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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-08
Commissioner to Paris

r. X Colcord, of White Pine, who
has been appointed a Commissioner
from Nevada 10 the Paris Exposition.
took the oath of Office here yesterday
before s. j. Bonnifield, Notary Pub
lie. He was on his way East, and had
Just been commissioned 10y the Gov
ernor.-Si Silver State.
Our Winnemuccn neighhnr must he
mistaken. Mr.. Colcord does hail from
White Pine. lie has neither n local
habitat;on nor name in this county
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-08
At the Poin, of Death

r. p. Hamill writes from Wells to
the Elko Independent that Hon. Isaac
Wiseman is lying at the point of death
at his residence in Glover Valley with
dropsy, aggravated by copgestive
chill. From present appearances il is
only a matter of a short time with
the grand old man. Later--Mr. Wise
man died last Saturday.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-08
Another Murder at Carson

The Appeal of last Saturday says:
On Wednesday night an Italian
named Garue and Clement Zarolli got
into card row and went outside to
fight. Clement knocked his man
down and was then stabbed in the left
side. He died in few hours. His
slayer threw the bloody knife over the
fence and took to the hills. Nothing
further is known of his whereabouts.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-08
Death Of Frank wallace.

B. F. Wallace, Grand Secretary of
the |. o o. f. Of the State of Nevada,
died in Virginia City May Both De-
ceased was a man above reprOach,
loved and respected by all who knew
him. He was native of Michigan,
aged SO years.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-08

When we saw Commissioner Gala
CHER of Duck Creek limping around
on crutches a few days ago, we i'm
agined his team had run away and
used him up badly. We were mistaken,
for the accident happened in another
way. While stacking hay long pole
fell from the derrick on his foot For
tunateIy, his injury is not serious,
though he will need the aid of his
home made crutches for several weeks.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-08

Our old friend, DR.. Herrick, never
forgots old friends nor political oppo-
nents, and contrary to the general rule,
he treats them both alike. A few days
ago Major Treece placed on our table a
bottle of dry sherry, part Of consign-
ment fran the doctors cellar to the
Major, Steward Tom Hagar and the
News man. II was a fine. mellow
article, and the recipients drank to the
doctors long life and prosperity.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-08
Extravagant Bar-Rooms.

There is one bar-room in New York
the decoration and furniture of which
cost 100000. There are scores of
them that are fitted up at the expence
OF $4,000 each.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-08

"Who stole that bullion ~ seems to
have been as much of quandry in
Ely as in Eureka for some time. But
our Grand Jury uuraveled the mystery
and the amalgam was brought into
Court. Unlike the Eureka article, none
of it was converted into silverware in
Chicago.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-08
Death Of Jack Perry.

The death of Jack Perry is an
nounced in San Francisco May 28th.
Deceased was a former well known
resident of Hamilton and Eureka in
both of which places he was engaged
in the saloon business. He was native
of New York and about SO years of
age.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-08

Many acres of land in Southern
Nye have been bought during the past
few weeks by California and Nevada
capitalists. That section of Nye
county will boom as soon as the rail-
road is Belmont Courier.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-08
THAT DORHIITORY.
What Hons. II. A. Comins and n. A..
RIepe Think About 1t.

