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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-27
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Not many years ago the lazy Piute
and Washoe lived at ease upon The
products of this part OF Nevada. Now
the Great American People, with all
the advantages of modern civilization
and with improved machinery and
the advantages Of rapid transportation
are tronbled least that they may starve
In the same land.
Millions of dollars Ia gold snd sill.
yer have been dug out of onr noun
tains, but where is It?
Where has 1t been invested and
where are the benefits we have de-
rived7
What are these people who carried
off our wealth doing for US to-dayf
Thousands of head of cattle fatten
upon our hills and plains, but who is
benefited7
Crystal streams gush from our
mountains and flow uselessly to sink
In the deserts below. In New Eng
land they would be productive of
wooden nutmegs and pumpkin seeds
ii nothing more, and the Yankees
heart would be glad, but for US they
are n. &.
The rudest sheepherder, who never
heard the scream of 3 steam whistle,
can see wealth Ia our vast territory OF
grazing land. The manufacturer who
never saw mine or a cotton field
would discover a wealth OF paper,
pins, ect., in our superior water
power.
II the European tenant could step
across the Atlantic aud become lord
over a few acres of some secluded
and neglected meadow or fertile sage
brush land, he would speedily pro-
vide meat, bread and vegetables for
his family, and the spinning wheel
and knitting needle would be brought
into requisition TO supply the needs
of that family, independent OF all the
world besides.
II The reduction works of Europe
had our mountains of gold, silver
aud other metals before them, the
possibilities would DO beyond cir
culation.
We stand In a valley of productive
soil, capable OF producing all the
grains, fruits and vegetables that can
be produced III any of The New Eng
land States. Around US is an unde-
veloped country bursting with latent
resources. Streams of the purest wa
ter flow from mountains on every
side, covered with inxuriant forests
aud rich in precious metals. The
sun never shone out from a clearer
sky than ours. Pure air, pure water,
productive soil. fine forests, noun
lains Of mineral-all In conjunction
could Nature have done more for
us? Has Nature ever done more for
any couutry9 Poverty aud want
should not Turk around such COM
bination of possibilities. intelligence
and industry ought to avail them
selves of such advantages and be
healthy, comfortable and happy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-27
Well, Yes.

The Chicago Telegram says: The
anti-treatiDg law of Nevada, which
was passed for the purpose of shut
ting off the supply of whisky from
the impecunious topper, is said to be
a failure. 1t is just as easy for .
man to find companion In his cups
now as before the law was passed. It
is n difficult matter to shut off the
whisky of the enterprising and very
dry soakers of Nevada.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-27

Last week a man named Saurbier
from Logan. Ohio, sold his wife and
child to an Irishman for 500. After
the sale, which was made at Cleve-
land, was completed, Saurbier took
the train to Chicago, and the woman
went with her new spouse to Logan.
No doubt she preferred Celt to 'ssour
BEER" and was glad of the change.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-27

Late reports from Jasper are of =
very encouraging natu no. We learn
that the owners OF the property are
so we'll pleased with the result OF
the work now being done that 1t Is
conteuI plated 10 speedily increase tie
capacity of the smelling works by
the addition OF - 5U-ton furnace. The
following Items in regard ~ the new
camp We take from the Elko Free
Press
The furnace started up on the 9th
OF May anu mas Ueen running sLead-
ily ever since, reducing aDoal la tons
vi ore daily, aud producing About
500 worth Of Oulllou Tor eacn day's
WORK. There ART now over o0U tons OF
ore ~ the furnace anu about tile same
on the duns al Tue mines, which are
situated about three miles from lhe
sneltIng works. Tnere are also some
5O, OOO bushels of charcoal AUD 20 Lona
of coke al ths furnace.
The furnace Is OF ~ tons capacity
aud en- ploys l0 men. IL - working
timely, anu Is under the personal SUI
per. lsion of Mr. Andrew farrell,
with Mr.. Smith as foreman.
There are 10 men employed AT the
three mlnes-Scorpion, Friday aud
Belt-operateu by the company. SlOst
OF the ore now COMES I onl the Seor-
pion mine, though considerable work
Is being done in The other Two. The
Belt Is being worked mostly for the
lead ore IL contains.
MIR. Wardell, ~bo has the contract
the furnace, has Two teams running.
and is delivering twenty tons OF ore
daily. dc makes two trips each day,
ten tons 10 trip. The road between
the TWO points Is in good condition
aud OF easy grade.
The town of Jasper, where the fur
mace is, has become quite a little
burg. There are now within its linn
It's two eating house, TWO saloons, one
general merchandise store, one drug
store, one livery stable and seven or
eight families. Petition for a post
oiIice and mail route has been for
warded TO Washington, and IN due
course of time the citizen OF Jasper
will have male communication with
Wells and Cherry Creek.
Everything needed-fuel, timber,
water, etc.-Is handy and there is
nothing In the way to hinder the fur
mace from running successfully, and
the prospects for Jasper and sur
rounding country are exceedingly
flattering.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-27

