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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-24

We know this to be a fact, that
there are more stylish, neat house
keepers to the square inch III Elko
and Elko county than IN any other
place in the United States and they
all hate dirt and love cleanliness and
to aid them in the war ON dirt, we
have filled one OF our windows
with White Star soap. Great
big cakes, % Of them in a box for
&lG0. Good for the clothes, good for
the hands and face. Don't forget to
also notice that washing machine. 1t
makes the washday Il delight instead
of IA burden and it is so cheap that
there should be ono III every home.
&" e. II. M. Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-24
Everybody
Knows

That for solid comfort, quick time
and all round general satisfaction,
there is no Railroad on Earth that
appeals 20 the. traveller like the great
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-24

Elegant white dress shirts and neck
wear, the best in the country at
Alexander's. 4
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-24
Prepared! Prepared!

Tho Alexander Business House at
Elko Is now prepared to serve the
public in general with the most desir-
able goods suitable Cor Fail and Win
ter. All kinds Of Goods have been
selected in eastern and western mar
kots. In style quality and. price of
purchase our Motto is never to be
Remember the Alexander's, Elko.
Fresh Oysters served in all STYLES
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-24

Fresh Oysters served in all styles
at the Depot Hotel.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

causes had not yet been discovered. 1t
was supposed that the atmosphere Of
hospital was impregnated with a sub
tie, impalpable infection, which could
only be combated after it had begun to
show its effect in suppuration. One
fluid result of this infection was even
called, quantity enough, 'laudable pus,"
because, on the theory that a certain
degree Of suppuration was unavoidable,
1t was regarded as troublesome hui
NOR, which, If kept in, would produce
fever. 1t was not then known, perhaps
hardly even suspected, that the sur
geon himself was actually inoculating
patient after patient with a terrible
specific disease.
The surgeons of the civil war would
doubtless have been very much sur
prised to hear that their hands, hastily
rinsed in cold hydrant or spring water,
were busy carrying from wound to
wound hundreds OF organisms, the
proper name Of which was or was to be
"streptococcus pyogenes." Two med
zeal discoveries-one, in the honest
sense Of the word, empirical, the other
resulting from purely scientific investi-
gation-led to the detection and appre-
hension of this wholesale assassin.
Many surgeon, before the year 1878,
would have been glad to know how It
might be possible to amputate legs and
arms without suppuration. Many tried
for a solution Of the problem, although
most were, no doubt, content to take
things as they found them, welcome the
appearance OF their ''laudable pus,"
and fight the, to them, inevitable hos
pital fever"
II was Joseph Lister, whose name Is
now known in every surgical ward in
the world, who first. az q veteran sur
geon lately expressed 81, started the
hounds on the right scent when they
were all at fault" This shrewd Scotch
surgeon, coming from Edinburgh to
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

The name sounds Ike that of the
Byzantine emperor, but it only means
little necklace animal that makes
pus," and it is well-deserved name,
for Pyogenes is the busy maker, first,
of that "laudable pus" which is now
known to be an accumulation of the
victims precious white blood corpus
Giles, and later, OF the still more dead
~ symptoms of the dark, glairous pus
The way to guard against this deadly
gangrene and fever was, fortunately
for humanity, pointed out even while
its cause was only vaguely known. The
general principles Of Listers methods
have been thoroughly and systematic
ally applied in our service. Not only
are there complete facilities for aseptic
surgery in the field hospitals which will
accompany the United States soldiers
to Cuba or to the Philippines, as well
as in the sick bays of every man-of-
war, but In every regiment there are
a certain number Of men in the ranks,
each provided with antiseptic dressing
packed Theoretically. These are the
trained bearers Of first aid to the
wounded. The regulations allow Of
their leaving their fighting positions
from time to time to bind up the
wounds of fallen comrades in such a
way as to effectually guard against
"sepo!s," or the infection Of suppura-
ton.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05
WOUNDED IN ACTION
Fatalities of the Battlefield Reduced One
Half. Fewer AmputatiOnS
Required.

