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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22
BRIDGETENDERs OVERSEE CHICAGO RIVER TRAFFIC.

perpendicular of the stream by a cap
stan located near the swinging end and
operated by lever which compelled
the bridgeman to walk around the cap
stan exactly as sailors do aboard ship.
A chain led from the swinging end,
where 1t was coiled once or twice about
the end of the capstan under the floor
OF the pontoon with one end fastened
to the shore above and below the
socket end of the bridge and at dis
lance from the bridge about equal to
Its whole length. In time the ferry and
stationary pontoon had to give way to
swinging structure to permit vessels
to pass. From this time on the ad.
vance In bridge construction was rapid.
The bascule invention is a design
that divides the bridge In the center,
the one-half being separated and dis
dnct from the other half. BY power
ful mechanical contrivance these halves
are raised to a perpendicular position,
clearing the channel so that vessels
may pass between the abutments.
Sights the Bridxemsn Sees,
The view from the TURNOVER would
De distressing to one who delights only
In the heroic or picturesque. The rough
ana unsightly rear walls, dirty brown
window shutters and rusty fire escape
ladders, boxes and barrels In rough
and-tumble piles, rag pickers, sewers
discoloring the water and the decks of
freight ships are about all the vision
mas to rest upon beyond the railing of
tne bridge. Nor are these unkempt
surroundings ever changed for the bet.
Ter. On the contrary, they grow more
oninviting to the eye as age adds dIne,.
ness to them. 1t is a monotonous view
OF the bones Of whited sepulchers from
.he back yard and through rear win.
vows with the grass and marble walls
.nu Plate glass Of the front always
hidden from view.
BEFORE the current of the river wos
changed the stencil of sewers. the aoot-
ing away Of dead cats and rats and the
.,usgisn now Of the liquid mixtures in
.ue channel were heavy. burden for
tne nose and eyes of the turn.tower
man. But the army Of live rats ON tho
WARS remind the turn tower man ~
esnsf days. and also that were the cur.
asnt 70 return to its old course tho
Sshsr days would come again ~
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22
DRYING THE APRICOT CROP.
Beautiful Scene in a Fertile Upland
Valley in California.

Beautiful Scene In a Fertile Upland
Valley in California.
There is an upland valley in Califor.
mia where at certain season of the
year the bare ground Is golden as far
as the eye can sea blaze of yellow
and tawny color like that of a vast field
of peoples. But this yellow carpet il
composed not of flowers, but of apr
cots drying. The valley, which is So
high in the mountains-and so bare that
almost no dew falls there, is the focus
of the apricot haryesters for score Of
miles about. For all but few weeks
during the year the place is lonely and
quiet. Then of sudden small army
invades it-a polyglot crew Of labor.
ers-Mexicans, Swedes, Chinese. A vii.
lage of tents and huts springs up.
Flat cars run all day up and down
the mountain, bringing the ripe apr.
cots. And these are slid on trays into
the long sheds where the people stand
at work-men, women and children.
each with tag bearing a number
about the neck and sharp knife in the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22

hand. If 1t Is hot out there where the
indigo sky burns in fierce rivalry Of
color with the spreading orange, 1t Is
hotter In the shells, and the smell Of the
apricots and of the piles of stones is
overpowering. The work people wear
as few clothes as allowed; their necks
are bare and their sleeves rolled to the
shoulder. The white, thick muscled
arm of Scandinavian laborer moves in
unison with the thin, swarthy, hairy
arm OF the Mexican next him; next Is
an arm shrunk Of yellow skin and bone,
tattooed, with green Jade bracelet
sliding up and down 1t. 1t looks scarcely
human-in fact, 1t is the arm of Chi
naman.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22
Perhaps The most curious OF an sIs6,,

Perhaps the most curious OF All slsh,s
FROM the TURNOVER Ii the busy ma ~
the next bridge. Where tall buildinn.
are butted up against the sidewalk No.
destrians and vehicles look like an end
less caravan crossing a narrow canyon
in the mountains. They emerge as II
from out the mountain ana disapnaar
as II swallowed up by the OPPOSITE
mountain. SO it appears on a bridge
when viewed from the turn tower Of
another bridge. Men, women, children
animals, vehicles and street cars sud.
denly appear as if coming up out OF
the ground, cross the bridge and ium,
off a precipice. The tall building hides
their approach until the bridge is near.
ly reached and another tall building
seems to obliterate them when the
bridge Is crossed. Beyond the appear.
ing and disappearing points of view
there is no world at all except as the
Imagination creates one.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22
BRIDGE TOWER LIFE.
THINGS SEEN BY MEN STA
TONED THERE.
How the Great Passing streams OF
Life Appear to These Watchful Her
mits-Couditions Little Known Ut by
the Average Citizen.

