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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16
HUSTlES FOR HERSELF.
An Ohio Young Woman Who Carries
Mail for Living.

An OhiO 1OunS woman VINO carries
Mail for IA Living.
Not many girls would enter into a
| contract and furnish good bond for
the faithful and prompt performance
for four years of duty to cover thirty
two miles day, rain, snow or shine, In
delivering Uncle Sans mail. Yet this
Is what Miss Sadie Webb, the 2O.year.
old daughter of Aaron Webb, Il wealthy
and prominent farmer of Porter town
ship, Ohio. has done. Miss Webb lives
with her parents on their 200-acre
farm, and while the two sisters stay
at home and help their mother and her
father till the soil she discharges her
duty as contractor on mail route No.
31,277 and probably does more driving
than any other girl in Ohio. She covers
1872 miles per week, 9,0S4 miles per
month and 39,73G miles in the four
years of her contract, distance equal
to that around the entire globe.
Early In the day Miss Webb leaves
her home one and half miles north of
East Liberty, and, passing through
three more towns, she gathers up the
mail and leaves what Is to be left at
that place. Besides carrying mails for
four postoffices she buys all of the
goods for four general stores located in
the villages along the route that she
has to travel every day of her life. She
has bought articles for her customers
ranging in size from needle to n cook
ing range. She makes n speciality Of
the necessities Of life and the residents
along her route contribute literally to
making purchases through her COM
mission.
Last winter when the thermometer
registered % degrees below zero she
was prompt in all of her appointments
along the route. That day she wore a
heavy coat and felt boots reaching to
the knee Her hands were covered
with pair of elbow gloves while she
drove through the distance, none the
worse for the cold. Her work, although
arduous, Is enjoyable to her and very
remuneratiye as well. She has made as
high as S5.35 In n single day from
sources extra from her stipulated con
tract with the government
Not only Is Miss Webb Il success In
commercial circles, but she Is well
liked in social circles as well. Her
home Is an ever-welcome place for
those who desire to visit It. She Is
handsome young woman and took the
contract when she was just IS years OF
age. She is an entertaining conversa-
tlonalist has pretty round face and
under two dark eyebrows are set two
hazel eyes that know their keepers
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16

The student of sociology viii lind
good many Of the old New England
ways still enough alive to travel on
rural trolleys. On one line In Boston's
suburbs the conductors and motormen
know their passengers. The other day
a conductor excused his hurry IN max
ing change by saying he had 10 look
after Mrs. Blank, cause she's lame.
Having helped that lady to reach terra
flrma, the conductor resumed the col
lection of fares, beginning with n little
girl, of whom he asked: "How's fathers
cold to-day, Annie?" Needless 10 say
that the conductors are 'Johns" and
"Henrys" to many of the patrons. The
line Is we'll operated, for the old New
England democracy always knew how
to get there on schedule time.-Boston
Evening Transcript.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16

city for men who participated in her
CONNECTS. The work was to have been
completed by the first of last year, but
there were delays which set it back.
In this delightful retreat over 1000
men In blue, many without arms, 9TH
ers without legs, are huddled together
to let the sands of life run out
The Fifty-first Congress passed the
Dill of Congressman George w. Steel
appropriating 100000 for national
soldiers home 10 be built at Marion,
Ind. This was approved Jan. %, 1883.
A 23o-acre tract of land belonging 10
farmer named Unthink was selected
and the work of construction begun
Previous to this act of Congress there
were six national homes of soldiers
and sailors and over twenty State
homes. These Institutions, however,
were crowded, and there was urgent
necessity TO either enlarge them ma.
terially or erect a new national home.
The same condition exists today, and
the Government, while finishing the
Marion home, was laying the founda
ton for an eighth at Danyille, H.,
which in the course of seven or eight
years will also be completed.
The death rate of participants in the
late rebellion may by the time the Dan
Vile home is completed have reached
such a point that the present homes
will afford all Of The facilities needed
by the Government TO care for those
who nurtured her in the years of II,
'4S, 'G1-G5.
Barring probabilities that another
war will again fill hospitals and wreck
lives, as well as Wrest them, the time Is
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16

