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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27

tower, the cascade falling into 1t from a
height of seventy feet, and the basin of
the court Of fountains, with its fountains
and cascades, as well as the plaza and
esplanade and surrounding buildings, will
be grandly illuminated with these same
incandescent lights, employed In such a
way as to intensity the charm of the
whole magnificent scheme. To give some
adequate Idea of the scale upon which
this illumination is to be conducted, 1t
may be mentioned that about 400 miles
of wire will be used In the insulation Of
the lamps In and around the court Of
fountains comprising In all about 250
tons Of copper wire of all sizes. The cleo
trio energy for the production Of this
vast illumination will be obtained In part
from Niagara Falls, which Is to furnish
5,OO0-horse power and 5,000-horse power
will be generated on the grounds. 1t Is
claimed by the management that the
Pan-American Exposition will enjoy the
advantage of greater resources of power
than has been possessed by any fair In
the past.
New departures are being made In ey-
cry direction by the Pan-American man
agement Even its exhibit Of the fine
arts will be on a unique and original plan.
1t will not attempt to cover specimens
of everything of an art character in the
entire universe, but will be exclusively
devoted to the progress made in Pan
America In painting, sculpture and allied
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27

arts, for 1t desires to give this nation a
stimulus In this important field of human
activity, such as could perhaps be obtain
ed In no other way, and to direct the at
tention Of the American public in the
most emphatic manner to the Importance
of giving substantial patronage to native
artists and sculptors. To this end the
entire art exhibit will be confined to the
work of New World artists. Buffalo has
many enthusiastic devotees of art. ]. j.
Albright gave the magnificent marble gal
lery, costing nearly 100000, which Is
to house the collection, and after the ex-
position will become the permanent home
of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. Will
liam A. Coffin, the well-known art critic
and painter, Is the executive head of the
fine arts department. 1t is hoped that
one outcome of the Pan-American Expo-
sition will be a movement for the estab-
lishment Of an institution which shall
partake Of the character Of national sa-
lon, In whose awards American artists
would recognize greater honor than in
the medals bestowed by the jurIes of Old
World institutions. The fine arts exhibit
will include paintings In oil, water color,
pastel and other recognized mediums
miniatures, cartoons, sculpture, embrace
ing medals and canoes; drawings, etch-
ings, engravings, black and white or mon
otint paintings in oil or water color; ar
chitecture, All works In all classes must
be original productions, and every artist,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
GAVE UP IN DISGUST.
Rural Guest at Hotel Tells Employees
Not to Wait for Son.

Rural Guest at Hotel Tells Employees
Not to Wait for Son.
Colonel Eden, proprietor of the Great
Northern hotel, stands sponsor for the
following story: A few days ago an old
man and his son registered at the hotel
They were undeniably from the rural
districts, and they looked with wonder
at the electric lights and the hurry and
hustle Of big hotel. They were APP
palled at the cable cars that moved
without any apparent motive power,
and the tall buildings they regarded
with feelings evidently akin to awe.
The father and son remained three
days at the hotel. The first night they
retired at the time they observed In the
country, which was about $50 O'clock
The following night the boy, who pro-
badly wanted to taste of the pleasure
Of city life by gaslight, was out until
after midnight and his father was very
uneasy.
Up and down the rotunda walked the
old man. He would approach the desk
and begin to say something to the clerk,
change his mind and walk away faster
than he had come. The two were talk
Ing of the guests strange behavior
when he again drew near the desk. Be
fore he spoke the man looked long and
anxiously at the clock and then appear
ed satisfied.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
Idlacs Came from Europe.

The common lilac, which Is known to
botanists as syringa vuIgnris, has been
in cultivation for over 300 years and it's
native home is said to be on the noun
famous regions Of central Europe, from
Piedmont to Hungary, whence 1t was
introduced to cultivation In 1879. Bot.
anists recognize about twelve species
OF lilacs found In wild state and these
are native from southwestern Europe
through central Asia and the HimIayas
to Mongolia, northern China and Japan.
None Of the species are natives Of the
American continent.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27

