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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-08

cred by copper. The ceilings OF the FIRST story ves
tbules will be finished in marble mosaics.
sherifs are to b, elected in New York county and
in Kings this year and already there is some
contest the Democratic nomination in both
counties the Office OF Sheriff being lucrative one.
II has been said that under the operation of the ma
tonal Bankruptcy law the fees of New York sherifs
have been diminished considerably. but there have
| been NO designations of sher.fs notwithstanding
and the number Of candidates aspiring to the nomi.
nation for that Office has not been decreased in
either New York or Kings.
A Democratic candidate for Governor Of MARYLAND
this year is Col John Walter smith. who is said to
| have the support of the Gormau faction.
The reference in a speech u. Tammany Hall by Mr..
wlllett of Alabama to Capt. Carter and Savannah
| harbor and certain Democratic politicians in Onon.
daga county as the Of the defeat of Van Wyck
Augustus) for Governor in last years election
caused much inquiry in Tammany Hall on the day
OF tn" meeting, inquiry which has not been satsfac.
! torily answered II il remembered that the Demo.
| cratic Nominating Convention of ls!'S met III Syra-
rusr and great Ipcctations entertained as to
the effect Of this selection Of Democratic meeting
place. especially in view Of the fact that Syracuse
| though a Republican city. had Democratic Mayor
| The expectations of the Democrats to what
| Syracuse would do not realized, and
some persons ascrbed to Col. Gaynor Demo-
|
county district and the contractor for the Savannah
| Harbor inproN emcnts which have been the cause OF
| the inquiry by a court martial in the ease Of Capt
| Carter, = nkrwarmness. the effects Of which were
| felt in Syracuse. The influence of Col. Gaynor in
the matter seems to have been overstard. Syracuse
has always been a Republican city and was at tho
last election. II gave col Roosevelt plurality of
1900. but Col Ruosevrts plurality in the State
| I7.7OO. and If he hadn't pniled a solitary vote in
Syracuse he could shil nav" beaten Van wyck
| (Augustusl by 5000.
| There is some disappointment among tho Tam.
| many men in the Fifth Assembly district over tho
| disregard by Mayor Van WICK OF the title for Ap.
po.utn"nt as Pole" Mlgs'rat" ~ Thomas +. Byrne,
recommended by senator bernard +. Martin and tho
local committee. The place went instead to another
fith district representative, former Justice Edward
Hogan. who is now a resident Of Spuyten Duyyil He
was when frat elected Police Justice thirty years
ago. resident OF Morrr street, in tho First ward
The second time he was made Police Justice he was
resident of What II now the Ffth Assembly district
lii- third appointment is credited ~ tn" Bronx.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01

the river. The new boats will travel
at the rate of from fifteen to eighteen
miles an hour upstream and from TWEEN
ty-one to twentyfour miles an hour
downstream. Each boat will be steel
hulled, with a length of 300 feet and 90
feet beam. Their draught will be 81
inches light and SO inches loaded. This
will enable them to run even when the
water is at Its lowest stage. Their holds
will be furnished by alright compart-
meuts. like those of ocean steamers,
rendering them practically unsuitable.
1t Is estimated that the cost OF each
passenger steamer will be 100000, and
| have ten times that amount pledged
by merchants in every river town from
ST. Paul to New Orleans, including
many prominent st. Louisans.
THE saving of time will not be en-
tirely due to the speed of the boats.
Forty naphtha tenders will be operated
I'm connection with the line, to obyate
the necessity of making landings to
take on passengers and freight. Those
tenders will patrol the river, collecting
freight. express matter and passengers,
and will meet the steamer In mid
stream. There will be a short stop
when passengers are taken on. Freight
and express matter can be taken on
while the boats are running at full
speed. the result being great saving
of time. The tenders are being built
ht Madison. Ind, and the upper struc-
lures and machinery at Jeffersonvlle,
Ind The strong feature of the line will
be that steamer will leave st. Louis
every day, and there Will be no disap-
pointments. Where 1t now takes seven
days to make the run from st. Louis to
New Orleans, the new steamers will
cover the distance in two and one half
days, and make the round trip in less
than week. The trip to st. Paul which
now consumes four days, will be made
in thlrty-eight hours"
Mr.. Liemke firmly believes that with
faster and better boats and punctual
service, with the freight and passenger
business separated, the levees of the
great river viii once more resound to
the rumbling of the dray wheels, the
crack of the teamsters' whips, the
blasts of the steamboat whistles, and
the song of the darby roustabouts.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
shooting Dreams.

