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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
FOUND SKELETONS OF INDIANS
Workmen Unearth Evidence Of EpL
demic or Massacre.

In digging a canal, which is to carry
water from the Eel river power sta
ton Of the Snow Mountain Water COM
pany, a gar unearthed an old Indian
cemetery in the Bush ranch when the
plow turned up a human skull q few
feet below the surface, says the Balti-
more American. Further investiga.
ton revealed many more skulls and g
dozen were piowed UP in making the
cut. -
Indications are that there are sew.
eral hundred. skeletons there. Two
are now protruding from the side Of
the bank, one with it's head toward
the east and the other lying in the
opposite direction, contrary to Indian
custom: No implements. of war or
other things were found in the graves.
and this, as we'll as the helter-skelter
way the bodies appear to have been
piled in, Is taken as al indication that
they were buried after an epidemic or
massacre. ......s
Old Indians Of the Pomo tribe say
that the Tartars once exterminated
the Chamawa tribe, only two surviv-
ing. The Tartars and Chamawas were
warlike and encroached on the Pomos,
who had no warriors, but titled the
soil and made baskets. -.-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
COULD NOT BE ols4EARrenup.
Ono Mans Philosophy Rose Superior
to All AffiIctlonS.

Browns cheerfulneSS was source OF
wonder and admiration to his friends.
Either his religion or his philosophy
taught him to accept everything as q
wise dispensation. But then he had a
large share Of worldly goods, his
friends argued, and nothing but adver-
sity would shake his faith.
Therefore, when a promising crop
was washed away By q food the neigh.
bors were much astonished to hear
aim say: ITS Ill for the best. I was
blest with an overabundance last
year"
In the winter his house was buried
% the ground. To his enelYhbors' So
licitations he calmly responded: THE
house never suited us anyway, SO 1t
Is all for the best"
Other calamities betell Brown, but
still he refused to be disheartened.
The climax came when he was in q
railroad accident. Both feet were so
badly crushed that anputation was
necessary.
Sympathetic friends gathered from
all quarters. They. dreaded to hear
the lamentations they were sure would
greet them, for even Brown could
hardly be expected to pass this lightly
by.
Guess you are pretty well dis.
co"raged. aren't you, with both feet
cut OFF," Ventured some one. do you
think this Is all for the best?"
But Brown nodded his head, smiling
wanly, and said:
"They were always cold, anyway
Ladies' Home Journal
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
LIEuTENAN; HAD SURE TH'Ne.
Western Colonel an Easy Mark for
Gambling Shark

A lieutenant attached to one Of the
eastern forts gained reputation for
his unlimited betting ON the slightest
provocatioE. 1t was but short time
before he had nearly cleaned out all
the members of the company to which
he was attached. 1t was therefore
with some relief that the members and
officers saw him transferred to Kan
sas. But the day before his arrival
The colonel Of the eastern fort wrote
60 his friend, the colonel of the Kan.
sas Tort, Of the reputation and sharp
ness OF the betting lieutenant, so that
the western contingent were fully.
aware of what was coming. Upon the
day Of his arrival he was cordially
greeted, and the colonel remarked:
Il understand you have somewhat of a
reputation for betting in the east"
The lieutenant tried to belittle the
statement but as the colonel got In.
sistent for details, the lieutenant said:
I'LL bet you $50 that you have got
something on your back" The col
ouel denied having anything on his
back except his uniform. The iieuten-
ant said: I'll bet you $50 you have
got two big red spots on your back
near your shoulder blade" The col.
onel took him up quickly. The money
was put in the hands Of a brother Off.
Ger. The lieutenant said that the
colonel should strip to prove that he
was the winner, so off came the uni
form even to the shirt. There was
nothing on the colonel's back, and so
the bet was lost by the lieutenant, who
remarked: We'll, l lost that some
now" The colonel was tickled not a
httle, and the same night wrote his
eastern colonel friend of the circum.
stance. Much was his surprise with
In the week to receive brief letter
somewhat rs follows: Dear Colonel:
That - Scamp OF lieutenant bet me
$3.50 the day he left that he would
have the shirt off your back before he
vas at the fort "a hours"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
saHLNg RISING IS CONDEMNED.
q Habit Which, MAY Severely Tax the
Vital Powers.

