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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-10-12
SHANrYrOwN DIES HARD.

Persons familiar with the topography
Of New York. or Of so much OF New
York as Is included In Manhattan
Island. are aware that in the region OF
upper Broadway from Forty second
to Fiftv-ninth street, bedrock is about
II feet below the surface. whereas
north of the southern boundary Of Cen
trail Park the rock formation was
originally. In most places. higher than
the present street grades, requiring on
the whole west side Of town repeated
and general blasting. Before the
Riverside section became favorite
residential part OF the city the terri
tory to the west of the Park bore the
name Of Shantyt0wn, especially SO
much OF the west side as was between
Sixtieth and Ninetieth streets. BY de-
grees the whole surface has been
cleared, or very nearly cleared, but
here and there houses remain perched
upon the rocks. squatters' homes, the
habitat of the Harlem goat and the
abiding place OF the Bloomingdale pig.
From time to time the announce
ment is made that this or that relic OF
Shantytown has disappeared End very
recently the part to go was the squat
ter's residence at the rocks in One
Hundred and Twentyfourth street,
near tn Boulevard, now Broadway.
The tenants were forced to move to
allow the erection of fiat houses. AL
though Shantytown has been disap-
pearing on the installment plan, de-
tached portions of it still remain in
those western sections OF town which
have not yet been utilized for resi-
Dental purposes. The original resi-
dents Of Shantytown were Irish immi-
grants, who, familiar with rural life in
their own country, settled on their
arrival here in the unoccupied part OF
town, building for themselves cheap
wooden dwellings and paying either a
nominal rent or no rent at all.
The last considerable section OF
Shantytown to withstand the upward !
march of improvements was in the !
neighhorEood of One Hundred and |
Tenth street, between Columbus and |
Amsterdam avenues, but the public i'm |
provements thereabouts have COM |
plctely changed the character Of that |
neighborhood notably the new Episco- |
pal Cathedral st. Luke's Hospital, !
Columbia University and the improve
ment of the road connecting the north |
Amsterdam avenue at One Hundred |
and Tenth street. For many years to !
come, it is probable, New York Shanty-
town will continue to disappear. But |
it hasn't all gone yet.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-10-12
A Use for GreenIes.

First Reporter-IIow did the Daily
Getthere obtain report of the Ihghup-
Tiptop wedding? No reporters were
admitted.
Second Reporter-They sent a new
uan there, and he looked so scared that
all the attendants mistook him for the
Croom.-N. y. Weekly.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-10-12
Instant Relief from Toothache.

can often be obtained by placing in
the hollow tooth a small piece of cot
ton saturated with the famous II. Fl. II.
Medicine. Scatica, that painful dis
ease Of the sciatic nerve, extending
from the hip down the leg. producing
great agony, is best treated by the Wig
orous external application of the II. II.
II. Medicine. The same remedy is
equally efiicacious in neuralgia, that
excrutiating nerve pain, which should
receive immediate attention. Try it,
and you will recommend it to your
neighbors. Internal remedies for neu-
ralgia, rheumatism and headache are
all Of them dangerous, and should
therefore be avoided. Call for the
genuine article with the portrait OF ID.
Dodge Tomlinson, 400 North Third
street, Philadelphia, Pa, on each wrap
per, and refuse to accept worthless
substitutes
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-10-12

"An things como round TO those who
watt
The honest truth this does not state:
Whoe'er abroad a train would climb
Has got to be there right on time
Detroit Free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-10-12
Love mt First sight.

The dear girl has been batting him
again.
"Doyou believe in love at first sight?"
she asked.
"Of course" answered the savage
bachelor. "Do you suppose II q man
had the gift Of second sight he would
fall in love?"-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-10-12
His Brain Bell.

you KNOW" said a man who writes
things for living, there's a bell
rings on the typewriter when you get
to the end Of the line to warn the
operator that the end has been reach
ed and he must stop and take fresh
start. l have no bell in my brain, but
/ have something there that tells me
with no less certainty when l have
done my stunt. and it is time for me
to stop for the day. And I sometimes
wonder II the gentle reader doesn't
think that my brain bell ought to rinS
earlier"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1899-02-05
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& beinprpbin3 3.


