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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-07-21

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ANNUAL DUES
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The Central Trust Co. of N.Y.,


Each member will be required to pass a
medical examination. which must DO ap-
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-07-21
Notice TO Creditors.
Estate Of Geo. r. Meconkey. De-
ceased.

ceased.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN To THE
~ creditors Of the late George 2. Mecon-
key. deceased. of Hamilton. White Pine
County. Nevada. and all persons having
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same to tho undersigned. plsperly youched.
at their Office in the town Of Hamilton. bite
Pine County. within ten months after the
date Of the first publication Of this notice. for
their action thereon, and If not 80 presented
the same will be forever barred.
Ed. RAJM.
L n. ROBINSON.
Administrator Of the Estate Of the late Geo.
+. McConkey, deceased.
Hamilton. Marvh :. lSs1
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N1IN.
nrno NAY BE SUFFERING FROM

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All applications must be accompanied by
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-09
NIYMiiA. v. r. ELI}AX MA!A<[l 1853.

Il cau't >t.3' ,i.;s rr-- ina.r,.," j.,
cried out. = must kr.}.; m rato
one way o. the etii,r. il D. trnr thar
| an year, Older but nn o;.' VII!
ever c;,lt ior You better til"M | ,i3. j.
you cannot love me in + J!ru | viii
90 away and never worry you any
more. l give you my word. A.n 1 to
go, Dorothy?'
Oh. Oh, no. she glsped out.
hardly able to realize what lie was
saying, only feeling as If she could
not breathe. her heart beat So wildly
Not long afterwards there was Il
happy wedding at the dear old Irish
home; and then Dorothy came back
to brighten up the old house at
Lcyton.
Hugh Lambert would have been
less or mere of man if he coulI
have resisted triumphing over her Il
little; and, as they went into the Ii
brary, where she had bravely defend
ed her theories, he turned and said:
Bythc bye, Dorothy, who was
right. after all, about Platonic
friendships :"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-09
A WOMAN WITH A HISTORY.

Among the women confined in the
Central Police Station last night for
drunkenness was one who, as the song
goes, has seen better days. Her name
is Kate Lehman, but she is also known
as Kate Stokes, under which name she
once performed in the circus. She is
now about forty five years of age, and
apparently almost total wreck. Her
husband, from whom she has been
separated several years, is a wealthy
merchant in prosperous city in Cal
ifOrnia. The time was wren she had
a large fortune in her own name. as
well as great deal of mining stock;
but strong love for drink and dissi-
patton has brought her to the lowest
level. Up to few years ago she
travelled with Forepaugh's show, and
was a fair pad rider. When seen by
an Enquirer reporter after she was
somewhat sobersd off: she said that
she came to this city about three
months ago from Mansfield, Ohio.
where she had been housekeeping in
hotel. She fell in with some folks
and has been drinking hard ever since.
She said that she was not broke" by
any means, and had a good account at
one of the banks of this city. When
arrested she had in her pocket large
roll of greenbacks. During her career
as circus-rider she had her left arm
broken, and also one of her lower
limbs badly injured, such as to cause
her to retire from the ring Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-09
NUMBER 1lOO.
THE NEW FIyE-CENT COIN,

