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The evening world., 1894-04-11

bles OF the lowlands OF England. Is the
smallness of their heads. and Of their
bones generally, as contrasted with the
| weight OF carcass.
| There are valleys in Scotland lying al
| most side by side where the average
| heights of the men vary three or four
| Inches. the evident explanation here be-
| ing a different clan origin.
The records OF the British army show
| that the Goorkhas, OF India, living On
| grain and ghee, average 'e"t inches,
meat once IA day. average feet
inches.
Does not. then, the post hoe. p!ropter
hoe reasoning attributing the size OF
the elephant to his vegetable diet, ard
that Of the fox to his animal dir;, point
to lack Of thought? one Is remin led
| here OF Linculns story when he was
pitted against an adversary in a court
Of law. His adversary had talked much,
without, apparently, much logic. ana
Lincoln remarked that he I'D not know
what to compare this random thought
less talk with, unless to steamboat
upon which he was once going down
the Mississippi. The steamboat was the
i"ssessor of a hve-foot boiler and "a
s"v"n-foot whistle and whenever the
whistle blew the boat stopped.
To conclude, food rlays It's part, and
very important part, In establishing
stature; s.? does climate play, It's part,
and herellty and altitude and environ.
m"nt No amount Of vegetable food
would make the EsquImau large, or
materially add to the size or the Jap
under existing environment. Centuries
must indeed pass,by for marked changes
in race to mamie at themselves. The
shOrt-legged and big -bcllIed members of
our early hunting tribes gradually gave
way to longer-legged and more sym
mctrlcally shaped individuals Those
possessing the longest legs were better
nble to cope with powerful and swift
Features, and escape from their enemies,
beast or man. and thus was gradually
dew loped the higher stature OF our hunt
ing tribes Of yesterday and to-day.
Through the modern process Of selec-
ton and training the dray horse Is made
to lose his gigantic digestive apparatus.
his thOrax narrows and deepens. The
lung capacity Is increased at the ex-
pense of the stomach. the limbs become
more 1.-THE. the form more graceful,
and, gradually, the racer Is evolved.
Natural selection and sexual selection
are factors at work, which through
countless ages have increased size when
size became an advantage. or reduced
size when natural advantages called for
such change. Man has not escaped the
working of these factors. The small
man possessing greater prolific prop
critics and hardihood to withstand the
severity of certain climates has been as
certainly adjusted to his place as the
big man to his. The building up or tear
ing down Eoes on just the same whether
man gains his chief suStenanCe from the
hlubbcr OF our arctic regions, from the
potato patches or cornnelis scattered
over the earth, from the animals about
or from the fruits OF Brazil, the coun-
try where the nuts come from"
The evening world., 1894-04-11

In London, century ago, 1t was q
uncommon practice on the part OF h
fast men" to drink bumpers to ii
health Of lady out Of her shoe. tn
Carl of Cork relates an incident OF TIL
kind, and to carry the compliment stl
further. he states that the shoe wa
ordered TO be dressed and served up 70
supper. THE cook set himself seriousl
to work upon 1t; he pulled the uppe
part, which was of fine damssk. into fin
shreis and tossed it up into ragoui
minced the sole. cut the wooden hee
into thin slices, fried them in batter AM
placed them round the dish for garnish
The company testified their affection 70
the lady by eating heartily OF this eI
quisite impromptu." Within the las
score of years, at a dinner of 1risl
1quires, the health of n beautiful gin
whose feet were as pretty as her faca
was drunk in champagne from one d
her satin shoes, which an admrer
the lady had contrived to obtain posse
sion of.
The evening world., 1894-04-11
Rice and TomutD Scum.

