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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10
NOT RID OF ALGERIsM.
Until Mckinley Goes the Country
Will not DO Freed from Rot
teu Administration.

teu administration.
Yielding to pressure, Alger has at
last resigned. He is said to feel ex-
tremely bitter over his practical eject
ment from Office, and he has a right
30 to feel; for AlRer's Senatorial as,
peration is q mighty thin. pretext for
his removal by an administration that
approved and stood by the embalmed
beef, the dead camps, and, in short,
when the whole dance, 30 far as the
conduct of the war was concerned.
President Mckinley stood by AL
ger when to have removed him would
have been popular. He now removes
him-or forces his resignation-un-
der conditions which make Alger
something Of martyr, and are we'll
calculated to create sympathy with
the Michigan man at the administra-
tons expense.
For be it understood(and this every
administration organ has admitted
over and over again. Mr.. Alger's
conduct of the war department had
the Presidents unshaken confidence
and support. So long as he could be
counted upon for the second term
his resignation was not desired and
not asked for. This enforced resign
alton comes too late to relieve Presi-
dent Mckinley from the responsible
ity Of the embalmed beef scandal. the
rotten transports, the suffering and
death of hundreds Of soldiers who
never saw Cuban soil.
Of Alger the country is rid; of AL
gerism, it will not be rid until Will
liam Mckinley and the administra-
ton responsible therefor have been
retired to private ife.-Albany Ar
gus.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10

The following tip is FOR those who
are worried by those troublesome
creatures, mosquitoes: Throw a bit
OF alum, about the size of marble,
into a small owl of water, and wet
the hands and face and any exposed
parts with it. Not IL mosquito will
approach you. They hunt about a
little and then disappear. 1 never
had an occasion to use mosquito
curtain, and I am glad to think that
1 can perhaps benefit others Gravel.
ers in particularly by this little bit of
informatien.-Ex.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10
ToolMuch Bat.

Workmen repairing and altering
the Fox building occupied by Mrs.
Fox and Will Day, have struck bat
mine. They we're at work cleaning
out the animals overhead which be-
came an annoyance owing to the I'M
pleasant order that fioated down from
their habitation in the small space
under the roof.
There is ten inch pipe leading
out OF this compartment and it was
suggested that the burning of red
pepper would discourage the bats
inside and convince the little animals
that it was time to move. So some of
the material was placed inside with
immediate results.
A stream OF bats poured out for Il
few minutes as thick as they could
crowd nnd the effect was as though
they were elected by some sort of an
engine.
After the workmen had calculated
that several thousand had gone out
and that the coest must be clear a
board was jerked off and one of them
started to enter but changed his
mind.
The dim light showed that the lit
tie room was fairly alive with them,
and the eye could find no place on
the wall or rafters made vacant by
the thousands that had left through
the pipe. They were hanging every.
where and as thick as they could get,
and in all seriousness it is estimated
that there must have been several
hundred thousand of them in all,
The clearing out has been fairly &C.
complished and several hundred
pounds OF manure taken out. 1t is
not believed that another such find
has been reported in tho United
States.-Carson Nows.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10
Notice to Creditors.

Notice Is hereby given that the under
fed by the District Court of the Fourth lii.
dicial District of tho State of Nevada, in
ana ior tho County of Elko as admlnistra-
TOT OF the estate OF Elsie A. Gooding, late
OF SAID county, deceased. All creditors
having claims against said estate are re-
quired to file the same, with proper youoh-
ers attached. with the Clerk of the Court.
this notice. VI
Dated ELKo, Nevada, August 10, 1900.
,,.,.,-.. W.T.. SMITH,
Cooling, Deceased.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10
QUEER ANCIENT TIMEPIECE.
when the Alarm Of This Clock Is
Sounded 1t Floods the Room
with Light.

