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The herald., 1897-01-20
POLICE COURT CALENDAR
Small Happenings Before the City JUS
tices Yesterday

Only the regulation grind Of petty
business came up for consideration by
the police justices yesterday, small mat
in by the magistrates.
George Woodbury., the petty thinf who
stole bundle of books from the Normal
school cloakroom, was to have appeared
for sentence, but the bailiff reported
that the youth was i'll in the receiving
hospital with nervous prostration and
could not appear. Consequently the
matter went over until today at o. m.
Adolph Ufer, another book thief, plead
ed guilty when brought up for trial and
was sent back to Jail TO await sentence,
which will also be pronounced this after
noon.
Examination of the negro H. X Will
Jams on a charge of petty larceny with
d prior conviction, was set for today at
2:30 pm.
Emma Roberts and Frank Dolan were
tried for disturbance of the peace which
occurred on the 26th of December last.
The woman was discharged, but Dolan
was found guilty and ordered to appear
for sentence today.
Jerry Collins. who is row serving a
sentence in Jail for drunkenness, was
found guilty of battery upon a China
HAL StNSIdl udyS ago anu Will receive
his sentence this afternoon. Collins
admitted his guilt and offered no de-
fense
The case of battery against r. Bellini
and his wife, Maria, accused of clubbing
Mariana Latronica several days ago, was
dismissed and the defendants discharged
on payment of $40 costs.
John Monahan, a fighting drunk, who
raised a terrible row on the street, was
cOnViCtad hafnra tica ol
lotted sixty days on the chain-ga to
think the matter over.
Four vagrants caught sleeping in box
cars and begging on the streets, were al
lowed to go on hoaters, and with the
disposition of couple of drunks, bust
ness for the day wos closed.
ARRAIGNED ON A NEW CHARGE
Another charge of emhezzlement wa G
The herald., 1897-01-20
DIR. Wong's Sanitarium
7,3 south Main

7iS south Main
In arriving at the truth of any
important matter it behooves you
to consider well its source. Be fair
and candid In your investigation OF
what purports to be truth that
you may fully comprehend its true
merits.
Now what ! desire is that you be
not deceived, or in any way led as
tray through prejudice, as to the
wonderful cures Of nearly all kinds
of disease which mankind is heir to,
by DR.. Wong during the fourteen
years of practice in Los Angeles.
1t should matter little to YOU
whether you are cured by this treat
ment or some other, so that you are
permanently cured.
The different kinds of treatment
and the manner in which they are
prescribed is for you to decide.
Many Of late who have called at
the Doctors office, 7I3 South Main.
have been led to eXclaim, 81 only
wish ! had consulted the doctor
before" Come on, my dear friends.
as it will cost you nothing for con-
sutation. lei. S9S, Black.
The herald., 1897-01-20
GALLAGHER BENEFIT TONIGHT

The Gallagher benefit at the Athletic
club tonight promises to be great suc-
cess, as much interest is felt in the
Jeffries go, when Los Angeles sports ex-
pect to get a line on the big heavy
weight. Al of the events are good, and
the entertainment will bring out big
crowd
The herald., 1897-01-20
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. 25c.
The herald., 1897-01-20
ON A NEW CHARGE

Another charge of embezzlement was
yesterday preferred against c. A. Cobalt,
the young dentist formerly in the en-
ploy of DR.. A. F. Schiffman. The new
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12

John Stow, the celebrated English
antiquary, was a remarkable man. He
was born of poor parents about 1925,
and brought up to the tailor's trade.
For forty years his life was passed
among needles and thread, but in the
few leisure hours which his trade al
lowed him. he had always been a fond
reader of legends, chronicles, histories
and all that told of'the times. that were
past. BY, such reading he grew to Be
SO attached to old memories that when
about forty years of age he threw down
his needle, devoted himself to- collect
ing them and followed his new profess
sion with the faith and enthusiasm Of
an apostle. Short of means, he made
long journeys afoot to hunt oyer and
ransack colleges and inconsistencies and
no matter how worn and torn might
be the rags of old papers which he
found. he kept ali, reviewing connect-
ing, copying, comparing, annotating
with truly wonderful ability and good
sense. Arrived at fourscore years, and
no longer capable of earning a live
Iihood, he applied to the king, and
James T., e~onsenting to his petition,
granted to the man who had saved
treasures of memoirs for English his
tory, the favor Of wearing a beggar's
garb and asking aims at church doors.
In this abject state. forgotten and de-
spised, he died two years later.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12
WOMEN OF NOTE.