" little walks, properly and artlstieal-
ly curhed and guttered with brick, lead
10 the city within. Over the knoll TO
the north is the home of the governor.
modern house of frame built In CO.
lonial style, neither gorgeous nor COM
mon. Beyond the governors residence
Is the treasurers house, equally artls-
tie and comfortable. There are pretty
Hover beds and walks and drives lead
Ing up to the residences. Down the
slope and across the broad main drive
stretches the great central court, prob
ably 1000 feet square. In the center Is
the band stand, in which last year over
200 concerts were given. Walks and
Hover gardens make this open space
very artistic and give good effect to the
buildings which surround 1t. On the
cast is the hospital-undoubted the
finest In Indiana and one of the finest
IN the country. The building cost
$4,000.
At the further end of the open court,
facing the governors residence. Is the
new building, where the inner man IS
looked after In manner most artistic
and satisfactory. This is one of the
newest and one of the prettiest build
ings in the list of thirty ydye. 1t Is Of
pressed brick with clock tower and ar
tistic, sloplng caves, which come over
the verandas. On the first floor Is the
dining hall, one of the most interesting
points in the city. 1t Is pleasant re-
treat, one great room In which 1850
can dine at once with the ease and
style of the millionaire who sticks his
feet under the board at the Waldorf
Astoria. On the second floor is the
Grand Army chapel and library Of
1900 volumes. On the shelves are
twenty-four daily newspapers and
many weekly publications and the
leading magazines. The number of
books is rapidly increasing.
In the rear of this building Is the
most complete and probably the most
thoroughly scientific and up-to-date big
kitchen IN the Central or Western
States. 1t is by long odds the pride of
the home The kitchen cost something
like 100000. 1t Is two stories and a
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16
Use for the Spider.

According TO the Paris Temps CORE
spondent at AntananariyO, n special
fine net, made entirely of spiders
webs. Is being manufactured in the
professional school at Antananarlvo.
The process Is very simple one. The
thread of several dozen spiders Is
wound OH wlnders, the quantity pro-
luced by each spider ranging from fif-
teen to forty yards. The covering OF
the web Is removed by repeated wash
lngs, and the web made into a thread
of eight strands. When the threed Is
spun, 1t is easily woven into gauze.
which Is very fine, but very strong. II
Is to be used for an experimental GOV
erlng of navigable balloon by NJ,
Renard. the head OF the French mill
tary balloon school at Calais, near
near Paris, who has been engaged for
many years In experimenting in aerial
navigation. II is believed that the dif-
ference in the weight of an ordinary
spiders web net will make great i'm
proyement.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16
KNEW ABOUT BASEBALL.
She Understood the Game Thor.
oughly.