There Is no adequate support for
the Impression that the early morning
hours are In any way more wholesome
or healthy than later periods OF the
day. Except, in summer time they
are apt to be damp. fnggy, chilly and
among the least desirable hours of
daylight. 1t is quite true that during
the suIhmer there is a sense of exhiI.
aration about being abroad in these
early morning hours, but this evapo-
rates with the dew and is apt to be
succeeded by corresponding depres.
sion and loss of working power later
IN the day. I have been observing MY
friends and patients for the past 20
years in this respect, and am inclined
to the opinion that not a little of the
repression and nervousness which
commonly develop in hot weather is
Que TO excessive exposure to light
from habits Of early rising. inherited
from agricultural ancestors, not coun.
teracted by three to four hours rest
In darkened rooms In the middle of
the day. .a
Secondly, that the exhilaration ex.
per;enced during the early morning
hours Is an expensive luxury which
has to be paid for later in the day.
In fact, have found that as a general
rule, to put 1T very roughly the bust.
ness or professional man who rises
an hour before 7:30 or 8, goes to
bed, or loses his. working power
an hour and a half earlier in the
evening. Each individual has in
the beginning of his day about so
much working power stored UP IN his
brain and muscle cells. II he uses
this up with great rapidity In the
early morning hours he naturally ex.
hausts his stock the sooner in the
afternoon.
1t is largely a matter of when a
man wishes to he at his best. If his
occupation is or sucn a character that
he can clear off the brunt of his
work In the early morning hours, then
let him rise early. II on the other
nand he requires full vigor and readi.
ness OF mind and body in the latter
part OF the day, or at night, then
he must rise later to get it. Even
In pure muscle work it ia false econ.
omy to work too long bours.-Amer.
lean Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
Took Advantage of Cars Hobby.

Peter the Great particularly delight.
ed in drawing teeth, and he strictly
enjoined his servants to send for hin
when anything Of that sort was to be
lone. One day his favorite valet de
chambre seemed very melancholy;
the car asked him what was the mat.
ter. "Oh, your majesty" said the man,
my wife is suffering the greatest
agony from tootharhe, and she OBJ
stinately refuses to have the tooth
taken out" IF that is ALL" said Peter
we will soon cure it; take me to her
at once" When they arrived, the WON.
an declared that she was not suffering
at all; there was nothing the matter
with her. THAT is the way she talks,
your majesty said the valet; she is
suffering tortures." Hold her head
and hands" said the car; Il will
have it out in a moment" AND he in.
stantly pulled out the indicated tooth
with great dexterity, amid profuse
thanks from the husband. What was
Peters indignation to discover a little
later that his valet had used him as an
execut!oner to punish his wife, who
had never had an unsound tooth In her
head.~San Francisco Argonant
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
A Paying Investment

Mr.. John White, of 80 Highland
Ave, Houlton, Maine, says: "Have
been troubled with IL cough every
winter and spring. Last winter 1
tried many advertised remedies, but
the cough continued until / bought
q SOC. bottle Of DR.. Kings New Dis
cOvery, before that was half gone,
the cough was all gone. This winter
the same happy result has followed;
u few doses once more banished the
annual cough. l am now convinced
that DR.. Kings New Discovery is the
best OF all cough and lung remedies"
Sold under guarantee at Elko Drug
Co.'S drug store. soc and $1.0O.
Trial bottle free.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
insect f4ypnotiSno,

did you ever know" said the hyp.
notist. as he played with curious,
glittering hypnotising machine of crys.
tai and silver, did you ever know that
hypnotism is practiced among in.
sects?"
NO"
Well, it ia fact. A queen bee can
hypnotise her whole hive whenever
she wants to. She makes curious
humming sound, and within a moment
or two every bee in the colony falls
into hypnotic trance
"The death s-head hawk-moth is also
a hypnotis'. of great power. This
creature, indeed, makes it's living out
of hypnotism. Entering g hive. 4
makes a sound not unlike the queen
bees note, and, the bees Immediately
sinking into slrmber The moth pro
ceeds to plumber It It's leisure"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
A Plotl

II have a great idea," said the anna
teur conspirator. '..
What is it," asked the willing
listener. ~. '..
1--WE will say no more about pro,
tecting trees"
"Yes?"
"On the contrary, we will encourage
their destruction in every possible
manner" ..,,.. 49,.
"Yes?"
I'm time we shall see our hillsides,
our parks and our avenues turned to
barren wastes"
"And then?"
"Then we will organize a parasol
trust"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05