For this you will use one can OF
tomatoes, one-third OF cupful OF rice a
large onion, a slice of carrot, a quart of
water. three teaspoonfuls OF butter.
three teaspoonfuls of salt half tea
spoonful Of pepper and two tablespoon
fuls of -four. First, you cut the onion
and carrot very fine and put them into
a small frying pan with the butter.
Cook slowly for twenty minutes. taking
the greatest care that the vegetables do
not scorch. In the meantime, put the
tomato and the water into a stewpan
and heat until the liquid boils up. When
the vegetables have been cooked for
twenty minutes. skim them from the
butter and add them TO the tomato and
water; put the -four into the butter
remaining In the pan after the vegeta-
The evening world., 1894-04-11
THE SLiGEpW iLkER."

g. II. Ahhotts new farcicnl comedy,
9TH" Sle-pwnlker." founded upon W, s.
| Gilbert'S story, "Wid" Awake" and now
running at the BjOu Theatre. is not
AN intcil"ctunl Coruscant gem, that will
"auS" tn" thoughtful, only, to smile and
be glad. 1t Is. in fact one of those
fnrres that will squeeze the laughter
! from all sorts of conditions and folks,
beginning with the most sednte, AMI end
Ing with the idiot. II you pride yourself
upon your excessive saEaCity and dig
NIFTY as. Of course, you do-you Will
probably feel vcNcl the first time yoll
laugh at THE Slcepwalker" especially
If there be somebody a few seats away
whom you wish to impress by your
sccmly solemuty. But with the first
laugh the ice is broken. You twitter
through tn" first act, chirp merrily
through tn" second, and are rude and
loud by the time you have reached the
third.
THE Slccpwalker" Is m exceedingly
Jpcund AFFAIR. 1t Is farce that Is re-
moved from the ordinary run OF farces,
1t ism: Cribhcl from French source,
and It isn't riddled with doors. The fun
is spontaneous, though absurd, and oc-
CtsiOnally far-fetchel. and there is more
attempt at character work in this piece
| than In nineteen out Of twenty modern
| fares. The Rev. Hatley Hyls is up.
ronriously amusing quite as funny as
the hero of "rhc Private Secretary, -
ana though II appears to be scarcely
| advisable to portray n reverend gentle
| man. clad in his Cl"rCals, singing The
The evening world., 1894-04-11
Treatment of ChiIbIRlns.

Soak the feet and hands twice or three
times week In hot water which has
common salt dissolved in 1t in proportion
of one-half pint of salt to one and half
gallons OF water. This is not only cure,
but preventive. Apply the following
ointment at night, spreading it on soft
rag: Cut up two white turnips, mash
them and mix with three large spoonfuls
of good lard. If possible pound the two
well together.
The evening world., 1894-04-11
In the Wrong Clothes.

To The EIItOr:
Louis says he wears during tho day, when In
tho house doing Homework, corsets, &c. What
sort Of man he be- His wife ough, to be
proud OF him, No wonder she wants him to stay
at home two weeks to her one. After week OF
homework and such companIonshp, she needs two
weeks outside to recover her spirits. The only
surprising thing about It is that she stays with
him at all. What do you think OF him. ladies? ?
II what he says in his letter is true. consider
lin lawful suhlec. for the White Caps to work
As they have been In disfavor for long
time, a notice to 'Iouis' to get into his own
clothes and stay there would prove that they have
not been organized In vain. Anyhow, I don't be-
leve he is genuine
AN ORDISApY MAN
The evening world., 1894-04-11
HERE'S a CHINESE TRAMP.
Found in II hallway and Sent TO
the Islnni for Six Months.

The only Chimes" vaErant in New York
was arragncd before Justice Koch, In
Essex Market Court to-day. He was
found with eleven other men sleeping
In the hallway at q Bowery. by Police
man Hahn, OF the i;ldr!dge street sta
ton.
The policeman said the Chinaman was
AN outCast from his people, having com
mttcd some objectionable crime. His
name Is william Sing, He looked the
picture of misery,
Justice Koch committed the Chinaman
and his eleven fellOw-tramps TO the ISL
and for two months each.
The evening world., 1894-04-11
Cheese Strnws.

