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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-12-07
THE VELOCITY or LIGHT.
We s,e the stars as They We're Three
Years Ago.

Light moves with the amazing ye-
Iocily of $4,000 miles second,
speed "a million times as great as The
rife bullet. II would make the cir.
cult OF the earth's circumference at
the equator seven times In one beat Of
the pendulum.
For long time light was thought TO
be instantaneous, but il Is now known
To have "a measurable velocity. The
discovery as first made by means of
the eclipse of Jupiter's satellites.
Jupiter, like the earth, casts shad-
ow,and which his moons pass through
if they sre eciirsed, just as our moon
Is ecapsed when passing through the
earlh's shadow. Jupiter's shallow TAR
SURPRISES IN magnitude that CT the
earth. His moons revolye around
him much more rapidly than our
moon Ievolves around the earth, aud
their orbits are nearer 10 the plane of
the planets orbit. Consequently y they
all, with the exception OF the
fourth and most distant satellite, pass
through the planets shadow and are
echpsed al every revolution.
Roemer, Danish astronomer, made
In 1915 some curious observations in
regard To- The times of the occurrence
of these eclipses. When Juditer Is
nearest the earth, the eclipses occur
about sixteen minutes earlier than
when he is most distant from the
earth. The difference in distance be-
tween the two points is about lS5,-
100000 miles. the diameter OF The
eartIl's orbit. OF twice her distance
from the sun.
IL takes light, therefore. sixteen
minutes 10 traverse the diameter ot
the earth's orbit, and half that time
to span the distance between the sun
and the earth. Light is thus shown
to travel $4,000 miles in second,
and IA take eight minues, or more
exactly, 800 seconds, III coming from
the sun tn the caith.
IL follows that We do not see the
sun until eight minutes al;er sunrise,
aud that We do see him eight minutes
after sunset. When we look al Star
we de- not see the star as II now Is,
but the star as it was several years
ago. 1t takes light three years TO
come 10 us from the nearest star, and
we're il suddenly blotted from the sky
We should see it shining there Tor
three years to come.
There are other methods OF hndlng
the velocity of light, but The satellites
of Jupiter first revealed its progress
i've movement Youths compahion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-12-07
4, WAS aiean

Although there - n" more trnr leVc
there are sill lovers quarrels. ana sud
parlings. and much irritation ana "
in, awake and misery AMI when
,he.e quarrcls come the mno = Just
nc had ~ The N.mAn They had quar-
relied. aud II va final Sbr demanded
all her present. back and hrr letters
and hrr photographs. lie sent Them.
Then SHE wrote him u note, saying
tina he had kept one lille present
she had made him in the davs when
she thought he was good and trne ann
a gentleman, with the "gentleman
UNDERSIGNED several times very heaV-
ily. I: was lock of hair and sllr
could not naturally permit INN TO
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-12-07
SURGERY or TODAY.

The following is from the Salt Lake
Tribune of a recent date:
In the latter part of August o. III.
Farlinger, prominent citizen Of Eu-
reka, Nevada, arrived IN Salt Lake
City, blind in both eyes. For months
his sight had been gradually leav-
ing him, aud it is now truly pa
thetic 10 hear him describe how, lit
tie by little, sight faded away until
at last he was in total darkness, and
he had 10 be led to ami from meals
and there fed. lie was told that by
a delicate surgical operation be could
ii the operation proved successful
have his sight restored 10 him. 1t
then became question OF momen-
tous import TO him 10 whom he could
trust sufficiently TO allow him 10 oper-
ate. After numerous inquiries east
and west from New York to San
Francisco, he decided TO place him
self IN the hands OF Salt Lakes young
oeculist. DR.. A, w. Burrows, OF Free
man & Burrows, who after an exam
nation, decided to operate on the left
eye first. Accordingly, the Doctor,
assisted by his partner, DR.. Freeman,
and his sister, Miss Nellie Burrows,
at 3 p. NJ. on Monday, Sept. I'd, per-
formed the operation on the left eye.
The method decided upon was "Von
Graefe's Linear and by $3.50 the
eye had been cut open, an iridectomy
performed, and the lens extracted, all
4. IL. a Ia ch fln
ed from the interior of the eye and
it neatly bandaged, when be was in
formed that the operation thus far
was a success. AS 10 the subsequent
progress of the case it is gratifying 10
hear Mr.. Farlinger, his face radient,
describe his visit to the fair and his
appreciation of the live stock there
exhibited, also his strolls around our
city, and how he is impressed with
our new business blocks in progress
of erection. He Is apparently enjoy
ing the great blessing of sight to the
uttermost. The primary operation
was so thorough that a secondary one
was not necessary, characteristic OF
the Doctors surgical work. After a
short visit home, Mr.. Farlinger will
return and have the eye-now totally
blind operated on. Let us hope that
the Doctor will be as successful with
the second as with the first. As it is
an honor to Salt Lake that her sur
geons should be selected before those
OF anyother city In the Union, and that
the result should prove that the con-
fidence thus reposed is not misplaced.
hereby certify that the above is
absolutely correct.
o. II. FARLINGER'
Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 10, 1889.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-12-07
WHITE PINE NEWS
Published every Saturday morning By
w. L. DAVIS.
Terms of subscription:
JOB PRINTIN