The men who spend their time In the
turn-table towers of Chicago river
bridges may be said to be dwellers IN
air castles, although the business OF
swinging the heavy masses or IRON anu
steel into midstream Is anything nut
fanciful one. Vigilance, cool head and
a steady nerve are required, as there
must be precision and calculation lest
the bridgt is swung afou of passing
vessel or brushes itself by Its own
weight In reaching "home." Yet SO
delicately are the several parts of the
machinery adjusted that child might
cause the ends to describe circle In
the air and glide into the abutments as
gently as a toy door swings shut on Its
tiny hinges.
The evolution Of the Chicago River
bridge from the pontoon of three-quar-
tiers of a century ago to the cog bas-
Guile pattern which is to span the drain
age canal has been a marvellous ad-
ufacture, as well as application in
bridge mechanics. In the early days
Of Chicago the town, or rather the fort
for 1t was then called Fort Dearborn
was reached from the north and west
over what were called rope ferries that
is, rope was stretched between the
banks and by this means the boatman
pulled his boat across the stream to
where 1t connected OH the town side
with a plank road or street.
The next advance toward bridge
was structure whose ends rested
upon pontoons. The swinging end was
hauled against the opposite bank and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22
NV. QUO.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT
u. S. LAND OFFICE,
AT CARSON CITY, NEVADA,
Junp Oh 1000


NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that
the Holmes Mining Company, by w. e
f. Deal. its attorney in fact, whose
postofliee address is Virginia City,
Storey County, State of Nevada, has
this day filed its application for a pat
ent for six hundred and twenty linear
feet of the Jebsen lode, bearing gold
and silver. with surface ground one
hundred and fifty feet in width, situat-
ed in Columbus Mining District, County
of Esmeralda, and State of Nevada. and
designated by the field notes and Of
fetal plat on file in this office as Lot
number 1891, in Township 4 North,
Range S5 f., Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, said Lot No. 1891 being de-
scribed as follows:
Beginning at corner post No. l.
scrioed 1-lS9l whence South quarter
section corner of Section 49, Township
4 North, Range So East, NJ. ID. NJ. bears
South seventy-two and one-fourth de-
grees West $50 feet corner No. OF
United States Survey No. Al Southern
Belle No. bears North sixty-one de-
grees West 20 feet; thence Nerth. thv-
teen degrees East 20 feet to corner post
MOP. identical with corner No. of
Commodore United States Survey No.
AZ. scribed 2-1S91, whence Northern
Belle shaft bears North thirty-five and
one-fourth degrees East 1880 feet;
thence South seventy seven degrees
ten minutes East along south line of
United States Survey No. AZ. $40 feet to
corner post No. 8. scribed 1851; thence
South thirteen degrees West 80 feet to
corpef post No. 4. scribed 4-1S91: thence
South eighty-seven and one fourth de-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22
CONTINUED from first page,.

south eighty and one-half degrees,
east 1853 feet, to line 2-1-5 of Commo-
dore United States Survey No. 80;
thence north two and three-fourths de-
grees west 1887 feet. to corner No. >
OF Commodore No. 2. United States
Survey No. 80: thence south eighty
seven and one-fourth degrees west l60
feet; thence south nine and one-half
degrees west ~ feet, to the place OF
beginning, containing 0342 acres. va
riations at all corners of the Noble
Mine and Lent Lode 16 degrees east
Area of Noble and Lent claims, s.5lS
acres.
THE LOCATION OF said Noble
Mine Is recorded In the County Recor-
der's Office OF said Esmeralda County,
at Hawthorne, in Book A of Locations
Esmeralda County Records, page go
and the location OF said Lent Mine Is
recorded In said County Recorders Of
flee In Book d of said County Records,
pages 622 and 623.
The adjoining claimants are the
Holmes Mining Company, claiming the
First Eastern Extension Northern
Belle u. $. S. No. 81, the Commodore
No. l, U. s. s. No. AZ, and the Commo-
dore, No. 2, u. s. s. No. so, on the west
and pablo land ofthe United States on
the north east and south
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely any portion of said Noble Mine
or said Lent Mine, or any of said sur
face ground, are required to file their
adverse claims with the Register of
the United States Land Office at Car
son, In the State of Nevada, during the
sixty days, period capitalization here
OF, or they will be barred by virtue of
the provisions of the statute.
o. II. GALLUP,
Register.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the
foregoing Notice of Application for
Patent be published for the period of
ten consecutive weeks in the Walker
Lake Bulletin, weekly newspaper,
published at Hawthorne, County of Es-
meralda, Nevada.
o. H. GALLUP,
Register.
Date OF first publication, July 4, 1900.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22
.eea Went along Nnrth line Of cotd;,,..,..