whatever his residence or school, must
be n native of one of the Americas.
The building which Is to house the ex-
hibit In manufactures and liberal arts az
Buffalo Is now reaching completion, ana
will be one of the most imposing In the
fine group surrounding the Court OF
Fountains. 1t Is 500 by $50 feet, with q
central court, and dome 20 feet IN di-
ameter over the entrance to the SOUTH
Broad steps between groups OF oeautiiui
statuary lead up to this entrance, whicn
consists of lofty arch, with columns on
either side. Elaborate sculpture IN reieI
enriches the gable. Statues symbollzing
the various arts and industries are TO De
placed In inches Mt the angles of the open
towers around the dome, from whose IN
terror visitors can look down from gal
leries and obtain view of the throngs
below.
The exhibits to be placed In this build
ing will illustrate the mental, moral ana
social progress Of mankind In the West
ern hemisphere. Under the general clas-
sification of liberal arts will be all arti-
cles relating to education or social econ
omy, books and periodicals., scientific ap-
paratus, hygiene and sanitation, musical
instruments, public works, civil engineer
ing, constructive architecture, photo
graphs and Photographic supplies, medi-
cal and dental and surgical apparatus,
and other branches of applied intellectual
activity. The work of collecting and
classifying these exhibits Is now well un-
der way and Is In charge Of DIR. Selim 81.
Peabody, who successfully handled the
same division at the Columbian EXPOSE
ton.
The sculpture for the Temple of Music
Is to be among the most exquisite in the
whole exposition, and with its mural dec
orations this building will constitute one
of the most artistic features.
|. Throughout the beautiful grounds, COM
| prising 25O acres, there will be 125 splen
| did original groups of statuary, symbolic
| ing the purposes of the buildings and
bringing out the poetry In what to many
may seem exceedingly prosaic depart
ments. The fountain of Man by Charles
| Crafty, at the east end of the esplanade,
| Is fanked by the fountain Of Prometheus
and the fountain Of Hercules. The sub
| jects of other fountains In this group will
be the Savage Age, the Despotic Age and
the Age of Enlightenment. At the other
| end Of the esplanade the fountain of Ma
ture by George T. Brewster Is the most
elaborate sculptural adornment, Its mean
ing being amplifed In minor fountains.
such as the fountain of Ceres and groups
| typifying mineral wealth, animal wealth,
etc. These symbolic ideas will be work.
| ed out in beautiful forms in other por-
tons of the main court.
| Already the exposition grounds, viewed
from little distance, present the appear
| ance of beautiful and stately little city,
and when all Is complete and winters
frosts shall have given place to the sun.
| light and warmth Of summer the charm
of the scene will be such that the impress
sion 1t conveys will be well worth storing
! among the pictures Of lifetime.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
Extent of Chinese Literature,

Chinese literature is so extensive that
a catalogue Of the books In the four
imperial libraries Of the present dynas-
ty Classics and briefly describes no
less than $4,000 books and itself fills
200 volumes. Although some Western
writer's have described the collection
as whole as vast library of oriental
conceit and dreary wilderness of
words, the Able Remusat a genuine
student of the Chinese language, wrote
enthusiastically regarding their charm.
saying he found in them "eloquence
and poetry, enriched by the beauty of
a picturesque language preserving to
imagination all Its colors" The de-
scrlption Is very accurate one too
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27

give a preponderating turning force to
the wheel, causing It to turn with q cir
cular movement.
The wheel makes four turns per min
ute, and Its movement Is regulated by
a centrifugal governor put In motion
through an endless chain.
When the wheel In its movement
brings the short arm Of one Of the lev
ers, which may be called an armature,
to the face of the pulley the phenom-
enon Of magnetic repulsion takes place,
which causes the long arm Of the lever
with the counterweight to rise to a
vertical position, while the further mo-
ton Of the wheel causes 1t to fall to
the other side from the vertical posi-
ton, thus making 1t add It's weight to
each of the Others which have preceded
it to keep the wheel In motion.
The motion Of the wheel is transmit
ted to the clock spring through a pin
ion placed on the axle which meshes
into a toothed wheel, which at Its cen
ter has an endless screw acting on an
other smaller wheel, whose axle PIN
ion rests ON the wheel Of the drum
which winds up the spring.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
NEW PROOF OF EVOLUTION.

