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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02
Frances Wizards Cat.

A famous pet of Miss Willard at her
REST Cottage" home in the Catskills
was large Angora cat named 'Toots'
Many readers may have seen a picture
of Toots, for the sale of his photo
graph spread his renown along with
that of his distinguished mistress aud
coined money for her cause.
In this way he is said to have con
tributed two thousand dollars to the
treasury of the Womans Christian
Temperance Union = probably more
than cat ever earned before.
Toots had some rather unfellne pc
cularites. He loved his bath as wen
as any schoolboy loves to go In SWIM
ming and his appetite was very es'
thetic.
He would luxuriate over the sme''
of bunch of English yiolets, ana theh
eat them, one by one; and Wheh ni'
mistress taught him pretty ways hi'
fayorite reward for doing his lesson
was not a piece of meat, but sprls VI
umbrella palm. which he devoufeu "a
eagerly as IL girl chews caramels'
He learned to stand before Nisii'i
and receive caress or pat Oh .n'
head, and to make bow Tor eoou'D''
and he generally minded his malliie,'
Indeed. this was all the recognition ~
gave Miss Willard herself When sn'
greeted him again. after being wv
years away. Toots was never senA
mental cat.
1t Is natural to use the past tense -
speaking of this pet OF the great pun
anthroplst, since she has passed a"a' s
but puss still hears his own praiS "D'
the praises of his late lamehlea o"n .Aa
Mrs. Leland Norton. president VI ~ :,
Chicago Cat Club, now has ch'rse '.
the handsome creature, and he ep'V ~
himself in the mature dignity VI -.
eight years, houored not only rs ",'rs -
''the Willard cat" but for the soou =
has done.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

crossing than at any other point Of
track elevation. Here labor has been
the rule. day and night, rain or shine
The problem of so many lines crossing
so as TO insure noninterruption and alb
solute safety of trains, while prescrib-
ing open way for street traffic, was
solved only after intricate calculation.
No such complicated and busy railroad
and street crossing exists in any other
place on earth. 1t has been found nee
essary TO raise two of the lines on a
little island of masonry at the mouth
of a subway. This subway, which Is
cement walled, is graded four feet
above the river, which is near by, and
is perpetually drained by a pumping
station constructed in the west wall.
1t will be crossed by six railroad
bridges. Perfect security and facility
of movement at the few elevated cross
ings remaining will be guaranteed by
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02
NORMAL AND ABNORMAL.
Difference Between Physical Culture
and Professional Training.

DR.. w. l.. Savage explains the differ
ence between the trainer and the physl-
cal-culture man. I'VE take man and
build him up and make him a strong
and useful man, one who, II he has the
inclination, may become an all-round
athlete. The trainer on the other hand
takes man who has an aptness in
some particular direction and III whom
some muscles are possibly developed
beyond the normal point, and with
view to making the man still stronger
in that particular part he produces an
abnormal man. While the trainer is
building up his manor rather the
strong part of hm-the weak points are
being neglected. While the strong ones
are becoming still stronger, the weak
parts. although they may remain sta
tionary for the time being, appear
weaker than they really are by con-
trast. The physical culture expert
leaves the strong and superdeveloped
parts of his patient alone and applies
himself only to the weak parasitic 9th
ers will take care of themselves. Take,
for example, the men who have the BIZ
cycle craze. They have heavy thighs
and calves, but many who have gained
in that direction have acquired hollow
chests round shoulders, abnormal arms
and weakness in the abdominal region.
Now, we do not try to make such a
persons legs stronger, but we do try
by proper exercise to bring the rest
Of the body up to the thigh standard.
After the whole body has been thor
oughly developed, no one part at the
cost of the other then. If the man has Il
taste for sprinting for jumping or for
any other sport, he may safely place
himself in the hands of trainer, but
without the proper foundation he would
run a risk In doing so. The athletic
clubs take care Of that end of 1t, and
with men in good condition they do
good work"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02
The Flarellants.

