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ELKO, NEVADA, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1894
WING FEATHERS.
Tho Marvellous Mechanical Provisions OF
70 E.t Nature. s


10 E.t Nature. s
Feathers are peculiar to birds, and in
their typical form have shaft or stiff
central rod fixed at one end into the
skin and free at the other. from the
two opposite sides of this shaft grow
thin, Hat plates, constituting the web
or vane of the feather. This web, how
ever, is not simple, solid structure
like i. piece of paper, or even the leaf
of q plant. 1t is composed of an i'm
mense number of horny filamcnts
placed side by side and set obliquely
on the shaft, to which they are fixed
by their inner ends. 49,
To understand what follows, I would
ask my reader, says writer in Good
Words, to take a goose quill. or
{. feather of the wing of any
bird that may be at hand, and
look at, it carefully. He will see that
these separate fllaments of which
the vanc is composed, technically
called barbs, although really distinct
from each other and only attached to
the common stem ut their base, have a
curious tendency to cling together, so
as to form n continuous structure, and
that it takes slight but distinct
amount of force to separate them. and
that after they have been pulled or
forced apart, if they arc brought in
contact again by gently strolling the
feather in the right direction, or by
waving it brislSly through the air, they
will join again as firmly as before. He
will also find that this operation may
be repeated an indefinite number of
times.
OF all the marvellous mechanical
adaptations we meet with in nature
there is nothing more wonderful than
that which is seen in every feather of a
birds wing. The object is evidently to
produce an expanded surface, light,
strong, and practically indcstructiblc,
one capable of resisting the pressure
brought to bear upon it in bniTeting
the strongest winds without perma-
ucntly splitting or being torn in tat
GerS.
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a CEMETERY FOR PET DOGS.
London Tag One-Many Crnvestones with
. r #. Tender Inscriptions.

London TAG One-Many Cravestones with
.t'g Tender Inscriptions.
London E&s a pet-dog cemetery. In
this town when Il very dear and be-
loved doggie dies he must be buried all
alone by himself. because the regular
cemeteries have officials and lot own
crs who object to receiving other than
human corphes within their gates.
The London dogs cemetery is near the
Victoria gate in Hyde park.
In the rear of the gate-kecper's
lodge is plot Of ground which looks
like tiny garden. In the midst of
the flowers. however, are a number of
small marble tombstones. Arranged
III rows. each bearing some tender in
scription. with Tiny gravel paths be-
tween and an arch Of ivy to greet
the spectator, one counts about forty
cf these pretty tokens of remembrance.
''Poor Little Prince is the irserip-
ton over the grave OF the duke of
Cnmbridgc's dcad-andrgonc pet Others
among the dead have the names of
Jack, Tip, Topsy, Flo, Sprite, Vic.
Darling and Zoe. Each grave has it's
wcll-trimmed bushes OF evergreen, and
hero and there are ornaments in the
shape OF large white shells. gsA
, Very few people in London, apart
from those whose pets sleep their
last in this peaceful little spot, arc
aware of its existence. Should 1t be
duplicated on this side Of the Atlantic.
there is no doubt tho tiny burial plots
would be readily sold. The l'et Dog
society, for instance, would naturally
be interested in such an institution.
and many tender-hearted women and
some animal-loving mon would be glad
% bury their dead pets in just this sort
of a place.
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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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SHORT BUT ELOQUENT.

A GOOD appetite is no proof OF clear
conscience.
IF you'arc not made better by Civ
ing, double your gift. @
A NAN is never eloquent when people
do not believe in him. -
SOME can ride hobby with.as much
cruelty OK spirit as others ,aouat ,vur
...rse.
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JOINT STATEMENT
0F AUDITOR AND TREASURER
OF ELKO COUNTY.
For the Quarter Ending Dec. 4

For the Quarter Ending Dec. 4
... . 1904.
STATE OF NEVADA,J
County Of Elko. fe'''
AUDITORS OFFICE.
Jan. ., 1894.
To the Honorable Board of County Commls-
sioucrs of Elko County, Nevada.
GENTLEMEN: We herewith submit our Quar-
telly Report of the Finances oil the County
for the quarter ending Dec. 81, 1853.
Respectfully submitted:
GEO. II. MEIGS.
-..,t... Auditor,
M. Fl. MILLER,
Tressurev.
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The evening world., 1894-10-13
.ALFR|NG KEEPS UNDER COVER.
Surprised by His Wife While with
Two Young Women.
One OF Them Was Miss Marie
McNcsbitt.

