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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20

SAYS Conner Williams History OF the
Liverpool Privateers." Liverpool nd
yenturers with small capital were
unable TO equip vessels and purchase
goods specially adapted TO the Afri-
can market and of no use outside Of
that market, nor could they afford to
await the uncertain results of round
voyages, sometimes prolonged to more
than year and subject to terrible dan
gers unknown to any other description
Of trading adventures. Early in the
eighteenth century, however, sue
cessful rivalship with Bristol In ex-
porting provisions, coarse checks and
silk handkerchiefs of Manchester make
to the West Indies and the continent
of America eventually enabled the
merchants of Liverpool to participate
Ia the more lucrative slave traffic.
While Liverpool obtained from this
competition sudden accession TO her
commerce which filled her warehouses
with sugar, rum and other West India
produce, the trade of Bristol to the
West Indies declined. The checks OF
Manchester, carried in Liverpool ships,
ousted from that market the German,
French and Scotch osnaburgs exported
| from Bristol
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
Oldest Living Authoress.

Undoubtedly Nine. du Bos d 'ElbhecQ
Is the oldest living woman who sup
ports herself by her pen. She is 90
years old, and has outlived husband,
son. grandchildren and friends, and Is
now living in a convent at Anglers,
France. Nine. du Bos d Elbhecq Is a
prolific authoress. A list of her books
would fill column of n large news
paper. Some of them were highly sue
cessful, and lie Pere Fargeaup still
sells. Her handwriting remains firm
and legible, and the works which she
now produces are read chiefly by the
peasants and country folks. She began
to work for the printers at the age OF
90 that is seventy-nine years ago. and
her life ever since has been regular
one. She has never been very poor and
never very well off. She was elected a
member of the Societe DIES Gems de Let.
tres fifty-three years ago.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
CHARLES cAvANAUeH.

letter was received from Cavanaugh by
Charles Barber, cousin, In which he
said the fire o<the Spanish fleet was at
all times very wild, and that to the
American sailors 1t was simply an ex-
citing target practice. Gunner Cav
anaugh is Just q years old, and has
been In the American navy nearly two
years. He enlisted In November, 1896,
and was drilled In the recruiting ship
Independence. The following March
he was sent across the Pacific In the
mail steamer Peru, and after his arrival
In Japan April Is he was transferred
to the flagship Olympia. He learned
the tricks aboard ship very quickly,
and was transferred to the Yorktown
and back to the Olympia His promo
ton was rapid, and he soon was placed
in charge of one Of the big guns.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
BREATHE PURE AIR.
The Necessity For Filling the Lungs at
Each Inhalation.

The Necessity For Filling the Lungs at
Each Inhalation.
Breathe pure air always. In the lungs
d most important physiological process
occurs. 1t is from here that the blood
laden with oxygen is sent to al. parts OF
the body, giving off along its course its
oxygen and taking up carbonic acid gas,
which it brings at last to the lungs
when it is cast out III expiration. More
oxygen is taken i'll by inspiration and
the same process is repeated.
So let your breathing be full and deep,
going to the very bottom of the lungs
in order that all of the blood in them
may receive its full amount of oxygen
before again starting upon its tour OF
distribution through the body. Can one
use any more foreible argument in favor
Of loose clothing than this? 1t is abso-
lutcly impossible to secure plenty OF
oxygen if the clothing is worn at all
tight, aud oxygen is food which the
body must have always in abundance to
keep well.
The air leaving the lungs is laden with
that deadly poison carbonic acid gas,
which if given off i'll IA close room when
no provision is made for its escape and
the entrance of pure air soon renders
the air utterly unfit to breathe. Perhaps
some night you will find yourself UNI
able to sleep and tumble restlessly about
in bed. When this occurs, go to an open
window and inhale the fresh air, breath
ing slowly and deeply. A few minutes
Of this and you can return to bed and
probably will soon be sleeping quietly.
What has happened? By its restlessness
the body was asserting its need of more
oxygen. Now you have given it what
it so emphatically asked for, and it is
quiet. We get as much uneasiness and
disturbance from the want of this food
as when we do not eat enough, only the
symptoms are not SO well understood
nor recognized SD quickly. Always keep
your mouth closed and breathe through
your nose. Then the air is warmed,
slightly moistened and largely freed
from particles of dust, so that when it
enters the lungs it does not irritate
them.
A condition often met with by ply
sicians is anamia. In this trouble the
patient is pale lifeless looking, tired
and generally used up, often without
being able to tell distinctly how she
does feel. Sometimes these patients say
that they have not enough blood. 1t is
really only an element of the blood
which is wanting, but that is very
important one-namely, the red blood
corpusclo.
When you know that it is only those
corpuscles which have the power to take
up and carry oxygen, you see at once
how important it is that the blood
should not be lacking in them. Good,
wholesome food, plenty of it and well
digested will give you the corpuscles.
Furnish them with the oxygen and the
body will have an important element
toward health What to Eat.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
Duck Eggs in an Aibumen Factory.

