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Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

If the political history of the United States Is short, the geological history Of America IS long enough. Four expe- ditions are to go out from the Ameri- can Museum of Natural History in New York to explore the remains of various geologic ages in Nebraska, Montana and Texas, the most recent of which ended about million years ago, and the most ancient probably not less than eleven million years earlier.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

his right for a small sum to Barnum Brown, one of the field explorers of the Museum of Natural Hlstory's pale pathological departments who uncover ed the petrlfied remains of one of the most complete fossil specimens of mod ern times.
 The quarry in which the skeleton had been buried some three millions of years Is situated 130 miles north west of Miles City, on Crooked Creek. Central Montana, perhaps the most in accessible spot In America.
 The country for miles around was In remote times the bed of great lake or inland sea, and the bodies of these aquatic trachodons when they diei be came imbedded In the mire of the lake
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27
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Malta's celebrated goats are likely soon to be only a memory on the his. toric island for 1t has been found that banishing goats milk means an end to the ravages of Malta fever. The com. mission appointed In 1907 to trace the origin of the fever in the garrisons and crews of warships made the discovery that the germ of the fever was present in the milk of the goat. Wherever the use of this milk has been prohibited the fever has disappeared.
 Chlna's first school of forestry will. shortly be opened at Mukden. The Chinese empire Is usually pointed out as the worst example, among modern nations, of forest destruction. The floods which are periodically poured down from the denuded mountains are destructive beyond comparison with any other country and the want of for ests Is assigned as the chief cause Wood is scarcer in China than in all most any other region in the world. al though the country is well adapted to the growing of trees.
 Comparatively little damage was sus- tained by the American liner St. Paul in the recent collision with the British cruiser Gladiator. This is another proof of what well-built Atlantic liner can stand in such circumstances. Prob ably the most remarkable previous case of the kind was that of the Guion liner Arizona (5,147 tons), which, in Novem- Der, 1879, crashed at full speed into an Iceberg during the homeward passage She put into St. Johns, N F., with her bow completely smashed and crumpled up almost to the collision bulkheads But these and the ship, as a whole, re- mained intact in spite of the terrible resistance encountered
 Dr. Simon Flexner pointed out, st the recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago, the fundamental difference between the old and the new methods of combating diseases. Suf- fcient progress has now been made to show that there exists in the human body, in consequence of the reactions of foreign substances, particularly para sitic micro-organisms, wide range of phenomena, some beneficial and some injurious, which together constitute the effect of natural disease, or of the eff. forts to overcome 1t. The business of the medical science of the future Is to unravel these complicated conditions, taking advantage of those which are desirable and removing those which are objectionable.
 John J. Solomon has developed . plant for radiographing pearl oysters, to ascertain not only the existence, but the stage of development of the pearls without killing the animals or opening their shells. AS many as 5OO oysters have been submitted to examination in one minute, hundreds of shells spread on a tray being exposed at one time. Oysters showing no pearls are returned to their beds; those showing partially developed pearls are sent into "hos- pital" to be nursed, while those whose pearls are full grown suffer the fate that attends all things which possess something that man wants. It is al- legged that the treatment is not inju- rious to the oysters-at least from their masters point of view.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

John D. Rockefeller says he likes TO porters. Once he thought they were a bad lot, but after having evaded them for many years he was surrounded by about twenty of them a few summers ago. Since then he has come to the conclusion that they are not hired sim ply for the purpose of misrepresent. ing things. and pryins into affair. which do not concern the public. Other prominent men there are who would be much happier and much better citi Eens If they could look upon reporters as MT. Rockefeller does.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