In the town of Schramberg, in the
black forest district of Nuremberg,
Germany, where one of the chief in
dustries is that Of clock-making, there
has recently been blished an inter-
esting museum of timepieces, says the
London Mail. The collection displays
the gradual development in the making
OF clocks for many centuries. Among
the curiosities are many of great his
torical value. There is an alarm clock
constructed in the year 1850 for the use
of travellers. In form it resembles
lantern, and the interior is designed to
hold lighted candle. The candle is
slowly pushed upward by u spring,
which also controls the mechanism of
the clock. A little pair Of shears clips
the wick of the candle automatically
every minute to regulate its light. The
lantern is inclosed with movable sides,
so that the sleeper is not at first dis
turbed by the presence of light. The
alarm 10 set by inserting n peg in the
second dial plate. When the required
hour arrives the alarm is sounded, and
Mt the same tine the movable sides fall,
flooding The room with light.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10

"DeWitt's Little Early Risers did
me more good than all blood medi-
cines and other pills." writes Geo. III.
Jacobs, OF Thompson, Conn. Prompt,
pleasant, never grippe, they cure con-
stipation, arouse the torpid liver to
action and give yon clean blood,
steady nerves, a clear brain and q
healthy appetite. Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10
DO YOU KNOW

Consumption is preventable? Scienc e
has proven that, and also that neglect
is suicidal. The worse cold or cough
can be cured with Shiloh's Cough
and Consumption Cure. Sold Oh pos
tive guarantee for over fifty years.
For sale by Elko Drug co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10
Does This Strike You?

Muddy compilations, nauseatlng
breath come from chronic constipa
ton. Karl's Glover Root Tea is an
absolute cure and has been sold for
fifty years on an absolute guarantee.
Price % cts and so cts. For sale by
Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10
HOW is YOUR WIFE?

Has she lost her beauty2 II 80.
Constipation, Indigestion, Sick Head.
ache are the principal causes. Karl's
Clover Root Tea has cured these ills
for half a century. Price % cts, and
30 cts. Money refunded il results
are not satisfactory. For sale by
Elko Drug 20.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10

Eighty-four per cent of the entire
State OF Idaho is still public land,
amounting to more than 100000
acres. or this area the Government
geological survey estimates that T..
100000 acres can be irrigated SUCCESS
fully.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10

.""Onr baby was sick for q month
WITH severe cough and catarrhal fever.
Although we tried many remedies
che kept getting worse until we used
One Minute Cough Cure,--1t relieved
at once and cured her in few dave y
B. L. Nance, Prin. High School.
Blufdale, Texas. Elko Drug 20,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10

At depth Of 316 feet flow of 60
gallons of water per minute was OBJ
tained in boring an arteslan we'll on
the Klauber ranch IN Carson Valley
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-08-10
Licenscs for Horaeshoers.

An enactment in Washington re-
quires horseshoers to pass ON exam
ination and to be licensed.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05
CAMEL'S HAIR BRUSHES.
The Term n Misnomer Now, For
Squirrels Furnish the Hair.

The Term MfsnOmer Now, For
Squirrels Furnish the Hair.
The camel's hair brush used by art
lists has nothing of bactria in it. There
was time when real camers hair was
used for this purpose. The ship of
the desert, however, has long been su-
perseded by the comely squirrel. Not
only is squirrels hair very much less
costly, but it is better. softer, more
pliable and more durable At the pres
ent day it is doubtful if you could find
a bushel of camels hair in all the
brush factories in the land. However,
there is no cause for fear that the
graceful little squirrel will be extermi-
mated. 1t is the European squirrel that
furnishes the hair for the brushes, the
covering of the American squirrel be-
ing too furry and soft for the purpose.
1t is somewhat the same way with
the coarser brushes. The bristles most
priced come from Russia and India,
and the wild hogs of Germany furnish
their quota. The great American hog
runs to fat and puts forth practically
no bristles. In the countries above
mentioned the collecting of hristles is
quite an important industry among the
peasantry of certain districts. In COM
paratively few cases are they strip
ped from the dead body of the hog.
The usual method is to discover the
haunts of the animals and to gather
the bristles from the trees against
which they rub themseIves.-New
York Sun.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05
The Woman and the Car.