Near Chingkiang, China, is a great
albumen factory, for the utilization of
the duck eggs which are produced In
that region In enormous quantities,
hocks of 1900 and 5000 ducks being
by no means uncommon. The eggs are
broken at the rate of from 10000 to
10000 per day by women, who separ-
ate the white from the yolk, the for
mer being carefully cleaned and dried
until they resemble fish glue, when
they are packed In 400-pound cases
lined with zinc, The yolks are passed
through sleeves into twenty-five gallon
receptacles. mixed with salt and DO.
rax solution, packed In 500-pound bar
rels, and used In Europe for preparing
and dressing articles of superior quail
ty. The albumen finds a ready market
In England, France and Germany for
dyes for the best cotton goods.-Phila-
delphia Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
A London Lads PRAYER.

w. PETIT Ridge, the London writer,
makes a London boy i'll one of his sto-
ries offer the following rather original
prayer: Lord, wilt thou ave the kind
ness to make me grow strong and tall
and with plenty to say for meself, and
wilt thou do this as soon as thou can
find time, SOS to save me expense and
waste of money that might be used in
other ways---say for cricket bat. Be
lieve me, Lord, thy obedient servant,
A. Martin. -
He rose. He was half way into his
blue flannel bed gown, when an impor-
tant idea occurred to him, and he knelt
down again quickly.
"Should ave mentioned" he whis-
pered, "Elfred Martin of SO Cawstle
street, jest over Surrey side of South ark
bridge ~
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
FILTHY SAN JUAN.
Porto Rico's Walled City Looks About
az 1t Did $50 Years Ago.

San Juan is a perfect specimen of
walled town. with portcullis, moat
gates and battlements. Built over 300
years ago, 1t Is still in good condition
and repair. The walls are picturesque
and represent stupendous work and
cost in themselves. Inside the walls
the city is laid out in regular squares,
six parallel streets running in the direc-
ton of the length of the island ana
seven at right angles. The houses are
closely and compactly built of brick,
usually of two stories. succeed on the
outside and painted in variety or
colors. The upper floors are occupied
by the most respectable people, while
the ground floors. almost without eX-
ception, are given up to negroes ana
the poorer classes, who crowd one upon
another in the most appalling manner
In one small room with fiimsy parti-
ton whole family will reside.A
The ground floors of the whole town
reek with filth, and conditions are most
unsanitary. There is no running water
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
FIRED THE FIRST SHOT.
Gunner Charles Cavanaugh Opened
the Battle at Manila.