RebeIen. Die 2e6mz6eilmet6ooe
be8 9aitors Sslfe BEL M}Ors bat in Der
Gr3tli6en Welt Diel unniIsn srregt. Die
Re9ierunn bat jebt Dem 2ebrer u. N2iilz
Ter unD einem 9enoFIen oefelben berbos
ten, fir 5elfe's @erfuhren peiter litera=
rid unb reoneriI4 81 d9itiren uno iid
an Der praftii6en 4usii6ung Der Qe6me=
rel gu bet6eiligen. 8egen 6elte ion Die
Regisrung BEL Dem &oniitOrium Elm
Ginidreiten bedntragt BADEN.
Srier. Ha9 Idn8erem 2eiOen tart
i'm 8rantenbauIe Der 8drmber3igen
8riioer Der friibere 8iirgermsiftsr bon
M8anberI6eio, @uts6eIiBer 9einri9 So
Iep6 36ieien. QnnGbern0 so Sabre mar
er ais 8iirgermeiiter BON Manoeri9ei0
ruItlps bemii6t, bas Wpbl Der gifelbsz
rpObner gu fDr0ern.
90 bIar. 2anonirt6 S9miot
aus 9reifenItein lit i'm Wdlbe nu9 Sell.
6ofen ermDroet 1lnb Iein 9aupt nit Ell
mem 9ammer bouitGnoig 5u8rsi geI6laz
gen poroen. Der mut6maBli6e Wl0r>
Der, Der &ifer &arl BAIT BON @reifenz
itein, rpel6er bereits fpegen 5ali4miinz
5erei uno 8ilboieberet 6Guft9 porbeItraft
uno bereits in llnterIu9undsbdft gee
nommen 1T, BAT bdnn iein Spfer bon
obigem S6dtOrt aus pG6rsno Der Na9t
ungefG6r 3pei &ilometer Fortgetragsn
unb i'm Stadtspalo in einsn alien
S6ieferbru3 berI6arrt. DIS 8epsgz
grunb Der Shat ptrD dngenommen, BAT
S6miot gegen bic Milooie6ereien bes
BAIT mar unD BON uniittli9en @ntrGger
puBte, bic Bait an feline eigene So6tsr
geite1t bate.
80 dpen. Bon berabFaGenbem Sc
itein purbe i'm 8rubenfelo SteinbreGer
2urem aus 9ering get0btet.
g m + g. Sn @0Qiterr
CRbeinbe6en), poIelbit er ii6 CUR Sugr
auf6ielt, itiir8te Serr @anbesleber
(Sbeil6aber Der 6irma @e6r. @anbes:
lebsn, Strombergz8 i%n9er6riid) i'm 9uIt'
bdls D3um 9oloenen Stern" bic Sreppt
binunter uno erlitt cine 10 I6rpere Sc.
6irneri4iitterung, baB Der mod i'm better
Mdnnssalter ite6enbe, psit6tn betdnntI
Snbuftrielle unb 8aiOmann ieinem Sci:
ben na4 fur3er 3sit erlag.
MIIbsim a. b. q. Sir bic Gr.
ri4tuRg elmer 2ungen6eilanItalt be-
RreiIe Gfen, Miil6etm (Rbr.), 9uis.
BURG unb Rubrprt 1T Der in Der Sc
meinbe S9uir gelsgens S9md6ten6erg
fde 6of ungetuuft tporben. 9erielb
umfuBt nit einigen ne6enan beleqsnel
oleidfaqs ertporbeRen @runoItiiden I'M
Gefd6r 100 MOrgsn.
&6epbt. @ebsr @il6elm Gosnel
ftur6 i'm bisiigsn GrantsnbuuIe an 8lut
bsraiftung. Gr bate cine tleine 8unb
am gsin erbaltsn, bie'er unfGneli6 MID
bedftete, big bas berIeBte @lie6 plDBlic
QninppQ unb i'm bamit erIt auF bic Sc
fG6rli9fsit ieirsr @erieburn aufmert
lam ma9te. &er3tIi4e 9iIfe a6er fan
bereits gu iPdt.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1899-02-05
9eniibter Sd

Satin gum 9attsn, Der i6r e6,l
@orpiirfe rDsgen ibrer &otetterisr
mu6D: ,Giferfi6tig in Der 2iebt
tunnIt 0u iein, niht pabr? - bardui
a6er, baB i6 better getleioet ME anoere
6ruuen ge6en iOu, burauf bit 0u Hidt
eiferiii6tig!"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1899-02-05
Gin DtdfdG6el.

