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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
THE OPEN DOOR.
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or the drafted men in their gay uni
forms, the sight was almost too much
Tor him. the war fever was on him, and
had 1t not been for the thoughts of his
already bereayed mother Horace Pack
ard would have gone at any cost.
An hour later he came out of the Of
fee of James Fisk with a determined
look on his manly face, and 1t seemed
as il he had grown an inch taller
Mrs. Packard met him at the door,
and affeetionate greetings We're ex-
changed. The boy tried TO smile, but
when he looked into his mothers eyes
he made a miserable failure of it, and
the tears welled up instead. They were
as quickly dried and he said, You see,
mother, it is just like this Fisk was
going to foreclose the mortgage. but he
says he will give you clear title If
will go as his substitute. | can't bear
to leave you, little mother, but | do
want to go and fight for my fathers
country, the boys eyes flashed.
Then he added quietly, 81 should go
sooner or later, anyway. This is our
one opportunity to free our home from
debt, and you will not say nay will
you, mother mine?"
But Mrs. Packard sat as If she were
petrified. At last her voice came to her,
and all the mother love asserted itself
as she clasped the stalwart lad in her
arms and kissed him passionately.
"Oh, my boy, my all, how can l let you
go? What will mother do without
you?"
"How old are you, my man?" asked
the examining physician of Horace,
later in the day?
Seventeen, SIR responded the boy,
promptly.
"Um! Umw was the suggestive ex-
clamation. This was followed by more
questions. Il see, l see" said the old
doctor. "Why didn't you add year to
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
LAW AS INTERPRETED.

A State statute providing for sep
arate, but equal. accommodations for
white and colored persons on railroads
Is upheld in Smith vs.. State CTenn.l, Al
l.. Il. A. 432, as valid police regula-
tlon and applicable to Interstate travel.
The right of creditor of Il corpora
tlon to proceed individually against
stockholders is held, in Castleman VS..
Templeman Md, Al l.. II. A. 3GI, to
be merged in 4 decree obtained by him
in another State, directing the collec-
ton of claims by a receiver.
The reasonableness of an ordinance
prohibiting II person TO ride Il bicycle
with handlebars more than four inches
below the top of the saddle Is held. in
Moore VS.. District of Columbia Cd. Co,
Al l.. Il. A. pos, to be n question of
fact to be determined by evidence.
The right of the mother of an unmar-
red minor whose father Is dead to re-
cover damages for the death of the
child Is held, in Hennessy VS.. Bayarian
Brewing Company (Mo), Al l.. II. A.
3S5 to exist Notwithstanding the
mothers marriage to one who has as
sumed the obligations of father to the
child.
A wind existing at the time build
ing is set on fire is held, In Llllibridge
VS.. McCann (Mich.), Al l.. X. A. 3S1,
not to constitute an Intervening cause
of the burning of another building to
which the fire Is carried.
The right to build dams to aid the
floating of logs Is held, In Carlson VS..
st. Louis River Dam and Improvement
Co. (Minn), Al l.. II. A. 81, to be
subordinate to that Of the, riparian
owner to have his land free from over
flow beyond that caused by the natural
condition of the stream. With this
case Is a note on the right to use a
stream for floating logs.
An action against city for a defec-
tive and dangerous street, made so by
street railway track, is held, in
Schaefer VS.. Fond du Lac (Wis.), Al
L. r. A. 2S7. to be not maintainable
until all legal remedies have been ex-
hausted against the railway company
In possession of the track, as well as
the owner of th,, track.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

10 Dc Uhu III Ile M NJ w
Mr.. Thomas will conduct nothing but nrst'
class house and y cordial welcome VIII Do eA-
tended TO all guests,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
aborating in souI-saving.