w M EAH HE NH| DMH
Mrs. mckinley presented to each Of
the young ladies in her party who at
tended the inaugural ball a handsome
fan and lace handkerchief as a youye-
mir. NH
When the. queen. now in her 18th
year, assembled the throne, the poke
bonnet was the most characteristic fea-
ture Of feminine attire, That WAS in
the year 1887.
Mrs John Sherman iE exceedingly
well read and deeply interested in cur
rent events. Next year che and Sec
rotary Sherman will be able to cele-
brate their golden wedding.
Nowadays, when women are just
~venturing to ride horseback astride, 1t
is interesting to know that Queen
Anne. consort Of Richard II of Eng
land, was the first woman to ride Il
side saddle, previous to that women
riding as did the men.
Fraulein Anna Siegmund, a grand
niece of the great composer Schubert,
wh6qis a Asddent IN the dramatic de-
partment q sfr Vienna Conservatory.
recently ~appear66 In that city as Franz
cisca In 'shiinna Won Barnhelm" and VI
ola in ''As You Like It. It was her
arst public performance.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12


HE much needa the discipline Of an
English achool." says his mother, for
In Persia his word Is law. Being co.
heir with an only brother. he was lord
Of the village In which we lived. and
every village child was his slave, When
brought In to amuse him, II their bows
were not sufficiently reverentlal and
conduct irreproachahle, he Issued in
structions. and the small offenders
were promptly beaten. for Persian
boys are taught tyranny from the era
die.
When bored. a band, with the lnev--
table dancing monkey. was brought In
for his sole delectation. He has been
only two weeks in England, and 1t is
impossible yet to make him understand
that piano-organ and street musicians
are not under his absolute authority.
He perpetually orders them, in native
Persian. to remain playing go long as
he is pleased to be pleased, and exhib-
its the utmost disgust when they move
on regardless of his lordly commands,
Sometimes / am glad he cannot
speak English, for in Persia he was
taught to class Europeans with mon
keys, and he has no hesitation In adj
dressing them as such II they offend
his %prejudices. Fortunately his Ian
guage is SO pretty neutrality-suspicious.
title frequently passes for a term OF en-
dearment."
Nasrit is a devout Mussulman, and
was intensely Mortified to find the ia
miliar terms on which dogs, so abb
horred by Mohammedans. are admitted
to English households. The friendly
nose Of a dog thrust into his hand was
the signal for a flood of tears and We
hement insistence or a triple scrub
bling Of the member SO defled. The
love of animals inherent In boy nature
has changed the spirit of Nasrit's pre-
JUDGES, and he now scampers prettily
about a lawn with a sympathetic Eng
fish bulldog as friend and ~confdante.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12


N. H. King, of Des Moines, has just
applied for a patent on a plan which
he believes will solve the levee prob
lem and make the Mississippi. al harm
less and as tractable as a meadow
brook. His plan p indicated by the
accompanying illustration, He pro-
poses that al ordinary earth leyee
shall be divided vertically, at it's CEN
trail portion by a steel partition rest
ing upon piles. In other words, through
the center of a levee he would have a
series of steel plates, making a contin-
uous, and unbroken barrier, which,
backed up by the interior earth and
other anchor devices. would be abso-
lutely crevasse proof. Experience with
levees has shown that their essential
weakness is that in a season Of wet
weather, with the river pressing against
their outer surface, they become soft
and watersoaked; then the weight of
the levee itself causes it to sink down,
and this is assisted by leaks that wear
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12