Qoreu5: $50 remit 9u Otnn bin,
Mi6el?"
Mi6el: Sum 36isray3t, DER S6ims
mel fat uusgeI4ldsen unO Fat ben 9robs
tneht am &opf 'trpffen."
2oren3; LIMB ga ge6it On gum Sbisys
ar3t?"
Mi4eI; n6reili4, Der S4immeI 1T
labm."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1899-02-05
g q m eraben r.

DAP er mas fam
Gas 9inge nod an;
91B man i'm fsnnt,
uno oaB man i6n nennt -
Gel i6m audi nod gsgonnt;
Sel6it, Dab man i'm ebrt,
IS lei inn geipG5rt!
Q6sr, OuB es inn aud mas getrdgsn -
9arum pirO er ieBt tritii9 tri6Iagen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1899-02-05
g tut @qe3ugtn.

@atcr: nDO mart 0u Oenn 10 LANCE
6riB?"
TriB: nBir BADEN OrauBsn Ban sss
Ipielt."
8ater: n8as - 8aQ geIpieIt? Sat
| 9tr's oenn bic DIANA niat 0er6oteR?"
6riB: n@laubit Du benn, i6 BIN tpi,
gu, oaB i4 mir OOE Der glama Qqe8
ber6itten ldfa?"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1899-02-05
6QGt

9effuu. 1leber 10000 N}art muir
ben Der perlptttpeten Srau Director
R66l aus ibrer Mo6nung in @srt1=
pupieren geIto6Ien, ais 6rau 806l ii6
Q6enDs i'm Sbeater befunD. Die 0iebe,
Der nit II Sa6ren 3u9t6aus uno fini
Sa6ren 9efGngniB borbeItrafte 8eIlner
@utuo 8DI9el uno Der SteinmeB 8eiz
Iig in Qeip3ig, tpuroen bereits binter
S6IoB uno Riegel geieBt. 90I6el fpurbc
Wlitte b. s. in 9erd gu 10 Sabren 53u6ts
buus Derurtbeilt, brad dber aus uni
belt 1i9 Bel Dem @9epaar Bella auf.
Die beiben 0ie6e iinb berOG9tiq, auBel
biefem &in6ru48oiebItu6l in 2eip3ic
! 2rpan3ig unO in 9dqe an einem Sonntac
fiinf I9pere Ginbrii9e berii6t AT 6a6sn
Ssbre Grgreifung erm0glidte Der 6ieigt
@aItpirtb Spmmerlatte. Sci DieIen
hattie Ii6 8eilig einIoqirt. Gr hattie eia
niqs 6elanglO5 I9einenoe 6ragen an Der
Wirtb osri9tet, bic bieiem obar uuffie.
len, ais er balO Darauf BON BEN @in6rud
66rte. Gr eritattete Der 9oli3ei WleIa
6unq. 9arduf nurOe 8silig feItgenpm.
men, Der, na9Oem Ra99rabunqan in
6ofe Oes 8eilig'f9en 9auIes in 2eip3il
bic &afette 81 Sage gefOrbert batten
ben &eGner @6i9el dls 8erii6er Dei
0ie6itabls angub. 80I6sl bate bereiti
cine Reiie na4 Berlin unterHpmmen. I'm
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1899-02-05

Der Stabtrut9 be-
a Der Announcements
logon unO Der 2ogsn
am Softbeater. Sur
V StGnbers CUR 4ns
grupbif4sn @nii6ter
auf Der Barrier
sgsiteut psrOen iou,
beniaigt uno Der
oltsbibliOt9st lpuros
SIT.
niBpoGen &usgdnq
:sr Ringtampf, Den
9Or0 beg bier anterns
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1899-02-05
@uorbridsr. mittsIit Ful6eilg