Two ounces OF butter, two ounces of
f1our, two ounces OF bread crumbs. two
ounces OF cheese grated, half a small
saltspoon of mixed salt and cayenne.
Mix these ingredients into a paste and
roll 1t out quarter OF an inch in thick
ness, cut 1t into narrow slips. lay them
on a sheet of paper and bake for a few
minutes. Serve cold but very fresh.
The evening world., 1894-04-11
Vegetable Courses.

Few nations are as Indifferent to vege
tables as the American. The averag
housewife, and all but the exceptions
hired girl, cooks the green foods in waite
and serve plain. The French. German
Italian and Spanish cooks have II hun
dred touches to add, and the caulifiower
the mess of peas or the pint Of tomatoe
and pound of rice is a satisfactory indie
pendent course, 1t only takes littl
butter, n little seasoning, a little cream
gravy and a few pieces of toast to max
head of caultlower as good as a mea
course.
The evening world., 1894-04-11

Boil the trout dish them on a very
hot dish. and pour the following sauce
round: Mix with half a pint of good
brown stock, wineglassful OF Burgundy,
a spoonful OF anchovy butter a table
spoonful of minced parsley, season with
pepper and salt, and reheat.
The evening world., 1894-04-11
To Boil Hmm.

Wash a ham well. Put in a boiler am
fill with cold water. add two blades d
mace, a dozen cloves, six pepper corn,
and an Ivy leaf. Place over a slow
fire and let come to boil gradually; skim
and simmer gently fifteen minutes 10
the pound. When done, let cool in tina
liquor; take up. remove the skin, brush
over with beaten egg and dredge with
grated bread crumbs and brown sugar.
set in the oven to brown; garnish with
parsley.
The evening world., 1894-04-11
washing Kitchen Windows.

Do not use channels skin for wip!ng
the kitchen windows, as they are apt
to be little greasy from the steam Of
boiling meats, and II skin is once made
greasy 1t is spoiled. Use an old salt bag
for washing. as 1t Is soft and does not
cast lint. With n little ammonia in the
water for washing them, followed by
careful rinsing, they shine.
The evening world., 1894-04-11

Two eggs. one cup of granulated sugu
one cup of water. one tablespoonful d
butter, one tablespoonful of cornstarca
dissolved in water, one lemon. Crate Ind
rind; then peel off the thick, white skid
and CRATE the rest of the lemon. being
careful to remove the seeds. Save oua
one OF the whites and beat to a srff frod
with tablespoonful of sugar: put tfi
on the top after 1t Ia baked and retuI|
to the oven until II is a delicate brown.
The evening world., 1894-04-11
Whiskcy Takes Out Stains.

It is well to know that whiskey
take out every kind Of fruit stat
Tablecloths and napkins which have be
come almost ruined by stains may
made as good as new by pouring whis
key upon them before washing.
The evening world., 1894-04-11
Catch Him and Club Him.

TO Inc FIlt0r'
Allow me 10 cali attention TO q class OF people
who arc extremely annoying. mean the smart
young man who thinks It very funny to write
up something concerning some one he knows
but slightly and tend II 10 the newspapers IL
there any way OF getting rid OF this class who are
great nuiSanosf HOTEL IMPERIAL
The evening world., 1894-04-11
Dairy Men 10 Meet.

There will be meeting OF the New York
Auxiliary Association OF the National Dairy Union
at the New York Mercantile Exchange Harrison
and Hudson streets tomorrow at 1890 A. a.
C. W. Horr. President OF the National Dairy
union, will be present and viii address the
are invited to bs present
The evening world., 1894-04-11
Kitchcn Centre Tables.