A writer speaks of the persistent Pc
culiarity in his dreams of not being
able, after game was sighted, to fire the
gun, and has often wondered if this
happens with other dreamers. My own
experience comedies with his, and
think may be too general to be peculiar.
An older brother, however, once had
different experience. The gun of our
earlier boyhood days was an old flint
lock queen S arm>that had the power to
shoot off tree top and an almost equal
reverse force. 1t was the idol as we'll
as the terror of our young lives, and
was carried over tho New Hampshire
hills with heroic feelings.
One night, in the stiffness of the later
hours, there was u tremendous jar in
our sleeping room, as if a heavy body
had been violently thrown down. Pater-
familias, aroused by the shock, came
rushing in just as my brother. in a
semisomnolent condition, was slowly
gathering himself mp from the floor to
regain his place in bed, from which he
had dropped moment before. Father
exclaimed, "Bill, what is the natter"
to which Bill drowsily replied, 81
dreamed fired the old gun and it kicked
me out of bed" 1t was emphatic
enough to him to be peculiar.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
Left or Rtght-Eyed.

You are either left-eyed or right-eyed,
writes DR.. Czeki, unless you are one
person out Of every fifteen who has
eyes of equal strength. You also be-
long to the small minority OF one out
OF every ten persons II your left eye
Is stronger than your right AS a rule.
Just rs people are right-handed. they
are rlght-eyed. This is probably due
to the generally greater use OF the or
gans of the right side OF the body, as,
for example, sportsman using his
right arm and shoulder. uses his right
eye to sight his gun, thereby strength
ening 1t with exercise. Old sea cap
tains. after long use of the telescope,
find their right eye much stronger than
the left one. This law is confirmed by
the experience of aurists. If a person
who has ears Of equal hearing has
cause TO use one ear more than the
other for long period, the ear brought
into requisition is found to be much
strengthened, and the ear which is not
used loses In corresponding degree.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01

practice which will enhance the posi-
bility of these explosions taking place.
One would hardly suppose that saw
dust dumped into the river would in
course of time reform itself into a gas
generator which would keep the sur
face of The stream In a constant up-
heaval But 1t Is true 10 such an ex-
tent that small boats have been cap
sized and large vessels have been in
jured by the submarine commissions.
The bottom of the Ottawa river Is
covered with deep layer of sawdnst
dumped there by the lumbermen. who
have carried on their log-cuttlng in
dustry on its banks and tributaries for
years. The dust. becoming water
soaked. sinks TO the bottom. and in the
course OF time rots and generates n
highly explosive gas. The latter rises
to the surface. each bubble being joined
or reinforced by other bubbles on the
way up. Contact with air seems to
be as destructive as touchfire to this
gas. and the moment the surface Is
reached II explodes with loud report
Legislation may in time do away with
the annoyance, but even If no more
sawdust Is thrown into the stream
henceforth. the millions Of tons already
there will take long time to work off
their generating qualities.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
BICYCLE IDEAS.
Valve1ess Tire and Gear that May
Be Quickly Changed.

Here Is shown the Protean gear,
which by an expanding action in the
large sprocket wheel enables the gear
to be changed by back-pedal action at
the will of the rider. The new French
tire is easy to put on and take off; the
initial joint, or seal, Is made without
the help of any air-pressure, and in case
of puncture it can be ridden any dis
lance without the least fear of coming
off or injuring the rims. The lips which
make the air. joint are, as will be seen
from the illustration, vertical In the
rim, and, 10 initiate, the nose of the
pump is just forced through hole In
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01

educational institution In Canana'
amount to the prineely sum oil Sl'o'~'
600 His latest gift TO the unlVersl'!
l. = fine new chemistry. mining ana
architecture building. which VIII ne
formally opened next week by the gov
ernor general of Canada -
Mr. Mcdonald is one of Montreal ;
wealthlest and most public-splrlteh ci'i-
zens. He is engaged in the mahuiac-
tnre of tobacco and conducts an eA-
tansiye establishment. He is cohheciea
with other business enterprises Is 'he
largest shareholder in the Bank OIL
Montreal and is generous glVer I"
charitable institutions. His gus ~
NcGu University include S2oooo TO
the.Thomas Workman endowment lor
mechanical engineering: the W. -.
Mcdonald engineering building, valued
at $3.50. 600. with It's equipment ana an
endowment for lis maintenance; me
endowment of the chair OF electrical en-
gineering with the sum of S4o,ooo' 'iie
erection of the Physics Building, val
ned at 100000 and two chairs OF
physics, with endowments amounting
10 500 900: the endowment or tne iac-
ultv of law with 100000; further
sum of $50, 900 for the maintenance OF
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
We All Cling to Life.

