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The herald., 1897-10-31

"The freshest fact I have" said Mrs.
Up-to-Date, 'is that Miss Lives-on the
Wheel has let her skirts down. 1 saw
her in the park this morning"
Miss Lives-on- the Wheel looked gull
ty but defiant. yes, I know" she
said 81 vowed I would never ride in a
dress that came below the knees, but
[ didn't count on these new tartan
stockings. The minute l saw them L
planned a cycle skirt to come to the
ankles"
Its too bad" she went on, while
the other women tried to look SYM
pathetic; II rode in bloomers in the
beginning; they are so safe and so
comfortable, and for a little time they
We're really recognized as the fit and
proper costume for cycling. But when
everybody began to ride, boomers We're
used in such way that they got a
black eye. 1t nearly broke my heart,
but 1 put on skirts, with most other
women. ! had them short and they
were not such a great handicap in rid
ing, especially when women began to
have the sense. as 1 thought 1t, to leave
off leggins and stiff high boots and to
ride, with free ankle action, in stock
ings.
But stockings are the death of short
skirt riding. When you see bright scar
let and blue and green plaid legs out
on the roads, wheeling is too much of
a free variety show, and even the wo-
men who are wearing plain tan and
grey and black, are going to feel them
selves a part of continuous perform
ance outfit and take to bicycle dresses
as long as Englishwomens
"I'll make a bet with you, Mrs. Up
to- Date" wound up Miss Lives n-the-
Wheel, energetically; next spring we
will all be riding in skirts as long as
walking dresses and struggling to look
pleasant and think we like it. If our
'Arryj' and 'Arriets' will make barber
poles of their legs, there is, for the
rest of us, another way"
Long or short, Miss Lives -on-the-
Wheels bicycle outfit is always the
neatest on the road" said Mrs. Up-to-
Date in a conciliatory manner. She
was wearing rough grey and black
mixture yesterday, warm-looking and
Just the thing for cold weather. The
black very effectively. Under the coat
she wore a scarlet silk vest or blouse;
that was the only touch of bright color
about her. She had a little black cap
and black shoes and stockings"
ut seems to me-" said the small per-
son in brown, who had started the con-
versation that nobody nowadays talks
anything but bicycle. Mrs. Bore-em,
who is reading the paper, has a dress
that looks quite novel"
Yes" said Mrs. Up-to-Date, Mrs
Bore-em always brings out a costume
when she is brought out on the pro-
gramme. The one she is wearing to-
day is of old rose cashmere. Did you
notice the length of the skirt? 1t has a
decided dip in the back; all the dressier
models are coming that way.
But the newest thing about that
dress is the way the skirt is cut down
at the top in front and bodice is cut
up, to correspond. There is a pleated
front of pale green taffeta that shows
below the belt and a little way above
it and looks as if it had slipped down
from where it belongs, unless YOU hap
pen to know that it is quite the thing
at present to have decolete skirts and
guimpe or bertha hip pieces. It's not
such a bad freak but not one to last
long. Skirt and bodice have white
The herald., 1897-10-31

beaks; and they show savage fight and
cry out harshly if disturbed.
We climbed cautiously along the face
of the cliffs, which lowered above our
heads a thousand feet and more; and
little Alexander, who had resumed his
tattered wardrobe, clambered light
above us, in pursuit of the young birds.
ClinSing to the almost perpendicular
wall by his toes and fingers, he worked
his way to places l should have con-
sidered absolutely inaccessible, know
ing that in those spots the "1rophcs"
Gas he called them) would be sure to
build. Not only were the rocks pre-
carlous to climb, but against their sides
were set clumps of the cruel prickly-
pear. the spines of which innict bad
wounds, even if the hands and feet of a
climber are protected by gloves and
boots. How the boy escaped these 1 do
not know; but he evaded all difficult
ties, and at last shouted to us that he
had found a nest. We waited in anx-
iety until at last he appeared, a long
way up. clinging to the rock like a
limpet, holding his old hat, containing
an egg, in his teeth and struggling,
biting ''Trophic" of full growth in one
hand.
1t was no easy matter for the young
ster to descend that steep and slippery
precipice. keeping his grip on that
fiercely fighting bird and 1 trembled
for his safety until he Joined us at our
shelter near the waves. But at last he
reached us, tired and trembling, but
taking no great creuIo to himself for
what a. northern how would have
thought a mighty feat and talked over
for a week.
1t was now time for the old birds to
The herald., 1897-10-31
Ingerso1l and His Barber.