John Hunter has opened The Home
Bakery and is prepared to furnish fresh
bread, pies, cakes, etc. on short notice.
All orders will receive prompt attention
Everything about the Home Bakery
is new and up to date and first-class
baker is in charge.
The proprietor hopes by fair dealing
and reasonable prices to secure share
of the public patronage.
Don't send your money away for pies
cakes and bread
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05

More Prosperity.
What are you doing now?"
Gone into bee culture"
"How's business ="
"Humming."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
A Sure.enough Knocker

j. G. Goodwin, Of Reidville, N. c.,
says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve is a
sure-enough knocker for ulcers. A
bad one came on my leg last summer,
but that wonderful salve Knocked it
out in few rounds. Not even a scar
remained" Guaranteed for piles,
sores, burns etc. 25c. at Elko Dug
Go g drug store.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
A Burglar In Town

his name Is "bad cough" He does
not cafe for gold or silver but he will
steal your health away. II he np-
pears in your house arrest him ut
once with Billiards. Horehound
Syrup, 1t may mean consumption II
you don't. A cure for all coughs,
colds and chest troubles. Sold by
Elko Drug Co. Price 25c, SOC and
and Sl.00 per bottle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
Horse, Hog and Elephant in On.

G. G, Minnick, of 296S Darien street,
Philadelphia, week ago cut from a
tree near Secane station n section OF
forked limbs for n one.piece three.
legged stool. The three limbs where
they arc cut OFF are in the perfect
likeness, one Of n horses hoof. tho
second of a hogs split hoof and the
third like an elephants trunk. The
mouth and the trunk OF the elephant
are startlingly true to nature. The
likeness Is of natures own carving
All Mr.. Minnlck had To do was to
strip the bark off.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
They Take The Kinks Out

81 have used DR.. Kings New Life
Pills for many years, with increasing
satisfaction. They take the kinks out
of stomach, liver and bowels. with
out fuss or friction" says N. Ii.
Brown, of Pittsficld, VT. Guaranteed
satisfactory at Elko Drug Co.'s drug
tore. 25c.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
A Vast Sum.

The amount of money which the
government is called upon TO redeem
In the course of the year REACHES an
almost fabulous amount. In 1904, for
Instance. 1t totaled $912,000,00O. This
redemption is either for the purpose
OF securing clean, fresh notes or to
get change of some other demon ma.
ton
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
Advancement.

Miss A.-And that nephew OF yours
who-er-ran away, don't you know.
and Joined the army, how is he get
ting on?
Miss B. (p:oudly)--oh, very well.
Indeed. He's Just been made pri.
vate secretary to the lance corporal of
hlS regiment Punch.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-05
Marital Decantinna

He--You promised when we were
married, to love, honor and obey me-
and 1t was false pretenses.
She-And you promised to endow
me with all your worldly goods. and
you haven't got any.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

manufacturers and money handlers Is this COM
petely co-ordinated system, wherein each en-
poye must serve a check upon his co-worker
who hands him money and upon the other to
whom he hands it. 1t Is so also in the mfnts.
where frequent and immediate accountings and
weighngs between all stages will reveal theft
within few minutes. Each employe is cog
wheel In the great, complicated machine, and when
he goes wrong the machinery stops until the cause
has been determined. And this putting Of each
employe his honor is infinitely better than
skulking about and spying upon him from behind
screens In the whole course Of its manufacture
steal our money. greenbacks or coins.
and escape unknown. unless a considerable group
of his fellow employees enter into the conspiracy
with him, and herein lies the secret Of this sys
TENS safety.
The most frequent attempts at cheating the
Treasury perpetrated through the redemption
division, the Official graveyard wherein our notes
and coins, after being thumb-soed and worn by
the greedy thousands. finally tucked away. to
be seen no more. Here another corps Of women
counters, with deft fingers. and corps Of women
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
cIsTERNs OF HOT WATER.