'In the days of my early ministry"
said well-known clergyman, 81
thought 1t necessary TO impress
thoughts of salvation by everything
uttered.
"My first work was in n Western
mining camp, and had to remain over
night at rough hotel to wait for n
stage TO convey me to my destination.
At the table n savage looking man said
gruffiy:
"'What might be your line, young
feller?'
"'Saying souls l said solemnly
"'Ugh,' was the only response.
"After supper, a coarsely dressed
man approached me and said:
"'Pardner, let's make some kind o.
dicker We're in ther same line, an
thar amt room fer both. Thar's a
camp furder up the crick whar yo
could set up and do we'll.
81 think you are mistaken, my
friend said. L am a minister of the
Gospel.
"'Scuse me, parson; I was mistaken
in yo'; thought yo' was n cobbler.' y
Saturday Evening Post.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
Antics Of the Gum shoe in Commerce

Il have no reason to complain" said
the shoe dealer who had not yet been
absorbed by the department. store, ''for
| make my share Of the profits what
ever the sales may be. But il l sold
only gum shoes the result would be
different for me. That is one of the few
signs of prosperity that does not bene-
fit the manufactures. When times are
good the sale of rubber shoes dimin-
ishes almost 30 per cent. Then nobody
seems to want them. There is almost
an exact proportion between the sale
of oyershoes and the sale of shoes.
When the people have the money to
buy one they don't want the other. SO
my customers buy leather shoes when
they are not concerned about the price,
and when they are economizing the
sale of the rubber shoes increases inn
mediately. They can cover up thin
soles and cracks, and they cost less
than third of the prices the others
bring. SO it comes about that the big
sales of oyershoes are always Il sign
that the times are not prosperous. >
New York Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
CandeIaria Hall Saloon

Is well-known and finely furnished and Is me
most popular resort in Candelaria. The bar Is
stock ed with the choicest and best brands oi
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08

1t; that's what lots of them do. You'd
have stood better chance if you had"
Horace stretched himself to his full
height, and the physician continued. 81
don't need to ask you if you are strong,
for your physique speaks for itself, but
your age certainly stands in the way.
Do you think you would be able to
shoulder a musket all day."
For reply Horace placed five chairs
in row, leaped over each in turn, then
faced around, and vaulted over the en-
tire group with one bound.
The physician smiled at the exhibi-
ton, but said, Something of an ath-
lete, my man; well, l think we will give
you Il trial"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
TaHNa,S WORTH KNOWING.
Items of Useful Information Sta ted IL
rm.

A mile is 80 ..t.,d
A mile is 1,760 yards.
A mile is $3.50 feet.
A rod is 16la feet or a. yards.
A square rod is 2I24 square feet.
An acre contains 100 square rods.
An acre contains 1850 square feet
An acre is about 20Sa, feet square.
A pint of water weighs one pound.
A solid foot contains 1.4S solid pints
A square foot Is l44 square inches.
An acre contains 1910 square yards.
A quarter section contains 1G0 acres.
A square yard contains o square feet.
A solid foot contains 1.T2S solid
inches.
A pint of water holds 2SHs solid
inches.
gallon of water holds 23l solid
inches.
An acre Is s rods wide by 20 rods
long.
An acre is 10 rods wide by IL rods
long.
A solid foot of water weighs G2la
pounds.
A barrel (31la gallons) holds AS solid
feet.
A bushel (struck) contains 2, lo0 solid
inches.
gallon of milk weighs pounds 10
ounces.
Abushel (heaping) contains l a struck
bushels.
A struck bushel contains about IA
solid feet.
A section. or square mile. contains
GAO acres.
A hair s-breadth" is one forty-eighth
of an inch
Space has temperature of 200 de-
grees below zero.
A grain of magnesa will cover 60
100000 grains of water.
An inch of rainfall Is equal to l4,500..
900 gallons per square mile.
Gold can be beaten loo times thin
cover lag square feet.
The falls of Niagara carry down TO-
100000 cubic feet of water per minute,
equal to 100000 horsepower.
The longest tunnel in the world is
that of Mount st. Gothard. 1910 feet.
The Hoosac tunnel is 23,700 feet Ia
length.
The lowest temperature hitherto at
tanned, 220 degrees, is produced by
evaporating in vacuo mixture of solid
protoxide of nitrogen, carbonic acid
and carbon bisulphide.
The big trees Tedwoods) of Calaveras
County, California, are 90 In number
ten being 80 feet in diameter. They
range in height from 80 to 237 feet,
and in age from 1000 to 1900 years.
A grain of strychnine will impart
perceptible flavor to 1,750,000 grains of
water, and in each of these grains OF
water-though containing but the 1,750,-
OOOth of grain of strychnne-the fla
yor of strychnine can be distinctly
tasted.
Two heaping bushels of corn on the
cob will make one struck bushel of
shelled corn. Some claim that Ia
bushels of ear will make one bushel OF
shelled corn. Much will depend upon
the kind of corn, shape Of ear, size OF
cob, etc.
The velocity of sound depends on the
elasticity and density of the medium;
the elasticity acts like a spring be-
tween the molecules of the medium:
the greater the density the slower the
motion. because there are more mole
cules to be set in motion, and hence
more time is required. Warm air Is
rarer than cold air, hence sound travels
more rapidly in warm air than cold air.
At the freezing point sound waves
travel 900 feet per second. A change
Of one degree varies the velocity about
one foot per second.-Farm, Field and
Fireside.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
Worth Knowing.