The Christian sect known in history
as the F'lagellants arose in 1850 AT
Perugia, and spread throughout and
beyond Italy. Its adherents, who saw
u plague raging, and moreover expect
ed the world speedily to terminate, be
lieved that they could propitlate the
Divine Being by walking in procession
with only cloth tied around them.
and fogging their bare shoulders with
whips, which they carried, and preach
ing that without shedding Of blood
there can be no remission" At first
they were noted for sanctity, and made
many converts, but doubtful charac-
tiers beginning to join their ranks, they
fell into disrepute. and were restrained
from their professions by the civil and
ecclesiastical authorities. and the sect
gradually died away. The terror pro
duced by the dreadful diseases called
the Black Death. which destroyed
many millions of people in Europe be-
tween 134S and 1851, caused revival
of the Flagellatlon mania, which
spread over most OF Europe, and was
attended by greater extravagances
than before. In the reign of Ed
ward Ill, band of 100 Flagellants
made their appearance in London on a
missionary enterprise. They marched
In procession through the streets. sing
ing hymns, and then scourglng each
other, trusting that the spectacle
would prove contagious. but the sober
minded Englishmen could not be in
duced either to fiagellate themselves, or
submit to be 1agellated by others, and
the strangers left the country without
having made even one proselyte. In
1349, Pope Clement VII. declared the
Flagellants heretics, and took steps to
repress them. The first leader of this
extraordinary sect was a hermit called
Rainer In the fifteenth century theiI
leader was Conrad Schmidt, who, with
several of his followers. was burnt by
the German inquisitors about 14l4
They existed in some parts of Italy I'M
til recent times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

Cheese is very rich and valuable
food, likely to form very large con-
stituent in the future and, especially
for the workingman, to be very extern
sively used. There is difference in
stomachs i'll their ability to digest this
article
The writer is able to make an entire
meal of cheese, with very little bread,
and digest it more easily than rice or
oatmeal, but in most stomaohs it is less
digestible, in some extremely so. Each
person must learn for himsetlf. 1t is a
convenient form of animal food and,
when good, particularly agreeable.
There is "A great difference in the COM
position of cheese both in its water, fat
and heterogeneous matter. In general,
however, it may be remarked that
every variety contains a large amount
Of heterogeneous matter and it is for this
that it is especially useful as n food
Skimmilk cheese is especially rich in
this constituent, but less rich in fat
Those who abstain from flesh food will
find III cheese abundance of heterogeneous
matter to take the place Of that found
in flesh. London Family Doctor
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

a system of interlocking switches,
which will stop only one of two APP
preaching trains, thus rendering COLI
sion impossible.
From Dead Mans Crossing" out five
miles, 1t is now possible to take a sub
urban train that runs at the rate OF Il
mile minute. Beyond. the railroads
nave combined to use union depot
Here are yards with an area of fifty
two acres, containing about 1880. 900
yards of filling. They take the form
of subways At an oblque angle, aud
are of exceptional length. The semi
subterranean highways leading up. in
Guiding approaches. are about 1000
feet. The cost of this piece of work is
about Sl,000,000.
Track elevation has come to he as
important Il plank in Republican and
Democratic party platforms In mayor
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02
AN EGYPTIAN PUZZLE.
How Thieves Are Detected by the
tse Of uncnnny Charms.

How Thieves Are Detected by the
lse Of uncnnny Charms.
The most curious and complicated
charms are those used in the recovery
Of stolen property and the detection OF
thieves. Strange TO say, the Egyptian
practice Of seeing figures shifting over
the ink poured into u boys hand u.s.
with certain minor differences, known
in Sindh. The Vinyane Waro, or finder
Of lost goods, rubs some dark substance
over the thnmbnails of youth not ar
rived at the age of puberty, or directs
him to look at n black spot painted on
the bottom Of II bright brass pot
The soothsayer during this period re-
cites the azimah (charm) three differ
ont times, after which the seeing com
mences. The boy first sees bhaugi, or
sweeper, appear in the ink and clean
the floor after which farash (tent pitch
ers) approach and prepare pavilion.
They are followed by Il train of serv-
ants, who spread carpets and erect a
kind of throne for the king of the Jim,
who presently appears i'll state, accom-
panied by his suit.
Before him the loser of the article ap-
pears, to advance as "a complainant, and
the monarch sends his chobdais (mace
bearer) for the thief The latter being
violently dragged into the presence, is
bastinadoed till he shows the spot
where the goods are concealed, and is
then dismissed. When the charm is
concluded, the boy accurately describes
the person of the guilty man and the
place where he deposited his plumber.
The natives of Sindh aver that this
incantation is nota diabolical one, as it
is only to be mastered by tho 40 days
fast and the other ceremonies usually
gone through during the study of the
tas khir Cor acquisition of power over
angels and demons) Consequently few
practice it, and the knowledge is con-
fined tn certain families. | never saw
the operation, but have heard of il suffi-
GENTLY often TO be assured that my in
formants were not deceiving me. More
over, traces of it are to be found in
southern Persia and other parts of the
eastern world 1t probably originated
in India that poisonous source of three
parts of the superstitions which have
inundated Europe and A STA and travelled
westward to Egypt and the Maghrib,
AS a support to my conjecture. it may
be mentioned that in Sindh it is prac-
ticed by some Hindoos as we'll as Mos
lens =
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