Scientists ire greatly engrossed in
the discussion of the origin Of petro-
leum, Some of them contend that 1t
is a contemporaneous production; 9TH
ers insist that it is, and has been for
ages. stored In the great arteries Of
the earth. The artificial production OF
petroleum has suggested that changes
Of temperature and pressure may pro-
duce the various substances that 60 to
make up this complex article. If one
pressure gives n ingredient and an
other pressure produces another arti-
Gle, why is it not possible that away
down in mid-earth the currents and
counter-currents, with the varying con-
ditions Of heat, cold. dryness, moisture
and PRESSURE; may not be constantly at
work producing not only petroleum.
but other substances Of which It Is al
together likely that we. UP to the pres-
emit date, know little or nothing?
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12
DUEL WITH RED INK.


Melodrnma Into Farce.
"There are some things so serious
that the very fact Of their having oc-
CURED makes those interested secre-
tive. II was such a thing took place
while ! was acquiring the practical
knowledge Of a civil engineer" said
a man who has long enjoyed a fortune
as the result OF his professional eff
forts. to a Detroit Free Press man.
II went with a surveying party into
the southwest and to the work OF lay
ing out a railroad vas added that OF
fighting some of the Indians that me-
elected everything else for the sake
OF giving us trouble. With us was ..
Philadelphia boy, one OF these unfor-
stunate fellows who thinks he is always
being imposed upon. sighted or ridi-
culed. In reality | was his friend and
did what I could to make things pleas
anter for him. But his suspicious al
ways placed me in the wrong. and
when he did nothing worse than scowl'
at me I considered that we were get
ting along very well together,
"a crisis came when l received a pro-
motion which he thought should have
been given him. He lost no time in
challenging me. and there was nothing
t., do but accept or resign and so home.
I accepted and made the solemn prep
arations usual in such a case. In the
corps was a New Yorker who never
had a serious thought or cared for any
thing from which fun could not be
extracted. He constituted himself
master of ceremonies In this affair OF
honor and went about 1t all with an
air that suggested an anticipation OF
at least two deaths.
when the word was given we fired
together and the result was astound-
ing. From each pistol there shot a
streak Of mingled colors, red and black
predominating. The effect was ire
sistibly funny, for leaves. grass n
seconds were tinted with the ink used
by the New Yorker. He had filed cap
sules. with the fluids and turned the
whole thing into a farce. OF course
the Philadelphia was angry, but even
he had a sense of humor, and from
the time we had a roaring spread that
night he was a happier, brighter and
more companionable fellow" a.at
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12
with cine Head 70 cine Norlh.

People in this age of scientific ex.
actness have reached the stage OF do
ing everything by rule. Breathing has
ceased to be merely an instructive act,
and sleeping must be regulated by
scientific formula. Bedrooms must be
properly arranged afor slamberers.
baths and evening meals carefully adj
justed and position studied with
great detail. Where practicable the
bed should be placed on a line north
and south, with the head toward the
north. This arrangement places the
sleeper in harmony with the electrical
currents caused by the rotation Of the
earth on its axis. Often a person in
sickness and sometimes in health can
obtain much needed rest IN no other
way: Bedrooms should, where possi-
Bile, have a southern ex~posure-that is,
have the windows on the south or the
sunniest side Of the house. The head
to the north will keep the lungs and
respiratory organs away from any pos
sible draughts and the room will also
obtain that indispensable requisite to
health-plenty of sunlight during the
day. In many cases 1t will be impos-
sible to obtain these conditions in
houses where there Is very little sun
light that can enter the bedrooms. and
where windows and doorways make
it impossible to place the head OF the
bed toward the north, but where there
Is 9 choice Of rooms those that offer
these conditions for comfort and health
should be chosen for the bedrooms in
common use. Better sleep can be obs
tanned with a low than with a high
pillow. To lessen the work of the ar
teries that propel the blood to every
portion of the organism should be the
aim of everyone, so that the posture
that most nearly places the body IN a
horizontal position is the most to be
desired. Bolstering up the head is all
ways to be condemned, whether in
sickness or in health, unless bodily in
juries render the perfectly recumbent
position impossible. 1t is not welIIto
lie always on the back; by this prac-
tice the spine and the nerves that
there congregate are kept too hot and
a feverish sleep is apt to be the result.
The right side is the best to recline
on, for then the heart and the larger
arteries are relieved from undue pres
sure. Occasionally one rests we'll ly--'
ing on the stomach. AS a general
rule, eight hours is ample for a person
in health; more produces a dull, heavy
feeling on arising; less, an unsatis-
fed craving for more. And there is
also no room for doubt that the two
hours Immediately preceding the mid
night hour are the most favorable for
enjoying the beauty sleep" of the
night.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12