Poor Jessie Bowics Airing, the girl
wife of Harry Airing, is Frustrated at
the home OF her father. Henry Bowles.
lil West Forty-third street. Harry has
disappeared, and the friends OF capti-
waiting Marie McSesbltt Of l7S Fifth
avenue don't know where she Is; all
the result OF an escapade of the young
husband and surprise by his wife and
mothcr-ln-luw.
Mrs. Bowles. her daughter. and Mrs.
William H. Airing, the widowed mother
of the young husband. acting on sug-
gestion from a friend. all visited the
Hotel Pomeroy, Firty-ninth street and
Broadway, Thursday evening. On the
register since Tuesday night was the
entry, -. a. Bennett and wife, Wash
ington. u. c."
Just as young Mrs Airing declared
the signature to he the writing OF her
husband, Harry Airing appeared on the
staircase. Seeing his female relatives
he retreated to room 70, which had been
assigned to MIR and Mrs. Bennett All
three women followed and in answer to
his wifes cries Harry Airing opened the
door.
Behind him were two young women.
hdIlt anu btSSlf hNANfSbllNs
Nice girls, you arc!' exclaimed Jes.
sic. Nice girls! Amt you ashamed OF
yourselfN' Then she found and opened
u bundle on the table. which Is said to
have contained a nightdress.
Mrs. Bowles then proceeded to eNer-
else the prerogativc OF mother-in-law.
Eye witnesses say she used her scape-
grace son-in-law first as mop and then
as n doormat until Mrs. Airing the elder
interCeded for her darling boy. After Mrs
Bowles and her daughter i,:t Proprietor
Rohde ordered Airing and the yoS ing
rle have since been in seClusion.
Harry's mother, who Is the widow of
W. H. Airing, formerly, Of the piano
$50 boulevard. She did not. know, to-
day where Harry. who is only nineteen,
was. Joe EhrlIch, the, Maspeth book
by f him S wrItlns book nat at the then track Until
lately. Harry and Jessie were only
nineteen when they were wed. Jessie $
father who was once manager OF the
| Hotel Victoria, says she is In delicate
health, and that the scene at the hotel
has FRUSTRATED her MIR. Bowles also
says Il would be charitable to .nnpose
he should be looked after by competent
| physicians.
Marie and Bessie McNesbitt; aged
Twenty and eghteeph respestiyeMy 1--we
| on the top floor of Fischels building. rs
| Fifth avenue. where the latter has been
Janitress for twenty years. Mrs Meigg'
| said this morning that Marie had beer
absent since Tuesday. and that she
| didn't know where she was
| A young woman, evidently Bessie Nc
Nesbitt, said that Marie had sent her q
note asking her to dine Thursday night
at the Hotel Pomeroy. and that while
| she was there some friend OF Harry
his father in-law, she believed. came II
and looked at them and said something
and went out. Later on those ladies
| came and made the row.
| II was stated that the McNesbitt sis
| tiers had known Harry Airing and Jes.
sic Bowles since they were children.
The evening world., 1894-10-13
BYRMES UPHOlOs THE POLICE.
Refuses to Entertain the Striking
Cloakmakers' Complaints.
They Say B!uccoats dubbed Them In
Rutgers Square.