A professional cook, who has peen
about a great deal, says that New iols
cooks spend more money for gas Nv.
centre tables than any people on INV
continent. The kitchens that are not ~
1.-The cellar" look into gray courtyaras
or gloomy airshafts, necessltating s ss
all day" and a kitchen centre table, lne
position of the table saves the wall a.
the best houses It Is considered goo~
economy to varniSh or paint the Wails'
The evening world., 1894-04-11

Every Assemblyman who helped TO kill
the Sheffield bin extending the powers
OF the next Mayor OF New York was a
traitor to the cause Of good city govern
meat and municipal home rule
The evening world., 1894-04-11

Local elections continue to Indicate the
blowing OF Republican wind. And
singularly enough, some good prom ses
n the legislative line at Albany have
ended in Republican wind.
The evening world., 1894-04-11

The fiocking together Of political birds
hitherto unsupported of being of one
feather is accompanied BY natural dem
onstrations of surprise.
The evening world., 1894-04-11

1t has got to be 80 that 1t IL the ex-
pected which happens when another
cheap dwellng-house in Brooklyn col
lapses.
The evening world., 1894-04-11

April can't have many mornings such
as this morning was and still retain her
sef-respect.
The evening world., 1894-04-11

Senator Hin ably earned the vote Of
GENERALIZATION on his tar!ff speech
passed by rousing Republican majority
In the Assembly at Albany.
The evening world., 1894-04-11
Not Mnny NapoIeons.

The great Napoleon allowed his wife
$4,000 a year to dress on. There are no
Napo.eons In these days.
The evening world., 1894-04-11

By a pretty paradox. THE Worlds"
coal at $3.50 per ton makes some OF the
monopo!lsts very hot, while producing II
decided chill for the combine.
The evening world., 1894-04-11

The Massachusetts, State Representa-
tIves have defeated the Anti-Trcating
bin. VIII the House have one with the
nnYs2
The evening world., 1894-04-11

Even New Jersey went Republican.
Does The Voice reach Washington yet?
The evening world., 1894-04-11

VIII New York City ever be repre-
sented at Albany?
The evening world., 1894-04-11

"Prendergast again unruly." Only an
expert hangman can properly suDdue
hlr
The evening world., 1894-04-11

1t is true that the Reformatory at FL
mira gained name and fame, at home
and abroad, because of its unique sys-
TEN and the success that apparently
characterized its early working But It
10 now made evident that brutality has
displaced discipline. that kindly inhu-
The evening world., 1894-04-11

"The Evening World" predicted the
storm. And for once 1t Is almost sorry
for having told you So
The evening world., 1894-04-11
strnp-senncd Cont.

Ask for something new, and the tailor
or saleswoman will produce coat with
The evening world., 1894-04-11

You will violate the prluall'. ~ hor.
rule II you distcBnri the y..tu ui t..
people" And after altering th.s, w.r..
TO his colleagues, Assrmb'gupu Bats
continues 10 oppose the Sheffield util, a,
10 the powers of New Yorks next
Mayor and the Chamber of Commerce
Rapid Transit bin.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-20
Congressional.

WAsHNGToS, May l5.-In the Sen
ute to-day Allen OF Nebraska intro
duced u resolution calling upon the
Secretary OF the Treasury for inferma.
tion as to the total number of persons
engaged in protected industries, the
number whose wages are claimed to be
affected, the proportion OF persons in
the United States dependent upon a
foreign market for the sale OF pro.
ducts, the number engaged in pro.
tectcd industries who are native citi.
zens, the number naturalized and the
number OF alients, and also the pro-
portion OF natiye or naturalixed citi-
zens being displaced by aliens.
Chandler asked that the resolution
30 over until tomorrow, and that
Allen in the meantime ascertain
whether it was possible that tho
Secretary could comply with the re.
quest. "a .....
Allen called attention to the fact
that similar resolution was passed
IN 1856. The resolution went over.
The bill fixing the northern bonn
diary of the Warm Springs Indian
Reservation Of Oregon was passed.
The bill providing for naval train
ing station on the Pacific Coast met
with opposition from Mitchell of Ore
gon and squire Washington, bcause
it specified San Francisco hurbor as
the location.
The Vice President has announced
the following committee appoint.
mcnts: Patton, on Claims, Indian
affairs, Epidemic Diseases, Agricul-
ture and Forestry; Proctor, on Fisher.
les: Davis, en- Censns; Nc MILAN on
Naval Affairs.
The tariff bill was taken up, and the
chemical schedule passed.
Aldrich offered an amendment To
put duty OF 10 per cent on coal tar
products.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-20
Another Sensation