It's strange thing about women and
cable cars when the time comes for
them to part. A man or a boy will just
naturally drop off the car and start
along the street as if nothing had hap
pened, but let a woman attempt to
emulate his example and sad work
does she make of it. Even a rainy
day costume doesn't help her out much,
for skirts have little to do with her
bungling method of leaving the car.
1t is a matter that cannot be explained
so easily as can her inability to throw
a ball, for in the latter case anatomy
is at fault
Sometimes she puzzles over it her.
self, but in the majority of cases she
gives the matter no thought, but sim
ply rises. grasps the railing, and,
whether the car is at a standstill or
in motion, steps off backward. Some
one should be able to offer a reason
able explanation of the very apparent
fact that her impulse in that case is to
do the incorrect thing. Even when she
carefully studies the subject and trains
herself to face in the same direction in
which the car is moving it never
'seems natural to her.-New York
Sun
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05

dons by the sailors of a vessel bound
for San Francisco from Australia
"We We're so astonished that we al
most fell out of our seats. After the
show we went behind the scenes with
Nellie McHenry and some other the
atrical folk who happened to be pres
ent, and Mrs. Siddons proceeded to
corner the magician. who was an old
friend. Now, Harry she said, l want
you to tell me honestly how you knew
about that locket.
"Kellar laughed. You recollect /
came over from Australia on the same
ship he replied, and would certain
ly know that stone if l saw it in Chi
ma
He would say no more, and pre-
sumo, of course, that he conveyed his
information to the stage through his
system of cues. But the marvellous
part about it was his prompt recogni-
ton of the charm Oh my watch chain.
The presentation on shipboard had
taken place all of seven or eight years
before. New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05
EFFECTS OF CHLOROFORM.
Such That Burglars Would Not Use
1t on Sleeping Persons.

That burglars of the more advanced
type can and do use chloroform in the
commission of their crimes is a belief
widely held and rarely contradicted,
and yet there is, curiOusly, little foun-
dation for it. Indeed, those who are
most familiar with the administrat lion
and effects of anaestheticS assert that
there is no foundation at all for it ex-
tept in the Imagination Of sensational
writers and in the needs of people
whose losses cannot safely be explain
ed by statements of fact. The ques-
ton has been raised recently by sew
eral robberies in which chloroform is
said to have been employed, and opin-
ions of the experts are strongly against
the possibility of such use. One of the
physicians interviewed is quoted as
saying:
"As far as known chloroform and
ether have never taken effect on a
healthy sleeping person without that
person knowing it. Both of these
anaesthetics are at first stimulating
and invigorating in their effect and
will arouse a sleeping person. The en-
tire system is excited, and the heart
beats violently and fast. The use of
either chlOroform or ether or any 9TH
er anaesthetic by burglars is absurd.
1t frequently takes physicians with
their various appliances from 10 to 10
minutes TO put person under the in
fiuence of either of these anaesthetics.
and often patient will become SO
stimulated and active before the eff
feet is secured that it requires several
strong men TO hold him."
The idea that the mere Introduction
of chloroform into room would cause
Inconsistencies was derided as alb
surd. Even if doors and windows
were air tight it would take several
gallons of either anaesthetic to so fill
room with the heavy fumes as to af
feet a sleeper on a bed of average
height. And the first effect would be,
not deep sleep, but excited wakeful-
ness. The chances are, then, that
when anybody claims to have been
chloroformed by burglars there is
something queer about the case.-New
York Times
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05
kissing BuE Cure.

A resident of Philadelphia has con-
tributed to The Record of that city the
subjo;ned interesting gossip apropos of
the kissing bug: The domestic RENE
dy for the attack of the kissing bug is
bicarbonatc of soda diluted with wa
ter. \ simple application of this RENE
dy will remove the swelling and the
pain in short order. TO prevent mid
night attacks of the bug 1t is only
necessary 10 put Il few drops of oil OF
rhodium on the bed quilt. The insect
will ut once alight upon this spot and
will sniff away until motionless IN the
sleep Of aromatic intOxieatiop."
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05
Peculiar Marriage Ceremony.