Gunner Charles Cavanaugh, the man
who fired the first shot In the great
naval battle of Manila Bay, is a native
of Harvey County, Kansas. He Is a
gunner on the Olympia, Admiral Dew
ey's flagship, and has charge of one
of the S-inch guns. When the battle
commenced the Olympia signaled the
other ships to begin firing, both by
"wigwagging" and by firing the first
shot herself. Charles Cayanaugh had
the honor of firing that first shot. A
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20

The pecan is near relative of the
hickory nut. 1t does not thrive in all
lands that the hickory nut will, but the
hickory nutawill grow we'll wherever
the pecan will. The home of the pecan
is the low, rich bottom land that lies
along the Wabash Mississippi, White
and Big lend rivers, while they seem
to grow equally as we'll in the Indian
Territory and III the best watered parts
of Texas. Little Rock Democrat.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
A Historical Violin.

Franklin Richardson, a violin maker,
of Canton, Me-, has violin from a
panel taken from the cabin door of the
Constitution when the old ship was re-
paired at Portsmouth navy yard some
thirty-tive years ago. The panel was
given by one of the carpenters to Mr..
richardson about thirty years ago. 1t
Is beautiful bird's-eye maple, and the
instrument made from 1t Is of remark
ably clear and powerful tone and has
great carrying Philadelphia
Press
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20

in the town. The entire population de-
ponds on rain water caught on the fiat
roofs of the buildings and conducted to
the clstern, which occupies the greater
part of the courtyard that Is an es-
sential part of Spanish houses the
world over, but that in San Juan, on
account of the crowded conditions, Is
small. There is no sewerage, except for
surface water and sinks, and the risk
of communicating the water is great,
and in dry seasons the supply Is entire
ly exhausted. Epidemics are frequent,
and the town is alive with vermin, mos
quitoes, and dogs.
The streets are wider than in the old
eli part Of Havana and will admit two
carriages abreast The sidewalks are
narrow, and in places will accOmmo-
date only one person. The pavements
are of composition manufactured In
England from Stag, easily broken and
unfit for heavy triffic. The streets are
swept once a day by hand, and are
kept very clean. From it's topograph-
ical situation the town should be
healthy, but 1t Is not. The soil under
the city Is clay mixed with lime, so
hard as to be almost like rock, 1t Is
consequently impervious to water and
furnishes good natural drainage The
trade wind blows strong and fresh,
and through the harbor runs stream
of sea water at speed not less than
three miles an hour. With these con-
dtions no contagious diseases, If prop
erly taken care of, could exist; without
them the place would be a veritable
plague spot.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
or Honest Parents,

"My opponent shouted the orator.
"has seen fit TO refer to the fact that
my mother took In washing. She did /;
and. what Is more to the point, she
always sent 1t all back
After that there was nothing to do
but cast majority vote for the man
whose parent showed such evidence of
perfect honesty and attention to duty.
indianapolis Journal
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
Naming Ships of the Navy.

The naming Of vessels of the United
States navy is regulated by law. Yes
sells of the first-class are required to
be named after States, those of the
second after rivers, those of the third
after the principal cities and towns,
and those of the fourth as the President
may direct.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20

cloth. In the front is white matte
surface washable tablet, on which may
be recorded particulars of the exposure
and In each partition is tape which
enables the slide to be easily pulled out
A pencil and pencil holder are included,
and altogether this makes an excellent
protection for dark slides, either In the
camera case or In the holder alone.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20

The great wealth of the merchants of
London and Bristol enabled them to en-
joy practical monopoly of the Afri-
can slave trade for long period prior
TO Liverpool having saY share IN It,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
Carp Out of Water.

Some fish exhibit great power of en-.
durance when deprived of power of nc,
cess to their native elements. In Hol.
land carp are kept alive for three
weeks or month, the fish being placed
in wet moss and kept in a cold spot
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20

Effie-Uncle John, are you an author
ity upon the language of flowers?
Uncle John-What do you mean-the
language employed by the woman who
receives them or by the poor devil who
has to pay the bill?-Boston Transcript.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
ThickCst Coal Seam.