Upon the recommendation of
Superintendent Snowden, Of the
Philadelphia Min, the Secretary
OF the Treasury has approved a
| change in the devices. Inscriptions
and diameter of the five-cent nickel
copper coin. The Philadelphia Tele-
graph says: The present coin was is
sued under act of Congress approved
May 16, 1866, and made the weight
i've gramlnes and the diameter two
centimeters. This was the first at
tempt in the history of our coinage to
prescribe by law the diameter of a
coin. This had always been left to
the discretion of the mint officials,
whose judgment could be better
trusted than that of Congressman,
who, Of necessity, have but little ex-
pert skill or knowledge upon such
subjects. The result Of this attempt
was the issue Of a coin without due
proportion OF thickness to diameter
without sorority of ring and devoid
of beauty. The object of this unusu-
al legislation was an attempt on the
part Of the advocates of the metric
system to make coin useful in edu-
eating the public to a knowledge and
acceptance of the metric system in
our daily transactions. This attempt
to educate by legislation has proved
a signal failure. As the law had to
allow of a divergence of two grains
above and below the prescribed stand
ard, it was inaccurate and unreliable
as weight, and as the diameter of
the coin could not be made uniform
owing to a want of uniform ductility
of the nickel-copper alloy, it was OBJ
viously no standard to use as a meas
ure. The devices on the coin were
also inartistic. The shield on the
diverse side was made SO large as to
crowd the other work and compel the
use of very small figures in the date,
and very narrow border around tie
periphery of the piece. The motto
In God we trust above the shield
was forced so near the edge of the
coin as to excite apprehensions that
it would not be able to hold its place.
To remedy these defects and also
to make the inscriptions and devices
conform to the requirements of the
coinage act of 1873 and to good taste,
Colonel Snowden prepared and SUBJ
mitted to the Secretary of the Treas
ury a coin of increased diameter and
new devices, inscriptions, etc. The
coin is to be 81 millimeters in diam
eter. On the diverse is a classical
head of Liberty, with the inscription
Liberty" on the tiara, and the date
below. and all surrounded by thir-
teen stars. On the reverse Of the
coin is the Roman numeral, indicating
the denomination of the coin, sur
rounded by beautifully arranged
wreath, composed of cotton, wheat
and corn, products of the country,
and all surrounded by the inscrip-
tions, United States of America" and
e Pluribus UDum." The coin is q
great improvement on its predecessor,
and is beautiful in its design and ex-
and reflects credit upon the
taste and skill of the officers of the
mint.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-09
IN THE ARMS OF ASrAR FISH.

Il was once a pearl Overland
hard business it waS,' said the capt
ain OF Spanish brig to IL reporter
We worked off the Mexican and
Panama coasts, principally on the
Pacific side. Sometimes we worked
alone. but generally on shares, and
sometimes for pay. We went to the
grounds IN small sailing vessels; then
we took to small boats and covered
us much ground as possible. Each
man had Il basket. weight, and Il
knife. For sharks7 Yes; bu' it is a
poor defence, for it is almost impos-
slble to swing the arm with any force
under water. The best weapon is a
short spear, When you reach the
ground you strip, put your feet in a
big sinker, take the basket that has a
rope for hosting. drop over, and soon
find yourself at the bottom. Then
your business Is to knock oil rs many
oysters as you can, and pile them
into the basket before you lose your
wind. 1t Is a terrible strain, bct T
could stand 1t in those days for six
minutes, and have known some men
who could stay down ten; but it is
sure death in the long run. If the
ground is well stocked you can get
twenty or more shells, but it is all
luck. When the basket is full it Is
hauled up, and after you come up for
your wind down you go again, the
sink being hauled up with u small
cord for that purpose.
"lt was on one of these that l ran
afoul of the animal that gave me a
lasting fright You will smile twhen
say 1t was only star fish, but that
it really was. l went down sixty
feet with rush. and landing on the
edge of big branch of coral, swung
OIL into kind of basin. The basket
went ahead of me. and as swung off
to reach the bottom. something
seemed to spring up all around me,
and | was in the arms of some kind
of monster that coiled about my
body, arms and legs. L tried to
scream. forgetting that l was in the
water, and lost my wind. 1t was Just
as if the plant had sprouted under
me ana lilen lnrOWu It's vines ana
tendrils about me. There were thou
sands of them, coillng and writhlng.
and thought l had landed in a nest
of sea snakes. gave the signal as
soon as l could. and made a break
upward, part of the creature clinging
to Inc, while the rest, l could see,
was dropping to pieces. They hauled
me into the boat when / reached the
surface, and pulled the main part of
the animal from me. 1t was oval,
about three feet across, and the five
arms seemed to divide into thousands
of others. probably landed on top
Of that one, which ut that time was
the largest l had ever seen. l after
ward saw the body of one that was
washed ashore on the Isthmus that
must have had spread Of thirty five
feet. Their power Of grasping il
considerable, but touch them in
certain way and they throw off their
arms in a regular shower, and are
soon reduced to an Oval body
California Times.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-09
EAI4R31CL:G.


