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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-15
THE NEW SCALP LAW.

CHAP. XLV.-An Act to amend an
Act entitled @An Act to provide
TOR the destruc ion Of nox,ous
animals, and to repeal an Act re-
lating thereto" approved Febru-
ary 8, 1887. .......
lApproved March 9, IS09l
The People of the s ate OF Nevada,
represented in the Senate and As
sembly, dn enact as follows:
SECTION l. Secloo one Of said Act
10 hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
Section one. II any pe,son shall
take and kill within this State any OF
the following noxious animsle, he
shaH be entitled tn receive out of the
treasury Of the county within which
such noxious animals shall have been
taken, the following bounties, to wit:
For every coyote or prairie wolf,
fifty cents; for every lynx or wildcat,
one dollar: for every California lion,
one dollar; all of which bounties
shaH be subject to the provisions of
this Act; provided, that no person
shall be entitled to apply for OF re-
ceive bounty money for any number
ut scalps less than ten at any one
time.
SEC. 2. Section four is hereby
amended 30 as to read as follows:
Section four. If it shall appear to
the Justice that the noxious animals
have been taken and killed within
the county, he shall cut off the ears
from the scalps and give to the per-
son 40 sworn certificate stating the
number and kind Of scalps deposited
with said Justice. The Justice shall
within thirty days thereafter send to
the Sheriff OF his county, all scalps
deposited with him, together with
statement naming the person depos-
iting the same, the time deposited,
and the kind on scalps. Upon receipt
OF saiu scalps and statement, the
Sheriff, County Clerk and District
Attorney, as o part Of their official
duties, ehal compare the number
and kind II scalps received by. the
said Sheriff with said statement. and
imHRediately thereafter said officials
shall destroy said scalps and file the
said statement with the Clerk Of the
Board ct County Commissioners
The said Justice shall receive for
each oath administer d twenty-five
cents, and lLr each certificate twenty
tive cents, to be paid by the party
applying for said bounty, and in no
case to be a charge against the
county.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-15
To Whom It. May Concern.

The reward offered by me in Sep
tember, 1893, for the arrest and re-
turn OF Mike Hartman, who broke
Jail in Elko on the 18th day OF Sep
tember, 1893, is hereby Withdrawn.
J. NJ. Matter.
Elk Sheriff OF Elko county, Nevada.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
Legal wit.

A western exchange said: "Igno-
rance of the law excuses no one" A
Rochester paper, commenting on the
ignorant of the law, we know several
members of the Rochester bar who
would be in jail"
Some time back one of the judges,
whose salaries were, by the act, to be
paid out of the fees, seeing that the
whole amount was absorbed by the
chief, observed to an associate on the
bench:
Upon my word, R, l begin to
think that our appointment is all mat.
ter of moonshine.
Il hope it may be SC" replied R,
''for then we shall soon see the first
quarter"
listened to a long argument on a par
ticular case in which the counsel rested
much upon a certain act of parliament.
His opponent replied:
You need not rely on that act, for
its teeth have been drawn by so many
decisions against it that it is worth
nothing"
Still the counsel argued on and in.
sisted on its authority; after listening
to which for a good hour his lordship
dryly remarked:
II do believe all the teeth of this act
have been drawn, for there is nothing
left but the jaw
You know Schneider, the bother,
who recently became a magistrate 81
Yes" We'll, he discharged prisoner
who was charged with stealing dozen
bottles of beer" ''So?" Eyes: Schnei.
der said that wasn't enough to make a
case" Green Bag.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
PRESERVING EGGS.
Directions for the Use of Water Glass
Furnished by Prof. Ladd, of
North Dakota College.