The thickest known coal seam In the
world Is the Wyoming, near Twin
Creek, in the Green River coal basin.
Wyoming. 1t Is eighty feet thick, and
upward 900 feet of solid coal under
lies 1000 acres.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20

In certain parts of Norway when a
person is drowned cock is put in IL
boat, which is rowed about the scene of
the disaster. the belief being that the
bird will crow when the boat passes over
the body.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
Elephants.

There are annually killed in Africa a
minimum of So, 900 elephants, yielding
the production of quantity of raw
ivory the selling price of which is
81, $50, 900
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
Poets in Parliament.

The father of English poetry-Chau
cer-was elected member of the
House of Commons in 1886. In 1921
Waller was at the age of II elected
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
KeepinQ the Dive.

A little cream rubbed into black kid
gloves will prevent the dye from com.
ing of. 1t also gives them a nice gloss
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
BULLETS IN '6i.
But Cheers of Welcome for tho Bay
state Troops In 1903.

The reception accorded recently In
Baltimore, Md, to the Sixth Massachu-
sets Regiment, EN- route to Falls
Church, Va, to fight the Spaniards,
was In striking contrast to that given
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
Spread of English Tongue.

One-fourth of the land surface of the
globe Is occupied by Englishspeaking
people.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20

What has become of the old fash
Toned boy who wore red top boots3
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-07-20
FOR THE AMATEUR.

Very Convenient Triple Photographic
Plate Holder.
Here is triple slide holder, which
consists of a waterproof case for hold
ing three double dark slides, with an
extra space ut the back for prints,
memorandum book or small focusing
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-05

Read Explorer Won Brenner's &C
count of his interview with a canni-
bal chief in next Sundays Call.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-05
To Aid Holy Cross Church.

Next Tuesday evening, al the residence
of Mrs. John Spottiswood, corner of Eddy
and Broderick streets, a delightful con-
versatione, musical and dance will be
given, the proceeds of which will be given
to the fair to be held at Native Sons Hall
on October II for the purpose of raising
funds for the new Holy Cross Church
The affair will be under the management
of the members of the Native Sons and
Daughters booth and the members of
Holy Cross booth
The reception committee is as follows:
Mrs: j. Spottiswood, Mrs. T. Dunn. Mrs.
NJ. Holmes, Mrs. Gallagher, Mrs. William
kearnay, Mrs. c. Kapp, the Misses Nellie
Gallagher, Rose Grant, NJ. Grant, NJ
Cody, G. Sherry, Mamie Hubbard, Grace
McCloskey, Cora Scott, May Scott and
Madge SpOttisWood.
Floor committee-James ]. Gildea, Dr.
f. Barrett George Olson, D. Sherrin, DR..
Cooney, f. Smith T. J. Lynch, w Will
son, ". O'Neill. George E. Gallagher, e
Mitchell, T. O'Brien, T. P. Crowley, Dr.
J. Spottiswood, w Kearney and DR.. Muir
ray.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-05
NATIVE DAUGHTERS HOME.
It Will Be Established by the Board
of Relief to Help Beyond What
Srhordinate ParlorS Can

At the last held session of the Grand
Parlor of the Native Daughters of the
Golden West it was resolved to estab-
1ish n Native Daughters Home to be
conducted by board of relief to be COM
posed of fifteen past grand presidents
and prominent members of the order
The board is to have for it's object the
caring for the sick and destitute of the
order beyond what is done by the sub
ordinate parlors. The proposition at this
time is to secure suitable place in this
city in which home can be established
but as yet the matter is in the prelimin-
arv stages, as the committees of the
board are looking for sufficient amount
of funds to warrant them in opening
such q home and maintaining it for one
wear. Already a number of physicians,
gentlemen and ladies of both schools,
have offered their services free to the
home. and Alta Parlor, as a starter, on
motion of Grand Trustee Miss E. D.
Keith, donated 800 to the board, and
orc Elmo Parlor No. 8 will tomorrow
night give a ball in Native Sons Hall
for the benefit of the board. 1t is expect
ed that all the parlors will either make a
money contribution or devise some enter
tainment to raise money for the new ad-
{unct of the order and that it will not
be long before the board will open its
home
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-05
AT HIS OPPONENTS HOME.
TREY L. Ford Makes a Stirring AID
dress at Red Bluff.