,. Theory Sustained by Conn
n,r,rx the Blood of Men ana Apes
The latest proof Of the correctness VI
norw,n,s assertion that there is near
relation between man and ape Is rurii,-
sbad nv a discovery Of the correspond
once between the blood CT man ana tne
ape.
BLOOD exposed to the air coagulates-
forms a jellylike mass. After tilne
the coagulum contracts and expeis
perfectly clear fluid called serum.
Lately experiments with this naturai
serum showed some queer results.
when the serum of rabbit was mixed
with the blood of an animal not closely
related to 1t, for instance guinea pig.
the blood corpuscles Of the guinea pig
were thereby Dissolved. But the serum
of the rabbit mixed with the blood OF
closely related animal, a hare, for In
stance, did not affect the blood OF the
hare at all.
The serum Of a horse works no
change In the blood of the donkey, put
destroys (dissolves) the blood corpus
cles of the rabbit, lamb or man. Inc
dog, fox and wolf readily permit ex'
change of blood, while the blood cor
puscles of the dog are dissolved by cat
serum. This, then, seemed to furnish
new and sure means for establishing
blood relationship between animals.
Experiments with human serum show
ed that 1t dissolyes the blood corpuscles
of all vertebrates, also those OF the
lower ape. But the experiments with
the higher apes gave different results.
Neither the blood corpuscles of the
orang -outang nor those Of the gibbon
were dissolved by human serum, and
human blood was carried into tho
blood course Of chimpanzee without
In the least affecting the latter's con-
dition.
These experiments serve to show
that the blood Of man and that OF the
higher apes must be looked upon as
identical. 1t is absolutely sure that
none Of the tested serum Of animal re-
sembles the human blood as closely a.
does the blood of those three apes-the
orang-outang, chimpanzee and gibbon.
This highly interesting scientific dis
covery furnishes new proof for the pro
liability of mans evolution from lower
animals. 1t throws some light on the
sorry experience had with TRANSMISSION
Of animal blood in the blood suffering
human beings. Some scientists main
tain that the sheep and man, the calf
and man stand too far apart in the or
der Of descent to permit intermixture
of their blood without harmful results.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
Woes of a New Member.

Wall street gossip has attributed the
palm for hard luck to recently elect
ed member of the Stock Exchange who
purchased lot Of valuable experience
ut very high price. lie paid nearly
$4,000 for his seat, and although he
was not well versed in the business
done on the floor he plunged into 1t
with courage commensurate to his
ignorance. He misunderstood his Or
ders and he neglected occasionally to
make memorandum of his sales.
When he found that a customer had
asked him to sell certain stock in
stead Of buy 1t, as he had done he
tried to make good his losses from his
blunder by taking small gamble on
his own account. Business on the
Stock Exchange is done In a rush in
these days, and the man who hesitates
or who is slow-witted finds himself
outclassed. This new member at the
end Of his first month on the exchange
balanced up his business and found
that his losses due to his own blunders
In executing orders for his customers
had cost him nearly $4,000. Wall
street Is now specializing as to
whether or not this broker Is going to
demonstrate that his experience was
worth the money.-New York Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27

arum lily, where fibers like needles
and spikes force them to beat a hasty
retreat. The bulls horn thorn, an Aus
tralian tree, is particularly we'll pro-
tected against these marauders.
AT the end Of each leaf Is a
pair Of hollow horns, In which
live a small, fierce, pugnaclous
species Of ant, brlbed to the office of
defence by generous supply Of food
collected on the leaf close to their cells.
When destructive insects come to
carry away the foliage Of these trees
the warlike inhabitants spring out
from their kopje-like Businesses, de-
sends upon the invaders, killing all
who are not able to fee.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
BY RAIL UNDER THE SEA.
sundry Schemes Are on Foot to Unite
England w TIL the Continent.