A barber who has shaved many pub
lie men says that when in the chair
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll is open to
conversation upon any subject under
the sun. He talks as breezily as he
writes or lectures. His skin is tender,
and he never takes a close shave. He
told the barber once that he could par.
don the mistakes of Moses, but that
BARRIERS mistakes We're unpardonable,
The most amusing barber he ever met
was. in Springfield, Ill. The last time
he shaved the colonel, he related to him
a very interesting story. 1t was about
a barber who went crazy while shaw
ing a customer, and cut the latter's
throat Then he asked the colonel il
he thought there was any ground for
the idea that insanity was hereditary
in some families.
What do you want to know for:.-
said the colonel, cycling the man sus-
piciously.
Because" he answered. that bar
Der was cousin of mine.'
The herald., 1897-10-31

come in from their sea-trips so I wait
ed, gun in hand, for their appearance.
Soon we saw them at a distance, look
ing like great swallows, with their
pointed wings and shapely forms. They
arrive at a point in air far overhead,
and seem to be seeking out their re-
spective dwelling places, spending
much time in apparent wranglins and
discussion.
"They so foolish" said Alexander.
"dey don know dey own nes';' which
appeared to be the case, as they made
many attempts before finally settling
down for good and all. 1t is not to be
wondered at, this confusion of the birds
as to the identity of their nests, when
the general sameness of the cliffs IS
taken into account. AS 1 have already
remarked. the perfect symmetry of the
bird, when floating in mid-air, de-
ceives one as to its real size; and tllls
was the cause of my many misses Whan
l tried to shoot them, poised so tar
above me or swiftly darting through
the sky. 1t has a really robust body,
when viewed near at hand; but, from
the tip of its sharp beak, to the end Cf
it's pointed tail, (with its two straw
like feathers, twenty inches long, float
ing gracefully behind,) all is symmetry
and grace No one would think that
the distance from tip to tip of out
stretched wings was quite three feet,
nor that the bird was bigger-seen at
the great height at which it flies-than
gull or sea-swallow. f. A. ODER.
Copyright, 1897, by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1897-10-31
To Detect Coal Thieves.

ago to discover where coal thieves are
most numerous along the line of SONS
of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey
railroads. The coal was merely
splashed with whitewash, after it had
been loaded upon the cars. AS coal
trains are slow ones, and are often
sidetracked for days together at OBJ
scure little places, where there are
few or no employees to guard them, the
enemies of the Coal Trust take advant-
age of these delays to replenish their
bins A glance at a load that has been
sprinkled with whitewash shows where
coal has been removed and places
where such removals are frequent are
either guarded or avoided afterward.
The herald., 1897-10-31
ELLEN OSBORN'S FASHION LETTER.
Which Concerns Itself With Discussion of Clothes Worn at
WOmans Club Meeting.

ri have taken all my summer waists,
silk ones 1 mean, and covered them
with chiffon to wear this winter, even
ings. They will be out of style next
summer and mean to get the good Of
them.'
THAT is all very WELL" said Mrs. Up.
to-Date, "for clever person like you.
/ saw a grey velvet toque this morn
ing-here comes Mrs. Bore-em.
1--WE enjoyed your paper so much,
dear; it was so very instructive"
The tall blonde and the small per-
son in brown went away together from
the club meeting.
II get out of patience, don't you,"
said one. with people who can talk
nothing but fashions?'
The herald., 1897-10-31
ROBBING THE NEST OF THE
"TROPIC BIRD"

Probably the best known cases Of
this statue grating are to be found IN
the Cour d'Honneur of the Palace of
Versailles. The statues which are now
inscribed with the names of Marshals
Morter, Massena, Jourdan and Lannes
on their pedestals We're originally sur
mounted by the heads of Generals Las
sale, Espagne and of other officers of
minor fame and celebrity. These heads
were removed by sculptor by the
name of Latte during the reign of King
Louis Philippe, and it seems that While
he was at work on the statue of Gem
/ eral Espagne the latter's children hap
pened to visit Versailles. The spectacle
presented by the artist in the very act
of decapitaing the statue OF their re-
vered parent was so great shock that
one of the ladies tainted on the spot. A
| considerable outcry was raised about
the subject in the Partisan press at the
time, but the authorities took no notice
thereof, and did not stop until new
heads had been grated upon all the
statues at Versailles.
When Napoleon III. came to the
throne after the "coup d'etat," most of
the statues of the Citizen King and of
the digntaries of his reign were decap-
litated and supplied with heads portray
ing the features of Napoleon himself or
of his Ministers.
| In France it is customary that each
prefecture, or provisional governor
palace, should be adorned with one or
more statues and busts of the ruler of
the country for the time being, as we'll
as with those of the Minister of the In
terror. Every provincial post-oifice is
expected to be similarly equipped, with
this difference, that a bust of the Post
master General takes the place of that
of the Minister of the interior. The
same is the case with every public
i school, as well as with all the customs
and inland revenue offices throughout
the length and breadth of France.
OF course, it would never do to re-
tain in the place of honor statues or
busts of personages who, for one reason
Or another, no longer hold office, and
The herald., 1897-10-31
Laces Owned BY Eugenie.