oughly.
II wish [ could understand uase-
ball" said the girl with china blue eyes
to two of her friends as they were dis
cusslng box Of choice chocolates In
her room.
'Oh, It's easy enough once you un-
derstand the TERMS" said the girl who
had brother In n baseball nine, as she
crunched delicious morsel between
her pearly teeth.
"Of course 1t Is" chmed in the black.
eyed girl. Frank has gone over every.
thing with ME so often that know all
about 1t. He says that | must under.
stand baseball, and of course want To
MT myself to be his wife In every way"
And she sighed contentedly.
"Oh, | wish l had some one to ex-
plain 1t to me-" sighed the girl with
chlna-blue eyes. The other day | was
riding past game. There We're Il lot
OF men In horrld looking clothes stand.
Ing about, and one of them was trotting
around on the ground. and another was
standing with a stick In his hand. All
of sudden there was Il great shout,
and those looking on seemed to 90 wild.
couldn't see anything to shout about,
though
OF course you couldn't" the girl
with brother returned. I'm explain
You see, there's a hitter, that's the man
with the stick. which is called bat
and he hits the ball"
Yes" chimed IN the black eyed girl.
"and there's IA punter and half back
and II right grotmder and left ground
er, and when the ball goes over an arcn
the thrower Is out"
NO, he isn't; that's the other Side"
demonstrated the girl with brother.
We'll, perhaps you're right" assent
ed the black-eyed girl, doubtfully.
"Oh, yes, l know all about It," was
the cheerful answer. well, as | said.
there are all these, and they then get
In position, aud the hitter throws the
ball and they all run for It,"
They don't either" cried the black
eyed girl. II guess | went 10 game
the other day, and just one Of them
ran, so there
well, your game was played by SOME
one who didn't know how, then, be-
cause | tell you l know all about 1t.
When they fall down or hurt them
selves the empire says when they must
stop, and it's against the rule to hit be-
low the belt"
Il see" murmured the girl with chi
na-blue eyes, nibbllng ut a chocolate.
But what makes them wear wire
things before their faces? They are
just like my pug's muzzle."
why, you see, they get so mad that
have to wear muzzles to keep them
from injuring each other, and that's
why they wear gloves. too. Fighting
with bare hands is forbidden" cried the
girl with the brother.
The black-eyed girl gave little sniff,
but as her mouth was full she did not
enter into any protest, and the girl with
brother continued:
when they have beaten the others
the empire counts ten and then the
games over. Oh. baseball is very In
teresting when one understands It,"
and her smile was so sweet that both
the other GIRLS assented, and the gill
with the china-blue eyes said grateful
ly:
You girls have been awfully good to
explain baseball to me. Now l can
understand a game when so to It,"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16
How 1t Happened.

~ can't understand how such hide
Gus thing as the doctrine of total de-
pravity ever came to be promulgated"
"Well, man was bound to reach some
curious conclusions in the effort TO ac-
count for his neighbors.'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16

1t can't be any fun to be mother.
and constantly fight to keep the eh!l.
dren's demands down TO the Size of
their fathers purse.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16
NY IlQ!NEee l09l S0IbI)HpS I)ls

HE Government
h a S completed
the expenditure
of 81, 100000 and
nine years work
In converting 235
acres of rolling
but barren Indl-
ana land into 4
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16

The man who boots a dog and the
woman who shoes hen are not al
ways cobblers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16

We never like story wherein one Of
the characters says by JOve.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16
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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-16

ted to the home. The enrolment at
Marion and other national homes on
Jan | was.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-30
Personal.

William b. Smalridge, who died a few
days ago in West Virginia. carried a bullet
in his heart for thirty-seven years. He re-
ceived it in 1861, while a soldier in the civil
war
e-Among the sultans gifts to his imper-
ial German guests and their suite were
two painting of the battles of the Maluna
pass and Domoko, in the recent war with
Greece, for the Emperor, a magnificent
spray of brilliants for the empress, and dia-
mond brooches for each of the ladies in
waiting.
-Adelbert Dewey, one of the admirals
many relatives, delivered a lecture III
Brooklyn the other day in the course of
which he said that the victor of Manila
was a direct lineal descendant of Alfred
the Great, and that from Thomas Dewey,
who landed in Boston in 1880 there had des-
cended more than 5000 persons bearing the
family name.
On the eve of Harvard's triumph over
Yale there died at the former college a
man whose death cast a gloom over the
whole university. This was John Milton
Kullmer, 1900 who worked by day and pre-
pared himself for Harvard by night; work
ed his way cast from his home in Great
Falls, Mont, in '96, and secured position
in Boston whereby he paid his college eX-
penses.
j. @. A. Ward, the sculptor who has
been at work for the past three years on
the statue OF Gen. Phil Sheridan, to be
erected in Washington by the Society of
the Army of the Cumberland has just no.
titled the society that though he had the
large model well advanced he has become
dissatisfied with it and pulled it all down.
He has made entirely new studies, which
are now complete, ard will shortly set up
new model that will not be changed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-30
Local sherlock Holmes.

