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Evening star., 1908-01-19
Scientists Maintain That the
Human Organism is a
Collection of VOL
taic Batteries.

ing forehead or put in contact with the
acid liver and the alkaline stomach. Al
din took the heads of cows from the
slaughter house and with wires connected
the alkaline tongues with the acid parts.
and, connecting the several heads, made
a regular electric battery, producing a
strong electric current
The brain Is covered with the acid-pro-
ducing membrane and lined with the mu-
cous membrane producing alkall, and SO
the brain itself is a voltaic battery.
There are some 800 motor muscles In
the body. Every muscle in the body Is
covered with a membrane secreting an
acid and the. inside membrane Secreting
an aIkaI. The muscles have the neces-
sary moisture Therefore every muscle
and even every minute muscle-strand Is
voitaic battery producing electricity Tor
their own use.
the hind quarters of frogs by connecting
the outside acid portion of one muscle TO
the inside alkaline portion of another. Two
piles PRODUCED double the current of one
pile. just as the metal piles of the voltaic
.attery.
| battery made of frog quarters pro-
duced a current of electricity that de-
fected the needle of the galvanometer %
per cent 4 battery of the same number
of pigeon legs produced a detection of II
per cent The same sized battery of rab-
| bit leg muscles produced current of 8
per cent Matteucci further tested this
principle with all other animal life in
| reach and proved beyond doubt that all
living things have the acid and alkaline
| essentials of the voltaic battery in their
muscles and generate their own electric
power.
He found this current chemically pro-
duced in the muscles subsided in from
one 20 twenty-rour hours after death.
proving tbs voltaic electricity of life to
CORE spond to the vital force which is re-
garded as another conclusive proof that
| vitality ard electricity are one.
| In studying physiology and the chemis-
| try of life composition it Is found that
the stomach in all animals and men is
| covered with membrane with glands and
| ducts secretins an acid fluid. The inside
| Of the stomach is lined with mucous
| membrane with glands and ducts secret
| ing an alkaline fluid. The stomach is al
ways moist ana is therefore as good vol
| taic battery as any metal battery.
| The heart IS covered with the same
membrane secreting an acid liuid and the
| inside is lined with mucous membrane
| secreting an alkaline fluid and being moist
| the heart is a voltaic battery.
! The lungs are covered with this same
! membrane secreting an acid and lined
Evening star., 1908-01-19

lustrous collar which had been laundered
in Billings and freighted in with the
ranch supplies.
Swing your pardners, don't be slack.
balance all and take back track First
four forward and back, Pass right
through, balance to, and swing the girl
behind you. Birdie hop out and crow hop
in, take holt Of paddles and run around
again. Allemande Joe. Away you go!
Swing when you meet and promenade
seat.'
S. B. Bates kept time to the music with
her foot and head. waiting impatiently
for her turn to pass right through and
balance to-" Uncle Sam stirred the coffee
boiling in the wash boiler with the clothes
stick, and Dad" Schwenk. still saving
furiously on his violin, kept time to the
rhythm of his music by the waving to and
fro of his lank body. Hank Stevens made
numerous trips to his cache under a sage
brush, returning each time 'yisibly re-
freshed. He took his seat on "a barrel of
"sour crout in the pantry and sang
Bury me not on the lone prairee.' in a
minor key, until he finally fell a-weeping
at the pathos of his own song. Ben
Evening star., 1908-01-19

Spring had come and Chinook was ex-
led any day, when Uncle Sam Bouch-
Ter issued verbal invitations for a ranica-
boo in his log house five miles up the
river.
Thought maybe I'd take 1t in.' said s.
B. Bates in speaking of it to Stout one
Evening star., 1908-01-19