Striking cloakmakers. who allege that
the police dubbed members OF their
union while they were waiting In Rut-
gers Square last Thursday night to be-
gin parade, got but little satisfaction
at Police Headquarters this morning.
Supt. Byrnes refused to entertain any
complaint against the officers. Half II
hundred or more >.i.zens. who were wit
resses Of the alleged outrage, testified
on behalf. of the policemen. declaring
that there was no undue force used
Supt. Byrnes said that he could find
nothing to warrant him to accept II com
plant. and that therefore he dismissed
NJ. W. Hipkin. Chairman OF the EXecu-
tive Committee OF the Cloakmakers
Union. appeared this morning before
structed to hear the cloakmakers' com
of Israel German, Of lo6 suffolk
street street SSRnam fs1SSS rs 81 M SnnS
street; ~ Davis I Forsyth street
and Harris Fogel. 80 Essex street, as a
few Of the Victims of what he termed
Roundsman William II. Masterson and
Policemen BARLEY J, Cosgrove, George
B. Grimshaw, Richard J. Allen. Patrick
k MeGen M'G All of shay Sap Snd ThSmns
Madison street station, are the
officers specially accused. Fogel
| and German. 1t is alleged. are
| confined to their beds as result OF
being dubbed. Park Policeman Robert
| Craig is accused of having caused
| Fogels injuries and Chairman Zpkin
says he will file a complaint against
him with the Park Commissioners.
Capt Grant and the accused policemen
| appeared this morning at Headquarters
In answer to a summons from Inspector
| Williams, and they listened to the
charges made against them.
Capt. Grant in his report to Inspector
Williams this morning stated that there
was no brutality whatever on the part OF
the police, and that only necessary force
was used in quelling a disturbance that
| threatened to develop into a riot.
| He denied that there had been any
| clubbing of a serious character, and
called attention to the fact that none
| of the complainants showed marks OF
violence. The Inspector himself looked
at and felt OF three of the men who
| alleged that they had been dubbed, and
animated that he failed to find anything
20 substantiate their statements.
The evening world., 1894-10-13
ALLEGED FIREBUG ARRESTED.
Mrs. Liebermann Thought to B'
One of an Organized Gang.

Ida Leibermann was arrested at the
home or her mother. 81 Clinton street,
last night by Central Office Detectives
McManus and Jacobs on an old indict-
ment charging her with arson.
Mrs. Leibermann is supposed to be a
member of Henry Gottlieb's alleged fire.
bug gang. He is now under arrest In
Toronto, Canada, awaiting extradition
papers.
She was indicted Jan. &c for setting
fire to her apartments at 52l East
Twelfth street. The fire occurred Dec.
IS, but she had difficulty in collect
ing the insurance and left the city.
She went to Ansonia Conn. where she
stayed with her sister. The police learned
she had returned last night and, going
to the home OF her mother. found her.
In the room with her were two men, both
under $500 bail In Brooklyn for arson.
Mrs. Leiberman Is alleged to have set
fire to two other houses in which she
lived. and for both fires she collected
insurance. The last fire occurred in a
fiat-house In which twenty families
lived. An explosion preceded the fire,
but no one was injured
Mrs. Lehman was committed to the
Tombs.
The evening world., 1894-10-13
THREATEN TO SUE POLICE.
C1onkmalSers After EvidenceAg gains
the Alleged Clubbers.

The headquarter s OF the Cloakmakers
Union has been removed to 9s Clinton
street. The Executive Committee met
at 103 Forsyth street, and later Joined
the Cutters Executive Committee at As
Franklin street. The first named COM
mittee is collecting facts about the
trouble with the police in Rutgers
Square. ana as soon as the names OF all
the accused policemen can be obtained
Lawyer Henry Goldschmidt will bring
civil suits against them.
President Burke, OF the cutters, said
that thirty manufac turers had announc-
ed their intention of signing the strikers
new agreement and bond. Copies of 1t
have been sent to all cloak manufactu-
rers In the city. Many others are ex-
pected to sign to-day. Those who sign
at once will have their old hands sent
to them Immediately.
Word was received that julius Stein
& Co. would lay off their cutters to-
night Non-union cutters employed by
Meyer Jonasson & Co. sent word that
they would cease work at noon to-day,
and non-union operators employed by
the same firm will quit work whenever
requested to by the union.
The shop stewards appointed by the
Cutters Association have charge OF the
pickets, and meet at 253 Centre street.
John P. Reilly is chairman.
The evening world., 1894-10-13
COUNTERFEIT CASE CALLED.
Six Alleged Members of II Gang Be'
fore the CommIssiOner.