Out of China comes q timely warn- ing from Consul General Wilder of Hongkong cautionins young Americans from seeking to make their fortunes in the far East unless they are assured a steady position on reaching their des- tination. "Only a most clever business man." MT. Wilder writes, could come to the East without connections and with only little money and get an Independent footing" He adds that, nine times out of ten, when a man goes to the Orient with a vague hope of finding something before his money runs out,' distress and, likely, ruin awaits him." Such statements as these should be pondered by the many who since the awakening" of China have regarded that kingdom as the promised land of riches. But life there Is more different from life at home than read fly can be imagined. Living expenses are high, temptations are many, com forts are comparatively few, and, finally: There are not q few Ameri- cans holding fair positions in the Orient who would gladly quit If they had the passage money home and a position awaiting them there, and oth- CTS. who have no regular employment, are steadily going down hill."
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

'-The Greeks on the Island of Samos are fighting the Turks" announces a cable dispatch. We thought all the Greeks had come to this country and were running Ice cream stands.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

One of the railroads has just placed an order for 2,O0O new steel cars. The managers of this line have apparently arrived at the wise conclusion that the quickest way to have prosperity Is to help 1t along.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27
A TriAe Damp.

Golfer-An' what like day had ye here yesterday, Macpherson?
 Macpherson-Oh, an awful day! It was just pourin'.
 Golfer-Weel, weel, ar In the toon we just had a local shower.
 Macpherson-Aw, weel, I can assure you 1t wasn't local here whatever.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27
THE TRACHoDoN.
A Gigantic HerbiSo Sorous Monster of
 the Prehistoric Age.


 Prof. Henry F. Osborn, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Ameri- lean Museum of Natural History In New York, has recently put on exhi- milton two specimens of the trachodon or duck bill dlnosaur, a gigantic her blyorous creature which roamed west ern American in primeval times. One specimen Is shown in a rearing attl- tude, which was prbobably custom ary pose of the trachodon in life, while the other alongside Is feeding.
 An idea of the size and appearance of the trachodon may be had from the accompanying picture.
 The trachodon which Is shown stand ing towers up kangaroo fashion some
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

You are expected to swallow without an effort the statement that POO skele- tons of men who were eight feet high when living have been found in an ancient cave In Mexico. If the discov- erer of those skeletons had cared to lie about them he could easily have added a foot or two to their length.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

One of the courts has held that kiss ing constitutes assault and battery when 1t Is accomplished without the aid or consent of the kissed. But some people will believe that even by that name 1t will be just as sweet
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

Since North Carolina has gone dry 1t won't do the Governor of South Car olina the slightest good in the world to say anything at all to Its chief exec utfyp
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

If the scientist who says posterity is going to freeze to death is correct what is the use of going to the trouble of planting shade trees7
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27
Her Mission.

"Ethel has gone over to the chul to pray"
 ''To pray. What forT "For her husband. of course" "Why, she hasn't any!" q know it."-Smart Set.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

There were 19,OO0 more deaths than births In France last year. Nearly everybody must live In a fashionable peighborhood over there.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

You may have noticed how much easier 1t Is to exchange your money for experience than 1t is to swap your experience for money.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

This country now has an arbitration treaty with Japan. What has become of that perky. peevish, peremptors feeling Japan had a few weeks ago?
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

-What has become" asks a contem- porary, "of David Bennett Hill?" Have you looked for him in the Oklahoma constitution?
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

King Edward recently rode In an English street car. We are reliably informed that he did not strap-hang.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

The boil weevil, It Is said, eats the richest food of any bug in the world. And never gets the gout
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

'Tobacco heart" must be a terrible and deadly malady If that Is what Is troubling Kentucky.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

We understand that the directolre gown, like nearly all other gowns, was not built for fat women
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

A man may overtake lot of people on the road to ruin, but he never meets any one.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

A distinguished committee of the American Bar Association has pre- pared a code of professional ethics us
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

Marriage is a failure only when one or both parties to It are failures
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27

Indifference is about the only thing capable of freezing the milk of human kindness
Alaska sentinel., 1908-08-27
MANAGING 4 NATIONAL POLITICAL CONVENTION
Slight Variation in the Procedure Between
 Republicans and Democrats.
Great Power Yielded Vigorously by the National Committee Preliminary to the Gathering-Handfu of Leaders Control
 Machinery, Nominations and Platform

: adjournment, usually until the next
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-20
0ut look Is Gloomy