than 800 miles of railroad would be
lnclosed within massive restraining
walls at the average height stated
above street grades. The great Gizen
pyramid, which took 100000 men
twenty years to complete, cost $4,000
600. Owing to improved appliances in
excavation, moving and filling, 1000
workmcn have finished the work of ele-
waiting the trunk railroads of Chicago
in fourteen years, though the total out
lay will be $500, 900 more than was
expended on the monster pyramid of
the Egyptians, or approximately, $50,
100000 In the 800 miles of restrain
ing walls for the Chicago elevated
grades the largest blocks of stone are
eight feet long, four feet wide and two
feet thick, or cubic contents of about
two and one-quarter yards. The total
cubic measurement of stone used In the
grade walls and subways will fall little
short of 100000 yards OF sand and
dirt mostly taken by trains from drives
along the Lake Michigan shore, not
less than 300, 900 900 yards will eyentu-
ally be packed into elevated grades. IL
the filling of the Chicago elevated trunk
roads were raised and shaped compact
", 1t would form three Glzen pyramids,
and a fourth one about two-thirds as
large.
On many roads the task of elevation
has been simple. but at Dead Mans
Crossing" as the district about Clark
and 10Th streets Is called, since early
spring the work in progress has mark
ed some extraordinary activity and the
evolution of many remarkable engin-
eering problems. Here sixteen rail
road rights of way crossed each other
at street grade: the Santa Fe. Eastern
Illinois, Erie. Monon, Wabash, Grand
Trunk, Illinois Central. Michigan Cen
trail, Burlington, Madison, Lake Shore,
Rock Island. Alton, Western Indiana
and Nickel Plate. In this network of
tracks many an imperiled citizen has
been kept busy guessing which way to
jump out of the way of COW catchers
and bumpers, and the loss of life in ten
years has been enormous. The work
here has been more important and en-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

atty and town trustee elections. as the
"clean street plank. In Chicago, In
the past four municipal elections, the
track elevation idea was made conspic-
uous. This principle is spreading to
other large cities and to towns. At
several places tracks have been ele-
waited to distance of even fifteen miles
out of the city, where they run through
large suburbs.
Twenty-seven ordinances have been
passed already, respecting the eleva-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

A physician quote'N by the Boston
Transcript says that acute insomnia
may be promptly cured by the practice
of deep breathing. Draw into the lungs
as much air as possible and do not ex-
hale it until obliged to, and then as
slowly as possible 1t is somewhat of a
task when the night is oppressively
warm, but if persisted i'll is fairly sure
10 relieve that hyperemia of the brain
which everyday folk call wakefumess.
The tricks of the sleepless to induce
sleep are many, but none is found to be
more Immediately efficacious than this
plan of forcing the lungs to take the
burden of tho brain and nerves
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

ton of the railroad tracks, and during
the present city administration an un-
compromising determination and zeal
to have the laws complied with has
been displayed. Only one pugnacious
company seemed disposed to hold aloof
and fight. Drastic measures were
adopted In treating with this corpora
ton. Other roads commercially have
hurried the work prescribed. Several
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02
Onions and Garlic.

There is tradition In the East that
when Satan stepped out of the Garden
of Eden after the fall Of man, onions
sprang up from the spot where ne
placed his right foot, and garlic from
that which his left one touched.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02
Molecules IN Gas.

1t has been. calculated that the mum.
Der of molecules In cubic inch OF any
gas is 100000, 900. 900 600, DOC, 600, 900,
and In each of these molecules there
are several atoms moving among them
selves at the rate of 10 miles a minute.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02
He wouldn't Understand.

Birdie-There's Frenchman behind
us; I'd better tell you this in English
Bertie-On the contrary, you'd be
safer If you were to speak French.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02
Sunday School Teacher dllust

Sunday School Teacher illustrating
the still. small voice")-What is 1t.
dear children, that makes you feel so
uncomfortable and unhappy after you
have done something which you ought
not 10 do? Dear Child-A lickin'. -Rox.
bury Gazette.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02
President Mckinley "a Pipe Smoker

President Mckinley has Deeoin' !"
pipe smoker; Attorney General 'risss
rhews tobacco privately; Postllias'''
General Smith smokes cigarettes ''.
retary Gage smokes cigars and cheW'
tobacco: Secretary Alger Is an NV,
crate smoker. The abstalners OF wv
cabinet are Secretaries Day, Bliss anu
Long.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02
Don't YOU mink forty dollars week

