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The White Pine news., 1884-03-29
orexo Rrenka .Inil.

The Elko Independent Of the 21sl
says: When the Sheriff went into the
Jail this morning To release the priso.
ners from the iron cages in which they
are always locked for tho night, he
was utterly paralyZed at the discovery
that J. J. Smith, alias TEX" was not
visible in the tank To which he had
been assigned the evening pravions,
and an abnormal opening in the cell
floor, that would about admit the
passage ot n person of'.rex's' dimen-
sions. Further examination discov.
cred u hole in the outer wall of the Jail
on the east side near the foundation,
through which tho prisoner had
evidently glinpd the open air. Alter
cutting through the two-ineh flooring
OF the cell, the prisoner removed a
few rocks lying between thu iinbers
supporting The floor, thus making a
passage through which he easily
crawled To the outer briek wall. An
opening through this was easily etfae-
tel. The only implement left behind
was ons jaw OF pair of shears. but
others were probably employed, as
Owing To the position of the Jail win
dows. friend on the outside could
pass implements inside during the day
without much danger of detection.
The escape though is chiefly ascrib-
able To the understanding thIt The
entire space beneath the floor was
filled with rock, So that an opening
through the floor would prove Of
trifling con sequence. The cell floors
will now be covered with iron and The
only weak spo. in the building be
thus fortified against occurrences of
sim lar nature to that u last night.
Sheriff Taber to-day offers reward
of $3.50 for the capture of the escape.
The White Pine news., 1884-03-29
senator Fair ON Nevada Politics.

The Reno Gazette publishes an
interview with Senator Fair, OF which
the following Is n samples:
Reporter-What is your idea of Ne
yada politics?
Senalor--Cassidy will run for Con.
gress. suppose Jones Will be the
Republican candidate for the Senate.
He is good man.
R.--Who will the Democrats put up
In opposition TO him?
Swell. i don't know. You boys
out hcre ought to know more about
il than we do East.
The Senator subsequently added: !
see some OF the papers say / was
beaten on my Artesian Well hill.
Such was not the ease, bnt took the
shortest way and put it in as an item
in the Appropriation bill. Think we
will get an experimental artesian well
without any doubt.
The White Pine news., 1884-03-29
State AND coAsr arFns.

Ex-Governor Kinkead has the in-
side track for the Governorship OF
Alaska.
A mine situated in Garfield district
was sold for $40, 900. Archie Farrin9-
ton was the purchaser.
II cost sl,77O 10 to try two men
accused OF cattle stealing in Winne-
mucca.
Tie San Francisco Post saws II. NJ.
ferington Is one Of The most promi-
nent operators in the Bodis stocks.
An Austin man now in San Fran.
cisco, paid SO for three seats at PATHS
concert.
Several chispas of gold. worth from
81 To Sll each, have been picked nm
III the streets ofSonora since the recent
rains.
Thore is young man in Chicaoo
who has almost en- ir, ~ lost his speech
from The excessive use of cigarettes.
To show tho decadence of Aurora.
u. Levy states that he has propertv
there that cost him upwards of $50.
900, which could now hardly be sold
for taxes.
An effort Is being made to induce
the superintendent of the Denver
Reduction Works 10 visit Reno this
spring wi h the yiew OF esla blishing
similar works at or near Reno.
Through the influence of Senator
Jones the Posioflice at Hawthorne has
been placed on the list OF money order
ofllces, the order TO go into effect July
1st.
The White Pine news., 1884-03-29
Democrats I'm Council.

At tho meeting of the Democratic
State Central Committee, held in vir-
g.nia City last Tuesday, the following
programme was outlined:
The following resolution was offered
by w. L. F. Deal OF Storey:
Resolved, That a State Convention
OF the Democratic party of The State OF
Nevada be and the same is hereby
called TO meet on the-day Of, 1884
at noon OF that day for the purpose of
electing six (G) delegates aud six (6)
alternates TO the Na'ional Democratic
Convention to be held at Chicago,
Illinois, and for the nomination of a
candidate for Member OF Congress, II
candidate for Justice of the Supreme
Court, and three (3) Presidential Elec-
tors, and for the election OF State
Central Committee. and for such other
business as may properly come before
the convention. Adopted.
There was then some discussion and
two or three ballots taken 10 deter
mined where the Convention should
be held, which resulted in Austin
winning the prize, as is shown by the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the State Conven-
ton. called To meet at Austin, the 10th
day of June, 1884, be comro.ed ofl1l
delega es, appointed among the
several counties ofthe State as follow>:
Churchill 2, Douglas 4, Elko 10,
Es'neralda 8, Eureka 10, Humboldt I.
Lander I, Lyon 4, Lincoln 5, Ormsby
q, Nye 3, Storey 20, Washoe ., White
Pine ). Total Ill.
The White Pine news., 1884-03-29
The we.t Point Cadstship.