Affairs at the Wonder Bank and
Trust company are looking rather
gloomy for dcposit6rs in this dcfunct
money changing Institution. From
figures obtained by tho News from
receiver +. ."Wcstmcyer, the total
assets of tho cobccrn amount to less
than $1,000, aud the liabilities ut the
time the bank ceased, business amount.
cd to S2O.bSG.S3 y. ut the time Of the
closing of the bank there was said To
be about $1,000 in cash in the safes of
concern. Added to this cash. accord.
ing to Mr.. W~cstmcyGr's figures. there
are bills receivable amounting to $40
10; duo from other banks $4,000: real
estate, assumed to bn worth $4,000.
From these assets are to bc taken all
the expenses Of closing up tho business.
These expenses include such items rs
tho occasional trip To FallOn by Attor.
ncy Cam TO file papers, appearing in
court and etc. and compensation for
his service; the cXpcusc Of looking If.
tor the property of tho concern for
several months from the time of clos.
ing the doors until the appointment
of the receiver. 70 the foregoing
item add tho receivers compensation
and the cost Of moving tho building
of the institution and some ground
rent for some lots where the bnilding
formerly stood, and some i%ncidcntals.
and there you have it. These figures
would seem to Indicate that rs time
rolls on, IL something is not done 10
stop these expenses soon, the dcp,si
tors, instead Of receiving dividends.
may have to pay assessments Wonder
Mining News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-20
s,r. R,llr.,l, Ar.nts Rl,..

+. n. Muller. Il Winnemucca coal
dealer, asserts most positively that the
Southern Pacific company is alone to
blame for the coal shortage which has
existed in Winnemucca for several
weeks. Mr.. Muller'ss assertion is
prompted by the letter addressed by w.
II. Bancroft, general manager of the
Southern Pacific lines EAST of Sparks.
to the Nevada Railroad CommIss.Jn,
which is devoted to the coal situation
at Winnemucca. Mr.. Bancroft's letter
was in reply to communications from
the State Commission in regard to the
the coal famine in Winnemucca, the
dealers from this place having laid the
blame for the situation ut the door of
the Southern Pacific company. l.. Mr..
Bancroft's letter he goes into the matter
very exhaustively. intimating very
strongly tina. the dealers arc ut fault for
neglecting to place orders for u sufficient
amount of coal to meet the community's
needs and claiming that the railroad
company is doing all in thir power to
relieve the situation. ca.
The company is not doing I'LL it
can" .aid Mr.. Muller. ~ can cite one
very positive instance. Over two weeks
ago Il representative of the railroad was
here and claimel that he would
guarantee delivery of coal from Gal
willie. Utah, in five days. | placed an
order for Il carload of coal. dcp1Siting
the full amount of payment here in the
First National Bank. Seventeen days
have passed instead of five and the coal
hasn't been received ". TIE is IL
doubt if tn railroad Company would
handle coal fur dealers rs il should t'lcr..
would be no occasion for 4 shortage in
Winncmucca or any other place in
Nevada 1T any time. | have had orders
placed since July. but have been able Il
get only three carloads of coal since that
time. | have received letters from the
coal companies at K~rllcnsworth and
Price, Utah. i'll which they excuse the
nOn-Shipmcnt of cDal form the fact that
1t Is impossible for them to get HurIi
man cmptics. If the railroads would
furnish the cars there would bc II,
difficulty i'll having coal shipped. hui
they will not and thu public has Il
suffer III Consequences. % And when ship
mcnts are made there are useless delay.
instead of the Southern Pacific making
an effort To expedite the moving Of the
cars, us Mr.. Bancroft claims. Tn,
fault is entirely with the railroads
The dealers are doing all they can I,
get tn" coal shipped. Humble Star
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-20
Service in the Cabinet