Kings College Hospital, London, about
twenty years ago, introduced there
what has been called the "aseptic"
method of surgical treatment. In this
method the whole vicinity of the part
to be operated on, called, in the Ian
guage Of the clinic, "the surgical field, -
Is impregnated with a spray of car
bolic acid by means of an atomizer.
AS soon as the operation is finished,
not only Is the air excluded from the
wound by bandages. but these band
ages are STEPPED in solutions of germi-
eide carbolic acid, to exterminate the
foe that besets the wound from with
out. The instruments and the hands
that operate are also washed in a solu-
tion of carbolic acid.
AS a result of this practice 1t was
found that wounds "healed at the first
intention" There was seldom need OF
treating suppuration, for suppuration
never appeared, except when the oper-
ator or some of his assistants had been
guilty OF gross carelessness. Bandages
were left on until the flesh had grown
together again. mere was no more
washing of wounds TO be done, nor
any expectation of febrile symptoms as
a matter of course. The patient was
expected to leave his bed, not wasted
with slow fever, but hale and hearty.
Between the new treatment and the
old there was all the difference be-
tween prevention and cure.
1t was evident, of course, to Lister
and his followers that they were pro-
tecting their patients against some
thing tangible and destructible that
could be made to feel the sting OF a
powerful acid. 1t remained for the
microscope and the brains Of such men
as Pasteur, Koch Pruden and Surgeon
General john NJ. Sternberg of the Unit
ed States army to successfully investi-
gate the nature and general ways OF
that something. The power of the
microscope happened to the prodigious-
ly increased just about that time by
discoveries in practical optics, and one
of the first results was the detection
and Identification OF "streptococcus py-
ogenes."
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05
HOME OF ORDINARY ANT.

helpless friends. They seemed puzzled
and shocked, and, picking up the poor
drunkards, carried them about for a
time. Then they made curious
choice. Such intoxicated ants as did
not belong to that nest, and few that
did belong to it, were taken to some
water near, dropped in, and left to
drown. The rest were carried safely
home. Boys will care to hear that
some ants are fine soldiers. They
march in well-drilled armies, sending
out scouts to bring back news of the
foe. During battle, IL needful. mes
sengers go back to fetch up the re-
serves. The officers (who have larger
heads than the privates) keep fixed
places along the line of march, and
never carry any load. The rank and
file have to bear off the dead and
wounded, as we'll as the spoils of war
Among the Arabs, IL little boy is
born, they put an ant into his baby
hand, and say prayer. 1t is: May
he grow up diligent and skilful like
the ant"
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

In the civil war the proportion of
union soldiers who died of wounds to
those who were killed outright in bat
tie was 43 to 67, or not far from to
IL. These figures are taken from the
report OF the adjutant generals office.
The statistics on the confederate side
are less exact, but 1t may be assumed
that the proportion there was about the
same.
1t Is a comfort to know that in the
present war the number of deaths from
wounds is not likely to be as much as
so per cent as large, in proportion to
the number of wounds received, as 1t
was either in the civil war or in sny
other prior to the present generation.
And this in spite OF the more than
tenfold increased destructiveness Of
latter-day weapons.
The reason and ground for this hope
are not in the nature OF the Krag-Jor-
gensen and Mauser rifles, used respect
lively by our own and the Spanish ar
mics, but in the astounding progress
OF the last twenty years in the art Of
surgery. 1t is not because man who
is hit by an up-to-date rife bullet more
often dies on the spot, for that this is
the case is very far from certain. Dur
ing the first, third and fourth quarters
of the modern nickel-coated slug's flight
its rending effect is terribly fatal, 1t is
true; but in the second quarter, or "hu-
name area" of its range it has ten
Jannxy 30 ont o1nan hn1a
But all experience of recent years in
dicates that where nine wounded men
out Of ten would have been buried from
. fad hospital in the years between
1861 and 1865, only four would die in
the year 1898, the other six being even
tually discharged safe. whole, and
probably in better health than they en-
joyed before they were wounded.
In fact, died of wounds" so far as
it applies to the wars Of past genera
tons, including our own civil war,
really means in most cases that death
resulted from hospital gangrene,"
hospital fever" or erysipelas. The
surgeons of those days were quite
aware of those symptoms, but their
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

