

A pompous bishop was having his
portrait painted, and, after sitting foi
an hour in silence, he thought he would
break the monotony. "How are you
getting along?' he inquired. To his as
constituent the artist, absorbed In MS
work, replied: Move your head III.
tie to the right, and shut your mouth
Not being accustomed to such form
Of address, his lordship asked: MAY
ask why you address me In that man
nerY' The artist, still absorbed IN MS
work: II want to take off little u
your cheek"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
A QUEER MANIA.
II Attacks the Man Who Look. n.
from Lofty Height

from II Lofty height.
Not long ago a Cleveland man No.,
taken up on the roof of the New n.
land Building by some of the Gems
Club boys to enjoy the view. 1t woa
clear day and the vista in every dr.,
ton was beautiful. But the bovs
ticed that the visitor hung back fra'
the parapet and declared he could
everything all right from the middla :,
the roof. Being pressed to go closer :.
the edge, he fatty refused.
''rhe fact Is" he said afterw.,,
that | can't stand the sensation n, y
ing up at this tremendous height "
| don't have the ordinary feeling tbs,
l must throw myself dcwn. II Ian,
glddiness. In fact, | think-docto.'
have told me-that my case Is Soma
what original. You have noticed IN.
sensation you get when standing on
bridge and having a vessel pass ha
meath. IL you look down 1t isn't lon.
before you feel as If the bridge wa,
moving and the boat was standing SIN
OF course, we have all experiments
In this very thing lots of times in hoy
hood days. Well, that's about the sam.
sensation 1t gives me when at con
siderable height above the ground ~
look down and catch sight of NOV.
ing object at once imagine the stpc.
ture upon which l stand Is hustlin,
rapidly through space and carrying ma
with 1t. / somehow can't help lookip,
down, and the speed constantly In.
creases. l feel as If | must be thrown
off unless l can cling to something and
1 really suffer tortures. The sense Of
moving Is just as real to me as If
were ON cannon ball express, and the
only relief Is to get away from the edge
of the roof or whatever it may be and
look up at the sky instead of looking
down. When / was In Europe few
years ago we made several little trims
outside of Rome, and on one of them
visited little place called Ischia-I
think that was the name. There wasn't
much beyond the local coloring to at
tract us, the only interesting piece Of
architecture being quaint old tower
OF course, the party wanted to explore
it, and we went up. l kept my eyes
turned away from the earth as much
as possible and reached the top all
right. While was studying the clouds
and the far away blue hills my com,
panions, for n joke, stole down and
left me there alone. didn't miss them
at first, and then one of the party who
had reached the ground gave an un.
earthly screech. A queer old cart was
numbering by, and / saw 1t and was
lost. That tower and instantly began
mad rush through the atmosphere.
Instinctively .clutched at the edge Of
the buttress. 1t was the only thing
that prevented me from flying off Into
space. By and by my friends began to
worry over my absence. They came up
In search of me. They found me with
my fingers purple and numb from that
awful death clutch. They actually had
to pull me away from the parapet, and
the strain affected me for weeks. Oh
I'm a bad man to leave alone on a
housetop. No, can't conquer the feel
ing-in fact, never tried to conquer it
l do a much more sensible thing-I
keep out of danger. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
Ancient Scales Discovered.

A pair Of scales much like those of
the modern pharmacists Is among the
multitude Of objects discovered this
year In excavations about thirty miles
London. The scales are finely finished,
having beam about four and one-half
inches long, with a ring at each end Of
the three cords, and the pans, about the
size of an English penny, are slightly
convex
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
The POpe's Seal.

The seal worn by the pope, and used
by him on official documents to which
his signature Is attached, has on 1t the
engraving of fish, with the cipher Of
the wearer. Since the thirteenth CEN
fury every pope has worn a ring of this
character. and 1t Is shattered with q
hammer when the wearer dies, to pre-
vent its use on forged document.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
Giving Novel Bouquet to Wine.