If President John Adams had been u
ma of different temper ment the custom
might have been established in the
United States of retaining the cabinet
of one administration for service with
its where thar Successor ste.
ceeled Ia the political ideas ut its pre-
deces>cr. President Adams sought q,
fir. IL retain through his admipiStra.
tiun the members of the cabinet o:
President Washington. Indeed II that
early period the statue az - SahiUeI ot-
fcer was not exactly that u the present
time, and in the cOuT>s % PHcSGea:
Adams rows with the members " Ai>
official household he reslrTed 70 the
strange step Of removing his secretary
IF state. Timothy Pickering. and jams
McHcnry, his secretary Of war.
President jefferson Of course took a
new cabinet. President Madison III
tinucd in his administration "a number
of the cabinet officers of President
jefferson. and President Monroe held
some of his predecessors. John Quincy
Adams also continued - meet about
MS council board some of the advisers
If James Monroe. but Andrew Jackson
began his administration with an en-
tirciv new set of official cOunsclors.
He maintained also another set of adj
~viserS, unofficial. who became known
Is the Kitchen cabinet.
For some time the gentlemen who
had acted respectively as secretary of
the treasury, secretary of war, secretary.
of the a postmaster general and
attorney general in the cabinet of
President jackson retained their scats
under President Van Buren,, but
changes only awaited the passage of
time.
President William Henry Harrison's
cabinet was brand new, and John Ty-
Ter sought to keep it together after
Harrison's death, but in less than six
months al! had resigned except Daniel
Webster, the secretary of state. Presi-
dents Polk, Taylor. Fillmore, Pierce,
Buchanan and Lincoln each formed a
new cabinet.
President .JOhnSon's difficulties with
certain members of the cabinet that
existed at the death Of President Lin
coin are well known. Since that period,
when for the second time in American
history the question of II cabinet officers
right to retain il seat which the prcsi.
dent wishes to have vacated came up
for angry controversy, cabinets by
mutual hut tacit understanding end
with the ADMINISTRATION Bostor Globe.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-20
Rang up the Wrong Nnrsey

An anxious mother determines To ring
up the day nursery to- ask for some
advice us to her child. according 10 Tit
Bits. Calling for the nursery. she is
given Gottfricnd Gluber. florist and
tree dealer. The following converse.
tiOn cnsucs
Il called for the NURSERY. Is this the
nursery"
Yes. ma'an."
Il am 81 worried about my little
Rose
Vat seems to IT, der madden"
20. not 80 very much. perhaps. but
just u general liStlcsSnc>S and lack of
life"
"Ain'd growing rigid. ch?"
NO, sir
Veil, | viii dell ynu vat to do. Yor
dakc der scissors and cut of abuud TIVE
inches form dor limbs, und-
"Wha-a-at?'
Il say, dake der scissors ind cut off
aboud two inches from der limbs. md
den turn der gartcn hose ON it foI
lhoud fonr hours in der morning"
"Wha.a.t?" And the receiver yibrated
at her tone.
Turn der gartcn hose on for aboud
four hours in dc morning. around und
den pile il lot Of plack dirt all urouni
ind sprinkle nit inscgt pewter all ofcr
der top e
"Sir-r.r!'
Sprinkle nit insegt powder all ofeI
der top. You know it is usually nod
dingS but pligS dot
How dare you, sir? What do you
mean by such language 10 me-"
Weddings, Int pugs usually cause,
der troubles. und den yOn want to vaSl
der rose nit Il liquid preparations | ha,
who in the world are you, any.
wayr"
"GOttfricnd Climber, der florist"
"O-o-oh.' rather weakly. Good
bye"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-20
Most Costly Canal