RED BLUFF, Oct. A large and en-
thusiastic meeting was addressed tonight
by Hon. TREY l.. Ford, who made a most
favorable impression in the home of his
opponent by his eloquence, fairness and
forceful argument. He urged that Cali
fornia should indorse the wise administra-
ton of President Mckinley by defeating
the man who, as a member of Congress,
continually and persistently voted against
every measure the President wanted to
be passed. He spoke of the danger of the
single tax being engrafted on the laws of
California with the powerful influence of
Mcguire as Governor upon the Legisla-
ture
Hon. D. e. McKinlay of Santa Rosa re-
viewed the success of the protective is
sue in the last campaign, and declared
that if Mcguire was not satisfied that the
railroad question is settled he would have
gone back to Congress from the Fourth
District He made a strong plea for
solid Republican delegation to Congress
from California and a Republican Legisla-
ture, and showed the disastrous results
of Maguire's single-tax doctrine.
The meeting then adjourned with rous-
ing cheers for the Republican candidates.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-05
A Home Industry Election.

The annual meeting of the American
Beet Sugar Association was held in this
city yesterday. The following officers
were elected for the coming year: Henry
T. Oxnard, Nebraska, president; J. Ross
Clark, Montana, vice president; James
Coffin, California, secretary and treas
urer. A resolution was passed asking
the Republican party to keep the pledges
in it's platform as passed at st. Louis in
which home sugar was promised ade-
islands with their pauper labor and trop-
zeal climate cannot go hand in hand with
the avowed protective policy on which
the Republican party came into power
Sugar. tobacco, hemp and rice demand
their just share of protection and expect
to receive 1t.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-05
THE VERDICT ON THE
MYSTERY WAS SUICIDE
CoRoNER'S JURY INVESTIGATES
BERLIN'S DEATH.
Police Are Working on the Theory
Of Murder-Trying TO Find the
Woman in the Case.

The detective force has not as yet sue
ceeded in finding any clew that will help
in the unraveling of the mystery that sur
rounds the death of Gus Berlin, whose
dead body was found on Sunday night
hanging to the closet door of his bed
room at us Eleventh street.
Although the Coroner's jury yesterday
rendered verdict of suicide, Detective
Silvey, who was detailed upon the case,
has been unable to discover any motive
for such an act.
The condition of the body when found
indicated that he came to his death some
time on Saturday evening. He was seen
by his landlady on that evening and dur
ing the day had spent some time with
numerous friends who had worked with
him in Alaska for the Alaska Packing
Association. All Of these people say posi-
lively that he was in his usual good
spirits and in no degree in liquor
The allegation that Berlin took his life
because OF the refusal by Miss Hannah
riage, Is exploded by that lady's state
nent.
She said yesterday: 81 have known Gus
Berlin for seven or eight years and In that
time he has made me many presents, but
he has never once made me direct offer
Of marriage. We We're good friends al
ways: / did his sewing for him and little
things like that, but he never asked me
to marry him He did not come to visit
me so often as the neighbors say. The
last time | saw him was Monday a
week before he met his DEATH
No clear story is to be had from Mrs
Hart, Berlin's landlady. The statements
that she makes of the affair are contra
dcted by her daughter and vice versa.
They unite however. in saying that Ber-
in never came in under the Influence of
liquor and was seldom in low spirits
They also say that though they were in
their room, which Is separated from that
occupied by Berlin, all of Saturday even
ing, they heard no noise such as would
rave necessarily been made by the dead
man were he dying from strangulation.
detective Sflyey VIII continue his in
the woman to whom Berlin administered
50 severe a beating on the night of Sep