THE last man who used this phone,
said New Orleans Sherlock Holmes, pre-
pairing to wrestie with the instrument in
an uptown public station, according to
the Times Democrat, was a short, little
fellow in a deuce of a hurry, smoking
cigarette. He asked for the I. C. freight
office, was told they were busy and repeat
ed his request five times, getting madden
at each call. Meanwhile his cigarette
went out, and after vainly searching for a
match"
Hold on there!' exclaimed a friend who
had accompanied him to the booth. What
kind Of a fairy story are you giving me,
anyhow"
mo fairy story at ALL" replied the anna
teur seuth blandly. II was merely stating
a few facts"
but how the dickens did you ascertain
them?"
"Plan as A, B, c, my boy. To begin
with, the adjustable mouthpiece of the in
strument is pulled down, as you see, to
it's fullest extent, indicating clearly that
the last user was very much understood.
Isn't that evident?"
"Ye-e-es, l guess so; but how about the
rest?"
well, look at that ledge and you will
observe five charred spots and an equal
number of small pies of tobacco ash. What
do YOU infer? Why, obviously, that the
gentleman was smoking and laid down his
cigarette each time he called. The piles Of
ash are still undisturbed showing they
were recently deposited, and they are very
small, proving plainly that the intervals
of calling were brief. My. logical conclu-
sion was that the phone he wanted hap
pened to be busy, and looked instructive
ly for a memorandum of its number which
most men make under such circumstances
l found it, as | anticipated, on top of the
box, scrawled in pencil, and recognized the
number of the freight office. Such mem
oranda are almost always rubbed out by
the sleeve of the next customer and as
this one is still fresh and bright, it is fair
to presume It was made by the last man
in the booth--otherwise the short CHAP
with the cigarette. Moreover, a freight
office phone is usually busy at this hour,
so the clews interlock and sustain one an
other. Not so, my dear boy?
But the matches?"
ooh! l declare the match incident from
| those fresh toothpicks on the floor. When
a man in a hurry searches for match he
invariably finds quantities of tootpicks.
! l would
Are you through with that phone"'
| asked a short stout stranger appearing
suddenly at the door and vigorously puff
fng a cigarette, because if you are L"
Certainly, sir," said the analyst smiling.
Il think you win find the freight office
| disengaged at present"
well, I'll be hanged!' said the friend.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-30
couIdn,t Bunco Ihis Man.

At the Grand Trunk station one after
noon this week. says the Portland Argus.
a minister Of the gospel who travels about
a good deal tried 10 get into conversation
with an old fellow, a country trader per-
haps, bat one VINO had evidently heard
about wicked men who try to fool innocent
countrymen, and so the preacher was at a
decided disadvantage.
How do you do?" said the preacher cor
daily
The countryman edged away a bit but
replied rather shortly, TN in good
health"
4 am very glad to hear it." said the
minister pleasantly 'I can't place you, but
I've met you somewhere"
Yes" said the old fellow, cautiously.
Now was it in Boston?" ventured the
minister.
Il haven't been In Boston for ten years,
replied the old man shortly.
Didn't I have a talk with you in the
Waterville stauon?" continued the preach
or.
Never was in Waterville in my life" re-
piled the old man.
Then it wasn't at the prayer meeting
at Bangor?" said the preacher.
The old man looked at him in suspic-
ious way and then said: Elder, l know
you now. You was at our place last Sun
mer and met the presiding elder at OUT
house. Don't you know me?'
Right you are, brother" said the
preacher. Il was at your house with Broth
er Ladd knew l had seen you some
where but I see so many that at first l
couldn't place you
They shook hands warmly and entered
into long talk regarding the aspect Of
things spiritual in the town of which the
old man is probably leading citizen. But
the preacher will never know unless he
happens 10 see this item, that he was once
taken for a green goods man, or the fellow
who sells gold bricks and farmers at the
same time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-30
The amateur Hunter.

