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The herald., 1894-10-07

checks, over draping and soaring on
her bodice, and. if she likes, all on her
back? Her task is easy to that of the
unfortunate OF a few years ago, who was
compelled to get into bodice of almost
tailormade severity, whether she had
any back or not.
In the selection OF sketches for these
illustrations, those have been chosen
The herald., 1894-10-07

81 would rather trust that medicine
than any doctor know Of" says Mrs.
Hattie Mason of Chiffon, Garter county,
Missouri, in speaking of Chamberlain's
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy.
For sale by OFF & Vaughn, Fourth and
Spring streets. and O. F. Heinzeman,
222 North Spring street, druggists.
The herald., 1894-10-07

which illustrate points Of form and
adorpment in the back of you, all five
showing new and stylish dressea. The
wearer in the frat one has the vase-like
figure and does not need to strive for dis
guisipg effects. The only bodice trim-
ming showing behind is point of silk
passemen terie, which corresponds with
the cuff trimming OF the sleeves. A
yest is OF the same material. th" dro7o
The herald., 1894-10-07

done for an un-
lovely face, which
more often than
not proves q hope
less b a n d i @ a p.
With the figure it
is different, and
the entirely legiti-
mate devices for
its correction are
many. A woman
can do pretty much
as she pleases with
her back : she can
The herald., 1894-10-07

Wall paper, SC, 7lAc per roll. a2s 5 Spring.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23
An Odd Idea in Steamboats,.

An English company rejoicing in the
name of the Tubular Twin Screw Amid
ships Propulsion company, limited, has
brought out IL novel steamer for use on the
small rivers and canals between Hull and
York, which is attracting considerable at
tentiOn among persons interested in inland
navigation. The object of the new vessel,
which has been chrstened the Tubular, is
to demonstrate that steamers can be pro
PEELED at 4 fair rate without causing the
back wash, which is destructive to banks.
The length of this new steamer is 81 feet,
its width 1872 feet and its depth of hold s
feet. 1t is filled with compound surface
condensing engines, with cylinders 8 and Is
inches in diameter and Is inches stroke,
with which it is claimed that speed of
over ten miles an hour can be made. The
novelty lies i'll two tubes A feet in diam
eter running longitudinally with and
placed on each side of the middle of the
hull
Inside these tubes, near their center, are
the screw propellers, which are connected
with the engines III the usual manner A
naval architect of this country recently
stated concerning this boat that, while the
use of these tubes may diminish backwash
somewhat, they will greatly decrease the
efficiency of the propelling machinery, and
will be of little use anyway, since the
waves caused by the motion Of the hull in
its passage through the water are the prin-
cipal source of injury to river and canal
banks. Exchange.
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TeIenhOninr In Rnumnniu.

The two Roumanian cities, Gaatz and
Braila, on the Danube We're lately con,
neoted by telephone, which is, like the tele-
graph in that country, an institution of the
state. Before its opening the ordinance of
the government for its use was published
in the official gazette, the principal part of
which is as follows:
"A person who wants to have intercourse
with another by telephone is bound to no,
tify that person beforehand by letter, tele-
graph or otherwise"
A Mr.. Kir Zaridi in Braila dealer in
produce, was about to close contract for a
supply of barley. He desired, however, to
learn beforehand the price of barley quoted
at the board of trade in GalatZ For this
purpose he went to the telephone Office, and
after paying the fee desired to get telephone
connection with Mr.. Pastramaki, his cor.
respondent in Gaiatz
VERY well. Have you informed Mr.. Pas.
tramakis"
What for? He is in Galatz and the
person to whom want to telephone"
THAT would not do, sir. Here is the
ordinance. Before you can telephone to
him you must inform him beforehand by
letter, telegraph or any other way"
NONSENSE Is the governnitnt crazy?
Maybe they ask me to travel to Galatz and
inform him that on certain day and hour
he may be at the telephone office to receive
communication from me-"
YES, that would do, too" the official
said.
Mr.. Kir Ziradi had to give up his barley
deal.-St. Louis Republic.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23