Saarbriden. Mittelft S1l6sfls
tpurbe bic 6inri6tuug Des italisniiGen
Qrbeiters uno &o9s Fortunate 9idz
Odnfi genunnt Malcearns, aus MdrrdoI
bur9 Sharfri9ter RGinbel boa3ogen.
Die Sinri9trn9 nabm einihlieBli4 bes
QGutens Der ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS unb Der
ii6li9en geri9tli9en 5OrmaIitdten nt4t
gang cine Minute in @nipru4. Mals
cearne bate i'm 9tpril b. S. ben @irtb
Solba9 in MdLitatt in meu4lerii4er
8eiIe aus @iferiu4t mittels 9ol6ss err
ito4en.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-18

Too many people are accustomed to
think of politeness in address as APP
propriate in company, but quite out OF
place in business. An engaging man
ner is useful everywhere,
This axiom is amusingly illustrated
by Il story which Justin Mccarthy
tells. Soon after the civil war, he
says. | happened to be standing on a
bridge in New York amusing myself
by studying the crowd, when shrill,
youthful voice accosted me with,
''Cap'n, shine yer bootsT
The chance distribution Of military
titles was ready and liberal at the time
when so many soldiers were returning
10 civilian life. and paid no attention
to the invitation,
Just then rival bootblack passed,
and, imagining where the cause Of my
Indifference lay, he advanced. and.
pushing past the unsuccessful claim
ant, he gave me II military salute and
appealed TO me with the captivating
words:
"Brigadier general shine yer boots?'
had my boots shned on the spot.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-18

The Cuban woman. young or old con-
siders Il powder puff more indispen-
sable adjunct to her toilet than mere
soap and water-a primal necessity to
her attractiveness which 1t Is her re-
ligious duty to foster and preserve.
Thus all classes and conditions are
welded to the powder puff. from the
grand dame of fashion to the neglected
little orphan in the asylum: from the
crumpled visaged octogenarian to the
rosy checked clild of half dozen sum
mers. Go into any Cuban school and
you viii find teachers and pupils alike
unsparngly garnished, a powder box
and the rag or bit of chamois with
which to apply it in every desk and
tucked alongside the chalk on the
black boards.
In shops where female clerks are en-
ployed and in the big tobacco factories
where 200 or 800 girls are at work roll
ing cigarettes the same Is true.
Visit La Corona the largest tobacco
factory in Havana. Ten o'clock Is the
breakfast hour of the employees, and
when the hands of the clock point to a
quarter of 10 every girl stops work and
reaches for her powder box. In the
opinion of them all, that intervening
IL minutes was needed In which to as
sumo the CHASTITY mask OF powder in
before going on the streets. Exchange.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-18
An Absentminded Man.

There have been great many stories
about ahsentminded men, where one
forgets his house address. another
what business he is in and where an
other has to refer to the mark on his
handkerchief before he can remember
his own name. There is farmer
named Rogers in the north. who pos
sessed a Jersey COW, which he used to
drive morning and evening to and from
the pasture, not far from his home.
One morning, as one of his neighbors
was passing along the road, he met
Mr. Rogers walking in the middle OF
the lane, his mind apparently engross-
ed with some welghty question. The
neighbour called out:
Good morning, Mr.. Rogers. Where
are you going?"
why" said Mr.. Rogers, in sur
prised way, Pm driving the cow TO
pasture.' And he waved his hand to-
ward where the COW ought TO have
s"Weil. where's the cow?' asked his
friend.
II suppose | forgot To let her out OF
the barn. answered Mr.. Rogers hum
bly, as he realized his position. And he
had.-Columbian.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-18
French Comfort.

In the best hotel in Paris one gets
luxury, comfort aud even splendor, but
never ones cards or notes, according
to Harpers Bazaar. There is a fatal
gulf for these. One Is n number not
an individuality. The table Is, how
ever, very luxurious. 1t is IL clean and
well ordered carayansary. As for the
comfort of warmth in winter, they do
not know the meaning of the word.
We are justly accused of exaggerating
the heat OF our rooms in America; the
furnace is denounced; but after freez-
ing to death in Paris. one of the cold
est of cities. very far north one re-
turns willingly to the heated rooms Of
America.
We exaggerate the excellence of the
French bed. There is no such thing in
France as that comfortable, broad, low
thing which we call French bed. A
high, hard, narrow shelf is the apology
for 1t.
We exaggerate our comforts by hay
Ing gas in our sleeping rooms and hot
and cold water in our stationary wash
bowls and bathrooms. They never ex-
aggerate comfort in France. You have
as many candles as you will pay for,
and no bath, unless you order 1t, when
men laboriously bring you tub filled
with hot or cold water, and take it
away after you have bathed.
We exaggeratc very much the sup
posed good living in France. To go to
hotel In Paris TO live we must expect
out of the season very little good food,
very little that is sustaining and nour
ishing 1t is ''all sauce" There are no
good joints of mutton, no good Ameri-
can desserts. This is an especial dis
comfort 10 the sick, who never get
good toast, good custard, good tapiocs
pudding, nor oysters that they like.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-18
A BADLY WRECKED VILLAGE.