Six members of the Sferloza gang OF
counterfeiters, arrested by Secret Ser
vice agents at Ill West Twenty-sixth
street last Wednesday, were brought up
for examination to-day before United
States Commissioner Shields.
Victor Brush, one OF tine defendants
waived examination, and was held fol
the Federal Grand Jury in 5000 bail
The hearing of the charges against
clifford Abbott, Walter Lynch and
Joseph Goldwater was continued to
Tuesday morning next at $50. Conn
missioner Shields appointed Attorney
Robert II. Waite to appear as counsel
for Abbott and Lynch. Goldwater said
he would provide his own counsel. $40
Attorney j. @, McMahrn, OF Brooklyn,
appeared for Alphonse Sferloza, the n.
legged head Of the gang, and Luis
Giuseppe. Their examination was taken
up, and after progressing short tims
adjourned to Wednesday at o'clock.
Bail was accepted for Sferloza In $1,000
on the two charges against him, his wlft
going security. No bail was offered fo1
Giuseppe. . ---... $500
The evening world., 1894-10-13
BROOKLYN NEWS.
THREEBUCKETsOF CHARMS"
Langfera's Odd and Many Tails
mans Against Witches.
Loaded with Queer Trinkets and
Had Money in His Hair.

Albert Langford, an aged negro. who
lived with his wife and three children
at 459 Baltic street, Brooklyn, was sent
to Raymond Street Jail this morning,
pending an examination into his mental
condition.
Early last evening a group of people
rushed into the Butler street police
station and excitedly exclaimed to Sergt.
Maude that Langford was tearing his
house down. They said he was armed
with "A hammer, a chisel and an axe
and was ripping up the flooring. They
were afraid that he might come out
into the street and injure somebody.
Roundsman Martin and Policeman
Hevor were sent to the house. on APP
preaching they heard a great disturb
ance within. and they entered eau
tiously. They found that some of the
flooring had already been torn up.
Langford was found In back room.
There are three witches in the
house." he exclaimed, rolling his eyes In
terror, land l want to catch en-.
The policeman soothed the old man,
and induced him to accompany them to
the station-house. His peculiar appear
ance attracted much attention. He wore
ages, covered with paper and cloth. were
tied securely to the buttons. so that the
old man, unable to button his coat, had
secured 1t by encircling his waist with
heavy rope. His hair. which was
long and thick, was fastened In knot
at the back.
At the station the man was searched
and his pockets were emptied OF queer
assortment of things.
There were two rusty revolvers. bits
| OF chicken bones, stones, buttons, strings
rags, small scraps OF wood and othel
| things, all Of which the prisoner declaret
were charms to scare away witches
The contents of his oyercoat alone more
than filled good-sized Iron bucket
Tied to the lining of his coat, were
chunks of lead, encased in linen. Alto
gether, nearly three buckets OF ode
| trinkets were found in his possession.
He had his hair done up with hairpins
toothpicks and matches. When the fast
enings were removed, $11 In bills and q
cents in silver dropped on the floor.
In the Butler Street Court this morn
| ing the old man denied that he wa
| crazy. He was taken to Raymond stree
| Jail to be examined as to his menta
| condition.
The damage done to the house b!
Langford is about $3.50.
The evening world., 1894-10-13
BIC BATTlE-SH|PS MAY RACE.
The Maine and the Raleigh May
Have a Trial Of Speed.
Constructors of the Formers Engines
Confident of Big Bonus.