The stories of the late poet laureate of
England, with which the press has been so
abundantly supplied since his death, are not
all of them such as give pleasure to his adj
mirerS.
Some of them give the impression that he
was scarcely less in private life than an i'll
tempered, slovenly, silent, deeply conceited,
and grutfly inconsiderate recluse, who cared
to talk of little besides himself and his
poetry. Even if each anecdote We're true,
the impression made on the readers mind
is none the less false.
Silent the great poet often was, and grutf
and abrupt in speech when he talked, but
he was never, those who knew him best de.
clare, intentionally rude to any persons ex-
cept such as intruded wantonly upon his
privacy. But he was, like our own poet
Whittier, of shy and retiring tempera.
ment, and singularly Werse to being
lionized.
An American who met both Tennyson
and. Browning at a formal dinner and re-
ception in LONDON noticed with amuse-
ment the contrast between the two
Browning was alert, polished, fashion
ably dressed, ready in conversational COM
plete man of the world Tennyson was
carelessly clad, silent, keeping aloof as
much as possible from the crowd and wear
ing an intensely bored expression upon his
face
Tennyson indeed presently confessed to
the sympathizing American that he detest
ed such occasions, both the chatter of the
guests and the long dinner with its inter
minable succession of courses and variety Of
wines, and that he always escaped as soon
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23

When Mr.. Whymper visited the summit
of Cotopaxi he pitched his tent for the night
On the slope of the ashy cone, about $50 feet
from the rim of the crater With IA great
amount of labor he and his men made a
level platform of the ashes large enough to
hold the tent, which they made fast us best
they could.
I'VE had scarcely completed our prepara-
tions," he writes, when violent storm
arose, which threatened to carry away the
whole establishment, but the wind sub
sided as suddenly as it had risen. Mean.
while, another cause for alarm presented
itself.
"A great smell of india rubber began to
declare itself, and on putting my hand to
the floor on the side nearest the crater
found that it was on the point of melting
On placing II maximum thermometer on
the floor it rose until it indicated no dogs.
Fahrenheit.
'As my feet did not feel at all warm,
tried the temperature on the other side of
the tent, and found it only 50 dogs In the
middle of the tent it was 725 dogs. These
temperatures We're maintained during our
stay.
"Outside the tent the air was intensely
cold, even in the daytime, and at night the
mercury dropped to ID dogs Fahrenheit"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23
Mrs. Logan's Childhood Days.

With me the memory of the Christmas
holidays of my child and girlhood will
ever be one of the most sacred and sweet
of my life, from the larks of the school
children, when / was one of them, in bar
ring in or out the teacher till he or she
gave us a holiday and treat, to the blessed
Christmas morning when we all flew into
fathers and mothers room screaming
MERRY Christmas" to find the thirteen
pairs of well filled stockings hanging round
the broad old fireplace and to receive the
warm embraces of those revered and indul.
gent parents.
can never forget the happy hours that
followed in displaying our treasures, nor
coming to the table to see father and
mother open the numberless packages that
we used to prepare for them
The hours that we brothers and sisters
spent in planning and executing our sur
prises for mother, father and each other,
with the merry episodes, mishaps and sue
cesses and pleasures, will cling to us ever
more.
The madcap fun we used to have sleigh
riding, and the merry dancing and candy
pulling with the troops of boys and girls
that were our friendsl
How well we remember the sparkling
wood fire in the ample old fireplace, with
rows of apples toasting before it, the great
dishes of popcorn, popped in covered
kettle, so white and fresh and tender; the
sweet, rich nuts and the crystal cider for the
evenings when we assembled in each others
homes for good time and to play games of
forfeit and chancel
For genuine pleasure those times have
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23