RailroHlin& is. rtr.as,. .i,o larrns!
, rus!n'-, ii clt.ii:;.iiun j. every
.tirectiu!. tLosr roads run over lanH
and toward tha sea. c;trry;n. dai'
millions t. pe pie ;li to Of tLot.-
sands of tons Of merchandise. And
1t is the Interest as well as the duty
of their owners - operate them with
the utmost safety to life and prop.
erty. 1t is, 40 doubt. true that there
IS less loss Of life in travelling by rail
than in any other way when the
numbers are taken into account. but
even that percentage might, and we
think could, be reduced with greater
care and strictness. If we take, for
instance, the Tehachapi catastrophe.
so vivid III the minds of all, we can
now see how much, if not all the loss
of life, might have been avoided. Ii
the brakes Lal been tight on the train
y (,ouid not have started to run away.
And when it dill run and toppled
over, the oil a ups were broken or the
OIL s. ie and set things OF lire. In
most of the States east Of the Rocky
Mountains the burning Of oil is pro
hlbited by law or order OF the man
aSemcit. in passenger cars. Candles
take its place and they do not SET the
cars on hre IN smash up. 1t may
be true that the coal stoves ia the
train on the Southern road would
ultimately have burned the cars, but
the fire would have been slow of
starting and the unwounded or those
net Killed might have had time to
escape before the fire got headway.
In tLls connection it has of.en been
wondered that passenger cars are not
made of paper instead OF wood In
an accident the paper cars would not
splinter as the wooden ones do--nOr
would the paper cars burn as the
wooden ones do. The paper Car
would be quite as firm as the wooden
one, would doubtIsss be quite as
cheap and entirely safe from fire. for
while the paper would burn if coal
were held TO it long enough it would
not blaze. nor could it be ignited from
a falling lamp, or from anything.
save with difficulty. And it is sad
that III cheapness it rivals wood.
Those who now build houses of paper
say 50. Once tiled, paper railway
cars might become popular. The
paper can DO cast of any strength
and thickness With careful ON
ployes, candles for lights, paper cars
and whatever improved brakes for
stopping a runaway train science
may have given, the danger of life
and limb on railway ought to be
reduced almost to a minimum.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-09
MRS LANGTRY'S LAST APPEARANCE IN
CHICAGO.

Before the rise of the curtain it was
quite evident that the gallery people
had come to ''guy" all they saw, as
they started in on George Bowron,
the leader of the orchestra, and made
audible comments upon his bald
head as it loomed up among the foot
lights. Then they propounded the
old question as to why it was the man
with the bass viol in the orchestra
always had a head devoid Of Lair, but
no satisfactory conclusion was arrived
at. The first two acts of the play
called for no especial remarks from
the gallery gods, but when Mrs.
Langtry appeared in ''doublet and
hose" and asked what she would do
with them when Orlando appeared,
one of the gods emitted an audible
groan, and this was the signal for the
'guying" to begin. None were
spared, and every parsonage who ap-
peared on the stage was commented
upon, generally unfavorably. The
gods pelted candy upon the stage,
and large piece Of taffy adhered to
tiiO ACOl VI til0 UdoS III utu. 4u0 uu-
fortunate gentleman who attempted
to sing the solo was howled at, and
the lower part of the house appeared
to catch the infection and join in
with the gods. Charles, the wrestler,
was dubbed 'Muldoon," and every
god constituted himself referee in
the wrestling bout. The actors were
all at sea and cut their lines without
stint, while the star was very much
embarrassed at the gallery gods con-
stantly calling out for some person
age named Freddie" In the last
act she ordered the curtain rung down
before she recited the epilogue,
evidently fearing that her bluff about
kissing those who had boards that
pleased her would be called. Taken
altogether, the Lily received a fare
we'll in Chicago that will not likely
permit her to forget this city in many
a day. Chicago Tribune.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-09
TEXAS CATTLE DRIVE OF 1883,