Stout threw down the Paint River
Record impatiently. The needs of S. B.
Bates and the editorials outlining the daz-
zling future of the Paint River VALLEY
seemed to constitute the original matter
OF the newspaper. Probably it was S. 3.
Bates who had raised the twenty-pound
beet which had lured him to his financial
destruction. A feeling Of resentment
against s. B. Bates began to rise in his
bosom.
Mechanically Stout picked a cactus
thorn from the side of his shoe. The
thorn had been acting as a sort of coun-
ter irritant to his mental soreness.
Having extracted the cactus, he watched
with indifferent eyes hay wagon and it's
load coming down the steep hill across the
alleged river. In the bed OF the river the
team swerved. One of the front wheels
rose on a huge rock and the load of al
falfa promptly turned over. entirely bury
ing the driver, who, with commendable
presence of mind. clung to the lines and
steadied the plungins horses. Stout slid
dow nthe bank and grabbed their heads.
There came a violent upheaval and a
flushed and angry face appeared. then a
stout feminine body buttoned into tight
fitting basque. Another lunge and a
short denim skirt and a pair of mems
high boots. greeted Mr.. Stout's astonish-
ed eyes. The angry lady, her black hair
bristling with alfalfa straws, strobe at
J once to the horses heads and. taking one
of them firmly by the bit. slapped him
first on one cheek and then on the other
IF you'll help me hist this wagon
over. we'll pitch the load back on again. -
she said. decisively, and before Stout
could quite realize 1t he was reeking
with perspiration and tossing up forksful
TO the amazon in boots, who could stack
a load as well as he could himself.
Whats your name?" she asked, when
the last wisp was on the wagon.
Stout
"Oh." The tone implied that she knew
all about him-his fame as a sucker had
already spread, he thought
Evening star., 1908-01-19
rRP 1ALTER STOUT settled himself
in the shade of giant sage
NAk brush and. unfolding the last
w issue of the Paint River


in the shade of a giant sage
AAk brush and. unfolding the last
w issue of the Paint River
Record. searched for his
name in print He found it among the
personals.
Walter Stout of Oak Grove. Iowa. has
purchased 100 acres of choice farming
land on Paint rver from the Smyth
Land Company. and is about to settle in
our midst Welcome to Wyoming, Wal
ter We need hustlers like you
Stout from his seat under the sage
brush could look into the bed of Paint
river, which should have rolled at his
feet, only it did not, because Paint river
was quite dry. 1t was filled with huge
mud-caked boulders, behind one of which
the skeleton of a cow had lodged. A bor-
der OF drftwood high up on either bank
showed. however, what Paint river could
do when it had half chance. Behind him
stretched his 100 acres, the entire surface
of which looked like macadam road be-
fore the stone crusher has passed over It,
Stout twisted his lank body and looked at
his farm, then he consulted the personal
again, and mentally made a correction
which fin type would have read
Welcome to hell. Walter. We need
hustlers like YOU.
oh. he had been easy, the easiest mark
that ever had listened to the silver tongue
of land agent. He had gaZed at the
twenty-pound beet which. in Wyoming
sold to the sugar beet factory-sttll to be
built-at cents a pound. He had drunk
in the stories of wheat at so cents
busfel and of gigantic potatoes selling at
$40 sack, and eagerly bought 100 acres
of land he had never seen for $40 an acre.
The only consolation he found in 1t all
was that twenty other suckers. with
homeseekers' tickets and green badges,
had arrived on the same train with them.
He turned again to the columns of the
Paint River Record.
For sale: 10 tons of second crop alfalfa.
SO a ton. delivered S. B. BATES.
Public Sale: Saturday, September 10, Il
head of Hereford 2-year-old steers: 4
yearling heifers- S. B. BATES
Wanted: Pair of good work horses-1, 100
to 100 pounds. Must be sound.
S. B. BATES.
Strayed or Stolen: Bay mare. White
star in forehead; branded SBB. Suitable
reward s. B. BATES.
Evening star., 1908-01-19

ELEGRAPHIC dispatches week
or so ago We're full of the dis
covery by DR.. J. G. Siebel,
J physician of Chicago, on the
electric power of the human
Evening star., 1908-01-19
Contrary to Traditions of Beekeepes, Scientists of Agr
cultural Department Maintain That Wax
Moths Are an Unmixed Evil.

leave untouched. and these scales may
be found in the bottom of a hive depleted
by the invasion Of moths, and that the
other colony of bees with the American
foul brood remains even after the combs
are destroyed.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-05
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE%
OF NEVADA. IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO.