Congressman Cassidy has lengthy
notice IN the Silver State to the boys
of Nevada who intend competing for
tho West Point cadctship. The exam
nation will be held AT Winnemucea
ON the 2sth OF April, AMI Will be con-
due ed by the following b pard of Ex-
auliners T.. q. Hanson, NJ. d., >. j.
B)nnitield, lawyer, and L. Chenow eth,
County. superintendent Of Schools;
tho examination To be conducted un-
der the supervision Of Il. ID. Kelley,
editor of the Silver State, who Is au-
thorized TO act for Mr.. Ia ssidy.
A general invitation Is extended TO
all the boys OF the State, having the
prescribed qualifications. To compete
Tor the nomination, which viii be
awarded the most worthy. Candi-
dates are requested to present them
selves at the above mentioned date at
the law Office of S. j. Bonniftld, IN
Winnemucca, for examination.
The successful candidate must ap-
pear at West Point Military Academy
ON the 18th of June, 1884, and undsr-
go another examination, and, II sue
cessful, obligato himself TO serve
eight years in the army, unless sooner
discharged by competent authority.
The pay of n cadet is $40 year, 10
commence with hls admission INTO
the Academy.
The White Pine news., 1884-03-29
silver scarce.

As high as Is per cent. premium,
saws the Occur d'Alene Nugget, is
paid for silver, and a cartload would
lind sale n, 10 per cent. Mr.. Denny
has sent out man with $500 to buy
silver, and other business men Will
soon be compelled TO follow his ex-
ample. Saloons and business houses
lose OH an average from $50 TO $50
per day by not having change.
The White Pine news., 1884-03-29
Suicide of Mrs. Cromer,

The Eureka Sentinel brings the fol-
lowing particulars of shocking death
by poison III that city, which occurred
last Saturday: Between 4 and 3
O'Clock in the afternoon Mrs. Bayse,
who lives with her daughter, Mrs. l..
w. Cromer, was not feeling well, aud
lay down Oh the sofa 10 rest. Mrs.
CrOmer advised her mother 10 get up
and walk, as the air Is the best thing
for tho headache. When she came
back she found her daughter, Mrs.
Cromer. lying on the sofa IN An uncon-
scious State, her face black and frola
coming out of her mouth. She ran
back to the front door and screamed,
"lclp! uelp!" Some neighbors came
in and applied what simple remedies
they knew, while Mr.. Cromer. being
called, ran off TO summon the family
physician, DR.. Hagar. DR.. Hagar,
assisted by DR.. Williams, applied he
stomach pump, but the case appeared
hopelesss. At seven minutes to IL
O'Clock. after suffering untold agony
from O'CLOCK, at which hour she
recovered consciousness, Mrs. Cro-
mer breathed her last. Her symptoms
Tor two hours preceding her death
showed that the acid had done lis
terrible work. She was subject 10 fits
of melancholy, which can be ac-
counted for only by reference to her
i'll health. Her husband il IA worthy.
Woodworking man, in respected by
ev srybody in the community. He
ha' always been a kind and tender
husband and has devoted himself 10
her and their children
The White Pine news., 1884-03-29

Letters remaining at tho Cherry
Cherry. Nevada, Post Office, for tho
week ending March 20, 1854: Per
sons calling for these letters will
please say "alvertised' Benne /
orin p. Conle Kate, Davidson, John
u. Jost Emil, Shields Patrick.
ID. II. COLLINS, p. NJ.
The White Pine news., 1884-03-29

The San Joaquin Valley Regulators
have driven over thirty persons from
the town OF Modesia, and killed one
who disobryed their orders to leave
within n given tune. II is limited by
the papers there that the Regulators,
who do not hesitate to commit muir
der, are no better than those whom
they have driven out of town.
The White Pine news., 1884-03-29
PARLoR AND BEDROOM.
SETS FOR SALE.