seven feet; the width of the face from
ear to ear nineteen feet, and its length.
from the tip Of the chin to the edge
OF the curling hair, nine feet nine
inches. The eye is four feet long, the
ear six feet six inches, the nose three
feet nine inches, and the mouth there
feet two inches. There are $50 curls
on the head The circumference of the
thumb Is three feet. The eyes are of
pure gold, and weigh thirty pounds
each. The idol was erected in 1195,
and within the image is a temple over
forty feet in height, with an altar and
other accessories of worship. The
Kamakura image is worshiped an
nually by millions of Buddhists from
India, Burma, China and Corea, as we'll
as by those in Japan.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05
The Colossal Image of Buddh a.

A most extraordinary piece Of work
is the colossal image of Buddha al
Kamakura, one of the ancient capitals
of Japan. The image is constructed Of
copper, tin and gold, and where it haf
been FURNISHED by contact, the metal
is a rudy brown, but the general sur
face is weatherstain with incrusta.
tions of green mould where the mas
sive parts were welded together. Tho
height is forty-nine feet seven inches
the circumference of the head ninety
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05
CURIOUS WELL I'm HAWAII.
Flow OF Artesian Water oddly Regulated
by the Clock.


by the Clock.
A most curious phenomenon has been
observed in the flow of an artesian we'll
on Kealia plantation, Kauai. The
water has regular variations in its
flow, being lowest at 8 o'clock in the
morning, gradually rising until 1t at
tains its greatest flow at o'clock in
the afternoon, and then as gradually
falling until o'clock In the morning.
Manager George II. Fairchild, Of the
plantation, thus describes the peculiar
phenomenon: THE top Of the pipe is
thirteen feet above sea level. At eight
o'clock there is flow of about 1000, 900
gallons In twenty-four hours. By
adding five feet more of pipe the flow
stops. We have had this extra five feet
of pipe on top of the well for month
or more, waiting for extra pipe to con-
duct the water to the mill where 1t is
to be used. We have noticed peculiar
action of this column Of water, and
have been unable to find any explana-
ton Of 1t. II the publication Of the
facts by the Star will lead to an expla-
nation, l will be very much gratified.
The column Of water In this five feet
additional pipe placed to prevent the
flow at o'clock in the morning Is at
It's lowest point, one and half inches
below the top of the pipe. Then 1t
rises until at noon it begins to flow
over the pipe. The flow increases until
2 o'clock, when there is quite flow.
From that time it gradually falls, until
at IL o'clock at night there is a very
slight flow and this ceases at l O'Clock
in the morning, the water gradually
falling until it reaches the lowest point
at 8 o'clock, when it begins to rise
again. 1t has been suggested that this
change in flow is due to the tides, or
to the rotation OF the earth, or to the
influence OF the sun. 1t Is interesting,
and l should like a satisfactory expla-
nation" Representative McCandless
says regarding this phenomenon that
in his experience where an artesian
well is influenced by the tides the
water never rises above the sea level
Hawaiian Star.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

The advantage a millionaire has
over workingman is that he may as
sumo the others part. The working
man cannot play the millionaire. Some
amusing incidents are told in Harper's
Weekly of patriotic youths who have
given up lives OF ease and pleasure TO
work and live like any common sailor
in the naval reserves. One of them
was lately swabbing down the deck
under the supervision of an old tar,
who exclaimed: "By George! there's
a fine yacht. Do you know who she be-
longs to, young fellerT' Rather, -
drawled the militiaman; "she belongs
to mel"
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