In the Matter of the Estate of CAROL me
q. BUTLER, DeceaSed.-Noticet to Creditors:
Notice is hereby given, that the under
signed having been duly appointed admin
iStrator of the estate of Caroline Butler,
deceased, by the above-entited Court on
the 10th day of September, A. D. 1908, and
having duly qualified as such administra-
tor, Letters of Administration were duly
issued to him on the 10th day of Septem-
Der, A. D. 1908.
Notice is further given, that all persons
having claims against the said estate of
Caroline Butler, deceased, are hereby re-
qured to file the same, with the proper
vouchers and affidavts attached, with the
Clerk of this Court within forty (4o) days
from the date of the first publication Of
this notice, or they will be forever barred.
Dated at Elko, this 10th day of Septern-
Der, A. D. 1908.
JOHN BUTLER,
Administrator of the Estate of Caroline
Butler, deceased.
CHARLES B. HENDERSON,
Attorney for Administrator.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-05

LOCATION
This claim Is located in the s. u Of Sec. 32, T.
A NJ. r. so f. and In the NV. 4, n. T.. Is, S.W.
4 and s. f. 4 of Sec. s. II. AZ N, r. so F., M. ID.
M, in the Centennial Mining District. Elko
County, Nevada
Each of said lodes being OF record in the Office
Of the county recorder of Elko County. ut Elko.
Elko County, Nevada,
There are two conflicting claims as shown by
the plat of survey: CD The Golden Rule lode
(unsurveycd) conflicts with the Edgar lode and
the Bunker Hill lode of this survey. The con-
lct Of said Golden Rule lode with said Edgar
lode is excluded from this survey. The conflict
OF said Golden Rule lode with the said Bunker
Hill lode is included in this survey, as said
Bunker Hill lode was located prior to the loca-
tion of said Golden Rule lode (2) The Snow
storm lode (unsurveyeD conflicts with a frac-
ton of the Ina lode Of this survey at the SOUTH
westerly corner of said Inu lode; but this con-
hict Is included In this survey, as the Ina lode
was located prior to the location of said Snow
storm lode.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
mining ground. lodes, premises, or any portion
Thereon so described, surveyed, plated ind ap-
piled for IRE hereby notified that unless their
adverse claims are duly filed as according to law
and the regulations hereunder, within the time
prescribed by law, with the Register OF the
United states Land Office at Carson City, Me-
vadn, they will be barred in virtue OF the pro-
visions Of said statute.
Louis j. COIN.
Register
Date of first publication Sept. II, 1908
Date OF last publication nov. Is. 1909.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-05
APPLICATION NO. 1il5

APPLICATION NO. 1il5
Notice OF Application for Permission TO Appro.
pirate the Public Waters OF tho State OF Nevada
Notice Is hereby given that on the LIST. day
olSeptember, zoos, In accordance with Section
20, Chapter XVIII, Of tho Statutes OF 1907 ono
g. w. Griswold. OF Elko, county OF flko and
state OF Nevada, made application to the
state Engineer OF Nevada for permission TO
Nevada. Such appropriation is to he made
form Dry Crock tributary OF Sites Creek or
the Crock that flows from Sites CANYON ut
points s: w d Sec. -, ZIP. az N II. 81 f.. NJ. ID.
Is. q NJ by means OF Dam and 10 cubic feet per
second tx TO be conveyed TO points OF use by
means OF Ditch and there used Irrigation
Water to be returned ri stroam at No.
Date OF hrSt publication September e 1908
Date OF last publication October 8, 1908.
Signed:
FRANK II. NICHOLvS,
State Engineer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-05
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE
H.r OF NEVADA.INAN DFORsTH
COUNTY OF ELkO.
In py .ns Matter Nate. Ct the Es.a,s Ct MARTIN


RYAN, Deteased.-- Notice to Creditors:
Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned
having been duly appointed administrator OF
above-entitled Court on the 10th day o,atsfstem-
Der, "A, ID. 1903, and having duly qualih9dT such
administrator, letters of Administra9IJn were
duly issued to him on the 10Th day Of Seftembe1t
AID. 1908 ..u .I.T' - D III
Notice Is further given. that all persons hav-
ing claims against the said estnte OF Martin
Ryan, deceased, ore hereby required TO fle the
same, with the proper vouchers and affidnvits
attached, with the Clerk Of this Court within
forty 4O1 days from the date OF the first publ.
cation of this notice or they will be forever
barred.
A. D. 1908 ~ 0fEI' I ( -
PATRICK ID. RYAN.
Administrator of the Estate OF Martin Ryan.
deceased
CHARLES b. HENDERSON,
Attorney for Administrator
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-05
$40 Reward