In a paper read before the Parls
Academy Of Sciences Mr.. Jacquenii,n
communicated the results Of experr
ments showing that leaves OF trees,
vines, ETC., develop strong bouquet o.
the fruit when soaked In alcohol. Nv
thinks the quality Of poor vin'ass
might be improved by the addition "
some leaves during fermentation
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08

sister, "all true stories are based on real
life"
Pm not so sure about that" said
Lottie. However, here are you and
|, two herolnes. so to speak. And now.
will you have the goodness to tell me
how we're to keep out of the poor
house,"
suggested Florence. family.
THE market for that sort of thing is
glutted," said Lottie.
Miss Purdy keeps a boarding
house,
Exactly, but Miss Purdy Is 80, and
knows every recipe In the cookery book
by heart"
Couldn't We write for the papers r
hazarded Florence.
MY dear child" said Lottie, plying
ly. "for every newspaper column there
are at least twenty trained and prac-
ticed aspirants."
well, then, perhaps you've some
more practical Idea of your own" said
Florence, still offended.
Yes, l have. / was thinking Of a
little school for children. Miss Purdy
knows of three pupils we might get
little boys, whose father belongs in
Canada. Mrs. Morrison says she will
send Eddie and Paul-and 1 think, per-
haps, old Mrs. Enderly would use her
Influence to obtain few for us. There
are those four roomy chambers up
stairs we might furnish In cottage sets
and China mating quite lnexpensively.
And, if We could secure even eight pu-
make living profit, at least"
Florence drew up her slight, prettily
nodded figure-her lips quivered.
20, Lottle." she walled out, "all this
drudgery, this toll, this begging and
pleading, thereby to keep ourselves
alive. Is life worth living on these
termsw
And Lottie-patient, CHEEKY, much en-
during Lottie-had to set herself dill
gently 10 work. for the fourteenth or
fifteenth time that day, TO comfort
Florence; and, fguratively speaking,
BOLSTER her up" to the point OF forti-
tude required.
So Charlotte Champney opened her
little school, with an unpretentious tin
Sign ON the door. and three chubby
checked lads OF 10 and 8 and 6 respect
lively rs beginning. Others speedily
came in. and Lottie. counting up her
gains at the end OF the first quarter, felt
lnwardly exultant.
"All our expenses paid and $40 over"
she cried. Il knew we should sue
coed"
Ten dollars." scornfully repeated
Florence. "A pretty sort OF success
that Is. Why, used to give $40 for
pair of boots when poor, dear papa was
allvew
Things are quite different now" said
I.ottie. And, you must remember. this
Is only our first experiment"
But you needn't think mean to
drudge on like this forever" said Flor
ence.
"How are you going to help your
self!" said Lottie, laughing, and Flor
ence only answered by smiling, com
placent look toward the glass.
Il don't wish to appear vain" said
she. demurely. but Miss Purdy thinks
that handsome widower at her house IL
decidedly taken with me-"
What. Col. MedwayY'
"Ies. Col. Midway"
I.ottle Champney's heart gave
quick. panied throb. 'Was it possible"
she asked herself. THAT she was selfish
and ldio,ic enough to be jealous. and of
her own pet sister. tooY' Col. Midway
had never been more than ordinarily
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08

Affective just been reading Poe,
Doesn't he tell some weird tales? Mrs.
Deadnext-Yes, but they don't hold n
candle to some Of those my husband
tells me when he comes home late.-
New York Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
WON BY KINDNESS.

ES, l know" said
Lottie Champney.
1T Is always the
easiest thing In the
world for girls in
books to earn their
bread and build up
a fortune out of
nothing! But It's
so different in real
life."
"But then. you
know" pl ea d e d
Florence. the elder
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08

1t requires as much time to get away
from n persistent agent as it does to
say good-by to an affectionate woman.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08

He had to Kill some of his dogs for
food. and he had to quench his thirst by
moistening his lips with little snow.
He had two guides, an Eskimo anu MS
wife. Coming over the glaciers the
Trio had to be dashed together to aFoia
being separated in the billiards.. Three
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
A Successful MATCHMAKER.

The Turkish general. Osman Pasha,
has married OF two of bis sons to
daughters Of the Sultan.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08

times Tilton was all but frozen. but the
vigorous action of the Eskimo saved
him. 1t took him nearly hve months
TO reach st. Michael, where lie met
Lieut.. Jarvis, of the relief expedition.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08

Cood-natured criticism Is the kind a
man always dishes out to himself.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-08
He Expected 1t,

"Oh, why do you love me, Mabel, dearr'
he cried.
Because" she answered, and he, OF
course, was satisfied.