without stopping to inquire, surprising the
voice came through the open window, at
once passed round to the side of the house
and dumped the load down through the
cellar door. A few days later he came
around and presented his bill to the owner
why, | didn't order any wood" ex-
claimed that individual
Yes, you did, sab" persisted the wood
man. las | was pawsing by l heerd u
voice sayin, Put it in de cellar and date
wat | most certumly dun, sah."
"Oh, you heard voice, did your" said
the man of the house, and looking up he
caught sight of the parrot, who was UNI
concernedly blinking one eye. "Well /
know who it was. 1t was that id par
rot!' and reaching up into the cage he grab
bed the unfortunate bird by the tail and
swung it around his head and banged it up
against the side of the house.
Then he took it in the back yard and gave
it toss over on the ash heap. The parrot
to all intents and purposes dead, lay there
all night. The next morning consciousness
returned, and slowly gathering himself up
he stood upon his feet Then straighten-
ing out one leg and then the other he look
ed around, and his eyes fell on the carcass
of dead cat that was lying on the other
side of the heap. Then he exclaimed as he
ruefully gazed on The remains: "Umphi
What did you order?n
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Waiting for n Eerryboat.

An Englishman who has now learned two
or three things about America in general
and New York in particular admits that he
did very amusing and British thing when
he first crossed New York ferry 1t seems
that the ferryboats of this town are famed
abroad for their size and steadiness, and
this particular Briton had been assured
that he would never know he was afloat
when on one of these boats by means of any
motion perceptible in the cabin. Remem-
bering all this the Englishman seated him.
self in one of the ferry houses on first COM
ing to the city, and patiently waited until
the usual American rush for the wharf
should proclaim his arrival at the opposite
shore. No rush occurred, however, and
after several boats had come and gone the
Briton made the hmniliating discovery that
he had been thinking better of an Ameri
can institution than it deserved. New
York Sun.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23
The Worlds Railroads.

Ernst Kohl, one of the leading civil engi
neers and railroad managers of Germany,
has made a careful compilation of the rail
road mileage Of the world and finds that
the total is 375,0OO miles, and that between
the years 1887 and 1889 the increase WAS 3 o6
per cent. In Europe he finds one mile of
railroad for every twenty-seven square miles
of territory, and 81 miles for every 10000
inhabitants. In the United States the fig
ures show one mile of railroad for every 10. 8
square miles of territory and twenty-six
miles for every 1000 inhabitants.
The value of all the railroads in the world
is placed at 32,1l5,0O0,0OO. Herr Kohl has
devoted great deal of time to the work of
collecting the statistics, of which these are
only small part, and his high standing as
statistician and practical railroad man
has caused his work to be at once accepted
on both sides of the ocean as accurate, and
therefore of standard value Chicago Trib
una
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23

AT dinner given to Mayor Edison to vel
come him and to speed the retiring mayor,
Mr.. Grace who was present, General Por-
ter said:
There is only one act in Mayor Grace's
administration which, | think, we cannot
safely recognize and approve, and that is
his precipitancy in alighting from u car
riage in the street. We could not help
thinking when we heard of it of what oc-
CURED on the Pennsylvania canal when it
was undergoing repairs, that are so fire.
quent on that canal. One of the foremen
brought cart and gray mare, and he put
his son in charge of them to haul out some
earth. AS he went to the top of the hill to
dump the load the father saw the son stand
ing on the load shoveling off the dirt, and
he said to him that that was not the way;
he should back the cart up to the crest of
the hill and upset it. The next trip the boy
made he rolled the horse and cart down
about sixty feet, smashed the cart into
atoms and broke the gray mares fore leg.
About that time the father came up and
found the boy looking at the wreck below
and scratching his head. He said to the
old man, well, dad, that is pretty handy,
but rough on the mare" = New York
World
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"Then I'll take four.h

the resources of the composing room. 'Oh,
you won't have much to set up" said Mr.
Bonner II want only this six line adver-
tisement in small type, set in the center OF
each. column 1t was so printed next day
1t was the announcement of a new serial
blood and thunder story by Sylvanus Cobb
Jr. The morning the advertisement ap-
peared Mr.. Bonner's minister rushed to his
Office to remoastrate with him on the ex-
travagance and absurdity of paying As
times for the insertion of the same insig
nifcant announcement. Now, why did
you do itf" the minister asked. 81 had two
reasons" Mr.. Bonner replied. II was not
going to be bufTed by Joe Elliott, and |
wanted to find out if you read The Herald.
| see you do"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23
CHILLY COUNTRY HOUSES.
English People Who Live in Rural Dis
tricts SILVER with Cold.