For the return of II breastpin, emerald
and pearl setting. Gold bar with star
in center. Lost on streets of Elko
August z. Address
ETHEL STCLAIR. DEETH, New.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-05
ElkO Drug Comply
Dealers in

Pure Drugs. Chemicals, Patent
Medicines, Toilet Articles,
Perfumery, Liquors
and Cigars.
Orders by Mall Given Prompt Attention
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded From
The Purost Drugs.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-04-22
INCREASES PENSION
ROLLS BY $6,OOO,OOO
New Act Gives to POI ,051 Widows and
Other Pensioners an Advance OF
50 a Month.

Washington, April 22.--The new
pension act which went into effect on
April 19 gives to 201,051 widows and
other pensioners an increase of $4 a
month. All pensioners getting less
than $12 will receive that amount
commencing April 10 without the ne
cessity Of putting in new claims. The
increase will operate automatically
In addition to the increase of 49,
65O,44S in the amount Of the pension
roll it is estimated that 1882, 900 in
additional claims will be filed during
1.-THE coming year on account of the
provisions In the new act granting a
pension of $12 to widows of officers
and enlisted men who served ninety
| days or more in the army or navy dur.
| ing the civil war. The new act will
Igive an increase to one widow of sol
dier In the war of 1912, to 1869 civil
war pensioners under the general act,
1919 Mexican war benefciaries and to
|3,171 widows of participants in the In
dian wars. The appropriation asked Of
Congress this year is over $4,000, 900
being $6,OOO,OOO more than the appro.
priation of 1898, which was the largest
ever authorized.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-04-22
MUST NOT SOLICIT
PURCHASE OF LIQUOR
Unique Suit Filed In Oklahoma
Against Newspapers Carrying Brew.
cry Advertisements.

Guthrie, Okla, April 22.--Half doz.
en- Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas
newspapers together with numerous
Kansas City. Chicago, Dallas and 9TH
er wholesale liquor houses, brewing
companies and distilling companies
and local news stand agents are made
defendants In suit flied here yester.
day in the district court by Attorney
General West in behalf of the state
and under the direction of Governor
Haskell to restrain the newspapers
from publishing advertisements solic.
iting the sale of intoxicating liquors in
this state and restraining the news
dealers from the selling or placing Of
newspapers or magazines containing
these advertisements In view of the
public.
The state In its petition alleges that
the newspaper defendants are guilty
of violating the Oklahoma prohibition
law of April 10, by printing such ad.
vertisements. The case is to be tried
the first week of the May term.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-04-22

Boies Penrose, U. S. senator from
the great state of Pennsylvania, who
is now serving his second term, was
born in Philadelphia on November |.
1860, and is therefore in the prime OF
life. He was prepared for college by
private tutors and in the schools OF
Philadelphia; was graduated from
Harvard College in 1881; read law
with Wayne Macveagh and George
Tucker Bispham, and was admitted to
the bar in 1888; practiced his profes.
sion in Philadelphia for several years
was elected to the Pennsylvania house
of representatives from the Eighth
Pennsylvania district in 1884; was
elected to the Pennsylvania state sen.
ate from the Sixth Pennsylvania dis.
trict in 1885, reelected in 1890, and
again in 1904; was elected president
pro tenn Of the senate In 1889, and re-
elected in 1891; was delegate to the
Republican national convention Of
1900; was chairman of the Republican
state central committee In 1904; was
elected to the United States senate
to succeed J. Donald Cameron and
took his seat March 4, 1897 was the
unanimous choice Of the Republican
caucus Of both houses and was re-
elected by the full party vote In the
Legislature in 1908. His term of Office
will expire on March 3, 1909
Senator Penrose is one of the fore
most and most influential members
|of the senate and at present holds the
important position of chairman of the
committee on postoffices and post
roads. He is recognized as possessing
Fgreat influence on the Republican side
|of the senate He Is today a powerful
party leader in the great state which
he represents in the senate and the
recent primaries in that common
wealth make 1t sure that he will be
reelected to succeed himself upon the
Expiration Of his present term. He is
la genial, whole-souled man and every
popular with his colleagues in the sen.
ate and with men and people whereso.
lever he meets them and they know him.
He has just recovered from very
serious attack of pneumonia but Is
rapidly gaining in strength and health.
During the past three years he has
|proven himself valuable and staunch
friend Of New Mexico and has aided
and helped Delegate w. H. Andrews
in securing much valuable legislation
| for this commonwealth.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-04-22
AMERICAN HONORED
BY THE MIKADO
Colonel Charles A. Boynton. superIn.
tendent Of Associated Press, Deco
rated BY Emperor Of Japan.