OF ever-increasing interest to natural curiosity
seekers are the Hot Pots, about three males from
Heber City, Utah
This region is level plain upon the surface OF
which arise in strange confusion numbers of coni-
cafshaped cisternS, the largest of them being all
OF fifty feet in height. hundred feet In dame
ter at the top and twice that at the base and con-
tanning in their dark depths immense volumes of
water. heated to a high temperature IN the fur
naces of the earth. The waters contain the usual
chemical properties of thermal springs. and
used for bathing and drinking
These pots evidently have been formed by the
slow deposition through countless centuries OF the
silica and soda which enter into the composition
Of the waters They grow In height steadily with
years. and present most interesting spectacle Of
natures strange creative methods The Hot Pots
found in the midst of cultivated Fields and
thriving orchards. notwithstanding the peculiar
rocklike soil composition
One Of the marked peculiaritfes Of the region -
the hollow, rumbling sound caused by carrfA&e0
and horses they over the roadways for
miles around. lis there an enormous cavern Just
below the surface. and will II ever cave In! -
the anxious inquiry Of every visitor alarmed At the
strange underground sounds.-Kansas CITY star.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

were also sent IN for redemption. and these
being held the most damaging evidence against
the offender
similar but more skillful device was employed
some years back by less than one OF the
trusted experts employed to detect SUCH
very frauds She would take home with her OF
evenings ten of the worn and ragged notes sent
in for redemption and would cut and tear nine
of them to pieces which, when pasted together.
would make ten ragged bills sufficiently complete
to pass muster. These she would pass down the
line next morning, but she would keep the tentn
note which she had left untouched She worked
with bills OF high denominations. and 1t was ois-
covered that within three days she thus approprf-
ated ss40-
peddler from Pennsyavania who came into the
reclamation bureau soma time ago with Dill box
filled with scraps Of paper money told pit1u 'aio
of gaining In speculation $4,000. which. In the
form of greenbacks. he had secreted beneath MS
springhouse floor. But when the other day he had
gone To find them 10 and behold! he had been
horrihed to discover that rats had devoured tnen'
leaving only what he had brought with him. fhe
scraps were spread on glass plates by the woman
EXPERTS and found to be corners OF twenty two
ons- -tbousand-dollar notes; but the fact that the
rats had had such voracious preference for CEN
tres alone and such pronounced dislike Tor cor
ners aroused suspicion and the Treasury refused
TO make good the pretended loss IL was ev1oent
that the fellow had pinched on small corners OF
the notes mentioned and had then passed the
money thus nutilated. after similarly treating
others received in exchange.
different method was employed by man VINO
wrote that he sending the mutflated remains
Of a large sum by express and his package was
received empty. His scheme was to have the
Treasury make claim against the express company
for the full amount, but he got frightened ana
let the matter drop
At another time the department received on the
came day the halves of the same note from diher-
ent parts of the country, and accompanying each
WAS an elaborate statement as to how the other
half had been destroyed. Although 1t was evident
that one. If not both, had intended to denauo'
the department paid the full face value to tne
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19

pirate chests that are hauled through the Tender
ioin and over to the Treasury in a big BLACK
Maria guarded on both the drivers seat and the
rear running board by savage looking men armed
to the teeth But even should some band Of blood
thirsty brigands from OF the nearby malaria
district ewoop across the White Lot and take the
Black Maria by storm, none Of the crisp paper
bills in those buccaneer chests would be OF legal
value for the that the ofcial red seals have
not been added. So it would probably be impossible
for the captors OF the armed men of fierce aspect
TO pass their loot perhaps in some as yet
uncivilized section of Indiana New York City.
So Uncle Sans safeguard designed to cover this
journey to the Treasury vaults Is the postponenent
Of the red sealing business until after the treasure
chests have been delivered and duly receipted for
few OF times.
The seals are put on by power presses operated
in a space under the big cash room. and the sheets
after being counted again. passed to the ad1on-
ing room where the machines cut the single notes
from the Sheets all of the trimmings having to be
counted also and checked up. lest some one obtain
a blank sample of the secret paper on which our
money is printed. Through all of these stages the
sheets have gone from process to another in
packages of equal number, secured by bands OF
paper, each signed by every one who has handled
them With all of these safeguards the chief OF
any division can tell within few minutes II any
sheet or finished bill has been abstra acted and when
one is missed he knows the name OF each of his
hundred of subordinates who has
touched it.
slain of mstantial evidence about dishonest
employe demonstrated some time ago. when
one sheet from pile that had left the seal
ing presses found to be missing The CHIEF
of division knew that il had disappeared WITHIN
the previous five minutes and although no one saw
the theft it was fully known that pressman who
had passed the pile his way out to the lavatory
had suddenly slipped the top sheet unoer MS
blouse. He caught in the web OF the rapidly
accumulating records, which showed that he alone
could be guilty. But, the evidence being purely
circumstantial, he merely discharged, and ne
knew why. The blue numbers on the missing piils
are known and inasmuch this money has never
been turned in for redemption it Is assumed that
the culprt destroyed It 80
A recent test of The kind was equally effec-
tive in proving the perfection of this automatc
system of safety checks. A sheet found missing
by one of the counters traced at once to the
truck used by a man in hauling the bundles from
the printing TO the counting room in the treasury
The automatic register of the seal printing press
which the bundle had just left showed that the
correct of sheets had just left the printer
who had budged from his post, In plain view
of his fellow workmen. But when the bundle
reached the counting room the sheet was at once
found missing and meanwhile il had not been out
he fr1ck
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
FEW RELEASES ORDERED.