"The strangest thing in life is the
way we cling to it,, said a physician
whose practice has given him abundant
opportunity to study the seamy side of
things. Five minutes ago / gave a
dime to an old beggar man who has been
coming here regularly for years. He ia
broken by age and tortured by an in
durable cancerons malady that renders
him repulsive and keeps him in con-
tinual pain. know his history.
He is ignorant and he has been
poor. In his early life he was sailor
before the mast, and from what ] can
learn he suffered all the hardships Of
that calling without seeing any of its
pleasant and adventurous side. He
never married aud never had any fam
lily or home. l have questioned him
closely, and have been unable to dis
cover one scrap of genial "reminiscences
in the sordid, squalid, miserable record
of his career. He has absolutely nothing
that he can ponder over with the slight
est degree of pleasure, and his present
situation is simply frightful.
HE sleeps in a shed back of a negro
howell and depends on aims for his food
and clothes; yet, i'll spite Of it all, he is
eager to keep on living and rebels ut
once at the bare thought Of death. He
isn't afraid, but he wants to continue
to live. It's mystery of mysteries,
and the case is not exceptional either.
There are plenty of others exactly like
it. New Orleans Times Democrat.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01


Ny dear little grandson, your letter re-
eeiyed
And contents noted, but I don't per-
ceiye
Exactly what you want. SO I've left
TO nv old friend, Santa. who soon will
On Christmas Eve. and put on the tree
And mark it, SO you will know 1t Is
from me.
hope you'll be pleased, whatever he
gives,
For eyeryth.ng's nice where Santa
Claus lives.
1t may be an elephant, pistol or gun,
Or anything for small boy to have
fun.
What little boy wants It's quite hard
TO tell,
But Santa Claus knows good boys
pretty we'll
So he'll do what is right, for he's
good "Old Fellow"
His heart is as big and as soft as a
pillow.
Once I was little boy, just like you,
And | thought l would watch and see
II twas true
That Santa Claus came down the
chimney so black.
With a pipe in his mouth and pack
on his back.
I In still will n n ar
my cheek,
Peering through darkness and trying
to seek
The form of old Santa with his bag of
toys
He was to give to all good little boys.
SO winking and blinking and almost
asleep,
| heard such a noise that made my
flesh creep.
Way up on the roof ! heard such a
racket
certainly thought that someone would
crack 1t.
Then down through the chimney the
SCOT came a-running,
Which told me quite plainly that Santa
was coming.
Then down went my head way under
the clothes,
And l left nothing out but the tip Of
my nose;
And went fast asleep, nor opened my
eyes,
Till the bright morning sun DER the
hills did arise.
Then jumped out of bed and ran for
my stocking,
And very soon saw that nothing was
lacking.
had toys of all kinds-a pistol and
drum;
Though did not see Santa, / knew he
had come.
So you see, you can know something,
though not In sight,
But believe all that's good. and then
you are right.
From that day to this, as Christmas
comes near,
l think with great pleasure of Santa
Claus dear.
So I'll close my letter, dull one fear,
With the wish, MERRY Christmas and
Happy New Year"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
BIRTHPLACE OF "PlCKw,ov ;,
One of Dickens Earlier Home. "a n
demolished.