Washington, April 22,--The Post
today prints the following:
The emperor of Japan through Em-
bassador Takahira, has conferred up.
on Colonel Charles A. Boynton, super.
lntendent Of the southern division OF
the Associated Press. the decoration
of the fourth class of the Imperial Ord.
er OF the Rising Sun. In transmitting
the decoration which Is an exquisite
product Of Japanese art the ambassa.
dor stated 1t was given as token Of
the good will entertained towards Col
onel Boynton by the Emperor and to
manifest the, appreciation Of the high
ability and fairness of Boynton In the
exercise of his functions as a direct.
ing spirit In the great news concern
which he represents. Colonel Boynton
was born in 1886 and comes from a
family of distinguished newspaper
men, After long apprenticeship, be
was appointed to his present position
lat Washington in 1894.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-04-22
CONTINUAL ROUND
OF ENTERTAINMENT
Los Angeles Giving Officers and En-
listed Men Of Atlantic Fleet No
Time to Rest.

Los Angeles, Calf, April 22.-The
entertainment of the officers and men
of the battleship fleet continues un.
Iabated Dozens of public and private
functions in honor of the visitors are
being held every day and are scredul.
ed for almost every hour up 70 the
moment Of the departure of the fleet
on Saturday morning.
Tonight grand ball, which it is
expected will be the most pretentious
affair Of Its kind ever attempted in
this city will be given at the Shrine
Auditorium. More than $50 naval Of
|ficers have been invited and a provis.
ion has been made for one thousand
couples on the floor. Admiral Thomas
will lead the grand march at 9:15
O'Clock.
The men are still crowding the
chutes and the amusement parks ev-
|ery day. The perfect order maintained
by the three or four thousand enlist
ed men who are ashore daily has been
marked. There have been no indiscre-
|tlons Of any sort
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-04-22
TRAIN RUNS AWAY
EIGHT ARE KILLED
FrightfuI Accident on Lumber Rail-
road in PennsyIvania-Dashed
Down Mountain.

Williamsport, Pa, April 22.-Eight
Italian laborers were instantly killed
one died later and fifteen others were
seriously hurt today by the wrecking
OF a runaway train on the Laquin
Lumber company's log road near here.
There were twenty-five Italians riding
on the train when 1t ran away. The
accident caused by a failure OF the
reverse lever on the engine to work.
The train gained terrific speed and af.
ter running a mile, jumped the track
at a sharp curve. The engineer and
fireman escaped injury by jumping.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-04-22
BRITISH
PREMIER DEAD
Death Claims Sir
Henry Campbell
Bannerman
STAT EsMAN
Served Great Britain in an
Official Capacity for
40 Years.

London, April 22-Slr Henry Camp.
bell-Bannerman. former British prem.
Ter. died at l0:40 o'clock this morning
at his official residence. The end came
peacefully.
The death Of Sir Henry after ling.
ering Illness Of two months did not
come as a surprise. He was born In
1896 and for nearly forty years ne
served Great Britain in an official ca.
pacity and his record Of office goes
back to 1871, when he was financial
secretary to the admiralty.
On the resignation Of the Balfour
administration in December, 1905, ne
was summoned by King Edward and
formed liberal cabinet. himself be-
coming first lord of the treasury and
prime minister A general election fol
lowed and Sir Henry entered the new
parliament with the greatest majority
ever given British premier.