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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-31
TIE MAcHErE's DEADLY cur.
Lieut.. LynE. from Havana, TelIs
How n Span ards Body
WaA Severed.

The possible with machete
when welded by brawny Cuban
horsema: is toll by Lieut.. L. Lying,
assistant surgeon U. S. A. who is home
in Minre.:.c:is on furlough from Cuba.
During r.: "orv:ce in Cuba Lieut.. Lying,
whose swarthy complexion causes him
to be mistaken for Cuban officer often
er than for u native of Norway. which
he is. collected many photographs and
relics. says the Chicago News. .
"While 7 was in attendance in one of
the operating wards" said he. "a Span
lard was brought in who had been all
but cut in two by a machete. The blow
severed his left arm just below the arm
pit. and proceeded through the mans
body until II encountered the spine and
breastbone. Few soldiers who fell afoul
Of n deft fencer with the machete ever
lived to tell the tale" g, .. -..
Among Lieut.. Lyng's collection of
photographs is one or a gigantic heap
of bones of reconcentrados whose bod
les had been thrown in pile on the out
skirts of Havana and covered with
lime. Another picture shows pit full
of skeletons. where the work of the
quicklime had been left to vultures.
These were bones of persons whose,
bodies were dug up and moved: out of
cemeteries because relatives had been
unable to Keep up the installment pay
ments on their graves.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-31
DAFFoDIL LAND
A rev FIX Artists DescriptiOn OF
the LIarnaS OF the Sicily
Islands.

A letter written by New York artist
who is painting there gives an enthusi-
ast:c description of the Sicily islands,
which have. so far. been com, arativeiy
unknown TO American tourists. Even
II. !! lave LCIu slow ! :.a.izing
the CHARM of the islands So near their
own shores but il seems that this
spring Macy artists have Eor' "Gaf-
fodiI land" and the winter c>i,ibi1ions
will probably be flooded WITH pictures
of the islands. DaifodiIs Lave always
grows in great Protuslon in theSScIily
islands. February and March are the
height CO their E.us&oming time, and.
to quote the artist $ ictter:
1.-THE whole land is a blazing sea of
brilliant yellow daiFodils. surging up
upon gray rocks and falling back in
foambursts. of white. ndrcissus. Even
the tulip fields in Holland don't give
such gorgeous, effects Of color You
should stand on one of the little hills
here and look across the sunlit fields If
you want to see the loveliest things in
the world; yet. sometimes think the
fower-drifted land is more beautiful
under moonlight than in the daytime;
and. daytime or nighttime. the air is
scented as though it blew straight from
Araby the blest." .......
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-31

The secretary bird. native of Az
RIGA. and also found in some of the
West Indian islands. is the king Of
snake deStroyers. the ,lordliest bird
that walks. 1t is about four feet from
tip. TO tip as swift on foot as on the
wing. II is wonderful boxer and as
quick as the mongoose itself. II likes
to play with reptiles. to get them thor
oughly reused and then to swallow
them ut leisure. 1t has long neck.
slender body. strong legs and power
full beak. Its color is clear light gray
along the sides of the head and throat,
wings n brown black. thighs nd alb
domen black. breast and tail coverts
white. The cere and bare skin about
the eyes are yellow and the legs and
feet dull fish color. The bunch OF
feathers behind its ears gives II rs
name. The South Africans have do
mest heated II and made much Of It's sir,
tues. II eats all sorts Of things. ms
stomach analysis shows. This was
round IN one stomach: Eleven lizards
IL tortoiscs. three snakes the siz,
OF mans arm and several handouts cr
assorted insects. When Il is ready 70.
oout II walks around the snake and
pays on The reptiles nerves Of irrita.
ton. When the snake strikes the sec
retary bird does a side step and re-.
celves the blow on it's powerful wing
niter rev strikes the reptile is tired
hch 'ne Hird nabs II by The back Of the
meek ana shakes the life out of II. /"
II is particularly tough he flies I'M
with II a few hundred feet cd dron,
II kerpIunk in way that Is always
fatal. Then he eats it.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-31
HOrses aud Driver KilIru.