Reno has for some time been dis
cussing the proprlety of expanding the
500 900 appropriated 10y the last Leg
isIature to the State University in
building dormitory. The Gazette has
addressed inquiries to many promi-
nent men in The State regarding the
subject. The answers received seem
To DO as irreconcilable as those of our
Senator and Representative:
MR.. coMINs' VIEWS.
ELY, NEv., May 30, 1889.
Your circular, 10 reply: The Deces-
sity ct dormitory, as | now remem-
Der, was most persistently urged by
President Brown, the Washoe Sena-
tors and everyone else from Reno at
all times.
1t was most emphatically declared
to the members of the late Legis Iature
that the people of Reno could not
accommodate the students frem
abroad.
Who ever heard of a schoo board
house or dormitory being monotonous,
In earlier times they were unually too
lively for the peace of mind OF the
presiding professor.
=. M opinion at this time.
White Piue county will send very
few If any children In the State I'M
ycfsity for years to come. Certainly
not until Reno can furnish as good or
better accommodations than Is new to
be had at SAT- Lake City. The latter
town is mure accessible - Eastern
Nevada.
Do you know of any one who con-
Il iers IL necessity Not outside Of
the town of Reno. Yours truly,
IL. A. CoMINs.
WHAT MIR. RIErE SAYS.
Ely, May q, 1899.
| received yours OF the 2lst instant
and contents noted. Ia return | will
answer as near as | possibly can.
am opposed to spending the money
faster than we are able. My vote
shows it from the beginning of the last
session OF the Legislature to very last
day. | believe IN education, but am
opposed TO spending such a sum for
such purpose. We had better wait
a few years yet, and build this State
institution of learning up tirst-class.
Then, If we have number who re-
quire such Il building, il Is plenty of
time To build one.
Ii would not be IA surprise To me To
see this durmitory empty alter II Is
built, brcause thlu& II l. Il dctrlmeut
at the present time To ~. Instead of
using $4,000 or 100000 for such
building IN would he mure IN Keeping
IN spend II for more beneficial use.
| assure you that this dormitory ques-
ton was not we'll considered by the
last Legislature. As lar as my county
Is concerned, oar people will send
their children Ia the University any
way, without having this building.
don't consider IT necessity, aud no
other sensible man does ut the pres
ent time. Truly yours,
r. A. RTEPE.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-08

After July 1st, Pomona (Cal) will
be without a saloon.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
1t Costs Five Cents u Drop.

"It's oil Of roses" j" said the drug clerk.
"Look out" and he made a dive with
the stopple and it struck the reporters
palm. Half an hour later the writer had
occasion to remember the incident, for
the scent of the roses kept lingering.
Additions were no good, for the sicken-
ing odor pervaded everything. It cre-
ated q headache and an aversion for
altar of roses that will last forever. ""It
comes high" said the drug clerk, land
you ought not to kick. It's five cents a
drop for folks who care to pay for it. ]
had been putting some of it into bottle
of smelling salts when daubed it at
you. Curious, though, how tastes differ.
At ball in Lewiston this winter
dropped ten drops of oil Of roses on a
young fellows vest. It cost him half a
dollar, and when he went out Of the
store he left trail Of roses behind him.
I Iwouldn't havo had it on. my clothing
for hundred dollars and have been
compelled to wear it. I'll bet that he
made his partner weary in the waltz
Lewiston journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
Tile Ginlet Mnn.

II should like to sell you a gimlet.' .
said careworn looking man, as he
walked into the Office the other day.
I'VE have no use for one," replied the
cashier.
But you should always look into the
misty future" went on the fend, de-
murely. Next winter you will want to
make holes in your boot heels SO you can
get your skates on
81 use club skates-no straps re-
quired."
You may want to screw some boards
together some time. The old fashioned
method of driving screws in with a ham.
mer is pernicious, as it deteriorates the
tenacity of the fangs of the screws, as it
were"
Nothing today, sir"
The gimlet also acts as a cork
screw
II don't want it,
1T has an eraser, pen, an inksiand,
a table for computing compound interest
and lunch box attachment"
81 can't hel p it; l don't want it.
II know you don't. You're one of
those mean men that won't buy a gimlet
unless it has restaurant, trip to Eu-
rope and an Italian opera company at
tached. You're the kind of man who
would live near an electric light to save
a gas BILL"
And the pedler walked ont with his
mental plunge on the perpendicular.
Texas Siftings.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
surn.r Att.r tn. p,.u