ONE DOUBLE WALNUT BEDsTEAD.
With fno Srring and Hair Mattresses.
Also, Marblc-top Bedroom Set, and an ele-
gent Black Walnut Parior Set. Also. a
Sowing Machine.
In store and can be seen at the Hall build.
ing. For terms which are most liberal, ap.
ply TO W. L. HARRIS.
Cherry Creek. Fob. q, 1884.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-23
QUEER vIRGIN1A CUSTOMS.
Stopping a Train TO Give a Little Girl a
Ride-A Sleepy Svyitchman.

Washington Letter.
Time in Virginia has no value whatever, and
as it is the universal practice there never to do
to-day what can be put off until o-morrow,
little inconvenience arises. The railways are
run on q happy-goluckY schedule, which is ex-
tremely diverting to those who have time in
abundance, and the few who are pressed for
minutes, being in a hopeless minority, rather
afford occasion for mirth when they begin to
kick at Virginia methods. The railway time
tables are in perfection in the rural districts.
Not long ago, Il night train, with a party of New
Workers. on board, was humping along comforta-
bly, at a ten-miles-an-hOur gait through a remote
part of Virgidia, when all at once, with a ire
mendous jerk, it came to a standstill. The ma
tives in the sleeping-car did not think it worth
while to ask the reason of the sudden stoppage;
the aliens did, though, and when the conductor
strolled through the car Il roar of indignant in
quiry went up. The conductor soothingly ex-
planned that he always stopped at a switch for
fearit might not be set.
But, good gracious exclaimed an irate New
Yorker, where is the s~witchmanl'
The conductor explained that the particular
switchman they then needed was probably
asleep. Followed by obiurgations, the conductor
got off the train, went to the station house. and
pounded vigorously, shouting at the same time:
Cit mp, jim; the trains here, and a passed. o
them burned folks from up North is raisin' a
breeze cause the switch amt set"
Jim called back, I'm Il comm" and evidently
turned over and went to sleep again. The Viz
ginians on the train began to chuckle. Their
sympathy was entirely with jim and the con
ductor. The latter continued to urge Jim, who
was always comm" but didn't come. The con
ductor, at first apologize, being goaded by the
New Workers, now became pressing.
DO, jim he anxiously said, git up and set
the durn thing so the train can go by
Jim continued obdurate until one of the New
Workers. arose from his berth, and. clad in rage
and a checked ulster, got off the car and threat
ened to set fire to the station-house and make a
burnt offering of Jim if that switch was not set
in ten minutes. Within the specified time Jim
appeared, boiling with indignation. and threat
ening to resign if he were again subjected to sim
liar inconvenience
1t is the custom along these provincial roads to
stop the train at any point upon being signalled.
People can be taken on and put off anywhere
they like. A fast train-that is what they call a
twenty-miles-an-hour train-was going through
a plantation a month or so ago, and the passen-
gers observed three little girls ON the wayside
waving their white aprons frantically at the con
ductor. The train, Of course, stopped. The tall
est OF the girls, a ten-year-old, with long eye
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4 GREAT
Won Payers Painting Illustrative of the
Death of Sir John Franklin.