w. +. Morrison, recently convicted
of grand larceny in San Francisco for
obtaing $4,000 on fraudulent mortuary
certificates from the Order OF "Chosen
Friends" of which he was Grand
Councillor at the time, was sentenced
to 10 yerrs imprisonment at Folsom.
This is the full penalty.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-27
Average Total
The Paradise Valley Works.

The Paradise Valley Company is
now giving employment to 90 men at
their mines and mill. The Silver
State says: The mines are looking
well. and the ore which Is now being
taken out Is of higher grade than it
was q month or two ago.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-27

The total number of cattle and theii
value for the year 1884 Ia given n:
follows
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-27

The Reveille of the 10th says: "Last
night the Austin Miners Union de-
cided to disband. This action was
necessary in order TO effect reduc-
ton in the prices OF wages. AS the
Union was organized no other way
could be used to bring about q reduce
ton to 50 90 per day" This leaves
only the Virginia and Gold Hill
Unions In existence, and they too will
no doubt soon have to succumb to
the inevitable.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-27
CATTLE CENSUS.
Interesting Statistics 10 Live stock
Growers and ths Public.

Interesting Statistics 30 Live stock
Growers and the Public.
Mr.. Nimmo, the Chief OF the Blu
reau of Statistics, has prepared a re-
port on the beef trade of this country,
The portion of the United States
known as the ranges and cattle area
OF the interior, which occupies that
part of the country situated between
tween the Mississippi river and the
Pacific coast, and elevated more than
feet 1000 above the level of the sea.
This Territory embraces about 1885,
600 square miles, and constitutes, APP
proximaLely, A per cent. of the total
area of The United States, exclusive
OF Alaska. 1t is as large as all that
portion OF the United States east of
the Mississippi river, together with
the large States OF Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Arkansas aud Louisiana.
Its area is also equal to that of Great
Britain and Ireland, France, Ger
many, Denmark, Holland, Belgium,
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Spain and
Portugal, and ons-fifth of Russia In
Europe combined. It's characteristics
of soil. rainfall aud elevation and nat
ural food supply, especially adapt
this dry area to pastoral pursuits. and
1t appears probable that large part
of it will never be available for any
other purpose. Early explorers, how
ever, were misled as to the character
of the region when they gave it
the name of the "GreaL American
Desert" the rainfall Is much greater
now than was at first supposed.
Twenty years ago Texas cattle
were slaughtered Ia immense num-
bers for the profit of their hides and
tallow. Then the average value of
three year-old steers on the range
was only 50 so to 81 so head. The
opening of railroads and a northern
market have increased the price six
fold. 1t Is hard 10 state the mum Der
of cattle In the country. All figures
are probably % per cent. under the
actua amount, as cattle men are very
suspicious of the Assessor. The fol-
lowing table shows the humber for
the years 1850, 1860, 1870, 1850 and
1884
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-06-27