Prof. Ladd, of North Dakota College
Of Agriculture, in bulletin No. IS, gives
the following directions for the use of
water glass in keeping eggs. Water
glass is silicate of soda or silicate of
potash, the former being cheaper. 1t
is not expensive.
If wooden kegs or barrels are to be
used in which to pack the eggs, they
should first be thoroughly scalded with
boiling water to sweeten and purify
them.
TO each ten quarts of water, which
should first be boiled and then cooled,
add one quart of water glass. Pack
the eggs in the vessel and pour solution
over them, covering well.
Keep the eggs in a cool, dark place.
A dry, cool cellar is a good place.
If the eggs are kept in too warm a
place the silicate is deposited and the
eggs are not properly protected. Do
not wash the eggs before packing, for
by SO doing you injure their keeping
quality.
For packing use only perfectly fresh
and may prove harmful to others.
All packed eggs contain a little gas,
and in boiling such eggs they will
crack. This may be prevented by
making a pin hole in the blunt end of
the egg. TO do this hold the egg in the
hand, place the point of a pin against
the shell of the egg at the blunt end, and
give the pin a quick, sharp blow, just
enough to drive the pin through the
shell without further injury to the egg
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
FINDS A MUMMY IN ALASKA.
Discovery by Prof. Harlan III. Smith,
Representing the National Mu-
scum of New York.

Harlan II. Smith, who represents the
National museum of New York, has
been on the coast for three months,
endeavoring to make collection of In
dian relies. He arrived at Vancouver,
B. c.. the other afternoon from the
Harrison Bay district, where he made
the strangest find of ala well-pre-
served mummy, which he says may be
over 1000 years old.
He came across stone bearing a
hieroglyphic inscription, and it did not
take him long 20 ascertain that this was
the door of a Theoretically sealed cave.
The cave had been cut out of rock.
The body which he found within was
preserved in just the same manner as
an Egyptian mummy. Prof. Smith said:
THE preparation of the body was the
work of experts. \ slight lifting of the
woven wrappers caused the emanation
of the penetrating smell that is always
noticeable when Egyptian wrappings
are first removed. The face and hands
were black and hard and dry"
The body was evidently Il at of a
chief. 1t viii be forwarded to New
Work
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
cANNIBAL IN THE INK.
and There Was Character
in His Writing.

Rather an amusing incident was con-
neeted with the return to San Francisco, en-
route to Washington, of Justice W. l..
Chambers, who has been for a number of
years chief justice of Samoa. The judge is
well-educated and highly cultivated Ala
baman, with that polish of that rara avis,
the Southern gentleman of the best type
In an interview, published at Honolulu on
his way up, the chief justice was so serious.
~ misrepresented in his alleged statements
regarding Samoan matters that he took the
wise precaution in San Francisco Of writ
ing out his views on the more tieklish mat
tiers concerning which he was interviewed
Like most gentlemen, Judge Chambers pen
manship would never be taken as a model in
a district school. A printer on morning
paper to whom it was given to set up was in
despair
Look here" he said, ''this is positively
the worst writing | ever was up against"
But that was written by the chief JUS
tice of Samoa, man. Look how much char
acter there is in the writing"
Chief justice of Samoal" snorted the
compositor. That accounts forit There is
character in his hand. might have known
he was a South Sea islander. | could smell
eanibal in the ink San Francisco News
Letter.
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tory and of the heart coltractions, as
well as the amount of sweat; hence the
great loss of weight. After each in
lection the pupil dilates, but remains
dilated only because injections are con
tinued. As regards the brain, mental
processes seem quiekened, but kind
of hypnosis intervenes, so that the
brain works without, and even against,
the will. Immediately after the injec-
ton the cocainist becomes excited and
remains restless while under the influ-
ence. He likes manual work, however
trifling, but has neither Will nor abil-
ity for mental work
These are facts which the temperance
lecturers of the future should possess
and disseminate. The crusade against
alcohol, which has progressed for we'll
nigh half a century, has been partially
successful, 1t has made the liquor busi-
ness unpopular, the saloonkeeper a
pariah, and the drunkard dreadful
example to the young. That there is
yet much work to be done in that cause
everybody sees and admits. The cru
SADIE will go on for decades before its
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
SCHOOLS AT MANILA.
Free Education Established by the
United States GOvernm
IIsh Language to he Taught.