ruR NEWS once is supplied with every
facility for .xecuting all kinds Of JOB
printing In neat manner and at living
ratos. Any Job fren lady's visiting
s.rd 10 fnll-shest poster turned oul Al
short notice. Orders SOlieifei'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-12-07

JOSEPH MATros, Proprictors.
Enrks, june !, 1854 II
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-12-07

Teams Of the above line viii deliver Freight
at Taylor and points North. leaving Eureka
every day, or as often as the business de-
mands II.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-12-07

keep that. lie sent It back with a
brief note at doesn't make any diff
ference whether ! keep il or not. No
body would know il was yours. You
forgot that you were dyed blonde
when got t."
1T Wis 50 mean" she said, "be-
cause my hair had only grown few
Shades darker laieIy.'
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-12-07
"ItIs "A Whaek ,,

One of the Pan. American Spanish
gentlemen while IN ST. Paul forgot all
about trade, and said, "Ah! | see the
only way to do is that we shall marry
your pretty ladies, and you shall come
down to our little nations and marry
ours" Then the Governor of Min
uesota responded, 1t is whack.'
rhe settlers of Kaweah Colony, Tu-
lare county, have ordered printing
outfit for starting weekly paper.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10
Photographic Wonders.

AS q supplementary to Edison's i'm
proved phonograph, Mr.. Gueroult
proposes to introduce II small ap-
apratus that will represent the face
and the gestures of the person speak
ing through the instrument. Mr..
Gneroult suggests that while the
cylinder of the phonograph is being
turned to register the speech, instanta-
neoas photos of the speaker should be
taken Mt equal intervals of tenth of
second. Supposing, for instance, one
revolution of the cylinder to last thirty
seconds, 300 photos will be obtained in
that time, which, after being seread ont,
are attached to the small apparatus and
made to rotate Mt the same speed us the
cylinder. AS the photos pass in sIcces-
sion before the eyes of the spectator, the
apparatus reproduces the movements
of the speaker, simultaneously with his
words, owing to the fixiety of the i'm
pressions made on the retina. More
over, the precision of these successive
images is secured, as there is not svl-
liable that can he pronounced in less
than one-tenth of second, so that the
gestures and facial expression will cor
respond with the sentences uttered by
the photograph. In this way it is pos
sible to reproduce the text of a speech
together with the gestures and physiog-
nomy of the orator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10
The Burglar Couldn't Brighten Him.