The number Of beef cattle shipped
from Texas and from the northern
ranges during the year 1894, and their
value at shipping points, was accord
ing to the best available authority as
follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

temple has been ordered for It's worship. The people
believe = spirit lives in or near tbs tree, and should be
w~orshiped from motives Of prudence. The immense
size of the tree Is tho result of the spirits energy. 1t
il believed it could not have grown 50 largo without q
divinity.
THE Boston Advertiser thinks that the general con-
demnation of Mark Twain's 'Huckleberry Finn in
dicates a change for the better in the public taste.
since st is little if at ell worse than earlier works by
the same author" 1t is not worse than tom Saw
yer" but the chief difference is this-the publication
of chapters from "Huckleberry Finn" in a 6rst-class
magazine brought it to the notice of critical readers,
who, for the most part, never saw Tom Sawyer"
and who were shocked at it's ~vulgarity. Reviewers on
the press did not, as a rule, see tom Sawyer until it
was an old book.
THE news of General Gordon's death at the hands
OF the Mahdi's troops has called forth sincere and
deep regrets among the Mohammedans at Mecca He
was the only Christian for whom. in return for his
kindness toward the Soudan population, prayers were
offered once a year during the great pilgrimage week.
The Mahdi has thus lost his hold somewhat on the
sympathies Of the Mecca population, and is much
less popular than he was, as private letters from
Khartoum prove. They state that he quietly looked
on while many were massacred for
having faithfully adhered to the Khedive.
OsMAN BEY, the fayorite chamberlain of the Sui
tan, followed an Ottoman practice of choosing a me-
chanical trade in early youth, as the Sultans do. The
trade Osman Bey took up was that of aprinter, and
he acquired such q liking for it that it became a favor
tie amusement even during his court career. With
the view of encouraging the printing of Turkish
works. he set up at great cost q large printing Office
with the best machinery, and employing 200 men;
He is now devoting a considerable sum to q great
paper mill, and, as his attendance on the Sultan no
longer allows him to give adequate time. he has
turned over the management of the whole concern to
his guardian, Jevad Bey, who shares his tastes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

THE SUNDAY

The Sunday journal tomorrow will be a
more than usually attractive number. We
shall begin in it the new novel Of Mrs. Oil
plant, entitled sOlivel's Bride" a story
printed by us in accordance with a special
arrangement with the author. Mrs. Oil
plants literary work is too well known
to the reading public to require COM
mendation now. Besides this, the Lon
don letter of Mr.. Joseph Hatton, which we
print specially, is Of particular pertinence now.
1t gives a lengthy interview with Mr.. Charles
Marvin, possibly the best living English au-
thority upon Russo-Afghan affairs, the author
of the book just published, 'Russia at the
Gates of Herat." Mr.. Hatton, himself having
special means Of information, thinks peace
will be maintained. Mr.. Marvin is not so
hopeful; and both Of them are evidently Of
opinion that, sooner or later, Russia and Eng
land must come into conflict. The military
situation and the commercial possibilities of
the present situation are admirably sug-
gested in this letter.
In addition to these features, the number
will contain the sermon preached last Sunday
in Denver by Rev. Myron w. Reed; several
original poems by James Whitcomb Riley,
Ben D.. House, and other Indiana writer's; a
New Orleans letter, descriptive Of. an hour
with George w. Cable, Joaquin Miller and
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, at Mr.. Cables home; a
new department of "Hints for the Home"
and a number of special articles Of general and
local interest, besides the fullest telegraphic
news, both special and regular, including our
weekly Washington and New York Geographic
letters.
We feel satisfied that no better Sunday
newspaper is printed in the country than the
Sunday Journal, and, Of course, there is no
comparison with those which do not presume
to come into competition with it. In point Of
variety and character Of reading the Sunday
Journal is unrivaled in its field. and is not ex-
celled anywhere.
Advertisers will do us a favor by sending in
their copy as early as 6 o'clock F. NJ.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