With the impending removal of I'm,
nlyal's Inn. to make Way for modsr0
residential flats. one of the too few -.
mains of Dickens London Will dissn
pear. 1t was soon after he entered IN.
gallery. ut the age of ID, and about III.
year 1891, that Charles Dickens arst
occupied chambers in the ion. He d,d
not. il would seem, go there direct from,
the parental home, for his eldest Son
has told us that his fathers bachelor
life began in lodgings III Buckingham
street. Strand. But Furniyal's Inn wa.
Dickens home during the Mornin,
Chronicle days. and his earliest lettar
dealing with literary matters is writ.
ten from No. II.
From Furnival's Inn are dated tha
original prefaces to the Sketches nv
Boz" and here he has told us that ons
day. when he was young man of two
or three and twenty. he opened the
door to Mr.. Hall, partner In the then
newly established publishing firm NJ
Chapman X Hall. who came to proposa
n something that should be published
in shilling numbers" and "Pickwlck"
was the result Here Dickens brought
home his wife in April. lS36-when the
first number had just appeared of thu
book which made him famous-aDd
here his eldest son was born. Dickens
left Furnlval's Inn in March, 1887. and
more than thirty years passed ere he
again mounted its stairs, when in tina
summer of 1869 he showed Mr.. Fields
at the request of the latter, where the
first page of "Pickwick" was written,
That Dickens cherished pleasant rec.
objections of his early home those pages
of Martin Chuzzlcwit' which picture
the delights of honest John Westlock's
bachelor chambers surely testify. But
there is little enough TO see in Furn
walls Inn." he tells u.s. ut is shady
quiet place, echoing to the footsteps
of the stragglers who have business
there. and rather monotonous and
gloomy on summer evenings. London
| Sketch.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
PERSPECTIVE OF PASSENGER AND EXPRESS STEAMER

judge to nicely the exact moment at
which 1t will be best for it to double.
necessary to watch horse, driven in
variably without blinkers, to notice
this. Take for instance, those on
tramways. Let the driver even at
tempt to take the whip In hand, and II
the horse is used to the work he will It
once increase his pace. The giraffe,
which is very timid animal. Is APP
preached with the utmost difficulty on
account of its eyes being so placed in
front. When approached, this same
faculty enables 1t to direct with great
precision the rapid storm Of kicks with
which 1t defends itself.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
STEAMBOAT TRAFFIC.
NississiprA River Is to Teem with
Fleet of Paiatial Vessels.

II may sound like dream. but an
other wear may witness q revival Of the
good old DAYS. when the great Missls-
sjppi teemed with life. and when Meet
and palatial steamers piled It's broad
waters in regular and profitable trips
between all the important points from
ST. Paul TO New Orleans. TO do this
and to regain for traffic on the father OF
waters It's long lost splendor, IA mag
nficent fleet of passenger steamers II
TO be built for service between the TWO
points named. In elegance OF equip
nent the passenger steamers Will rival
the famous old Robert T.. Lee or the
Natchez, and will completely Guido
them in speed.
II. II. Liemke. of st. Louis. an ola
river man. who. in years of experience
on the Mississippi, has learned steam
boating from cabln-boy up, is at the
head of the enterprise and also the M
ventor of the new style of steel poats
which are TO travel the river from lis
source TO its mouth. He has laDofed
on this project for several years, until
to-day he has people all along the river
Interested in his plans. Mr.. l1emRe :
plans are more feasible than any that
have ever been advanced, and he has
received sufficient encouragement from
shippers all along the river TO insure
the construction of feet Of steamers,
such as are shown in the illustrations.
7 70 tnt m a
the steamers Will be SO equipped that
they will be formidable competitors OF
the railroads, which now parallel the
river on both banks. In discussing his
project recently Mr.. Liemke said;
Il have already placed with firm i'll
Wilmington, Del, the order for the hrst
Of a feet of seven boats. and will short
ly make arrangements for the building
of the other six. | believe that river
men have themselves been mainly re-
sponsible for the decline of the river
trade. They have suplnely permitted
the railroads to take their business
away from them. There are thou
sands to-day who would travel and
ship their freight by river II they were
assured of accommodations even near
ly approaching those furnished by the
railroads. The steamers l mean 10
operate will be unlike any that have
ever run on the Mississippi. In point
Of speed they will be far in advance Of
the river steamer of to-day. At pres
ent a boat which makes twelve miles
an hour upstream is considered very
fast craft, and there are few such on
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
a dirty house.

dirty mouse.
Too many make god out of the ma.
jorlty.
You may backslide, but you can never
upside.
Adversely tests faith and prosperity
tests love. 3
Every humbug puts q pious motto
over his door.
What the gods send" Is often bride
from the devil.
The arm that is swift to strike, may
De strong to succor.
Sears of suffering here may mean
stars Of glory there.
We are made by our enemies, and
MARRIED by ourselves.
The greatest miracle Is the TRANSFORMS.
ltion of Il sinner into saint.
Encouraging little rights, Is as help
III as critlcising great wrongs.
To know that men have lauded your
iberallty, will furnish little sOlace 10
aell.
A saved sinner makes a better preach.
ar than an angel who has never been
lost.
\ blunt tool with n man behind it. Is
better than Damascus blade without
one.
Why beg of other beggars, when you
can ask of Il King who is ever ready to
give!
You cannot overcome In the battle
without. until you have the peace Oh
God within.
The world loves you for what 1t can
get out of you; Christ, for what be
can give you.
The contemplation of God may OF
cupy heaven, but work for man is the
business Of earth.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
MY LADY NICOTINE.
The Alleged Effects of Tobacco and
Its Enormous Consumption.