head from her lovely shoulders, but Is
quite new, quite modern and altogether
fascinating. Like Scheherezade's, II is
told by a first lady OF the harem, and
It deals with her life in Persia. 1t is
a romance that mixes up prosy Eng
Land and the 'sensuous East in the most
delightful fashion, for the heroine Of
1t was a London shop girl before she
became n of the four wives, and later
one OF the four widows, of a Persian
nobleman.
Seven years ago Miss Frances Black
man was a stall girl at the Crystal Pal
ace, and sold ivory bric-a-brac to who
ever would buy. She vas a rather
pretty girl, and at the time Of the
Shah's visit to England caprivated the
fancy Of a dark-skinned nobleman in
the potentate's party.
This man proved to be Abdullah
Hussein Khan, cousin of the Shah, a
man of great wealth and influence in
his own country. Stopping one day at
The stalls, he vas greatly attracted by
Miss Blackman and bought some trihes
from her. He returned the next day
and bought some more.
" When he appeared the third day Miss
Blackman perceived that it was she,
and not her wares, that attracted the
dark-skinned stranger, and thereupon
The man began. History is silent
Upon the details of the courtship, but
It is known that hergaye her many
costly gifts of exquisite Eastern work
manship and eventually proposed, was
accepted and married her. The cere-
mony was performed in a Roman Cath
Ollie church in the beginning of 1890.
Abdullah Hussein Khan was from
the beginning exceedingly fond of his
pretty English bride. He obtained per-
mission to remain in England when
the Shah went home and hired a hand
some fiat at Hyde Park Mansion,
where he lived in supreme happiness
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12

for nearly two years.. He had told his
wifesof his rank and his wealth. but
he had not yet mentioned the fact thai
he already had three other wives at
home. ri
But in 1892 there came a command
from the Shah to return home. ABB
dullah had BY this time decided to
make England his home. He was a
man Of cultivation and had found Eu-
ropean civilization much to his taste.
But, under penalty Of FORGETTING his
estate, he was obliged to obey the
Shah,s orders, and when he reached
Teheran he had to tell his English
bride that she Was, only No. 4, One.
can Imagine. the scene, the tears, the
protestations, and all the rest. But
there was nothing for the young wife
to debut to submit, and she had the
satisfaction of being the preferred wife,
the airstiladyxofthe harem. SSoAf'
When it was known to the English
at Teheran that, one of their country
women was in the harem there was
considerable excitement, and many
English ladies visited her. She be-
came ataonce popular in court; circles
and the shah gave her the name Of
Beebee Khanungs signifying the lady
of laAfes.v But favor and popularity
cost her trials ana dangers, a will be
seen.A &FF
A lew months ago Abdullah sudden
- ala ~,L - L;Lxwteotc orfaF TITS
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12
Imnroyea speed Indicator.