Worl comes from Hawthorne that
the stage between rliat t,0Int and BIZ
die hal met WITH All accident that re-.
suited in the death Of the driver aud
three horses.
The hcci lent took place between
Hawthorne and the summit. In some
way the horses took fright and wen:
over the grade, turning the stage owe
and all went down hill. About $
O'Clock a horse came to the summit
station with part Of its harness ON an,
pretty badly bruised up. Parties Al
the station immediately instituted 4.
search and found the stage at the
bottom Of d ravine broken INTO prece.
the driver dead and three horses kill
Ell out right, The drivers name was
J"hI Green and has been employed.
by MIR. Wines who brought the driver
To the this sec ion to drlve for him.
Just how the acciden' happeipti
will never be known HI the e were NJ
passengers aud the only i,vIng thin,
to yet out IT the wrec< was he llor,e
which wandered back and gave til.
warn iup. MIR. Wines left Sun La, for
the scene Of the accident. Carson
News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-31
A SIX ETCH OF AGUINALDO.

Many stories are told ofAgulnaIdo'e
intrep'dit,, and though some Of them
may be legendary, the, show that by
his friends he s thought capable of
dong uIost amy act Of daring. We
take the following sketch from the
life Of Aguinsldo in the Lei, oantia.
60 de Cuba:
Son of d rich native merchant he
was Intended for the church. But
while III Madrid he found that theul-
oGy presented little attraction, and
went To PARIS, where he y. uhed med
icLne. HAVING returned To Ills native
} country ne entered She uIntla. Inc
Spanilrus did not allow tie nutive To
rise above lie rank of captain and
Agunaldo bitterly resented ills. lie
determined "a prove chat he was III
no wise inferior 10 the fore! ners " no
ruled tile country, and when Tile rev.
olu IuD broKe out he found himself
at lie uead Of an army Of 5UJU men,
whom ue led with no little skill.
Many "f his men today are veterans,
well drilled and discipliued..
A prizo Of S25,OUO was offered for
bis head once during Tie first re.
bellion. When he heard of this he
wrote note 10 the governor. which
"a as lollo@e: Il AIN very snolt Of
funds to carry on the Campaign, TO [
will present my head III lers III aud
collect Tie reward" He actually did
In tile gulse " monk, penetrate To
the private Office of the governor.
whom he forced to part with all the
cash he hau Oh hand.
Most people will picture him as u
tall graceful hero OF the Greek or
Roman type. He is no.. tie is Il
small. LINE, yellow man Of the Jap
snese type. d dinlnIuve individual
Id Il white suit which he 5o.nenow al
Ways manages to keep inma III ate.
On festive occasions he wears uni
torn that leaves nothing to be de
sired III Tie way OF splendor. But as
rule he is dressed very plainly new
or without Ills trusty rifle and care
ridge belt He lives with his meu,
eats with them, and sleeps with theln.
Such ls Emilio Aguinaldo, the first
President OF the Philippine republic
man Of whom the world has not
heard the last.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-31
GLoRY---AND A GOLD BRICK

There are now about 10000 sailors
and soldiers now in the Philippines.
1t is the judgment OF one OF our
generals at the seat of war that lun,
OO' American soldiers will have to be
sent there before native aspirations
for liberty and independence are
completely crushed.
1t costs $500 year to keep an
American soldier or sailor in the
Philippines.
Multiply $500 by 40COI and you
will have&6 10 10000. That simply GOV.
ers tho yearly cost of our fighting men
at present in the islands.
Multiply $3.50 by 1Ou,OaO and the
result IS l5U,000,000 That is what
the yearly cost II our fighting men
will run to before we are through, il
expert military judgment is correct,
And when we are through va shall
have these Things to show for our
monsy:
J. a conquered people. suIlen and
rescntfnl, who will regard us exactly
as they formerly regarded the Span.
iards.
2 A desolate and impoverished
country.
B. An add ion to our foreign com
mer"' qnIIe unlmportant by compar
ls"p with tho cost Of getting it.
3. \ ti;ket Of admission to the
concert Of the powers emitting US
70 axe hand in the great European
War in Aeia, whene yer it comes off.
D. q ory-and gold brick.-Ncw
York Word.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-31
ON EVERY BOTTLE

VI Shiloh's Consumption Cure is
this GuaraiIter. "A we ask Of y0n il
to use tw0-tllirds Of the ,untep, of
this bottle fanhfuI'!, then il You cau
say you are not benefited return the
bottle To ,onr Druggist and tie una,
refund the price pail" Price rs cts.
5o CTS and Sl.UO. For sale by Elko
Drug GO.
"rhe cashier informed me-" said the
president, shat he was strongly
tempted to skip with the fun IL. but
that he locked himself up with them
and prayed wi ii them all night ind
oVercame the temptption." al know
1t" sail the chief di pc0r. IL had a
detective ut his door, one ut each
window and one on tie roui-at the
chimney hue-whi,e he was praying "
Elk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-31
T"wns.nd's San Joaquin Spud Mine.