Fortune Teller-Your future husband
will be tall. have dark complexion and
be ver- wealthy.
The Caller-Now, tell me another
thing. How can get rid of my present
husband?
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
Ancient War Customs.

In the ancient wars it was the Gus
tom for both armies to go into winter
quarters, but nowadays sEch thing Is
quite unknown, and several battles dur
ing this century have been fought on
Christmas Day and New Years Day.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08
HAWTHORNE, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA MARCH s. 1899
Where the brook and river met,
Momanhood and childhood fleet"

at must be the sister who died years
ago" said Madam Grundy.
However, one person knew the truth
of the matter. for on his desk was Il
note addressed to Mrs. Packard, and 1t
read:
Friend Margaret: | have reconsid-
cred my hasty words and have decided
TO go myself. Have destroyed the con,
tract and thus release the lad. Qiow
like you he ISL Please keep your con
tract for the sake of auld lang syne.
Obediently, j. l.. FISK"
Ohio Farmer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08

Speaking of colleges, old age usually
improves their faculties.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-08


When Horace entered the Hon. James
Fisk's Office his heart smote him pain
fully, for boy though he was, he saw
a sight that is stamped upon his mem-
ory to this day.
The mother stood before the desk of
the grim-faced man pleading for her
boy; but the two elder people were so
engrossed that they did not hear Hor-
ace enter.
"For Gods sake. James Fisk, for the
sake of the love you once professed to
have for me, spare me the misery of
sending my boy to the war. What is a
paltry six hundred dollars to you?
Foreclose the mortgage tomorrow,
turn us In the street, but don't influence
my child to sacrifice himself on the
altar of love for me-"
For an instant the woman thought
that she caught n glimpse of feeling in
the cold eyes, but it passed as quickly
as it had come.
Mrs. Packard" responded the me-
tallic voice with staccato-like precis.
lOll, DuSlItSS IL DuSilltSS. IOu are 1oo
late, for the contract is signed, and this
day l have cancelled the mortgage. AL
low me to say, madam, that revenge,
such as this, Is sweet"
The woman gave him n swift sad
look, her lips opened as If to speak, then
she turned and left the Office. That
night the Hon. James Fisk was sud
denly called to join the great majority
where no proxy could take his place.
He had evidently not left the office
since his Interview with Mrs. Packard,
for the errand boy found him the next
morning with his legal documents scat
tered about him. Heart failure' the
doctor pronounced it, that convenient
post-mortem phrase which covers n
multitude of errors.
In the tightly closed hand was d min
iature picture of Il fair-faced girl-a
pensiye countenance-at that sweet
time when she is
Standing with reluctant feet lax
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05
LEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA DAlES I'M NEWS AMD CIRCULATION