grees. West along. Nntlh line Of incids5,as
dore M. 9 United states Survey M 90,
100 feet to mouth of -Jebsen tunnel, 80
feeL IN corner post No. .. seriks-lS 1881 /;
thence North sixty-one degrees West
along Northeast line of Southern Belle
No ? United States Survey Ncr "A, 33i 7
feet to corner No /, the place of be-
ginning. containing 0.9S3 acres. Vari-
alton at all corners of Survey No. 1891
is sixteen and one-half degrees East.
THE LOCATION OF this mine is re-
corded in the office of the County Re-
corder of Esmeralda County. State of
Nevada, in Book ID, page 123 of said
Mining District Records. The adjoin-
ing claimants are said Holmes Mining
Company. whose claim known as and
called the Commodore Lode No. ~
United States Survey is on the North.
and whose claims known as and called
the Commodore Lode No. L. S. s. No.
so and Southern Belle No. claim u S.
S. No. A are on the South.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely any portion of said Jebsen
Mine or surface ground are required tic
file their adverse claims with the Reg
lister of the United States Land Of
flee at Carson, In the State of Nevada,
during the sixty days period of publica-
ton hereof. or they will be barred by
virtue of the provision of the Statute.
o. H. GALLUP,
Register.
IT is HEREBY ORDERED, that the
foregoing Notice of Application for Pat
ent be published for the period of ten
consecutive weeks In the Walker Lake
Bulletin, a weekly newspaper pub
lished at Hawthorne, county of Es-
meralda. Nevada.
o. II. GALLUP,
Register.
Date for first publication, July 4, 1900.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22
Top-Heavy Justice.

An Indiana fence is hardly an ideal
place from which to dispense justice,
according to the Lewiston Journal,
which repeats this story on the author
lty OF an eminent occupant of judicial
bench.
A Justice Of the peace in a country
district was oppressively imbued with
an idea OF his own responsibility in see
ing that the peace was kept lii the
state Of Indiana. He never lost an
opportunity of showing his authority
lie was farmer, and his farm border
ed on the State Of Ohio. Indeed, one
OF his fences was on the State line.
One day his son and the hired man
got to fighting near this line fence. The
justice, quick to see the situation,
Jumped to the fence, as better "bench
OF Justice" and assaIled the fighters
demanding peace in the name OF the
State of Indiana"
But the farmer Justices defense Of
the peace was not based on good prem
ises. He had no sooner asserted his
authority than the fence he was on
gave way, carrying him over backward
Into the State OF Ohio. AS he felt
himself falling he shouted to his son,
Give him the mischief, Jim! I've lost
my Jurisdlctionw
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22
No. sos.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT
U. S. LAND OFFICE,
AT CARSON CITY, NEVADA.
June Is. 1900.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that
the Holmes Mining Company, by w. f.
f. Deal, its attorney in. fact. whose
postoffice address Is Virginia City,
Storey County, State of Nevada, has
this day filed it's application for a pat
ent for ASS linear feet of the General
Thomas No. 1 Lode, bearing gold and
silver, swith, So rfate ground 200 feet in
width and for five hundred and fifty
nine and five.tepths linear feet of the
Genefal Thomas 30. 2 Lode bearing
gold and silver. with surface ground
200 feet in width. Situated in Columbus
Mining District. County of Esmeralda,
and State of Nevada, and designated
by the field notes and official plat on
file in this office as lot number 1a01. .ip
township north, range So east. Mount
Diablo Base and Meridian. said lot No
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22
SUCCESS AND FAILURE.
The Higher the Purpose the Rnr
the Achievement