The Sun is asked whether it Is con-
sidered good form to take a young lady
to supper after a performance at the
theatre"
Authorities differ. II you think the
young lady is hungry, however, you
might DO justified in doing so, even
though you should limit your own lunch
cons for week afterward to make good
the expense incurred.
Secondarily, it depends upon the girl.
Plump girls are not apt to order and eat
as voraciously as thin girls. This is ac-
cording to Max Muller and Professor
Huxley. A judicious outlay for bon
bons early in the evening, however, will
often check the feminine tendency to-
ward terrapin after the play.
Moreover, you should be guided in
some degree by details of time and
place. If you have been at the German
opera, the difference of an hour or two
in getting home will not weigh with the
home authorities.
But, seriously, if you have been at the
theatre until say II p. M, if there is
married. lady in the party, it tiswell enough
to ask the crowd to eat, as they say in
Leadville. But if you are escorting a
young lady without chaperon it is in
better taste to say nothing about supper,
since there is distinct prejudice against
young ladies going into restaurants at
that hour except in a party where at least
one married lady is apt to be found.
This idea is sensible and good and most
people see its fitness.
Where young people are very old
friends they may feel like taking a little
latitude in such matters. There can be
no possible harm in the act, but as it is
liable to provoke unkindly comment,
the young gentleman should consider
that any special comment by strangers
upon lady is in itself most undesirable
in every way, and he should reflect that
other people have no means of knowing
that he and his companion are more to
each other than mere acquaintance in
society New York Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
A diamond Among The ,rarbI,..

Mrs. l. c. Abraham, then living on
Euclid avenue, lost diamond which
was one of pair Of ear rings, the pair
being valued at $1,000. The diamond
when lost was incased in a gold ball.
More than ten months passed, and, as
there was no response to the advertise
ments, it was given up as lost. But
strange things happen in this prosaic
world, and Mrs. Abraham is again in
possession of her diamond. 1t was re-
turned to her last Friday, and it came
about in this way. About the time the
stone was lost a workman named John
Scott happened to look into the gutter
and there saw the small golden ball. He
picked it up and the next day showed it
to some of his fellow employees. He even
offered it as a gift to the workman at
the next bench to him, but he said:
What do want with the thing2 It's
no good; only brass plaything."
So Scott took it home and gave it to
his children. The little ones had bag
of marbles, and they added the golden
ball to the collection, rolling it about the
floor. This sort of thing was kept up for
ten months. One day last week woman
living in the neighborhood called on the
Scott family and the youngsters were
rolling the golden ball about the floor.
The woman picked it up, examined it
closely and said: "Why, there's a crease
right around the center of it." The two
women went to work on it until the gold
ball was opened, and right in the center
of it was dazzling and precious gem.
A consultation was held among the
neighbors and Scott took the diamond
down to Chafer & Becker's and showed
it to Mr.. Becker, who advised him to ad-
vertise it. Finally the advertisement
was read by Mrs. Abraham. Her hus-
band went down to see it, and could
scarcely believe his eyes when he beheld
the sparkling gem lost by his wife nearly
year ago. He gave the finder reward
of $50 and restored the missing earring
to his wife.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
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The AcrOpOlis of TOtlnY.

Tho town Of Athens, and especially the
Acropolis, is now passing through very
remarkable period in its existence. 1t is
with mixed feelings that even those who
reside here, and whose chief interest is
in archaeology, look upon the sweeping
alterations that have quite changed the
character of its appearance. The tend
ency to demolish all monuments of me-
dieval or modern history has been al
lowed free play of late years; in a short
time hardly anything will be left that
does not go back at least to Roman times.
The line will probably be drawn here,
though if one regards nothing but the
work of the great age of Athens as
worthy of preservation, it is hard to see
why (for instance) the pedestal of Agrip-
pa deserves more respect than the
"Frankish tower" which certainly was
more picturesque and of higher histori-
cal interest.
But now it is toe Late to regret what
may have been !!4<;t, Only two or three
insignificant fragments of later walls re-
main, and these Of quite recent period;
when they are removed the Acropolis
will appear-but for the wear and acci-
dents of ages-much as it did when the
so called "Beule gate was first built.
This is an Ineligible aim, and we i'm
agine it will now be recognized by all as
The best attainable. The Acropolis can
never again present that picturesque
medley of historical associa. Ons and
monuments of all periods that delighted
the visitor twenty or thirty years ago;
but we may hope, when the ugliness of
recent excavations and alterations has
worn off, when painfully exact appear
ance of order and arrangement has been
avoided (as is promised), and, above all,
when the old verdure and flowers have
once more spread over the whole, that
new and more purely classical charm
may be found to have resulted from the
temporary loss of beauty. Cor.
London Athen@um.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
TRANSMISSION of Blood.