Five years ago, says the Chicago
Herald, a burglar effected an entrance
into the house of wealthy commission
merchant and succeeded in getting
away with lot of valuable plunder. 1t
so happened that the merchant had
been attending college reunion that
night, and did not get home until early
morning. Upon nearing the house he
nearly ran into man who was hurry
ing along with a heavy So tchel. A
neighboring gas jet enabled him to take
q good look at the midnight traveller,
but he thought no more about him
until he arrived home and found tia he
had been robbed. OF course be recall ed
his meeting with the man, and the
description he gave to the police enabled
them to spot the fellow very quickly.
When the case came up for trial the
evidence was so overwhelming that the
burglar saw he had no chance to escape
permission to speak to the broker alone.
1t was granted, and when they faced
each other the thief hissed: $50 help me
God, if you prosecute me and am sent
up, I'll have your lie sooner or later, if
L have to swing for it, so / give YOU fa 1
warming - But he had mistaken his
man; instead of soaring The merchant
this talk only incensed him, and he
replied: "You miserable wretch, I'll put
you through now, and keep you there
just as long as L can for daring to
threaten me in this way" And he did,
too, for the burglar received heavy
sentence. Last month the broker was
accosted by seedy ind vidual who
called him bp name and wanted to shake
hands. But the merchant didn't know
the fellow, and refused the salute.
Then the man spoke up and said: 81
guess you don't remember me; my name
is Hendrickson, whom you sent to
States prison five years ago." "Oh,
yes," replied the broker, ''you're the
fellow that threatened to kill me on
sight, whenever you got out; when are
you going to start in2" The man
frowned. "That was bad break,
mister. 1 have learned better since
then" "Oh, you have, eh; and now l
suppose you want to borrow $40, don't
yon ?" "No, sir, not II cent; I'm in
earnest, I've reformed" "Well, then.
here's $5 bill; if you had asked me for
anickel you wouldn't have got it; now
go about your business and let it be
honest" But the man didn't reform.
He was arrested in Milwaukee week
after, in the act of lifting watch, and
will do time at Waupun for awhile.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10
THE COTTON CROP.
Significant Facts About the Great
Southern Staple.

According to the carefully prepared
figures published by the Commercial
and Financial Chronicle, of New York,
the cotton crop for the current season
1888 -S9-is the largest ever produced in
the South.
tt reaches six million nine hundred
and thirty-five thousand bales. The
crop of 1887-88 was something over seven
million bales. But in weight this sea-
sons product exceeds that of last by
thirty million pounds.
To appreciate the magnitude of these
figures and to realize the progress made
by the South in the culture of cotton, it
is only necessary to glance backward.
The greatest crop known in the days
of slavery was that of 1S59-60. L
amounted to four million eight hundred
and twenty-three thousand bales. Dur
ing the war the industry was paralyzed.
After the war the annual yield increas
ed, with some fluctuations, from two
million two hundred thousand bales in
1866 to four million six hundred and
seventy thousand in 1876, and six
million five hundred and fifty thousand
in 1886. The progress is even greater
than appears from these figures, since
there has been marked increase III the
average weight of bales.
As the Southern States contribute
about four fifths of the cotton supply of
the world it will be seen to what extent
English and Continental, as well as
American manufacturers, are dependent
on them for their raw material.
Still more remarkable and insigniti-
cant is the advance made by the South
in the manufacture of its great staple.
For some time after the war it was n
producer, but not q consumer. In 1879
so the number of Southern mills was
hundred and sixty four. They had five
hundred and forty thousand spindles
and consumed that season eighty-seven
million pounds of cotton. There are
now two hundred and ffty-nine mills
with one mill on four hundred and fifty
thousand spindles running. The amount
of cotton consumed during the past year
exceeds two hundred and twenty mil
lion pounds. That is forty mills and
two hundred thousand spindes more
than the South had two years ago. 1t
is nearly fifty million pounds more of
.cotton than was taken by Southern mills
then.
It is believed that the cotton crop of
the coming season will exceed that of
the past. Indeed, there appears to be
no limit to the productive capacity of
the South. If the annual yield keeps
ON increasing as it has the time is not
far distant when the cop will be ten
million bales.-[New York Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10
Life's Greatest Pleasure.

If asked what, as the result of my
experience, is the greatest pleasure in
life, 1 should say, doing good to others.
Not strikiugly original remark, per-
haps, but seemingly the most difficult
thing in the world is to be prosperous
and generous at the same time. During
the war l asked very rich man to CON
tribute some money to a certain relief
fund. He shook his head. "Childs,
he said, 81 can't give you anything. |
have worked too hard for my money"
That is just it. Being generous grows
on one, just as being mean does. The
disposition to give and to be kind to
others should be inculcated and fostered
in children. 1t seems to me that is the
way to improve the world and make
happy the people who are in ito. W.
Childs, in Lippinoott's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10
The Great Mexican Monolith.