The Alleged Effects of Tobacco ana
Its Enormous Consumption.
Probably no pleasure of life has had
its praises SO much sung as smoking.
Here Is the other side Doctors say
tobacco used in excess produces:
Palpitation of the heart, muscular
tremblings, weakness and paralysis OF
the legs, dizziness of the head, noises
In the ears, cold perspiration all over
the body colioky pains in the stomach.
inability to exert the mind, congested
and sore throat, bnrning of the tongue,
dry and parohed mouth, tartar and
backness of the teeth, confusion of
sight, catarrh of the stomach, catarrh
Of the throat and nose, sallow complex
ion, very bad dyspepsia, lopsided
mouth, nervous anxiety. cancer of the
lips, diminished appetite, pale ard
anemic gums, loss of memory, omis-
sion of every fifth pulse beat, ruin OF
the will power, irritability of temper,
extreme and ucurable melancholy, rest
lessness and sleeplessness, blindness and
Deafness apoplexy and paralysis, con.
WILSON'S and death.
In the case OF children 1t stunts their
growth, when person is consumptive
1t hastens his death, when the heart i 8
weak it almost completely stops the
beating, when you have a cough tobac-
co keeps 1t going for weeks, and it in
terferes with singing and swallowing.
Yet about 1000, 900, 0G0 pounds OF
1t are smoked every year. New York
World.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01

A lady selecting hat at n MILL
ner's asked cautiously, "Is there any
thing about these feathers that might
bring me into trouble with the Audu-
bon society,""
"Oh, no, madam. said the milliner,
who was from London. "These feath-
ers, madam, are the feathers of howl,
and the howl, You know, madam, is
more of cat than bird. boston
Transcript.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
Looking Both Ways.

Nature has enabled some animals to
see objects behind them as well as III
front without turning round. The hare
has this power in a marked degree. Its
eyes are large, prominent and placed
laterally. Its power Of seeing things
in the rear is very noticeable In grey
hound coursing, for though the dog Is
mute while running, the hare is able to
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
Remarkable Folding Locomotives.

remarkable Folding Locomotive
Some remarkable locomotives recent
ly built at Leeds, England, are de-
scribed in a recent issue Of the Engineer
london. A portion of their propos
ed work is in tunnel headings, where
the clearance limits are 8 feet lncne'
In width and I feet 6 inches In heign'
above the rail. The only parts OF ln'
engine which normally extend DeyonN
these limits are the stack and cav
When engaged in tunnel work the caD
folds down level with the top OF Lhe
boiler and the stack is removed. Tne
engineer then occupies low shell u
the rear of the engine, and the exhau''
Is turned into side tanks.-Boston he''
aid.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
Sawdust Explosions.

Who ever heard of sawdust explos-
ions? They are common enough In
Canada. Navigation on the Ottawa
river has been seriously impeded at
times by the explosion OF sawdust, and
the dominion government has at last
decided to take steps 10 prevent any
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01

First Judge lat cat show)-This is
the finest one in its class. There can
hardly be two opinions about that.
Second Judge with tears)-lt was
that cat, or one exactly like it. that ate
my pet pigeon last week. You will
never get prize by my vote, you mean,
nasty animal !-Chicago Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
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She Thought 1t Would DO.

He-Do you think nice ring wou'
be an appropriate gift from sen''
man to lady for Christmas!
She-Oh, Harry. Really, new.
guessed that you felt that way apou'
1t. But, IL you insist, papa Is alwa''
in his office from o till 5.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01
Coolest Hour of the Dav.

Taking all the year round. the coolest
hour of the twenty-four Is ) o'clock in
the morning.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-02-01

"Jobson tells me he Is on the pr'n'
OF matrlmony." .u
'Jobson Is so lacking In energy. ~
he needs Is little push. '-Clevelap'
Plain Dealer.