the Achievement.
If by success we mean the full ac-
complishment of an end, the actual
reaping of n harvest of results, then il
Is undoubtedly true that the higher
and nobler the purpose the rarer Will
be the success. IL we aim to relieve a
mans hunger we can quickly succeed
In the easy task, but if we aim to In.
spire him with desire to earn his own
bread the work Is more difficult and
the success far more predetermined.
II we would restrain thief from rob
berry, the prison bars and locks insure
success, but il we would make an hon.
est man of him our task Is a complex
one. and success may be afar off. We
undertake to teach child to read. II
with requisite effort we follow up our
task, we are successful. but if we as
pire to raise the educational standard
of our community how artluous the
task how uncertain the result. how
questionable the success.
The low man secs a little thing to do.
Sess II and does it:
The high man, with a great thing to pursue. A..
Dies ere he knows 1t.
Is his life. then. a failure? No: Lot
us never imagine that any high pur-
pose, any noble thought. dnS generous
any earnest effort, Is ever lost
We may never witness, its growth. we
may not live to gather its fruit or even
to see its blossoms. but we NAV safoIv
trust that somewhere and at some
time the harvest will be abundant. and
SUCCESS. long hidden. shall become ap-
parent.-Philadelphia .Leuger.'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22

of publication hereof, or they will be
barred by virtue of the provisions of
the statute.
O. II. GALLUP
Register.
1T Is HEREBY ORDERED that the
foregoing Notice OF Application for Pat
ent be published for the period of ten
consecutive weeks in the Walker Lake
Bulletin, weekly newspaper published
at Hawthorne. county OF Esmeralda,
Nevada.
O III. GALLUP,
Register.
Date for first publication, July a. 1900.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22

Some girls are tailor-made, but the
one who seeks an offer Of marriage IS
ready-maid. 4Nttt
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-08-22

There 10 more hugging In teaching .
girl to swim, than In WALKING.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-02-08

Not all of the drivers skill is devoted
to driving ahead; 1t takes a good driver
to be able to back up In good shape.
Not every driver. by any means, can
halt and then back up TO curbstone
and hit 1t square and true with both
wheels the first clip. That Is something
that requires more skill than might be
imagined by one who had never tried
II.
But in backing up on the level. IL q
man fails TO hit the curb exactly the
first time, he can maneuver until he
does. There are places where skill
must be exercised and where level
head Is called for too. For instance.
in backing up, or rather backing down,
Into an excavation on the inclined
causeway left for that purpose. The
excavation is begun at the rear OF the
lot. and the earth forming the cause
way, running up to the level OF the
street at the front. Is left until the last.
In the later stages OF the excavating
the causewny is left just wide enough
at the top for the carts or wagons to
move on, and its sides slope down pre-
cipitously. The driver who backs
down OH one OF these narrow cellar
causeways simply must hit it right
New York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-02-08
what the Church carpe, Cost,

Tie Chicago Advance gives the fol-
lowing estimate OF the direct and col
lateral cost of n church carpet. The
price was $500, but as the women or
the church raised the money by CIV
Ing entertainments the pastors estl-
mate was that when all the items Of
cost were figured In the carpet had cost
fully $1,000. He reached this aston
ishing total by estimating the work,
worry. nervous strain. bodily weari-
ness and heartaches OF 100 women,
the heroic efforts of men, women and
children to eat the things which were
TO be eaten and hear. see or buy things
which had been provided to extract
money from them; the colds, fevers
and other ailments contracted while
attending the entertainments and the
consequent doctors bills; the money
spent in other churches. for II they
come to your entertainment you must
go to theirs, and. worst and most cost
ly of all, the Generalization of the
church and the curtailment of the le-
climate giving which follow in the
train of such methods of raising mon
ey. But they got their carpet.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-02-08

$50 you don't believe In women
smoking?" said the little woman as SHE
watched her husband light his third
cigar.
mo, enthusiastically II ever
should hear of your doing such thing,
would get a dlvorce"f
"Well now. really. John, dear, what
do you call smoking. anyway
"Why. lnhaling tobacco smoke, of
course"
"But really don't understand your
objection TO cigarettes, said she. Now
Just look at this room; II Is blue with
smoke. have inhaled that into my
lungs for the last six years. To be sure
you have held all the cigars, but then
now really, what is the difference?
Why would it be any worse for me TO
hold a cigarette In my hand while !
inhale the smoker"
Its of no use trying to tell you
there's no arguing with a woman"
said John sarcastically.
"There's little use In arguing with
some men, though" said his wife.
lie didn't ask why, but she told him.
lust the same. that It was because OF
che satisfaction of coming out ahead
Detroit Free Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-02-08
FIRST AMERICAN PATENT.
Granted at boston In 104s and Call
ed u Monopoly.