The removal OF the great monolith,
the Goddess Of Water, from the ancient
Tolteo city of Teotihuacan, in Mexico,
is attracting widespread attention. The
top of the statue is below the surface of
the surrounding plain, and rs it is over
ten feet lower it is seen that the task of
its removal is no ordinary one. 1t is of
granite, contains 2624 cubic feet of solid
rock, and 160 pounds per cubic foot is
low estimate for it. Mr.. Bates esti-
mates its total weight at twenty five
tons. A temporary railroad track near
ly three miles long will be laid from the
station on the Mexican Railway over to
the place where the statue now stands.
Its age is supposed to be about l, 400
years. Its square shape and severely
grim Toltec features all bespeak its fifth
century sculpture. In clearing away
the rubbish that had accumulated
around the goddess, the mouth of
tunnel was uncovered. 1t is nearly
seven feet high, and runs straight back
into the mound about go feet, and has
four side tunnels of little length. In
its roof, sides, bottom-in fact, every
where-are to he found fragments of
pottery, bones, obsidian, etc. The
ground was covered with smooth coat
ing of pure lime mortar. Traces
of steps Of terraces are seen on all its
sides.
The Indians at first made strenuous
objections to the removal of the goddess.
They said that its mission was to guard
the treasures of the sacred city, but they
finally gave reluctant consent. The
day that the statue is moved there will
be great celebration. The President
of the Republic is impressed with the
importance of knowing more of the
great Toltec city of Teothuacan, and it
is probable that q part of it will be un-
covered by the aid of the soldiers
New Orleans Picyune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10
Chinese immigration.

Writing from San Francisco, u CORES
pondent of the New York Tribune says:
The statement which has often been
made that the Chinese Government is
not encouraging the emigration of its
people to the United States, is Endorsed
by Chae Kwok Yong, the new Chinese
Minister. Thisstatement, whichwas made
without hesitation, furnishes strong
refutation of the assertion recently made
that trouble was brewing for Americans
in China on account of the rassage of
the Restriction Act. The Minister re-
ferring to these laws, said: "Though
not speaking officially for the Imperial
Government, I can safely say that it is
my opinion that this measure is quite
satisfactory. My government does not
approve of extensive emigration to this
country or any other" The new Minis
ter also declared that his government
felt kindly disposed toward the United
States, and would endeavor to open ND
larger commerce with this country. He
expressed his thanks for the aid that
had been extended by Americans to
Chinese flood sufferers,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10
A Day OF Rest.

Sunday-school superintendent Jan
any of you tell me why Sunday is
called the day of rest?
Little Dick (holding up his hand)-
| kin. It's cause we get up early and
hurry through breakfas' SOS to dress in
time for Sunday-school and then hur
ry to Sunday school, so we won be
late, and then skip inter church fore
the bell stops ringin' and then go home
to dinner and get fixed up for after.
noon service, and then get supper an
go to bed so pa and ma can get ready
for evening service That's all we do.
-NelO YORK WeekLu.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10
Cuttle-Fish and Sharks.

A sword fish captured in the Gull
Stream was found to have in its stomach
over thirty eyes and twenty beaks of the
small cuttle-fsh, together with few
partly digested individuals. Sword.
fishes and sharks are natural enem les,
always fighting when they meet, and
there are accounts of fierce and deadly
encounters between them. An ugly
sword fish is bad enemy to encounter.
using its weapons, as it does, with such
ease and force. One will often drive its
sword through the bottom of boat, and
if it succeeds in withdraw ng it without
breaking it off, the boat rapidly fills
with water, and the occupants, driven
into the sea, are savagely attacked and
badly wounded by the furious fish. At
times they are abundant on all sides,
lying near the surface, with their dorsal
fin projecting above.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10