Northern India and the island of Ban
quey can certainly claim to have the most
peculiar marriage rites of any country.
In the former COW and a calf are in
variably required at the marriage. The
animals are driven into a narrow, run
ming stream, the priests and the betroth-
ed couple also standing in the water.
The man and woman each catch hold
Of the cows tail and the priest pours wa
ter out of glass vessel upon their Joined
hands, while ali present mutter certain
prayers. The young folks are then de-
clared to be man and wife and the priest
claims the COW and calf as his fee. In
the island of Banquey the officiating
priest takes Il sharp knife and with it
makes small incision in the right leg
Of the bride and bridegroom: from each
incision he gathers a few drops of blood
and transfers them to the other ones leg.
This operation, together with short re-
ligious formula, constitutes the whole of
the marriage ersmony.-Cincinnat En-
quirer.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05
.AdOnteI kY n Mrdsfnne.

The sticking qualities of the mad
stone are illustrated in the family OF
Mr.. George Ketcham, merchant out
at the Crossroads. Last summer John
ME, 14-year-old son of Mr.. Ketcham,
was bitten by mad dog. The wound
was in the palm of the right hand.
and when small maidstone about
three inches square was applied it ad-
hered readily-in fact, so much so that
It could not be got loose and is now
thoroughly imbedded in Johnnie's
hand. The boy has become accustom-
ed to the situation and, in fact. finds
the stone quite Il convenience in many
instances. Besides whetting his razor
and breaking nuts with it, the stone
is convenient weapon, with which
Johnnie makes all the other boys In
the neighborhood stand around-Hart-
ford Republican.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05
NEW YORK IN FICTION.
A Young Scholar and His Service {
American Literature.

American Literature.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, July 31.-Cities, like
men and women, have their idiosyn-
crasies, their specific characters, their
temperamental peculiarities. Nothing,
after all, is so Partisan as Paris, nor
more Londonese than London, nor is
there anything so Manhattanlike as
Manhattan itself.
Like men, too, cities have their child
hood and youth, maturity and age The
city with its sleeves still rolled up, the
metropolis still in its teens, never sits
down to pore over the pages of its past.
Such towns are too busy making history
to stop to read it. So London, for in
stance, has long since passed through
its anticipatory period. Paris has done
the same New York in this respect is
Just at that point where the brook and
river meet No one has yet wandered
about Manhattan as Sir Walter Besant
went about his London tracing up the
footsteps of its great men and pointing
out its special spots immortalized in
legend and literature.
But New York is about to have this
done for it, and the person who will be
able to claim the distinction of being
the first to treat of New York in fiction
in anything like an exhaustive manner
is Mr. Arthur Bartlett Maurice, young
scholar and essayist, whose literary
studies have of late been attracting
considerable attention. Mr.. Maurice's
articles are to appear in The Bookman,
and will begin in the September num-
ber of that magazine They will be il
lustrated with photographs taken by
the writer of the articles himself, and
as he has now been engaged on this in
teresting subject for number of years
the different scenes of metropolitan life
made memorable in the pages of our
American novelists and story writers,
as presented by Mr.. Maurice, will have
a unique interest to the reading public
of the United States.
Such task was by no means an easy
one New York, it will be found, has
been treated of in fiction more often
and more thoroughly than is generally
supposed. So Mr. Maurice, in making
his researches, found that it was neces-
sary to secure the assistance and cooper
alton of many of Gotham's literary
men. Among those who have helped
Mr.. Maurice in his work by identifying
places described in books as well as fur
nishing additional information are Viii
liam Dean Howells, who rightly or
wrongly has come to be looked upon as
the dean of American literature; Pro
fessor Brander Matthews, Richard Hard
ing Davis, F. Hopkinson Smith, Julian
Ralph, DR.. Harry Thurston Peck, Paul
Leicester Ford, Edward Townsend and
many other equally well known literary
workers. A glance over these names
shows that New York city has been
very popular gamboling ground for our
American writers and causes one to
feel that if this one city were eliminat-
ed from the literary geography of our
republic American romance would be
left without backbone. Time was
when Boston, still lit by the lingering
sunsets of Oliver Wendell Holmes and
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05
THE EMPIRE OF THE SOUTH.
Second Edition-A Beautifully illustrated Book
Full Of Important Information.