Townsend'R San Joaquin Spud Mine.
Ahout thirty years ago we con-
du"ed Il spu.lery ON :Sler nan Ia
md. at the mou h Of the Joaquin.
Ihe tuhers we e $50 prolific thar they
entirely displa ,ei the SOL. and
spread SD that we ha to frequent
ly get up III Tie night and move
the fences, To give them 1t chuuce.
W zen the spu IL ma ured we
liza to sink -hafts, run drift =,
and stope for them. We don't re-
member the yield per acre. but there
wasn't room rnm III IN he grou I'd to
Pile the spuds that we dug ont Of
it. 1t was Utterly a potato mine.
Anybody can figure ouI The tons in
an acre ~ srudS 1oiid for twenty
feet down.-Bndie Miner. Index
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-31
Does This Strike You?

Muddy complexiOns. nau . at,nv
breath come from chronic runstipa
ton. Karl's Clover Root Tea is IN
absolute cure and has bean sold for
NIFTY years on an absolute gu trLptee,
Price % cts and 81 :ts. For sale by
Elko Drug Go.
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with an insignifcantly small head.
Many of the land reptiles of that time
show this diminutive type of head and
a brain capacity even more dispropor-
tionately small. Nevertheless, the ami
mails were not without brains. To COM
pensate for the lack of nervous tissue
in the Uranium, there was a very great
expansion of the spinal cord in the re-
gions of the sacrum, forming a sort Of
sacral brain. AS noted, the hind limbs
of these animals were the most highly
developed parts of their anatomy, and
the location of the largest accumula-
ton of brain or nervous tissue in the
immediate neighborhood of the limbs
would insure a more complete control
of the muscles necessary to operate
such mammoth appendages. 1t has
been facetiously suggested that If the
adage be true in general that after
thoughts are the best, such remark
would be particularly applicable to
these creatures, who carried their
brains in the posterior portions of their
bodies.
With the passing of the - esozoic age
the reptiles became subordinate to the
higher forms of vertebrate life-nota-
bly, mammals and birds. From the ter
tiary beds of India have been taken the
remains of numerous mammals, prom
inent among which is the dinotherium.
This animal ranks among the largest
of all known land mammals. Its skull,
which measured three feet in length,
shows a lower jaw curved downward
and supporting pair of enormous pro-
jecting teeth, like tusks. From the end
of the tusks to the crown of the skull
measured five feet in height. The same
deposits, as also others of more recent
date, have furnished abundant remains
of the mammoth and the mastodon.
Undoubtedly vast herds of mammoths
roamed over the interior plains of Eu
rope during the Quaternary period, and
their remains are now abundantly
found, particularly in Siberia. The
mammoth proper exceeded by one-third
the height of the tallest existing ele
plant, and was probably twice as
heavy Teeth have been found weigh
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-26
POLITICAL MANEUVERS.