An interesting description of the
school system established in Manila by
the United States military authorities
is given in communication received
at the state department from Charles
DENLY, acting president of the Philip
pine commission appointed by Presi-
dent Mckinley. Under date of Manila,
July /, he forwards copy of a printed
circular issued by the provost marshal
general, providing for the reopening of
the public schools in Manila.
at will be seem" he says, that the
teaching of the English language is
compulsory. Under the Spanish gov
eminent a small fee was charged for
tuition, but now it is to be entirely
free. The question of whether books
shall be furnished free of cost is being
considered by the military authorities.
1t is probable that parents who are able
to pay for books will be required to do
so, but the poor will not be charged
therefor"
The circular is dated Manila, June rs,
1899, and is signed by Col. Williston,
provost marshal general. 1t is printed
in English, Spanish and Tagal and pro-
vides in part as follows:
Public schools will be reopened Mon
day, July 3, for the school year of nine
months duration. Regular attendance
at some school of all children between
the ages of six and twelve years will be
required. One hours instruction per
day in all public schools shall be devot-
ed to teaching the English language"
Schools will be open every day except
Thursdays, Sundays and legal holidays,
of which there are 16. These holidays
are queer mixture of what might be
called the church and state.
The list caused some merriment at
the state department. 1t is as follows:
January /, Circumcision; January 6,
Three Kings day; February 2, Puritica-
ton; February %, Washington's birth
day; Holy week, two days; May II, AS
cension day; May 30, Decoration day;
June l. Corpus Christi; July 4, INDIE
pendence; August IS, Assumption; Sep
TENDER 4, Labor day; November /, All
Saints; Thanksgiving day; November
30, ST. Andrews day; December s, La
Purisma Conception; December rs,
Christmas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
SHOOTING ms DOG FRIENp.

end shall have been completely at
tanned.
But here is additional work to be done
for humanity; and it must be done
primarily by men of education and dis
cernment. 1t will require some years
for the workers in the cause of human
ity to apprehend and comprehend the
conditions thus outlined. They must
know that there is now on the market
well advertised wine which is decoc-
ton of cocaine. Some physicians recon-
mended its use as stimulant for the
nervous system, and for the digestion.
This is an insidious form of introducing
the cocaine habit, and those physicians
who understand the dreadful and hor-
rible results of that habit will not
recommend its use in any form. That
they will administer it themselves,
must be taken for granted, because it
is a good drug and valuable addition
to the pharmaeopia.
Cocaine may be effectively used to
produce temporary anaesthesia over
the entire nerve trunk. 1t can be eff
fectively used to benumb sensibility
and relieve pain in all mucous tracts
which the surgeon may desire to reach.
1t is better than chloroform or ether in
many particulars. Surgeons, dentists
and physicians may intelligently use it
for the benefit of mankind.
But cocaine must be kept from the
common people. Nature has produced
enough perverts, criminals and idiots,
for some inscrutable purpose. Alcohol
and opium have added to their number
Cocaine should be throttled before it
increases its demoniacal empire.
SMITH ID. FRY.
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n7E Month; costly outfit free; want ma u or
IN woman in every county; apply quick. Manu-
Wv facturers 1916 Market ST., Philadelphia.
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especially in view of freezing when
zero weather occurs. Use shears or
scissors instead of a knife so as to pinch
the blood vessels and mitigate the
flow of blood.
The operation is not so painful as
might appear, we will state for the
benefit of the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty TO Animals. Nature evil
IDENTITY provided that the comb and wat
ties should be comparatively destitute
of feeling. AS during the thousands
and thousands of years the males
fought for the possession of the females
and the combs and wattles were the
parts seized upon in the struggle lack
of sensitiveness in these appendages
would be perpetuated and augmented
on the principal of natural selection.
So Indifferent is fowl that after be-
ing dubbed it win unconcernedly fall
to eating its own comb and wattles if
allowed the privilege. This dizziness
or fewness of nerves of feeling in the
comb, when understood, may alleviate
the pangs felt by many persons at the
mention of what has been wrongly
called cruel practice. 1t is easier
for a fowl to stand clubbing than to
endure frozen comb.--H. II. Stod-
dard, in Farm and Home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
OUR FIGHTING BROADER.