EX-SENATOR BRUCE, now Register of the
Treasury, when questioned about the report
that when a member of the Senate Mr.. Bayard
never spoke to him, or recognized him in any
way, said with a smile: II try to be gentle
manly to all, and make myself Of SO much
moment that if a gentleman refuses to recog-
nize or speak to me, the fact will be as much a
loss to him as to me. do not ask Mr.. Bay
ard or any other person to speak TO or recog-
nize me if he has any views about the Unequal
ity of men that lead him to neglect to do So"
Yet this Mr.. Bayard is to be forced upon the
American people as the peculiar and particular
type Of an American statesman and gentle
man. He is neither.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

and the South until the South went into Sec
tionalism gone mad and set up the Rebellion.
Loyal people cannot feel the same respect for
Davis that they do for General Grant, for the
very good reason that, as public servants, one
was criminally false to his trusts,
while the other was not only
faithful, but marvelously effective in serving
an undivided country. The national flag may
be, and will be lowered in honor Of JEFF Davis
if he dies during Democratic ascendency, just
as it was when that prince Of scoundrels, Jake
Thompson, died. But for all that Jefferson
Davis will 60 into history as a traitor to his
country, a chronic sorehead and grumbler, a
man wholly destitute of those high qualities
that fit men for American citizenship. If
Davis has given utterance to an unqualified
patriotic sentiment in twenty-five years, we
do not recall it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

THE New York World has this to say of
Secretary Bayard, which, for a Democratic
paper, is amazingly near the truth regarding
one Of the narrowest and most intolerant men
in the country:
"Mr. Bayard is a good man, and an excel
lent cook of terrapin, but it is well known
that he is inclined to be self -willed and auto
cratic. His so-called aristocratic birth, and
his long continued way in Delaware doubt
less have contributed to this, and allowance
must be made for him. His strong opposition
to the appointment Of Mr.. Thurman,
for instance, is ascribcd solely to a jealousy
dating several years back, when Mr.. Thurman
was the acknowledged leader and ablest mem
Der Of the Senate, overshadowing Mr.. Bayard.
There is no man in public life, perhaps, who
has had so much newspaper praise, and who
is so little inclined to heed the suggestion of
his own best friends, or listen to the expressed
viii Of the average people. With all his char
acter he is naturally inclined to bossism. He
takes advice from nobody"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18
THE
The Clamorous Crowds that Continue to Rush
to the White House.

The Clamorous Crowds that Continue to Rush
to the White House.
Special to tho indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-From early morning
until late in the afternoon the crowd Of visitors
to the White House who have political wires to
pull is undated. Sometimes there is a lull for
few hours, when the President confidently hopes
that an amnesty is to be declared and he is to be
allowed to remain in peaceful possession Of his
Office. But the next incoming train is certain to
unload a fresh supply of rampant ofice-seekers,
and the indications are now that it will be
months before the last man leaves.
Said Colonel Lamar to day: '"The etiquette Of
the Presidents Office is of a very Unsatisfactory
character, and the President is utterly unable to
make engagements to meet visitors any time in
advance, for as sure as he does so a United
States senator will make his appearance and the
doors must be Immediately opened"
The crowds annoy the President exceedingly.
It is all very we'll to talk about closer relations
with the people and the removal Of red tape
from the White House doors, but it is a fact.
nevertheless, that these ''close relations are ex-
ceedingly irksome when the people are all after
spoils, and of TIE crowds that send in their
cards there are less than 10 per cent. who have
no designs upon the public crib. If there was q
| ray of sunshine to be seen on the horizon it
would not be so bad. But all that can be dis
| covered of the future is that more are on their
way.
''Twenty-three years ago, said an old veteran,
| to-day, sthe song of the army boys was We are
coming, Father Abraham, five hundred thousand
more Now, that song would be very appro-
pirate to-day If for Abraham we sing
sGrever,' for I tell you there are about
half a million patriots on their way here to aid
the good cause Of reform and dizzy Why, there
are half the States that have not yet been heard
from. Wisconsin. for instance, has not yet put
in her claim. Joe Rankin is here, and is waiting
for General Bragg. The latter will DO on hand
by Sunday night, with a whole trunkful of doe
uments, petitions and appeals for places. Then
there is Illinois. 1t is not yet settled who is to
control the patronage. Springer and Lawler
make constant trips to the White House, but 40
yet they have done worry little. Morrison expects
to be heard before many days, though he has
about made ur his mind, privately, that his
: senatorial chances are gone. Within tha nsxf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18
Mrs. Story.