The Los Angeles Herald says that
''Elihu Roots knowledge of war de-
paTtment affairs about parallels that Of
an unweaned baby. He is a high-grade
lawyer, personally above reproach, and
somewhat known as a dilettante. But
cabinet equilibrium, as regarded from
the standpoint of political eXpediency,
makes it desirable to give the war port
folio to a New Yorker"
Not only was it expedient to supply
New York with a place in the cabinet,
but necessary to the plans of Plat to
get Root out of New York for the time
being.
1t is a shrewd movement on the part
of the president to appease a hostile
faction, represented by Root and
Roosevelt, and to make it smoother
running for the political machine which
will be such factor in. the next Re
publican national convention.
1t is no more a matter of concern
about the army now than it was dur
ing the war with Spain. The soldiers
must look out for themselves. The ad-
ministration is engaged in looking after
the politicians.
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of Wyoming. was devoid of teeth and
was provided with the exceptional
number of six digits in each of its
limbs.
Prominent among the saurians that
lived on land was the iguanodon; it is
50 named from the marked resemblance
between its tooth structure and that of
a living reptile. the iguana. The igua-
nodon was herbivorous in habit; it
reached a length of thirty feet and in
weight exceeded that of a full grown
elephant. 1t must be classed as a BIZ
pedal creature, its hind limbs being de-
veloped far beyond the front pair and
serving in conjunction with the enor-
nous tail as a tripod to support the CO.
lossal body when at rest.
The monstrous lizard was another BIZ
pedal land reptile of the Jurassic time
II was carniverous, as is attested by
its large tiger-like teeth, and must
have been a formidable beast. A thigh
bone of this animal has been found
measuring fortytwo inches in length:
the entire length of the creature coul
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some indication as to the capacity of
the animals appetite The megatherium
surpassed the rhinoceros in size, though
in structure and habit ii must be class
ed with the sloths. 1t was particularly
remarkable for the massiyenesS of its
skeleton; indeed, its bones appear as if
soldered together. 1t would seem that
the creature was incapable of rapid
motion, and probably. such powers were
unnecessary TO it's welfare. 1t was her
bivorous and fed on the foliage of trees,
which it was able TO reach by support
ing itself on its colossal hind limbs and
tail while with its yard-long hands it
drew down the leafy branches.
The glyptodon was a strange animal,
clad in a huge shell like that of a mod
ern turtle. The carapace was five feet
long, and the entire length of the ami
NAL from tip of nose to tip of tail was
fully nine feet. In bulk we may prop
erly compare it with an OK
The birds whose remains are found in
the rocks were not less strange in their
grotesque forms and enormous stature.
Limb bones have been found as large
as those of a horse and toe bones equal
ing those of an elephant The dodo.
while not of great size, attracts atten-
ton by its clumsy appearance. 1t
weighed probably fifty pounds and was
covered with down and feathers; its
wings were as useless for purposes of
flight as are those of the ostrich. This
bird is known to have existed until
about two centuries ago.
And so passes the panorama of an
cient life on earth, each dominant form
flourishing for a season and then Civ
ing place to later and more modern
types.
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THE MAMMOTH ELEPHANT.

veteran psychologists, Professors
Marsh and Cope, a great variety of rep
titan forms new to science and from
the abundant occurrence of a certain
kind of reptile the strata have been
called the Atlantosaur beds. The At
lantosaur itself was one of the largest
herbivOrous reptiles known. 1t is shown
to have been fully eighty feet in length
and single thigh bone has been found
to be six feet long. The brontosaur left
footprints in the mud each covering a
square yard, and the animal itself was
at least sixty feet long. Its body was
thick and heavy, terminating at one
extremity in a long tapering tail, and at
the other in an equally slender neck,
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WHERE THE DOCTORS REST.

When business or professional men
hold conventions they prefer to assem-
bic in some place where the cares of
their callings do not confront them,
and where there is little or nothing to
suggest the shop.
This being true. it is perfectly natu-
raj for the physicians of the west to
congregate III Salt Lake City. There is
ozone from the mountains, in the clear
life-giving elixir that flows from ma
lures laboratory, in the health-restOr-
ing waters that bubble from the boiling
cauldrons of the underworld, in the
pleasure-giving, youth-renewing tonic
CT the lake, that makes doctor forget
his use and cunning. to throw his
physic to the coyotes and wonder why
people should want prescriptions writ
ten or drugs mixed anyhow.
There is little here for a medicine
nan to worry about, except his living
If there are those who profit by the
imaginary ailments of resident hypo-
chondriacs or chronic diseases that pa
tients bring from other climes, or con-
tagious diseases that are caused by i'm
ported germs. it is because some people
insist upon having physicians around
rs a sort of necessary evil. But there
is nowhere else a sanitarium where ma
ture seems to supply the place of nurse
and doctor, where the springs supply
the drugs and the lake the tonic. where
the air is so sweet and the water so
clear, as in Salt Lake City.
II is an ideal place for doctors to take
a vacation
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ing fourteen pounds each, and tusks
have been known to go over 400 pounds
a pair. These tusks are collected and
sold as ivory in the Russian markets
At the beginning of the present CEN
fury an almost perfect carcass of the
mammoth was freed by the melting Of
the ice at the mouth of the Lena river:
the flesh was so well preserved that the
dogs and wolves of the neighborhood
fed upon it. The skeleton is now in the
st. Petersburg museum, with portions
of the skin still attached. The animal
was covered with a thick coat of long,
shaggy hair.
Mastodons were common to the Qua
ternary day, both in Europe and Am
erica Teeth of this creature have been
found weighing seventeen pounds
apiece, and tusks twelve to fourteen
feet long. The American mastodon
stood thirteen feet high, and from tusk
tip to tail measured twenty-five feet
Within the ribs of a specimen taken
from a New Jersey bog were seven
bushels Of twigs: this item furnishes
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reliable, making plain to the attentive
reader many matters connected with
the ancient life systems of our globe
Vertebrate remains of huge animals,
principally those of fishes, are first en-
cOuntered in the Devonian system, Of
rocks, and the time represented by
those deposits is known distinctively as
the age of fishes. But the fishes of that
day We're widely different from the typ
ical fishes of the present; these latter
possess characteristic gill covers and
true bony skeletons, while the Devo-
MAN fishes had cartilaginous skeletons,
vertebrated tails and fins, which may
be compared to articulated limbs.
The dinithys (huge fish from the De-
vOnian rocks of Ohio has been describ-
ed by Professor Newberry as being at
least eighteen to twenty feet in length
and fully three feet in thickness. The
giant fish is known to have measur-
ed six feet across the head, and to have
possessed an eye orbit nine inches in
circumference; it probably attained a
length of thirty feet. Then. there are
the berry bone" the "bony SCALE
and the winged fish," all possessing,
in common with those before named. a
protecting armor of closely fitting Plates
covering the head and fore part of the
bod-.
But as time progressed fishes de-
creased in size and strength, and yield
ed their place of supremacy as rulers
of the ocean to the sea saurians," and
these, with their cogeners, the land
saurians," and the winged saurians,"
were so numerous and characteristic as
to give to the time represented by the
MesoZoic deposits in which their re-
mains occur the distinguishing name.
age of reptiles. During the greater part
Of that age reptilian forms predominant
ed among all vertebrates. Among the
sea saurians the monster fish lizard
claims attention. In some of its species
this creature attained length of forty
feet. The animal possessed a compare
lively short, thick body, suggesting in
outline that of the dolphin; its head
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TO ANY SUMNER GIRL,