shores of the island a heterogeneous
mass OF wreckage that told of disaster
10 vessels, the crews of which persisted.
Scores of CHASTITY, boaeed corpses
came floating ashore to add their
ghastliness and horror to the awful
scenes already depicted there. Now
aud then. after the storm, a disabled
and long-Oyerdue steamer made its al
most helpless way into the harbor, and
from the men aboard these were got
ten the stories of the storms awful
fury at sea The entire island of Porto
Rico was storm swept, but the worst
destruction was wrought along the
southern coast in the vicinity of Ponce
and twenty miles inland. Sickening
scenes abounded upon every side; half
dazed. sunken eyed. weeping men.
women and children went wailng to
and fro; rows of dead awaited identifi-
cation: strings OF dead carts, with their
gruesome burdens. ratified away to the
cemeteries. while everywhere there
was an oppressive. heart-rending, flu
nereal atmosphere that seemed to hang
like pail of despair over the stricken
isle.
Full particulars of the terrible storm
show the great destruction and ac-
centuate the horrible condition Of the
peasant. or peon. Houses and roofs to
shelter were as serious questions as
food was before the government issued
free rations and made other provisions
to feed the destitute. The ruins in
most cases consisted of a floor only,
with a few articles left thereon. At
Ponce and along the southern shore
the hurricane spent its greatest fury.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-18

The brogue of the South and Yves, ~.
Ireland is softer and more musical fbas
the brogue of the North, which haa
about 1t some OF the flavor of Tho 81.
tish accent. When Lord Morris ,aa
CHIEF Justice of ireland, young INIT.
barrister rose in his court one day -
make his motion. and spoke IN the h,r5
brogue IF the North of Ireland.
"Sapel.' said the Judge, in lo,,.
voice 10 the registrar of the court. "vho
is this uewComerf'
.!Iis name is Clements. my lord
What part of the coonthrv 1oos \.
hail from. in the name Of all tba,s
wundherful:' asked the Judge.
County Antrim, my lord was ma
teply.
well. We'll said the Judge, did vo,
lver come across sich Il froghtfuI 40
clint in the whole coorse ay yer born
loifel"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-18
He sized Up His Customer.

A rather loudly dressed gentleman
stepped into the necktie department OF
Il big shop the other afternoon. and IN
a supereilious tone that would have
nettled a graven image into anger ut
tered the single mandatory word.
"Necktles"
Then he threw back his head as IL the
assistant WAS entirely beneath his no.
tice. This iop-lofty air aggravated the
assistant, but he quietly displayed a
number of late patterns with deferen
tial air.
These he said obseqlously. ARE
the very newest things and are excel
lent quality at shilling"
"A shilling, haughtily snapped tn.
customers "a shilling! Do look like
a man who would wear a shilling neck
tie. Is there anything about me to in
dcate that i"
Il beg your pardon, sir" meekly in
terposed the assistant: the sixpenny
counter Is at the other end OF the shop
London It'd Bits.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-18