One of the most wonderful laces
owned by the Empress Eugene was a
point de Brussels shawl. No less than
eighty experts We're employed for one
year in making it, and its cost was
1000. An overdress made for the
Empress and finished on the day of the
fall of the Empire was even more cost
ly. 1t never came into her possession,
so far as known. Mrs. A. T. Stewart,
as well as many other wealthy society
leaders here and abroad, tried to pur-
chase the garment, but it was not for
sale at any price. The overskirt was
pronounced "a perfect vision of lowell
ness" by Mrs. Stewart, who saw it in
Paris. Now, however, no one knows
where it is.
The herald., 1897-10-31

New York, Oct. 21.-A group of wo-
men were sitting in the ladies' smok-
ing room of a big hotel. They were
not smoking, but had fled for refuge
from a paper" on Ancient Art as
Practised by the Inhabitants of the
Moon" This paper was being read, in
cial'' meeting of a woman's club to
which they belonged.
'It is very instructive said a small
person in brown, but I am tired Mrs.
Up-to-Date, what is the newest thing
in clothes?"
The herald., 1897-10-31
An AppIication for Office.

Here is a queer letter that was re-
ceived by the late l.. Q. c. Lamar from
a man who wanted a place under the
government:
"Hon. L. @. C. Lamar: Dear Sir
In trying Experiments I Placed A
Duck under a Spout and worked the
Pump vigorously Half an Hour. No
Drop of the Fluid Penetrated His
Feathery Armor. l Next wrote Poll
tician who Could Help me to A Po-
sition BY A word or the Scratch of a
Pen. the Duck and the Politician are
Impervious. In Considering my Appli-
cation For Employment, l Hope you
will Not Be a Duck Nor A Politician"
The herald., 1897-10-31
STEAMERS WHISTLES.
Men With Good Memories and
Keen Ears Learn to Recognize
Individual Ones.

Perhaps all steamboat whistles are
practically alike to most men, yet even
to the Impractical hearing there is
good deal of individuality in them, and
anyone with a good ear and a good
memory can easily learn to distinguish
one whistle from another. Hundreds
of men living on the shores of New
York Bay can by this means recognize
the different ferryboats and many of
the tugs by their peculiar whistles
One of the health officers at quarantine
can recognize a transatlantic steamer
entering the port when she blows her
whistle before rounding Fort Wads-
worth. There is really as much differ
ence in the notes of whistles as in the
tones of human voices. Some are
pitched high and some low, some are
deep and sonorous and others are
shrill and ear-piercing. This is partic-
ularly the case with the big mouthed
whistles of the great steamships which
have range of over an octave, be-
ginning soft and low, and dying away
on their first note.
| Such whistle once heard is not cas-
lily forgotten. 1t is on the Mississippi
River, though, that steamboat whistles
attain their greatest individuality. On
the upper part of the river, between
Dubuque and st. Paul. there used to
be many small towns whose only means
of communication with the world was
the steamboat. There were in those
days only two lines of passenger
steamers plying on that part of the
river, and there were all told not more
than a score of vessels. So frequently
were the whistles of these boats heard
during the season, for every landing
was preceded by a blast, and so readily
were they distinguished from each
other, that their sounds We're carried
in the memory from season to season
without the slightest difficulty.
The herald., 1897-10-31

pleatings about the hem
Mrs. Haunt-the-Shops, have you
seen the new brocades?"
Eyes, they are capital, quite the best
materials brought out this fall" Mrs.
Haunt-the- Shop bent forward in her
chair. THE moire velvet is lovely
enough to go down on ones knees to it,
Some of it is striped with pink or blue
tinsel on a white ground. But the pret-
tiest piece of goods l have seen is one
of the new brocateles, thick and soft
and with a raised seaweeu design on
white in pale green"
There is a woman inside, to the right
of the Presidents chair, who is wear
ing a beautiful brocade, handsome
enough for a reception gown" said the
The herald., 1897-10-31
Portueuese in California.