"
Where English country houses fail is not
in want of space, but in lack of warmth. 1t
is astonishing that sojourn of nearly SEQ
years in "A subarctic region has not taught
the Anglo-Norman race that six months
winter demands some greater provision for
the change Of temperature than the mere
lighting of fires in few sitting rooms. As
we have said before, the warming of the
hall is the key to the position. In country
houses the hall is nearly always of ample
dimensions, and not one but all the sitting
rooms are on the ground floor, deriving
their supply of fresh air from the hall,
which, us in the London house, gets its
stock in turn from under the main door.
But the greater space leaves ample room
for thorough warming of the central air
chamber
Yet in how few country houses is the
hall properly warmed by stovesl With that
provision omitted the size of the hall and
staircase merely prevents the air from ever
becoming properly warmed at all. and for
weeks the passages and bedrooms remain
at temperature in which it would be un-
safe to allow even cattle to sleep. A fur.
Their capital defect in most country houses
is the absence in bathrooms either of hot
water or hot air, and the impossibility of
obtaining any sudden increase of tempera
ture in case of chill or illness. There are
many large and costly country mansions
less well provided in this respect than
fifth rate London house.
Contrast this with the conditions for in
door life as understood by the Romans dur.
ing the three centuries in which they oC-
cupied this country. Every Roman villa,
however small, as a visitor to any Of the
numerous excavations may see for himself,
was thoroughly heated with hot air, run
ming in pipes under the floors and up the
walls. Better than this, the same furnace
which distributed this even warmth
throughout the house also heated small
hot air chamber, or Turkish bath, next to
which was II cold plunge bath. The writer
recently saw the remains of a Roman house,
built some 600 years ago, perfectly fitted
with warming apparatus, while modern
house of six times its size, in the garden of
which the old villa lay, was unprovded
with any ether means of heat than open
CRATES.
Naturally the warming of country houses
may be overelaborated. But that is rare,
though we have known instances in which
difference of 2 degs. between the thermom-
eters in any two rooms was visited with
dismissal to the domestics in charge, while
the first impulse of n visitor was to rush to
open window. Minor adaptations, though
not so important as those to secure space
and warmth, are nevertheless of daily con-
sequence. Spectator
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23
Starvation Among the Rich.

Death by starvation is thing not re-
Stricted to periods of business depression
nor to the poor. Perhaps there are more
III nourished people in proportion among
tho rich than among the poor. The
number OF persons that seek relief from
threatened starvation in the exclusive
milk diet is constantly on the increase.
but 1t is q remedy almost of necessity
confined to those who have sufficient
control over their own doings to take
a meal every hour and half, thing
hardly consistent with earning n living
armanual labor.-Philadelphia Press.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23

Gold was discovered in California in 1913
and in Colorado in 1853 The discovery was
accidental in both cases, and the fact
created the impression that mines were
Lying around loose" Adventures drifted
about in hope of stumbling upon mine"
Mr.. Thayer, in his "Marvels of the New
West" mentions several instances of lucky
stumbling" Three men, while looking
for gold in California, discovered the dead
body of man who evidently had been
prospecting Poor felloww said one of
the trio, "he has passed in his checksp'
Let's give him decent burial" said an,
other Some wife or mother will be glad
If ever she knows it," They began to dig a
grave Three feet below the surface they
discovered signs of gold. The stranger was
buried in another place, and where they
had located grave they opened a gold
mne.-Chicago Herald.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23