The First Edition of the Empire
of the South" having been exhausted,
a Second Edition is now ready for
distribution.
1t is a handsome volume of about
2C0 pages descriptive of the South and
it's vast resources, beautifully Illus
trated, and regarded by critics as the
most complete production of its kind
that has ever been published.
Persons wishing to secure this work
will please enclose to the undersigned
25 cents per copy. which amount ap-
proximates the cost of delivery. Re
mittances may be made in stamps or
otherwise.
Address all communications on this
subject to w. a. TURK, General
Passenger Agent, Southern Railway,
Washington, d. c.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05

the next. As for the purse proud arisfo.
crat who grudges me the bread / honest
ly earn and is ashamed to own me as his
relative before the girl he intends to mar
~, have neither pity nor liberation for
him."
Blanche Medlicott's wedding day ar
rived at last-brilliant January morn.
The bridesmaids, in white and lilac, fiut-
tered to and fro, dimpled and expectant.
The clergyman stood up with open book
as the bridal train swept into the room,
and
why" cried out the mother-in-law
elect, with clasped hands and eyes nearly
starting out of her head, Its the wrong
man! Stop. DR.. Fullalove!'
Go on, DR.. Fullalove." said the bride,
her velvety eyes glittering beneath a
wreath of orange flowers. 1T is the right
man. / am of age; SO is he. Go on"
There was momentary silence, SO deep
that you might have heard a pin drop,
and then DIR. Fullalove went solemnly on
with the marriage service. He had scarce
ly pronounced the last words when there
was a hustle at the door. and Mr.. For
dyce Fotheringay, in full wedding cos
tune, rushed into the room.
Il am sorry to be detained he began
breathlessly, "but the hackman was be-
hind time, and
''You are too late" said Blanche, turn
ing upon him with eyes of mischievous
exultation. 81 am married.
"To"-
''To your half brother, Charles Gale"
The poor relation bowed low. Penni-
less, friendless, he had yet won the prize
which all Fordyce Fotheringay's money
could not buy.
How dared you do this?" huskily de-
manded the millionaire.
Because she loved me and not you!"
was the boldly spoken reply.
And that was Blanche's wedding.-Cy-
cling West.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05
THE BEST RAILROAD
With the Best Trains Through the Best
country-Pullman cars-Dining Cars.

The Southern railway in connec-
tion with the Queen & Crescent
Route, forms the great short-line
highway from Louisville and Cincin-
natl to the principal points in Ten
nessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida,
Louisiana, North and South Carolina
with direct steamer connections for
Havana, Cuba; Nassau, n. P, and
Key West. Double daily trains with
through sleepers. Only "A hours to
Jacksonville; 81 hours to Havana.
All agents sell tickets via the
Southern railway. Roundtrip tick
cts to principal southern resorts.
Ask your nearest ticket agents for
rates and other Information, or write
to G.. A. Baird, Trav. Pass'r agent,
Louisville, KY, or J. c. Ream, ir.,
n. w. Pass'r agent. 50 Adams St,
Chicago, ILL.,, or VIM. HI. Tayloe, as
sistant general passenger agent,
Louisville, Ky.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05

Harlem. will be carefully followed. In
the second series the Washington square
of Henry James and Howells and Hop
kinson Smith will be taken up and the
haunts of the ever popular Ivan Bib
ber'' traced out, while in the last series
the legend of Sleepy Hollow, scenes of
"Tom Grogan'' and the neglected
phases of New York life will be dealt
with.
So the old growing new world is be-
coming retrospective, and in doing so
is discovering that she has past and
picturesqueness for which Americans,
as rule. have previously considered it
necessary to go across the Atlantic to
find in satisfying drafts.
ARTHUR j. ARBUTHNoTT.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-05
How They Get Husbands In Siam.

Every Siamese girl who reaches a GER
tain age without marrying is ticketed and
labeled and placed in a privileged class,
under the special care of the king, who
binds himself to find husband for them
all. His method is delightfully."- simple.
A prisoner in any of the Siamese jails
may gain his pardon and release by mar
rying one of the ineligible class. Whether
he is already married or not is not of
great consequence, for in Siam it is not
necessary to draw the line at one wife
Bombay Advocate. Pa