Don't you think forty dollars week
alimony is a little too much to de.
mand?' asked the referee IN the d.
vorce case, when he is only making
fifty dollarsT' mo. don't" said the
lady. That's what used to make
him gimme when | was llyin' with
him.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

Lots of men who claim to be gentle
men don't work Mt It.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

The following table shows work that
has been carried out this year by vari-
Gus lines, as is now In progress, the APP
proximate cost TO each. and the num-
Der of grade crossings abolished:
st. Charles Air Line and Joint
roads, eight grade crossings
TO be abolished-ten tracks,
six OF which are depressed
eleven feet ...............S 1000, 900
Pennsylvania Company, seven
teen grade crossings TO be
abolished-two tracks. ..... 1886, 900
Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern, eight grade cross
ings to be abolished-two
tracks Observation-Disclosures. 1000, 600
Chicago and Northwestern,
thirty-two grade crossings 10
be abolished-four tracks. $50. 200 600
Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul, twelve grade crossings
to be abolished-two tracks. 100000
Chicago. Rock Island and Pa
cific. twelve grade crossings
- be abolished-two tracks. 900 600
Chicago, Burlington and Quin-
cy. twenty grade crossings TO
be abolished-two tracks. -. / $50. 600
Total miles of track elevation. 23.5
Total grade crossings to be
abolished ................ 1Oe
Total approximate cost. 50. 900. 600
The agitation of track elevation has
been like a small SNOWFALL. set in mo-
tion and fast growing apace. As an
economic feature OF railway progress
it has proven Itself to be an adjunct
not only profitable but in line with the
demands Of the age. The matter Is one
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

When man has wheel In MS he"s
the tire Is furnished by his assoc'a'''
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

of these corporations have not only
crowded the improvements required Of
them, they have rock ballasted their
roadways into the very depots.
The following tables give very
clear idea of what Chicago has done
and is doing In the way of track eleva-
ton. Here are some facts that very
clearly outline the scope of the work
done:
Total lineal mileage of main track
inside of city limits of Chicago. 115
Total miles of track elevation as per
ordinances passed since 1892. -. SIT
Total miles elevated to June, 1898. 1910
Total mileage yet to be elevated. :. 32.7
Total miles elevating during 1893. . 23.5
Total grade crossings eliminated as
per ordinances passed. ....... 271
Total eliminated by completed eleva-
walton .................... Sc
Total yet to be eliminated. ...... 1855
Approximate estimated cost of
elevation under ordinances SIT $3.50, 900
Approximate amount eXpend
ed to June l, 1898. ....... 100000
Yet to be expended. ....... .$11 $50, 900
Amount expanding in 1885,. 9,000,0 900
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

Owing to the high tariff few lies az
manufactured out of whole eloth INV
adays.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-11-02

that is now occupying the interested
attention of townships as well as mu-
inequalities. and the grade crossing Is
fast becoming dangerous and trou'
blesome thing of the past.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-03-05

sired mss1snt. They proved to be
2&nxss0aA. however, and all effort was
thsresfter directed 10 the eiriglble, or
fhs automobile. torpedo. Generally de-
scrib~a the dirsgibie torpedo is one
that contains It's own propelling and
airing neehanisms. and Is piloted from
fss shcre BY means of electric cables.
which function the machinery.
The automobile torpedo IL a weapon
that is shot from a tube, generally
called 8 torpedo gun, and takes up its
line Of progress By machinery contain
Cd IN It's body. There are many forms
o. these. like the Howell and the
Whitehead, for example. and some ex-
traordinary results have been obtain
ed with both The whitehead is dis
charged from the tube by steam or
powder. and just as il leaves the mug
zle lock automatically opened re-
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-03-05

ed seaport. Col. Samuel Colt, the In
ventor of the American revolver, flxvt
demonstrated the probability Of
blowing up vessels by submarine mines
fired by electricity. In 1s42 he blew
up the old gunboat Boxer. and in 1913
he destroyed q brig in the Potomac
river, while the vessel was under way,
sailing at the rate Of five miles an
hour.
Many forms of mines were used here
and abroad. and they were success
fully employed against us in the civil
war. Every system Of coast defense
concerns itself with their distribution
and use, and every well-known harbor
OF the world is at this day SO mapped
out that the planting Of these mines
may be done ON a plan which promises
the greatest utility. Some OF these
are constant depth mines-that is.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-03-05

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