Granted at BOSTON In 1913 and Call
ed n Monopoly.
To the general court of Massaehu-
sets belongs the honor of granting the
first American patent. This was In
1913 and was then designated as
monopoly. 1t was confined TO the re-
gion controlled by Massachusetts, and
the one issue apparently included all
the invention of the inventor connect
ed with engines that depended upon
water for their motive power. The
limit OF the monopoly was IA years,
and the court not only retained power
to forbid expectation. but to prevent
exorbltant charges upon the public for
their use.
The patent was issued In this form:
"JENKES MONOPOLYE.
AT general Courte at Boston the
9th of the 9th Mo 1913. The cor't con-
sid'nge ye necessity Of raising such
manufactures of engins of mills to go by
water for speedy dispatch of much
worke with few hands, and being sutii-
GENTLY informed of We ability of ye pc
tition TO peforme such workes grant
his petition yet no Othr per sen shall
set up or use any such new invention.
or trade for ii yeares without ye IL
cense OF him the said Joseph Jenkes)
so farr as concernes any such new in
vention, & so 1t shall be alwayes in we
powr of this cote TO restrain We ex-
portation of such manufactures & We
prizes of them TO moderation IL occa-
sion so require"
This inventor, Joseph Jenkes. or
jerks, as Ii would now be spelled.
came from Hammersmith, England,
settled in Lynn In 1913 and died in
16S2-S3, aged 81. He was black
smith and machlnist, made the dies
for the coming of the pine Tree"
money and built the first fire engine in
this country, altogether man of great
inventive genius and the ancestor of
large number of descendants. One of
his sons removed to Rhode Island,
where he built several mills.-Boston
Transcript.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-02-08
Love Of Liauor Not Hereditary.

Professor Sims Woodhead, speaking
before the Society For the Study of
Inebriety In England, came TO these
conclusions: lie held most strongly
that n direct transmission of the taste
for alcohol never occurred. OF course
he accepted very fully the fact that
certain nervous diseases and degenera-
tons involving certain altered and
weakened nhibtory powers are trans.
mitted from generation to generation.
These, however, did not always as
sumo the same form, the manifesto
,lon of the effect often taking on very
different characters in different gen.
erations.
But whatever character they assum-
I'd the result as regards alcohol was
Inevitably the same, and until far more
evidence was brought forward than
had yet been presented he should
strongly maintain that what was so
often spoken of as ah inherited taste
for alcohol was an inherited weakness
and lessened self restraint affecting
many other things besides drink and
that n direct transmission of the taste
for alcohol from parents TO children
In n constitution otherwise healthy did
not occur. AS with tuberculosis, the
disease was not transmitted, but only
the weakly and unbalanced condition
OF the tissues.--London Hospital.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-02-08
No S.wf.nwled stove For Her.

A Memphis family which employs an
old time negress as cook recently had
gas range put In the kitchen. When
the range was put In place, the work
man who put 1t there lighted the jets
inside the oven and then closed the
DOORS lie opened them, turned Off the
gas and then. relighting the jets, ex-
planned TO the old negress how the
range was used. The jets cannot be
seen when the doors OF the oven are
closed, and In the excitement Sf the ex-
PLANTATION the workman closed them
and forgot the lighted jets.
The old negress. after hearing all he
had TO say, said:
"'Tain't no use ter tell ME erbout
hit I'm gwinter use dis yere ole wood
stove whut Ise cooked on SO long"
The workman laughed and went
away. not thinking that the old cook
meant what she said. She did mean
II. though, aud continued to use the
old wood stove TO cook with.
When the head of the family that
employs her received his gas bill 10
days after the gas stove was put in, lie
almost dropped dead The bill showed
that he owed the gas company $21.
Investigation proved that the jets In
the oven had been burning from the
time the workman left The old cook
had never opened the oven DOORS
Memphis Scimitar.