The late President Cleveland, with
some others, warns us not to get intox
icated with the glory Of war and of the
requirement of new territory. 1t ap-
pears, however, that we have got pretty
deep into this war and it really would
mt be wise to pull out of it until we
have whipped the enemy. OF course,
there are lots of things possible to
make us afraid to win it, but they can
not be profitably considered until the
fighting has gone further. Drive
slow" said the man who owned the
horse to the man who hired it for fun
ereal purposes. Certainly" was the
reply; "but I'll keep up with the pro-
cession If l kill the horse"
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

IT is hot, men say, and most uncom-
Portable. Yes, but the grass is green,
the roses in bloom. and all nature re-
joicing in the luxuriance of fullest light
and life. 1t is usually hot in busy
workshops, especially engine-rooms,
and the summer is the workshop and
engine-room of the year, in which lie
done the work and accumulated the
energy that are to carry us through the
winter season of idleness and ddhth.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

The man who shot at Blanco at a
distance of only few feet and merely
wounded him deserves the death he
will undoubtedly get If to blunder is
a crime, what must be the verdict in
the case of a soldier who half misses
such an opportunity as that? 1t seems
from further information that the man
never shot at the general at all. Very
we'll. Shall he be boiled in oil?
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

passages, Joining many houses. These
have halls and rooms for meeting and
sleeping in, all well made, often with
aSched roofs and pillars. Here are
thousands Of the clever little ants,
bLsily occupied from morning till
night. They show good sense, too. for
the younger take the lighter tasks,
while the older ones do the harder
work. Some kinds bore into the trunks
o. frs or oaks instead of the ground.
end make in them good rooms, with
tain but strong walls. Others, again,
III Australia, form nests OF leaves glued
OF webbed together and hung from
tees. The ants keep a vast variety OF
smaller Insects, either as pets or to
do work. You may call these their
cats or dogs, pigs and rabbits. They
have cows, too, of different sizes and
colors. with horns, and giving sweet
milk. But our farmers do not pick up
tneir cattle and carry them about. as
you see the ants doing at times.
Stranger still, they are shareholders,
and slave-makers first, for they march
cut and conquer other ants, bringing
them back as captives. But the mas
tiers do not really gain by such bad
conduct. They let the slaves toll for
them, and grow quite lazy and help
less. 1t has been shown that they lose
the power to do anything, even to get
food and die II left alone. But not
every kind OF ant takes this down
ward course. 1t is chiefly q red or
pallet olored sort, whose victims, Gu
rious!y enough, are black and shiny
like negroes Yet they are not hard
masters, after all. The slaves look as
II quite happy, and never try to run
away. Ants are always kind to their
own relations, and especially to the
young folks. When one is hungry,
another feeds II. When one ID i'll, an
other tends It. II some ants become
buried under loose soil, others push
II aside and pull them out. II q single
ant finds a dead insect too heavy for
him TO bring home. he fetches several
OF his friends TO assist him in finishing
his task. 1t ia interesting to watch
their care OF the baby ant. Nothing
Is prettier than TO watch them being
fed, washed and carried about, laid in
the sunshine TO get warmth, and in
case of any danger hurried away to a
safe place. And ants are prudent bar
vestsrs. An officer In India found
some ants bringing up grass seed to
dry In the sun. Taking much care not
to deceive himself, he made sure they
had stored 1t in their nests. Another
species. living In Texas. gather and
garner crop of rice. which they are
said actually TO have first sown in the
ground, cleared by them for the pur-
pose and kept free from weeds. There
are some in Mexico which collect and
preserve honey. II you were to visit
Brazil, you might meet a tribe Of ants
marching to and fro in broad columns,
each carrying an umbrella! 1t Is quite
laughable to soc them. They cut bits
of leaves from coffee or orange trees,
and then walk in procession, holding
every piece upright, as II to shield
them from the hot sun. Nor must one
forget one of Sir John Lubbock's ex-
periments. He made a number Of ants
tipsy. and watched to see what would
happen. Out of the nest came a lot
Of sober ones, and looked at their
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