Paris Letter.
saw ~to-day-before it starts for Vienna,
where it will be exhibited-Dr. julius Won
PAYERS great picture, which is Of such glorious,
though painful. interest for England. This pic
ture is the last Of the four works in which DR..
Won Payer illustrates Sir John Franklin's eX-
petition. They will represent the death of Frank
lin, the abandonment of the ships, Sunday pray
ers or the snow, and, lastly, starvation Cove. -
The picture / have just seen depicts the death
Of eight survivors of the expedition facing
EsquimauX bay. five leagues from where they
would have been saved.
1t is needless to remind English readers of the
incidents of a scientific enterprise every known
detail of which is craven in their hearts, and
which has stirred up a succession of heroic eN-
plorers all over the world. Schwatka, the Amer
lean, commanded the twenty-sixth expedition,
and finished by discovering the sad remains of
the first. The point to dwell upon here is that
the artist is a man who has himself made an eX-
petition similar to that of Franklin and his
companions, has also lived in the polar regions,
has undergone the most terrible privatiOns in
those ice-bound lands, and who, after all this
experience. after observing and studying their
scenery. returns to the civilized world and de
votes himself to depicting, in a picture of start
ling and touching realism, how the last members
of the Franklin expedition met their fate.
The picture measures about twelve by four
teen feet, and gives in life size seven of the last
survivors of the expedition, lying dead in their
boat. An eighth, Captain CroZier, is still alive.
1t is -..yonlight. which shows with increased eff
feet the terrible solitude of the scene. The field
of hard, rough snow is dotted with patches of
ice which have Il greenish tinge. On the left, to-
ward Williams haY, sparkleS a large eXpanse of
ice. On the right is the hsad of a polar bear
watching the heap of ~corises, while in the dis
tance are two other h.ears. The boat is tilted
up at one end. and Is seen in its whole length.
Captain Crozieg, bareheaded, his hood falling
over his shoulders, his face anxious but resolutc,
musket in hand, is leaning forward in the boat,
and iXedly watching the bear, against which he
will endeavor to defend himself. But, ALAS you
feel that the benumbed hand will f%alter, and you
understand the tranquility of the bear as it con
templates the dead bodies stretched beneath its
eyes,
Almost at Crozier's feet the body of q man
on his back, his hands clenched, with a band
over his eyes, shows by its position that he
has died in horrible agony. Near him, on his
face, lies Dr.. Stanley, holding in his frozen
hands the prayer-book. from which he has read
some passages when his companions in suffering
were in agony around him. To the left, a few
! yards from the boat, his legs hidden in the SNOW,
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lashes, bashfully remarked; Wont you
please give me, and Katie, and Fanny,
and the doggie a rider The conductor
promptly consented, and assisted Miss Eye
lashes, her companions and the doggie ON board.
They rode on for a mile or two, and then they
announced their readiness to get off. The train
was stopped, and they jumped down and scam
pered off. just as the train had started Miss
Eyelashes rushed wildly back.
'Oh, mister, if you please, don't go away till
we get cross the creek. Mamma doesn't let us
go over it less somebody's watching us, and we
have to carry the doggie."
The conductor waited until a final waving of
white aprons on the other side of the creek sig
nified that his passengers were safe. Nobody in
the train expressed surprise except the aliens.
Nobody who has ever been there before rushes
to meet a train in Virginia, When the first rail
way train went through the ancient town of
Williamsburg, in October. 1881. it was advertised
for 8 o'clock. 1t swas the time of the York
town centennial, and the town was
full of strangers. These rashly appeared
at the station at 9 o'clock precisely.
The natives meanwhile went about their bust
ness. Toward II o'clock those of the natives
who meant to board the 9 o'clock train assem-
bled. After waiting a while they went off and
sat on the court house steps, leaving orders with
a negro to call them when the train came. 1t
did come some time in the afternoon. and the
negro, running about the town, informed the
passengers when the train would start.
The present Norfolk & Western road was once
the Atlantic, Mississippi y Ohio. Then Senator
Malone gObbled it up. The Senator refers to
Mrs. Malone always as "Otclia." and she is
popularity supposed to own more than her dover
in all the Senator has. One day as a train of
freight cars marked "A, N. d o., " was backing
into the freight yard in Norfolk a pessimistic
gentleman remarked d~olefully: YES, there it
is. a, N. So That means All Nahones and
Otplia'S -
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The True Rabbit Foot Charm.
Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.

Uncle Remus has thrown a charm about him,
and now half the men you meet have got a rab-
bits hind foot in their pocket, but the foot
don't seem to bring good luck every time, and
Isham, and he said, 'Lawsy massey, Mas Will
liam, dem foaks needn't put der trust in
cherry kind of rabbits foot dat cum along.
Oar amt but one kind of foot dat keep de
witchery off, and dat is de off hine foot of a buck
rabbit dat's bin killed in a graveyard at de full of
de moon, twixt sun dewn and dark. Oats it.
Dem kline of foot mighty hard to git, but when
you do git him, he beats everything. He beats
horseshoe over de door. and frog under de step,
and screech-owls toes in de handle OBJ de gourd.
l neber had any bad luck twell | loss my rabbit
foot dat my Young massa kill for me. l loss him
durin' oh de wal. and den my bad luck begin"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-23
IN UTAH.
A Farce Played for the Amusement of the
Priests.