A workman who had inhaled the
vapor of burning Goals was taken to the
Charlie lately. All efforts to restore
consciousness having failed, Professor
Leyden ordered the injection of $50
cubic centimeters of blood taken from
another patient, into one of the veins Of
the right arm. The patient showed signs
Of life five hours after the TRANSMISSION,
then slept for about ten hours and awoke
in excellent spirits. His further recov-
cry was rapid, and he is now quite well
Berlin Cor. Lancet.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Quarantined or a Desert and Barrei
Island-The Way Things are Rul
Down in the Bahamas.

Guaranteed or a Desert and Barren
Island-The Way Things are Run
Down in the Bahamas.
ST. LOUIS, March l6.-Dr. @. Radford,
one of the best known physicians in
Kentucky has Just returned from Mas
sau, New Providence, one the Bahama
islands. He sailed from New York on
the Ceinfuegus, on a professional visit.
G. f. Smith, of Chicago, q member of
the board of trade, his wife, infar [
daughter, and maid were among those
on board. They were bound for a re-
creation trip to Cuba, Mexico and Cali
fornia. Almost before the vessel had
cleared from port the child became i'll,
but physician was not called for 48
hours, it being thought that seasickness
was the ailment. AS the child grew
worse DIR. Radford was asked to pres
cribe. He found it to be case of ma
lignant diphtheria and when the vessel
touched at New Providence island it
was quarantined for some hours. The
health officers had the Smiths taken to
the best house, mere shanty on the
island of AthlOs. 1t is desOlute piece
of rock on which nothing but cactus
grows and the last inhabitant died of
yellow fever. Meagre bedding, a litter,
medicine and scant supply Of food
were given the exiles and they were
left alone. No soul visited them for
four days, and the child died terrible
death. A signal of distress brought no
relief from the large island and the
desOlate family was almost crazed with
grief and want. Smith at last succeeded
in hiring a fisherman with a rotten,
twO-masted fishing scow, to lake them
to Florida. The vessel was without
cabin or other shelter and utterly de-
void of any convenience for comfort or
mOdesty. In this frail craft, almost
without food, entirely without cover,
and with the dead body of the baby
girl, the trip was made to the Florida
shore under the most painful circum-
stances. When they landed the mother
was utterly Frustrated and the maids
health so shattered that she will require
several weeks for recovery. Smith has
become an old man. He says that on
the island he found but one plant, q
huge cactus with gigantic leaves, which,
on being scratched with any metal,
eXuded a whitish oleaginOus fluid that
leaves scar. On the leaves of the
plant are half hundred names and
dates, some reaching back 100 years.
He thinks they are the death roll of
victims who died on the pest island.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
The Nile Crier.

When the inundation approaches the
capital-usually at the end of June or
the beginning of July-the Nile criers
begin their work.
These criers are men whose business it
is to call out, or rather to recite, before
the houses of those who wish it, how
much the Nile has risen during the last
twenty hours.
The Oriental does everything, no mat
ter what it is, gravely, slowly, with
much dignity and verbosity, and is never
chary of his time Or breath. Even the
form of his greeting in the street is a
complicated ceremony of words and
motions, which usually takes some min
utes to perform. And in the same way
this announcement of the rivers rise,
which seems to us such a simple matter,
is most serious affair.
The day before the crier begins his
talk, he goes through the streets accom-
panied by boy, whose part it is to act
as chorus, and to sing the responses at
the proper moment. The crier sings:
God has looked graciously upon our fields"
Response: "Oh, day OF glad tidings"
Tomorrow begins the announcement"
Response: May it be followed by success"
Before the crier proceeds to give the
information so much desired he intones
with the boy lengthy, alternating
chant, in which he praises God, implor-
ing blessings on the Prophet and all be-
levers, and on the master of the house
and all his children.
Not until this has been carefully gone
through does he proceed to say the Nile
has risen so many inches.
This ceremony is carried on until the
month of September, when the river has
reached its eliminating point, and the
crier, as bringer of such good news,
never fails to claim his "baksheesh,' or
drink money-sometimes humbly and
sometimes, too, very imperiously.-Lon-
don Tid Bits.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
A Healthy Town.