From the Baltimore American.
onward through the gloomy forest
Strobe the hunter from the city,
Clad in goifing toys the hunter
Strobe with naughty mein and manner
Onward through the gloomy forest.
Sprang a rabbit in his pathway,
Sat down in the road and smiling,
Winked his other ear, the rabbit!
Then the hunter from the city
Raised his rifle to his shoulder,
Aimed and fired-hit the treetop!
And the rabbit, smiling, scooted
Back to home and Mamma Rabbit;
Left the hunter from the city
Standing there, disgruntled, swearing!
Onward through the gloomy forest
Strobe the hunter from the city;
Chirped a squirrel in the treetop;
Then the hunter from the city
Aimed with due precision, fired!
Hit the atmosphere to westward;
And the squirrel, chirping shrilly,
Put his paw to his Cyrano,
Thus III squirrel language gave the
Ha! hal to the city hunter.
Onward through the gloomy forest
Strobe the troubled city hunter;
Perched a pheasant in his pathway,
Perched and spake in pheasant prattle:
Lovely weather. amt il, Stranger"
Then the hunter from the city
Raised his rife to his shoulder,
Aimed with utmost skill and fired!
Hit a poor unarmored boulder;
And the pheasant, laughing loudly,
Flew off TO get his dinner.
Onward through the g.oomy forest
Strobe the hunter from the city.
Saw a Robin Redbreast dreaming
On a leahess branch and fred
Hit the blue sky just amidship,
And the Robin Redbreast whispered:
TRY it over; slips don't count, sir!'
Straightway then resumed its dreaming.
Onward through the gloomy forest
Strobe the hunter from the city,
Always aiming. never hitting;
Always shooting, never killing;
Till the dusky twilight came and
Brought with 1t the purple shadows.
Then the forest dark and gloomy.
Moved through all its depths of darkness
Spake in these words spake in this wise
Go back home and shoot the rarebit!
Shoot the bird and shoot the bottle
In the restaurant and cafe;
Try your skill at shooting lobsters
For out here with Nature, why, you
Couldn't even shoot the chute, sir
Couldn't even bag your trousersr'
Then the forest, dark and gloomy,
Shook its solemn sides with laughter,
And the melancholy hunter
Came to town and hit the market,
Hit il with some dollar bills and
STROBE home lyingly to WHEY
Hobart
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-30
ANOTHER BIENNIAL SESSIONS BILL

IN Monday Senator Gross of the Twen-
tv-ninth district introduced into the Sen
ate a bill providing for biennial sessions
of the legislature. bill for the same
purpose was introduced into the House
several days ago. 1t begins 20 look as II
the members of the legislature were be-
ginning TO feel a public sentiment in re-
gard to this matter in their respective
counties. In the Atlanta papers they
never, of course, see anything in favor OF
biennial sessions. A session of the legls-
lature costs the state something like &c.
900, the greater part of which is distribute
ed in Atlanta. Even those Atlantians who
are demanding lower taxes have nothing
to say in favor of biennial sessions. AS
long as the states money is spent in that
city it Is not of much consequence to sits
citizens how much money is unnecessarily
spent on the legislature.
The people outside of Atlanta are, how
ever, waking up to the fact that they can
get along with one session of the legis-
lature every two years. In following the
work of the legislature they sees that much
of the legislation is useless and that many
laws made by one legislature are repealed
by its successor. Not only that, but many
of the laws are forgotten almost as soon
as they are signed by the Governor.
One of the members of theTl legislature
said recently that he did not think that
the biennial sessions bill had much chance
to pass because the politicians liked to set
together at the capital once a year to gos-
sip about political matters and fix up
states. And so the people are taxed $7o,-
600 every two years in order that the poll
ticians may have a change to exchange
views and fix up political states! Is 1t
not about time the people made the poll
ticians understand that they do not intend
to be taxed in order to provide them with
an opportunity of learning from each other
what political wires they are pulling and
to fix up political states? If We are to
| have a reduction of taxation the legisia-
| ture could not do better than to cut down
the expenses of its own body in the way
suggested. We are surprised that the
Governor has not undertaken to point out
to the legislature how, in his opinion, the
rate of taxation could be reduced without
serious injury to any interest. ana es-
pecially have we expected thar he would
favor biennial sessions of the legislature.
Thus far he has made no recommended ions
in respect to tax reduction. That is rather
surprising in view of the position which
he took on the tax question in the guber-
material campaign.