The aptness of quotation from the
Bible-Isaiah 3:12-was never shown
more forcibly than in a speech recently
delivered in the Spanish Cortes by a
Carlist deputy. After eloquently ar
raigning the government for their in
capacity, he closed with these words
from Isaiah, CAS- for my people, chill
dren are their oppressors, and women
rule over them. o. my people, they
which lead thee cause thee to err, and
destroy the way of thy paths" The
Cortes was instantly in an uproar, and
the deputy, having refused to recall his
words, was expelled for the remainder
OF the session.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

The queen regent ought to he per-
mitted to abdicate, leaving the chrome
temporarily in the hands Of Aiionso's
sister. Those who recall the fight Of
Eugene and other royal unfortunates
know that a mob in a monarchical
country is a beast with a thousand
claws and no soul. The lady proposed
is better fitted for the sacrifice, and
she should have 1t II she wants 1t. As
the girl remarked at protracted meet
ing, so may say Christina in this
emergency-'T know my fine bonnet
is dragging me to perdition, so will
take IT off and give It to my sister"
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05
War Into Africa.

Your wife is somewhat strong
minded. isn't she, Littlejohn ?'
Strong minded. A furniture polish
peddler came here yesterday and in
five minutes talk she sold him some
polish she had made elf."-Detrolt
Free Press.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05
Talent.

The Gallant Colonel-Madam you
grow younger every day. The Platter
cd Lady Ito Der Outstanding husband)
DO you hear thatl And still you cay
] have no qualifications for the stage p
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

II wonder how that item ever got
past the press censorl" said the Span
lsh official. which one?" THE soci-
ETY. note to the effect that the Quoon
regent expects to travel for her health"
-Washinptnn Star
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05
Scientific,

Governor of the Prison-"What 10
tina cause of this unseemly delay?"
Goaler-"That expert headsmen you
engaged from the medical school Ia
sterilizing the ax."-Brooklyn Life.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

It's far easier to purchase old jokes
in the comic paper than it is to sell
them.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

Perhaps some people do not know
that the sphinx got its reputation for
being very wise by keeping its mouth
shut for 5000 years.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

No one knows better than the mil
lionaire father why his daughters lord
ly husband is called His Highness."
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

The kaiser proclaims himself not on
ly the head OF the army but the head
OF the theatre. Will it be long before
he becomes the head of the church?
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05
A CHAPTER ON ANTS.
INSECTS THAT HAVE LOTS OF
INTELLIGENCE,
Kind TO Their Sick. and Careful of Their
Young-In Tropical Countries They
Eject Parasols - Military Instincts
Strongly Developed.
Especial Letter.l

MIS- dwell togeth-
er in crowded
cities. That mound
you see. and per-
haps tread upon, as
you walk through
the fields or woods
may be like Chi
cago or New York.
For underneath It.
and going far into
the earth are lOnx
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

It is rumored that Spain will issue
a new map of her possessions after the
war-that is, If she has any posses
sions left.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

When a man is swamped in specula-
ton lot of wreckage comes to the
surface.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

Lots of old soldiers get half-shot ev-
cry pension day.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

Mr.. Mansfield is too good an actor
TO waste his life in the production of
a prolonged whine.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

The only way some married people
manage to avoid quarreling is by re-
fusing to make up.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

But few men decline a nomirnion
for Office II they think there In any
shcw OF being elected.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

my pipe" cried Pan, i've laid aside
Forever!" In his vague regret
The modern poet wonders should
He offer Pan a cigarette.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

Spaniards will kindly observe that
this is also a nation OF government
bondholders.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

He that calls man ungrateful, sums
up all the evils that man can be
guilty of.-Swift.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

The actions OF a 1s-inch gun speak
louder than words.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

Consistency may be jewel, but 1t is
apt to have an alum flavor.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

Only a truthful man knows how
much he lies.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

About SO per cent. of peoples eou-
versation is of no earthly use.
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

The old topper sees some queer things
coming thro' the rye"
The Yale expositor., 1898-08-05

Professional jealousy plays havoc
with many professed friendships.