where have you passed your vaca.
tionT asked one clerk Of another.
cat the beautiful little village of r.
"Is it healthy locality?"
"Healthyl It's so healthy that in or.
der to start their new cemetery they
were obliged to assassinate an inhab.
liant. America.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
Coal as a Factor in Civilization.


Professor j. S. Newberry, of Columbia
college, New York, in recent lecture on
Goal, the Dominant Factor in Modern
History" said: Few persons have real
lied the magnitude and dignity of the
work coal is doing in the world, and
fewer still have thought that it is really
the sunshine of by gone ages, and that it
has once composed the tissues of various
strange plants, some of which are among
the most graceful and beautiful of veg
etable forms. Buried in the earth or
covered with water, vegetable fiber de-
Gays OF oxidizes slowly, forming, in sue
cessive stages of decomposition, peat,
Ignite, coal, anthracite, graphite, the
hydro-carbon gases and petroleum. By
regulating and controlling the further
oxidation of these we are able to utilize
the resulting force as light OF heat or
motive power.
"To help you to realize the potency of
this wonderful substance, coal, let me
recall to your memories the measure
ments of the power evolved in its COM
bustion. It is estimated that with the
average engines now in use, about $780,
600 foot pounds are practically evolved
from the combustion of a pound of coal,
and are available in the performance of
any work done. Now, this is about the
power exerted in a days labor of an
average man. Hence ton of coal is
capable of yielding an amount of force
equivalent to that of six and two-thirds
men, or Of six men and a well grown boy,
throughout the year. Or, the annual
production of coal in this country and
Great Britain is equivalent to thousand
million men working for year."
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
A Common Want.

Brown-See here, teamster, don't
want you to bring gravel and clay and
powders to fill up this lawn with.
Teamster-What tn dickens docs yer
want. then?
Brown--Oh, nothing, only t'n' ~
Yankee Blade.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
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Highest Suspension Bridge.

At Fribourg, in Switzerland, suspen-
sion bridge is thrown is thrown over the
gorge of Gotteron, which is 317 feet
above the valley. The structure is very
light and graceful, and is by far the
loftiest true suspension bridge ever buiIt.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28

Psychologists state that with each contrac-
tion the heart exerts fifty pounds of force.
This amounts 10 5000 minute, 216,0O0 an
hour and the enormous number 5,164, ,O0O
many weak hearts and that people drop dead.
If fexercise makes you short of breath; If you
have futtering. pain in side. faint or hum
CRY spells, swollen ankles, etc., look to your
heart and don't fail to take Dr.. Miles New
Cure. Sold at L Leist's drug store.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28

An infant pianist, who has just reached
his fifth year, has appeared on the mu.
sical horizon of st. Petersburg. His in-.
terpretation of Chopin is said TO beaome-
thing remarkable.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28
The Excitement Not Over.

The rush on the druggists still continues
and daily scores of people call for bottle of
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs for
the cure of Coughs, Colds. Asthma, Bron-
chitis and Consumption. Kemp's Balsam,
the standard family remedy, is sold on a
guarantee and never fails to give entire satis-
faction. Price Soc and $1.00. Trial size free.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-28

Physicians claim to have cured David
Barkey, Wayne county youth, of hy-
drophobia by dosing him with aconite,
hydrate of chlora and salicylate of soda.
Claimed that these carried him through
until action of rabic poison had spent
itself. He was afflicted six weeks ago
and is no longer subject to paroxysms
and is pronounced out of danger.