The freshman gave his name and added
that his father was an alumnus of the col
lege.
Very well, sir. think | know him. sir
but cannot recall his name. And is your
father well?"
He has been dead for several years." re-
piled the student.
This terminated the interview until Dr.
McCOsh had secured his mail from the post
Office and had met the same freshmen re
turning from the library.
II know you. | know you, and how are
you, and what is your name?' The infor
nation was given.
How is your father2"
still dead sir" replied the freshman.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23

lady who had attained considerable
wealth was calling on new neighbor yes
terday. She is much given to Dragging
and was going far beyond any previous eff
fort. The neighbor seemed to be taking it
all in seriously, but you never can tell
much about woman. Finally, Mrs. Swell
said:
"Oh, Mrs. Cool, you have such Il pretty
little homel You ought to be very proud
of your home. Why, l can remember when
didn't have much better than this my
self"
Mrs. Cool responded, YES, think it
was when you worked in my aunt's
Kitchen"
The call was perceptibly shortened. In
dianapolis Sentinel.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23

and kissed dozen Or SO of the young beau.
ties and then paused long enough to turn
around toward his competitor and shout:
Settle, Pm kissing my girlsl Now you
kiss yoursl' Kate Fields Washington says
of him that when he married the second
time he said to his wife on their wedding
day: my dear, I'm stubborn fellow, and
you may anticipate trouble. Now, in the
beginning, while l am submissive, want
to give you one piece of advice. If you fol
low it, We'll get on mighty well. 1t is this;
Make me do just as darned please" A
newspaper man who was starting for a
rather out of the way portion Of Vance's
own state was asking him one day what
kind of accommodation he was likely to
find They'll give you some Of Their
fried hog and eggs" the senator replied
That's better than nothing" said the
newspaper man. 81 don't know-I don't
know" the senator answered in dubious
tone; "I've tried both"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23
NaShington's Extinct ynI,.

a large lake has been found, it is said, on
tne ridge OF the Olympic mountains, in
W Washington, between the Duckabush and
onohomish rivers. 1t is situated in a deem
pasln OF the mountains ut an altitude Of
hoout 1900 feet, and the basin is claimed to
De, IN all probability, the crater of an OK.
tlhct volcano II is further stated to be
TWO miles long and half mile wide. with
uepth unknown, as the cliff descend nnr'
Penuieuiarly into the water on all Sides
New York Telegram. O'''0'''
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23

Some recruits were being drilled at Al
dershot by very impatient cavalry drill
sergeant. After about an hour of hard
drilling at the sword exercise the sergeant
gave the order, "Stand at ease" No sooner
were the men standing at ease than the
sergeant commenced to complain of their
attitudes, and wound up by saying:
why, you fellows are like lot of dun.
mics. can get smarter soldiers than you
at shilling per box"
After minutes hesitation one of the
recruits remarked:
II suppose there would be some sergeants
among them. "-Tit-B Bits.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23

When you need any more cold cream
ask your druggist to prepare you some
in little Jar, adding zinc and tincture
of benzoin to it, and thinning it little
with rosewater until quite soft, This
makes a most delightful preparation
quite reasonable, six ounces costing only
thirty-five cents, and while preserving
all the emollient properties of ordinary
cold cream is rendered more beneficial
by the healing properties of zinc and the
softening and whitening ones Of benzoin.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23
THO Matter of Birth

Next thing to having been born rich it is
desirable to have been born very small or
very tall or very big or very queer in some
way The world prefers odd things and
VIII pay for seeing queer people. If you are
II woman it isn't bad idea to be born very
beautiful, but to be beautiful man 10
worse than not having been born at all No
matter how you have been born, however
u Is considered necessary to be born again
II you entertain any definite ideas abont The
tuture.-New York Herald.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-23

A former vicar of country parish not
far from Sheffield was gentleman dis
tinguished for his learning and for the pc
sition he took at Cambridge. One day IA
visitor to the village got into conversation
with one of the parishioners and the talk
turned to the vicar.
Your clergyman" said the visitor, "is
very able man. Why, he is wrangler"
II never heard that" was the reply of
the villager, "but his missis is"-'Iondon
Tt-Bits.
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colored Republic
ans to hear Settle.
On one occasion
Vance was inform
ed hat som e
young ladies de
sired to tie S tify
their devotion to
the party by kiss
ing the candidate
for gov + n or.
n o t hing loath,
Vance descended
from the platform