FREsNo, Cali May li--Thcrc is
another sensation in the Heath case.
Mrs. Palmer, who was at the time of
tho Inst trial carried into court on Il
cot testified for the prosecution.
Last week sho was Carried before the
Grand jury and, M before was attend.
cd by nnurso aud la physician. Short.
ly after this somebody wont 10 hcr
house and took her u bottle Of med.
icinc, purporting To- DO from her ply
sician, sent for nervousness She re-
gardod IL suspiciously, md to-day
went before the Grand Jury with tho
medicine. Upon analysis, the bottlo
WIS found tO contain croton oil, which
II tntcn. as prescribed, would lavo
caused death,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-20
Ills Wish

y wicked story is told about two
partners who respected each others
business ability but who hated each
other cordially. TO one OF them came
Il fairy saying that lie could have any
boon he desired, md what ever he
had his partner was To have in double
portion. Naturally his first wish was
for n barrel OF money. All right
said the fairy, "but your partner will
got two barrels on that wish" 'Stop
little said the first. "PcrEaps
you'd better not give me II barrel OF
money. I'd rather you would make
mo totally blind in one cyc."-Ncw
Orleans Times Democrat.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-20
ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS
an Act to define the manner, Of elect
ing County Commissioners, DIP

an Act to define the manner Of elect
ing County Commissioners, DIP
prOUcd February II, 1923.
SECTION |. Whenovor twenty pcr
cont. or moro OF tho qualified electors
Of any county in this State shall pc
tition tho Board Of County Commits.
sioners Of their county TO that effect
II shall bn the duty OF the County
Commissioners Of such county, on or
before tho first Monday in July pre-
ceding any general election. to divide
the county into three districts TO bo
known as "Comnlssioner Districts"
Such division shall bu made 10 con-
form To- tho established boundaries OF
election precincts or wards, and each
and ovcry election precinct or ward
shall bo wholly within ono Of tho
vidod for Each Commissioner Dis
trict shall embrace, as near ns may
be, ono-third OF tho voting popula-
tion Of tho county, TO DO determined
by tho vote cast ut tho Inst general
election, and shnll consist Of ndjoin-
ng precincts; prOuidcd, TINT In case
not moro thnn thrco election precincts
or wards oxist in ito county, then
oach election precinct or ward shall
constitute Commissioner District.
SEC. 9. IL shall bo tho duty Of tho
Board OF County Commissioners TO
cause to DO published IN some nows.
paper in tho county, II there DO one,
and if not, thcn by tho posting at tho
door OF tho Courthouse, and ono or
moro conspicuous plr Goa in cnch Of
tho Commissioner Districts, u notice
specifying tho election prccincts or
wards embraced in euch OF tho Com
missioner DIstric,o 40 established.
Such notioa shnll bc posted or pub
lishod for period not lcss than twcn-
ty days prior to oach general cleo
tion.
SGo. 3. The Commissioners dcsig-
nntod in tho Statute as tho "long
torn" Commissioner Bhnll represent
tho district in which no resided when
elected, and at tho general election in
tho year eighteen hundred and ninc-
ty.four, and every two ycnrs thoroaf.
tor, thcre ahnll DO elected n Commits.
sioncr from zach Of tho remaining
districts, ono for tho "lobg term" md
ono for tho "short tcrm," ns now pro.
vidcd by law
SEc. /. County Commissioners
shall bc elected b.. Tho qualified cloc-
tors Of tho district wherein thcy re-
aidO In tho samo m0nhcr ag township
officers aro now elected.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-20
Pcculiaritics ofthc Calendar.