The illustration represents q speed
indicator especially adapted to show
the speed In miles Of a railway train,
or the speed by number of'revoiutions
or feet for any piece OF machinery
Upon a skeleton horizontal partition
within a suitable casing are bearings
supporting a shaft having a central
rectangular opening in which two lew
ers are pivoted at their centers. The
levers are perfectly balanced upon the
pivot pin, each arm carrying a weight
at its outer end, and the inner ends
Of the levers, are piyotally connected BY
links with a sliding |crossbar, from
which a rod extends centrally through
the shaft and bearing to a.swiEel con-
nection with a crosshead, which may
be shaped to form an oil receptacle.
The crosshead slides on horizontal
guide, bars and Is pivotally connected
by a link with a balance lever from
whose lower end a connecting rod ex-
tends to an upper arm upon a spindle
carrying a segmental gear, an opposite
arm upon the spindle being attached to
n end Of a spring whose opposite end
is secured to a hanger, the spring be-
ing designed to equalize the centrifu-
gal force of the levers.
The gear is in the mesh with a PIN
ion whose spindle carries a pointer
moving on a dial ON the outer side OF
the case. To limit the movement OF
the levers when the index hand is At
zero on the dial. a set screw is placed
on the moving shaft in position TO
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12
rhe remperlns OF, SPRINGS. !

.1fNT ~. ne lpRpotihA ch-SfsfNt-
1t is a nice job to temper a steel
spring properly. Like many other
things, the preparatory work should be
well done or the tempering proper VIII
never pc. a success. The forge work
should be done with a rather low tenn
perature. and gentle taps. Smiths are
beginning to understand that very
many bits Of forging have the life
pounded out. of them by heavy and
continuous beating. Light taps smooth
the surface and create what is equiv
alent tc a cutIclei over the metal. This
should be carefully preserved. Light
hammering consolidates the particles
Of steel and toughens the forging. IL
is said that continuous. steady and
light blows with a hammer will mag
netize steel. 1t seems to put life into
1t. II 1t is necessary to grind a spring.
do 1t at the outset and before much OF
the hammering Is done. Do not put 1t
on an emery wheel. 1t breaks the GU
ticle and destroys the integrity OF the
metal. The hardening. may be done by
heating a large piece of iron to a red
heat. then putting the spring on the
iron until 1t is heated through. An
other way Is to hold the spring over a
bright, fire until 1t is sufficiently hot.
It should be kept some distance from
the fire, so as not to heat too quickly.
When it is Of a light red and all Of a
color plunge it into cold water, Do
not use ice water, as is SO often sug-
gested. Be careful in putting in the
spring that the sudden cooling Of n
side does not draw 1t out of shape. II
it is put in slowly it is warped by the
sudden cooling OF one portion. When
fully tempered polish the, spring with
emery cloth until it is thoroughly
cleaned and bright. Saturate a piece
of paper with oil, light it and allow
the, smoke to collect on the spring un-
til it is entirely coated with the black.
Then heat 1t oyer the forge fire very
slowly. Do not let one part, burn off
clean while the other is still black. but
let 1t disappear all over the spring at
the same time If possible. The perfec-.
tion Of temper comes from slow and
careful handling and the utmost DELHI
Grafton in heating and hammering.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12
n RIGHT OF WAY.
Next TImc There was Going to +
Trouble.

Next limo There was Going to Fe
Trouble.
At Park Place and Broadway, Men
York, as a mail wagon turned into the
latter thoroughfare to go up town, the
horses knocked down a pedestrian who
was hurrying into City Hall park. says
the Detroit Free Press. For a wonder
the driver pulled up. and though the
man was at the horses feet he escaped
the wheels. He came crawling out. cov-
cred with dirt and more or less hurt.
and the driver looked at him and coldly
inquired:
do you know what you have been
doing, sir?"
Il do.Y replied the man as he brushed
away at the dirt, but couldn't help 1t.
I'm not the, man to interfere with the
United States mails"
Better look out in future"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12

and enlarge, and 50 weaken the struc-
ture that. at last an opening occurs at
the weakest place. What then happens
is not difficult to imagine. The fifst lit
tie trickle through or over the levee
becomes a channel and ali the terri
tory protected by the 1evee is mum
dated. With a metal partition. the en-
bankment on the inner side will be
kept dry, maintained at its highest re-
sisting power, and one part will be as
strong as any other. Furthermore, 1t
will be impossible Tor amphibious ami
mails to penetrate throdgh@a levee, as
sometimes they now do. and this source
of danger will, be- permanently re-
moved. .bslosls sgst'
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12
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