In its issue for last week the Te.cas
Lire-Stock Journal gives the num-
ber of cattle which will go over the
trail from that State north as coming
close to 100000. OF this number, it
thinks, not more than 10000 will be
put on the open market; the other
100000 will bo sold for ranch pur-
poses. On the ranches whence they
start the prices for which these cat
tie have been contracted range from
$40 SO to Sl2 so for yearlings, $l4 so
to SIG so for 2-year- -olds, aud Sl8 to
SO for 3-year- Nearly all the
females to be driven are for ranch
purposes, and We're sold at what just
now are considered fancy prices.
The paper named says: THE de-
mand for 2-year-old steers has been
largely IN excess of the supply, and
the entire crop will. in all probability.
be brought out by the high prices
offered. The demand fer young
steers for ranch purposes in the State
is greater by one-half than it was last
year, owing partly to the fact that
female cattle are worth as much
money on southwestern ranches as
they are in the north, and are really
not for sale. The tendency to hold
on to breeding stock evidences the
fact that southwestern ranchmen pre-
Ter to breed cattle to grow beeves, and
that Tor breeding purposes no coun-
try IN the world excels Southwest
Texas. The small number of 3-year-
old steers to be driven this year
shows that tho demand for beef has
been unusually great, and that the
and 2-year-old steers We're driven out
very closely for the past few years"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-09
A WAR REMINIsCENCE.

A Jefferson City, Mo, item says:
Col. f. L. Wingo, the representative
from Dent county, has a soldierly ap-
pearance, frank manner, and the hon
esty of purpose and knowledge Of the
wants Of his people which go long
way towards making useful legislat-
or. The colonel says that by some
what mistaken representation, he has
been given the credit or discredit of
having killed Gen. Lyon at Wilson's
Greek. Col. Wingo was in command
of the First regiment, Seventh divi
sion, Missouri State Guard, the bri-
gade being commanded by Gen.
Mcbride, under Gen. Price. Col
Wingo took part in the battles Of
Springfield. or Wilson's Creek, Dry
wood, ard was dreadfuliy wounded in
the right shoulder during the siege
and surrender of Mulligan at Lex
ington. Regarding the death of Lyon
at Wilson's Greek, Col. Wingo is of
the opinion that he was killed by
shots fired from his regiment. The
point where Lyon was killed was at
what has since been called Bloody
Hill," from the great slaughter that
ensued during the heavy stages of
that hard fought battle. Col. Wingo
saw Lyon ON horseback riding near
the line with his men. He did not
examine Lyons body after he was
shot, bat they found two little bullet
holes near the heart. The colonel re-
marked: Il say Lyon was too brave
a man, too careless of his own safety,
to command an army. He went where
the danger was greatest. Respecting
the battle in which Lyon fell there
were errors committed on both sides.
If Lyon had stayed at Springfield, We
would have gone there, and in my
opinion he would have cut us to pieces.
We were under orders from Ben
Mccullough on that night 10Th of
August, 1861 to march on Spring
field, but little rain came up and
the order was countermanded. Lyon
erred in crossing the creek and get
ting into the guns. If he had stayed
on the hills we could not have shot
him. The battle was scene OF con
fusion from beginning to end. The
Confederate loss was 500 at least in
killed and mortally wounded. Lyon
lost somewhere in the neighborhood
of 1000 men killed on the spot, and
who died from wounds. We used
buckshot there, which are effective in
a close encounter. When the battle
came on, some thousand or more
COnfederates left the field After the
battle the Confederates slept on the
battle field.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-09
ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS MARRIAGE