An exchange has complied the fol-
lowing pecu liaritics which are to be
found in tho calendar;
Tho calendar offers certain curios-
ties which are little known. The l.
lowing are few OF them: No -.., ~
can commence on Wednesday. Fri
day or Saturday. The month OF
October always commences on the
Same day OF tho week as the month
OF January, February, March and
November commence on the same
day of the week, whereas May, June
and August commence on different
days. These rules do not apply to
leap years. rhc ordinary year is al
ways finished on the same day Of the
week whom il commenced. Tho years
repeat themsclvcs-t is to say,
they have tho same calendar - every
% years.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-20
Nevada Livestock.

Two thousand head of cattle were
shipped from Salinas county, Cal.
to Mill City, Nevada, last week, and
about $4,000 head Of sheep have re-
Gently gone from the drouth stricken
districts of California. The Gazette
says that the Southern Pacific has
given a rate of SD per car on stock
from Southern California to Nevada,
and $50 per car into Utah. Ranges
in Nevada are becoming valuable
property.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-20
II,)I 81.

The House Committee ON Pensions
to-day voted To report the bill incrcas-
ing the rates Of pensions of the Mcxi.
can and Indian wars from 80 to SIT
per month.
Representative Caminctti Of Cali.
forniu hnd introduced bill to give
this increase to Mexican War pension
crs, and the committc decided TO OK.
tend il to Indian war survivors.
Mcikcljohn's amendment providing
for Il Congressional investigation Of
the Carnegie armour plate fraud
charges was ruled out on II point OF
order.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-20
What We're TheY2

y Pennsylvania woman is Haid to
have used the most forciblc of the
100000 words in the English language
and few foreign phrases when she
discovered, on leaving church, that
her new hat was adorned with tag
on which was written, Reduced to
1910"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-20
ELKo, NEVADA, SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1894.
Smallpox Scare.

Passengers who arrived on the NJ
Go. last evening report the death Of
n teamster named johnson, who left
Amedee last week for Lakeview, Or.
The citizens OF Alturas, learning that
the man was sick with what was sup
posed to be smallpox, held a meeting
and appointed committee to see
that he did not reach the town of
Alturas. 1t was reported later that
he died Mt house on tho wayside
near Likely Gazette.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-20
Suppressed News.

Little Dick-What are you cutting
out Of that paper?
Little Johnny-Something l don't
want mamma to SEQ.
"What is it?"
ats n article wot says wooden
slippers from Holland are coming in.
to fashion. Good News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-20
Nevada Day at the Fair

Yesterday was Nevada day at the
Midwinter Fair aud the celebration
was grand success. A..
Following is the programme OF ex-
erciseS which took place in front OF
tho Nevada building at 2:3Op. NJ:
Addresses by
Director-General NJ. II DeYoung.
Governor r. X. Colcord OF Nevada.
Hon. Geo. W. Baker.
Governor Markham, OF California.
Hon. w. II. l.. Barnes, and others.
Music by Administration Band.
Nevada State March," composed
by j. III. Meader, OF Carson.
Reception and musical programme,
as follows, under the leadership OF
Alfred 4. Balkin, director:
Soprano........M Miss Alice a. Waltz.
Contralto......... Miss S. T.. TihGey.
Tenor. 49,. Mr.. Gus Owens.
Baritone. ........ Mr.. w. Mather.
Violin Solo--Miss Clara 81. SlcCon-
nell.
u The bonored Guests were Ex-Gov
ernor Blaisdell, Ex Governor Kinkead
Ex-Governor Adams, Ex- x-Lieutenant
Governor Laughton, members OF
Governor Markham's staff and Hon.
j. Sloat Fassctt.
a reception followed the exercises
and the Nevada celebration was con-
ccded to have excolled any celebration
yct held on the Fair grounds.