~
AA Il not bit soft in my
: ! !: !: !: !: !: !: ! :; : :: : !: !: !; :
MSE5 H5s9! upper story either.
HM M&TM33 delight to revel in the
WNE1 4 MxtV luxury of hot balls, ant
w. &Y foul tips, and sky-scrap
ers, and grounders, and
all the other little nick,
nacks which take up SO much of the at
tention of our amateur baseball read
ers. One peculiarity of the national
game of this country is the fact that
you can enjoy good game of baseball
without participating in it.
There is much pleasure in reading a
versatile and humorous report of
game of ball. Some read the report
for the humor that is in it, and others
prefer to have a hand in the game
themselves. Others prefer to play
ball from the auditorium, as it is not
so fatiguing, while there is less danger
of being shot by hot balls.
All that is required of those who
play ball from the grand stand is en-
thusiasm and applause and a little
free information frequently. If Kelly
isn't half running. advise him of it in
loud tone of voice and in a bolster
GUS manner. You must tell Kelly to
slide at the proper moment, and if he
makes three-bagger applaud vigor-
ously, and if he makes home run
shout until you grow weary.
For the benefit of those who don't
know anything about playing bail L
will explain the modus operandi of
the game. The club ON the outside,
or the ''outs," as they are called that
is, those who play in the tield-take
their position, each in their respective
places. The twirler twirls the leath-
ern sphere to the man at the bat, and
if the sphere is fickle-minded and
shoots off at a tangent from its original
direction when it arrives at the home
plate, the man at the bat fans the
wind. If the sphere takes straight
course the man at the home-plate
sends sky-scraper away out into
the dim distance over the fence, and if
the audience does its duty and cheers
vociferously, the man who smote the
leathern sphere will probably make q
home run; if not. he will surely make
three-bagger unless there is an I'M
pediment in his locomotion. If the
uOeo uOU idn tlt hlT, anu IL u6
succeeds in sending the sphere squarely
and with exceeding great force, he may
send it far out into the field. If he does
not get a satisfactory whack at the ball,
he will probably send it with great
swiftness-like unto cannon ball
into the yearning grasp of the pitcher,
who clings unto it with exceeding de-
light and feverish hands. The twirler
then fires the sphere to second or third,
as the case may be, and the umpire
informs you that the runner is out.
The position of an umpire is very
precarious one. There isn't much
money in it, but lots of abuse. The
poor umpire tries to do his duty and
give correct decisions, and does not
merit the abuse that he gets. He is
only human, and was not born with
eyes that can see east, west, north,
and south at one glance. He some
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10
Arc Your Hens Moulting 2

Many people have learned by experience
that Sheridan's Condition Powder given once,
daily, in the food, will supply the needed ma
terial to strengthen and invigorate sick chick
ems or moulting hens and get them to lay
Ing earlier than anything else on earth. Mrs
Edwin Brown, East Greenwich, r. l., says:
Il could not do without Sheridan's Condi-
ton Powder when hens are moulting l use
itfor gapes and diarrhoa; for when chickens
are small they often droop and die. To a
pint of clabbered milk add teaspoonful of
the powder, mix well, and let the chicks eat
all they will once day; it does seem to he
Just what they need, they soon become so
vigorous. People laughed at me when be-
gan to use Sheridan's Powder, and had no
idea should win premium. They laugh
best who laugh last, however got more
eggs than any of my neighbors, and some OF
them had over 100 hensn For so cts. |. S.
johnson & Co.. Boston, Mass, will send two
20 cent packs, five packs for 81; or, for 81. 20.
one large ~ pound can of Powders posi-
paid; six cans for S., express prepaid For
sets copy of the best Poultry paper sent
post paid.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10

times makes an erroneous decision be-
cause his eyes are not gifted with ON
niscience. Then, again, the spectators
are not all infallible. Some people
are cross-eyed, some are laboring under
undue excitement and liquor, and 9TH
ers are not well read in the literature
of the game. So there are mistakes
made on both sides. In Pittsburgh
and other tcwns, where the tough"
element is numerous and pre- eminent,
the umpire does his umpiring in little,
strongly built house, constructed some
what in the shape of small l-sized
playhouse, capable of holding only
one man. After the umpire has made
his decision he retreats into his little
fort and awaits developments. When
the storm has subsidized he comes out
again to attend to the umpiring bust
ness.-O hicaQO Ledger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-10
The LATEST Man in the Country,

One of the LATEST men in the coun.
try is John Curtis, who is serving
three years sentence in the State
prison at Salem, Oregon Curtis
worked in the foundry, and about three
months ago took off his boots on the
plea that they hurt him, and then
burned his foot so severely that he was
laid up. When the burn was healed
he put vinegar on it, and aggravated
it to prevent its getting well. The
prison physician treated him, and
managed to cure the wound. Curtis
was set at work again. He worked
four days, and then with hatchet cut
off his left hand 1t took two blows.
Dne cut through the fleshy part of the
hand, the other clean through tho
Wrist joint. tie confessed that he did
it to avoid worl. -Ne,o York World