The big battle-ship Maine left the
Brooklyn Vanguard this morning on
her official trial trip.
She went up the Sound, bound for
New London, Conn, where she will re-
main until Tuesday, when the Board
of Engineers Will begin the test OF her
engines.
At 7.3s o'clock when the tide was at Its
highest, capt f. NJ. Bunce, COMMANDER,
gave the word, and the battlcship swung
out from the dock with the tuG Narkeeta
lished to her bow, ANA started out OF
the Wailabout Channel. Al the tars on
the other big ships at the Navy Yard
watched the Maine with interest,
ON board OF the big vessel, besides the
crew OF 80 men, were the Board oil
tives from the Quintard Iron Works,
which built the machinery.
The last test OF the Maine was made
at sea for the benefit of the CONTRACTORS
OF the machinery This is the official
test Of the vessel. and upon the report
of the engineers depends the acceptance
of the machinery by the Government
The vessel IL not to be tested officially
For every horse power developed dur
Ing her trip on Tuesday over the num-
&c i've a premium of 800. If the horse
power runs below the standard, they
" III forfeit 500 for each horse power.
1t Is expected, however, from the first
trips developments. that the contractors
will receive n handsome premium. At
the brooklyn Navy-Yard this morning
1t was believed that the Maine would
only remain out to sea about twenty
four hours, returning to the Brooklyn
Navy-Yari on Friday next.
These plans may be changed, II the
| authorities at washington decide 10
| order a race between the Maine and
| Raleigh, as has been rumored. The
| Raleigh was built at the Norfolk Navy
Yard. and is constructed on the same
| lines as the Maine,
| The hulls OF both vessels were built
| by the Government, the Maine having
| been constructed at the Brooklyn Navy.
Yard. The Raleigh has just been com.
| pleted.
The evening world., 1894-10-13
WHERE IS COACHMAN HOWARD?
Inspector Dodge Tosk Him from
Ellis Island Last Night
Gen. Tracy Protests to Secretary
Carlisle by Wire.

Nobody knows whether or not John
James Howard is on Ellis Island or
elsewhere. excepting the man who has
him in charge
He Is the British jarvey employed in
England on a contract with ex-Vice-
President Levi p. Morton. the Republi-
can candidate for Governor of New
York.
DR.. Senner, the Commissioner of I'm
migration, declares that the man Is
not In his custody. and he does not
know and does not care whether the
man Is on Ellis Island or in Jericho.
The captured coachman is in charge OF
Inspector Dodge. Of Vermont, and II is
said that the inspector took the man
presumably to lock him up elsewhere,
and possibly to give him good time.
Pursuant to the laissez faire. non-inter-
ference, negligee policy, which DR.. Sen.
to permit Mr.. Plat, of Tracy. Boardman
4 l!att, lawyers, ana son of Boss
Thomas c., to have an interview with
Howard yesterday.
man with Jim Hinkley," said MIR Plat
this morning THE whole business is a
clutch for campaign straw. Nobody
viii be impressed
might be impressed by the disclosure
that Mr., Morton has q retinue OF Eng.
fish servants, MIR Plat said that Mr..
Morton had acquired his British en-
tourage while abroad where, as Minis
ter and traveller, he has spent a great
deal of time, and rather than discharge
them he has brought those domestics
who cared to come to this country.
The position taken by Mr.. Morton and
his counsel is that Howard is a personal
and domestic servant, exempted from
the exclusion by the law.
Gen. Tracy wired Secretary Carlisle
at length last night and Is awaiting
Of the Treasury decides to hold Howard
Gen. Tracy will apply for writ of ha'
bas corpus.
The evening world., 1894-10-13
INVOLVES HARRISON, TOO.
Kelly Say. the Onicer dubbed Him
After Schroeder Robbed Him.

Patrick Kelly. who testified before the
Lexow Committee recently to the effect
that Policeman Martin Schroeder. of the
East Eighty-eighth street station. had
picked his pockets of 30 cents while he
was asleep on a cellar-door on the night
OF oct l, called at Police Headquarters
this morning and made a complaint
against Policemen Charles w. Harrison
and Martin Schroeder.
Kelly said that after he had been
robbed of the 30 cents by Schroeder, he
crossed to the opposite side OF the
street and told Harrison he had been
robbed by Schroeder Kelly says Har--
rison struck him about the face and
body. and was assisted by another Of
ficer.
Schroeder, Harrison and Lawlor. who
was on duty that night, were summoned
to appear before Inspector Williams this
morning. Kelly failed to identify Law
lor, but recognized Schroeder and Har-
rison.
A complaint was accepted against
Harrison, and he and Schroeder Will be
tried before the Police Commissioners
next Wednesday morning.