Chicago Record)
O maiden fair,
With golden hair
And blue eyes brightly glancinG,
Whose laughing hight
Thy beauty bright
Doth render most enhancing;
Couldst thou but know
The tervid glow
That thrilled my soul with rapture,
When on me first
Thy beauty burst,
Unconscious OF Its capture;
Thou wouldst assign
The JOY as mine,
Which very much / coVet,
To let me be
Engaged to thee,
Nor feel the burden of il.
For well we know
That ere the Snow
Again the earth shall cover,
Each, far away,
From ocean, spray
VIII have d din rent lover.
Then, hand in hand,
Along the stran
That lies before Us yonder,
While waVelets beat
About our feet,
1 pray thee let US wander.
Let's take a boat
And 20 afioat
Upon the Dreaming ocean,
And meath the moon
Well fondlY spoon
With ecstatic emotion.
Or, If you like,
Upon = bike
That's built for two Wen pedal.
Ana seek the shade
OF quiet glade
Where none with us can NEEDLE.
BE mine the charm
To place my arm
Around your form so plastic,
As we glide Ger
The ballroom floor
And step the light fantastic"
Let joys divine
Like these be mine.
Dear maid with love in reason,
And / shall be
Constant to thee
Throughout the present season.
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was heavy and large, it's neck short and
stout. Its eye socket. which measured
three or four feet in circumference, was
provided with circlet of adjustable
hCny plates, apparently suited for
adapting the eye to near or distant
vision. Its limbs were huge paddles,
and these, with the long tail, which in
the light Of recent discoveries is known
to have been expanded at the tip. gave
TO the animal exceptional powers of
rapid and vigorous movement in the
water. One species recently described
by Professor Marsh, from the deposits
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT. IN AND
for Salt Lake county, state OF Utah.-In
the matter of the application tor the dis
Solufi0n of the Alamo Mining company, 4
cornoration. Notice is hereby given that
an application has been filed on behalf
of the board of directors of the Alamo
for ne dissolution of the SAID corporation,
and that objections to the said application
may be filed with the clerk of this court
by any person on or before the lbth day or
August n. ID. 1899.
1SealJ DAVID c. DUNBAR. Clerk.
BY GEORGE Z. BLAIR, Deputy.
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not have been Jess than thirty feet in
the largest specimens.
The roof lizards were even more re-
markable in their general appearance.
Rising from the ridge which marked
the course of the animals backbone
was a succession of plates, broad at the
base, and diminishing upward, some of
them measuring three feet in height;
toward the end of the tail these plates
assumed the form of immense double
spines. The use subserved by these
strange appendages has not been ascer-
tanned.
The later Jurassic deposits of Colora-
do and wyoming have yielded to the