Mrs. ELEPHANTS new novel, ''Oliver's Bride, "
will begin in the Sunday Journal tomorrow,
and will be completed in four installments. The
first two chapters will introduce to us the Oliver
Of the story, a b~arrister who, after some years
spent in no worthy way, returns to a quiet
English town to fall in love with the girl he had
lightly fancied when a youth, and who has be-
come an heiress. He is but a weak fellow, it
appears at once, and it is his betrothed to whom
we are to look for the character and the interest
of the tale. What Mrs. Cliphant is going to
tell US cannot be foreseen, but it will be worth
the reading, for her style is as quietly charming
No Aver
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

BECAUSE of Carter Harrison's control over
municipal affairs, the streets Of Chicago are
said to be reeking with filth, while city poll
tics are rotten to the core. The need of
reform was never more urgent there than since
the party Of reform" has been in control.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

How things shrink under pressure. The
"Hon. Alfred Harrison" colored mugwump,
was to be brought to the attention" of Vice
president Hendricks, at the proper time, and
he was to be substantially remembered by the
new administration. Lately it was bruited
about that the "Hon. Alfred Harrison" was to
be made a minister to somewhere, possibly to
Hayti, if Secretary Bayard could force the
resignation of Mr.. Williams. Now it is given
out that the "Hon. Alfred Harrison is to be
given an 'soutside position under the new
postmaster, which, we take it, means a jani-
torship, or some other honorable employ
ment. Will the administration be kind enough
to remember that the Hon. Alfred Harrison
was not the only member Of the Indianapolis
bar who became a mugwumpg There were
three or four others who are equally deserving
Of recognition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

The New York Sun says that it is now as
certained that General Grants disorder is not
cancer. 1t certainly does look as if his physi-
clans have failed to correctly diagnosticate
his case, or that the public, at least, has not
correctly understood their diagnosis. Better
that the physicians be COMPOUNDED than that
the patient should die at an age when many
public men are but entering upon a period OF
dignifed ease.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

AMERICANS are a peaceable people, bent only
on quietly attending to their own affairs, but
lest some unexpected trouble might arise,
some few precautions are being taken. A
ffty-three ton steel rife gun, carrying an eight
UNDERGROUND shot, Is about to be tested at
Sandy Hook. It is thirty-two feet long, with
a twelve-inch calibre. 1t is reassuring to
have something Of the kind ready for emer-
gencies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

there is a population Of not less than 20, 900,
and II, 900 horses, cows and pigs. The drain
from the village Of Katonah, with a popula-
ton of 400, discharges all its sewage into the
Croton river. This is a deplorable showing, in
view of the probable invasion Of the cholera
within the next few months.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

THE story is told of a Springfield, Mass,
woman who, when she discovered a man fum-
ding around in her pocket asked him what he
was about. He replied facetiously that he was
hunting for a lead pencil. This fable is a lie.
In the first place, no man could find a woman's
pocket, and in the next a lead pencil is the only
portable thing on earth that a woman's pocket
does not contain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

GOVERNOR PERRY. of Florida,
that that State lie ready to pay her indebted
nses. dollar for dollar. Governor Gray of In
diana is ready to announce that this State will
borrow every dollar It can get. The Demo
eEptic administration will leave Indiana with
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

THE deliberate drowning of 100 insurgents
at Colon and the blowing up of a Chinaman's
cabin in Montana indicate that barbarism is
not yet dead. There are certain individuals
in this country who have cause to be glad
that rebels and insurgents were not so arbi-
trarily disposed of.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

In Japan, instead of saying, d MI the honor
to dine with me to-day" you must say: "Anata-
wa watakushito go yeshone hiru mashe VIC tabe
nyee yukatay kudasaye ma sainka.n By the
time you get it said it is next morning, and too
late, of course. The Japanese language would
be very popular in the United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-18

THE New York Sun calls attention to the
fact that the. President is about to appoint a
Southern man to Office who was ia Union
man during the rebellion" His name is Dox.
It certainly merits extended notice.