sundry Schemes Are on Foot to Unite
England with the Continent.
1t may be a surprise to know that
there are two projects In existence at
the present moment for a submerged
railway across the English channel.
Dec. II, 1884, there was registered a
Channel Bridge and Railway Com
pany;" its offices are at go Rue de la
Victoria, Paris. 1t was formed to ae-
quire the business of the International
Railway Company, du. Detroit de la
Manche, Limited, and ito make fur
the construction of bridge or vladuct
across the English channel (as means
of communication between England
and France)." 1t was decided to con-
struct submerged bridge fifty feet be-
low the lowest tide and to run thereon
an electric car capable of transporting
four railway trains, which would be Sc
cured very much In the same way as
the trains are fastened on to the ferry
boats between New York and New Jer-
sey. The directors report, recently
submitted, stated that the work could
be completed In FIVE years at cost of
not exceeding S70,000,00O.
The other submarine railroad scheme
has been evolved by an enthusiastic
Frenchman, NJ. A.. Mother by name,
and it differs in some details from the
one just mentioned. The permanent
way Is to be thirteen feet in width and
some thirty feet above the bottom of
the channel. This would not interfere
with navigation and would afford Sc
cure bed for the rails, being built of
solid masonry and anchored to with
stand the currents. The elevated plat
form is to be 800 feet ,ong, 125 feet
wide and 125 feet above the rails. 1t
VIII be capable Of taking several rail
road cars at once, to say nothing of ami
mails, baggage and freight. On 1t there
will be saloons. heated and lighted by
electricity; smoking-rooms-in fact, all
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27

Mrs. Nancy A. Mitchell, "a, who lives
in Lyon County, KY, is believed to
have the largest number Of living de-
scendants Of any woman in Kentucky,
II not In the United States. She has
237 living descendants, including 10
children, 100 grandchildren, 100 great
grandchildren and seven great-great-
grandchildren. Mrs. Mitchell has been
married seventy years. Only one Of
her children died. She belongs to a
church, Ave miles from her home, and
rides horseback to attend the services
two and three times a week. The
church organization is seventy years
old, and she is the only living charter
member.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27

IL reckon he won't be in tonight" he
said. you might jest as well close up"
"Whom do you meanY asked the
clerk, leaning across the counter.
"Why, that gol burned boy Of mine"
was the reply. There amt no use In
a-settln' up fer him any longer. don't
reckon he'll be in tonight, an eff he
does come it'll teach him a lesson to
find he's locked out"
Colonel Eden assured the anxious
father that the hotel would not close
until the boy returned, no matter what
time 1t was, and the old man went to-
ward the stairs, insisting that the
help shouldn't put themselves to any
trouble because Of his son.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
PERPETUAL MOTION MAoHlus.1
Ex lbit at Pa RIG -1tx position Seeming.
w Answers All Requirements.

~ An6WeT6 All requirements.
At the. Paris exposition was very
curious exhibit In the form of a clock
which attracted much attention from
visitors. 1t was placed in glass case
to protect its delicate working parts
from meddlers. 1t was self-moving
and it ran two months during the expo
sition without stopping and without
having been wound up by any outside
force surreptitiously. There was no
reason why it should have stopped,
says Electricity, for 1t was true form
of perpetual moyement-within the lim-
1t, however, of the wearing out Of Its
mechanism.
Its inventor was enabled to obtain
these results by very ingeniously CON-
blning system of levers, or hinged
residual magnetic armatures, which
moved wheel continuously around Its
axis for the purpose of winding up a
spring, consequently the clock was
only an accessory, for the apparatus
could be used for other purposes and
the construction of the wheel or NOV
ing mechanism alone contains the In
teresting features Of the invention.
There are two circles composed of
levers which are placed on the two side
faces of the rim Of n large wheel.
These two sets of levers form an angle
of As degrees with each other, and at
their outer ends CONFERENCE.-The are
attached to the longer arm Of each lev
err. From the start we conclude that
the CONFERENCE.-The on the side farthest
from the center of the wheel would
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27