| The front of the storm reached there
| about daylight and the wind and rain
| continued to Increase til about noon,
when they gradually subsidized. This
advance guard had broken the palm
trees, snapped off and stripped OF their
| fruit the banana and plantain trees
| the chief food OF the peons-and had
torn and beaten down the coffee trees
and the sugar cane. Many houses had
been unroofed; but few, If any, lives
were lost, though many were injured
by the flying debris.
AT dusk the worst seemed to be over,
| for the wind and rain had ceased But
| between q and Z O'clock in the evening
| the storm recommended, accompanied
by torrential rain and gales. The lit
| tie Portuguese River usually mere
creek. already swollen from the morn
| ing rain, became a raging torrent 1t
above Ponce, and swept down through
the streets. Small houses, with whole
| families, We're borne down In Its re-
sistless current and either lodged in
some fence corner or carried out to sen.
In one yard in the city were found the
bodies OF daughter, father, mother and
grandmother.
At one place in the street where the
drift WAS checked, twenty-four bodies
were picked up. moss OF ,nem poems.
| Some of them. however. gave evidence
of refinement and one was thought to
be an American, but so quickly does
decomposition set in in that hot eli
mate that 1t was impossible to recog-
nze him. DR.. Sidley. an American
physician. had narrow escape from
death. He had recently purchased and
fitted mp handsome home. prepare
tory to receiving the bride he expected
soon to bring from Chicago. He re-
manned in his house as long as was pos
sible. Tying his money to his arm. and
| In his underclothes only he struggled
through water mp 10 his neck and at
times over his head Fortunately
some one grasped him by the hair as
he swept past "A house and he was
saved.
The food was al It's height near mid
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-18

"Once l thought had 'em sure"
said the Gid express clerk. Il didn't
drink very often, but when | did
generally did it well. Lad been out
with the boys one night and the next
night and then for u day or two. and
when | went back 10 work | WAS pref
/ ty nervous. | worked at high desk
Gnd WAS plugging along when what
should come and stop right IN front OF
me but a big green spider with red
eyes. We stared ut one another for Il
moment. and ! turned cold. Then
carne big black bug and a green one,
and soon my desk was covered with
an assortment Of the most curious
looking bugs and spiders | ever saw.
There were things with long hind legs
and short front legs and vice versa.
There We're bugs with horns aud all
sorts Of things. | broke out in n cold
sweat. l thought had EN- that time.
John. said the boss behind me,
there's box up there addressed 10
the Smithsonian institution at Wash
ington. 1t came from New Mexico. ana
great Scott. it's burst, and the bugs
are all getting out.
''Say, | never 1elt better in my life
than | did that minute. 1t took us all
day to round up those bugs and get
them back into the box. Some of them
were SO ugly that we were all sure
they We're poison bters. But l was
mighty glad | didn't have those kind
of bugs in my mind. kansas City
Star
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-18
READ THE BIBLE II TINES.
Hogan From Curiosity and COntin-
ued rhrough Interest.

nt1
A stout. elderly man was noticed
gazing earnestly ut display Of bibles
In all languages" in a show window.
A stroller passing halted TO see what
this man was gazing at and remarked
that there was Il fine assortment OF BIZ
bles.
Yes" said the man. but have one
at home older and bigger than any Of
them There did not seem to be any
connection between the age and size of
Il Bible, 30 for lack Of anything further
TO say the stroller asked the man IL he
had ever read his big Bible through.
Yes was the reply. II have read
ii through / times"
Holy Mosesw calculated the stroller
What do you think of the Bible after
reading 1t through so many times?"
well. the Bible Is all right. | will
tell You how came TO read 1t through
The first time An old circuit rider
who used, to visit my fathers house
when was a boy one Sunday preach
ed a sermon from the text, For a man
shnll be judged according to the deeds
done in the body | asked him il that
text was TO be found in the Bible, and
he said. OF course 1t is | said |
did not think it was. and he proposed
that we both read the Bible through to
nnd 1t. We did not find it, but found
so many things which Interested me
that kept on reading the Bible till
have gone through it II times" -Port-
land Oregonian.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-10-18
PORTO RICO'S RUINS.
TERRIBLE DEVASTATION OF THE
GREAT HURRICANE.
Pictures of the Havoc Wrought in
Our Peaceful Isle, Many Pathetic In
cidents aud Deeds of Heroism Fol-
lowed the Passage of the storm.

The recent West Indian hurricane.
with its attendant loss of life and dam
caianlities Of the century. In Porto
Rico alone the death list reached near
~ 800, While tine number OF injured
was three times larger. As to the
damage and destruction of property.
that is lnestimaDe Whole villages
were swept away; growing crops were
washed ont by flood or leyeled by the
wind. shipping was dealt costly blow.
aud the sea. for days and days after
the terrific storm, tossed upon the