o 1t was the breast Of the mighty west
That mothered him, every part!
She gave him luck, and she gave him pluck,
And she gave him hero's heart!
From the tropic cline to the arctic rime
He never held tryst with fear;
Then out for him with shout for him
Our fighting Brigadisr!
What he lacks in strength. what he wants
in length.
why, he makes it up in grit;
Once he riddled the rules of the seolds ana
schools,
Like the foes at Calumpit.
1t was go as you please" or take your
Through the whole of the grinding
year,
with merry scon at the frowning prof
Our fighting Brigadier!
He was never fain upon trail or train
To shrink from the face of strife;
And he quaffed the breath of the Vale of
Death
AS though 'twere the balm of life.
Ger the grim backbone of the Yellowstone
He was one of the first to peer,
Then a cup for him brimmed up for him
Our fighting Brigadier!
There was no fright in the northern night
For his rare and rowing soul:
With the same unhaste that he ranged the
waste
He'd have PARTED with the pole.
In canoe or camp, in the dry or damp,
His courage shone clean and clear;
Then here's to him-three cheers to him
Our fighting BrigadierI
Not long could he bide the roaring tide
Where the city's canyons pour,
So he joined the few of the dauntless crew,
And was off for the Cuban shore.
He raised rare fun with his dynamite gun,
And he scattered the Spaniards sheer,
So song for him ring strong for him
Our fighting Brigadierl
Though wounded, when there was call for
men
To sever tyrant's bars,
Who but he to the fore should be
To strike for the stripes and stars2"
From Florida's sand to Oregon's strand
Was no valianter volunteer
Than this hero-arm from the Deer Greek
farm
Our lighting Brigadierl
Everyone knows how at Malolos
He charged with his reckless ire
How he SWAIN the stream in the wicked
CLEAN
OF the Filipinos' fire.
We've but to name him for all to claim him
Our "Madcap Anthony's" peer;
Then hail 10 the man of Caloocan-
Our fighting Brigadier!
Clinton ScollSrd, in N Y. Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
Her Mistake.

"Are you afraid to go downstairs and
look for that burglar?" asked Mr.. Meek
tons wife.
Certainly not. l am perfectly will.
ing to go and look for him. But, Hen.
rietta, I'm afraid you have been max.
ing a mistake with me all these years.
You ought TO have developed my con.
versational powers more. After | find
the burglar | won't know what to say
to him. You'll have to stand at the head
of the stairs and do the talking
Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

To get the advantage of full market
prices for eggs nothing is more i'm
portant than the style of the cases and
packing. Of course size and cieanness
are very important considerations, but
the first thing that strikes the eye of a
purchaser is the exterior quality.
notice many lots Of eggs, especially
from the south, which come into the
stores in all sorts of cases scarcely
two alike, and none of them neat and
trim. These goods are generally con
demned before they are looked at and
can only be sold at a concession, no
matter how good the eggs may be.
Shippers may accept it as fact that
while all eggs in first-class packages
may not sell at top prices, no eggs in
second or third class packages will do
son. Y. Produce Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
TRIMMING THE COMBS.
1t Is Not a Painful Operation for the
Birds, Considering the Com
fort Ii Assures.

The drawbacks of large combs and
wattles are freezing in our northern
states and the discomforts and strain
resulting from carrying so much
weight on the head. 1t appears as
though the circulation of blood in the
head is somewhat affected by these
excessive appendages, for it has been
observed that Leghorn having fire.
quent spells of giddiness and stagger-
ing can sometimes be quickly and per-
manently cured by trimming the comb,
and we would always Deeommend the
trimming of both comb and wattles
for both sexes when two-thirds grown,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14


ital will probably occur on Monday. Octo-
Der 2, although the date will depend upon
the length of the celebration in New York,
which is still unsettled. The principal
features of the reception in Washington.
as planned by the citizens, with the CO.
operation OF the President and Cabinet,
will be two in number-the presentation
of the sword voted by Congress and a
night parade A public reception at the
White House will be followed by dinner
to the Admiral by President Mckinley.
The sword will be presented by Secretary
Long at the east front of the Capitol, In
the presence of Mr.. Mckinley and all the
members of the Cabinet, late In the aft
ernoon, while the parade, consisting OF or
CARNATIONS of all kinds, will be accompa-
MED by an illumination of the city on a
scale of beauty never before witnessed in
Washington.
The different features of the prepara-
lions are in the hands of central body
Of citizens and eleven committees, em-
bracing in all over a thousand people.
Preparations for the celebration have
been in hand for over a month.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and
other railroads entering Washington have
agreed upon cheap rates for the celebra-
ton, and the committee expects that there
will be an outpouring of patriotic citizens
almost equal to the Inauguration of q
President
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Sensational Report.