GO He beginning OF new century
will witness the launching Of an
enterprise fitted In an eminent de-
gree to usher In a new and great era'
The achievements of the past hundred
years have been magnificent. The marcn
Of progress has been swift and the tri-
umphs of civilization manifold. Inc age
of enlightenment Is here. Mankind mas
progressed In the culture of the finer side
of existence and has turned to its uses
the mysterious forces of the elements III
a manner undreamed Of but few de-
cades ago. Yet 1t must not be forgotten
that many sciences are still In their IN
fancy, that there are many worlds yet
to be conquered by the daring and IN
yentiye pioneers of human progress IN
the Forthcoming century, and tremendous
problems of a social and political charac-
ter to be solved. The pulse Of mankind
will be quickened by the great exposition
of all the Americas soon to be held. Inc
Pan American Exposition, which Is to
open at Buffalo ON May l, will stimulate
industrial progress throughout THIS coun-
trv. No more appropriate place than the
Niagara. frontier could have been select
cd. for II Ia mt this spot that the cataract
of Niagara bas been harnessed and sci
ence and industry have combined to con-
centrate nil the energies and activities
characteristic of the time.
buffalo takes n righteous pride in the
nropress she hns made in the building Of
the Rainbow City. which now beauties
her northern boundary. Perhaps nothing
il destined to create more profound
sensation than the color scheme of the
Pon-American II was a daring thing to
otteont to orray the extensive buildings
of the exposition in colors many and posi-
five
The only precedent for such an under
taking was furnished by the Midwinter
Fair of San Francisco. where harmoni-
ous tints. skillfully applied to the staff
finish and artistically disposed, gave to
the buildincs the exquisite tones of an
cient marbles or of delicately tinted
stone. differing from each other by almost
imperceptible gradations, so that the
rrouped edifices presented something of
an opaline appearance in tho sunlight.
Buffalo il going much further. and, justi-
fvinp herself NV the spirit of the SPANISH
renaissance architecture. Is applying the
brilliant pigments which the old Moors
loved. so that the majestic colonnades and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
Some Nineteenth Century wonders

some Nineteenth Century wonders.
II the telescope Of the seventeenth
century reveals to US myrlads Of suns,
the spectroscope Of the nineteenth
tells us what substances compose
these suns, and, most wonderful Of
all, the direction and rate In which
each Is moving. The mariners COM
pass easily yields place to Morse's
electric telegraph, perfected In 1874,
while the useful barometer and Their
mometer are certainly less wonderful
than Bells telephone and Edison's pho
nograph. DR.. Roentgen's TX" rays,
which pierce the hidden recesses Of
nature, and, literally speaking, reveal
theinner man; Marconi's wireless teleg-
raphy; liquid air; the bacillus or
germ theory Of diseases, for a notable
group Of the latest wonders.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
Her Sweet Inrenuousness.

Charley, DEAR" said young Mrs.
Torkins, II am going to turn over a
new leaf"
I'm what connecticut
I'm going to quit being superstiti-
GUS. I have always disliked to begin
anything on Friday"
Yes 1t Is very silly of you"
well, your arguments have con-
WINGED me. You know that new dress
was making to you aboutT
yves"
well, I'm going to start out and buy
the material on Friday, just to show
I'm not Observation-Disclosures Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
Mining for Timber.

One of the most curious mines that
is worked is in Tonkin, China, where
In n sand formation Mt a depth Of from
IA to 20 feet there Is deposit of the
stems of trees. The Chinese work
this mine. for the timber, which Is
found In good condition and Is used III
making troughs and fol. carving ana
other purposes. ~ go.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
Gold Profiuct IN CanalIa.

1t is estimated that the Canadian
gold fields yielded last year 1857 ,ss2
ounces Of gold, valued At $4,000 coo
Compared with the preceding year,
1889. this Is an Increase In ounces Of
about 10000, and IN value Of 1900.
600.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
the comforts that are to be found today
on the finest ocean greyhound.

the comforts that are TO be found today
on the finest ocean greyhound.
The seagoing car imagined by M.
Mottier will be propelled by an engine
located on the platform and will be
worked either by steam or electricity.
The engine will operate drum, over
which a chain will wind, and the car
platform and submerged carriage will
be thus drawn from one side Of the
channel to the other. NJ. Mottier esti-
mates the total cost of this unique I'M
dertaking at the small sum of $780,
600 and promises return Of $500 to
$1,000 day, making calculation for
twenty trips every twenty-four hours.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
Flowers Preserved by Insects.

Insects are necessity of the life of
flowers, as they carry the pollen; yet
some destroy both plants and trees.
Here nature comes in with extraordin.
airy means Of protection, as In the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-27
Oldest American Waterwork.

The Oldest waterworks system in the
country Is that Of South Bethlehem
Pa. The original mains laid were made
out of cedar logs, some of which have
been recently taken up In good state Of
preservation.