The Panama canal will bc the most
costly canal in the world. The SrIcZ
canal cost 200 million dollars. But thu.
city of Manchester. England. Oh its own
account, for the sake Of making itself "a
water city made "a canal costing
mOr than m%mG.fourth of the amount
expended ON the Sucz waterway. and
the Manchester canal is the most OK.
pcnsivc Onc in the world. now com.
pleted, with the single exception of the
Sucz. The canal il thirty-fivc miles
long from the River Mcrscy to the city,
twcnty-eight feet deep and 100 feet
wide ut the bOttOm There are 40. 900
shareholders In the Manchester Caral
company, most Of them living in that
city. There arc twenty directors.
eleven Of whom arc appointed by the
city and nine Of whom. together with
the chairman. arc elected 10y the share
holders. Steamers from all parts Of tho
world land Mt the Manchester docks.
thus brining by in all.watcr haul the
vast volume Of freight formerly taken
by land from Liverpool or other sea.
ports. together with a vast Tonnage for
general distribution that formerly did
not enter that city. The canal wns in
full operation in 1919. The traffic nj
Manchester for the year 1894 was O2G..
900 tons, white that Of last year was
$500. 900 tons, an increase of more than
five fold, or 5;2 per cent. The cost Of
cotton importation has been lcsscncd ~
per ton and that Of other freight in pro.
portion. The cost NJ the Manchester
canal was ~ million dollars Kansas
City Star:
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-20
Tut Prosperity

A. an evidence IF the great prospcr-
ity that WAS 10 come after the election
Of Taft. Mondays Ogden journal gives
the following:
The big orcr-approprIItium discharge
Of men which occnrrcd Yesterday over
the entire Salt Lake division Of the
Southern Pacific railroad and the Ne
vada California branch line from IIaZ.
cn to Kcclcr, New. means that tod nv
over 800 men less are working ut their
jobs as section men. 1t is said by local
officials that the same thing was done
in California making in all thousands
Of men who were turned adrift.
The force has been diminished to one
foreman and three under. hands on each
section of the Salt Lake division. which
run ns far ~ Sparks, New, and to one
man, the foreman. on each section to
kcclcr. New.
As work in various branches is plcn-
tiful it is iot Thought that the discharg.
ed employees will suffer great hardship.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-20
Some Questions

The Lyon County Times. one of the
leading papers Of the state, hops up in
meeting and asks the following questions
Of its brethren.
list. Is 1t true that a man high in the
republican party took $50, 900 to Nyc
and Esmcralda counties to dclauch the
voters. partly against his WI party:
End. Did the Reno Gazette try to
mold II Of its own party candidates M
for $1,000 and fail to support him when
he refused to b. held upr
Bird. Who are the higher ups" who
employed the poor repeater now serving
time in Reno. and will there bc u Hcncy
to prosecute him?
ith. is it true that the S. u. ordered
its men t. support the first three candi.
dates on the democratic ticket And IL
80, why?
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-20
he Names ol States

Do YOU know why your State was so
named! Do You know that the ma
jority of the States Of the Union were
named after the Indiansr 1t is SO.
See the list:
Ohio is Indian, and means ''beauti-
full: Massachusetts, about great
hills; Utah, mountain home; Texas,
from the Indian wori teaches" which
means friends" Kansas gets its
name from the Indians, and the word
means smoky waters" The word
Wyoming ome from the Indian and
means broad valley; Nebraska. BLACK
water: Missouri. muddy water; Iowa
''acruss"; Wisconsin, rushing waters:
Illinois. from ''Illini." which means
tribe of men; Kentucky, meaning
lat head of river; Oregon, from War
e-gan." beautiful water" Arizona
means uncertain" because of the
desert land where the Indians found
game scarce; therefore "a journey
through that portion of the country
was uncertain. New Mexico was
named after Mexico proper. and the
word comes from 'Alexiti' of the an,
cient Aztecs. and signifies God Of
war"
The Indians call great lakes seas, %
and ''Sea>' i'll Indian is Michigan"
Mississippi is named after the river
which is called by the red IA because
of ITS greatness in width and length.
The word means father of waters"
The two DakotaS were 50 named after
the Dakota Indians, which nj. one time
emblrAced an immense tribe. all the
branches of the Sioux.
There are states which do not owt
their names e the Indians. California
is named after an imaginary island OF
Spanish omanc2 Nevada mean.
SNOWY Colorado is - named he
cause OF the rel granite and sandstone
ro,'k, which are everywhere in the
nom tain regions. Florida mean,
iJw rs. - Exchange.