between Dawson and Harrington streets.
The following amount of grading has
been dome during the month of October:
Sidewalks graded ON the north and
south side of Morgan street between
Person and Bolunt streets
Sidewalks graded on north and south
side of LGdenton street between East and
Bloodworth streets.
Sidewalks ON Boylan avenue partly
graded from Hillsboro street to North
street
Hargett street graded for macadam be-
tween Dawson and Harrington streets.
Sidewalks graded ON east and west side
on BloodwOrth street between Newbern
avenue and Edenton street.
Morgan street and sidewalks partially
graded from Person street to Last street.
Sidewalks graded om Bl0odworth street
between Jones and Edenton street.
North street graded from Boylan
avenue to city limits.
Sidewalks graded on Person street be-
tween Edenton street and Newbern
avenue
Hargett street graded for granite
blocks between Wilmington street and
Blount street.
IL rock walls and 80 old trees taken
down and about 300 cubic yards of loose
dirt moved from the gutter lines and ON
account Of putting them down brick pave
ments.
The following amount of guttering
with paving blocks has been done:
Open dram at intersection of EdentOn
and Person streets.
Hillsboro street from Boylan avenue
to the city limits both sides.
Open drain ait intersection of Boylan
avenue and HiIlsboro street.
Cutters on Salisbury street widened be-
tween Edenton and Jones streets.
-Four mantholes raised to conform 70
street grade.
On Mcdowell, west side, from Jones 20
Edenton.
On Edenton street from Mcdowell
street west about 90 feet.
Brick paving ON Salisbury street in
rear of Rescue Fire Ccmpany's house.
Two pieces of gutter on CabaFrus
street about half block between VIII
mington and Fayetteville streets.
On West Martin street, south side, be-
tween Harrington and West streets.
An of wL-~- is respectfully submitted.
JOHN c.. DRIWRY, Chairman,
ID. S. HAMILTON,
l.. B. PEGRAM.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05
WHY THERE WAS DELAY
In Erecting the North Carolina Shaft
in Winchester.

To the Editor: At the convention of
Confederate Veterans in Raleigh last
january, the Rev. james Battle Avirett
and .. w. Blackwell were appointed a
committee to raise sum to supplement
Mr.. Rouss' generous gift for North
Carolina shaft at Winchester. The name
of Gen. w. i'll. Cheek was added when
Mr.. Avirett removed from the State.
Appeals We're at once made to patriot
&c ladies of the State, whose names have
been given in this paper and the sum
needed was promptly raised. The con
tract for the shaft was at once let. I'm
fortunately the stone was broken at the
quarry. This necessitated getting the
shaft from another quarry and caused
much delay.
ann authorized by Mrs. AArmistead
Jones, President of the North Carolina
Monumental Association to say THAT the
shaft will be completed and in place by
the first of December. i have made the
same explanation as above in the Wash
ington and Baltimore papers, disparaginr <
mention of this matter have appeared n
those publications.
would like to add also that the North
Carolina graves in the great Confederate
Cemetery at WincheSter-and she has
more there than amy other State-have
all been marked by large and better head
and foot stones than those of amy other
State.
o. w. BI4ACKNAIL.
Kittrell, y. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05
$4,000 RAISED FOR ADDITION.
Plans For $4,000 Enlargement Are
Being Considered.

Newton, n. c., Nov. 4.-CSpecial)-
The addition to the college building is
now a certainty. Rev. J. c. LeOnard,
who has been to Pennsylvania and Ohio
soliciting funds for building the addition,
returned today He has already suc-
ceeded i'm raising $1,000 for this purpose.
AIuCh more will be raised in this State
and from friends OF the institution else
where. He says that the amount requlr-
ed will be raised by the time that the
faculty is ready for the work to be cont
menced.
The faculty is now considering plalS
and specifications but no definite plan ~
design has yet been decided on. 1he
cost of the addition will be between Sl2,-
600 and $4,000, according to the pres
ent purpose of the faculty, although 1t
may be greater.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05
WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. ;"
That Was the Name Jefferson Davis
Preferred.

% the Editor: let us use the right
word" Such is the caption in COM
munication in your yesterdays issue
from Mr.. O. w Blaoknall, of Kittrell,
n. c., suggesting the appropriate title as
descriptive of 'the late unpleasantness."
Agreed my young friend! for so me-
thinks | may call you, inasmuch as your
honored father and myself were goIbbled
up the same might in the wounded train
from Gettysburg, hustled into the same
little wagon, belonging to Gen. Custer,
which heNcourteously permitted the next
morning. and thence carried on 10y yari-
ous relays to Johnson's Island, where
we were kept in bonds of restraint and
friendship together for about year and
a half thereafter. You had the advan-
tage of us both, for you We're ''toddling
around" loose about that time.
Yes, j repeat in entire accord so far,
let us use the right word, for it's most
momentous word for our children and
our chldren's children forever. Who more
competent by native intellect, by high
culture by antecedents, as well as by
primary concern. than he who always
use it il he did not invent it, our be-
loved lit was nearly written matchlessD.
President. Jefferson Davis, blessed be
his name and fame forever!
1t was under his own roof tree" some
SIX weeks or so antedating his departure
from a world that he had hOnored, that
he gently corrected the misuse of the
expression, "The Civil War" If not
that what then, Mr.. Davis? 'SIhe
WAR Between the States" was the re-
ply. Has the word, or rather the EXPIRES
sion, ever since been improved uponE II
so, it has escaped scrutiny or passed out
of recollection. What was good enough
for the Chief" is. or should, be good
enough for his followers in war and
peace. then and now, and in years to
.olIow. And so for one | vote for ''Ihe
war Between the States" despite more
euphemistic phrase, and 50 methinks
would C. C. Blacllnah Yours. etc.
w. j. GREEN.
Fayetteville. n. c.. Oct. 30, 1899.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05