The Portuguese in California, OF
whom there are over 1900, are almost
invariably farmers, though there are
some fishermen. They are the dairy
men of the central part of the state,
and they produce a large portion of
the butter and cheese. They also favor
fruit growing and vineyard work. In
the mountains many Portuguese are
sheep-raisers. They do much of the
farm labor in some sections. They are
industrious and orderly, and are al
ways eager to send their children to
school.
The herald., 1897-10-31
The Blcssmos Of Budapest.

If you visit Budapest in summer YOU
will see one of the strangest sights in
central Europe-a great city complete
ly bathed in blossoms. All the streets
are thckly shaded by locust trees, and
their white flowers pervade the town.
on sultry summer nights the perfume
of these blossoms, overpowering and
almost sickly sweet, is felt the strong
est, and its Intoxicating effect is added
to by the never ending music of Hun
garian gypsy orchestras.
The herald., 1897-10-31
|OUEER TRICK Of
STATUE GRAF TING,
Amusing Result of Rapid Political
Changes in the French
Republic.
HEADS DON'T FIT.
Grotesque Effects That Might Be
Seen Should the Practice Be
Introduced Here.

To the frequent changes of govern
ment which have taken place in France
during the last hundred years must be
attributed the development and perfec-
ton of an extraordinary art that may
he described as statue grating. Quite
a large number of the statues in Paris,
as well as in the various cities and
towns of France, bear other heads on
their shoulders than those originally
placed there by the artist.
The herald., 1897-10-31

Eyes, indeed; they are tedious. What
shall L have my dressmaker do with a
piece of primrose brocade? I've got
some sable fur and turquoise embroi-
derry" ELLEN OSBORN.
Copyright, 1897 by Bacheller Syndicate.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-05-09
The Gold shipments.

Already $3.50 OOO Of gold has been
engaged fm shipment during the
week ending with May T.. Thisls at
the rate of more than Il million dol.
lars n day, and il tho drain continues
FOR any length OF timc it is evident
that the gold redemption reserve will
he reduced below tho onc-hunGrol.
million dollar mark in n very brief
pcriOI. Four years ago Mt this time,
when the bankers conspiracy, Crgan-
led with the consent and he conniv.
Hncc OF Prcsi l'nt Clcvcllnd Tor the
puruOSc 81 securing tho repeal 81 tho
purchasing ella $50 Of the Sherman
law, began, the subsidized gollito
press nf the Fast raised n tremendous
howl az pauic when gold exports
amounted to 2.00O.O90 n week. but
O the same organs ure trying TO
convince the readers that the present
movement ia only Onn Of the natural
operations Of international trade. md
that il can lIavo no possible injur.
ions effect upon our business inter.
csta. Tho eny now that this gold IL
going out because Of nm %cxirhordin
ray dcmnml in Japan and Russia. but
they fnii Ia tell ia when TINT extra.
ordinary demand will cease. or what
course our present administration
will pursue in CASE the redemption
reserve III the treasury falls below
tho on '.hundrcd-mil n.dollar mark
In our opinion, another issue of
bonds ia quite within tho range OF
possibilities. but time will toll.-Den.
yer Republican.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-05-09
IRON TUESDAYS DAILY
5ALMAGUNDI.

Measles have broken out at the
State PRISON.
Supt. Acler's private car passed
west On No. 4 today.
The wag OF Il yaller dogs tail is
better than the shake az IL false
friends hand.
Commissioner Woolverton left for
home last evening and Commissioner
Reed hit the trail this morning.
The Fourth NJ July is onl, two
months off. Elko should get in and
drill and have a big celebration.
There are twcnty-sevcn patients in
the WaslIoc county Hospital. the
greatest number ever known.
The Grand Chapter 81 Royal Arch
Mnsnns will meet in Elko on the 7th
OF June and the Grand Lodge or the
9Th.
+. J. RcInken md ]. J. IIyIton,
prominent ranchcrs OF the county.
are in town serving on the grand
jury.
The Elko base ball club will az
ccpt the challenge OF the Tus.arora
club. The EIko boys shoul | get out
and practice.
Tracy Fuirchild came down from
TuScarora to:lay after n load Of
freight. He thinks times are looking
up in the old town.
The commissioners yesterday con-
cluded that there WAS no necessity
for "A %ianitor Of the courthouse and
declared the position vacant.
Ed Cavcnaugh. Russell & B~rahlry's
foreman, came up from Battle Noun
tain this morning and put in the day
shaking hands with hi4 many friends.
There were two bids Yesterday for
Sl,50O ~ the high school bonds. f..
G. Jones bid sl5iO and the Henderson
BanE,ng Co Sl575. Tho bonds were
sold to the bank.
The EVanSelistic services in the
Presbyterian church are continued
this we *. each evening at T:3O with
increasing interest. The subject to-
night is: a peculiar and effective
touch" Ever! body welcome.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-05-09
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS


ELRo, May ,. 1897.
Tho Board met pursuant to adj
iournmeut. Present.. =. Wool.
vcrton II. NJ. Reed, and Stanley Rigs
by.
The minutes were cad aud ap
proved.
Money counted and found to agree
with the Auditors books.
Bills against the county considered
and alIpwel.
On the peti ion Of citizens OF Jack
Creek, Chc'ley Woodward VIA APP.
pointel road supervisor uf that dis
trict.
Tho following transfers were Order
ed ma le from tho general county
fund:
To the officers salary fund 400.
10 INDECENT fund s2OJ. TO coutin.
gent fund $50.
The CLERK WAS instructed to have n
number "f copies II the r"v;a'l laws
relating TO n st S"r'; rriI:" and to
NAL It cupy :" each lad visor
III iic county.
The following oil i'll .r,pr'' Hc-c
examined and a]ppro'r!: she If. as
SCISSOR. recorder, hospital ST. ard.
clerk and treasurer.
Tho following ufliri, i bm e. wee
examined. approved and "ri.."i re-
corded:
Char.o' f'tAlcny, sheep rtpe:-
tor; & aries Toync. J. =. Uf ound
Valley; l. ". Davis. constable Of
Starr Valley; x. Il. Miller. 70 "a upper
VISOR 81 Sou II Rub.
Tho poti ion Of the citizens OF
Huntington Valley asking for
authority To aband, IN. vucato and
close the road about = ~ a mile run
ming through Nick SCOTS ranch and
connecting with the Eilio and Iluni-
ington roads WAS granted.
rlcclcrk was o:dcrol to apply Sc
OF the money taken from the person
OF Il. j. Leach. dccrns II tn hiI hos
pttl dues and to deliver the halncc
vi ii MI III his pcrs N II elects To Cor
on r. Morgan To DO 10y hin for ward
cd tn Tua :aro5a Lolgo NJ 81 t.. &
a. NJ.
Tho clerk wns ordered To advertise
for proposals for supply nu the conn
10 with ;.o drr -, tho o,,,,or
moh'h''
Tho resignation ~ II. Ii. Harrison
| J. l. ~ South Ruby To iakc effect
Nnv n voa r~ccciv, nnd ,,c,,,od
M I.I' 500 ,I ~
ino ""'' 'o' "'''o' q" "'sn Sch'o
DOhia weF orcicl ana tho buldS
sold To the Henderson Banking 60
| for 81 5Tj
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-05-09
A Man who IL Tired

All tho time, oSing 10 impoverished
blood. should tako lIoud's Sarsa.
parilln TO purify aud enrich his
blood and give him vitality and
yIgor.
This condition Of weakness aud lack
Of energy is n natural consequence
of the coming oi warmer weather
which finds the system dehilitatcd
mud the III oil impure.
A good spring medicine is n nccos.
sity with almost everyone. iIOod's
S%arsaparlllh il what tho millions
take in the spring. lts great pow
ar Ia purify aud enrich tho blood
aud Duiid up health Is ouc OF the
taos VI. .OWuOn o. pe;icnco.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-05-09
some Queer Suprrstitluns.

II is unlucky to enter u house with
yOur lcii foot forward.
IL is uniIcky to ride behind Il bob
tailed horse at u funeral.
Woe 20 tho man or woman who
sncczcs wlilc looking Mt u now
noon.
II ia uulucky io uoczc hCfurc
breakfast ur la tell dreams before
taking n drink ~ water.
II u maj Owna u white horse. II
white cOw aud awlntc eat, and then
rapn the climax 10y carrying white
umbrella. the average Austrian will
not associate with him.-Ncw York
Herald.