The story comes, pretty well au-
thenticated. from Washington, that
the stars and stripes and the Union
Jack are likely soon to entwine sensa-
tionally in i matrimonial way. Pres
ident Arthur is evidently smitten
with Miss Sackville- West, the daugh-
ter of the British Minister, who is
heir presumptive to his brother, Lord
SacAville. who has been six years in
the British peerage The British
Minister is diplomatist of thirty
years standing, and he married, when
Secretary of the British Legation at
Madrid, twenty years ago, most
charming lady Of excellent family, but
i'll reduced fortune, who is now dead,
and who had been brief time ON the
stage. In the event of the marriage
President Arthur can,at the end of his
term, carry into effect what is under
stood to be long cherished wish on
his part, to travel extensively abroad
Indeed, if he chose to permanently
reside abb % in England or Paris he
would Il 70 lghout his life receive
mucn moIs attention and live q much
more con TO table, and, indeed, more
Of pub ic life than, to judge from
the retn ei lives of previous Presi-
dents, he 'uld enjoy in this country.
Mrs. Vests grandfather was Lord
De La War;, a descendent of the
lord of that name who was a great
general in Edward Ills time, and
descendent also of the peer after
whom Delaware was named. The
present peer of that name is her
uncle, and her other uncle was IA
nous general in the Crimean war.
Miss West is not yet of age, but is
very beautiful, and to all her charms
of person adds the dignity and pres
ence of much older woman. Oddly
enough the President of the United
States is a British subject under
British law, which extends the right
of subjectship to the son or grandson
of British born subject, although
he is born abroad. and President
Arthur's father was British subject.
and if the OK President ever resided in
England, he would, by the courtesy
of the court, take precedence along
xvit IN oy-Snvarairus
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-09
The SOURCE O. COD w1a1-...a..

Where docs The cola weather como
from 1t used 10 i}e thought tin. the
North pole was the cradle Of l.. and
lat all the waver Of low trlnpcra.urp
.nat send the mcrcu4 Y tumbling down
towards zero had their origin in that
quarter. But the signal service re-
ports show that this is nUt ALWAYS the
case. 1t is not always a. n.,..:n colder
III the North than In the g =! g :1e
difference i'll latitude wou.I ca rs
to expect; neither do points along the
Same latitude, either North or South,
exhibit the same temperature. 1t is
SAID that at Eiko, New, last Saturday
the spirit thermometer indicated 50
below zero. while at ST. Louis. whose
latitude is but little south that of
Elko, the temperature was only zero.
Saturday and Sunday the weather
was as cold In parts of Texas as in st.
Louis, and the coolest weather in
Missouri was in the southwestern
corner of the state The lowest tenn
perature reported Sunday was at
Grand Forks and Bismarck in Dakota
-5S below although at Fargo,
IN the same latitude, it was 20 degrees
warmer, or less cold.
The cold weather cannot, therefore,
always come down from the arctic
~eYlons; 1t must come from that re
glon' three miles above the earth
where, in all latitudes, it is pcrpetu-
ally and exceedingly cold, evea in
summer, as the eX. ,eriments in bal
looming demonstrates. 4 few years
ago three balloUnists VINO made an as
cent III France and entered this chill
ing region were frozen to death.
How the sunshine passes through
this bleak and dismal stratum of up
per air without warming it and heats
the earth is one of the questions that
science has not yet been able to an
swer; but it seems certain that it is
from this stratum that we draw our
supplies of cold weather, through the
upward and downward air movements
indicated by the barometer that are
continually taking place The air
on the top of high mountains is
wintry even in summer, and If sig
nal service station were established
five miles above the earth in July,
the officer in charge would probably
be frozen into q statue before he
could complete his first days records.