ie secretary of State is exceedingly chary
.'"u' The grant Of such warrants and when in
@1of usually follows the excellent rule of ab-
Anihg from exercising his-or, rather the
lug "es-prerogative. Before issuing the warrant
WESTON as 10 the perfection of the cure, and
!" TIE certainty that there is no danger what
OF any relapse the part of the pr1s-
INTO the mental obliquity which led hlm 10
.a'iiit the deed that brought him within the
- nes OF the law. In this matter, of course,
.e'es mainly upon the counsel Of his Official
- sdi ADVISERS: then he consults with the law
snd criminal authorities, and ii is only
=. :, uley all agree that the patient can be set
a.. W and when, moreover. he obtains an
=. ence from the friends and relatives OF
t@nent shat the latter will be thoroughly
81 ior and the authorities notified in case
~ !. 'Hiihg suspicious, that he finally consents
sue warrant for the liberation.
~ is-2es II in the name of the sovereign, 10
a.. CUSTODY. technically speaking, all insane
MI. ''"oed; and If he has been guilty of any
!. 10 the grant of warrant OF this kind
h., 'ed t9 account not only by the monarch
os Parliament. exposing himself TO i'm
~. a'neht AND TO punishment a; the hands of
h.,. IN the event of his being proved to
a,,. eh euilty Of undue favoritism or malfeas-
49,. M ONCE in the grant of the warrant OF
- No Judge be he Lord High Chancellor.
49, Chief Justice or mere police cos,r, maxts-
o,,... y :. justice Of the peace has the power to
-. ss removal from Broadnoor Of those who
- sseeeea to be confined there during
New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
erss criticism. chiefly on

Broadrpoor that the blue blooded perpetrator OF
the Whitechapel murders is now admitted by the
authorities to have breathed his last; and 1t Is
likewise to Broadmoor that there sent with
out trial the we'll born and successful member
of the bar whose homicida1 mania led him to
perpetrate two years ago a mysterious murder
on a suburban London railroad and to kill in
an equally unaccountable fashion young wom-
an last summer at Windsor. Black sheep Of
great families who have thus been consigned to
Broadmoor for the purpose of preserving the
escutcheons Of their houses from the brand Of
felony seldom II ever secure their liberation.
Their entire existence Is passed behind the walls
Of the asylum. and they are classed among those
graphically described by Lord Rosebery in a
public address some time ago as intellectually
dead"
Finally there are among the patients at
Broadmoor tho cranks Of the male and female
persuasion who dog the steps OF royalty, some
times with harmless intent, but often. too. with
the object Of assassination. Few have any
idea Of the extent Of the persecution Of this
kind to which the anointed OF the Lord
subjected in Europe. In London and at Wind
sor as at Berlin and at Potsdam, ii is rare that
a week passes without the quiet arrest by the
police Of several more or less mentally unbal-
anced individuals who clamor for to
royalty on all sorts Of extraordinary pretexts,
the women alleging that they the daughters,
the wives the sisters the mistresses of the
sovereign, while the men usually profess to be
in love with or related to the royal or imperial
lady who shares his throne. They are quietly
taken into custody by the army OF detectives
that invariably hover about royal personages to
protect them from just such persons as these:
are, equally without noise. committed by the
magistrates to the county asylum for the In