The state board OF control has sub
mitted a sensational report TO Gov.
Scofield on its inspection of the Wis
consin veterans home at Waupaca. IT
charges that Treasurer Roberts, trus-
tee OF the home, refuses to allow an ex-
animation OF his books; that with the
exception of S66.73 no interest has been
paid on large contingent fund kept
In Roberts bank, the National Bank of
Waupaca, and that two trustees of the
home wrote part of the insurance on
the buildings The home is under the
management OF the Wisconsin q. A. r.,
and is supported by state funds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
death OF MACK Hawk

Black Hawk, the most noted of the
chiefs of the Wisconsin Winnebago In
dams, died in the town of Brockway,
aged 90 years. Black Hawk has been
well known in the western part of Wis
consin for the last so years and was al
ways the friend of the whites. By
general consent of the tribe, Thomas
II. Roddy, formerly of Black River Falls,
now resident of Chicago, will sue
coed to the chieftainship under the title
of White Buffalo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
Vigilance Is Necessary.

ANY crumbs from the table are val
liable for young chicks. Change Of
diet is requisite. Do not let the chicks
get chilled, as they are of no earthly use
after that. / hear people say: oh,
| can't bother that way. 1t is too much
trouble Well, go into poultry houses
where lice get onto me in a moment.
I say those people have no business to
have chickens. Our chicks will show
it. and it pays. Eternal vigilance is
the price of chicks good ones, and
would want no others.Mrs. Curry, in
Pacific Poultryman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
Makes Appointments.

Gov. Seofield announced the follow
ing appointments:
Henry s. Bracken, member board of trus-
tees of Milwaukee asylum for chronic in
sane; j. B. Mcdonald, Of Superior, timber
inspector for the Thirteenth district; DR..
Banzhaff, of Manitowoc, member of the
state board of dental examiners. Labor
Commissioner Erickson, who was offered a
position on the United States census, has
declined the appointment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
Fumes Were Fatal.

Three patients at the Marathon coun-
ty asylum in Wausau, while working in
a silo, were overcome with carbonic
acid fumes and were dead before they
could be rescued. Superintendent
Head. of the asylum, was overcome
while attempting to rescue the men and
was dragged out almost dead. The dead
men are Frank Crosdale, Gustave Gum
derson and William Radtke.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

ground eight feet apart and seven
strands of barbed wire are stretched
and stapled to them, as shown in the
cut. The lowest wire is close to the
ground. The second wire is four inches
above the lowest. The third is five
inches farther up the post, the next six
inches higher, while the fifth goes up
another six inches. The sixth strand is
located eight inches above the fifth,
while eight inches farther up is rail to
steady the fence. Eight inches above
the rail is the seventh wire, which eff
fectually prevents dogs from leaping
over the rail.-Orange Judd Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
WI, Resume Cash Payment.

1t is the intention of nearly all lum-
bermen in Oconto and vicinity to revert
to the cash payment system in settling
with men employed in the logging
woods. At meeting recently held il
was the consensus of opinion that the
time check policy would result in great
inconvenience in obtaining a sufficient
number of men to do the work, for jobs
and money are too plentiful these days.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

Science has discovered plant so full of
life that if one of its leaves be broken off
and merely pinned to warm wall another
plant will grow from it. 1t is these same
yitaiizing principles which enable Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters to grouse to life and
duty the overworked stomach, the weak
blood and sluggish liver. The sufferer from
dyspepsia or any stomach trouble needs
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. See that a
private Revenue Stamp covers the neck of
fha botfla