is contaminated and that the source of
impurity may be located and removed.
4 water company failing to have them
made is like an army that sends out no
scouts to learn the whereabouts and
force Of the enemy and like such an
army is liable at any time to a catas-
trophe. In orderAto prevent a repetition
in future of such reprehensible negli-
genee the following action was taken:
':On motion the secretary was irA
structcd to publish in the Bulletin the
name of such water companies as fail to
comply with the requirements of the
law to protect water supplies with conn
ments; if they continue to refuse to
comply to send marked copies of said
Bulletin to a number of the leading
citizens of the city or town. and if they
still persist in refusal to have the water
examined by the State Chemist and
by one Of the bacteriologists of the
Board, and to publish the analyses.
1T has been aptly said that the char
acter of Il water supply is as sensitive to
criticism as a woman's virtue, and it is
easy 10 understand what effect such
publications would have upon consum-
ers. We hope, however, and believe
that the water companies Will not render
this necessary. for we desire to encour-
age in every way the use by the people
of the public water believing it to be
much safe than wells in cities and large
towns, provided the supply is properly
looked after and cared for.
We'll, | expect | have already said
too much for your crowded columns,
SO just put me down as an uncompro-
missing advocate of pure water in the
greatest abundance as cheap as possible
especially to the small consumer
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05
Poor Children Who Became Great.

Many of the greatest men the world
has ever produced, says an exchange,
started I'M life as poor boys, and by their
industry and energy made for themselVeS
a name that the world can never forget.
Denjamin Franklin, the great scientist,
writer and statesman was printer boy.
Simpson, the great mathematician, was
a poor weaver.
Herschel, the famous astronomer, was
a fifer in the English army.
Abraham Lincoln was poor country
boy and split rails.
General Garfield and General Grant
both were poor boys, the former having
driven mules ON a tow path.
Goodyear, the mann who invented the
process by which rubber could be ilr-
dened and made marketable, was one Of
the poorest of boys.
ELI Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin
that was such AN immense benefit to the
South, was a poor New Englander's son.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05
Northamnton. Mass \

northampton, Mass, Nov. 2.
Yesterday | wrete few lines from
Hartford. This morning Mr.. Goodwin
and myself enjoyed ride up the beau
tiful and prosperous Connecticut Valley,
past Windsor, Springfield, Chicopee and
Holyoke, to this place. The rains OF the
past few days had ceased and we had
II elear, cool, crisp morning, so that
every mountain, farmhouse and city stood
forth respondent in the sunlight The
Connecticut, ''the long river" averages
here about one thousand feet in width,
but rs quite shallow. A prominent fea-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05
III. A. CEAPPEIL.

Little bits Of paper,
Old cigars chopped small,
Little puffs of smoke, boy
Keep from growing tail.
Quids and stumps worked over
In a nasty smoke
Make a boy rowdy,
Make a youth bloke.
Very bad tobacco.
Paper thin and poor
Something cheap and filthy,
No one need endure.
Let us come out strongly
Anti-cigarette,
Fight it to n finish
Hard, lest we regret,
Chicago News.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05
A Good Preventative.

Mrs Greene-"Do You always give
your little boy castor oil for cOldE'
Mrs. Gray-"Yes; / give it for its NOR
al effect exclusively"
Mrs. Greene-"For its moral effect?"
Mrs. Gray-'Yes; it will have an i'm
fuence upon him not to catch another
cold Boston Transcript.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05

All men are not born equal; only
twins are born that way.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-05

Sometimes a man attains a position
only to discover that nature has not en-
dowed him with sufficient brains to
fill it.