Talk with a Gentle, in Denver Tribune.
win polygamy ever be eradieated from the
TerritoryF
II will answer that by remarking that, by
your tone. you imagine polygamy to be the issue
between the g~entiles and the Mormons. 1t is
not. Woman suffrage is the bucbear that an
noys the g~entiles, and it is the first thing that
must be overcome. Why, imagine the gentle
merchant who employees a Mormon clerk. He
goes to the polls on election day with
his wife, perhaps. The first person he meets is
his employee with four or five wives, who, of
course, vote the opposition ticket. There, you
see, are five or SIX votes against him. You will
perceive the advantage of woman suffrage in a
polygamous Territory. The Mormons have things
their own way. Elections in Utah are mocker-
les. The ~gentiles have no show with them.
There's no fish; its all cut bait or go ashore.
Three men govern the State-John Taylor, Jo-
seph F.. Smith and George O. Cannon. The
latter is the head of the church; he's
the brain and power behind the throne.
John Taylor is president of the church. but he
is inferior in every way but name and station to
Cannon. These men, when an election APP
proaches. hold what is known as a high council.
when they consider the names of men recon-
mended for certain places of trust by the re
spective presidents of the stakes. The names
are forwarded to Salt Lake, and, if approved,
are returned marked % XXI. T." If men who
are doubted are selected, their names are strick-
en- out and replaced by others Then priesthood
meetings are held, and the ward bishop or other
church dignitary arises and speaks something
like this; Brethren, we are assembled
here in political meeting to select our candidates
for the impending election. I hold here Il list
of names indorseda hg the High Council, . and
then he reads the names which have been 20
K'd7 by John Taylor. Brethren, he eontin-
ues, those in favor of - - for probate
judge will please signify by holding up their
right hand Every hand goes up toward the
ceiling. ''Those contrary-minded will make
themselves known in the same way" No one
moves. They dare not, for that means disfeI-
lowship and boycotting. In this way the entire
list is approved and the Mormon ticket made up.
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The Folly of Fighting BradIaugh.

The student of history will remember how in
17G4 John Wilkes was expelled from the English
House of Commons: how every time he was re-
turned by the electors of Middlesex; how he be-
came the most popular man in England, and was
regarded as a martyr; how he was successfully
elected alderman, sheriff and lord mayor of Lon
don, and at last took his seat in the House of
Commons, from which he had formerly been ex-
PEELED. Wilkes's name would never have lived
but for the folly Of a few ultra respectable cabi-
net ministers and a king-but the less
said about that monarch the better.
Charles Bradlaugh is the modern John
Wilkes. Again he has been returned for North
ampton, this time receiving the largest majority
in his life. The folly of trying to keep Brad
laugh out of the House would seem to be self
apparent, but the prejudices of Englishmen are
not easily to be overcome. Bradlaugh is one of
the great men of the age. Fearless-in fact,
knowing not what fear means-he has braved
insult and opprobrium in prosecuting what he
considers to be his duty. Money he has never
cared for. His sole end has been to spread his
doctrines, honestly believing that if followed
they would make the world better and purer.
Men may differ with him on religious grounds;
honest men will appreciate his motives and re-
spect him for them.
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WRITING WITH THE VOICE.
A Discovery of Importance to Science in the
Treatment of Disease.
Philadelphia Record.


At a meeting of the College of Physicians, last
week, Professor Harrison Allen, of this city,
showed a new and very interesting discovery by
which spoken language can be represented by a
series of curved lines on a receiving surface com
posed of white paper coated with SCOT. The ex-
periments, which We're originated by Professor
Allen from observations which he has made
through watching the movements Of the soft
palate when conducting experiments connected
with the human throat, are made with
an instrument designed by the Professor,
and which is very simple and easy of
operating. By means of his device he is
enabled to register upon thesurface of the sooted
paper the lines and curves that represent the
various phonetic sounds of the human voice.
His observations have proved that the discovery
will undoubtedly be of great importance in dag
nosing cases of diseases of the palate, in the
study of stammering and in the comparative
study of the languages of civilized nations with
those Of the most primitive races.
Professor Allen has already shown, by means
of his interesting experiments, that many of the
sounds which have long been considered by elo-
cutionists to be formed by the direct action of
the lips and teeth or the tongue, are in reality
formed by the action of the palate. The subject
is sure to prove one of much importance to the
world of science, and the Professor thinks it will
develop some most interesting facts.